Patents by Inventor Laurent Grivet

Laurent Grivet has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Modulation of Solanaceae fruit ripening
    Patent number: 11732014
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transcription factor gene that plays a key role in Solanaceae fruit ripening. Plants overexpressing the gene have fruits with deeper pigmentation and ripen more rapidly than controls. The invention also relates to transgenic plants comprising said gene, and methods of making said plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Charles Baxter, Yu Pan, Thomas Charles Hodgman, Graham Barron Seymour, Rebecca Cade, Henricus Johannes Van Wijk, Glyn Bradley, Laurent Grivet, Laurie Boyden, Graham Ball, Paul Fraser
  • QTL responsible for tomato fruit firmness
    Patent number: 10340026
    Abstract: This invention relates to QTL responsible for significantly increased firmness in tomato fruit in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic elements. A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Charles Baxter, Laurent Grivet, Julien Bonnet, Natalie Helene Chapman, Graham Barron Seymour
  • QTL Responsible for Tomato Fruit Firmness
    Publication number: 20170235875
    Abstract: This invention relates to QTL responsible for significantly increased firmness in tomato fruit in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic elements. A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Charles Baxter, Laurent Grivet, Julien Bonnet, Natalie Helene Chapman, Graham Barron Seymour
  • QTL responsible for tomato fruit firmness
    Patent number: 9665684
    Abstract: This invention relates to QTL responsible for significantly increased firmness in tomato fruit in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic elements. A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Charles Baxter, Laurent Grivet, Julien Bonnet, Natalie Helene Chapman, Graham Barron Seymour
  • QTL Responsible for Tomato Fruit Firmness
    Publication number: 20150082476
    Abstract: This invention relates to QTL responsible for significantly increased firmness in tomato fruit in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic elements. A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Charles Baxter, Laurent Grivet, Julien Bonnet, Natalie Helene Chapman, Graham Barron Seymour
  • Disease resistant tomato plants
    Patent number: 8975468
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated tomato plants that are resistant to the pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea, which is control led by at least one QTL, particularly by 2 and 3 QTL contributing to said resistance, wherein said QTL are mapping to linkage group 6, and/or linkage group 1b and/or linkage group 9b. The invention further relates to methods for producing said plants, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Gregori Bonnet, Laurent Grivet, Bernard Smets
  • MODULATION OF SOLANACEAE FRUIT RIPENING
    Publication number: 20140137296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transcription factor gene that plays a key role in Solanaceae fruit ripening. Plants overexpressing the gene have fruits with deeper pigmentation and ripen more rapidly than controls. The invention also relates to transgenic plants comprising said gene, and methods of making said plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Charles Baxter, Yu Pan, Charlie Hodgman, Graham Barron Seymour, Rebecca Cade, Henricus Johannes Van Wijk, Glyn Bradely, Laurent Grivet, Laurie Boyden, Graham Ball, Paul Fraser
  • DISEASE RESISTANT TOMATO PLANTS
    Publication number: 20120222151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated tomato plants that are resistant to the pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea, which is control led by at least one QTL, particularly by 2 and 3 QTL contributing to said resistance, wherein said QTL are mapping to linkage group 6, and/or linkage group 1b and/or linkage group 9b. The invention further relates to methods for producing said plants, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Gregori Bonnet, Laurent Grivet, Bernard Smets