Patents by Inventor Lies Vandesteene

Lies Vandesteene 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).

  • Use of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase to modulate plant growth
    Patent number: 8357835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase to modulate plant growth. More specifically, it relates to the use of a class II trehalose-6-phosphate synthase, comprising both a synthase and a phosphatase-like part to modulate plant growth. Preferably, the activity of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase is down-regulated to obtain an increased plant biomass yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.Leuven R&D
    Inventors: Barbara Leyman, Matthew Ramon, Filip Rolland, Johan Thevelein, Patrick van Dijck, Lies Vandesteene
  • USE OF TREHALASE TO OBTAIN DROUGHT RESISTANCE IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20120005774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of trehalase to obtain drought and/or salt resistance in plants. More specifically, it relates to genetically modified constructs, transformed into plants and resulting in overexpression of trehalase, whereby the transformed plants show a significantly better drought resistance during the drought period, and a better recovery when water is supplied after the drought period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicants: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, K.U. LEUVEN R & D, VIB VZW
    Inventors: Patrick van Dijck, Lies Vandesteene, Nelson Avonce
  • PLANTS HAVING ENHANCED SEED YIELD-RELATED TRAITS AND A METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100024067
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants, particularly increasing seed yield, by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a Class III Trehalose Phosphate Phosphatase (TPP) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a Class III TPP polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention further concerns novel Class III TPP nucleic acid and polypeptide sequences. The invention also provides nucleic acid and polypeptide sequences, and constructs comprising the same, which are useful in the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: CROPDESIGN N.V.
    Inventors: Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Lies Vandesteene, Matthew Ramon, Filip Rolland, Patrick Van Dijck, Johan Thevelein
  • Use of Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase to Modulate Plant Growth
    Publication number: 20100024066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase to modulate plant growth. More specifically, it relates to the use of a class II trehalose-6-phosphate synthase, comprising both a synthase and a phosphatase-like part to modulate plant growth. Preferably, the activity of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase is down-regulated to obtain an increased plant biomass yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Barbara Leyman, Matthew Ramon, Filip Rolland, Johan Thevelein, Patrick van Dijck, Lies Vandesteene