Patents by Inventor Mark Albert Vaeck

Mark Albert Vaeck 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).

  • Hybrid genes incorporating a DNA fragment containing at least one gene encoding an insecticidal protein and a gene encoding a glutamine synthase inhibitor, plasmids, transformed cyanobacteria expressing such proteins and method for use as biocontrol agent
    Patent number: 6335008
    Abstract: Cyanobacteria incorporating a gene from Bacillus sp. encoding for insecticidal proteins (endotoxins) is described. The endotoxins are particularly effective against Diptera (mosquito) larvae. Recombinant vectors for transforming DNA fragments of the endotoxin gene or genes into the Cyanobacterium are described. The Cyanobacteria are easily grown in ponds or the like where the mosquitos or other insects breed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University
    Inventors: Mark Albert Vaeck, Wipa Chungjatupornchai, Lee McIntosh
  • Transformation vectors allowing expression of truncated BT2 endotoxins in plants
    Patent number: 6107546
    Abstract: Novel transformation vectors containing novel chimeric genes allow the introduction of exogenous DNA fragments coding for truncated Bacillus thuringiensis Bt2 polypeptide toxins and expression of the chimeric gene in plant cells and their progeny after Integration into the plant cell genome. Transformed plant cells and their progeny exhibit stably inherited polypeptide toxin expression useful for protecting said plant cells and their progeny against Lepidopteron insect pests and in controlling said insect pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Aventis CropScience N.V.
    Inventors: Henri Marcel Jozef De Greve, Maria Benita Leonor Fernandez Salgado, Marc Charles Ernest Van Montagu, Mark Albert Vaeck, Marcus Florent Oscar Zabeau, Jan Jozef August Leemans, Hermanus Fransiscus Paulus Hofte
  • Transformation vectors allowing expression of foreign polypeptide endotoxins in plants
    Patent number: 5843898
    Abstract: Novel transformation vectors containing novel chimeric genes allow the introduction of exogenous DNA fragments coding for polypeptide toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis or having substantial sequence homology to a gene coding for a polypeptide toxin as described herein and expression of the chimeric gene in plant cells and their progeny after integration into the plant cell genome. Transformed plant cells and their progeny exhibit stably inherited polypeptide toxin expression useful for protecting said plant cells and their progeny against certain insect pests and in controlling said insect pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Plant Genetic Systems, N.V.
    Inventors: Henri Marcel Jozef De Greve, Maria Benita Leonor Fernandez Salgado, Marc Charles Ernest Van Montagu, Mark Albert Vaeck, Marcus Florent Oscar Zabeau, Jan Jozef August Leemans, Hermanus Fransiscus Paulus Hofte
  • Transformation vectors allowing expression of foreign polypeptide endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis in plants
    Patent number: 5767372
    Abstract: Novel transformation vectors containing novel chimeric genes allow the introduction of exogenous DNA fragments coding for polypeptide toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis or having substantial sequence homology to a gene coding for a polypeptide toxin as described herein and expression of the chimeric gene in plant cells and their progeny after integration into the plant cell genome. Transformed plant cells and their progeny exhibit stably inherited polypeptide toxin expression useful for protecting said plant cells and their progeny against certain insect pests and in controlling said insect pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Plant Genetic Systems, N.V.
    Inventors: Henri Marcel Jozef De Greve, Maria Benita Leonor Fernandez Salgado, Marc Charles Ernest Van Montagu, Mark Albert Vaeck, Marcus Florent Oscar Zabeau, Jan Jozef August Leemans, Hermanus Fransiscus Paulus Hofte
  • Endotoxins
    Patent number: 5760181
    Abstract: Novel transformation vectors containing novel chimeric genes allow the introduction of exogenous DNA fragments coding for polypeptide toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis or having substantial sequence homology to a gene coding for a polypeptide toxin as described herein and expression of the chimeric gene in plant cells and their progeny after integration into the plant cell genome. Transformed plant cells and their progeny exhibit stably inherited polypeptide toxin expression useful for protecting said plant cells and their progeny against certain insect pests and in controlling said insect pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Plant Genetic Systems, N.V.
    Inventors: Henri Marcel Jozef De Greve, Maria Benita Leonor Fernandez Salgado, Marc Charles Ernest Van Montagu, Mark Albert Vaeck, Marcus Florent Oscar Zabeau, Jan Jozef August Leemans, Hermanus Fransiscus Paulus Hofte