Patents by Inventor Markus Schirmer

Markus Schirmer 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).

  • Modified ppase expression in sugar beet
    Publication number: 20070067873
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and means for producing an improved sugar beet, in particular a sugar beet which exhibits an increased content of sucrose, a reduced rate of sucrose breakdown during storage and an improved growth. The invention also relates to the use of at least two gene constructs for generating such a plant and to nucleotide sequences which are employed in this connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2004
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Steffen Greiner, Karsten Harms, Markwart Kunz, Mohammad Munir, Thomas Rausch, Markus Schirmer