Patents by Inventor Martin Yanofsky

Martin Yanofsky 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).

  • Methods and means for delaying seed shattering in plants
    Patent number: 7718850
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for modulating properties of fruit dehiscence in plants such Brassicaceae plants, specifically to improved methods and means for reducing seed shattering in Brassicaceae plants, particularly the Brassicaceae plants grown for oil production, to a degree which is agronomically important.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Bayer Bioscience N.V.
    Inventors: Guy Vancanneyt, Martin Yanofsky, Sherry Kempin
  • Control of fruit dehiscence in plants by indehiscent1 genes
    Publication number: 20070136893
    Abstract: The present application provides methods and compositions that modulate fruit dehiscence in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Martin Yanofsky, Sarah Liljegren
  • Brassica INDEHISCENT1 sequences
    Publication number: 20070006336
    Abstract: The present application provides Brassica INDEHISCENT1 (BIND) sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Martin Yanofsky, Sherry Kempin
  • Methods and means for delaying seed shattering in plants
    Publication number: 20060248612
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for modulating properties of fruit dehiscence in plants such Brassicaceae plants, specifically to improved methods and means for reducing seed shattering in Brassicaceae plants, particularly the Brassicaceae plants grown for oil production, to a degree which is agronomically important.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: Bayer Bioscience N.V.
    Inventors: Guy Vancanneyt, Martin Yanofsky, Sherry Kempin
  • Methods of suppressing flowering in transgenic plants
    Publication number: 20060070142
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transgenic plant characterized by suppressed flowering. The transgenic plant contains a nucleic acid molecule including a floral organ selective regulatory element operatively linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a cytotoxic gene product, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is heritable by progeny thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Martin Yanofsky
  • Control of fruit dehiscence in Arabidopsis by indehiscenti genes
    Publication number: 20060041953
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions that modulate fruit dehiscence in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Sarah Liljegren, Martin Yanofsky
  • Control of fruit dehiscence in plants by indehiscent1 genes
    Publication number: 20050120417
    Abstract: The present application provides methods and compositions that modulate fruit dehiscence in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Yanofsky, Sarah Liljegren
  • Genetically modified plants having modulated flower development
    Publication number: 20030167539
    Abstract: The present invention provides a genetically modified plant and a method for producing such a plant characterized as having modulated flower meristem development. As an illustrative example, the invention provides genetically modified tobacco and aspen plants characterized as having early floral meristem development and comprising a structural gene encoding the LEAFY protein in its genome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Martin Yanofsky, Detlef Weigel
  • Epidermal specific regulatory sequence
    Publication number: 20020056153
    Abstract: A novel, epidermal-specific regulatory sequence is provided which has been isolated from the 5′ end of a plant ML1 gene. This tissue-specific regulatory sequence, operably associated with a nucleic acid sequence expressing a product of interest, initiates and regulates the transcription of the nucleic acid sequence in the L1 layer of a plant epidermis in meristems and young primordia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Martin Yanofsky, Allen Sessions, Detlef Weigel