Patents by Inventor Martinus Quirinus Joseph Marie Van Grinsven

Martinus Quirinus Joseph Marie Van Grinsven 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).

  • Nucleic acids encoding tospovirus genome and expression thereof
    Patent number: 6150585
    Abstract: Recombinant DNA constructs comprising a DNA coding for transcription into an RNA sequence of tospoviruses or into RNA sequences related thereto, the use of such DNA constructs to transform plants having reduced susceptibility to tospovirus infection and probes for the isolation of tospovirus or diagnosis of plant tospovirus diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Novartis Finance Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Willem Goldbach, Dirk Peters, Johannes Jacobus Ludgerus Gielen, Petrus Theodorus de Haan, Arnoldus Johannes Kool, Martinus Quirinus Joseph Marie van Grinsven
  • Genetic stabilizing elements
    Patent number: 6040185
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stabilized gene for transforming a host plant cell said gene comprising a gene exogenous to the plant cell and at least one stabilizing DNA segment in a 3'- or 5'-flanking region to said exogenous gene. Additionally, the invention relates to vectors comprising at least one stabilizing DNA segment in a 3'- or 5'-flanking region to the exogenous gene and methods for transforming plant cells. These stabilizing DNA segments include MAR, SAR, LCR, or LAR, HR and other repetitive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Paul S. Dietrich, Martinus Quirinus Joseph Marie Van Grinsven, Johannes Jacobus Ludgerus Gielen, Johannes Maria de Haas, Roeland Van Driel