Patents by Inventor Michel Van Thournout

Michel Van Thournout 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).

  • Plants comprising wheat g-type cytoplasmic male sterility restorer genes and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11913011
    Abstract: Methods are described for selecting or producing a cereal plant comprising a functional restorer gene for wheat G-type cytoplasmic male sterility and nucleic acids and/or polypeptides for use therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: BASF SE, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Mark Davey, Antje Rohde, Ruvini Ariyadasa, Aswinkumar Singaram Natarajan, Alexander Whan, Jonny Jacobs, Colin Robert Cavanagh, Michel Van Thournout, Arne Verstichele, Andrew Spriggs, William Bovill, Jose Barrero Sanchez
  • BRASSICA ROD1 GENE SEQUENCES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220204983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Brassica juncea ROD1 nucleic acid sequences and proteins and the use thereof to create plants with increased levels of C18:1 and reduced levels of saturated fatty acids in the seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Peter DENOLF, Michel VAN THOURNOUT, Stephane BOUROT
  • Soybean ROD1 gene sequences and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11071268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soybean ROD1 nucleic acid sequences and proteins and the use thereof to create plants with increased levels of C18:1 and reduced levels of saturated fatty acids in the seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS SEED, US LLC
    Inventors: Peter Denolf, Michel Van Thournout
  • PLANTS COMPRISING WHEAT G-TYPE CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY RESTORER GENES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210214746
    Abstract: Methods are described for selecting or producing a cereal plant comprising a functional restorer gene for wheat G-type cytoplasmic male sterility and nucleic acids and/or polypeptides for use therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Mark DAVEY, Antje ROHDE, Ruvini ARIYADASA, Alexander WHAN, Aswinkumar Natarajan SINGARAM, Jonny JACOBS, Colin Robert CAVANAGH, Arne VERSTICHELE, Michel VAN THOURNOUT, Jose BARRERO SANCHEZ, Andrew SPRIGGS, William BOVILL
  • PLANTS COMPRISING WHEAT G-TYPE CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY RESTORER GENES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210155953
    Abstract: Methods are described for selecting or producing a cereal plant comprising a functional restorer gene for wheat G-type cytoplasmic male sterility and nucleic acids and/or polypeptides for use therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Mark DAVEY, Antje ROHDE, Ruvini ARIYADASA, Aswinkumar Natarajan SINGARAM, Alexander WHAN, Jonny JACOBS, Colin Robert CAVANAGH, Michel VAN THOURNOUT, Arne VERSTICHELE, Andrew SPRIGGS, William BOVILL, Jose Barrero SANCHEZ
  • Brassicaceae plants resistant to (clubroot)
    Patent number: 10767190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of clubroot resistance genes from Brassica. Clubroot resistant Brassicaceae plants are provided, as well as clubroot resistance genes and methods and means to increase clubroot resistance in Brassicaceae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS SEED, US LLC
    Inventors: Steven Engelen, Michel Van Thournout, Stephen Rae, Kim Crommar, Vanessa Hostyn, Godfrey Chongo
  • BRASSICACEAE PLANTS RESISTANT TO PLASMODIOPHORA BRASSICAE (CLUBROOT)
    Publication number: 20190241904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of clubroot resistance genes from Brassica. Clubroot resistant Brassicaceae plants are provided, as well as clubroot resistance genes and methods and means to increase clubroot resistance in Brassicaceae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Steven ENGELEN, Michel VAN THOURNOUT, Stephen RAE, Kim CROMMAR, Vanessa HOSTYN, Godfrey CHONGO
  • SOYBEAN ROD1 GENE SEQUENCES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180249650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soybean ROD1 nucleic acid sequences and proteins and the use thereof to create plants with increased levels of C18:1 and reduced levels of saturated fatty acids in the seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Peter DENOLF, Michel VAN THOURNOUT
  • BRASSICA ROD1 GENE SEQUENCES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180195080
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Brassica juncea ROD1 nucleic acid sequences and proteins and the use thereof to create plants with increased levels of C18:1 and reduced levels of saturated fatty acids in the seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Peter DENOLF, Michel VAN THOURNOUT, Stephane BOUROT
  • Soybean ROD1 gene sequences and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9968041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soybean ROD1 nucleic acid sequences and proteins and the use thereof to create plants with increased levels of C18:1 and reduced levels of saturated fatty acids in the seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE NV
    Inventors: Peter Denolf, Michel Van Thournout
  • ROD1 gene sequences and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9873886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Brassica juncea ROD1 nucleic acid sequences and proteins and the use thereof to create plants with increased levels of C18:1 and reduced levels of saturated fatty acids in the seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience NV
    Inventors: Peter Denolf, Michel Van Thournout, Stephane Bourot
  • Methods and Means to Modify Fiber Strength in Fiber-Producing Plants
    Publication number: 20160097055
    Abstract: This invention relates to the field of agriculture, more specifically to the use of molecular biology techniques to alter fiber-producing plants, particularly cotton plants, and/or accelerate breeding of such fiber-producing plants. Methods and means are provided to alter fiber qualities, such as increasing fiber strength. Methods are also provided to identify molecular markers associated with fiber strength in a population of cotton varieties and related progenitor plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Tony Arioli, Steven Engelen, John Jacobs, Michel Van Thournout, Stephane Bourot
  • SOYBEAN ROD1 GENE SEQUENCES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150322447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soybean ROD1 nucleic acid sequences and proteins and the use thereof to create plants with increased levels of C18:1 and reduced levels of saturated fatty acids in the seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Peter DENOLF, Michel VAN THOURNOUT
  • plants with increased fiber strength comprising a fiber strength allele spanning the GLUC1.1A gene from
    Patent number: 9121074
    Abstract: This invention relates to the field of agriculture, more specifically to the use of molecular biology techniques to alter fiber-producing plants, particularly cotton plants, and/or accelerate breeding of such fiber-producing plants. Methods and means are provided to alter fiber qualities, such as increasing fiber strength. Methods are also provided to identify molecular markers associated with fiber strength in a population of cotton varieties and related progenitor plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience N.V.
    Inventors: Tony Arioli, Steven Engelen, John Jacobs, Michel Van Thournout, Stephane Bourot
  • BRASSICA ROD1 GENE SEQUENCES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150143573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Brassica juncea ROD1 nucleic acid sequences and proteins and the use thereof to create plants with increased levels of C18:1 and reduced levels of saturated fatty acids in the seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Denolf, Michel Van Thournout, Stephane Bourot
  • Stress tolerant cotton plants
    Patent number: 8053636
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of cotton parp2 gene or cDNA sequences to obtain stress tolerant cotton plants. Various cotton parp2 sequences are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Bioscience N.V.
    Inventors: Michel Van Thournout, Arlette Reynaerts, John Jacobs
  • Methods and Means to Modify Fiber Strength in Fiber-Producing Plants
    Publication number: 20110093970
    Abstract: This invention relates to the field of agriculture, more specifically to the use of molecular biology techniques to alter fiber-producing plants, particularly cotton plants, and/or accelerate breeding of such fiber-producing plants. Methods and means are provided to alter fiber qualities, such as increasing fiber strength. Methods are also provided to identify molecular markers associated with fiber strength in a population of cotton varieties and related progenitor plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Tony Arioli, Steven Engelen, John Jacobs, Michel Van Thournout, Stephane Bourot
  • IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL TYPE OF SUCROSE SYNTHASE AND USE THEREOF IN FIBER MODIFICATION
    Publication number: 20100167040
    Abstract: Methods and means are described to modify fiber characteristics in a fiber producing plant, such as cotton, based on the use of a novel type of sucrose synthase protein or related nucleic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicants: BAYER BIOSCIENCE N.V., COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
    Inventors: Yong Ling Ruan, Robert Furbank, Elizabeth Brill, Michel Van Thournout, Antonio Arioli
  • Stress tolerant cotton plants
    Publication number: 20090013431
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of cotton parp2 gene or cDNA sequences to obtain stress tolerant cotton plants. Various cotton parp2 sequences are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Bayer Bioscience N.V.
    Inventors: Michel Van Thournout, Arlette Reynaerts, John Jacobs