Patents by Inventor Nicole Froger

Nicole Froger 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 Producing 2N Gametes or Apomeiotic Gametes
    Publication number: 20210163972
    Abstract: The invention relates to plants wherein the protein OSD1, involved in the transition from meiosis I to meiosis II is inactive. These plants produce Second Division Restitution (SDR) 2n gametes. The invention further relates to plants wherein the inactivation of OSD1 is combined with the inactivation of a gene involved in meiotic recombination in plants, and of a gene involved in the monopolar orientation of the kinetochores during meiosis. These plants produce apomeiotic gametes. These plants are useful in plant breeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Raphael Mercier, Isabelle D'Erfurth, Nicole Froger, Sylvie Jolivet, Laurence Cromer
  • Plants producing 2n gametes or apomeiotic gametes
    Patent number: 10883112
    Abstract: The invention relates to plants wherein the protein OSD1, involved in the transition from meiosis I to meiosis II is inactive. These plants produce Second Division Restitution (SDR) 2n gametes. The invention further relates to plants wherein the inactivation of OSD1 is combined with the inactivation of a gene involved in meiotic recombination in plants, and of a gene involved in the monopolar orientation of the kinetochores during meiosis. These plants produce apomeiotic gametes. These plants are useful in plant breeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Institut National de Recherche Pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
    Inventors: Raphael Mercier, Isabelle D'Erfurth, Nicole Froger, Sylvie Jolivet, Laurence Cromer
  • PLANTS PRODUCING 2N GAMETES OR APOMEIOTIC GAMETES
    Publication number: 20160222397
    Abstract: The invention relates to plants wherein the protein OSD1, involved in the transition from meiosis I to meiosis II is inactive. These plants produce Second Division Restitution (SDR) 2n gametes. The invention further relates to plants wherein the inactivation of OSD1 is combined with the inactivation of a gene involved in meiotic recombination in plants, and of a gene involved in the monopolar orientation of the kinetochores during meiosis. These plants produce apomeiotic gametes. These plants are useful in plant breeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Raphael Mercier, Isabelle D'Erfurth, Nicole Froger, Sylvie Jolivet, Laurence Cromer
  • PLANTS PRODUCING 2N GAMETES OR APOMEIOTIC GAMETES
    Publication number: 20120042408
    Abstract: The invention relates to plants wherein the protein OSD1, involved in the transition from meiosis I to meiosis II is inactive. These plants produce Second Division Restitution (SDR) 2n gametes. The invention further relates to plants wherein the inactivation of OSD1 is combined with the inactivation of a gene involved in meiotic recombination in plants, and of a gene involved in the monopolar orientation of the kinetochores during meiosis. These plants produce apomeiotic gametes. These plants are useful in plant breeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Raphael Mercier, Isabelle D'Erfurth, Nicole Froger, Sylvie Jolivet, Laurence Cromer
  • Mutant gene of the GRAS family and plants with reduced development containing said mutant gene
    Patent number: 7645920
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of plants with reduced development and a mutant gene of the GRAS family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
    Inventors: Michel Renard, Regine Delourme, Pierre Barret, Dominique Brunel, Nicole Froger, Xavier Tanguy