Patents by Inventor Pieter Van Der Valk

Pieter Van Der Valk 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).

  • Grasses expressing H1 exhibit delayed heading and reduced inflorescenses
    Patent number: 7297846
    Abstract: Novel grass plants, their progeny, and parts thereof are disclosed which have been genetically modified by introduction of a nucleic acid molecule encoding the transcription factor AtH1. This modification causes a heritable change in one or more plant characteristics such as, for example, inhibition of flowering, absence of inflorescence, increased production of tillers, delayed heading, and inhibition of the developmental switch from vegetative to generative growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Advanta Seeds B.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Van Der Valk, Cornelius M. P. Van Dun, Sjef C. M. Smeekens, Marcel C. G. Proveniers
  • Inhibition of generative propagation in genetically modified grasses
    Publication number: 20050183172
    Abstract: Novel grass plants, their progeny, and parts thereof are disclosed which have been genetically modified. This modification causes a heritable change in one or more plant characteristics such as, for example, inhibition of flowering, absence of inflorescence, increased production of tillers, delayed heading, and inhibition of the developmental switch from vegetative to generative growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Pieter Van Der Valk, Cornelius Van Dun, Sjec Smeekens, Marcel Proveniers
  • Inhibition of generative propagation in genetically modified herbicide resistant grasses
    Publication number: 20050120403
    Abstract: Novel grass plants, their progeny, and parts thereof are disclosed which have been genetically modified. This modification causes a heritable change herbicide resistance and in one or more plant characteristics such as, for example, inhibition of flowering, absence of inflorescence, increased production of tillers, delayed heading, and inhibition of the developmental switch from vegetative to generative growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: Advanta Seeds B. V.
    Inventor: Pieter Van Der Valk