Patents by Inventor Raphael Dumain

Raphael Dumain 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).

  • Method for modifying gene expression of a phytopathogenic fungus
    Patent number: 7741531
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for controlling the development of fungi during a phytopathogenic attack which enables the plant to express a construct for inhibiting the expression of a gene essential to the development or to the pathogenicity of the fungus. The technology used is based on the mechanism of RNA interference. The present invention provides methods for producing plants resistant to a phytopathogenic fungus, plant cells and plants resistant to a phytopathogenic fungus, and methods of identifying a gene essential to the development or to the pathogenicity of a phytopathogenic fungus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer S.A.S.
    Inventors: Rachel Baltz, Raphael Dumain, Stéphane Peyrard, Jean-Marc Ferullo, Roland Beffa
  • Method for modifying gene expression of a phytopathogenic fungus
    Publication number: 20070061918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for controlling the development of fungi during a phytopathogenic attack which enables the plant to express a construct for inhibiting the expression of a gene essential to the development or to the pathogenicity of the fungus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Rachel Baltz, Raphael Dumain, Stephane Peyrard, Jean-Marc Ferullo, Roland Beffa