Patents by Inventor Reinhard Hehl
Reinhard Hehl 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).
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Publication number: 20200024613Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated cis-regulatory element imparting pathogen inducibility or elicitor inducibility, which comprises a nucleic acid molecule, the molecule sequence of which corresponds to one of the core sequence motifs comprising a) vaaagtm, b) aaacca, c) scaaam, d) acrcg, e) sktgkact, f) mrtsack, g) ccaccaa, h) tcgtctcttc (SEQ ID NO: 35), i) wwkgwc or a core sequence motif complementary to a) to i).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: KWS SAAT SEInventors: Dietmar STAHL, Fridtjof WELTMEIER, Reinhard HEHL, Jeannette KOSCHMANN, Julia NIEMEYER
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Patent number: 10385358Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated cis-regulatory element imparting pathogen inducibility or elicitor inducibility, which comprises a nucleic acid molecule, the nucleotide sequence of which corresponds to one of the core sequence motifs comprising a) vaaagtm, b) aaacca, c) scaaam, d) acrcg, e) sktgkact, f) mrtsack, g) ccaccaa, h) tcgtctcttc (SEQ ID NO: 35), i) wwkgwc or a core sequence motif complementary to a) to i).Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: KWS SAAT SEInventors: Dietmar Stahl, Fridtjof Weltmeier, Reinhard Hehl, Jeannette Koschmann, Julia Niemeyer
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Publication number: 20150040269Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated cis-regulatory element imparting pathogen inducibility or elicitor inducibility, which comprises a nucleic acid molecule, the nucleotide sequence of which corresponds to one of the core sequence motifs comprising a) vaaagtm, b) aaacca, c) scaaam, d) acrcg, e) sktgkact, f) mrtsack, g) ccaccaa, h) tcgtctcttc (SEQ ID NO: 35), i) wwkgwc or a core sequence motif complementary to a) to i).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: KWS SAAT AGInventors: Dietmar Stahl, Fridtjof Weltmeoer, Reinhard Hehl, Jeannette Koschmann, Julia Niemeyer
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Patent number: 8878003Abstract: A promoter with an organ-specific activity in plants. The promoter is characterized in that it exhibits greater activity in the storage organs of plants than in other organs of said plants and that the promoter activity is modified after the harvest of the storage organs and is greater than prior to said harvest.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignees: KWS SAAT AG, Suedzucker AGInventors: Reinhard Hehl, Alexander Rotthues, Dietmar Juergen Stahl
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Publication number: 20120079620Abstract: A promoter with an organ-specific activity in plants. The promoter is characterized in that it exhibits greater activity in the storage organs of plants than in other organs of said plants and that the promoter activity is modified after the harvest of the storage organs and is greater than prior to said harvest.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicants: SUEDZUCKER AG, KWS SAAT AGInventors: Reinhard Hehl, Alexander Rotthues, Dietmar Juergen Stahl
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Patent number: 8133988Abstract: The invention relates to tissue specific promoters which can be used in plants for one or more of the following purposes: a. altering carbohydrate metabolism b. preventing memory substance loss c. expression of an invertase inhibitor d. expression of a fructosyl transferase e. expression of a levan sucrase f. expression of genes coding for transported proteins for N-compounds g. expression of characteristics which increase resistance/tolerance with respect to pathogens.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: KWS Saat AGInventors: Reinhard Hehl, Dorothee Kloos, Dietmar Juergen Stahl
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Patent number: 8093457Abstract: The invention relates to a promoter with an organ-specific activity in plants. Said promoter is characterised in that it exhibits greater activity in the storage organs of plants than in other organs of said plants and that the promoter activity is modified after the harvest of the storage organs and is greater than prior to said harvest.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2005Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: KWS SAAT AGInventors: Reinhard Hehl, Alexander Rotthues, Dietmar Juergen Stahl
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Patent number: 8058422Abstract: The invention relates to tissue specific promoters which can be used in plants for one or more of the following purposes: a. altering carbohydrate metabolism b. preventing memory substance loss c. expression of an invertase inhibitor d. expression of a fructosyl transferase e. expression of a levan sucrase f. expression of genes coding for transported proteins for N-compounds g. expression of characteristics which increase resistance/tolerance with respect to pathogens.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: KWS SAAT AGInventors: Reinhard Hehl, Dorothee Kloos, Dietmar Juergen Stahl
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Publication number: 20110041212Abstract: The invention relates to a promoter with an organ-specific activity in plants. Said promoter is characterised in that it exhibits greater activity in the storage organs of plants than in other organs of said plants and that the promoter activity is modified after the harvest of the storage organs and is greater than prior to said harvest.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2005Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicants: KWS SAAT AG, SUEDZUCKER AGInventors: Reinhard Hehl, Alexander Rotthues, Dietmar Juergen Stahl
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Publication number: 20100269225Abstract: The invention relates to tissue specific promoters which can be used in plants for one or more of the following purposes: a. altering carbohydrate metabolism b. preventing memory substance loss c. expression of an invertase inhibitor d. expression of a fructosyl transferase e. expression of a levan sucrase f. expression of genes coding for transported proteins for N-compounds g. expression of characteristics which increase resistance/tolerance with respect to pathogens.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: KWS SAAT AGInventors: Reinhard Hehl, Dorothee Kloos, Dietmar Jürgen Stahl
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Publication number: 20100269227Abstract: The invention relates to tissue specific promoters which can be used in plants for one or more of the following purposes: a. altering carbohydrate metabolism b. preventing memory substance loss c. expression of an invertase inhibitor d. expression of a fructosyl transferase e. expression of a levan sucrase f. expression of genes coding for transported proteins for N-compounds g. expression of characteristics which increase resistance/tolerance with respect to pathogens.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: KWS SAAT AGInventors: Reinhard Hehl, Dorothee Kloos, Dietmar Jürgen Stahl
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Publication number: 20100269226Abstract: The invention relates to tissue specific promoters which can be used in plants for one or more of the following purposes: a. altering carbohydrate metabolism b. preventing memory substance loss c. expression of an invertase inhibitor d. expression of a fructosyl transferase e. expression of a levan sucrase f. expression of genes coding for transported proteins for N-compounds g. expression of characteristics which increase resistance/tolerance with respect to pathogens.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: KWS SAAT AGInventors: Reinhard Hehl, Dorothee Kloos, Dietmar Jürgen Stahl
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Patent number: 7767801Abstract: The invention relates to tissue specific promoters which can be used in plants for one or more of the following purposes: a. altering carbohydrate metabolism b. preventing memory substance loss c. expression of an invertase inhibitor d. expression of a fructosyl transferase e. expression of a levan sucrase f. expression of genes coding for transported proteins for N-compounds g. expression of characteristics which increase resistance/tolerance with respect to pathogens.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2001Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: KWS Saat AGInventors: Reinhard Hehl, Dorothee Kloos, Dietmar Juergen Stahl
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Patent number: 7763774Abstract: The invention relates to a promoter that is provided with tissue-specific activity and is more active in xylem parenchyma cells of plant roots than it is in other cells of said plant. The inventive promoter allows transgenic plants to be produced with particular characteristics: (a) improved xylem charging and discharging processes in the root; (b) improved nitrogen supply; (c) reduced accumulation of harmful nitrogen in the root; (d) improved resistance to salt; (e) improved resistance to stress due to dry conditions; (f) improved tolerance to frost; (g) modified Na+/K+ concentration in the root; (h) greater resistance/tolerance to pathogens.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2005Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignees: KWS SAAT AG, Suedzucker AGInventors: Reinhard Hehl, Heiko Oltmanns, Dietmar Juergen Stahl
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Publication number: 20070266457Abstract: The invention relates to a promoter that is provided with tissue-specific activity and is more active in xylem parenchyma cells of plant roots than it is in other cells of said plant. The inventive promoter allows transgenic plants to be produced with particular characteristics: (a) improved xylem charging and discharging processes in the root; (b) improved nitrogen supply; (c) reduced accumulation of harmful nitrogen in the root; (d) improved resistance to salt; (e) improved resistance to stress due to dry conditions; (f) improved tolerance to frost; (g) modified Na+/K+ concentration in the root; (h) greater resistance/tolerance to pathogens.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2005Publication date: November 15, 2007Applicant: KWS SAAT AGInventors: Reinhard Hehl, Heiko Oltmanns, Dietmar Stahl
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Publication number: 20040064853Abstract: The invention relates to tissue specific promoters which can be used in plants for one or more of the following purposes: a. altering carbohydrate metabolism b. preventing memory substance loss c. expression of an invertase inhibitor d. expression of a fructosyl transferase e. expression of a levan sucrase f. expression of genes coding for transported proteins for N-compounds g. expression of characteristics which increase resistance/tolerance with respect to pathogens.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventors: Reinhard Hehl, Dorothee Kloos, Dietmar Jurgen Stahl
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Patent number: 6194201Abstract: The present invention relates to an expression system for anaerobic gene expression in higher plants. The expression system comprises the promoter GapC4 or a fragment or variant and a gene to be expressed. A concrete field of application of the present invention is agriculture, particularly resistance cultivation.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1998Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: MPG Cologne GmbH Molecular Plant & Protein BiotechnologyInventors: Rüdiger Cerff, Klaus Düring, Reinhard Hehl, Uwe Köhler