Patents by Inventor Rob Bruns

Rob Bruns 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).

  • Mutation involved in increased tolerance to imidazolinone herbicides in plants
    Patent number: 9175299
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding polypeptides that confer upon a plant tolerance to an imidazolinone and/or other acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) inhibiting herbicide when expressed in the plant. The present invention also provides plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone and/or other AHAS-inhibiting herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes plants containing at least one IMI nucleic acid. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: BASF AGROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS, B.V.
    Inventors: John Moffatt, Rob Bruns, Iwona Birk, Bijay Singh
  • NOVEL MUTATION INVOLVED IN INCREASED TOLERANCE TO IMIDAZOLINONE HERBICIDES IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20090029860
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding polypeptides that confer upon a plant tolerance to an imidazolinone and/or other acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) inhibiting herbicide when expressed in the plant. The present invention also provides plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone and/or other AHAS-inhibiting herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes plants containing at least one IMI nucleic acid. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Agrochemical Products, B.V.
    Inventors: John Moffatt, Rob Bruns, Iwona Birk, Bijay Singh