Patents by Inventor Ruediger Hain

Ruediger Hain 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).

  • Publication number: 20220275391
    Abstract: Present invention relates to the use of the ALS inhibitor herbicides for controlling unwanted vegetation in ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plants, more especially, present invention relates to the use of ALS inhibitor herbicides for control of unwanted vegetation in Beta vulgaris, preferably in sugar beet growing areas in which the Beta vulgaris, preferably sugar beet comprise a mutation in codon 1705-1707 of an endogenous ALS gene encoding an ALS protein containing an amino acid that is different from tryptophan at position 569, preferably the tryptophan is substituted by leucine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ruediger HAIN, Gerhard JOHANN, Guenter DONN
  • Patent number: 11371057
    Abstract: Present invention relates to the use of the ALS inhibitor herbicides for controlling unwanted vegetation in ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plants, more especially, present invention relates to the use of ALS inhibitor herbicides for control of unwanted vegetation in Beta vulgaris, preferably in sugar beet growing areas in which the Beta vulgaris, preferably sugar beet comprise a mutation in codon 1705-1707 of an endogenous ALS gene encoding an ALS protein containing an amino acid that is different from tryptophan at position 569, preferably the tryptophan is substituted by leucine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Ruediger Hain, Gerhard Johann, Guenter Donn
  • Publication number: 20210054360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plant and parts thereof comprising a mutation of an endogenous acetolactate synthase (ALS) gene, wherein the ALS gene encodes an ALS polypeptide containing an amino acid different from tryptophan at a position 569 of the ALS polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ruediger HAIN, Juergen BENTING, Guenter DONN, Nathalie KNITTEL-OTTLEBEN, Bernd HOLTSCHULTE, Andreas LOOCK, Clemens SPRINGMANN, Rudolf JANSEN
  • Patent number: 10865406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plant and parts thereof comprising a mutation of an endogenous acetolactate synthase (ALS) gene, wherein the ALS gene encodes an ALS polypeptide containing an amino acid different from tryptophan at a position 569 of the ALS polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH, KWS SAAT AG
    Inventors: Ruediger Hain, Juergen Benting, Guenter Donn, Nathalie Knittel-Ottleben, Bernd Holtschulte, Andreas Loock, Clemens Springmann, Rudolf Jansen
  • Publication number: 20200095602
    Abstract: Present invention relates to the use of the ALS inhibitor herbicides for controlling unwanted vegetation in ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plants, more especially, present invention relates to the use of ALS inhibitor herbicides for control of unwanted vegetation in Beta vulgaris, preferably in sugar beet growing areas in which the Beta vulgaris, preferably sugar beet comprise a mutation in codon 1705-1707 of an endogenous ALS gene encoding an ALS protein containing an amino acid that is different from tryptophan at position 569, preferably the tryptophan is substituted by leucine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Ruediger HAIN, Gerhard Johann, Guenter Donn
  • Patent number: 10544426
    Abstract: Present invention relates to the use of the ALS inhibitor herbicides for controlling unwanted vegetation in ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plants, more especially, present invention relates to the use of ALS inhibitor herbicides for control of unwanted vegetation in Beta vulgaris, preferably in sugar beet growing areas in which the Beta vulgaris, preferably sugar beet comprise a mutation in codon 1705-1707 of an endogenous ALS gene encoding an ALS protein containing an amino acid that is different from tryptophan at position 569, preferably the tryptophan is substituted by leucine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Ruediger Hain, Gerhard Johann, Guenter Donn
  • Patent number: 9686994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the ALS inhibitor herbicides for controlling unwanted vegetation in ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plants, more especially, present invention relates to the use of ALS inhibitor herbicides for control of unwanted vegetation in Beta vulgaris, preferably in sugar beet growing areas in which the Beta vulgaris, preferably sugar beet comprise mutations in the ALS gene where the tryptophan at position 569 in the encoded ALS enzyme is substituted by another amino acid (preferably by leucine), and a mutation in the ALS gene where the proline at position 188 in the encoded ALS enzyme is substituted by another amino acid (preferably by serine).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Ruediger Hain, Gerhard Johann
  • Patent number: 9670496
    Abstract: Methods and means are provided to modify in a targeted manner the genome of a plant in close proximity to an existing elite event using a double stranded DNA break inducing enzyme. Also provided are plants, in particular cotton plants showing tolerance to a field dose of at least 1× of at least one HPPD inhibitor, and methods for making such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: Bayer CropScience N.V., Bayer CropScience AG, Bayer CropScience LP
    Inventors: Kathleen D'Halluin, Jan Dittgen, Stefan Jansens, Frank Meulewaeter, Koen Weterings, Hal Moser, Thomas Wilde, Ruediger Hain, Udo Bickers, Linda Trolinder, Gary Henniger
  • Patent number: 9572315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant B. napus plant, progeny and parts thereof comprising a non-transgenic mutation of an endogenous acetolactate synthase I gene and a non-transgenic mutation of an endogenous acetolactate synthase III gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH, DEUTSCHE SAATVEREDELUNG AG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Hain, Günter Donn, Nathalie Knittel-Ottleben, Heinrich Busch, Carsten Oertel, Dieter Stelling
  • Patent number: 9370183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the ALS inhibitor herbicides for controlling unwanted vegetation in ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant Brassica plants, more especially, the present invention relates to the use of ALS inhibitor herbicides for control of unwanted vegetation in Brassica growing areas which Brassica plants comprise non-transgenic mutations of their endogenous acetolactate synthase (ALS) genes I and III.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Ruediger Hain, Gerhard Johann, Udo Bickers
  • Publication number: 20160160232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant polyploid plants, such as B. napus or B. juncea plants, progeny and parts thereof comprising a mutation of all acetolactase genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Rene RUITER, Rüdiger HAIN, Gerhard JOHANN, Bernd LABER
  • Publication number: 20150313237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the ALS inhibitor herbicides for controlling unwanted vegetation in ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plants, more especially, present invention relates to the use of ALS inhibitor herbicides for control of unwanted vegetation in Beta vulgaris, preferably in sugar beet growing areas in which the Beta vulgaris, preferably sugar beet comprise mutations in the ALS gene where the tryptophan at position 569 in the encoded ALS enzyme is substituted by another amino acid (preferably by leucine), and a mutation in the ALS gene where the proline at position 188 in the encoded ALS enzyme is substituted by another amino acid (preferably by serine).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Ruediger HAIN, Gerhard JOHANN
  • Publication number: 20150289464
    Abstract: A method for producing herbicide-resistant sugar beet plant includes obtaining protoplasts from stomatal guard cells isolated from a sugar beet plant. A composition having an ALS herbicide is applied to the cells at a concentration which is lethal to the cells. Sugar beet plants are regenerated from the surviving cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Guy WEYENS, Marc LEFÈBVRE, Rüdiger HAIN, Gerhard JOHANN
  • Patent number: 9078446
    Abstract: Use of N-(tetrazol-4-yl)- or N-(triazol-3-yl)arylcarboxamides of formula (I) or salts thereof for controlling unwanted plants in areas of transgenic crop plants being tolerant to HPPD inhibitor herbicides by containing one or more chimeric gene(s) comprising (I) a DNA sequence encoding hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) derived from a member of a group of organisms consisting of (a) Avena, (b) Pseudomonas, (c) Synechococcoideae, (d) Blepharismidae, (e) Rhodococcus, (f) Picrophilaceae, (g) Kordia, or (II) comprising one or more mutated DNA sequences of HPPD encoding genes of the before defined organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Fabien Poree, Andreas Almsick, Ralf Braun, Bernd Laber, Ruediger Hain
  • Publication number: 20150167016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding a hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.27, abbreviated herein as HPPD) obtained from Euryarchaeota belonging to the family Picrophilaceae, as well as the proteins encoded thereby, and to a chimeric gene which comprises such nucleic acid sequence, and to the use of such nucleic acid sequences, proteins or chimeric genes for obtaining plants which are tolerant to HPPD inhibitor herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Fabien POREE, Bernd Laber, Nathalie Knittel-Ottleben, Gudrun Lange, Arno Schulz, Ruediger Hain
  • Publication number: 20150159145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding a hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.27, abbreviated herein as HPPD) obtained from bacteria belonging to the genus Rhodococcus as well as the proteins encoded thereby, and to a chimeric gene which comprises such nucleic acid sequence, and to the use of such nucleic acid sequences, proteins or chimeric genes for obtaining plants which are tolerant to HPPD inhibitor herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Fabien POREE, Bernd Laber, Nathalie Knittel-Ottleben, Gudrun Lange, Arno Schulz, Ruediger Hain
  • Publication number: 20150159167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding a hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.27, abbreviated herein as HPPD) obtained from bacteria belonging to the subfamily Synechococcoideae, as well as the proteins encoded thereby, and to a chimeric gene which comprises such nucleic acid sequence, and to the use of such nucleic acid sequences, proteins or chimeric genes for obtaining plants which are tolerant to HPPD inhibitor herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Fabien POREE, Bernd Laber, Nathalie Knittel-Ottleben, Gudrun Lange, Arno Schulz, Ruediger Hain
  • Publication number: 20150159168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding a hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.27, abbreviated herein as HPPD) obtained from protists belonging to the family Blepharismidae, as well as the proteins encoded thereby, and to a chimeric gene which comprises such nucleic acid sequence, and to the use of such nucleic acid sequences, proteins or chimeric genes for obtaining plants which are tolerant to HPPD inhibitor herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Fabien POREE, Bernd Laber, Nathalie Knittel-Ottleben, Gudrun Lange, Arno Schulz, Ruediger Hain
  • Publication number: 20150159169
    Abstract: present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding a hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.27, abbreviated herein as HPPD) obtained from bacteria belonging to the genus Kordia, as well as the proteins encoded thereby, and to a chimeric gene which comprises such nucleic acid sequence, and to the use of such nucleic acid sequences, proteins or chimeric genes for obtaining plants which are tolerant to HPPD inhibitor herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Fabien POREE, Bernd Laber, Nathalie Knittel-Ottleben, Gudrun Lange, Arno Schulz, Ruediger Hain
  • Publication number: 20150089682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant B. napus plant, progeny and parts thereof comprising a mutation of an acetolactate synthase I gene and a mutation of an acetolactate synthase III gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Rene Ruiter, Rüdiger Hain, Gerhard Johann, Bernd Laber