Patents by Inventor Simone Dorfmüller

Simone Dorfmüller 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 DOWN-REGULATING GENE EXPRESSION IN FUNGI
    Publication number: 20130160156
    Abstract: The present invention concerns methods for controlling and/or preventing fungus infestation on a cell, organism, substrate or material via dsRNA mediated gene silencing. The methods of the invention are particularly used to alleviate pathogenic fungal infestation on plants, plant materials or seeds. Suitable fungal target genes and fragments thereof, expression cassettes, dsRNA molecules, host cells expressing the dsRNA, compositions and transgenic plants and plant cells are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Devgen Private Limited
    Inventors: Simone Dorfmueller, Phuay-Yee Goh, Pascale Feldmann
  • Antibodies, recombinant antibodies, recombinant antibody fragments and fusions mediated plant disease resistance against fungi
    Patent number: 7531522
    Abstract: A method for the production of fungus resistant transgenic plants, plant cells or plant tissue comprising the introduction of an Ab, rAb, rAb fragment or fusion or vector of the invention or the vectors of the composition of the invention into the genome of a plant, plant cell or plant cell tissue and a transgenic plant cell comprising stably integrated into the genome a polynucleotide or vector of the invention or the vectors of the composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Dieter Peschen, Rainer Fischer, Stefan Schillberg, Yu-Cai Liao, Simone Dorfmüller