Patents by Inventor Sjec Smeekens

Sjec Smeekens 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).

  • Inhibition of generative propagation in genetically modified grasses
    Publication number: 20050183172
    Abstract: Novel grass plants, their progeny, and parts thereof are disclosed which have been genetically modified. This modification causes a heritable change in one or more plant characteristics such as, for example, inhibition of flowering, absence of inflorescence, increased production of tillers, delayed heading, and inhibition of the developmental switch from vegetative to generative growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Pieter Van Der Valk, Cornelius Van Dun, Sjec Smeekens, Marcel Proveniers