Patents by Inventor Stefan Herz
Stefan Herz 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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Patent number: 9440699Abstract: A number of variations may include a product comprising a scooter with an integrated folding system, wherein the scooter further comprises a first folding mechanism which allows a first and a second handle bar to fold within the steerer unit, a second folding mechanism which allows a steerer unit to be folded around a first wheel, and a third folding mechanism which allows a deck to be folded around the first wheel.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Marten Wittorf, Stefan Herz, David Schmid
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Patent number: 8093458Abstract: A process of producing a protein of interest by expression of said protein of interest from a sequence of interest in a plant or in plant leaves, comprising: (a) transfecting said plant or said plant leaves by infiltrating said plant or said plant leaves with an Agrobacterium strain in the presence of a complementing factor, said Agrobacterium strain containing in T-DNA a heterologous DNA sequence having a sequence portion encoding a replicon, wherein said sequence encoding a replicon contains sequences necessary for replicon function of said replicon, said sequences being derived from a plant virus, and said sequence of interest to be expressed from said replicon, (b) optionally isolating said protein of interest from said plant or said plant leaves infiltrated in step (a), wherein said Agrobacterium strain is provided with a first genetic modification rendering said Agrobacterium strain defective for transfecting organisms with said T-DNA in the absence of said complementing factor.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2005Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Icon Genetics GmbHInventors: Sylvestre Marillonnet, Carola Engler, Stefan Mühlbauer, Stefan Herz, Stefan Werner, Victor Klimyuk, Yuri Gleba
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Patent number: 7534742Abstract: The present invention relates to enzymatic activity involved in isoprenoid biosynthesis as well as to inhibitors, notably herbicides, for enzymes in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids. More specifically, the present invention relates to screening methods for detecting such inhibitors, and to enzymatically active proteins for performing said methods as well as purified isolated DNA coding for such proteins. Moreover, the present invention relates to novel inhibitors detectable by said screening methods as well as compositions and processes for inhibiting the synthesis of isoprenoids and for controlling the growth of organisms based on said inhibitors. The invention relates also to the development of inhibitor-resistant plant enzymes and plants, plant tissues, plant seeds and plant cells.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2006Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Inventors: Wolfgang Eisenreich, Monika Fellermeier, Markus Fischer, Stefan Hecht, Stefan Herz, Klaus Kis, Holger Lüttgen, Felix Rohdich, Silvia Sagner, Christoph A. Schuhr, Jurathip Wungsintaweekul, Adelbert Bacher, Meinhart H. Zenk
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Patent number: 7528292Abstract: The invention provides processes for generating transgenic plants or plant cells transformed on their plastome, comprising introducing into plant plastids a first and a second DNA molecule, wherein the first DNA molecule contains a first region homologous to a region of the plastome for directing plastome integration and a first sequence of interest, and the second DNA molecule contains a second region homologous to a region of the plastome and a second sequence of interest, whereby a sequence segment of the first sequence of interest is homologous to a sequence segment of the second sequence of interest, and selecting transformants having an integration sequence stably integrated in the plastome, whereby the integration sequence contains at least a portion of the first and second sequences of interest as a continuous sequence. The invention further provides plant cells, plants, and seeds of plants produced by such processes.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2003Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Icon Genetics GmbHInventors: Stefan Herz, Hans-Ulrich Koop, Timothy J. Golds, Christian Eibl
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Publication number: 20080057563Abstract: A process of producing a protein of interest by expression of said protein of interest from a sequence of interest in a plant or in plant leaves, comprising: (a) transfecting said plant or said plant leaves by infiltrating said plant or said plant leaves with an Agrobacterium strain in the presence of a complementing factor, said Agrobacterium strain containing in T-DNA a heterologous DNA sequence having a sequence portion encoding a replicon, wherein said sequence encoding a replicon contains sequences necessary for replicon function of said replicon, said sequences being derived from a plant virus, and said sequence of interest to be expressed from said replicon, (b) isolating said protein of interest from said plant or said plant leaves infiltrated in step (a), wherein said Agrobacterium strain is provided with a first genetic modification rendering said Agrobacterium strain defective for transfecting organisms with said T-DNA in the absence of said complementing factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2005Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventors: Sylvestre Marillonnet, Carola Engler, Stefan Muhlbauer, Stefan Herz, Stefan Werner, Victor Klimyuk, Yuri Gleba
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Patent number: 7193131Abstract: A process for producing multicellular plants, plant organs or plant tissues transformed on their plastome by the following steps is provided: (a) altering or disrupting the function of a gene in a plastid genome for producing a selectable or recognizable phenotype; (b) separating or selecting plants or cells having plastids expressing said phenotype; (c) transforming said plastid genome of said separated or selected plant, plant organ or plant tissue with at least one transformation vector having a restoring sequence capable of restoring said function; and (d) separating or selecting said transformed plant, plant organ or plant tissue having plastids expressing said restored function.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2002Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Icon Genetics AGInventors: Christian Eibl, Fong-Chin Huang, Sebastian Klaus, Stefan Mühlbauer, Stefan Herz, Hans-Ulrich Koop
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Publication number: 20070015216Abstract: The present invention relates to enzymatic activity involved in isoprenoid biosynthesis as well as to inhibitors, notably herbicides, for enzymes in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids. More specifically, the present invention relates to screening methods for detecting such inhibitors, and to enzymatically active proteins for performing said methods as well as purified isolated DNA coding for such proteins. Moreover, the present invention relates to novel inhibitors detectable by said screening methods as well as compositions and processes for inhibiting the synthesis of isoprenoids and for controlling the growth of organisms based on said inhibitors. The invention relates also to the development of inhibitor-resistant plant enzymes and plants, plant tissues, plant seeds and plant cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2006Publication date: January 18, 2007Inventors: Wolfgang Eisenreich, Monika Fellermeier, Markus Fischer, Stefan Hecht, Stefan Herz, Klaus Kis, Holger Luttgen, Felix Rohdich, Silvia Sagner-Grehn, Christoph Schuhr, Jurathip Wungsintaweekul, Adelbert Bacher, Meinhart Zenk
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Patent number: 7122331Abstract: The present invention relates to enzymatic activity involved in isoprenoid biosynthesis as well as to inhibitors, notably herbicides, for enzymes in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids. More specifically, the present invention relates to screening methods for detecting such inhibitors, and to enzymatically active proteins for performing said methods as well as purified isolated DNA coding for such proteins. Moreover, the present invention relates to novel inhibitors detectable by said screening methods as well as compositions and processes for inhibiting the synthesis of isoprenoids and for controlling the growth of organisms based on said inhibiors. The invention relates also to the development of inhibitor-resistant plant enzymes and plants, plant tissues, plant seeds and plant cells.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2000Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Inventors: Wolfgang Eisenreich, Monika Fellermeier, Markus Fischer, Stefan Hecht, Stefan Herz, Klaus Kis, Holger Lüttgen, Felix Rohdich, Silvia Sagner-Grehn, Christoph A. Schuhr, Jurathip Wungsintaweekul, Adelbert Bacher, Meinhart H. Zenk
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Publication number: 20060117400Abstract: A process of generating transgenic plants or plant cells transformed on their plastome, comprising (a) introducing into plant plastids a first DNA molecule and a second DNA molecule, wherein said first DNA molecule contains a first region homologous to a region of the plastome for directing plastome integration and a first sequence of interest, and said second DNA molecule contains a second region homologous to a region of the plastome for directing plastome integration and a second sequence of interest, whereby a sequence segment of said first sequence of interest is homologous to a sequence segment of said second sequence of interest, and selecting transformants having an integration sequence stably integrated in the plastome, whereby said integration sequence contains at least a portion of said first and at least a portion of said second sequence of interest as a continuous sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2003Publication date: June 1, 2006Inventors: Stefan Herz, Hans Koop, Timothy Golds, Christian Eibl
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Publication number: 20040137631Abstract: This invention discloses a novel process and vector therefore for producing a multicellular plant or plant cells having stably transformed plastids. This process comprises transforming plastids or plant cells via homologous recombination with a DNA molecule enabling DNA modification, whereby said DNA molecule comprises a fragment of a gene requiring for expression a sequence element of the host plastid. The invention also includes the use of novel selection inhibitors for plastic transformation and the possibility of performing multiple rounds of transformation without accumulation of resistance genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2004Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Stefan Herz, Sebastian Klaus, Christian Eibl, Stefan Muhlbauer, Hans-Ulrich Koop, Yuri Gleba
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Publication number: 20040083499Abstract: A process for producing multicellular plants, plant organs or plant tissues transformed on their plastome by the following steps is provided: (a) altering or disrupting the function of a gene in a plastid genome for producing a selectable or recognizable phenotype; (b) separating or selecting plants or cells having plastids expressing said phenotype; (c) transforming said plastid genome of said separated or selected plant, plant organ or plant tissue with at least one transformation vector having a restoring sequence capable of restoring said function; and (d) separating or selecting said transformed plant, plant organ or plant tissue having plastids expressing said restored function.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Inventors: Christian Eibl, Fong-Chin Huang, Sebastian Klaus, Stefan Muhlbauer, Stefan Herz, Hans-Ulrich Koop