Patents by Inventor Stefan Tresch

Stefan Tresch 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: 20250122523
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Tobias Seiser, Stefan Tresch, Peter Alexander Boweman, Liliana Parra Rapado, Matthias Witschel, Laetitia Souillart, Manuel Johannes, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik
  • Publication number: 20250084428
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Publication number: 20250027103
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a plant or plant part comprising a polynucleotide encoding a wildtype or mutated cellulose synthase (CESA) polypeptide, the expression of said polynucleotide confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to CESA-inhibiting herbicides, such as azines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Stefan Tresch, Mihiret Tekeste Sisay, Doreen Schachtschabel, Kristin Hanzlik, Brigitte Weston, Florian Vogt, Danny Geerdink, Jens Lerchl
  • Patent number: 12203089
    Abstract: Provided is a plant or plant part comprising a polynucleotide encoding a mutated cellulose synthase (CESA) polypeptide, wherein the expression of said polynucleotide confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to CESA-inhibiting herbicides, such as azines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Tresch, Mihiret Tekeste Sisay, Doreen Schachtschabel, Kristin Hanzlik, Brigitte Weston, Florian Vogt, Danny Geerdink, Jens Lerchl
  • Publication number: 20240392308
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a plant or plant part comprising a polynucleotide encoding a wildtype or mutated cellulose synthase (CESA) polypeptide, the expression of said polynucleotide confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to CESA-inhibiting herbicides, such as azines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan Tresch, Doreen Schachtschabel, Mihiret Tekeste Sisay, Jens Lerchl, Julia Major, Florian Vogt, Frederick Calo, Jill Marie Paulik
  • Patent number: 12123010
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Tobias Seiser, Stefan Tresch, Peter Alexander Bowerman, Liliana Parra Rapado, Matthias Witschel, Laetitia Souillart, Manuel Johannes, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik
  • Patent number: 12077768
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Patent number: 12065654
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase or a mutated hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase (mut-HPPD) which is resistant or tolerant to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide and/or a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type homogentisate solanesyl transferase or a mutated homogentisate solanesyl transferase (mut-HST) which is resistant or tolerant to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide, applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising mut-HPPD, and methods of obtaining such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maciej Pasternak, Stefan Tresch, Johannes Hutzler, Jens Lerchl, Thomas Mietzner, Brigitte Weston, Matthias Witschel, Jill Paulik
  • Publication number: 20240271153
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Publication number: 20240254502
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a plant or plant part comprising a polynucleotide encoding a mutated PPO polypeptide, the expression of said polynucleotide confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Dario Massa, Matthias Witschel, Tobias Seiser, Jill Marie Paulik
  • Patent number: 12018267
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a plant or plant part comprising a polynucleotide encoding a wildtype or mutated cellulose synthase (CESA) polypeptide, the expression of said polynucleotide confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to CESA-inhibiting herbicides, such as azines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Tresch, Mihiret Tekeste Sisay, Doreen Schachtschabel, Kristin Hanzlik, Brigitte Weston, Florian Vogt, Danny Geerdink, Jens Lerchl
  • Publication number: 20240182919
    Abstract: The invention refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated Alopecurus PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants. The present invention further refers to a method for controlling weeds at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated Alopecurus PPO enzyme which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Patent number: 11965171
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a plant or plant part comprising a polynucleotide encoding a wildtype or mutated cellulose synthase (CESA) polypeptide, the expression of said polynucleotide confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to CESA-inhibiting herbicides, such as azines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Tresch, Doreen Schachtschabel, Mihiret Tekeste Sisay, Jens Lerchl, Julia Major, Florian Vogt, Frederick Calo, Jill Marie Paulik
  • Patent number: 11959086
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a recombinant chimeric nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a dual transit peptide operably linked to a heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide of interest which, when overexpressed in a plant, confers herbicide tolerance to said plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Tobias Seiser, Jill M. Paulik
  • Publication number: 20240026371
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a benzoxazinone-derivative herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Patent number: 11879132
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a plant or plant part comprising a polynucleotide encoding a mutated PPO polypeptide, the expression of said polynucleotide confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Dario Massa, Matthias Witschel, Tobias Seiser, Jill Marie Paulik
  • Publication number: 20240021273
    Abstract: Computer-implemented method for providing training data for a machine learning algorithm for image classifying a pathogen infestation of a plant, comprising the steps: providing image data of a plant or a plant part infested with a pathogen; providing genetic result data of the plant or the plant part to which the image data referred comprising at least information about the type of pathogen; labeling the image data with the genetic result data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Isabella SIEPE, Kristina BUSCH, Till EGGERS, Ramon NAVARRA-MESTRE, Egon HADEN, Jessica ARNHOLD, Sebastian FISCHER, Andres MARTIN PALMA, Christian KLUKAS, Swetlana FRIEDEL, Bastian STUERMER-STEPHAN, Stefan HAHN, Stefan TRESCH
  • Publication number: 20240016137
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the treatment parameters selected from the group consisting of: a) at least one time window for a treatment in an agricultural field, b) at least one method for a treatment in an agricultural field, c) at least one product for a treatment in an agricultural field, d) at least one dose rate for a treatment in an agricultural field, and e) at least one application map for conducting a zone-specific treatment in an agricultural field, comprising the following steps: (step 1) providing genetic information of at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, (step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one organism, initiating and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or data-base system containing (i) genetic information data and (ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter, (step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the re
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Isabella SIEPE, Kristina BUSCH, Anja SIMON, Stefan TRESCH, Ingo MEINERS, Andreas JOHNEN, Holger HOFFMANN, Bjoern KIEPE
  • Patent number: 11866720
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Patent number: 11827896
    Abstract: The invention refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated Alopecurus PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants. The present invention further refers to a method for controlling weeds at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated Alopecurus PPO enzyme which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer