Patents by Inventor Stephane Rombauts

Stephane Rombauts 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).

  • Spider mite silk proteins
    Patent number: 8501913
    Abstract: Described are silk proteins derived from spider mite, more specifically derived from Tetranychus urticae. More specifically, described is the use of these proteins to make fibers, or fiber-composed material and the resulting fibers and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent, The University of Western Ontario
    Inventors: Miodrag Grbic, Vojislava Grbic, Stephane Rombauts, Yves Van De Peer
  • METHOD TO CONTROL SPIDER MITES
    Publication number: 20120331582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling spider mites on plants. More specifically, the invention relates to plants expressing RNAi of one or more essential genes of the spider mite, and the use of those plants to control the spider mite proliferation into pest proportions. In a preferred embodiment, the spider mite is Tetranychus urticae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: The University of Western Ontario, VIB VZW
    Inventors: Miodrag Grbic, Vojislava Grbic, Pierre Hilson, Stephane Rombauts, Yves Van De Peer
  • SPIDER MITE SILK PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20120245326
    Abstract: Described are silk proteins derived from spider mite, more specifically derived from Tetranychus urticae. More specifically, described is the use of these proteins to make fibers, or fiber-composed material and the resulting fibers and materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicants: UNIVERSITEIT GENT, THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, VIB VZW
    Inventors: Miodrag Grbic, Vojislava Grbic, Stephane Rombauts, Yves Van De Peer
  • Method of increasing yield in plants
    Patent number: 7622635
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of increasing yield in plants, comprising transforming a plant with a nucleic acid encoding a CDC27 polypeptide or homolog thereof having a N-terminal deletion operably linked to a promoter active in the plant, where 100 to 220 amino acids are deleted at the N-terminus of the CDC27 polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignees: CropDesign N.V., Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
    Inventors: Adriana Silva Hemerly, Paulo Cavalcanti Gomes Ferreira, Stephane Rombauts
  • Plant proteins
    Publication number: 20060026720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to at least partially purified protein, capable of modulating the DNA replication in plants, muteins thereof, DNA coding therefor and to a method to confer to one or more plant cells the capacity to provide such a protein or mutein. The invention also relates to plants, comprising the said DNA and the progeny thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicants: CropDesign N.V., Universidade Federal do Rio De Janeiro
    Inventors: Adriana Hemerly, Paulo Ferreira, Stephane Rombauts
  • Plant proteins
    Publication number: 20020164757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to at least partially purified protein, capable of modulating the DNA replication in plants, muteins thereof, DNA coding therefor and to a method to confer to one or more plant cells the capacity to provide such a protein or mutein. The invention also relates to plants, comprising the said DNA and the progeny thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: CropDesign N.V
    Inventors: Adriana Silva Hemerly, Paulo Cavalcanti Gomes Ferreira, Stephane Rombauts