Patents by Inventor Susanne Sommer

Susanne Sommer 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).

  • Changing the fine chemical content in organisms by genetically modifying the shikimate pathway
    Patent number: 7332649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of fine chemicals, in particular vitamin E, vitamin K and/or ubiquinone by culturing organisms, in particular plants, whose shikimate pathway is genetically modified over that of the wild type, and to the transgenic organisms themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ralf Badur, Michael Geiger, Irene Kunze, Susanne Sommer
  • Changing the fine chemical content in organisms by genetically modifying the shikimate pathway
    Publication number: 20060057687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of fine chemicals, in particular vitamin E, vitamin K and/or ubiquinone by culturing organisms, in particular plants, whose shikimate pathway is genetically modified over that of the wild type, and to the transgenic organisms themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Ralf Badur, Michael Geiger, Irene Kunze, Susanne Sommer
  • Homogentisate phytyl transferase
    Publication number: 20030084479
    Abstract: The invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding a protein with homogentisate phytyltransferase activity, to the use of the nucleic acids for generating transgenic organisms such as, for example, transgenic plants with an elevated tocopherol and tocotrienol content, to a method of generating plants with an elevated tocopherol and/or tocotrienol content, and to the transgenic plants themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Karin Herbers, Ralf Badur, Irene Kunze, Susanne Sommer, Rainer Lemke, Michael Geiger