Patents by Inventor Tomás Werner

Tomás Werner 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).

  • Rock2 and Rock3, two new gain-of-function variants of the cytokinin receptors AHK2 and AHK3
    Patent number: 9127073
    Abstract: The present invention relates to two new gain of function variants of the cytokinin receptor proteins AHK2 and AHK3, namely rock2 and rock3, to transgenic organisms comprising at least one of said new gain-of-function cytokinin receptor variants and to a method for the manufacturing of a transgenic plant comprising at least one of the new gain-of-function variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Freie Universitat Berlin
    Inventors: Thomas Schmülling, Tomás Werner, Isabel Bartrina y Manns, Helen Braun
  • Disruption of CKX3 and at least one other CKX gene in a plant or plant cell leads to improved traits
    Publication number: 20140380526
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to isolated plant cells and transgenic plants comprising a disruption in at least a CKX3 gene and in one further gene encoding for a cytokininoxidase/dehydrogenase and being different from CKX3 well as to methods of producing such transgenic plants and to methods of increasing seed yield in a plant and/or plant height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas SCHMÜLLING, Isabel BARTRINA Y MANNS, Tomás WERNER
  • Rock2 and Rock3, Two New Gain-of-Function Variants of the Cytokinin Receptors AHK2 and AHK3
    Publication number: 20120272409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to two new gain of function variants of the cytokinin receptor proteins AHK2 and AHK3, namely rock2 and rock3, to transgenic organisms comprising at least one of said new gain-of-function cytokinin receptor variants and to a method for the manufacturing of a transgenic plant comprising at least one of the new gain-of-function variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Schmülling, Tomás Werner, Isabel Bartrina Y Manns, Helen Braun
  • Disruption of CKX3 and at least one other CKX gene in a plant or plant cell leads to improved traits
    Publication number: 20120167254
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to isolated plant cells and transgenic plants comprising a disruption in at least a CKX3 gene and in one further gene encoding for a cytokininoxidase/dehydrogenase and being different from CKX3 well as to methods of producing such transgenic plants and to methods of increasing seed yield in a plant and/or plant height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Schmülling, Isabel Bartrina Y Manns, Tomás Werner
  • METHOD FOR MODIFYING PLANT MORPHOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
    Publication number: 20110023186
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleotide sequences and corresponding amino acid sequences for plant cytokinin oxidase proteins. In addition, vectors, host cells, and transgenic plants comprising such sequences as well as methods for stimulating root growth and/or enhancing the formation of lateral or adventitious roots and/or altering root geotropism using such sequences are provided by the present invention. Also provided by the present invention are methods for altering various plant phenotypes including delaying onset to flowering, increasing leaf thickness, reducing vessel size, inducing parthenocarpy, increasing branching, increasing seed size and/or weight, embryo size and/or weight, and cotyledon size and/or weight using cytokinin oxidase proteins and/or nucleic acid molecules encoding cytokinin oxidase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Schmülling, Tomás Werner
  • Method for modifying plant morphology, biochemistry and physiology
    Patent number: 7807879
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleotide sequences and corresponding amino acid sequences for plant cytokinin oxidase proteins. In addition, vectors, host cells, and transgenic plants comprising such sequences as well as methods for stimulating root growth and/or enhancing the formation of lateral or adventitious roots and/or altering root geotropism using such sequences are provided by the present invention. Also provided by the present invention are methods for altering various plant phenotypes including delaying onset to flowering, increasing leaf thickness, reducing vessel size, inducing parthenocarpy, increasing branching, increasing seed size and/or weight, embryo size and/or weight, and cotyledon size and/or weight using cytokinin oxidase proteins and/or nucleic acid molecules encoding cytokinin oxidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Schmülling, Tomás Werner
  • Method for modifying plant morphology, biochemistry and physiology
    Patent number: 7259296
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleotide sequences and corresponding amino acid sequences for plant cytokinin oxidase proteins. Also provided are vectors, host cells, and transgenic plants comprising such sequences as well as methods for stimulating root growth and/or enhancing the formation of lateral or adventitious roots and/or altering root geotropism using such sequences. Also provided by the present invention are methods for altering various plant phenotypes including increasing seed size and/or weight, embryo size and/or weight, and cotyledon size and/or weight using cytokinin oxidase proteins and/or nucleic acid molecules encoding cytokinin oxidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Schmülling, Tomás Werner