Patents by Inventor Uri Pick

Uri Pick 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).

  • Oil globule protein and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9802989
    Abstract: An isolated novel oil globule protein encoded by a polynucleotide sequence is provided together with a composition which includes the isolated protein. A transgenic organism transformed by a polynucleotide encoding a protein which at least partially comprises the amino acid sequence of the novel oil globule protein is also provided. The invention also provides a method for producing or enhancing the production of a carotenoid such as astaxanthin, which is an oil globule constituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: Ben Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority, Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. at the Weizmann Institute of Science
    Inventors: Sammy Boussiba, Ehud Peled, Uri Pick, Aliza Zarka, Stefan Lou, Meira Weiss
  • OIL GLOBULE PROTEIN AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150175671
    Abstract: An isolated novel oil globule protein encoded by a polynucleotide sequence is provided together with a composition which includes the isolated protein. A transgenic organism transformed by a polynucleotide encoding a protein which at least partially comprises the amino acid sequence of the novel oil globule protein is also provided. The invention also provides a method for producing or enhancing the production of a carotenoid such as astaxanthin, which is an oil globule constituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicants: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Authority, Yeda Research And Development Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Sammy Boussiba, Ehud Peled, Uri Pick, Aliza Zarka, Stefan Lue, Meira Weiss
  • Salt resistant transgenic plants
    Patent number: 8802931
    Abstract: The present invention provides transgenic plants transformed with exogenous nucleic acid encoding a Dunaliella plasma membrane (PM)-ATPase. The transgenic plant has increased tolerance to salt as compared to a corresponding non-transgenic plant. The present invention also provides nucleic acids encoding a chimeric PM-ATPase, which comprise a first portion encoding a plant PM-ATPase or a fragment thereof, and a second portion encoding a Dunaliella PM-ATPase or a fragment thereof. The present invention also discloses a method of producing a transgenic plant having an increased tolerance to salt as compared to a corresponding non-transgenic plant, a method of modifying a plant capacity to survive salt shock, and a method of modifying plant recovery after exposure to salt stress, by introducing into one or more cells of a plant an exogenous nucleic acid encoding a Dunaliella PM-ATPase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Uri Pick, Orna Livneh, Eli Khayat, Rina Walther, Avi Gabai
  • SALT RESISTANT TRANSGENIC PLANTS
    Publication number: 20090044290
    Abstract: The present invention provides transgenic plants transformed with exogenous nucleic acid encoding a Dunaliella plasma membrane (PM)-ATPase. The transgenic plant has increased tolerance to salt as compared to a corresponding non-transgenic plant. The present invention also provides nucleic acids encoding a chimeric PM-ATPase, which comprise a first portion encoding a plant PM-ATPase or a fragment thereof, and a second portion encoding a Dunaliella PM-ATPase or a fragment thereof. The present invention also discloses a method of producing a transgenic plant having an increased tolerance to salt as compared to a corresponding non-transgenic plant, a method of modifying a plant capacity to survive salt shock, and a method of modifying plant recovery after exposure to salt stress, by introducing into one or more cells of a plant an exogenous nucleic acid encoding a Dunaliella PM-ATPase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicants: RAHAN MERISTEM (1998) LTD., HAZERA GENETICS LTD.
    Inventors: Uri Pick, Orna Livneh, Eli Khayat, Rina Walther, Avi Gabai