Patents by Inventor Uwe Sonnewald
Uwe Sonnewald 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).
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Publication number: 20240093220Abstract: The present invention provides novel DNA molecules and constructs, including their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants and plant cells. The invention also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, seeds, and commodity products comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides, along with methods of their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Wolfgang Zierer, Uwe Sonnewald, Christian Lamm, Wilhelm Gruissem, Ravi Bodampalli Anjanappa, Shu-Heng Chang
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Publication number: 20230332170Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of increasing the cold tolerance of a plant or part thereof and/or preventing or inhibiting bolting of a plant, comprising deregulating phloem flux and plants or parts thereof having deregulated phloem flux. The invention also extends to the use of genes for deregulating phloem flux in a plant or part thereof; and/or increasing cold tolerance of a plant or part thereof; and/or preventing or inhibiting bolting in a plant. The invention also provides methods of selecting and/or producing a plant with deregulated phloem flux and/or increased cold tolerance and/or delayed or inhibited bolting. The invention also extends to constructs, isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides which can be used to deregulate phloem flux, plant cells transformed with such constructs, and to plants or parts thereof having deregulated phloem flux.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicants: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA, SUDZUCKER AGInventors: Frank LUDEWIG, Karsten HARMS, Wolfgang KOCH, Uwe SONNEWALD, Christina MUDSAM, Wolfgang ZIERER, Cristina MARTINS-RODRIGUES, Isabel KELLER, Benjamin POMMERRENIG, Ekkehard NEUHAUS
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Publication number: 20180171032Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of preparing a rubber-like material containing a protein immobilized therein, as well as a corresponding rubber-like material, the process comprising the steps of (a) mixing a protein, a branched polymer such as trimethylolpropane ethoxylate and a linear polymer such as poly(ethylene oxide) in an aqueous solution to form a gel, and (b) drying the gel to obtain a rubber-like material containing the protein immobilized therein, wherein the branched polymer comprises at least three polymeric branches bound to a central branching unit. The rubber-like material allows the immobilization and stabilization of a wide range of different proteins, including luminescent proteins as well as enzymes, and can particularly advantageously be used as down-converting material for light-emitting diodes (LEDs), for diagnostic applications, and in bioreactors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Rubén Dario COSTA RIQUELME, Uwe SONNEWALD, Pedro BRANA COTO, Michael Dominik WEBER, Marlene PRÖSCHEL
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Patent number: 8604278Abstract: The invention relates to expression cassettes and vectors which contain constitutive promoters of plants and to the use of these expression cassettes or vectors for transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences, preferably selection markers, in organisms, preferably in plants. The invention further relates to transgenic plants which have been transformed with the expression cassettes or vectors, to cultures, parts or propagation material derived from these plants, and to the use of these plants for the production of food and animal feedstuffs, seed, pharmaceuticals, or fine chemicals.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Ute Heim, Helke Hillebrand, Irene Kunze, Karin Herbers, Uwe Sonnewald, Eric Glickmann, Wolfgang Lein, Rüdiger Hell, Ricarda Jost
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Publication number: 20110289622Abstract: The invention relates to expression cassettes and vectors which contain constitutive promoters of plants and to the use of these expression cassettes or vectors for transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences, preferably selection markers, in organisms, preferably in plants. The invention further relates to transgenic plants which have been transformed with the expression cassettes or vectors, to cultures, parts or propagation material derived from these plants, and to the use of these plants for the production of food and animal feedstuffs, seed, pharmaceuticals, or fine chemicals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Ute Heim, Helke Hillebrand, Irene Kunze, Karin Herbers, Uwe Sonnewald, Eric Glickmann, Wolfgang Lein, Rüdiger Hell, Ricarda Jost
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Patent number: 8022272Abstract: The invention relates to expression cassettes and vectors, which contain vegetable constitutive promoters and to the use of these expression cassettes or vectors for the transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences preferably selection markers in organisms, preferably in plants. The invention also relates to transgenic plants that have been transformed using these expression cassettes or vectors, to cultures, parts or propagation products derived from these plants, and to the use of these plants for producing food and animal feed agents, seeds, pharmaceuticals, or fine chemicals.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2004Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Ute Heim, Helke Hillebrand, Irene Kunze, Karin Herbers, Uwe Sonnewald, Eric Glickmann, Wolfgang Lein, Rüdiger Hell, Ricarda Jost
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Publication number: 20110113494Abstract: The present invention relates to serine hydroxymethyltransferase (E.C. 2.1.2.1) as novel target for herbicides, and to nucleic acid sequences encoding a polypeptide with the biological activity of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase, which, when not present, bring about growth retardation symptoms and chlorotic leaves, comprising the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID No:3, and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence or the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:7 and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences, of functional analogs of the SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:7 or of polypeptides encoded by one of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences in a method for identifying herbicidally active compounds which inhibit serine hydroxymethyltransferases, and to the use of these compounds which have been identified by the method as herbicides.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Börnke, Kirsten Deist, Marc Stitt Nigel, Wolfgang Lein, Thomas Ehrhardt, Andreas Reindl, Ralf-Michael Schmidt, Annette Freund
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Patent number: 7777099Abstract: The present invention describes a method of increasing plan yield. Also described are DNA constructs comprising DNA sequences coding for proteins involved in sucrose transport, metabolism and uptake operably linked to controllable promoter regions and plants transformed with said constructs. More particularly a method for the controlled production of said proteins resulting in an alteration in plant growth characteristics, flowering time and in yield is described.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2008Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Chengcai Chu, Nan Qu, Uwe Sonnewald, Ian Jepson
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Patent number: 7662603Abstract: The present invention relates to serine hydroxymethyltransferase (E.C. 2.1.2.1) as novel target for herbicides, and to nucleic acid sequences encoding a polypeptide with the biological activity of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase, which, when not present, bring about growth retardation symptoms and chlorotic leaves, comprising the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID No:3, and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence or the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:7 and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences, of functional analogs of the SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:7 or of polypeptides encoded by one of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences in a method for identifying herbicidally active compounds which inhibit serine hydroxymethyltransferases, and to the use of these compounds which have been identified by the method as herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2007Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Boernke, Kirsten Deist, Marc Stitt Nigel, Wolfgang Lein, Thomas Ehrhardt, Andreas Reindl, Ralf-Michael Schmidt, Annette Freund
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Patent number: 7589254Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the directed, transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences in the carbohydrate-storing sink tissues of plants using transgenic expression cassettes which comprise the Vicia faba plastidic 1,4-?-D-glucan:phosphate ?-D-glucosyltransferase promoter. Furthermore, the invention relates to said transgenic expression cassettes and to transgenic expression vectors and transgenic organisms comprising them, and to the use of the same for the production of foodstuffs, feedstuffs, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2003Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Ute Heim, Karin Herbers, Uwe Sonnewald
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Patent number: 7572950Abstract: The invention relates to methods for generating or increasing a pathogen resistance in plants by expression, preferably pathogen-inducible expression, of a sucrose isomerase.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2003Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Karin Herbers, Bettina Tschiersch, Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Börnke, Horst-Ekkehard Neuhaus
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Patent number: 7563944Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences predominantly in starch-comprising tissues of plants, preferably in fruits, roots, seeds or tubers, wherein the nucleic acid sequence is expressed under the control of a promoter of a starch synthase 3. Furthermore in accordance with the invention are transgenic expression cassettes and vectors comprising a promoter of a starch synthase 3, and the use thereof for the production of foodstuffs, feedstuffs, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2004Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Ute Heim, Karin Herbers, Uwe Sonnewald, Eric Glickmann
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Publication number: 20090144858Abstract: The present invention describes a method of increasing plan yield. Also described are DNA constructs comprising DNA sequences coding for proteins involved in sucrose transport, metabolism and uptake operably linked to controllable promoter regions and plants transformed with said constructs. More particularly a method for the controlled production of said proteins resulting in an alteration in plant growth characteristics, flowering time and in yield is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Chengcai Chu, Nan Qu, Uwe Sonnewald, Ian Jepson
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Patent number: 7470831Abstract: The present invention describes a method of increasing plan yield. Also described are DNA constructs comprising DNA sequences coding for proteins involved in sucrose transport, metabolism and uptake operably linked to controllable promoter regions and plants transformed with said constructs. More particularly a method for the controlled production of said proteins resulting in an alteration in plant growth characteristics, flowering time and in yield is described.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1998Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Chengcai Chu, Nan Qu, Uwe Sonnewald, Ian Jepson
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Publication number: 20080155716Abstract: The present invention relates to serine hydroxymethyltransferase (E.C. 2.1.2.1) as novel target for herbicides, and to nucleic acid sequences encoding a polypeptide with the biological activity of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase, which, when not present, bring about growth retardation symptoms and chlorotic leaves, comprising the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID No:3, and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence or the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:7 and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences, of functional analogs of the SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:7 or of polypeptides encoded by one of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences in a method for identifying herbicidally active compounds which inhibit serine hydroxymethyltransferases, and to the use of these compounds which have been identified by the method as herbicides.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Uwe SONNEWALD, Frederik BORNKE, Kirsten DEIST, Marc Stitt NIGEL, Wolfgang LEIN, Thomas EHRHARDT, Andreas REINDL, Ralf-Michael SCHMIDT, Annette FREUND
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Patent number: 7374899Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a polypeptide with the biological activity of a sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase which, if not present, brings about growth retardation symptoms and chlorotic leaves and which is encoded by the nucleic acid sequences SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5 or by a functional equivalent of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:5 as target for herbicides. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of the abovementioned polypeptides in a method for identifying herbicidal or growth-regulatory compounds which inhibit sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of these compounds which have been identified via the method as herbicides or growth regulators.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2003Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Ehrhardt, Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Börnke, Shuai Chen
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Patent number: 7319013Abstract: The present invention relates to serine hydroxymethyltransferase (E.C. 2.1.2.1) as novel target for herbicides, and to nucleic acid sequences encoding a polypeptide with the biological activity of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase, which, when not present, bring about growth retardation symptoms and chlorotic leaves, comprising the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID No:3, and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence or the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:7 and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences, of functional analogs of the SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:7 or of polypeptides encoded by one of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences in a method for identifying herbicidally active compounds which inhibit serine hydroxymethyltransferases, and to the use of these compounds which have been identified by the method as herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Börnke, Kirsten Deist, Marc Stitt Nigel, Wolfgang Lein, Thomas Ehrhardt, Andreas Reindl, Ralf-Michael Schmidt, Annette Freund
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Publication number: 20070256192Abstract: The invention relates to methods for generating or increasing a pathogen resistance in plants by expression, preferably pathogen-inducible expression, of a sucrose isomerase.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2003Publication date: November 1, 2007Inventors: Karin Herbers, Bettina Tschiersch, Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Bornke, Horst-Ekkehard Neuhaus
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Publication number: 20070113300Abstract: The present invention relates to Clp-protease, which, when absent, brings about reduced growth and chlorotic leaves as target for herbicides. For this purpose, novel nucleic acid sequences encompassing SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:11 and SEQ ID NO: 17 and functional equivalents of SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:11 and SEQ ID NO: 17 are provided. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of Clp-protease in a method for identifying compounds with herbicidal or growth-regulatory activity, and to the use of the compounds identified by this method as herbicides or growth regulators.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2004Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Ehrhardt, Andreas Reindl, Annette Freund, Ralf-Michael Schmidt, Uwe Sonnewald, Marc Nigel, Wolfgang Lein, Frederik Bornke, Kirsten Deist
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Publication number: 20070042451Abstract: The invention relates to the use of glycine decarboxylase complex, which is used as a target for herbicides in the absence of growth retardations and chlorotic leaves. Novel nucleic acid sequences comprising SEQ ID NO:1 and functional equivalents of SEQ ID NO:1 are thus disclosed. The invention also relates to the use of glycine decarboxylase complex and the functional equivalents thereof in a method for identifying compounds having a herbicidal or growth-regulatory effect, in addition to the use of said compounds identified via said method as herbicides or growth regulators.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2004Publication date: February 22, 2007Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Ehrhardt, Andreas Reindl, Annette Freund, Ralf-Michael Schmidt, Uwe Sonnewald, Marc Nigel, Wolfgang Lein, Frederik Bornke, Kirsten Deist