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).

  • Publication number: 20240093220
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zierer, Uwe Sonnewald, Christian Lamm, Wilhelm Gruissem, Ravi Bodampalli Anjanappa, Shu-Heng Chang
  • Publication number: 20230332170
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicants: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA, SUDZUCKER AG
    Inventors: Frank LUDEWIG, Karsten HARMS, Wolfgang KOCH, Uwe SONNEWALD, Christina MUDSAM, Wolfgang ZIERER, Cristina MARTINS-RODRIGUES, Isabel KELLER, Benjamin POMMERRENIG, Ekkehard NEUHAUS
  • Publication number: 20180171032
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Rubén Dario COSTA RIQUELME, Uwe SONNEWALD, Pedro BRANA COTO, Michael Dominik WEBER, Marlene PRÖSCHEL
  • Patent number: 8604278
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ute Heim, Helke Hillebrand, Irene Kunze, Karin Herbers, Uwe Sonnewald, Eric Glickmann, Wolfgang Lein, Rüdiger Hell, Ricarda Jost
  • Publication number: 20110289622
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ute Heim, Helke Hillebrand, Irene Kunze, Karin Herbers, Uwe Sonnewald, Eric Glickmann, Wolfgang Lein, Rüdiger Hell, Ricarda Jost
  • Patent number: 8022272
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ute Heim, Helke Hillebrand, Irene Kunze, Karin Herbers, Uwe Sonnewald, Eric Glickmann, Wolfgang Lein, Rüdiger Hell, Ricarda Jost
  • Publication number: 20110113494
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Börnke, Kirsten Deist, Marc Stitt Nigel, Wolfgang Lein, Thomas Ehrhardt, Andreas Reindl, Ralf-Michael Schmidt, Annette Freund
  • Patent number: 7777099
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Chengcai Chu, Nan Qu, Uwe Sonnewald, Ian Jepson
  • Patent number: 7662603
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Boernke, Kirsten Deist, Marc Stitt Nigel, Wolfgang Lein, Thomas Ehrhardt, Andreas Reindl, Ralf-Michael Schmidt, Annette Freund
  • Patent number: 7589254
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ute Heim, Karin Herbers, Uwe Sonnewald
  • Patent number: 7572950
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Karin Herbers, Bettina Tschiersch, Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Börnke, Horst-Ekkehard Neuhaus
  • Patent number: 7563944
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ute Heim, Karin Herbers, Uwe Sonnewald, Eric Glickmann
  • Publication number: 20090144858
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Chengcai Chu, Nan Qu, Uwe Sonnewald, Ian Jepson
  • Patent number: 7470831
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Chengcai Chu, Nan Qu, Uwe Sonnewald, Ian Jepson
  • Publication number: 20080155716
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe SONNEWALD, Frederik BORNKE, Kirsten DEIST, Marc Stitt NIGEL, Wolfgang LEIN, Thomas EHRHARDT, Andreas REINDL, Ralf-Michael SCHMIDT, Annette FREUND
  • Patent number: 7374899
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Ehrhardt, Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Börnke, Shuai Chen
  • Patent number: 7319013
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Börnke, Kirsten Deist, Marc Stitt Nigel, Wolfgang Lein, Thomas Ehrhardt, Andreas Reindl, Ralf-Michael Schmidt, Annette Freund
  • Publication number: 20070256192
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Karin Herbers, Bettina Tschiersch, Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Bornke, Horst-Ekkehard Neuhaus
  • Publication number: 20070113300
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Ehrhardt, Andreas Reindl, Annette Freund, Ralf-Michael Schmidt, Uwe Sonnewald, Marc Nigel, Wolfgang Lein, Frederik Bornke, Kirsten Deist
  • Publication number: 20070042451
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Ehrhardt, Andreas Reindl, Annette Freund, Ralf-Michael Schmidt, Uwe Sonnewald, Marc Nigel, Wolfgang Lein, Frederik Bornke, Kirsten Deist