Patents by Inventor Volker Haake
Volker Haake 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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Patent number: 9725728Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Bradley K. Sherman, Jose Luis Riechmann, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline E. Heard, Volker Haake, Robert A. Creelman, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Luc J. Adam, T. Lynne Reuber, James S. Keddie, Pierre E. Broun, Marsha L. Pilgrim, Arnold N. DuBell, III, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu
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Publication number: 20150291971Abstract: This invention relates generally to a method for producing a transgenic cell with increased gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Janneke Hendriks, Hardy Schön, Oliver Thimm, Volker Haake, Gunnar Plesch, Piotr Puzio, Astrid Blau, Michael Manfred Herold, Birgit Wendel, Beate Kamlage, Florian Schauwecker
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Publication number: 20150059014Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: BRADLEY K. SHERMAN, JOSE LUIS RIECHMANN, CAI-ZHONG JIANG, JACQUELINE E. HEARD, VOLKER HAAKE, ROBERT A. CREELMAN, OLIVER J. RATCLIFFE, LUC J. ADAM, T. LYNNE REUBER, JAMES S. KEDDIE, PIERRE E. BROUN, MARSHA L. PILGRIM, ARNOLD N. DUBELL, III, OMAIRA PINEDA, GUO-LIANG YU
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Publication number: 20140259212Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a fine chemical in a non-human organism, like a microorganism, a plant cell, a plant, a plant tissue or in one or more parts thereof. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, expression cassettes, vectors, antibodies, host cells, plant tissue, propagation material, harvested material, plants, microorganisms as well as agricultural compositions and to their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2010Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Gunnar Plesch, Astrid Blau, Michael Manfred Herold, Beate Kamlage, Birgit Wendel, Piotr Puzio, Stefan Henkes, Volker Haake, Wim Van Camp, Holger Fahnenstich, Bryan McKersie, Wesley Bruce, Nicole Christiansen
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Patent number: 8541665Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2010Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline E. Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, Robert A. Creelman, Luc Adam, T. Lynne Reuber, Jose Luis Riechmann, Volker Haake, Arnold N. Dubell, James S. Keddie, Bradley K. Sherman
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Publication number: 20130045325Abstract: This invention relates generally to methods for preparing a plant, plant cell, or plant part with increased content in one or more of protein, oil, or one or more amino acids relative to a corresponding wild-type plant, plant cell, or plant part. Expression cassettes for achieving such gene expression manipulation, as well as recombinant constructs, vectors and plants, plant cells, or plant parts comprising the same, are also provided. Plants, plant cells, or plant parts with increased content in one or more of protein, oil, or one or more amino acids thus obtained may be useful in the preparation of foodstuffs and animal feeds. Plants, plant cells, or plant parts with increased content in one or more of protein, oil, or one or more amino acids thus obtained may also be useful in plant breeding programs for developing further hybrid or inbred lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Heiko Härtel, Volker Haake, Alex Cernac, Jamie Härtel, Christopher Kafer
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Publication number: 20120144518Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Bradley K. Sherman, Jose Luis Riechmann, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline E. Heard, Volker Haake, Robert A. Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Luc J. Adam, T. Lynne Reuber, James Keddie, Pierre E. Broun, Marsha L. Pilgrim, Arnold N. DuBell, III, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu
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Publication number: 20110252509Abstract: This invention relates generally to a method for producing a transgenic cell with increased gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2009Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: BASF Plant Sceince GmbHInventors: Janneke Hendriks, Hardy Schön, Oliver Thimm, Volker Haake, Gunnar Plesch, Piotr Puzio, Astrid Blau, Michael Manfred Herold, Birgit Wendel, Beate Kamlage, Florian Schauwecker
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Patent number: 7951565Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of methionine in an organism such as a microorganism, a non-human animal or plant. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, antisense molecules, antibodies, host cells, plant tissue, propagation material, harvested material, plants, microorganisms as well as agricultural compositions and to their use.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2005Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Metanomics GmbHInventors: Marcus Ebneth, Piotr Puzio, Astrid Blau, Tilmann B. Walk, Volker Haake, Klaus Däschner, Gunnar Plesch
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Publication number: 20110078806Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGYInventors: CAI-ZHONG JIANG, JACQUELINE E. HEARD, OLIVER RATCLIFFE, ROBERT A. CREELMAN, LUC ADAM, T. LYNNE REUBER, JOSE LUIS RIECHMANN, VOLKER HAAKE, ARNOLD N. DUBELL, JAMES S. KEDDIE, BRADLEY K. SHERMAN
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Patent number: 7659446Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2004Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Bradley K. Sherman, Jose Luis Riechmann, Oliver Ratcliffe, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Volker Haake, Robert A. Creelman, Luc J. Adam, Lynne Reuber, James S. Keddie, Arnold Dubell, Omaira Pineda, Peter P. Repetti, Karen S. Century, Neal Gutterson, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre Broun, Roderick Kumimoto, Marsha L. Pilgrim
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Publication number: 20090276912Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: BRADLEY K. SHERMAN, Jose Luis Riechmann, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline E. Heard, Volker Haake, Robert A. Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Luc J. Adam, T. Lynne Reuber, James Keddie, Pierre E. Broun, Marsha L. Pilgrim, Arnold N. DuBell, III, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu
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Publication number: 20080318790Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of methionine in an organism such as a microorganism, a non-human animal or plant. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, antisense molecules, antibodies, host cells, plant tissue, propagation material, harvested material, plants, microorganisms as well as agricultural compositions and to their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2005Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: Metanomics GmbHInventors: Marcus Ebneth, Piotr Puzio, Astrid Blau, Tilmann B. Walk, Volker Haake, Klaus Däschner, Gunnar Plesch
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Publication number: 20080153928Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing an animal population having an essentially identical metabolome comprising compiling an animal population being of essentially the same age, keeping said animal population for a time period sufficient for acclimatization under the following housing conditions: (i) constant temperature, (ii) constant humidity, (iii) physical separation of the animals of the animal population, (iv) feeding ad libitum, wherein the food to be fed is essentially free of chemical or microbial contaminance, (v) drinking libitum, wherein the drinking liquid is essentially free of chemical or microbial contaminance, (vi) constant illumination period, and providing the animal population after said time period. Further, the present invention relates to methods for the identification of a compound which effects the metabolome of an animal, or methods for the identification of a marker for such compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bennard van Ravenzwaay, Georgia Coelho Palermo Cunha, Werner Mellert, Ralf Looser, Tilmann B. Walk, Jan C. Wiemer, Volker Haake
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Publication number: 20070101454Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Applicant: Mendel BiotechnologyInventors: Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, Robert Creelman, Luc Adam, T. Reuber, Jose Riechmann, Volker Haake, Arnold DuBell, James Keddie, Bradley Shermann
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Patent number: 7196245Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. These properties include increased biomass and increased tolerance to cold, water deprivation, and low nitrogen conditions.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2003Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline E. Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, Robert A. Creelman, Jose Luis Riechmann, Volker Haake
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Publication number: 20070033671Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2003Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, Robert Creelman, Luc Adam, T. Reuber, Jose Riechmann, Volker Haake, Arnold DuBell, James Keddie, Bradley Sherman
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Publication number: 20060242738Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2004Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicant: Mendel BiotechnologyInventors: Bradley Sherman, Jose Riechmann, Oliver Ratcliffe, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Volker Haake, Robert Creelman, Luc Adam, Lynne Reuber, James Keddie, Omaira Pineda, Peter Repetti, Karen Century, Neal Gutterson, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre Broun, Roderick Kumimoto, Marsha Pilgrim
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Publication number: 20060162006Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2003Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventors: Bradley Sherman, Jose Riechmann, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Volker Haake, Robert Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Luc Adam, T. Reuber, James Keddie, Pierre Broun, Marsha Pilgrim, Arnold DuBell, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu
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Publication number: 20050076412Abstract: A method for increasing the levels of a cell protectant, such as sucrose or proline, in a cell is provided. Additionally, a method for modifying the fatty acid composition of a cell is provided. These methods may be used to enhance the cold or freezing tolerance, or drought or high salt tolerance of a cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2002Publication date: April 7, 2005Inventors: Michael Thomashow, Eric Stockinger, Kirsten Jaglo, Sarah Gilmour, Daniel Zarka, Cai-Zhong Jiang, James Zhang, Michael Fromm, Volker Haake, Jose Riechmann