Patents by Inventor Willem Hendrik Vriezen

Willem Hendrik Vriezen 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).

  • Plants with an intense fruit phenotype
    Patent number: 11202420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants comprising a modified amount, activity or function of AGL11-like protein, wherein the plant is a member of plant family Cucurbitaceae or of species Solanum lycopersicum; characterized in that the plant is not a Solanum lycopersicum plant having a deletion from nucleotide 1042 to nucleotide 637 upstream of the ATG start codon of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Willem Hendrik Vriezen, Henricus Maria Verbakel, Franco Vecchio
  • Plants with an intense fruit phenotype
    Patent number: 10212898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants comprising a modified amount, activity or function of AGL11-like protein, wherein the plant is a member of plant family Cucurbitaceae or of species Solanum lycopersicum; characterized in that the plant is not a Solanum lycopersicum plant having a deletion from nucleotide 1042 to nucleotide 637 upstream of the ATG start codon of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Willem Hendrik Vriezen, Henricus Maria Verbakel, Franco Vecchio
  • PLANTS WITH AN INTENSE FRUIT PHENOTYPE
    Publication number: 20190014732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants comprising a modified amount, activity or function of AGL11-like protein, wherein the plant is a member of plant family Cucurbitaceae or of species Solanum lycopersicum; characterized in that the plant is not a Solanum lycopersicum plant having a deletion from nucleotide 1042 to nucleotide 637 upstream of the ATG start codon of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Willem Hendrik VRIEZEN, Henricus Maria VERBAKEL, Franco VECCHIO
  • Solanum lycopersicum plants having pink fruits
    Patent number: 9901047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated plant of the species Solanum lycopersicum comprising a myb12 allele having one or more mutations, said mutations resulting in production of a mutant myb12 protein, fruits of such plants exhibiting a pink appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Willem Hendrik Vriezen
  • plants having non-transgenic alterations in the ACS4 gene
    Patent number: 9622430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated plant of the species Solanum lycopersicum comprising an ACS4 allele having one or more mutations, said mutations resulting in production of a mutant acs4 protein having loss of-function acs4 protein or reduced function compared to wild type Acs4 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Willem Hendrik Vriezen
  • PLANTS WITH AN INTENSE FRUIT PHENOTYPE
    Publication number: 20160205886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants comprising a modified amount, activity or function of AGL11-like protein, wherein the plant is a member of plant family Cucurbitaceae or of species Solanum lycopersicum; characterized in that the plant is not a Solanum lycopersicum plant having a deletion from nucleotide 1042 to nucleotide 637 upstream of the ATG start codon of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Willem Hendrik VRIEZEN, Henricus Maria VERBAKEL, Franco VECCHIO
  • SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM PLANTS HAVING PINK FRUITS
    Publication number: 20150366152
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated plant of the species Solanum lycopersicum comprising a myb12 allele having one or more mutations, said mutations resulting in production of a mutant myb12 protein, fruits of such plants exhibiting a pink appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventor: Willem Hendrik VRIEZEN
  • SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM PLANTS HAVING NON-TRANSGENIC ALTERATIONS IN THE ACS4 GENE
    Publication number: 20150237816
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated plant of the species Solanum lycopersicum comprising a acs 4 allele having one or more mutations, said mutations resulting in production of a mutant acs 4 protein having loss of-function acs4 protein or reduced function compared to wild type Acs 4 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventor: Willem Hendrik Vriezen
  • DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS
    Publication number: 20150156978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of non-transgenic plants with novel phenotypes. Provided are SlPP2C1 proteins and nucleic acid sequences encoding these, which are useful in conferring novel phenotypes to plants, especially drought tolerance in tomato plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Willem Hendrik VRIEZEN, Lisette NITSCH
  • Plants with Increased Fruit Size
    Publication number: 20130145499
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of transgenic and non-transgenic plants with novel phenotypes. Provided are Solanum lycopersicum Auxin Response Factor 9 (SlARF9) proteins and nucleic acid sequences encoding these, which are useful in conferring novel phenotypes to plants, especially increased fruit size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Willem Hendrik Vriezen, Celestina Mariani, Maaike De Jong