Patents by Inventor Yves Hatzfeld
Yves Hatzfeld 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: 20180291393Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an DUF642 (Protein containing a Domain of Unknown Function) polypeptide, or an epimerase-related like polypeptide, or a Phospholipase/carboxylesterase (PLPCase) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a DUF642 polypeptide, or an epimerase-related like polypeptide, or a PLPCase polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Marieke Louwers, Christophe Reuzeau, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Yves Hatzfeld
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Patent number: 9683023Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a eRF1 polypeptide, a SCAMP-like (secretory carrier membrane proteins) polypeptide, a PLATZ (plant AT-rich sequence- and zinc binding protein) polypeptide, a PLST-like polypeptide or a Glomalin (HSP60, chaperonin CNP60) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding said polypeptides, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Yves Hatzfeld, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Christophe Reuzeau, Valerie Frankard
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Patent number: 9388423Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an importin or a yield-related polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an importin or a yield-related polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Yves Hatzfeld, Dirk Inzé, Geert De Jaeger, Aurine Verkest, Valerie Frankard, Christophe Reuzeau, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Koen Bruynseels
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Publication number: 20160177328Abstract: A method for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants. A method for enhancing one or more yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in plants of a nucleic acid encoding a FKBP 16-3 (FK506-binding protein) or a quinone reductase-related (QRR) polypeptide. Plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a FKBP 16-3 or a QRR polypeptide, which plants have one or more enhanced yield-related traits compared to control plants. FKBP 16-3 encoding and QRR nucleic acids, and constructs comprising the same, useful in performing the methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Yves Hatzfeld, Jonathan R. HOWARTH, Malcolm J. HAWKESFORD
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Publication number: 20160083743Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a FSM1-like (Fruit Sant/Myb) polypeptide, or a PIF3-like (PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR) polypeptide, or an Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase (UROD) polypeptide, or an AS-MTT (Abiotic Stress Membrane Tethered Transcription factor) polypeptide, or an EXO-1 polypeptide, or a YiAP2 (Yield increasing Apetala 2) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a FSM1-like polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Yves Hatzfeld, Valerie Frankard, Christophe Reuzeau
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Patent number: 9260490Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a BET1-like polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding this BET1-like polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for improving various plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a CRT (Calreticulin). The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a Calreticulin, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventor: Yves Hatzfeld
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Publication number: 20160017359Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for enhancing various yield-related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an Ornithine Decarboxylase (ODC) polypeptide, a benzothiadiazole-induced homeodomain 1 (BIHD1) polypeptide, a MYB30, a THOM (tomato homeobox) protein, or a benzothiadiazole-induced homeodomain 2 (BIHD2) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of such a nucleic acid, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Yves Hatzfeld, Valerie Frankard, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Christophe Reuzeau
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Patent number: 9234205Abstract: Plants having enhanced yield-related traits and a method for making the same The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various yield-related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an Ornithine Decarboxylase (ODC) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an ODC polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. In another embodiment, the present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for increasing various plant yield-related traits, by increasing expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a benzothiadiazole-induced homeodomain ?_(BIHD1) polypeptide.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventor: Yves Hatzfeld
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Publication number: 20150344901Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a WI12-like (WIL) polypeptide or a SAWADEE-like polypeptide or a POZ-like (Pox virus and Zn Finger) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a WIL polypeptide or a SAWADEE-like polypeptide or a POZ-like polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention also provides hitherto unknown WIL-encoding nucleic acids, and constructs comprising the same, and hitherto unknown POZ-like encoding nucleic acids, and constructs comprising the same, useful in performing the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Yves Hatzfeld, Christophe Reuzeau, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Steven Vandenabeele, Koen Bruynseels, Valerie Frankard
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Publication number: 20150322449Abstract: Provided are methods for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression of a nucleic acid encoding an ELM2-related polypeptide, or a WRKY-related polypeptide, or an EMG1-like polypeptide, or a GPx-related polypeptide in a plant. Also provided are plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an ELM2-related polypeptide, or a WRKY-related polypeptide, or an EMG1-like polypeptide, or a GPx-related polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. Further provided are constructs comprising a nucleic acid encoding an ELM2-related polypeptide, or a WRKY-related polypeptide, or an EMG1-like polypeptide, or a GPx-related polypeptide, useful in carrying out the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Valerie Frankard, Christophe Reuzeau, Yves Hatzfeld, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Steven Vandenabeele
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Patent number: 9175303Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an MSR (Methionine_Sulfoxide_Reductase), a nucleic acid encoding an Enolase, or a nucleic acid encoding a ZAT-like zinc transporter. The present invention further concerns a method for improving various plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding 6-PGDH (6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase or 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase) polypeptide. Plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a MSR, an Enolase, a ZAT-like zinc transporter, or 6-PGDH polypeptide and enhanced yield-related traits or improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type or control plants are also provided. Further provided are constructs useful in the methods of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2009Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Yves Hatzfeld, Christophe Reuzeau
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Publication number: 20150259698Abstract: The present invention provides a method for enhancing yield-related traits and/or improving various plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a GRP (Growth Regulating Protein). The GRP is selected from a LOB-domain comprising protein (LOB: Lateral Organ Boundaries), herein abbreviated as LBD polypeptide, a JMJC (JUMONJI-C) polypeptide, a CKI (Casein Kinase I) polypeptide, a bHLH11-like (basic Helix-Loop-Helix 11) protein, a plant homeodomain finger-homeodomain (PHDf-HD) polypeptide, an ASR (abscisic acid-, stress-, and ripening-induced) polypeptide and/or a Squamosa promoter binding protein-like 11 (SPL11) transcription factor polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a GRP, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Yves Hatzfeld, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Amber Shirley, Lalitree Darnielle, Valerie Frankard, Steven Vandenabeele, Bryan McKersie
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Publication number: 20150232874Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for improving various plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a PCD-like (Pterin-4-alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase-like). The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a PCD-like, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: YVES HATZFELD, CHRISTOPHE REUZEAU, VALERIE FRANKARD, ANA ISABEL SANZ MOLINERO
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Publication number: 20150191737Abstract: The present invention provides several promoters isolated from Oryza sativa, which promoters are capable of driving and/or regulating the expression of an operably linked nucleic acid in a plant. The expression patterns of the promoters according to the present invention have been studied in Oryza sativa and some of the promoters displayed specific activity in particular cells, tissues or organs of the plant, while others displayed constitutive expression throughout substantially the whole plant. Some promoters showed weak expression, while others were strongly active.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2014Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: CROP DESIGN N.V.Inventors: Yves Hatzfeld, Willem Broekaert
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Patent number: 9062322Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an ASPAT (Asparatate AminoTransferase) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an ASPAT polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention also provides hitherto unknown ASPAT-encoding nucleic acids and constructs comprising the same, useful in performing the methods of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2009Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventor: Yves Hatzfeld
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Publication number: 20150152432Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant comprising increasing or generating one or more protein activities in a plant or a part thereof. The present invention further relates to nucleic acids enhancing or improving one or more traits of a transgenic plant, and cells, progenies, seeds and pollen derived from such plants or parts, as well as methods of making and methods of using such plant cell(s) or plant(s), progenies, seed(s) or pollen. Particularly, the improved trait(s) are manifested as increased yield, preferably by improving one or more yield-related trait(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2015Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Hardy Schön, Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Oliver Bläsing, Koen Bruynseels, Yves Hatzfeld, Valerie Frankard, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Christophe Reuzeau, Steven Vandenabeele
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Publication number: 20150135368Abstract: The invention relates to promoters for stress-induced expression in plants as well as to methods for rendering any given promoter into a stress-inducible promoter. The invention further relates to promoter sequences produced with such methods and their use for stress-induced gene expression.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: BASFPlant Scence Company GmbHInventors: Anke Eisenmann, Lorenz Bülow, Yves Hatzfeld, Zhongyi Zhou
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Publication number: 20150106974Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of one ore more nucleic acid(s) encoding at least two iSYT (interactor of SYT—synovial sarcoma translocation—) polypeptides. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding at least two iSYT polypeptides, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. Nucleic acids encoding at least two iSYT polypeptides and constructs comprising the same useful in performing the methods of the invention are also disclosed. Also provided are constructs useful in the methods of the invention. The present invention also relates to an iSYT-based protein complex. The use of the complex to promote plant growth, and a method for stimulating the complex formation, by overexpressing at least two members of the complex, are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: VALERIE FRANKARD, ANDRY ANDRIANKAJA, YVES HATZFELD, MARIEKE LOUWERS, STEVEN VANDENABEELE, AURINE VERKEST, GEERT DE JAEGER, DIRK INZÉ
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Publication number: 20150052637Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for improving plant growth characteristics by modulating expression of a nucleic acid encoding a PRE-like (Paclobutrazol REsistance) polypeptide. The invention further concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits by modulating expression of a nucleic acid encoding an SCE1 (SUMO Conjugating Enzyme 1), a YEF1 (Yield Enhancing Factor 1), or a subgroup III glutaredoxin (Grx). The invention also concerns a method for altering the ratio of roots to shoots in plants by modulating expression of a nucleic acid encoding a Sister of FT protein or a homologue thereof. Plants having modulated expression of a PRE-like polypeptide, an SCE1, a YEF1, a subgroup III Grx, or Sister of FT protein and improved growth characteristics, enhanced yield-related traits, or altered root to shoot ratio relative to a corresponding wild type or control plant are also provided. Further provided are constructs useful in the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Yves Hatzfeld, Valerie Frankard, Christophe Reuzeau, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Steven Vandenabeele
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Patent number: 8946512Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of one or more nucleic acid(s) encoding at least two iSYT (interactor of SYT-synovial sarcoma translocation-) polypeptides. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding at least two iSYT polypeptides, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides hitherto unknown nucleic acids encoding at least two iSYT polypeptides, and constructs comprising the same, useful in performing the methods of the invention. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. Furthermore the present invention also relates to an iSYT-based protein complex.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Valerie Frankard, Andry Andriankaja, Yves Hatzfeld, Marieke Louwers, Steven Vandenabeele, Aurine Verkest, Geert De Jaeger, Dirk Inzé