Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
800317000 | Solanaceae (e.g., eggplant, etc.) | 50 |
20100132074 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING PLANT ARCHITECTURE AND ENHANCING PLANT BIOMASS AND/OR SUCROSE YIELD - The present invention relates to methodology and constructs for modifying plant architecture and enhancing plant biomass and/or sucrose yield. | 05-27-2010 |
20100325760 | FAGOPYRITOL SYNTHASE GENES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to an isolated DNA molecule encoding a fagopyritol synthase. A method for producing a fagopyritol, an insulin mediator, an insulin mediator analogue, an insulin mediator homologue, or an insulin mediator inhibitor is also described. The method includes providing a fagopyritol synthase, providing a substrate comprising a galactosyl donor and a galactosyl acceptor, and combining the fagopyritol synthase with the substrate under conditions effective produce a fagopyritol, an insulin mediator, an insulin mediator analogue, an insulin mediator homologue, or an insulin mediator inhibitor. | 12-23-2010 |
20110041222 | ARTIFICIAL DNA SEQUENCE WITH OPTIMIZED LEADER FUNCTION IN 5' (5'-UTR) FOR THE IMPROVED EXPRESSION OF HETEROLOGOUS PROTEINS IN PLANTS - A nucleotide leader sequence 5′-UTR comprises elements favorable to gene expression, such as repeated CAA trinucleotide elements in combination with repeated CT dinucleotide elements. | 02-17-2011 |
20120159676 | PROTEIN HAVING GLYCOALKALOID BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYME ACTIVITY AND GENE ENCODING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide DNA of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of a solanaceous plant (Solanaceae) such as a potato. The present invention relates to a protein having glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme activity of a solanaceous plant such as a potato and a method for producing/detecting a novel organism using a gene encoding the protein. | 06-21-2012 |
20130167271 | PROTEIN HAVING GLYCOALKALOID BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYME ACTIVITY AND GENE ENCODING THE SAME - Disclosed is the provision of a DNA for a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme in a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae such as potatoes. Also disclosed is a protein having the enzymatic activity of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae such as potatoes and a method for producing and examining a novel organism using a gene encoding this protein. | 06-27-2013 |
20140059722 | Biosensors - Real-time monitoring of plant or environmental conditions is solved by Autoluminescent Phytosensor Plants (ALPS) disclosed herein that emit light in response to a specified stimulus or condition, which light emission is detected or measured by a sensor. | 02-27-2014 |
20160029642 | NOVEL COLLIMONAS BACTERIA AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HARMFUL PLANT PATHOGEN USING SAID BACTERIA - The objective of the present invention is to provide a means for imparting control to agriculturally useful plants against diseases caused by a pathogenic filamentous fungus, pathogenic bacteria or pathogenic virus. | 02-04-2016 |
800317100 | Pepper | 12 |
20100199392 | Thin-Skinned Chile Pepper Variety - An improved Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar having a fruit characterized by a relatively thin skin in comparison to other Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivars, such that mechanized peeling of fruit results in an average recovery, excluding skin, seed, and placenta, that is at least 5% higher in comparison to the peeling of an existing Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar. The improved cultivar further is characterized by a mature seed content of less than 20 pounds per 1000 pounds of fruit and by fruit that is readily de-stemmed by mechanized de-stemming. | 08-05-2010 |
20110258744 | Capsicum variety exhibiting a hyper-accumulation of zeaxanthin and products derived therefrom - The present invention is concerned with | 10-20-2011 |
20120216321 | CAPSICUM VARIETY EXHIBITING A HYPER-ACCUMULATION OF ZEAXANTHIN AND PRODUCTS DERIVED THEREFROM - The present invention is concerned with | 08-23-2012 |
20120227137 | Thin-Skinned Chile Pepper Variety - An improved Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar having a fruit characterized by a relatively thin skin in comparison to other Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivars, such that mechanized peeling of fruit results in an average recovery, excluding skin, seed, and placenta, that is at least 5% higher in comparison to the peeling of an existing Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar. The improved cultivar further is characterized by a mature seed content of less than 20 pounds per 1000 pounds of fruit and by fruit that is readily de-stemmed by mechanized de-stemming. | 09-06-2012 |
20130239258 | FRUIT FORMATION IN THE ABSENCE OF FERTILISATION - The present invention relates to a pepper plant showing the trait fruit formation in the absence of fertilisation wherein said trait is obtainable by introgression from a plant grown from seed that was deposited with the NCIMB under accession number NCIMB 41678, NCIMB 41680, or NCIMB 41684. The invention further relates to progeny of the plant, propagation material for producing the plant, to fruits of the plant and to a food product comprising the fruit or parts thereof. | 09-12-2013 |
20140223611 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ONE OR MORE GENETIC TRAITS FROM A PLANT OF THE PURPLE-FLOWERED CAPSICUM SPECIES TO A PLANT OF THE WHITE-FLOWERED CAPSICUM SPECIES - The present invention relates to a white-flowered | 08-07-2014 |
20160057960 | FRUIT FORMATION IN THE ABSENCE OF FERTILISATION - The present invention relates to a pepper plant showing the trait fruit formation in the absence of fertilisation wherein said trait is obtainable by introgression from a plant grown from seed that was deposited with the NCIMB under accession number NCIMB 41678, NCIMB 41680, or NCIMB 41684. The invention further relates to progeny of the plant, propagation material for producing the plant, to fruits of the plant and to a food product comprising the fruit or parts thereof. | 03-03-2016 |
20160115496 | PEPPER WITH INCREASED BRIX LEVEL - The present invention relates to a pepper plant ( | 04-28-2016 |
20160130598 | PEPPER WITH INCREASED TOTAL CONTENT OF TERPENOIDS - The present invention relates to a pepper plant ( | 05-12-2016 |
20160160225 | PEPPER WITH NOVEL FLAVOR - The present invention relates to a pepper plant ( | 06-09-2016 |
20160374281 | Ancho Chile Pepper Variety - An improved ancho-type chile pepper cultivar that produces fruit (i.e., peppers) that is characterized by rounded shoulders with little or no indentation at the calyx at the top of the fruit in comparison to existing ancho-type chile pepper cultivars. Plants and fruit grown from the seed of the improved cultivar also are described. | 12-29-2016 |
20180023093 | PEPPER HYBRID DR2179PB AND PARENTS THEREOF | 01-25-2018 |
800317200 | Potato | 6 |
20100031401 | Precise breeding - The present invention relates to a method for identifying and isolating native plant nucleic acid sequences that may function as T-DNAs or T-DNA border-like sequences, effecting the transfer of one polynucleotide into another polynucleotide. The present invention also provides a modified tuber, such as a genetically modified mature tuber, that comprises at least one trait that is not exhibited by a non-modified tuber of the same species. | 02-04-2010 |
20110030108 | MAMMALIAN-TYPE GLYCOSYLATION IN PLANTS - The invention relates to the field of glycoprotein processing in transgenic plants used as cost efficient and contamination safe factories for the production of recombinant biopharmaceutical proteins or pharmaceutical compositions comprising these. The invention provides a plant comprising a functional mammalian enzyme providing N-glycan biosynthesis that is normally not present in plants, said plant additionally comprising at least a second mammalian protein or functional fragment thereof that is normally not present in plants. | 02-03-2011 |
20110107470 | PRECISE BREEDING - LOW ACRYLAMIDE FOODS - The present invention relates to a new plant breeding process. The process improves the agronomic performance of crop plants by using genetic material that is also used in classical breeding. Instead of sexually recombining entire genomes at random, as is done in classical breeding, specific genetic elements are rearranged in vitro and inserted back into individual plant cells. Plants obtained through this new plant breeding process do not contain foreign nucleic acid but only contain nucleic acid from the plant species selected for transformation or plants that are sexually compatible with the selected plant species. Plants developed through this new plant breeding process are provided. In particular, potato plants displaying improved tuber storage and health characteristics are provided. | 05-05-2011 |
20130007928 | METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT SUCROSE SYNTHASE, USE THEREOF IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KITS FOR DETERMINATION OF SUCROSE, PRODUCTION OF ADPGLUCOSE AND PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS WHOSE LEAVES AND STORAGE ORGANS ACCUMULATE HIGH CONTENTS OF ADPGLUCOSE AND STARCH - A transgenic plant that overexpresses sucrose synthase. The transgenic plant has a genetic construct that encodes a sucrose synthase peptide. | 01-03-2013 |
20150074857 | PLANT HAVING SUPPRESSED EXPRESSION OF GLYCOALKALOID BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYME GENE OR ALTERED ACTIVITY OF THE ENZYME - Provided are the DNA of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of solanaceous plants (Solanaceae) such as potato, solanaceous plants producing no glycoalkaloids, and a method of producing a cultivar with a reduced risk of accumulating glycoalkaloids, which involves crossing plants in which the expression of an oxidase gene involved in glycoalkaloid biosynthesis is suppressed or the activity of the enzyme is lowered, as mother plants, and screening progeny resulting from the crossing. | 03-12-2015 |
20150101084 | PEST RESISTANT PLANTS - The disclosure provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a 7-epizingiberene synthase, a chimeric gene comprising said nucleic acid molecule, vectors comprising the same, as well as isolated 7-epizingiberene synthase proteins themselves. In addition, transgenic plants and plant cells comprising a gene encoding a 7-epizingiberene synthase, optionally integrated in its genome, and methods for making such plants and cells, are provided. Especially Solanaceae plants and plant parts (seeds, fruit, leaves, etc.) with enhanced insect pest resistance are provided. | 04-09-2015 |
800317300 | Tobacco | 21 |
20090044300 | Method For Improving Productivity of Plant By Chloroplast Technology - An object of the present invention is to provide a transformed plant which has high photosynthesis activity, and has promoted growth and productivity as compared with a wild strain, and has no fear of diffusion of an introduced gene by pollens, by expressing a trait of a specified gene by chloroplast technology in a higher plant. According to the present invention, there is provided a transformed plant using a gene recombinant vector having an expression cassette for enhancing photosynthesis activity, containing a DNA fragment comprising a gene encoding a protein having fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase activities between a nucleotide sequence complementary to the chloroplast gene rbcL and the chloroplast gene aacD. | 02-12-2009 |
20090119806 | TOBACCO CULTIVAR AOB 175 AND PRODUCTS THEREFROM - The present invention relates to a novel tobacco cultivar designated AOB 175, which has low to intermediate nicotine content. The invention provides seeds of the cultivar AOB 175, plants and parts thereof of the cultivar AOB 175, a tissue culture derived from the cultivar AOB 175, hybrids produced from cultivar AOB 175 and lines derived from cultivar AOB 175, as well as genetically modified forms of the foregoing plants and tissue culture. Also provided are methods of producing cultivar AOB 175 plants, cultivar AOB 175 hybrid plants, and tobacco lines derived from cultivar AOB 175. In addition, products produced from the plants of the present invention are provided. | 05-07-2009 |
20100218283 | POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING ISOPRENOID MODIFYING ENZYMES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides isolated nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding isoprenoid modifying enzymes, as well as recombinant vectors comprising the nucleic acids. The present invention further provides genetically modified host cells comprising a subject nucleic acid or recombinant vector. The present invention further provides a transgenic plant comprising a subject nucleic acid. The present invention further provides methods of producing an isoprenoid compound, the method generally involving culturing a subject genetically modified host cell under conditions that permit synthesis of an isoprenoid compound modifying enzyme encoded by a subject nucleic acid. | 08-26-2010 |
20100235952 | Nicotiana Nucleic Acid Molecules and Uses Thereof - The present invention features | 09-16-2010 |
20100319094 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF PLANT CHLOROPLASTS - A method for plastid transformation of a plant cell includes providing a delivery construct for transferring a passenger construct into a plant cell plastid for expression of a foreign DNA of interest therein. The delivery construct includes a nucleotide sequence under the control of a suitable promoter, for encoding at least one fusion protein which is a chloroplast transit peptide and a DNA binding domain. The passenger construct includes a nucleotide sequence encoding at least one foreign protein of interest or fragment thereof to be expressed in the plant cell, under the control of a plastid-specific promoter. | 12-16-2010 |
20110010806 | METHOD OF DIRECTING THE EVOLUTION OF AN ORGANISM - The present disclosure relates to a method of directing the evolution of an organism by modifying the mutation rate of an organism. The increase in genetic diversity may be used to facilitate the selection of a desired hereditary trait in an organism. | 01-13-2011 |
20110047660 | COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR MODULATING ALKALOID PRODUCTION BY CONTROLLING PMT PROMOTER ACTIVATION MEDIATED BY TRANSCRIPTIONAL FACTORS ERF AND MYC - Compositions and methods for modifying the production levels of alkaloids in plants are provided. Alkaloid production can be genetically controlled by modulating the transcriptional activation of PMT genes mediated by members of the ERF family and/or Myc family of transcription factors. Novel nucleotide sequences encoding the Myc family of transciption factors are also provided. | 02-24-2011 |
20110179530 | Pharmaceutical Proteins, Human Therapeutics, Human Serum Albumin Insulin, Native Cholera Toxin B Subunit on Transgenic Plastids - This invention relates in part to synthesizing high value pharmaceutical proteins in transgenic plants by chloroplast expression for pharmaceutical protein production. We use poly(GVGVP), for example, as a fusion protein to enable hyper-expression of insulin and to accomplish rapid one step purification of fusion peptides utilizing the inverse temperature transition properties of this polymer. We also use insulin-CTB fusion protein in chloroplasts of nicotine free edible tobacco (LAMD 605) for oral delivery. This invention includes expression of native cholera toxin B subunit gene as oligomers in transgenic tobacco chloroplasts which may be utilized in connection with large-scale production of purified CTB, as well as an edible vaccine if expressed in an edible plant, as a transmucosal carrier of peptides to which it is fused to enhance mucosal immunity, and/or to induce oral tolerance of the products of these peptides. The present invention also relates in part to recombinant DNA vectors for enhanced expression of human serum albumin, insulin-like growth factor I, and interferon-α 2 and 5, via chloroplast genomes. | 07-21-2011 |
20120011622 | CLONING OF CYTOCHROME P450 GENES FROM NICOTIANA - The present invention relates to p450 enzymes and nucleic acid sequences encoding p450 enzymes in | 01-12-2012 |
20120185975 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE PROMOTER - A glycosyltransferase promoter and a recombinant nucleic acid, plant cell and transgenic plant containing thereof are provided. The promoter includes a nucleotide sequence as set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1˜7, a fragment having at least 10 contiguous bases of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1˜7 or a combination thereof, or a nucleotide sequence having 90% or more identity to the nucleotide sequence as set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1˜7. | 07-19-2012 |
20130081157 | TOBACCO PLANTS HAVING REDUCED NICOTINE DEMETHYLASE ACTIVITY - The present invention generally relates to methods and materials involved in producing tobacco plants having reduced levels of conversion of nicotine to nornicotine. In certain embodiments, the invention is directed to mutations in a nicotine demethylase gene, tobacco plants comprising mutations in a nicotine demethylase gene, and tobacco compositions and products thereof. In other embodiments, the invention is directed toward nicotine demethylase RNA interference, tobacco plants comprising a nicotine demethylase RNA interference transgene, and tobacco compositions and products thereof. | 03-28-2013 |
20130283484 | SALT TOLERANCE SYGT GENE DERIVED FROM SYNECHOCYSTIS, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to a gene encoding SyGT ( | 10-24-2013 |
20130318661 | NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING N-METHYLPUTRESCINE OXIDASE AND USES THEREOF - The gene encoding N-methylputrescine oxidase (MPO) and constructs comprising such DNA are provided, including methods of regulating MPO expression independently or with other alkaloid biosynthesis genes to modulate alkaloid production in plants and host cells. MPO genes or fragments thereof are useful for reducing pyrrolidine or tropane alkaloid production in plants, for increasing pyrrolidine or tropane alkaloid production in plants, and for producing an MPO enzyme in host cells. | 11-28-2013 |
20130347146 | GNTIII EXPRESSION IN PLANTS - The invention relates to the field of glycoprotein processing in transgenic plants used as cost efficient and contamination safe factories for the production of recombinant biopharmaceutical proteins or pharmaceutical compositions comprising these glycoproteins. The invention provides a plant comprising a functional mammalian enzyme providing mammalian GnTIII that is normally not present in plants, said plant additionally comprising at least a second mammalian protein or functional fragment thereof that is normally not present in plants. | 12-26-2013 |
20140007305 | REDUCING LEVELS OF NICOTINIC ALKALOIDS IN PLANTS | 01-02-2014 |
20150026845 | COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR MODULATING ALKALOID PRODUCTION BY CONTROLLING PMT PROMOTER ACTIVATION MEDIATED BY TRANSCRIPTIONAL FACTORS ERF AND MYC - Compositions and methods for modifying the production levels of alkaloids in plants are provided. Alkaloid production can be genetically controlled by modulating the transcriptional activation of PMT genes mediated by members of the ERF family and/or Myc family of transcription factors. Novel nucleotide sequences encoding the Myc family of transciption factors are also provided. | 01-22-2015 |
20150361439 | Expression of Human Interferon in Transgenic Chloroplasts - A plastid transformation vector for a stably transforming a plastid genome is provided. The vector includes, as operably-linked components, a first flanking sequence, a DNA sequence coding for a therapeutic human IFN, which is capable of expression in the plastid and a second flanking sequence. The invention also provides isolated and purified IFN, wherein the IFN is configured in a monomeric or multimeric form and is a structural equivalent to orally administered human IFN. Also provided are methods for variable-expressing biopharmaceutical proteins in plants suitable for mammal consumption. The method includes integrating a plastid transformation vector into a plastid genome of a plant cell; growing the plant cell to express a biopharmaceutical protein, such as therapeutic human interferon IFN. Also disclosed are plants transformed with the aforementioned vectors, and the progeny thereof. Also, disclosed is the IFN, which is IFNα2b. | 12-17-2015 |
20160057967 | ALTERATION OF TOBACCO ALKALOID CONTENT THROUGH MODIFICATION OF SPECIFIC CYTOCHROME P450 GENES - Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in | 03-03-2016 |
20160100548 | ALTERATION OF TOBACCO ALKALOID CONTENT THROUGH MODIFICATION OF SPECIFIC CYTOCHROME P450 GENES - Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in | 04-14-2016 |
20160120142 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING NORNICOTINE SYNTHESIS IN TOBACCO - Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in tobacco plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for a root-specific nicotine demethylases, CYP82E10, and variants thereof, that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Compositions of the invention also include tobacco plants, or plant parts thereof, comprising a mutation in a gene encoding a CYP82E10 nicotine demethylase, wherein the mutation results in reduced expression or function of the CYP82E10 nicotine demethylase. Seed of these tobacco plants, or progeny thereof, and tobacco products prepared from the tobacco plants of the invention, or from plant parts or progeny thereof, are also provided. Methods for reducing the level of nornicotine, or reducing the rate of conversion of nicotine to nornicotine, in a tobacco plant, or plant part thereof are also provided. The methods comprise introducing into the genome of a tobacco plant a mutation within at least one allele of each of at least three nicotine demethylase genes, wherein the mutation reduces expression of the nicotine demethylase gene, and wherein a first of these nicotine demethylase genes encodes a root-specific nicotine demethylase involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in a tobacco plant or a plant part thereof. The methods find use in the production of tobacco products that have reduced levels of nornicotine and its carcinogenic metabolite, NNN, and thus reduced carcinogenic potential for individuals consuming these tobacco products or exposed to secondary smoke derived from these products. | 05-05-2016 |
20160128294 | INFUSED PLANT SEEDS - Treated plant seeds are provided, which have one or more modifying ingredients associated therewith. Such modifying ingredients can include compositions comprising water, flavorants, pH adjusters, buffering agents, humectants, antioxidants, oral care ingredients, preservatives, additives derived from herbal or botanical sources, and mixtures thereof that can be provided or diluted form. The treated plant seeds can be incorporated within tobacco products, including smoking articles, to alter the properties thereof (e.g., by releasing the one or more modifying ingredients into the mainstream smoke of a smoking article). | 05-12-2016 |
800317400 | Tomato | 4 |
20100170014 | HEAT- AND ETHYLENE-INDUCIBLE FRUIT SPECIFIC PROMOTER - The present invention relates to a heat- and ethylene-inducible plant specific promoter, and its relevant recombinant plasmids and transgenic plants. | 07-01-2010 |
20140059723 | HYBRID TOMATO 'ESAS' - A new and distinct variety of paste-type hybrid tomato plant is described that is derived in part from an Amish tomato, and in part from a Big Bertha Pepper. This hybrid tomato has 2-4 lobes similar to a pepper, a hardy skin, and remains on the vine when ripe until frost. When picked ripe, this tomato lasts longer without rotting than normal tomatoes. Some of these tomatoes have been eaten after 3 months from picking. The fruit usually shrinks inside itself after some time from picking. | 02-27-2014 |
20140317787 | Non-Transgenic Tomato Varieties Having Increased Shelf Life Post-Harvest - A series of independent human-induced, non-transgenic mutations found in at least one non-ripening (NOR) gene of tomato; tomato plants having these mutations in at least one of their NOR genes; and a method of creating and identifying similar and/or additional mutations in the NOR gene by screening pooled and/or individual tomato plants. The tomato plants of the present invention exhibit fruit that ripen more slowly, rot more slowly, are firmer, and have a longer shelf life post-harvest as a result of non-transgenic mutations in at least one of their NOR genes. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317788 | Non-Transgenic Tomato Varieties Having Increased Shelf Life Post-Harvest - A series of independent human-induced, non-transgenic mutations found in at least one non-ripening (NOR) gene of tomato; tomato plants having these mutations in at least one of their NOR genes; and a method of creating and identifying similar and/or additional mutations in the NOR gene by screening pooled and/or individual tomato plants. The tomato plants of the present invention exhibit fruit that ripen more slowly, rot more slowly, are firmer, and have a longer shelf life post-harvest as a result of non-transgenic mutations in at least one of their NOR genes. | 10-23-2014 |