Inventor · Merelbeke, BE

Marc De Block

25Patents
7h-index
16Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: May 17, 1990 → Mar 12, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5561236A Genetically engineered plant cells and plants exhibiting resistance to glutamine synthetase inhibitors, DNA fragments and recombinants for use in the production of said cells and plants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 241 Expired
US7112665B1 Genetically engineered plant cells and plants exhibiting resistance to glutamine synthetase inhibitors, DNA fragments and recombinants for use in the production of said cells and plants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 167 Expired
US5646024A Genetically engineered plant cells and plants exhibiting resistance to glutamine synthetase inhibitors, DNA fragments and recombinants for use in the production of said cells and plants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 135 Expired
US8008544B2 Methods for altering the reactivity of plant cell walls Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US8507755B2 Methods for altering the reactivity of plant cell walls Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
USRE44962E1 Genetically engineered plant cells and plants exhibiting resistance to glutamine synthetase inhibitors, DNA fragments and recombinants for use in the production of said cells and plants General 10 Active
US6074876A Genetic transformation using a PARP inhibitor Physics 8 Expired
US6693185B2 Methods and means to modulate programmed cell death in eukaryotic cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US7241936B2 Methods and means to modulate programmed cell death in eukaryotic cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7084320B2 Methods and means for determining fitness in plants Human Necessities 3 Expired
US8158856B2 Stress resistant plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active
US8058510B2 Method and means to modulate programmed cell death in eukaryotic cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7786349B2 Methods and means for increasing the tolerance of plants to stress conditions Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US8450562B2 Stress resistant plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US8901369B2 Increase of yield in crop plants through selection of epigenetically modified populations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9914981B2 Methods for determining fitness in plants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US8143192B2 Methods for increasing the resistance of plants to hypoxic conditions Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US7851675B2 Stress resistant plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US9279130B2 Methods for manufacturing plant cell walls comprising chitin Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US7951990B2 Method and means for determining fitness in plants Human Necessities 0 Active
US8802927B2 Stress resistant plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US9404119B2 Cotton fibers having positively charged oligosaccharides Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9534230B2 Stress resistant plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US10793919B2 Methods for determining fitness in plants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8685736B2 Poly ADP-ribose polymerase sequences and their uses Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.