Patents by Inventor Tyler Phillips Eckles

Tyler Phillips Eckles 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).

  • Crop protection in algae by exogenous terpene expression
    Patent number: 11891640
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to terpene synthases capable of producing terpenoids. In one instance, a transformed organism can include terpene synthases or vectors encoding such synthases. One method of employing such synthases and organisms includes protecting an algal culture, in which the produced terpenoid can act as a biocide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Wesley Davis, Tyler Phillips Eckles, Nataly Lyn Beck, Oliver Kilian
  • Detection of cholinesterase inhibition with microfluidic devices and systems thereof
    Patent number: 11680946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of conducting cholinesterase inhibition assays. In one instance, the assays can be configured to determine the presence of inactivated and activated cholinesterases. Also described herein are microfluidic devices and systems for conducting such assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Chung-Yan Koh, Robert Meagher, Tyler Phillips Eckles