Abstract: There is herein defined optics (e.g. an array of optics) forming an optical beam to either produce a collimated or diverging/converging beam emerging from a virtual source point to illuminate a hologram. There is also described an optical beam illuminating a reflection hologram from the front and a further configuration where an optical beam combined with a holographic optical element (HOE) minor enables rear illumination of a reflection hologram.
Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating heat and/or drought tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding heat and/or drought-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased heat and/or drought tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased heat and/or drought tolerance.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 13, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2022
Assignee:
CERES, INC.
Inventors:
Cory Christensen, Wuyi Wang, Dennis Yang
Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 27, 2020
Date of Patent:
October 11, 2022
Assignee:
CERES, INC.
Inventors:
Fasong Zhou, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
Abstract: A stack (1) of intermediate temperature, metal-supported, solid oxide fuel cell units (10), each unit comprising a metal support substrate (12), a spacer (22) and an interconnect (30) that each have compression bolt holes (34), fuel inlet port (33), fuel outlet port (32) and air outlet (17) therein, wherein bolt voids (34) are formed by aligning the bolt holes and a further void (17) by aligning the air outlets, and the voids are vented, for example, to the environment or further void to prevent the build-up of fuel, moisture or ions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 11, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2022
Assignee:
CERES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
Inventors:
Mark Selby, Stephen Hill, Stephen Phillip, Lee Rees
Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved metal supported solid oxide fuel cell unit, fuel cell stacks, fuel cell stack assemblies, and methods of manufacture.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 13, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 8, 2022
Assignee:
CERES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
Inventors:
Andrew Ballard, Tomasz Domanski, Jon Harman, Alan Robertson
Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved metal supported solid oxide fuel cell unit, fuel cell stacks, fuel cell stack assemblies, and methods of manufacture.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 13, 2018
Date of Patent:
February 22, 2022
Assignee:
CERES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
Inventors:
Andrew Ballard, Tomasz Domanski, Jonathan Tunbridge, Jon Harman, Alan Robertson, Diana Duarte, Adam Brunton
Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline and/or oxidative stress conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline and/or oxidative stress conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2020
Date of Patent:
October 12, 2021
Assignee:
CERES, INC.
Inventors:
Fasong Zhou, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants with increased tolerance to abiotic stress (e.g., high or low temperature, drought, flood).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 18, 2020
Date of Patent:
October 12, 2021
Assignee:
CERES, INC.
Inventors:
Cory Christensen, Nestor Apuya, Kenneth A. Feldmann
Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants with increased tolerance to abiotic stress (e.g., high or low temperature, drought, flood).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 18, 2020
Date of Patent:
October 5, 2021
Assignee:
CERES, INC.
Inventors:
Cory Christensen, Nestor Apuya, Kenneth A. Feldmann
Abstract: An animal tag for attachment to an ear of an animal, the tag comprising: a first tag member adapted to be mounted to any one of an outer surface or an inner surface of the animal's ear; a second tag member adapted to be mounted to the other of the outer or inner surface of the animal's ear; a connecting arrangement for inter-connecting the first and second tag member, the connecting arrangement comprising an attachment member having a head portion adapted to be retained in the first tag member and a shank portion adapted to be retained in the second tag member.
Abstract: Methods and materials for increasing abiotic stress tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding abiotic stress tolerance-increasing polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased tolerance to abiotic stress and methods of increasing plant yield under abiotic stress conditions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 19, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 11, 2021
Assignee:
CERES, INC.
Inventors:
Roger I. Pennell, Wuyi Wang, Chuan-Yin Wu, Dwarkesh Parihar, Paresh Verma, Vijay R. Kumar, Shridhar J. Rao
Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 28, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 6, 2021
Assignee:
CERES, INC.
Inventors:
Fasong Zhou, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
Abstract: Methods and materials for increasing abiotic stress tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding abiotic stress tolerance-increasing polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased tolerance to abiotic stress and methods of increasing plant yield under abiotic stress conditions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 19, 2019
Date of Patent:
February 2, 2021
Assignee:
CERES, INC.
Inventors:
Roger I. Pennell, Wuyi Wang, Chuan-Yin Wu, Dwarkesh Parihar, Paresh Verma, Vijay R. Kumar, Shridhar J. Rao
Abstract: The invention relates to metal supported solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), fuel cell stacks containing the same, methods of their manufacture and use thereof. The SOFC of the invention utilises an extended electrolyte and barrier layers to prevent specific types of corrosion of the metal substrate. This new coating approach reduces the rate of degradation of the fuel cells and improves system reliability when operated over long durations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 8, 2017
Date of Patent:
January 26, 2021
Assignee:
CERES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CO. LTD.
Inventors:
Adam Bone, Robert Leah, Subhasish Mukerjee, Mahfujur Rahman, Ahmet Selcuk
Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 14, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
CERES, INC.
Inventors:
Fasong Zhou, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased cold tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels.
Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants with increased tolerance to abiotic stress (e.g., high or low temperature, drought, flood).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 13, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2020
Assignee:
CERES, INC.
Inventors:
Cory Christensen, Nestor Apuya, Kenneth A. Feldmann
Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating heat and/or drought tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding heat and/or drought-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased heat and/or drought tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased heat and/or drought tolerance.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 5, 2013
Date of Patent:
March 31, 2020
Assignee:
CERES, INC.
Inventors:
Cory Christensen, Wuyi Wang, Dennis Yang
Abstract: A fuel cell system comprising a controller, a temperature sensor that has a physical presence in a conduit within the system to measure the temperature of the fluid at a point within the conduit (Tg) and a wall temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of a wall of the conduit (Tw). The controller takes Tg and Tw as inputs and applies an equation with known constants to calculate measurement error of Tg based on the local flow temperature and geometry and arrives at a calculated temperature. The equation may be applied iteratively until the difference between the calculated temperature and Tg is below an acceptable value when the calculated temperature can then be assumed to be an accurate representation of the actual gas temperature at the Tg measurement point. The direction of calculation is controlled by the relative difference between Tg and Tw.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 19, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 31, 2020
Assignee:
CERES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
Inventors:
Farzad Barari, Paul Barnard, Robert Morgan, Mark Selby