Patents Assigned to Edenspace Systems Corporation
  • Energy crops for improved biofuel feedstocks
    Patent number: 8237014
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved systems and methods for reducing costs and increasing yields of cellulosic ethanol. In particular, the present invention provides plants genetically transformed for increased biomass, expression of lignocellulolytic enzymes, and simplification of harvesting and downstream processing. Also provided are methods for using these transgenic plants in the production of clean, marketable feedstocks for production of renewable fuels and chemicals and in other applications including phytoremediation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Edenspace Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Blaylock, Bruce W. Ferguson, David A. Lee
  • Phytoremediation of metals
    Patent number: 6159270
    Abstract: A process for removal of metal ions from soil and methods for effecting such removal are described. The process is based on manipulating the growth of crop and crop-related members of the plant family Brassicaceae in metal-containing soils so that the metal in the soils is made more available to the plants. These particular plants will absorb metals into their roots making the metals non-leachable from the soils or will absorb the metal into their roots and transfer them to the shoots and/or roots which can be easily harvested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Edenspace Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Ilya Raskin, Nanda P. B. A. Kumar, Slavik Douchenkov