Patents by Inventor Abré De Beer

Abré De Beer 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).

  • Transposase competitor control system
    Patent number: 11932847
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of fragmenting DNA comprising contacting a sample of target DNA with (a) a composition comprising an active transpososome, and (b) a composition comprising an inactive transpososome, under conditions suitable for transpososome activity, wherein a ratio of an amount of the inactive transpososome in the composition of (b) to an amount of the active transpososome in the composition of (a) determines the mean fragment size and a level of insertion bias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KAPA BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Ranik, Eric Van der Walt, William Bourn, Jennifer Hsieh, Abre De Beer, Gerrida Uys, Paul McEwan
  • ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR PLANTS
    Publication number: 20150030566
    Abstract: Compositions containing one or more tyrocidines, tryptocidines, phenycidines and/or gramicidin S, or derivatives and analogues thereof, are described for controlling antimicrobial growth on plants, plant material or plant growth media, and methods for controlling or preventing the growth of microbial pathogens, and in particular fungal pathogens, on plants, plant parts and plant material are described herein. The active agents used to control these pathogens are tyrocidines, tryptocidines, phenycidines and/or gramicidin S, or derivatives, analogues or modifications thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Marina Rautenbach, Abré De Beer, Anscha Mari Troskie, Johan Arnold Vosloo