Patents by Inventor Getu Beyene

Getu Beyene 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS, ORGANISMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ALTERING COLD, DROUGHT, AND SALT TOLERANCE IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20190153464
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to materials, systems, organisms, and methods for enhancing abiotic stress tolerance (e.g., cold, salinity, drought, heat, wind) and/or enhancing biomass in plants. For example, enhancing abiotic stress tolerance may be achieved in plants having Arabidopsis thaliana BCL-2-associated athanogene 4 (AtBAG4) nucleic acids and/or polypeptides, Caenorhabditis elegans Ced-9 nucleic acids and/or polypeptides, and/or human Bcl-2-161 nucleic acids and/or polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Martin B. Dickman, T. Erik Mirkov, Getu Beyene, Mayra Faion-Molina, Marco David Molina Risco
  • Compositions, organisms, systems, and methods for altering cold, drought, and salt tolerance in plants
    Patent number: 10106811
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to materials, systems, organisms, and methods for enhancing abiotic stress tolerance (e.g., cold, salinity, drought, heat, wind) and/or enhancing biomass in plants. For example, enhancing abiotic stress tolerance may be achieved in plants having Arabidopsis thaliana BCL-2-associated athanogene 4 (AtBAG4) nucleic acids and/or polypeptides, Caenorhabditis elegans Ced-9 nucleic acids and/or polypeptides, and/or human Bcl-2-161 nucleic acids and/or polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Martin B. Dickman, T. Erik Mirkov, Getu Beyene, Mayra Faion-Molina, Marco David Molina Risco
  • MATERIALS, SYSTEMS, ORGANISMS, AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE, INCREASING BIOMASS, AND/OR ALTERING LIGNIN COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20170002374
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to materials, systems, organisms, and methods for enhancing abiotic stress tolerance (e.g., cold, salinity, drought, wind), increasing biomass, and/or altering lignin composition in plants. For example, enhancing abiotic stress tolerance may be achieved using a plant-specific family of transcription factors is APETALA2 (AP2), that includes c-repeat binding factor (e.g., CBF1, CBF3) and AP37 nucleic acids and/or polypeptides. In some embodiments, increasing biomass may be achieved by altering expression of gibberellin oxidases (e.g., GA3ox3/GA2ox4) nucleic acids and/or polypeptides. Altering lignin composition may be achieved by suppression of stem-thickening in pith (e.g., STP1) nucleic acids and/or polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: T. Erik MIRKOV, Getu BEYENE, Mona DAMAJ
  • COMPOSITIONS, ORGANISMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ALTERING COLD, DROUGHT, AND SALT TOLERANCE IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20140283202
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to materials, systems, organisms, and methods for enhancing abiotic stress tolerance (e.g., cold, salinity, drought, heat, wind) and/or enhancing biomass in plants. For example, enhancing abiotic stress tolerance may be achieved in plants having Arabidopsis thaliana BCL-2-associated athanogene 4 (AtBAG4) nucleic acids and/or polypeptides, Caenorhabditis elegans Ced-9 nucleic acids and/or polypeptides, and/or human Bcl-2-161 nucleic acids and/or polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Martin B. Dickman, T. Erik Mirkov, Getu Beyene, Mayra Faion-Molina, Marco David Molina Risco