Patents by Inventor Gilad Aharon

Gilad Aharon 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).

  • Genetic engineering salt tolerance in crop plants
    Patent number: 7256326
    Abstract: The invention is isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding Na+/H+ exchanger polypeptides with at least 95% homology to that of Arabidopsis thaliana for extrusion of monovalent cations from the cytosol of cells to provide the cell with increased salt tolerance. Crop species transformed with the nucleic acid molecule are capable of surviving in soil with high salt levels that would normally inhibit growth of the crop species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Inventors: Eduardo Blumwald, Maris Apse, Wayne Snedden, Gilad Aharon
  • High salt plants and uses for bioremediation
    Publication number: 20060195948
    Abstract: The subject invention includes non-naturally occurring salt tolerant plants that accumulate sodium in their tissues substantially in the vacuole. The present invention also includes methods of making such non-naturally occurring plants. One preferred method is generating a transgenic plant that has an ectopically expressed NHX related gene product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Eduardo Blumwald, Maris Apse, Wayne Snedden, Gilad Aharon
  • Genetic engineering salt tolerance in crop plants
    Patent number: 7041875
    Abstract: The invention is isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding Na+/H+ exchanger polypeptides for extrusion of monovalent cations (preferably lithium ions and postassium ions, most preferably sodium ions) from the cytosol of cells to provide the cell with increased salt tolerance. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid is obtained from Arabidopsis thaliana. Crop species transformed with the nucleic acid molecule are capable of surviving in soil with high salt levels that would normally inhibit growth of the crop species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventors: Eduardo Blumwald, Maris Apse, Wayne Snedden, Gilad Aharon
  • Genetic engineering salt tolerance in crop plants
    Publication number: 20050204430
    Abstract: The invention is isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding Na+/H+ exchanger polypeptides with at least 95% homology to that of Arabidopsis thaliana for extrusion of monovalent cations from the cytosol of cells to provide the cell with increased salt tolerance. Crop species transformed with the nucleic acid molecule are capable of surviving in soil with high salt levels that would normally inhibit growth of the crop species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Eduardo Blumwald, Maris Apse, Wayne Snedden, Gilad Aharon