Patents by Inventor Jonathan Torres

Jonathan Torres 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).

  • Forming high efficiency geothermal wellbores
    Patent number: 12209775
    Abstract: Wellbore synthesis techniques are disclosed suitable for use in geothermal applications. Embodiments are provided where open hole drilled wellbores are sealed while drilling in sequenced operations with utilization of phase change materials to form an impervious layer at the wellbore/formation interface in high temperature applications. The techniques may be chemical, thermal, mechanical, biological and are fully intended to irreversibly damage the formation in terms of the permeability thereof. With the permeability negated, the wellbore may be used to create a closed loop surface to surface geothermal well operable in the absence of well casing for heat transfer surfaces for maximizing thermal transfer to a circulating working fluid. Formulations for the working and drilling fluids are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew Toews, Michael Holmes, Jonathan Hale, Andrew Curtis-Smith, Peter Andrews, Paul Cairns, Ariel Torre
  • Regulation of cotton fiber growth by extracellular nucleotides and ectoapyrases
    Patent number: 11555200
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods of modulating the length of one or more cotton fibers in a plant by contacting the plant or tissue derived therefrom with at least one of: a nucleotide; a modulator of ectoapyrase gene transcription; or an anti-ectoapyrase antibody or fragments thereof, at a concentration that modulates growth of one or more cotton fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Stanley J. Roux, Greg Clark, Jonathan Torres, Zengjian Jeffrey Chen
  • Regulation of Cotton Fiber Growth by Extracellular Nucleotides and Ectoapyrases
    Publication number: 20200087674
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods of modulating the length of one or more cotton fibers in a plant by contacting the plant or tissue derived therefrom with at least one of: a nucleotide; a modulator of ectoapyrase gene transcription; or an anti-ectoapyrase antibody or fragments thereof, at a concentration that modulates growth of one or more cotton fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Stanley J. Roux, Greg Clark, Jonathan Torres, Zengjian Jeffrey Chen
  • Regulation of Cotton Fiber Growth by Extracellular Nucleotides and Ectoapyrases
    Publication number: 20110283419
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods of modulating the length of one or more cotton fibers in a plant by contacting the plant or tissue derived therefrom with at least one of: a nucleotide; a modulator of ectoapyrase gene transcription; or an anti-ectoapyrase antibody or fragments thereof, at a concentration that modulates growth of one or more cotton fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: BOARD OR REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Stanley J. Roux, Greg Clark, Jonathan Torres, Zengjian Jeffrey Chen, Jinsuk Lee