Patents by Inventor Lola Denise Aslett

Lola Denise Aslett 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).

  • Methods and compositions for enhanced biomass production and increased abiotic stress tolerance
    Patent number: 10907171
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for increasing carbon fixation, increasing biomass production and/or increasing abiotic stress tolerance in a plant comprising: introducing into a plant, plant part, and/or plant cell a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a ferredoxin polypeptide and/or a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a biotin ligase polypeptide to produce a stably transformed plant, plant part, and/or plant cell, wherein said heterologous polynucleotides are from a bacterial and/or an archaeal species. Further provided are plants, plant parts and plant cells produced by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Amy Michele Grunden, Heike Sederoff, Caroline Michael Smith, Lola Denise Aslett
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND INCREASED ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20180168120
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for increasing carbon fixation, increasing biomass production and/or increasing abiotic stress tolerance in a plant comprising: introducing into a plant, plant part, and/or plant cell a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a ferredoxin polypeptide and/or a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a biotin ligase polypeptide to produce a stably transformed plant, plant part, and/or plant cell, wherein said heterologous polynucleotides are from a bacterial and/or an archaeal species. Further provided are plants, plant parts and plant cells produced by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Amy Michele Grunden, Heike Sederoff, Caroline Michael Smith, Lola Denise Aslett