Patents by Inventor Luis Jurado
Luis Jurado 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).
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Patent number: 11187669Abstract: In an embodiment, a system for measuring soil element concentration in a field in real time is disclosed. The system comprises an extraction apparatus coupled to a mobility component configured to move the system in the agricultural field. The extraction apparatus configured to receive a plurality of soil samples successively from a soil probe coupled to the mobility component, when the mobility component is operating. The extraction apparatus containing an extractant solution that is a solvent of the soil samples. In addition, the extraction apparatus comprising a mixer that is configured to mix the soil samples with the extractant solution, thereby forming a solution mix. The system also comprises a chemical sensor coupled to the extraction apparatus, the chemical sensor configured to measure a concentration level of a soil element in the solution mix.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: The Climate CorporationInventors: Miao Liu, Luis Jurado
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Publication number: 20200173954Abstract: In an embodiment, a system for measuring soil element concentration in a field in real time is disclosed. The system comprises an extraction apparatus coupled to a mobility component configured to move the system in the agricultural field. The extraction apparatus configured to receive a plurality of soil samples successively from a soil probe coupled to the mobility component, when the mobility component is operating. The extraction apparatus containing an extractant solution that is a solvent of the soil samples. In addition, the extraction apparatus comprising a mixer that is configured to mix the soil samples with the extractant solution, thereby forming a solution mix. The system also comprises a chemical sensor coupled to the extraction apparatus, the chemical sensor configured to measure a concentration level of a soil element in the solution mix.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: MIAO LIU, LUIS JURADO
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Patent number: 10488363Abstract: In an embodiment, a system for measuring soil element concentration in a field in real time is disclosed. The system comprises an extraction apparatus coupled to a mobility component configured to move the system in the agricultural field. The extraction apparatus configured to receive a plurality of soil samples successively from a soil probe coupled to the mobility component, when the mobility component is operating. The extraction apparatus containing an extractant solution that is a solvent of the soil samples. In addition, the extraction apparatus comprising a mixer that is configured to mix the soil samples with the extractant solution, thereby forming a solution mix. The system also comprises a chemical sensor coupled to the extraction apparatus, the chemical sensor configured to measure a concentration level of a soil element in the solution mix.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: The Climate CorporationInventors: Miao Liu, Luis Jurado
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Publication number: 20190101505Abstract: In an embodiment, a system for measuring soil element concentration in a field in real time is disclosed. The system comprises an extraction apparatus coupled to a mobility component configured to move the system in the agricultural field. The extraction apparatus configured to receive a plurality of soil samples successively from a soil probe coupled to the mobility component, when the mobility component is operating. The extraction apparatus containing an extractant solution that is a solvent of the soil samples. In addition, the extraction apparatus comprising a mixer that is configured to mix the soil samples with the extractant solution, thereby forming a solution mix. The system also comprises a chemical sensor coupled to the extraction apparatus, the chemical sensor configured to measure a concentration level of a soil element in the solution mix.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: MIAO LIU, LUIS JURADO
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Patent number: 8640525Abstract: Methods and systems for analyzing soybeans and, more particularly, for analyzing soybeans at the point of delivery such as a grain elevator or processing plant for a characteristic of the soybeans such as the ?-conglycinin protein content or the intensity of flavor of the soybeans.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Luis A. Jurado, Joel E. Ream
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Patent number: 8501480Abstract: A method of accumulating a quantity of seeds having a desired fatty acid characteristic is provided. The method includes removing a sample from each seed in a population of seeds while maintaining the germination viability of the seeds; contacting each sample with a solvent to form a mixture comprising fatty acid methyl esters; analyzing the mixture of fatty acid methyl esters from each sample to determine the fatty acid profile of the corresponding seed; selecting seeds having at least one desired fatty acid characteristic based on the analysis of the samples removed from the seeds; cultivating plants from the selected seeds; recovering seeds from the cultivated plants, wherein the recovered seeds are a subsequent generation of the selected seeds; and repeating the operations for one or more generations of the recovered seeds to thereby accumulate the quantity of seeds having the desired fatty acid characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Kevin L. Deppermann, Luis A. Jurado, Dutt V. Vinjamoori, Pradip K. Das
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Publication number: 20120180386Abstract: A method of accumulating a quantity of seeds having a desired fatty acid characteristic is provided. The method includes removing a sample from each seed in a population of seeds while maintaining the germination viability of the seeds; contacting each sample with a solvent to form a mixture comprising fatty acid methyl esters; analyzing the mixture of fatty acid methyl esters from each sample to determine the fatty acid profile of the corresponding seed; selecting seeds having at least one desired fatty acid characteristic based on the analysis of the samples removed from the seeds; cultivating plants from the selected seeds; recovering seeds from the cultivated plants, wherein the recovered seeds are a subsequent generation of the selected seeds; and repeating the operations for one or more generations of the recovered seeds to thereby accumulate the quantity of seeds having the desired fatty acid characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Kevin L. DEPPERMANN, Luis A. JURADO, Dutt V. VINJAMOORI, Pradip K. DAS
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Patent number: 8211639Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for spatial imaging and quantifying glyphosate in plant tissue. Glyphosate oxidoreductase is coupled to a cycling flavin mononucleotide-oxidoreductase-luciferase system. The resulting bioluminescence is proportional to the amount of glyphosate, allowing glyphosate to be observed within plant tissue and quantified.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2010Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Luis A. Jurado, Maria Cristina Ubach, David Duncan
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Publication number: 20120040339Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for spatial imaging and quantifying glyphosate in plant tissue. Glyphosate oxidoreductase is coupled to a cycling flavin mononucleotide-oxidoreductase-luciferase system. The resulting bioluminescence is proportional to the amount of glyphosate, allowing glyphosate to be observed within plant tissue and quantified.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Luis A. Jurado, Maria Cristina Ubach, David Duncan
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Publication number: 20110154882Abstract: Methods and systems for analyzing soybeans and, more particularly, for analyzing soybeans at the point of delivery such as a grain elevator or processing plant for a characteristic of the soybeans such as the ?-conglycinin protein content or the intensity of flavor of the soybeans.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Luis A. Jurado, Joel E. Ream
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Publication number: 20090075325Abstract: A method for analyzing agricultural products at a point of transaction is provided. The method comprises presenting a sample comprising at least one seed to a portable analysis system; analyzing the sample for at least one relevant attribute; and characterizing the sample for the transaction based upon the results of the analysis for the at least one relevant attribute.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Pradip K. Das, Joel E. Ream, Luis A. Jurado
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Publication number: 20080070310Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for increasing fermentability to yield ethanol from plant material by contacting the material with an effective amount of a protease to hydrolyze at least a portion of zein proteins. The present disclosure also provides methods for increasing digestibility of a milling co-product by contacting a plant material with a protease during dry milling or wet milling.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Inventors: Luis A. Jurado, Pradip K. Das
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Publication number: 20070240241Abstract: A method of predicting a trait of interest from a plant by measuring the degree of starch-protein association in the plant is provided. The degree of starch-protein association can be determined by identifying either chemical properties or physical properties, or both chemical and physical properties of plant cells. In a particular embodiment, the degree of starch-protein association is determined by identifying the protein composition of the plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Maria Ubach, Luis Jurado, Dutt Vinjamoori, Pradip Das, Bradley Krohn, Steven Modiano
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Publication number: 20070048872Abstract: A method for the high throughput screening of fatty acid characteristics in seeds is provided. The method comprises feeding seeds individually to a sampling station; removing a sample from the seed in the sampling station; conveying the sample to a compartment in a sample tray; converting extracted oil from the sample in the sample tray to form a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters; and analyzing the mixture of fatty acid methyl esters from the sample to determine the fatty acid profile of the corresponding seed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2006Publication date: March 1, 2007Inventors: Kevin Deppermann, Luis Jurado, Dutt Vinjamoori, Pradip Das
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Patent number: 6375846Abstract: The present invention provides for a method to prepare a pressure stable and pH stable medium for use in high pressure (performance) affinity chromatography. The method includes the steps of treating hydroxyalkyl-silica with cyanogen halides or other cyanogen transfer reagents in the presence of an organic base in anhydrous solvents at temperatures in the range of from about −15° C. to about 20° C. for a period of time in the range of from about 1 minute to about 5 minutes, and washing the resulting medium in anhydrous solvent.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2001Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Inventors: Harry Wellington Jarrett, Luis A. Jurado