Patents by Inventor MAURICIO ANTUNES

MAURICIO ANTUNES 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).

  • SYNTHETIC DESALINATION GENETIC CIRCUIT IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20240060080
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for generating plants that can grow in saline conditions, or remove a salt or other impurity from water, for example plants that can remove sodium chloride from salt or sea water, and plants that can produce purified water from salt or sea water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: June Medford, Kevin Morey, Tessema Kassaw, Mauricio Antunes
  • Synthetic desalination genetic circuit in plants
    Patent number: 11692199
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for generating plants that can grow in saline conditions, or remove a salt or other impurity from water, for example plants that can remove sodium chloride from salt or sea water, and plants that can produce purified water from salt or sea water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: June Medford, Kevin Morey, Tessema Kassaw, Mauricio Antunes
  • SYNTHETIC DESALINATION GENETIC CIRCUIT IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20200048650
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for generating plants that can grow in saline conditions, or remove a salt or other impurity from water, for example plants that can remove sodium chloride from salt or sea water, and plants that can produce purified water from salt or sea water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: June Medford, Kevin Morey, Tessema Kassaw, Mauricio Antunes
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF SMALL MOLECULES
    Publication number: 20170198363
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for the detection of small molecules in a cell using biosensor molecules comprising conditionally active ligand binding domains. Compositions for conditionally activating transcription based on the presence of a small molecules in a cell are further provided, together with methods of designing, producing, and expressing biosensor molecules in cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: JUNE MEDFORD, MAURICIO ANTUNES, KEVIN MOREY, BENJAMIN JESTER, CHRISTINE TINBERG, STANLEY FIELDS, DAVID BAKER, MATTHEW BICK