Patents by Inventor Nathan A. Ekborg

Nathan A. Ekborg 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).

  • PLANTS EXPRESSING CELL WALL DEGRADING ENZYMES AND EXPRESSION VECTORS
    Publication number: 20210254115
    Abstract: Vectors for expression of proteins in plants are described. The proteins may be enzymes and the enzymes can be but are not limited to cell wall degrading enzymes. A number of plants designed to express specific cell wall degrading enzymes are provided. The plants may have industrial and/or agricultural applications. Methods and materials for making the expression vectors and for making the plants are provided. Processes for which the plants could be used in industrial and agricultural applications are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: AGRIVIDA, INC.
    Inventors: R. Michael Raab, Vlad Samoylov, Oleg Bougri, Nathan Ekborg
  • Plants expressing cell wall degrading enzymes and expression vectors
    Patent number: 10988788
    Abstract: Vectors for expression of proteins in plants are described. The proteins may be enzymes and the enzymes can be but are not limited to cell wall degrading enzymes. A number of plants designed to express specific cell wall degrading enzymes are provided. The plants may have industrial and/or agricultural applications. Methods and materials for making the expression vectors and for making the plants are provided. Processes for which the plants could be used in industrial and agricultural applications are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: AGRIVIDA, INC.
    Inventors: R. Michael Raab, Vlad Samoylov, Oleg Bougri, Nathan Ekborg
  • PLANTS EXPRESSING CELL WALL DEGRADING ENZYMES AND EXPRESSION VECTORS
    Publication number: 20160160254
    Abstract: Vectors for expression of proteins in plants are described. The proteins may be enzymes and the enzymes can be but are not limited to cell wall degrading enzymes. A number of plants designed to express specific cell wall degrading enzymes are provided. The plants may have industrial and/or agricultural applications. Methods and materials for making the expression vectors and for making the plants are provided. Processes for which the plants could be used in industrial and agricultural applications are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Agrivida, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Michael Raab, Vlad Samoylov, Oleg Bougri, Nathan Ekborg
  • PLANT WALL DEGRADATIVE COMPOUNDS AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140248688
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Larry Edmund Taylor, Ronald M. Weiner, Steven Wayne Hutcheson, Nathan A. Ekborg, Michael Howard
  • Enzymic production of neoagarobiose
    Patent number: 8795989
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and systems of producing neoagarobiose, useful in whitening melanoma cells and in cosmetics, using polypeptides having neoagarobiosebiohydralase activity, including Aga86E from Saccharophagus degradans. The reaction can be enhanced by including other agarases, including Aga16B, also from S. degradans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Steven W. Hutcheson, Ronald M. Weiner, Nathan A. Ekborg
  • Plant wall degradative compounds and systems
    Patent number: 8541563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Larry Edmund Taylor, Ronald M. Weiner, Steven Wayne Hutcheson, Nathan A. Ekborg, Michael Howard
  • PLANTS EXPRESSING CELL WALL DEGRADING ENZYMES AND EXPRESSION VECTORS
    Publication number: 20130071884
    Abstract: Vectors for expression of proteins in plants are described. The proteins may be enzymes and the enzymes can be but are not limited to cell wall degrading enzymes. A number of plants designed to express specific cell wall degrading enzymes are provided. The plants may have industrial and/or agricultural applications. Methods and materials for making the expression vectors and for making the plants are provided. Processes for which the plants could be used in industrial and agricultural applications are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: AGRIVIDA, INC.
    Inventors: R. Michael Raab, Vlad Samoylov, Oleg Bougri, Nathan Ekborg
  • PLANT WALL DEGRADATIVE COMPOUNDS AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20120329103
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Larry Edmund Taylor, Ronald M. Weiner, Steven Wayne Hutcheson, Nathan A. Ekborg, Michael Howard
  • Plant wall degradative compounds and systems
    Patent number: 8173787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Larry Edmund Taylor, Ronald M. Weiner, Steven Wayne Hutcheson, Nathan A. Ekborg, Michael Howard
  • ENZYMIC PRODUCTION OF NEOAGAROBIOSE
    Publication number: 20090053776
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and systems of producing neoagarobiose, useful in whitening melanoma cells and in cosmetics, using polypeptides having neoagarobiosebiohydralase activity, including Aga86E from Saccharophagus degradans. The reaction can be enhanced by including other agarases, including Aga16B, also from S. degradans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Steven W. HUTCHESON, Ronald M. WEINER, Nathan A. EKBORG
  • PLANT WALL DEGRADATIVE COMPOUNDS AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20080293115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Larry Edmund Taylor, Ronald M. Weiner, Steven Wayne Hutcheson, Nathan A. Ekborg, Michael Howard
  • Alginases, systems containing alginases and methods of cloning, purifying and/or utilizing alginases
    Patent number: 7439034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Ronald M. Weiner, Steven W. Hutcheson, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Hafez, Michael Howard, Larry Edmund Taylor, II, Nathan A. Ekborg
  • Plant wall degradative compounds and systems
    Patent number: 7365180
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Larry Edmund Taylor, Ronald M. Weiner, Steven Wayne Hutcheson, Nathan A. Ekborg, Michael Howard
  • Alginases, systems containing alginases and methods of cloning, purifying and/or utilizing alginases
    Publication number: 20060128946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Ronald Weiner, Steven Hutcheson, Ahmed Abdel-Hafez, Michael Howard, Larry Taylor, Nathan Ekborg
  • Plant wall degradative compounds and systems
    Publication number: 20060105914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Larry Taylor, Ronald Weiner, Steven Hutcheson, Nathan Ekborg, Michael Howard