Plant Sensory Systems, LLC.
Enhanced-nutrition soybean seeds with elevated taurine and methionine for aquafeed
- Sector
- Agritech
- Total capital
- $1.1M
- Federal grants
- $1.1M
- 2 awards · 2015–2017
- Rank in peer group#19 of 20
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 6
- 17 pending · first 2018
- Rank in peer group#1 of 20
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Nutrient-Enhanced Soybean for Aquafeed$910K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Taurine- and Methionine-Rich Soybean for Aquafeed$165K
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Standing among 20 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Material
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#1 · top 5%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Frank J. TuranoResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by 6 patents · $1.1M in grants as PI
- Kathleen A. TuranoExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 6 granted of 23- GrantedMethods For High Taurine Production Using Novel DecarboxylasesUSPTOUS 11,771,114
- GrantedMethods For High Taurine Production In Unicellular OrganismsUSPTOUS 11,220,691
- GrantedAlgal And Fungal Genes And Their Uses For Taurine Biosynthesis In CellsUSPTOUS 11,078,547
Show all 23 patent records
- Methods For High Taurine Production Using Novel DecarboxylasesOct 3, 2023 · US 11,771,114Granted
- Methods For High Taurine Production In Unicellular OrganismsJan 11, 2022 · US 11,220,691Granted
- Algal And Fungal Genes And Their Uses For Taurine Biosynthesis In CellsAug 3, 2021 · US 11,078,547Granted
- Combinations Of Organic Compounds To Increase Crop ProductionJun 3, 2021 · Application 17053247Pending
- Non-transgenic Plants With Mutated Glutamate Decarboxlases For Agronomic BenefitsFeb 11, 2021 · Application 17045059Pending
- Methods For The Biosynthesis Of Taurine Or Hypotaurine In CellsDec 29, 2020 · US 10,874,625Granted
- Methods For High Taurine Production In Unicellular OrganismsMar 21, 2019 · Application 16092363Pending
- Metabolic RegulatorsOct 23, 2018 · US 10,106,808Granted
- Methods For The Biosynthesis Of Taurine Or Hypotaurine In CellsOct 9, 2018 · US 10,092,527Granted
- Methods For The Biosynthesis Of Taurine Or Hypotaurine In CellsFeb 1, 2018 · Application 15784360Pending
- Methods To Improve Plant-based Food And FeedOct 5, 2017 · Application 15510470Pending
- Methods To Improve Crops Through Increased Accumulation Of MethionineAug 10, 2017 · Application 15490949Pending
- Methods To Improve Crops Through Increased Accumulation Of MethionineFeb 18, 2016 · Application 14462350Pending
- Algal And Fungal Genes And Their Uses For Taurine Biosynthesis In CellsApplication PCTUS2016026465Pending
- Methods For High Taurine Production Using Novel DecarboxylasesApplication PCTUS2017061337Pending
- Methods To Improve Plant-based Food And FeedApplication PCTUS2015044038Pending
- Methods To Improve Crops Through Increased Accumulation Of MethionineApplication PCTUS2015044036Pending
- Methods To Improve Plant-based Food And FeedApplication 62062337Pending
- Combinations Of Organic Compounds To Increase Crop ProductionApplication PCTUS2018031359Pending
- Regulatory Sequences To Control Gene Expression In PlantsApplication PCTUS2012034661Pending
- Methods To Increase Plant ProductivityApplication PCTUS2012033916Pending
- Method For The Biosynthesis Of Taurine Or Hypotaurine In CellsApplication PCTUS2010054664Pending
- Methods For High Taurine Production In Unicellular OrganismsApplication PCTUS2016028958Pending
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Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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