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Congratulations, Inventors!

The patent and plant variety awards are given in recognition of individuals presently employed by The Texas A&M University System whose inventions were granted patent protection from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or whose plant varieties were granted certificates from the United States Department of Agriculture Plant Variety Protection Office during the previous calendar year. The list includes inventors awarded during 2023.

Congratulations to all A&M System inventors who have received patents for their innovations. Your dedication to innovation and entrepreneurship is commendable, and we are excited to continue partnering with you on your journey to commercialize these impactful technologies.

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Patent and Plant Variety Protection Certificate Awardees
  • Ibrahim Akkutlu
  • Ahmed Ali
  • Angela Arenas Gamboa
  • Charles Aubeny
  • Burak Ayyildiz
  • Muthu Bagavathiannan
  • Sarbajit Banerjee
  • Moble Benedict
  • Shuza Binzaid
  • Roger Bligh
  • D “Lance” Bullard
  • Carolyn Cannon
  • Seong “Gwan” Choi
  • David Coleman
  • Gerard Coté
  • Michael Criscitiello
  • Adolfo Delgado Marquez
  • Hunter Denton
  • Scott Dindot
  • Bruce Dvorak
  • Prasad Enjeti
  • Thomas Ficht
  • Eduardo Gildin
  • Carlos Gonzalez
  • Micah Green
  • Jaime Grunlan
  • Melissa Grunlan
  • Adrian Guzman
  • Arum Han
  • Harlan Harris
  • George Hodnett
  • Magnus Höök
  • John Horn
  • Arul Jayaraman
  • Hae-Kwon Jeong
  • James Kamas
  • Minchul Kang
  • Panganamala Kumar
  • Juan Landivar
  • Jenn-Tai Liang
  • Hong Liang
  • Pao-Tai Lin
  • Wenshe Liu
  • Duncan Maitland
  • Dariusz Malinowski
  • Siddhi Mehta
  • Mohammad Naraghi
  • Samuel Noynaert
  • Oleg Ozerov
  • Doodipala Reddy
  • William Rooney
  • Justin Scheiner
  • Nauman Sheikh
  • Carl Smith
  • Justin Smolen
  • David Staack
  • Larry Stein
  • Gregory Sword
  • Le Xie
  • Vladislav Yakovlev
  • Ryland Young
  • Choongho Yu
  • Enrique Zarate Losoya
  • Han Zhang

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