Patents by Inventor Assunta Tortora

Assunta Tortora 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).

  • COSMETIC, PHARMACEUTICAL AND NUTRACEUTICAL USE OF AN EXTRACT DERIVED FROM CANNABISSATIVA CELL CULTURES
    Publication number: 20220088100
    Abstract: The present invention refers to the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical use of an extract derived from cell cultures of Cannabis sativa, preferably a hydro-alcoholic extract, and a cosmetic, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical composition comprising this extract; in particular, the composition containing this extract of Cannabis sativa may be used to reduce neurogenic inflammation and stimulate the production of neurotransmitters or neuropeptides, such as dopamine and endorphin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: ARTERRA BIOSCIENCE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marida Bimonte, Assunta Tortora, Fabio Apone, Maria Gabriella Colucci
  • INACTIVATED MICROORGANISMS CONTAINING DOUBLE -STRAND RNA MOLECULES (DSRNA), THEIR USE AS PESTICIDES AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION
    Publication number: 20130011372
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new group of pesticides consisting of inactivated microorganisms containing double-strand RNA molecules (dsRNA), corresponding to receptor genes coupled with G proteins (GPCR) whose functioning is vital for phytophagous invertebrates (insects, mites and molluscs) or for infesting or in any case harmful organisms for the health of human beings and domestic animals, and to a method for the preparation of said microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: ARTERRA BIOSCIENCE S.R.L
    Inventors: Assunta Tortora, Maria Rosaria Grimaldi, Alessandra Ruggiero, Lucio Filippini, Fabio Apone, Maria Gabriella Colucci