Patents by Inventor Maria Manuela ESTEVEZ PINTADO

Maria Manuela ESTEVEZ PINTADO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240101719
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to method of obtaining high purity glucans, in particular yeast glucans with immunomodulatmy properties, including vaccine adjuvant properties for the use as adjuvant in vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Joao Cruz Fernandes, Maria Manuela Faria Amorim, Pedro Miguel Constante De Sousa, Diana Maria Tavares Valente, Joao Pedro Azevedo Silva, Christopher J. Paddon, Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado
  • Publication number: 20240034959
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of whey protein as an anti-odour agent in a fabric, a textile finishing anti-odour method using whey proteins as an anti-odour agent, anti-odour compositions and anti-odour articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Lorena Henrique GUIMARÃES COELHO, Catarina DIAS DA COSTA, Nuno Gonçalo AZOIA LOPES, Inês MARQUES PINHEIRO, Ana Isabel TEIXEIRA RIBEIRO DE MAGALHÃES, Maria Manuela ESTEVEZ PINTADO, Inês GONÇALVES VALENTE GUIMARÃES, Patrícia Sofia PINHANÇOS BATISTA, Ricardo Jorge GUEDES PAIVA FREIXO, José DE ALMEIDA MORGADO, Rosa Maria GOMES ESTEVES DA SILVA, Albertina Maria FARIA REIS, Angela Cristina RODRIGUES CASTRO TELES, Marta Sofia SOUSA RIBEIRO CARVALHO, Mario Rafael SILVA MARQUES
  • Publication number: 20220264913
    Abstract: Provided herein are extracts of sugarcane straw or bagasse, methods of preparing the extracts, and the use of the extracts in compositions that have antioxidant activity, anti-inflammation activity, and antimicrobial activity that can be used as multifunctional ingredients. Further provided are methods of using the extracts to treat or ameliorate conditions involving oxidation, inflammation, skin and food enzymes inhibition activity capacity and microbial growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Maria Manuela ESTEVEZ PINTADO, Ana Raquel MENDES FERREIRA MONTEIRO MADUREIRA, Ana Lúcia DA SILVA OLIVEIRA
  • Publication number: 20210000140
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to disrupting algae cell walls, in order to obtain protoplast with high nutrient digestibility for use as a food ingredient and/or as feed for farmed fish and shellfish species, which leads to the production of added value sea food items and to more sustainable and better performing food chains. The present disclosure described a method for obtaining proteins or a rich-protein extract from algae, comprising the steps of: disrupting a cell wall of algae by physical-mechanical means using a vibratory grinding mill with rings; submitting the disrupted algae to an enzymatic hydrolysis carried out with a mixture of enzymes; wherein the enzyme mixture is a mixture of at least two enzymes selected from the following list: lipase, pectinase, cellulase, hemicellullase, endo exo-arabanase, amylase, or mixtures thereof; provided that at least one of the enzymes is lipase, pectinase, amylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Luisa Maria PINHEIRO VALENTE, Maria Manuela ESTEVEZ PINTADO, Sònia Maria GOMES BATISTA, Aurora MAGALHÄES FUTURO DA SILVA, Jorge João ABREU FARIA
  • Patent number: 10314772
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to new UV-filters, method of producing the same and their use in compositions in particular, cosmetic/pharmaceutical or textile compositions, namely sunscreens cream or sunscreens textile article, in particular the present disclosure relates to hydroxyapatite based-compound comprising Ca9FeH(PO4)7 and/or ?-Fe2O3 in hematite form for use in a method for protecting the skin against UV radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSIDADE CATOLICA PORTUGUESA
    Inventors: Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado, Paula Castro, Clara Piccirillo
  • Publication number: 20170119636
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to new UV-filters, method of producing the same and their use in compositions in particular, cosmetic/pharmaceutical or textile compositions, namely sunscreens cream or sunscreens textile article, in particular the present disclosure relates to hydroxyapatite based-compound comprising Ca9FeH(PO4)7 and/or ?-Fe2O3 in hematite form for use in a method for protecting the skin against UV radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Maria Manuela ESTEVEZ PINTADO, Paula CASTRO, Clara PICCIRILLO