Patents by Inventor Marie Camille Zwahlen

Marie Camille Zwahlen 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).

  • NCC2705—the genome of a bifidobacterium
    Patent number: 7183101
    Abstract: A novel microorganism of the genus Bifidobacterium longum, in particular to its genomic and plasmid sequence and to a method of producing polypeptides of said Bifidobacterium, respectively. Also methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides, respectively. A data carrier is provided comprising nucleotide sequences and/or polypeptide sequences of NCC2705. In addition, the Bifidobacterium longum strain NCC2705 and also to food and pharmaceutical compositions containing said Bifidobacterium or active components thereof for the prevention and/or treatment of diarrhoea brought about by rotaviruses and pathogenic bacteria are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Arigoni, Michèle Delley, Beat Mollet, Raymond David Pridmore, Mark Alan Schell, Thomas Pohl, Marie-Camille Zwahlen
  • Strains of the Bacillus subtilis group for food fermentation
    Patent number: 6852523
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to novel strains of the Bacillus subtilis group capable of fermenting beans, which are essentially devoid of any iso-valeric acid production. The present invention especially relates to novel strains of Bacillus natto, in which one or more genes involved in the biosynthetic pathway for the production of iso-valeric acids are essentially non-functional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Beat Mollet, Raymond David Pridmore, Marie Camille Zwahlen
  • Ncc2705-the genome of a bifodobacterium
    Publication number: 20040126870
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a novel micro-organism of the genus Bifidobacterium longum, in particular to its genomic and plasmid sequence and to a method of producing polypeptides of said Bifidobacterium, respectively. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides, respectively. A data carrier is provided comprising nucleotide sequences and/or polypeptide sequences of NCC2705. In addition, the present invention pertains to the Bifidobacterium longum strain NCC2705 and also to food and pharmaceutical compositions containing said Bifidobacterium or active components thereof for the prevention and/or treatment of diarrhoea brought about by rotaviruses and pathogenic bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Fabrizio Arigoni, Michele Delley, Beat Mollet, Raymond David Pridmore, Mark Alan Schell, Thomas Pohl, Marie-Camille Zwahlen
  • Novel strains of the Bacillus subtilis group for food fermentation
    Publication number: 20020094329
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to novel strains of the Bacillus subtilis group capable of fermenting beans, which are essentially devoid of any iso-valeric acid production. The present invention especially relates to novel strains of Bacillus natto, in which one or more genes involved in the biosynthetic pathway for the production of iso-valeric acids are essentially non-functional.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Beat Mollet, Raymond David Pridmore, Marie Camille Zwahlen
  • Phage-resistant streptococcus
    Patent number: 5766904
    Abstract: DNA fragment of phages which are virulent towards a Streptococcus, capable of conferring on a Streptococcus containing it resistance to at least one phage, especially a fragment homologous or hybridizing to the 3.6 kb HindIII fragment present in the plasmid CNCM I-1588 or the 6.5 kb EcoRV fragment present in the plasmid CNCM I-1589. Process for making a Streptococcus resistant to at least one phage, by cloning into a vector a DNA fragment of a phage which is virulent towards a Streptococcus, capable of conferring on a Streptococcus resistance to at least one phage and introducing the vector into a Streptococcus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Beat Mollet, David Pridmore, Marie Camille Zwahlen