Patents by Inventor Paulo Arruda
Paulo Arruda 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).
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Publication number: 20230311348Abstract: Provided herein is a foldable movable device for the treatment of products. The device includes a structure having a base, a framework and panels, where the framework is upwardly fixed to the base and the panels being mounted to the framework. The device further includes an automation, fixed to the structure, that comprises a robotic arm and a tool, fixed at the robotic arm, that is suitable for gripping the products. The panels are articulately mounted on the framework, in order to be moved from a folded configuration of the device to a deployed configuration, and reversely.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventor: Paulo Arruda
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Patent number: 11407543Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transferring products, to or from a product collection surface of a product processing line, on which they can accumulate, in which method products are stored in trays. The method includes a loaded tray transfer step, during which a tray, namely the collection tray, is separately moved between the collection surface and a receiving zone, where tray conveyor is provided, as well as a product transfer step, during which products are transferred between the collection surface and the collection tray with a planar sweeping movement, while the collection tray is held flush with the collection surface. Also disclosed is a corresponding device for transferring products.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Sidel Canada Inc.Inventors: Franck Klotz, Paulo Arruda
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Patent number: 10537989Abstract: Disclosed is an accumulation device, for accumulating products conveyed within an industrial treatment line, including a set of horizontal trays, arranged in a tray zone as a vertical stack, further including a manipulator, such as a robot, for transferring products between a substantially horizontal closed belt type conveyor and the uppermost tray of the bottom portion of the stack. The trays are movable in the vertical direction, at least in order to bring at a predetermined height the tray to be loaded or unloaded. Also disclosed is a corresponding conveying installation and method.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: SIDEL CANADAInventors: Franck Klotz, Paulo Arruda
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Publication number: 20190112086Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transferring products, to or from a product collection surface of a product processing line, on which they can accumulate, in which method products are stored in trays. The method includes a loaded tray transfer step, during which a tray, namely the collection tray, is separately moved between the collection surface and a receiving zone, where tray conveyor is provided, as well as a product transfer step, during which products are transferred between the collection surface and the collection tray with a planar sweeping movement, while the collection tray is held flush with the collection surface. Also disclosed is a corresponding device for transferring products.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2016Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Franck KLOTZ, Paulo ARRUDA
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Publication number: 20180141207Abstract: Disclosed is an accumulation device, for accumulating products conveyed within an industrial treatment line, including a set of horizontal trays, arranged in a tray zone as a vertical stack, further including a manipulator, such as a robot, for transferring products between a substantially horizontal closed belt type conveyor and the uppermost tray of the bottom portion of the stack. The trays are movable in the vertical direction, at least in order to bring at a predetermined height the tray to be loaded or unloaded. Also disclosed is a corresponding conveying installation and method.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Franck KLOTZ, Paulo ARRUDA
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Patent number: 9267146Abstract: Modulating in planta expression of a gene encoding WALLDOF, a transcription factor involved in plant cell wall biogenesis, results in increased cell wall deposition and higher plant biomass density.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2009Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: FIBRIA CELULOSE S.A.Inventors: Paulo Arruda, Isabel Rodrigues Gerhardt
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Patent number: 9228182Abstract: In angiosperm and gymnosperm plants, overexpressing a SAMdc nucleotide sequence can decrease lignin content and, for plants with woody tissue, increase wood density.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Fibria Celulose S.A.Inventors: Fabio Papes, Paulo Arruda, Isabel Rodrigues Gerhardt
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Patent number: 9090893Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules corresponding to regulatory portions of genes whose expression is constitutive. The invention also relates to compositions and methods of using the same to regulate the expression, in a constitutive manner, of genes and/or any kind of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Nucleic acid molecules and its compositions include novel nucleotide sequences for constitutive promoter identified in and isolated from poplar (Populus spp). Methods for expressing genes and/or any kind of nucleotide sequences in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein are provided. The methods comprise stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to one or more of the constitutive promoters of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: FIBRIA CELULOSE S.A.Inventors: Fabio Papes, Paulo Arruda
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Patent number: 9080181Abstract: Nucleic acid constructs and methods are disclosed for modifying fiber length, plant height, and/or plant biomass in plant tissues. Plants are genetically engineered with constructs encoding an Arabidopsis thaliana wall-associated kinase gene, which alters fiber length and/or plant height when overexpressed under the control of a cambium/xylem preferred promoter. Plant transformants harboring a wall-associated kinase gene show increased fiber length, a trait that is thought to improve woody trees for pulping and papermaking.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: FIBRIA CELULOSE S.A.Inventors: Paulo Arruda, Isabel Rodrigues Gerhardt
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Patent number: 9029637Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules corresponding to regulatory portions of genes whose expression is predominant in cambium and/or xylem. The invention also relates to compositions and methods of using the same to regulate the expression, in a cambium/xylem-preferred manner, of genes and/or any kind of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Nucleic acid molecules and its compositions include novel nucleotide sequences for cambium/xylem-preferred promoters identified and isolated from poplar (Populus spp). Methods for expressing genes and/or any kind of nucleotide sequences in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein are provided. The methods comprise stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to a cambium/xylem-preferred promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2005Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Fibria Celulose S.A.Inventors: Fabio Papes, Isabel Rodrigues Gerhardt, Paulo Arruda
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Patent number: 8420796Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules corresponding to regulatory portions of genes whose expression is constitutive. The invention also relates to compositions and methods of using the same to regulate the expression, in a constitutive manner, of genes and/or any kind of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Nucleic acid molecules and its compositions include novel nucleotide sequences for constitutive promoter identified in and isolated from poplar (Populus spp). Methods for expressing genes and/or any kind of nucleotide sequences in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein are provided. The methods comprise stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to one or more of the constitutive promoters of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Alellyx S.A.Inventors: Fabio Papes, Paulo Arruda
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Patent number: 8338664Abstract: Polynucleotides, nucleic acid constructs, and methods are disclosed for the modification of cellulose and/or lignin content in plant tissues. Plants are genetically engineered with a gene encoding a C3HC4 protein, which leads to increased cellulose content when over-expressed in the plant vascular system. Plant transformants harboring the C3HC4 protein gene show increased content of cellulose and/or decreased lignin content, traits that are thought to improve hardwood trees for cellulose extraction during pulping and papermaking.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Monsanto Do Brasil LTDA.Inventors: Paulo Arruda, Isabel Rodrigues Gerhardt
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Publication number: 20120180963Abstract: In angiosperm and gymnosperm plants, overexpressing a SAMdc nucleotide sequence can decrease lignin content and, for plants with woody tissue, increase wood density.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: MONSANTO DO BRASIL LTDA.Inventors: Fabio Papes, Paulo Arruda, Isabel Rodrigues Gerhardt
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Publication number: 20120167252Abstract: Polynucleotide, DNA constructs and methods are disclosed for the modification of cellulose content in plant tissues. Plants are transformed with constructs encoding either an active Anabaena sp. sucrose synthase gene or a soybean nodule sucrose synthase gene, which leads to increased cellulose content when over-expressed under the control of a cambium/xylem preferred promoter. Plant transformants harboring an Anabaena sp. or a soybean nodule sucrose synthase gene demonstrated increased content of cellulose, a trait that is thought to improve woody trees for cellulose extraction during pulping and papermaking.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: FABIO PAPES, PAULO ARRUDA
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Patent number: 8106257Abstract: In angiosperm and gymnosperm plants, overexpressing a SAMdc nucleotide sequence can decrease lignin content and, for plants with woody tissue, increase wood density.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Monsanto Do Brasil Ltda.Inventors: Paulo Arruda, Fabio Papes, Isabel Rodrigues Gerhardt
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Publication number: 20110289629Abstract: Modulating in planta expression of a gene encoding WALLDOF, a transcription factor involved in plant cell wall biogenesis, results in increased cell wall deposition and higher plant biomass density.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2009Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Paulo Arruda, Isabel Rodrigues Gerhardt
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Publication number: 20110247102Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules corresponding to regulatory portions of genes whose expression is constitutive. The invention also relates to compositions and methods of using the same to regulate the expression, in a constitutive manner, of genes and/or any kind of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Nucleic acid molecules and its compositions include novel nucleotide sequences for constitutive promoter identified in and isolated from poplar (Populus spp). Methods for expressing genes and/or any kind of nucleotide sequences in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein are provided. The methods comprise stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to one or more of the constitutive promoters of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventors: Fabio PAPES, Paulo Arruda
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Patent number: 7956174Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules corresponding to regulatory portions of genes whose expression is constitutive. The invention also relates to compositions and methods of using the same to regulate the expression, in a constitutive manner, of genes and/or any kind of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Nucleic acid molecules and its compositions include novel nucleotide sequences for constitutive promoter identified in and isolated from poplar (Populus spp). Methods for expressing genes and/or any kind of nucleotide sequences in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein are provided. The methods comprise stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to one or more of the constitutive promoters of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2006Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Allellyx SAInventors: Fabio Papes, Paulo Arruda
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Publication number: 20100095405Abstract: Nucleic acid constructs and methods are disclosed for modifying fiber length, plant height, and/or plant biomass in plant tissues. Plants are genetically engineered with constructs encoding an Arabidopsis thaliana wall-associated kinase gene, which alters fiber length and/or plant height when overexpressed under the control of a cambium/xylem preferred promoter. Plant transformants harboring a wall-associated kinase gene show increased fiber length, a trait that is thought to improve woody trees for pulping and papermaking.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: April 15, 2010Inventors: Paulo Arruda, Isabel Rodriguez Gerhardt
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Publication number: 20100077509Abstract: Polynucleotides, nucleic acid constructs, and methods are disclosed for the modification of cellulose and/or lignin content in plant tissues. Plants are genetically engineered with a gene encoding a C3HC4 protein, which leads to increased cellulose content when over-expressed in the plant vascular system. Plant transformants harboring the C3HC4 protein gene show increased content of cellulose and/or decreased lignin content, traits that are thought to improve hardwood trees for cellulose extraction during pulping and papermaking.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventors: Paulo Arruda, Isabel Rodriguez Gerhardt