Patents by Inventor Rogerio T. N. Prata

Rogerio T. N. Prata 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).

  • Method of measuring alpha amylase
    Patent number: 10196669
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for detecting and measuring polysaccharide-hydrolyzing enzyme activity or concentration by partial hydrolysis using a pre-determined, yet short, incubation time and a pre-determined temperature. The resulting reaction mixture has unique chemical (i.e., reaction products) and physical (i.e., viscosity) properties that can be used to detect or measure the polysaccharide-hydrolyzing enzyme activity or concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Tricia Charlene Costello, Shib Sankar Basu, Rogerio T. N. Prata, Hangsik Moon, Xuejun Sean Zhong, Myoung Kim
  • METHODS FOR DETECTING AND MEASURING POLYSACCHARIDE-HYDROLYZING ENZYMES
    Publication number: 20170275668
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for detecting and measuring polysaccharide-hydrolyzing enzyme activity or concentration by partial hydrolysis using a pre-determined, yet short, incubation time and a pre-determined temperature. The resulting reaction mixture has unique chemical (i.e., reaction products) and physical (i.e., viscosity) properties that can be used to detect or measure the polysaccharide-hydrolyzing enzyme activity or concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Tricia Charlene COSTELLO, Shib SANKAR, Rogerio T.N. PRATA, Hangsik MOON, Xuejun Sean ZHONG, Myoung KIM
  • Flavonol expressing domesticated tomato and method of production
    Patent number: 9185857
    Abstract: The present invention includes non-transgenic domesticated tomato plants that express flavonols in the flesh and peel of the tomato fruit, and includes the seeds and fruits of such plants. The method of the invention includes assaying tomato plants for expression of one or more of the flavonol biosynthesis genes in the flesh and/or expression of CHI in the peel. The method of the invention includes selecting wild tomato species that express CHI in the fruit peel, and/or one or more genes of the flavonol biosynthesis pathway in the flesh, and introgressing the genetic factors responsible for this expression from the wild tomato species into a domesticated tomato plant using traditional breeding techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Michael G. Willits, Vincenzo Deluca, Gerson Graser, Catherine M. Kramer, Rogerio T. N. Prata
  • FLAVONOL EXPRESSING DOMESTICATED TOMATO AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20110113500
    Abstract: The present invention includes non-transgenic domesticated tomato plants that express flavonols in the flesh and peel of the tomato fruit, and includes the seeds and fruits of such plants. The method of the invention includes assaying tomato plants for expression of one or more of the flavonol biosynthesis genes in the flesh and/or expression of CHI in the peel. The method of the invention includes selecting wild tomato species that express CHI in the fruit peel, and/or one or more genes of the flavonol biosynthesis pathway in the flesh, and introgressing the genetic factors responsible for this expression from the wild tomato species into a domesticated tomato plant using traditional breeding techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Michael G. Willits, Vincenzo Deluca, Gerson Graser, Catherine M. Kramer, Rogerio T.N. Prata
  • Flavonol expressing domesticated tomato and method of production
    Patent number: 7851680
    Abstract: The present invention includes non-transgenic domesticated tomato plants that express flavonols in the flesh and peel of the tomato fruit, and includes the seeds and fruits of such plants. The method of the invention includes assaying tomato plants for expression of one or more of the flavonol biosynthesis genes in the flesh and/or expression of CHI in the peel. The method of the invention includes selecting wild tomato species that express CHI in the fruit peel, and/or one or more genes of the flavonol biosynthesis pathway in the flesh, and introgressing the genetic factors responsible for this expression from the wild tomato species into a domesticated tomato plant using traditional breeding techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Michael G. Willits, Vincenzo Deluca, Gerson Graser, Catherine M. Kramer, Rogerio T. N. Prata
  • METHODS FOR DETECTING AND MEASURING POLYSACCHARIDE-HYDROLYZING ENZYMES
    Publication number: 20100240082
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for detecting and measuring polysaccharide-hydrolyzing enzyme activity or concentration by partial hydrolysis using a pre-determined, yet short, incubation time and a pre-determined temperature. The resulting reaction mixture has unique chemical (i.e., reaction products) and physical (i.e., viscosity) properties that can be used to detect or measure the polysaccharide-hydrolyzing enzyme activity or concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Tricia Moser, Shib Sankar Basu, Rogerio T.N. Prata, Hangsik Moon, Xuejun Zhong, Myoung Kim