Patents by Inventor Alexandra Manuela Lourenço Carreira

Alexandra Manuela Lourenço Carreira 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).

  • Antimicrobial protein
    Patent number: 10421792
    Abstract: The inventors provide a composition comprising an antimicrobial polypeptide comprising Blad or an active variant thereof for use in a method of treatment of the human or animal body by therapy or prophylaxis, such as for use in a method of treating or preventing an infection in or on a subject by a microorganism. Also provided is the use of a composition comprising an antimicrobial polypeptide comprising Blad or an active variant thereof to kill, or inhibit the growth of, a microorganism that is pathogenic to a human or an animal at a site that is not on or in the human or animal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: CONSUMO EM VERDE BIO TECHNOLOGIA DAS PLANTAS, S.A.
    Inventors: Alexandra Manuela Lourenço Carreira, Ricardo Manuel De Seixas Boavida Ferreira, Sara Alexandra Valadas Da Silva Monteiro
  • Use of chelating agent and peptide antimicrobial compounds
    Patent number: 10265376
    Abstract: The inventors provide the use of a chelating agent and an antimicrobial agent that is effective against a plant pathogenic microorganism to inhibit the growth of and/or kill a plant pathogenic microorganism on a plant; the use of a chelating agent to increase the activity of an antimicrobial that is effective against a plant pathogenic microorganism; a method of inhibiting the growth of and/or killing a plant pathogenic microorganism comprising administering to a plant in need thereof a chelating agent and an antimicrobial agent that is effective against a plant pathogenic microorganism; and a method of increasing the activity of an antimicrobial that is effective against a plant pathogenic microorganism comprising using said antimicrobial with a chelating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Consumo Em Verde Biotecnologia Das Plantas, S.A.
    Inventors: Alexandra Manuela Lourenço Carreira, Ricardo Manuel De Seixas Boavida Ferreira, Sara Alexandra Valadas Da Silva Monteiro
  • Use of a composition comprising an antimicrobial peptide as a food preservativeuse of a composition comprising an antimicrobial peptide as a food preservative
    Patent number: 9095166
    Abstract: The inventors provide the use of a composition comprising an antimicrobial polypeptide comprising Blad or an active variant thereof to prevent or inhibit spoilage of a foodstuff by a microorganism. Also provided is a method of preventing or inhibiting spoilage of a foodstuff by a microorganism comprising administering to a foodstuff in need thereof an effective amount of a composition comprising an antimicrobial polypeptide comprising Blad or an active variant thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Consumo Em Verde—Biotecnologia Das Plantas
    Inventors: Sara Alexandra Valadas Da Silva Monteiro, Ricardo Manuel De Seixas Boavida Ferreira, Alexandra Manuela Lourenço Carreira
  • USE OF A COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE AS A FOOD PRESERVATIVEUSE OF A COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE AS A FOOD PRESERVATIVE
    Publication number: 20130288953
    Abstract: The inventors provide the use of a composition comprising an antimicrobial polypeptide comprising Blad or an active variant thereof to prevent or inhibit spoilage of a foodstuff by a microorganism. Also provided is a method of preventing or inhibiting spoilage of a foodstuff by a microorganism comprising administering to a foodstuff in need thereof an effective amount of a composition comprising an antimicrobial polypeptide comprising Blad or an active variant thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: CONSUMO EM VERDE-BIOTENOLOGIA DAS PLANTAS S.A. (PT/PT)
    Inventors: Alexandra Manuela Lourenço Carreira, Sara Alexandra Valadas Da Silva Monteiro, Ricardo Manuel De Seixas Boavida Ferreira
  • USE OF CHELATING AGENT AND PEPTIDE ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20130288954
    Abstract: The inventors provide the use of a chelating agent and an antimicrobial agent that is effective against a plant pathogenic microorganism to inhibit the growth of and/or kill a plant pathogenic microorganism on a plant; the use of a chelating agent to increase the activity of an antimicrobial that is effective against a plant pathogenic microorganism; a method of inhibiting the growth of and/or killing a plant pathogenic microorganism comprising administering to a plant in need thereof a chelating agent and an antimicrobial agent that is effective against a plant pathogenic microorganism; and a method of increasing the activity of an antimicrobial that is effective against a plant pathogenic microorganism comprising using said antimicrobial with a chelating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: CONSUMO EM VERE-BIOTECNOLOGIA DAS PLANTAS S.A. (PT/PT)
    Inventors: Alexandra Manuela Lourenço Carreira, Ricardo Manuel De Seixas Boavida Ferreira, Sara Alexandra Valadas Da Silva Monteiro