Patents by Inventor Alexandre Augusto PEREIRA FIMINO

Alexandre Augusto PEREIRA FIMINO 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 and compositions for controlling pest insects on plants by silencing genes of the chitin synthase and of the vitellogenin family, as well as alternatively by expressing the gene of a cry toxin
    Patent number: 10975386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the control of pest infestation by inhibiting or reducing the expression of genes of the family of chitin synthase and of vitellogenin, as well as through the expression of the toxin Cry8ka5. The invention further provides method and compositions for controlling pests, by feeding the pest with one or more double-stranded RNA molecules provided by the present invention, as well as double-stranded RNA molecule provided by the present invention, as well as through the action of the toxin Cry8ka5 on the target insect. The invention further describes a method of obtaining transgenic plants that express double-stranded RNA molecules and the toxin protein Cry8ka5. The present invention is preferably used for cotton plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignees: EMBRAPA EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA, FUNDAÇÃO UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASÍLIA—FUB—UNB
    Inventors: Maria Fátima Grossi De Sa, Roberta Ramos Coelho, Alexandre Augusto Pereira Fimino, Leonardo Lima Pepino De Macedo, Maria Cristina Mattar Da Silva, Isabela Tristan Lourenço, José Dijair Antonino De Souza Júnior
  • METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTROLLING INSECT PESTS ON PLANTS BY SILENCING GENES OF THE CHITIN SYNTHASE AND VITELLOGENIN FAMILY, AND ALTERNATIVELY BY EXPRESSION OF A CRY TOXIN GENE
    Publication number: 20170029843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the control of pest infestation by inhibiting or reducing the expression of genes of the family of chitin synthase and of vitellogenin, as well as through the expression of the toxin Cry8ka5. The invention further provides method and compositions for controlling pests, by feeding the pest with one or more double-stranded RNA molecules provided by the present invention, as well as double-stranded RNA molecule provided by the present invention, as well as through the action of the toxin Cry8ka5 on the target insect. The invention further describes a method of obtaining transgenic plants that express double-stranded RNA molecules and the toxin protein Cry8ka5. The present invention is preferably used for cotton plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicants: Embrapa - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Fundação Universidade de Brasília - FUB - UnB
    Inventors: Maria Fátima GROSSI DE SA, Roberta RAMOS COELHO, Alexandre Augusto PEREIRA FIMINO, Leonardo LIMA PEPINO DE MACEDO, Maria Cristina MATTAR DA SILVA, Isabela TRISTAN LOURENÇO