Patents by Inventor Concetta Maria Cicala

Concetta Maria Cicala 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).

  • Fermentation processes for cultivating streptococci and purification processes for obtaining CPS therefrom
    Patent number: 8445239
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of bacterial cultures and specifically relates to the optimization of culture conditions to improve the production of bacterial capsular polysaccharides from Streptococcus strains in fed batch culture and to novel purification methods suitable for production scale purification of bacterial capsular polysaccharides from Streptococcus strains resulting in higher levels of purity than previously obtained for production scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Paolo Costantino, Francesco Norelli, Francesco Berti, Roberto Olivieri, Giulia Bazzocchi, Concetta Maria Cicala, Silvia Fontani
  • FERMENTATION PROCESSES FOR CULTIVATING STREPTOCOCCI AND PURIFICATION PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING CPS THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20100272755
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of bacterial cultures and specifically relates to the optimization of culture conditions to improve the production of bacterial capsular polysaccharides from Streptococcus strains in fed batch culture and to novel purification methods suitable for production scale purification of bacterial capsular polysaccharides from Streptococcus strains resulting in higher levels of purity than previously obtained for production scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS SRL
    Inventors: Paolo Costantino, Francesco Norelli, Francesco Berti, Roberto Olivieri, Giulia Bazzocchi, Concetta Maria Cicala, Silvia Fontani