Patents by Inventor Daniela PONTIGGIA

Daniela PONTIGGIA 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).

  • Fusion protein and transgenic plant expressing said protein
    Patent number: 10385347
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a nucleic acid molecule capable of expressing, in at least one plant tissue, a chimeric protein comprising a polygalacturonase (PG) of fungal, bacterial or insect origin and a plant polygalacturonase inhibitor protein (PGIP) plant capable of inhibiting said PG. The present invention also relates to transgenic plants that express said chimeric protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA “LA SAPIENZA”
    Inventors: Felice Cervone, Giulia De Lorenzo, Simone Ferrari, Manuel Benedetti, Daniela Pontiggia
  • FUSION PROTEIN AND TRANSGENIC PLANT EXPRESSING SAID PROTEIN
    Publication number: 20180002705
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a nucleic acid molecule capable of expressing, in at least one plant tissue, a chimeric protein comprising a polygalacturonase (PG) of fungal, bacterial or insect origin and a plant polygalacturonase inhibitor protein (PGIP) plant capable of inhibiting said PG. The present invention also relates to transgenic plants that express said chimeric protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Felice Cervone, Giulia De Lorenzo, Simone Ferrari, Manuel Benedetti, Daniela Pontiggia
  • Use of plants with reduced levels of de-esterified homogalacturonan in the cell wall or portions thereof for improving the saccharification of plant biomasses
    Patent number: 8637734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to expression in plants of pectinolytic enzymes and of pectin methylesterase inhibitors for increasing the degradability of plant tissues through enzymatic digestion, thus improving saccharification efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Universita' degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”
    Inventors: Felice Cervone, Giulia De Lorenzo, Daniela Bellincampi, Simone Ferrari, Vincenzo Lionetti, Giovanni Salvi, Fedra Francocci, Daniela Pontiggia
  • Use of plants with reduced levels of de-esterified homogalacturonan in the cell wall or portions thereof for improving the saccharification of plant biomasses
    Publication number: 20100170008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to expression in plants of pectinolytic enzymes and of pectin methylesterase inhibitors for increasing the degradability of plant tissues through enzymatic digestion, thus improving saccharification efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: UNIVERSITA DELI STUDI DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA"
    Inventors: Felice CERVONE, Giulia DE LORENZO, Daniela BELLINCAMPI, Simone FERRARI, Vincenzo LIONETTI, Giovanni SALVI, Fedra FRANCOCCI, Daniela PONTIGGIA