Patents by Inventor DIEGO FERNANDO ROJAS VAHOS

DIEGO FERNANDO ROJAS VAHOS 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).

  • Process for potentiating the production of Lingzhi mushroom () substances and antifungal activity thereof
    Patent number: 9408395
    Abstract: The instant invention refers to a novel process for potentiating the production of substances with antifungal activity obtained from Ganoderma lucidum, using a technological device for the differential, qualitative and quantitative expression of proteins and other bioactive molecules, selected from the group consisting of polysaccharides, triterpenoids, fatty acids and ganoderic acids. The compositions containing said substances showed antifungal activity and mycelium growth and fungi ascospore germination inhibiting activity, amongst them Mycosphaerella fijiensis, primary pathogenic agent causing black Sigatoka disease in banana and plantain crop fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Universidad De Antioquia
    Inventors: John Jairo Mira Castillo, Paola Andrea Zapata Ocampo, Lucía Atehortúa Garcés, Liuda Johana Sepúlveda Arango, Diego Fernando Rojas Vahos
  • PROCESS FOR POTENTIATING THE PRODUCTION OF LINGZHI MUSHROOM (GANODERMA LUCIDUM) SUBSTANCES AND ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140242036
    Abstract: The instant invention refers to a novel process for potentiating the production of substances with antifungal activity obtained from Ganoderma lucidum, using a technological device for the differential, qualitative and quantitative expression of proteins and other bioactive molecules, selected from the group consisting of polysaccharides, triterpenoids, fatty acids and ganoderic acids. The compositions containing said substances showed antifungal activity and mycelium growth and fungi ascospore germination inhibiting activity, amongst them Mycosphaerella fijiensis, primary pathogenic agent causing black Sigatoka disease in banana and plantain crop fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: JOHN JAIRO MIRA CASTILLO, PAOLA ANDREA ZAPATA OCAMPO, LUCíA ATEHORTÚA GARCÉS, LIUDA JOHANA SEPÚLVEDA ARANGO, DIEGO FERNANDO ROJAS VAHOS