Patents by Inventor Felipe Pereira

Felipe Pereira 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING OCULAR DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20230355553
    Abstract: Provided are methods for treating macular degeneration, optionally macular degeneration, in subject in need thereof. In some embodiments, the methods include administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of fluoxetine in an amount and via a route sufficient to treat or prevent development of macular degeneration in the subjects. Also provided are methods for inhibiting activation of an NLRP3-ASC inflammasome in the subjects, inhibiting ASC speck formation in the subjects, inhibiting Alu RNA-induced RPE degeneration in the subjects, and treatment and/or prevention of the development of diseases, disorders, and/ or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Jayakrishna Ambati, Ivana Apicella, Meenakshi Ambati, Siddharth Narendran, Bradley David Unti Gelfand, Shao-bin Wang, Felipe Pereira
  • Photochemical hydrogenation of heavy fractions of hydrocarbon streams
    Patent number: 10258958
    Abstract: The present invention describes a photochemical hydrogenation process for heavy fractions of hydrocarbon streams where the aromatic and polyaromatic compounds present in that fraction selectively react in the presence of an alkoxide, when subjected to electromagnetic irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO
    Inventors: Rodrigo Jose Correa, Felipe Pereira Fleming
  • PHOTOCHEMICAL HYDROGENATION OF HEAVY FRACTIONS OF HYDROCARBON STREAMS
    Publication number: 20170128907
    Abstract: The present invention describes a photochemical hydrogenation process for heavy fractions of hydrocarbon streams where the aromatic and polyaromatic compounds present in that fraction selectively react in the presence of an alkoxide, when subjected to electromagnetic irradiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicants: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO - RJ
    Inventors: Rodrigo Jose CORREA, Felipe Pereira FLEMING