Patents by Inventor Fernanda Pinheiro Da Cruz Waltenberg

Fernanda Pinheiro Da Cruz Waltenberg 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).

  • Use of the coffee homeobox gene CAHB12 to produce transgenic plants with greater tolerance to water scarcity and salt stress
    Patent number: 10704055
    Abstract: The proposed innovation relates to the biotechnological improvement of plant species of commercial interest. More specifically, the present invention relates to the production of transgenic plants biotechnological with greater tolerance to water deficit and salt stress by means of the expression of a new gene of coffee (of the Coffea Arabica species), belonging to the HD-Zip family, and characterized by a homeodomain associated with a leucine zipper. The expression of this transcriptional factor is induced in leaves and roots of coffee plants subjected to various water deficit conditions (both moderate and severe); transgenic plants that over-express this gene inhibiting greater tolerance both to differ drought intensities and to high salt concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO, EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA—EMBRAPA
    Inventors: Marcio Alves Ferreira, Fernanda Pinheiro Da Cruz Waltenberg, Eduardo Romano De Campos Pinto, Maria Fatima Grossi De Sa
  • USE OF THE COFFEE HOMEOBOX GENE CAHB12 TO PRODUCE TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH GREATER TOLARANCE TO WATER SCARCITY AND SALT STRESS
    Publication number: 20130340113
    Abstract: The proposed innovation relates to the biotechnological improvement of plant species of commercial interest. More specifically, the present invention relates to the production of transgenic plants biotechnological with greater tolerance to water deficit and salt stress by means of the expression of a new gene of coffee (of the Coffea Arabica species), belonging to the HD-Zip family, and characterized by a homeodomain associated with a leucine zipper. The expression of this transcriptional factor is induced in leaves and roots of coffee plants subjected to various water deficit conditions (both moderate and severe); transgenic plants that over-express this gene inhibiting greater tolerance both to differ drought intensities and to high salt concentrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO
    Inventors: Marcio Alves Ferreira, Fernanda Pinheiro Da Cruz Waltenberg, Eduardo Romano De Campos Pinto, Maria Fatima Grossi De Sa