Patents by Inventor Francesco Berti

Francesco Berti 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).

  • Patent number: 11933241
    Abstract: A fuel delivery system for a vehicle having an engine configured to selectively operate between a port fuel injection (PFI) mode, a gasoline direct injection (GDI) mode, and a port and direct fuel injection (PDI) mode. The fuel delivery system includes a PFI system including plurality of PFI injectors configured to supply fuel to the engine during the PFI mode, and a GDI system including a plurality of GDI injectors configured to supply fuel to the engine during the GDI mode. A fuel system monitor is configured to monitor the fuel delivery system when operating in the PFI mode, and attribute any fuel delivery system malfunctions occurring during the PFI mode to the PFI system alone, and monitor the fuel delivery system when operating in the GDI mode, and attribute any fuel delivery system malfunctions occurring during the GDI mode to the GDI system alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Firsich, Tyler S Blake, Francesco Berti, Alex Eskenazi-Gold, Vadiraj P Kulkarni
  • Publication number: 20240044300
    Abstract: A fuel delivery system for a vehicle having an engine configured to selectively operate between a port fuel injection (PFI) mode, a gasoline direct injection (GDI) mode, and a port and direct fuel injection (PDI) mode. The fuel delivery system includes a PFI system including plurality of PFI injectors configured to supply fuel to the engine during the PFI mode, and a GDI system including a plurality of GDI injectors configured to supply fuel to the engine during the GDI mode. A fuel system monitor is configured to monitor the fuel delivery system when operating in the PFI mode, and attribute any fuel delivery system malfunctions occurring during the PFI mode to the PFI system alone, and monitor the fuel delivery system when operating in the GDI mode, and attribute any fuel delivery system malfunctions occurring during the GDI mode to the GDI system alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Firsich, Tyler S. Blake, Francesco Berti, Alex Eskenazi-Gold, Vadiraj P. Kulkarni
  • Publication number: 20230248839
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards conjugates comprising fragments of the capsular polysaccharide of Type III Group B Streptococcus (GBS). Suitable fragments may be produced synthetically or by depolymerisation of native polysaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: GSK VACCINES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Roberto ADAMO, Francesco BERTI, Filippo CARBONI, Immaculada MARGARIT Y ROS
  • Patent number: 11612664
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards conjugates comprising fragments of the capsular polysaccharide of Type III Group B Streptococcus (GBS). Suitable fragments may be produced synthetically or by depolymerisation of native polysaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: GSK VACCINES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Roberto Adamo, Francesco Berti, Filippo Carboni, Immaculada Margarit Y Ros
  • Publication number: 20220152183
    Abstract: The invention is in the field of vaccines and relates to oligomers having a selected degree of polymerization, obtained by connecting together a number of carbocyclic repeating units, and to conjugated derivatives thereof. The oligomers and conjugated derivatives thereof of the invention also have a selected degree of acetylation. The derivatives of the invention are useful for the preparation of immunogenic compositions, e.g. in the form of a vaccine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Roberto ADAMO, Francesco BERTI, Paolo COSTANTINO, Luigi LAY
  • Publication number: 20220089627
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for releasing capsular polysaccharide from S. aureus type 5 or type 8 cells, comprising the step of treating the cells with acid. The invention further provides a process for purifying capsular polysaccharide from S. aureus type 5 or type 8 cells comprising this method. Other processing steps may be included in the process, such as enzymatic treatment, e.g. to remove nucleic acid, protein and/or peptidoglycan contaminants; diafiltration, e.g. to remove low molecular weight contaminants; anion exchange chromatography, e.g. to remove residual protein; and concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Paolo COSTANTINO, Maria Rosaria ROMANO, Francesco BERTI
  • Patent number: 11208424
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for releasing capsular polysaccharide from S. aureus type 5 or type 8 cells, comprising the step of treating the cells with acid. The invention further provides a process for purifying capsular polysaccharide from S. aureus type 5 or type 8 cells comprising this method. Other processing steps may be included in the process, such as enzymatic treatment, e.g. to remove nucleic acid, protein and/or peptidoglycan contaminants; diafiltration, e.g. to remove low molecular weight contaminants; anion exchange chromatography, e.g. to remove residual protein; and concentration. The invention also provides a composition comprising a S. aureus type 5 or type 8 capsular polysaccharide, obtainable by any of the processes of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Paolo Costantino, Maria Rosaria Romano, Francesco Berti
  • Patent number: 11135300
    Abstract: This disclosure provides novel saccharide derivatives, conjugates, and methods for making the derivatives and conjugates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Roberto Adamo, Francesco Berti, Qi-Ying Hu
  • Publication number: 20210268116
    Abstract: This disclosure provides novel saccharide derivatives, conjugates, and methods for making the derivatives and conjugates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Roberto Adamo, Francesco Berti, Qi-Ying Hu
  • Patent number: 11065323
    Abstract: A process for purifying a Streptococcus pyogenes GAS carbohydrate comprising a step of anionic exchange chromatography. The process provides a good yield of GAS carbohydrate. The saccharides of the invention have low levels of hyaluronic acid, protein and nucleic acid contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Paolo Costantino, Francesco Berti, Anna Kabanova, Maria Rosaria Romano
  • Patent number: 10968225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: It further discloses a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of Formula (I) and their uses, in particular to modulate CFTR protein or ABC protein activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Tiziano Bandiera, Fabio Bertozzi, Paolo Di Fruscia, Federico Sorana, Francesco Berti, Alejandra Rodriguez Gimeno, Emanuela Caci, Loretta Ferrera, Nicoletta Pedemonte, Luis Juan Vicente Galietta
  • Patent number: 10913751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having structural formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are defined as set forth in the description. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of the above compounds of formula (I), wherein a 4a,7,8,8a-tetrahydropyrido[4,3-e]-1,4,2-dioxazine reacts with a hydride selected from the group consisting of: lithium triethylborohydride (LiBHEt3), sodium triethylborohydride (NaBHEt3), and lithium tetrahydroaluminate (LiAlH4), in the presence of tetrahydrofuran. Furthermore, the invention is aimed at the above compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use in medicine, preferably in the treatment of the diabetes and pathologies or conditions correlated thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DI PISA
    Inventors: Francesco Berti, Mauro Pineschi, Andrea Menichetti
  • Publication number: 20200405871
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards conjugates comprising fragments of the capsular polysaccharide of Type III Group B Streptococcus (GBS). Suitable fragments may be produced synthetically or by depolymerisation of native polysaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: GSK VACCINES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Roberto ADAMO, Francesco BERTI, Filippo CARBONI, Immaculada MARGARIT Y ROS
  • Publication number: 20200369663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: It further discloses a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of Formula (I) and their uses, in particular to modulate CFTR protein or ABC protein activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tiziano Bandiera, Fabio Bertozzi, Paolo Di Fruscia, Federico Sorana, Francesco Berti, Alejandra Rodriguez Gimeno, Emanuela Caci, Loretta Ferrera, Nicoletta Pedemonte, Luis Juan Vicente Galietta
  • Patent number: 10745407
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: It further discloses a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of Formula (I) and their uses, in particular to modulate CFTR protein or ABC protein activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia
    Inventors: Tiziano Bandiera, Fabio Bertozzi, Paolo Di Fruscia, Federico Sorana, Francesco Berti, Alejandra Rodriguez Gimeno, Emanuela Caci, Loretta Ferrera, Nicoletta Pedemonte, Luis Juan Vicente Galietta
  • Patent number: 10736959
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing a conjugate of a S. aureus type 5 or type 8 capsular polysaccharide and a carrier molecule, comprising the steps of: (a) depolymerising the capsular polysaccharide, to give a polysaccharide fragment; (b) oxidising the fragment in order to introduce an aldehyde group into at least one saccharide residue in the fragment, to give an oxidised saccharide residue; and (c) coupling the oxidised saccharide residue to a carrier molecule via the aldehyde group, thereby giving the conjugate. The coupling in step (c) may be direct, or may be via a linker molecule. The invention also provides a conjugate obtained or obtainable by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Francesco Berti, Paolo Costantino, Maria Rosaria Romano
  • Publication number: 20200172552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having structural formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are defined as set forth in the description. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of the above compounds of formula (I), wherein a 4a,7,8,8a-tetrahydropyrido[4,3-e]-1,4,2-dioxazine reacts with a hydride selected from the group consisting of: lithium triethylborohydride (LiBHEt3), sodium triethylborohydride (NaBHEt3), and lithium tetrahydroaluminate (LiAlH4), in the presence of tetrahydrofuran. Furthermore, the invention is aimed at the above compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use in medicine, preferably in the treatment of the diabetes and pathologies or conditions correlated thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: UNIVERSITA' DI PISA
    Inventors: Francesco Berti, Mauro Pineschi, Andrea Menichetti
  • Patent number: 10668143
    Abstract: The invention provides a conjugate of a Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X capsular polysaccharide and a carrier molecule. The conjugate is typically made by (a) oxidising a primary hydroxyl group in the capsular polysaccharide, to give an oxidised polysaccharide with an aldehyde group; and (b) coupling the oxidised polysaccharide to a carrier molecule via the aldehyde group, thereby giving the conjugate. The conjugate may be part of an immunogenic composition. This composition may comprise one or more further antigens, particularly capsular polysaccharides from serogroups A, W135, C and Y and conjugated forms thereof. The composition may be in an aqueous formulation. The composition is useful as a vaccine, e.g. for raising an immune response in a mammal. The invention also provides processes for making the conjugate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Maria Rosaria Romano, Francesca Micoli, Francesco Berti, Roberto Adamo, Paolo Costantino
  • Publication number: 20200002348
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: It further discloses a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of Formula (I) and their uses, in particular to modulate CFTR protein or ABC protein activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tiziano Bandiera, Fabio Bertozzi, Paolo Di Fruscia, Federico Sorana, Francesco Berti, Alejandra Rodriguez Gimeno, Emanuela Caci, Loretta Ferrera, Nicoletta Pedemonte, Luis Juan Vicente Galietta
  • Publication number: 20190169216
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for releasing capsular polysaccharide from S. aureus type 5 or type 8 cells, comprising the step of treating the cells with acid. The invention further provides a process for purifying capsular polysaccharide from S. aureus type 5 or type 8 cells comprising this method. Other processing steps may be included in the process, such as enzymatic treatment, e.g. to remove nucleic acid, protein and/or peptidoglycan contaminants; diafiltration, e.g. to remove low molecular weight contaminants; anion exchange chromatography, e.g. to remove residual protein; and concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS, S.A.
    Inventors: Paolo COSTANTINO, Maria Rosaria ROMANO, Francesco BERTI