Patents by Inventor Giulia De Lorenzo

Giulia De Lorenzo 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
  • Constructs expressing chimeric receptors and use thereof for the controlled activation of defence response to pathogens in plants
    Patent number: 9499823
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a construct able to express in at least one plant tissue, a chimeric receptor, said chimeric receptor being essentially made of the extracellular region, comprising the external juxtamembrane portion, of a first kinase receptor R1; and the transmembrane region and the intracellular region, comprising the internal juxtamembrane portion, of a second kinase receptor R2, wherein R1 and R2 are different and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA “LA SAPIENZA”
    Inventors: Giulia De Lorenzo, Felice Cervone, Alexandre Brutus, Francesca Sicilia
  • 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
  • CONSTRUCTS EXPRESSING CHIMERIC RECEPTORS AND USE THEREOF FOR THE CONTROLLED ACTIVATION OF DEFENCE RESPONSE TO PATHOGENS IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20120137392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a construct able to express in at least one plant tissue, a chimeric receptor, said chimeric receptor being essentially made of the extracellular region, comprising the external juxtamembrane portion, of a first kinase receptor R1; and the transmembrane region and the intracellular region, comprising the internal juxtamembrane portion, of a second kinase receptor R2, wherein R1 and R2 are different and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITÀDEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA"
    Inventors: Giulia De Lorenzo, Felice Cervone, Alexandre Brutus, Francesca Sicilla
  • 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
  • Nucleotide sequences coding an endopolygalacturonase inhibitor
    Patent number: 5744692
    Abstract: The gene coding for a fungal endopolygalacturonase inhibitor (PGIP) is cloned and sequenced from both Phaseolus vulgaris genomic and cDNA libraries. The PGIP amino acid sequence, vectors comprising the PGIP gene or parts thereof, and cells transformed by said vecors are also disclosed.This isolated sequences are useful to transform plants, which are sensitive to fungi or microorganism pathogen activities, into plants producing the PGIP protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Felice Cervone, Giulia De Lorenzo, Giovanni Salvi, Peter Albersheim, Alan Darvill, Carl Bergmann