Patents by Inventor Glauco P. Tocchini-Valentini

Glauco P. Tocchini-Valentini 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).

  • Method of RNA cleavage and recombination
    Patent number: 8512945
    Abstract: A method of cleaving a target RNA molecule is disclosed. In one embodiment the method comprises the step of exposing the target molecule to an eukaryotic tRNA splicing endonuclease, wherein the target molecule is in the bulge-helix-bulge conformation, wherein cleavage occurs within the bulge-helix-bulge and cleavage products are generated, and wherein the target molecule does not comprise a tRNA structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Inventors: Glauco P. Tocchini-Valentini, Giancarlo Deidda, Nicoletta Rossi
  • Method of rna cleavage
    Publication number: 20040023239
    Abstract: A method of cleaving a target RNA molecule is disclosed. In one embodiment the method comprises the step of exposing the target molecule to an eukaryotic tRNA splicing endonuclease, wherein the target molecule is in the bulge-helix-bulge conformation, wherein cleavage occurs within the bulge-helix-bulge and cleavage products are generated, and wherein the target molecule does not comprise a tRNA structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Glauco P. Tocchini-Valentini, Giancarlo Deidda, Nicoletta Rossi, Maria Irene Baldi, Paolo Fruscoloni