Patents by Inventor Juan Antonio García Álvarez

Juan Antonio García Álvarez 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: 11999959
    Abstract: The invention relates to binary vectors based on compatible and autonomous origins, specifically based on the pBBR1 and RK2 replication origins. These binary vectors are useful for having a wide range of hosts, for their maintenance in Agrobacterium sp. and Escherichia coli, and as a new tool for plant synthetic biology as well as a flexible framework for assembly, transfer and characterization of multiple DNA elements. The binary vectors disclosed are small, preferably less than 3.8 kb in size, stable, include an origin compatible with the most commonly used binary T-DNA vectors, comply with current standards for plant synthetic biology, and allow the administration of multiple T-DNA cassettes by means of the multiplexing of the vectors. The present invention also relates to methods for transferring and expressing nucleic acid sequences using said binary vectors, and to the uses of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Inventor: Juan Antonio García Álvarez
  • Publication number: 20230365983
    Abstract: The invention relates to binary vectors based on compatible and autonomous origins, specifically based on the pBBR1 and RK2 replication origins. These binary vectors are useful for having a wide range of hosts, for their maintenance in Agrobacterium sp. and Escherichia coli, and as a new tool for plant synthetic biology as well as a flexible framework for assembly, transfer and characterization of multiple DNA elements. The binary vectors disclosed are small, preferably less than 3.8 kb in size, stable, include an origin compatible with the most commonly used binary T-DNA vectors, comply with current standards for plant synthetic biology, and allow the administration of multiple T-DNA cassettes by means of the multiplexing of the vectors. The present invention also relates to methods for transferring and expressing nucleic acid sequences using said binary vectors, and to the uses of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Juan Antonio GARCÍA ÁLVAREZ
  • Patent number: 11597939
    Abstract: The invention relates to binary vectors based on compatible and autonomous origins, specifically based on the pBBR1 and RK2 replication origins. These binary vectors are useful for having a wide range of hosts, for their maintenance in Agrobacterium sp. and Escherichia coli, and as a new tool for plant synthetic biology as well as a flexible framework for assembly, transfer and characterization of multiple DNA elements. The binary vectors disclosed are small, preferably less than 3.8 kb in size, stable, include an origin compatible with the most commonly used binary T-DNA vectors, comply with current standards for plant synthetic biology, and allow the administration of multiple T-DNA cassettes by means of the multiplexing of the vectors. The present invention also relates to methods for transferring and expressing nucleic acid sequences using said binary vectors, and to the uses of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Juan Antonio García Álvarez
  • Publication number: 20200255845
    Abstract: The invention relates to binary vectors based on compatible and autonomous origins, specifically based on the pBBR1 and RK2 replication origins. These binary vectors are useful for having a wide range of hosts, for their maintenance in Agrobacterium sp. and Escherichia coli, and as a new tool for plant synthetic biology as well as a flexible framework for assembly, transfer and characterization of multiple DNA elements. The binary vectors disclosed are small, preferably less than 3.8 kb in size, stable, include an origin compatible with the most commonly used binary T-DNA vectors, comply with current standards for plant synthetic biology, and allow the administration of multiple T-DNA cassettes by means of the multiplexing of the vectors. The present invention also relates to methods for transferring and expressing nucleic acid sequences using said binary vectors, and to the uses of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Juan Antonio GARCIA ÁLVAREZ
  • Publication number: 20030186431
    Abstract: The VP60 structural antigen or a fragment therof of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) can be obtained in plants using a viral vector based on the plum pox virus (PPV), which includes a promoter, a recombinant DNA sequence including a cDNA to the genome of the PPV virus, full-length, and a DNA sequence which codes for the RHDV VP60 protein or a fragment thereof inserted between the nucleotide sequences coding the Nib and CP proteins of the PPV virus, and a cloning vehicle. The antigen obtained is capable of inducing protection in rabbits against a lethal challenge of RHDV, and can be used as a recombinant subunit vaccine against rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Jose Rivera Torres, Francisco Rodriguez, Maria D. Fernandez, Juan Antonio Garcia Alvarez, Juan Plana-Duran, Mercedes Mourino