Patents by Inventor Jules Hoffmann

Jules Hoffmann 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).

  • Nucleic acid sequences coding for thanatin and transformed plants containing them
    Patent number: 6770798
    Abstract: The invention concerns a nucleic acid sequence coding for thanatin, a vector containing it for transforming a host, and plants and plant cells transformed by the nucleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Aventis Cropscience
    Inventors: Georges Freyssinet, Richard Derose, Jules Hoffmann
  • Antimicrobial peptides of the family of defensins, polynucleotides encoding said peptides, transformed vectors and organisms containing them
    Publication number: 20040087771
    Abstract: The invention concerns novel antimicrobial peptides of the family of defensins, in particular antifungal, called termicines, polynucleotides encoding said peptides, vectors containing them for transforming a host organism and the method for transforming said organism. The invention also concerns transformed organisms, in particular yeast producing termicine, or plant cells and plants, the termicines produced by the transformed plats providing them with resistence to fungus-mediated diseases. The invention further concerns the use of termicines as medicine and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Mireille Lamberty, Philippe Bulet, Marie-Pascale Latorse, Jules Hoffmann
  • Antibacterial and antifungal peptide
    Patent number: 6331522
    Abstract: The present invention provides a peptide with antibacterial and antifungal properties, and compositions containing the peptide. Methods of making and using the antibacterial and antifungal peptide are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Aventis CropScience SA
    Inventors: Philippe Bulet, Charles Hetru, Jules Hoffmann, Laurence Sabatier
  • Antibacterial and antifungal peptide
    Patent number: 6127336
    Abstract: The present invention provides a peptide with antibacterial and antifungal properties, and compositions containing the peptide. Methods of making and using the antibacterial and antifungal peptide are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Agro
    Inventors: Philippe Bulet, Charles Hetru, Jules Hoffmann, Laurence Sabatier