Patents by Inventor Lucia Banci

Lucia Banci 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).

  • MODIFIED MENINGOCOCCAL FHBP POLYPEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20140348869
    Abstract: The factor H binding activity of meningococcal fHBP can be uncoupled from its bactericidal sensitivity. NMR studies have identified various amino acid residues involved in the fHBP/fH interaction and one or more of these residues is modified in a fHBP to reduce or eliminate its ability to bind to fH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Lucia BANCI, Francesca CANTINI, Sara DRAGONETTI, Maria Antonietta GENTILE, Daniele VEGGI, Maria SCARSELLI, Mariagrazia PIZZA
  • MENINGOCOCCAL fHBP POLYPEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20130022633
    Abstract: The factor H binding activity of meningococcal fHBP can be uncoupled from its bactericidal sensitivity. NMR studies have identified various amino acid residues involved in the fHBP/fH interaction and one or more of these residues is modified in a fHBP to reduce or eliminate its ability to bind to fH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicants: University of Florence, Novartis AG
    Inventors: Lucia Banci, Francesca Cantini, Sara Dragonetti, Maria Antonietta Gentile, Daniele Veggi, Maria Scarselli, Mariagrazia Pizza
  • Use of Matrix Metalloproteinases, Mutated and Not Mutated, for the Preparation of Pharmaceutical Compositions, and Mutated Metalloproteinases with Increased Stability
    Publication number: 20100047894
    Abstract: The use of matrix metalloproteinases, mutated and not mutated, for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of pathologies associated with an accumulation of matrix bio-polymers and/or an excess of TIMPs (Tissue Inhihitors MetalloProteinases) is described; mutated matrix metalloproteinases, in which at least an aminoacid residue in a definite position in the protein, has been mutated into a hydrophilic and/or charged aminoacidic residue, obtaining an increased stability toward autoproteolysis are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Protera S.R.L.
    Inventors: Ivano Bertini, Claudio Luchinat, Lucia Banci, Rebecca Del Conte, Marco Fragai