Patents by Inventor Luiz Barreto De Castro

Luiz Barreto De Castro 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).

  • Process for the production of transgenic plants with increased nutritional value via the expression of modified 2S storage albumins
    Patent number: 5589615
    Abstract: A process for the production of plants with increased content of appropriate amino acids having high nutritional properties through the modification of plant genes encoding plant storage proteins, particularly the 2S albumins. Seed-forming plants susceptible to Agrobacterium transformation, the genome of which plants includes a recombinant DNA encoding a precursor of a modified 2S albumin, under the control of a promoter, are described, including the particular recombinant DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignees: Plant Genetic Systems N.V., Brazilian Agricultural Research Organization-Embrapa/Cenargen
    Inventors: Ann De Clercq, Enno Krebbers, Joel Vandekerckhove, Luiz Barreto De Castro, Eugen Gander, Marc Van Montagu