Patents by Inventor Luiz Pereira Da Silva

Luiz Pereira Da Silva 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).

  • Siderophores as antiparasitic agents
    Patent number: 5192807
    Abstract: Antiparasitic agents constituted by a siderophore substance including at least one hydroxamate group, at least one peptide bond, and having a molecular weight of less than 1,000 D, e.g. aerobactin. A method of isolating antiparasitic agents by purification from the supernatant of a culture of an appropriate bacteria such as pathogenic enterobacteria applicable as antiparasitic agents, in particular as antimalarial agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Institut Pasteur
    Inventors: Jurg Gysin, Yves Crenn, Luiz Pereira da Silva, Catherine Breton
  • Membrane protein having proteolytic activity obtainable from plasmodium falciparum blood schizonts and merozoites
    Patent number: 5153129
    Abstract: An immunogenic composition for use as a vaccine against malaria. It comprises an enzymatically active protease with a molecular weight of 76.000 daltons, characterized by its capacity to react with protective antibodies originating from monkeys resistant to human malaria parasites, particularly to Plasmodium falciparum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Institut Pasteur
    Inventors: Luiz Pereira Da Silva, Catherine Breton