Patents by Inventor Maria D. F. Barbosa-Alleyne

Maria D. F. Barbosa-Alleyne 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).

  • Ethanol production in recombinant hosts
    Patent number: 6849434
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns the transformation of Gram-positive bacteria with heterologous genes which confer upon these microbes the ability to produce ethanol as a fermentation product. Specifically exemplified is the transformation of bacteria with genes, obtainable from Zymomonas mobilis, which encode pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Lonnie O'Neal Ingram, Maria D. F. Barbosa-Alleyne
  • Ethanol production in gram-positive microbes
    Publication number: 20030008363
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns the transformation of Gram-positive bacteria with heterologous genes which confer upon these microbes the ability to produce ethanol as a fermentation product. Specifically exemplified is the transformation of bacteria with genes, obtainable from Zymomonas mobilis, which encode pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Lonnie O?apos;Neal Ingram, Maria D. F. Barbosa-Alleyne
  • Ethanol production in gram-positive microbes
    Patent number: 5916787
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns the transformation of Gram-positive bacteria with heterologous genes which confer upon these microbes the ability to produce ethanol as a fermentation product. Specifically exemplified is the transformation of bacteria with genes, obtainable from Zymomonas mobilis, which encode pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Univeristy of Florida
    Inventors: Lonnie O'Neal Ingram, Maria D. F. Barbosa-Alleyne
  • Ethanol production in Gram-positive microbes
    Patent number: 5482846
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns the transformation of Gram-positive bacteria with heterologous genes which confer upon these microbes the ability to produce ethanol as a fermentation product. Specifically exemplified is the transformation of bacteria with genes, obtainable from Zymomonas mobilis, which encode pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: Lonnie O'Neal Ingram, Maria D. F. Barbosa-Alleyne