Patents by Inventor Maria Inez Fernandes Faraldo

Maria Inez Fernandes Faraldo 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).

  • Method for the Genetic Modulation of the Biosynthesis of Hemicelluloses, Cellulose and Uronic Acids in Plant Cells Using Gene Expression Cassettes
    Publication number: 20080277080
    Abstract: The present invention refers to gene expression cassettes encoding enzymes involved in the metabolic pathway for the biosynthesis of hemicelluloses, cellulose and/or uronic acids, and to a method for genetic transformation of plant cells through the introduction of one or more gene expression cassettes from the present invention, and the overexpression and repression of these genes in plants. More particularly, the present invention refers to a method for introducing expression cassettes in plants. Additionally, the present invention refers to genetically modified plants. The present invention also refers to the attainment of the genetically modified plant, its derived plants and seeds, as well as the wood, paper and cellulose from this plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicants: Suzano Bahia Sul Papel E Celulose S.A., Fundacao De Estudos Agrarios"Luiz De Queiroz" - FealQ, Fundacao De Amaparo A Pesquisa Do Estado De Sao Paulo
    Inventors: Carlos Alberto Labate, Monica Teresa Venesiano Labate, Ana Leticia Bertolo, Daniela Defavari Nascimento, Gunta Gutmanis, Maria Inez Fernandes Faraldo