Patents by Inventor Michal Shapira

Michal Shapira 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).

  • Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance
    Patent number: 9267129
    Abstract: The present invention provides a protein, specifically Parietochloris incisa acetohydroxyacid synthase, and methods for producing branched-chain amino acid in a cell. The present invention further provides polypeptides and polynucleotides useful for conferring herbicide resistance in a cell or an organism. In particular, the present invention discloses a mutated acetohydroxyacid synthase which is resistant to herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority
    Inventors: Omer Grundman, Inna Khozin-Goldberg, Zvi Hacohen, Michal Shapira, Dina Raveh, Sammy Boussiba, Boris Zorin
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONFERRING HERBICIDE RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20140234976
    Abstract: The present invention provides a protein, specifically Parietochloris incisa acetohydroxyacid synthase, and methods for producing branched-chain amino acid in a cell. The present invention further provides polypeptides and polynucleotides useful for conferring herbicide resistance in a cell or an organism. In particular, the present invention discloses a mutated acetohydroxyacid synthase which is resistant to herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
    Inventors: Omer Grundman, Inna Khozin-Goldberg, Zvi Hacohen, Michal Shapira, Dina Raveh, Sammy Boussiba, Boris Zorin
  • "THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE (TPP) RIBOSWITCH MUTANTS PRODUCING VITAMIN B1 ENRICHED FOOD AND FEED CROPS"
    Publication number: 20130198900
    Abstract: The present invention provides bioengineered organisms producing elevated levels of thiamine and/or thiamine derivatives. Particularly, the present invention discloses that modifying TPP-responsive riboswitch results in accumulation of thiamine and/or its derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicants: BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV, YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Asaph Aharoni, Samuel Bocobza, Michal Shapira
  • Synthetic vaccine and process for producing same
    Patent number: 4474757
    Abstract: There is provided a synthetic vaccine against influenza virus infections consisting of a synthetic peptide corresponding to a relevant antigenic fragment of the virus, which fragment is attached to a suitable carrier, such as a macromolecule. Effective vaccinations against a plurality of strains can be obtained when the antigenic fragment is one common to such strains. Such synthetic vaccines are produced by synthesizing peptides corresponding to such relevant antigenic fragments and coupling same to a suitable carrier, such as a macromolecule. There is also provided a process for the vaccination of mammals against influenza which comprises applying to said mammals an effective quantity of a vaccine according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1984
    Assignee: Yeda Research & Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ruth Arnon, Michal Shapira, Gunhild Muller