Patents by Inventor Raffaela Tavazza

Raffaela Tavazza 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 preparation of transgenic plants characterised by geminivirus lasting resistance
    Patent number: 7732665
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of transgenic plants, tissues or plant cells thereof having long-lasting resistant to the geminiviruses by a) “identification” or “selection” of a viral gene sequence encoding an amino acid sequence able to confer resistance against geminiviruses; b) mutagenesis or “choice” of the viral gene sequence so as to make it an ineffective target of the post-trascriptional silencing induced by infecting geminivirus; and c) insertion of the geminivirus mutated or chosen gene sequence obtained in step b) through a construct as described previously, in the plant, tissue or plant cell thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignees: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ENEA — Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente
    Inventors: Mario Tavazza, Raffaela Tavazza, Alessandra Lucioli, Angela Brunetti, Alessandra Berardi, Emanuela Noris, Gian Paolo Accotto
  • Method for the preparation of transgenic plants characterised by geminivirus lasting resistance
    Publication number: 20060206959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of transgenic plants durably resistant against Geminiviruses, wherein the transgene consists of a suitably modified polynucleotide sequence, derived by the pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Mario Tavazza, Raffaela Tavazza, Alessandra Lucioli, Angela Brunetti, Alessandra Berardi, Emanuels Noris, Giani Paolo Accotto