Patents by Inventor RODOLFO ALARCON

RODOLFO ALARCON 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).

  • Targeted enzymatic degradation of quorum-sensing peptides
    Patent number: 9169319
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for the treatment of biofilms and/or the inhibition of biofilm formation. In one embodiment, a biofilm is treated and/or biofilm formation is inhibited by a method comprising contacting a biofilm or a surface with a bifunctional ligand comprising a quorum-sensing-peptide-binding region and a protease-binding region, whereby the biofilm is treated and/or biofilm formation on the surface is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodolfo Alarcon, Amy K. McNulty
  • TARGETED ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION OF QUORUM-SENSING PEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20130253382
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for the treatment of biofilms and/or the inhibition of biofilm formation. In one embodiment, a biofilm is treated and/or biofilm formation is inhibited by a method comprising contacting a biofilm or a surface with a bifunctional ligand comprising a quorum-sensing-peptide-binding region and a protease-binding region, whereby the biofilm is treated and/or biofilm formation on the surface is inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: RODOLFO ALARCON, Amy K. McNulty