Patents by Inventor Sacha Lucchini

Sacha Lucchini 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).

  • Phage resistant bacteria
    Patent number: 7435434
    Abstract: The invention relates to an S thermophilus bacterium which is resistant to attack by at least one bacteriophage, a method of production of the bacterium and a composition which comprises the bacterium. The bacterium comprises a modification of the Sfi21 prophage or the bacterial genome which disrupts expression of a gene which is essential to a bacteriophage, but not essential to the bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Harald Bruessow, Sacha Lucchini