Patents by Inventor Suri Bruno

Suri Bruno 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).

  • Bacterocide compositions and their preparation from micrococcus varians
    Patent number: 6150139
    Abstract: A bacteriocin having activity against bacteria including Listeria monocytogenes is obtained by culturing cells of a strain of Micrococcus varians, particularly cells of deposited strains CNCM I-1586 and CNCM I-1587, to obtain cultured cells and a supernatant and by separating the supernatant from the cultured cells to obtain the supernatant which contains the bacteriocin which, in turn, may be isolated from the supernatant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Beat Mollet, John Peel, David Pridmore, Nadji Rekhif, Suri Bruno
  • Micrococcus varians strains for producing bactericide compositions
    Patent number: 5981261
    Abstract: Micrococcus varians strains which produce a composition having bactericidal activity, including deposited strains CNCM I-1586 and CNCM I-1587 and biologically pure cultures thereof and including also strains having nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:2 or including nucleotides 154 to 228 of sequence SEQ ID NO:2 and which may further include amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:1 or amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Nestec, S.A.
    Inventors: Beat Mollet, John Peel, David Pridmore, Nadji Rekhif, Suri Bruno
  • Nucleotide fragments and uses thereof for obtaining bactericide-producing compositions
    Patent number: 5763247
    Abstract: Nucleotide fragments which encode a bacteriocin composition derived from Micrococcus varians and for preparing compositions to obtain the bacteriocin and for obtaining recombinant microorganisms. The nucleotide fragments include, in particular, nucleotides 154 to 228 and nucleotides 88 to 153 and their combination, nucleotides 88 to 228, identified in the sequence lists herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Nestec S.A..
    Inventors: Beat Mollet, John Peel, David Pridmore, Nadji Rekhif, Suri Bruno