Patents by Inventor Alfred Mertens

Alfred Mertens 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).

  • Patent number: 10982007
    Abstract: A bivalent binding agent having a first monovalent binder that binds to a polypeptide epitope of a target polypeptide, a second monovalent binder that binds to a posttranslational polypeptide modification on the target polypeptide and a linker. Further disclosed are methods for the detection of a posttranslationally modified target polypeptide, for making the disclosed bivalent binding agent, and for use of the disclosed bivalent binding agent in histological staining procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Gerg, Dieter Heindl, Christian Klein, Alfred Mertens, Volker Schmid, Michael Schraeml, Monika Soukupova, Michael Tacke
  • Publication number: 20170275380
    Abstract: A bivalent binding agent, capable of binding a polypeptide dimer, consisting of two monovalent binders linked to each other via a linker, the first monovalent binder binds an epitope of a first target polypeptide comprised in said dimer and the second monovalent binder binds to an epitope of a second target polypeptide comprised in said dimer. Each monovalent binder has a Kdiss in the range of 5×10?3/sec to 10?4/sec, and the bivalent binding agent has a Kdiss of 3×10?5/sec or less. Methods of making and using such bivalent binding agent in histological staining procedures are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Gerg, Dieter Heindl, Alfred Mertens, Christoph Rutz, Michael Schraemi, Monika Soukupova, Claudio Sustmann, Michael Tacke, Jan van Dieck
  • Publication number: 20170275381
    Abstract: A bivalent binding agent having a first monovalent binder that binds to a polypeptide epitope of a target polypeptide, a second monovalent binder that binds to a posttranslational polypeptide modification on the target polypeptide and a linker. Further disclosed are methods for the detection of a posttranslationally modified target polypeptide, for making the disclosed bivalent binding agent, and for use of the disclosed bivalent binding agent in histological staining procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Gerg, Dieter Heindl, Christian Klein, Alfred Mertens, Volker Schmid, Michael Schraemi, Monika Soukupova, Michael Tacke
  • Patent number: 8980063
    Abstract: A device for proportioning of secondary combustion air into the secondary air soles of coke oven chamber ovens is shown. The device is formed by a slide gate or a parallelepiped device or by plates moved by means of a thrust bar, the thrust bar being moved longitudinally in parallel to the coke oven chamber wall so that the plates move away from the secondary air apertures and open or close these. The thrust bar is moved by means of a positioning motor, with the power transmission being effected hydraulically or pneumatically. Via suitable measuring parameters, it is thus possible to optimize secondary heating so that heating is provided evenly from all sides, thus achieving an improvement in coke quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Uhde GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Kim, Alfred Mertens
  • Publication number: 20130288267
    Abstract: A bivalent binding agent, capable of binding a polypeptide dimer, consisting of two monovalent binders linked to each other via a linker, the first monovalent binder binds an epitope of a first target polypeptide comprised in said dimer and the second monovalent binder binds to an epitope of a second target polypeptide comprised in said dimer. Each monovalent binder has a Kdiss in the range of 5×10?3/sec to 10?4/sec, and the bivalent binding agent has a Kdiss of 3×10?5/sec or less. Methods of making and using such bivalent binding agent in histological staining procedures are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Gerg, Dieter Heindl, Alfred Mertens, Christoph Rutz, Michael Schraeml, Monika Soukupova, Claudio Sustmann, Michael Tacke, Jan van Dieck
  • Publication number: 20130288266
    Abstract: A bi-valent binding agent having a first monovalent binder that binds to a polypeptide epitope of a target polypeptide, a second monovalent binder that binds to a posttranslational polypeptide modification on the target polypeptide and a linker. Further disclosed are methods for the detection of a posttranslationally modified target polypeptide, for making the disclosed bi-valent binding agent, and for use of the disclosed bi-valent binding agent in histological staining procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Gerg, Dieter Heindl, Christian Klein, Alfred Mertens, Volker Schmid, Michael Schraeml, Monika Soukupova, Michael Tacke
  • Patent number: 8409405
    Abstract: Dosed proportioning and cutoff of combustion air into the primary heating space of a horizontal coke oven is provided by apertures in the ceiling of the coke oven chamber, the apertures covered with a withdrawable cover device which controls the amount of air admitted, manually or in an automatic mode. By way of this device, ventilation of a coke oven chamber with primary air can be so controlled that primary air is introduced in an exactly dosed manner and, depending on its place of installation, exactly distributed into the primary heating space of a coke oven chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Kim, Alfred Mertens
  • Publication number: 20110315538
    Abstract: Dosed proportioning and cutoff of combustion air into the primary heating space of a horizontal coke oven is provided by apertures in the ceiling of the coke oven chamber, the apertures covered with a withdrawable cover device which controls the amount of air admitted, manually or in an automatic mode. By way of this device, ventilation of a coke oven chamber with primary air can be so controlled that primary air is introduced in an exactly dosed manner and, depending on its place of installation, exactly distributed into the primary heating space of a coke oven chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: UHDE GMBH
    Inventors: Ronald Kim, Alfred Mertens
  • Publication number: 20110198206
    Abstract: A device for proportioning of secondary combustion air into the secondary air soles of coke oven chamber ovens is shown. The device is formed by a slide gate or a parallelepiped device or by plates moved by means of a thrust bar, the thrust bar being moved longitudinally in parallel to the coke oven chamber wall so that the plates move away from the secondary air apertures and open or close these. The thrust bar is moved by means of a positioning motor, with the power transmission being effected hydraulically or pneumatically. Via suitable measuring parameters, it is thus possible to optimize secondary heating so that heating is provided evenly from all sides, thus achieving an improvement in coke quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: UHDE GMBH
    Inventors: Ronald Kim, Alfred Mertens
  • Patent number: 7572809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of formula I: their pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters, enantiomeric forms, diastereoisomers and racemates, the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their manufacture, as well as the use of such compounds in the control or prevention of illnesses such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Li Chen, Guy Georges, Alfred Mertens, Xihan Wu
  • Publication number: 20070179151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of formula I: their pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters, enantiomeric forms, diastereoisomers and racemates, the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their manufacture, as well as the use of such compounds in the control or prevention of illnesses such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Li Chen, Guy Georges, Alfred Mertens, Xihan Wu
  • Publication number: 20010009912
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Inventors: CHRISTOS TSAKLAKIDIS, ALFRED MERTENS, GERD ZIMMERMANN, WOLFGANG SCHAFER, LIESEL DORGE
  • Patent number: 6025343
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to new nucleoside monophosphate derivatives of lipid ester residues of general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an optionally substituted alkyl chain having 1-20 carbon atoms;R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl chain having 1-20 carbon atoms;R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 represent hydrogen, hydroxy, azido, amino, cyano, or halogen;X represents a valence dash, oxygen, sulfur, a sulfinyl or sulfonyl group;Y represents a valence dash, an oxygen or sulfur atom;B represents a purine and/or pyrimidine base;with the proviso that at least one of the residues R.sup.3 or R.sup.5 is hydrogen;to their tautomers and their physiologically acceptable salts of inorganic and organic acids and/or bases, as well as to processes for their preparation, and to drugs containing said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Herrmann, Hans-Georg Opitz, Harald Zilch, Alfred Mertens
  • Patent number: 5786371
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I ##STR1## in which the variables are defined herein, processes for the production thereof as well as pharmaceutical agents containing these compounds for the treatment of diseases which are the result of thromboembolytic events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Boehringer Mannheim GmbH
    Inventors: Christos Tsaklakidis, Alfred Mertens, Gerd Zimmermann, Wolfgang Schafer, Liesel Dorge
  • Patent number: 5756711
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent a possibly substituted C.sub.8 -C.sub.15 -alkyl chain, n the number 0, 1 or 2 and A the residue of a nucleoside, processes for their preparation, as well as antiviral medicaments which contain these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Boehringer Mannheim GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Zilch, Herbert Leinert, Alfred Mertens, Dieter Herrmann
  • Patent number: 5599826
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I ##STR1## in which A denotes a carbocyclic ring with 5 or 6 carbon atoms or a heterocyclic ring with a maximum of 4 heteroatoms in which the heteroatoms can be the same or different and denote oxygen, nitrogen or sulphur and the heterocycles can if desired carry an oxygen atom on one or several nitrogen atoms,B denotes --CH.dbd.CH--, --N.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.N--, O or S,W denotes CH.sub.2, O, CH(OH), CO or --CH.dbd.CH--,X denotes S, O or NR.sup.2 in which the residue R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl,Y is CH or N,R denotes naphthyl, pyridyl, furyl, thienyl or phenyl which if desired is mono- or disubstituted with C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, CF.sub.3, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxy, F, Cl or bromine,R.sup.1 denotes hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl andn equals 1-3as well as their tautomers, enantiomers, diastereomers and physiologically tolerated salts,processes for their production as well as pharmaceutical agents that contain these compounds for the treatment of diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Boehringer Mannheim GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Mertens, Hans-Peter Wolff, Peter Freund
  • Patent number: 5563257
    Abstract: Liponucleotides containing an ether linkage in the 2-position and a thioether, sulfoxide, or sulfone linkage in the 3-position. The nucleoside component of said liponucleotide is AZT or 3'-deoxy-3'-fluorothymidine. These compounds exhibit antiviral activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Boehringer Mannheim GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Zilch, Herbert Leinert, Alfred Mertens, Dieter Herrmann
  • Patent number: 5512564
    Abstract: The present invention concerns thiazolo- 2,3-a!pyrrole and oxazolo- 1,2-a!pyrrole derivatives of formula I ##STR1## in which HET represents a heterocyclic ring with 3-7 ring atoms which can be substituted by one, two or three residues R.sup.1 which can be the same or different,Y represents an oxygen or sulphur atom, or a SO or SO.sub.2 group,X can be an oxygen or sulphur atom,R denotes an aliphatic residue with 1-9 C-atoms which can be substituted by phenyl or denotes a phenyl ring or a carbocyclic ring with 7-15 C atoms or a heterocyclic ring system each having 5 or 6 ring atoms,in which the aforementioned phenyl rings, carbocyclic rings or heterocyclic ring system can be substituted once or several times, if desired, and R1-R5 denote hydrogen or an aliphatic residue, as well as their tautomers, enantiomers, diastereomers and physiologically tolerated salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Boehringer Mannheim GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Zilch, Herbert Leinert, Alfred Mertens
  • Patent number: 5446139
    Abstract: The invention concerns nucleoside derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## in which Ba signifies an indolyl (A), benzimidazolyl (B), pyrrolopyridinyl (C), imidazopyridinyl (D), triazolopyrimidinyl (E), imidazotriazinyl (F) or imidazopyrimidinyl (G) group substituted by R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which can be the same or different, signify hydrogen, halogen, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.7 -alkenyl, hydroxy, mercapto, C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 -alkylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 -alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.7 -alkenyloxy, ar-C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl, ar-C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 -alkenyl, ar-C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkoxy, ar-C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 -alkenyloxy, aryloxy, nitro, amino-C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 -alkylamino-C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 -alkyl, di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 -alkylamino-C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 -alkyl, amino, a substituted amino group --NMR.sup.4 or --N(R.sup.4).sub.2 or an imino group --N.dbd.CH--R.sup.4, and R.sup.4 has the meaning given in the description, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Boehringer Mannheim GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Seela, Werner Bourgeouis, Rainer Gumbiowski, Angelika Roling, Helmut Rosemeyer, Alfred Mertens, Harald Zilch, Bernhard Konig, Edith Koch
  • Patent number: 5397794
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## for the preparation of medicaments for the treatment of viral or retroviral infections, whereby R signifies a hydrogen atom or a straight-chained or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl radical with 1-7 carbon atoms, which can possibly be substituted by phenyl, or a phenyl ring which can possibly be substituted one or more times by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, hydroxyl, trifluoromethyl, methylsulphonyl or halogen, such as fluorine, chlorine or bromine, n stands for the numbers 0, 1 or 2, as well as of their pharmacologically compatible salts or tautomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Boehringer Mannheim GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Zilch, Alfred Mertens, Herbert Leinert, Ulrike Leser, Bernhard Konig, Hans Seidel