Patents by Inventor Anne Katrin Hilbert

Anne Katrin Hilbert 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).

  • Fermentation media free of animal-derived components for production of diphtheria toxoids suitable for human vaccine use
    Patent number: 9040058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fermentation medium for cultivating Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The present invention also relates to the use of the fermentation medium in processes for obtaining diphtheria toxin from the Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria being cultivated and the preparation of vaccines using the diphtheria toxin obtained in the processes. The present invention further relates to a purification and detoxification processes specifically adapted for preparing a diphtheria toxoid for inclusion into a vaccine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA
    Inventors: Friedrich Blackkolb, Bernd Becker, Martha Reith, Manfred Isenberg, Anne Katrin Hilbert