Patents by Inventor Bernd-Ulrich von Specht

Bernd-Ulrich von Specht 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).

  • Immunogenic hybrid protein OprF-Oprl derived from Pseudomonas aeruginosa membrane proteins
    Patent number: 6300102
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid protein comprising the Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane protein I (OprI) which is fused with its amino terminal end to the carboxy-terminal end of a carboxy-terminal portion of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane protein F (OprF), as well as to monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies against this hybrid protein. Both, the hybrid protein and the antibodies directed to the hybrid protein confer protection against an infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa to laboratory animals or man.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Chiron Behring GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Bernhard Knapp, Klaus-Dieter Hungerer, Michael Bröker, Bernd-Ulrich von Specht, Horst Domdey
  • Immunogenic hybrid protein OprF-OprI derived from Pseudomonas aeruginosa membrane proteins
    Patent number: 5955090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid protein comprising the Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane protein I (OprI) which is fused with its amino terminal end to the carboxy-terminal end of a carboxy-terminal portion of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane protein F (OprF), as well as to monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies against this hybrid protein. Both, the hybrid protein and the antibodies directed to the hybrid protein confer protection against an infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa to laboratory animals or man.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Chiron Behring GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Bernhard Knapp, Klaus-Dieter Hungerer, Michael Broker, Bernd-Ulrich von Specht, Horst Domdey