Patents by Inventor Eginhard Schick

Eginhard Schick 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: 9050615
    Abstract: The invention relates to several embodiments of equipment for coating substrates for detecting one or more analytes by way of an affinity assay method, comprising: a receptacle receiving a liquid to be atomized (“liquid receptacle”) with substances (compounds) to be deposited onto at least one surface of said substrates and an atomized volume produced by the liquid in the operating state; an actuator for triggering the atomization process and; a fixture for receiving and storing the substrates during the coating process. The invention is characterized in that the substrates are not in contact with the surface of the liquid to be atomized. The invention also relates to several embodiments of methods for coating substrates with coupler and/or passivation layers for use in the detection of one or more analytes by way of an affinity assay method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Eginhard Schick, Dominic Utinger, Claudio Calonder
  • Patent number: 8053225
    Abstract: A one- or two-dimensional arrangement of flow cells is provided, as part of an array of sample compartments, with at least one inlet and outlet for each sample compartment, formed by a base plate and a body, with an arrangement of spatial recesses corresponding to the (geometrical) arrangement of the sample compartments, combined with the base plate. The arrangement allows for supplying to or removing from the sample compartments, which can be arranged at a high quantity on a small base area, even very small amounts of samples or reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Technology Services GmbH
    Inventors: Eveline Schürmann-Mader, Andreas Peter Abel, Martin Andreas Bopp, Gert Ludwig Duveneck, Markus Ehrat, Gerhard Matthias Kresbach, Michael Pawlak, Nania Graciela Schärer-Hernández, Eginhard Schick
  • Patent number: 7955837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for detecting one or more analytes in one or more samples of biological origin having complex composition. The present invention also relates to a microarray for quantitative determination of one or more analytes in samples of biological origin having complex composition which are immobilized in measurement ranges of microarray, and also to a quantitative detection method based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Technology Services GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Pawlak, Eginhard Schick, Miro Venturi, Markus Ehrat
  • Publication number: 20100292098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for detecting one or more analytes in one or more samples of biological origin having complex composition. The present invention also relates to a microarray for quantitative determination of one or more analytes in samples of biological origin having complex composition which are immobilized in measurement ranges of microarray, and also to a quantitative detection method based thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Michael PAWLAK, Eginhard SCHICK, Miro VENTURI, Markus EHRAT
  • Publication number: 20100130370
    Abstract: A one- or two-dimensional arrangement of flow cells is provided, as part of an array of sample compartments, with at least one inlet and outlet for each sample compartment, formed by a base plate and a body, with an arrangement of spatial recesses corresponding to the (geometrical) arrangement of the sample compartments, combined with the base plate. The arrangement allows for supplying to or removing from the sample compartments, which can be arranged at a high quantity on a small base area, even very small amounts of samples or reagents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Eveline Schurmann-Mader, Andreas Peter Abel, Martin Andreas Bopp, Gert Ludwig Duveneck, Markus Ehrat, Gerhard Mtthias Kresbach, Michael Pawlak, Nania Graciela Scharer-Hernandez, Eginhard Schick
  • Patent number: 7678565
    Abstract: A one- or two-dimensional arrangement of flow cells is provided, as part of an array of sample compartments, with at least one inlet and outlet for each sample compartment, formed by a base plate and a body, with an arrangement of spatial recesses corresponding to the (geometrical) arrangement of the sample compartments, combined with the base plate. The arrangement allows for supplying to or removing from the sample compartments, which can be arranged at a high quantity on a small base area, even very small amounts of samples or reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer Technology Services GmbH
    Inventors: Eveline Schürmann-Mader, Andreas Peter Abel, Martin Andreas Bopp, Gert Ludwig Duveneck, Markus Ehrat, Gerhard Matthias Kresbach, Michael Pawlak, Nania Graciela Schärer-Hernández, Eginhard Schick
  • Patent number: 7645612
    Abstract: The invention is related to different embodiments of a kit for the simultaneous qualitative and/or quantitative determination of a multitude of analytes comprising a sensor platform comprising an optical thin-film waveguide with a layer (a) transparent at least at an excitation wavelength on a layer (b) with lower refractive index than layer (a), also transparent at least at said excitation wavelength, and at least one grating structure (c) modulated in said layer (a), for the incoupling of said excitation light into layer (a), at least one array of biological or biochemical or synthetic recognition elements immobilized in discrete measurement areas (d) directly or by means of an adhesion-promoting layer on layer (a), for specific recognition and/or binding of said analytes and/or for specific interaction with said analytes, means for laterally resolved referencing of the excitation light intensity available in the measurement areas, and optionally means for the calibration of one or more luminescences gen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer Technology Services GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Pawlak, Eginhard Schick, Andreas Peter Abel, Gert Ludwig Duveneck, Markus Ehrat, Gerhard Matthias Kresbach, Eveline Schürmann-Mader, Martin Andreas Bopp
  • Publication number: 20090311773
    Abstract: The invention relates to several embodiments of equipment for coating substrates for detecting one or more analytes by way of an affinity assay method, comprising: a receptacle receiving a liquid to be atomized (“liquid receptacle”) with substances (compounds) to be deposited onto at least one surface of said substrates and an atomized volume produced by the liquid in the operating state; an actuator for triggering the atomization process and; a fixture for receiving and storing the substrates during the coating process. The invention is characterized in that the substrates are not in contact with the surface of the liquid to be atomized. The invention also relates to several embodiments of methods for coating substrates with coupler and/or passivation layers for use in the detection of one or more analytes by way of an affinity assay method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Eginhard Schick, Dominic Utinger, Claudio Calonder
  • Publication number: 20090163374
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for detecting one or more analytes in one or more samples of biological origin having complex composition. The present invention also relates to a microarray for quantitative determination of one or more analytes in samples of biological origin having complex composition which are immobilized in measurement ranges of microarray, and also to a quantitative detection method based thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2005
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Pawlak, Eginhard Schick, Miro Venturi, Markus Ehrat
  • Publication number: 20080299008
    Abstract: A one- or two-dimensional arrangement of flow cells is provided, as part of an array of sample compartments, with at least one inlet and outlet for each sample compartment, formed by a base plate and a body, with an arrangement of spatial recesses corresponding to the (geometrical) arrangement of the sample compartments, combined with the base plate. The arrangement allows for supplying to or removing from the sample compartments, which can be arranged at a high quantity on a small base area, even very small amounts of samples or reagents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Eveline Schurmann-Mader, Andreas Peter Abel, Martin Andreas Bopp, Gert Ludwig Duveneck, Markus Ehrat, Gerhard Matthias Kresbach, Michael Pawlak, Nania Graciela Scharer-Hernandez, Eginhard Schick
  • Publication number: 20080212070
    Abstract: The invention is related to different embodiments of a kit for the simultaneous qualitative and/or quantitative determination of a multitude of analytes comprising a sensor platform comprising an optical thin-film waveguide with a layer (a) transparent at least at an excitation wavelength on a layer (b) with lower refractive index than layer (a), also transparent at least at said excitation wavelength, and at least one grating structure (c) modulated in said layer (a), for the incoupling of said excitation light into layer (a), at least one array of biological or biochemical or synthetic recognition elements immobilized in discrete measurement areas (d) directly or by means of an adhesion-promoting layer on layer (a), for specific recognition and/or binding of said analytes and/or for specific interaction with said analytes, means for laterally resolved referencing of the excitation light intensity available in the measurement areas, and optionally means for the calibration of one or more luminescences gen
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Pawlak, Eginhard Schick, Andreas Peter Abel, Gert Ludwig Duveneck, Markus Ehrat, Gerhard Matthias Kresbach, Eveline Schurmann-Mader, Martin Andreas Bopp
  • Patent number: 7396675
    Abstract: The invention is related to different embodiments of a kit for the simultaneous qualitative and/or quantitative determination of a multitude of analytes comprising a sensor platform comprising an optical thin-film waveguide with a layer (a) transparent at least at an excitation wavelength on a layer (b) with lower refractive index than layer (a), also transparent at least at said excitation wavelength, and at least one grating structure (c) modulated in said layer (a), for the incoupling of said excitation light into layer (a), at least one array of biological or biochemical or synthetic recognition elements immobilized in discrete measurement areas (d) directly or by means of an adhesion-promoting layer on layer (a), for specific recognition and/or binding of said analytes and/or for specific interaction with said analytes, means for laterally resolved referencing of the excitation light intensity available in the measurement areas, and optionally means for the calibration of one or more luminescences gen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Bayer Technology Services GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Pawlak, Eginhard Schick, Andreas Peter Abel, Gert Ludwig Duveneck, Markus Ehrat, Gerhard Matthias Kresbach, Eveline Schürmann-Mader, Martin Andreas Bopp
  • Patent number: 7358079
    Abstract: A one- or two-dimensional arrangement of flow cells is provided, as part of an array of sample compartments, with at least one inlet and outlet for each sample compartment, formed by a base plate and a body, with an arrangement of spatial recesses corresponding to the (geometrical) arrangement of the sample compartments, combined with the base plate. The arrangement allows for supplying to or removing from the sample compartments, which can be arranged at a high quantity on a small base area, even very small amounts of samples or reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Bayer Technology Services GmbH
    Inventors: Eveline Schürmann-Mader, Andreas Peter Abel, Martin Andreas Bopp, Gert Ludwig Duveneck, Markus Ehrat, Gerhard Matthias Kresbach, Michael Pawlak, Nania Graciela Schärer-Hernández, Eginhard Schick
  • Publication number: 20080020409
    Abstract: The present invention is related to analytical platforms and methods performed therewith for generating qualitative and/or quantitative protein expression profiles, in particular differential protein expression profiles, of cell populations comprising: generating lysates of one or more populations of cells, the lysates comprising a plurality of proteins expressed by the respective cell populations, providing an essentially planar solid support, depositing at discrete sites small quantities of the cell lysates, in diluted or undiluted form directly on said solid support or on an adhesion-promoting layer applied on said solid support, thereby creating one or more one- or two-dimensional arrays of discrete measurement areas on said solid support, applying a number of binding reagents as specific binding partners for the proteins contained in cell lysates in discrete measurement areas and to be detected and, if adequate, one or more detection reagents on said one or more arrays of measurement areas, the binding r
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Pawlak, Eginhard Schick, Peter Oroszlan
  • Publication number: 20050059014
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an analytical platform and a method performed therewith for the analysis of a multitude of “nature-identical” samples for analytes which are contained therein and are of biological relevance as binding partners in specific binding reactions, wherein said samples or dilutions of said samples of the same relative molecular composition as the original samples, with the analytes to be determined contained therein, as a first plurality of specific binding partners, are deposited in discrete measurement areas in at least one one- or two-dimensional array of measurement areas on an evanescent field sensor platform as a solid support without a change in the relative molecular composition, compared with the original relative molecular composition of the sample, one or more tracer compounds as a second plurality of specific binding partners, for the specific determination of analytes out of the first plurality of specific binding partners contained in the samples, are brought into co
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Pawlak, Eginhard Schick, Peter Oroszlan
  • Publication number: 20040166508
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an analytical platform and a method performed therewith for the analysis of multiple samples for analytes which are contained therein and are of biological relevance as binding partners in specific binding reactions, wherein
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Pawlak, Eginhard Schick, Peter Oroszlan
  • Publication number: 20030148542
    Abstract: The invention is related to different embodiments of a kit for the simultaneous qualitative and/or quantitative determination of a multitude of analytes comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Pawlak, Eginhard Schick, Andreas Peter Abel, Gert Ludwig Duveneck, Markus Ehrat, Gerhard Matthias Kresbach, Eveline Schurmann-Mader, Martin Andreas Bopp
  • Publication number: 20020182631
    Abstract: The invention is related to a one- or two-dimensional arrangement of flow cells, as part of an array of sample compartments, with at least one in- and outlet for each sample compartment, formed by a base plate and a body, with an arrangement of spatial recesses corresponding to the (geometrical) arrangement of the sample compartments, combined with said base plate. The arrangement allows for supplying to or removing from the sample compartments, which can be arranged at a high quantity on a small base area, even very small amounts of samples or reagents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Eveline Schurmann-Mader, Andreas Peter Abel, Martin Andreas Bopp, Gert Ludwig Duveneck, Markus Ehrat, Gerhard Matthias Kresbach, Michael Pawlak, Nania Graciela Scharer-Hernandez, Eginhard Schick