Patents by Inventor Gottfried Hofmann

Gottfried Hofmann 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: 5932415
    Abstract: The invention relates to agents and processes for detecting bacteria of the genus Listeria, in particular L. monocytogenes. The agents according to the invention include primers whose sequence is selected from the iap gene of L. monocytogenes. In addition, the agents according to the invention include peptides whose sequence is selected from the p60 protein and which are suitable for producing specific antibodies for the immunological detection of L. monocytogenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit
    Inventors: Peter Schubert, Siegfried Neumann, Martina Pawelzik, Winfried Linxweiler, Christa Burger, Gottfried Hofmann, Andreas Bubert, Werner Goebel, Stefan Kohler
  • Patent number: 5081932
    Abstract: An aerial tramway installation has two spaced apart terminals with a transport track interconnecting the terminals. A rescue track extends along the transport track and is elevated with respect thereto. Transport cars having transport cabins are movable along the transport track and a rescue car having a rescue cabin is movable along the rescue track. A rescue vessel can be lowered and lifted between the rescue cabin and a transport car on the transport track. The passenger capacity of the transport cabin and of the rescue cabin are substantially equal, whereas the rescue vessel is supported outside of the rescue cabin and is able to transport two persons at each lifting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Von Roll Transportsysteme AG
    Inventor: Gottfried Hofmann
  • Patent number: 3986864
    Abstract: Loose material such as iron ore may be formed into a briquette sheet and separated into their individual briquettes by applying impact forces on opposite sides of the briquette sheet and to next adjacent briquettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1976
    Assignee: United States Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Gottfried Hofmann, Frank Kennedy