Patents by Inventor Hans Gurski

Hans Gurski 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: 9932612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bacterial strains, capable of utilizing glycerol as a carbon source for the fermentative production of succinic acid, wherein said strains are genetically modified so that they comprise a deregulation of their endogenous pyruvate-formate-lyase enzyme activity, as well as to methods of producing organic acids, in particular succinic acid, by making use of such microorganism. The present invention also relates to the downstream processing of the produced organic acids by cation exchange chromatography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hartwig Schröder, Stefan Haefner, Gregory Von Abendroth, Rajan Hollmann, Aline Raddatz, Hansgeorg Ernst, Hans Gurski
  • Publication number: 20150197776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bacterial strains, capable of utilizing glycerol as a carbon source for the fermentative production of succinic acid, wherein said strains are genetically modified so that they comprise a deregulation of their endogenous pyruvate-formate-lyase enzyme activity, as well as to methods of producing organic acids, in particular succinic acid, by making use of such microorganism. The present invention also relates to the downstream processing of the produced organic acids by cation exchange chromatography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hartwig Schröder, Stefan Haefner, Gregory Von Abendroth, Rajan Hollmann, Aline Raddatz, Hansgeorg Ernst, Hans Gurski
  • Patent number: 9023632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bacterial strains, capable of utilizing glycerol as a carbon source for the fermentative production of succinic acid, wherein said strains are genetically modified so that they comprise a deregulation of their endogenous pyruvate-formate-lyase enzyme activity, as well as to methods of producing organic acids, in particular succinic acid, by making use of such microorganism. The present invention also relates to the downstream processing of the produced organic acids by cation exchange chromatography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hartwig Schröder, Stefan Haefner, Gregory Von Abendroth, Rajan Hollmann, Aline Raddatz, Hansgeorg Ernst, Hans Gurski
  • Publication number: 20140127764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bacterial strains, capable of utilizing glycerol as a carbon source for the fermentative production of succinic acid, wherein said strains are genetically modified so that they comprise a deregulation of their endogenous pyruvate-formate-lyase enzyme activity, as well as to methods of producing organic acids, in particular succinic acid, by making use of such microorganism. The present invention also relates to the downstream processing of the produced organic acids by cation exchange chromatography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hartwig Schröder, Stefan Haefner, Gregory Von Abendroth, Rajan Hollmann, Aline Raddatz, Hansgeorg Ernst, Hans Gurski
  • Patent number: 8673598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bacterial strains, capable of utilizing glycerol as a carbon source for the fermentative production of succinic acid, wherein said strains are genetically modified so that they comprise a deregulation of their endogenous pyruvate-formate-lyase enzyme activity, as well as to methods of producing organic acids, in particular succinic acid, by making use of such microorganism. The present invention also relates to the downstream processing of the produced organic acids by cation exchange chromatography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hartwig Schroder, Stefan Haefner, Gregory Von Abendroth, Rajan Hollmann, Aline Raddatz, Hansgeorg Ernst, Hans Gurski
  • Publication number: 20110300589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bacterial strains, capable of utilizing glycerol as a carbon source for the fermentative production of succinic acid, wherein said strains are genetically modified so that they comprise a deregulation of their endogenous pyruvate-formate-lyase enzyme activity, as well as to methods of producing organic acids, in particular succinic acid, by making use of such microorganism. The present invention also relates to the downstream processing of the produced organic acids by cation exchange chromatography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hartwig Schroder, Stefan Haefner, Gregory Von Abendroth, Rajan Hollmann, Aline Raddatz, Hansgeorg Ernst, Hans Gurski
  • Patent number: 6197977
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of L-ascorbic acid, which comprises lactonizing a melt of alkyl 2-keto-L-gulonate under acidic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Böttcher, Hans Gurski, Thomas Kuntze, Karsten Kjaergaard
  • Patent number: 6121464
    Abstract: A process for preparing salts of ascorbyl 2-phosphoric esters of the formula I, ##STR1## where the variables have the following meanings: M is sodium, potassium, magnesium, aluminum; ##STR2## k.sym. is the valence and m=equivalents, where the product of k.multidot.m can be from 3 to 5,comprisesa) dissolving calcium L-ascorbate-2-phosphate in an aqueous solution of ascorbyl 2-phosphoric esters at a pH of from 0.5 to 4,b) removing the calcium ions from the resulting solution,c) adjusting the pH of the solution which remains to from 7 to 11 by means of sodium, potassium, magnesium or aluminum salts andd) isolating the salts of the ascorbyl 2-phosphoric ester of the formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Inventors: Andreas Bottcher, Hans Gurski