Patents by Inventor Kirstin Umnus

Kirstin Umnus 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).

  • Lectin-based glycan assay
    Patent number: 8409811
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of deglycosylated detectors, especially secondary antibodies, for the determination of sugar structures of proteins, especially recombinant proteins. It further relates to the use of deglycosylated enzymes in the determination of sugar structures with the aid of an enzyme-substrate reaction; the invention further relates to a method of determining the sugar structures of proteins, a sugar determination kit and the use of said kit for the determination of sugar structures, especially of recombinant therapeutic proteins, preferably immunoglobulins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Galab Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Kuballa, Kirstin Umnus, Simone Cartellieri
  • LECTIN-BASED GLYCAN ASSAY
    Publication number: 20100216163
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of deglycosylated detectors, especially secondary antibodies, for the determination of sugar structures of proteins, especially recombinant proteins. It further relates to the use of deglycosylated enzymes in the determination of sugar structures with the aid of an enzyme-substrate reaction; the invention further relates to a method of determining the sugar structures of proteins, a sugar determination kit and the use of said kit for the determination of sugar structures, especially of recombinant therapeutic proteins, preferably immunoglobulins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: GALAB TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Kuballa, Kirstin Umnus, Simone Cartellieri