Patents by Inventor Michael Piontek

Michael Piontek 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).

  • Recombinant production of proteins in yeast
    Patent number: 5672487
    Abstract: A process for the recombinant production of proteins in yeast comprises transforming the yeast with an expression cassette which comprises the following structural elements encoded:L-A-P-GENwhereL is a leader sequence of an animal peptide neurohormone,A is an adaptor producing an alpha-helix structure,P is a processing signal andGEN is a structural gene for the required protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignees: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Rhein Biotech Gesellschaft
    Inventors: Jurgen Schweden, Claus Bollschweiler, Michael Piontek, Ulrike Weydemann, Gerd Gellissen