Patents by Inventor Robert F. Muller

Robert F. Muller 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: 8685695
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a mixture of bacteriophages, wherein at least two different bacteriophage strains have been reproduced separately, wherein a staphylococcus strain is grown in an preculture with each of strains of a bacteriophage that can lyse staphylococci and is then further reproduced in a main culture, and is then purified, and the different strains are then mixed, wherein the mixture of bacteriophages used comprises at least two different serotypes of bacteriophages that lyse specifically bacteria of the species Staphylococcus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: PhytoLine GmbH
    Inventor: Robert F Müller
  • Publication number: 20110014157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a mixture of bacteriophages, wherein at least two different bacteriophage strains have been reproduced separately, wherein a staphylococcus strain is grown in an preculture with each of strains of a bacteriophage that can lyse staphylococci and is then further reproduced in a main culture, and is then purified, and the different strains are then mixed, wherein the mixture of bacteriophages used comprises at least two different serotypes of bacteriophages that lyse specifically bacteria of the species Staphylococcus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: PHYTOLINE GMBH
    Inventor: Robert F. Müller
  • Patent number: 4140242
    Abstract: A single-copy, coin operated, newspaper and periodical vending machine, specifically including a mechanism for regulating the size of the dispensing opening according to the thickness of the newspaper or periodical being dispensed, said mechanism being manually adjustable when the dispensing machine is loaded, further including a self-compensating spring-loaded mechanism for feeding a stack of newspapers or periodicals to the dispensing opening, and a display panel to permit viewing of the newspaper or periodical dispensed from the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1979
    Inventors: Robert F. Muller, Albert J. Dennerlein