Patents Assigned to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
  • Patent number: 11965946
    Abstract: A method of processing magnetic resonance data of a sample under investigation includes the steps of provision of the MR data being collected with an MRI scanner apparatus, and machine learning based data analysis of the MR data by supplying the MR data to an artificial neural network being trained with predetermined training data, wherein at least one image parameter of the sample and additionally at least one uncertainty quantification measure representing a prediction error of the at least one image parameter are provided by output elements of the neural network. Furthermore, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner apparatus being adapted for employing the method of processing MR data is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e. V.
    Inventors: Moritz Zaiss, Felix Glang, Sergey Prokudin, Klaus Scheffler
  • Publication number: 20240127992
    Abstract: The invention relates to materials with permanent magnetic properties—also known as hard magnets—having the formula (Fe1-y Coy)2P1-xZx with Z=Si, Ge, B, As; and 0.5?x?0.5, and 0.05?y?0.3. The invention further relates to the hard magnet itself and a process for making the hard magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV
    Inventors: Claudia FELSER, Yangkun HE
  • Patent number: 11959121
    Abstract: The invention relates to the detection of the cofactor reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH). Provided is a sensor molecule for the resonance energy transfer (RET)-based detection of NADPH, the sensor comprising a segment A connected via a linker to a segment B, wherein each of segment A and segment B comprises a member of a RET pair comprising a donor moiety and an acceptor moiety, further characterized in that (i) segment A comprises a binding protein (BP) for NADPH, the BP being dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR; EC 1.5.1.3) or a functional homolog, fragment, derivative or variant thereof, showing the desired NADPH binding properties, and wherein the BP comprises a heterologous protein domain inserted at or replacing at least part of the region corresponding to positions (20) to (27) of E.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Qiuliyang Yu, Kai Peter Johnsson
  • Patent number: 11958796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound having the general formula (1) wherein in the general formula (1) the residues R1 to R8 and Ar are the same or different and are independently from each other selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, unsubstituted hydrocarbon groups, substituted hydrocarbon groups and inorganic groups, wherein at least one of the residues R1 to R8 and Ar is a hydrophilic group, such as for instance a group comprising one or more polyethylene groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Qiang Chen, Akimitsu Narita, Klaus Müllen, Sapun Parekh, Mischa Bonn, Xiaomin Liu
  • Patent number: 11939583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to autotrophic microorganisms with altered photorespiration and improved CO2 fixation as well as a method of producing said autotrophic microorganisms. Particularly, the autotrophic microorganisms show an improved growth rate, productivity and energy conversion efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Lennart Schada Von Borzyskowski, Tobias Jürgen Erb, Jan Zarzycki
  • Publication number: 20240065988
    Abstract: A method of treating a psychiatric disorder in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist and a therapeutically effective amount of a KCNQ channel activator. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising an NMDA receptor antagonist and a KCNQ channel activator are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd., Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Alon CHEN, Juan Pablo LOPEZ
  • Publication number: 20240053510
    Abstract: An optical component (1) comprising a planar metasurface (2) arranged on a surface of a first substrate (3) and a top layer (4) arranged in a height direction Z above the metasurface (2), wherein the metasurface (2) comprises an array (9) of scattering structures (5, 5a, 5b), wherein the array (9) is a repeating pattern of unit cells (7), wherein a unit cell (7) comprises at least two different scattering structures wherein the optical properties of the metasurface (2) are controllable by a control signal, wherein first scattering structures (5, 5a) are at least partially contacting a layer of a first substance (6a) having a first refractive index and second scattering structures (5, 5b) are at least partially contacting a layer of a second substance (6b), which differs from the first substance (6a) and which provides a variable refractive index depending on the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Jianxiong LI, Robin KAISSNER, Laura Na LIU
  • Publication number: 20240044729
    Abstract: A tactile sensing system having a sensor component which comprises a plurality of layers stacked along a normal axis Z and a detection unit electrically connected to the sensor component, wherein the sensor component comprises a first layer, designed as a piezoresistive layer, a third layer, designed as a conductive layer which is electrically connected to the detection unit, and a second layer, designed as a spacing layer between the first layer and the third layer, wherein the first layer comprises a plurality of electrodes In electrically connected to the detection unit, wherein at least one contact force along the normal axis Z on the sensor component is detectable by the detection unit due to a change of a current distribution between the first layer and the third layer, wherein at least one lateral strain on the sensor component is detectable by the detection unit due to a change of the resistance distribution change in the piezoresistive first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Hyosang LEE, Katherine J. KUCHENBECKER
  • Publication number: 20240046960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metallic hard magnetic material selected from an at least binary ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic compound, with the metallic hard magnetic material including at least two different elements selected from the group consisting of 3d and 4f elements, where the metallic hard magnetic material is under an external magnetic field B of ?0.1 T.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften eV
    Inventors: Claudia FELSER, Yangkun HE
  • Publication number: 20240018267
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anti-IgG nanobodies, particularly nanobodies directed against rabbit or mouse IgG. Further, the invention relates to the use of said nanobodies and methods for producing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Dirk GÖRLICH, Tino PLEINER
  • Publication number: 20240002444
    Abstract: The invention relates to newly characterized light-inducible inward proton pumps and their use in medicine, their utility as optogenetic tools, nucleic acid constructs encoding same, expression vectors carrying the nucleic acid construct, cells comprising said nucleic acid construct or expression vector, and their respective uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Ernst Bamberg, Valentin Gordeliy, Thomas Mager, Vitaly Shevchenko
  • Patent number: 11853714
    Abstract: In order to provide smaller, faster and less error-prone circuits for sorting possibly metastable inputs, a novel sorting circuit is provided. According to the invention, the circuit is metastability-containing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung D. Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventor: Christoph Lenzen
  • Patent number: 11834463
    Abstract: High affinity macrocyclic FKB51-Inhibitors (HAM-FKB51-Inhibitors), which enable the selective inhibition of FK506-binding proteins (FKBPs). The molecules are useful for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, metabolic disorders, pain diseases, and cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Technische Universität Darmstadt, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften E.V.
    Inventors: Felix Hausch, Andreas Voll, Michael Bauder
  • Patent number: 11813596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel poly(heptazine imides), a photocatalytic system comprising such poly(heptazine imides) and a sulfur source as well as the application thereof in photocatalytic reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Markus Antonietti, Oleksandr Savatieiev, Bogdan Kurpil, Dariya Dontsova
  • Patent number: 11803046
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for simultaneous imaging and execution of contact-free directed hydrodynamic flow in a specimen. The apparatus includes a laser adapted to dynamically heat the specimen, a microscope with an objective adapted to image at least a part of the specimen and to guide a light beam of the laser into and/or onto the specimen to heat at least one specified location of the specimen, means for manipulating the specified location, and a sample chamber for the specimen that is accessible for imaging radiation and the light beam to allow simultaneous imaging and manipulation of the sample via the objective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften E.V.
    Inventors: Moritz Kreysing, Anatol Fritsch, Matthaeus Mittasch
  • Patent number: 11799745
    Abstract: Method and system for capturing summaries of data flows in an electronic, packet-switched communication network, the method comprising: receiving, from a node of the communication network, packet flow data; obtaining a subset of the packet flow parameters (IP src, IP dst, port src, port dst, protocol), based on the packet flow data; obtaining a packet flow statistic, based on the packet flow data; updating a collection of stored packet flow summaries, based on a subset of the packet flow parameters and the packet flow statistic. The stored packet flow summaries are arranged as nodes in a tree data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Anja Feldmann, Said Jawad Saidi, Georgios Smaragdakis, Damien Foucard
  • Patent number: 11798722
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a shape-changeable magnetic member comprising a plurality of segments with each segment being able to be magnetized with a desired magnitude and orientation of magnetization, to a method of producing a shape changeable magnetic member composed of a plurality of segments and to a shape changeable magnetic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Guo Zhan Lum, Zhou Ye, Metin Sitti
  • Patent number: 11795486
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enzyme-catalyzed process for producing GDP-fucose from low-cost substrates guanosine and L-fucose or guanosine and D-Mannose in a single reaction mixture. Said process can be operated (semi)continuously or in batch mode. Further, said process can be adapted to produce fucosylated molecules and biomolecules including glycans, such as human milk oligosaccharides, proteins, peptides, glycoproteins or glycopeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Reza Mahour, Thomas F. T. Rexer
  • Patent number: 11787702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a material of the formula SnTiO3 having a crystal structure comprised of layers, wherein the layers comprise Sn(II) ions, Ti(IV) ions and edge-sharing O6-octahedra, the edge-sharing O6-octahedra form a sub-layer, the Ti(IV) ions are located within ? of the edge-sharing O6-octahedra, thus forming edge-sharing TiO6-octahedra, the edge-sharing TiO6-octahedra form a honeycomb structure within the sub-layer, the honeycomb structure comprising hexagons with Ti(IV)-vacancies within the hexagons, the Sn(II) ions are located above and below the Ti(IV)-vacancies with respect to the sub-layer, the Ti(IV) ions are optionally substituted with M, M is one or more elements selected from Group 4 and Group 14 elements, and the crystal structure satisfies at least one of the following features (i) and (ii): (i) the Sn(II) ions have a tetrahedral coordination sphere involving three O ions of the layer and the electron lone pair of the Sn(II) ions which is situated at an apical position relative
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Leo Peter Otto Diehl, Bettina Valeska Lotsch, Florian Pielnhofer
  • Patent number: 11782995
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining a relevance or rating score of a particular user in an electronic social network includes obtaining a digital representation of a local connection structure of the particular user in the network in a computer-readable non-volatile memory; determining a numerical value characteristic of the particular user's relevance; and outputting the numerical value. The numerical value is determined based on the connection structure of the particular user, and on degrees of all sets of users in the social network reachable from the particular user using at most k connections, where k is a fixed preset positive integer number, and based on a degree determined for each enumerated set, and where the degree of a set is determined as a number of connections connecting users inside the set to users outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventor: Glenn Lawyer