Patents by Inventor Alfred Steffens

Alfred Steffens 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).

  • Publication number: 20240140995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of determining an analyte in a sample, said method comprising (a) contacting said sample with (i) a binding compound binding to said analyte, said binding compound comprising a binding agent and a first partner of an affinity pair (first affinity partner); and (ii) a second partner of the affinity pair (second affinity partner) coupled to a solid surface, to an indicator, and/or to a second binding agent; and (b) determining said analyte based on complexes formed in step (a); wherein one of said first affinity partner and said second affinity partner is a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or a sequence at least 50% identical thereto, and wherein the other of said first affinity partner and said second affinity partner is a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or a sequence at least 50% identical thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Romina Eisenhauer, Alfred Engel, Ute Jucknischke, Michael Schraeml, Wojtek Steffen
  • Patent number: 4135755
    Abstract: An arrangement for floor gymnastics, particularly for the martial arts, has a floor element and a plurality of wall elements movable between an extended and a retracted position. The wall elements are located in the retracted position in accordion-like relationship with respect to each other. Fluid-operated drive means are provided for moving the wall elements between the retracted and extended positions. The movable wall portions include the portions which at least partially form a floor, a roof and longitudinal walls of the arrangement respectively. The wall elements in the extended position together bound an inner space which is free of supports. Some of the wall elements are hingedly connected with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1979
    Inventor: Alfred Steffens