Patents by Inventor Andreas Pospiech

Andreas Pospiech 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).

  • Staurosporin biosynthesis gene clusters
    Patent number: 6210935
    Abstract: The present invention relates especially to a DNA fragment that is obtainable from the gene cluster within the genome of Streptomyces or Actinomyces that is responsible for staurosporin biosynthesis and that contains at least one gene or a part of a gene that codes for a polypeptide that is involved directly or indirectly in the biosynthesis of staurosporin and to methods of preparing said DNA fragment. The present invention relates furthermore to recombinant DNA molecules containing one of the DNA fragments according to the invention and to the plasmids and vectors derived therefrom. Also included are host organisms transformed with the said plasmid or vector DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schupp, Nathalie Engel, Jürg Bietenhader, Christiane Toupet, Andreas Pospiech