Patents by Inventor Barbara Metzler

Barbara Metzler 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: 12254752
    Abstract: Systems and methods for surveillance of a facility including facility elements. The system includes a central computing unit providing a digital model of the facility providing topological or logical or functional relationships of the facility elements, surveillance sensors adapted for surveillance of a plurality of the facility elements and for generation of surveillance data, communication means for transmitting data from the surveillance sensors to the central computing unit, and state derivation means configured to analyse the surveillance data and derive a state of a respective facility element. The central computing unit is configured to record a state pattern by combining states of at least one facility element based on at least one relationship of the facility element provided by the facility model, provide a state pattern critical-noncritical classification model which considers relationships provided by the facility model, and perform a criticality-classification based on the relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Metzler, Barbara Haupt, Markus Kächele, Bernd Reimann, Stefan Martin Benjamin Gächter Toya, Alexandre Heili
  • Publication number: 20240293575
    Abstract: The present invention provides nanoparticles comprising: (a) an amphiphilic polymer with a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 20,000 g/mol or less; and (b) a peptide that is covalently linked to the polymer, wherein the peptide comprises 8 to 50 amino acids, including an N-terminal linker sequence comprising at least one Arg amino acid residue and a sequence comprising an MHC binding sequence comprising a T cell receptor epitope. The present invention further comprises compositions comprising respective nanoparticles and a liquid or lyophilized carrier as well as nanoparticles and compositions of the invention for use in inducing tolerance to a therapeutic compound (protein, viral vector, lipid vesicle), an allergen or to an autoantigen or for treating an allergy, an autoimmune disease, an exogenous antigen (transplantation antigens, drugs) or a food intolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Johannes Pohlner, Reinaldo Digigow, Barbara Metzler, Sabine Fleischer
  • Patent number: 12016931
    Abstract: The present invention provides nanoparticles comprising: (a) an amphiphilic polymer with a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 20,000 g/mol or less; and (b) a peptide that is covalently linked to the polymer, wherein the peptide comprises 8 to 50 amino acids, including an N-terminal linker sequence comprising at least one Arg amino acid residue and a sequence comprising an MHC binding sequence comprising a T cell receptor epitope. The present invention further comprises compositions comprising respective nanoparticles and a liquid or lyophilized carrier as well as nanoparticles and compositions of the invention for use in inducing tolerance to a therapeutic compound (protein, viral vector, lipid vesicle), an allergen or to an autoantigen or for treating an allergy, an autoimmune disease, an exogenous antigen (transplantation antigens, drugs) or a food intolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Topas Therapeutics GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Pohlner, Reinaldo Digigow, Barbara Metzler, Sabine Fleischer
  • Publication number: 20230405147
    Abstract: The present invention provides nanoparticles comprising: (a) an amphiphilic polymer with a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 20,000 g/mol or less; and (b) a peptide that is covalently linked to the polymer, wherein the peptide comprises 8 to 50 amino acids, including an N-terminal linker sequence comprising at least one Arg amino acid residue and a sequence comprising an MHC binding sequence comprising a T cell receptor epitope. The present invention further comprises compositions comprising respective nanoparticles and a liquid or lyophilized carrier as well as nanoparticles and compositions of the invention for use in inducing tolerance to a therapeutic compound (protein, viral vector, lipid vesicle), an allergen or to an autoantigen or for treating an allergy, an autoimmune disease, an exogenous antigen (transplantation antigens, drugs) or a food intolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Johannes Pohlner, Reinaldo Digigow, Barbara Metzler, Sabine Fleischer
  • Publication number: 20060051357
    Abstract: A method for inducing or modulating T or B cells tolerance to donor cells, tissue or organ in a recipient comprising administering to the recipient a LFA-1 inhibitor in combination with a costimulation inhibitor and/or a mTOR inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Andreas Katopodis, Philip Lake, Barbara Metzler