Patents by Inventor Barbara Upmeier

Barbara Upmeier 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).

  • Method for simultaneous detection of HIV antigens and HIV antibodies
    Patent number: 6593079
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for diagnosis of an HIV infection by means of an immunoassay using the specific detection of the p24 antigen of HIV1, HIV1-Sub0 and/or the p26 antigen of HIV2, at least one antibody against the env region of HIV1, HIV1-Sub0 and/or of HIV2 and at least one antibody against the pol and/or gag region of HIV1, HIV1-Sub0 and/or HIV2, reagent kits and test strips suitable for diagnostic procedure as well as monoclonal antibodies against p24 and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Frederic Donie, Elke Faatz, Barbara Upmeier, Eva Hoess, Marie-Ange Buyse, Eric Saman
  • Method for determining early HCV seroconversion
    Publication number: 20030129582
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a polypeptide which is composed of the amino acids 1207±10 to 1488±10 of a hepatitis C virus and of less than 20 foreign amino acids and the use of this polypeptide as an antigen in an immunological test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Christoph Seidel, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues, Urban Schmitt, Manfred Motz, Michael Wiedmann, Barbara Upmeier, Erwin Soutschek
  • Method for immobilizing conjugates in diagnostic tests
    Publication number: 20020055126
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the detection of an analyte in a sample using analyte-specific conjugates which have at least one heterologous group for an analyte-independent binding to a control zone. The present invention additionally provides new conjugates and reagent kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Jurgen Schaffler, Barbara Upmeier
  • Recombinant antigen from the NS3 region of the hepatitis C virus
    Patent number: 6306579
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a polypeptide which is composed of the amino acids 1207±10 to 1488±10 of a hepatitis C virus and of less than 20 foreign amino acids and the use of this polypeptide as an antigen in an immunological test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Seidel, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues, Urban Schmitt, Manfred Motz, Michael Wiedmann, Barbara Upmeier, Erwin Soutschek
  • Recombinant antigen from the NS3 region of the hepatitis C virus
    Patent number: 6270960
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a polypeptide which is composed of the amino acids 1207±10 to 1488±10 of a hepatitis C virus and of less than 20 foreign amino acids and the use of this polypeptide as an antigen in an immunological test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Seidel, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues, Urban Schmitt, Manfred Motz, Michael Wiedmann, Barbara Upmeier, Erwin Soutschek
  • Recombinant antigen from the NS3 region of the hepatitis C virus
    Patent number: 6096319
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a polypeptide which is composed of the amino acids 1207.+-.10 to 1488.+-.10 of a hepatitis C virus and of less than 20 foreign amino acids and the use of this polypeptide as an antigen in an immunological test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Seidel, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues, Urban Schmitt, Manfred Motz, Michael Wiedmann, Barbara Upmeier, Erwin Soutschek
  • Metal complexes with a charged linker
    Patent number: 5958783
    Abstract: The present invention concerns new metal complexes with a charged linker and their use as luminescent marker groups in an immunoassay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Josel, Eva Hoss, Beatus Ofenloch-Hahnle, Christoph Seidel, Barbara Upmeier, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues