Patents by Inventor Birgit Küter-Luks

Birgit Küter-Luks 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).

  • SHRNA AND SIRNA EXPRESSION IN A LIVING ORGANISM UNDER CONTROL OF A CODON-OPTIMIZED REPRESSOR GENE
    Publication number: 20090210955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biological entity carrying a regulator construct comprising a specific repressor gene and a responder construct comprising at least one segment corresponding to a short hairpin RNA (shRNA) or corresponding to complementary short interfering RNA (siRNA) strands, said at least one segment being under control of a promoter which contains an operator sequence corresponding to the repressor. The invention further relates to a method for preparing said biological entity and its use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: ARTEMIS PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH
    Inventors: Jost Seibler, Frieder Schwenk, Birgit Küter-Luks
  • Sirna mediated gene silencing in transgenic animals
    Publication number: 20060218654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process that enables constitutive and inducible gene knock down in living organisms using a short hairpin RNA expression vector integrated into the genome of the organism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Artemis Pharmaceuticals GmbH
    Inventors: Jost Seibler, Frieder Schwenk, Ralf Kühn, Birgit Küter-Luks