Patents by Inventor Dirk Prufer

Dirk Prufer 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).

  • PLANT REGENERATION FROM PROTOPLASTS DERIVED FROM ELAEIS sp SUSPENSION CULTURES
    Publication number: 20150216136
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a protocol for the regeneration of Elaeis plants from protoplasts and to the genetic manipulation of the protoplasts to introduce or facilitate expression of desired properties and beneficial traits in Elaeis plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Abdul Masani Mat Yunus, Gundula Noll, Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir, Dirk Prufer, Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi
  • Forisomes, Method for Their Isolation, and Their Use as a Molecular Working Machine
    Publication number: 20090012262
    Abstract: A protein body derivable from Fabaceae has a reversible, anisotropic contractability such that the protein body becomes thicker perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the protein body and shorter along the longitudinal axis of the protein body when increasing a calcium ion concentration in a medium surrounding the protein body past a threshold value of 30 nM. The protein body becomes thinner perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and longer along the longitudinal axis when decreasing the calcium ion concentration below the threshold value of 30 nM. Also, the protein body becomes thicker in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis when increasing a pH value of a medium surrounding the protein body to a value above 9.5 without becoming shorter along the longitudinal axis. The protein body becomes thinner in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis without becoming longer decreasing the pH value below 9.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG e.V.
    Inventors: Michael Knoblauch, Dirk Prufer