Patents by Inventor Edgar Schömig

Edgar Schömig 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).

  • Identification methods for ergothioneine transporter modulators and therapeutic uses thereof
    Patent number: 8492106
    Abstract: The transporter that translocates ergothioneine has been identified. Described are methods for identifying and obtaining compounds capable of modulating ergothioneine transport as well as the use of such compounds for the treatment of diseases ergothioneine may be involved in such as autoimmune diseases, in particular rheumatoid arthritis, as well as other diseases arising from cell damage caused by radiation, radicals and relative oxidant species. Furthermore, diagnostic means and methods for determining the presence or susceptibility to such a disease are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Universitat Zu Koln
    Inventors: Dirk Gründemann, Edgar Schömig
  • IDENTIFICATION OF ERGOTHIONEINE TRANSPORTER AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090214431
    Abstract: The transporter that translocates ergothioneine has been identified. Described are methods for identifying and obtaining compounds capable of modulating ergothioneine transport as well as the use of such compounds for the treatment of diseases ergothioneine may be involved in such as autoimmune diseases, in particular rheumatoid arthritis, as well as other diseases arising from cell damage caused by radiation, radicals and relative oxidant species. Furthermore, diagnostic means and methods for determining the presence or susceptibility to such a disease are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: UNIVERSITÄT ZU KOLN
    Inventors: Dirk Gründemann, Edgar Schömig