Patents by Inventor Elard Jacob

Elard Jacob 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 Testing Substances or Mixtures of Substances,Use of Said Method and Corresponding Test Kits
    Publication number: 20090123377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for testing substances and mixtures of substances for toxic characteristics, to the use of said method and to corresponding test kits. The method is essentially based on the determination of a fatty acid binding protein from the liver, L-FABP. The use of said method provides an early indication of carcinogenic and tumour-promoting characteristics of the tested substance or mixture of substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Elard Jacob, Herbert Platsch, Gerhard Krennrich
  • Endothelin converting enzyme (ECE)
    Patent number: 6066502
    Abstract: The invention relates to endothelin-converting enzymes containing the polypeptide sequence described in SEQ. ID. NO. 30 or SEQ. ID. NO. 36 or functional fragments thereof, genes which code for such enzymes, and processes for producing the said enzymes and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Burkhard Kroger, Harald Seulberger, Thomas Meyer, Martin Schmidt, Elard Jacob, Rainer Otter, Thomas Subkowski, Heinz Hillen
  • Preparation of mesophilic microorganisms which contain a D-hydantoinase which is active at elevated temperature
    Patent number: 4912044
    Abstract: A description is given of a genertic engineering process for the preparation of mesophilic microorganisms which contain a hydantoinase active at elevated temperature, and of DNA sequences which code for this enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Elard Jacob, Karsten Henco, Stefan Marcinowski, Gerhard Schenk