Patents by Inventor Ellen Moessner

Ellen Moessner 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).

  • Stabilization of calibrators containing cytokeratin
    Patent number: 6635485
    Abstract: The invention concerns calibrators or calibration solutions which are based on a human serum matrix and which are used in a method for detecting cytokeratin, a process for producing them, a method for stabilizing cytokeratin and an immunological method for detecting cytokeratin in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Apostolos Kyriatsoulis, Gunter Pappert, Ellen Moessner, Norbert Franken, Michael Rottmann, Heinz Bodenmueller
  • Reduction of interference of immunoassays by substances derived from the framework regions of antibodies
    Patent number: 6331402
    Abstract: The invention concerns an immunological process for the detection of an analyte in a sample, in particular of tumor markers wherein for the reduction of interference substances containing a peptide sequence derived from the framework regions of the variable domain of the antibodies to be detected or the antibodies used for immune therapy or scintigraphy are added to the test preparation. Furthermore, the invention concerns the use of such substances for the reduction of interference of immunoassays, a suppressive agent and a process for the reduction of interference of immunoassays by the substances mentioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Sabine Nussbaum, Ellen Moessner, Helmut Lenz, Gerald Praast