Patents by Inventor Erik Uwe Gutierrez

Erik Uwe Gutierrez 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).

  • Glucose Oxidase Variants, As Well As Compositions, Devices, Kits and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20160002609
    Abstract: Novel glucose oxidase variants are disclosed that have besides the two substitutions T30V and I94V according to SEQ ID NO:1, additionally at least one further amino acid substitution in the polypeptide sequence in any of the positions S53; A137; A173; A332; F414 and V560. The glucose oxidase variants herein exhibit specificity for glucose and significantly reduced oxygen consumption rates and/or increased enzyme activity for electron mediators other than oxygen. Also provided are assay devices incorporating at least one of the GOx variants herein for improved blood glucose measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Marco Bocola, Hartmut Duefel, Erik Uwe Gutierrez, Dieter Heindl, Thomas Meier, Hemanshu Mundhada, Ulrich Schwaneberg, Michael Tacke