Patents by Inventor Frank Waimer

Frank Waimer 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 producing ginkgo extracts
    Patent number: 10028986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved multistep method for the production of an extract of Ginkgo biloba leaves for use as a drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Dr. Willmar Schwabe GMBH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Frank Waimer, Steffen Reinhard, Hermann Hauer
  • IMPROVED METHOD FOR PRODUCING GINKO EXTRACTS
    Publication number: 20160367612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved multistep method for the production of an extract of Ginkgo biloba leaves for use as a drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Frank Waimer, Steffen Reinhard, Hermann Hauer
  • Method for preparing ginkgo extracts having a reduced content of nonpolar plant ingredients and nonpolar impurities due to enviromental influences
    Publication number: 20070014880
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an extract from ginkgo biloba having a reduced content of nonpolar plant ingredients and nonpolar impurities due to environmental influences compared to the initial extract, the method being characterized by the following method steps: (a) preparing an aqueous-ketonic or aqueous-alcoholic solution of an initial ginkgo biloba extract and applying the solution to an adsorber resin, (b) eluting the adsorber resin with an aqueous C3-C6 ketone or an aqueous C1-C3 alcohol and (c) optionally concentrating and drying the extract solution thus obtained to the dry extract. The invention further relates to an extract (liquid extract or spissum extract as well as dry extract) from ginkgo biloba having a reduced content of nonpolar plant ingredients and nonpolar impurities due to environmental influences compared to the initial extract, which is obtainable by the method of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Bioplanta Arzneimittel GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Oschmann, Frank Waimer, Hermann Hauer, Karl-Heinz Stumpf
  • Method for preparing ginkgo extracts having a reduced content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
    Publication number: 20060251744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved multi-step method for preparing an extract from Ginkgo biloba having a reduced content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The invention further relates to an extract from Ginkgo biloba having a reduced content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which is obtainable by the method according to the present invention, as well to its use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: Bioplanta Arzneimittel GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Oschmann, Frank Waimer, Hermann Hauer