Patents by Inventor Frank Wunder

Frank Wunder 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).

  • Publication number: 20260217680
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted pyrazolo piperidine carboxylic acids, their salts and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular and cardiac diseases, preferably heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF, HFmrEF and HFpEF), hypertension (HTN), peripheral arterial diseases (PAD, PAOD), cardio-renal and kidney diseases, preferably chronic and diabetic kidney disease (CKD and DKD), cardiopulmonary and lung diseases, preferable pulmonary hypertension (PH), and other diseases, preferably neurodegenerative diseases and different forms of dementias, fibrotic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc), sickle cell disease (SCD), wound healing disorders such as diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2025
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: Alexandros VAKALOPOULOS, Marie-Pierre COLLIN-KRÖPELIN, Nuria ORTEGA HERNANDEZ, Andre DIESKAU, Melissa BOULTADAKIS-ARAPINIS, Lisa CANDISH, Timo STELLFELD, Ilka MATHAR, Lucas Hudson HOFMEISTER, Peter SANDNER, Frank WUNDER, Lisa DIETZ, Robert Alan WEBSTER, Carsten SCHMECK, Thomas MONDRITZKI
  • Patent number: 12595247
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted pyrazolo piperidine carboxylic acids, their salts and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular and cardiac diseases, preferably heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF, HFmrEF and HFpEF), hypertension (HTN), peripheral arterial diseases (PAD, PAOD), cardio-renal and kidney diseases, preferably chronic and diabetic kidney disease (CKD and DKD), cardiopulmonary and lung diseases, preferable pulmonary hypertension (PH), and other diseases, preferably neurodegenerative diseases and different forms of dementias, fibrotic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc), sickle cell disease (SCD), wound healing disorders such as diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexandros Vakalopoulos, Marie-Pierre Collin-Kröpelin, Nuria Ortega Hernandez, Andre Dieskau, Melissa Boultadakis-Arapinis, Lisa Candish, Timo Stellfeld, Ilka Mathar, Lucas Hudson Hofmeister, Peter Sandner, Frank Wunder, Lisa Dietz, Robert Alan Webster, Carsten Schmeck, Thomas Mondritzki
  • Publication number: 20250361282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody or a fragment thereof comprising at least one heterologous amino acid sequence incorporated within at least one CDR region of said antibody or fragment thereof, wherein said at least one heterologous amino acid sequence comprises an N-terminal linker sequence (Nils), an Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) and a C-terminal linker sequence (Ctls). Optionally, at least a portion of said at least one CDR region is replaced by said at least one heterologous amino acid sequence incorporated therein. The present invention further relates to such antibody or fragment thereof for use in a method for treatment, a composition comprising such antibody or fragment thereof, a nucleic acid or a mixture of nucleic acids encoding such antibody or fragment thereof, a host cell comprising such nucleic acid or such mixture of nucleic acids and to a process for producing such antibody or fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Applicant: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Anke MAYER-BARTSCHMID, Damian BROCKSCHNIEDER, Marcel GEERTZ, Simone GREVEN, Lucas Hudson HOFMEISTER, Hannah JÖRISSEN, Christoph MAHLERT, Tobias MARQUARDT, IIka MATHAR, Thomas MONDRITZKI, Claudia NOACK, Jan TEBBE, Stuart WALSH, Ernst WEBER, Andreas WILMEN, Frank WUNDER
  • Patent number: 12390508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody or a fragment thereof comprising at least one heterologous amino acid sequence incorporated within at least one CDR region of said antibody or fragment thereof, wherein said at least one heterologous amino acid sequence comprises an N-terminal linker sequence (Ntls), a Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) and a C-terminal linker sequence (Ctls). Optionally, at least a portion of said at least one CDR region is replaced by said at least one heterologous amino acid sequence incorporated therein. The present invention further relates to such antibody or fragment thereof for use in a method for treatment, a composition comprising such antibody or fragment thereof, a nucleic acid or a mixture of nucleic acids encoding such antibody or fragment thereof, a host cell comprising such nucleic acid or such mixture of nucleic acids and to a process for producing such antibody or fragment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Damian Brockschnieder, Jan Tebbe, Andreas Wilmen, Frank Wunder
  • Publication number: 20250236654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody or a fragment thereof comprising at least one heterologous amino acid sequence incorporated within at least one CDR region of said antibody or fragment thereof, wherein said at least one heterologous amino acid sequence comprises an N-terminal linker sequence (Ntls), a C-Type Natriuretic Peptide (CNP) and a C-terminal linker sequence (Ctls). Optionally, at least a portion of said at least one CDR region is replaced by said at least one heterologous amino acid sequence incorporated therein. The present invention further relates to such antibody or fragment thereof for use in a method for treatment, a composition comprising such antibody or fragment thereof, a nucleic acid or a mixture of nucleic acids encoding such antibody or fragment thereof, a host cell comprising such nucleic acid or such mixture of nucleic acids and to a process for producing such antibody or fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Damian BROCKSCHNIEDER, Lucas Hudson HOFMEISTER, Claudia NOACK, Jan TEBBE, Stuart WALSH, Andreas WILMEN, Frank WUNDER
  • Patent number: 12331094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody or a fragment thereof comprising at least one heterologous amino acid sequence incorporated within at least one CDR region of said antibody or fragment thereof, wherein said at least one heterologous amino acid sequence comprises an N-terminal linker sequence (Nils), an Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) and a C-terminal linker sequence (Ctls). Optionally, at least a portion of said at least one CDR region is replaced by said at least one heterologous amino acid sequence incorporated therein. The present invention further relates to such antibody or fragment thereof for use in a method for treatment, a composition comprising such antibody or fragment thereof, a nucleic acid or a mixture of nucleic acids encoding such antibody or fragment thereof, a host cell comprising such nucleic acid or such mixture of nucleic acids and to a process for producing such antibody or fragment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Anke Mayer-Bartschmid, Damian Brockschnieder, Marcel Geertz, Simone Greven, Lucas Hudson Hofmeister, Hannah Jörissen, Christoph Mahlert, Tobias Marquardt, Ilka Mathar, Thomas Mondritzki, Claudia Noack, Jan Tebbe, Stuart Walsh, Ernst Weber, Andreas Wilmen, Frank Wunder
  • Publication number: 20250026737
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted pyrazolo piperidine carboxylic acids, their salts and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular and cardiac diseases, preferably heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF, HFmrEF and HFpEF), hypertension (HTN), peripheral arterial diseases (PAD, PAOD), cardio-renal and kidney diseases, preferably chronic and diabetic kidney disease (CKD and DKD), cardiopulmonary and lung diseases, preferable pulmonary hypertension (PH), and other diseases, preferably neurodegenerative diseases and different forms of dementias, fibrotic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc), sickle cell disease (SCD), wound healing disorders such as diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Alexandros VAKALOPOULOS, Marie-Pierre COLLIN-KRÖPELIN, Nuria ORTEGA HERNANDEZ, Andre DIESKAU, Melissa BOULTADAKIS-ARAPINIS, Lisa CANDISH, Timo STELLFELD, Ilka MATHAR, Lucas Hudson HOFMEISTER, Peter SANDNER, Frank WUNDER, Lisa DIETZ, Robert Alan WEBSTER, Carsten SCHMECK, Thomas MONDRITZKI
  • Patent number: 12195448
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted pyrazolo piperidine carboxylic acids, their salts and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular and cardiac diseases, preferably heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF, HFmrEF and HFpEF), hypertension (HTN), peripheral arterial diseases (PAD, PAOD), cardio-renal and kidney diseases, preferably chronic and diabetic kidney disease (CKD and DKD), cardiopulmonary and lung diseases, preferable pulmonary hypertension (PH), and other diseases, preferably neurodegenerative diseases and different forms of dementias, fibrotic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc), sickle cell disease (SCD), wound healing disorders such as diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Alexandros Vakalopoulos, Marie-Pierre Collin-Kröpelin, Nuria Ortega Hernandez, Andre Dieskau, Melissa Boultadakis-Arapinis, Lisa Candish, Timo Stellfeld, Ilka Mathar, Lucas Hudson Hofmeister, Peter Sandner, Frank Wunder, Lisa Dietz, Robert Alan Webster, Carsten Schmeck, Thomas Mondritzki
  • Patent number: 12098140
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted pyrazolo piperidine carboxylic acids, their salts and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular and cardiac diseases, preferably heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF, HFmrEF and HFpEF), hypertension (HTN), peripheral arterial diseases (PAD, PAOD), cardio-renal and kidney diseases, preferably chronic and diabetic kidney disease (CKD and DKD), cardiopulmonary and lung diseases, preferable pulmonary hypertension (PH), and other diseases, preferably neurodegenerative diseases and different forms of dementias, fibrotic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc), sickle cell disease (SCD), wound healing disorders such as diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexandros Vakalopoulos, Marie-Pierre Collin-Kröpelin, Nuria Ortega Hernandez, Andre Dieskau, Melissa Boultadakis-Arapinis, Lisa Candish, Timo Stellfeld, Ilka Mathar, Lucas Hudson Hofmeister, Peter Sandner, Frank Wunder, Lisa Dietz, Robert Alan Webster, Carsten Schmeck, Thomas Mondritzki
  • Patent number: 12064429
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolopyridines, to processes for their preparation, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to their use for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Adverio Pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Follmann, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Gorden Redlich, Jens Ackerstaff, Nils Griebenow, Walter Kroh, Andreas Knorr, Eva-Maria Becker, Frank Wunder, Volkhart Min-Jian Li, Elke Hartmann, Joachim Mittendorf, Karl-Heinz Schlemmer, Rolf Jautelat, Donald Bierer
  • Publication number: 20240109864
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted pyrazolo piperidine carboxylic acids, their salts and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular and cardiac diseases, preferably heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF, HFmrEF and HFpEF), hypertension (HTN), peripheral arterial diseases (PAD, PAOD), cardio-renal and kidney diseases, preferably chronic and diabetic kidney disease (CKD and DKD), cardiopulmonary and lung diseases, preferable pulmonary hypertension (PH), and other diseases, preferably neurodegenerative diseases and different forms of dementias, fibrotic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc), sickle cell disease (SCD), wound healing disorders such as diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Alexandros VAKALOPOULOS, Marie-Pierre COLLIN-KRÖPELIN, Nuria ORTEGA HERNANDEZ, Andre DIESKAU, Melissa BOULTADAKIS-ARAPINIS, Lisa CANDISH, Timo STELLFELD, Ilka MATHAR, Lucas Hudson HOFMEISTER, Peter SANDNER, Frank WUNDER, Lisa DIETZ, Robert Alan WEBSTER, Carsten SCHMECK
  • Publication number: 20240101528
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted pyrazolo piperidine carboxylic acids, their salts and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular and cardiac diseases, preferably heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF, HFmrEF and HFpEF), hypertension (HTN), peripheral arterial diseases (PAD, PAOD), cardio-renal and kidney diseases, preferably chronic and diabetic kidney disease (CKD and DKD), cardiopulmonary and lung diseases, preferable pulmonary hypertension (PH), and other diseases, preferably neurodegenerative diseases and different forms of dementias, fibrotic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc), sickle cell disease (SCD), wound healing disorders such as diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Alexandros VAKALOPOULOS, Marie-Pierre COLLIN-KRÖPELIN, Nuria ORTEGA HERNANDEZ, Andre DIESKAU, Melissa BOULTADAKIS-ARAPINIS, Lisa CANDISH, Timo STELLFELD, Ilka MATHAR, Lucas Hudson HOFMEISTER, Peter SANDNER, Frank WUNDER, Lisa DIETZ, Robert Alan WEBSTER, Carsten SCHMECK
  • Publication number: 20240051935
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted pyrazolo piperidine carboxylic acids, their salts and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular and cardiac diseases, preferably heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF, HFmrEF and HFpEF), hypertension (HTN), peripheral arterial diseases (PAD, PAOD), cardio-renal and kidney diseases, preferably chronic and diabetic kidney disease (CKD and DKD), cardiopulmonary and lung diseases, preferable pulmonary hypertension (PH), and other diseases, preferably neurodegenerative diseases and different forms of dementias, fibrotic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc), sickle cell disease (SCD), wound healing disorders such as diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Alexandros VAKALOPOULOS, Marie-Pierre COLLIN-KRÖPELIN, Nuria ORTEGA HERNANDEZ, Andre DIESKAU, Melissa BOULTADAKIS-ARAPINIS, Lisa CANDISH, Timo STELLFELD, Ilka MATHAR, Lucas Hudson HOFMEISTER, Peter SANDNER, Frank WUNDER, Lisa DIETZ, Robert Alan WEBSTER, Carsten SCHMECK, Thomas MONDRITZKI
  • Publication number: 20230265072
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted pyrazolo piperidine carboxylic acids, their salts and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular and cardiac diseases, preferably heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF, HFmrEF and HFpEF), hypertension (HTN), peripheral arterial diseases (PAD, PAOD), cardio-renal and kidney diseases, preferably chronic and diabetic kidney disease (CKD and DKD), cardiopulmonary and lung diseases, preferable pulmonary hypertension (PH), and other diseases, preferably neurodegenerative diseases and different forms of dementias, fibrotic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc), sickle cell disease (SCD), wound healing disorders such as diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Alexandros VAKALOPOULOS, Marie-Pierre COLLIN-KRÖPELIN, Nuria ORTEGA HERNANDEZ, Andre DIESKAU, Melissa BOULTADAKIS-ARAPINIS, Lisa CANDISH, Timo STELLFELD, Ilka MATHAR, Lucas Hudson HOFMEISTER, Peter SANDNER, Frank WUNDER, Lisa DIETZ, Robert Alan WEBSTER, Carsten SCHMECK, Thomas MONDRITZKI
  • Publication number: 20220409618
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolopyridines, to processes for their preparation, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to their use for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Adverio Pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Follmann, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Gorden Redlich, Jens Ackerstaff, Nils Griebenow, Walter Kroh, Andreas Knorr, Eva-Maria Becker, Frank Wunder, Volkhart Min-Jian Li, Elke Hartmann, Joachim Mittendorf, Karl-Heinz Schlemmer, Rolf Jautelat, Donald Bierer
  • Patent number: 11439642
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolopyridines, to processes for their preparation, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to their use for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ADVERIO PHARMA GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Follmann, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Gorden Redlich, Jens Ackerstaff, Nils Griebenow, Walter Kroh, Andreas Knorr, Eva-Maria Becker, Frank Wunder, Volkhart Min-Jian Li, Elke Hartmann, Joachim Mittendorf, Karl-Heinz Schlemmer, Rolf Jautelat, Donald Bierer
  • Publication number: 20220274958
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted pyrazolo piperidine carboxylic acids, their salts and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular and cardiac diseases, preferably heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF, HFmrEF and HFpEF), hypertension (HTN), peripheral arterial diseases (PAD, PAOD), cardio-renal and kidney diseases, preferably chronic and diabetic kidney disease (CKD and DKD), cardiopulmonary and lung diseases, preferable pulmonary hypertension (PH), and other diseases, preferably neurodegenerative diseases and different forms of dementias, fibrotic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc), sickle cell disease (SCD), wound healing disorders such as diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Alexandros VAKALOPOULOS, Marie-Pierre COLLIN-KRÖPELIN, Nuria ORTEGA HERNANDEZ, Andre DIESKAU, Melissa BOULTADAKIS-ARAPINIS, Lisa CANDISH, Timo STELLFELD, Ilka MATHAR, Lucas Hudson HOFMEISTER, Peter SANDNER, Frank WUNDER, Lisa DIETZ, Robert Alan WEBSTER, Carsten SCHMECK, Thomas MONDRITZKI
  • Patent number: 11377417
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel 3-phenylpropionic acid derivatives which carry a branched or cyclic alkyl substituent in the 3-position, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hahn, Thomas Lampe, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Karl-Heinz Schlemmer, Frank Wunder, Volkhart Min-Jian Li, Eva Maria Becker-Pelster, Friederike Stoll, Andreas Knorr, Elisabeth Woltering
  • Publication number: 20210147504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody or a fragment thereof comprising at least one heterologous amino acid sequence incorporated within at least one CDR region of said antibody or fragment thereof, wherein said at least one heterologous amino acid sequence comprises an N-terminal linker sequence (Ntls), a Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) and a C-terminal linker sequence (Ctls). Optionally, at least a portion of said at least one CDR region is replaced by said at least one heterologous amino acid sequence incorporated therein. The present invention further relates to such antibody or fragment thereof for use in a method for treatment, a composition comprising such antibody or fragment thereof, a nucleic acid or a mixture of nucleic acids encoding such antibody or fragment thereof, a host cell comprising such nucleic acid or such mixture of nucleic acids and to a process for producing such antibody or fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Damian BROCKSCHNIEDER, Jan TEBBE, Andreas WILMEN, Frank WUNDER
  • Publication number: 20210139555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody or a fragment thereof comprising at least one heterologous amino acid sequence incorporated within at least one CDR region of said antibody or fragment thereof, wherein said at least one heterologous amino acid sequence comprises an N-terminal linker sequence (Nils), an Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) and a C-terminal linker sequence (Ctls). Optionally, at least a portion of said at least one CDR region is replaced by said at least one heterologous amino acid sequence incorporated therein. The present invention further relates to such antibody or fragment thereof for use in a method for treatment, a composition comprising such antibody or fragment thereof, a nucleic acid or a mixture of nucleic acids encoding such antibody or fragment thereof, a host cell comprising such nucleic acid or such mixture of nucleic acids and to a process for producing such antibody or fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Anke MAYER-BARTSCHMID, Damian BROCKSCHNIEDER, Marcel GEERTZ, Simone GREVEN, Lucas Hudson HOFMEISTER, Hannah JÖRISSEN, Christoph MAHLERT, Tobias MARQUARDT, Ilka MATHAR, Thomas MONDRITZKI, Claudia NOACK, Jan TEBBE, Stuart WALSH, Ernst WEBER, Andreas WILMEN, Frank WUNDER