Patents by Inventor Frantisek Franek

Frantisek Franek 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).

  • Bioactive oligopeptides
    Patent number: 7101664
    Abstract: The invention relates to short 3- to 10-mer bioactive oligopeptides composed of amino acid residues selected from the group consisting of glycine, alanine, ?-alanine, serine, histidine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, lysine and arginine. They are able to improve at least one cell culture parameter such as growth rate, viable cell number, viability on day 6 or 7, or final product yield, when added to the basal nutrient medium. The invention further relates to mixtures of such oligopeptides and to a method of improving cell culture parameters by incubating animal or plant cells in the presence of said oligopeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Polymun Scientific Immunbiologische Forschung GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Katinger, Frantisek Franek
  • Bioactive oligopeptides
    Publication number: 20040072341
    Abstract: The invention relates to short 3- to 10-mer bioactive oligopeptides composed of amino acid residues selected from the group consisting of glycine, alanine, &bgr;-alanine, serine, histidine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, lysine and arginine. They are able to improve at least one cell culture parameter such as growth rate, viable cell number, viability on day 6 or 7, or final product yield, when added to the basal nutrient medium. The invention further relates to mixtures of such oligopeptides and to a method of improving cell culture parameters by incubating animal or plant cells in the presence of said oligopeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Hermann Katinger, Frantisek Franek