Patents by Inventor Franz-Rudolf Kunz

Franz-Rudolf Kunz 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).

  • Patent number: 8647882
    Abstract: Chiral selectors having ?-unsubstituted ?-amino acid derivatives of the structure: a stationary phase for separating substance mixtures containing the chiral selector, and processes for separating mixtures of chiral substances, including enantiomers, and especially enantiomers of substances selected from ?-amino acids and derivatives thereof, ?-amino acids and ?-hydroxy acids are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Franz-Rudolf Kunz, Peter Richter, Stefan Merget, Roland Singer, Thomas Mueller
  • Patent number: 8268631
    Abstract: Chiral selectors having ?-unsubstituted ?-amino acid derivatives of the structure: a stationary phase for separating substance mixtures containing the chiral selector, and processes for separating mixtures of chiral substances, including enantiomers, and especially enantiomers of substances selected from ?-amino acids and derivatives thereof, ?-amino acids and ?-hydroxy acids are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Franz-Rudolf Kunz, Peter Richter, Stefan Merget, Roland Singer, Thomas Mueller
  • Publication number: 20120021441
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the isoform composition of erythropoietin, comprising the following steps: a) isoelectrical focusing of a sample comprising erythropoietin in a gel over a pH range having a lower limit of 2.5 to 3.5 and an upper limit of 5 to 8, wherein the sample comprising erythropoietin originates from a culture supernatant of erythropoietin producing eukaryotic cells; b) transferring of the proteins comprised and separated in the gel to a membrane; c) verifying the erythropoietin bound to the membrane by specific antibodies; and to a method for in-process control of culture supernatants of erythropoietin producing eukaryotic cells during the fermentative production process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Franz-Rudolf Kunz, Florian Glaser, Wolfgang Wienand, Rudolf Hanko, Wilfried Eul, Dietmar Reichert
  • Publication number: 20120015443
    Abstract: Chiral selectors having ?-unsubstituted ?-amino acid derivatives of the structure: a stationary phase for separating substance mixtures containing the chiral selector, and processes for separating mixtures of chiral substances, including enantiomers, and especially enantiomers of substances selected from ?-amino acids and derivatives thereof, ?-amino acids and ?-hydroxy acids are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbH
    Inventors: Franz-Rudolf Kunz, Peter Richter, Stefan Merget, Roland Singer, Thomas Mueller
  • Publication number: 20110189732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the fermentative continuous production of erythropoietin, where eukaryotic erythropoietin-producing cells are cultured in a perfusion reactor while retaining the cells, the glucose concentration in the culture supernatant being adjusted via the perfusion rate and the cell number via the cell retention rate and/or the outward transferal of defined amounts of cell-containing culture medium from the bioreactor within preset zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Wienand, Franz-Rudolf Kunz, Dietmar Reichert, Wilfried Eul, Rudolf Hanko, Christian Birr, Monika Singhofer-Wowra, Dagmar Schopohl-König, Lars Faber
  • Publication number: 20110152506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing erythropoietin, wherein culture supernatant of erythropoietin-producing eukaryotic cells containing erythropoietin are subjected to the following steps: a) Removing the cell components; and b) treating the product from a) to the following chromatography steps in the sequence indicated i) reversed phase chromatography; ii) anion exchange chromatography; iii) hydroxyapatite chromatography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Wienand, Franz-Rudolf Kunz, Dietmar Reichert, Wilfried Eul, Rudolf Hanko, Christian Birr, Monika Singhofer-Wowra, Dagmar Schopohl-König, Lars Faber
  • Publication number: 20090229352
    Abstract: Chiral selectors having ?-unsubstituted ?-amino acid derivatives of the structure: a stationary phase for separating substance mixtures containing the chiral selector, and processes for separating mixtures of chiral substances, including enantiomers, and especially enantiomers of substances selected from ?-amino acids and derivatives thereof, ?-amino acids and ?-hydroxy acids are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbH
    Inventors: Franz-Rudolf Kunz, Peter Richter, Stefan Merget, Roland Singer, Thomas Mueller
  • Patent number: 6258933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the one-stage resalting and purification of oligopeptides. Oligopeptides are often not formed directly as acetates when synthesised. Acetate salts of oligopeptides are however desirable as bulk-active material for medical and formulation reasons. Processes known from the prior art have hitherto involved two separate steps or pyridine-containing solvents. The resalting and purification can be combined in one step and the use of pyridine as solvent can be avoided, if the oligopeptide in the form of its chloride salt is purified with an acetate-containing solvent by liquid chromatography methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Degussa-Huls Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kurt Günther, Franz-Rudolf Kunz, Karlheinz Drauz, Thomas Müller
  • Patent number: 6060571
    Abstract: Acrolein polymer from acrolein and one or more polyhydric alcohols, characterized by release of monomeric acrolein in aqueous systems and hence by a prolonged effect on microorganisms, is prepared by adding acrolein to a reaction medium containing catalyst in dissolved form, and not allowing the temperature of the reaction medium to rise about 50.degree. C. The acrolein polymer may be used in aqueous systems as a biocide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Werle, Hans-Peter Krimmer, Martin Trageser, Franz-Rudolf Kunz