Patents by Inventor Gerhard WEIGL

Gerhard WEIGL 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: 9969969
    Abstract: A process for producing plasmid DNA E. coli cells comprises a pre-culture and fed-batch process. The culture media of the batch phase and the culture medium added during the feeding phase are chemically defined. The culture medium of the feeding phase contains a growth-limiting substrate and is added, for at least a fraction of the feeding phase, at a feeding rate that follows a pre-defined exponential function, thereby controlling the specific growth rate at a pre-defined value. The process results in high yield and homogeneity of plasmid DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM RCV GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Hans Huber, Gerhard Weigl, Wolfgang Buchinger
  • Publication number: 20090253182
    Abstract: A process for producing plasmid DNA E. coli cells comprises a pre-culture and fed-batch process. The culture media of the batch phase and the culture medium added during the feeding phase are chemically defined. The culture medium of the feeding phase contains a growth-limiting substrate and is added, for at least a fraction of the feeding phase, at a feeding rate that follows a pre-defined exponential function, thereby controlling the specific growth rate at a pre-defined value. The process results in high yield and homogeneity of plasmid DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Hans HUBER, Gerhard WEIGL, Wolfgang BUCHINGER
  • Publication number: 20050233421
    Abstract: A process for producing plasmid DNA E. coli cells comprises a pre-culture and fed-batch process. The culture media of the batch phase and the culture medium added during the feeding phase are chemically defined. The culture medium of the feeding phase contains a growth-limiting substrate and is added, for at least a fraction of the feeding phase, at a feeding rate that follows a pre-defined exponential function, thereby controlling the specific growth rate at a pre-defined value. The process results in high yield and homogeneity of plasmid DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim AUSTRIA GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Huber, Gerhard Weigl, Wolfgang Buchinger