Patents by Inventor Gunther Kern

Gunther Kern 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).

  • Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Assays
    Publication number: 20080145840
    Abstract: A method for identifying a modulator of a biological process or a biomolecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Ann Eakin, Stewart Fisher, Irene Karantzeni, Gunther Kern
  • SCREENING ASSAY TO IDENTIFY INHIBITORS OF THE MURD ENZYME USING AN ACTIVATOR-INDEPENDENT MURD ENZYME
    Publication number: 20070202548
    Abstract: The use of an activator-independent MurD enzyme in a screening assay to identify inhibitors of the enzyme, which assay comprises contacting the enzyme with a test compound in the presence of enzyme substrates and appropriate buffers and detecting any modulation of enzyme activity by the test compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Haris Jahic, Gunther Kern
  • Screening assay to identify inhibitors of the murd enzyme using an activator-independent murd enzyme
    Publication number: 20050287615
    Abstract: A method of identifying inhibitors of an activator-independent MurD enzyme comprising contacting the enzyme with a test compound in the presence of enzyme substrates and appropriate buffers and detecting any modulation of enzyme activity by the test compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Haris Jahic, Gunther Kern
  • Crystal structure of glutamate racemase (MurI)
    Publication number: 20050037478
    Abstract: The present invention discloses crystals of MurI from Gram negative, Gram positive, and atypical bacterium; computer-assisted method for screening, identifying, and designing inhibitors of MurI; inhibitors of MurI; and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Marie Anderson, Stewart Fisher, Rutger Folmer, Gunther Kern, Rolf Lundqvist, David Newton, Yafeng Xue