Patents by Inventor Jens Stefan Wilke

Jens Stefan Wilke 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).

  • Production of thapsigargins by cell suspension culture
    Patent number: 10822628
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing sesquiterpene lactones of the thapsigargin family, the method comprising the steps of: (a) culturing plant cells of the genus Thapsia in a nutrient medium in a suspension cell culture, wherein the cells produce one or more sesquiterpene lactones of the thapsigargin family; and (b) recovering one or more sesquiterpene lactones of the thapsigargin family produced in (a). The present invention further relates to a suspension cell culture comprising plant cells of the genus Thapsia, wherein the plant cells are capable of producing one or more sesquiterpene lactones of the thapsigargin family and to a plant cell biomass comprising plant cells of the genus Thapsia obtained from said suspension cell culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Phyton Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Gilbert Gorr, Harald Heckenmüller, David Alexander Ullisch, Jens Stefan Wilke, Yantree Devi Sankar-Thomas
  • PRODUCTION OF THAPSIGARGINS BY THAPSIA CELL SUSPENSION CULTURE
    Publication number: 20160312255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing sesquiterpene lactones of the thapsigargin family, the method comprising the steps of: (a) culturing plant cells of the genus Thapsia in a nutrient medium in a suspension cell culture, wherein the cells produce one or more sesquiterpene lactones of the thapsigargin family; and (b) recovering one or more sesquiterpene lactones of the thapsigargin family produced in (a). The present invention further relates to a suspension cell culture comprising plant cells of the genus Thapsia, wherein the plant cells are capable of producing one or more sesquiterpene lactones of the thapsigargin family and to a plant cell biomass comprising plant cells of the genus Thapsia obtained from said suspension cell culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Phyton Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Gilbert Gorr, Harald Heckenmuller, David Alexander Ullisch, Jens Stefan Wilke, Yantree Devi Sankar-Thomas