Patents by Inventor Jochen Spranger

Jochen Spranger 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: 8216847
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing a predisposition for diabetes, comprising determining a metabolite in a test sample of a subject suspected to have a predisposition for diabetes and comparing the metabolite to a reference to diagnose the, predisposition for diabetes. Moreover, the present invention encompasses a collection of metabolites, a data collection comprising characteristic values of metabolites and a storage medium comprising the data collection. The present invention also relates to a system comprising methods or devices for comparing characteristic values of metabolites of a sample operatively linked to a data storage medium. Additionally, diagnostic methods or devices comprising a metabolite and its use for manufacture of the diagnostic method or device for diagnosing a predisposition for diabetes are provided, along with a method for identifying diabetes-related metabolites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Metanomics GmbH
    Inventors: Bianca Bethan, Kristina Busch, Jan C Wiemer, Martijn Gipmans, Edgar Leibold, Jochen Spranger, Thomas Bobbert, Andreas Friedrich Hermann Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 8216848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing diabetes or a predisposition thereof, comprising determining at least one metabolite in a test sample of a subject suspected to suffer from diabetes or to have a predisposition therefor and comparing the metabolite to a reference to diagnose diabetes or a predisposition therefor. The present invention further encompasses a collection of metabolites, a data collection comprising characteristic values of metabolites and a storage medium comprising the data collection. The present invention also relates to a system comprising methods or devices for comparing characteristic values of metabolites of a sample operatively linked to a data storage medium. The present invention also encompasses diagnostic methods or devices comprising at least one metabolite and use of the metabolite for the manufacture of diagnostic methods and devices for diagnosing diabetes; and a method for identifying diabetes-related metabolites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Metanomics GmbH
    Inventors: Bianca Bethan, Kristina Busch, Jan C Wiemer, Martijn Gipmans, Edgar Leibold, Jochen Spranger, Thomas Bobbert, Andreas Friedrich Hermann Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20100236321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing a predisposition for diabetes comprising determining at least one metabolite in a test sample of a subject suspected to have a predisposition for diabetes and comparing said at least one metabolite to a reference, whereby a predisposition for diabetes is to be diagnosed. Moreover, the present invention encompasses a collection of metabolites, a data collection comprising characteristic values of metabolites and a storage medium comprising said data collection. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a system comprising means for comparing characteristic values of metabolites of a sample operatively linked to a data storage medium. Further encompassed by the present invention are diagnostic means comprising at least one metabolite and the use of said at least one metabolite for the manufacture of diagnostic means for diagnosing a predisposition for diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Metanomics GmbH
    Inventors: Bianca Bethan, Kristina Busch, Jan Wiemer, Martijn Gipmans, Edgar Leibold, Jochen Spranger, Thomas Bobbert, Andreas Friedrich Hermann Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20100163720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing diabetes or a predisposition thereof comprising determining at least one metabolite in a test sample of a subject suspected to suffer from diabetes or to have a predisposition therefor and comparing said at least one metabolite to a reference, whereby diabetes or a predisposition therefor is to be diagnosed. Moreover, the present invention encompasses a collection of metabolites, a data collection comprising characteristic values of metabolites and a storage medium comprising said data collection. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a system comprising means for comparing characteristic values of metabolites of a sample operatively linked to a data storage medium. Further encompassed by the present invention are diagnostic means comprising at least one metabolite and the use of said at least one metabolite for the manufacture of diagnostic means for diagnosing diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Metanomics GmbH
    Inventors: Bianca Bethan, Kristina Busch, Jan Wiemer, Martijn Gipmans, Edgar Leibold, Jochen Spranger, Thomas Bobbert, Andreas Friedrich Hermann Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20090307151
    Abstract: A method and device are provided concerning automatic reconstruction and evaluation of a traveled route, e.g., for offboard toll recording. In an embodiment, cost-effective onboard units, i.e., mobile telephony devices installed in a vehicle, are provided which record the position information, compress the recorded position information, and transmit the compressed position data to a main station. The main station is then able to reconstruct from the compressed position data the route a vehicle has actually traveled. An evaluation of the position information, e.g., for determining tolls, is carried out in a separate device. Since position data, digital maps and other operating data are now administered and processed in a central device, these data may be adapted in a simple and rapid manner, e.g., when updating the road geometries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Dirk Schlierkamp-Voosen, Dietmar Schmitz, Waldemar Radi, Detlef Peine, Jochen Spranger, Jost Vierbuchen