Patents by Inventor Jorg Bauer

Jorg Bauer 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).

  • Publication number: 20170067070
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid desaturases and elongases from the organism Emiliana huxleyi. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing desaturase or elongase nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and methods for large-scale production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), e.g. arachidonic acid (ARA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jörg Bauer, Johnathan A. Napier, Olga Sayanova
  • Publication number: 20170016015
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids in an organism by introducing, into the organism, nucleic acids which encode polypeptides with ?5-elongase activity. Advantageously, these nucleic acids can be expressed in the organism together with further nucleic acids which encode polypeptides of the biosynthesis of the fatty acid or lipid metabolism. Especially advantageous are nucleic acids which encode ?6-desaturases, ?5-desaturases, ?4-desaturases and/or ?6-elongases. These desaturases and elongases are advantageously derived from Thalassiosira, Euglena or Ostreococcus. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the production of oils and/or triacylglycerides with an elevated content of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, and oils and/or triacylglycerides thus obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Thorsten Zank, Jörg Bauer, Petra Cirpus, Amine Abbadi, Ernst Heinz, Xiao Qiu, Patricia Vrinten, Petra Sperling, Frederic Domergue, Astrid Meyer, Jelena Kirsch
  • Publication number: 20160369290
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing eicosapentanoic acid, docosapentanoic acid and/or docohexanoic acid in transgenic plants. According to said method, the plant is provided with at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for a polypetide with a ?6 desaturase activity, at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for a polypeptide with a ?6 elongase activity, at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for a polypeptide with a ?5 desaturase activity, and at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for a polypeptide with a ?5 elongase activity, the nucleic acid sequence coding for a polypeptide with a ?5 elongase activity being modified in relation to the nucleic acid sequence in the organism from which the sequence originates, such that it is adapted to the codon use in at least one type of plant. For the production of docosahexanoic acid, at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for a polypeptide with a ?4 desaturase activity is also introduced into the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Petra Cirpus, Jörg Bauer, Xiao Qiu, Guohai Wu, Bifang Cheng, Martin Truksa, Tom Wetjen
  • Patent number: 9493520
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid desaturases and elongases from the organism Emiliana huxleyi. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing desaturase or elongase nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and methods for large-scale production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), e.g. arachidonic acid (ARA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Bauer, Johnathan A. Napier, Olga Sayanova
  • Publication number: 20160320215
    Abstract: An integration element including a shaft and a housing, wherein the housing includes a passage for the shaft and the shaft includes connecting elements on the shaft ends which are accessible from outside the housing, these elements providing a rotationally-fixed connection to connecting shafts. The housing has at least one connection for fastening to a connection structure and the shaft together with the housing delimits a measuring equipment space for receiving measuring equipment. The housing is formed by at least two housing parts detachably connected to each other, said housing parts being designed to be separated around the full extent of their circumference surrounding the shaft to allow access to the measuring equipment space. The housing has bearing seats for shaft bearings and these shaft bearings support the shaft in a rotatable manner with respect to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jorg Bauer, Marco Frank, Armin Gerner, Bernd Wittmann, Christian Lehmann, Matthias Sperber
  • Publication number: 20160304841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotides from Ostreococcus lucimarinus which code for desaturases and elongases and which can be employed for the recombinant production of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The invention furthermore relates to vectors, host cells and transgenic nonhuman organisms which comprise the polynucleotides, and to the polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides. Finally, the invention also relates to production processes for the polyunsaturated fatty acids and for oil, lipid and fatty acid compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Jörg Bauer, Tom Wetjen
  • Patent number: 9458436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the seed of transgenic plants by introducing, into the organism, nucleic acids which encode polypeptides with a ?3-desaturase, ?12-desaturase, ?6-desaturase, ?6-elongase, ?5-desaturase, ?5-elongase and/or ?4-desaturase activity. The invention furthermore relates to recombinant nucleic acid molecules comprising the nucleic acid sequences which encode the aforementioned polypeptides, either jointly or individually, and transgenic plants which comprise the aforementioned recombinant nucleic acid molecules. Furthermore, the invention relates to the generation of a transgenic plant and to oils, lipids and/or fatty acids with an elevated content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, in particular arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid, as the result of the expression of the elongases and desaturases used in the process according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Petra Cirpus, Jörg Bauer, Xiao Qiu, Guohai Wu, Nagamani Datla
  • Patent number: 9458477
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode a fatty acid desaturase, KCS, KCR, DH and ECR from Nannochloropsis oculata. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing desaturase, KCS, KCR, DH and ECR nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and methods for large-scale production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), e.g., ARA, EPA and DHA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Toralf Senger, Jörg Bauer, Laurent Marty
  • Patent number: 9433228
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of multiply-unsaturated fatty acids in an organism, into which nucleic acids have been introduced, which code for polypeptides with ?-5 elongase activity. Said nucleic acid sequences, optionally with further nucleic acid sequences, coding for polypeptides for the biosynthesis of fatty acids and lipid metabolism, are advantageously expressed in the organism. Nucleic acid sequences coding for a ?-6 desaturase, a ?-5 desaturase, ?-4 desaturase and/or ?-6 elongase activity are particularly advantageous and, advantageously, said saturases and elongases are derived from Thalassiosira, Euglena or Ostreococcus. The invention further relates to a method for the production of oils and/or triacylglycerides with an increased content of long-chain, multiply-unsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Zank, Jörg Bauer, Petra Cirpus, Amine Abbadi, Ernst Heinz, Xiao Qiu, Patricia Vrinten, Petra Sperling, Frederic Domergue, Astrid Meyer, Jelena Kirsch
  • Patent number: 9428757
    Abstract: The invention in principle pertains to the field of recombinant manufacture of fatty acids. It provides novel nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding fatty acid desaturases, elongases, acyltransferases, terminator sequences and high expressing seed-specific promoters operatively linked to the said nucleic acid sequences wherein nucleic acid expression enhancing nucleic acids (NEENAs) are functionally linked to said promoters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Toralf Senger, Jörg Bauer, Josef Martin Kuhn
  • Patent number: 9388853
    Abstract: A bearing element for two spatial directions, including a series of first rolling bodies (1), which roll on a first side (2) of an intermediate part (3) in a first direction, and a series of second rolling bodies (4), which roll on a second side (5) of the intermediate part and on a fastening part (6) in a second direction that differs to the first direction, the fastening part having a shaft (7), and a spring element (8) being arranged around the shaft. This bearing element addresses the problem of providing a bearing element for two spatial directions, which can absorb great forces perpendicularly to the two spatial directions and which is of compact design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jorg Bauer, Peter Siebke, Armin Bender, Stefan Ruhl
  • Patent number: 9388436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acids derived from Limonomyces roseipellis. The invention also relates to the individual coding sequences and to proteins encoded by these sequences as well to a process for converting oleic acid to linoleic acid to linoleic acid and the production of arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid in a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Bauer, Xiao Qiu, Patricia Vrinten
  • Patent number: 9382529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotides from Ostreococcus lucimarinus which code for desaturases and elongases and which can be employed for the recombinant production of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The invention furthermore relates to vectors, host cells and transgenic nonhuman organisms which comprise the polynucleotides, and to the polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides. Finally, the invention also relates to production processes for the polyunsaturated fatty acids and for oil, lipid and fatty acid compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Bauer, Tom Wetjen
  • Patent number: 9347049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acids derived from Sphaeroforma arctica. The invention also relates to the individual coding sequences and to proteins encoded by these sequences in combination with other sequences as well as to a process for converting oleic acid to linoleic acid to linoleic acid and the production of arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid in a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Bauer, Xiao Qiu, Patricia Vrinten
  • Publication number: 20160121599
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine for producing three-dimensional screen-printed articles, comprising a press bed with a printing screen, by means of which at least one printing object can be printed multiple times, wherein after each completed printing, the height can be increased by the application thickness of the previous printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Jörg Bauer
  • Publication number: 20160032973
    Abstract: A rotary joint which, in order to limit the mutual rotation of the outer bearing ring (2) with respect to the inner bearing ring (2), is provided with a raceway (11), which is limited by one or two stops (14) and in which a projection connected to the outer bearing ring engages. In order to ensure that a rotation greater than 360° is possible, the raceway is of helical design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Dreizler, Jorg Bauer
  • Publication number: 20150361404
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the seed of transgenic plants by introducing, into the organism, nucleic acids which encode polypeptides with a ?3-desaturase, ?12-desaturase, ?6-desaturase, ?6-elongase, ?5-desaturase, ?5-elongase and/or ?4-desaturase activity. The invention furthermore relates to recombinant nucleic acid molecules comprising the nucleic acid sequences which encode the aforementioned polypeptides, either jointly or individually, and transgenic plants which comprise the aforementioned recombinant nucleic acid molecules. Furthermore, the invention relates to the generation of a transgenic plant and to oils, lipids and/or fatty acids with an elevated content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, in particular arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid, as the result of the expression of the elongases and desaturases used in the process according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Petra Cirpus, Jörg Bauer, Xiao Qiu, Guohai Wu, Nagamani Datla
  • Patent number: 9139854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotides from Cochliobolus heterostrophus C5, Cyanothece sp. CCY0110, Mycocentrospora acerin and Hyaloperonospora parasitica, which code for desaturases and which can be employed for the recombinant production of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The invention furthermore relates to vectors, host cells and transgenic nonhuman organisms which comprise the polynucleotides according to the invention, and to the polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides. The invention furthermore relates to antibodies against the polypeptides according to the invention. Finally, the invention also relates to production processes for the polyunsaturated fatty acids and for oil, lipid and fatty acid compositions and to their use as drugs, cosmetics, foodstuffs, feedstuffs, preferably fish food, or food supplements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Toralf Senger, Jörg Bauer, Johnathan A. Napier
  • Publication number: 20150219150
    Abstract: A bearing element for two spatial directions, including a series of first rolling bodies (1), which roll on a first side (2) of an intermediate part (3) in a first direction, and a series of second rolling bodies (4), which roll on a second side (5) of the intermediate part and on a fastening part (6) in a second direction that differs to the first direction, the fastening part having a shaft (7), and a spring element (8) being arranged around the shaft. This bearing element addresses the problem of providing a bearing element for two spatial directions, which can absorb great forces perpendicularly to the two spatial directions and which is of compact design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jorg Bauer, Peter Siebke, Armin Bender, Stefan Ruhl
  • Publication number: 20150211032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polynucleotide encoding an omega 3 (?-3) desaturase from Pythium irregulare with specificity to long chain polyunsaturated omega 6 (?-6) fatty acids as well as a vector containing the polynucleotide, and a host cell containing the vector or the polynucleotide. Moreover, the present invention pertains to a polypeptide encoded by the polynucleotide, antibodies against the polypeptide as well as a method for the manufacture of the polypeptide. Further, encompassed by the present invention are transgenic non-human organisms. Finally, the present invention relates to methods for the manufacture of compounds and oil- fatty acid-, or lipid-containing compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Jörg Bauer, Guohai Wu, Xiao Qiu