Patents by Inventor Karl-Heinz Wiesmüller

Karl-Heinz Wiesmüller 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).

  • Allele and isotope-specific intervention on MHC class II molecules associated with autoimmune diseases by means of peptides
    Patent number: 8557959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide for the treatment or prophylaxis of an autoimmune disease, a nucleic acid molecule coding for said peptide, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the peptide and/or the nucleic acid molecule, and to a method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of an autoimmune disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Serono S.A.
    Inventors: Robert Weissert, Karl-Heinz Wiesmueller, Katrien L. De Graaf
  • ALLELE AND ISOTOPE-SPECIFIC INTERVENTION ON MHC CLASS II MOLECULES ASSOCIATED WITH AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES BY MEANS OF PEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20110053840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide for the treatment or prophylaxis of an autoimmune disease, a nucleic acid molecule coding for said peptide, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the peptide and/or the nucleic acid molecule, and to a method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of an autoimmune disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Weissert, Karl-Heinz Wiesmueller, Katrien L. De Graaf
  • Immunogenic peptides of foot-and-mouth disease viruses
    Patent number: 6984387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to FMDC vaccine based on peptides having a sequence of at least 8 amino acids, which corresponds to a partial sequence of the non-structural protein region of FMDV, which was selected by immunoreactivity with FMDV-specific antibodies or by immunoreactivity with FMDV-specific T lymphocytes, and to their production and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Roberto Correa, Hans-Robert Hehnen, Eberhard Pfaff, Armin Saalmüller, Thomas Pauly, Bettina Höhlich, Bernadette Glatthaar-Saalmüller, Karl-Heinz Wiesmüller