Patents by Inventor Karsten Rapsch

Karsten Rapsch 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).

  • Synthetic artificial peptides with antimicrobial effect
    Patent number: 10556926
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antimicrobial peptides of the general formula AxByCz with x, z?1, y?3 and x+y+z?50, where A and C, in each case independently of one another, have at least 65% basic amino acids and B has at least 65% hydrophobic and/or nonpolar amino acids and comprises a direct sequence of at least three hydrophobic amino acids. Moreover, a medical use of the peptides, a conjugate and an antimicrobial composition are indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
    Inventors: Karsten Rapsch, Markus v. Nickisch-Rosenegk
  • SYNTHETIC ARTIFICIAL PEPTIDES WITH ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECT
    Publication number: 20150225458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antimicrobial peptides of the general formula AxByCz with x, z?1, y?3 and x+y+z?50, where A and C, in each case independently of one another, have at least 65% basic amino acids and B has at least 65% hydrophobic and/or nonpolar amino acids and comprises a direct sequence of at least three hydrophobic amino acids. Moreover, a medical use of the peptides, a conjugate and an antimicrobial composition are indicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Karsten Rapsch, Markus v. Nickisch-Rosenegk