Patents by Inventor Katharina Stummeyer

Katharina Stummeyer 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).

  • MEANS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING ARTIFICIAL CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES OF NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS
    Publication number: 20130012471
    Abstract: The invention provides for an in vitro method for producing capsular polysaccharides of Neisseria meningitidis. The invention also provides capsular polysaccharides obtainable by the methods described herein. The capsular polysaccharides comprise capsular polysaccharide specific for Neisseria meningitidis serogroups W-135, Y, X and A. Also encompassed are chimeric capsular polysaccharides comprising or composed of CPS of Neisseria meningitidis serogroups Y/W-135, W-135/Y, B/Y, C/Y, B/W-135, C/W-135, B/Y/W-135, C/Y/W-135, B/W-135/Y, C/W-135/Y. X/A or A/X. The invention also provides for the use of these capsular polysaccharides foi as pharmaceuticals, particularly as vaccines and/or diagnostics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Rita Gerardy-Schahn, Martina Mühlanhoff, Andrea Bethe, Katharina Stummeyer, Friedrich Freiberger, Sebastian Damerow