Patents by Inventor Kerstin Herold

Kerstin Herold 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: 7557091
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel antibiotic HKI10311129 which has a molecular weight of 1113 and the summation formula C56H75NO22. The invention also relates to a method for producing said antibiotic using the microorganism Streptomyces spec. DSM 13059, and to the use thereof as an antibacterial substance which is especially effective against infections with Gram positive bacteria, especially antibiotic-resistant germs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Leibniz-Institut fuer Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e.V. Hans-Knoell-Institut
    Inventors: Ute Moellmann, Kerstin Herold, Martin Roth, Ingrid Groth, Friedrich Gollmick, Karin Brigitte Charlotte Graefe, legal representative, Andrea Graefe, legal representative, Susanna Graefe, legal representative, Udo Graefe
  • Publication number: 20090142809
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cleaving cervimycin esters. An object of the invention to convert in a simple manner the cervimycin esters which are less active but formed in larger quantity into the highly active cervimycin K that occurs as a minor component in the preparation by fermentation, is achieved by preparing unesterified cervimycins from cervimycin esters with di- or monomethylated malonic acids, by ester cleavage effected by at least one esterolytic enzyme at temperatures of 20° C. to 75° C. and a pH of pH 5.0 to 10.0, preferably pH 6.0 to 9.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicants: LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FÜR NATURSTOFF-FORSCHUNG UND INFE, FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITÄT JENA
    Inventors: Uwe Horn, Armin Siering, Gundela Peschel, Christian Hertweck, Peter-Jurgen Muller, Bettina Bardl, Jorg-Hermann Ozegowski, Kerstin Herold
  • Publication number: 20060270617
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel antibiotic HKI10311129 which has a molecular weight of 1113 and the summation formula C56H75NO22. The invention also relates to a method for producing said antibiotic using the microorganism Streptomyces spec. DSM 13059, and to the use thereof as an antibacterial substance which is especially effective against infections with Gram positive bacteria, especially antibiotic-resistant germs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Leibniz - Institut fuer Naturstoff - Forschung Und Infektionsbiologie e.V. Hans- Knoell - Institut
    Inventors: Ute Mollmann, Kerstin Herold, Martin Roth, Ingrid Groth, Friedrich Gollmick, Udo Grafe, Karin Grafe, Andrea Grafe, Susanna Grafe