Patents by Inventor Klaus Kreher

Klaus Kreher 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: 11268938
    Abstract: The invention relates to monolithic sorbents which are clad with tubes made of metal. The metal cladding can be applied directly to the monolithic sorbents by cold forming. This enables very mechanically stable cladding of the monolithic sorbents with minimal dead space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Karin Cabrera, Klaus Kreher, Gisela Jung
  • Publication number: 20180348174
    Abstract: The invention relates to monolithic sorbents which are clad with tubes made of metal. The metal cladding can be applied directly to the monolithic sorbents by cold forming. This enables very mechanically stable cladding of the monolithic sorbents with minimal dead space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Karin CABRERA, Klaus KREHER, Gisela JUNG
  • Publication number: 20180126298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for substance separation with monolithic sorbents which can be produced by means of 3-D printing. They comprise pressure- and solvent-stable thermoplastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Karin CABRERA, Klaus KREHER, Gisela JUNG
  • Publication number: 20150068979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a holder for monolithic sorbents in which a radial pressure can be exerted over the entire length of the sorbent by a conically tapering clamping tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Karin Cabrera Perez, Klaus Kreher, Willi Neuroth, Michael Ukelis
  • Patent number: 8883011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of monolithic separating columns using monolithic moldings whose diameter is reduced by grinding, and to separating columns having improved separation efficiency produced in this way, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Lubda, Karin Cabrera Perez, Klaus Kreher, Charles Roderick McIlwrick
  • Publication number: 20100025331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved casings of monolithic chromatography columns, and to the production and use thereof. The chromatography columns provided with these novel casings consisting of PPS and carbon fibres have both improved long-term stabilities to a very wide variety of solvents and pressure and also permanently improved separation properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Karin Cabrera Perez, Klaus Kreher, Willi Neuroth
  • Publication number: 20090101580
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of monolithic separating columns using monolithic moldings whose diameter is reduced by grinding, and to separating columns having improved separation efficiency produced in this way, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: DIETER LUBDA, KARIN CABRERA PEREZ, KLAUS KREHER, CHARLES RODERICK MCLLWRICK
  • Patent number: 6797174
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic cartridge system including a cartridge having a plastic-covered column, said column including a monolithic sorbent and at least one closing cap which is applied to the ends of the column. The cartridge also includes a connecting system having at least one divided supporting screw which is held in position by a closing cap or a spacer ring, and at least one end piece which can be screwed onto a supporting screw in order to connect an elution agent inlet and an elution agent outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Willi Neuroth, Günter Sättler, Klaus Kreher
  • Publication number: 20030150883
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic cartridge system essentially comprising a cartridge consisting of a plastic-covered column, said column comprising a monolithic sorbent and at least one closing cap which is applied to the ends of the column. The cartridge also consists of a connecting system comprising at least one divided supporting screw which is held in position by a closing cap or a spacer ring, and at least one end piece which can be screwed onto a supporting screw in order to connect an elution agent inlet and an elution agent outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Willi Neuroth, Gunter Sattler, Klaus Kreher
  • Patent number: 5158676
    Abstract: Chromatography systems with devices for compressing the column packing and/or for pulsation damping have incorporate an additional device in which a preselected minimum pressure, which is independent of the eluent pressure, is combined with a second pressure component which is proportional to the eluent pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Klaus Kreher, Gerhard Munch, Ernst Rogler
  • Patent number: 4805675
    Abstract: A sliding valve for withdrawing liquid or gaseous chemical products from a container has a cylindrical valve spool which slides axially in a bore through a valve housing. A first annular groove of the valve spool connects, in the open position of the valve, a product supply line to a product withdrawal line. On one side of this first annular groove there is a second annular groove which, in the open position, connects a gas supply line to a gas withdrawal line. An annular groove on the other side is connected to the second annular groove. By this arrangement, protective gas is admitted to the valve spaces on either side of the first annular groove, which handles the product, with the result that escape of the product to the outside, or penetration of impurities, are positively prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft MIT Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Frank Joseph, Helmuth Krauss, Peter Muller, Klaus Kreher
  • Patent number: 4710289
    Abstract: The application relates to a precolumn for a chromatography column in cartridge from which is packed with a sorbent and has been provided with frit and sealing elements, the precolumn being composed of an outer holder and, emplaceable therein, an inner sorbent-packed column ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Stefan Wermuth, Gunter Hauke, Klaus Kreher