Patents by Inventor Konrad Herbst

Konrad Herbst 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).

  • Publication number: 20160238611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide or polypeptide complex, comprising at least one non-ribosomal peptide synthesis (NRPS) amino acid module functionally connected to at least one pigment module. The present invention further relates to a labeled oligopeptide comprising a non-naturally attached NRPS pigment or/and polyketide pigment, to a polynucleotide encoding a fusion polypeptide, a vector, preferably an expression vector, comprising the polynucleotide of the present invention and to a host cell comprising the polypeptide or polypeptide complex and/or the polynucleotide, and/or the vector according to the present invention. Moreover, the present invention relates to in vitro and in vivo method of producing a labeled oligopeptide, as well as to methods of optimizing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Roland EILS, Barbara DI VENTURA, Lorenz ADLUNG, Katharina GENREITH, Tim HEINEMANN, Hannah MEYER, Dominik NIOPEK, Fanny GEORGI, Ralf BEER, Tania Christina CHRISTIANSEN, Konrad HERBST, Nikolaos IGNATIADIS, Ilia KATS, Nils KURZAWA, Johanna MEICHSNER, Sophie RABE, Anja RIEDEL, Joshua SACHS, Julia Patricia SCHESSNER, Florian SCHMIDT, Philipp Darius Konstantin WALCH
  • Patent number: 7833933
    Abstract: A process for preparation of a paraffin isomerization catalyst comprising a mixture of a Group IVB metal oxide, a Group VIB metal oxide, a Group IIIA metal oxide and a Group VIII metal. The process includes the steps of: a) contacting a hydroxide of the Group IVB metal with an aqueous solution of an oxyanion of the Group VIB metal to provide a mixture, (b) drying the mixture to provide a dry powder, (c) kneading the powder with a Group IIIA hydroxide gel and a polymeric cellulose ether compound to form a paste, (d) shaping the paste to form a shaped material, (e) calcining the shaped material to form a calcined material, (f) impregnating the calcined material with an aqueous solution of a Group VIII metal salt to provide the catalyst, and (g) calcining the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Haldor Topsøe A/S
    Inventors: Konrad Herbst, Peter Stern, Niels Jørgen Blom, Glen Starch-Hytoft, Kim Grøn Knudsen
  • Publication number: 20070123745
    Abstract: A process for preparation of a paraffin isomerization catalyst comprising a mixture of a Group IVB metal oxide, a Group VIB metal oxide, a Group IIIA metal oxide and a Group VIII metal. The process includes the steps of: a) contacting a hydroxide of the Group IVB metal with an aqueous solution of an oxyanion of the Group VIB metal to provide a mixture, (b) drying the mixture to provide a dry powder, (c) kneading the powder with a Group IIIA hydroxide gel and a polymeric cellulose ether compound to form a paste, (d) shaping the paste to form a shaped material, (e) calcining the shaped material to form a calcined material, (f) impregnating the calcined material with an aqueous solution of a Group VIII metal salt to provide the catalyst, and (g) calcining the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Konrad Herbst, Peter Stern, Niels Blom, Glen Starch-Hytoft, Kim Knudsen
  • Publication number: 20070119748
    Abstract: Process for preparation of a paraffin isomerization catalyst comprising a mixture of a Group IVB metal oxide, a Group VIB metal oxide, a Group IIIA metal oxide and a Group VIII metal, said process comprising the steps of (a) contacting a hydroxide of the Group IVB metal with an aqueous solution of an oxyanion of the Group VIB metal to provide a mixture, (b) drying the mixture to provide a dry powder, (c) kneading the dry powder with a Group IIIA hydroxide gel to form a paste, (d) shaping the paste to form a shaped material, (e) calcining the shaped material, (f) impregnating the calcined material with an aqueous solution of a Group VIII metal salt to provide the catalyst, (g) calcining the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Konrad Herbst, Sven Hommeltoft
  • Patent number: 7053261
    Abstract: A process for the conversion of linear and/or branched paraffin hydrocarbons based on the use of an ionic liquid catalyst in combination with a metal salt additive, which provides a catalytic composition with an increased activity, compared with said ionic liquid. Under suitable reaction conditions this conversion is leading to paraffin hydrocarbon fraction with higher octane number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/S
    Inventors: Konrad Herbst, Jindrich Houzvicka, Birgitte Tofte Jespersen, John Zavilla
  • Patent number: 6887814
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the immobilization of a homogeneous catalyst comprising immobilizing the homogeneous catalyst in zeotype crystals with a non-crystallographic mesopore system and a mesopore volume of the zeotype crystals above 0.25 ml/g. The invention also concerns a catalytic material prepared by the immobilization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/S
    Inventors: Konrad Herbst, Michael Brorson, Iver Schmidt, Claus J. H. Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 6797853
    Abstract: A process for the conversion of linear and/or branched paraffins hydrocarbons, catalysed by an ionic liquid catalyst, in the presence of a cyclic hydrocarbon additive containing a tertiary carbon atom. The presence of the specific hydrocarbon additives influences the reaction mechanism by increasing the selectivity towards the formation of paraffin hydrocarbons with a higher degree of branching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/S
    Inventors: Jindrich Houzvicka, John Zavilla, Konrad Herbst
  • Publication number: 20040077914
    Abstract: A catalyst composition and process for the conversion of linear and/or branched paraffin hydrocarbons based on the use of an ionic liquid catalyst in combination with a Brønsted Acid, which provides a catalytic composition with an increased activity compared with said ionic liquid. Under suitable reaction conditions this conversion is leading to paraffin hydrocarbon fraction with higher octane number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: John Zavilla, Konrad Herbst, Jindrich Houzvicka, Sven Ivar Hommeltoft
  • Publication number: 20040059173
    Abstract: A process for the conversion of linear and/or branched paraffins hydrocarbons, catalysed by an ionic liquid catalyst, in the presence of a cyclic hydrocarbon additive containing a tertiary carbon atom. The presence of the specific hydrocarbon additives influences the reaction mechanism by increasing the selectivity towards the formation of paraffin hydrocarbons with a higher degree of branching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Jindrich Houzvicka, John Zavilla, Konrad Herbst
  • Publication number: 20030196931
    Abstract: This patent presents a two-stage process for production of high-octane gasoline from a hydrocarbon stream comprising C4-C12 hydrocarbon mixtures of paraffins, optionally including cycloalkanes, aromatics and olefins. During the first step linear molecules are activated and converted predominantly to mono-branched isomers. Present cyclic molecules and olefins are hydrogenated, but conversion must be sufficiently low to avoid ring opening. Only such (low) amount of multi-branched isomers is formed in the first reaction zone that extent of cracking is still acceptable. Concentration of multi-branched isomers is consecutively increased in the second step. Reaction of mono-branched isomers requires lower activation energy than cracking and isomerisation of linear molecules. Monomethyl-paraffins readily react to their multi-branched counterparts with a high selectivity under mild reaction conditions with catalysts having a Hammet acidity value lower than −10 at temperature of maximum 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Jindrich Houzvicka, John Zavilla, Cecilia Jaksland, Konrad Herbst
  • Publication number: 20030181780
    Abstract: A process for the conversion of linear and/or branched paraffin hydrocarbons based on the use of an ionic liquid catalyst in combination with a metal salt additive, which provides a catalytic composition with an increased activity, compared with said ionic liquid. Under suitable reaction conditions this conversion is leading to paraffin hydrocarbon fraction with higher octane number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Konrad Herbst, Jindrich Houzvicka, Birgitte Tofte Jespersen, John Zavilla
  • Patent number: 6620402
    Abstract: Method of preparing zeolite single crystals with straight mesopores by applying a synthesis gel with zeolite precursor composition within the pore system and on the surface of a particulate matrix material template of carbon comprising the steps of: providing a templating material with a diameter of 2 to 50 nanometers and a length-to-diameter aspect ratio of at least 5, applying the zeolite precursor to the surface of the templating material using sequential impregnation, subjecting the precursor composition to crystallising conditions, and isolating porous single zeolite crystals with straight mesopores by removing the matrix template material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A.S
    Inventors: Claus J. H. Jacobsen, Iver Schmidt, Søren Dahl, Konrad Herbst, Søren Pehrson
  • Publication number: 20030139283
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the immobilisation of a homogeneous catalyst comprising immobilising the homogeneous catalyst in zeotype crystals with a non-crystallographic mesopore system and a mesopore volume of the zeotype crystals above 0.25 ml/g. The invention also concerns a catalytic material prepared by the immobilisation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Konrad Herbst, Michael Brorson, Iver Schmidt, Claus J.H. Jacobsen
  • Publication number: 20020034471
    Abstract: Method of preparing zeolite single crystals with straight mesopores by applying a synthesis gel with zeolite precursor composition within the pore system and on the surface of a particulate matrix material template of carbon comprising the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: Haldor Topsoe A/S
    Inventors: Claus J.H. Jacobsen, Iver Schmidt, Soren Dahl, Konrad Herbst, Soren Pehrson