Patents by Inventor Martina Beissinger

Martina Beissinger 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).

  • Method and means for enrichment, removal and detection of gram-positive bacteria
    Patent number: 9394534
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides comprising a enzymatically non-active cell wall binding domain of an endolysin or another cell wall lysing enzyme, and a sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1 or derivatives thereof, wherein the polypeptide besides the cell wall binding domain comprises no further domains of an endolysin, as well as means for their preparation. The present invention further relates to methods for binding, enriching, removing from a sample, capturing and/or detecting bacteria, particularly gram positive bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: BIOMERIEUX S.A.
    Inventors: Martina Beissinger, Stefan Miller, Anja Philipp, Michael Schütz
  • MODIFIED ENDOLYSIN PLY511
    Publication number: 20110243916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides with a changed amino acid sequence on at least one amino acid position compared to the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1. The present invention further relates to the nucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptide, vectors, comprising the nucleotide sequences and host cells for expression of the polypeptide. The present invention further relates to the use of the polypeptides as a human, veterinary medical or diagnostic substance, in food, in cosmetics, as disinfectant or in the environmental field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Anna Scherzinger, Martina Beissinger, Holger Grallert
  • Method and Means for Enrichment, Removal and Detection of Gram-Positive Bacteria
    Publication number: 20100092968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides comprising a enzymatically non-active cell wall binding domain of an endolysin or another cell wall lysing enzyme, and a sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1 or derivatives thereof, wherein the polypeptide besides the cell wall binding domain comprises no further domains of an endolysin, as well as means for their preparation. The present invention further relates to methods for binding, enriching, removing from a sample, capturing and/or detecting bacteria, particularly gram positive bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Martina Beissinger, Stefan Miller, Anja Philipp, Michael Schutz