Patents by Inventor Michael Gerg

Michael Gerg 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: 20260139075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody capable of binding to biotin. In one embodiment the monoclonal antibody according to the invention also does not bind to a biotin moiety on a biotinylated molecule, wherein the biotin moiety is attached to the molecule via the carbon atom of the carboxyl function of the valeric acid moiety of biotin. Also disclosed is a method for generation of an antibody as disclosed herein. The monoclonal antibody according to the invention is of specific use in a method for measuring an analyte in a sample, wherein a (strept)avidin/biotin pair is used to bind a biotinylated analyte specific binding agent to a (strept)avidin coated solid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2026
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Michael GERG, Lars HILLRINGHAUS, Klas HIRZEL, Caroline Dorothea HOJER, Hans-Peter JOSEL, Christoph SEIDEL, Michael SCHRAEML, Leopold VON PROFF
  • Patent number: 12559573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody capable of binding to biotin. In one embodiment the monoclonal antibody according to the invention also does not bind to a biotin moiety on a biotinylated molecule, wherein the biotin moiety is attached to the molecule via the carbon atom of the carboxyl function of the valeric acid moiety of biotin. Also disclosed is a method for generation of an antibody as disclosed herein. The monoclonal antibody according to the invention is of specific use in a method for measuring an analyte in a sample, wherein a (strept)avidin/biotin pair is used to bind a biotinylated analyte specific binding agent to a (strept)avidin coated solid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Gerg, Lars Hillringhaus, Klaus Hirzel, Caroline Dorothea Hojer, Hans-Peter Josel, Christoph Seidel, Michael Schraeml, Leopold Von Proff
  • Publication number: 20250306016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody capable of binding to biotin. In one embodiment the monoclonal antibody according to the invention also does not bind to a biotin moiety on a biotinylated molecule, wherein the biotin moiety is attached to the molecule via the carbon atom of the carboxyl function of the valeric acid moiety of biotin. Also disclosed is a method for generation of an antibody as disclosed herein. The monoclonal antibody according to the invention is of specific use in a method for measuring an analyte in a sample, wherein a (strept)avidin/biotin pair is used to bind a biotinylated analyte specific binding agent to a (strept)avidin coated solid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Michael GERG, Klaus HIRZEL, Caroline HOJER, Erasmus HUBER, Hans-Peter JOSEL, Thomas MEIER, Michael SCHRAEML, Leopold VON PROFF
  • Publication number: 20250232875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assessing myocardial infarction comprising the steps of determining the amount of a first biomarker in a sample of a subject, said first biomarker being cMyBPC, determining the amount of a second biomarker in a sample of the subject, wherein said second biomarker is selected from the group consisting of: a BMP10-type peptide (Bone Morphogenic Protein 10-type peptide), FGF23 (Fibroblast growth factor 23), a BNP-type peptide (Brain natriuretic peptide type peptide), GDF-15 (Growth differentiation factor 15), ANG2 (Angiopoietin 2), CRP (C-reactive protein), ESM1 (endothelial cell specific molecule 1), or a lipid biomarker, such as Cholesterol, LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) or APOAT (Apolipoprotein A-1) comparing the amounts of the biomarkers to references for said biomarkers and/or calculating a score for assessing myocardial infarction based on the amounts of the biomarkers, and assessing said subject based on the comparison and/or the calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: David Buehlmann, Hartmut Duefel, Magdalena Eberl, Michael Gerg, Peter Kastner, Ulrike Kurtkaya, Alexander Piehler, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Andre Ziegler
  • Patent number: 12360108
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody capable of binding to biotin. In one embodiment the monoclonal antibody according to the invention also does not bind to a biotin moiety on a biotinylated molecule, wherein the biotin moiety is attached to the molecule via the carbon atom of the carboxyl function of the valeric acid moiety of biotin. Also disclosed is a method for generation of an antibody as discloed herein. The monoclonal antibody according to the invention is of specific use in a method for measuring an analyte in a sample, wherein a (strept)avidin/biotin pair is used to bind a biotinylated analyte specific binding agent to a (strept)avidin coated solid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Gerg, Klaus Hirzel, Caroline Hojer, Erasmus Huber, Hans-Peter Josel, Thomas Meier, Michael Schraeml, Leopold Von Proff
  • Patent number: 12351647
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to specific binding agents binding to different PIVKA-II forms as compared to antibodies known so far in the art. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using the specific binding agents to detect the presence of PIVKA-II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Eckert, Michael Gerg, Johann Karl, Martin Kaufmann, Julia Riedlinger, Magdelena Swiatek-de-Lange, Lars Hillringhaus, Klaus Hirzel, Marcus-Rene Lisy
  • Publication number: 20250155441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments that specifically bind to ?-1,6-core-fucosylated alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), which is the core component of AFP-L3. Thus, the antibodies and antigen binding fragments provided herein may also be referred to as AFP-L3 antibodies. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the antibodies or antigen binding fragments of the invention, host cells expressing the antibodies and antigen binding fragments of the invention, methods for producing the antibodies and antigen binding fragments of the invention, and uses of the antibodies and antigen binding fragments of the invention. Also provided herein is a pretreatment agent facilitating the binding of the antibodies and antigen binding fragments of the invention to ?-1,6-core-fucosylated AFP. The present invention further relates to kits comprising the antibodies and antigen binding fragments of the invention and optionally the pretreatment agent of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Gerg, Lars Hillringhaus, Ute Jucknischke, Anna Christine Muth, Tobias Oelschlaegel, Boris Pinchuk, Michael Schraeml, Joanna Siebenhaar, Laurence Thirault
  • Publication number: 20250042976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies binding to the Receptor Binding Domain of the Spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus, nucleic acids encoding said antibody, host cells producing the same, compositions and kits comprising said antibodies, method of detecting SARS-CoV-2 virus in a sample comprising using said antibodies and methods of using said antibodies in immunoassays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Gerg, Simon Jochum, Ute Jucknischke, Ulrike Kurtkaya, Michael Schraeml, Sandrine Carolina Stiegler
  • Publication number: 20240400672
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel monoclonal antibody specifically binding to L-Thyroxine (T4) and compositions and kits comprising such antibodies. Furthermore, provided are polynucleotides encoding such monoclonal antibodies, host cells expressing said antibodies, methods of producing such antibodies and diagnostic methods using such monoclonal antibodies. The monoclonal antibody of the invention comprises a heavy chain variable domain (VH) comprising V or A in position 33; Y in position 50; W in position 52; I in position 98, G, A or V in position 99; Y in position 100; and I in position 100b; and a light chain variable domain (VL) comprising amino acids H or Y in position 28; N or K in position 29; W in position 32; G or A in position 91; Y, W or F in position 92; S or T in position 93; Y or F in position 95b; N, S, T or Q in position 95c; and H in position 96, wherein the positions of the amino acids in the VH and the VL are indicated according to the Kabat numbering scheme, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Gerg, Klaus Hirzel, Caroline Dorothea Hojer, Hans-Peter Josel, Ute Jucknischke, Holger Lehmann, Anastasia Markina, Giuseppe Prencipe, Leopold von Proff, Michael Schraeml, Steinar Halldórsson
  • Patent number: 12158466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the total amount and/or concentration of an analyte in the presence of a binding molecule as well as kits, compositions and uses relating thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Schraeml, Markus Roessler, Michael Gerg
  • Publication number: 20240377388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody capable of binding to biotin. In one embodiment the monoclonal antibody according to the invention also does not bind to a biotin moiety on a biotinylated molecule, wherein the biotin moiety is attached to the molecule via the carbon atom of the carboxyl function of the valeric acid moiety of biotin. Also disclosed is a method for generation of an antibody as disclosed herein. The monoclonal antibody according to the invention is of specific use in a method for measuring an analyte in a sample, wherein a (strept)avidin/biotin pair is used to bind a biotinylated analyte specific binding agent to a (strept)avidin coated solid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Michael GERG, Dieter HEINDL, Lars HILLRINGHAUS, Klaus HIRZEL, Caroline Dorothea HOJER, Florian HUBER, Hans-Peter JOSEL, Thomas MEIER, Michael SCHRAEML, Edgar VOSS
  • Patent number: 12025613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody capable of binding to biotin. In one embodiment the monoclonal antibody according to the invention also does not bind to a biotin moiety on a biotinylated molecule, wherein the biotin moiety is attached to the molecule via the carbon atom of the carboxyl function of the valeric acid moiety of biotin. Also disclosed is a method for generation of an antibody as discloed herein. The monoclonal antibody according to the invention is of specific use in a method for measuring an analyte in a sample, wherein a (strept)avidin/biotin pair is used to bind a biotinylated analyte specific binding agent to a (strept)avidin coated solid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Gerg, Dieter Heindl, Lars Hillringhaus, Klaus Hirzel, Caroline Dorothea Hojer, Florian Huber, Hans-Peter Josel, Thomas Meier, Michael Schraeml, Edgar Voss
  • Publication number: 20230406909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies binding to the nucleocapsid protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus, nucleic acids encoding said antibody, host cells producing the same, compositions and kits comprising said antibodies, as well as methods of detecting SARS-CoV-2 virus in a sample comprising using said antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Gerg, Ute Jucknischke, Ulrike Kurtkaya, Thomas Mock, Michael Schraeml, Sandrine Carolina Stiegler
  • Publication number: 20230340147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to ?-1,6-core-fucosylated prostate specific antigen (PSA) and partial sequences thereof comprising the ?-1,6-core-fucose residue. The antibodies and antigen binding fragments significantly discriminate between core-fucosylated PSA or core-fucosylated PSA partial sequences and other glycosylated PSA species and partial sequences thereof lacking the core-fucose residue, including aglycosylated PSA, as well as core-fucosylated glycan in other contexts. The present invention further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding the light chain variable region or the heavy chain variable region of the antibody of the invention, as well as vectors comprising said nucleic acid molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Magdalena Swiatek-de Lange, Joanna Siebenhaar, Carol Jones, Thomas Pritchett, Andrea Muranyi, Caroline Dorothea Hojer, Michael Gerg, Lars Hillringhaus, Gloria Tabares, Christian Roessler, Michael Schraeml, Shalini Singh, Theresa Kott
  • Patent number: 11618790
    Abstract: Herein is reported a polypeptide-polynucleotide-complex as therapeutic agent and its use as tool for the targeted delivery of an effector moiety. The polynucleotide part of the complex is essentially resistant to proteolytic and enzymatic degradation in vivo. Additionally the polypeptide part specifically binds to a compound or structure such as a tissue or organ, a process or a disease. Thus, one aspect as reported herein is a polypeptide-polynucleotide-complex comprising a) a polypeptide specifically binding to a target and conjugated to a first member of a binding pair, b) a polynucleotide linker conjugated at its first terminus to the second member of the binding pair, and c) an effector moiety conjugated to a polynucleotide that is complementary to at least a part of the polynucleotide linker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Gerg, Dieter Heindl, Gerhard Niederfellner, Wolfgang Schaefer, Michael Schraeml, Michael Tacke
  • Publication number: 20230095167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assessing atrial fibrillation in a subject, said method comprising the steps of determining the amount of BMP10 in a sample from the subject, and comparing the amount of BMP10 to a reference amount, whereby atrial fibrillation is to be assessed. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for diagnosing heart failure based on the determination of BMP 10 in a sample from a subject. Further, the present invention relates to a method for predicting the risk of a subject of hospitalization due to heart failure based on the determination of a BMP10-type peptide in a sample from a subject. The present invention further pertains to antibodies which bind to one or more BMP10-type peptides such as NT-proBMP10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Alfred Engel, Michael Gerg, Ute Jucknischke, Johann Karl, Peter Kastner, Thomas Meier, Lars Hillringhaus, Ulrich Schotten, Vinzent Rolny, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, André Ziegler, Roberto Latini, Jennifer Marie Theresia Anna Meessen
  • Publication number: 20230055005
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to specific binding agents binding to different PIVKA-II forms as compared to antibodies known so far in the art. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using the specific binding agents to detect the presence of PIVKA-II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Bernhard Eckert, Michael Gerg, Johann Karl, Martin Kaufmann, Julia Riedlinger, Magdelena Swiatek-de-Lange, Lars Hillringhaus, Klaus Hirzel, Marcus-Rene Lisy
  • Patent number: 11466098
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to specific binding agents binding to different PIVKA-II forms as compared to antibodies known so far in the art. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using the specific binding agents to detect the presence of PIVKA-II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Eckert, Michael Gerg, Johann Karl, Martin Kaufmann, Julia Riedlinger, Magdelena Swiatek-de Lange, Lars Hillringhaus, Klaus Hirzel, Marcus-Rene Lisy
  • Patent number: 11415576
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an in vitro method for measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, wherein the potentially interfering compound 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 is blocked by a binding agent specifically binding to 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and not binding to 25-hydroxyvitamin D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Elke Faatz, Michael Gerg, Hans-Peter Josel, Christian Vogl
  • Publication number: 20220235139
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody, or fragment thereof, which binds to CSF-1R (Colony stimulating factor 1 receptor), in particular to human CSF-1R. The present invention further relates to the in vitro use of the monoclonal antibody, or fragment thereof, of the present invention for the detection of CSF-1R in a sample. Further encompassed by the present invention is a complex comprising the monoclonal antibody, or fragment thereof, of the present invention and CSF-1R such as the human CSF-1R polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: David CASAGOLDA VALLRIBERA, Michael GERG, Michael SCHRAEML