Patents by Inventor Michael Harnau

Michael Harnau 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: 11628433
    Abstract: A dispensing device includes a housing having at least one pressure chamber, having a supply opening for the supply of liquid into the pressure chamber and having a multiplicity of conduits between the pressure chamber and an external side of the housing, there being situated in each of the conduits a tube, the first end of which protrudes into the pressure chamber and the second end of which protrudes out of the housing on the external side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Schade, Mike Küster, Klaus Ochmann, Michael Harnau, Karl-Hermann Koeching, Nils Burkhardt, Bernd Kalthof, Linn Schneider, Georg Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20210109087
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for establishing the effect of active ingredients on nematodes and other organisms in aqueous tests, comprising a holder (40) for receiving a cell culture plate (50) with wells (57), in which the nematodes with the active ingredients can be filled, wherein the cell culture plate (50) has a bottom side (51), a top side (52) and a plurality of side faces, which extend between the bottom side (51) and top side (52), a camera (20) that serves to record images of preferably the bottom side (51) of the cell culture plate (50), and an illumination device (30) for illuminating the cell culture plate (50), wherein the illumination device (30) comprises a plurality of light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Franco FOIS, Michael HARNAU, Klaus OCHMANN
  • Patent number: 10969337
    Abstract: A method and a system for rapid kinetic fluorescence measurement in high-throughput screening with high time-resolution includes providing a microtiter plate having a transparent base and multiple assay wells, a dispensing system arranged above the microtiter plate for simultaneously adding liquid into multiple assay wells, an illumination system beneath the microtiter plate for illuminating the multiple assay wells simultaneously through the transparent base, a detection system for detecting electromagnetic radiation from the multiple assay wells simultaneously through the transparent base, adding 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Schade, Mike Küster, Klaus Ochmann, Michael Harnau, Karl-Hermann Koeching, Nils Burkhardt, Bernd Kalthof, Linn Schneider, Georg Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10948481
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) and a method for determining the action of active ingredients on nematodes and other organisms in aqueous tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Franco Fois, Michael Harnau, Klaus Ochmann
  • Publication number: 20200191717
    Abstract: A method and a system for rapid kinetic fluorescence measurement in high-throughput screening with high time-resolution includes providing a microtiter plate having a transparent base and multiple assay wells, a dispensing system arranged above the microtiter plate for simultaneously adding liquid into multiple assay wells, an illumination system beneath the microtiter plate for illuminating the multiple assay wells simultaneously through the transparent base, a detection system for detecting electromagnetic radiation from the multiple assay wells simultaneously through the transparent base, adding 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas SCHADE, Mike KÜSTER, Klaus OCHMANN, Michael HARNAU, Karl-Hermann KOECHING, Nils BURKHARDT, Bernd KALTHOF, Linn SCHNEIDER, Georg SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20200080992
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) and a method for determining the action of active ingredients on nematodes and other organisms in aqueous tests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Franco FOIS, Michael HARNAU, Klaus OCHMANN
  • Publication number: 20200078780
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing device comprising a housing having at least one pressure chamber, having a supply opening for the supply of liquid into the pressure chamber and having a multiplicity of conduits between the pressure chamber and an external side of the housing, there being situated in each of the conduits a tube, the first end of which protrudes into the pressure chamber and the second end of which protrudes out of the housing on the external side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas SCHADE, Mike KÜSTER, Klaus OCHMANN, Michael HARNAU, Karl-Hermann KOECHING, Nils BURKHARDT, Bernd KALTHOF, Linn SCHNEIDER, Georg SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 10514375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) and a method for determining the action of active ingredients on nematodes and other organisms in aqueous tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franco Fois, Michael Harnau, Klaus Ochmann
  • Patent number: 10087491
    Abstract: Methods, kits and compositions of matter are provided which allow amplification of nucleic acid or interest or DNA of interest, comprising the steps of isolating template nucleic acid or DNA from a biological sample using an alkaline extraction solution and directly adding the extract to a reaction mixture, under conditions to amplify the nucleic acids, wherein the isolated template nucleic acid or DNA in the alkaline extraction solution is not diluted or not neutralized prior to the addition to the reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: BAYER CROPSCIENCE NV, BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Piet Soetaert, Martin Leube, Bastian Budde, Klaus Ochmann, Michael Harnau
  • Publication number: 20180011084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) and a method for determining the action of active ingredients on nematodes and other organisms in aqueous tests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franco FOIS, Michael HARNAU, Klaus OCHMANN
  • Publication number: 20150267266
    Abstract: Methods, kits and compositions of matter are provided which allow amplification of nucleic acid or interest or DNA of interest, comprising the steps of isolating template nucleic acid or DNA from a biological sample using an alkaline extraction solution and directly adding the extract to a reaction mixture, under conditions to amplify the nucleic acids, wherein the isolated template nucleic acid or DNA in the alkaline extraction solution is not diluted or not neutralized prior to the addition to the reaction mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Piet Soetaert, Martin Leube, Bastian Budde, Klaus Ochmann, Michael Harnau