Patents by Inventor Michael Kocks

Michael Kocks 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: 10376663
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for quantifying timing discrepancies between inspiratory effort and ventilatory assist. A trigger error is determined by comparing a start time of neural inspiration with a start time of the ventilatory assist. A cycling-off error is determined by comparing an end time of the neural inspiration with an end time of the ventilatory assist. The ventilatory assist is synchronized when the trigger error is lower than a first threshold and the cycling-off error is lower than a second threshold. The ventilatory assist may also be characterized in terms of early or late trigger and of early or late cycling-off. A trigger of a ventilator may be adjusted according to the trigger error and a cycling-off of a ventilator may be adjusted according to the cycling-off error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: St. Michael's Hospital
    Inventors: Christer Sinderby, Norman Comtois, Jennifer Beck, Pär Emtell, Michael Kock
  • Publication number: 20160010067
    Abstract: The invention relates to poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) homologs which have an amino acid sequence which has a) a functional NAD+ binding domain and b) no zinc finger sequence motif of the general formula CX2CXmHX2C in which m is an integral value from 28 or 30, and the X radicals are, independently of one another, any amino acid; and the functional equivalents thereof; nucleic acids coding therefor; antibodies with specificity for the novel protein; pharmaceutical and gene therapy compositions which comprise products according to the invention; methods for the analytical determination of the proteins and nucleic acids according to the invention; methods for identifying effectors or binding partners of the proteins according to the invention; novel PARP effectors; and methods for determining the activity of such effectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Kock, Thomas HöGER, Burkhard Kröger, Bernd Otterbach, Wilfried Lubisch, Hans-Georg Lemaire
  • Publication number: 20150368663
    Abstract: The invention relates to efficient, high-throughput methods, systems, and DNA constructs for identification and isolation of transcription termination sequences. The invention relates further to specific terminator sequences identified by said methods isolated from rice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Michael Kock, Jeffrey A. Brown, Linda Patricia Loyall, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia, John McMillan, Lesley Ireland
  • Patent number: 9133466
    Abstract: The invention relates to efficient, high-throughput methods, systems, and DNA constructs for identification and isolation of transcription termination sequences. The invention relates further to specific terminator sequences identified by said methods isolated from rice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Michael Kock, Jeffrey A. Brown, Linda Patricia Loyall, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia, John McMillan, Lesley Ireland
  • Patent number: 9051553
    Abstract: The invention relates to poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) homologs which have an amino acid sequence which has a) a functional NAD binding domain and b) no zinc finger sequence motif of the general formula CX2CXmHX2C in which m is an integral value from 28 or 30, and the X radicals are, independently of one another, any amino acid; and the functional equivalents thereof; nucleic acids coding therefor; antibodies with specificity for the novel protein; pharmaceutical and gene therapy compositions which comprise products according to the invention; methods for the analytical determination of the proteins and nucleic acids according to the invention; methods for identifying effectors or binding partners of the proteins according to the invention; novel PARP effectors; and methods for determining the activity of such effectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Kock, Thomas Höger, Burkhard Kröger, Bernd Otterbach, Wilfried Lubisch, Hans-Georg Lemaire
  • Publication number: 20140296728
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for quantifying timing discrepancies between inspiratory effort and ventilatory assist. A trigger error is determined by comparing a start time of neural inspiration with a start time of the ventilatory assist. A cycling-off error is determined by comparing an end time of the neural inspiration with an end time of the ventilatory assist. The ventilatory assist is synchronized when the trigger error is lower than a first threshold and the cycling-off error is lower than a second threshold. The ventilatory assist may also be characterized in terms of early or late trigger and of early or late cycling-off. A trigger of a ventilator may be adjusted according to the trigger error and a cycling-off of a ventilator may be adjusted according to the cycling-off error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Christer Sinderby, Norman Comtois, Jennifer Beck, Pär Emtell, Michael Kock
  • Publication number: 20130236954
    Abstract: The invention relates to efficient, high-throughput methods, systems, and DNA constructs for identification and isolation of transcription termination sequences. The invention relates further to specific terminator sequences identified by said methods isolated from rice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Michael Kock, Jeffrey A. Brown, Linda Patricia Loyall, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia, John McMillan, Lesley Ireland
  • Patent number: 8465915
    Abstract: The invention relates to efficient, high-throughput methods, systems, and DNA constructs for identification and isolation of transcription termination sequences. The invention relates further to specific terminator sequences identified by the methods isolated from rice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Michael Kock, Jeffrey A. Brown, Linda Patricia Loyall, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia, John McMillan, Lesley Ireland
  • Publication number: 20110295712
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a computer-implemented method, system and apparatus to enable data-driven, multi-channel communications to facilitate business processes. By providing more than one channel for communication between market participants, which includes suppliers and consumers, real-time requests for information, services, or the like can be solicited in a way that those selected to provide responses have certain attributes, and the supplier is selected for the solicitation automatically and instantaneously notified of the request based on automatic selection of those attributes. The notification is instantaneously communicated using more than one channel of communication, potentially in a mode that the potential supplier has indicated is a more likely way of actually and instantly receiving the request. The system further provides at least one mechanism by which all of the selected suppliers can instantly respond to the request, which is then communicated to the requestor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: TARGETED INSTANT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Dennis Browning, Derek Michael Kock
  • Publication number: 20110107444
    Abstract: The invention relates to poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) homologs which have an amino acid sequence which has a) a functional NAD binding domain and b) no zinc finger sequence motif of the general formula CX2CXmHX2C in which m is an integral value from 28 or 30, and the X radicals are, independently of one another, any amino acid; and the functional equivalents thereof; nucleic acids coding therefor; antibodies with specificity for the novel protein; pharmaceutical and gene therapy compositions which comprise products according to the invention; methods for the analytical determination of the proteins and nucleic acids according to the invention; methods for identifying effectors or binding partners of the proteins according to the invention; novel PARP effectors; and methods for determining the activity of such effectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: MICHAEL KOCK, THOMAS HÖGER, BURKHARD KRÖGER, BERND OTTERBACH, WILFRIED LUBISCH, HANS-GEORG LEMAIRE
  • Patent number: 7786344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for preparing transformed plant cells or organisms by transforming a population of plant cells which comprises at least one marker protein having a direct or indirect toxic effect for said population, with at least one nucleic acid sequence to be inserted in combination with at least one compound, preferably a DNA construct, capable of reducing the expression, amount, activity and/or function of the marker protein, with the transformed plant cells having a growth advantage over nontransformed cells, due to the action of said compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kock, Markus Frank, Ralf Badur
  • Patent number: 7781596
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel 2-phenylbenzimidazoles of general formula (I) or (II), wherein the radicals have the meanings cited in the description, and to their tautomeric forms, possible enantiomeric and diastereomeric forms, to their prodrugs, and to possible physiologically compatible salts. The invention also relates to the production of said compounds and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Wilfried Lubisch, Michael Kock, Thomas Höger
  • Publication number: 20100192264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for preparing transformed plant cells or organisms by transforming a population of plant cells which comprises at least one marker protein having a direct or indirect toxic effect for the population, with at least one nucleic acid sequence to be inserted in combination with at least one compound, preferably a DNA construct, capable of reducing the expression, amount, activity and/or function of the marker protein, with the transformed plant cells having a growth advantage over nontransformed cells, due to the action of the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Plant Sciences GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kock, Markus Frank, Ralf Badur
  • Patent number: 7754459
    Abstract: The invention relates to poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) homologs which have an amino acid sequence which has a) a functional NAD+ binding domain and b) no zinc finger sequence motif of the general formula CX2CXmHX2C ?in which ?m is an integral value from 28 or 30, and the X radicals are, independently of one another, any amino acid; and the functional equivalents thereof; nucleic acids coding therefor; antibodies with specificity for the novel protein; pharmaceutical and gene therapy compositions which comprise products according to the invention; methods for the analytical determination of the proteins and nucleic acids according to the invention; methods for identifying effectors or binding partners of the proteins according to the invention; novel PARP effectors; and methods for determining the activity of such effectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Kock, Thomas Höger, Burkhard Kröger, Bernd Otterbach, Wilfried Lubisch, Hans-Georg Lemaire
  • Publication number: 20070243543
    Abstract: The invention relates to efficient, high-throughput methods, systems, and DNA constructs for identification and isolation of transcription termination sequences. The invention relates further to specific terminator sequences identified by said methods isolated from rice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Michael Kock, Jeffrey Brown, Linda Loyall, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia, John McMillan, Lesley Ireland
  • Publication number: 20060218658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for preparing transformed plant cells or organisms by transforming a population of plant cells which comprises at least one marker protein having a direct or indirect toxic effect for said population, with at least one nucleic acid sequence to be inserted in combination with at least one compound, preferably a DNA construct, capable of reducing the expression, amount, activity and/or function of the marker protein, with the transformed plant cells having a growth advantage over nontransformed cells, due to the action of said compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kock, Markus Frank, Ralf Badur
  • Patent number: 7087637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel indole derivatives, to their preparation and to their use, as inhibitors of the enzyme poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase or PARP (EC 2.4.2.30), for producing drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: BASF AG
    Inventors: Roland Grandel, Wilfried Lubisch, Michael Kock, Thomas Hoger, Reinhold Muller, Sabine Schult, Uta Holzenkamp
  • Patent number: 7041675
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula I and the tautomeric forms, possible enantiomeric and diasteromeric forms thereof, and prodrugs thereof, and use thereof as PARP inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Lubisch, Michael Kock, Thomas Hoeger, Roland Grandel, Reinhold Mueller, Sabine Schult
  • Publication number: 20050260754
    Abstract: The present invention relates to constructs and methods for regulating the gene expression of at least two endogenous target genes by introducing, into a eukaryotic cell or a eukaryotic organism, an at least partially double-stranded ribonucleic acid molecule, the ribonucleic acid molecule comprising at least two ribonucleotide sequence segments which are homologous to various genes of the eukaryotic cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Kock, Jorg Bauer
  • Patent number: RE39608
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula Ia or IB where A is a saturated or monounsaturated heterocyclic, 4 - to 8-membered ring which contains one or two nitrogen atoms, and their tautomeric forms, possible enantiomeric and diastereomeric forms, their prodrugs and possible physiologically tolerated salts are useful as inhibitors of the enzyme poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Lubisch, Michael Kock, Thomas Höger, Sabine Schult, Roland Grandel, Reinhold Müller