Patents by Inventor Nicole ULMER

Nicole ULMER 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: 10948483
    Abstract: Provided is a method for control and/or monitoring and/or optimization of a chromatographic process, in which the method comprises at least 2 columns which are operated, alternatingly, wherein this operation can be carried out in that the at least 2 columns are operated in interconnected and disconnected states, wherein the columns switch positions after such a sequence of interconnected and disconnected state, and wherein downstream of at least one, or of each column, a detector is located capable of detecting the desired product and/or impurities when passing the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ChromaCon AG
    Inventors: Thomas Muller-Spath, Lars Aumann, Guido Strohlein, Michael Bavand, Nicole Ulmer
  • Publication number: 20190070523
    Abstract: A chromatographic purification method for the isolation of a desired product fraction from a mixture using 2 chromatographic columns, comprises, within one cycle to be carried out at least once, the following steps: a first batch step, wherein said columns are disconnected and a first column is loaded with feed and its outlet is directed to waste, and from a second column desired product is recovered and subsequently the second column is regenerated; a first interconnected step, wherein the outlet of the first column is connected to the inlet of the second column, the first column is loaded beyond its dynamic breakthrough capacity with feed, and the outlet of the second column is directed to waste, a second batch step analogous to the first batch step but with exchanged columns; and a second interconnected step, analogous to the first interconnected step but with exchanged columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: ChromaCon AG
    Inventors: Thomas MULLER-SPATH, Lars AUMANN, Guido STROHLEIN, Michael BAVAND, Nicole ULMER
  • Patent number: 10099156
    Abstract: A chromatographic purification method for the isolation of a desired product fraction from a mixture using 2 chromatographic columns, comprises, within one cycle to be carried out at least once, the following steps: a first batch step, wherein said columns are disconnected and a first column is loaded with feed and its outlet is directed to waste, and from a second column desired product is recovered and subsequently the second column is regenerated; a first interconnected step, wherein the outlet of the first column is connected to the inlet of the second column, the first column is loaded beyond its dynamic breakthrough capacity with feed, and the outlet of the second column is directed to waste, a second batch step analogous to the first batch step but with exchanged columns; and a second interconnected step, analogous to the first interconnected step but with exchanged columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ChromaCon AG
    Inventors: Thomas Müller-Späth, Lars Aumann, Guido Strohlein, Michael Bavand, Nicole Ulmer
  • Publication number: 20170241992
    Abstract: Provided is a method for control and/or monitoring and/or optimization of a chromatographic process, in which the method comprises at least 2 columns which are operated, alternatingly, wherein this operation can be carried out in that the at least 2 columns are operated in interconnected and disconnected states, wherein the columns switch positions after such a sequence of interconnected and disconnected state, and wherein downstream of at least one, or of each column, a detector is located capable of detecting the desired product and/or impurities when passing the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: ChromaCon AG
    Inventors: Thomas MULLER-SPATH, Lars AUMANN, Guido STROHLEIN, Michael BAVAND, Nicole ULMER
  • Patent number: 9073970
    Abstract: A chromatographic process for the enrichment of at least one compound of interest from a mixture is proposed, using chromatographic columns, wherein said process involves a sequence of the following steps: (i) a cyclic accumulation phase, in which the chromatographic columns are alternatingly operated in an interconnected phase, followed by a disconnected phase, wherein subsequently columns exchange places and wherein the phases are carried out sequentially; (ii) a cyclic separation phase, in which the chromatographic columns are alternatingly operated in an interconnected phase, followed by a disconnected phase, wherein after these phases columns exchange places to undergo the next interconnected and disconnected phases; and (iii) an elution phase, in which from the column, which at the end of phase (i) or at the end of phase (ii) contains the compound of interest, is extracted via the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: ChromaCon AG
    Inventors: Thomas Müller-Späth, Guido Ströhlein, Lars Aumann, Michael Bavand, Nicole Ulmer
  • Publication number: 20140299547
    Abstract: A chromatographic purification method for the isolation of a desired product fraction from a mixture using 2 chromatographic columns, comprises, within one cycle to be carried out at least once, the following steps: a first batch step, wherein said columns are disconnected and a first column is loaded with feed and its outlet is directed to waste, and from a second column desired product is recovered and subsequently the second column is regenerated; a first interconnected step, wherein the outlet of the first column is connected to the inlet of the second column, the first column is loaded beyond its dynamic breakthrough capacity with feed, and the outlet of the second column is directed to waste, a second batch step analogous to the first batch step but with exchanged columns; and a second interconnected step, analogous to the first interconnected step but with exchanged columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: ChromaCon AG
    Inventors: Thomas MULLER-SPATH, Lars AUMANN, Guido STROHLEIN, Michael BAVAND, Nicole ULMER
  • Publication number: 20140248643
    Abstract: A chromatographic process for the enrichment of at least one compound of interest from a mixture is proposed, using chromatographic columns, wherein said process involves a sequence of the following steps: (i) a cyclic accumulation phase, in which the chromatographic columns are alternatingly operated in an interconnected phase, followed by a disconnected phase, wherein subsequently columns exchange places and wherein the phases are carried out sequentially; (ii) a cyclic separation phase, in which the chromatographic columns are alternatingly operated in an interconnected phase, followed by a disconnected phase, wherein after these phases columns exchange places to undergo the next interconnected and disconnected phases; and (iii) an elution phase, in which from the column, which at the end of phase (i) or at the end of phase (ii) contains the compound of interest, is extracted via the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: CHROMACON AG
    Inventors: Thomas MÜLLER-SPÄTH, Guido STRÖHLEIN, Lars AUMANN, Michael BAVAND, Nicole ULMER