Patents by Inventor Patrick Diel

Patrick Diel 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 for Verifying and/or Identifying Hormonally Effective Substances
    Publication number: 20110256579
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for verifying and/or identifying hormonally effective substances using the pheromone system of yeast, to yeast cells for carrying out the method, and to the use thereof. The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: a) adding yeast culture medium or buffer to a sample which presumably contains a hormonally effective substance, b) thereafter contacting the sample with haploid yeast cells that possess features 1 through 3: 1. the DNA sequence coded for a heterologous hormone receptor is placed under the control of a constitutive promoter, 2. the DNA sequence coded for a yeast pheromone is placed under the control of a promoter that can be regulated by the hormone receptor, 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN
    Inventors: Kai Ostermann, Annett Gross, Oliver Zierau, Patrick Diel, Günter Vollmer, Sylvi Lehmann, Felicitas Rataj, Gerhard Rodel
  • 9-ALPHA ESTRATRIENE DERIVATIVES AS ER-BETA SELECTIVE LIGANDS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF INTESTINAL CANCER
    Publication number: 20110178052
    Abstract: Use of 9?-estra-1,3,5(10)-triene derivatives of formula (I) for the prevention and treatment of intestinal cancer, in particular adenoma and adenocarcinoma of the duodenum, ileum, colon, and rectum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer Schering Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl-Heinrich Fritzemeier, Patrick Diel, Torsten Hertrampf