Patents by Inventor Rainer Schmuck

Rainer Schmuck 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).

  • Recombinant microbial 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase a process for its production and the use thereof
    Patent number: 6255093
    Abstract: DNA molecule comprising a structural gene which codes for a bacterial protein with the enzymatic activity of 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (3-HBDH), a recombinant DNA containing the DNA molecule, microorganisms transformed accordingly, a process for obtaining 3-HBDH by culturing a suitable transformed microorganism as well as a method for the determination of ketone bodies in the presence of the enzyme. A structural gene from Rhodobacter sphaeroides is preferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Schmuck, Rainer Müller, Harald Weisser, Alfred Engel, Kerstin Krüger
  • Homologues of aprotinin with, in place of lysine, other aminoacids in position 15, process for their preparation and their use as medicaments
    Patent number: 4595674
    Abstract: The invention relates to homologs of aprotinin with, in place of lysine, other amino acid moieties in position 15, methods for their preparation and their use as proteinase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Tschesche, Herbert Wenzel, Rainer Schmuck, Eugen Schnabel