Patents by Inventor Ramona Knab

Ramona Knab 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: 9663798
    Abstract: The aim is to increase the protein product yield in microbial fermentation. This is achieved by a method which introduces into a microorganism not only a first expression construct which encodes the protein, but also a second expression construct which encodes an auxiliary protease which differs from the protein, is proteolytically active and which comprises an amino acid sequence which is at least 50% identical to the amino acid sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO. 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lukas Maksym, Ramona Knab, Stefan Evers, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Johannes Bongaerts
  • Publication number: 20140220628
    Abstract: The aim is to increase the protein product yield in microbial fermentation. This is achieved by a method which introduces into a microorganism not only a first expression construct which encodes the protein, but also a second expression construct which encodes an auxiliary protease which differs from the protein, is proteolytically active and which comprises an amino acid sequence which is at least 50% identical to the amino acid sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO. 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lukas Maksym, Ramona Knab, Stefan Evers, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Johannes Bongaerts