Patents by Inventor Reinhard Franze

Reinhard Franze 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).

  • Publication number: 20220380827
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicants: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reinhard Franze, Chikashi Hirashima, Thomas Link, Yoshinori Takagi, Shinya Takuma, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20220282298
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicants: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reinhard Franze, Chikashi Hirashima, Thomas Link, Yoshinori Takagi, Shinya Takuma, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11377678
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hoffman-La Roche Inc., Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reinhard Franze, Chikashi Hirashima, Thomas Link, Yoshinori Takagi, Shinya Takuma, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20210381020
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicants: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reinhard Franze, Chikashi Hirashima, Thomas Link, Yoshinori Takagi, Shinya Takuma, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11136610
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reinhard Franze, Chikashi Hirashima, Thomas Link, Yoshinori Takagi, Shinya Takuma, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20210246478
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicants: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reinhard Franze, Chikashi Hirashima, Thomas Link, Yoshinori Takagi, Shinya Takuma, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11021728
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reinhard Franze, Chikashi Hirashima, Thomas Link, Yoshinori Takagi, Shinya Takuma, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20200181669
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reinhard Franze, Chikashi Hirashima, Thomas Link, Yoshinori Takagi, Shinya Takuma, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20200080125
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicants: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reinhard Franze, Chikashi Hirashima, Thomas Link, Yoshinori Takagi, Shinya Takuma, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Patent number: 10501769
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reinhard Franze, Chikashi Hirashima, Thomas Link, Yoshinori Takagi, Shinya Takuma, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20160186228
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicants: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Reinhard Franze, Chikashi Hirashima, Thomas Link, Yoshinori Takagi, Shinya Takuma, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Patent number: 8061175
    Abstract: The invention deals with a sheet-metal bending machine containing a lower machine part and an upper machine part mounted on it in a movable way where on either of the upper and lower machine part there is a pair of working tools designed as a bending arm and a holding arm where the principle is that the upper machine part (3), or at least the pair of the working tools connected to it, is, in relation to the lower machine part (2), or at least in relation to the pair of the working tools connected to it in the feeding direction (L) of the processed metal sheet (14), mounted in a mutually horizontally sliding bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Inventor: Reinhard Franze
  • Publication number: 20110117087
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: REINHARD FRANZE, Thomas Link, Shinya Takuma, Yoshinori Takagi, Chikashi Hirashima, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20090013748
    Abstract: The invention deals with a sheet-metal bending machine containing a lower machine part and an upper machine part mounted on it in a movable way where on either of the upper and lower machine part there is a pair of working tools designed as a bending arm and a holding arm where the principle is that the upper machine part (3), or at least the pair of the working tools connected to it, is, in relation to the lower machine part (2), or at least in relation to the pair of the working tools connected to it in the feeding direction (L) of the processed metal sheet (14), mounted in a mutually horizontally sliding bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventor: Reinhard FRANZE
  • Patent number: 7214532
    Abstract: The invention concerns human cells which, due to an activation of the endogenous human EPO gene, are able to produce EPO in an adequate quantity and purity to enable a cost-effective production of human EPO as a pharmaceutical preparation. Furthermore the invention concerns a process for the production of such human EPO-producing cells, DNA constructs for the activation of the endogenous EPO gene in human cells as well as a process for the large-scale production of EPO in human cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics, GmbH
    Inventors: Anne Stern, Michael Brandt, Konrad Honold, Johannes Auer, Hans Koll, Reinhard Franze, Ulrich Pessara
  • Patent number: 7214514
    Abstract: A process for selecting human cells for the production of human proteins by endogenous gene activation allows human proteins to be produced in economically feasible quantities and in a form suitable for producing a pharmaceutical composition. Also disclosed is a process for producing human proteins in a cell line identified in this matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: ROCHE Diagnostics, GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Brandt, Reinhard Franze, Ulrich Pessara
  • Patent number: 7128913
    Abstract: The present invention refers to conjugates of erythropoietin with poly(ethylene glycol) comprising an erythropoietin glycoprotein having an N-terminal ?-amino group and having the in vivo biological activity of causing bone marrow cells to increase production of reticulocytes and red blood cells and selected from the group consisting of human erythropoietin and analogs thereof which have the sequence of human erythropoietin modified by the addition of from 1 to 6 glycosylation sites or a rearrangement of at least one glycosylation site; said glycoprotein being covalently linked to one poly(ethylene glycol) group of the formula —CO—(CH2)x—(OCH2CH2)m—OR wherein the —CO of the poly(ethylene glycol) group forms an amide bond with said N-terminal ?-amino group; and wherein R is lower alkyl; x is 2 or 3; and m is from about 450 to about 1350.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Josef Burg, Alfred Engel, Reinhard Franze, Bernd Hilger, Hartmut Ernst Schurig, Wilhelm Tischer, Manfred Wozny
  • Publication number: 20050090007
    Abstract: A process for selecting human cells for the production of human proteins by endogenous gene activation allows human proteins to be produced in economically feasible quantities and in a form suitable for producing a pharmaceutical composition. Also disclosed is a process for producing human proteins in a cell line identified in this matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Brandt, Reinhard Franze, Ulrich Pessara
  • Patent number: 6846673
    Abstract: A process for selecting human cells for the production of human proteins by endogenous gene activation allows human proteins to be produced in economically feasible quantities and in a form suitable for producing a pharmaceutical composition. Also disclosed is a process for producing human proteins in a cell line identified in this matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Brandt, Reinhard Franze, Ulrich Pessara
  • Publication number: 20040203001
    Abstract: The invention concerns human cells which, due to an activation of the endogenous human EPO gene, are able to produce EPO in an adequate quantity and purity to enable a cost-effective production of human EPO as a pharmaceutical preparation. Furthermore the invention concerns a process for the production of such human EPO-producing cells, DNA constructs for the activation of the endogenous EPO gene in human cells as well as a process for the large-scale production of EPO in human cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Anne Stern, Michael Brandt, Konrad Honold, Johannes Auer, Hans Koll, Reinhard Franze, Ulrich Pessara