Patents by Inventor Renate Naumann

Renate Naumann 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).

  • Lipid Membrane Enveloped Particles with Membrane Proteins
    Publication number: 20150346198
    Abstract: The present invention relates to model lipid bilayers surrounding a nano- or microsized particle comprising, membrane proteins immobilized to the surface of the particle and a sheet of a lipid bilayer interspaced between the membrane proteins and enveloping said particle, wherein said membrane protein is immobilized to the surface of the particle by a linker molecule with a length of at most 5.5 nm, as well as method of using said particles in membrane protein ligand binding or activity assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Renate Naumann, Christoph Nowak
  • Peptides and synthetic cell membranes
    Patent number: 5962638
    Abstract: Linear peptides of the formula (I) R-A-B-C-D-E-OH, where R, A, B, C, D and E have the indicated meanings, are disclosed. Methods of making these peptides, and of using them as biosensors, solar cells and membrane models for use in the investigation of biochemical processes are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Renate Naumann, Alfred Jonczyk