Patents by Inventor Robert Thummer

Robert Thummer 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).

  • DECREASING TOXICITY OF TERPENES AND INCREASING THE PRODUCTION POTENTIAL IN MICRO-ORGANISMS
    Publication number: 20230041211
    Abstract: The invention pertains to novel methods to increase the tolerance of microbial host cells to toxic substance, for example terpenes and alcohols and other membrane disrupting substances, as well as modified organism with such an increased tolerance a compared to the unmodified organism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Michael BREUER, Julia Ena HARTIG, Robert THUMMER, Heike BRUESER, Stephanie RENZ, Michael Guenter BRAUN, Oliver OSWALD, Roland MINGES, Jens O. KROEMER, Heiko BABEL
  • Synthetic phytase variants
    Patent number: 9127260
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synthetic phytase with elevated thermostability, elevated stability to acids at p H 2, elevated stability to pepsin and with a broadened active p H range, and to an isolated nucleic acid sequence coding for a synthetic phytase and to the use of the phytase in an animal feed for reducing the phosphate content in the slurry and to animal feed additives and animal feeds comprising the synthetic phytase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Haefner, Annegret Welzel, Robert Thummer
  • Multistage process for producing mineral oil using microorganisms
    Patent number: 8973655
    Abstract: A multistage process for producing mineral oil from mineral oil deposits by injecting aqueous flooding media into a mineral oil formation through injection boreholes and withdrawing the mineral oil through production boreholes, in which the mineral oil yield is increased by the use of microorganisms in combination with measures for blocking highly permeable zones of the mineral oil formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Wintershall Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Vladimir Stehle, Rajan Hollmann, Robert Thummer
  • Multistage process for producing mineral oil using microorganisms
    Patent number: 8826976
    Abstract: A process for producing mineral oil from mineral oil deposits by injecting aqueous flooding media into a mineral oil formation through injection boreholes and withdrawing the mineral oil through production boreholes, wherein the process comprises several cycles of process steps in which oil-mobilizing microorganisms and flooding water are injected alternately into the deposit. Processes in which highly permeable regions of the mineral oil formation are additionally blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Wintershall Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Vladimir Stehle, Rajan Hollmann, Robert Thummer
  • Synthetic Phytase Variants
    Publication number: 20140044835
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synthetic phytase with elevated thermostability, elevated stability to acids at p H 2, elevated stability to pepsin and with a broadened active p H range, and to an isolated nucleic acid sequence coding for a synthetic phytase and to the use of the phytase in an animal feed for reducing the phosphate content in the slurry and to animal feed additives and animal feeds comprising the synthetic phytase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Haefner, Annegret Welzel, Robert Thummer
  • Synthetic phytase variants
    Patent number: 8557555
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synthetic phytase with elevated thermostability, elevated stability to acids at pH 2, elevated stability to pepsin and with a broadened active pH range, and to an isolated nucleic acid sequence coding for a synthetic phytase and to the use of the phytase in an animal feed for reducing the phosphate content in the slurry and to animal feed additives and animal feeds comprising the synthetic phytase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Haefner, Annegret Welzel, Robert Thummer
  • MULTISTAGE PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MINERAL OIL USING MICROORGANISMS
    Publication number: 20120255729
    Abstract: A multistage process for producing mineral oil from mineral oil deposits by injecting aqueous flooding media into a mineral oil formation through injection boreholes and withdrawing the mineral oil through production boreholes, in which the mineral oil yield is increased by the use of microorganisms in combination with measures for blocking highly permeable zones of the mineral oil formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Wintershall Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Vladimir Stehle, Rajan Hollmann, Robert Thummer
  • MULTISTAGE PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MINERAL OIL USING MICROORGANISMS
    Publication number: 20120199343
    Abstract: A process for producing mineral oil from mineral oil deposits by injecting aqueous flooding media into a mineral oil formation through injection boreholes and withdrawing the mineral oil through production boreholes, wherein the process comprises several cycles of process steps in which oil-mobilizing microorganisms and flooding water are injected alternately into the deposit. Processes in which highly permeable regions of the mineral oil formation are additionally blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Wintershall Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Vladimir Stehle, Rajan Hollmann, Robert Thummer