Patents by Inventor Rolf Vornhagen

Rolf Vornhagen 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).

  • Isolated human cytomegalovirus polypeptides and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6120989
    Abstract: Diagnostically relevant polypeptides and fusion proteins comprising an amino acid sequence which originates from cytomegalovirus and corresponds to a region of the major DNA-binding protein or of the C-terminal region of the tegument protein pp150 fused with at least one further fragment from another antigenic protein of cytomegalovirus are disclosed. The major DNA-binding protein is encoded by the reading frame UL57. The poly-peptides and fusion proteins according to the invention can be used in an advantageous manner in diagnostic tests and methods for the detection of IgM antibodies against cytomegalovirus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Biotest AG
    Inventors: Rolf Vornhagen, Walter Hinderer, Hans-H. Sonneborn, Bodo Plachter, Gerhard Jahn