Patents by Inventor Silke Wenzel

Silke Wenzel 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: 9574215
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids by means of heterologous gene expression comprising the steps of providing a production organism which comprises a heterologous gene cluster encoding a polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic pathway encompassing a subsequence ER encoding an enoylreductase and a subsequence AT encoding an acyltransferase, growing the production organism in the presence of a fermentable carbon source whereby one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids are produced, and optionally recovering the one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Universitat des Saarlandes
    Inventors: Silke Wenzel, Shwan Rachid, Katja Gemperlein, Rolf Mueller
  • Patent number: 9422566
    Abstract: The present invention refers to the gene cluster and genes comprised by the gene cluster which are involved in the biosynthesis of griselimycin and methylgriselimycin and to the use of the gene cluster, genes comprised thereby and proteins encoded thereby for the production of antibiotic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI
    Inventors: Mark Broenstrup, Claudia Koenig, Luigi Toti, Joachim Wink, Wulf Leuschner, Johann Gassenhuber, Rolf Müller, Silke Wenzel, Tina Binz, Carsten Volz
  • Publication number: 20160017388
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids by means of heterologous gene expression comprising the steps of providing a production organism which comprises a heterologous gene cluster encoding a polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic pathway encompassing a subsequence ER encoding an enoylreductase and a subsequence AT encoding an acyltransferase, growing the production organism in the presence of a fermentable carbon source whereby one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids are produced, and optionally recovering the one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Silke WENZEL, Shwan RACHID, Katja GEMPERLEIN, Rolf MUELLER
  • Patent number: 9217169
    Abstract: The invention provides the amino acid sequences comprised in or constituting the synthetic pathway enzymes participating in the production of Argyrins, as well as the nucleic acid sequences encoding the synthetic pathway enzymes participating in the production of Argyrins, as well as genetically manipulated microorganisms containing nucleic acid sequences encoding the synthetic pathway enzymes for the production of Argyrins, e.g. for inserting one or more of these coding sequences, mutating in a targeted manner one or more of these nucleic acid sequences, in a wild type producer micro-organism or in a heterologous micro-organism, for the production of Argyrins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Helmholtz-Zentrum fuer Infektionsforschung GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Mueller, Silke Wenzel, Ronald Garcia
  • Patent number: 9127298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids by means of heterologous gene expression comprising the steps of providing a production organism which comprises a heterologous gene cluster encoding a polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic pathway encompassing a subsequence ER encoding an enoylreductase and a subsequence AT encoding an acyltransferase, growing the production organism in the presence of a fermentable carbon source whereby one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids are produced, and optionally recovering the one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Universitaet des Saarlandes
    Inventors: Silke Wenzel, Shwan Rachid, Katja Gemperlein, Rolf Mueller
  • Publication number: 20140295457
    Abstract: The present invention refers to the gene cluster and genes comprised by the gene cluster which are involved in the biosynthesis of griselimycin and methylgriselimycin and to the use of the gene cluster, genes comprised thereby and proteins encoded thereby for the production of antibiotic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Mark Broenstrup, Claudia Koenig, Luigi Toti, Joachim Wink, Wulf Leuschner, Johann Gassenhuber, Rolf Müller, Silke Wenzel, Tina Binz, Carsten Volz
  • Publication number: 20130295606
    Abstract: The invention provides the amino acid sequences comprised in or constituting the synthetic pathway enzymes participating in the production of Argyrins, as well as the nucleic acid sequences encoding the synthetic pathway enzymes participating in the production of Argyrins, as well as genetically manipulated microorganisms containing nucleic acid sequences encoding the synthetic pathway enzymes for the production of Argyrins, e.g. for inserting one or more of these coding sequences, mutating in a targeted manner one or more of these nucleic acid sequences, in a wild type producer micro-organism or in a heterologous micro-organism, for the production of Argyrins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Rolf Mueller, Silke Wenzel, Ronald Garcia
  • Publication number: 20130196391
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids by means of heterologous gene expression comprising the steps of providing a production organism which comprises a heterologous gene cluster encoding a polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic pathway encompassing a subsequence ER encoding an enoylreductase and a subsequence AT encoding an acyltransferase, growing the production organism in the presence of a fermentable carbon source whereby one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids are produced, and optionally recovering the one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Silke Wenzel, Shwan Rachid, Katja Gemperlein, Rolf Mueller
  • Patent number: 8404462
    Abstract: The invention provides the amino acid sequences comprised in or constituting the synthetic pathway enzymes participating in the production of Argyrins, as well as the nucleic acid sequences encoding the synthetic pathway enzymes participating in the production of Argyrins, as well as genetically manipulated micro-organisms containing nucleic acid sequences encoding the synthetic pathway enzymes for the production of Argyrins, e.g. for inserting one or more of these coding sequences, mutating in a targeted manner one or more of these nucleic acid sequences, in a wild type producer micro-organism or in a heterologous micro-organism, for the production of Argyrins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignees: Helmholtz-Zentrum Fuer Infektionsforschung GmbH, Universitaet des Saarlandes
    Inventors: Rolf Müller, Silke Wenzel, Ronald Garcia
  • Publication number: 20110159537
    Abstract: The invention provides the amino acid sequences comprised in or constituting the synthetic pathway enzymes participating in the production of Argyrins, as well as the nucleic acid sequences encoding the synthetic pathway enzymes participating in the production of Argyrins, as well as genetically manipulated micro-organisms containing nucleic acid sequences encoding the synthetic pathway enzymes for the production of Argyrins, e.g. for inserting one or more of these coding sequences, mutating in a targeted manner one or more of these nucleic acid sequences, in a wild type producer micro-organism or in a heterologous micro-organism, for the production of Argyrins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicants: Universitat des Saarlandes, Helmholtz-Zentrum fur Infektionsforchung GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Müller, Silke Wenzel, Ronald Garcia