Patents by Inventor Stefan Uthoff

Stefan Uthoff 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).

  • PURIFICATION OF PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20240191275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for purifying proteins, which proteins are produced by homologous or heterologous expression in a ciliate host, from harvested cell culture fluid (HCCF) which was not chromatographically purified. The method comprises the steps of incubating a harvested cell culture fluid with a kosmotropic agent, efflorescing protein by formation of crystals, and, optionally, harvesting effloresced protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Marcus Wolf William HARTMANN, Ingo ALDAG, Jan ROSSDORF, Stefan UTHOFF, Florian SCHUMACHER
  • Oleaginous bacterial cells and methods for producing lipids
    Patent number: 9708593
    Abstract: This invention relates to cells and methods for producing lipids using cellulosic carbon source. More specifically the invention relates to oleaginous bacterial cells, wherein genes encoding at least one cellulolytic activity has been introduced. This invention also relates to methods for lipid production by cultivating an oleaginous bacterial strain or strains capable of expressing one or more cellulolytic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Neste Oyj
    Inventors: Stephan Hetzler, Stefan Uthoff, Daniel Broker, Alexander Steinbuchel, Perttu Koskinen
  • Oleaginous Bacterial Cells and Methods for Producing Lipids
    Publication number: 20150322417
    Abstract: This invention relates to cells and methods for producing lipids using cellulosic carbon source. More specifically the invention relates to oleaginous bacterial cells, wherein genes encoding at least one cellulolytic activity has been introduced. This invention also relates to methods for lipid production by cultivating an oleaginous bacterial strain or strains capable of expressing one or more cellulolytic activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Neste Oil Oyj
    Inventors: Stephan Hetzler, Stefan Uthoff, Daniel Broker, Alexander Steinbuchel, Perttu Koskinen