Patents by Inventor Steffen Mauer

Steffen Mauer 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).

  • NOVEL 12 ALPHA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES, PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140147887
    Abstract: The invention provides 12?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases, nucleic acid sequences coding for the same, expression cassettes and vectors, recombinant microorganisms containing the corresponding coding nucleic acid sequences, methods for producing said 12?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases, methods for enzymatic oxidation of 12?-hydroxysteroids using said enzyme, methods for enzymatic reduction of 12-ketosteroids using said enzyme, methods for qualitative or quantitative determination of 12-ketosteroids and/or 12?-hydroxysteroids using said 12?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases and methods for production of ursodesoxycholic acid, comprising the enzyme-catalysed cholic acid oxidation using said 12?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: PharmaZell GmbH
    Inventors: Arno Aigner, Ralf Gross, Rolf Schmid, Michael Braun, Steffen Mauer
  • NOVEL 12 ALPHA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES, PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110091921
    Abstract: The invention relates to 12 ?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases, nucleic acid sequences coding for the same, expression cassettes and vectors, recombinant microorganisms containing the corresponding coding nucleic acid sequences, a method for producing said 12 ?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases, a method for enzymatic oxidation of 12 ?-hydroxysteroids using said enzyme, a method for enzymatic reduction of 12-ketosteroids using said enzyme, a method for qualitative or quantitative determination of 12-ketosteroids and/or 12?-hydroxysteroids using said 12?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases and a method for production of ursodesoxycholic acid, comprising the enzyme-catalysed cholic acid oxidation using said 12 ?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: PharmaZell GmbH
    Inventors: Arno Aigner, Ralf Gross, Rolf Schmid, Michael Braun, Steffen Mauer