Patents by Inventor Volker Schurig

Volker Schurig 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).

  • ENANTIOSELECTIVE CAPACITIVE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20090261845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enantioselective capacitive sensor, its manufacture and use and to devices comprising such sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Andreas Hierlemann, Petra Kurzawski, Anja Bogdanski, Volker Schurig
  • Amelioration of neurological disorders by the administration of (2R),(3S), and/or (2S),3(S) stereoisomers of valnoctamide
    Patent number: 6417399
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the individual stereoisomers of the drug valnoctamide (a mixture of four stereoisomer kinds, VCD-valmethamide or 2-ethyl-3-methyl pentanamide) useful in treatment of neurological and psychotic disorders such as different kinds of epilepsy and affective disorders, and useful as tranquilizers and to treat pain, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing, as an active ingredient, these stereoisomers. The present invention further relates to a method for stereoselective separation and quantification of the four stereoisomers from a racemic mixture of VCD or plasma of patients treated with the racemic drug. The present invention further relates to a unique method for the synthesis of the individual stereoisomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Inventors: Meir Bialer, Boris Yagen, Ofer Spiegelstein, Michael Roeder, Volker Schurig