Patents by Inventor Volker Wendisch

Volker Wendisch 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).

  • Carotenoid and amino acid biosynthesis using recombinant corynebacterium glutamicum
    Patent number: 11312981
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing astaxanthin and lysine in recombinant gram-positive bacteria comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding for a crtZ-protein from F. pelagi and comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding for a crtW-protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITÄT BIELEFELD
    Inventors: Petra Peters-Wendisch, Volker Wendisch, Nadja Alina Henke
  • CAROTENOID AND AMINO ACID BIOSYNTHESIS USING RECOMBINANT CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM
    Publication number: 20200181660
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing astaxanthin and lysine in recombinant gram-positive bacteria comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding for a crtZ-protein from F. pelagi and comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding for a crtW-protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: UNIVERSITÄT BIELEFELD
    Inventors: Petra PETERS-WENDISCH, Volker WENDISCH, Nadja Alina HENKE
  • Process for the fermentative preparation of organic chemical compounds using Coryneform bacteria in which the sugR gene is present in attenuated form
    Patent number: 8592177
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant coryneform bacterium which secretes an organic chemical compound and in which the sugR gene which codes for a polypeptide having the activity of an SugR regulator has been attenuated. The invention further relates to a processes for using this bacterium for the fermentative preparation of organic chemical compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Evonik Degussa GmbH, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
    Inventors: Brigitte Bathe, Georg Thierbach, Volker Wendisch, Verena Engels, Bernhard Eikmanns, Bastian Blombach
  • Process for the Fermentative Preparation of Organic Chemical Compounds Using Coryneform Bacteria in which the SugR Gene is Present in Attenuated Form
    Publication number: 20120214211
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant coryneform bacterium which secretes an organic chemical compound and in which the sugR gene which codes for a polypeptide having the activity of an SugR regulator has been attenuated. The invention further relates to a processes for using this bacterium for the fermentative preparation of organic chemical compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicants: Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Brigitte Bathe, Bastian Blombach, Bernhard Eikmanns, Verena Engels, Georg Thierbach, Volker Wendisch
  • Process for the fermentative preparation of organic chemical compounds using coryneform bacteria in which the SugR gene is present in attenuated form
    Patent number: 8133714
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant coryneform bacterium which secretes an organic chemical compound and in which the sugR gene which codes for a polypeptide having the activity of an SugR regulator has been attenuated. The invention further relates to a processes for using this bacterium for the fermentative preparation of organic chemical compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignees: Evonik Degussa GmbH, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
    Inventors: Brigitte Bathe, Bastian Blombach, Bernhard Eikmanns, Verena Engels, Georg Thierbach, Volker Wendisch
  • Process for the fermentative preparation of organic chemical compounds using coryneform bacteria in which the SugR gene is present in attenuated form
    Publication number: 20090117624
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant coryneform bacterium which secretes an organic chemical compound and in which the sugR gene which codes for a polypeptide having the activity of an SugR regulator has been attenuated. The invention further relates to a processes for using this bacterium for the fermentative preparation of organic chemical compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicants: Evonik Degussa GmbH, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH
    Inventors: Brigitte Bathe, Bastian Blombach, Bernhard Eikmanns, Verena Engels, Georg Thierbach, Volker Wendisch
  • Method for the fermentative production of L-amino acids, using coryneform bacteria
    Publication number: 20050079588
    Abstract: L-amino acid is produced by fermenting a medium using coryneform bacteria in which one or more of the genes linked with a nitrogen metabolism and selected from the group consisting of amt, ocd, soxA and sumT is/are amplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicants: DEGUSSA AG, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH
    Inventors: Georg Sindelar, Volker Wendisch, Hermann Sahm