Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Bredt

Wolfgang Bredt 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).

  • Monoclonal antibodies against Mycoplasma pneumoniae, hybridomas producing these, methods for the preparation thereof, and the use thereof
    Patent number: 5641638
    Abstract: The invention relates to monoclonal antibodies and fragments thereof which are specific for Mycoplasma pneumoniae P2 protein and have a cross-reactivity of 1% or less with five other species of the genus Mycoplasma and other pathogen species of the concomitant flora, and to methods for the preparation of the monoclonal antibodies according to the invention. The invention furthermore relates to hybridomas which produce the antibodies according to the invention, and to methods for the preparation thereof. Finally, the invention relates to the use of the monoclonal antibodies according to the invention for detecting Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Behringwerke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bredt, Bernhard Gerstenecker, Enno Jacobs, Wilhelm Schuy
  • Method for the purification of a 168 kD protein from mycoplasma pneumoniae
    Patent number: 5084561
    Abstract: A new method for the purification of a 168 kD protein from Mycoplasma pneumoniae using zwitterionic and non-ionic detergents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bredt, Klemens Fuchte, Enno Jacobs