Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Sommergruber

Wolfgang Sommergruber 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).

  • Patent number: 6809179
    Abstract: Tumor-associated antigens, immunogenic peptides derived therefrom and DNA molecules coding therefor, and the use thereof in the immunotherapy of cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Renate Konopitzky, Ulrich Koenig, Wolfgang Sommergruber, Thomas Woelfel
  • Publication number: 20020164620
    Abstract: Screening methods for identifying separase inhibitors based on active forms of separase and compounds identified in such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jan-Michael Peters, Irene Waizenegger, Wolfgang Sommergruber
  • Publication number: 20020142003
    Abstract: Tumour-associated antigen B345 and DNA molecules coding therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Norbert Schweifer, Marwa Scherl-Mostageer, Wolfgang Sommergruber, Roger Abseher
  • Patent number: 6180385
    Abstract: Methods of making and using Picornavirus L proteinase peptides (PLPPs) are provided, including, but not limited to, expression of DNA encoding all or a portion thereof, such as a Picornavirus L proteinase (PLP) and variants thereof, as well as methods for determining active sites and inhibitors of a PLP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
    Inventors: Timothy Skern, Regina Kirchweger, Elisabeth Ziegler, Dieter Blaas, Hans-Dieter Liebig, Barry J. Lamphear, Debra Waters, Robert E. Rhoads, Wolfgang Sommergruber, Horst Ahorn
  • Patent number: 5559025
    Abstract: The invention relates to the expression of mature HRV proteinase 2A, the partial purification thereof and the preparation of substrates having an inhibitory effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Ahorn, Ingrid Maurer-Fogy, Wolfgang Sommergruber, Andreas Zophel, Dieter Blaas, Ernst Kuchler, Hans-Dieter Liebig, Timothy Skern
  • Patent number: 5149783
    Abstract: This invention relates to a DNA molecule or a functional derivative thereof coding for a fusion protein, the fusion protein comprising an enzymatically active component and a non-enzymatically active polypeptide component which may be cleaved therefrom, an expression system which contains the DNA molecule, the use thereof as a test system for inhibitors of viral proteases, and an assay for identifying viral inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Sommergruber, Friederike Fessl, Ernst Kuechler, Dieter Blaas, Timothy Skern, Manfred Zorn, Markus Duechler, Heinrich Kowalski, Peter Volkmann, Ingrid Maurer-Fogy, Peter Pallai