Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Stampfer

Wolfgang Stampfer 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).

  • Alcohol dehydrogenases with increased solvent and temperature stability
    Patent number: 7569375
    Abstract: The invention relates to biocatalysts showing alcohol dehydrogenase activity obtainable from Rhodococcus ruber, their preparation, their use in the oxidation of secondary alcohols and/or the reduction of ketones, as well as nucleic acids coding for these alcohol dehydrogenases and microorganisms transformed with nucleic acids coding for these biocatalysts and their use for producing the biocatalyst or oxidizing secondary alcohols and/or reducing ketones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Stampfer, Birgit Kosjek, Wolfgang Kroutil, Kurt Faber, Jürgen Eck, Frank Niehaus
  • Alcohol dehydrogenases with increased solvent and temperature stability
    Publication number: 20040157305
    Abstract: The invention relates to biocatalysts showing alcohol dehydrogenase activity obtainable from Rhodococcus ruber, their preparation, their use in the oxidation of secondary alcohols and/or the reduction of ketones, as well as nucleic acids coding for these alcohol dehydrogenases and microorganisms transformed with nucleic acids coding for these biocatalysts and their use for producing the biocatalyst or oxidizing secondary alcohols and/or reducing ketones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Wolfgang Stampfer, Birgit Kosjek, Wolfgang Kroutil, Kurt Faber, Jurgen Eck, Frank Niehaus