| Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V. Patent applications |
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| 20120135459 | NOVEL FLUORINATED RHODAMINES AS PHOTOSTABLE FLUORESCENT DYES FOR LABELLING AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES - The present invention relates to novel fluorinated | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120134880 | Apparatus and method for detecting one or more analytes - The present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting one or more analytes, for example analytes selected from the group comprising nucleic acids, metabolites, peptides, proteins, hormones, pesticides, neurotransmitters, ions in blood, electrolytes, toxic gases, pH and biological warfare agents, the apparatus comprising an insulating substrate, at least one first electrode on the substrate at least one elongate nanostructure extending from and electrically connected to the or each said electrode and extending over the surface of the wafer away from the respective electrode, a passivating layer covering the or each electrode, but not all of said at least one elongate nanostructure, a well crossing the at least one elongate nanostructure extending from the or each electrode and forming a static reservoir for a liquid being investigated for the presence of at least one analyte, a reference electrode provided on said substrate within said well or insertable into said well and respective readout pads electrically connected to the or each electrode and to the reference electrode if the latter is provided on the substrate, the at least one elongate nanostructure being capable of being functionalized for detecting one or more analytes. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120117689 | CHIMERIC PROMOTERS CAPABLE OF MEDIATING GENE EXPRESSION IN PLANTS UPON PATHOGEN INFECTION AND USES THEREOF - Described are synthetic promoters capable of mediating gene expression in plants upon pathogen infection. Furthermore, recombinant genes and vectors comprising said chimeric promoters as well as host cells transformed with such chimeric promoters, recombinant genes, or vectors are provided. Additionally, diagnostic compositions and kits comprising such chimeric promoters, recombinant genes, vectors or cells are described. Provided are further methods for the identification of compounds being capable of activating or inhibiting genes that are specifically expressed in plants upon pathogen infection employing the above described means. Furthermore, transgenic plant cells, plant tissue, and plants containing the above-described chimeric promoters, recombinant genes, and vectors as well as the use of the aforementioned chimeric promoters, recombinant genes, vectors and/or compounds identified by the method of the invention in plant cell and tissue culture, plant breeding, and/or agriculture are described. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116050 | PYRENE-BASED POLYMERS FOR ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLEDS) - The present invention relates to novel pyrene-based polymers, methods of preparing the same and uses thereof, in particular for electroluminescent devices. The novel polymers of the invention have the following general formula (I): wherein R | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120100559 | NOVEL HYDROPHILIC AND LIPOPHILIC RHODAMINES FOR LABELLING AND IMAGING - The invention relates to novel and improved photostable rhodamine dyes of the general structural formulae I or II and their uses as fluorescent markers, e.g. for immunostainings and spectroscopic and microscopic applications, in particular in conventional and stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. The partially deuterated analogues are useful as molecular mass distribution tags in mass spectroscopic applications. wherein R | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120064397 | Phosphate Based Compound, Use Of The Compound In An Electrochemical Storage Device And Methods For Its Preparation - A phosphate based compound basically comprising—A: exchangeable cations used in charging and discharging, e.g. Li, Na, K, Ag, —B: non-exchangeable cations from the transition metals, group 3-12 of the periodic table of elements, e.g. Fe, Mn, Co, Cr, Ti, V, Cu, Sc, —C: 60 Mol-%-90 Mol-%, preferably 75 Mol-% of the compound being phosphate (PO | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120046456 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCING ALPHA-1, 6-BRANCHED ALPHA-1, 4-GLUCANS FROM SUCROSE - Nucleic acid molecules which encode a branching enzyme from a bacterium of the genus | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120034493 | ELECTRODE DEVICE, GENERATOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POWER GENERATION BY MEANS OF MEMBRANE-POTENTIAL SHUNTING - An electrode device ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120027794 | TUBERCULOSIS VACCINE WITH IMPROVED EFFICACY - The present invention relates to novel recombinant vaccines providing protective immunity against tuberculosis. Further, the present invention refers to novel recombinant nucleic acid molecules, vectors containing said nucleic acid molecules, cells transformed with said nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides encoded by said nucleic acid molecules. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120013336 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING WITH IMPROVED IMAGING CONTRAST - A method of magnetic resonance imaging of an object comprises the steps of arranging the object in a stationary magnetic field, subjecting the object to an excitation and encoding sequence of magnetic field gradients resulting in k-space sampling in two segments along the phase encoding direction, wherein the encoding sequence of the magnetic field gradients is selected such that the two segments in k-space are sampled along trajectories beginning with a central k-space line through the k-space center and continuing to opposite k-space borders of the two segments, collecting magnetic resonance signals created in the object, and reconstructing an image of the object based on the magnetic resonance signals, wherein one central k-space line is sampled in both of the two k-space segments, and intersegment phase and/or intensity deviations are corrected in both k-space segments using the magnetic resonance signals collected along the central k-space line. Furthermore, an imaging device for magnetic resonance imaging of an object is described. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120004791 | TELEOPERATION METHOD AND HUMAN ROBOT INTERFACE FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF A MACHINE BY A HUMAN OPERATOR - The invention relates to a teleoperation method and a human robot interface for remote control of a machine by a human operator ( | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110311438 | Autosynthesizer for the controlled synthesis of nano- and sub-nanostructures - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the synthesis of nanostructures using at least one solution providing at least one chemical element appropriate for the type of nanostructure, the method comprising the steps of: a) adding (admixing) a reducing agent to the at least one solution, b) bringing a suitable substrate into contact with the at least one solution before or after step a), c) forming nucleation growth sites on the substrate and d) maintaining the temperature at a suitable level for the growth of the nanostructures, characterized by the further steps of e) providing at least one space having at least one dimension in the micron range, e.g. in the range from 1 μm to 500 μm, adjacent a surface of the substrate, f) growing said nanostructures in said at least one space, g) periodically separating said nanostructures from the substrate and removing them. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110306651 | RNA INTERFERENCE MEDIATING SMALL RNA MOLECULES - Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110284820 | NANOWIRES ON SUBSTRATE SURFACES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a method for producing anchored nanowires on substrate surfaces. A method for producing anchored nanowires on a substrate which comprises no deposition steps from the gas phase with the steps:
| 11-24-2011 |
| 20110275539 | SUBSTRATE FOR SELECTING AND SPECIFICALLY INFLUENCING THE FUNCTION OF CELLS - The invention relates to a method and to a substrate for selecting and specifically influencing the function of cells by the adhesion thereof to substrate surfaces having prescribed properties. Said substrates comprise various surface regions each representing a condition affecting the cell adhesion and/or cell function, and said conditions are determined by a geometric property and/or a mechanical property or a combination of a geometric property and/or a mechanical property with a chemical property of each surface region. The invention further relates to analysis devices and to analysis methods using said substrates for identifying and selecting particular cell types, for identifying suitable substrate conditions for affecting a particular cell function or particular cell type or for identifying disease states characterized by a change in the cell type or cell function. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110256173 | CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL MANNOSIDE GLYCANS FROM MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS - The efficient synthesis of phosphatidylinositol mono- to hexa-mannoside (PIM | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110245150 | TARGETS FOR TREATMENT OF CHLAMYDIAL INFECTIONS - The present invention relates to a screening method for identification of a compound suitable for the prevention, treatment or/and diagnosis of an infection with Chlamydiaceae. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110236596 | CORROSION INHIBITING COATINGS CONTROLLABLE BY ELECTROMAGNETIC IRRADIATION AND METHODS FOR CORROSION INHIBITION USING THE SAME - A corrosion inhibiting coating includes a primer layer having incorporated therein corrosion inhibitor-loaded containers which release a corrosion inhibitor in response to electromagnetic irradiation; and a container-free protective top layer which, when intact, prevents spontaneous opening of the containers in the primer layer induced by electromagnetic irradiation, wherein the coating-releases an inhibitor in response to electromagnetic irradiation if the protective top layer contains defective areas which enable direct exposure of the containers to the electromagnetic irradiation. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234222 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECONSTRUCTING A SEQUENCE OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES - A method for reconstructing a sequence of magnetic resonance (MR) images of an object under investigation, includes the steps of (a) providing a series of sets of image raw data including an image content of the MR images to be reconstructed, the image raw data being collected with the use of at least one radiofrequency receiver coil of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device, wherein each set of image raw data includes a plurality of data samples being generated with a gradient-echo sequence, in particular a FLASH sequence, that spatially encodes an MRI signal received with the at least one radiofrequency receiver coil using a non-Cartesian k-space trajectory, each set of image raw data includes a set of homogeneously distributed lines in k-space with equivalent spatial frequency content, the lines of each set of image raw data cross the center of k-space and cover a continuous range of spatial frequencies, and the positions of the lines of each set of image raw data differ in successive sets of image raw data, and (b) subjecting the sets of image raw data to a regularized nonlinear inverse reconstruction process to provide the sequence of MR images, wherein each of the MR images is created by a simultaneous estimation of a sensitivity of the at least one receiver coil and the image content and in dependency on a difference between a current estimation of the sensitivity of the at least one receiver coil and the image content and a preceding estimation of the sensitivity of the at least one receiver coil and the image content. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110171188 | NON-THERMAL PLASMA FOR WOUND TREATMENT AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHOD - The invention relates to a non-thermal plasma for treatment of a surface, particularly for the treatment of a wound ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110112283 | RNA INTERFERENCE MEDIATING SMALL RNA MOLECULES - Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110095388 | AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE - The invention relates to an avalanche photodiode ( | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110076509 | Method for the Synthesis of Metallic Nanotubes and Nanotubes Synthesized by the Method - The present disclosure relates to a method for the synthesis of at least one metallic nanotube ( | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110071274 | IMMOBILISATION OF CHELATING GROUPS FOR IMMOBILISED METAL ION CHROMATOGRAPHY (IMAC) - The present invention refers to a method for binding a polycarboxylic acid to a solid phase. Further, the invention refers to a solid phase having a polycarboxylic acid immobilized thereto and methods of using the solid phase, e.g. for purifying His-tagged recombinant polypeptides. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110065773 | RNA INTERFERENCE MEDIATING SMALL RNA MOLECULES - Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110065109 | RNA INTERFERENCE MEDIATING SMALL RNA MOLECULES - Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110049363 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING ELECTRON DIFFRACTION OF A SAMPLE - The invention relates to a method and a device for measuring electron diffraction of a sample, including the steps of illuminating the sample with an incident electron beam which is deflected from a sample axis to hit the sample at an angle of incidence relative to the sample axis, at least partially subjecting the incident electron beam to diffraction by the sample, subjecting the diffracted and undiffracted electron beams transmitted through the sample to a partial deflection compensation, detecting the intensity of the diffracted and undiffracted electron beams transmitted through the sample in dependency on the angle of incidence and a scattering angle of the diffracted beam. The invention also relates to a computer program for controlling a transmission electron microscope for carrying out the inventive method. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110049264 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A PRESSURE PARAMETER OF A PLANT SAMPLE - A method of determining a pressure parameter of a plant sample ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110028007 | BREADBOARD - The invention relates to a breadboard ( | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110027883 | RNA INTERFERENCE MEDIATING SMALL RNA MOLECULES - Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110020234 | RNA INTERFERENCE MEDIATING SMALL RNA MOLECULES - Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110014123 | RNA interference mediating small RNA molecules - Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a | 01-20-2011 |
| 20100316703 | RNA INTERFERENCE MEDIATING SMALL RNA MOLECULES - Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100292456 | RNA INTERFERENCE MEDIATING SMALL RNA MOLECULES - Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100292308 | MICRORNA MOLECULES | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100286246 | IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL GENES CODING FOR SMALL TEMPORAL RNAS | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100286245 | IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL GENES CODING FOR SMALL TEMPORAL RNAS | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100280216 | METHOD OF PREPARING ORGANIC POROUS SOLIDS AND SOLIDS OBTAINABLE BY THIS METHOD - The present invention relates to a method of preparing porous solids, which method comprises polymerizing, in a salt melt or a eutectic mixture of salt melt containing at least one Lewis acidic salt, cyano monomers having at least one or at least two cyano groups in their molecule, wherein the at least one or at least two cyano groups are bonded to a rigid linking group in the cyano monomer, as well as to the porous solids obtainable by that method. Owing to their porosity and the associated extremely high specific surface area, the porous solids are useful as sorbents, filtering and insulating materials, as well as catalyst carriers. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100237392 | DEPFET TRANSISTOR HAVING A LARGE DYNAMIC RANGE - The invention relates to a DEPFET transistor ( | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100216737 | Inactivation of miR-34a by abberant CpG methylation in cancer - The present application refers to methods for cancer diagnosis and treatment, particularly in types of cancers associated with aberrant CpG methylation of the miR-34a promoter. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100216653 | USE OF POLYMORPHISMS IN THE TMEM132D GENE IN THE PREDICTION AND TREATMENT OF ANXIETY DISORDERS - The present invention relates to methods, compositions, kits and reagents for the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100210453 | Preparation Of Nanostructured Metals And Metal Compounds And Their Uses - A method for the preparation of materials comprises the steps of: a) taking a first material comprising a compound of a first metal or of a first metal alloy, b) inserting said first material into an electrochemical cell as a first electrode, the electrochemical cell including a second electrode including a second metal different from a metal incorporated in the first material and an electrolyte adapted to transport the second metal to the first electrode and insert it into the first material by a current flowing in an external circuit resulting in the formation of a compound of the second metal in the first electrode material, the method being characterized by the step of treating the first electrode material after formation of the compound of the second metal to chemically remove at least some of the compound of the second metal to leave a material with a nanoporous structure. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100144676 | OLEYL PHOSPHOCHOLINE - The invention relates to the use of oleyl phosphocholine and oleyl-phospho-(N.N.-dimethyl-N-ethyl)-ethyl-ammonium for the long-term and continuous treatment of serious illnesses, such as cancer, leishmaniasis, ehrlichiosis, multiple sclerosis and psoriasis, in addition to other indications mentioned in the application. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100113561 | MICRORNA MOLECULES | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100099748 | MICRORNA MOLECULES | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100093837 | MICRORNA MOLECULES | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100087513 | MICRORNA MOLECULES | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100087512 | MICRORNA MOLECULES | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100086583 | LIPID-ANALOGOUS PHOSPHORIC TRIESTERS - The present invention relates to novel phosphoric triesters which comprise apolar lipid structures. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100051807 | PHASE PLATE, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - The invention concerns a phase plate, in particular for an electron microscope, which is disposed in an electron beam path ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100010207 | RNA INTERFERENCE MEDIATING SMALL RNA MOLECULES - Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090324704 | PHOSPHATE DIESTER AMIDES - The present invention relates to lipid-analogous phosphoric acid compounds and in particular phosphoric triesters, phosphoric diester amides and phosphoric diesters. These are preferably cationic phospholipids preferably having at least one free hydroxyl group. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090312442 | EMULSIFYING DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR FORMING AN EMULSION - An emulsifying device ( | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090292007 | Inhibition of TACE or amphiregulin for the Modulation of EGF Receptor Signal Transactivation - The present invention relates to the modulation of transactivation of receptor tyrosine kinases by G protein or G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) mediated signal transduction in a cell or an organism comprising inhibiting the activity of the metalloprotease TACE/ADAM17 and/or the activity of the receptor tyrosine kinase ligand amphiregulin. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090269667 | Porous Electrically Conductive Carbon Material And Uses Thereof - This disclosure relates to a porous electrically conductive carbon material having interconnected pores in first and second size ranges from 10 μm to 100 nm and from less than 100 nm to 3 nm and a graphene structure and to diverse uses of the material such as an electrode in a lithium-ion battery and a catalyst support, e.g. for the oxidation of methanol in a fuel cell. The carbon material has been heat treated to effect conversion to non-graphitic carbon with the required degree of order at a temperature in the range from 600° C. to 1000° C. A lithium-ion battery and an electrode for a lithium-ion battery are also claimed. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090253771 | INHIBITION OF GLIOTOXIN - The present invention relates to the inhibition of the interaction between Gliotoxin (GT) and its intracellular target for the prevention and/or treatment of fungal infections. Further, novel methods and systems for identifying antifungal agents are disclosed. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090221861 | Hydrogenation Process Using Catalyst Comprising Ordered Intermetallic Compound - The present invention relates to a process for the hydrogenation, in particular the selective hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds using a hydrogenation catalyst comprising an ordered intermetallic compound. The ordered intermetallic compound comprises at least one metal of type A capable of activating hydrogen, and at least one metal of type B not capable of activating hydrogen, and the structure of the ordered intermetallic compound is such that at least one king of type A metals is mainly surrounded by atoms of the metal of type B. According to another aspect, the present invention is concerned with a catalyst comprising a support and the above ordered intermetallic compound supported on the support. According to still another aspect, the invention pertains to the use of a binary Pd—Ga ordered intermetallic compound as a catalyst. The hydrogenation process and catalysts of the present invention achieve a selectivity to the target compounds, e.g. in the selective hydrogenation of acetylene to ethylene, which is superior to the prior art. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090155174 | RNA Interference Mediating Small RNA Molecules - Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090126373 | ULTRA-RAPID FREEZING DEVICE AND METHOD - An ultra-rapid freezing device ( | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090098596 | PHOTOSTABLE FRET-COMPETENT BIARSENICAL-TETRACYSTEINE PROBES BASED ON FLUORINATED FLUORESCEINS - A fluorogenic dye having the formula | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090040394 | Image Processing Device and Associated Operating Method - The invention relates to an image processing device ( | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090032411 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES BY MEASURING MEMBRANE CURRENTS WITH EXTRACELLULAR SENSORS - The present invention relates to a bioelectronic device comprising a living cell which is in operative contact with an extracellular planar potential-sensitive electrode, e.g. a field effect transistor. The cell comprises first and second ion channel/receptor systems which are responsive to stimuli. The ion channels are selected such that the ion flux of the first ion channel is directed against the ion flux of the second ion channel. Thus, the device is suitable as a bioelectronic sensor. Further, the invention relates to a method for determining the response of the cell to a stimulus. The method is e.g. suitable for drug screening. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090001274 | SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTOR FOR RADIATION DETECTION, AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD - The invention relates to a semiconductor detector, in particular a pnCCD detector, for radiation detection, including a guard ring ( | 01-01-2009 |
| 20080308644 | Nozzle Assembly - The invention relates to a nozzle assembly ( | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080214459 | Pharmaceutical composition containing sFcyRIIb - The present invention concerns pharmaceutical compositions containing one of the receptors FcγR IIa, FcγR IIb or FcγR III in a recombinantly produced, soluble form and their use to treat diseases or conditions which are caused by overshooting immune reactions and a pathologically increased formation of antibodies, in particular of autoantibodies. Multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis are particularly important fields of application. | 09-04-2008 |
