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Dirk Block — 23 Patents

RORoche Diagnostics Operations: 16 patents #47 of 1,692Top 3%
RSRoche Molecular Systems: 4 patents #109 of 746Top 15%
EAEpigenomics Ag: 2 patents #25 of 75Top 35%
Bichl, DE: #1 of 17 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Dirk Block has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Roche Diagnostics Operations. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in October 2024. Dirk Block ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Dirk Block in Bichl, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2008 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2019.peak 42008: 1 patents20082011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122014: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 2 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 4 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 3 patents2022: 3 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12117454 Biomarkers for risk assessment and treatment monitoring in heart failure patients guided by natriuretic peptides Hans-Peter Brunner, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Christian Zaugg, Thomas Dieterle, Cheryl R. Mitchell +2 more 2024-10-15
11874282 IGFBP-7 as a marker of preeclampsia Martin Hund, Edelgard Kaiser, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Johann Karl 2024-01-16
11644472 Circulating Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) for the prediction of recurrence of atrial fibrillation Herbert Andres, Johann Karl, Peter Kastner, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Roberto Latini +6 more 2023-05-09
11460474 Marker for statin treatment stratification in heart failure Hanspeter Brunner, Thomas Dieterle, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Christian Zaugg, Andre Ziegler 2022-10-04
11454634 Assessing whether a subject shall be subjected to imaging based diagnostic Roberto Latini, Serge Masson, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Christian Zaugg 2022-09-27
11397187 IGFBP7 for prediction of risk of AKI when measured prior to surgery Andrea Horsch, Birgit Klapperich, Alfred Engel, Johann Karl, Rosemarie Kientsch-Engel +7 more 2022-07-26
11047866 IGFBP7 for diagnosing diastolic dysfunction Johann Karl, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Christian Zaugg, Hans-Peter Brunner, James Januzzi +4 more 2021-06-29
10996229 Use of IGFBP-7 in the assessment of heart failure Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Georg Hess, Hendrik Huedig, Herbert von der Eltz, Andrew Emili +6 more 2021-05-04
10942175 Use of biomarkers in the assessment of the early transition from arterial hypertension to heart failure Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Hendrik Huedig, Sabine Vogel-Ziebolz, Christine Boehm, Georg Hess +2 more 2021-03-09
10684291 Biomarkers for risk assessment and treatment monitoring in heart failure patients guided by natriuretic peptides Hans-Peter Brunner, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Christian Zaugg, Thomas Dieterle, Cheryl R. Mitchell +2 more 2020-06-16
10557858 Biomarkers for risk prediction of mortality Roberto Latini, Serge Masson, Christian Zaugg, Thomas Dieterle, Edelgard Kaiser +3 more 2020-02-11
10488422 Use of IGFBP-7 in the assessment of heart failure Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Georg Hess, Hendrik Huedig, Herbert von der Eltz, Andrew Emili +6 more 2019-11-26
10345315 IGFBP7 for diagnosing diastolic dysfunction Johann Karl, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Christian Zaugg, Hans-Peter Brunner, James Januzzi +4 more 2019-07-09
10234464 Marker for statin treatment stratification in heart failure Hans-Peter Brunner, Thomas Dieterle, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Christian Zaugg, Andre Ziegler 2019-03-19
10234462 Use of mimecan in the assessment of heart failure Sara Arab, Georg Hess, Hendrik Huedig, Peter Liu, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen 2019-03-19
9868756 Method for bisulfite treatment Christine Markert-Hahn 2018-01-16
9394332 Method for bisulfite treatment Christine Markert-Hahn 2016-07-19
9267954 Use of SLIM-1 in the assessment of heart failure Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Georg Hess, Hendrik Huedig, Herbert von der Eltz, Andrew Emili +6 more 2016-02-23
8927261 Method and device for purifying nucleic acids Ruediger Haenel, Joerg Kleiber, Manuela Poignee-Heger, Thomas Walter, Ralf Zielenski 2015-01-06
8691587 Use of SFRP-3 in the assessment of heart failure Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Sara Arab, Andrew Emili, Anthony Gramolini, Georg Hess +3 more 2014-04-08
8158349 Method and device for purifying nucleic acids Ruediger Haenel, Joerg Kleiber, Manuela Poignee-Heger, Thomas Walter, Ralf Zielenski 2012-04-17
7897378 Method and device for purifying nucleic acids Ruediger Haenel, Joerg Kleiber, Manuela Poignee-Heger, Thomas Walter, Ralf Zielenski 2011-03-01
7413855 Method for bisulfite treatment Frank Bergmann, Christine Markert-Hahn, Joerg Kleibler 2008-08-19