Patents by Inventor Christian Fischer

Christian Fischer 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).

  • Publication number: 20170362220
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to tricyclic compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of one or more mutant IDH enzymes (I); wherein A is —C(R1)? or —N?; and X is selected from the group consisting of: (II-i), and (II-ii). The present invention is also directed to uses of the tricyclic compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of cancers in which one or more mutant IDH enzymes are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Christian Fischer, Stephane L. Bogen, Matthew L. Childers, Francesc Xavier Fradera Llinas, Michael J. Ellis, Sara Esposite, Dawn M. Hoffman, Chunhui Huang, Solomon D. Kattar, Alexander J. Kim, John W. Lampe, Michelle R. Machacek, Daniel R. McMasters, Dann L. Parker, Jr., Michael H. Reutershan, Nunzio Sciammetta, Patrick Pengcheng Shao, David L. Sloman, Wanying Sun, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Zhicai Wu, Yang Yu, Craig R. Gibeau
  • Publication number: 20170284162
    Abstract: A machine and a method for earth-working with a machine, having a mast, along which a top drive can be moved vertically by an adjusting device, through which top drive a telescopic kelly bar is displaceably guided, which has at least one outer kelly bar, which is designed to come to lie on the top drive, and one inner kelly bar, which comprises a rope suspension for a rope, through which the inner kelly bar is moved vertically by a rope winch. The adjusting device for the top drive and/or the main rope winch for the kelly bar is/are automatically controlled, wherein the inner kelly bar is moved relative to the top drive in some areas in a rapid travel mode at a first speed and in some areas in a conservative travel mode, in which the speed is reduced in comparison with the first speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: BAUER Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas SCHOBER, Christian FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20170255196
    Abstract: A method for the control of an industrial truck during order picking by an industrial truck with at least one environment sensor for the detection of the relative position of an operator in the environment of the industrial truck. The method includes moving the industrial truck using a control system. As the position of the operator changes, and when the operator stops, the industrial truck is stopped at a freely selectable distance specified in advance in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle between a reference point of a load handling device of the industrial truck and the position of the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Volker Viereck, Tino Krüger-Basjmeleh, Thomas Wittmann, Christian Fischer
  • Publication number: 20170108454
    Abstract: A spectroscopic method for calculating a limit of quantification and a relative error includes: 1. selecting an error function F(C); 2. providing a blank spectrum; 3. recording a reference spectrum with a signal content of the substance being investigated; 4. determining start concentrations; 5.a. multiplying the reference spectrum with the signal content of the substance by a factor; 5.b. adding the resulting spectrum to the blank spectrum and determining the corresponding concentration of the substance and calculating the corresponding relative error; 6. iteratively adapting parameters of the selected error function F(C): recording a measurement spectrum of the test sample and determining the concentration of the substance being investigated using 5.b. and comparing with the calculated limit of quantification and calculating the relative error by applying the error function from step 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Christian FISCHER, Carsten KUHL, Kimberly COLSON
  • Patent number: 9614247
    Abstract: A button cell has a winding arranged in the cup-shaped, positive-polarity housing half such that one of the flat end sides points in the direction of the cup base, the circumferential outer side thereof bears against the circumferential cup wall and the outer side together with the cup wall forms a clamping zone in which the first current output conductor is clamped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Varta Microbattery GmbH
    Inventors: David Ensling, Edward Pytlik, Jürgen Ernsperger, Winfried Gaugler, Berthold Häussler, Claus-Christian Fischer
  • Publication number: 20160379656
    Abstract: An information encoder for encoding an information signal includes: a converter for converting the linear prediction coefficients of the predictive polynomial A(z) to frequency values f1 . . . fn of a spectral frequency representation of the predictive polynomial A(z), wherein the converter is configured to determine the frequency values f1 . . . fn by analyzing a pair of polynomials P(z) and Q(z) being defined as P(z)=A(z)+z?m?lA(z?1) and Q(z)=A(z)?z?m?lA(z?1), wherein m is an order of the predictive polynomial A(z) and l is greater or equal to zero, wherein the converter is configured to obtain the frequency values by establishing a strictly real spectrum derived from P(z) and a strictly imaginary spectrum from Q(z) and by identifying zeros of the strictly real spectrum derived from P(z) and the strictly imaginary spectrum derived from Q(z).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Tom BAECKSTROEM, Christian FISCHER PEDERSEN, Johannes FISCHER, Matthias HUETTENBERGER, Alfonso PINO
  • Publication number: 20160260982
    Abstract: The invention relates to a grid arrangement for a plate-shaped battery electrode of an electrochemical accumulator comprising a frame and a grid arranged thereon, wherein the frame comprises at least one upper frame element having a connecting lug of the battery electrode disposed on its side facing away from the grid, wherein the grid comprises grid bars respectively surrounding cutouts of the grid, wherein the majority of the grid bars surrounding the cutouts are respectively disposed in a hexagonal arrangement such that the cutout situated in between forms a hexagon, characterized by one, some or all of the following a), b), c), d), e) features): a) the grid arrangement is coated with a pasty active mass on which liquid-absorbing material designed to absorb liquid electrolyte of the accumulator is disposed, b) the size of the hexagonal cutouts increases toward the upper frame element, c) the grid bars of all the hexagonal cutouts have the same width or the same cross-sectional area, d) none of the grid ba
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Ingo Koch, Bernd Ide, Frank-Thomas Johns, Armin Staffeldt, Andreas Dudenbostel, Dirk Goebbels, Christian Fischer, Juergen Bauer
  • Patent number: 9416111
    Abstract: The invention provides certain substituted diazine and triazine compounds of the Formula (I) (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Rcy, Cy, and t are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions mediated by Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (Syk) kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Haidle, Michael D. Altman, Solomon D. Kattar, Matthew Christopher, John Michael Ellis, Christian Fischer, Alan B. Northrup, Kaleen Konrad Childers
  • Patent number: 9376418
    Abstract: The invention provides certain substituted pyridines of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Rcy, Cy, and t are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions mediated by Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (Syk) kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Merck Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Haidle, Sandra Lee Knowles, Solomon D. Kattar, Denis Deschenes, Jason Burch, Joel Robichaud, Matthew Christopher, Michael D. Altman, James P. Jewell, Alan B. Northrup, Marc Blouin, John Michael Ellis, Hua Zhou, Christian Fischer, Adam J. Schell, Michael H. Reutershan, Brandon M. Taoka, Anthony Donofrio
  • Patent number: 9290490
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrimidine amines of formula I which are potent inhibitors of spleen tyrosine kinase, and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases mediated by said enzyme, such as asthma, COPD, rheumatoid arthritis and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Kaleen Konrad Childers, Maria Emilia Di Francesco, John Michael Ellis, Christian Fischer, Jonathan Grimm, Andrew M. Haidle, Solomon D. Kattar, Alan B. Northrup, Ryan D. Otte, Alessia Petrocchi, Adam J. Schell, Hua Zhou
  • Patent number: 9242984
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrazole derivatives of formula I which are potent inhibitors of spleen tyrosine kinase, and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases mediated by said enzyme, such as asthma, COPD, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Merck Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle R. Machacek, Michael D. Altman, Eric T. Romeo, Dilrukshi Vitharana, Brandon Cash, Tony Siu, Hua Zhou, Matthew Christopher, Solomon D. Kattar, Andrew M. Haidle, Kaleen Konrad Childers, Matthew L. Maddess, Michael H. Reutershan, Yves Ducharme, David J. Guerin, Kerrie Spencer, Christian Beaulieu, Vouy Linh Truong, Daniel Guay, Alan B. Northrup, Brandon M. Taoka, Jongwon Lim, Christian Fischer, John W. Butcher, Ryan D. Otte, Binyuan Sun, John Michael Ellis
  • Patent number: 9216173
    Abstract: The invention provides certain 2-pyridyl carboxamide-containing compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A and B are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions mediated by Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (Syk) kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Corey E. Bienstock, John W. Butcher, Kaleen Konrad Childers, Maria Emilia Di Francesco, Anthony Donofrio, John Michael Ellis, Christian Fischer, Andrew M. Haidle, James P. Jewell, Sandra Lee Knowles, Alan B. Northrup, Ryan D. Otte, Scott L. Peterson, Graham Frank Smith
  • Publication number: 20150336948
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to isotopically labeled biaryl urea compounds which possess high affinity to neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), and thus are useful to determine the amount and distribution of NFTs in brain. The isotopically labeled biaryl urea compounds may also be useful as PET tracers and in competition assays to identify other compounds that may serve as PET tracers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Christian Fischer, Jason D. Katz, Theresa M. Williams, Xu-Fang Zhang, Hua Zhou
  • Patent number: 9145391
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrimidine amines of formula I which are potent inhibitors of spleen tyrosine kinase, or are prodrugs thereof, and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases mediated by said enzyme, such as asthma, COPD and rheumatoid arthritis and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Merck Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Denis Deschenes, Michael D. Altman, John Michael Ellis, Christian Fischer, Andrew M. Haidle, Solomon D. Kattar, Alan B. Northrup, Adam J. Schell, Graham F. Smith, Brandon M. Taoka, Corey Bienstock, Maria Emilia Di Francesco, Anthony Donofrio, Scott Peterson, Kerrie B. Spencer, James Patrick Jewell, Amjad Ali, David Jonathan Bennett, Qun Dang, John Wai
  • Publication number: 20150247813
    Abstract: A method for determining the concentration of a substance in a sample (91) calculates a plurality of intermediate spectra (ZW1, ZW2) from a measured reference spectrum (RS) of the substance. For calculating the intermediate spectra (ZW1, ZW2), the following individual steps are applied to the reference spectrum (RS): shifting the position in accordance with a shift parameter; multiplication with an amplitude factor; and convolution with a system function in accordance with a line broadening parameter. The shift parameter, the amplitude factor and the line broadening parameter are changed within the scope of an optimization algorithm that iteratively optimizes the correspondence between the intermediate spectra (ZW1, ZW2) and the measured spectrum (GS). A simplified method for determining the concentration of a substance in a sample is thereby provided with which the involvement of an expert in spectral analysis is not necessarily required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventor: Christian Fischer
  • Patent number: 9114780
    Abstract: A piston for a pretensioner device (10) for a motor vehicle seat belt system of a type having a gas generator (17) with the piston (21) guided in a tube (16) that closes a pressure space (20) in the tube (16). The pressure space (20) can be pressurized by the gas generator (17), driving the piston (21) to undergo pretensioning operation transmitted to the seat belt system by a force transmission means. The piston has a dome shaped front side adapted to engage a force transmission element and a skirt forming a sealing lip oriented toward the pressure space. At least one slot is formed in the outer surface of the piston extending axially from the sealing lip. The slot can be enlarged by the material erosion caused by the pressure and/or pressure conditions in the pressure space produced by gas from the gas generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Christian Fischer, Martin Schmidt, Matthias Steinberg, Michael Pech, Tobias Voss, Thomas Schmidt, Simone Mesecke-Rischmann
  • Publication number: 20150236370
    Abstract: A button cell has a winding arranged in the cup-shaped, positive-polarity housing half such that one of the flat end sides points in the direction of the cup base, the circumferential outer side thereof bears against the circumferential cup wall and the outer side together with the cup wall forms a clamping zone in which the first current output conductor is clamped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: VARTA Microbattery GmbH
    Inventors: David Ensling, Edward Pytlik, Jürgen Ernsperger, Winfried Gaugler, Berthold Häussler, Claus-Christian Fischer
  • Publication number: 20150191461
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrazole derivatives of formula I which are potent inhibitors of spleen tyrosine kinase, and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases mediated by said enzyme, such as asthma, COPD, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michelle R. Machacek, Michael D. Altman, Eric T. Romeo, Dilrukshi Vitharana, Brandon Cash, Tony Siu, Matthew Christopher, Solomon D. Kattar, Andrew M. Haidle, Kaleen Konrad Childers, Matthew L. Maddess, Michael H. Reutershan, Yves Ducharme, David J. Guerin, Kerrie Spencer, Christian Beaulieu, Vouy Linh Truong, Daniel Guay, Alan B. Northrup, Brandon M. Taoka, Jongwon Lim, Christian Fischer, John W. Butcher, Ryan D. Otte, Binyuan Sun, John Michael Ellis
  • Publication number: 20150166486
    Abstract: The invention provides certain substituted diazine and triazine compounds of the Formula (I) (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Rcy, Cy, and t are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions mediated by Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (Syk) kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew M. Haidle, Michael D. Altman, Solomon D. Kattar, Matthew Christopher, John Michael Ellis, Christian Fischer, Alan B. Northrup, Kaleen Konrad Childers
  • Patent number: 9050941
    Abstract: A tensioning device (10) for a seat belt, in particular in a motor vehicle, having a gas generator (17) and a piston (21) guided in a tube (16) that closes a pressure space (20) in the tube (16), whereas the pressure space (20) can be pressurized by the gas generator (17), as a result of which the piston (21) can be driven to perform a tensioning operation which can be transmitted to the seat belt by means of the force transmission means. The piston (21) having a closed or constricted opening (1, 1a), and the opening (1, 1a) can be enlarged and/or opened by the material erosion caused by the pressure and/or pressure conditions in the pressure space (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Christian Fischer, Martin Schmidt, Matthias Steinberg, Michael Pech, Tobias Voss, Thomas Schmidt, Simone Mesecke-Rischmann