Patents by Inventor Christian Gerlach
Christian Gerlach 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).
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Publication number: 20240182453Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I a process for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, particularly in the treatment and/or prevention of conditions having an association with the function of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4). A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 have meanings given in the description.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Roland PFAU, Georg DAHMANN, Johann Faustus DU HOFFMANN, Kai GERLACH, Riccardo GIOVANINNI, Christoph HOHN, Stefan JUST, Thorsten LEHMANN, Anton PEKCEC, Stefan PETERS, Julia SCHLICHTIGER, Heiko SOMMER, Christian SPECKER, Dieter WIEDENMAYER
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Patent number: 11998957Abstract: A device (1) for spinning a 3D printed workpiece (100). The device has a rotor (2) for spinning about a spinning axis (A) and a receptacle (8) for holding the workpiece (100). The receptacle (8) is pivotally attached to the rotor (2) for swiveling about a swivel axis (B) that is transverse to the spinning axis (A). The pivotal attachment enables swiveling of the receptacle (8) between a first angular orientation relative to the spinning axis (A) and a different second angular orientation relative to the spinning axis (A). The device (1) further has a balancing weight (9) that is movably arranged relative to the receptacle (8). The balancing weight (9) is lockable at different distances relative to the receptacle (8).Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties CompanyInventors: Korbinian Gerlach, Stefan K. Welker, Christian A. Richter, Thomas K. Müller, Bastian P. Kirchner, Rudolf Schmid, Malte Korten
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Publication number: 20240174652Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted dioxane derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, particularly in the treatment and/or prevention of neuronal and non-neuronal conditions having an association with mGluR4 function and/or in the treatment of obesity by means of mGluR4 modulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Roland PFAU, Georg DAHMANN, Johann Faustus DU HOFFMANN, Kai GERLACH, Riccardo GIOVANNINI, Christoph HOHN, Stefan JUST, Thorsten LEHMANN, Anton PEKCEC, Julia SCHLICHTIGER, Heiko SOMMER, Christian SPECKER
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Publication number: 20240150285Abstract: The present invention describes compounds modulating the function of mitochondrial complex I (NADH-quinone oxidoreductase) having formula (I)Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Kai GERLACH, Christian EICKMEIER, Jan Magnus KRIEGL, Lothar KUSSMAUL, Klaus RUDOLF, Bernhard SCHMID
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Patent number: 10383020Abstract: A method for interference reduction in a radio communication system is disclosed. The method includes receiving from a mobile station indications of radiation beams that are transmitted by a first base station of the radio communication system and that fulfill or exceed a predefined quality criterion at the mobile station, when the mobile station is attached to the first base station and when the mobile station is located within a first overlapping coverage area of the first base station and of a second base station of the radio communication system, and determining at least one radio resource to be unused or to be transmitted with a limited transmission power by the first base station for at least one of the radiation beams based on the received indications for serving the mobile station or a further mobile station by the second base station with the at least one radio resource.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Oliver Stanze, Volker Braun, Christian Gerlach, Andreas Weber, Bozo Cesar
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Patent number: 9756510Abstract: The invention proposes method of providing measurement reports. The eNodeB sends (S10, S11) a user equipment information about a plurality of subframe patterns used by a plurality of wireless networks respectively, and notifies (S12, S13) the user equipment associations between the measurement reports and said plurality of subframe patterns. The user equipment measures (S14) channel information in at least one subframe patterns, generates measurement reports for said at least one subframe patterns according to said association, and sends (S15, S16) said measurement reports to said eNodeB. The eNodeB relates (S17) each of the received measurement reports with the corresponding subframe pattern according to said association.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2010Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Matthew Baker, Teck Hu, Christian Gerlach, Qi Jiang
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Patent number: 9647805Abstract: The invention concerns a method for beam coordination between a first base station (M1) and a second base station (P1), wherein interfering beams (B2-B4) transmitted from the first base station (M1) are determined based on measured reference signals, dependent on a ranking of interfering beams (B2-B4) which shall be restricted in use, a restriction of a use of radio resources in the first base station (M1) in at least one ranked interfering beam (B3) is performed, and user terminals (UE1, UE2) served by the second base station (P1) are scheduled on radio resources which are restricted in use in the first base station (M1) in said at least one ranked interfering beam (B3), a base station and a user terminal therefor.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Christian Gerlach, Volker Braun, Andreas Weber, Bozo Cesar, Oliver Stanze
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Patent number: 9444658Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for scheduling users in a mobile or wireless radio communication system comprising a base station with a multiple antenna system and at least two users, said base station communicating with users using precoding weights at said multiple antenna system, an indication on precoding weights to be used for communication with a first user being sent by said first user on a feedback channel to said base station.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Christian Gerlach, Thorsten Wild
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Patent number: 9276796Abstract: The invention relates to a method for joint processing of uplink data (g(n), s(n)) transmitted from at least one user equipment (UE1, UE2) to a plurality of coordinated reception points (BSA, BSB) of a wireless communication system (1), the method comprising: estimating and preferably compensating for individual propagation delays of the uplink data (g(n), s(n)) transmitted from one of the user equipments (UE1, UE2) to the coordinated reception points (BSA, BSB), and compensating a timing difference between a propagation delay of a coordinated reception point (BSA, BSB) which serves the user equipment (UE1, UE2) and at least one propagation delay of at least one coordinated reception point (BSB, BSA) which does not serve the user equipment (UE1, UE2) for performing the joint processing of the uplink data (g(n), s(n)), wherein the step of compensating the timing difference comprises modifying a channel matrix (H) associated with uplink channels from the at least one user equipment (UE1, UE2) to the coordinatedType: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Thorsten Wild, Uwe Doetsch, Osman Aydin, Stephen Kaminski, Christian Gerlach
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Publication number: 20150280955Abstract: The invention relates to a method for joint processing of uplink data (g(n), s(n)) transmitted from at least one user equipment (UE1, UE2) to a plurality of coordinated reception points (BSA, BSB) of a wireless communication system (1), the method comprising: estimating and preferably compensating for individual propagation delays of the uplink data (g(n), s(n)) transmitted from one of the user equipments (UE1, UE2) to the coordinated reception points (BSA, BSB), and compensating a timing difference between a propagation delay of a coordinated reception point (BSA, BSB) which serves the user equipment (UE1, UE2) and at least one propagation delay of at least one coordinated reception point (BSB, BSA) which does not serve the user equipment (UE1, UE2) for performing the joint processing of the uplink data (g(n), s(n)), wherein the step of compensating the timing difference comprises modifying a channel matrix (H) associated with uplink channels from the at least one user equipment (UE1, UE2) to the coordinatedType: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENTInventors: Thorsten Wild, Uwe Doetsch, Osman Aydin, Stephen Kaminski, Christian Gerlach
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Publication number: 20150189568Abstract: The invention relates to a method for interference reduction in a radio communication system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: Alcatel LucentInventors: Oliver Stanze, Volker Braun, Christian Gerlach, Andreas Weber, Bozo Cesar
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Patent number: 8798186Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a system for transmitting a precoding codebook over an air interface. The system includes a first station configured to signal a set of indicators via at least one antenna to a second station from which the precoding codebook is derived at the second station based on the signaled set of indicators. The set of indicators includes less information than the precoding codebook.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Rupert Rheinschmitt, Christian Gerlach, Thorsten Wild, Howard Huang, Matthew P J Baker
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Publication number: 20140146782Abstract: The invention concerns a method for beam coordination between a first base station (M1) and a second base station (P1), wherein interfering beams (B2-B4) transmitted from the first base station (M1) are determined based on measured reference signals, dependent on a ranking of interfering beams (B2-B4) which shall be restricted in use, a restriction of a use of radio resources in the first base station (M1) in at least one ranked interfering beam (B3) is performed, and user terminals (UE1, UE2) served by the second base station (P1) are scheduled on radio resources which are restricted in use in the first base station (M1) in said at least one ranked interfering beam (B3), a base station and a user terminal therefor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Alcatel LucentInventors: Christian Gerlach, Volker Braun, Andreas Weber, Bozo Cesar, Oliver Stanze
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Publication number: 20130229940Abstract: The invention proposes method of providing measurement reports. The eNodeB sends (S10, S11) a user equipment information about a plurality of subframe patterns used by a plurality of wireless networks respectively, and notifies (S12, S13) the user equipment associations between the measurement reports and said plurality of subframe patterns. The user equipment measures (S14) channel information in at least one subframe patterns, generates measurement reports for said at least one sub-frame frame patterns according to said association, and sends (S15, S16) said measurement reports to said eNodeB. The eNodeB relates (S17) each of the received measurement reports with the corresponding subframe pattern according to said association.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2010Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENTInventors: Matthew Baker, Teck Hu, Christian Gerlach, Qi Jiang
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Publication number: 20130217407Abstract: The present invention refers to a method (41) for a deciding on whether to perform a potential load balancing operation (57) in a wireless network (11) having a first cell with second cells embedded therein. In order to improve the overall performance of the network (11) a method (41) for deciding on a potential load balancing operation (57) in a wireless network (11) comprising a first base station (15) having a first cell (13) and at least one second base (21) station having a second cell, the first cell (13) and the second cell (21) at least partially over lapping each other, is suggested.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENTInventors: Christian Gerlach, Oliver Stanze, Bozo Cesar
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Publication number: 20130129011Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a system for transmitting a precoding codebook over an air interface. The system includes a first station configured to signal a set of indicators via at least one antenna to a second station from which the precoding codebook is derived at the second station based on the signaled set of indicators. The set of indicators includes less information than the precoding codebook.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Inventors: Rupert RHEINSCHMITT, Christian GERLACH, Thorsten WILD, Howard HUANG, Matthew P J BAKER
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Publication number: 20130028215Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for scheduling users in a mobile or wireless radio communication system comprising a base station with a multiple antenna system and at least two users, said base station communicating with users using precoding weights at said multiple antenna system, an indication on precoding weights to be used for communication with a first user being sent by said first user on a feedback channel to said base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENTInventors: Christian Gerlach, Thorsten Wild
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Publication number: 20120163484Abstract: The invention relates to a method for joint processing of uplink data (g(n), s(n)) transmitted from at least one user equipment (UE1, UE2) to a plurality of coordinated reception points (BSA, BSB) of a wireless communication system (1), the method comprising: estimating and preferably compensating for individual propagation delays of the uplink data (g(n), s(n)) transmitted from one of the user equipments (UE1, UE2) to the coordinated reception points (BSA, BSB), and compensating a timing difference between a propagation delay of a coordinated reception point (BSA, BSB) which serves the user equipment (UE1, UE2) and at least one propagation delay of at least one coordinated reception point (BSB, BSA) which does not serve the user equipment (UE1, UE2) for performing the joint processing of the uplink data (g(n), s(n)), wherein the step of compensating the timing difference comprises modifying a channel matrix (H) associated with uplink channels from the at least one user equipment (UE1, UE2) to the coordinatedType: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Thorsten Wild, Uwe Doetsch, Osman Aydin, Stephen Kaminski, Christian Gerlach
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Publication number: 20110190680Abstract: A bioreactor is provided which contains cells capable of producing cytokine inhibitors in response to cytokines, in a manner regulated by the local or systemic milieu of an individual patient and predicted by mechanistic computational simulations. The bioreactor transfers the cytokine inhibitors to a patient in need of control of the inflammation process as part of a disease or condition in the patient, such as sepsis, trauma, traumatic brain injury, or wound healing. Related methods also are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: Yoram Vodovotz, Gregory Constantine, Jorg Christian Gerlach, Qi Mi, Maxim Mikheev, David Okonkwo, Alexey Solovyev
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Publication number: 20080099041Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of applying a pasty composition for cleaning and/or deodorizing a sanitary ware, wherein the composition is suitable for direct application to the surface of the sanitary ware.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Inventors: Marc Evers, Wim Garmyn, Christian Gerlach, Paulus Hofte, Stefano Scialla