Patents by Inventor Michael Schaefers

Michael Schaefers 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).

  • Patent number: 11700821
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95R013 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95R013 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95R013 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95R013, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95R013 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95R013 and methods of using maize variety X95R013 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Arbelbide, Martin A Fabrizius, Christopher Michael Schaefer, Matthew David Walch
  • Publication number: 20230223920
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) resonator, which includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode structure, and a multilayer transduction structure sandwiched therebetween. Herein, the multilayer transduction structure is composed of multiple transduction layers, at least one of which is formed of a ferroelectric material with a box-shape polarization-electric field curve. Each transduction layer includes a transduction border (BO) portion positioned at a periphery of a corresponding transduction layer and a transduction central portion surrounded by the transduction BO portion. A combination of all transduction BO portions forms a transduction BO section of the multilayer transduction structure, and a combination of all transduction central portions forms a transduction central section of the multilayer transduction structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Milad Zolfagharloo Koohi, Andreas Tag, Michael Schaefer, Ralph Rothemund, Jyothi Swaroop Sadhu
  • Patent number: 11692053
    Abstract: This invention relates a wax inhibitor for hydrocarbon oils comprising an esterified copolymer having repeating structural units derived from an esterified ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid and ?-olefins having at least 18 carbon atoms, whereof at least 3 mol-% of the ?-olefins have 30 or more carbon atoms, and wherein the ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid has been esterified with a mixture of alcohols comprising i) 70 to 97 mol-% of a saturated fatty alcohol having 18 to 24 carbon atoms and ii) 3 to 30 mol-% of an unsaturated alcohol having 16 to 24 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD
    Inventors: Anton Kaiser, Michael Feustel, Christoph Kayser, Matthias Krull, Michael Schaefer, Rashod Smith
  • Publication number: 20230188720
    Abstract: Block based decoder configured to partition a picture (10) of more than one color component (101, 102) and of a color sampling format, according to which each color component (101, 102) is equally sampled, into blocks using a partitioning scheme according to which the picture (10) is equally partitioned with respect to each color component (101, 102). Additionally, the block based decoder is configured to decode a first color component (101) of the picture (10) in units of the blocks with selecting, for each of intra-predicted first color component blocks (18?11-18?1n) of the picture (10), one out of a first set (508) of intra-prediction modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Pfaff, Tobias Hinz, Philipp Helle, Philipp Merkle, Björn Stallenberger, Michael Schäfer, Benjamin Bross, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 11659169
    Abstract: There are disclosed techniques for block wise encoding and decoding. The techniques may be applied to encoders, decoders, and methods for encoding and/or decoding. In one example, there is provided a technique to decode (resp. decode) a predetermined block of the picture by assigning, based on a first signalization in the data stream, the predetermined block to the first set or the second set, sorting the assigned set of intra-prediction modes according to intra-prediction modes used for neighboring blocks, neighboring the predetermined block, to obtain a list of intra prediction modes, deriving, for the predetermined block, from the data stream, an index into the list of intra prediction modes, predicting the predetermined block using an intra prediction mode onto which the index points. The decoder (resp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Jonathan Pfaff, Heiko Schwarz, Philipp Helle, Michael Schäfer, Roman Rischke, Tobias Hinz, Philipp Merkle, Björn Stallenberger, Martin Winken, Mischa Siekmann, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20230155716
    Abstract: A first device includes a processor, a wireless communication device in data communication with the processor, and a hardware storage device in data communication with the processor. The hardware storage device includes instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, causes the host device to compare a Quality of Server Subtype (QoS-Subtype) value to a matching rule of a policy table stored on the hardware storage device, determine a transmission policy based at least partially on the QoS-Subtype value, wherein the transmission policy includes a transmission rate with a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index based at least partially on the QoS-Subtype, and transmit a transmission to a second device according to the transmission policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Krishna Kant CHINTALAPUDI, Stanley William ADERMANN, Gopala Srihari NARLANKA, Perry Victor LEA, Steven William RANTA, Joseph Michael SCHAEFER
  • Publication number: 20230128153
    Abstract: A swing device for moving a blood bag includes a stand, a tray for receiving the blood bag, the tray being pivotable with respect to the stand, an electromotive drive device operatively coupled to the tray for causing a rocking movement of the tray with respect to the stand, and a control device for controlling operation of the drive device. The drive device includes a rotatable shaft member which is rotatable for driving the rocking movement of the tray. The drive device also includes a position encoding device configured to encode a rotary position of the rotatable shaft member of the drive device, wherein the control device is configured to determine a position of the tray with respect to the stand based on an encoder value indicative of the rotary position of the rotatable shaft member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Marcus Müller, Lars Michel, Michael Schäfer
  • Patent number: 11612802
    Abstract: An apparatus, kit, and method for rehabilitating and/or strengthening the soft tissues of a user's lower arm is disclosed. The apparatus has a first arm with a proximal end and a distal end; a second arm with a proximal end, a distal end, one or more discrete sections therebetween for engaging one or more weights, and a means for providing an audible feedback to the user upon completion of an exercise repetition or a half-repetition; and a hinge in contact with the proximal ends of the first and second arms. The hinge is configured to adjust the distance between the distal ends of the first and second arms, or the angle separating the first and second arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11591159
    Abstract: A charging and storage system provides a conveyor system within a housing that conveys electronic devices through the housing to charging devices located withing the housing. Charging contacts on an adjustment arm adjust between a charging position that charges the electronic devices and a transport position that allows movement of the electronic devices through the housing without contacting the charging contacts. A charging device located at each charging location charges the device while the device is stored within the housing. The conveyor system moves the electronic devices to these fixed charging locations to charge the devices while storing the devices. The conveyor system releases the electronic devices to an exit ramp that guides the electronic devices to a release aperture for removal from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TECH FRIENDS, INC.
    Inventors: Bobby L Shipman, Jr., Bryan D. Taylor, Bobby L. Shipman, III, Joshua L. Parrish, Joseph Michael Schaefer, III, Mark Haney
  • Publication number: 20230055531
    Abstract: A clamping device for acting onto a medical tubing includes a clamp arrangeable on the medical tubing and displaceable between an open position in which the clamp unblocks the medical tubing and a close position in which the clamp closes the medical tubing. The clamping device further includes a drive system configured to act on the clamp for switching the clamp between the open position and the close position. The clamping device also includes a main control circuit and a secondary control circuit electronically independent from the main control circuit, and a relay switchable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the relay electronically couples the drive system to the main control circuit while the drive system is electronically decoupled from the secondary control circuit. In the second position, the relay electronically couples the drive system to the secondary control circuit while the drive system is electronically decoupled from the main control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Philipp Winter, Marcus Müller, Michael Schäfer, Lars Michel
  • Patent number: 11576335
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X90P470 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90P470 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90P470 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X90P470, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90P470 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90P470 and methods of using maize variety X90P470 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Arbelbide, Dennis James Dolan, Gustavo Marcelo Garcia, Christopher Michael Schaefer, Matthew David Walch
  • Publication number: 20230039259
    Abstract: A welding apparatus (1) for radio-frequency, RF, welding, comprises: a clamp (10) having two electrodes (100, 101; 100?, 101?) being movable with respect to one another for clamping one or more items (2; 2?) therebetween for a welding process; and an RF power supply (11) for providing an RF welding current to the electrodes (100, 101; 100?, 101?) of the clamp (10), the RF power supply being adapted to change the frequency of the RF welding current during the welding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Marcus Müller, Lars Michel, Michael Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20230039672
    Abstract: Techniques for encoding/decoding of video signals are described, e.g. implemented in decoders, encoder, methods and non-transitory storage units storing instructions to perform the methods. A decoder or encoder may be configured to predict a predetermined block of the picture using a plurality of neighbouring samples by reducing the plurality of neighbouring samples to obtain a reduced set of samples values lower, in number of samples, than compared to the plurality of neighbouring samples, subjecting the reduced set of sample values to a linear or affine linear transformation to obtain predicted values for predetermined samples of the predetermined block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Pfaff, Philipp Helle, Michael Schaefer, Roman Rischke, Philipp Merkle, Tobias Hinz, Bjoern Stallenberger, Martin Winken, Mischa Siekmann, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20230036509
    Abstract: Apparatus for decoding a predetermined block (18) of a picture using intra-prediction, configured to read, from the data stream (12), a mode index (200), the mode index pointing to one out of a list (204) of matrix-based intra-prediction modes. Additionally, the apparatus is configured to predict samples (108) of the predetermined block (18) by computing a matrix-vector product (206) between an input vector (102) derived from reference samples (17) in a neighborhood of the predetermined block (18) and a prediction matrix (19) associated with the matrix-based intra-prediction mode (k) pointed to by the mode index (200) and associating components (210) of an output vector (208) obtained by the matrix vector product (206) onto sample positions (104) of the predetermined block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan PFAFF, Tobias HINZ, Philipp HELLE, Philipp MERKLE, Björn STALLENBERGER, Michael SCHÄFER, Benjamin BROSS, Martin WINKEN, Mischa SIEKMANN, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Publication number: 20230022293
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95R004 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95R004 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95R004 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95R004, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95R004 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95R004 and methods of using maize variety X95R004 are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: MARTIN ARBELBIDE, CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL SCHAEFER
  • Publication number: 20230000043
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 1PQRM81 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PQRM81 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PQRM81 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PQRM81 or a locus conversion of 1PQRM81 with another maize variety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL SCHAEFER
  • Patent number: 11533869
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X00P582 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00P582 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00P582 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00P582, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00P582 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00P582 and methods of using maize variety X00P582 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Candida Braga Cabral, Nicholas James Haase, Thomas Craig Kevern, Wade Eugene Odland, Jordon Michael Pace, Christopher Michael Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11533880
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95P897 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95P897 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95P897 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95P897, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95P897 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95P897 and methods of using maize variety X95P897 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Candida Braga Cabral, Nicholas James Haase, Jordon Michael Pace, Christopher Michael Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11533871
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95P903 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95P903 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95P903 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95P903, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95P903 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95P903 and methods of using maize variety X95P903 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Candida Braga Cabral, Nicholas James Haase, Jordon Michael Pace, Christopher Michael Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11533865
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95P901 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95P901 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95P901 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95P901, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95P901 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95P901 and methods of using maize variety X95P901 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Candida Braga Cabral, Martin A Fabrizius, Edwin Michael Grote, Nicholas James Haase, Suzanne Michelle Mickelson, Jordon Michael Pace, Christopher Michael Schaefer