Patents by Inventor Michael Woerner
Michael Woerner 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: 20140061026Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing finely divided particles of core-shell structure where the shell comprises at least one polymer, said process comprising the steps of: i. providing a first aerosol stream of droplets in a carrier gas stream wherein the droplets comprise at least one monomer and charging droplets of the first aerosol with electric charge; ii. providing a second aerosol stream of solid particles in a carrier gas stream and charging the solid particles of the aerosol with an electric charge opposite to the electric charge on the droplets of the first aerosol stream; iii. mixing the first aerosol stream with the second aerosol stream to form a mixed aerosol stream; iv. initiating a polymerization of the monomers by irradiating this mixed aerosol stream with electromagnetic radiation. The invention also provides the finely divided particles of core-shell structure which are obtainable by this process.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicants: Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie (KIT), BASF SEInventors: Wolfgang Gerlinger, Bernd Sachweh, Michael Woerner, Ertan Akguen, Stephanie Sigmund, Gerhard Kasper
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Publication number: 20130079482Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing nanoparticles comprising at least one polymer and/or copolymer by providing an aerosol comprising droplets of at least one monomer and at least one photoinitiator in a gas stream, irradiating this aerosol stream with light such that the monomers present polymerize, and removing the nanoparticles formed from the gas stream, to nanoparticles producible by this process and to the use of these inventive nanoparticles in optical, electronic, chemical or biotechnological systems, or for active ingredient administration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Wolfgang Gerlinger, Michael Wörner, Ertan Akgün
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Patent number: 8185430Abstract: Provided is a method and system of assigning a level of risk presented to an enterprise by a supplier of goods or services. In at least some embodiments, a tier level and/or a composite supplier risk index (CSRI) is calculated for the supplier based on answers provided to a series of multiple choice questions, wherein the questions are used to provide a measure of the risk elements presented by a supplier. In some embodiments, the risk elements comprise business continuity risk, information security risk, finance risk, operational risk, and supply chain risk. An embodiment can be implemented via a stand-alone computing system or such a system interconnected with other platforms or data stores by a network, such as a corporate intranet, a local area network, or the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Mary Frances Edwards, Gary Francis Page, Kevin Michael Woerner, Michael Shayne White, Rosanna Lea Hamilton, Lee Otto Bernard Martinec
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Publication number: 20100198631Abstract: Provided is a method and system of assigning a level of risk presented to an enterprise by a supplier of goods or services. In at least some embodiments, a tier level and/or a composite supplier risk index (CSRI) is calculated for the supplier based on answers provided to a series of multiple choice questions, wherein the questions are used to provide a measure of the risk elements presented by a supplier. In some embodiments, the risk elements comprise business continuity risk, information security risk, finance risk, operational risk, and supply chain risk. An embodiment can be implemented via a stand-alone computing system or such a system interconnected with other platforms or data stores by a network, such as a corporate intranet, a local area network, or the Internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Mary Frances Edwards, Gary Francis Page, Kevin Michael Woerner, Michael Shayne White, Rosanna Lea Hamilton, Lee Otto Bernard Martinec
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Publication number: 20100198661Abstract: Supply chain management using a supplier portfolio index (SPI) is disclosed. A single risk and performance metric for a supplier can be used across portfolios at both the business unit and enterprise level. The SPI can be produced by stratifying suppliers to obtain a plurality of risk element scores, which in turn are used to obtain a composite supplier risk index. A supplier performance scorecard metric can also be determined by combining a plurality of individual performance metrics. The composite supplier risk index, the supplier performance scorecard metric, and an indication of supplier manager certification can be aggregated to produce SPI. Percentage weights can be applied to the composite supplier risk index, the supplier performance scorecard metric, and the indication of supplier manager certification status so that the SPI is indicated on a 100-point scale.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Paul Mitchell McMurray, Mary Frances Edwards, Margaret Susan Lipps, Kevin Michael Woerner, Gary Francis Page, Caroline Kaminer Dellinger, Gregg Sloan, Karen Webb Bailey, Laurie Venzon
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Publication number: 20100198630Abstract: Evaluating the risks posed by a supplier of goods and services, wherein the supplier subcontracts the production of the goods or services to a third entity, offshores the production of the goods or services, or uses an offshore subcontractor to provide the goods or services. In at least some embodiments, the invention comprises gathering answers to a series of multiple choice questions regarding characteristics of the goods or services provided by the supplier and calculating a risk score therefrom. An embodiment can be implemented via a stand-alone computing system or such a system interconnected with other platforms or data stores by a network, such as a corporate intranet, a local area network, or the Internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Gary Francis Page, Mary Frances Edwards, Kevin Michael Woerner, Kellie Lyn McCorvey
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Patent number: 4531722Abstract: To permit high-speed operation of a longitudinal folding apparatus in which a folding blade engages between two folding rollers (11), the folding blade and the folding rollers of the folding apparatus (7) are made sufficiently long to accomodate a plurality of essentially immediately adjacently positioned printed products. The printed products are supplied by a transport system (1, 20) with spacing by about the length of a product therebetween, and, in accordance with the invention, are repositioned immediately adjacent each other, with gaps between immediately adjacent products longer than the spacing between products as supplied.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1984Date of Patent: July 30, 1985Assignee: M.A.N.-Roland Druckmaschinen AktiengesellschaftInventor: Michael Woerner