Patents by Inventor Richard A. Berger
Richard A. Berger 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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Patent number: 10390090Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for sharing movie information online. In one implementation, the user of an online movie service can share information about the contents of a library or other such rights locker, e.g., under Ultraviolet™ and DECE. Users may also share likes and dislikes. The movie service may make suggestions based on the contents of the user's library and the contents of other user's libraries, such as those of the user's designated friends. A user can become a follower or fan of another user and receive recommendations based on the target user's profile or specific recommendations made by the target. The user can receive a credit on their account or on a related account when another user makes a purchase that is attributable to that user, e.g., from a recommendation. A user may be designated as an influencer when followed by a sufficient number of other users.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Richard Berger
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Patent number: 10351558Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing unstable angina, refractory angina, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attacks, atrial fibrillation, thrombotic stroke, embolic stroke, deep vein thrombosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, ocular build up of fibrin, and reocclusion or restenosis of recanalized vessels. The compounds are selective Factor IXa inhibitors.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Dongfang Meng, Hong Li, Meng Yang, Manuel de Lera Ruiz, Sunita V. Dewnani, Tianying Jian, Dann L. Parker, Jr., Ting Zhang, Louis-Charles Campeau, Harold B. Wood, Jiayi Xu, Richard Berger, Jane Yang Wu, Robert K. Orr, Shawn P. Walsh, Bart Harper
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Publication number: 20190185462Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted 5-trifluoromethyl oxadiazole compounds of generic formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In particular, the invention is directed to a class of aryl and heteroaryl substituted 5-trifluoromethyl oxadiazole compounds of formula I which may be useful as HDAC6 inhibitors for treating cellular proliferative diseases, including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, such as schizophrenia and stroke, as well as other diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Abbas Walji, Richard Berger, Craig A. Stump, Kelly Ann S. Schlegel, James J. Mulhearn, Thomas J. Greshock, Deping Wang, Mark E. Fraley, Kristen G. Jones
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Patent number: 10323443Abstract: A vehicle includes a first member and a second member moveable relative to the first member. A compliant member is compressible between the first member and the second member. A compression control device is attached to one of the first member and the second member for engaging another of the first member and the second member, or the compliant member. The compression control device is moveable between a first position and a second position. When disposed in the first position, the compression control device is not engaged with the first member, the second member, or the compliant member, and allows compression of the compliant member into a first compressive state. When disposed in the second position, the compression control device is engaged with one of the first member, the second member, or the compliant member, and is operable to compress the compliant member into a second compressive state.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: GM Global Technolgy Operations LLC.Inventors: Richard A. Berger, David C. Caples, Jeffrey L. Konchan
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Publication number: 20190163880Abstract: Storing, building, managing, and controlling consumer personal information, including: building at least one level of personal information according to a standard; storing the personal information on a consumer rights locker; defining a scope of access under terms of a consumer to control access to the consumer rights locker; transmitting a plurality of parameters needed to access the consumer rights locker; receiving a request to access the consumer rights locker and the plurality of parameters; comparing the plurality of parameters to the scope of access; and granting access to the consumer rights locker when it is determined that the request is valid, wherein the request is valid when the plurality of parameters includes an access right that is consistent with information in the scope of access. Keywords include consumer rights locker and personal information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Richard Berger, Mitch Singer
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Patent number: 10298493Abstract: Measures, including methods, systems and computer program products, for use in processing route data in a network comprising a plurality of autonomous systems. At a network device, route data defining at least one route for network traffic which is configured on at least one border network device is received from the at least one border network device. The at least one border network device is located at a border of an autonomous system in the plurality of autonomous systems. The network device processes the received route data according to a set of policies to generate modified route data. The network device transmits at least a part of the modified route data to the at least one border network device. The at least part of the modified route data is operable to instruct the at least one border network device to modify the behavior of the at least one route.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Metaswitch Networks LtdInventors: Christopher David Liljenstolpe, Jonathan Eric Hardwick, Jonathan Richard Berger
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Patent number: 10223508Abstract: Storing, building, managing, and controlling consumer personal information, including: building at least one level of personal information according to a standard; storing the personal information on a consumer rights locker; defining a scope of access under terms of a consumer to control access to the consumer rights locker; transmitting a plurality of parameters needed to access the consumer rights locker; receiving a request to access the consumer rights locker and the plurality of parameters; comparing the plurality of parameters to the scope of access; and granting access to the consumer rights locker when it is determined that the request is valid, wherein the request is valid when the plurality of parameters includes an access right that is consistent with information in the scope of access. Keywords include consumer rights locker and personal information.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Richard Berger, Mitch Singer
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Patent number: 10174037Abstract: The present invention is directed to dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds of formula (I) which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Dong-Ming Shen, Michael P. Dwyer, Christopher J. Sinz, Deping Wang, Shawn J. Stachel, Daniel V. Paone, Ashley Forster, Richard Berger, Yili Chen, Yimin Qian, Shimin Xu, Chunmei Hu
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Patent number: 10160762Abstract: The present invention is directed to 6-alkyl dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds of formula (I) which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypo-function or basal ganglia dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Dong-Ming Shen, Michael P. Dwyer, Christopher J. Sinz, Deping Wang, Shawn J. Stachel, Daniel V. Paone, Ashley Forster, Richard Berger, Yili Chen, Yimin Qian, Shimin Xu, Chunmei Hu, William D. Shipe, Jianmin Fu, Zhigang Guo, Haitang Li, Yingjian Bo
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Patent number: 10065945Abstract: The compounds of Formula I act as MGAT2 inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus and obesity.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Richard Berger, Timothy A. Blizzard, Brian T. Campbell, Helen Y. Chen, John S. Debenham, Sunita V. Dewnani, Byron Dubois, Candido Gude, Zack Zhiqiang Guo, Bart Harper, Zhiyong Hu, Songnian Lin, Ping Liu, Ming Wang, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Jiayi Xu, Libo Xu, Rui Zhang
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Publication number: 20180162874Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrimidine carboxamide compounds of formula I which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Gregori J. Morriello, Michael P. Dwyer, Lehua Chang, Yili Chen, Ming Wang, Ashley Forster, Richard Berger, Kausik k Nanda, Jaime L Bunda, William D Shipe
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Publication number: 20180148453Abstract: The present invention is directed to dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds of formula (I) which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD R & D (China) Co. LTD.Inventors: Dong-Ming Shen, Michael P. Dwyer, Christopher J. Sinz, Deping Wang, Shawn J. Stachel, Daniel V. Paone, Ashley Forster, Richard Berger, Yili Chen, Yimin Qian, Shimin Xu, Chunmei Hu
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Patent number: 9986309Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided to implement a technique for providing supplemental information and interactive features for content, such as a movie. In one implementation, a content provider builds a package of information and interactive features (“interactive extras”) using a defined structure and API (application programming interface). The content provider gives the package of extras to several distributors (or provides access to some or all of the package through a network resource). Each distributor uses the package in the distributor's content distribution platform or system by conforming to the API for the package. In this way, the content provider can provide the same package of extras to multiple distributors that may have incompatible platforms without having to build custom packages for each platform. This allows the content provider to build the package once and also provides a more consistent experience across the distributor services.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Richard Berger, Ellen Goodridge
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Publication number: 20180134712Abstract: The present invention is directed to 6-alkyl dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds of formula (I) which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypo-function or basal ganglia dysfunction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD R & D (China) Co. LTD.Inventors: Dong-Ming Shen, Michael P. Dwyer, Christopher J. Sinz, Deping Wang, Shawn J. Stachel, Daniel V. Paone, Ashley Forster, Richard Berger, Yilli Chen, Yimin Qian, Shimin Xu, Chunmel Hu, William D. Shipe, Jianmin Fu, Zhigang Guo, HAITANG LI, Yingjian Bo
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Patent number: 9881139Abstract: Managing and accessing media items, including: a plurality of domains configured to provide access to media items; a plurality of clients associated with the plurality domains, and providing a pathway for accessing the media items; and a spanning application configured to track and aggregate accessible media items from the plurality of domains based on authentication and registration information and associated rights of the plurality of clients and the plurality of domains, wherein the spanning application enables accessing of the media items across the plurality of domains.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventor: Richard Berger
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Publication number: 20180022747Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing unstable angina, refractory angina, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attacks, atrial fibrillation, thrombotic stroke, embolic stroke, deep vein thrombosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, ocular build up of fibrin, and reocclusion or restenosis of recanalized vessels. The compounds are selective Factor IXa inhibitors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Dongfang Meng, Hong Li, Meng Yang, Manuel de Lera Ruiz, Sunita V. Dewnani, Tianying Jian, Dann L. Parker, Jr., Ting Zhang, Louis-Charles Campeau, Harold B. Wood, Jiayi Xu, Richard Berger, Jane Yang Wu, Robert K. Orr, Shawn P. Walsh, Bart Harper
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Publication number: 20180009796Abstract: The compounds of Formula I act as MGAT2 inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus and obesity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2015Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Richard Berger, Timothy A. Blizzard, Brian T. Campbell, Helen Y. Chen, John S. Debenham, Sunita V. Dewnani, Byron Dubois, Candido Gude, Zack Zhiqiang Guo, Bart Harper, Zhiyong Hu, Songnian Lin, Ping Liu, Ming Wang, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Jiayi Xu, Libo Xu, Rui Zhang
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Patent number: 9849923Abstract: A dual-strake assembly can be coupled to the underbody of the vehicle in order to maximize the downforce-to-drag ratio, thereby enhancing the vehicle aerodynamic efficiency. The dual-strake assembly includes a first strake and a second strake having different curvatures. The second strake has a chord length. Each of the first and second strakes has a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge. The first edges of the first and second strakes are spaced apart from each other so as to define a gap, which has a gap distance measured from the first edge of the first strake to the first edge of the second strake. The gap distance is equal to or less than twenty-five percent of the chord length. The camber of the first strake is less than the camber of the second strake.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: David C. Caples, Richard A. Berger
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Patent number: 9815796Abstract: Disclosed are pyrimidine carboxamide compounds of formula (I) which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2), pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD R & D (China) Co. LTD.Inventors: Dong Ming Shen, Melissa Egbertson, Richard Berger, XiaoXia Qian, Yimin Qian, Bart Harper, Meng Yang, Zack Zhiqiang Guo, Vanessa L. Rada, Deping Wang, Timothy A. Cernak, Christopher Sinz, Ming Wang, Jonathan E. Wilson, Shimin Xu
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Publication number: 20170305479Abstract: A dual-strake assembly can be coupled to the underbody of the vehicle in order to maximize the downforce-to-drag ratio, thereby enhancing the vehicle aerodynamic efficiency. The dual-strake assembly includes a first strake and a second strake having different curvatures. The second strake has a chord length. Each of the first and second strakes has a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge. The first edges of the first and second strakes are spaced apart from each other so as to define a gap, which has a gap distance measured from the first edge of the first strake to the first edge of the second strake. The gap distance is equal to or less than twenty-five percent of the chord length. The camber of the first strake is less than the camber of the second strake.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2016Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: David C. Caples, Richard A. Berger