Patents by Inventor Robert Cramer
Robert Cramer 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: 11935526Abstract: A system and method for voice control of a media playback device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an instruction of a voice command, converting the voice command to text, transmitting the text command to the playback device, and having the playback device execute the command. An instruction may include a command to play a set of audio tracks, and the media playback device plays the set of audio tracks upon receiving the instruction.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Daniel Bromand, Richard Mitic, Horia Jurcut, Jennifer Thom-Santelli, Henriette Cramer, Karl Humphreys, Robert Williams, Kurt Jacobson, Henrik Lindström
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Patent number: 11935534Abstract: A system and method for voice control of a media playback device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an instruction of a voice command, converting the voice command to text, transmitting the text command to the playback device, and having the playback device execute the command. An instruction may include a command to play a set of audio tracks, and the media playback device plays the set of audio tracks upon receiving the instruction.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Daniel Bromand, Richard Mitic, Horia Jurcut, Jennifer Thom-Santelli, Henriette Cramer, Karl Humphreys, Robert Williams, Kurt Jacobson, Henrik Lindström
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Publication number: 20230135464Abstract: Filamentous fungal host cells expressing hypoxia responsive morphology factor A (hrmA) and biofilm architecture factor (baf) proteins are provided. Methods of producing filamentous fungal host cells expressing hrmA and baf proteins are also provided. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a filamentous fungal host cell, comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding an Aspergillus fumigatus hypoxia responsive morphology factor A (hrmA) protein, or a homolog or ortholog thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Robert A. Cramer, Jr., Caitlin Kowalski
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Patent number: 7381357Abstract: The present invention is the apparatus and method for producing a plastic sheet having a pattern produced in a layer therein. The plastic sheet is a single layer sheet or a multi-layer sheet. The pattern is produced by mixing two or more plastic extrudants together in a mixer. The pattern is visible in the layer containing the two or more plastic extrudants because an at least one of the plastic extrudants is at least partially transparent. The mixer used to produce the pattern includes a housing having an end configured to expel the mixture of the two or more extrudants through a plurality of outlets. The mixer further comprises a rotatable shaft and at least one projection coupled to the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, the at least one projection configured to orient the mixture of the two or more extrudants relative to the plurality of outlets in the housing. The mixer further comprising a thrust bearing configured to couple an end of the shaft to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2003Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Primex Plastics CorporationInventor: Robert Cramer
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Patent number: 6932591Abstract: The present invention is the apparatus and method for producing a plastic sheet having a pattern produced in a layer therein. The plastic sheet is a single layer sheet or a multi-layer sheet. The pattern is produced by mixing two or more plastic extrudants together in a mixer. The pattern is visible in the layer containing the two or more plastic extrudants because an at least one of the plastic extrudants is at least partially transparent. The mixer used to produce the pattern includes a housing having an end configured to expel the mixture of the two or more extrudants through a plurality of outlets. The mixer further comprises a rotatable shaft and at least one projection coupled to the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, the at least one projection configured to orient the mixture of the two or more extrudants relative to the plurality of outlets in the housing. The mixer further comprising a thrust bearing configured to couple an end of the shaft to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2001Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: Primex Plastics CorporationInventor: Robert Cramer
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Patent number: 6863967Abstract: The present invention is the apparatus and method for producing a plastic sheet having a pattern produced in a layer therein. The plastic sheet is a single layer sheet or a multi-layer sheet. The pattern is produced by mixing two or more plastic extrudants together in a mixer. The pattern is visible in the layer containing the two or more plastic extrudants because an at least one of the plastic extrudants is at least partially transparent. The mixer used to produce the pattern includes a housing having an end configured to expel the mixture of the two or more extrudants through a plurality of outlets. The mixer further comprises a rotatable shaft and at least one projection coupled to the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, the at least one projection configured to orient the mixture of the two or more extrudants relative to the plurality of outlets in the housing. The mixer further comprising a thrust bearing configured to couple an end of the shaft to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2003Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: Primex Plastics CorporationInventor: Robert Cramer
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Publication number: 20030203176Abstract: The present invention is the apparatus and method for producing a plastic sheet having a pattern produced in a layer therein. The plastic sheet is a single layer sheet or a multi-layer sheet. The pattern is produced by mixing two or more plastic extrudants together in a mixer. The pattern is visible in the layer containing the two or more plastic extrudants because an at least one of the plastic extrudants is at least partially transparent. The mixer used to produce the pattern includes a housing having an end configured to expel the mixture of the two or more extrudants through a plurality of outlets. The mixer further comprises a rotatable shaft and at least one projection coupled to the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, the at least one projection configured to orient the mixture of the two or more extrudants relative to the plurality of outlets in the housing. The mixer further comprising a thrust bearing configured to couple an end of the shaft to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Applicant: Primex Plastics CorporationInventor: Robert Cramer
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Publication number: 20030203177Abstract: The present invention is the apparatus and method for producing a plastic sheet having a pattern produced in a layer therein. The plastic sheet is a single layer sheet or a multi-layer sheet. The pattern is produced by mixing two or more plastic extrudants together in a mixer. The pattern is visible in the layer containing the two or more plastic extrudants because an at least one of the plastic extrudants is at least partially transparent. The mixer used to produce the pattern includes a housing having an end configured to expel the mixture of the two or more extrudants through a plurality of outlets. The mixer further comprises a rotatable shaft and at least one projection coupled to the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, the at least one projection configured to orient the mixture of the two or more extrudants relative to the plurality of outlets in the housing. The mixer further comprising a thrust bearing configured to couple an end of the shaft to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Applicant: Primex Plastics CorporationInventor: Robert Cramer
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Publication number: 20030003283Abstract: The present invention is the apparatus and method for producing a plastic sheet having a pattern produced in a layer therein. The plastic sheet is a single layer sheet or a multi-layer sheet. The pattern is produced by mixing two or more plastic extrudants together in a mixer. The pattern is visible in the layer containing the two or more plastic extrudants because an at least one of the plastic extrudants is at least partially transparent. The mixer used to produce the pattern includes a housing having an end configured to expel the mixture of the two or more extrudants through a plurality of outlets. The mixer further comprises a rotatable shaft and at least one projection coupled to the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, the at least one projection configured to orient the mixture of the two or more extrudants relative to the plurality of outlets in the housing. The mixer further comprising a thrust bearing configured to couple an end of the shaft to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2001Publication date: January 2, 2003Applicant: Primex Plastics CorporationInventor: Robert Cramer
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Patent number: 4018611Abstract: There is provided an antimicrobial composition comprising a diiodomethyl sulfone of the formula R(CH.sub.2).sub.n SO.sub.2 CHI.sub.2, wherein n is an integer from 0 to 4 and R is selected from the group alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, naphthyl, loweralkylphenyl, polyloweralkylphenyl, lower-alkoxyphenyl, monohalophenyl, polyhalophenyl, haloloweralkylphenyl halonitrophenyl, nitrophenyl, nitroloweralkylphenyl, anilino, anilinophenyl, and anilamidophenyl and in order to prevent the yellowing and/or the discoloring of the diiodomethyl sulfone a compound containing a reactive sulfide or sulfhydryl group. If the compound containing a reactive sulfide or sulhydryl group is a dithiocarbamate the composition shows an increased antimicrobial activity.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1975Date of Patent: April 19, 1977Assignee: Metalorgana EtablissementInventors: Charles Robert Cramer, Gerrit Dirk VANLenthe, Dietmar Maier