Patents Assigned to Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
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Publication number: 20240084368Abstract: A film composite folded from a single film to form a plurality of layered film layers (1) and comprising microfluidic structures (5) in different planes, wherein the microfluidic structures are formed by film layers having embossed recesses covered by the respective film layer adjacent in the layering direction, and wherein microfluidic structures of one plane are connected to microfluidic structures of another plane via through-holes in at least one film layer; a method for producing the film composite; and the use of the film composite.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Barbara Stadlober, Jan Hesse, Anja Haase, Christian Wolf
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Publication number: 20240053331Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination comprising 2H2O enriched water and H218O depleted water. Further, the present invention relates to a kit for measuring energy expenditure of a subject, said kit comprises the combination comprising 2H2O enriched water and H218O depleted water. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of said combination or kit for measuring energy expenditure of a subject. In addition, the present invention relates to a method of measuring energy expenditure of a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicants: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft MBH, JR-AQUACONSOL GMBHInventors: Albrecht LEIS, Christoph MAGNES, Anita EBERL, Simon SCHWINGENSCHUH
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Publication number: 20230280650Abstract: A method of preparing an article having an embossed micro- or nanostructured surface using an aqueous dispersion of a curable prepolymer, an article obtainable by the method and the use of the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicants: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Allnex Belgium SA/NVInventors: Dieter Nees, Johannes Götz, Stephan Ruttloff, Dirk Bontinck
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Patent number: 11731115Abstract: A composition containing the following components: (a) a hydrosilylation catalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex, and (b) an inhibitor of the catalyst, wherein the inhibitor differs from the ligand of the metal-ligand complex and is represented by formula (I): X—CHR—CO—Y??(I), wherein —X represents —NO2, —S(?O)R, or Rc2RaC—CO—; Y represents 2-furyl, —S(?O)R, —CN, —NO2, or —CRbxRd3-x; Ra and Rb is independently selected from the group consisting of —O—R, —O—CO—R, —CO—O—R, 2-furyl, —S(?O)R, —CN, —NO2, —F, —Cl, and —Br; each of R is independently selected from the group consisting of —H, optionally fluorinated C1-C8-alkyl, —F, —Cl, and —Br; each of Rc and each of Rd is independently selected from the group consisting of —H, optionally fluorinated C1-C8-alkyl, —F, —Cl, and —Br; and x is 0 or 1.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Krzysztof Krawczyk, Paul Patter
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Publication number: 20230191396Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component having a microfluidic structure, comprising embossing recesses in an embossed lacquer layer, partially curing the embossed lacquer layer, sealing the recesses with a curable bonding lacquer layer, and curing the partially cured embossing lacquer layer and the bonding lacquer layer, as well as a component obtainable by the method and the use of the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Johannes Götz, Barbara Stadlober, Stephan Ruttloff, Dieter Nees
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Publication number: 20230107543Abstract: An embossing lacquer containing radical polymerizable compounds (A) to (D) that have an overall aromatic content of at least 20 wt %: compound (A), which is a non-crosslinking compound and has an aromatic content of at least 40 wt %; compound (B), which is a crosslinking compound forming crosslinks via one or more aliphatic chain(s) each having a molecular weight of 200 to 2000 g/mol, wherein the content of the aliphatic chain(s) in compound (B) is at least 40 wt %; optionally compound (C), which is a crosslinking compound and has an aromatic content of at least 30 wt %; and optionally compound (D), which has a urethane group. A decorative article containing the cured embossing lacquer and a method of preparing the decorative article.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Dieter Nees, Ursula Palfinger, Stephan Ruttloff, Johannes Götz
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Publication number: 20220323945Abstract: A composition containing the following components: (a) a hydrosilylation catalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex, and (b) an inhibitor of the catalyst, wherein the inhibitor differs from the ligand of the metal-ligand complex and is represented by formula (I): X—CHR—CO—Y??(I), wherein —X represents —NO2, —S(?O)R, or Rc2RaC—CO—; Y represents 2-furyl, —S(?O)R, —CN, —NO2, or —CRbxRd3-x; Ra and Rb is independently selected from the group consisting of —O—R, —O—CO—R, —CO—O—R, 2-furyl, —S(?O)R, —CN, —NO2, —F, —Cl, and —Br; each of R is independently selected from the group consisting of —H, optionally fluorinated C1-C8-alkyl, —F, —Cl, and —Br; each of Rc and each of Rd is independently selected from the group consisting of —H, optionally fluorinated C1-C8-alkyl, —F, —Cl, and —Br; and x is 0 or 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Krzysztof Krawczyk, Paul Patter
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Publication number: 20220204441Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein n is selected from 3 to 8 and R is hydrogen or a C1-C8 alkyl radical, a process for the preparation of the compound and uses of the compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Dieter Nees, Stephan Ruttloff, Johannes Götz
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Patent number: 11299202Abstract: There is provided a drive assembly comprising: a reconfigurable differential drive comprising a first wheel and a second wheel, wherein the first and second wheels are moveable with different angular velocities around respective first and second rotation axes; a steering actuator configured to rotate the first wheel around a first pivot axis and/or the second wheel around a second pivot axis; wherein the first and second wheels are coupled such that a rotation of the first wheel around the first pivot axis by a first adjustment angle results in a rotation of the second wheel around the second pivot axis by a second adjustment angle, the second adjustment angle being dependent on the first adjustment angle.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Michael Hofbaur, Mathias Brandstötter
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Patent number: 11275093Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing pulmonary hypertension (PH) in a patient, a method of monitoring the course of pulmonary hypertension in a patient, a method of determining the severity of pulmonary hypertension in a patient, and a method of differentiating between pulmonary hypertension and at least one condition selected from a group consisting of a disease associated with a risk of developing pulmonary hypertension and metabolic syndrome. In addition, the present invention relates to a kit comprising means for carrying out the above methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignees: CBMED GMBH CENTER FOR BIOMARKER RESEARCH IN MEDICINE, JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH, LBI-LVR-LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH OF THE LUDWIG BOLTZMANN GESELLSCHAFT GMBH, MEDIZIN MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAT GRAZInventors: Natalie Bordag, Christoph Magnes, Sophie Narath, Edgar Gander, Andrea Olschewski, Bence M Nagy, Horst Olschewski
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Publication number: 20220032530Abstract: The present invention provides a functional film structure and a method of manufacturing the same. The functional film structure has a sensor button arranged on a film substrate and can be formed into a three-dimensional shape by thermal forming processes such as vacuum deep-drawing or high-pressure moulding. The functional film structure is preferably flexible and preferably has transparent and illuminated sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicants: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Hueck Folien GmbH, Scio Holding GmbHInventors: Barbara Stadlober, Maria Belegratis, Volker Schmidt, Martin Zirkl, Gregor Scheipl, Stephan Trassl, Andreas Gschwandtner, Franz Padinger, Michael Heilmann, Dirk Ide
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Patent number: 10955701Abstract: An optical apparatus with a distance-to-height ratio, DHR, greater than 2, operable to emit light with a homogenized radiance distribution, the apparatus comprising a plurality of light sources, arranged in an array, a diffusor device at an exit surface of the apparatus, a transparent substrate, arranged between the plurality of light sources and the exit surface, the substrate comprising a plurality of freeform, FF, optical structures wherein the freeform structures are arranged on a bottom side of the transparent substrate facing the light sources.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Christian Sommer, Claude Leiner
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Patent number: 10809622Abstract: In the case of an embossing lacquer based on a UV-polymerizable prepolymer composition containing at least one acrylate monomer, the prepolymer composition—in addition to the acrylate monomer—contains at least one thiol selected from the group: 3-Mercaptopropianates, mercaptoacetates, thioglycolates, and alkylthiols as well as potentially a surface-active anti-adhesive additive selected from the group of anionic surfactants, such as polyether siloxanes, fatty alcohol ethoxylates, such as polyoxyethylene (9) lauryl ethers, monofunctional alkyl (meth)acrylates, polysiloxane (meth)acrylates, perfluoroalkyl (meth)acrylates, and perfluoropolyether (meth)acrylates as well as a photoinitiator, as well as a method for imprinting substrate surfaces coated with an embossing lacquer.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Dieter Nees, Christoph Auner, Barbara Stadlober, Stephan Ruttloff, Maria Belegratis
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Patent number: 10387731Abstract: A compact image sequence descriptor (101), used for describing an image sequence, comprises a segment global descriptor (113) for at least one segment within the sequence, which includes global descriptor information for respective images, relating to interest points within the video content of the images. The segment global descriptor (113) includes a base descriptor (121), which is a global descriptor associated with a representative frame (120) of the image sequence, and a number of relative descriptors (125). The relative descriptors contain information of a respective global descriptor relative to the base descriptor allowing to reconstruct an exact or approximated global descriptor associated with a respective image of the image sequence. The image sequence descriptor (101) may further include a segment local descriptor (114) for a segment, comprising a set of encoded local feature descriptors.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Werner Bailer, Stefanie Wechtitsch
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Patent number: 10308768Abstract: With a prepolymer composition containing at least one mono or oligomer component with at least one polymerizable C—C double bond as well as at least one multifunctional monomer component, the multifunctional monomer component a multifunctional monomer component is contained with at least two thiol groups selected from the group: 3-Mercaptopropionates, 3-Mercaptoacetates, thioglycolates, and alkylthiols, wherein the mono or oligomer component with at least one polymerizable double bond is selected from the group acrylates, methyl acrylates, vinyl ethers, allyl ethers, propenyl ethers, alkenes, dienes, unsaturated esters, allyl triazines, allyl isocyanates, and N-vinyl amides, and wherein at least one surface-active anti-adhesive additive selected from the group alkyl (meth)acrylates, polysiloxane (meth)acrylates, perfluoroalkyl (meth)acrylates, perfluoropolyether (meth)acrylates, alkyl vinyl ethers, polysiloxane vinyl ethers, perfluoroalkyl vinyl ethers, and perfluoropolyether vinyl ethers, as well as a photoiType: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Dieter Nees, Markus Leitgeb, Barbara Stadlober, Stephan Ruttloff, Andre Lintschnig, Valentin Satzinger
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Patent number: 10183522Abstract: The invention relates to a security element, comprising a thermoplastic or photo-sensitive replication lacquer layer, non-periodic randomly arranged (randomized) structures in the sub-micrometer range being incorporated into the replication lacquer layer and having an angle-independent optical effect, such as a color effect, and to a method for the production thereof and to the use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignees: HUECK FOLIEN GES.M.B.H., JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBHInventors: Stefan Trassl, Klaus Schmidegg, Maria Belegratis, Volker Schmidt, Michael Steindorfer, Barbara Stadlober
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Patent number: 9993187Abstract: A sensor arrangement for detecting information indicative of a physiological substance in a body material of a physiological subject, wherein the sensor arrangement comprises a substrate, a first sensor structure connected to the substrate and being configured for sensing the physiological substance electrochemically, and a second sensor structure connected to the substrate and being configured for sensing the physiological substance by a luminescence detection.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO. KGInventor: Martin Hajnsek
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Patent number: 9950111Abstract: A device for the transcutaneous, in vivo measurement of the concentration of at least one analyte in a living organism includes a catheter which can be introduced into the organism, and a luminescence indicator, which is immobilized on the catheter and which reacts to a change in the concentration of the at least one analyte to be measured with a change in at least one optical property. The luminescence indicator is transcutaneously connected to a source for providing an excitation radiation and a detector for detecting the measuring radiation. The luminescence indicator is immobilized on the outer circumference of the catheter, which is used to dispense a fluid medium, for example a medication, into the organism or to drain a body fluid.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignees: JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT GRAZInventors: Hans Köhler, Ingo Klimant
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Publication number: 20170316269Abstract: A compact image sequence descriptor (101), used for describing an image sequence, comprises a segment global descriptor (113) for at least one segment within the sequence, which includes global descriptor information for respective images, relating to interest points within the video content of the images. The segment global descriptor (113) includes a base descriptor (121), which is a global descriptor associated with a representative frame (120) of the image sequence, and a number of relative descriptors (125). The relative descriptors contain information of a respective global descriptor relative to the base descriptor allowing to reconstruct an exact or approximated global descriptor associated with a respective image of the image sequence. The image sequence descriptor (101) may further include a segment local descriptor (114) for a segment, comprising a set of encoded local feature descriptors.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Werner Bailer, Stefanie Wechtitsch
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Patent number: 9612690Abstract: There is provided an sensing device, comprising: a substrate; a sensor ink printed onto the substrate; a conductive polymer ink printed onto the sensor ink; a conductive carbon paste formed on the polymer ink; and a conductive silver ink printed on the conductive carbon paste. There is also provided a sensing device for processing a signal generated by the input device, the sensing device comprising: an operational amplifier to amplify the signal; a filter to filter signal noise from the signal; an adder to apply an offset and attenuation to the signal; a microcontroller comprising an analog to digital converter to convert the signal into a digital output signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2012Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignees: FH-OÖ Forschungs and Entwicklungs GmbH, Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft MBHInventors: Martin Zirkl, Barbara Stadlober, Michael Haller, Patrick Greindl, Christian Rendl