Patents by Inventor Andreas

Andreas 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).

  • Publication number: 20140290480
    Abstract: A process for dedusting a dust laden vapor gas mixture (VGM) obtained by pyrolysis of a material containing hydrocarbons includes treating the dust laden VGM in a dry electrostatic precipitator at a temperature in a range from 380 to 480° C. so as to separate dust from the VGM. Then, the VGM is cooled to a temperature in a range from 310 to 360° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: ENEFIT OUTOTEC TECHNOLOGY OÜ
    Inventors: Hermann Sieger, Christian Binder, Nikola Anastasijevic, Andreas Orth
  • Publication number: 20140296238
    Abstract: Novel dihydropyrazole derivatives of formula (I) wherein L, R, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y, m and n have the meaning according to the claims, are positive allosteric modulators of the FSH receptor, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of fertility disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Henry YU, Thomas E. RICHARDSON, Robert James FOGLESONG, Lizbeth Celeste DESELM, Andreas GOUTOPOULOS
  • Publication number: 20140295102
    Abstract: A process of sintering metal oxide films from formulations based on particles of metal oxides is described. The process includes: a) adding to the formulation particles or molecules an absorbing compound absorbing the electromagnetic radiation in visible and/or infrared spectrum regions; b) mixing until a homogeneous dispersion of the absorbing compound in the formulation is obtained; c) depositing the formulation in form of a film on a substrate; and d) irradiating the film with an electromagnetic radiation in the visible and/or infrared regions of the spectrum. A process for the production of photoelectrochemical cells is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Aldo Di Carlo, Girolamo Mincuzzi, Thomas Meredith Brown, Andrea Reale
  • Publication number: 20140292201
    Abstract: A circuit can be used for controlling a plurality of LEDs coupled in series. A switching converter operates as a current source coupled to the plurality of LEDs to provide a constant load current thereto. The switching converter includes an inductor coupled in series with the plurality of LEDs such that the same load current flows through the inductor and the plurality of LEDs. No substantial capacitance is coupled between the inductor and the plurality of LEDs. A floating driver circuit is coupled in parallel with each individual LED of the plurality of LEDs. The floating driver circuit is configured to fully or partially take over the load current thereby bypassing the respective LED in accordance with a respective modulated input signal to control the intensity of the light emitted by the LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Andrea Logiudice
  • Publication number: 20140290179
    Abstract: In order, in the case of a strapping apparatus for strapping articles with a strapping band, having a base plate (4) which is provided for arranging on an article, having a tensioning device (6) with which a band tension can be applied to the strapping band, the tensioning device (6) being provided for this purpose with an actuable tensioning tool which can be brought into and out of contact with the band, having a sealing device with which, by contact with the band, two band layers can be permanently connected to each other by forming a seal between the two band layers, being provided with a clamping device which has at least one clamp with two interacting clamping elements for clamping the band between the clamping elements, and being provided with at least one actuating element with which a magnitude of a tensioning force which can be applied to the strapping band or a magnitude which is dependent on the tensioning force can be set, to improve the strength of friction-welded band strapping seals produced b
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Andreas Paul Keller
  • Publication number: 20140298535
    Abstract: Plant metabolism and alkaloid levels can be regulated by transcription factors that regulate the nicotinic alkaloid biosynthetic pathway. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a transcription factor that negatively regulates alkaloid biosynthesis, such as nicotine biosynthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Jonathan Page, Andrea T. Todd
  • Publication number: 20140295105
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for depositing silicon on a substrate using a focused beam of charged particles. A precursor containing silicon is provided, said precursor being dissociated by the beam in the immediate vicinity of the substrate. The aim of the invention is to allow the deposition of silicon on a substrate in a particularly effective way, material-protecting and precise manner. For this purpose, polysilane is used as the precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Huth, Andreas Terfort
  • Publication number: 20140296433
    Abstract: This invention comprises filled silicone compositions initially having a slump of at least 2.5 millimeters when tested described in ASTM D2202-00(2010) except temperature shall be 25 degrees Celsius and time shall be 5 minutes, and a method of preparing and uses of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Dow Coming Corporation
    Inventors: Andrea Alexander, Thomas Galbraith
  • Publication number: 20140290135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (1) for infiltrating plant tissue with macromolecules or microorganisms. The system comprises an infiltration chamber (2) having at least one sealable hatch for receiving plant tissue, means (P1) for reducing pressure within the infiltration chamber; a first release valve (V1) in fluid communication with the infiltration chamber. The system further comprises a controller (C1) for operating coordinately the first release valve and the pressure reducing means such that the pressure in the infiltration chamber is (i) reduced from a start pressure to a target pressure that is less than or equal to 300 mbar in a first time period, (ii) maintained at the target pressure for a second time period, and (iii) increased from the target pressure to a final pressure of at least approximately 1 bar within a third time period of less than or equal to five (5) seconds. The present invention also relates to a method of infiltrating plant tissue with bacterium cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Carraro, Anne Mc Govern, Oleg Mironov, Karen Oishi, Sandrine Roesti
  • Publication number: 20140297605
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to table compression in a database. The database is organized in tables including rows and columns An aspect includes defining a range partition of a table of the database according to a first attribute of the table. Internal ranges of the table of the database are defined according to a second attribute of the table. A target internal range of the internal ranges is determined to insert a row as a new entry into the table. A determination is made as to whether an internal range compression directory exists for the target internal range. Based on determining that no internal range compression directory exists for the target internal range and a predefined threshold value of a number of rows is exceeded in the target internal range, the internal range compression directory for the target internal range is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andreas Christian, Joern Klauke, Sergiy Malikov, Jens Seifert
  • Publication number: 20140296588
    Abstract: A method of producing butene from an oxygenate-containing feedstock is described. The oxygenate-containing feedstock is converted to olefins and separated. The C4 isoolefins are then etherified and separated. The normal C4 olefins can be used to produce butadiene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Andrea G. Bozzano, Steven L. Krupa, Timothy Foley
  • Publication number: 20140294927
    Abstract: Articles, compositions, kits, and methods relating to nanostructures, including synthetic nanostructures, are provided. Certain embodiments described herein include structures having a core-shell type arrangement; for instance, a nanostructure core may be surrounded by a shell including a material, such as a lipid bilayer, and may include other components such as oligonucleotides. In some embodiments, the structures, when introduced into a subject, can be used to deliver nucleic acids and/or can regulate gene expression. Accordingly, the structures described herein may be used to diagnose, prevent, treat or manage certain diseases or bodily conditions. In some cases, the structures are both a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Northwestern University
    Inventors: C. Shad Thaxton, Chad A. Mirkin, Kaylin M. McMahon, Sushant Tripathy, Raja Kannan Mutharasan, David M. Leander, Andrea Luthi
  • Publication number: 20140296442
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymers selected from among polypropylene (PP), polycarbonate (PC), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), polyvinylchloride (PVC) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET), nylon and polystyrene, having antibacterial properties, wherein the antibacterial effect is obtained by adding a zinc salt selected from among: zinc PCA, zinc oxide, zinc hydroxide, zinc pyrrolidone or zinc pyrithione during the process of polymerization of the monomers. The antibacterial polymers are used to prepare products intended to enter into contact with the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Michele Fiori, Nunzia Nocerino, Rosanna Capparelli, Andrea Fulgione, Michael Van Der Jagt, Chiara Medaglia, Marco Marchetti, Norberto Roveri, Rocco Mercuri, Marco Lelli, Francesca Rinaldi
  • Publication number: 20140291123
    Abstract: Items of laundry (10) are fed, in laundries, to a laundry-treatment device with adjacent corners (25) of an upper edge (39) hanging beneath two clip carriages (22). It is customary for the items of laundry (10) to be stored in a sorted state on an interim basis upstream of the laundry-treatment device. The invention provides for adjacent clip carriages (22) of successive items of laundry (10) to be assigned in pairs to drivers (28) of a catch conveyor (26). The invention also provides for the sagging of the upper edge (39), and the lowermost location (40) of the lower edge (42), of the item of laundry (10) to be determined by a line-measuring device (26), in order for the item of laundry (10) to be identified in this way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Olivieri, Frank Schormann, Norbert Kortner, Engelbert Heinz
  • Publication number: 20140296072
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions containing a) one or more water-soluble pesticides, b) one or more quarternary ammonium compounds of the formula (I), R1R2R3N30—(CmH2mO)pH X? (I), in which R1 is a linear or branched alkyl group with 6 to 10 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 can be the same or different and are each independently of each other an alkyl group with 1 to 3 carbon atoms, m is 2 or 3, p is a number from 1 to 5, and X is chlorine, and c) water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Andreas Wacker, Carsten Cohrs
  • Publication number: 20140295813
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a method for selecting a physical layer identifier for use in a basestation is disclosed. The basestation may be comprised within a mobile communications network, which may also comprise a plurality of other basestations. The method comprises receiving a pool of identifiers available for use by basestations within the network and assigning a temporary identifier for the basestation. The method further comprises receiving from connected UEs reports of identifiers from among the received pool that are in use by basestations detected by the connected UEs and assigning a final identifier selected from the received pool of identifiers, the final identifier being different from the temporary identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: UBIQUISYS LIMITED
    Inventors: Sandro Grech, Andrea Giustina, James Briers, Gbenga Salami
  • Publication number: 20140296301
    Abstract: The present invention relates to topical ophthalmological pharmaceutical compositions containing regorafenib, a hydrate, solvate or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a polymorph thereof and its process of preparation and its use for treating ophthalmological disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Bottger, Georges Von Degenfeld, Julia Freundlieb, Claudia Hirth-Dietrich, Joerg Keldenich, Jurgen Klar, Uwe Muenster, Andreas Ohm, Annett Richter, Bernd Riedl
  • Publication number: 20140294530
    Abstract: An apparatus for chamfering a toothed workpiece with at least one rotatably mounted workpiece spindle and with at least one machining unit with at least one machining head for chamfering a workpiece clamped in a spindle, wherein the machining unit with at least one machining head exclusively comprises chamfer cutters which permit machining of the workpiece on two different sides of the workpiece, in particular Chamfer Cut units, and that the machining unit with at least one machining head comprises a device for loading chamfer cutters and/or for centering chamfer cutters relative to the position of the toothing on the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Hansjoerg Geiser, Oliver Winkel, Andreas Heidemann
  • Publication number: 20140290867
    Abstract: A method of transferring a micro device and an array of micro devices are disclosed. A carrier substrate carrying a micro device connected to a bonding layer is heated to a temperature below a liquidus temperature of the bonding layer, and a transfer head is heated to a temperature above the liquidus temperature of the bonding layer. Upon contacting the micro device with the transfer head, the heat from the transfer head transfers into the bonding layer to at least partially melt the bonding layer. A voltage applied to the transfer head creates a grip force which picks up the micro device from the carrier substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Andreas Bibl, John A. Higginson, Hung-Fai Stephen Law, Hsin-Hua Hu
  • Publication number: 20140296229
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (I) wherein the groups R1 to R4, A1 and A2 have the meanings given in the claims and in the specification. The compounds of the invention are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterized by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation pharmaceutical preparations containing such compounds and their uses as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Harald ENGELHARDT, Davide GIANNI, Andreas MANTOULIDIS, Christian SMETHURST