Patents by Inventor Christian Hofer

Christian Hofer 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: 20250100315
    Abstract: An optically variable surface pattern which is designed to provide a multi-color representation when viewed from at least one predefined viewing angle and includes a multiplicity of surface elements which are provided with relief structures, at least one of the relief structures having nanostructures that act as color filters. The relief structures are selected from a set of at least four relief structures that differ from one another, each of which generating a color impression corresponding to a predefined monochromatic color when viewed from the predefined viewing angle, and each of the monochromatic colors corresponding to a different basic color. The surface elements are dimensioned such that, in at least one subregion of the surface pattern, when viewed from the at least one predefined viewing angle, a color impression corresponding to a mixed color that differs from the predefined basic colors can be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Christian FUHSE, Christian STOCKL, Moritz HOFER
  • Publication number: 20250059298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Her2-targeted bispecific agonistic CD28 antigen binding molecules characterized by monovalent binding to CD28, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing these antibodies, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Stephan GASSER, Thomas HOFER, Teemu Tapani JUNTTILA, Christian KLEIN, Christine KUETTEL, Jenny Tosca THOM, Pablo UMAÑA
  • Publication number: 20250017141
    Abstract: A motorized lawnmower has a drive motor which has a drive shaft, a movable cutting tool, and a mower housing having a hood-shaped mower deck which is open towards a mowing side. The mower housing is configured for use with a motorized lawnmower having an internal combustion engine as the drive motor. A belt compartment is provided in the mower housing outside the mower deck. The drive motor is an electric motor, and a cooling air routing having an air inlet, an air outlet and an air guiding path from the air inlet to the air outlet is formed in the mower housing. A fan which is capable of being driven by the electric motor is arranged in the air guiding path, and the belt compartment is configured to form part of the air guiding path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Christian SANDBICHLER, Markus Gassner, Kurt Hoerfarter, Manfred Hofer, Walter Wiest, Clara Wohnlich
  • Publication number: 20240392593
    Abstract: A multimedia experience facility includes a first presentation unit, a second presentation unit, an auditorium having a base area, wherein the first presentation unit and the second presentation unit are assigned to the auditorium, and an audience area, wherein the audience area is arranged inside the auditorium, and wherein the audience area has a substructure and seats accommodated thereon, and wherein the arrangement of the seats establishes a main viewing direction in the audience area. A bearing apparatus is arranged in the auditorium, by which the substructure of the audience area can be pivoted relative to the base area of the auditorium in terms of its orientation such that the main viewing direction is oriented to the first presentation unit in a first configuration and the main viewing direction is oriented to the second presentation unit in a second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Kraftwerk Living Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred MEIER, Christian HOFER
  • Patent number: 11607544
    Abstract: A device for influencing a patient's gait, comprising at least one foot lifter stimulation electrode for activating a foot lifter muscle, at least one sensor unit, at least one hip flexor stimulation electrode for activating a hip flexor muscle, and at least one control unit which is coupled to the sensor unit and the stimulation electrodes, processes sensor values from the sensor unit and, depending on the sensor values, activates at least one of the stimulation electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: NSTIM SERVICES GMBH
    Inventors: Oskar Aszmann, Hans Dietl, Andreas Goppelt, Christian Hofer, Michael Friedrich Russold, Ernesto Urbano
  • Publication number: 20220083392
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing Trans-Cloud infrastructure deployment include receiving an input from a user, the input comprising a Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) template and input parameters for instantiation via a graphical user interface (GUI), applying the input parameters to the TOSCA template, creating a directed acyclic graph of the TOSCA template based on defined relationships; and executing the instantiated model through API calls to orchestration engine based on the order defined in the acyclic graph. The TOSCA template and input parameters can specify a region for deployment and/or server plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Christian HOFER, Javier PEREZ-GRIFFO, Pablo BANOS, Alberto DEL VALLE
  • Publication number: 20220054043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for evaluating usage data of at least one orthopaedic device which is equipped with sensors for detecting properties, states, or changes in properties or states, wherein the sensors are connected to a transmitter directly or via a storage device and the transmitter transmits the sensor data provided by the sensors to an evaluation unit in a computer network in which the sensor data is processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Erik Albrecht-Laatsch, Alexander Pappe, Dirk Seifert, Alexander Glier, Philipp Kampas, Christian Hofer, Mario Koppe, Christopher Bartels-Sellering, Jens Drieseberg, Martin Schmidt, Robert Kaitan, Markus Schachinger, Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO, Sven Faulhaber, Jörg Krukenberg, Katharina Olze, Andreas Eichler, Florian Gishamer, Bernhard Prochaska, Christian Kovacs, Eva-Maria Fink, Gregory Lyle Schneider, Sebastian Amsüss
  • Publication number: 20190224479
    Abstract: A device for influencing a patient's gait, comprising at least one foot lifter stimulation electrode for activating a foot lifter muscle, at least one sensor unit, at least one hip flexor stimulation electrode for activating a hip flexor muscle, and at least one control unit which is coupled to the sensor unit and the stimulation electrodes, processes sensor values from the sensor unit and, depending on the sensor values, activates at least one of the stimulation electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: NSTIM SERVICES GMBH
    Inventors: Oskar ASZMANN, Hans DIETL, Andreas GOPPEL, Christian HOFER, Michael Friedrich RUSSOLD, Ernesto URBANO
  • Publication number: 20180028390
    Abstract: An orthopedic system having at least one stimulation electrode for activating at least one muscle, an orthotic or prosthetic device, which may be placed on a patient's body and secured there with at least one joint by which a proximal and a distal component of the orthotic or prosthetic device are connected to each other in swivelling fashion, at least one adjustable resistance device which is arranged between the distal component and the proximal component and with which a motion resistance against a swivelling of the proximal component relative to the distal component is adjustable, sensors for detecting of forces positions, accelerations and/or torques, and a control device which is coupled to the sensors and the resistance device, processes sensor values of the sensors and adjusts the resistance device in dependence on the sensor values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Hans DIETL, Roland AUBERGER, Michael Friedrich RUSSOLD, Christian HOFER
  • Patent number: 5954035
    Abstract: In a venting arrangement for a crankcase of an internal combustion engine including a centrifugal separator having a rotatable housing with an inlet channel for the admission of an oil-air mixture and an exit channel for the discharge of air from which the oil has been removed, the inlet channel extends essentially in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the housing, but in spaced relationship from the axis so that oil which has been separated from the oil-air mixture moves, subjected to centrifugal forces, radially outwardly at a 90.degree. angle to the generally axial oil-air mixture flow through the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Daimler Chrysler AG
    Inventors: Christian Hofer, Thomas Kettner, Siegfried Weber, Roland Weik