Patents by Inventor Christopher Bauer

Christopher Bauer 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: 20240084235
    Abstract: An organomimetic device includes a microfluidic device that can be used to culture cells in its microfluidic channels. The organomimetic device can be part of dynamic system that can apply mechanical forces to the cells by modulating the microfluidic device and the flow of fluid through the microfluidic channels. The membrane in the organomimetic device can be modulated mechanically via pneumatic means and/or mechanical means. The organomimetic device can be manufactured by the fabrication of individual components separately, for example, as individual layers that can be subsequently laminated together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jose Fernandez-Alcon, Norman Wen, Richard Novak, Donald E. Ingber, Geraldine A. Hamilton, Christopher Hinojosa, Karel Domansky, Daniel Levner, Guy Thompson, II, Kambez Hajipouran Benam, Remi Villenave, Thomas Umundum, Alfred Paris, Georg Bauer
  • Patent number: 11926019
    Abstract: A coated abrasive article includes a substrate and a plurality of abrasive particles overlying the substrate, and the plurality of abrasive particles including tapered abrasive particles having a taper fraction standard deviation of at least 0.025 and not greater than 0.090.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Samuel S. Marlin, Ralph Bauer, Stefan Vujcic, Paul W. Rehrig, Marie-Camille Auscher, Darrell K. Everts, Hua Fan, Sujatha K. Iyengar, Christopher Arcona, Anthony Martone, Brahmanandam V. Tanikella
  • Publication number: 20230186276
    Abstract: An application executed on a user device receives a request to initiate a transaction with an entity associated with a device implemented at a point-of-sale. The application detects that the user device is proximate to the device and detects an audial tone that encodes information corresponding to an entity associated with the device. The application transmits a request to transfer a payment to the entity, wherein the request includes the information and a payment amount for the payment. When the request is received by a payment processing system, the payment processing system transfers the payment to the entity and provides a confirmation for the payment. The application broadcasts a confirmation audial tone that encodes the confirmation. When the confirmation audial tone is received at the device, the device demodulates the confirmation audial tone to provide the confirmation to the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Storiale, Sih Lee, William Kievit, Jennifer Cantor, Jake Miller, Noah Pell, Christopher Bauer, Lisa Hammond
  • Publication number: 20230007484
    Abstract: An access control system and methods according to at least one embodiment leverage wireless access credentials to allow a user to securely gain access to a secured area using his or her mobile device. As such, a credentialed mobile device may permit access to the secured area without requiring a real-time connection to a credential management system and/or an administrative system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Everson, Gregory Ross, Seth Kaufman, Dakoda Johnson, Christopher Bauer, John Luif, John Evenson, Lakshmi Santhanakrishnan, Mark Duckworth, Keith R. Broerman, Joseph W. Baumgarte, Matthew Dexter, Benjamin J. Hopkins, David Studt
  • Publication number: 20220408261
    Abstract: An access control system and methods according to at least one embodiment leverage wireless access credentials to allow a user to securely gain access to a secured area using his or her mobile device. As such, a credentialed mobile device may permit access to the secured area without requiring a real-time connection to a credential management system and/or an administrative system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Everson, Gregory Ross, Seth Kaufman, Dakoda Johnson, Christopher Bauer, John Luif, John Evenson, Lakshmi Santhanakrishnan, Mark Duckworth, Keith R. Broerman, Joseph W. Baumgarte, Matthew Dexter, Benjamin J. Hopkins, David Studt
  • Patent number: 11388595
    Abstract: An access control system and methods according to at least one embodiment leverage wireless access credentials to allow a user to securely gain access to a secured area using his or her mobile device. As such, a credentialed mobile device may permit access to the secured area without requiring a real-time connection to a credential management system and/or an administrative system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Everson, Gregory Ross, Seth Kaufman, Dakoda Johnson, Christopher Bauer, John Luif, John Evenson, Lakshmi Santhanakrishnan, Mark Duckworth, Keith R. Broerman, Joseph W. Baumgarte, Matthew Dexter, Benjamin J. Hopkins, David Studt
  • Patent number: 11286041
    Abstract: An aircraft wing assembly including a main wing portion, a high-lift device with a flow surface including an upper skin portion and a lower skin portion, wherein the flow surface of the high-lift device comprises a first flow surface portion, a second flow surface portion and a third flow surface portion, wherein the first flow surface portion is micro-perforated for an air inflow, wherein the first flow surface portion extends on the upper skin from the leading edge in chordwise direction for 2% or less of the local chord and extends on the lower skin from the leading edge in chordwise direction for 2% or less of the local chord, and wherein the second flow surface portion is not micro-perforated and extends over the rest of the upper skin portion, and wherein the third flow surface portion is not micro-perforated and extends over the rest of the lower skin portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Hui, Christopher Bauer
  • Patent number: 10937869
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to wide band gap semiconductor power devices and, more specifically, to high-energy implantation masks used in forming silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, such as charge balanced (CB) SiC power devices. An intermediate semiconductor device structure includes a SiC substrate layer having a first conductivity type and silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial (epi) layer having the first conductivity type disposed on the SiC substrate layer. The intermediate device structure also includes a silicon high-energy implantation mask (SiHEIM) disposed directly on a first portion of the SiC epi layer and having a thickness between 5 micrometers (?m) and 20 ?m. The SiHEIM is configured to block implantation of the first portion of the SiC epi layer during a high-energy implantation process having an implantation energy greater than 500 kiloelectron volts (keV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: William Gregg Hawkins, Reza Ghandi, Christopher Bauer, Shaoxin Lu
  • Publication number: 20200105879
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to wide band gap semiconductor power devices and, more specifically, to high-energy implantation masks used in forming silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, such as charge balanced (CB) SiC power devices. An intermediate semiconductor device structure includes a SiC substrate layer having a first conductivity type and silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial (epi) layer having the first conductivity type disposed on the SiC substrate layer. The intermediate device structure also includes a silicon high-energy implantation mask (SiHEIM) disposed directly on a first portion of the SiC epi layer and having a thickness between 5 micrometers (?m) and 20 ?m. The SiHEIM is configured to block implantation of the first portion of the SiC epi layer during a high-energy implantation process having an implantation energy greater than 500 kiloelectron volts (keV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: William Gregg Hawkins, Reza Ghandi, Christopher Bauer, Shaoxin Lu
  • Publication number: 20200100108
    Abstract: An access control system and methods according to at least one embodiment leverage wireless access credentials to allow a user to securely gain access to a secured area using his or her mobile device. As such, a credentialed mobile device may permit access to the secured area without requiring a real-time connection to a credential management system and/or an administrative system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Everson, Gregory Ross, Seth Kaufman, Dakoda Johnson, Christopher Bauer, John Luif, John Evenson, Lakshmi Santhanakrishnan, Mark Duckworth, Keith R. Broerman, Joseph W. Baumgarte, Matthew Dexter, Benjamin J. Hopkins, David Studt
  • Publication number: 20190300158
    Abstract: An aircraft wing assembly including a main wing portion, a high-lift device with a flow surface including an upper skin portion and a lower skin portion, wherein the flow surface of the high-lift device comprises a first flow surface portion, a second flow surface portion and a third flow surface portion, wherein the first flow surface portion is micro-perforated for an air inflow, wherein the first flow surface portion extends on the upper skin from the leading edge in chordwise direction for 2% or less of the local chord and extends on the lower skin from the leading edge in chordwise direction for 2% or less of the local chord, and wherein the second flow surface portion is not micro-perforated and extends over the rest of the upper skin portion, and wherein the third flow surface portion is not micro-perforated and extends over the rest of the lower skin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ching-Yu HUI, Christopher BAUER
  • Patent number: 10336361
    Abstract: A vehicle accessory control circuit includes a processor electrically connected to a power source and a memory, the processor executing computer readable instructions stored on the memory to configure the accessory control circuit and an accessory control output. The control circuit includes at least one capacitive touch assembly having an electrically conductive conduit shielded by a portion of a steering mechanism of the vehicle. The capacitive touch assembly is connected to the power source and the processor such that the conduit is configured to transmit a capacitance input data signal to the processor to adjust the accessory control output. The capacitance input data signal is varied by a conductive touch object such as a human finger or palm to manipulate the output from the accessory system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
    Inventors: Corey Christopher Olson, Molly Kay Hengel, John Christopher Bauer, Ryan Edward Jacewicz, Edgar Fernando Garcia
  • Publication number: 20170282953
    Abstract: A vehicle accessory control circuit includes a processor electrically connected to a power source and a memory, the processor executing computer readable instructions stored on the memory to configure the accessory control circuit and an accessory control output. The control circuit includes at least one capacitive touch assembly having an electrically conductive conduit shielded by a portion of a steering mechanism of the vehicle. The capacitive touch assembly is connected to the power source and the processor such that the conduit is configured to transmit a capacitance input data signal to the processor to adjust the accessory control output. The capacitance input data signal is varied by a conductive touch object such as a human finger or palm to manipulate the output from the accessory system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Corey Christopher Olson, Molly Kay Hengel, John Christopher Bauer, Ryan Edward Jacewicz, Edgar Fernando Garcia
  • Patent number: 9359320
    Abstract: An acid-functionalized polyolefin material that can be used as an acid catalyst in a wide range of acid-promoted chemical reactions, wherein the acid-functionalized polyolefin material includes a polyolefin backbone on which acid groups are appended. Also described is a method for the preparation of the acid catalyst in which a precursor polyolefin is subjected to ionizing radiation (e.g., electron beam irradiation) of sufficient power and the irradiated precursor polyolefin reacted with at least one vinyl monomer having an acid group thereon. Further described is a method for conducting an acid-promoted chemical reaction, wherein an acid-reactive organic precursor is contacted in liquid form with a solid heterogeneous acid catalyst comprising a polyolefin backbone of at least 1 micron in one dimension and having carboxylic acid groups and either sulfonic acid or phosphonic acid groups appended thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: UT-BATTELLE, LLC, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yatsandra Oyola, Chengcheng Tian, John Christopher Bauer, Sheng Dai
  • Publication number: 20150087848
    Abstract: An acid-functionalized polyolefin material that can be used as an acid catalyst in a wide range of acid-promoted chemical reactions, wherein the acid-functionalized polyolefin material includes a polyolefin backbone on which acid groups are appended. Also described is a method for the preparation of the acid catalyst in which a precursor polyolefin is subjected to ionizing radiation (e.g., electron beam irradiation) of sufficient power and the irradiated precursor polyolefin reacted with at least one vinyl monomer having an acid group thereon. Further described is a method for conducting an acid-promoted chemical reaction, wherein an acid-reactive organic precursor is contacted in liquid form with a solid heterogeneous acid catalyst comprising a polyolefin backbone of at least 1 micron in one dimension and having carboxylic acid groups and either sulfonic acid or phosphonic acid groups appended thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Yatsandra Oyola, Chengcheng Tian, John Christopher Bauer, Sheng Dai
  • Publication number: 20070167806
    Abstract: A probe includes an ultrasound imaging transducer and a high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) transducer. The probe is operatively connected to a localizer which provides information indicative of the position and orientation of the probe in relation to a CT scanner. Information from the ultrasound imaging transducer and the CT scanner is used to assist in planning and performing a HIFU treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Bradford Wood, King Li, Jeffrey Yanof, Jochen Kruecker, Christopher Bauer
  • Publication number: 20060240001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies including human antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that bind to P-cadherin, and that function to inhibit P-cadherin. The invention also relates to heavy and light chain immunoglobulins derived from human P-cadherin antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human P-cadherin antibodies, compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions. The invention also relates to transgenic animals or plants comprising nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Bauer, Maureen Bourner, Melanie Boyle, Gerald Casperson, David Griggs, Richard Head, William Joy, Richard Mazzarella, Ralph Minter, Mark Moffat, Barrett Thiele, Todd Vanarsdale
  • Patent number: 7091319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fusion molecules composed of human interleukin-3 (hIL-3) variant or mutant proteins (muteins) functionally joined to a second colony stimulating factor (CSF), cytokine, lymphokine, interleukin or IL-3 variant. These hIL-3 variants contain amino acid substitutions and may also have amino acid deletions at both the N- and C-termini. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the fusion molecules and methods for using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Inventors: S. Christopher Bauer, Mark Allen Abrams, Sarah Ruth Braford-Goldberg, Marie Helena Caparon, Alan Michael Easton, Barbara Kure Klein, John Patrick McKearn, Peter O. Olins, Kumnan Paik, John Warren Thomas
  • Patent number: D826960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Valerie Lynn Goulart, Christopher Bauer Jochetz, Erik-Alexander Newey Loño
  • Patent number: D829736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Bauer Jochetz, Valerie Lynn Goulart