Patents by Inventor Erwin Schuster

Erwin Schuster 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: 20210000187
    Abstract: A cleaning tool for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the cleaning tool including an elongate body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the distal end portion defining a recess configured to receive a heating element of an aerosol-generating device, the recess extending from an opening in a distal end face of the elongate body towards the proximal end portion of the elongate body, the distal end portion of the elongate body being provided with at least one protrusion inwardly projecting into the recess, and the elongate body further including a scraping surface at the distal end face of the elongate body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Philipp BERNHARD, Keethan Dasnavis FERNANDO, Alexander GILCHER, Kilian Augusto IANNUCCI, Boris MAHLER, Aymeric David NIEDERHAUSER, Dani RUSCIO, Fabian Kurt SCHNEIDER, Erwin SCHUSTER, Loic SOTTAS
  • Patent number: 10064475
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator having a core that supports the application elements in the form of bristles and/or comb tines; the core has a central body that is itself equipped with a plurality of bristles and/or comb tines protruding out directly from it; the core is also composed of at least one arm that protrudes out from the central body and is itself equipped with a plurality of bristles and/or comb tines and is mobile relative to the central body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: GEKA GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Wolfsgruber, Pilar Kempe-Gonzalez, Nicholas Bakic, Erwin Schuster
  • Patent number: 9924788
    Abstract: Hair brush with an array of bristles which are fastened on a flexible pad of bristles which yields during combing so that the position and/or location of the bristles is changed as a result, the bristles being composed of plastic, wherein the pad of bristle and the bristles are composed of a single piece and wherein the pad of bristles has the configuration of a flexible membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: GEKA GmbH
    Inventor: Erwin Schuster
  • Patent number: 9370235
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator with an applicator body, a wand, and a handle that is attached to the latter; the applicator body has a longitudinal axis that coincides with that of the wand; and the applicator body is composed of plates that are arranged in concertina-like fashion, are integrally joined to one another, and simultaneously constitute the support structure of the core-less applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: GEKA GmbH
    Inventor: Erwin Schuster
  • Publication number: 20150216286
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator having a core that supports the application elements in the form of bristles and/or comb tines; the core has a central body that is itself equipped with a plurality of bristles and/or comb tines protruding out directly from it; the core is also composed of at least one arm that protrudes out from the central body and is itself equipped with a plurality of bristles and/or comb tines and is mobile relative to the central body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Dieter Wolfsgruber, Pilar Gonzales-Gomes, Nicholas Bakic, Erwin Schuster
  • Patent number: 9028161
    Abstract: A wiper for wiping off a cosmetics applicator during the withdrawal from its storage container, wherein the wiper forms a substantially rectangular passage, which in the non-stressed state is closed off by two mutually opposing wiper lips that are respectively divided into several bending elements which are elastically deformed when the cosmetics applicator is pushed through and thus clear the way for the applicator to pass through the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: GEKA GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Stredak, Manuela Geuther, Erwin Schuster
  • Publication number: 20150083156
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator with an applicator body, a wand, and a handle that is attached to the latter; the applicator body has a longitudinal axis that coincides with that of the wand; and the applicator body is composed of plates that are arranged in concertina-like fashion, are integrally joined to one another, and simultaneously constitute the support structure of the core-less applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Erwin Schuster
  • Publication number: 20140373294
    Abstract: Hair brush with an array of bristles which are fastened on a flexible pad of bristles which yields during combing so that the position and/or location of the bristles is changed as a result, the bristles being composed of plastic, wherein the pad of bristle and the bristles are composed of a single piece and wherein the pad of bristles has the configuration of a flexible membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Erwin Schuster
  • Patent number: 8757913
    Abstract: An applicator for cosmetics, in particular a mascara applicator, having an applicator device embodied in the form of a fan, and applicator elements constituting the fan are movable from a first fan position into a second fan position and/or vice versa, with the applicator elements being folded-in closer to one another in the first fan position or fanned-out farther from one another in the second fan position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: GEKA GmbH
    Inventors: Manuela Geuther, Erwin Schuster
  • Publication number: 20120148332
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper for wiping off a cosmetics applicator during the withdrawal from its storage container, wherein the wiper forms a substantially rectangular passage, which in the non-stressed state is closed off by two mutually opposing wiper lips that are respectively divided into several bending elements which are elastically deformed when the cosmetics applicator is pushed through and thus clear the way for the applicator to pass through the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: GEKA GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut STREDAK, Manuela GEUTHER, Erwin SCHUSTER
  • Publication number: 20120045268
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator for cosmetics, in particular a mascara applicator, having an applicator device embodied in the form of a fan, and applicator elements constituting the fan are movable from a first fan position into a second fan position and/or vice versa, with the applicator elements being folded-in closer to one another or fanned-out farther from one another in the second fan position than they are in the first fan position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: GEKA GMBH
    Inventors: Manuela GEUTHER, Erwin SCHUSTER
  • Patent number: 6254903
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of baked goods from cereal products with use of enzymes, with the aim of preventing the baked goods from going stale. To this effect, a Thermoactinomyces vulgaris alpha amylase is added, which makes possible targeted partial hydrolysis of the starch, and in the process prevents its retrogradation to a large extent, and is simultaneously deactivated by the baking process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Roehm GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Schuster, Bruno Sproessler, Juergen Hofemeister
  • Patent number: 6228632
    Abstract: This invention relates to a recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) which can be isolated from Aspergillus soyae, characterised in that it codes for a leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to the nucleotide sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 for the mature LAP or to a nucleotide sequence derived therefrom which hybridises under stringent conditions with the nucleotide sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 for the mature LAP. The invention further relates to vectors and transformed host organisms, and also relates to methods of producing LAP. Enzyme products for the production of protein hydrolysates, as well as protein hydrolysates which are produced correspondingly, also form part of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Roehm GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Schuster, Bruno Sproessler, Kornelia Titze, Michael Gottschalk, Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Sabine Wolf, Hermann Plainer
  • Patent number: 6140094
    Abstract: This invention relates to a protein having phospholipase activity, which is characterised in that it has the mature sequence of Aspergillus lysophospholipase or a sequence derived therefrom and that it may be cleaved at at least one site, wherein, in the event of cleavage, the restriction fragments are optionally either linked by means of at least one bond cleavable under reducing conditions or at least one of the unlinked restriction fragments has phospholipase activity, and to a process for the production of this protein by fermenting a suitably transformed lysophospholipase-producing host organism in a suitable culture medium and isolating the protein having phospholipase activity from the cell-free culture filtrate, wherein fermentation is performed in the acidic to slightly alkaline range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Rohm GmbH
    Inventors: Fridolin Loffler, Gerald Jungschaffer, Quoc Nguyen Khanh, Erwin Schuster, Bruno Sprossler, Sabine Wolf
  • Patent number: 5976527
    Abstract: A high surface area system is provided with latex particles for immobilization of substances containing nucleophilic groups. The high surface area system is formed by aggregating the latex particles or by bonding the latex particles to a porous support of high surface area. The latex particles contain groups such as oxirane groups that react with the nucleophilic groups. The substances containing nucleophilic groups may be enzymes or proteins such as albumin, immunoglobulins, blood-clotting factors, cell-membrane proteins or peptide hormones. The high surface area system may be used as a sorbent in removing pollutants, as a stationary phase in organic synthesis such as peptide synthesis, and in the therapeutic treatment of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Siol, Werner Roehm GmbH Chemishe Fabrik
    Inventors: Werner Siol, Dieter Kraemer, Norbert Suetterlin, Cornelia Scordialo, Gerhard Markert, Erwin Schuster
  • Patent number: 5965422
    Abstract: This invention relates to a recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) isolatable from Aspergillus, preferably Aspergillus foetidus, wherein it codes for a lysophospholipase (LPL) and has the nucleotide sequence for mature LPL stated in SEQ ID NO:1 or a nucleotide sequence derived therefrom, which hybridises under stringent conditions with the nucleotide sequence for mature LPL stated in SEQ ID NO:1. The invention also relates to vectors, to transformed host organisms and to processes for the production of LPL. The invention also provides enzyme products for the production of maltose syrup and products produced in this manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Rohm GmbH
    Inventors: Fridolin Loffler, Quoc Khanh Nguyen, Erwin Schuster, Bruno Sprossler, Lutz Thomas, Sabine Wolf
  • Patent number: 5306633
    Abstract: A novel xylanase, obtained from Bacillus subtilis strains, is provided which improves the consistency and increases the volume of bread and baked goods containing it. B. subtilis DSM 7147 containing the plasmid pIK 91 produces the xylanase. Genetic engineering insertion of the gene encoding the xylanase in the plasmid pUB110 is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Rohm GmbH Chemische Fabrik
    Inventors: Michael Gottschalk, Erwin Schuster, Bruno Sprossler