Patents by Inventor Florian Lang

Florian Lang 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: 20110232132
    Abstract: A snowboard boot incorporating techniques for making the process of tightening and loosening the laces of a snowboard boot more convenient for the wearer is disclosed. The snowboard boot may be provided with at least two independent lacing zones, the tensions of which are separately adjustable by the wearer. The zones may be secured by pulling on two laces, each of which tightens one of the two independent lacing zones. This arrangement allows the wearer to simultaneously tighten each zone, providing the wearer with the “feel” as though he or she is tightening a conventional single lacing zone snowboard boot. The laces may be simultaneously, yet independently secured by a lace lock at the upper and/or forward region of the snowboard boot. Slack may be created to facilitate loosening of the snowboard boot and easy removal of a foot from the snowboard boot by unhooking the lace from the lace guide without a corresponding distance of lace traveling through the lace lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Greg Reagan, Christopher M. Doyle, Florian Lang, Maurizio Molin
  • Publication number: 20110224302
    Abstract: Novel difluorophenyldiacylhydrazide derivatives of the formula I, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are kinase inhibitors and can be used for the treatment of diseases and complaints such as diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome (dyslipidaemia), systemic and pulmonary hypertonia, cardiovascular diseases and kidney diseases, generally in any type of fibroses, inflammatory processes, tumours and tumour diseases
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Thomas Fuchss, Ulrich Graedler, Norbert Beier, Rolf Gericke, Florian Lang
  • Patent number: 7980583
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a gliding board binding, such as a snowboard binding. The binding may include an adjustment indicator that allows for determination of a longitudinal position of the base relative to a gliding board, heel-to-toe position of the base relative to a gliding board and/or an angular position of the base relative to a gliding board when the base is secured to the gliding board. The adjustment indicator may be included with a footbed that is removable from a binding base, e.g., that includes a foot engagement member to secure a rider's foot to the binding and board. A removable footbed may include a toe portion that is adjustable in position relative to a heel portion of the footbed. A gliding board may include a channel for mounting a binding that is arranged in the board core so that no portion of the board core is located on top or bottom sides of the channel, and instead so the top and bottom reinforcement layers are located above and below the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Kahlil Zaloom, Christopher C. Cunningham, Florian Lang, Matt Windt, Christopher M. Doyle, Richard William Wagner, Jr., Ryan Larson, Gregory Aaron Dean, Greg Reagan
  • Publication number: 20110139654
    Abstract: Novel oxadiazole derivatives of the formula (I), in which R, R?, Y, X1, X2 and X3 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are kinase inhibitors and can be used for the treatment of diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome (dyslipidaemia), systemic and pulmonary hypertonia, cardiovascular diseases and kidney diseases, in general in all types of fibroses, inflammatory processes, tumours and tumour diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Markus Klein, Norbert Beier, Florian Lang
  • Patent number: 7958654
    Abstract: A snowboard boot incorporating techniques for making the process of tightening and loosening the laces of a snowboard boot more convenient for the wearer is disclosed. The snowboard boot may be provided with at least two independent lacing zones, the tensions of which are separately adjustable by the wearer. The zones may be secured by pulling on two laces, each of which tightens one of the two independent lacing zones. This arrangement allows the wearer to simultaneously tighten each zone, providing the wearer with the “feel” as though he or she is tightening a conventional single lacing zone snowboard boot. The laces may be simultaneously, yet independently secured by a lace lock at the upper and/or forward region of the snowboard boot. Slack may be created to facilitate loosening of the snowboard boot and easy removal of a foot from the snowboard boot by unhooking the lace from the lace guide without a corresponding distance of lace traveling through the lace lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Greg Reagan, Christopher M. Doyle, Florian Lang, Maurizio Molin
  • Publication number: 20110060050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula I, Ia and Ib, and its pharmaceutically usable tautomers, salts, stereoisomers and the enantiomers, including mixtures thereof in all ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Fuchss, Rolf Gericke, Norbert Beier, Florian Lang, Phillipp Lang, Karl Lang
  • Patent number: 7887083
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a gliding board binding, such as a snowboard binding. The binding may include an adjustment indicator that allows for determination of a longitudinal position of the base relative to a gliding board, heel-to-toe position of the base relative to a gliding board and/or an angular position of the base relative to a gliding board when the base is secured to the gliding board. The adjustment indicator may be included with a footbed that is removable from a binding base, e.g., that includes a foot engagement member to secure a rider's foot to the binding and board. A removable footbed may include a toe portion that is adjustable in position relative to a heel portion of the footbed. A gliding board may include a channel for mounting a binding that is arranged in the board core so that no portion of the board core is located on top or bottom sides of the channel, and instead so the top and bottom reinforcement layers are located above and below the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Kahlil Zaloom, Christopher C. Cunningham, Florian Lang, Matt Windt, Christopher M. Doyle, Richard William Wagner, Jr., Ryan Larson, Gregory Aaron Dean, Greg Reagan
  • Patent number: 7884126
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel indazole derivatives as cited in claim 1, which are inhibitors of CHK1, CHK2 and SGK kinases and can be used to treat cancer and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Klein, Rolf Gericke, Werner Mederski, Norbert Beier, Florian Lang
  • Patent number: 7872039
    Abstract: Novel 3-aminoindazoles of the formula (I) are SGK inhibitors and can be used for the treatment of SGK-induced diseases and conditions, such as diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome (dyslipidaemia), systemic and pulmonary hypertonia, cardiovascular diseases and renal diseases, generally in fibrosis and inflammatory processes of any type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Lars Thore Burgdorf, Rolf Gericke, Norbert Beier, Werner Mederski, Florian Lang
  • Patent number: 7850194
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a gliding board binding, such as a snowboard binding. The binding may include an adjustment indicator that allows for determination of a longitudinal position of the base relative to a gliding board, heel-to-toe position of the base relative to a gliding board and/or an angular position of the base relative to a gliding board when the base is secured to the gliding board. The adjustment indicator may be included with a footbed that is removable from a binding base, e.g., that includes a foot engagement member to secure a rider's foot to the binding and board. A removable footbed may include a toe portion that is adjustable in position relative to a heel portion of the footbed. A gliding board may include a channel for mounting a binding that is arranged in the board core so that no portion of the board core is located on top or bottom sides of the channel, and instead so the top and bottom reinforcement layers are located above and below the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Kahlil Zaloom, Christopher C. Cunningham, Florian Lang, Matt Windt, Christopher M. Doyle, Richard William Wagner, Jr., Ryan Larson, Gregory Aaron Dean, Greg Reagan
  • Publication number: 20100219613
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a gliding board binding, such as a snowboard binding. The binding may include an adjustment indicator that allows for determination of a longitudinal position of the base relative to a gliding board, heel-to-toe position of the base relative to a gliding board and/or an angular position of the base relative to a gliding board when the base is secured to the gliding board. The adjustment indicator may be included with a footbed that is removable from a binding base, e.g., that includes a foot engagement member to secure a rider's foot to the binding and board. A removable footbed may include a toe portion that is adjustable in position relative to a heel portion of the footbed. A gliding board may include a channel for mounting a binding that is arranged in the board core so that no portion of the board core is located on top or bottom sides of the channel, and instead so the top and bottom reinforcement layers are located above and below the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Kahlil Zaloom, Christopher C. Cunningham, Florian Lang, Matt Windt, Christopher M. Doyle, Richard William Wagner, JR., Ryan Larson, Gregory Aaron Dean, Greg Reagan
  • Patent number: 7776920
    Abstract: Novel mandelic hydrazides of the formula (I), in which R1-R11 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are SGK inhibitors and can be used for the treatment of SGK-induced diseases and complaints, such as diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome (dyslipidaemia), systemic and pulmonary hypertonia, cardiovascular diseases and kidney diseases, generally in fibroses and inflammatory processes of any type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Gericke, Markus Klein, Werner Mederski, Norbert Beier, Florian Lang
  • Patent number: 7767716
    Abstract: Novel acyl hydrazides of the formula (I), in which R1-R9 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are SGK inhibitors and can be used for the treatment of SGK-induced diseases and complaints, such as diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome (dyslipidaemia), systemic and pulmonary hypertonia, cardiovascular diseases and renal diseases, generally in fibroses and inflammatory processes of any type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Gericke, Dieter Dorsch, Werner Mederski, Markus Klein, Norbert Beier, Florian Lang
  • Patent number: 7766364
    Abstract: A binding or boot strap is provided that allows a rider to easily, rapidly and/or effectively tighten and/or loosen the strap about his or her boot. The strap includes a boot-engaging strap portion that engages with an engagement strap coupleable to the boot, as may be the case with boots used for step-in bindings, or to the binding, as may be the case with strap-type bindings. An arrangement for facilitating tightening/loosening of the two strap pieces so that a rider can slip his or her foot into or out from the boot or fasten the boot to or loosen it from a snowboard binding is also provided. In one embodiment, this arrangement includes a tightening element, such as for example a cord, lace or strap, suitably coupled to one or both strap portions such that a rider can pull on the tightening element to move the strap pieces relative to each other and tighten the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher C. Cunningham, Christopher M. Doyle, Gregory Aaron Dean, Florian Lang, Scott T. Keller, Matt Windt
  • Patent number: 7762573
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a gliding board binding, such as a snowboard binding. The binding may include an adjustment indicator that allows for determination of a longitudinal position of the base relative to a gliding board, heel-to-toe position of the base relative to a gliding board and/or an angular position of the base relative to a gliding board when the base is secured to the gliding board. The adjustment indicator may be included with a footbed that is removable from a binding base, e.g., that includes a foot engagement member to secure a rider's foot to the binding and board. A removable footbed may include a toe portion that is adjustable in position relative to a heel portion of the footbed. A gliding board may include a channel for mounting a binding that is arranged in the board core so that no portion of the board core is located on top or bottom sides of the channel, and instead so the top and bottom reinforcement layers are located above and below the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Kahlil Zaloom, Christopher C. Cunningham, Florian Lang, Matt Windt, Christopher M. Doyle, Richard William Wagner, Jr., Ryan Larson, Gregory Aaron Dean, Greg Reagan
  • Publication number: 20100101114
    Abstract: A snowboard boot incorporating techniques for making the process of tightening and loosening the laces of a snowboard boot more convenient for the wearer is disclosed. The snowboard boot may be provided with at least two independent lacing zones, the tensions of which are separately adjustable by the wearer. The zones may be secured by pulling on two laces, each of which tightens one of the two independent lacing zones. This arrangement allows the wearer to simultaneously tighten each zone, providing the wearer with the “feel” as though he or she is tightening a conventional single lacing zone snowboard boot. The laces may to be simultaneously, yet independently secured by a lace lock at the upper and/or forward region of the snowboard boot. Slack may be created to facilitate loosening of the snowboard boot and easy removal of a foot from the snowboard boot by unhooking the lace from the lace guide without a corresponding distance of lace traveling through the lace lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: THE BURTON CORPORATION
    Inventors: GREG REAGAN, CHRISTOPHER M. DOYLE, FLORIAN LANG, MAURIZIO MOLIN
  • Patent number: 7694994
    Abstract: A binding or boot strap is provided that allows a rider to easily, rapidly and/or effectively tighten and/or loosen the strap about his or her boot. The strap includes a boot-engaging strap portion that engages with an engagement strap coupleable to the boot, as may be the case with boots used for step-in bindings, or to the binding, as may be the case with strap-type bindings. An arrangement for facilitating tightening/loosening of the two strap pieces so that a rider can slip his or her foot into or out from the boot or fasten the boot to or loosen it from a snowboard binding is also provided. In one embodiment, this arrangement includes a tightening element, such as for example a cord, lace or strap, suitably coupled to one or both strap portions such that a rider can pull on the tightening element to move the strap pieces relative to each other and tighten the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Florian Lang, Christopher Cunningham, Christopher Doyle, Gregory Aaron Dean, Scott Keller
  • Patent number: 7669880
    Abstract: A binding or boot strap is provided that allows a rider to easily, rapidly and/or effectively tighten and/or loosen the strap about his or her boot. The strap includes a boot-engaging strap portion that engages with an engagement strap coupleable to the boot, as may be the case with boots used for step-in bindings, or to the binding, as may be the case with strap-type bindings. An arrangement for facilitating tightening/loosening of the two strap pieces so that a rider can slip his or her foot into or out from the boot or fasten the boot to or loosen it from a snowboard binding is also provided. In one embodiment, this arrangement includes a tightening element, such as for example a cord, lace or strap, suitably coupled to one or both strap portions such that a rider can pull on the tightening element to move the strap pieces relative to each other and tighten the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Doyle, Ryan Larson, Gregory Dean, Florian Lang
  • Patent number: 7658019
    Abstract: A snowboard boot incorporating techniques for making the process of tightening and loosening the laces of a snowboard boot more convenient for the wearer is disclosed. The snowboard boot may be provided with at least two independent lacing zones, the tensions of which are separately adjustable by the wearer. The zones may be secured by pulling on two laces, each of which tightens one of the two independent lacing zones. This arrangement allows the wearer to simultaneously tighten each zone, providing the wearer with the “feel” as though he or she is tightening a conventional single lacing zone snowboard boot. The laces may be simultaneously, yet independently secured by a lace lock at the upper and/or forward region of the snowboard boot. Slack may be created to facilitate loosening of the snowboard boot and easy removal of a foot from the snowboard boot by unhooking the lace from the lace guide without a corresponding distance of lace traveling through the lace lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Greg Reagan, Christopher M. Doyle, Florian Lang, Maurizio Molin
  • Patent number: 7619115
    Abstract: Novel ortho-substituted N?-benzylidene-(3-hydroxyphenyl)acetohydrazides of the formula (I), in which R1-R9 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are SGK inhibitors and can be used for the treatment of SGK-induced diseases and conditions, such as diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome (dyslipidaemia), systemic and pulmonary hypertonia, cardiovascular diseases and kidney diseases, generally in fibroses and inflammatory processes of any type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Gericke, Dieter Dorsch, Werner Mederski, Norbert Beier, Florian Lang