Patents by Inventor Franco Colombo

Franco Colombo 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: 20250076279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing information dealing with a medical test for assessing a predetermined medical condition by means of a distributed system (100) comprising a plurality of communication devices (210, 312, 322, 410), the method comprising obtaining by a user communication device (210) information on an access code provided in a test-kit for assessing a predetermined medical condition, the user communication device (210) being configured for receiving and displaying messages addressed to a unique identifier. Further, the method comprises providing instructions relating to analysis of the medical sample. A negative analysis result is communicated to the user communication device (210) of the user. In case of a positive analysis result, consultation by a medical entity is established. Further aspects relate to a user communication device, a computer program product, a central server and a medical test-kit for use with the proposed method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Patricia Blank, Fabrice Jean Barthelemy Bouniort, Lorenzo Milo Franco Colombo, Thomas Deufel, Stefan ERB, Mikael Gencay, Beverly Goede, Alison Kuchta, Asad Preuss-Dodhy, Hans Peter Ramge, Hans Martin Hendrick Schaefer, Warren Young
  • Patent number: 9734974
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a low voltage circuit breaker with a control device for re-closing said low voltage circuit breaker. The control device is provided with an actuating element, comprising a shape memory material and operatively associated with maneuvering means for the circuit breaker. When this shape memory material performs a state transition, the actuating element causes the movement of said maneuvering means from a first operative position, associated with an open configuration of the circuit breaker, to a second operative position, associated with a closed configuration of the circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: ABB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Franco Colombo, Paolo Antonello
  • Publication number: 20140166452
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a low voltage circuit breaker with a control device for re-closing said low voltage circuit breaker. The control device is provided with an actuating element, comprising a shape memory material and operatively associated with manoeuvring means for the circuit breaker. When this shape memory material performs a state transition, the actuating element causes the movement of said manoeuvring means from a first operative position, associated with an open configuration of the circuit breaker, to a second operative position, associated with a closed configuration of the circuit breaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ABB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Franco Colombo, Paolo Antonello
  • Publication number: 20020031485
    Abstract: Color-system to enhance or activate shades, reflections and coverings of the hair coloring, comprising a group of specific ingredients to form a product which is offered in the form of a liquid measurable (dispensable) in calibrated drops, and is to be used in association with other products for the treatment and coloring of hair, to obtain precise and predetermined color results according to tables established on the basis of specific laboratory experiments and use controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: Muster e Dikson Service SpA
    Inventor: Franco Colombo
  • Patent number: 6242845
    Abstract: An electronic driving circuit for a bistable actuator activated by piezoelectric elements, particularly for residual-current devices, the circuit including a voltage step-up device suitable to step up and store a voltage generated across a secondary winding of a current sensor. The step-up device is connected to a threshold setting device suitable to determine an intervention threshold of a bistable actuator activated by piezoelectric elements, whose activation is determined by an excitation voltage applied across the bistable actuator which is higher than the voltage threshold set by the threshold setting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: ABB Ricerca SpA
    Inventors: Franco Colombo, Donato Colonna, Angelo Manara, Walter Turati, Salvatore Brandonisio