Patents by Inventor Frank Beier
Frank Beier 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).
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Patent number: 11959107Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of an alpha-amylase having improved stability to chelating agents relative to its parent enzyme, compositions comprising the variants, nucleic acids encoding the variants, methods of producing the variants, and methods for using the variants.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Mads Bjoernvad, Frank W. Rasmussen, Michael Skjoet, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jens Oebro, Svend Kaasgaard, Lars Beier
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Patent number: 11855768Abstract: Assessing risk of a cyber security failure in a computer network of an entity includes: assessing risk of an entity, using a computer agent configured to collect information from at least publicly accessible Internet elements, and automatically recommending, based at least in part on the assessed risk, changes to reduce the assessed risk to mitigate the theoretical damage. The assessed risk comprises a cyber security failure risk in a computer network of the entity; and the assessing of risk comprises: generating a disaster scenario that comprises elements of a disaster event; modeling the disaster scenario against a profile of the entity; and determining theoretical damage based at least in part on the modeling.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Guidewire Software, Inc.Inventors: George Y. Ng, Frank Beier, Olivier Giulieri, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Zheng Cheung
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Patent number: 11613791Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating a steel sheet or steel strip to which an aluminium-based coating is applied in a dip-coating process and the surface of the coating is freed of a naturally occurring aluminium oxide layer. In order to provide a low-cost method for coating steel sheets or steel strips that makes the steel sheets or steel strips outstandingly suitable for the production of components by means of press hardening and for the further processing thereof, it is proposed that transition metals or transition metal compounds are subsequently deposited on the freed surface of the coating to form a top layer. The invention also relates to a method for producing press-hardened components from the aforementioned steel sheets or steel strips with an aluminium-based coating.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbHInventors: Frank Beier, Kerstin Körner, Marc Debeaux
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Publication number: 20220364191Abstract: A method for producing a press-mold-hardened part includes providing a steel strip having an aluminium-based coating; applying an inorganic, iron-containing conversion layer to the aluminium-based coating with a layer weight in relation to iron of 3-30 mg/m2; cold-rolling the steel strip to form a flexibly rolled strip with strip sections of different sheet thickness; cutting an initial sheet metal blank out of the flexibly rolled strip, with the blank having different sheet thicknesses with thinnest and thickest sheet sections; press-mold-hardening the initial sheet metal blank to form a part. Alternatively, the cold-rolling can take place before the cutting, and the application of the conversion layer can take place before or after the cutting, or, instead of the cold-rolling, at least two steel strip sections having an aluminium-based coating and different sheet thicknesses can be welded together, where the application of the conversion layer can take place before or after welding.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Friedrich Luther, Marc Debeaux, Frank Beier, Kerstin Körner
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Patent number: 11339479Abstract: In a component made of press-form-hardened, aluminium-based coated steel sheet, the coating has a covering which contains aluminum and silicon applied in the hot-dip process. The press-form-hardened component in the transition region between steel sheet and covering has an inter-diffusion zone I, wherein, depending on the layer application of the covering before heating and press hardening, the thickness of the inter-diffusion zone I obeys the following formula: I [?m]<(1/35)×application on both sides [g/m2]+(19/7). Formed on the inter-diffusion zone I is a zone having various intermetallic phases having an average total thickness between 8 and 50 ?m, on which zone there is in turn arranged a covering layer containing aluminum oxide and/or hydroxide having an average thickness of at least 0.05 ?m to at most 5 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignees: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH, VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Thomas Koll, Marc Debeaux, Friedrich Luther, Christian Fritzsche, Stefan Mütze, Frank Beier, Matthias Graul, Jan-Frederik Lass, Haucke-Frederik Hartmann
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Patent number: 11227104Abstract: A data profiling module receives user selection of spreadsheets, and the data from the selected spreadsheets is profiled. At least one matching column is identified among the spreadsheets selected. The data profiling module calculates a match metric for the at least one matching column, and unifies the spreadsheets into a single composite spreadsheet using the at least one identified matching column. A preview view of a composite spreadsheet is generated, visually indicating the at least one matching column, any non-matching columns between the spreadsheets, and the match metric for the matching columns. An action history module identifies spreadsheets for use in the procedure, and stores any action applied to the spreadsheets as a procedure template that can be applied to a plurality of other spreadsheets.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: INFORMATICA LLCInventors: Mohan Sankaran, Andrew Comstock, Kiran Bagepalli, Gautam H. Mudunuri, Akin Dirik, Frank Beier, Mohini Wettasinghe, Ivan Chong
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Publication number: 20210400078Abstract: Assessing risk of a cyber security failure in a computer network of an entity includes: assessing risk of an entity, using a computer agent configured to collect information from at least publicly accessible Internet elements, and automatically recommending, based at least in part on the assessed risk, changes to reduce the assessed risk to mitigate the theoretical damage. The assessed risk comprises a cyber security failure risk in a computer network of the entity; and the assessing of risk comprises: generating a disaster scenario that comprises elements of a disaster event; modeling the disaster scenario against a profile of the entity; and determining theoretical damage based at least in part on the modeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: George Y. Ng, Frank Beier, Olivier Giulieri, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Zheng Cheung
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Patent number: 11146585Abstract: Assessing risk of a cyber security failure in a computer network of an entity includes: assessing risk of an entity, using a computer agent configured to collect information from at least publicly accessible Internet elements, and automatically recommending, based at least in part on the assessed risk, changes to reduce the assessed risk to mitigate the theoretical damage. The assessed risk comprises a cyber security failure risk in a computer network of the entity; and the assessing of risk comprises: generating a disaster scenario that comprises elements of a disaster event; modeling the disaster scenario against a profile of the entity; and determining theoretical damage based at least in part on the modeling.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Guidewire Software, Inc.Inventors: George Y. Ng, Frank Beier, Olivier Giulieri, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Zheng Cheung
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Publication number: 20200368800Abstract: A planishing roll has a surface structure, in particular for producing flat products from a metallic material, in particular from a steel material. The surface structure has a material ratio of 2% at a depth of 0.2 ?m to 9 ?m, preferably at a depth of 0.8 ?m to 5.5 ?m. The depth is measured, starting from a zero line, in the direction of an axis of rotation of the planishing roll, with the zero line running parallel to the axis of rotation of the planishing roll and. Starting from the surface of the planishing roll, the zero line is displaced in the direction of the axis of rotation of the planishing roll until the material ratio of the planishing roll is 0.1%.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbHInventors: Frank Beier, Martin Bretschneider, Michael Maxisch, Sven Lunke, Moritz Radszat, BJÖRN HILDEBRANDT, Jürgen Spehr, Thomas Routschek, Markus Hinkel
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Publication number: 20200308708Abstract: In a component made of press-form-hardened, aluminium-based coated steel sheet, the coating has a covering which contains aluminum and silicon applied in the hot-dip process. The press-form-hardened component in the transition region between steel sheet and covering has an inter-diffusion zone I, wherein, depending on the layer application of the covering before heating and press hardening, the thickness of the inter-diffusion zone I obeys the following formula: I [?m]<( 1/35)×application on both sides [g/m2]+( 19/7). Formed on the inter-diffusion zone I is a zone having various intermetallic phases having an average total thickness between 8 and 50 ?m, on which zone there is in turn arranged a covering layer containing aluminum oxide and/or hydroxide having an average thickness of at least 0.05 ?m to at most 5 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2017Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicants: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH, VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: THOMAS KOLL, MARC DEBEAUX, FRIEDRICH LUTHER, CHRISTIAN FRITZSCHE, STEFAN MÜTZE, FRANK BEIER, MATTHIAS GRAUL, JAN-FREDERIK LASS, HAUCKE-FREDERIK HARTMANN
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Publication number: 20200232057Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating a steel sheet or steel strip to which an aluminium-based coating is applied in a dip-coating process and the surface of the coating is freed of a naturally occurring aluminium oxide layer. In order to provide a low-cost method for coating steel sheets or steel strips that makes the steel sheets or steel strips outstandingly suitable for the production of components by means of press hardening and for the further processing thereof, it is proposed that transition metals or transition metal compounds are subsequently deposited on the freed surface of the coating to form a top layer. The invention also relates to a method for producing press-hardened components from the aforementioned steel sheets or steel strips with an aluminium-based coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbHInventors: Frank BEIER, KERSTIN KÖRNER, MARC DEBEAUX
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Publication number: 20200028872Abstract: Assessing risk of a cyber security failure in a computer network of an entity includes: assessing risk of an entity, using a computer agent configured to collect information from at least publicly accessible Internet elements, and automatically recommending, based at least in part on the assessed risk, changes to reduce the assessed risk to mitigate the theoretical damage. The assessed risk comprises a cyber security failure risk in a computer network of the entity; and the assessing of risk comprises: generating a disaster scenario that comprises elements of a disaster event; modeling the disaster scenario against a profile of the entity; and determining theoretical damage based at least in part on the modeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: George Y. Ng, Frank Beier, Olivier Giulieri, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Zheng Cheung
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Patent number: 10498759Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology include methods of assessing risk of a cyber security failure in a computer network of an entity. Some embodiments include generating a disaster scenario that includes elements of a disaster event, modeling the disaster scenario against a profile of the computer network and the entity, determining theoretical damage based on the modeling, and updating a cyber security policy or a network change to mitigate the theoretical damage.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Guidewire Software, Inc.Inventors: George Y. Ng, Frank Beier, Olivier Giulieri, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Zheng Cheung
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Publication number: 20190176198Abstract: A planishing roll has a surface structure, in particular for producing flat products from a metallic material, in particular from a steel material. The surface structure has a material ratio of 2% at a depth of 0.2 ?m to 9 ?m, preferably at a depth of 0.8 ?m to 5.5 ?m. The depth is measured, starting from a zero line, in the direction of an axis of rotation of the planishing roll, with the zero line running parallel to the axis of rotation of the planishing roll and. Starting from the surface of the planishing roll, the zero line is displaced in the direction of the axis of rotation of the planishing roll until the material ratio of the planishing roll is 0.1%.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbHInventors: FRANK BEIER, MARTIN BRETSCHNEIDER, MICHAEL MAXISCH, SVEN LUNKE, MORITZ RADSZAT, BJÖRN HILDEBRANDT, JÜRGEN SPEHR, THOMAS ROUTSCHEK, MARKUS HINKEL
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Publication number: 20180359276Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology include methods of assessing risk of a cyber security failure in a computer network of an entity. Some embodiments include generating a disaster scenario that includes elements of a disaster event, modeling the disaster scenario against a profile of the computer network and the entity, determining theoretical damage based on the modeling, and updating a cyber security policy or a network change to mitigate the theoretical damage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: George Y. Ng, Frank Beier, Olivier Giulieri, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Zheng Cheung
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Patent number: 10050990Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology include methods of assessing risk of a cyber security failure in a computer network of an entity. Some embodiments include generating a disaster scenario that includes elements of a disaster event, modeling the disaster scenario against a profile of the computer network and the entity, determining theoretical damage based on the modeling, and updating a cyber security policy or a network change to mitigate the theoretical damage.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Guidewire Software, Inc.Inventors: George Y. Ng, Frank Beier, Olivier Giulieri, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Zheng Cheung
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Publication number: 20170093905Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology include methods of assessing risk of a cyber security failure in a computer network of an entity. Some embodiments include generating a disaster scenario that includes elements of a disaster event, modeling the disaster scenario against a profile of the computer network and the entity, determining theoretical damage based on the modeling, and updating a cyber security policy or a network change to mitigate the theoretical damage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: George Y. Ng, Frank Beier, Olivier Giulieri, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Zheng Cheung
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Publication number: 20150324346Abstract: A data profiling module receives user selection of spreadsheets, and the data from the selected spreadsheets is profiled. At least one matching column is identified among the spreadsheets selected. The data profiling module calculates a match metric for the at least one matching column, and unifies the spreadsheets into a single composite spreadsheet using the at least one identified matching column. A preview view of a composite spreadsheet is generated, visually indicating the at least one matching column, any non-matching columns between the spreadsheets, and the match metric for the matching columns. An action history module identifies spreadsheets for use in the procedure, and stores any action applied to the spreadsheets as a procedure template that can be applied to a plurality of other spreadsheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Mohan Sankaran, Andrew Comstock, Kiran Bagepalli, Gautam H. Mudunuri, Akin Dirik, Frank Beier, Mohini Wettasinghe, Ivan Chong
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Publication number: 20090068656Abstract: A method of diagnosing osteoarthritis in a mammal is provided comprising the steps of obtaining a biological sample from the mammal; and quantifying in the sample the expression of at least one chondrocyte-specific gene or gene product, wherein a differential in expression of said gene or gene product in comparison with expression of said gene or gene product in a non-osteoarthritic mammal is indicative of osteoarthritis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2007Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventors: Frank Beier, Thomas Appleton, James Henry