Patents by Inventor Frank Lay

Frank Lay 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).

  • Patent number: 9079869
    Abstract: Chiral disulfonimides having the formula I to III, wherein at least one of the groups A and B in the compound of formula I, C and D of the compound in formula II, and E and F of the compound in formula III is a chiral group, or E and F together form a chiral backbone, X is C, Si, O, N or S, and n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, where n is >1 only if X is C, and G is as defined herein, and to the organic salts, metal salts and metal complexes thereof, are suited as NMR shift reagents and as reagents for racemate splitting, and also as chiral Brønsted acid catalysts or chiral Lewis acid catalysts for activating ketones, aldehydes and alkenes, and also as catalysts in the organic synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT KOHLE MBH
    Inventors: Benjamin List, Frank Lay, Pilar Garcia Garcia
  • Publication number: 20120144068
    Abstract: A data system includes an article such as footwear, model car or toy, an electronic module carried by said article, the electronic module having a microprocessor and a data storage device to which the user can selectively store and retrieve data, a data input to the electronic module configured for the user to input and store data on the data storage device, a controller in electronic communication with the electronic module for controlling data output, and an audio output device in electronic communication with the electronic module for receiving data output from the electronic module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Frank Lay, Cheng-Wen Yang, Lavetta Willis
  • Patent number: 8103802
    Abstract: A data system includes an article such as footwear, model car or toy, an electronic module carried by said article, the electronic module having a microprocessor and a data storage device to which the user can selectively store and retrieve data, a data input to the electronic module configured for the user to input and store data on the data storage device, a controller in electronic communication with the electronic module for controlling data output, and an audio output device in electronic communication with the electronic module for receiving data output from the electronic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: LL International Shoe Company
    Inventors: Frank Lay, Cheng-Wen Yang, Lavetta Willis
  • Publication number: 20110313150
    Abstract: Chiral disulfonimides having the formula I to III, wherein at least one of the groups A and B in the compound of formula I, C and D of the compound in formula II, and E and F of the compound in formula III is a chiral group, or E and F together form a chiral backbone, X is C, Si, O, N or S, and n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, where n is >1 only if X is C, and G is as defined herein, and to the organic salts, metal salts and metal complexes thereof, are suited as NMR shift reagents and as reagents for racemate splitting, and also as chiral Brønsted acid catalysts or chiral Lewis acid catalysts for activating ketones, aldehydes and alkenes, and also as catalysts in the organic synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH
    Inventors: Benjamin List, Frank Lay, Pilar Garcia Garcia
  • Publication number: 20080167741
    Abstract: A data system includes an article such as footwear, model car or toy, an electronic module carried by said article, the electronic module having a microprocessor and a data storage device to which the user can selectively store and retrieve data, a data input to the electronic module configured for the user to input and store data on the data storage device, a controller in electronic communication with the electronic module for controlling data output, and an audio output device in electronic communication with the electronic module for receiving data output from the electronic module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Frank Lay, Cheng-Wen Yang, Lavetta Willis