Patents by Inventor Frank Schroeder

Frank Schroeder 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: 11936060
    Abstract: A power supplying device that can be used during emergencies is disclosed. The device comprises multiple adjustable battery compartments that can be connected, via switches, to deliver power to an external device connected to at least one power delivery port of the power supplying device. Each adjustable battery compartment includes a fixed lead and a sliding lead so that the multiple different battery sizes can be inserted into the compartment and connected to the device. An external battery connection device or harness can also be used with the power supplying device. The external battery connection device can be used to connect various different kinds of batteries with the power supplying device, such as cordless power tool batteries, cordless appliance batteries, and batteries for radio controlled (RC) devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Eric David Schroeder, Donnette L. Moncrief Brown, Snehal Desai, Manfred Amann, Timothy Frank Davison, Rachel Michelle Ballew, Kelsey Anne O'Brien, Sayeef Rahim
  • Patent number: 11849688
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for enhancing disease resistance in plants are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel F. Klessig, Frank Schroeder, Patricia Manosalva
  • Patent number: 11827733
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing solid Ziegler-Natta catalyst component in the form of solid particles having a median particle size (D50vol) of 5 to 500 ?m the process comprising steps I. providing a solution of a mixture of Group 2 metal compounds of i) a solution of a Group 2 metal dihalide and ii) at least one Group 2 metal alkoxide of the Periodic Table (IUPAC, Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, 2005) II. contacting the solution of the mixture of Group 2 metal compounds of step I with a compound in a liquid form of a transition metal of Group 4 to 10, or of a lanthanide or actinide, preferably a transition metal of Group 4 to 6 of Periodic Table (IUPAC, Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, 2005), and III.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Timo Leinonen, Peter Denifl, Alexander Reznichenko, Frank Schröder
  • Publication number: 20230113200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a solid Ziegler-Natta catalyst component in the form of solid particles having a median particle size (D50vol) of 5 to 500 µm and the process comprising steps I. providing a solution of a Group 2 metal dihalide (1UPAC, Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, 2005) by dissolving a solid Group 2 metal dihalide in an alcohol mixture comprising at least a monohydric alcohol (A1) of formula ROM, where R is selected from a hydrocarbyl group of 3 to 16 C atoms and an alcohol (A2) comprising in addition to the hydroxyl group another oxygen containing functional group not being a hydroxyl group, contacting the solution of the Group 2 metal dihalide of step I with a compound in a liquid form of a transition metal of Group 4 to 10, or of a lanthanide or actinide, preferably a transition metal of Group 4 to 6 of Periodic Table (1UPAC, Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, 2005), and III.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Frank Schröder, Timo Leinonen, Peter Denifl, Sascha Kaltenbacher, Bernhard Hagemann
  • Publication number: 20220264876
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for promoting, enhancing, and/or increasing plant growth are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel KLESSIG, Murli MANOHAR, Frank SCHROEDER
  • Publication number: 20220248672
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for modulating a microbiome are disclosed. In accordance with the instant invention, methods of modifying and/or modulating a microbiome (e.g., the composition of a microbiome) are provided. The methods of the instant invention comprise contacting the microbiome (e.g., the assemblage of organisms composing the microbiome) with a compound excreted by an organism (e.g., nematode), particularly an organism that naturally lives in or is part of the microbiome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel KLESSIG, Murli MANOHAR, Frank SCHROEDER
  • Publication number: 20220183291
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for protecting an organism from a pathogen are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Murli MANOHAR, Frank SCHROEDER
  • Publication number: 20220095615
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising a nematode deterrent comprising a compound of Formula I. Also provided are related articles of manufacture, uses and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Sreekanth H. Chalasani, Zheng Liu, Frank Schroeder, Maro Kariya
  • Publication number: 20210358110
    Abstract: Provided is a device having a machining tool for machining at least one working area of an object. An image-capturing device generated at least one image of the at least one working area and at least one sensor generates sensor data during machining of the at least one working area are arranged on the machining tool. The device also has an evaluation unit which has a computing model that has been trained by way of machine learning on the basis of images of working areas and sensor data by way of which the at least one working area and/or a situation during machining of the at least one working area is able to be identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Bücher, Nick Jagiella, Frank Schröder, Konrad Zürl
  • Publication number: 20210259179
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for enhancing disease resistance in plants are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel F. Klessig, Frank Schroeder, Patricia Manosalva
  • Patent number: 11019776
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for enhancing disease resistance in plants are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Klessig, Frank Schroeder, Patricia Manosalva
  • Publication number: 20190380336
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising a nematode deterrent comprising a compound of Formula I. Also provided are related articles of manufacture, uses and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Sreekanth H. Chalasani, Zheng Liu, Frank Schroeder, Maro Kariya
  • Publication number: 20190053451
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for enhancing disease resistance in plants are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Klessig, Frank Schroeder, Patricia Manosalva
  • Patent number: 10136595
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for enhancing disease resistance in plants are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Klessig, Frank Schroeder, Patricia Manosalva
  • Patent number: 10054441
    Abstract: A building surveying device comprising a base, an upper part supported on the base such that it can rotate about a rotation axis, a sighting unit with a laser source designed for emitting a laser beam, and a laser light detector and an evaluation and control unit. The building surveying device has a plumb point finding functionality which, after being triggered, runs automatically, at least in part, and in the course of which the alignment of the sighting unit is changed under automatic control by the evaluation and control unit with the aid of the first and/or the second rotary drive and as a function of a known, defined first spatial point in such a way that precisely one such second spatial point lying on an object surface is approached and marked by the laser beam, which lies on a vertical plumb line containing the first spatial point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Christian Schorr, Frank Schroeder
  • Patent number: 9891402
    Abstract: An optical mount, comprising an outer ring (1), an inner ring (2), at least two manipulator units, by means of which the inner ring (2) is adjustable with respect to the outer ring (1) in an adjustment plane perpendicular to a mount axis, and at least one clamping unit (0) acting independently of the manipulator units. The clamping unit (0) is formed by a threaded hole (4), which is directed radially to the mount axis (1.1) in the outer ring (1), and a screw (5) supported in said threaded hole (4), said screw (5) having a through hole (8) along the screw axis (5.0) which is connected with the inner ring (2) in the clamping condition via an adhesive gap (7) filled with adhesive (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: JENOPTIK Optical Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Erbe, Frank Schroeder
  • Patent number: 9829314
    Abstract: According to the invention, the construction measuring device has a functionality for modifying the orientation of the sighting unit in a manually controllable manner, within the framework of which the orientation of the sighting unit is dynamically modified by the first or second rotary drive, according to a current direction and a current distance from a defined central anchor display point to a currently marked display point. The respective current direction defines an orientation modifying direction and the respective current distance defines an orientation modifying speed for changing the orientation of the sighting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Christian Schorr, Frank Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20170235085
    Abstract: An optical mount, comprising an outer ring (1), an inner ring (2), at least two manipulator units, by means of which the inner ring (2) is adjustable with respect to the outer ring (1) in an adjustment plane perpendicular to a mount axis, and at least one clamping unit (0) acting independently of the manipulator units. The clamping unit (0) is formed by a threaded hole (4), which is directed radially to the mount axis (1.1) in the outer ring (1), and a screw (5) supported in said threaded hole (4), said screw (5) having a through hole (8) along the screw axis (5.0) which is connected with the inner ring (2) in the clamping condition via an adhesive gap (7) filled with adhesive (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Torsten ERBE, Frank Schroeder
  • Patent number: 9482531
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention relate to a targeting device for providing a substitution target of natural shape for the individual-point measurement of surface points with an electro-optical measuring apparatus. In some embodiments, the targeting device may include a carrier plate having at least one insertion seat, and a target panel. In some embodiments, the target panel is insertable into the insertion seat of the carrier plate. In some embodiments, the target panel may include at least one defined placement location for being placed onto the surface point to be measured, and at least one targeting marking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Frank Schroeder, Canpolat Orman
  • Patent number: 9453719
    Abstract: A measuring appliance in which inputted or measured spatial points and a horizontal projection representation or spatial representation of at least some spatial points from the quantity of spatial points can be displayed, said points being at least partially connected by lines. The measuring appliance has a representation-changing functionality in the framework of which, according to a line selected on the user side from the lines displayed in a horizontal projection representation or a spatial representation, in an automatically controlled manner by means of the evaluation and control unit: a virtual surface is defined by the selected line and a direction provided as the vertical; a subset of spatial points is selected from the quantity of spatial points, lying inside a buffer zone surrounding the virtual surface in a defined manner; and a vertical projection representation of exclusively such spatial points pertaining to the subset is displayed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Christian Schorr, Frank Schroeder, Romy Koch, Kurt Giger