Patents by Inventor Joseph Berger
Joseph Berger 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: 11395504Abstract: The present invention is in the field of tobacco conditioning, which is performed generally after curing and before baling. It has been identified that cured tobacco is very brittle and difficult to handle without damaging the tobacco leaf. In order to address this issue an apparatus for post-curing conditioning of tobacco is provided. The apparatus includes a tobacco chamber for storing cured tobacco leaves for conditioning; and an air processing facility which includes: a ventilation system for creating an airflow through the apparatus, wherein said airflow is drawn into the air processing facility, passes from the air processing facility into the tobacco chamber, and subsequently exits the apparatus; a heater for adding heat to the airflow; and a humidity generator for adding moisture to the airflow.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITEDInventors: Riscala Mocelin, Jaime Menegasso, Valdir Milak, Irving Joseph Berger, Paula Fabiane Martins, Vando Braz De Oliveira
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Publication number: 20190110515Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for use in a flue-cured barn. The apparatus comprises a combustion chamber for burning fuel; an exhaust pipe for allowing combustion gases to leave the combustion chamber; and a fan for drawing the combustion gases along the exhaust pipe away from the combustion chamber and for generating a negative pressure within the combustion chamber and exhaust pipe compared with the pressure outside the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Daniel Augusto Ritt, Jeronimo Scremin, Valdir Milak, Irving Joseph Berger, Paula Fabiane Martins, Vando Braz de Oliveira
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Publication number: 20190000131Abstract: A heater (160) is provided for use in curing tobacco or other similar processes. The heater comprises: a furnace (211) having a chamber in which to burn fuel to generate heat; and a heat exchanger (230) for transferring heat from the heater to an airflow for use in curing the tobacco or other similar process. The airflow passes outside the heater. The heat exchanger has one or more pipes (220B-2,220A-2) that connect into the chamber of the furnace and is integrated into the furnace. For example, the heat exchanger may have a plurality of pipes (220B-2,220A-2) that connect into the chamber of the furnace, wherein the plurality of pipes (220B-2,220A-2) comprises two rows of pipes, one on each side of the furnace. The heat exchanger may further include a plenum (231B, 231A), wherein each of the pipes (220B-2,220A-2) leads upwards from the furnace chamber (211) to the plenum (231B, 231A). The heat exchanger may be integrated into the furnace by the use of one or more welded junctions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Irving Joseph BERGER, Valdir MILAK, Jeronimo SCREMIN, Daniel Augusto RITT, Vando Braz de OLIVEIRA, Paula Fabiane MARTINS
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Publication number: 20180368466Abstract: The present invention is in the field of tobacco conditioning, which is performed generally after curing and before baling. It has been identified that cured tobacco is very brittle and difficult to handle without damaging the tobacco leaf. In order to address this issue an apparatus for post-curing conditioning of tobacco is provided. The apparatus includes a tobacco chamber for storing cured tobacco leaves for conditioning; and an air processing facility which includes: a ventilation system for creating an airflow through the apparatus, wherein said airflow is drawn into the air processing facility, passes from the air processing facility into the tobacco chamber, and subsequently exits the apparatus; a heater for adding heat to the airflow; and a humidity generator for adding moisture to the airflow.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: RISCALA MOCELIN, JAIME MENEGASSO, VALDIR MILAK, IRVING JOSEPH BERGER, PAULA FABIANE MARTINS, VANDO BRAZ DE OLIVEIRA
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Publication number: 20160358013Abstract: A method and system enables mobile wireless devices to identify and track each other in a connectionless communication scheme. Various use cases are possible, including image privacy, where users carry mobile devices that advertises their preferences and positioning data to other mobile devices in close proximity. When imagery collection begins on a given device, information from other surrounding mobile devices in the proximity is collected and processed against a plurality of onboard data acquisition tools and analytics to determine if certain portions of the collected imagery require redaction/filtering based on predefined relationships with the other surrounding users with mobile devices in the vicinity. Redaction and/or filtering may be managed based on a plurality of predefined inputs such as an established contacts list.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Aerdos, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Dale Carter, George Theodore Kyrazis, JR., Scott Joseph Berger
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Publication number: 20090041538Abstract: A cabinet door frame corner comprising a horizontally extending frame member having two opposed and spaced-apart side walls joined by a horizontal end wall defining an insertion channel therebetween, at least one of the side walls includes at least one of a male member and a female member; a vertically extending frame member having two opposed and spaced-apart side walls joined by a vertical end wall defining an insertion channel therebetween, at least one of the side walls includes at least one of a male member and a female member; at least one of the horizontally extending frame member and the vertically extending frame member having a section on at least one of the side walls extending inwardly in the insertion channel; a longitudinal single-piece connector having two portions, each portion being insertable in one of the insertion channels of the horizontally and vertically extending frame members, the connector including the other ones of the male members and the female members, the male and female memberType: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2007Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Joseph Berger, Joseph Walverton
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Publication number: 20070254029Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions containing oxandrolone and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are provided for ameliorating myopathy, weight loss or muscle wasting resulting from human immunodeficiency virus type-1 infection, wherein the oxandrolone is present in the composition in an amount of 7.5 milligrams or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2007Publication date: November 1, 2007Inventor: Joseph Berger
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Patent number: 6576192Abstract: Fluoroionophores of formula (I) wherein R06 is H or substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20alkyl, R6 is H or substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30alkyl or C1-C30alkoxy, R1 is a bridging group, and F is a residue of a fluorophore. The fluoroionophores may be covalently bound to support materials and may be used as active components in polymer membranes of optical sensors for the detection of ions. The sensors are distinguished by short response times, a high degree of sensitivity and a long usable life.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1999Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Adrian Waldner, Steven Mark Barnard, Dirk Beckelmann, David Reinhoudt, Joseph Berger
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Patent number: 6417005Abstract: Fluoroionophores that are functionalised with reactive groups and correspond to the formula I—R1—F—R2—G, wherein I is a monovalen residue of an ionophore, wherein F is a divalent residue of a fluorophore, wherein G is a functional group and R1 and R2 are each independently of the other a direct bond or a bridging group. The fluoroionophores may be covalently bound to carrier materials and are used as active components in polymer membranes of optical sensors for the detection of ions. The sensors are distinguished by a long usable life and a high degree of sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1998Date of Patent: July 9, 2002Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Steven Mark Barnard, Adrian Waldner, David Reinhoudt, Joseph Berger
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Patent number: 6303385Abstract: A water-insoluble copolymer which is composed of (a) from 39.9 to 60% by weight of N,N-dimethylacrylamide or N,N-dimethylmethacrylamide; (b) from 60 to 39.9% by weight of N-alkylated acryl amides or N-alkylated methacryl amides; (c) from 0.1 to 0.7% by weight of a proton-sensitive fluorophore which is covalently bonded to the copolymer; and (d) from 0 to 20% by weight of a diolefinic crosslinking component. The copolymer is used in the form of a membrane on a transparent support material as an optical sensor for ionic strength-independent pH value determination.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2001Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Steven Mark Barnard, Joseph Berger, Marizel Rouilly, Adrian Waldner
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Patent number: 6294390Abstract: Compounds, constructed in modular manner, of formula (I), wherein I is the monovalent residue of an ionophore, F is the monovalent residue of a fluorophore, G is a functional group, T is a trivalent organic radical and R01, R02 and R03 are each independently of the others a direct bond or a bridging group. The compounds may be used in immobilized form as active components in polymer membranes of optical sensors for the detection of ions. The sensors are distinguished by a long usable life and a high degree of sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1999Date of Patent: September 25, 2001Assignee: Novartis AgInventors: Steven Mark Barnard, René Beerli, Joseph Berger, David Reinhoudt, Adrian Waldner
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Publication number: 20010018217Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer composition comprising pH-sensitive fluorescent dyes, to an ionic strength-independent optical sensor for pH value determination that contains the composition in the form of a membrane on a transparent support material, and to an optical process, according to the fluorescence method, that renders possible highly accurate pH value determination independently of the ionic strength of the test solution. The process is especially suitable for the determination of the pH value of physiological solutions, especially for the determination of the pH value of blood.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2001Publication date: August 30, 2001Inventors: Steven Mark Barnard, Joseph Berger, Marizel Rouilly, Adrian Waldner
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Patent number: 6252024Abstract: A water-insoluble copolymer which is composed of (a) from 39.9 to 60% by weight of N,N-dimethylacrylamide or N,N-dimethylmethacrylamide; (b) from 60 to 39.9% by weight of N-alkylated acryl amides or N-alkylated methacryl amides; (c) from 0.1 to 0.7% by weight of a proton-sensitive fluorophore which is covalently bonded to the copolymer; and (d) from 0 to 20% by weight of a diolefinic crosslinking component. The copolymer is used in the form of a membrane on a transparent support material as an optical sensor for ionic strength-independent pH value determination.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 1998Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Steven Mark Barnard, Joseph Berger, Marizel Rouilly, Adrian Waldner
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Patent number: 6190612Abstract: Optical sensor formulations comprising polymeric sensing formulations and methods of predictably making optical sensor formulations, for, e.g., measuring O2 levels in patient blood samples. These formulations may be, e.g., deposited as a membrane on light-transmissive substrates. In an embodiment, O2-sensing formulations may be made by a process including selecting a first homopolymer comprised of first monomeric units, the first homopolymer having a first PermO2 value; selecting a second homopolymer comprised of second monomeric units, the second homopolymer having a second PermO2 value that is different from the first PermO2 value; and copolymerizing the first and second monomeric units to obtain a copolymer having an intermediate PermO2 value, i.e., between the two PermO2 values, the intermediate PermO2 providing the desired PermO2 for the desired oxygen sensing formulation.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1998Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignees: Bayer Corporation, Novartis AGInventors: Joseph Berger, Thomas C. Collins, Rudolf E. Slovacek
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Patent number: 6143570Abstract: A composition comprising(a) a transparent support(b) which is coated on at least one side with a transparent coating which comprises(b1) a plasticizer-free, hydrophobic polymer having a glass transition temperature Tg of from -150 to 50.degree. C.,(b2) counterions in the form of lipophilic salts,(b3) an ionophore which forms a complex with the ion to be determined, and(b4) a compound of the formula I or II as fluorophore ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 are C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 alkyl-CO--, and R.sub.2 and R.sub.5 are H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 alkyl, with the proviso that the total number of carbon atoms in the alkyl groups is at least 5, or a salt thereof with an inorganic or organic acid. The composition is highly suitable for the qualitative or quantitative optical determination of ions by fluorescence detection.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1999Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignee: Novartis CorporationInventors: Alex Alder, Steven Barnard, Joseph Berger
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Patent number: 6068748Abstract: A planar, solid-state electrochemical oxygen sensor having a substrate, conductive strips deposited on the substrate, and a dielectric layer insulating portions of the conductive strips except those portions which define a working electrode and at least one second electrode. The working electrode may be defined by an open printed region of the dielectric, or by a needle-punched or laser-burned hole or opening in the dielectric which exposes a small region of one of the conduct strips. A solid electrolyte contacting the electrodes is covered by a semipermeable membrane which may comprise an acrylonitrile butadiene copolymer or an acrylate-based copolymer. A sample chamber is defined by the membrane, a cover member, and a gasket therebetween, and has a volume of from about 1 to about 2 .mu.l. The gasket is formulated from the highly cross-linked polymerization product of epichlorohydrin. All sensor components are selected such that a sensor operable for at least 2 days under normal conditions is produced.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1997Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Inventors: Joseph Berger, Peter G. Edelman
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Patent number: 5922612Abstract: A method for the independent, reversible, optical determination of the pH value and the ionic strength of an aqueous sample with the aid of two different sensors in accordance with the fluorescence method, in which method two optical sensors, which are each composed of polymers of different structure but each contain the same fluorescent dye and which each consist of a coated material composed ofa) a carrier material, to which there is appliedb) at least one water-insoluble layer of a polymer comprising at least one hydrophilic monomer (A) from the group of substituted olefins, andc) a proton-sensitive fluorescent dye which is bonded directly or via a bridge group to the spine of polymer b) or which is incorporated in polymer b),are brought into contact with an aqueous test sample, irradiated with exciting light, the fluorescence is measured and the pH values and the ionic strengths are calculated from the measured fluorescence intensities with reference to calibration curves.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 1997Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: Novartis CorporationInventors: Alex Alder, Steven Barnard, Joseph Berger, Nils Blom, Marizel Rouilly
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Patent number: 5863972Abstract: Composition, comprising in homogeneous distribution A) at least one salt containing a lipophilic anion, B) a plasticiser-free thermoplastic randomly segmented polyurethane which is soluble in organic solvents, a polyurea or a polyurethane urea, which components are formed from a) 5-45% by weight of an aromatic, cycloaliphatic or linear aliphatic dilsocyanate, b) 0-20% by weight of a linear or branched C2-C12alkylenediol or C2-C12alkylenediamine, c) 0-75% by weight of a polytetrahydrofuran or aminopropyl-terminated polytetrahydrofuran, d) 0-10% by weight of a polyethylene glycol or aminopropyl-terminated polyethylene glycol, e) 0-75% by weight of a polypropylene glycol or aminopropyl-terminated polypropylene glycol, which composition contains f) 15-95% by weight of a hydroxy-, hydroxypropyl- or aminopropyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane, the percentages relating to the amount of polymer, and the sum of components a) to f) being 100, and C) a nonionic ionophore which forms a complex with Ca++ ions.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1997Date of Patent: January 26, 1999Assignee: Chiron Diagnostics CorporationInventors: Dirk Beckelmann, Joseph Berger
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Patent number: 5595646Abstract: A planar, solid-state electrochemical oxygen sensor having a substrate, conductive strips deposited on the substrate, and a dielectric layer insulating portions of the conductive strips except those portions which define a working electrode and at least one second electrode. The working electrode may be defined by an open printed region of the dielectric, or by a needle-punched or laser-burned hole or opening in the dielectric which exposes a small region of one of the conductive strips. A solid electrolyte contacting the electrodes is covered by a semipermeable membrane which may comprise an acrylonitrile butadiene copolymer or an acrylate-based copolymer. A sample chamber is defined by the membrane, a cover member, and a gasket therebetween, and has a volume of from about 1 to about 2 .mu.m. The gasket is formulated from the highly cross-linked polymerization product of epichlorohydrin. All sensor components are selected such that a sensor operable for at least 2 days under normal conditions is produced.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1995Date of Patent: January 21, 1997Assignee: Ciba Corning Diagnostics Corp.Inventors: Joseph S. Foos, Peter G. Edelman, James E. Flaherty, Joseph Berger
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Patent number: 5518601Abstract: A planar, solid-state electrochemical oxygen sensor having a substrate, conductive strips deposited on the substrate, and a dielectric layer insulating portions of the conductive strips except those portions which define a working electrode and at least one second electrode. The working electrode may be defined by an open printed region of the dielectric, or by a needle-punched or laser-burned hole or opening in the dielectric which exposes a small region of one of the conductive strips. A solid electrolyte contacting the electrodes is covered by a semipermeable membrane which may comprise an acrylonitrile butadiene copolymer or an acrylate-based copolymer. A sample chamber is defined by the membrane, a cover member, and a gasket therebetween, and has a volume of from about 1 to about 2 N.L. The gasket is formulated from the highly cross-linked polymerization product of epichlorohydrin. All sensor components are selected such that a sensor operable for at least 2 days under normal conditions is produced.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1995Date of Patent: May 21, 1996Assignee: Ciba Corning Diagnostics Corp.Inventors: Joseph S. Foos, Peter G. Edelman, James E. Flaherty, Joseph Berger