Patents by Inventor Juergen Dittrich

Juergen Dittrich 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).

  • Directional freezing
    Patent number: 10101085
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method of freezing a liquid substance contained in at least one receptacle, comprising the steps of: providing the liquid substance in at least one receptacle, providing a cooling chamber and a cooling device having a cooling surface; setting the temperature of the cooling surface, starting a freezing procedure by placing the receptacle with the liquid substance therein on the cooling surface to form a seed or initial zone of nucleation; and continuing the freezing procedure to completely freeze the substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostrics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Juergen Dittrich, Guenter Ziegler
  • DIRECTIONAL FREEZING
    Publication number: 20150128445
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method of freezing a liquid substance contained in at least one receptacle, comprising the steps of: providing the liquid substance in at least one receptacle, providing a cooling chamber and a cooling device having a cooling surface; setting the temperature of the cooling surface, starting a freezing procedure by placing the receptacle with the liquid substance therein on the cooling surface to form a seed or initial zone of nucleation; and continuing the freezing procedure to completely freeze the substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Juergen Dittrich, Guenther Ziegler
  • Communications system and method for transmitting voice and/or data
    Publication number: 20060159265
    Abstract: A communications system, particularly a PMR system, for transmitting voice and/or data, for a plurality of individual subscribers, is characterized in that each subscriber has at least one subscriber terminal, at least one object characterization is assigned to each subscriber terminal, and upon the object communication request of a subscriber, the communications system establishes an object communication, wherein the assignment of the at least one object characterization takes place only by storing the at least one object characterization in the subscriber terminal, and each subscriber terminal decides on the basis of the object characterization(s) contained therein on the entry into the object communication requested by the subscriber. A method of transmitting voice and/or data is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Olivier Tarralle, Juergen Dittrich, Dieter Olbrich, Daniel Zerbib, Guillaume Pascal, Julien Giroux
  • Sensor for detecting the instantaneous concentrations of a plurality of gas constituents in a gas
    Patent number: 6592823
    Abstract: A sensor for detecting the instantaneous concentrations of a plurality of gas constituents of a gas, which contains a first zone in which the instantaneous concentration of oxygen is measured, a second zone in which the instantaneous concentration of NH3 is measured, and a third zone in which the instantaneous concentration of NO is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Odermatt, Andreas Spiegel, Jürgen Dittrich