Patents by Inventor Manfred Schmidt

Manfred Schmidt 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).

  • Publication number: 20070155941
    Abstract: Polyurethane (PUR) cast elastomers are produced from NCO-functional prepolymers based on 2,4?-MDI satisfying specific compositional requirements and amine-based chain extenders and/or crosslinking agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Hartmut Nefzger, Manfred Schmidt, James-Michael Barnes, Matthias Wintermantel
  • Publication number: 20070135608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of carbodiimide- and/or uretonimine-modified polyisocyanates by means of microwave radiation and to the use of such polyisocyanates for the synthesis of foamed and non-foamed polyurethane materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Frithjof Hannig, Manfred Schmidt, Hartmut Nefzger, Wolfgang Friederichs
  • Patent number: 7225376
    Abstract: A method and system for efficiently coding test pattern for ICs in scan design and build-in linear feedback shift register (LFSR) for pseudo-random pattern generation. In an initialization procedure, a novel LFSR logic model is generated and integrated into the system for test data generation and test vector compression. In a test data generation procedure, test vectors are specified and compressed using the LFSR logic model. Every single one of the test vectors is compressed independently from the others. The result, however, may be presented all at once and subsequently provided to the user or another system for further processing or implementing in an integrated circuit to be tested. According to the present invention a test vector containing 0/1-values for, e.g., up to 500.000 shift registers and having, e.g., about 50 so called care-bits can be compressed to a compact pattern code of the number of care-bits, i.e., 50 bits for the example of 50 care-bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joerg Georg Appinger, Michael Juergen Kessler, Manfred Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20070098605
    Abstract: A device and method for loading pellets into chemical reactor tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: TubeMaster Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford Johns, Daniel Sympson, August Dattilo, Munaf Chasmawala, Manfred Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20070010643
    Abstract: The present invention relates to NCO-terminated prepolymers that are stable to sedimentation, to a process for the production of these NCO-terminated prepolymers, and to the production of polyurethanes from these NCO-terminated polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Hartmut Nefzger, Manfred Schmidt, James-Michael Barnes, Ernst Felske, Jens Krause
  • Publication number: 20060205912
    Abstract: The present invention relates to poly(urethane carbonate) polyols, to a process for their preparation and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Hartmut Nefzger, Manfred Schmidt, James-Michael Barnes, Erika Bauer
  • Publication number: 20060128928
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of liquid, storage-stable isocyanate mixtures with a low color index having carbodiimide-(CD) and/or uretone imine (UI) groups, the isocyanate mixtures that can be obtained by this process and their use for the production of blends with other isocyanates or for the production of isocyanate group-containing pre-polymers and also of polyurethane plastics, preferably polyurethane foamed plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Stefan Wershofen, Manfred Schmidt, Hans-Georg Pirkl, Torsten Hagen
  • Publication number: 20060036068
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the isolation of tris(2,3-dibromopropyl)isocyanurate. The process uses an adsorbent which promotes easy conversion into a solid form of TDPI. The invention also includes to the solid TDPI product prepared in this way and its use in providing flame retardancy to plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Peter Werle, Manfred Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20060025557
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of liquid, storage-stable isocyanate mixtures which are characterized by a low color number and which contain carbodiimide (CD) and/or uretonimine (UI) groups. This invention also relates to the isocyanate mixtures obtained by this process, to their use for the preparation of blends with further isocyanates, and to the preparation of prepolymers containing isocyanate groups and of polyurethane plastics, preferably polyurethane foams from these isocyanate mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Stefan Wershofen, Manfred Schmidt, Hans-Georg Pirkl, Nobuhiro Kamiyama, Shinichi Murakami, Tetsuo Harada
  • Publication number: 20060004172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of clear, storage-stable isocyanate-terminated prepolymers. These isocyanate-terminated prepolymers are based on hexanediolether carbonate. This invention also relates to the preparation of polyurethanes from these isocyanate-terminated prepolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Hartmut Nefzger, Manfred Schmidt, James-Michael Barnes, Ernst Felske
  • Patent number: 6983407
    Abstract: A plurality of pseudo random bit-pattern generators (PRPGs), advantageously linear feedback shift registers (LFSRs), having predetermined lengths and individual different tap locations for providing a respective sequence of pseudorandom bit-patterns. An output from a predetermined respective tap location at each LFSR is fed to a common OR-gate, a selected subset of the LFSRs are initialized with all bit storing locations to “0” in order to generate a respective permanent “0”-bit sequence, and the output of the OR-gate is used for reading the weighted or flat random bit output-pattern thereof. By controlling the number of zero-set LFSRs—a subset of the LFSRs—the weight of the generated output-pattern can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joerg Georg Appinger, Michael Juergen Kessler, Manfred Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6977290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing oligomeric aliphatic diols, polycarbonatediols based thereon and NCO-terminated prepolymers obtainable therefrom. The inventive compounds may find use in the preparation of polyurethanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Nefzger, Erika Bauer, Manfred Schmidt, Hans-Dieter Ruprecht, James-Michael Barnes
  • Patent number: 6902920
    Abstract: The heterologous expression of the reverse transcriptase from the Avian Myeloblastosis Virus (AMV-RT) in prokaryotic cells and in particular Escherichia coli (E. coli) is described in the present invention. The invention also includes certain measures to simplify the purification of the heterodimeric AMV-RT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Harald Sobek, Rainer Mueller, Manfred Schmidt, Bruno Frey, Bernhard Suppmann, Rainer Schmuck, Johann-Peter Thalhofer, Peter Pallua, Markus Pajatsch
  • Patent number: 6864492
    Abstract: A cassette assembly comprising an X-ray cassette, with a tube side and a cover, and an intensifying screen wherein the cassette assembly further comprises a compensation element adapted to the intensifying screen so as to have a cassette assembly with predetermined X-ray absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Rudy Van den Bergh, Jurgen Van Limbergen, Manfred Schmidt, Heinz Backhaus, Ernst Widemann
  • Publication number: 20050011015
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for flameproofing cellulose fibres and articles containing these fibres. The method involves treatment of materials with cyanuric chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Manfred Schmidt, Stephanie Schauhoff, Frank Gahr
  • Publication number: 20040152861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing oligomeric aliphatic diols, polycarbonatediols based thereon and NCO-terminated prepolymers obtainable therefrom. The inventive compounds may find use in the preparation of polyurethanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Hartmut Nefzger, Erika Bauer, Manfred Schmidt, Hans-Dieter Ruprecht, James-Michael Barnes
  • Publication number: 20040064771
    Abstract: A method and system for efficiently coding test pattern for ICs in scan design and build-in linear feedback shift register (LFSR) for pseudo-random pattern generation. In an initialization procedure, a novel LFSR logic model is generated and integrated into the system for test data generation and test vector compression. In a test data generation procedure, test vectors are specified and compressed using the LFSR logic model. Every single one of the test vectors is compressed independently from the others. The result, however, may be presented all at once and subsequently provided to the user or another system for further processing or implementing in an integrated circuit to be tested. According to the present invention a test vector containing 0/1-values for, e.g., up to 500.000 shift registers and having, e.g., about 50 so called care-bits can be compressed to a compact pattern code of the number of care-bits, i.e., 50 bits for the example of 50 care-bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joerg Georg Appinger, Michael Juergen Kessler, Manfred Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20040062355
    Abstract: A cassette assembly comprising an X-ray cassette, with a tube side and a cover, and an intensifying screen wherein the cassette assembly further comprises a compensation element adapted to the intensifying screen so as to have a cassette assembly with predetermined X-ray absorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Rudy Van den Bergh, Jurgen Van Limbergen, Manfred Schmidt, Heinz Backhaus, Ernst Widemann
  • Publication number: 20040043396
    Abstract: Truncated terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) derivative from calf thymus, characterized in that the derivative in comparison to the native TdT is N-terminally truncated by up to 161 amino acids and has a 20- to 30-fold higher enzyme activity in solutions containing Co2+ ions, and its recombinant production and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Rainer Mueller, Markus Pajatsch, Ingo Curdt, Harald Sobek, Manfred Schmidt, Bernhard Suppmann, Kirsten Sonn, Bernd Schneidinger
  • Patent number: 6699930
    Abstract: An aqueous 1-component composition which forms a resilient silicone network on drying and is obtained by reaction, at a temperature of at least 40° C., of I) a surfactant-stabilized dispersion of a highly crosslinked silicone compound which carries reactive groups which are selected from silanol, hydrocarbon-oxy and silanolate groups with II) a surfactant-stabilized emulsion of optionally precrosslinked silicone oil which carries reactive groups which are selected from silanol, hydrocarbon-oxy and silanolate groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Schmidt, Antje Lässig, Bernward Deubzer, Frank Baumann