Patents by Inventor Marek Baranowski
Marek Baranowski 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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Publication number: 20210319643Abstract: A banknote processing device includes an output receptacle module, including side walls, each side wall including a flange, wherein each flange includes an aperture, a first transport plate, and a transport motor. The banknote processing device further includes a common input and discrimination module including a shaft releasably received in the aperture of each flange of the side walls of the output receptacle module, a drive shaft having one or more driven rollers coupled thereto, and a second transport plate which together with the first transport plate defines a transport path between the first and second transport plates, wherein the one or more driven rollers move banknotes along the transport path between the second and first transport plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Marek Baranowski, John Mikkelsen
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Patent number: 11066436Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleotides, analogs of mRNA 5?-end (cap) containing sulfur atom at the position 5? of 7-methylguanosine nucleoside. The disclosed compounds are recognized (bound and non-hydrolyzed) by DcpS enzyme (Decapping Scavenger), and thus may find therapeutic use as inhibitors thereof. DcpS is cap-specific enzyme with pyrophosphatase activity, which was identified as a therapeutic target in the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Some of the compounds disclosed have additional modifications in the phosphate chain, which modulate their affinity for DcpS enzyme.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKIInventors: Jacek Jemielity, Kaja Fac-Da̧browska, Blażej Wojtczak, Marek Baranowski, Anna Nowicka, Joanna Kowalska, Paweł Sikorski, Marcin Warmiński
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Publication number: 20210049853Abstract: A generally vertical banknote recycling bay arrangement comprising a generally vertically oriented banknote recycling bay for receiving banknotes therein, the recycling bay having an upper end and a lower end. The arrangement further comprising a banknote feeding assembly for feeding banknotes, one at a time, into the recycling bay, the feeding assembly being positioned near the upper end of the recycling bay. The arrangement further comprising a banknote dispensing assembly for feeding banknotes, one at a time, out of the recycling bay, the dispensing assembly being positioned near the upper end of the recycling bay. The arrangement further comprising a pair of stacker wheels supported for rotational movement about a driven stacker wheel shaft, each stacker wheel being laterally moveable along the driven stacker wheel shaft and a stacker wheel positioning mechanism configured to adjust the lateral positions of the pair of stacker wheels along the stripper wheel shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Marek Baranowski, Glenn S. Gordon, Ralf Jaeger, James C. Polites, George T. Seelenbinder, Douglas U. Mennie
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Publication number: 20190300563Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleotides, analogs of mRNA 5?-end (cap) containing sulfur atom at the position 5? of 7-methylguanosine nucleoside. The disclosed compounds are recognized (bound and non-hydrolyzed) by DcpS enzyme (Decapping Scavenger), and thus may find therapeutic use as inhibitors thereof. DcpS is cap-specific enzyme with pyrophosphatase activity, which was identified as a therapeutic target in the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Some of the compounds disclosed have additional modifications in the phosphate chain, which modulate their affinity for DcpS enzyme.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Jacek Jemielity, Kaja Fac-Dabrowska, Blazej Wojtczak, Marek Baranowski, Anna Nowicka, Joanna Kowalska, Pawel Sikorski, Marcin Warminski
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Patent number: 9044785Abstract: A currency bill processing system includes a transport mechanism that is configured to transport bills from an input receptacle along a transport path that extends generally horizontally past at least one detector. The transport path transitions generally-vertically upward between a first and a second output receptacle. The transport mechanism is configured to deliver some of the bills toward a first end of the system into the first output receptacle and some of the bills toward a second end of the system into the second output receptacle. The system provides access openings in a front side of the system that are proximate the first and the second output receptacles thereby permitting operator access into the first and the second output receptacles from the front side.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Douglas U. Mennie, John M. Mikkelsen, Marek Baranowski, Charles H. Cummings, Ken W. Maier
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Patent number: 9004255Abstract: A currency bill processing system includes a transport mechanism that is configured to transport bills from an input receptacle along a transport path that extends generally horizontally past at least one detector. The transport path transitions generally-vertically upward between a first and a second output receptacle. The transport mechanism is configured to deliver some of the bills toward a first end of the system into the first output receptacle and some of the bills toward a second end of the system into the second output receptacle. The system provides access openings in a front side of the system that are proximate the first and the second output receptacles thereby permitting operator access into the first and the second output receptacles from the front side.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Douglas U. Mennie, John M. Mikkelsen, Marek Baranowski, Charles H. Cummings, Ken W. Maier
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Patent number: 8978864Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a currency processing device for receiving and processing a stack of currency bills is described. The currency processing device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be processed, a plurality of output receptacles for receiving bills after the bills have been processed, a transport mechanism for transporting the bills from the input receptacle to the output receptacles, and a discriminating unit for examining the bills. The output receptacles are arranged such that a center of at least one output receptacle is laterally offset from a center of the input receptacle. The discriminating unit includes a detector positioned between the input receptacle and the output receptacles and is adapted to determine the denomination of bills.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: William J. Jones, Douglas U. Mennie, Ken W. Maier, Marek Baranowski, Yanmei Chen
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Publication number: 20130327686Abstract: A currency bill processing system includes a transport mechanism that is configured to transport bills from an input receptacle along a transport path that extends generally horizontally past at least one detector. The transport path transitions generally-vertically upward between a first and a second output receptacle. The transport mechanism is configured to deliver some of the bills toward a first end of the system into the first output receptacle and some of the bills toward a second end of the system into the second output receptacle. The system provides access openings in a front side of the system that are proximate the first and the second output receptacles thereby permitting operator access into the first and the second output receptacles from the front side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Douglas U. Mennie, John M. Mikkelsen, Marek Baranowski, Charles H. Cummings, Ken W. Maier
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Patent number: 8544656Abstract: A currency bill processing system includes a transport mechanism that is configured to transport bills from an input receptacle along a transport path that extends generally horizontally past at least one detector. The transport path transitions generally-vertically upward between a first and a second output receptacle. The transport mechanism is configured to deliver some of the bills toward a first end of the system into the first output receptacle and some of the bills toward a second end of the system into the second output receptacle. The system provides access openings in a front side of the system that are proximate the first and the second output receptacles thereby permitting operator access into the first and the second output receptacles from the front side.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Douglas U. Mennie, John M. Mikkelsen, Marek Baranowski, Charles H. Cummings, Ken W. Maier
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Publication number: 20110215034Abstract: A currency bill processing system includes a transport mechanism that is configured to transport bills from an input receptacle along a transport path that extends generally horizontally past at least one detector. The transport path transitions generally-vertically upward between a first and a second output receptacle. The transport mechanism is configured to deliver some of the bills toward a first end of the system into the first output receptacle and some of the bills toward a second end of the system into the second output receptacle. The system provides access openings in a front side of the system that are proximate the first and the second output receptacles thereby permitting operator access into the first and the second output receptacles from the front side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: Douglas U. Mennie, John M. Mikkelsen, Marek Baranowski, Charles H. Cummings, Ken W. Maier
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Publication number: 20100236892Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a currency processing device for receiving and processing a stack of currency bills is described. The currency processing device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be processed, a plurality of output receptacles for receiving bills after the bills have been processed, a transport mechanism for transporting the bills from the input receptacle to the output receptacles, and a discriminating unit for examining the bills. The output receptacles are arranged such that a center of at least one output receptacle is laterally offset from a center of the input receptacle. The discriminating unit includes a detector positioned between the input receptacle and the output receptacles and is adapted to determine the denomination of bills.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: William J. Jones, Douglas U. Mennie, Ken W. Maier, Marek Baranowski, Yanmei Chen
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Patent number: 7753189Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a currency processing device for receiving and processing a stack of currency bills is described. The currency processing device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be processed, a plurality of output receptacles for receiving bills after the bills have been processed, a transport mechanism for transporting the bills from the input receptacle to the output receptacles, and a discriminating unit for examining the bills. The output receptacles are arranged such that a center of at least one output receptacle is laterally offset from a center of the input receptacle. The discriminating unit includes a detector positioned between the input receptacle and the output receptacles and is adapted to determine the denomination of bills.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Ken W. Maier, William J. Jones, Douglas U. Mennie, Marek Baranowski, Yanmei Chen
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Patent number: 7726457Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a currency processing device for receiving and processing a stack of currency bills is disclosed. The currency processing device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be processed, a plurality of output receptacles for receiving bills after the bills have been processed, a transport mechanism for transporting the bills from the input receptacle to the output receptacles, and a discriminating unit for examining the bills. The output receptacles are arranged such that a center of at least one output receptacle is laterally offset from a center of the input receptacle. The discriminating unit includes a detector positioned between the input receptacle and the output receptacles and is adapted to determine the denomination of bills.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Ken W. Maier, William J. Jones, Douglas U. Mennie, Marek Baranowski, Yanmei Chen
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Patent number: 7191657Abstract: A currency handling system has a limpness detector. The limpness detector has a single driven crackle roller with an elongated central bulge and two outer bulges, wherein the central bulge is in conforming relation to a flexible belt. Sheet metal guides further facilitate note deformation and sound production.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Ken Maier, Marek Baranowski, Charles Cummings, John Mikkelsen, Brian Muszynski, Bo Xu
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Patent number: 6962247Abstract: A currency handling system comprising a fitness detector. The fitness detector comprising a thickness detector, a limpness detector, a soil detector or a combination thereof. The thickness detector comprising an upper roller displaceable in a predetermined arc by a note passing between the upper roller and a lower roller. The limpness detector comprising a single driven crackle roller comprising an elongated central bulge and two outer bulges, wherein the central bulge is in conforming relation to a flexible belt. Sheet metal guides further facilitate note deformation and sound production.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2004Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Ken Maier, Marek Baranowski, Charles Cummings, John Mikkelsen, Brian Muszynski, Bo Xu
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Publication number: 20050183928Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a currency processing device for receiving and processing a stack of currency bills is described. The currency processing device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be processed, a plurality of output receptacles for receiving bills after the bills have been processed, a transport mechanism for transporting the bills from the input receptacle to the output receptacles, and a discriminating unit for examining the bills. The output receptacles are arranged such that a center of at least one output receptacle is laterally offset from a center of the input receptacle. The discriminating unit includes a detector positioned between the input receptacle and the output receptacles and is adapted to determine the denomination of bills.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2005Publication date: August 25, 2005Inventors: William Jones, Douglas Mennie, Ken Maier, Marek Baranowski, Yanmei Chen
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Publication number: 20050173221Abstract: A currency handling system comprising a fitness detector. The fitness detector comprising a thickness detector, a limpness detector, a soil detector or a combination thereof. The thickness detector comprising an upper roller displaceable in a predetermined arc by a note passing between the upper roller and a lower roller. The limpness detector comprising a single driven crackle roller comprising an elongated central bulge and two outer bulges, wherein the central bulge is in conforming relation to a flexible belt. Sheet metal guides further facilitate note deformation and sound production.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2004Publication date: August 11, 2005Inventors: Ken Maier, Marek Baranowski, Charles Cummings, John Mikkelsen, Brian Muszynski, Bo Xu
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Patent number: 6913260Abstract: A currency handling system comprising a fitness detector. The fitness detector comprising a thickness detector, a limpness detector, a soil detector or a combination thereof. The thickness detector comprising an upper roller displaceable in a predetermined arc by a note passing between the upper roller and a lower roller. The limpness detector comprising a single driven crackle roller comprising an elongated central bulge and two outer bulges, wherein the central bulge is in conforming relation to a flexible belt. Sheet metal guides further facilitate note deformation and sound production.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2003Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Ken Maier, Marek Baranowski, Charles Cummings, John Mikkelsen, Brian Muszynski, Bo Xu
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Publication number: 20050087422Abstract: A currency handling system comprising a fitness detector. The fitness detector comprising a thickness detector, a limpness detector, a soil detector or a combination thereof. The thickness detector comprising an upper roller displaceable in a predetermined arc by a note passing between the upper roller and a lower roller. The limpness detector comprising a single driven crackle roller comprising an elongated central bulge and two outer bulges, wherein the central bulge is in conforming relation to a flexible belt. Sheet metal guides further facilitate note deformation and sound production.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2004Publication date: April 28, 2005Inventors: Ken Maier, Marek Baranowski, Charles Cummings, John Mikkelsen, Brian Muszynski, Bo Xu
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Publication number: 20050029168Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a currency processing device for receiving and processing a stack of currency bills is disclosed. The currency processing device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be processed, a plurality of output receptacles for receiving bills after the bills have been processed, a transport mechanism for transporting the bills from the input receptacle to the output receptacles, and a discriminating unit for examining the bills. The output receptacles are arranged such that a center of at least one output receptacle is laterally offset from a center of the input receptacle. The discriminating unit includes a detector positioned between the input receptacle and the output receptacles and is adapted to determine the denomination of bills.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventors: William Jones, Douglas Mennie, Ken Maier, Marek Baranowski, Yanmei Chen