Patents by Inventor Mark A. Bach

Mark A. Bach 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).

  • Combination therapy of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using muscarinic receptor antagonists
    Publication number: 20020052312
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using an oral muscarinic receptor antagonists in combination with at least one other therapeutic agent, as well as combination dosage forms therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Theodore F. Reiss, Mark A. Bach, Sui-Long Yao
  • Command line interface for creating business objects for accessing a hierarchical database
    Patent number: 6141660
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generating class specifications for an object-oriented application that accesses a hierarchical database. The class specifications are generated using a command line interface of a class definition tool. A database description and a record layout associated with the hierarchical database are captured and associated to define a specification for the database. Class definitions are then generated from the database specification, wherein the class definitions are instantiated as objects in the objects framework that encapsulate data retrieved from the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Bach, Kyle Jeffrey Charlet, Shyh-Mei Fang Ho, Kevin M. McBride, Huey Moncrief Rowe-Anderson, Thomas Beavers Sander, Thomas Arthur Vogel