Patents by Inventor Markus Baumann

Markus Baumann 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).

  • Method of imparting stain resistance
    Publication number: 20040123398
    Abstract: A method of treating articles having a textile surface (such as broadloom carpets or carpet tiles) with a stainblocker composition is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Markus Baumann, Rainer Heinz, Klaus Stark
  • Method of after-treatment of a dyeable nylon textile surface with a stain resist and the article produced thereby
    Publication number: 20040123399
    Abstract: A method of treating articles having a textile surface (such as broadloom carpets or carpet tiles) with a stainblocker composition is disclosed. After coloring, a stainblocker composition having a temperature from twenty to ninety-five degrees Celsius (20 to 95° C.) is applied. If the articles are carpet tiles, the stainblocker is applied using a flood process. The article is dried in a drying zone having a temperature in the range from seventy-five degrees Celsius to ninety-five degrees Celsius (75-95° C.) for a time sufficient to allow the stainblocker composition to react with the nylon yarn in the textile surface. Preferably, an infra-red oven is used to define the drying zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Markus Baumann, Helen Frances Latham
  • Dip aerator
    Publication number: 20030173687
    Abstract: A dip aerator for sewage treatment plants is provided with a downwardly directed pump outlet and a pump inlet, which is connected with an air hose. The pump inlet (14) is below the water level (18) in the sewage treatment basin. The air hose (20, 24) starts out from the pump inlet (14) and extends with a specified volume below the water level. In this way, it is achieved that, when the pump is started, water is delivered initially and air is emitted only later. By these means, brief repulsions without input of air become possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Markus Baumann
  • Method of imparting stain resistance to a differentially dyeable textile surface and the article produced thereby
    Publication number: 20020148049
    Abstract: A method of treating articles having a textile surface (such as broadloom carpets or carpet tiles) with a stainblocker composition is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Markus Baumann, Rainer Heinz, Klaus Stark
  • Method of after-treatment of a dyeable nylon textile surface with a stain resist and the article produced thereby
    Publication number: 20020144353
    Abstract: A method of treating articles having a textile surface (such as broadloom carpets or carpet tiles) with a stainblocker composition is disclosed. After coloring, a stainblocker composition having a temperature from twenty to ninety-five degrees Celsius (20 to 95° C.) is applied. If the articles are carpet tiles, the stainblocker is applied using a flood process. The article is dried in a drying zone having a temperature in the range from seventy-five degrees Celsius to ninety-five degrees Celsius (75-95° C.) for a time sufficient to allow the stainblocker composition to react with the nylon yarn in the textile surface. Preferably, an infra-red oven is used to define the drying zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Markus Baumann, Helen Frances Latham
  • Hydrolase enzymes and their use in kinetic resolution
    Publication number: 20020137171
    Abstract: The invention relates to hydrolases and to polynucleotides encoding the hydrolases. In addition, the invention relates to the use of these hydrolase enzymes in kinetic resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: Diversa Corporation
    Inventors: Jay Short, Eric J. Mathur, Markus Baumann, Uwe T. Bornscheuer
  • Plate-link chain
    Publication number: 20020068654
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission component, such as a plate-link chain, thrust-link band or conical disks for a continuously variable, conical disk transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Markus Baumann, Lothar Moser, Werner Kreiss