Patents by Inventor Martin Hills

Martin Hills 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: 20050282707
    Abstract: A description is given of pyridinylisoxazoles of the formula (I) or salts thereof. In this formula (I) Q is one of the radicals Q1, Q2 or Q3; R1, R2 and R3 are various radicals, and n is 0 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Almsick, Lothar Willms, Thomas Auler, Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Dieter Feucht, Dorothee Hoischen
  • Publication number: 20050282710
    Abstract: A description is given of derivatives of benzoylcyclohexanediones of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I) R1 and R2 are different radicals and Het is a saturated heterocyclic group comprising oxygen atoms and carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Van Almsick, Lothar Willms, Thomas Auler, Christopher Rosinger, Heinz Kehne, Martin Hills, Dieter Feucht
  • Publication number: 20050250647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicide combination comprising components (A) and (B), where (A) is one or more herbicides from the group of the compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and A are as defined in claim 1; and (B) is one or more herbicides different from herbicide (A), preferably from the group of compounds consisting of (B1) herbicides which can be employed selectively and which are effective mainly against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, (B2) herbicides which can be employed selectively and which are effective mainly against dicotyledonous harmful plants and (B3) herbicides which can be employed selectively and which are effective mainly against monocotyledonous harmful plants, (B4) herbicides which can be employed non-selectively and which are effective against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, for example for use in the non-selective field or in crops which are specifically tolerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Hills, Erwin Hacker, Hansjorg Krahmer, Christian Waldraff, Hansjorg Dietrich, Klaus Trabold, Dieter Feucht, Klaus-Helmut Muller, Ulrich Philipp
  • Publication number: 20050233904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicide-safener combination, comprising (A) one or more compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof in which A is nitrogen or a CR11 grouping, where R11 is hydrogen, alkyl, halogen and haloalkyl, R1 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl, akynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aralkyl and aryl, R2 is hydrogen, halogen or in each case optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino or dialkylamino having in each case 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R3 is hydrogen, halogen or in each case optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino or dialkylamino having in each case 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R4—R7 independently of one another are hydrogen, halogen, cyano, thiocyanato or in each case optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl having in each case 1 to 3 car
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Hills, Erwin Hacker, Hansjorg Krahmer, Chris Rosinger, Udo Bickers, Frank Ziemer, Christian Waldraff, Hansjorg Dietrich, Lothar Willms, Dieter Feucht, Klaus-Helmut Muller, Ulrich Philipp
  • Publication number: 20050233908
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula (I) and salts thereof for the selective control of unwanted vegetation in leguminous plants or for the non-selective control of unwanted vegetation in which A is nitrogen or a CR11 grouping, where R11 is hydrogen, alkyl, halogen or haloalkyl, R1 is hydrogen optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aralkyl and aryl, R2 hydrogen, halogen or is in each case optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino or dialkylamino having in each case 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R3 is hydrogen, halogen or is in each case optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino or dialkylamino having in each case 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R4—R7 independently of one another are hydrogen, halogen, cyano, thiocyanato or are in each case optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, alkylcarbo
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: Bayer CorpScience GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Hills, Hansjorg Krahmer, Christian Waldraff, Hansjorg Dietrich, Dieter Feucht, Klaus-Helmut Muller, Ulrich Philipp
  • Publication number: 20050221988
    Abstract: 3-Amino-2-thiomethylbenzoylpyrazoles of the formula (I) and their use as herbicides are described. In this formula (I) R1 to R9 are various radicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Monika Schmitt, Andreas van Almsick, Lothar Willms, Thomas Auler, Heinz Kehne, Martin Hills, Dieter Feucht
  • Publication number: 20050209106
    Abstract: A description is given of 4-(4-trifluoromethylpyrazolyl)pyrimidines of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this general formula (I), R1, R2, R3 and R4 are various radicals and Y is an aromatic or heteroaromatic radical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hoffmann, Hendrik Helmke, Lothar Willms, Thomas Auler, Heinz Kehne, Martin Hills, Dieter Feucht
  • Publication number: 20050153967
    Abstract: The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, in which the compound is present in solid particles in nanoparticulate form, in admixture with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Jonathan Appleby, Martin Hill, Simon Holland, Stephanie Pearson
  • Publication number: 20040157739
    Abstract: Amino-1,3,5-triazines N-substituted with chiral bicyclic radicals, process for their preparation, compositions thereof, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Hartmut Ahrens, Hansjorg Dietrich, Klemens Minn, Thomas Auler, Hermann Bieringer, Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Hubert Menne
  • Patent number: 6606637
    Abstract: A system for accessing financial data that is suitable for data of different formats from disparate sources. Real-time financial information or data is stored and arranged in a data model with table and column schema in a standard suitable for use with an OLE DB provider programmed to access financial information. Accordingly, different types of financial information from disparate sources may be integrated and readily accessed. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a real-time OLE DB provider data model that is divided into different tables categorized into records, pages, time series and context information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Reuters America, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Hill, John Merrick, Tong-Liang Zhang, Vladimir Vints
  • Patent number: 6483933
    Abstract: A method for converting a digital image to an analog-simulative film-like digital image includes (a.) obtaining digital image input values for a number of pixels, each pixel having a digital image input value X, wherein the range of input values for all pixels defines the input dynamic range; (b.) for each pixel, determining an analog-simulative film-like output value Y = ∑ i = 1 M ⁢   ⁢ A i ⁢   ⁢ X Pi + Bi wherein Ai, pi, and Bi are real numbers, and M is an integer value greater than or equal to 1; and (c.) communicating the analog-simulative film-like digital image or data associated therewith to a remote facility over a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Shuanghe Shi, James Martin Hill, Kenneth Scott Kump
  • Patent number: 6448757
    Abstract: A digital frequency detector (10) and method for digitally detecting arbitrarily small phase changes between a signal waveform and a reference waveform. Both the reference waveform and the signal waveform are sampled at a rate related to the clock frequency fc, and separately fed into two arrays of simple frequency detectors (12, 14). Each simple frequency detector in each array has a different starting phase with respect to the reference waveform and the signal waveform respectively. Phase slips between the reference waveform and the sampling frequency and phase slips between the signal waveform and the sampling frequency are measured by the detector arrays (12, 14). These phase slips, called “slip events”, are combined in circuit (16) which produces an output indicative of phase slips between the reference waveform and the signal waveform. Using this phase slip information, the instantaneous frequency difference between the signal and reference waveforms can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Curtin University of Technology
    Inventor: Martin Hill
  • Publication number: 20020000800
    Abstract: A digital frequency detector (10) and method for digitally detecting arbitrarily small phase changes between a signal waveform and a reference waveform. Both the reference waveform and the signal waveform are sampled at a rate related to the clock frequency fc, and separately fed into two arrays of simple frequency detectors (12, 14). Each simple frequency detector in each array has a different starting phase with respect to the reference waveform and the signal waveform respectively. Phase slips between the reference waveform and the sampling frequency and phase slips between the signal waveform and the sampling frequency are measured by the detector arrays (12, 14). These phase slips, called “slip events”, are combined in circuit (16) which produces an output indicative of phase slips between the reference waveform and the signal waveform. Using this phase slip information, the instantaneous frequency difference between the signal and reference waveforms can be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Applicant: Curtin University of Technology
    Inventor: MARTIN HILL
  • Patent number: 6201890
    Abstract: A method for converting a digital image to an analog-simulative film-like digital image is described wherein input pixel values (designated X) from the original digital image are converted to film-like output values (designated Y) wherein Y=AXp+B. The input values X, which range from Xmin to Xmax, are divided into consecutive intervals wherein different values of A, p, and B are applied for each interval. Most preferably, three intervals are defined so as to correspond to low, medium, and high light/radiation response intervals on film. In a low light/radiation region wherein X<X1, A is generally chosen to be less than 1 to provide range compression at the low end of the input dynamic range, and p is generally chosen to be greater than 1 to provide increasing light response. In a high light/radiation region wherein X>X2, p is generally chosen to be less than 1 to provide range compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Shuanghe Shi, James Martin Hill, Kenneth Scott Kump
  • Patent number: 6031428
    Abstract: A Steered Frequency Phase Lock Loop (SFPLL) comprises a phase loop that functions like a normal phase locked loop (PLL) and locks to the input signal, and a frequency loop that uses a reference frequency to influence the phase loop and effectively confines the output frequency of the phase loop and the SFPLL to be in a range of frequencies close to the reference frequency. The reference frequency is chosen to be very close to the input signal frequency that it is desired the SFPLL lock to. The SFPLL comprises a phase detector (10), a frequency detector (22), first and second gain components (12, 24), first, second and third filter components (14, 18, 26), a summer (16) and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCP)(20). By a judicious choice of the gains in the phase and frequency loops the SFPLL can be designed so that the range of frequencies to which the SFPLL will lock can be confined to an arbitrarily small region around the reference frequency (.omega.'.sub.r).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Curtin University of Technology
    Inventor: Martin Hill
  • Patent number: 4435745
    Abstract: A device is proposed for generating specific electrical voltage values for consumers associated with an internal combustion engine. The device also encompasses a voltage elevating circuit which can be switched on in the vicinity of the minimum voltages for the consumers. This means that this voltage elevating circuit does not need to be switched on continuously during engine operation, but rather only at times of increased power needs. The voltage elevating circuit has a series circuit of a coil 20 and a diode 21 in a voltage supply line, and the connecting point of these two components is briefly closed off from the other supply line in a clocked manner. The activation of the voltage elevating circuit can be switched on and off in accordance with the input and output voltages and in accordance with the maximum permissible switching current. Depending on the clock frequency of the switch 23, the line inductance of the supply line suffices as an inductance 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1984
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Eisele, Martin Hill, Hartmut Schweizer