Patents by Inventor Michael Hess

Michael Hess 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: 20210238770
    Abstract: A hollow polymeric fiber includes: a tetragonal shape sectional area having four corner points and four edges. The four corner points form a square. All four edges are concave or straight. The fiber has a cross sectional area hollowness ranging from 12 to 25%. The fiber has a titer in a range of from 4 to 16 dtex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Shih Wen Tseng, Michael Hess, Hsien Fang Chiou, Wie Ren Huang, Huan Hsiang Lin, Volker Roehring
  • Publication number: 20210117848
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product, the method comprising: obtaining computer code of an employed system comprising a plurality of components; obtaining data related to operating the plurality of components; based on the computer code and the data, identifying: a first component from the plurality of components, to be maintained; and a second component from the plurality of components, to be at least partly replaced by a machine learning component; and providing to a user an identification of the first component and the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Eitan Daniel Farchi, Howard Michael Hess, Orna Raz
  • Publication number: 20210014987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-part universal housing for receiving information technology, measurement technology and communication technology components also with an integrated surge protector for applications under a very wide range of climatic conditions and with a high protection level. The housing consists of a main housing body, wherein a removable housing lid is provided on the front side and a mounting device can be attached on the rear side of the main housing body. The mounting device is furthermore designed as an elongate bracket having two elbowed portions, wherein each elbowed bracket end has at least one fastening recess, and at least two spaced fastening apertures are provided in the bracket region disposed between the elbowed portions, the distance between said apertures corresponding to fastening domes disposed on the rear side of the main housing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Moosburger, Ansgar Brossardt, Julius Maria Schrafl, Markus Götz, Tobias Braun, Michael Hess
  • Publication number: 20210002801
    Abstract: A solid polymeric fiber includes: a six- to ten-fingered sectional area having fingers having central axes. The fingers are positioned unsymmetrically to each of the central axes, and/or the sectional area of the fiber has no rotational axis. In an embodiment, the six- to ten-fingered sectional area is a six-fingered sectional area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Shih Wen Tseng, Michael Hess, Volker Roehring, Hsien Fang Chiou, Wie Ren Huang, Huan Hsiang Lin
  • Publication number: 20200346852
    Abstract: A waste container monitoring system may include a monitoring device configured to be positioned in a waste container, a remote processing system, and sensors to monitor conditions of the container. A communication connection communicates the one or more conditions to the remote processing system. A waste compactor monitoring system may include a monitoring assembly having a hub device and one or more sensors connected to the hub device and distributed around the waste compactor system, the one or more sensors being configured to monitor one or more conditions of the waste compactor system. A sensor assembly for a waste container monitoring system may connect to a hydraulic reservoir in a waste compactor. The sensor assembly may include a breather cap, a sensing element for detecting a level and/or a temperature of fluid in the hydraulic reservoir, and a dip tube to support the sensing element inside the hydraulic reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Hess, Michael Roy
  • Patent number: 10434503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to A process for the production of a molding, comprising (I) providing a zeolitic material; (II) mixing the zeolitic material provided in step (I) with one or more binders; (III) kneading of the mixture obtained in step (II); (IV) molding of the kneaded mixture obtained in step (III) to obtain one or more moldings; (V) drying of the one or more moldings obtained in step (IV); and (VI) calcining of the dried molding obtained in step (V); wherein the zeolitic material provided in step (I) displays a water adsorption ranging from 1 to 15 wt.-% when exposed to a relative humidity of 85%, as well as to a molding obtainable or obtained according to the inventive process in addition to a molding per se and to their respective use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Hans-Juergen Luetzel, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Dominic Riedel, Bianca Seelig, Daniel Urbanczyk, Ulrike Wegerle, Michael Hesse, Andreas Walch, Volker Bendig, Veit Stegmann, Henning Althoefer, Boris Gaspar, Frank Stallmach, Anne Kristin Pusch
  • Patent number: 10350281
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for producing a single bacterial strain culture of Histomonas meleagridis (H. meleagridis), the method being characterised by the following steps: (a) providing a xenic culture of H. meleagridis comprising H. meleagridis cells with a wild type bacterial flora, (b) treating the xenic culture with a mixture of antibiotics thereby killing the wild type bacterial flora, (c) centrifuging and washing the H. meleagridis cells, (d) controlling effectiveness of step (b), (e) resuspending the washed H. meleagridis cells, (f) adding one or more single bacterial strain(s) to the resuspended H. meleagridis cells, and (g) culturing the one or more single bacterial strain(s) with the resuspended H. meleagridis cells so as to obtain a single bacterial strain culture of H. meleagridis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: VETERINARMEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAT WIEN
    Inventors: Michael Hess, Petra Ganas
  • Patent number: 10220088
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vaccine comprising a fiber protein, selected from fiber-2 protein of Fowl Adenovirus C (FAdV-C), fiber-2 protein of Fowl Adenovirus A (FAdV-A), fiber protein of Fowl Adenovirus B, D and E (FAdV-B, FAdV-D and FAdV-E), or an immunogenic fragment thereof for use in preventing hepatitis-hydropericardium Syndrome (HHS) or inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) or Gizzard Erosion (GE) in birds, preferably in poultry, especially in broilers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: VETERINARMEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITÄT WIEN
    Inventors: Michael Hess, Anna Schachner, Ana Marek, Barbara Jaskulska
  • Patent number: 10159730
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vaccine comprising fiber (2) protein of Fowl Adeno-virus C (FAdV-C) or an immunogenic fragment thereof for use in preventing hepatitis-hydropericardium Syndrome (HHS) in birds, preferably in poultry, especially in broilers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: VETERINÄRMEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITÄT WIEN
    Inventors: Michael Hess, Anna Schachner, Ana Marek, Barbara Jaskulska
  • Publication number: 20180117131
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for producing a single bacterial strain culture of Histomonas meleagridis (H. meleagridis), the method being characterised by the following steps: (a) providing a xenic culture of H. meleagridis comprising H. meleagridis cells with a wild type bacterial flora, (b) treating the xenic culture with a mixture of antibiotics thereby killing the wild type bacterial flora, (c) centrifuging and washing the H. meleagridis cells, (d) controlling effectiveness of step (b), (e) resuspending the washed H. meleagridis cells, (f) adding one or more single bacterial strain(s) to the resuspended H. meleagridis cells, and (g) culturing the one or more single bacterial strain(s) with the resuspended H. meleagridis cells so as to obtain a single bacterial strain culture of H. meleagridis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Hess, Petra Ganas
  • Patent number: 9938023
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable storage devices for a 6U CubeSat with a magnetometer boom. The example 6U CubeSat can include an on-board computing device connected to an electrical power system, wherein the electrical power system receives power from at least one of a battery and at least one solar panel, a first fluxgate sensor attached to an extendable boom, a release mechanism for extending the extendable boom, at least one second fluxgate sensor fixed within the satellite, an ion neutral mass spectrometer, and a relativistic electron/proton telescope. The on-board computing device can receive data from the first fluxgate sensor, the at least one second fluxgate sensor, the ion neutral mass spectrometer, and the relativistic electron/proton telescope via the bus, and can then process the data via an algorithm to deduce a geophysical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Charles E. Clagett, Luis H. Santos Soto, Scott V. Hesh, Scott R. Starin, Salman I. Sheikh, Michael Hesse, Nikolaos Paschalidis, Michael A. Johnson, Aprille J. Ericsson
  • Patent number: 9833501
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for producing a single bacterial strain culture of Histomonas meleagridis (H. meleagridis), the method being characterized by the following steps: (a) providing a xenic culture of H. meleagridis comprising H. meleagridis cells with a wild type bacterial flora, (b) treating the xenic culture with a mixture of antibiotics thereby killing the wild type bacterial flora, (c) centrifuging and washing the H. meleagridis cells, (d) controlling effectiveness of step (b), (e) resuspending the washed H. meleagridis cells, (f) adding one or more single bacterial strain (s) to the resuspended H. meleagridis cells, and (g) culturing the one or more single bacterial strain (s) with the resuspended H. meleagridis cells so as to obtain a single bacterial strain culture of H. meleagridis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Veterinarmedizinische Universitat Wien
    Inventors: Michael Hess, Petra Ganas
  • Patent number: 9828483
    Abstract: A microconduit network structure and methods for making the same. One aspect of the invention relates to a microconduit network structure, including: a solid or semi-solid matrix having at least one interconnected web of filaments formed within the matrix; and wherein at least one interconnected web of filaments having diameters of about 10 nm to about 1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Andrew J. Guenthner, David Michael Hess
  • Patent number: 9597669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins, wherein the catalyst comprises one or more zeolites of the MFI, MEL and/or MWW structure type and particles of one or more metal oxides, the one or more zeolites of the MFI, MEL and/or MWW structure type comprising one or more alkaline earth metals, and the particles of the one or more metal oxides comprising phosphorus, the phosphorus being present at least partly in oxidic form, and the one or more alkaline earth metals being selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and combinations of two or more thereof, to the preparation and use thereof, and to a process for converting oxygenates to olefins using the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kirsten Spannhoff, Florina Corina Patcas, Kerem Bay, Manuela Gaab, Ekkehard Schwab, Michael Hesse
  • Publication number: 20170073087
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable storage devices for a 6U CubeSat with a magnetometer boom. The example 6U CubeSat can include an on-board computing device connected to an electrical power system, wherein the electrical power system receives power from at least one of a battery and at least one solar panel, a first fluxgate sensor attached to an extendable boom, a release mechanism for extending the extendable boom, at least one second fluxgate sensor fixed within the satellite, an ion neutral mass spectrometer, and a relativistic electron/proton telescope. The on-board computing device can receive data from the first fluxgate sensor, the at least one second fluxgate sensor, the ion neutral mass spectrometer, and the relativistic electron/proton telescope via the bus, and can then process the data via an algorithm to deduce a geophysical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: CHARLES E. CLAGETT, Luis H. Santos Soto, Scott V. Hesh, Scott R. Starin, Salman I. Sheikh, Michael Hesse, Nikolaos Paschalidis, Michael A. Johnson, Aprille J. Ericsson
  • Publication number: 20160239255
    Abstract: A system for providing an audio processing interface at a mobile device configured to detect an audio processor, present, via a user interface, a display screen to receive user input to initiate audio testing, iteratively present a series of testing screens, each including at least one instruction and test status, and present another instruction and test status in response to receiving and indicative of a successful sample at a previous microphone location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Michael CHAVEZ, Adam James Edward HOLLADAY, Sean Michael HESS, Ryan Daniel HAUSCHILD
  • Publication number: 20160199484
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vaccine comprising a fiber protein, selected from fiber-2 protein of Fowl Adenovirus C (FAdV-C), fiber-2 protein of Fowl Adenovirus A (FAdV-A), fiber protein of Fowl Adenovirus B, D and E (FAdV-B, FAdV-D and FAdV-E), or an immunogenic fragment thereof for use in preventing hepatitis-hydropericardium Syndrome (HHS) or inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) or Gizzard Erosion (GE) in birds, preferably in poultry, especially in broilers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: VETERINARMEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITÄT WIEN
    Inventors: Michael HESS, Anna SCHACHNER, Ana MAREK, Barbara JASKULSKA
  • Publication number: 20160193323
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vaccine comprising fiber (2) protein of Fowl Adeno-virus C (FAdV-C) or an immunogenic fragment thereof for use in preventing hepatitis-hydropericardium Syndrome (HHS) in birds, preferably in poultry, especially in broilers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: VETERINARMEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAT WIEN
    Inventors: Michael HESS, Anna SCHACHNER, Ana MAREK, Barbara JASKULSKA
  • Patent number: 9346720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for isomerizing linear alpha-olefins having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms over a heterogeneous catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises a hydrogenation metal and a selectivity promoter selected from among selenium and tellurium on a support, and also a process for preparing 1-olefins by a metathesis reaction of 2-olefins with ethene, wherein the 2-olefins are prepared by the above mentioned isomerization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Iselborn, Michael Hesse, Piotr Makarczyk
  • Patent number: D951879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: DEHN SE
    Inventors: Michael Hess, Florian Gäck, Julius Maria Schrafl