Patents by Inventor Michael Otto

Michael Otto 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).

  • Patent number: 12269416
    Abstract: A belt fitting for a safety belt device, having a base section and a latch plate projecting from same. The base section has a belt eyelet with a belt strap running surface, which is in sliding contact with a belt strap guided through the belt eyelet when the safety belt is being worn, wherein, in the transverse direction of the belt strap, the belt strap running surface transitions on both sides at lateral corner regions into a belt eyelet edge opposite the belt strap running surface. The belt strap running surface has a surface contour which provides stable transverse guidance of the belt strap in the belt eyelet under loading conditions, which counteracts a transverse load component acting on the belt strap. A displacement body is formed on the belt eyelet edge-opposite the belt strap running surface, which reduces a gap width of the belt eyelet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Carsten Moeker, Falk Lesser, Peter Schoenfisch, Peter Widel, Ernst Glas, Michael Otto
  • Publication number: 20250034240
    Abstract: IL-18 participates in both innate and acquired immunity. The bioactivity of IL-18 is negatively regulated by the IL-18 binding protein (IL18BP), a naturally occurring and highly specific inhibitor. This soluble protein forms a complex with free IL-18 preventing its interaction with the IL-18 receptor, thus neutralizing and inhibiting its biological activity. The present invention discloses binding molecules, in particular antibodies or fragments thereof, which bind IL-18 and do not bind IL-18 bound to IL-18BP (IL-18/IL-18BP complex). Apart from its physiological role, IL-18 has been shown to mediate a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The binding molecules of the inventions may be used as therapeutic molecules for treating IL-18-related autoimmune and inflammatory diseases or as diagnostic tools for characterizing, detecting and/or measuring IL-18 not bound to IL-18BP as component of the total IL-18 pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Otto BARDROFF, Barbara BRANNETTI, Emma Michelle CAMPBELL, Beate DIEFENBACH-STREIBER, Adina EBERTH, Christian Carsten Silvester KUNZ, Sylwia MARSHALL, Jean-Michel RONDEAU, Jean-Marc Alfred SCHLAEPPI, Gino Anselmus VAN HEEKE
  • Patent number: 12198577
    Abstract: A decorative film (1) for application to a dynamically actuatable display (7), including: a carrier ply (2), a first decorative ply (3), wherein, in a display area (5), the first decorative ply (3) has a first decoration (31) and one or more transparent areas (4), in which the decorative film (1) is permeable to light emitted by the dynamically actuatable display (7). A decorative film body (10) and a display body (20) with the decorative film (1) as well as methods for the production thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Herrmann, Michael Otto Ucke
  • Publication number: 20240425617
    Abstract: The invention relates to bivalent bispecific monoclonal antibodies (bbmAb) or variants thereof, and methods of manufacturing such antibodies by co-expressing modified Fc-mutated derivatives of two different monoclonal antibodies in mammalian cell lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Otto BARDROFF, Tina BUCH, Christian GRAF, Daniel HEITMANN, Thomas JOSTOCK, Hans-Peter KNOPF, Rolf KOEHLER, Jiri KOVARIK, Stephen John OLIVER, Dhavalkumar PATEL, Maximilian WOISETSCHLAEGER
  • Patent number: 12052938
    Abstract: A riding hydraulically driven aerator is disclosed herein. The aerator includes a frame, an engine, one or more hydraulic pumps, one or more drive wheels, one or more tine assemblies, and one or more hydraulic motors. The hydraulic motors are coupled to the drive wheels and to the tine assemblies. The hydraulic pumps provide power to the hydraulic motors and are coupled to the engine with a toothed timing belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: STINGER EQUIPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: David Michael Cook, Joshua Michael Otto
  • Publication number: 20240177635
    Abstract: A decorative film (1) for application to a dynamically actuatable display (7), including: a carrier ply (2), a first decorative ply (3), wherein, in a display area (5), the first decorative ply (3) has a first decoration (31) and one or more transparent areas (4), in which the decorative film (1) is permeable to light emitted by the dynamically actuatable display (7). A decorative film body (10) and a display body (20) with the decorative film (1) as well as methods for the production thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Bernd Herrmann, Michael Otto Ucke
  • Patent number: 11987644
    Abstract: The invention relates to bivalent bispecific monoclonal antibodies (bbmAb) or variants thereof, and methods of manufacturing such antibodies by co-expressing modified Fc-mutated derivatives of two different monoclonal antibodies in mammalian cell lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Michael Otto Bardroff, Tina Buch, Christian Graf, Daniel Heitmann, Thomas Jostock, Hans-Peter Knopf, Rolf Koehler, Jiri Kovarik, Stephen John Oliver, Dhavalkumar Patel, Maximilian Woisetschlaeger
  • Publication number: 20230357381
    Abstract: Described herein are multispecific antibodies targeting IL-13 and IL-18. The multispecific antibodies can be antagonistic and/or therapeutic antibodies targeting IL-13 and IL-18. Also described herein are methods of making said multispecific antibodies, methods of inhibiting IL-13 and IL-18 simultaneously with said multispecific antibodies, and methods of treating an IL-13/IL-18 mediated disorder, such as atopic dermatitis, by administering a multispecific antibody described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Otto BARDROFF, Regis CEBE, Jiri KOVARIK, Frank KOLBINGER, Michael KIFFE, Anett RITTER, Lukas ROTH
  • Patent number: 11744633
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connector plug for a medical instrument, in particular a bipolar electrode or forceps, comprising an insulating body for connecting two limbs of the instrument, wherein the insulating body has openings for receiving, inserting or sliding in the limbs, wherein in each of the openings a latching or spring element is provided for fastening one of the limbs of the instrument in the insulating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Sutter Medizintechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Otto Hermann Fakler, Dirk Weitkamp
  • Patent number: 11617434
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an apparatus (1) for arranging a file (2) above a keyboard (4) which is located on a desk (3) comprising a base (5), a slide (6) and an inclined support (7) for supporting the file (2), wherein the support (7) is mounted on the slide (6) and the base (5) is adapted to be arranged on the desk (3) and/or on the keyboard (4) and to guide the inclined support (7) above the keyboard (4) during a horizontal motion of the slide with respect to the base (5) from a front position to a back position, wherein an arrestor is provided in the front position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: Björn Michael Otto
  • Patent number: 11607721
    Abstract: A method for producing a model mould core blank uses a ceramic blank fixed to a processing holder. During fixing, a lost core is manufactured from the ceramic blank based on a CNC manufacturing process 3D model, the processing holder being fastened in the running CNC machine. A model blank is produced by casting model material around the lost core while fixing persists. The model blank becomes part of another method for producing a model mould core, wherein an outer contour of a lost model is produced from and/or on the model blank on the basis of a second CNC manufacturing process 3D model, wherein fixing and processing holder fastening also occurs. Another method produces a precision casting mould, in which a ceramic mould is applied to the outer contour of the lost model, and a cast part having a hollow cavity structure is produced by the precision casting mould.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Johannes + Michael Otto GbR
    Inventors: Johannes Otto, Michael Otto
  • Publication number: 20230072757
    Abstract: A belt fitting for a safety belt device, having a base section and a latch plate projecting from same. The base section has a belt eyelet with a belt strap running surface, which is in sliding contact with a belt strap guided through the belt eyelet when the safety belt is being worn, wherein, in the transverse direction of the belt strap, the belt strap running surface transitions on both sides at lateral corner regions into a belt eyelet edge opposite the belt strap running surface. The belt strap running surface has a surface contour which provides stable transverse guidance of the belt strap in the belt eyelet under loading conditions, which counteracts a transverse load component acting on the belt strap. A displacement body is formed on the belt eyelet edge-opposite the belt strap running surface, which reduces a gap width of the belt eyelet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Carsten MOEKER, Falk LESSER, Peter SCHOENFISCH, Peter WIDEL, Ernst GLAS, Michael OTTO
  • Publication number: 20220354045
    Abstract: A power seeder may include a frame, one or more wheels, one or more blades capable of cutting into soil, an engine capable of powering the one or more blades, and a seed hopper. The seed hopper may have an opening capable of dispensing seed located forward of the one or more blades. The one or more blades may rotate in an opposite direction to a forward rotation of the one or more wheels. In some embodiments, the seeder may further include a handle for adjusting the height of the one or more blades, a plurality of interlocking teeth, and a spring. The spring may provide a load to counteract the force of gravity on the one or more blades. The aerator may also include a flap located between the opening and the one or more blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: David Michael Cook, Joshua Michael Otto
  • Patent number: 11395453
    Abstract: A power seeder may include a frame, one or more wheels, one or more blades capable of cutting into soil, an engine capable of powering the one or more blades, and a seed hopper. The seed hopper may have an opening capable of dispensing seed located forward of the one or more blades. The one or more blades may rotate in an opposite direction to a forward rotation of the one or more wheels. In some embodiments, the seeder may further include a handle for adjusting the height of the one or more blades, a plurality of interlocking teeth, and a spring. The spring may provide a load to counteract the force of gravity on the one or more blades. The aerator may also include a flap located between the opening and the one or more blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Stinger Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Cook, Joshua Michael Otto
  • Publication number: 20220098296
    Abstract: IL-18 participates in both innate and acquired immunity. The bioactivity of IL-18 is negatively regulated by the IL-18 binding protein (IL18BP), a naturally occurring and highly specific inhibitor. This soluble protein forms a complex with free IL-18 preventing its interaction with the IL-18 receptor, thus neutralizing and inhibiting its biological activity. The present invention discloses binding molecules, in particular antibodies or fragments thereof, which bind IL-18 and do not bind IL-18 bound to IL-18BP (IL-18/IL-18BP complex). Apart from its physiological role, IL-18 has been shown to mediate a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The binding molecules of the inventions may be used as therapeutic molecules for treating IL-18-related autoimmune and inflammatory diseases or as diagnostic tools for characterizing, detecting and/or measuring IL-18 not bound to IL-18BP as component of the total IL-18 pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Otto BARDROFF, Barbara BRANNETTI, Emma Michelle CAMPBELL, Beate DIEFENBACH-STREIBER, Adina EBERTH, Christian Carsten Silverster KUNZ, Sylwia MARSHALL, Jean-Michel Rene RONDEAU, Jean-Marc Alfred SCHLAEPPI, Gino Anselmus VAN HEEKE
  • Publication number: 20220044133
    Abstract: Techniques and solutions are described for analyzing data collections to determine if they may be anomalous as compared with other data collections. For example, one or more values for data elements of a data collection may be unusually high or low, or may represent infrequently occurring values. Or, values of data elements in a data collection may not be anomalous when considered individually, but may be anomalous in combination. A machine learning model is trained with training data collections, where the training data collections include a plurality of data elements. An inference data collection, also having the data elements of the training data collections, is analyzed using the trained machine learning model to provide an anomaly score. The anomaly score can be based at least in part on feature anomaly scores, which indicate anomality of individual data elements of the inference data collection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: SAP SE
    Inventors: Michael Otto, Min-Ho Hong, Markus Umlauff, Lars Vogelgesang-Moll
  • Publication number: 20210323049
    Abstract: A method for producing a model mould core blank uses a ceramic blank fixed to a processing holder. During fixing, a lost core is manufactured from the ceramic blank based on a CNC manufacturing process 3D model, the processing holder being fastened in the running CNC machine. A model blank is produced by casting model material around the lost core while fixing persists. The model blank becomes part of another method for producing a model mould core, wherein an outer contour of a lost model is produced from and/or on the model blank on the basis of a second CNC manufacturing process 3D model, wherein fixing and processing holder fastening also occurs. Another method produces a precision casting mould, in which a ceramic mould is applied to the outer contour of the lost model, and a cast part having a hollow cavity structure is produced by the precision casting mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Johannes OTTO, Michael OTTO
  • Patent number: 11111293
    Abstract: Interleukin-18 (IL-18) participates in both innate and acquired immunity. The bioactivity of IL-18 is negatively regulated by the IL-18 binding protein (IL18BP), a naturally occurring and highly specific inhibitor. This soluble protein forms a complex with free IL-18 preventing its interaction with the IL-18 receptor, thus neutralizing and inhibiting its biological activity. The present invention discloses binding molecules, in particular antibodies or fragments thereof, which bind IL-18 and do not bind IL-18 bound to IL-18BP (IL-18/IL-18BP complex). Apart from its physiological role, IL-18 has been shown to mediate a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The binding molecules of the inventions may be used as therapeutic molecules for treating IL-18-related autoimmune and inflammatory diseases or as diagnostic tools for characterizing, detecting and/or measuring IL-18 not bound to IL-18BP as component of the total IL-18 pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Michael Otto Bardroff, Barbara Brannetti, Emma Michelle Campbell, Beate Diefenbach-Streiber, Adina Eberth, Christian Carsten Silverster Kunz, Sylwia Marshall, Jean-Michel Rene Rondeau, Jean-Marc Alfred Schlaeppi, Gino Anselmus Van Heeke
  • Publication number: 20210259405
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an apparatus (1) for arranging a file (2) above a keyboard (4) which is located on a desk (3) comprising a base (5), a slide (6) and an inclined support (7) for supporting the file (2), wherein the support (7) is mounted on the slide (6) and the base (5) is adapted to be arranged on the desk (3) and/or on the keyboard (4) and to guide the inclined support (7) above the keyboard (4) during a horizontal motion of the slide with respect to the base (5) from a front position to a back position, wherein an arrestor is provided in the front position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Björn Michael OTTO
  • Patent number: 10999964
    Abstract: A riding hydraulically driven aerator is disclosed herein. The aerator includes a frame, an engine, one or more hydraulic pumps, one or more drive wheels, and one or more tine assemblies. The one or more tine assemblies may be driven by one or more hydraulic tine motors. The one or more hydraulic tine motors may be directly coupled to the one or more tine assemblies. In various embodiments, the one or more drive wheels are driven by one or more hydraulic wheel motors. The one or more hydraulic tine motors and the one or more hydraulic wheel motors may be driven in series by the one or more hydraulic pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Stinger Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Cook, Joshua Michael Otto