Patents by Inventor Michael Wolfe

Michael Wolfe 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: 9280076
    Abstract: A toner includes a core including a homogenized mixture of a first polyester latex, a styrene/acrylate latex, and a compatibilizing agent latex that includes a graft polyester-styrene/acrylate copolymer and a shell that includes a polyester latex. A process includes (1) homogenizing a mixture to form a plurality of core particles, the mixture including a first polyester latex, a styrene/acrylate latex, and a compatibilizing agent latex comprising a graft polyester-styrene/acrylate copolymer and (2) adding a shell polyester latex to the plurality of core particles to form a plurality of core-shell structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeng Li, Christopher Michael Wolfe, Yanjia Zuo, Randy Pheav Tin, John L. Pawlak, Jay Lee Schneider, Peter Nguyen, Jordan Frank, Chieh-Min Cheng
  • Patent number: 9122179
    Abstract: A method of forming toner particles includes aggregating a mixture of a latex, a wax, and an optional pigment to form pre-toner particles, and coalescing the pre-toner particles at a substantially constant target temperature selected within a range from about the glass transition temperature of the pre-toner particles to about 75° C., thereby creating toner particles having a substantially constant particle size distribution during the coalescing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jay Lee Schneider, Abdisamed Sheik-Qasim, Randy Pheav Tin, Christopher Michael Wolfe, Richard Philip Nelson Veregin, Mark Elliott, Melanie Davis, Cuong Vong, Shigang Steven Qiu
  • Patent number: 9103115
    Abstract: A panel-like/sheet-like finishing element (11) for covering floors and walls, for example in the renovation of old buildings, is provided with heat-insulating and sound-absorbing properties if its interior (15) is provided, between outer covering layers (12, 13), with channel-forming undulating supporting structures (16) filled with high-density coarse granules (21). The supporting structures (16) are connected to the covering layers (12, 13) along the vertex lines (17) so as to provide wet-strength action, and the interior (15), between these covering layers, is sealed by enclosing edging strips (19) to provide wet-strength action, with the simultaneous inclusion of moisture-tight, but vapour-permeable, supporting layers (20) on covering layers (12, 13). If this finishing element (11) is mounted vertically, the granule-filled channels (14) run horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: WOLF BAVARIA GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Wolf, Michael Wolf
  • Patent number: 9079077
    Abstract: An adjustable putter head assembly having a hosel attachment member that includes a hosel for receipt of a golf club shaft, a striking face, a bottom surface, and an adjustment surface that is generally parallel to the striking face and opposite the striking face. The hosel attachment member further includes an extension member that includes an aperture for mating with a threaded opening of the adjustment surface, and a plurality of receptacles that vertically extend the length of the extension member and correspond with a plurality of settings disposed on the adjustment surface. The adjustment surface defines multiple hosel position points for selectively attaching the hosel along the length of the putter head, and, adjusting the angular orientation between the golf club shaft and bottom surface in the plane in which the shaft lies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Wolf
  • Publication number: 20150166657
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to the treatment of diseases or conditions involving the buildup of fatty tissues, such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes, etc. A composition containing a monoclonal antibody directed against gastric inhibitory polypeptide is administered. This results in a reduced rate of weight gain and a marked decrease in lipid synthesis and accumulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: M. Michael Wolfe, Michael O. Boylan
  • Publication number: 20150148146
    Abstract: An adjustable putter head assembly having a hosel attachment member that includes a hosel for receipt of a golf club shaft, a striking face, a bottom surface, and an adjustment surface that is generally parallel to the striking face and opposite the striking face. The hosel attachment member further includes an extension member that includes an aperture for mating with a threaded opening of the adjustment surface, and a plurality of receptacles that vertically extend the length of the extension member and correspond with a plurality of settings disposed on the adjustment surface. The adjustment surface defines multiple hosel position points for selectively attaching the hosel along the length of the putter head, and, adjusting the angular orientation between the golf club shaft and bottom surface in the plane in which the shaft lies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Wolf
  • Patent number: 9033386
    Abstract: A gripper (1) for a contact lens (CL) includes a gripper head (10) having a bearing surface (11), the bearing surface (11) having at least one opening (110) through which underpressure can be applied in order to suck the contact lens (CL) against the bearing surface (11) and through which overpressure can be applied in order to release the contact lens (CL) from the bearing surface (11). The gripper further includes a detection opening (111) in the bearing surface (11) through which a separate underpressure can be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Roger Biel, Günter Lässig, Michael Wolf, Fabian Kern
  • Publication number: 20150093298
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment device, including a bent exhaust pipe, a mixing pipe having a closed end at the exhaust pipe bend and a bell-shaped widened portion in at least partial contact with the exhaust pipe at its opposite end, and a nozzle connected to a receptacle in the mixing pipe closed end for injecting an additive into the exhaust gases, with a mixing one in the exhaust pipe between the urea nozzle and the exhaust pipe outlet in which the exhaust gases flow around the mixing pipe symmetrically and form a double eddy in the mixing pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Tenneco GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Haverkamp, Andreas Lang, Michael Wolf
  • Publication number: 20150088701
    Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for methods and systems that can be used for generating a planogram data file by: receiving, at a remote computing device, recorded position data for one or more items located on first and second fixtures of a display segment, and generating, using the remote computing device, a planogram data file. The planogram data file may be generated by: writing product data for the one or more items, and fixture location data for the first fixture; writing, based on the recorded position data, position data for the items located on the first fixture to the planogram data file, determining a first maximum item height for the one or more items on the first fixture, and writing, based on the first maximum item height, fixture location data for the second fixture to the planogram data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Norwood Desmarais, Brandon Michael Wolf, David Harris Hunter, Lawrence George Ellerton
  • Publication number: 20150056551
    Abstract: A method of forming toner particles includes aggregating a mixture of a latex, a wax, and an optional pigment to form pre-toner particles, and coalescing the pre-toner particles at a substantially constant target temperature selected within a range from about the glass transition temperature of the pre-toner particles to about 75° C., thereby creating toner particles having a substantially constant particle size distribution during the coalescing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jay Lee Schneider, Abdisamed Sheik-Qasim, Randy Pheav Tin, Christopher Michael Wolfe, Richard Philip Nelson Veregin, Mark Elliott, Melanie Davis, Cuong Vong, Shigang Steven Qiu
  • Publication number: 20140361014
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems, methods, and apparatuses for the management, distribution, dispensing, and administration of consumer products, including over-the-counter and prescription medications through use of a product container labeling system and an optional integrated computer-based or online management system. In certain aspects, the invention relates to a product container comprising a hollow body, a child-resistant cap, and a specialized information label affixed to the hollow body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: DEBORAH ADLER LLC
    Inventors: Deborah Adler, Duane Sawyer, Michael Wolf, Joshua Stewart, Yayun Huang
  • Publication number: 20140352390
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus, an installation and a method for machining a workpiece made of metal, such as steel, by a machining processes such as forming, pressing, drawing, compressing and cutting. The invention includes at least two tools and a drive associated with the tools for their movement and for carrying out the machining process. The drives are arranged in such a way that when travelling on trajectories the tools have different speeds over at least a part of their trajectories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Allgaier Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Peter König, Michael Wolf, Ottmar Lehr, Klaus Leinmüller, Dieter Waidmann
  • Patent number: 8899022
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment device, including a bent exhaust pipe, a mixing pipe having a closed end at the exhaust pipe bend and a bell-shaped widened portion in at least partial contact with the exhaust pipe at its opposite end, and a nozzle connected to a receptacle in the mixing pipe closed end for injecting an additive into the exhaust gases, with a mixing zone in the exhaust pipe between the urea nozzle and the exhaust pipe outlet in which the exhaust gases flow around the mixing pipe symmetrically and form a double eddy in the mixing pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Heinrich Gillet GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Haverkamp, Andreas Lang, Michael Wolf
  • Publication number: 20140346795
    Abstract: A gripper (1) for a contact lens (CL) includes a gripper head (10) having a bearing surface (11), the bearing surface (11) having at least one opening (110) through which underpressure can be applied in order to suck the contact lens (CL) against the bearing surface (11) and through which overpressure can be applied in order to release the contact lens (CL) from the bearing surface (11). The gripper further includes a detection opening (111) in the bearing surface (11) through which a separate underpressure can be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Roger Biel, Günter Lässig, Michael Wolf, Fabian Kern
  • Publication number: 20140308294
    Abstract: The invention relates to polypeptides that block or inhibit the interleukin-1 receptor 1 (IL-1R1), the interaction of IL-1beta with IL-1R1 or the interaction between IL-1R1 and interleukin-1 receptor accessory protein (IL-1RaCP). The invention relates specifically to therapeutic polypeptides that target specifically IL-1R1 present on tumor cells, cancer stem cells, and cancer stem cells which are resistant to chemotherapy or radiotherapy. The invention specifically relates to cancer stem cells (CSC) that express IL-1R1 to which said inhibitors bind. Finally the invention relates to a combination therapy comprising killing tumorigenic differentiating cancer cells by means of standard chemo- or radiotherapy and prior or subsequent to that applying IL-1R1 inhibitors which target specifically CSC and strip the tumor of its capacity to generate cancer cell progeny.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Anita Seshire, Michael Wolf, Robert Tighe, Helen Sabzevari
  • Publication number: 20140285058
    Abstract: The invention comprises a squirrel cage rotor, in particular for use in an asynchronous machine, with a shaft, a laminated rotor core with cage bars and short-circuiting rings arranged within it, at least part of a short-circuiting ring consisting of a disk stack, which is built up in layers from disks with clearances, through which the ends of the cage bars extend out from the laminated rotor core, wherein the disks of a short-circuiting ring have, starting from the lateral surface as the outside face, over the outer circumference at least one bevel or step, which is directed radially inward, and wherein, by their respective bevels or steps, neighboring disks form in the disk stack a slot, in which there is a joining connection, at least in certain portions. The invention also concerns individual parts of a squirrel cage rotor and also a method for the production thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Gerhard THUMM, Volker VOGGESER, Michael WOLF
  • Publication number: 20140257843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems, methods, and apparatuses for the management, distribution, dispensing, and administration of consumer products, including over-the-counter and prescription medications through use of a product container labeling system and an optional integrated computer-based or online management system. In certain aspects, the invention relates to a product container comprising a hollow body, a child-resistant cap, and a specialized information label affixed to the hollow body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Deborah Adler LLC
    Inventors: Deborah ADLER, Duane SAWYER, Michael WOLF, Joshua STEWART, Yayun HUANG
  • Patent number: 8823362
    Abstract: A method and an array for measuring a primary current in a primary conductor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary conductor via a ferromagnetic core. In said method, a voltage having a specific amplitude is applied to the secondary conductor such that a secondary current flows for reversing the magnetization of the ferromagnetic core; the secondary current is measured while the magnetization of the ferromagnetic core is reversed in order to obtain a first measured value; the polarity of the voltage is reversed such that a secondary current flows for once again reversing the magnetization of the ferromagnetic core; the secondary current is measured while the magnetization of the core is reversed in order to obtain a second measured value; the primary current is calculated in accordance with the first and the second measured value, the polarity of the voltage being regularly reversed at a certain sensor frequency that is continuously varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KB, Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Koch, Juergen Schoettle, Marcus Bremmer, Jens Doeblitz, Michael Wolf
  • Patent number: 8816070
    Abstract: 5-[4-(2-Methylphenyl)-3-hydroxy-4H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl]-2,4-dihydroxy-N-methyl-N-butylbenzamide is an HSP90 inhibitor and can be used for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases in which the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of HSP90 plays a role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Michael Eggenweiler, Michael Wolf, Hans Peter Buchstaller, Christian Sirrenberg
  • Patent number: 8801066
    Abstract: A gripper (1) for a contact lens (CL) includes a gripper head (10) having a bearing surface (11), the bearing surface (11) having at least one opening (110) through which underpressure can be applied in order to suck the contact lens (CL) against the bearing surface (11) and through which overpressure can be applied in order to release the contact lens (CL) from the bearing surface (11). The gripper further includes a detection opening (111) in the bearing surface (11) through which a separate underpressure can be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Roger Biel, Günter Lässig, Michael Wolf, Fabian Kern