Patents by Inventor R. Wolf

R. Wolf 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: 20150027884
    Abstract: An electrode element and fuel cell and a new method of manufacturing a fuel cell, particularly for use in a breath alcohol detector. This new element includes a reservoir for extra electrolyte that can allow near perfect capillary action to keep the electrode substrate full of electrolyte for long periods of time, increasing its useful life, especially under harsh conditions. Further, the capillary action need not work through a layer of electrode and can be integrally formed with the electrode element to eliminate or reduce loss due to connective surfaces. Wire connections and arrangements are generally of no concern in this design as the reservoirs for electrolyte connect directly to the substrate and electrolyte does not need to pass through an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Karl R. Wolf, JR., Joe Fodor
  • Publication number: 20150007490
    Abstract: Gasoline blends and methods for producing gasoline blends containing high concentrations of a butanol isomer and having good cold start and warm-up driveability characteristics are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Rowena Justo TORRES-ORDONEZ, Melanie KUBERKA, Peter PLACZEK, Leslie R. WOLF, James J. BAUSTIAN
  • Publication number: 20150007491
    Abstract: A gasoline blend and a method for producing a gasoline blend containing low concentrations of a butanol isomer and having good cold start and warm-up driveability characteristics are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: James J. BAUSTIAN, Leslie R. WOLF
  • Publication number: 20140343112
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses an amino acid composition for recovery of muscle strength and function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Arny Ferrando, Robert R. Wolfe
  • Patent number: 8876924
    Abstract: Gasoline blends and methods for producing gasoline blends containing high concentrations of a butanol isomer and having good cold start and warm-up driveability characteristics are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC
    Inventors: Rowena Justo Torres-Ordonez, Melanie Kuberka, Peter Placzek, Leslie R. Wolf, James J. Baustian
  • Patent number: 8870983
    Abstract: A gasoline blend and a method for producing a gasoline blend containing low concentrations of a butanol isomer and having good cold start and warm-up driveability characteristics are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC
    Inventors: James J. Baustian, Leslie R. Wolf
  • Publication number: 20140315788
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses combination comprising a plurality of amino acids, formulations thereof for use in humans and animals, as well as methods for increasing muscle protein synthesis, muscle strength, and/or muscle function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Robert R. Wolfe, Jeanne Wei
  • Publication number: 20140311214
    Abstract: Devices and systems for methods for calibrating breath alcohol testing and measuring equipment, or checking the accuracy of such equipment without calibration, using a permeable membrane to separate liquid and gas reservoirs and maintain an equilibrium state as samples are drawn from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Alcotek, Inc.
    Inventor: Karl R. Wolf, JR.
  • Patent number: 8868048
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor is operable to present, in a first region of a display, information associated with a first transaction of a plurality of transactions and present, in a second region of the display, a first option, the first option indicating that, when selected, the user has marked the first transaction for further review. The processor is further operable to present, in a third region of the display, a second option and present, in a fourth region of the display, a notification indicating a second transaction of the plurality of transactions. Additionally, the processor is operable to detect a touch on the display indicating the selection of the second transaction and present, in the first region of the display, information associated with the second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Carrie A. Hanson, Laura C. Bondesen, Nicole Chen, Katherine Dintenfass, Scott R. Enscoe, Leo Kopelow, Yameng Li, Brett Newman, Nicholas Sharp, Marc L. Warshawsky, Alexander C. Wittkowski, Jon R. Wolf
  • Publication number: 20140251835
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing an automated process which calculates the current specific gravity of a liquid by using the original gravity of a fermenting liquid and a measurement of the percent alcohol by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Alcotek, Inc.
    Inventors: John Mitchell, Karl R. Wolf, JR., Patrick Clifford
  • Patent number: 8813690
    Abstract: A technique for engine control to account for fuel effects including providing an internal combustion engine and a controller to regulate operation thereof, the engine being operable to combust a fuel to produce an exhaust gas; establishing a plurality of fuel property inputs; establishing a plurality of engine performance inputs; generating engine control information as a function of the fuel property inputs and the engine performance inputs; and accessing the engine control information with the controller to regulate at least one engine operating parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Shankar Kumar, Timothy R. Frazier, Donald W. Stanton, Yi Xu, Bruce G. Bunting, Leslie R. Wolf
  • Publication number: 20140226263
    Abstract: A package for active electronics is provided. The package includes a housing structure configured to house the active electronics, a connector element and an interposer element disposed to define a tie point between the housing structure and the connector element such that the tie point is remote from respective edges of the housing structure and the connector element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventor: Steven R. Wolf
  • Patent number: 8757407
    Abstract: A package that has both child-resistant and non-child-resistant modes of operation. A container has an end with an open mouth surrounded by a container wall with a central axis and at least one first lock element extending radially outwardly from the wall. A closure includes an annular base wall having inner and outer peripheral edges. A cylindrical skirt extends from the outer peripheral edge of the base wall, and at least one second lock element is disposed on the skirt. A projection extends axially from the inner peripheral edge of the base wall in a direction opposite from the skirt. The projection has an annular sidewall spaced radially inwardly from the outer peripheral edge of the skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Rexam Prescription Products Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Konefal, Steven R. Wolfe, John M. Shingle
  • Patent number: 8751506
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting pre-selected data stored on a personal computing device is described. In one embodiment, contents of data storage media of a personal computing device are searched for pre-selected sensitive data. In one embodiment, if at least a portion of the pre-selected sensitive data is detected, a notification of the detection of the pre-selected data is sent to a system via a network. In another embodiment, if at least a portion of pre-selected sensitive data is detected, the access to this data is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin T. Rowney, Michael R. Wolfe, Mythili Gopalakrishnan, Vitall A. Fridman
  • Publication number: 20140149298
    Abstract: Stored trial information is accessed. A privileged document list is obtained identifying a selected set of the plurality of documents including documents identified as privileged. An unselected set is identified including documents not belonging to the selected set. A plurality of context triggered piecewise hashes is generated. At least one match likelihood value is calculated between the at least one document of the selected set and the at least one document of the unselected set based on the plurality of context triggered piecewise hashes. At least one potentially privileged document is identified in the unselected set based on the at least one match likelihood value with at least one document from the selected set. At least one of the at least one potentially privileged document is added to the privileged document list. Documents excluded from the modified privileged document list are prepared for transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: NEXTPOINT, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Wolf, James Fitzgerald Halberg, Adam D. Olien, Dakota Alexander Dux, Rakesh Madhava
  • Publication number: 20140129442
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include systems, methods, and computer-program products for provide a user with a central location that links one or more of the user's financial accounts into a single location for viewing and transacting with any of the one or more financial accounts. As such, the invention provides a facilitated access to one or more user financial accounts from any or all financial institutions consolidated into one source. Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for financial account linkage. Specifically, embodiments of the invention allow for monitoring, viewing, transacting, and transferring funds associated with any of the financial accounts of a user. The financial account monitoring program may be provided to a user via his/her mobile device in an interactive account monitoring/transaction fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carrie Anne Hanson, Leland E. Modesitt, Katherine Dintenfass, Alexander C. Wittkowski, Laura Corinne Bondesen, Marc Lance Warshawsky, Jon R. Wolf, Scott R. Enscoe, Brett Newman, Leo Kopelow, Yameng Li, Nicole Chen, Nicholas Sharp
  • Publication number: 20140129432
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include systems, methods, and computer-program products for providing vendor statement management for a user, including the receiving, monitoring, and paying of statements with no or minimal user required interaction. As such, the invention provides a facilitated access to accurate statement information from all of the vendors or service providers consolidated into one reliable source. Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for statement management. Specifically, embodiments of the invention allow for determining vendor statements associated with a user, consolidating the found vendor statements, monitoring those statements, notifying user if vendor statement need attention or payment, and providing payment from a payment account for the vendor statement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carrie Anne Hanson, Leland E. Modesitt, Katherine Dintenfass, Alexander C. Wittkowski, Laura Corinne Bondesen, Marc Lance Warshawsky, Jon R. Wolf, Scott R. Enscoe, Brett Newman, Leo Kopelow, Yameng Li, Nicole Chen, Nicholas Sharp
  • Patent number: 8709526
    Abstract: A novel method for improving the meat quality of an animal is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises feeding the animal a diet supplemented with oleic acid and tocols and subsequently formulating the meat with a non-tocol antioxidant such as rosemary extract. The source of the oleic acid and/or tocols may be transgenic corn that employs the FAD-2 gene as a silencing agent for a high-oleic phenotype and/or expresses the HGGT gene for a high-tocotrienol phenotype. The method improves the quality of meat from both non-ruminants and ruminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Fred R. Wolf, Cindi S. Zimmermann, Court A. Saunders
  • Publication number: 20140109467
    Abstract: Compositions of oxygenated gasolines are disclosed that have reduced vapor pressure compared to those containing a single oxygenate and no RVP reducing compound. Such compositions can be formed at a refinery or at a terminal. Methods of reducing vapor pressure of an oxygenated gasoline are disclosed and methods of reducing vapor pressure constraints upon a refinery in the production of oxygenated gasoline are disclosed. Fundamental properties of RVP reducing compounds are disclosed including IR spectrum analysis. Processes and methods for blending and distributing these fuels are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
    Inventor: LESLIE R WOLF
  • Patent number: 8703725
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compositions for the promotion of muscle protein synthesis and control of tumor-induced weight loss in patients that are, for example, suffering from cancer cachexia. The present disclosure is also directed to methods of administering such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: John P. Troup, Robert R. Wolfe