Patents by Inventor Ralf Thoma
Ralf Thoma 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).
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Patent number: 11950958Abstract: A therapeutic ultrasound method configured to adaptively transmit ultrasound pulses toward microbubbles in a treatment region to remove an occlusion is described. In some examples, the system may include a treatment pulse unit configured to transmit an ultrasound pulse to a treatment region of a subject, the treatment region including a plurality of microbubbles. An echo detection unit may be configured to receive one or more echoes responsive to the ultrasound pulse. In some examples, the method may also include a data processor configured to identify, using data associated with the echoes, at least one echo signature indicative of a dynamic state of the microbubbles in response to the ultrasound pulse. A controller may be configured to adjust one or more parameters of an additional ultrasound pulse transmitted to the treatment region via the treatment pulse unit based on the at least one echo signature.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: William Tao Shi, Jonathon Thomas Sutton, Jeffry Earl Powers, Ralf Seip
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Publication number: 20240085604Abstract: An optical system for a camera module includes: an image sensor; and an optical arrangement defining a beam path, the optical arrangement including a plurality of optical components including a first prism and an optical lens system, the plurality of optical components being arranged in the beam path in a sequential order relative to one another and in front of the image sensor, the sequential order being such that the first prism is positioned before the optical lens system, at least one of the plurality of optical components including at least one absorption filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Schott AGInventors: Ralf Biertümpfel, Frank-Thomas Lentes
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Publication number: 20220325265Abstract: The present invention provides variants of human ?-Glucocerebrosidase protein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Joerg BENZ, Martin EBELING, Ravi JAGASIA, Nina Marion PFAHLER, Ralf THOMA
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Patent number: 11414232Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for labeling individual products (2), comprising an advancing device (3) for transporting each product (2) in a transport direction (X), a label dispensing device (4) for dispensing a label, which can be removed from a material strip (5), from a discharge point (6) in a dispensing direction (S), and a label transporting device (7) with a movable label transporting means (8) for transporting the dispensed label (5) from a transfer region (9), where the dispensed label (5) is transferred to the label transporting mean (8), to a delivery point (10), where the label (5) is applied onto the respective product (2). The label transport means (8) has a surface (11) which is brought into contact with the label (5). The aim of the invention is to simplify the labeling of individual products (2) and apply the labels (5) as precisely as possible.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Espera-Werke GmbHInventors: Winfried Vicktorius, Peter Wolff, Ralf Thomas Treder, Andreas Matheus Adrianus Van Roozendaal
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Patent number: 11400403Abstract: A hollow filter element for inserting into a filter device for filtering air, in particular of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, includes a filter material which is held on the end face by a planar surround in a sealed manner. The planar surround has at least one grip recess for handling the hollow filter element. A filter device having such a hollow filter element includes a housing having a housing base part and a housing cover. The housing cover has at least one pin which, upon correct installation of the hollow filter element in the housing base part and when the housing cover is placed on the housing base part, projects into the grip recess of the planar surround.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Thomas Meffert, Ralf Thomas Nawroth
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Publication number: 20200054981Abstract: A hollow filter element for inserting into a filter device for filtering air, in particular of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, includes a filter material which is held on the end face by a planar surround in a sealed manner. The planar surround has at least one grip recess for handling the hollow filter element. A filter device having such a hollow filter element includes a housing having a housing base part and a housing cover. The housing cover has at least one pin which, upon correct installation of the hollow filter element in the housing base part and when the housing cover is placed on the housing base part, projects into the grip recess of the planar surround.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: Daimler AGInventors: Thomas MEFFERT, Ralf Thomas NAWROTH
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Publication number: 20190084898Abstract: An composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (C) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (C1) a polymeric polyamine, and (C2) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least three alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R21, wherein at least one of the groups R21 is different to the other groups R21, and (C3) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least two alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R22, wherein at least one of the grouType: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Karl-Heinrich SCHNEIDER, Claudia KLODWIG, Gregor PASDA, Alexander WISSEMEIER, Daniella LOHE, Achim REDDIG, Christian Carlos MIYAGAWA, Wolfram ZERULLA, Steffen TSCHIRSCHWITZ, Ralf-Thomas RAHN, Ansgar Gereon ALTENHOFF, Stephan HÜFFER
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Patent number: 10150712Abstract: An composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (C) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (C1) a polymeric polyamine, and (C2) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least three alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R21, wherein at least one of the groups R21 is different to the other groups R21, and (C3) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least two alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R22, wherein at least one of the groups RType: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Claudia Klodwig, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Daniella Lohe, Achim Reddig, Christian Carlos Miyagawa, Wolfram Zerulla, Steffen Tschirschwitz, Ralf-Thomas Rahn, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Stephan Hüffer
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Publication number: 20180273229Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for labeling individual products (2), comprising an advancing device (3) for transporting each product (2) in a transport direction (X), a label dispensing device (4) for dispensing a label, which can be removed from a material strip (5), from a discharge point (6) in a dispensing direction (S), and a label transporting device (7) with a movable label transporting means (8) for transporting the dispensed label (5) from a transfer region (9), where the dispensed label (5) is transferred to the label transporting mean (8), to a delivery point (10), where the label (5) is applied onto the respective product (2). The label transport means (8) has a surface (11) which is brought into contact with the label (5). The aim of the invention is to simplify the labeling of individual products (2) and apply the labels (5) as precisely as possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Espera-Werke GmbHInventors: Winfried VICKTORIUS, Peter WOLFF, Ralf Thomas TREDER, Andreas Matheus Adrianus Van ROOZENDAAL
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Publication number: 20170158575Abstract: An composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (C) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (C1) a polymeric polyamine, and (C2) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least three alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R21, wherein at least one of the groups R21 is different to the other groups R21, and (C3) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least two alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R22, wherein at least one of theType: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Claudia Klodwig, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Daniella Lohe, Achim Reddig, Christian Miyagawa, Wolfram Zerulla, Steffen Tschirschwitz, Ralf-Thomas Rahn, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Stephan Hüffer
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Patent number: 9035726Abstract: A SAW filter circuit having improved ESD resistance is specified, in which a series interconnection composed of SAW resonators is interconnected between a first signal port and a dual-mode SAW filter port. The static capacitance of the series interconnection is at most four times the static capacitance of the dual-mode SAW filter transducers interconnected therewith.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Ralf Thomas, Franz Kubat, Andreas Detlefsen, Markus Hauser
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Patent number: 8603211Abstract: A mixture for the treatment of urea-containing fertilizers comprises a) at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide of the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2 and/or (thio)phosphoric acid diamide of the general formula (II) R1O—P(X)(NH2)2, X denoting oxygen or sulfur, R1 and R2 independently from each other being hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted 2-nitrophenyl, C1-10-alkyl, C3-10-cycloalkyl, C3-10-heterocycloalkyl, C6-10-aryl, C6-10-heteroaryl or diaminocarbonyl, where R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom connecting them can also form a 5 or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group, which optionally may also comprise one or two additional heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, as component A, and b) at least one compound comprising an amino group having a boiling point of more than 100° C. as component B.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: FERTIVA GmbHInventors: Ralf-Thomas Rahn, Gerd Buehler, Alexander Wissemeier, Wolfgang Weigelt
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Patent number: 8309340Abstract: The present invention provides apo crystals and co-crystals of insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) and their uses in drug development.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Joerg Benz, Dominique Burger, Martine Stihle, Ralf Thoma
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Publication number: 20120161903Abstract: A SAW filter circuit having improved ESD resistance is specified, in which a series interconnection composed of SAW resonators is interconnected between a first signal port and a DMS port. The static capacitance of the series interconnection is at most four times the static capacitance of the DMS transducers interconnected therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: EPCOS AGInventors: Ralf Thomas, Franz Kubat, Andreas Detlefsen, Markus Hauser
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Patent number: 8110536Abstract: The invention relates to a bleach system comprising at least one component selected from bleach, bleach activator or bleach catalyst, wherein the bleach system is enveloped with at least one polymer layer and the polymer has urethane and urea groups. The inventive bleach system and detergent formulations comprising this bleach system are suitable for washing or cleaning textiles or dishware.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2007Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Frank Dietsche, Karl Haeberle, Ralf-Thomas Rahn, Dietmar Haering
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Patent number: 8075659Abstract: The invention relates to preparations with improved urease-inhibitory effect which comprise at least two different (thio)phosphoric triamides and to urea-comprising fertilizers which comprise these preparations. The invention furthermore relates to a method of preparing these preparations, to the use of these preparations in the fertilization with urea-comprising fertilizers, and to the use of urea-comprising fertilizers which comprise these preparations in agriculture or in horticulture.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2007Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Alexander Wissemeier, Patrick Deck, Oliver Huttenloch, Michael Mauβ, Gregor Pasda, Ralf-Thomas Rahn, Wolfgang Weigelt, Wolfram Zerulla
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Publication number: 20110154874Abstract: A mixture for the treatment of urea-containing fertilizers comprises a) at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide of the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2 and/or (thio)phosphoric acid diamide of the general formula (II) R1O—P(X)(NH2)2, X denoting oxygen or sulfur, R1 and R2 independently from each other being hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted 2-nitrophenyl, C1-10-alkyl, C3-10-cycloalkyl, C3-10-heterocycloalkyl, C6-10-aryl, C6-10-heteroaryl or diaminocarbonyl, where R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom connecting them can also form a 5 or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group, which optionally may also comprise one or two additional heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, as component A, and b) at least one compound comprising an amino group having a boiling point of more than 100° C. as component B.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: FERTIVA GmbHInventors: Ralf-Thomas Rahn, Gerd Buehler, Alexander Wissemeier, Wolfgang Weigelt
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Patent number: 7967505Abstract: A sensor device includes a flexible first film that includes structured conductive traces. The sensor device also includes a probe electrically connected to the structured conductive traces. The probe is on a first surface of the first film and connected to the first surface of the first film. The sensor device also includes a flexible second film conformally surrounding the probe and sealing the probe to the first surface of first film.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2005Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Javier Arrimadas Matias, Gerald Kloiber, Ralf Thomas Mayer
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Publication number: 20110060580Abstract: The present invention relates to co-crystals of Liver X receptor beta ligand binding domain (LXR?-LBD) with agonists and to the three-dimensional X-ray crystal structures derived thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2009Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventors: Joerg Benz, Bernard Gsell, Martine Stihle, Ralf Thoma, Matthew Wright
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Publication number: 20100323427Abstract: The present invention provides apo crystals and co-crystals of insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) and their uses in drug development.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Joerg Benz, Dominique Burger, Martine Stihle, Ralf Thoma