Patents by Inventor Rolf Muller

Rolf Muller 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).

  • RECOMBINANT PREPARATION OF SELECTED BROMELAIN FRACTIONS
    Publication number: 20100272659
    Abstract: The present invention pertains in general to Bromelain and particularly to the different active compounds contained in this complex mixture of proteins. The present invention provides recombinant expressed cysteine proteases, which are found in Bromelain. It has been found that the method for expression of the recombinant proteins is superior to the purification from Bromelain itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: URSAPHARM ARZNEIMITTEL GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Müller, Nora Luniak, Klaus Eschmann
  • INTAKE PIPE FOR A COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20100263637
    Abstract: Disclosed is an intake pipe for a combustion engine, comprising a housing (1) with a supply duct (2) for especially compressed air, a heat exchanger (8) which is disposed within a main duct (4) in the housing (1) and through which the air can flow in order to exchange heat with a fluid, and a bypass duct (5) that is separated from the main duct (4) in at least some sections and is fitted with at least one positioning element (7) to allow the fed air to adjustably bypass the heat exchanger (8). An end of the bypass duct (5) on the engine side is placed at a still flow-relevant short distance from an opening (11) of an intake valve (10) of the combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Rolf Müller, Eberhard Pantow, Michael Spieth
  • LOW VISCOSITY POLYMER MIXTURE
    Publication number: 20100261835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer mixture with a low viscosity, allowing processes for the processing of plastics materials to be accelerated while the final properties of the end products remain the same or are improved. The polymer mixture is mixed with the plastics materials in the manner of an additive. The invention further relates to the production of suitable polymer mixtures of this type and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: INNOGEL AG
    Inventors: Rolf Muller, Federico Innerebner
  • Circuit arrangement for the cooling of charge air and method for operation of such a circuit arrangement
    Patent number: 7779791
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement (K), with a low-temperature coolant circuit (1) for the cooling of charge air on a motor vehicle with a charging device, comprising a charge air/coolant cooler (2). A temperature sensor (4) is provided at the exit of the coolant from the charge air/coolant (2), or directly thereafter, for the measurement of the coolant exit temperature. The invention further relates to a method for operation of such a circuit arrangement (K).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignees: Behr GmbH & Co. KG, Behr Thermot-Tronik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Holzbaur, Rolf Müller, Eberhard Pantow, Sarah Parmentier, Eike Willers
  • Polyvinyl alcohol mixture gels
    Patent number: 7750055
    Abstract: Polyvinyl alcohol gels, particularly hydrogels, which are produced by methods and formulas and are provided with a characteristic profile that is adjustable to a large extent, e.g. outstanding mechanical properties with moduli of elasticity of 30 MPa and stiffnesses of 25 MPa at a breaking elongation of 550 percent, or full transparency in a wide range of water contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: InnoGEL AG
    Inventors: Rolf Müller, Federico Innerebner
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER MIXTURES
    Publication number: 20100168335
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the advantageous production of polymer mixtures with specific molecular weight distributions, having a quantitatively low short-chained proportion and substantially improved processing characteristics, the working up steps during or after the synthesis of the main portion of the polymer mixture being used to produce the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: INNOGEL AG
    Inventors: Rolf Muller, Federico Innerebner
  • RECEPTACLE FOR ACCEPTING NUTRIENT MEDIA
    Publication number: 20100093075
    Abstract: Disclosed is a receptacle for accepting nutrient media, especially for bacterial cultures. Said receptacle comprises a dish and a lid that covers the dish. The dish and the lid each have a circular bottom (dish bottom and lid bottom) and an annular wall (dish wall and lid wall) that projects from the bottom. One of the walls, preferably the lid wall, has an at least slightly larger internal diameter than the external diameter of the other wall, preferably the dish wall, such that one wall can be slid onto the other wall to close the dish. In order to be able to safely handle the receptacle, engaging means which prevent the dish and the lid from being accidentally released when the same are mutually engaged, are associated with the dish and the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Rolf Müller
  • Polyvinyl alcohol gels, especially in situ gelling gels
    Patent number: 7674852
    Abstract: The invention relates to polyvinlyl alcohol gels which are suitable for use in the organism and which are formed at the site of application (in situ) from a viscous liquid by partial crystallization and network formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Innogel AG
    Inventors: Rolf Müller, Federico Innerebner
  • APPLICATOR
    Publication number: 20100037910
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator for applying a product onto keratin-containing fibers or fiber bunches, comprising at least one application element and at least one selection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Rolf Müller-Grünow, Andreas Wietzke
  • Arrangement for cooling exhaust gas and charge air
    Patent number: 7650753
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement (A) for cooling recycled exhaust gas (AG) and charge air (LL) in a motor vehicle comprising a turbocharger respectively comprising at least one heat exchanger for the exhaust gas flow and a least one heat exchanger for the charge air flow. At least one heat exchanger for the exhaust gas flow and one heat exchanger for the charge air flow form part of a common low temperature cooling circuit (NK). The invention also relates to a method for operating one such arrangement (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: BEHR GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Müller, Eberhard Pantow
  • INTEGRATION OF SAMPLE STORAGE AND SAMPLE MANAGEMENT FOR LIFE SCIENCE
    Publication number: 20090298132
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed for automated storing, tracking, retrieving and analyzing biological samples, including dry storage at ambient temperatures of nucleic acids, proteins (including enzymes), and cells using a dissolvable dry storage matrix that permits recovery of biologically active materials. RFID-tagged biological sample storage devices featuring dissolvable or dissociable matrices are described for use as supports of biological samples, which matrices can be dried and subsequently rehydrated for sample recovery. Also disclosed are computer-implemented systems and methods for managing sample data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Judy Muller-Cohn, Rolf Muller
  • METHODS FOR HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION OF SECONDARY METABOLITES
    Publication number: 20090298117
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for the heterologous expression of a secondary metabolite encoded by a biosynthetic pathway. Also provided is a method for introducing a large sized DNA molecule into the chromosome of a heterologous host using a transposable element. Novel myxochromide S derivatives are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Youming Zhang, Rolf Müller, Francis Stewart, Frank Gross, Silke C. Wenzel, Jun Fu
  • INTEGRATION OF SAMPLE STORAGE AND SAMPLE MANAGEMENT FOR LIFE SCIENCE
    Publication number: 20090291427
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed for automated storing, tracking, retrieving and analyzing biological samples, including dry storage at ambient temperatures of nucleic acids, proteins (including enzymes), and cells using a dissolvable dry storage matrix that permits recovery of biologically active materials. RFID-tagged biological sample storage devices featuring dissolvable or dissociable matrices are described for use as supports of biological samples, which matrices can be dried and subsequently rehydrated for sample recovery. Also disclosed are computer-implemented systems and methods for managing sample data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Judy Muller-Cohn, Rolf Muller
  • Method for producing starch networks and initial products
    Publication number: 20090275531
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing starch networks. The method may include preparing a basic starch and preparing a networking starch. The method may further include manufacturing an initial product including the basic starch and the networking starch, and processing the initial product to yield the starch networks, such that the starch networks are at least partially heterocrystallized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Rolf Muller, Federico Innerebner
  • VALVE FOR REGULATING AN EXHAUST GAS FLOW OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, HEAT EXCHANGER FOR EXHAUST GAS COOLING, SYSTEM HAVING AT LEAST ONE VALVE AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE HEAT EXCHANGER
    Publication number: 20090165449
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve (1, VT1) for regulating an exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine having at least one closure element, having at least one actuator for actuating the closure element, and having at least one heat transfer duct (30, 36) for valve cooling, which heat transfer duct can be traversed by at least one first medium (M1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Maren Christ, Rolf Müller
  • Viscoelastic material
    Publication number: 20090142384
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tough-elastic material based on starch, which on the one hand has high impact toughness at low humidities, and on the other hand still has a high modulus of elasticity at high humidities and has a high elongation capacity in a broad range of humidities and on account of its property profile is suited to use as molded elements such as for example for foils, films, fibers, injection-molded articles, in particular as edible film and for the packaging of active ingredients, chemicals, aromas and perfumes as well as high-quality substitution of gelatine in the area of soft and hard capsules. The tough-elastic material can be obtained transparent and adjusted such that it dissolves on swelling in water or respectively disintegrates or remains intact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Rolf Muller, Federico Innerebner
  • LOW TEMPERATURE MOGUL METHOD
    Publication number: 20090068333
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel Mogul procedure for manufacturing sweets, in particular starch-based gummi candies, which have a comparable texture to gelatin-based gummi candies, with at least one portion of the starch not being completely dissolved until after the pouring into the form of the confection article. In comparison to previous Mogul technology, the casting mass is poured at a comparatively low temperature, and the gelling and/or settling occurs at a comparatively high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: INNOGEL AG
    Inventors: Rolf Muller, Federico Innerebner
  • CIRCULATION SYSTEM, MIXING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20090020079
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circulation system with at least one first partial flow which can flow through a first heat exchanger and a second partial flow of a first medium. According to the invention, said system comprise also at least one second heat exchanger, in particular a charge air cooler, which can be penetrated by a first media flow, and at least one adjustable mixing element which can be penetrated, on the inflow side, by a first partial flow and/or a second partial flow and, on the outflow side, generates the media flow with a target temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Rolf Muller, Eberhard Pantow, Sarah Parmentier, Eike Willers
  • Device for driving a coolant pump
    Patent number: 7475764
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for driving a coolant pump (2) for the coolant circuit of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle comprising a drive train that encompasses a drive wheel (7), a viscous coupling (11), and a drive shaft (3). The inventive driving device is provided with a second coupling (15) which is embodied as a clutch and can be connected to the drive train parallel to the viscous coupling (11), resulting in increased redundancy and two-step rev control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: BEHR GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerold Schultheiss, Peter Ambros, Rolf Müller, Rudolf Stoklossa
  • INTEGRATION OF SAMPLE STORAGE AND SAMPLE MANAGEMENT FOR LIFE SCIENCE
    Publication number: 20080307117
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed for automated storing, tracking, retrieving and analyzing biological samples, including dry storage at ambient temperatures of nucleic acids, proteins (including enzymes), and cells using a dry storage matrix that permits recovery of biologically active materials. RFID-tagged biological sample storage devices featuring dissolvable or dissociable matrices are described for use as supports of biological samples, which matrices can be dried and subsequently rehydrated for sample recovery. Also disclosed are computer-implemented systems and methods for managing sample data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Judy Muller-Cohn, Rolf Muller