Patents by Inventor Stefan Franz

Stefan Franz 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: 20220160824
    Abstract: LRP/LR for use in the treatment and/or prevention of Parkinson's disease (PD). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising LRP/LR for use in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease (PD), and a method of maintaining concentration levels of dopamine within a human or animal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG
    Inventors: Stefan Franz Thomas WEISS, Eloise VAN DER MERWE, Katelyn CUTTLER, Monique BIGNOUX, Jessica BURNS
  • Publication number: 20210277084
    Abstract: A biopharmaceutical agent including a 37 kDa/67 kDa laminin receptor precursor/high affinity laminin receptor (LRP/LR) and/or a fragment thereof for use in treatment and/or prevention of atherosclerosis and/or obesity and/or insulin resistance and/or diabetes. The biopharmaceutical agent may be encapsulated by functionalized or non-functionalized nanoparticles, and further may be formulated to include a carrier to provide a pharmaceutical composition for parental or non-parental administration. In use, the biopharmaceutical agent reduces lipid content in target cells. Also, a method of decreasing lipid concentration in a target cell of a human or animal subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG
    Inventors: Stefan Franz Thomas WEISS, Tyrone Chad OTGAAR, Eloise VAN DER MERWE, Martin BERNERT, Gavin MORRIS
  • Publication number: 20210268602
    Abstract: An apparatus (112) for focus adjustment for a device (100) for laser material processing, which has a movably arranged first lens unit (124), which comprises a first lens (108), and a movably arranged second lens unit (126), which comprises a second lens (110), has an adjustment device (114) which is designed to move the first lens unit (124) in a first direction (116) and to move the second lens unit (126) in a second direction (118) opposite to the first direction (116) in order to adjust a distance between the first lens (108) and the second lens (110) for the focus adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: JENOPTIK Optical Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Jan WERSCHNIK, Stefan FRANZ, Achmed ESSELBACH
  • Patent number: 11099890
    Abstract: A device and a method for job scheduling at a signal processing component with limited queue availability, in response to a request for one or more new jobs, the method comprising: calculating a metric for each job in the queue and a request metric for the one or more new jobs, wherein each job's metric is based on a difference between an estimate output of executing the job in current conditions and a previous output of the job; determining a minimum metric from the metrics calculated for the jobs in the queue; and comparing the minimum metric to the request metrics to determine whether to schedule to new job for execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ismael Gutierrez, Stefan Franz, Ziyang Ju, Rohit Bahl
  • Publication number: 20210169974
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds for use in the treatment of telomere related diseases and/or telomere related medical conditions, particularly wherein said telomere related diseases and/or telomere related medical conditions are cancer and cellular ageing. Particularly, herein is disclosed 37 kDa/67 kDa laminin receptor precursor/high affinity laminin receptor (LRP/LR) and/or a fragment thereof for use in the treatment and/or prevention of cellular ageing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan Franz Thomas Weiss, Boitelo Theresiah Letsolo, Kerrilyn Naidoo, Tyrone Chad Otgaar
  • Publication number: 20200326334
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for producing gold nanoparticles functionalised with a telomerase substrate, or a linker nucleic acid having a region complementary to a nucleic acid comprising a telomerase substrate, for use in detecting telomerase activity. Functionalised gold nanoparticle solutions and functionalised gold nanoparticles obtained using the method are also provided for. The invention further relates to a functionalised gold nanoparticle complex, comprising gold nanoparticles coupled to a linker nucleic acid which is hybridised to a nucleic acid comprising a telomerase substrate. Telomerase assays using the functionalised gold nanoparticles or functionalised gold nanoparticle complexes of the invention and kits for detecting telomerase activity in a cell, comprising the functionalised gold nanoparticles or functionalised gold nanoparticle complexes of the invention are also provided for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Boitelo Teresa LETSOLO, Martin BERNERT, Stefan Franz Thomas WEISS
  • Patent number: 10742450
    Abstract: A channel estimation coefficients generator (200) for generating channel estimation coefficients for channel estimation filtering includes: a parameter acquisition unit (205) configured to acquire a first set of input parameters (208) and to acquire a second set of input parameters (209), wherein a time variability of the first set of input parameters (208) is smaller than a time variability of the second set of input parameters (209); a first channel estimation coefficients generator (201) configured to generate a prototype set of channel estimation coefficients (202) based on the first set of input parameters (208); and a second channel estimation coefficients generator (203) configured to generate a refined set of channel estimation coefficients (204) based on the prototype set of channel estimation coefficients (202) and based on the second set of input parameters (209).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: INTEL IP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stefan Fechtel, Cecilia Carbonelli, Stefan Franz
  • Publication number: 20200205062
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement includes a preprocessing circuit configured to obtain context information related to a user location, a learning circuit configured to determine a predicted user movement based on context information related to a user location to obtain a predicted route and to determine predicted radio conditions along the predicted route, and a decision circuit configured to, based on the predicted radio conditions, identify one or more first areas expected to have a first type of radio conditions and one or more second areas expected to have a second type of radio conditions different from the first type of radio conditions and to control radio activity while traveling on the predicted route according to the one or more first areas and the one or more second areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Shahrnaz Azizi, Biljana Badic, John Browne, Dave Cavalcanti, Hyung-Nam Choi, Thorsten Clevorn, Ajay Gupta, Maruti Gupta Hyde, Ralph Hasholzner, Nageen Himayat, Simon Hunt, Ingolf Karls, Thomas Kenney, Yiting Liao, Chris Macnamara, Marta Martinez Tarradell, Markus Dominik Mueck, Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram, Niall Power, Bernhard Raaf, Reinhold Schneider, Ashish Singh, Sarabjot Singh, Srikathyayani Srikanteswara, Shilpa Talwar, Feng Xue, Zhibin Yu, Robert Zaus, Stefan Franz, Uwe Kliemann, Christian Drewes, Juergen Kreuchauf
  • Publication number: 20190364492
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement includes a preprocessing circuit configured to obtain context information related to a user location, a learning circuit configured to determine a predicted user movement based on context information related to a user location to obtain a predicted route and to determine predicted radio conditions along the predicted route, and a decision circuit configured to, based on the predicted radio conditions, identify one or more first areas expected to have a first type of radio conditions and one or more second areas expected to have a second type of radio conditions different from the first type of radio conditions and to control radio activity while traveling on the predicted route according to the one or more first areas and the one or more second areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Shahrnaz Azizi, Biljana Badic, John Browne, Dave Cavalcanti, Hyung-Nam Choi, Thorsten Clevorn, Ajay Gupta, Maruti Gupta Hyde, Ralph Hasholzner, Nageen Himayat, Simon Hunt, Ingolf Karls, Thomas Kenney, Yiting Liao, Chris Macnamara, Marta Martinez Tarradell, Markus Dominik Mueck, Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram, Niall Power, Bernhard Raaf, Reinhold Schneider, Ashish Singh, Sarabjot Singh, Srikathyayani Srikanteswara, Shilpa Talwar, Feng Xue, Zhibin Yu, Robert Zaus, Stefan Franz, Uwe Kliemann, Christian Drewes, Juergen Kreuchauf
  • Patent number: 10175141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for determining the position of a test object comprising the following features: an autocollimation telescope having a beam source for emitting a beam; a beam splitter; a detector unit and an objective lens; and an optical element embodied as a focusing device, wherein the test object, the beam source and the focusing device are arranged along a common optical axis (z), and a control device for controlling the focusing device, which is designed in such a way that the beam can be focused onto a center of curvature of a first test surface of the test object with the coordinates (x1, y1) and at least onto a center of curvature of a second test surface of the test object with coordinates (x2, y2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Trioptics GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Franz
  • Patent number: 10164699
    Abstract: An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) may include memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry may be configured to estimate a communication channel for a multi-carrier signal based on a received reference signal, the multi-carrier signal aggregating a plurality of component carriers. During a transmission time interval of the multi-carrier signal, the UE can perform a global search over a beam search space to obtain a beam index recommendation for a component carrier of the plurality of component carriers. The beam index recommendation corresponds to a maximized channel quality metric of the estimated communication channel and is indicative of a beam grid within the beam search space. The UE can perform a localized search of a subset of the beam search space to obtain a second beam index recommendation for a second component carrier of the plurality of component carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan Franz, Ziyang Ju, Yeong-Sun Hwang, Ismael Gutierrez
  • Publication number: 20180325997
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds for use in the treatment of telomere related diseases and/or telomere related medical conditions, particularly wherein said telomere related diseases and/or telomere related medical conditions are cancer and cellular ageing. Particularly, herein is disclosed 37 kDa/67 kDa laminin receptor precursor/high affinity laminin receptor (LRP/LR) and/or a fragment thereof for use in the treatment and/or prevention of cellular ageing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan Franz Thomas Weiss, Boitelo Theresiah Letsolo, Kerrilyn Naidoo, Tyrone Chad Otgaar
  • Patent number: 10113711
    Abstract: A mirror assembly is provided for producing beam bundles from the beam of a light source, wherein the beam bundles includes a first beam bundle having a first main beam direction, a second beam bundle having a second main beam direction, and preferably further beam bundles having further main beam directions. The assembly includes a first mirror segment having a first focal point, which converts a first partial region of the beam of the light source into the first beam bundle, a second mirror segment having a second focal point, which converts a second partial region of the beam of the light source into the second beam bundle, and preferably further mirror segments having further focal points, which convert further partial regions of the beam of the light source into further beam bundles. The back side of the mirror segments have a curvature which is concentric to the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: NOVA MEASURING INSTRUMENTS LTD.
    Inventor: Stefan Franz
  • Patent number: 10075265
    Abstract: Embodiments of an enhanced node B (eNB) and methods for network-assisted interference cancellation with reduced signaling in a 3GPP LTE network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the number of transmission options is reduced by introducing a smaller signaling codebook. In some embodiments, higher-layer feedback from the UE to the eNodeB is established to inform the eNB about certain NA-ICS capabilities of the UE. In some embodiments, the number of signaling options is reduced by providing only certain a priori information. In some embodiments, correlations in the time and/or frequency domain are exploited for reducing the signaling message. In some embodiments, differential information is signaled in the time and/or frequency domain for reducing the signaling message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Ellenbeck, Sabine Roessel, Bernhard Raaf, Thorsten Clevorn, Stefan Franz, Alexei Vladimirovich Davydov
  • Patent number: 10021705
    Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to perform carrier measurements in a wireless network is disclosed. The UE can receive, from a network element, switching parameters that indicate possible switching occasions for the UE. The UE can be configured to switch a radio frequency (RF) to another carrier frequency during the possible switching occasions in order to start performing carrier measurements or stop performing carrier measurements. The UE can send, to the network element, a switching notification that indicates an upcoming switching occasion that is selected by the UE. The switching notification can be sent in conjunction with a measurement value that indicates one or more of: selected carriers for which the UE is to start performing carrier measurements after an occurrence of the switching occasion or selected carriers for which the UE is to stop performing carrier measurements after the occurrence of the switching occasion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan Franz, Cecilia Carbonelli, Sabine Roessel
  • Publication number: 20180183507
    Abstract: An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) may include memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry may be configured to estimate a communication channel for a multi-carrier signal based on a received reference signal, the multi-carrier signal aggregating a plurality of component carriers. During a transmission time interval of the multi-carrier signal, the UE can perform a global search over a beam search space to obtain a beam index recommendation for a component carrier of the plurality of component carriers. The beam index recommendation corresponds to a maximized channel quality metric of the estimated communication channel and is indicative of a beam grid within the beam search space. The UE can perform a localized search of a subset of the beam search space to obtain a second beam index recommendation for a second component carrier of the plurality of component carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan Franz, Ziyang Ju, Yeong-Sun Hwang, Ismael Gutierrez
  • Publication number: 20180165123
    Abstract: A device and a method for job scheduling at a signal processing component with limited queue availability, in response to a request for one or more new jobs, the method comprising: calculating a metric for each job in the queue and a request metric for the one or more new jobs, wherein each job's metric is based on a difference between an estimate output of executing the job in current conditions and a previous output of the job; determining a minimum metric from the metrics calculated for the jobs in the queue; and comparing the minimum metric to the request metrics to determine whether to schedule to new job for execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Ismael Gutierrez, Stefan Franz, Ziyang Ju, Rohit Bahl
  • Publication number: 20180159704
    Abstract: A channel estimation coefficients generator (200) for generating channel estimation coefficients for channel estimation filtering includes: a parameter acquisition unit (205) configured to acquire a first set of input parameters (208) and to acquire a second set of input parameters (209), wherein a time variability of the first set of input parameters (208) is smaller than a time variability of the second set of input parameters (209); a first channel estimation coefficients generator (201) configured to generate a prototype set of channel estimation coefficients (202) based on the first set of input parameters (208); and a second channel estimation coefficients generator (203) configured to generate a refined set of channel estimation coefficients (204) based on the prototype set of channel estimation coefficients (202) and based on the second set of input parameters (209).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan Fechtel, Cecilia Carbonelli, Stefan Franz
  • Publication number: 20180034601
    Abstract: Embodiments of an enhanced node B (eNB) and methods for network-assisted interference cancellation with reduced signaling in a 3GPP LTE network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the number of transmission options is reduced by introducing a smaller signaling codebook. In some embodiments, higher-layer feedback from the UE to the eNodeB is established to inform the eNB about certain NA-ICS capabilities of the UE. In some embodiments, the number of signaling options is reduced by providing only certain a priori information. In some embodiments, correlations in the time and/or frequency domain are exploited for reducing the signaling message. In some embodiments, differential information is signaled in the time and/or frequency domain for reducing the signaling message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jan Ellenbeck, Sabine Roessel, Bernhard Raaf, Thorsten Clevorn, Stefan Franz, Alexei Vladimirovich Davydov
  • Patent number: D877225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: JENOPTIK Optical Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Franz, Bernd Seher