Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Biemer

Thomas A. Biemer 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: 11963071
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses provide a system for controlling access to text messaging capabilities of a mobile computing device of a user while the user is driving. The mobile computing device may be configured to restrict a user from sending or receiving text messages while the user is driving depending on a current driving situation. Whether a user can send or receive text messages may further depend on a priority of the text message or a priority level of a sender or intended recipient of the text message. The system may include devices for collecting information regarding the vehicle and its surroundings and for determining the current driving situation based on the collected information. Further, the system may include devices for maintaining records of the restrictions placed on text messaging and of rewards earned for agreeing to be subject to such restrictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas J. Wilson, Edward A. Biemer
  • Patent number: 5723106
    Abstract: Reduced alcohol antiseptic mouthwash compositions are achieved which have the same oral antimicrobial efficacy, clarity and taste as higher alcohol level compositions. Availability of the active ingredients is best maintained by increasing the levels of surfactant employed in the composition together with the addition of two co-solvents, propylene glycol and glycerin. Propylene glycol with artificial sweetener(s), or propylene glycol alone with corresponding increases in the levels of surfactant are only marginally acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: R. Michael Buch, Thomas A. Biemer, Frank A. Volpe
  • Patent number: 5055405
    Abstract: Monoclonal antibody to Treponema denticola JD-1 and Treponema species 10A and a continuous cell line for its production is disclosed. These antibodies are particularly useful in immunoassays for detecting the presence of these microorganisms in the oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Dou-Mei Wang, Linda D. Sturdivant, Thomas A. Biemer, Ronald Mink
  • Patent number: 5008199
    Abstract: Monoclonal antibody to Treponema denticola ATCC 33520 and a continuous cell line for its production is disclosed. These antibodies are particularly useful in immunoassays for detecting the presence of these microorganisms in the oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Dou-Mei Wang, Linda D. Sturdivant, Thomas A. Biemer, Ronald Mink