Patents by Inventor Thomas Birkenseer

Thomas Birkenseer 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: 20240419767
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container treatment system comprising at least one container treatment machine for treating containers and a central rights assignment system, the container treatment machine comprising a user interface for recognizing an identification element and for entering a user password, and the container treatment machine being designed to transmit identification data of a user to the central rights assignment system based on a recognized identification element and/or a recognized user password, the central rights assignment system being designed to transmit access data to the container treatment machine based on obtained identification data of a user, the access data defining group-based and/or user-based access rights for the container treatment machine, and the container treatment machine being designed to grant access rights to a user depending on obtained access data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Volker GRIMM, Johann SCHMIDBAUER, Jennifer SCHOEFFEL, Thomas BIRKENSEER
  • Publication number: 20210185742
    Abstract: A machine for processing foods and packaging products, including control elements for controlling components of the machine and an operating console for operating the machine by means of the control elements, wherein the operating console of the machine has an RFID-interface, in particular an NFC-interface, and is designed in such a way that an authentication of a user terminal is carried out by means of authentication data received via the RFID-interface, wherein the operating console is designed in such a way that it establishes a data connection in the event of a successful authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Maximilian Hoferer, Martin Wischinski, Thomas Birkenseer
  • Patent number: D898734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Thomas Birkenseer, Reiner Anders, Stefan Schmidt, Thomas Stauber, Timo Pronold