Patents by Inventor Thomas Christoph

Thomas Christoph 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: 11545789
    Abstract: An electrical plug-in connector for differential signal transmission, having an external conductor contact element, a dielectric and at least one internal conductor contact element pair for differential signal transmission. The dielectric extends along a longitudinal axis through the external conductor contact element. The internal conductor contact element pair has a first internal conductor contact element and a second internal conductor contact element which extend along the longitudinal axis through the dielectric. The external conductor contact element and/or the dielectric have a compensation geometry in order to compensate for an asymmetry of the internal conductor contact element pair with respect to the longitudinal axis. As an alternative or in addition, it is provided that the internal conductor contact element pair has a compensation geometry in order to compensate for an asymmetry of the external conductor contact element and/or of the dielectric with respect to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Unterhauser, Georg Christoph Michael Lochner, Martin Arthur Kositza
  • Publication number: 20220367443
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor region having charge carriers of a first conductivity type; a transistor cell in the semiconductor region; a semiconductor channel region in the transistor cell and having a first doping concentration of charge carriers of a second conductivity type, wherein a transition between the semiconductor channel region and the semiconductor region forms a first pn-junction; a semiconductor auxiliary region in the semiconductor region and having a second doping concentration of charge carriers of the second conductivity type. A transition between the semiconductor auxiliary region and semiconductor region forms a second pn-junction positioned deeper in the semiconductor region as compared to the first pn-junction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Johannes Georg Laven, Roman Baburske, Thomas Basler, Philip Christoph Brandt, Maria Cotorogea
  • Patent number: 11432650
    Abstract: A seating unit for use in a space including a supporting floor surface, the seating unit comprising a seat structure comprising a mounting bracket having a female connector, a tablet assembly comprising a support arm having a mounting collar on an end and a base having a lower end to be supported by the floor surface and including a base mounting assembly and wherein the base mounting assembly comprises a cup attached to the base, a base tube having a first end inserted into the cup and a second end extending through the mounting collar and mateably engaging the female connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Corcorran, Keith Robert Machin, Cody Jay Holstege, William Carey, Larry Cheng, Elger Oberwelz, Thomas Overthun, Lukas Martin Scherrer, Joerg Christoph Student, David J. Battey, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers
  • Patent number: 11421254
    Abstract: A method for oxidizing an alkyl, including a) contacting the alkyl with an aqueous solution comprising a microorganism where the microorganism has a reduced fatty acid degradation capacity compared to its wild type, wherein the fatty acid degradation capacity is reduced by deletion, inhibition or inactivation of a gene encoding an enzyme involved in the ?-oxidation pathway; and the microorganism expresses a recombinant alkane oxidase, and b) contacting the aqueous solution from a) with a water-immiscible organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Haas, Oliver Thum, Jan Christoph Pfeffer, Philip Engel, Christian Gehring, Markus Poetter
  • Patent number: 11410989
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is operable a forward current mode and a reverse current mode and comprises a semiconductor region, and a controllable charge carrier injector, and a gate. A method includes detecting, in the reverse current mode, if the present load current in the reversed direction does not exceed a threshold value, providing a gate signal such that the gate electrode causes the charge carrier injector to induce a first charge carrier density within the semiconductor region so as to conduct a nominal load current in the reverse direction; if the present load current in the reverse direction does exceed the threshold value, operating the semiconductor device in an overload state by providing the gate signal with a voltage that causes the semiconductor region to conduct an overload current in the reverse direction, wherein the second charge carrier density is higher than the first charge carrier density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Johannes Georg Laven, Roman Baburske, Thomas Basler, Philip Christoph Brandt, Maria Cotorogea
  • Publication number: 20220235005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use as fungicides of compounds of formula (I) wherein the variables are defined as given in the description and claims. The invention further relates to the compounds I and composition for compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Bernd Mueller, Michael Seet, Georg Christoph Rudolf, Wassilios Grammenos, Benjamin Juergen Merget, Andreas Koch, Nadine Riediger, Christine Wiebe, Thomas Grote, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Christian Harald Winter, Anja Weber
  • Publication number: 20210212967
    Abstract: A method of treating irritable bowel syndrome in a patient in need thereof by administering to said patient a pharmaceutically effective amount of tapentadol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus SCHIENE, Petra BLOMS-FUNKE, Thomas CHRISTOPH, Wolfgang SCHROEDER
  • Publication number: 20200215003
    Abstract: An aqueous pharmaceutical composition adapted for parenteral administration of tapentadol or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof having a pH value of at least 5.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: GRÜNENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas CHRISTOPH, Sabine Karine Katrien INGHELBRECHT, Roger Carolus Augusta EMBRECHTS, Ulrich REINHOLD, Marc SCHILLER, Eva WULSTEN, Petra BLOMS-FUNKE, Klaus SCHIENE, Ulrich FEIL
  • Publication number: 20190388364
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising Tapentadol or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof for use in local anesthesia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: GRÜNENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes SCHNEIDER, Thomas CHRISTOPH
  • Publication number: 20190388360
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical patch comprising a Lidocaine constituent and a Diclofenac constituent, wherein the relative weight content ratio of the Lidocaine constituent to the Diclofenac constituent is within the range of from about 7:1 to about 4:1, based on the equivalent weight of the non-salt form of Lidocaine and of Diclofenac, for use in the local treatment or prevention of pain, wherein the pain is neuropathic pain or wherein the pain has a neuropathic pain component. The pharmaceutical composition is suitable for topical administration and local pharmacological action via delivery of Lidocaine and Diclofenac into the skin and possibly also through and to other deeper tissues such as the synovial fluid without significant systemic exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: TEIKOKU SEIYAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Antonio NARDI, Klaus SCHIENE, Thomas CHRISTOPH, Sebastian WACHTEN, Irmgard BÖSL, Andreas SCHOLZ, Ingo FRIEDRICH, Sebastian ULLRICH, Simone KÖNIG
  • Publication number: 20190374481
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical patch comprising a Lidocaine constituent and a Diclofenac constituent, wherein the relative weight content ratio of the Lidocaine constituent to the Diclofenac constituent is within the range of from about 7:1 to about 4:1, based on the equivalent weight of the non-salt form of Lidocaine and of Diclofenac, for use in the local treatment or prevention of pain. The pharmaceutical composition is suitable for topical administration and local pharmacological action via delivery of Lidocaine and Diclofenac into the skin and possibly also through and to other deeper tissues such as the synovial fluid without significant systemic exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: TEIKOKU SEIYAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Antonio NARDI, Klaus SCHIENE, Thomas CHRISTOPH, Sebastian WACHTEN, Irmgard BÖSL, Andreas SCHOLZ, Ingo FRIEDRICH, Sebastian ULLRICH, Simone KÖNIG
  • Publication number: 20190274974
    Abstract: The use of tapentadol for the treatment of pain associated with disorders of the trigeminal nerve, in particular for use in the treatment of pain associated with trigeminal neuralgia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: GRUENENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas CHRISTOPH, Jean De Vry, Thomas Tzschentke, Petra Bloms-Funke, Klaus Schiene, Michel Hamon
  • Patent number: 10328055
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a first pharmacologically active ingredient selected from (1r,4r)-6?-fluoro-N,N-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4?,9?-dihydro-3?H-spiro [cyclohexane-1,1?-pyrano[3,4,b]indol]-4-amine and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof, and a second pharmacologically active ingredient which is an antidepressant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: GRUENENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Stefanie Frosch, Klaus Linz, Thomas Christoph
  • Publication number: 20190133971
    Abstract: A composition of matter comprising in combination as component (a) at least one 3-(3-dimethylamino-1-ethyl-2-methyl-propyl)-phenol compound, and as component (b) at least one antiepileptic, a pharmaceutical formulation and a dosage form comprising said composition of matter, and a method of treating pain, e.g. neuropathic pain, in which components (a) and (b) are administered simultaneously or sequentially to a mammal, whereby component (a) may be administered before or after component (b) and whereby components (a) or (b) are administered to the mammal either via the same or a different pathway of administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: GRUENENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus SCHIENE, Petra BLOMS-FUNKE, Thomas CHRISTOPH
  • Patent number: 10206890
    Abstract: A composition of matter comprising in combination as component (a) at least one 3-(3-dimethylamino-1-ethyl-2-methyl-propyl)phenol compound, and as component (b) at least one antiepileptic, a pharmaceutical formulation and a dosage form comprising said composition of matter, and a method of treating pain, e.g. neuropathic pain, in which components (a) and (b) are administered simultaneously or sequentially to a mammal, whereby component (a) may be administered before or after component (b) and whereby components (a) or (b) are administered to the mammal either via the same or a different pathway of administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: GRUENENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Schiene, Petra Bloms-Funke, Thomas Christoph
  • Publication number: 20180200205
    Abstract: A method of treating irritable bowel syndrome in a patient in need thereof by administering to said patient a pharmaceutically effective amount of tapentadol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Klaus SCHIENE, Petra BLOMS-FUNKE, Thomas CHRISTOPH, Wolfgang SCHROEDER
  • Patent number: 9771359
    Abstract: The invention relates to oxazole and thiazole-based carboxamide and urea derivatives as vanilloid receptor ligands, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also to these compounds for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of pain and further diseases and/or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Medifron DBT Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Frank-Foltyn, Christopher Habermann, Gregor Bahrenberg, Bernhard Lesch, Nils Damann, Klaus Schiene, Hannelore Stockhausen, Thomas Christoph, Sven Frormann, Derek Saunders, Jeewoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20170253586
    Abstract: The invention relates to oxazole and thiazole-based carboxamide and urea derivatives as vanilloid receptor ligands, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also to these compounds for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of pain and further diseases and/or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Robert FRANK-FOLTYN, Christopher HABERMANN, Gregor BAHRENBERG, Bernhard LESCH, Nils DAMANN, Klaus SCHIENE, Hannelore STOCKHAUSEN, Thomas CHRISTOPH, Sven FRORMANN, Derek SAUNDERS, Jeewoo LEE
  • Publication number: 20170216226
    Abstract: A method of treating irritable bowel syndrome in a patient in need thereof by administering to said patient a pharmaceutically effective amount of tapentadol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus SCHIENE, Petra BLOMS-FUNKE, Thomas CHRISTOPH, Wolfgang SCHROEDER
  • Patent number: 9629825
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a first pharmacologically active ingredient selected from (1r,4r)-6?-fluoro-N,N-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4?,9?-dihydro-3?H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,1?-pyrano[3,4,b]indol]-4-amine and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof, and a second pharmacologically active ingredient selected from gabapentinoids and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Stefanie Frosch, Klaus Linz, Thomas Christoph