Patents by Inventor Thomas Kessler

Thomas Kessler 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: 10907290
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Erickson, Steven Fricke, Christian Gianni, Thomas Kessler, Praveen Poojary, Erica Roberts, Jaime Rodriguez, Peter Wagoner
  • Patent number: 10744434
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of polymers comprising thermoplastic polymers as filtration aids and/or stabilishing agent for the filtration or stabilisation of aqueous liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Drohmann, Tobias Petsch, Thomas Keßler, Frank Müller, Elisa Hamm de Bantleon, Klemens Mathauer
  • Publication number: 20200184397
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a system for monitoring the usage of a functional facility, the system comprising (i) a plurality of detectors for detecting the presence of at least one client device in the functional facility and which detectors are geographically mapped in the functional facility; and (ii) a client device mapping module for determining the location of the at least one client device detected by one or more of the plurality of detectors. Moreover, the invention is directed to a method for monitoring the usage of a functional facility including one or more detectors, comprising the steps (1) detecting an operable engagement made between a detector deployed in the functional facility and a computerized client device; (2) determining a location point of the computerized client device; and (3) providing an output which is descriptive of the detected operable engagement along with information relating to the determined location point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Benedikt Andreas Koppel, Thomas KESSLER, Alexander Fabian MULLI, Georg NEBEHAY
  • Publication number: 20200123958
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a loading of a soot filter with soot particles from an exhaust gas mass flow of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, a control device for an internal combustion engine having a soot filter, and a computer program product for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicants: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter Schwarzmann, Thomas Binnewies, Thomas Kessler, Florian Brunner
  • Patent number: 10600013
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a system for monitoring the usage of a functional facility, the system comprising (i) a plurality of detectors for detecting the presence of at least one client device in the functional facility and which detectors are geographically mapped in the functional facility; and (ii) a client device mapping module for determining the location of the at least one client device detected by one or more of the plurality of detectors. Moreover, the invention is directed to a method for monitoring the usage of a functional facility including one or more detectors, comprising the steps (1) detecting an operable engagement made between a detector deployed in the functional facility and a computerized client device; (2) determining a location point of the computerized client device; and (3) providing an output which is descriptive of the detected operable engagement along with information relating to the determined location point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: LOCATEE AG
    Inventors: Benedikt Andreas Koppel, Thomas Kessler, Alexander Fabian Mulli, Georg Nebehay
  • Publication number: 20190108467
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a system for monitoring the usage of a functional facility, the system comprising (i) a plurality of detectors for detecting the presence of at least one client device in the functional facility and which detectors are geographically mapped in the functional facility; and (ii) a client device mapping module for determining the location of the at least one client device detected by one or more of the plurality of detectors. Moreover, the invention is directed to a method for monitoring the usage of a functional facility including one or more detectors, comprising the steps (1) detecting an operable engagement made between a detector deployed in the functional facility and a computerized client device; (2) determining a location point of the computerized client device; and (3) providing an output which is descriptive of the detected operable engagement along with information relating to the determined location point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Benedikt Andreas Koppel, Thomas KESSLER, Alexander Fabian MULLI, Georg NEBEHAY
  • Publication number: 20190093279
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a drum for processing laundry. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the drum. A lint filter is positioned within the airflow path that separates particulate matter from the process air. A lint disposal mechanism removes entrapped lint particles from a surface of the lint filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jordan Grider, Alexander Halbleib, Christopher A. Jones, Roy E. Masters, JR., Rodney M. Welch, Anthony B. Welsh, Erica L. Roberts, Thomas Kessler
  • Patent number: 10105365
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to solid dosage forms comprising antiviral compounds and methods of using such dosage forms to treat antiviral infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Miller, John B. Morris, Nancy E. Sever, Eric A. Schmitt, Ping X. Gao, Yi Shi, Yi Gao, Bernd Liepold, Anna Moosmann, Mirko Pauli, Fatih Durak, Thomas Kessler, Peter Hoelig, Karin Rosenblatt, Drazen Kostelac, Rajeev Gokhale, Mark Costello, Carl Knable, Susan George
  • Publication number: 20180202094
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: DONALD ERICKSON, STEVEN FRICKE, CHRISTIAN GIANNI, THOMAS KESSLER, PRAVEEN POOJARY, ERICA ROBERTS, JAIME RODRIGUEZ, PETER WAGONER
  • Publication number: 20170368066
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to solid dosage forms comprising antiviral compounds and methods of using such dosage forms to treat antiviral infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Miller, John B. Morris, Nancy E. Sever, Eric A. Schmitt, Ping X. Gao, Yi Shi, Yi Gao, Bernd Liepold, Anna Moosmann, Mirko Pauli, Fatih Durak, Thomas Kessler, Peter Hoelig, Karin Rosenblatt, Drazen Kostelac, Rajeev Gokhale, Mark Costello, Carl Knable
  • Patent number: 9744170
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to solid dosage forms comprising antiviral compounds and methods of using such dosage forms to treat antiviral infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Miller, John B. Morris, Nancy E. Sever, Eric A. Schmitt, Ping X. Gao, Yi Shi, Yi Gao, Bernd Liepold, Anna Moosmann, Mirko Pauli, Fatih Durak, Thomas Kessler, Peter Hoelig, Karin Rosenblatt, Drazen Kostelac, Rajeev Gokhale, Mark Costello, Carl Knable
  • Patent number: 9588293
    Abstract: Various particular embodiments include a primary waveguide including an end section; cantilevered waveguides, each cantilevered waveguide including an end section disposed adjacent the end section of the primary waveguide; and control pins for applying an electrical bias to the cantilevered waveguides to selectively displace the end sections of the cantilevered waveguides away from the end section of the primary waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Brendan S. Harris, Vibhor Jain, Thomas Kessler, Yves T. Ngu, Sebastian T. Ventrone
  • Publication number: 20160377805
    Abstract: Various particular embodiments include a primary waveguide including an end section; cantilevered waveguides, each cantilevered waveguide including an end section disposed adjacent the end section of the primary waveguide; and control pins for applying an electrical bias to the cantilevered waveguides to selectively displace the end sections of the cantilevered waveguides away from the end section of the primary waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Brendan S. Harris, Vibhor Jain, Thomas Kessler, Yves T. Ngu, Sebastian T. Ventrone
  • Patent number: 9414992
    Abstract: A process for producing a solid dispersion of an active ingredient which comprises feeding the active ingredient and a matrix-forming agent to an extruder and forming a uniform extrudate, wherein the extruder comprises at least two rotating shafts (2), each of the shafts (2) carrying a plurality of processing elements disposed axially one behind the other, the processing elements defining (i) a feeding and conveying section (R; A), (ii) at least one reverse-flight section (D), and (iii) a discharging section (E), wherein the processing elements defining the reverse-flight section (R; D) comprise at least one reverse-flight element (14) which is based on a screw-type element having a conveying direction being opposite to the general conveying direction of the extruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Abbvie Deutschland GmbH & CO KG
    Inventors: Thomas Kessler, Jörg Breitenbach, Christoph Schmidt, Matthias Degenhardt, Jörg Rosenberg, Harald Krull, Gunther Berndl
  • Patent number: 9412736
    Abstract: In an approach to fabricating a silicon on insulator wafer, one or more semiconductor device elements are implanted and one or more shallow trench isolations are formed on a top surface of a first semiconductor wafer. A first dielectric material layer is deposited over the top surface of the first semiconductor wafer, filling the shallow trench isolations. A dielectric material layer on a bottom surface of a second semiconductor wafer is bonded to a dielectric material layer on the top of the first semiconductor wafer and one or more semiconductor devices are formed on a top surface of the second semiconductor wafer. Then, one or more through silicon vias are created connecting the one or more semiconductor devices on the top surface of the second semiconductor wafer and the one or more semiconductor device elements on the top surface of the first semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Yan Ding, Vibhor Jain, Thomas Kessler, Yves T. Ngu, Robert M. Rassel, Sebastian T. Ventrone
  • Publication number: 20160199374
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to solid dosage forms comprising antiviral compounds and methods of using such dosage forms to treat antiviral infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Miller, John B. Morris, Nancy E. Sever, Eric A. Schmitt, Ping X. Gao, Yi Shi, Yi Gao, Bernd Liepold, Anna Moosmann, Mirko Pauli, Fatih Durak, Thomas Kessler, Peter Hoelig, Karin Rosenblatt, Drazen Kostelac, Rajeev Gokhale, Mark Costello, Carl Knable
  • Publication number: 20160136099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing monolithic tablets. The method employs a melt-processed composition containing at least on active agent and at least one thermoplastic binder. The invention further relates to a method for cutting and deflashing a belt of pre-shaped bodies of a melt-processed composition, wherein the pre-shaped bodies are interconnected by flash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Soumojeet Ghosh, Didier Lefebvre, Bryan Wiesner, Kevin Novak, Thomas Kessler
  • Patent number: 9333204
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to solid dosage forms comprising antiviral compounds and methods of using such dosage forms to treat antiviral infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Miller, John B. Morris, Nancy E. Sever, Eric A. Schmitt, Ping X. Gao, Yi Shi, Yi Gao, Bernd Liepold, Anna Moosmann, Mirko Pauli, Fatih Durak, Thomas Kessler, Peter A. Hoelig, Karin Rosenblatt, Drazen Kostelac, Rajeev Gokhale, Mark Costello, Carl Knable
  • Patent number: 9310576
    Abstract: Various embodiments include an integrated circuit having: at least one waveguide disposed in a low refractive index layer; a splitter connected to the at least one waveguide, the splitter consisting of at least two signal paths; an optical signal detector connected to an end of each of the at least two signal paths; and an electrical disconnect member connected to each optical signal detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Brendan S. Harris, Vibhor Jain, Thomas Kessler, Yves T. Ngu, Sebastian T. Ventrone
  • Patent number: 9278052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing monolithic tablets. The method employs a melt-processed composition containing at least on active agent and at least one thermoplastic binder. The invention further relates to a method for cutting and deflashing a belt of pre-shaped bodies of a melt-processed composition, wherein the pre-shaped bodies are interconnected by flash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignees: AbbVie Inc., AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Soumojeet Ghosh, Didier Lefebvre, Bryan Wiesner, Kevin Novak, Thomas Kessler