Patents by Inventor Thomas Maier

Thomas Maier 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).

  • DERIVATIVES OF AMINOINDANES, THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR APPLICATION IN THERAPEUTICS
    Publication number: 20130131034
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to derivatives of formula (I) and their application in therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Markus Follmann, Pascale Goberville, Stéphanie Hachtel, Gerhard Hessler, Heinz-Werner Kleemann, Thomas Maier, Gary MC Cort, Carsten Struebing, Bérangère Thiers, Li-Hsing Wang
  • Tetrahydro-fused pyridines as histone deacetylase inhibitors
    Patent number: 8440830
    Abstract: The compounds of formula (I), wherein ring D and ring E together form a fused ring system selected from formula (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), and the salts of these compounds are novel, effective inhibitors of histone deacetylases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Thomas Baer, Matthias Vennemann, Volker Gekeler, Astrid Zimmermann, Petra Gimmnich, Kamlesh Padiya, Hemant Joshi, Uday Joshi, Mahindra Makhija, Dipak Harel
  • Resonator element and resonator pixel for microbolometer sensor
    Patent number: 8441094
    Abstract: A resonator element for the absorption and/or conversion of electromagnetic waves having a predefined wavelength, in particular infrared radiation having a wavelength of 2 ?m to 200 ?m, into heat, has a three-layer structure formed of a first metal layer, a second metal layer and a dielectric layer interposed between the two metal layers. The maximum lateral dimension of the layers is in the range between one quarter and a half of the predefined wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Brueckl, Thomas Maier
  • Sulfonylpyrroles
    Patent number: 8399505
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, are novel effective HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Thomas Baer, Petra Gimmnich, Frank Dullweber, Matthias Vennemann
  • Bi-axial electromagnetic actuator
    Patent number: 8393225
    Abstract: A biaxial electromagnetic actuator for a materials testing apparatus comprises a first electromagnetic actuator for imparting a linear force to an output shaft and a second, direct drive electromagnetic actuator for imparting a rotational force to the shaft. The shaft is mounted in two combination bearings which permit the shaft to move axially and rotationally. One of the bearings is located within a hollow cylindrical member which constitutes the armature of the direct drive actuator in order to provide a compact and symmetrical arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: ITW Limited
    Inventors: Paul Hayford, Graham Mead, Benjamin Jeppesen, Thomas Bachmann, Christoph Scherer, Thomas Maier
  • SORTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130043103
    Abstract: A sorting device having at least one control unit for sorting mixtures of individual elements in sorting units according to at least one characterizing feature of the individual elements and having at least one conveyor belt. The sorting device comprises at least one buffer unit having at least two displaceable storage elements for intermediate storage of individual elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: BSAutomatisierung GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Julia-Kathrin Vollmer, Carsten Vogt, Bernd Stoll
  • 3,4,4A,10B-TETRAHYDRO-1H-THIOPYRANO-[4,3-c] ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20120289474
    Abstract: The compounds of Formula (1), in which A, R1, R2, R3 and R5 have the meanings as given in the description, are novel effective inhibitors of type 4 and 5 phosphodiesterase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: NYCOMED GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter Flockerzi, Thomas Stengel, Alexander Mann, Harald Ohmer, Ulrich Kautz, Steffen Weinbrenner, Stefan Fischer, Christof Zitt, Armin Hatzelmann, Torsten Dunkern, Christian Hesslinger, Thomas Maier, Hermann Tenor, Clemens Braun, Raimund Külzer, Degenhard Marx
  • Thiophene-imidazopyridines
    Patent number: 8273890
    Abstract: The invention relates to thiophene-imidazopyridine compounds according to formula (I), wherein the substituents and symbols are as defined in the description. The compounds are inhibitors of PIk1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Stengel, Mathias Schmidt, Steffen Weinbrenner, Alexander Weber, Petra Gimmnich, Volker Gekeler, Thomas Beckers, Astrid Zimmermann, Thomas Maier, Beate Schmidt, Florian Dehmel
  • Control and/or drive device for a flying body
    Patent number: 8245496
    Abstract: Control and/or drive device for a flying body for ejecting hot gas streams of a combusted fuel combination of at least a first and second component. Device includes a first hollow chamber body structured and arranged to contain first component, a second hollow chamber body structured and arranged to contain second component, a controllable fuel valve arranged between first hollow chamber body and second hollow chamber body to control feed of first component to second hollow chamber body, and a plurality of outlets structured and arranged to eject respective hot gas streams for influencing a flight path of flying body. Second hollow chamber body is formed as a combustion chamber for combusting the at least first and second components within second hollow chamber body to generate respective hot gas streams, and plurality of outlets are connected to the second hollow chamber body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Astrium GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Maier
  • Spectrophotometric identification of microbe subspecies
    Patent number: 8237107
    Abstract: A dual-stage method is provided for identifying a microbe by, for example, its species or its subspecies. The method includes measuring a mass spectrum of the microbe using a mass spectrometer, calculating indicators for similarities between reference mass spectra in a library and the measured mass spectrum, selecting a group of reference mass spectra similar to the measured mass spectrum, determining a distinguishing weight for each mass signal of the reference mass spectra in the group, where the distinguishing weights emphasize differences between the reference mass spectra in the group, and calculating indicators for similarities between the reference mass spectra in the group and the measured mass spectrum as a function of the distinguishing weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Bruker Daltonik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Markus Kostrzewa
  • Sulphonylpyrroles as inhibitors of HDACs novel sulphonylpyrroles
    Patent number: 8232297
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula I, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, as well as salts thereof are novel effective HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Rolf-Peter Hummel, Martin Feth, Matthias Müller, Thomas Bär, Jürgen Volz
  • SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR IONIZATION WITH MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION
    Publication number: 20120152041
    Abstract: A simplified sample preparation on a sample support for ionization with laser desorption (MALDI or LDCI, for example) includes depositing an analyte material onto a deposition site, providing a sample site which is intended as the substrate for a matrix crystal layer at a distance from the deposition site, and establishing a liquid communication between the deposition site and the sample site. A device for the preparation of samples for ionization with matrix-assisted laser desorption, and a sample support for use with the inventive method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: BRUKER DALTONIK GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas MAIER
  • Sulphonylpyrrole hydrochloride salts as histone deacetylases inhibitors
    Patent number: 8188138
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula I, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, as well as salts thereof are novel effective HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Rolf-Peter Hummel, Martin Feth, Matthias Müller, Thomas Bär
  • MASS SPECTROMETRIC DIAGNOSIS OF SEPTICEMIA
    Publication number: 20120115182
    Abstract: The invention mainly relates to the mass spectrometric identification of pathogens in blood cultures from blood-stream infections (septicemia). The invention provides a method with which microbial pathogens can be separated in purified form from blood after a relatively brief cultivation in a blood culture flask, without any interfering human proteins or any residual fractions of blood particles such as erythrocytes and leukocytes, and can be directly identified by mass spectrometric measurement of their protein profiles. The method is based on the use of relatively strong tensides to destroy the blood particles by dissolving the weak cell membranes and most of the internal structures of the blood particles; in spite of the fact that tensides are regarded as strong ionization inhibitors in MALDI and other ionization processes required for mass spectrometric measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: Thomas Maier
  • Concentrated, water-based dispersions for crop protection
    Patent number: 8110529
    Abstract: Liquid aqueous formulations of water-soluble active crop protectant ingredients which comprise (a) one or more water-soluble active crop protectant ingredients (type (a) ingredients), (b) one or more water-dispersed active crop protectant ingredients (type (b) ingredients), (c) one or more surfactants from the class of the polyacrylic acid derivatives, (d) one or more aluminum silicates as stabilizer(s), (e) if desired, further anionic or nonionic, cationic and/or zwitterionic surfactants, (f) if desired, other customary formulation assistants, and (g) water are suitable as stable coformulations for use in crop protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Frisch, Thomas Maier
  • Reliable monitoring of the speed in coordinate measuring appliances
    Patent number: 8103153
    Abstract: In a method for reliably monitoring the speed of a moveable coordinate measuring device, a first value of the speed is calculated from measured values of the coordinate measurement system. The measured values contain information on positions of the coordinate measuring device. The measured values are further used to determine the coordinates of a measurement object. A second value of the speed is ascertained from measurement signals of at least one additional movement sensor. The measurement signals can also be used for controlling a drive device of the coordinate measuring device. A fault signal can be generated if the first value and/or the second value deviate from one another, from a predetermined value and/or a limit value according to a predefined criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Uhl, Günter Grupp, Thomas Maier
  • Transport carriage for needle boards
    Patent number: 8087133
    Abstract: The transport carriage (1) for the accommodation of a needle board (2) comprises a console (21) that is preferably supported so as to be pivotable about a rotational axis (22). Clamping jaws (24, 25) are provided on the console (21), with the clamping jaws clamping the needle board (2)—preferably in a force-limited manner—between each other and thus holding said needle board in a frictionally engaged manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Franz Jerger, Bernhard Münster, Thomas Maier
  • RESONATOR ELEMENT AND RESONATOR PIXEL FOR MICROBOLOMETER SENSOR
    Publication number: 20110304005
    Abstract: A resonator element for the absorption and/or conversion of electromagnetic waves having a predefined wavelength, in particular infrared radiation having a wavelength of 2 ?m to 200 ?m, into heat, has a three-layer structure formed of a first metal layer, a second metal layer and a dielectric layer interposed between the two metal layers. The maximum lateral dimension of the layers is in the range between one quarter and a half of the predefined wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Hubert Brueckl, Thomas Maier
  • Sulphonylpyrroles
    Patent number: 8067615
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, are novel effective HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Thomas Baer, Petra Gimmnich, Frank Dullweber, Matthias Vennemann
  • NOVEL SUBSTITUTED IMIDAZOQUINOLINES
    Publication number: 20110245289
    Abstract: Imidazoquinolines of formula I that contain substituted amine or amide functionality at 1-position and that are effective as Toll like Receptor 7 activators are disclosed. These compounds are useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Volker Gekeler, Thomas Maier, Astrid Zimmermann, Hans-Peter Hofmann, Sanjeev Kulkarni, Anil Jagtap, Ganesh Chaure