Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Helmes

Thomas R. Helmes 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: 8071152
    Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions that involve whey protein isolates. Methods of the invention include purification processes for preparing whey proteins that are substantially nondenatured across a range of pH, including their isoelectric points. As such, they have low turbidity in solution across a wide range of pH values. Whey protein isolates can be integrated into compositions and solutions that have nutritional, pharmaceutical, and other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Grande Cheese Company
    Inventors: Mark R. Etzel, Thomas R. Helm, Harit K. Vyas
  • Publication number: 20090068326
    Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions that involve whey protein isolates. Methods of the invention include purification processes for preparing whey proteins that are substantially nondenatured across a range of pH, including their isoelectric points. As such, they have low turbidity in solution across a wide range of pH values. Whey protein isolates can be integrated into compositions and solutions that have nutritional, pharmaceutical, and other applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Mark R. Etzel, Thomas R. Helm, Harit K. Vyas
  • Patent number: 7378123
    Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions that involve whey protein isolates. Methods of the invention include purification processes for preparing whey proteins that are substantially nondenatured across a range of pH, including their isoelectric points. As such, they have low turbidity in solution across a wide range of pH values. Whey protein isolates can be integrated into compositions and solutions that have nutritional, pharmaceutical, and other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research, Grande Cheese Company
    Inventors: Mark R. Etzel, Thomas R. Helm, Harit K. Vyas
  • Patent number: 6243388
    Abstract: A network (10) includes a broadband customer service module (B-CSM) (20). The B-CSM (20) includes a plurality of feeder interface cards (FICs) (36) and optical line cards (OLCs) (38) which are coupled together through a midplane assembly (34) so that each FIC (36) couples to all OLCs (38) and each OLC (38) couples to all FICs (36) through junctor groups (68). Within the B-CSM (20) circuit switching is performed electrically at an STS-1 rate. A reference clock which oscillates at a frequency slower than the data rate is routed with payload data so that it receives delays similar to those imposed on the payload data due to processing. At second stage switching fabrics (50) where data need to be extracted from signals flowing within the B-CSM (20), a clock regeneration circuit (32) generates a master clock signal oscillating at twice the data rate and phase synchronized to a delayed reference clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Verizon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Edward Mussman, Stephen S. Liu, Thomas R. Helmes