Patents by Inventor Thomas Wunder

Thomas Wunder 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: 12285014
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous biocide composition, containing the following components: (a) 9 wt. % to 20 wt. % 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, (b) a dissolved alkalizing agent, containing 0.95 to 1.05 mol sodium and potassium hydroxide, each based on one mol of the 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one present as component (a), and (c) more than 60 wt. % water. The biocide composition is characterized in that the composition: (i) has a pH value in the range of pH 9.5 to pH 11.9, and (ii) the molar fraction of sodium ions, based on the sodium and potassium ions present in the composition, is in the range of 15 to 45 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Thor GmbH
    Inventors: Rudiger Baum, Thomas Wunder, Hans-Jurgen Schmidt, Peter Erich Hahn
  • Patent number: 12282189
    Abstract: A mask material is deposited on a substrate or growth template. The substrate or growth template is compatible with crystalline growth of a crystalline optical material. Patterned portions of the mask material are removed to expose one or more regions of the substrate or growth template. The one or more regions have target shapes of one or more optical components. The crystalline optical material is selectively grown in the one or more regions to form the one or more optical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Wunderer
  • Publication number: 20240407365
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing microbial infestation of an aqueous technical product, comprising the steps: (a) providing an aqueous technical product, for example a dye, having a pH in the range of 7.0-9.5 and containing: i. 25-100 ppm 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolone (CMIT) and ii. 50-1000 ppm of one or more zinc compound(s), selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, zinc carbonate, zinc hydroxide and zinc hydroxycarbonate; (b) breaking down some of the CMIT by adding at least one pyrithione compound selected from sodium pyrithione, potassium pyrithione and calcium pyrithione, in a total amount in the range of 25-500 ppm so that the concentration of the CMIT in the technical product is in the range of 5-15 ppm; and (c) storing the technical product over a period of up to 9 months.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: THOR GMBH
    Inventors: RĂ¼diger Baum, Thomas Wunder, Roman Grabbe
  • Publication number: 20240255698
    Abstract: A mask material is deposited on a substrate or growth template. The substrate or growth template is compatible with crystalline growth of a crystalline optical material. Patterned portions of the mask material are removed to expose one or more regions of the substrate or growth template. The one or more regions have target shapes of one or more optical components. The crystalline optical material is selectively grown in the one or more regions to form the one or more optical components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Wunderer
  • Publication number: 20240192032
    Abstract: A sensor includes a light emitter capable of producing stimulated emission. The sensor includes an optical fiber comprising at least one fiber Bragg grating. A first end of the optical fiber is optically coupled to a first emitting end of the light emitter. The fiber Bragg grating is located at a measurement region of the optical fiber away from the first end. A change in wavelength of the laser emission in the optical fiber is induced by a change in peak reflectivity of the fiber Bragg grating. The change in the peak reflectivity occurs in response to an environmental change at the measurement region, e.g., which changes a physical periodicity and/or the refractive index of the grating. The sensor includes an optical detector coupled to the optical fiber or the light emitter that detects the change in the wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Wunderer, Ching-Fuh Lin, Christopher L. Chua
  • Patent number: 11988868
    Abstract: A mask material is deposited on a substrate or growth template. The substrate or growth template is compatible with crystalline growth of a crystalline optical material. Patterned portions of the mask material are removed to expose one or more regions of the substrate or growth template. The one or more regions have target shapes of one or more optical components. The crystalline optical material is selectively grown in the one or more regions to form the one or more optical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Thomas Wunderer
  • Publication number: 20240145629
    Abstract: A light emitting diode array includes a growth mask having an array of closed shapes on a III-N layer. An array of group III-N inverted pyramids are epitaxially grown around the growth mask. The inverted pyramids include {10-11} or {11-22} facets and hexagonal bases. An array of III-N c-plane surfaces are parallel with the substrate and join the {10-11} or {11-22} facets of adjacent ones of the III-N inverted pyramids. A quantum well layer of a III-N compound is formed on the {10-11} or {11-22} facets and the c-plane surfaces. The quantum well layer has a first thickness on the {10-11} or {11-22} facets that forms first light emitting elements. The quantum well layer has a second thickness on the c-plane surfaces that forms second light emitting elements. The second light emitting elements emit light at a longer wavelength than the first light emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Wunderer
  • Publication number: 20240097072
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is formed on a bulk substrate of n-type GaN. The semiconductor device has a material layer grown on the bulk substrate. A first surface of the bulk substrate facing away from the material layer is mechanically roughened and a negative electrical contact is formed on the roughened surface using a low work function metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Max Batres, Thomas Wunderer
  • Patent number: 11912013
    Abstract: Ink-based digital printing systems useful for ink printing include a rotatable charge-retentive reimageable surface layer configured to receive a layer of fountain solution. The fountain solution is carried to the charge retentive surface by a fog or mist including fountain solution aerosol particles, dispersed gas particles, and charge directors that impart charge to the fountain solution aerosol particles. The charge-retentive reimageable surface may be charged to a uniform potential, and selectively discharged using an ROS according to image data to form an electrostatic latent image. The charged fountain solution adheres to portions of the charge-retentive reimageable surface according to the electrostatic latent image to form a fountain solution image thereon. The fountain solution image can be partially transferred to an imaging blanket, where the fountain solution image is inked. The resulting ink image may be transferred to a print substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kathryn F. Murphy, Thomas Wunderer, Anne Plochowietz, David K. Biegelsen, Joerg Martini, David Mathew Johnson, Palghat S. Ramesh
  • Publication number: 20240047622
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) array includes bottom reflectors patterned as an array of closed shapes on a top plane of a base layer for III-N growth. A three-dimensional III-N structure is epitaxially grown around the array of closed shapes and extending above the bottom reflectors. The three-dimensional III-N structures is a contiguous crystalline structure extending across the array. A laterally grown III-N layer is formed in contact with both the reflectors and the three-dimensional III-N structures, and III-N LED layers are grown on the laterally grown layer. One or more top reflectors are grown or deposited on the III-N LED layers and located over the bottom reflectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Wunderer, Max Batres, Chris Chua
  • Patent number: 11848371
    Abstract: A transistor includes a first layer comprising a group III-nitride semiconductor. A second layer comprising a group III-nitride semiconductor is disposed over the first layer. A third layer comprising a group III-nitride semiconductor is disposed over the second layer. An interface between the second layer and the third layer form a polarization heterojunction. A fourth layer comprising a group III-nitride semiconductor is disposed over the third layer. An interface between the third layer and the fourth layer forms a pn junction. A first electrical contact pad is disposed on the fourth layer. A second electrical contact pad is disposed on the third layer. A third electrical contact pad is electronically coupled to bias the polarization heterojunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Wunderer, Jengping Lu, Noble M. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230369045
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an epitaxial structure comprising a bottom layer, channel walls formed on the bottom layer, and a top layer that encloses the channel walls and forms microchannels therebetween. The bottom layer, channel walls, and covering layer are a monolithic, crystalline formation. An electronic or optoelectronic device is monolithically formed on a first build surface of the bottom layer or the top layer. The electronic or optoelectronic device is energy-coupled to the microchannels through the bottom layer or the top layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Wunderer
  • Patent number: 11780218
    Abstract: Based on evaporation of fountain solution from a rotating blanket cylinder to create an image that may be inked and printed, a digitally addressable heater array at or just below the blanket surface evaporates deposited fountain solution and forms a fountain solution latent image on the surface. The heater array has controllable heating elements (e.g., field effect transistors, thin film transistors) that provide a transient heat pattern on the surface to evaporate the fountain solution. Heat is generated by current flow in the heating elements, and power developed by the heating circuit is the product of source-drain voltage and current in the channel. Current may be supplied along data lines by an external voltage controlled by digital electronics to provide the desired heat at heating elements addressed by a specific gate line. The heater array may include a current return line that may be a 2-dimensional mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Street, Jengping Lu, Joerg Martini, David K. Biegelsen, Thomas Wunderer
  • Publication number: 20220236485
    Abstract: A mask material is deposited on a substrate or growth template. The substrate or growth template is compatible with crystalline growth of a crystalline optical material. Patterned portions of the mask material are removed to expose one or more regions of the substrate or growth template. The one or more regions have target shapes of one or more optical components. The crystalline optical material is selectively grown in the one or more regions to form the one or more optical components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Wunderer
  • Publication number: 20220152233
    Abstract: Methods and systems for disinfecting a surface, can include a light source, and a transparent window located above the light source. The light source can be integrated into an object, and an outer surface of the object can be located above the transparent window. Light from the light source can irradiate the outer surface through the transparent window and from within the object to disinfect the outer surface of the object. The light can comprise violet and ultraviolet (UV) light. A photocatalytic layer comprising a photocatalytic material may also be located above the transparent window and below the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Wunderer, Joerg Martini, Patrick Y. Maeda, Barbara Cromarty, Paloma Fautley
  • Patent number: 11226537
    Abstract: An optical device has a first optical layer with a first dispersion response as a first function of wavelength. A second optical layer has a second dispersion response as a function of wavelength that is different than the first function. A separating layer is located between the first and second optical layers and has a lower refractive index than the first layer and the second layer. A thickness of the separating layer is selected such that the first and second dispersion responses combine to create an anomalous dispersion about a target wavelength. The anomalous dispersion results in the optical device emitting a wideband coherent optical output about the target wavelength in response to an optical input at the target wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Eshaghian Dorche, Thomas Wunderer, Noble M. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20220005938
    Abstract: A transistor includes a first layer comprising a group III-nitride semiconductor. A second layer comprising a group III-nitride semiconductor is disposed over the first layer. A third layer comprising a group III-nitride semiconductor is disposed over the second layer. An interface between the second layer and the third layer form a polarization heterojunction. A fourth layer comprising a group III-nitride semiconductor is disposed over the third layer. An interface between the third layer and the fourth layer forms a pn junction. A first electrical contact pad is disposed on the fourth layer. A second electrical contact pad is disposed on the third layer. A third electrical contact pad is electronically coupled to bias the polarization heterojunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Wunderer, Jengping Lu, Noble M. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20210391692
    Abstract: A method of forming a laser involves forming, on a substrate, a first epitaxial part of the laser that includes at least an active region layer surrounded by first and second waveguide layers. A dielectric layer is formed over the first epitaxial part. Two or more mask openings are patterned within the dielectric layer. The mask openings extend normal to a light-propagation direction of the laser and are spaced apart in the light-propagation direction of the laser. A second epitaxial part of the laser is formed in the mask openings using selective area epitaxy. The second epitaxial part includes a refractive grating with three-dimensional grating features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas Wunderer
  • Publication number: 20210360923
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous biocide composition, containing the following components: (a) 9 wt. % to 20 wt. % 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, (b) a dissolved alkalizing agent, containing 0.95 to 1.05 mol sodium and potassium hydroxide, each based on one mol of the 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one present as component (a), and (c) more than 60 wt. % water. The biocide composition is characterized in that the composition: (i) has a pH value in the range of pH 9.5 to pH 11.9, and (ii) the molar fraction of sodium ions, based on the sodium and potassium ions present in the composition, is in the range of 15 to 45 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: THOR GMBH
    Inventors: Rudiger Baum, Thomas Wunder, Hans-Jurgen Schmidt, Peter Erich Hahn
  • Patent number: 11133649
    Abstract: A laser includes an active region surrounded by first and second waveguide layers. Two or more mask openings are formed within a dielectric layer on a surface parallel to the active region. A refractive grating is formed on the dielectric mask openings and includes three-dimensional grating features spaced apart in the light-propagation direction of the laser. The refractive grating provides modulation of a real part of the effective refractive index of the laser and modulation of the imaginary part is provided by modulation of the current flow through the mask openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas Wunderer