Patents by Inventor Tim Hofmann

Tim Hofmann 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: 12273390
    Abstract: Applications supporting operations of an autonomous vehicle fleet can be implemented on and supported by cluster infrastructure. These applications have endpoints where data traffic runs in and out of these applications. Securing access to these endpoints can prevent unauthenticated and unauthorized access to these endpoints and the protected resources accessible through these endpoints. Securing access to these endpoints, managing entitlements and security policies, and maintaining security systems that can enforce the security policies are not trivial tasks. One solution addresses some of these challenges by offering a simple frontend for users to define the entitlements and security policies, leveraging an open source security solution, and ensuring backwards compatibility to other security solutions in the cluster infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Nitish Krishna Kaveri Poompatnam Chandrasekaran, Roman Porter, Jeremy Erickson, Tim Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20240291866
    Abstract: Applications supporting operations of an autonomous vehicle fleet can be implemented on and supported by cluster infrastructure. These applications have endpoints where data traffic runs in and out of these applications. Securing access to these endpoints can prevent unauthenticated and unauthorized access to these endpoints and the protected resources accessible through these endpoints. Securing access to these endpoints, managing entitlements and security policies, and maintaining security systems that can enforce the security policies are not trivial tasks. One solution addresses some of these challenges by offering a simple frontend for users to define the entitlements and security policies, leveraging an open source security solution, and ensuring backwards compatibility to other security solutions in the cluster infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Nitish Krishna Kaveri Poompatnam Chandrasekaran, Roman Porter, Jeremy Erickson, Tim Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20230332100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of meroxapols, also called “reverse poloxamers”, as cell culture media additives. The meroxapols are suitable for foam reduction as well as for shear stress protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Alice ANTONELLO, Tim Hofmann, Almut RAPP