Patents by Inventor Ursula Muller
Ursula Muller 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).
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Patent number: 9271963Abstract: The invention relates to compounds for selectively inhibiting human corticosteroid synthases CYP1 1 B1 and CYP1 1 B2, and to the production and use thereof for treating hypercortisolism, diabetes mellitus, hyperaldosteronism, cardiac insufficiency, myocardial fibrosis, depression, age-related cognitive decline and metabolic syndrome.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: UNIVERSITAT DES SAARLANDESInventors: Rolf Hartmann, Marieke Voets, Ursula Müller-Vieira
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Patent number: 8523221Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag module (18) with a tear strip (13) for specific opening of a seat cover (20) under which the airbag module (18) is to be mounted, wherein a plurality of tear strips (13) is provided. Furthermore, the invention relates to a seat with one such airbag module and also to a manufacturing apparatus and to an assembly method for one such airbag module.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Faurecia Autositze GmbHInventor: Ursula Müller
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Patent number: 8426104Abstract: Negative-working imageable elements can be imaged and processed to provide lithographic printing plates. These imageable elements are sensitive to infrared radiation but are insensitive to “white” light and thus can be more easily handled under white light conditions. These properties are possible by incorporating a filter dye having a ?max of from about 300 to about 500 nm into the imageable layer of the imageable elements.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Christopher D. Simpson, Ursula Müller, Harald Baumann, Udo Dwars
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Patent number: 8119331Abstract: Radiation-sensitive element comprising a substrate and a radiation-sensitive coating comprising (a) at least one component selected from photoinitiators and sensitizer/coinitiator systems which absorbs radiation of a wavelength in the range of 250 to 1,200 nm; (b) at least one free-radical polymerizable oligomer A having an average molecular weight in the range of 3,500 to 9,000 determined by GPC, obtainable by reacting a triisocyanate with (i) at least one acrylic or methacrylic monomer with two free OH groups and at least one (meth)acrylic group and (ii) at least one compound comprising one OH group, at least one (meth)acrylic group and at least one poly(alkyleneoxide) chain in the molecule, wherein the (meth)acrylic monomer (i) is present in an amount of 2 to 20 mole-%, based on the total amount of (meth)acrylic compounds with OH functionality.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2007Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Kodak Graphic Communications GmbHInventors: Harald Baumann, Bernd Strehmel, Udo Dwars, Ursula Muller
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Publication number: 20120038131Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag module (18) with a tear strip (13) for specific opening of a seat cover (20) under which the airbag module (18) is to be mounted, wherein a plurality of tear strips (13) is provided. Furthermore, the invention relates to a seat with one such airbag module and also to a manufacturing apparatus and to an assembly method for one such airbag module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2009Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: INOVA GmbHInventors: Helmut Müller, Ursula Müller
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Publication number: 20120015295Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor has a substrate and an infrared radiation-sensitive composition comprising a polymeric binder, a free radical polymerizable system consisting of at least one polymerizable component, a compound capable of absorbing infrared radiation, and an initiator system comprising an iodonium salt that is capable of producing free radicals; and at least 1% and up to and including 10% by weight, based on the infrared-sensitive composition, of at least one mono- or polycarboxylic acid having an aromatic moiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Heidi M. Munnelly, Paul Richard West, Hans-Joachim Timpe, Ursula Muller, Jianbing Huang
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Publication number: 20110086202Abstract: Negative-working imageable elements can be imaged and processed to provide lithographic printing plates. These imageable elements are sensitive to infrared radiation but are insensitive to “white” light and thus can be more easily handled under white light conditions. These properties are possible by incorporating a filter dye having a ?max of from about 300 to about 500 nm into the imageable layer of the imageable elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Inventors: Christopher D. Simpson, Ursula Müller, Harald Baumann, Udo Dwars
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Publication number: 20090221591Abstract: The invention relates to compounds for selectively inhibiting human corticosteroid synthases CYP1 1 B1 and CYP1 1 B2, and to the production and use thereof for treating hypercortisolism, diabetes mellitus, hyperaldosteronism, cardiac insufficiency, myocardial fibrosis, depression, age-related cognitive decline and metabolic syndrome.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2006Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: Universitat Des SaarlandesInventors: Rolf W. Hartmann, Marieke Voets, Ursula Müller-Vieira
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Patent number: 7560221Abstract: Lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: a) an untreated or pretreated substrate and b) a radiation-sensitive coating comprising: (i) at least one polymeric binder soluble or swellable in aqueous alkaline developers; (ii) at least one free-radical polymerizable monomer and/or oligomer comprising at least one non-aromatic C—C double bond and at least one SH group in the molecule; and (iii) a radiation-sensitive initiator or initiator system for free-radical polymerization, wherein component (ii) has the formula (I) wherein each R1a, R1b and R1c is independently selected from H, C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C8 alkenyl, aryl, halogen, CN and COOR1d, wherein R1d is H, C1-C18 alkyl, C2-C8 alkenyl, C2-C8 alkynyl or aryl; and Z is an aliphatic, heterocyclic or heteroaromatic spacer or a combination of two or more thereof, wherein Z can optionally comprise one or more additional SH groups and/or one or more additional non-aromatic C—C double bonds; and each Z1 is independently selected from a single bond, formulae (Ia),Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2005Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Kodak Graphic Communications GmbHInventors: Hans-Joachim Timpe, Ursula Muller
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Patent number: 7553607Abstract: Lithographic substrate comprising (a) a dimensionally stable plate- or foil-shaped support, (b) an aluminum oxide layer provided on at least one side of the support (a), and (c) a hydrophilic layer applied onto the aluminum oxide layer comprising at least one phosphono-substituted siloxane of the general formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2005Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Kodak Graphic Communications, GmbHInventors: Ulrich Fiebag, Hans-Joachim Timpe, Ursula Muller
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Publication number: 20090105278Abstract: The invention relates to compounds for selectively inhibiting human corticosteroid syntheses CYP11B1 and CYP11B2, to the production thereof and to their use for treating hypercortisolism and diabetes mellitus or insufficiency of the heart and myocardial fibrosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2005Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: Universitat Des SaarlandesInventors: Rolf Hartmann, Sarah Ulmschneider, Ursula Muller-Viera, Rita Bernhardt, Mattas Bureik
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Publication number: 20090011363Abstract: Radiation-sensitive element comprising a substrate and a radiation-sensitive coating comprising (a) at least one component selected from photoinitiators and sensitizer/coinitiator systems which absorbs radiation of a wavelength in the range of 250 to 1,200 nm; (b) at least one free-radical polymerizable oligomer A having an average molecular weight in the range of 3,500 to 9,000 determined by GPC, obtainable by reacting a triisocyanate with (i) at least one acrylic or methacrylic monomer with two free OH groups and at least one (meth)acrylic group and (ii) at least one compound comprising one OH group, at least one (meth)acrylic group and at least one poly(alkyleneoxide) chain in the molecule, wherein the (meth)acrylic monomer (i) is present in an amount of 2 to 20 mole-%, based on the total amount of (meth)acrylic compounds with OH functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: Harald Baumann, Bernd Strehmel, Udo Dwars, Ursula Muller
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Publication number: 20080160444Abstract: Lithographic substrate comprising (a) a dimensionally stable plate- or foil-shaped support, (b) an aluminum oxide layer provided on at least one side of the support (a), and (c) a hydrophilic layer applied onto the aluminum oxide layer comprising at least one phosphono-substituted siloxane of the general formula (I)Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2005Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS GMBHInventors: Ulrich Fiebag, Hans-Joachim Timpe, Ursula Muller
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Publication number: 20070184381Abstract: Radiation-sensitive element comprising (a) an optionally pretreated substrate and (b) a radiation-sensitive coating consisting of a composition comprising (i) one or more types of monomers and/or oligomers and/or polymers, each comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated group accessible to a freeradical polymerization, (ii) at least one radiation-sensitive initiator or initiator system for free-radical polymerization absorbing radiation selected from the wavelength range of 300 to 1,200 nm; and (iii) at least one silsesquioxane comprising at least one substituent with at least one ethylenically unsaturated group each; applied onto the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2005Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventors: Ursula Muller, Hans-Joachim Timpe
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Publication number: 20070148583Abstract: Lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: a) an untreated or pretreated substrate and b) a radiation-sensitive coating comprising: (i) at least one polymeric binder soluble or swellable in aqueous alkaline developers; (ii) at least one free-radical polymerizable monomer and/or oligomer comprising at least one non-aromatic C—C double bond and at least one SH group in the molecule; and (iii) a radiation-sensitive initiator or initiator system for free-radical polymerization, wherein component (ii) has the formula (I) wherein each R1a, R1b and R1c is independently selected from H, C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C8 alkenyl, aryl, halogen, CN and COOR1d, wherein R1d is H, C1-C18 alkyl, C2-C8 alkenyl, C2-C8 alkynyl or aryl; and Z is an aliphatic, heterocyclic or heteroaromatic spacer or a combination of two or more thereof, wherein Z can optionally comprise one or more additional SH groups and/or one or more additional non-aromatic C—C double bonds; and each Z1 is independently selected from a single bond, formulae (Ia),Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2005Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Hans-Joachim Timpe, Ursula Muller
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Patent number: 7183039Abstract: Initiator system comprising: (a) at least one substance capable of absorbing IR radiation, (b) at least one compound capable of forming free radicals, and (c) at least one 1,4-dihydropyridine derivative of the formula (I)Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2004Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Hans-joachim Timpe, Tobias Wittig, Jianbing Huang, Ursula Muller
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Publication number: 20060130689Abstract: Heat-sensitive element comprising (a) an optionally pre-treated substrate (b) a positive working heat-sensitive coating comprising (i) at least one novolak resin, (ii) at least one component which reduces the aqueous alkaline developer solubility of novolak, wherein said reduction in solubility is reversed upon the application of heat, and (iii) at least one acidic polyvinyl acetal comprising the structural units (A), (B), (C) (A) (B) (C) and (D) wherein (D) is at least one unit selected from (D-1), (D-2), and (D-3): (D-1) (D-2) (D-3) wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group, R2 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C18 alkyl group, R3 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group, R4 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group, R5 is —COOH, —(CH2)a—COOH, —O—(CH2)a—COOH, —SO3H, —PO3H2 or —PO4H2, a is an integer from 1 to 8, and X is selected from —(CR6R7)n— and —CR8?CR9— wherein n is an integer of 1 to 6, each R6 and R7 is independently selected from a hydrogen atom and C1-C6 alkyl group, and R8 and R9 are indepenType: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2003Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicant: Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLCInventors: Ursula Muller, Celin Savariar-Hauck, Hans-Joachim Timpe
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Patent number: 6884568Abstract: The use of certain mercapto compounds as shelf life improvers for infrared-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursors is disclosed. The compounds are five-membered heteroaromatic rings containing a nitrogen atom and at least one other heteroatom, which can be oxygen, sulfur, or another nitrogen atom, such that two ring heteroatoms are bonded to a ring carbon bearing a thiol group.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2002Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Kodak Polychrome Graphics, LLCInventors: Hans-Joachim Timpe, Tobias Wittig, Ursula Müller
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Patent number: 6864040Abstract: The present invention relates to IR-sensitive compositions containing an initator system comprising: (a) at least one compound capable of absorbing IR radiation selected from triarylamine dyes, thiazolium dyes, indolium dyes, oxazolium dyes, cyanine dyes, polyaniline dyes, polypyrrole dyes, polythiophene dyes and phthalocyanine pigments (b) at least one compound capable of producing radicals selected from polyhaloalkyl-substituted compounds (c) at least one polycarboxylic acid represented by the following formula I wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of O, S and NR7, each of R4, R5 and R6 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, aryl which is optionally substituted, —COOH and NR8CH2COOH, R7 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, —CH2CH2OH, and C1-C5 alkyl substituted with -COOH, R8 is selected from the group consisting of —CH2COOH, —CH2OH and —(CH2)2N(CH2COOH)2 and r is 0, 1, 2 or 3 with the proviso that at least one of R4, R5, RType: GrantFiled: April 11, 2001Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLCInventors: Ursula Müller, Tobias Wittig, Hans-Joachim Timpe
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Publication number: 20040259027Abstract: The present invention provides an infrared-sensitive composition including an initiator system comprising: (a) an infrared absorbing compound; (b) a radical producing compound; and (c) a carboxylic acid co-initiator compound. In some embodiments of the invention, the co-initiator is a monocarboxylic acid. In other embodiments of the present invention, the co-initiator is a polycarboxylic acid. The infrared-sensitive composition further includes a polymeric binder and a free radical polymerizable system consisting of at least one member selected from unsaturated free radical polymerizable monomers, oligomers which are free radical polymerizable, and polymers containing C═C bonds in the back bone and/or in the side chain groups. In some embodiments of the present invention, the acid number of the polymeric binder is 70 mg KOH/g or less. The present invention further provides a printing plate precursor, a process for preparing the printing plate and a method of producing an image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventors: Heidi M. Munnelly, Paul Richard West, Hans-Joachim Timpe, Ursula Muller, Jianbing Huang