Patents by Inventor Werner Wolf

Werner Wolf 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).

  • Publication number: 20220260309
    Abstract: A dispenser (1) for dispensing chilled beverage containers (2), in particular beverage cans, having: a housing (3) with a rear-side insertion opening (12) for inserting beverage containers (2) and a front-side removal element (6) which has a support surface (14) for the frontmost beverage container (2), an inner wall (31) projecting upwards from said surface and comprising a curved contact region (30) for the outer wall of the frontmost beverage container (2), and an upper removal opening (7) for removing the frontmost beverage container (2); a guide channel (10) with two lateral surfaces (20, 21) and a sliding surface (11) sloping downwards towards the front for conveying the upright beverage containers (2) from the rear-side receiving opening (12) into the front-side removal element (6); and a chiller device (9) for chilling the beverage containers (2), the chiller device (9) having two lateral chiller surfaces (28) substantially parallel with the lateral surfaces (20, 21) of the guide channel (10), and sai
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Werner Wolf, Kurt Hofer
  • Publication number: 20220241216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transdermal therapeutic system for the transdermal administration of an active agent comprising an active agent-containing layer structure, said active agent-containing layer structure comprising: A) a backing layer; B) an active agent-containing layer comprising at least one acrylic polymer; C) a skin contact layer; and wherein the skin contact layer is an adhesive layer comprising a silicone gel adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Marco EMGENBROICH, Peter KLAFFENBACH, Nico REUM, Gabriel WAUER, Patrick MOHR, Anna SCHLÜTER, Hans-Werner WOLF
  • Publication number: 20220241215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transdermal therapeutic system for the transdermal administration of an active agent comprising an active agent-containing layer structure, said active agent- containing layer structure comprising: A) a backing layer; B) an active agent-containing layer comprising at least one silicone-containing polymer; C) a skin contact layer; and wherein the skin contact layer is an adhesive layer comprising a silicone gel adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Marco EMGENBROICH, Peter KLAFFENBACH, Nico REUM, Gabriel WAUER, Patrick MOHR, Anna SCHLÜTER, Hans-Werner WOLF
  • Publication number: 20220225792
    Abstract: A dispenser (1) for dispensing elongate beverage containers (2), in particular beverage cans, having: a housing (3) with a cylindrical housing part (4), a rear-side insertion opening (12) for inserting beverage containers (2) and a front-side removal element (6), open at the top, for removing the frontmost beverage container (2); a guide channel (10) with a sliding surface (11) sloping downwards towards the front for conveying the upright beverage containers (2) from the rear-side receiving opening (12) into the front-side removal element (6); a chiller device (9) for chilling the beverage containers (2); a clamping device (34) for clamping in place an edge region (35) of an advertising film (33) on the exterior of the cylindrical housing part (4), the clamping device (34) having, on a long side of the cylindrical housing part (4), a clamping strip (36) comprising at least one ventilation opening (37) for dissipating heated air from the chiller device (9) to the surroundings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Werner Wolf, Kurt Hofer
  • Publication number: 20210000756
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transdermal therapeutic systems (TTS) for the transdermal administration of an active agent comprising an active agent-containing layer structure, said active agent-containing layer structure comprising A) a backing layer, B) an active agent-containing layer, wherein the active agent-containing layer comprises a therapeutically effective amount of the active agent and at least one silicone acrylic hybrid polymer, and C) a skin contact layer, wherein the skin contact layer comprises at least one silicone acrylic hybrid polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Marco EMGENBROICH, Gabriel WAUER, Michael LINN, Rolf BÖHM, Christoph SCHMITZ, Regine KAUFMANN, Hans-Werner WOLF, Nico REUM, Anna SCHLÜTER
  • Publication number: 20150153217
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system comprising a storage device for articles and a load state detection device, wherein the load state detection device comprises at least one weighing apparatus and at least one evaluating device, wherein the weighing apparatus is designed and configured to detect measured values representative of a weight of the storage device and the evaluating device is designed and configured to determine the weight of the storage device based on the measured values of the weighing apparatus. The weight of the storage device is determined when the measured values of the weighing apparatus are not affected by devices of the storage device. The present disclosure further relates to a computer network having at least one such storage device and to a method for determining a load state of a storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Red Bull GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Dillon, Philipp Herzog, Werner Wolf
  • Publication number: 20150145678
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer network comprising a storage facility, a data processing device, a data transmission device, and a server in operative connection with the storage facility. The storage facility comprises a load state detection device and a user detection device. The user detection device is configured to record a time period of at least one user in front of and/or in the vicinity of the storage facility. The load state detection device is configured to detect a removal of at least one article from the storage facility and/or loading of the storage facility with at least one article. Data acquired by the user detection device and/or the load state detection device of the storage facility can be transmitted to the server and/or can be retrieved from the server. The present disclosure also relates to a method for operating such a computer network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Red Bull GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Dillon, Philipp Herzog, Werner Wolf
  • Publication number: 20150068821
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a storage facility for articles, comprising at least one load state detection device and at least one user detection device. The user detection device is configured to record a time period of at least one user in front of the storage facility, a time period up to removal of at least one article from and/or loading of the storage facility with at least one article by the at least one user, and/or a time period of at least one user in front of the storage facility without removal from and/or loading of the storage facility. The load state detection device is configured to detect a loading of and/or removal from the storage facility. The present disclosure further relates to a computer network having at least one such storage facility and to a method for detecting usage of such a storage facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Dillon, Philipp Herzog, Werner Wolf
  • Patent number: 8396893
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide systems, methods, and software for unified configuration of multiple computer applications. Some embodiments include receiving input configuring a set of distinct computer applications in an application configuration environment. The application configuration environment may include a configuration repository that stores the settings of each distinct computer application. Such embodiments may further deploy the configuration settings from the configuration repository of the application configuration environment to at least one application execution environment including an instance of at least one of the set of distinct computer applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Joachim Gaffga, Juergen Sattler, Frank Markert, Robert Viehmann, Werner Wolf
  • Patent number: 8185992
    Abstract: A hand-guided device has a housing and a drive component with a drive element that is movable relative to the housing by way of a motor. A tool is releasably connectable to the drive element. In order to achieve a universal usability of the device by equipping it with various tools as well as with a different way of movement each, the drive element is eccentrically mounted in the drive component with an eccentricity and on the housing, a fixed bearing is disposed at a distance from the drive element for an optional cooperation with a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: QXR Cleaning Products GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Linsbichler, Werner Wolf
  • Patent number: 8135659
    Abstract: The present subject mater relates computer system configuration and, more particularly, to system configuration comparison to identify process variation. Various embodiments described herein include one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures to retrieve configuration information from a first system and a second system, apply a set of rules to the configuration information to identify process variants implemented in each of the first and second systems, and output a representation of process variant implementation differences between the first and second systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Joachim Gaffga, Juergen Sattler, Frank Markert, Robert Viehmann, Werner Wolf
  • Patent number: 8131644
    Abstract: The subject matter relates to software application collaboration and, more particularly, collaboration between software applications via formular updates. Some such embodiments include systems, methods, and software to receive a definition of a content item from a first party, wherein the content item is operable within an application of a second party to cause data to be exported by the second party's application in a manner that can be imported to an application of the first party. Some such embodiments further include sending the content item to the second party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Juergen Sattler, Joachim Gaffga, Werner Wolf, Robert Viehmann, Frank Markert
  • Patent number: 7921023
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system and method of receiving data indicates one or more software components included in a user's system landscape, receives a user's selection of a software component to be managed or customized, accesses the software component in response to the user's selection, receives a user's input relating to an alteration to be made to a feature or setting of the software component, and modifies one or more files associated with the software component to reflect the alteration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: SAP Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Guenther Theiss, Guenter Blattner, Werner Wolf, Stefan Hack, Michael Erhardt
  • Patent number: 7831568
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to configuring computer systems and, more particularly, to data migration. Various embodiments of the present subject matter provide systems, methods, and software to receive and store customer information including information detailing customer data from legacy applications. Some embodiments further determine a plan to migrate the customer data from the legacy applications to a target application as a function of the received customer information and the target application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Juergen Sattler, Joachim Gaffga, Werner Wolf, Robert Viehmann, Frank Markert
  • Patent number: 7831637
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to configuring computer systems. Some embodiments include storing, on a computing device, at least a subset of an application configuration dataset of a target application, and storing, on the computing device, at least a subset of an application transaction dataset of the target application. Some embodiments also include providing a configuration application on the computing device to receive data and data modifications within the configuration dataset and the transaction dataset of the target application and uploading received data modifications of the configuration dataset and the transaction dataset to an application configuration environment of the target application. These and other embodiments provide the ability to copy an application configuration, or a configuration of an application to be deployed, on to a portable computing device and configure an application while not connected to the application or an application configuration environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Juergen Sattler, Joachim Gaffga, Werner Wolf, Robert Viehmann, Frank Markert
  • Patent number: 7827528
    Abstract: The present subject mater relates to configuration of software applications and, more particularly, delta layering of software application content. The various embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, and software to store a first application instance in a first layer and modify the first application instance, wherein the modifying includes a modification to one or more items of first application instance content. Some embodiments further store the first application instance modifications in a second layer, wherein the second layer can be deployed to a second application instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Juergen Sattler, Joachim Gaffga, Werner Wolf, Robert Viehmann, Frank Markert
  • Patent number: 7823124
    Abstract: The present subject mater relates to configuration of software applications and, more particularly, a configuration transformation layer. The various embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, and software to instantiate a multilayer application, wherein each application layer includes configuration settings and executing a transformation engine to transform configuration settings between application layers as a function of one or more transformation schemas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Juergen Sattler, Joachim Gaffga, Werner Wolf, Robert Viehmann, Frank Markert
  • Publication number: 20100153443
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide systems, methods, and software for unified configuration of multiple computer applications. Some embodiments include receiving input configuring a set of distinct computer applications in an application configuration environment. The application configuration environment may include a configuration repository that stores the settings of each distinct computer application. Such embodiments may further deploy the configuration settings from the configuration repository of the application configuration environment to at least one application execution environment including an instance of at least one of the set of distinct computer applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Joachim Gaffga, Juergen Sattler, Frank Markert, Robert Viehmann, Werner Wolf
  • Publication number: 20100082518
    Abstract: The present subject mater relates computer system configuration and, more particularly, to system configuration comparison to identify process variation. Various embodiments described herein include one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures to retrieve configuration information from a first system and a second system, apply a set of rules to the configuration information to identify process variants implemented in each of the first and second systems, and output a representation of process variant implementation differences between the first and second systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Joachim Gaffga, Juergen Sattler, Frank Markert, Robert Viehmann, Werner Wolf
  • Publication number: 20100024139
    Abstract: A hand-guided device has a housing and a drive component with a drive element that is movable relative to the housing by way of a motor. A tool is releasably connectable to the drive element. In order to achieve a universal usability of the device by equipping it with various tools as well as with a different way of movement each, the drive element is eccentrically mounted in the drive component with an eccentricity and on the housing, a fixed bearing is disposed at a distance from the drive element for an optional cooperation with a tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Johannes Linsbichler, Werner Wolf