Patents by Inventor Werner Zucker

Werner Zucker 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: 20120059786
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for matching data network resources with an appropriate group of concepts of an ontology has the steps of, receiving a request indicating at least one expert field, providing at least one data network resource of the expert field having at least one tag and an ontology of the expert field having at least one concept, determining a minimum spanning tree of the concepts in the ontology corresponding to the tags of the data network resources and returning the concepts of the selected minimum spanning tree in response to the received request. The data network resources is matched thematically related to concepts of an ontology to the concepts of an ontology without knowing the exact terms used in the concepts and vice versa. It can be used by experts to search resources created by laymen using their expert terms without the need to know these terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Walter Christian Kammergruber, Werner Zucker
  • Publication number: 20040022898
    Abstract: A method for preparing drinks by the exclusive processing of sea water, and to a corresponding drink. No foreign substances need be added to produce the drinks. The contents in sodium, manganese, potassium and calcium are adjusted as required. Certain trace elements that are characteristic of sea water, such as strontium, nitrites, nitrates, phosphates, aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, cesium, lead, mercury and uranium are substantially removed. Positive trace elements such as, for example, zinc, may remain in the liquid in higher concentrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventor: Werner Zucker