Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Horner

Wilhelm Horner 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: 6997693
    Abstract: A casting mold half (5, 5a) for producing contact lenses comprises a mount (50) and an insert (51, 51a), which is arranged at one end of the mount (50) and can be connected to the mount (50) and which has a shaping surface (510) for the shaping of the front or rear surface of the contact lens to be produced. The insert (51, 51a) consists in the region of the shaping surface (510) of a material which is permeable to the energy crosslinking the starting material of the contact lens. Finally, a mask made of a material impermeable to the energy crosslinking the starting material is provided for spatially delimiting this energy. The mask comprises a separate surround (512) made of a material impermeable to the energy crosslinking the starting material of the contact lens, which surrounds the edge region of the shaping surface (510) of the insert (51, 51a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Hörner, Peter Hagmann
  • Patent number: 6627124
    Abstract: The invention tackles the problem of improving the production process for contact lenses further, so that the production costs for contact lenses can be reduced further and the production capacities can be increased. To this end, provision is made for the two mould halves, which together form the mould for producing a contact lens, to be fixed to each other and/or detachably connected to each other by means of individual half-mould guide. In conjunction with a cyclic production process, a high degree of automation can be achieved in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Peter Herbrechtsmeier, Peter Hagmann, Roger Biel, Axel Heinrich, Wilhelm Hörner, Egbert Jux, Anette Therese Lang-Schöll, Iris Jlona Leder-Brück, Achim Müller, Bernhard Seiferling, Werner Steffan
  • Publication number: 20030077350
    Abstract: A casting mold half (5, 5a) for producing contact lenses comprises a mount (50) and an insert (51, 51a), which is arranged at one end of the mount (50) and can be connected to the mount (50) and which has a shaping surface (510) for the shaping of the front or rear surface of the contact lens to be produced. The insert (51, 51a) consists in the region of the shaping surface (510) of a material which is permeable to the energy crosslinking the starting material of the contact lens. Finally, a mask made of a material impermeable to the energy crosslinking the starting material is provided for spatially delimiting this energy. The mask comprises a separate surround (512) made of a material impermeable to the energy crosslinking the starting material of the contact lens, which surrounds the edge region of the shaping surface (510) of the insert (51, 51a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Wilhelm Horner, Peter Hagmann
  • Patent number: 6197070
    Abstract: Fabrics are laundered in detergent compositions containing a mixture of &agr;-amylase enzymes to remove malodorous materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Wilhelm Hörner, Kristien Greta Govers
  • Patent number: 6017874
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a liquid detergent composition comprising a surfactant system which is free of linear alkyl benzene sulfonate. The detergent composition comprises a selected quaternary ammonium surfactant, and an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkyl alkoxy sulfates and alkyl sulfates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dimitris Lappas, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Thomas Wilhelm Horner
  • Patent number: 5935271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions containing a lipolytic enzyme (lipase) and specially selected primary and/or tertiary amines. The compositions provide enhanced cleaning of grease/oil soils and stains, particularly when used in a pre-treat laundering process for cleaning fabrics stained with grease/oil soils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dimitris Lappas, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Thomas Wilhelm Horner, Robert Walter Boswell
  • Patent number: 5252056
    Abstract: A contact lens casting mould includes two casting mould halves. A concave shaping surface (11) is constructed on a female part (1) and a convex shaping surface (21) on a male part (2). When joined together, the two casting mould halves (1 and 2) adhere by frictional connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Wilhelm Horner, Peter Hofer, Peter Hagmann