Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Schafer

Wolfgang Schafer 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: 11746339
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul J. McEwan, Eric van der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
  • Publication number: 20210317422
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul J. McEwan, Eric van der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
  • Patent number: 10975361
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul McEwan, Eric Van Der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
  • Patent number: 10775416
    Abstract: A method for producing a contact spacing converter space transformer) which has electrical contacts that form electrical paths and in which a first contact spacing of the contacts is converted into a comparatively different, second contact spacing of the electrical contacts including producing at least one base part from each of at least some of the electrical contacts. At least a section of the base part is produced from plastic. The method subsequently includes metallization of at least the section of the base part that is produced from plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: FEINMETALL GMBH
    Inventors: Christian König, Jörg Burgold, Gunther Böhm, Wolfgang Schäfer
  • Patent number: 10611139
    Abstract: A method for producing at least one spring contact pin acting as an electrical contact, or a spring contact pin arrangement comprises at least one such spring contact pin. The following steps are provided: producing at least one base part of the spring contact pin, at least one section of said base part being made of plastic, and subsequently metallizing at least the section of the base part that is made of plastic. The invention also relates to a spring contact pin produced to according to said method, or a spring contact pin arrangement having at least one such spring contact pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: FEINMETALL GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg Burgold, Christian König, Wolfgang Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20180236758
    Abstract: A method for producing at least one spring contact pin acting as an electrical contact, or a spring contact pin arrangement comprises at least one such spring contact pin. The following steps are provided: producing at least one base part of the spring contact pin, at least one section of said base part being made of plastic, and subsequently metallizing at least the section of the base part that is made of plastic. The invention also relates to a spring contact pin produced to according to said method, or a spring contact pin arrangement having at least one such spring contact pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: FEINMETALL GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg BURGOLD, Christian KÖNIG, Wolfgang SCHÄFER
  • Publication number: 20180120353
    Abstract: A method for producing a contact spacing converter space transformer) which has electrical contacts that form electrical paths and in which a first contact spacing of the contacts is converted into a comparatively different, second contact spacing of the electrical contacts including producing at least one base part from each of at least some of the electrical contacts. At least a section of the base part is produced from plastic. The method subsequently includes metallization of at least the section of the base part that is produced from plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: FEINMETALL GMBH
    Inventors: Christian KÖNIG, Jörg BURGOLD, Gunther BÖHM, Wolfgang SCHÄFER
  • Patent number: 9863978
    Abstract: An electrical contacting device for electrical physical contact with a specimen, particularly wafers, taking place in a contacting direction, with at least one conductor substrate which can be electrically connected to a testing device, at least one contact distance transformer and at least one contact head having electrical contact elements, particularly resilient contact elements, preferably serving to compensate different physical contact distances existing in the contacting direction particularly at the contact elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: FEINMETALL GMBH
    Inventors: Gunther Böhm, Georg Steidle, Wolfgang Schäfer, Achim Weiland
  • Publication number: 20170067037
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul McEwan, Eric Van Der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
  • Publication number: 20160109483
    Abstract: An electrical contacting device for electrical physical contact with a specimen, particularly wafers, taking place in a contacting direction, with at least one conductor substrate which can be electrically connected to a testing device, at least one contact distance transformer and at least one contact head having electrical contact elements, particularly resilient contact elements, preferably serving to compensate different physical contact distances existing in the contacting direction particularly at the contact elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: FEINMETALL GMBH
    Inventors: Gunther BÖHM, Georg STEIDLE, Wolfgang SCHÄFER, Achim WEILAND
  • Patent number: 9315787
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: KAPA BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul McEwan, Eric Van Der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
  • Patent number: 8840986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to printing ink or printing lacquer containing non radiation-hardenable polycarbonate, preferably, aromatic, in particular as a binder and adhesion promoting components. According to the invention, the polycarbonate is present with radiation-hardening monomers, in particular dissolved therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Roland Künzel, Klaus Meyer, Norbert Kinzel, Wolfgang Schäfer, Martin Hauck
  • Publication number: 20140030765
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schafer, Paul McEwan, Eric Van Der Walt, John Foskett, William Bourn
  • Patent number: 8616101
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a product from strip tape includes a roll that draws off and separates a web of material. The web of material is severed into individual strips in cooperation with a multiple circular knife roll. A vacuum conveyor channel is associated with each strip. The vacuum conveyor channel is designed such that each strip is turned on its way to the channel or through the channel by about 90°. The end of the vacuum conveyor channel brings the strips together at one site to form a unit and at that site there are provided a guide and a transport device for the further transport to conversion equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
    Inventors: Detlev Neuland, Wolfgang Schafer, Hans-Rainer Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 8291798
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing small, thin sheets from an active-ingredient film (2), in which the latter is produced by casting the film material onto a substrate material or by coating a substrate material, storing it with or without substrate material on a reel, pulling it off the reel and cutting it. It achieves the object of designing a method of this type in such a way that with this method small sheets can be produced as exactly as possible in predetermined sizes. To do this, the active-ingredient film (2) is pulled off automatically, is separated from a substrate material which, if present, and in tensioned form, is fed to a cutting station and is cut, in the feed direction, into long, narrow strips (7) of predeterminable width, and the long strips (7) are brought together in the feed direction and together are fed by a further feed device (10) to a transverse cutter (11), which cuts through the combined long strips (7) at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schäfer, Ronald Hackbarth, Detlev Neuland
  • Patent number: 8220984
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a mixture of various bulk materials, comprising a weighing device that is carried by the framework of the apparatus. A weighing container is suspended or supported by the weighing device, and is adapted to receive a desired mixture of bulk material components from supply containers via an upper inlet. A mixing device extends from above into the weighing container and is driven by motor-transmission means that is mounted on the framework and is gravimetrically separate from the weighing container. The mixing device is permanently suspended on the motor-transmission means free of the weighing container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: INOEX GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Deters, Wolfgang Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20110117350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to printing ink or printing lacquer containing non radiation-hardenable polycarbonate, preferably, aromatic, in particular as a binder and adhesion promoting components. According to the invention, the polycarbonate is present with radiation-hardening monomers, in particular dissolved therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Roland Künzel, Klaus Meyer, Norbert Kinzel, Wolfgang Schäfer, Martin Hauck
  • Publication number: 20100224042
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing small, thin sheets from an active-ingredient film (2), in which the latter is produced by casting the film material onto a substrate material or by coating a substrate material, storing it with or without substrate material on a reel, pulling it off the reel and cutting it. It achieves the object of designing a method of this type in such a way that with this method small sheets can be produced as exactly as possible in predetermined sizes. To do this, the active-ingredient film (2) is pulled off automatically, is separated from a substrate material which, if present, and in tensioned form, is fed to a cutting station and is cut, in the feed direction, into long, narrow strips (7) of predeterminable width, and the long strips (7) are brought together in the feed direction and together are fed by a further feed device (10) to a transverse cutter (11), which cuts through the combined long strips (7) at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schäfer, Ronald Hackbarth, Detlev Neuland
  • Patent number: 7749417
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing small, thin sheets from an active-ingredient film (2), in which the latter is produced by casting the film material onto a substrate material or by coating a substrate material, storing it with or without substrate material on a reel, pulling it off the reel and cutting it. It achieves the object of designing a method of this type in such a way that with this method small sheets can be produced as exactly as possible in predetermined sizes. To do this, the active-ingredient film (2) is pulled off automatically, is separated from a substrate material which, if present, and in tensioned form, is fed to a cutting station and is cut, in the feed direction, into long, narrow strips (7) of predeterminable width, and the long strips (7) are brought together in the feed direction and together are fed by a further feed device (10) to a transverse cutter (11), which cuts through the combined long strips (7) at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schäfer, Ronald Hackbarth, Detlev Neuland
  • Publication number: 20090266038
    Abstract: The invention provides an interlinked device for producing sealed packaging units, with a clocked delivery device for web-like material, with a separating device for separating in each case at least one portion of the web-like material, with a clocked packaging device, and with a sealing device, the sum of the stoppage intervals per cycle of the delivery device differing from the sum of the stoppage intervals per cycle of the packaging device, and a method for producing such a packaging unit. For this purpose, the device comprises an intermediate conveyor device which, in the material flow, is arranged between the delivery device and the packaging device. An optical inspection device is also arranged on the intermediate conveyor device and used at least for geometric inspection of the separated portion. With the present invention, a device and a method are disclosed for producing packaging units in an interlinked device, in which the content of the packaging unit can be inspected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Wolfgang Schafer