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Claus Grobe, Hamburg DE
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20090061222 | Multi-layer adhesive closure - The present invention relates to a multi-layer adhesive closure having a backing and an adhesive layer disposed over the full area beneath the backing, at least the following layers being disposed between backing and adhesive layer: a) a first layer applied not over the full area—marking layer; b) a second layer applied over the full area—contrast layer. It is proposed that an individual identifier be included for verification. | 03-05-2009 |
20090091457 | Multilayer Security Seal - The present invention relates to a multilayer security seal comprising a carrier and an adhesive layer arranged on the entire area underneath the carrier, the following layers being arranged between carrier and adhesive layer in any case: a) a first layer—marking layer—not applied to the entire area, b) a second layer—contrast layer—applied to the entire area. It is proposed that an individual identifier, which is at least partly provided in the composite, be contained for the purpose of verification. | 04-09-2009 |
Dr. Klaus Grobe, Planegg DE
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20130089319 | Optical Wavelength Division Multiplex (WDM) Transmission System - The present invention embraces an optical wavelength division multiplex (WDM) transmission system, especially a WDM passive optical network, typically including a central node having a first and a second WDM port and a remote node having a first and a second WDM port and a plurality of channel ports, the central node first WDM port being connected to the remote node first WDM port via a bidirectional single-fiber optical working path and the central node second WDM port being connected to the remote node second WDM port via a single-fiber bidirectional optical protection path, and a group of basic optical node units (ONU's) each of which is connected to a respective remote node channel port via a bidirectional optical ONU path, each ONU including an optical receiver for receiving a downstream optical channel signal and an optical tunable transmitter for creating an upstream channel signal. | 04-11-2013 |
Frederick Grobe, Buckfield, ME US
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20140042237 | Method for Use of Nozzle for Creating Geyser-Like Fountains By Combining Carbonated Soda and Small Objects - The present invention includes a nozzle for creating and controlling geysers erupting from carbonated soda bottles. The present invention also includes methods of starting and controlling soda geyser fountains including remote triggering and chain reaction geysers. The nozzle of the invention is used for combining ordinary carbonated soda and small objects. The small objects are typically candies, such as MENTOS. The combination of soda and small objects creates a reaction that rapidly releases carbon dioxide causing tall, geyser-like fountains of soda. The nozzle includes a base section for securing to a bottle of soda, a pin and chamber section for holding small objects, and a nozzle orifice for controlling fluid flow. | 02-13-2014 |
Gavin Q. Grobe, Boise, ID US
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20120223198 | ELECTRONIC STORAGE DEVICE MOUNTS - In one example, a mounting device includes a single piece screwless cradle for mounting an electronic storage device to a mounting plane. A method for tool-less installation of an electronic storage device is also provided. The method includes placing an electronic storage device into a single piece screwless cradle and pressing engagement features of the cradle into receptive features of the electronic storage device to join the cradle to the electronic storage device. The cradle and electronic storage device are slid over a mounting plane such the electronic storage device is disposed on a first surface of the mounting plane and an arm of the cradle is disposed on an opposite second surface of the mounting plane. | 09-06-2012 |
George L. Grobe, Ontario, NY US
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20160022860 | MINIMIZING BIOLOGICAL LIPID DEPOSITS ON CONTACT LENSES - Method for minimizing the sorption of tear lipids on frequent replacement, or extended-wear, contact lenses, the method comprising (a) contacting the contact lens selected from the group consisting of senofilcon A, lotrafilcon A, lotrafilcon B, and comfilcon A B with a lens care solution for a period of at least three hours to minimize the accumulation of tear lipids on the contact lens. The lens care solution comprises 0.5 ppm to 10 ppm α-[4-tris(2-hydroxyethyl)-ammonium chloride-2-butenyl]poly[1-dimethyl ammonium chloride-2-butenyl]-ω-tris(2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium chloride; citrate, citric acid or a mixture thereof; and 0.005 wt. % to 0.05 wt. % hyaluronic acid. The method also includes (b) inserting the soaked contact lens into one's eye, and (c) repeating steps (a) and (b). | 01-28-2016 |
Justin L. Grobe, Iowa City, IA US
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20150374698 | THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF PREECLAMPSIA - Compositions and methods for treating preeclampsia in a subject in need thereof are disclosed. | 12-31-2015 |
20150377876 | DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS TO PREDICT ONSET OF PREECLAMPSIA - Assays, kits, methods, and devices for diagnosing or predicting the likelihood of occurrence preeclampsia in a subject are disclosed. | 12-31-2015 |
Klaus Grobe, Planegg DE
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20110243559 | Optical Network Element and Optical Transmission System - The invention relates to an optical network element ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110274425 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PROTECTION IN AN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK AGAINST CONNECTION FAILURES - The invention relates to an optical communication network ( | 11-10-2011 |
20120131395 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING BIT ERRORS - An apparatus and method for reduction of bit errors in continuous data transmission via a data transmission medium comprising. The apparatus ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120251122 | Method of Operating an Optical Network Element and Optical Network Element - The invention relates to a method of operating a first optical network element ( | 10-04-2012 |
20120275786 | Optical Line Termination Node and Passive Optical Network - An optical line termination node has a first connection arrangement for connecting a working fibre, a second connection arrangement for connecting a protection fibre, a transceiver arrangement having first primary link and a first secondary link, and protection switching means configured for being switched either in a working operating state or in a protection operating state. | 11-01-2012 |
20120328293 | Remote Node and Network Architecture and Data Transmission Method for a Fiber-Optic Network, Especially for Low Bit-Rate Data Transmission - The invention relates to a remote node architecture for a fiber-optic network, especially for low bit-rate data transmission, the fiber-optic network comprising a central node and a plurality of remote nodes serially connected to each other or to the central node, respectively, the central node and the remote node being capable of communicating by means of digital optical signals created by the central node or a respective remote node, each digital optical signal comprising a data frame. | 12-27-2012 |
20130094857 | REMOTE NODE AND NETWORK ARCHITECTURE AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR A FIBER-OPTIC NETWORK, ESPECIALLY FOR LOW BIT-RATE DATA TRANSMISSION - A remote node architecture for a fiber-optic network, especially for low bit-rate data transmission, the fiber-optic network architecture comprises a central node and a plurality of remote nodes serially connected to each other or to the central node, respectively. The central node and the remote nodes are capable of communicating by means of digital optical signals created by the central node or a respective remote node, each digital optical signal comprising a data frame. The remote node comprises an optical connection network, a single transceiver device comprising an optical receiver unit and an optical transmitter unit, and an electronic controller device for controlling the transceiver device. The optical connection network defines a western optical connection port, an eastern optical connection port, an internal optical receiving port being connected to the optical receiver unit and an internal optical transmitting port being connected to the optical transmitter unit. | 04-18-2013 |
20130251364 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An optical transmission system method including generating for a tunable laser a pilot tone having an adjustable pilot tone frequency identifying a wavelength division multiplexing channel used by the tunable laser; multiplying the pilot tone with pilot tone data to provide a pilot tone data signal; supplying the pilot tone data signal and a high frequency data signal to the tunable laser generating an optical laser signal output by the tunable laser responsive to the supplied signals; transporting the optical laser signal to a central wavelength to locker; converting the received optical laser signal to provide a pilot tone data signal for wavelength division multiplexing channels demodulated to detect the pilot tone and the pilot tone data for each individual wavelength division multiplexing channel; and identifying the wavelength division multiplexing channel on the basis of the pilot tone frequency of the detected pilot tone and evaluating the pilot tone data. | 09-26-2013 |
20130336655 | Method of Operating a Primary Optical Node and a Secondary Optical Node - The invention relates to a method of operating a primary optical node, particularly an optical line terminal (OLT), for an optical communications system, wherein said OLT is configured to receive at least one upstream optical signal (uos) from at least one secondary optical node, particularly an optical networking unit (ONU), within at least a first wavelength range (wr | 12-19-2013 |
20140308041 | Optical Network Element and Optical Transmission System - The invention relates to an optical network element, particularly an optical line terminal, OLT, for transmitting and receiving signals wire an optical network that comprises at least one optical fiber link and at least one further optical network element. | 10-16-2014 |
20150030334 | Method, System, and Transceiver Device for Bi-Directionally Transmitting Digital Optical Signals Over an Optical Transmission Link - A method for bi-directionally transmitting digital optical signals over an optical transmission link in which a first optical transmit signal is created according to a first binary digital signal in such a way that the bit information of the first binary digital signal is included in first sections of the symbol interval of the first optical transmit signal. A second optical transmit signal is created by creating an optical wavelength reuse signal using the first optical transmit signal received at the second end of the optical transmission link, the optical wavelength reuse signal being modulated according to a second digital signal in such a way that the bit information of the second digital signal is included in second sections of the symbol interval of the first optical transmit signal received. | 01-29-2015 |
20150244494 | Passive Optical Network and Optical Line Terminal - A passive optical network comprises at least two optical line terminals (OLTs), a remote node (RN), and a plurality of optical node units (ONUs). Each OLT has a WDM working port, the RN has a number M WDM ports and a number N distribution ports, and each ONU has a communication port. Each OLT WDM working port is connected to a dedicated RN WDM port by a respective working feeder fiber, and each ONU communication port is connected to a dedicated RN distribution port by a respective distribution fiber. The RN comprises a passive optical filter device having a spectral and spatial filter property of an M×N arrayed waveguide grating and defining the M WDM ports and the N distribution ports. Each OLT communicates to a respective ONU using optical channel signals at a downstream wavelength defined by the passive optical filter device making up the RN. | 08-27-2015 |
20150318930 | Method and Tuning Device for Tuning a Tunable Optical Transmitter to a Predetermined Target Wavelength - A method for tuning a tunable optical transmitter to a target wavelength includes applying at least one tuning signal to the tunable optical transmitter to control the tunable optical transmitter to create an optical calibration signal according to nominal tuning information for the tunable optical transmitter. The optical calibration signal has a wavelength lying within a secure wavelength range, and the nominal tuning information is based on a nominal wavelength dependency for the tunable optical transmitter. The method also includes measuring a deviation between an actual wavelength dependency of the tunable optical transmitter and the nominal wavelength dependency, and determining calibration information based on that deviation. The calibration information is applied to determine a corrected nominal wavelength dependency from which target tuning information is determined. The tunable optical transmitter is controlled to create an optical channel signal according to the target tuning information. | 11-05-2015 |
20150381275 | Optical Coupler Device and an Optical Monitoring Device for Monitoring One or More Optical Point-to-Point Transmission Links - Disclosed is an optical coupler device, especially for monitoring purposes in an optical point-to-point transmission link, which includes a first, a second and a third optical port and is configured to transmit a first optical signal received at the first optical port to the second optical port and to transmit a second optical signal received at the second optical port to the first and third optical port according to a monitoring split ratio with respect to the optical power of the second optical signal, the first and second optical signal having a wavelength lying in a first optical band. The device is further configured to transmit a third and a fourth optical signal received at the third and the second optical port to the respective other optical port, the third and fourth optical signal having a wavelength lying in a second optical band. The device is controllable with respect to the monitoring split ratio and includes a control means adapted to receive a control signal. The control means controls the optical coupler device with respect to the monitoring split ratio such that in a first work the second optical signal is transmitted to the first optical port, only, and in a second work mode a major portion of the optical power of the second signal is transmitted to the first optical port and a minor portion of the optical power of the second signal is transmitted to the third optical port. | 12-31-2015 |
Klaus Grobe, Turkenfeld DE
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20100189442 | METHOD FOR THE PROTECTION OF A PASSIVE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK AS WELL AS A PASSIVE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK WITH A CORRESPONDING PROTECTION MECHANISM - The invention relates to a method for the protection of a passive optical transmission network comprising an optical line terminal (OLT) that is connected to at least one remote node to which a plurality of network termination nodes (ONU) is linked. Between each ONU and the OLT, a bidirectional optical signal transmission can be established, wherein the connection between the OLT and the one or more RNs is realized via a first bidirectional optical transmission route by means of which an optical wavelength-multiplexed signal is transmitted in the downstream direction from the OLT to the one or more RNs and in the upstream direction from the one or more RNs to the OLT. According to the invention, a second bidirectional optical transmission route is provided between the OLT and the one or more RNs, wherein, in the one or more RNs, the wavelength-multiplexed signal is fed in the upstream direction by means of a passive optical splitter unit both to the first optical transmission route and also to the second optical transmission route, and wherein, in the OLT, in the case of the detection of a fault state that suggests a negative effect on the first or second optical transmission route, it is switched to the other corresponding optical transmission route by means of an optical switch unit for transmitting the wavelength-multiplexed signal in the downstream direction and/or for receiving the wavelength-multiplexed signal in the upstream direction. This principle could also be applied analogously, according to the invention, to a ring-shaped linking of several RNs to an OLT. In addition, the invention relates to a passive optical transmission network in which this method is realized. | 07-29-2010 |
Klaus Grobe, Utting DE
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20110033188 | PLUGGABLE CONVERSION MODULE FOR A DATA TRANSPORT CARD OF A WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SYSTEM - A data transport card comprising an interface to receive high speed data streams from at least one client, and a pluggable conversion module which converts said data streams into optical data signals and couples these optical data signals into at least one wavelength division multiplexing channel for transport of said optical data signals via an optical fibre. | 02-10-2011 |
20110064409 | Optical Network Element, Optical Network, and Method of Operating an Optical Network - The invention relates to an optical network element ( | 03-17-2011 |
20110293265 | Optical Access Network, Secondary Network Side Termination Node of an Optical Access Network, and Method for Operating a Network Side Termination Node - An optical access network has a first and a second network-side termination node, the first including a first transceiver arrangement connected to a first optical link, configured to send a first signal to a customer side termination node including a transceiver for receiving the first signal, and the second including a second transceiver arrangement connected to a second optical link and configured for sending a second signal to a transceiver of a customer-side termination node via the second link. The transceiver of the customer side termination node has a loopback element emitting a monitoring signal back to the network side termination nodes. Both network-side termination nodes have a link failure detector receiving the monitoring signal. | 12-01-2011 |
Mark A. Grobe, Fort Payne, AL US
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20150028702 | ROTOR WINDING HAVING A BRAZE JOINT SPACED APART FROM STRESS CONCENTRATION - A winding for a rotor for use in an electrical generator utilized in the power generation industry. The winding includes a plurality of axial sections and a plurality of transversely oriented end arc sections. An integrated leg section extends from each end arc section to form an associated corner section at an intersection of each leg section and associated end arc section. Each leg section is affixed to an associated axial section at a joint that is spaced apart from an associated corner section such that the joint is not subjected to stress concentration which occurs at the associated corner section. | 01-29-2015 |
Volker Grobe, Weimar-Tiefurt DE
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20130146527 | FILTER ELEMENT FOR FILTERING FLUIDS - The invention relates to a filter element for filtering fluids, comprising a flat support structure which forms the wall of a support tube ( | 06-13-2013 |
20130146528 | FILTER ELEMENT FOR FILTERING FLUIDS - The invention relates to a filter element for filtering fluids, comprising a flat support structure which forms the wall of a support tube ( | 06-13-2013 |