Patents by Inventor Francois Favre
Francois Favre 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).
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Patent number: 9259015Abstract: A fat blend comprises: (i) a first fat having a solid fat content at 25° C. of at least 75% and comprising combined SOS and SSO fats in an amount of greater than 86% by weight, wherein S is saturated fatty acid having from 16 to 18 carbon atoms and O is oleic acid; and (ii) a second fat having a SOS content of greater than 75% by weight and a StOSt content of greater than 70% by weight. The fat blend has a solid fat content at 20° C. of greater than 80% and a solid fat content at 35° C. of less than 5%. The fat blend is useful as a cocoa butter replacer.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2011Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, Jeanine Werleman, Thomas Louis François Favre
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Patent number: 9161553Abstract: A process for interesterifying a vegetable oil comprises treating the vegetable oil by contacting the vegetable oil with a natural adsorbent to give a pH in the range of from 6 to 8, separating the oil from the adsorbent and reacting the treated oil in the presence of an enzymatic catalyst for interesterification.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Thomas Louis François Favre, Krishnadath Bhaggan
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Patent number: 8986941Abstract: A process for preparing a triglyceride composition comprising from 50 to 80% by weight StOSt and from 5 to 20% by weight StOO comprises reacting triolein with stearic acid in the presence of a 1,3-specific lipase from Rhizopus oryzae to form interesterified glycerides and fractionating the interesterified triglycerides.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Thomas Louis François Favre, Henry Kos, Krishnadath Bhaggan, Sylvain Jacques Fages
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Patent number: 8986772Abstract: Confectionery compositions, suitable for fillings, comprise one or more confectionery additives selected from sugar, cocoa powder, milk powder, yoghurt powder, flavoring and emulsifier, together with a fat blend comprising: (i) polyunsaturated fatty acid residues in an amount of greater than 40% by weight based on total fatty acid residues in the fat blend; (ii) S2U triglycerides in an amount of between 10 and 50% by weight based on the weight of the fat blend, wherein S is a saturated fatty acid residue having 12-24 carbon atoms and U is an unsaturated fatty acid residue having 12-24 carbon atoms; and (iii) H2M+M2H triglycerides in an amount of less than 5% by weight based on the weight of the fat blend, wherein H is a saturated fatty acid residue having at least 16 carbon atoms and M is a saturated fatty acid residue having 8 to 14 carbon atoms; and wherein the fat blend has a content of trans fatty acid residues of less than 3% by weight based on total fatty acid residues in the fat blend, a content of digType: GrantFiled: July 18, 2008Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Thomas Louis Francois Favre, Hendrikus Slager, Imro 'T Zand, Frederick William Cain, Yvonne Hildering
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Method and system for locating a person and medium comprising instructions for performing the method
Patent number: 8476897Abstract: A method for localizing a person in surroundings equipped with fixed electrical appliances includes measuring an electromagnetic field radiated by one or more of these fixed electrical appliances with a magnetometer carried by the person, identifying a fixed appliance operating near the magnetometer by comparing the measured field with pre-recorded magnetic signatures. Each pre-recorded magnetic signature is associated with an electrical appliance present in the surroundings. The person is then localized at least in part based on pre-recorded items of information that correspond to localization, in the surroundings, of the fixed electrical appliance as identified by its magnetic signature.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Francois Favre-Reguillon, Roland Blanpain, Franck Vial -
Publication number: 20130149414Abstract: A process for interesterifying a vegetable oil comprises treating the vegetable oil by contacting the vegetable oil with a natural adsorbent to give a pH in the range of from 6 to 8, separating the oil from the adsorbent and reacting the treated oil in the presence of an enzymatic catalyst for interesterification.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Thomas Louis François Favre, Krishnadath Bhaggan
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Patent number: 8390274Abstract: This method for determining a person's activity in surroundings equipped with electrical appliances that are switchable, in response to a command from the person, between an ‘on’ mode and an ‘off’ mode, wherein the method comprises: the measuring of the magnetic field produced by one of the electrical appliances by means of a magnetometer carried by the person, the identifying of the electrical appliance in ‘on’ mode in proximity to the magnetometer by comparing the measured magnetic field with the pre-recorded magnetic signatures of these electrical appliances in ‘on’ mode, and the determining of the activity of the person on the basis of a pre-recorded activity identifier associated with the electrical appliance identified as being in ‘on’ mode on the basis of its magnetic signature.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Francois Favre-Reguillon, Roland Blanpain, Franck Vial
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Publication number: 20130052326Abstract: A fat blend comprises: (i) a first fat having a solid fat content at 25° C. of at least 75% and comprising combined SOS and SSO fats in an amount of greater than 86% by weight, wherein S is saturated fatty acid having from 16 to 18 carbon atoms and O is oleic acid; and (ii) a second fat having a SOS content of greater than 75% by weight and a StOSt content of greater than 70% by weight. The fat blend has a solid fat content at 20° C. of greater than 80% and a solid fat content at 35° C. of less than 5%. The fat blend is useful as a cocoa butter replacer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, Jeanine Werleman, Thomas Louis François Favre
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Publication number: 20120191408Abstract: System for counting an elementary displacement of a person, comprising a casing and fixing means for securely tying said casing to a part of the body of said person, comprising: a magnetometer with at least one measurement axis; and calculation means adapted for performing, for each measurement axis, the scalar product of at least one temporal mask and of the component of the signal along the measurement axis over the duration of said mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2010Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES, MOVEAInventors: Christelle Godin, Sébastien Dauve, François Favre Reguillon, Anthony Larue, Yanis Caritu, Sébastien Riccardi, Cyrille Soubeyrat, Bruno Flament, Aurélien Mayoue
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Publication number: 20120052539Abstract: A process for preparing a triglyceride composition comprising from 50 to 80% by weight StOSt and from 5 to 20% by weight StOO comprises reacting triolein with stearic acid in the presence of a 1,3-specific lipase from Rhizopus oryzae to form interesterified glycerides and fractionating the interesterified triglycerides.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Thomas Louis François Favre, Henry Kos, Krishnadath Bhaggan, Sylvain Jacques Fages
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Publication number: 20110063074Abstract: This method for determining a person's activity in surroundings equipped with electrical appliances that are switchable, in response to a command from the person, between an ‘on’ mode and an ‘off’ mode, wherein the method comprises: the measuring of the magnetic field produced by one of the electrical appliances by means of a magnetometer carried by the person, the identifying of the electrical appliance in ‘on’ mode in proximity to the magnetometer by comparing the measured magnetic field with the pre-recorded magnetic signatures of these electrical appliances in ‘on’ mode, and the determining of the activity of the person on the basis of a pre-recorded activity identifier associated with the electrical appliance identified as being in ‘on’ mode on the basis of its magnetic signature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: Commissariat a I'energie atomique et aux energies alternativesInventors: Francois Favre-Reguillon, Roland Blanpain, Franck Vial
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Publication number: 20110062947Abstract: This method for localizing a person in surroundings equipped with fixed electrical appliances comprises: the measuring of an electromagnetic field radiated by one or more of these fixed electrical appliances by means of a magnetometer carried by the person to be localized, the identifying of the fixed electrical appliance operating in proximity to the magnetometer by comparing the measured magnetic field with pre-recorded magnetic signatures, each pre-recorded magnetic signature being associated with a respective electrical appliance present in the surroundings, and localizing the person from pre-recorded items of information on the localization in the surroundings of the fixed electrical appliance identified by its magnetic signature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: Commissariat a I'energie atomique et aux energies alternativesInventors: Francois Favre-Reguillon, Roland Blanpain, Franck Vial
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Publication number: 20100215811Abstract: Confectionery compositions, suitable for fillings, comprise one or more confectionery additives selected from sugar, cocoa powder, milk powder, yoghurt powder, flavouring and emulsifier, together with a fat blend comprising: (i) polyunsaturated fatty acid residues in an amount of greater than 40% by weight based on total fatty acid residues in the fat blend; (ii) S2U triglycerides in an amount of between 10 and 50% by weight based on the weight of the fat blend, wherein S is a saturated fatty acid residue having 12-24 carbon atoms and U is an unsaturated fatty acid residue having 12-24 carbon atoms; and (iii) H2M+M2H triglycerides in an amount of less than 5% by weight based on the weight of the fat blend, wherein H is a saturated fatty acid residue having at least 16 carbon atoms and M is a saturated fatty acid residue having 8 to 14 carbon atoms; and wherein the fat blend has a content of trans fatty acid residues of less than 3% by weight based on total fatty acid residues in the fat blend, a content of diType: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2008Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventors: Thomas Louis Francois Favre, Hendrikus Slager, Imro 'T Zand, Frederick William Cain, Yvonne Hildering
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Patent number: 6487005Abstract: A long-distance optical transmission system comprising pulse emitter and receiver means (1, 2) and an optical line (3) which extends between said emitter and receiver means (1, 2) and which comprises alternating segments (3a, 3b) of dispersive fibers having chromatic dispersion of opposite signs, and also having a plurality of amplifiers (4), the system being characterized in that the optical line (3) comprises a plurality of pairs of dispersive fiber segments (3a, 3b) having chromatic is dispersion of opposite signs between successive amplifiers (4), and in that the cumulative dispersion C over the majority of the segments of the optical line satisfies the relationship (R)|C|&Dgr;&ngr;2<0.3 where C is expressed in ps/nm and where &Dgr;&ngr; is the half-height spectral value of the pulses expressed in Thz.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2001Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: France TelecomInventors: Thierry Georges, Daniel Le Guen, Francois Favre
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Publication number: 20010048546Abstract: A long-distance optical transmission system comprising pulse emitter and receiver means (1, 2) and an optical line (3) which extends between said emitter and receiver means (1, 2) and which comprises alternating segments (3a, 3b) of dispersive fibers having chromatic dispersion of opposite signs, and also having a plurality of amplifiers (4), the system being characterized in that the optical line (3) comprises a plurality of pairs of dispersive fiber segments (3a, 3b) having chromatic dispersion of opposite signs between successive amplifiers (4), and in that the cumulative dispersion C over the majority of the segments of the optical line satisfies the relationshipType: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2001Publication date: December 6, 2001Applicant: France TelecomInventors: Thierry Georges, Daniel Le Guen, Francois Favre
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Patent number: 5421389Abstract: In order to minimize the disturbance to the occupants of the vehicle as a sult of the noises given off by the tires of the vehicle, the tires have treads provided with "V"-shaped directional tread patterns and are mounted "vertex to the rear" on the front axle of the vehicle and "vertex to the front" on the rear axle of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1993Date of Patent: June 6, 1995Assignee: Compagnie General des Etablissements Michelin - Michelin & CieInventors: Francois Favre, Didier Martin
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Patent number: 5347527Abstract: This invention relates to a continuously tunable external cavity light source and a process for adjusting the source. The source includes a laser, a diffraction grating placed on the laser's axis that together with the laser forms an external cavity, and an arm rigidly connected to the diffraction grating and having a mobile end permanently in contact with a slide plane perpendicular to the laser's optical axis. The source is tuned by shifting the diffraction grating. Fine adjustment of the slide plane is achieved by simultaneously rotating the grating and measuring the emissive power of the source as a function of the grating rotation. The number of jumps of the emissive power is counted with respect to the current injected, fine adjustment means are used in accordance with result of the count, and the counting and fine adjustment steps are repeated until the result of the count is zero.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1993Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Assignee: France TelecomInventors: Francois Favre, Daniel Le Guen