Patents by Inventor Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela
Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela 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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Publication number: 20220031740Abstract: There is provided an invention relating to compositions and therapeutic uses of atomic quantum clusters (AQCs), in particular compositions consisting essentially of AQCs comprising 5 zero-valent transition metal atoms for use in the treatment of a cell proliferative disorder.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicants: NANOGAP SUB-NM-POWDER, S.A., UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELAInventors: David BUCETA FERNÁNDEZ, Fernando DOMÍNGUEZ PUENTE, Manuel Arturo LÓPEZ QUINTELA
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Patent number: 11149209Abstract: The present invention refers to process for oxidation of organosulfur compounds comprising metal AQCs having between 5 and 13 metal atoms as catalyst. Additionally, the present invention refers to the use of the metal AQCs having between 5 and 13 metal atoms as catalyst in the oxidation of organosulfur compounds and to a chemical composition comprising organosulfur compounds and metal AQCs having between 5 and 13 metal atoms.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignees: UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, NANOGAP SUB-NM-POWDER, S.A.Inventors: Manuel Arturo López Quintela, David Buceta Fernández
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Publication number: 20210197256Abstract: There is provided an invention relating to methods of purifying atomic quantum clusters, in particular those consisting of 3 or fewer zero-valent metal atoms. The invention also relates to compositions and uses of such compositions, for the treatment of cell proliferative disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: David BUCETA FERNANDEZ, Fernando DOMINGUEZ PUENTE, Manuel Arturo LOPEZ QUINTELA
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Patent number: 10968104Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining sheets of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide or mixtures thereof from the powder of said materials. Said sheets consist of a set of strips, wherein said strips consist of between one and five layers. Said layers are layers of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide or tungsten disulfide having a monoatomic or monomolecular thickness. The invention also relates to a method for coating a surface with sheets of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide or sheets of mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Universidade De Santiago De CompostelaInventors: Manuel Arturo López Quintela, Gagik Shmavon Shmavonyan, Carlos Vázquez Vázquez
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Publication number: 20200216762Abstract: The present invention refers to process for oxidation of organosulfur compounds comprising metal AQCs having between 5 and 13 metal atoms as catalyst. Additionally, the present invention refers to the use of the metal AQCs having between 5 and 13 metal atoms as catalyst in the oxidation of organosulfur compounds and to a chemical composition comprising organosulfur compounds and metal AQCs having between 5 and 13 metal atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Manuel Arturo LÓPEZ QUINTELA, David BUCETA FERNÁNDEZ
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Patent number: 10464047Abstract: The present invention discloses the use of a metal nanoparticle which comprises at least one semiconductor attached to it, wherein the at least one semiconductor is an atomic quantum cluster (AQC) consisting of between 2 and 55 zero-valent transition metal atoms, as photocatalysts in photocatalytic processes and applications thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELAInventors: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela, Jose Rivas Rey
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Publication number: 20190152783Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining sheets of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide or mixtures thereof from the powder of said materials. Said sheets consist of a set of strips, wherein said strips consist of between one and five layers. Said layers are layers of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide or tungsten disulfide having a monoatomic or monomolecular thickness. The invention also relates to a method for coating a surface with sheets of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide or sheets of mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Manuel Arturo LÓPEZ QUINTELA, Gagik SHMAVON SHMAVONYAN, Carlos VÁZQUEZ VÁZQUEZ
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Patent number: 9784680Abstract: The present invention relates to nanosystems comprising metal atomic quantum clusters (AQCs) of at least two different sizes encapsulated in a cavity with an inner diameter less than or equal to 10 nm for the use thereof as luminescent nanosystems, particularly for the use thereof as fluorescent nanosystems; as well as the method for obtaining and detecting them. The invention also relates to the use of said luminescent nanosystems as a fluorescent probe, biomarker or contrasting agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELAInventor: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela
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Patent number: 9718298Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of nanosystems as non deactivable security markers comprising metal atomic quantum clusters (AQCs) of at least two different size distributions encapsulated in a cavity with an inner diameter less than or equal to approximately 10 nm. These nanosystems are luminescence, particularly fluorescence after external excitation. The invention also relates to security documents, articles or elements incorporating these markers as well as to a method and a system for detecting the same.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: FABRICA NACIONAL DE MONEDA Y TIMBRE—REAL CASA DE LA MONEDA, NANOGAP SUB-NM POWDER, SOCIEDAD ANONIMAInventors: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela, Vicente Garcia Juez
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Patent number: 9421610Abstract: Stable atomic quantum clusters, AQCs, characterized by being composed of at least 500 metal atoms, its production process characterized by having a kinetic control and by maintaining a low concentration of reagents in the reaction medium, as well as the uses of these clusters as sensors (fluorescent, magnetic or chemical), electrocatalysts and as cytostatics and/or cytotoxics.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELAInventors: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela, Jose Rivas Rey
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Patent number: 9315380Abstract: The invention relates to the use of stable atomic quantum clusters (AQC) with antimicrobial activity. The stable AQCs include at least 500 metal atoms (Mn, n<500), the metals being selected from among Au, Ag, Co, Cu, Pt, Fe, Cr, Pd, Ni, Rh, Pb or bi- or multi-metallic combinations thereof. Said AQCs are used as antimicrobial agents, antifungal agents and biocides at concentrations of the order of between 1 nM and 100 nM or more in relation to atoms of the corresponding metal. The antimicrobial activity is specific to both the type of metal and size of cluster used.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELAInventors: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela, José Rivas Rey, María Carmen Blanco Varela
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Patent number: 9315687Abstract: The invention relates to conductive inks obtained by combining AQCs and metal nanoparticles. Atomic quantum clusters (AQCs), which melt at temperatures of less than 150° C., are used as low-temperature “flux” for the formulation of conductive inks. The combination of AQCs with bimodal and trimodal mixtures of nanoparticles of various sizes guarantees the elimination of free volumes in the final sintering of the nanoparticles in order to achieve electronic structures with very low resistivity (close to that of the bulk material) with low-temperature thermal treatments (<150° C.).Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignees: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, NanogapInventor: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela
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Patent number: 9302322Abstract: The present invention relates to nanocompounds comprising a charge-transfer complex of at least two different size metal atomic quantum clusters (AQCs) and the use thereof as luminescent nanocompounds, particularly for the use thereof as fluorescent nanocompounds; as well as the method for obtaining and detecting them.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: NANOGAP SUB NM POWDER, S.A.Inventor: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela
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Patent number: 9302523Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of nanocompounds as non deactivable security markers comprising a charge-transfer complex of at least two different size metal atomic quantum clusters (AQCs). These nanocompounds are luminescent, particularly fluorescent after external excitation. The invention also relates to security documents, articles or elements incorporating these markers as well as to a method and a system for detecting the same.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignees: FABRICA NACIONAL DE MONEDA Y TIMBRE—REAL CASA DE LA MONEDA, NANOGAP SUB-NM POWDER, SOCIEDAD ANONIMAInventors: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela, Vicente Garcia Juez
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Publication number: 20150321252Abstract: The present invention relates to nanocompounds comprising a charge-transfer complex of at least two different size metal atomic quantum clusters (AQCs) and the use thereof as luminescent nanocompounds, particularly for the use thereof as fluorescent nanocompounds; as well as the method for obtaining and detecting them.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: NANOGAP SUB NM POWDER, S.A.Inventor: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela
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Publication number: 20150316543Abstract: The present invention relates to luminescent complexes comprising a charged transfer complex of metal atomic quantum clusters (AQCs) of at least two different sizes and a biotin-binding molecule, preferably streptavidin, and the use thereof for the detection of biotinylated compounds. The invention also relates to the use of conjugates comprising a charged transfer complex of AQCs and a biomolecule and the use thereof for the detection of binding partners of the biomolecule in a sample based on the luminescent properties of the AQCs nanosystems.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela, Fernando Dominguez Puente, Jose Ma Jimeno Donaque
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Publication number: 20150306893Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of nanocompounds as non deactivable security markers comprising a charge-transfer complex of at least two different size metal atomic quantum clusters (AQCs). These nanocompounds are luminescent, particularly fluorescent after external excitation. The invention also relates to security documents, articles or elements incorporating these markers as well as to a method and a system for detecting the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicants: Fabrica Nacional De Moneda Y Timbre-Real Casa De La Moneda, Nanogap Sub-NM Powder, Sociedad AnonimaInventors: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela, Vicente Garcia Juez
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Publication number: 20140318980Abstract: The present invention discloses the use of a metal nanoparticle which comprises at least one semiconductor attached to it, wherein the at least one semiconductor is an atomic quantum cluster (AQC) consisting of between 2 and 55 zero-valent transition metal atoms, as photocatalysts in photocatalytic processes and applications thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela, Jose Rivas Rey
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Publication number: 20140103226Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of nanosystems as non deactivable security markers comprising metal atomic quantum clusters (AQCs) of at least two different size distributions encapsulated in a cavity with an inner diameter less than or equal to approximately 10 nm. These nanosystems are luminescence, particularly fluorescence after external excitation. The invention also relates to security documents, articles or elements incorporating these markers as well as to a method and a system for detecting the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicants: NANOGAP SUB-NM POWDER, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA, Fabrica Nacional De Moneda Y Timbre-Reeal Casa De La MonedaInventors: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela, Vicente Garcia Juez
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Publication number: 20140106465Abstract: The present invention relates to nanosystems comprising metal atomic quantum clusters (AQCs) of at least two different sizes encapsulated in a cavity with an inner diameter less than or equal to 10 nm for the use thereof as luminescent nanosystems, particularly for the use thereof as fluorescent nanosystems; as well as the method for obtaining and detecting them. The invention also relates to the use of said luminescent nanosystems as a fluorescent probe, biomarker or contrasting agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELAInventor: Manuel Arturo Lopez Quintela