Patents by Inventor Nicolas Clavier

Nicolas Clavier 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).

  • Process for preparing a metal oxide powder, process for manufacturing a metal oxide pellet, powder and pellet as obtained according to these processes and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10347383
    Abstract: A process is provided for preparing a powder of an oxide of at least one metal, each metal having an oxidation number between (III) and (VI). This process comprises successively and in this order: (a) reacting, with a compound comprising a hydroxide, an aqueous solution comprising, for each metal, at least one salt of the cation of said metal, (b) separating the precipitate obtained, (c) contacting the separated precipitate with an organic protic polar solvent, (d) removing the organic protic polar solvent by vacuum drying the precipitate. A process is further provided for manufacturing a pellet of an oxide of at least one metal as well as to a powder and to a pellet obtained according to these processes and to uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique et al Energies Alternatives, Orano Cycle
    Inventors: Julien Martinez, Fabienne Audubert, Nicolas Clavier, Nicolas Dacheux
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING A METAL OXIDE POWDER, PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A METAL OXIDE PELLET, POWDER AND PELLET AS OBTAINED ACCORDING TO THESE PROCESSES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160329112
    Abstract: A process is provided for preparing a powder of an oxide of at least one metal, each metal having an oxidation number between (III) and (VI). This process comprises successively and in this order: (a) reacting, with a compound comprising a hydroxide, an aqueous solution comprising, for each metal, at least one salt of the cation of said metal, (b) separating the precipitate obtained, (c) contacting the separated precipitate with an organic protic polar solvent, (d) removing the organic protic polar solvent by vacuum drying the precipitate. A process is further provided for manufacturing a pellet of an oxide of at least one metal as well as to a powder and to a pellet obtained according to these processes and to uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Julien Martinez, Fabienne Audubert, Nicolas Clavier, Nicolas Dacheux