Patents Assigned to C.N.R.
  • Publication number: 20120079768
    Abstract: A catalyst includes an olivine substrate on which an iron compound layer is deposited, produced by impregnating the olivine substrate with a solution including an iron salt, and then heat-treating. The catalyst is useful for steam-reforming tar, in particular in gaseous media from the steam gasification of biomass. Further, the catalyst can be used alone for catalyzing the steam gasification of organic compounds from biomass while limiting the amount of tar produced in the synthesized gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: Centre National DE La Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG
    Inventors: Alain Kiennemann, Claire Courson, Mirella Virginie
  • Patent number: 8149180
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves at a working frequency fT, that comprises a resonator with a filtering (49) coating that covers the major portion of the upper face of a reflector (22) located inside a cavity (36), the coating (40) being capable of removing all the electromagnetic waves having a frequency fT, and propagating in a direction parallel to the upper face of the reflector, without removing all the electromagnetic waves having a frequency fT and propagating in a direction perpendicular to the upper face of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Universite de Limoges
    Inventors: Marc Thevenot, Bernard Jecko, Thierry Monediere, Regis Chantalat, Cyrille Menudier, Patrick Dumon
  • Publication number: 20120076788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of cancer. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of c-cbl as a marker for the diagnosis and/or prognosis of cancer, and to the use of a c-cbl antagonist for the treatment of a cancer associated with resistance to apoptosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), Centre Leon-Berard, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1
    Inventors: Daniel Regnier, Serge Manie, Sadok Yakoub, Eric Tabone
  • Publication number: 20120053223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to at least one nucleic acid (i) comprising or consisting of or (ii) encoding a nucleic acid comprising or consisting of, a sequence selected from the group consisting of: 1) SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, and SEQ ID NO: 4, and 2) a sequence derived from SEQ ID NO: 1 to 4 by substitution deletion or insertion of at least one nucleotide, provided that a nucleic acid consisting of the sequence derived from SEQ ID NO: 1 to 4 is liable to induce HIV-1 expression in latent HIV-1-infected cells, for use as a medicament, in particular for treating retrovirus infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.R.S)
    Inventors: Monsef Benkirane, Robinson Triboulet, Christine Chable-Bessia, Yamina Bennasser, Daniel Latreille, Oussama Meziane, Pascal Barbry, Bernard Mari, Jacques Reynes
  • Patent number: 8118986
    Abstract: A method for determining the hydrodynamic radius for the constituents of an admixture, includes: (A) by separating capillary electrophoresis, the constituents of the admixture, leaving them within the capillary; (B) at one of the ends of the capillary obtained in this manner, containing, in different zones, the separated constituents, a detectable marker is injected in the region of a detection device which is placed at the side of the other end of the capillary; (C) a pressure difference is induced between the ends of the capillary in order to cause the various constituents separated in step (A) and finally the marker to migrate towards the outlet of the capillary; and (D) by analyzing the Taylor dispersion produced in step (C), the hydrodynamic radius is determined for each of the constituents, based on the detection time of the marker and the elution profile of each of the constituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Hervé Cottet, Thomas Le Saux
  • Publication number: 20120038916
    Abstract: A method and device is provided for characterizing microscopic elements. A source signal may be chopped by means of microsystems of opto-electromechanical elements (MOEMS), which gives rise to temporal modulation of the excitation signals. The method of characterizing microscopic elements involves propagating a dispersed light source signal, spatially chopping the spectrum of the source signal into at least two excitation signals having predetermined wavelengths ?i, coding the excitation signals, focusing the excitation signals in order to generate a sensor signal propagated towards a measurement zone, and analyzing an interaction signal issuing from the interaction of the sensor signal with the microscopic elements situated in the measuring space. The spatial chopping of the spectrum of the source light signal is performed by a microsystem of opto-electromechanical elements (MOEMS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicants: C.N.R.S. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de Limoges
    Inventors: Vincent Couderc, Philippe LeProux, Laurent LeFort, David Bouyge, Christelle Lesvigne-Buy, Aurelian Crunteanu Stanescu
  • Patent number: 8104329
    Abstract: The method comprises: causing a reference fluid (F2) having known rheological characteristics, and an unknown fluid (F1) to flow in parallel in a microchannel (126); identifying at least one data item representative of the interface (I) between these fluids in the parallel flow, and in particular the position of said interface; and determining the rheological characteristics of the unknown fluid, from the or each identified data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignees: Rhodia Chimie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Annie Colin, Galder Cristobal, Pierre Guillot, Mathieu Joanicot
  • Patent number: 8106050
    Abstract: The invention relates to pyrrolo[2,3b]-pyrazine derivatives having the general Formula (I) wherein R2 and R3 are identical or different and represent H, C1-C6 alkyl, said alkyl being a straight or branched-chain alkyl, which can be substituted, R6 is an optionally substituted aromatic cycle Ar or a cycloalkyl, said cycloalkyl being optionally substituted by an aryl group which can also be substituted, R7 is H, C1-C6 alkyl, (alk.)n-hal., CH2-CH?CH2, CH2-cycloalkyl, CH2-Ar, with “alk.” being a C1-C6 alkylene group, n being 1-6, Z is H or CH3. Application as active principle of pharmaceutical compositions, particularly for treating or preventing neurodegenerative disorders and proliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Laurent Meijer, Jean-Michel Vierfond, Yvette Mettey
  • Publication number: 20120021012
    Abstract: The present invention relates to SiC nanoparticles to be used in the context of cancer treatment, said nanoparticles preferably having a size less than 100 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.R.S), INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD DE LYON (UCBL)
    Inventors: Volodymyr Lysenko, Alain Geloen, Barbara Mognetti
  • Publication number: 20120018313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel biotracers, to a method for preparing same, and to a method for detecting the biotracers and for monitoring filtration systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N. R.S)
    Inventors: Christelle Guigui, Corinne Cabassud, Sandrine Alfenore, Stéphane Mathe, Laurence Soussan
  • Patent number: 8101171
    Abstract: The identification of compounds, strigolactones, having the ability to stimulate the growth and/or development of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM fungi). Such compounds are, for example, the natural strigolactones strigol, alectrol, sorgolactone, orobanchol, or their synthetic analogs GR7, GR24, Nijmegen-1, demethylsorgolactone. New ways of developing an agriculture that is more respectful of the environment, and permits the implementation, on a small or large scale, of advanced mycorrhization techniques aimed at optimizing the production of fungic inoculum, the use of AM fungi in soils or cultivation substrates, and intensifying the symbiotic interaction between these microorganisms and cultivated plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignees: Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Guillaume Becard, Christophe Roux, Nathalie Sejalon-Delmas, Virginie Puech, Sébastien Roy
  • Publication number: 20120010030
    Abstract: A surface marking method using a thermochromatic spin transition material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Azzedine Bousseksou, Lionel Salmon, Gabor Molnar, Saioa Cobo, Lionel Rechignat
  • Patent number: 8088892
    Abstract: A method for screening peptides with an aptamer library for determining inhibitors of any one of the proteins from the Rho-GEFs family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Anne Debant, Susanne Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20110317767
    Abstract: An encoding device for a flow of digital images comprises: a working memory (42) for already decoded image blocks data, a pilot (40), mounted to analyze an incidental flow of data of digital images, and arranged to determine data to be decoded of a current block, said data to be decoded being of the complete data type or of the parameters-data type, to store the complete data in the working memory (42) as already decoded image blocks data, and to call a decoding unit (48) with the parameters-data, the decoding unit (48) reacting to the reception of parameters-data by: selecting some already decoded image blocks, forming an approximation base, which borders the current block according to a selected rule, calculating an approximation of the current block, based on a linear algebraic function of the approximation base data, and storing in the working memory (42), for the current block, already decoded image blocks data derived from this approximation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: INRIA INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.R.S), UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1
    Inventors: Christine Guillemot, Jean-Jacques Fuchs, Laurent Guillo
  • Publication number: 20110303850
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel discriminating molecule family for neutron and gamma radiation, and to the preparation method thereof. Said molecules are also useful for detecting radiation (X, gamma, electrons, protons, ions), and thus for manufacturing radar, and industrial or medical dosimetry instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicants: Universite Louis Pasteur De Strasbourg, Centre National De La Receherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Remi Barillon, Ezeddine Bouajila, Laurent Douce, Jean-Marc Jung, Louise Stuttgé
  • Publication number: 20110306782
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for creating a Carbon-Carbon bond (C—C) or a Carbon-Heteroatom bond (C-HE) by reacting a compound carrying a leaving group with a nucleophilic compound carrying a carbon atom or a heteroatom (HE) that can substitute for the leaving group, creating a C—C or C-HE bond, wherein the reaction takes place in the presence of an effective quantity of a. a catalytic system comprising a ligand and at least a metal-based catalyst, such a metal catalyst being chosen among iron or copper compounds proviso that only a single metal is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.R.S)
    Inventors: Marc Taillefer, Ning Xia, Florian Monnier, Anis Tlili
  • Publication number: 20110300381
    Abstract: Novel aqueous dispersions of thermoplastic polymers suitable for generation of films, notably for the sizing of fibers for facilitating their handling and for making composite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicants: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S., CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Jean-Michel BERGERAT, Isabelle GIRAUD, Eric DANTRAS, Emile PEREZ, Colette LACABANNE
  • Publication number: 20110295441
    Abstract: A digital control device for a parallel PMOS transistor board, includes: an operative memory for digitally storing error data between a target voltage and a setpoint voltage as well as control data, each datum being provided with a time marker, a digital selected order filter (36) for computing setpoint incrementation data from error data in the operative memory selected based on input error data, and for storing the input error data with a corresponding time marker in the operative memory, and a control computer (38) for computing new control data from the control incrementation data and control data in the operative memory selected based on input error data and for storing the new control data in the operative memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicants: INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S)
    Inventors: Carlos Canudas De Wit, Carolina Albea Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20110279187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a resonator of the harmonic bulk acoustic resonator IIBAR type, comprising a piezoelectric transducer (6) clamped between two electrodes (4, 8) with a strong electroacoustic coupling, cut according to a first cutting angle ?1, and an acoustic substrate (10) with a working frequency acoustic quality coefficient at least equal to 5.1012, cut according to a second cutting angle ?2 with at least one shearing vibration mode. The transducer and the substrate are arranged in such a way that the polarisation direction of the shearing mode of the transducer and the polarisation direction of the shearing of the substrate are aligned, and the second cutting angle ?2 is such that the temperature coefficient of the frequency of the first order CTFB1 corresponding to the shearing mode and to the second cutting angle ?2 is zero with inversion of the sign thereof on either side of, or equal to, a bias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Sylvain Ballandras, Dorian Gachon
  • Publication number: 20110275740
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing submicronic particles of a thermoplastic polymer encapsulating nanoparticles, said submicronic particles being obtained by nanoprecipitation. The invention also relates to submicronic particles of a polymer encapsulating nanoparticles obtained by said method, and to the use of submicronic particles for making materials reinforced by nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicants: NANOLEDGE INC., ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE DE MONTPELIER, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Patrice Lucas, Francois Ganachaud, Julien Aubry, Malvina Vaysse