Patents Assigned to CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
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Patent number: 11738869Abstract: A device (10) for dropping fragile products (5) comprising:—a storage means (4) for storing said products, comprising a discharge means (4a) for discharging said products, —a means for distributing the fragile products comprising at least one cavity (1a, 1b) provided in the surface of a support (2), the support being capable of assuming at least two positions, a first position in which the at least one cavity is located opposite and at a distance from said discharge means and can be filled with fragile products, and a second position in which said cavity is spaced apart from said discharge means and can be emptied, said device further comprising a flexible means (3) for bringing the discharge means with the at least one cavity into communication in order to fill said cavity with fragile products.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour Le DeveloppementInventors: Jérémy Bouyer, Momar Talla Seck, Geoffrey Gimonneau
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Patent number: 11065321Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a vaccine composition comprising a bacterial strain with a deleted or inactive ntrX gene.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT (CIRAD)Inventors: Damien Meyer, Jonathan Gordon, Nathalie Vachiery, Dominique Martinez
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Publication number: 20200215172Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a vaccine composition comprising a bacterial strain with a deleted or inactive ntrX gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT (CIRAD)Inventors: Damien Meyer, Jonathan Gordon, Nathalie Vachiery, Dominique Martinez
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Publication number: 20190141946Abstract: The invention concerns a device (10) for dropping fragile products (5) comprising: —a storage means (4) for storing said products, comprising a discharge means (4a) for discharging said products, —a means for distributing the fragile products comprising at least one cavity (1a, 1b) provided in the surface of a support (2), the support being capable of assuming at least two positions, a first position in which the at least one cavity is located opposite and at a distance from said discharge means and can be filled with fragile products, and a second position in which said cavity is spaced apart from said discharge means and can be emptied, said device further comprising a flexible means (3) for bringing the discharge means with the at least one cavity into communication in order to fill said cavity with fragile products.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le DeveloppementInventors: Jérémy Bouyer, Momar Talla Seck, Geoffrey Gimonneau
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Patent number: 9798300Abstract: A process for controlling a unit for torrefaction of biomass particles including: measurement of a mean diameter of the biomass particles; as a function of the mean diameter, calculation of a maximum torrefaction temperature for which the ratio of a characteristic time of the torrefaction to a characteristic time of the heat transfer at the level of the particles is equal to a minimum value; adjusting the torrefaction temperature to a value less than or equal to the maximum torrefaction temperature; adjusting the torrefaction time to a value such that the final yield by weight of the torrefaction is equal to a predefined target value.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENTInventors: Timothee Nocquet, Jean-Michel Commandre, Capucine Dupont
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Patent number: 9480639Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for extracting phenolic compounds with low molecular weights from olive fruit water; the invention also relates to compositions enriched with phenolic compounds including at least 40% of dry matter, said dry matter consisting of at least 30% hydroxytyrosol; the invention also relates to a method for drying said compositions by spraying using grape polyphenol extracts as a drying medium as well as to powders titrated with phenolic compounds of olives and grapes obtained after drying.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignees: Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Developpement (CIRAD), GRAP'SUD, Centre International d'Etudes Superieures en Sciences Agronomiques (Montpellier Sup Agro)Inventors: Nelly Urban, Manuel Dornier, Dominique Pallet, Max Reynes
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Patent number: 8206908Abstract: The invention provides a combination of target genes that are useful as genetic markers for the strain-specific detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium. The invention also provides diagnostic methods using said combination of markers.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2006Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignees: Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Developpement (Cirad), Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Roger Frutos, Nathalie Vachiery, Thierry Lefrancois, Conception Ferraz, Jacques Demaille, Dominique Martinez
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Patent number: 7919436Abstract: The invention provides genes that are unique either to Ehrlichia ruminantium strain Gardel or to Ehrlichia ruminantium strain Welgevonden, or allelic couples which are present in both strains but whose sequences differ between the two strains, as genetic markers to differentiate between these two strains. The invention also provides diagnostic methods using these genetic markers.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2004Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignees: Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement (CIRAD), Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Roger Frutos, Conception Ferraz, Jacques Demaille, Dominique Martinez
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Patent number: 7510852Abstract: Three gene clusters that together encode albicidin biosynthesis, the complete gene DNA sequences, and the deduced protein sequences for the enzymes and methods for using the DNA sequences are disclosed and discussed as well as methods for plant protection and creating new antibiotics. The novel Albicidin family of antibiotics is disclosed and their structure deduced.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2003Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignees: Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement (CIRAD), University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Monique Royer, Dean W. Gabriel, Roger Frutos, Philippe Rott
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Patent number: 5598266Abstract: A device for detecting defects (2, 3) in fibrous materials (4, 22) includes members (16, 17) for squeezing the material against a film (1), a separating member (24) downstream of the squeezing members for separating the fibrous material from the film, and an opto-electronic sensor (6) downstream of the separating member for imaging the film and defects. An image processing assembly (26, 44) is electrically connected to the output of the imaging assembly for sensing and counting the marks left on the film by the defects. A member (25) is provided for moving the film relative to the opto-electronic sensor. Various optical systems, particularly polarizers (9, 10), may be incorporated into the device.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 1995Date of Patent: January 28, 1997Assignee: Le Centre De Cooperation Internationale En Recherche Agronomique Pour Le Developpement (CIRAD)Inventor: Georges Cornuejols