Patents Assigned to CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS
  • Methods of producing composite zeolite catalysts for heavy reformate conversion into xylenes
    Patent number: 10723630
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite zeolite catalyst includes combining a silicon source and an aqueous organic structure directing agent having a polyamino cation compound to form a silica intermediary gel, introducing an aluminum precursor to the silica intermediary gel to form a catalyst precursor gel, evaporating water in the catalyst precursor gel to form a catalyst gel, and heating the catalyst gel to form a composite zeolite catalyst particle having an intergrowth region with a mixture of both Beta crystals and ZSM-5 crystals. An associated method of making xylene includes feeding heavy reformate to a reactor, the reactor containing the composite zeolite catalyst, and producing xylene by simultaneously performing dealkylation and transalkylation of the heavy reformate in the reactor, where each composite zeolite catalyst particle is able to catalyze both the dealkylation and transalkylation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Universitat Politecnica De Valencia, Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
    Inventors: Mohamed Elanany, Raed Abudawoud, Avelino Corma Canos, M. Teresa Portilla Ovejero, Vicente J. Margarit Benavent, M. Teresa Navarro Villalba, M. Cristina Martinez Sanchez, Ibrahim M. Al-Zahrani, Khalid A. Al-Majnouni
  • PET imaging device for observing the brain
    Patent number: 10716520
    Abstract: The invention relates to a PET imaging device for observing the brain, characterised by comprising a structure with a shape that is capable of accommodating a human head, having independent gamma-ray detection modules, said detection modules having continuous scintillation crystals with a polygonal main section, wherein all together the detection modules form a hollow three-dimensional structure that can surround the head, and with said three-dimensional structure being elongated and having a main axis in the direction corresponding to the forehead-nape direction and a shorter axis in the direction corresponding to the straight line joining the ears, and with the adjacent scintillation crystals fitting together laterally in a precise manner along their entire thickness, forming a mosaic-like structure, i.e. without leaving gaps and without overlapping with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: General Equipment for Medical Imaging, S.A., Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politècnica de València
    Inventors: José Maria Benlloch Baviera, Antonio Javier González Martínez, Laura Moliner Martínez, Juan Vicente Catret Mascarell, Carlos Correcher Salvador
  • Pixel circuit for detecting time-dependent visual data
    Patent number: 10721423
    Abstract: A pixel circuit for detecting time-dependent visual data includes a photo sensing device detecting a light intensity and generating a signal representing the detected light intensity. The pixel circuit further includes: a voltage amplifier configured for amplifying the signal representing the detected light intensity and generating an amplified signal, the amplified signal being generated by taking into account a control signal which shifts an input voltage offset of the voltage amplifier; a hysteresis comparing module configured for comparing the amplified signal to at least one threshold value and to a reference value and for generating at least one output signal based on the comparison; and a feedback control module configured for generating the control signal of the voltage amplifier based on the at least one output signal generated by the hysteresis comparing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: PROPHESEE, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
    Inventors: Thomas Finateu, Bernabé Linares Barranco, Teresa Serrano Gotarredona, Christoph Posch
  • SUPERCONDUCTING LOGIC ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20200227617
    Abstract: A superconducting logic element includes a superconducting tunnel junction including first and second superconductors. First and second insulating ferromagnets in contact with the first and second superconductors, respectively, generate by magnetic proximity effect a predetermined density of spin-split states in the first and second superconductors, respectively. A writing element applies a writing current to at least a superconductor and is in contact with one of the first or second insulating ferromagnets, so that the first and second insulating ferromagnets commute, by the magnetic field generated by the applied writing current, between a state with parallel magnetization to a state with antiparallel magnetization with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicants: CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS (CSIC), UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO (UPV)
    Inventors: Francesco GIAZOTTO, Elia STRAMBINI, Giorgio DE SIMONI, F. Sebastian BERGERET SBARBARO
  • Synthesis of zeolite with the CHA crystal structure, synthesis process and use thereof for catalytic applications
    Patent number: 10703638
    Abstract: Disclosed is a synthesis process of a crystalline material with the CHA structure, which comprises the following steps: i) Preparation of a mixture that comprises one source of water, one source of a tetravalent element Y, one source of an alkaline or alkaline earth cation (A), one source of a trivalent element X, and one organic molecule (OSDA1) with the structure [R1R2R3R4N+]Q?, being the molar composition: n X2O3:YO2:a A:m OSDA1:z H2O, ii) crystallisation of the mixture obtained in i) in a reactor, iii) recovery of the crystalline material obtained in ii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universitat Politècnica de València
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Manuel Moliner Marín, Nuria Martín García
  • Synthesis of zeolite with the CHA crystal structure, synthesis process and use thereof for catalytic applications
    Patent number: 10703639
    Abstract: Disclosed is a synthesis process of a crystalline material with the CHA structure, which comprises the following steps: i) Preparation of a mixture that comprises one source of water, one source of a tetravalent element Y, one source of an alkaline or alkaline earth cation (A), one source of a trivalent element X, and one organic molecule (OSDA1) with the structure [R1R2R3R4N+]Q?, being the molar composition: n X2O3:YO2:a A:m OSDA1:z H2O, ii) crystallisation of the mixture obtained in i) in a reactor, iii) recovery of the crystalline material obtained in ii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universitat Politècnica de València
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Manuel Moliner Marín, Nuria Martín García
  • Use of a photosensitive agent capable of producing reactive oxygen species in the production of a drug for the photodynamic therapy of a disease related to stem cells, in vitro use, and pharmaceutical composition
    Patent number: 10695428
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a photosensitive agent, or the precursor thereof, capable of producing reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the production of a drug that can be used for the photodynamic therapy (PDT)-based treatment of a disease related to a patient's stem cells, preferably epidermal stem cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
    Inventors: Jesus Espada Regalado, Elisa Carrasco Cerro, María Inmaculada Calvo Sanchez, Alfonso Blazquez-Castro, Angeles Juarranz De La Fuente
  • Fusion proteins comprising an aldolase enzyme joined to a maltose binding protein
    Patent number: 10683493
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an enzyme consisting of a fusion protein particularly useful as shown through-out the present invention for carrying out the carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction known as the aldol Reaction, preferably for carrying out an aldol reaction by using aldehydes as substrates and preferably pyruvate or a salt thereof, for producing hydroxyketoacids. Said enzyme is made by binding an aldolase to a maltose binding protein. The enzymes display full activity under “highly denaturing” substrate loadings (aldehydes, >1 M).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignees: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DARMSTADT, SUSTAINABLE MOMENTUM, S.L.
    Inventors: Pedro Clapés Saborit, Karel Hernández Sánchez, Jesús Joglar Tamargo, Jordi Bujons Vilás, Wolf-Dieter Fessner, Pablo Domínguez De María
  • Direct synthesis of Cu-CHA by means of combining a Cu complex and tetraethylammonium and applications in catalysis
    Patent number: 10676367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the direct synthesis of a material with a CHA zeolite structure in the silicoaluminate form thereof containing copper atoms, which comprises at least the following steps: (i) Preparation of a mixture which contains at least one water source, one copper source, one polyamine, one source of Y tetravalent element, one source of X trivalent element, the tetraethylammonium cation as the only OSDA and one source of alkaline or alkaline earth (A) cations, and wherein the synthesis mixture has the following molar composition: YO2:aX2O3:bOSDA:cA:dH2O:eCu:fpolyamine (ii) Crystallization of the mixture obtained in (i) in a reactor; (iii) Recovery of the crystalline material obtained in (ii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universitat Politècnica de València
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Manuel Moliner Marín, Nuria Martin Garcia
  • MODIFIED IMMUNIZATION VECTORS
    Publication number: 20200172926
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to recombinant vectors and methods for using the same. In certain embodiments, the recombinant vectors are immunogenic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona acting for and on behalf of Arizo, Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas, IPPOX Foundation
    Inventors: Giuseppe Pantaleo, Thierry Calandra, Alexandre Harari, Thierry Roger, Mario Esteban, Bertram Jacobs, Karen Kibler, Cornelius Melief, Rafick-Pierre Sekaly, Elias El Haddad, James Tartaglia
  • Device for extracting three-dimensional information from X-ray images of an object, method for calibrating said device, and method for generating said X-ray images
    Patent number: 10672145
    Abstract: Device for extracting three-dimensional information from radiographic images of an object; process for calibrating said device; and process for generating said radiographic images includes an X-ray emitter and an X-ray sensor. A contour sensor represents contour points of an object by means of the radiation emitted or reflected by the object. The device also has a calibration framework with X-ray markers, and contour markers. The processes are based on taking contour and X-ray images of the calibration framework, first without an object of study and subsequently with one, taking into account the information provided by the markers, and the fact that the contour sensor is placed in the same manner with respect to the X-ray emitter in all the images taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC), UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Albiol Colomer, Alberto Corbi Bellot, Celso Bellot Romero, Alberto Albiol Colomer
  • Method for obtaining the absorption position, mass and rigidity of a particle
    Patent number: 10670447
    Abstract: A method for obtaining the absorption position, mass and rigidity of a particle deposited on the surface of a resonator based on the relative change in the resonance frequency of said resonator in 3 or 4 flexural vibration modes. The rigidity of the particles is of great interest in the study of cells and other biological compounds that change state without significantly changing the mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: NANODREAMS, S.L., CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
    Inventors: Oscar Malvar Vidal, Jose Jaime Ruz Martinez, Priscila Monteiro Kosaka, Montserrat Calleja Gomez, Francisco Javier Tamayo De Miguel
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING FIBERS EMBEDDED IN A COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20200165525
    Abstract: A method for recovering fibers embedded in a composite material including loading a furnace chamber with a volume of the composite material; thermolyzing the composite material in the furnace chamber, resulting in a gaseous fraction that is continuously evacuated from the furnace chamber, and a residue of fibers covered with char that is left in the furnace chamber; cracking the gaseous fraction from the thermolyzing operation, resulting in a mixture of condensable and non-condensable gases that can be recycled; injecting a stream of an oxygen-containing gas into the still hot furnace chamber after the thermolyzing is completed therein, to burn the char from the fibers in an exothermic combustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicants: THERMAL RECYCLING OF COMPOSITES, S.L., CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS (CSIC)
    Inventors: Roger GRAU GARCIA, Ferran GRAU GARCIA, Oriol GRAU GARCIA, Felix Antonio LOPEZ GOMEZ, Olga RODRIGUEZ LARGO
  • Method for the direct synthesis of Cu-containing silicoaluminate material with the AEI zeolite structure, and the catalytic applications thereof
    Patent number: 10646826
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new method for preparing the copper-containing silicoaluminate form of the AEI zeolite structure by means of a direct synthesis methodology. This new process involves combining a organometallic copper-complex with an additional organic molecule capable of directing the crystallization of the silicoaluminate form of the AEI zeolite structure as organic structure-directing agents (OSDAs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universitat Politècnica de València
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Manuel Moliner Marín, Nuria Martín García
  • Method for detecting circulating cells in superficial body fluids
    Patent number: 10639012
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring circulating cells in superficial body fluids by means of high-frequency-based device. The method can be used for detecting circulating cells in the fluids of an individual without the necessity of extracting a sample of the individual, being useful as a diagnostic tool and for monitoring the effectiveness of a treatment administered to an individual suffering from a viral, protozoal, fungal and/or bacterial disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC), FUNDACION PARA EL CONOCIMIENTO MADRI+D, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Luis Elvira Segura, Oscar Martinez Graullera, Shiva Kant Shukla, Francisco Montero, Javier Jimenez, Ian Richard Butterworth, Brian Anthony, John Lee Haeseon, Carlos Castro Gonzalez
  • Pradimicin derivatives for the treatment of diseases caused by kinetoplastids
    Patent number: 10610538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of novel pradimicins and analogues and derivatives thereof, including the compounds of formula A, I and 111, and/or a pharmaceutical acceptable addition salt thereof and/or a stereoisomer thereof and/or a solvate thereof and their use to treat or prevent kinetoplastid infections and their use to manufacture a medicine to treat or prevent kinetoplastid infections, particularly infections with trypanosoma and leishmania, such as Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leischmania donovani. wherein Ra, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are as defined in the claim 1 or as described in detail in the description of the invention. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions of said compounds and the use of said pharmaceutical compositions to treat or prevent kinetoplastid infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - CSIC
    Inventors: Jan Balzarini, Dolores González Pacanowska, Luis Miguel Ruiz Pérez, Victor Castillo Acosta, Yasuhiro Igarashi
  • Molybdenum-based electrode materials for rechargeable calcium batteries
    Patent number: 10608245
    Abstract: A calcium-based secondary cell including, as a positive-electrode active material, a molybdenum oxide-based material containing molybdenum in an oxidation state of 4 or more and 6 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
    Inventors: Fanny Barde, Maria Rosa Palacin, Alexandre Ponrouch, Maria Elena Arroyo de Dompablo
  • Molecular adjuvant and vaccine
    Patent number: 10568960
    Abstract: The invention relates to the fields of vaccines and vaccine adjuvants, and generally relates to polynucleotide adjuvants, polynucleotide vaccines and vaccine compositions. More specifically, the invention relates to said polynucleotides and vaccine compositions for use in inducing or enhancing a prophylactic or therapeutic immune response in a mammalian subject. Furthermore, it relates to said polynucleotides and vaccine compositions for use in the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of an infectious disease, such as in the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of leishmaniasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS
    Inventors: Pedro José Alcolea Alcolea, Ana María Alonso Ayala, Vincente Emilio Larraga Rodríguez De Vera
  • ION SENSOR BASED ON DIFFERENTIAL MEASUREMENT, AND PRODUCTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20200025710
    Abstract: Ion sensor based on differential measurement comprising an ISFTET-REFET pair wherein the REFET is defined by a structure composed of an ISFET covered by a microreservoir where an internal reference solution is contained. The sensor comprises a first and a second ion-selective field effect transistor, an electrode, a substrate on the surface whereof are integrated the two transistors, connection tracks and the electrode and a structure adhered on the first ion-selective field effect transistor which creates a microreservoir on the gate of said first transistor, with the microreservoir having a microchannel which connects the microreservoir with the exterior and the microreservoir being filled with the reference solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientifícas (CSIC)
    Inventors: Antoni BALDI COLL, Carlos DOMINGUEZ HORNA, Cecilia JIMENÉZ JORQUERA, César FERNÁNDEZ SÁNCHEZ, Andreu LLOBERA ADAN, Ángel MERLOS DOMINGO, Alfredo CADARSO BUSTO, Isabel BURDALLO BAUTISTA, Ferrán VERA GRAS
  • Method for preparing the silicoaluminate form of the AEI zeolite structure with high yields, and its application in catalysis
    Patent number: 10526208
    Abstract: A synthesis process for a crystalline material with the AEI zeolite structure, comprising (i) preparation of a mixture containing, at least, water, one zeolite with the FAU crystal structure as the only source of silicon and aluminum, a cyclic ammonium cation with alkyl substituents as the OSDA, and a source of alkaline or alkaline-earth cations (A), wherein the synthesis mixture has the following molar composition: SiO2:a Al2O3:b OSDA:c A:d H2O where a ranges between 0.001 and 0.2; where b ranges between 0.01 and 2; where c ranges between 0 and 2; where d ranges between 1 and 200; and wherein the mixture is free from phosphorous and fluorinated species, (ii) crystallisation of the mixture and, (iii) recovery of the crystalline material. Also, preparation of catalysts based on the AEI zeolite and application as a catalysts in processes including the selective catalytic reduction of NOx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universitat Politència de València
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós, Manuel Moliner Marín, Nuria Martín García