Patents Assigned to ESPCI
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Patent number: 11873483Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and compositions useful for labeling of target molecules with origin-specific nucleic acid identifiers (for example, barcodes), which can be used subsequently to identify, quantify, or otherwise characterize a feature or activity of target molecules originating from a particular discreet volume. Such target molecules can include polypeptides expressed by cells, in which nucleic acid molecules encoding the polypeptides are labeled with the same, or matched, origin-specific nucleic acid identifiers.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: The Broad Institute, Inc., ÉCOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS (ESPCI PARIS TECH)Inventors: Robert Nicol, Andrew David Griffiths, Baptiste Saudemont, Timothy V. Kirk
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Publication number: 20230120291Abstract: A cochlear hearing aid system for providing electrical stimulation to auditory nerve fibers of a cochlea of a recipient of the cochlear hearing aid system is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicants: Oticon Medical A/S, ESPCI ParisInventors: Guillaume TOURREL, Léa MILENKOVIC, Yvette TRAN, Dominique HOURDET, Zuxiang XU
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Patent number: 11439724Abstract: The invention relates to a device for adsorbing odours comprising an absorbent layer and an adsorbent layer, said adsorbent layer being provided with a material permeable to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and an adsorbent particulate filler comprising at least one spice. Such a device is particularly useful for adsorbing and masking body odours.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignees: Institute Curie, Ecole Superieure De Physique Et De Chimie Industrielle (ESPCI), Ecole Nationale Superieure De Chimie De Paris (ENSCP), Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Cemag CareInventors: Aurélie Thuleau, Isabelle Fromantin, Vincent Semetey, José Dugay, Jean-François Le Meur
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Patent number: 10772985Abstract: The invention relates to a device for adsorbing odours comprising an absorbent layer and an adsorbent layer, said adsorbent layer being provided with a material permeable to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and an adsorbent particulate filler comprising at least one spice. Such a device is particularly useful for adsorbing and masking body odours.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: Institut Corie, Ecole Superieore De Physique Et De Chimie Industrielle (ESPCI), Cole Nationale Superieore De Chime De Paris (ENSCP), Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Cemag CareInventors: Aurélie Thuleau, Isabelle Fromantin, Vincent Semetey, José Dugay, Jean-François Le Meur
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Patent number: 10508250Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel compositions of additives that result from mixing at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable copolymers and at least one compound for controlling the association of these two copolymers. A lubricant composition results from mixing at least one lubricating base oil, at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable copolymers and at least one compound for controlling the association of these two copolymers. The present disclosure also relates to a process for modulating the viscosity of a lubricant composition that results from mixing at least one lubricating base oil, at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable copolymers; as well as the use of a diol compound for modulating the viscosity of a lubricant composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Total Marketing Services, Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI)Inventors: Renaud Nicolay, Thi Hang Nga Nguyen, Raphaele Iovine, Gregory Descroix
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Patent number: 10377867Abstract: Polymer network composition having a semi-crystalline covalently crosslinked polymer network including exchangeable covalent bonds and crosslinking bonds and at least an exchange reaction catalyst, wherein the number of crosslinking bonds is sufficient for the polymer network to be beyond the gel point and the number of exchangeable bonds is sufficient for the network to relax stresses and/or flow when conditioned at an appropriate temperature. Such compositions are characterized by the fact that the network is able to reorganize by exchange reactions that allow it to relax stresses and/or flow while maintaining network connectivity.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignees: ESPCI, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Ludwik Leibler, François Tournilhac, Mathieu Capelot
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Patent number: 10377844Abstract: A composition results from the mixture of at least one copolymer A resulting from the copolymerization of at least one monomer functionalized by diol functions and at least one compound A2 comprising at last two boronic ester functions. They have rheological properties which are very varied according to the proportion of the A1 and A2 compounds used. The field is that of associative and exchangeable polymers.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignees: Total Marketing Services, Ecole Superieure De Physique et de Chimie Industrielles De La Ville De Paris (ESPCI), Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)Inventors: Thi Hang Nga Nguyen, Renaud Nicolay, Lise Deves
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Patent number: 10336960Abstract: A composition results from the mixture of at least one lubricating oil, at least one statistical copolymer A1 , and at least one compound A2 including at least two boronic ester functions; the statistical copolymer A1 resulting from the copolymerisation of at least a first monomer M1 having diol functions and at least a second monomer M2 having a different chemical structure from that of the M1 monomer. The composition lubricates a mechanical part. The field is that of lubricants.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignees: Total Marketing Services, Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)Inventors: Thi Hang Nga Nguyen, Renaud Nicolay, Raphaele Iovine, Ilias Iliopoulos
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Patent number: 10233291Abstract: The present invention relates to ligands, nanocrystal complexed with the ligands and their use for bio-imaging.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignees: NEXDOT, FONDS DE L'ESPCI-GEORGES CHARPAKInventors: Nicolas Lequeux, Thomas Pons, Emerson Giovanelli
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Patent number: 10155965Abstract: This invention encompasses methods of making 1-propanol. In some embodiments the methods comprise providing a cultured bacterial biofilm; culturing the bacterial biofilm under conditions suitable for production of 1-propanol; and collecting 1-propanol produced by the biofilm culture. In some embodiments the methods comprise providing a bacterial culture comprising bacteria and culture media, wherein the culture media comprises a concentration of threonine higher than that present in LB; maintaining the bacterial culture under conditions suitable for production of 1-propanol; and collecting 1-propanol produced by the culture. This invention also encompasses bacterial culture systems. In some embodiments the bacterial culture systems comprise a bacterial biofilm comprising bacteria growing on an artificial solid substrate; culture media; 1-propanol in liquid and/or gas form; and a collection device configured to collect 1-propanol produced by the culture.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignees: INSTITUT PASTEUR, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS (ESPCI)Inventors: Jean-Marc Ghigo, Sabina Chalabaev, Sylvie Letoffe, Jose Dugay
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Patent number: 10093770Abstract: A mixture may include at least one polymerizable species and at least one thermoresponsive supramolecular initiator complex involving a host-guest interaction. Processes for making resins may include mixing at least one polymerizable species with at least one thermoresponsive supramolecular initiator complex involving a host-guest interaction; subjecting the mixture to a temperature above about 30° C. thereby promoting the dissociation of the at least one thermoresponsive supramolecular initiator; and allowing the mixture to cure at the temperature for a period of time.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignees: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, FONDS DE L'ESPCI GEORGE CHARPAKInventors: Thomas Vidil, Francois-Genes Tournilhac, Ludwik Leibler
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Publication number: 20180023028Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel compositions of additives that result from mixing at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable copolymers and at least one compound for controlling the association of these two copolymers. A lubricant composition results from mixing at least one lubricating base oil, at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable copolymers and at least one compound for controlling the association of these two copolymers. The present disclosure also relates to a process for modulating the viscosity of a lubricant composition that results from mixing at least one lubricating base oil, at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable copolymers; as well as the use of a diol compound for modulating the viscosity of a lubricant composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE(CNRS), TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS (ESPCI)Inventors: Renaud NICOLAY, Thi Hang Nga NGUYEN, Raphaele IOVINE, Gregory DESCROIX
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Patent number: 9874502Abstract: The invention relates to a method for trapping particles contained in a fluid including at least the steps of generating a coherent light beam, diffusing the coherent light beam using a passive diffusive element to yield a diffused beam having a field of optical speckles, and causing the diffused beam to interact with a plurality of particles contained in a fluid.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Fonds De L'espci-Georges CharpakInventors: Sylvain Gigan, Giorgio Volpe, Giovanni Volpe
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Publication number: 20180009912Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing at least one catalyst (C1) containing at least one atom of an element (M1) chosen from: Al, Sc, Ti, Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Sn, Hf, Pb, Si, Sb and In; a catalyst (C2) comprising at least one atom of an element (M2) chosen from alkali metals and alkaline-earth metals; a thermosetting resin and/or a hardener for a thermosetting resin. The invention also relates to the use of this composition for rendering a resin which is in the thermoset state hot-deformable and nevertheless free of any residual stress after the deformation thereof; such a resin will advantageously retain its shape even if it is subsequently subjected to high temperatures. The invention relates, moreover, to kits for preparing the composition, to a thermoset-resin-based object obtained from a composition of the invention, to a process for manufacturing objects, to a process for hot-deformation of objects and to various possible uses of the compositions and objects of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicants: ARKEMA FRANCE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS (ESPCI)Inventors: Christophe DUQUENNE, Ludwik LEIBLER, Michel MELAS
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Publication number: 20170307509Abstract: A device for optically detecting in transmission nanoparticles moving in a fluid sample includes a light source for emitting a spatially incoherent beam for illuminating the sample; an imaging optical system; and a two-dimensional optical detector. The imaging optical system includes a microscope objective. The two-dimensional optical detector includes a detection plane conjugated with an object focal plane of the microscope objective by said imaging optical system. The two-dimensional optical detector allows a sequence of images of an analysis volume of the sample to be acquired, each image resulting from optical interferences between the illuminating beam incident on the sample and the beams scattered by each of the nanoparticles present in the analysis volume during a preset duration shorter than one millisecond.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS-ESPCI PARISTECHInventors: Albert Claude Boccara, Martine Boccara
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Patent number: 9765163Abstract: The present invention is directed to a particle-containing entity P-(A--B-M)x wherein P is a solid particle attached to at least one polymer M through one or several reversible covalent bonds -A---B-, wherein A and B are functional groups respectively grafted to P and M thus forming the P-(A---B-M)x particle-containing entity with x being greater than or equal to 1, M has a degree of polymerization comprised between 5 and 1000, preferably ranging from 5 to 500, and wherein the reversible covalent bond -A---B- is chosen among an imine, a disulfide, a boronic ester or an acetal. The invention is also directed to a method of preparing this particle-containing entity, a method for sequentially forming and breaking the reversible covalent bond -A---B- in said particle-containing entity P-(A---B-M)x and dispersions comprising same.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignees: ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS (ESPCI), UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRSInventors: Renaud Nicolay, Corinne Soulie-Ziakovic, Ludwik Leibler, Alexandre Prevoteau, Nebewia Griffete
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Publication number: 20170009176Abstract: A composition results from the mixture of at least one lubricating oil, at least one statistical copolymer A1, and at least one compound A2 including at least two boronic ester functions; the statistical copolymer A1 resulting from the copolymerisation of at least a first monomer M1 having diol functions and at least a second monomer M2 having a different chemical structure from that of the M1 monomer. The composition lubricates a mechanical part. The field is that of lubricants.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicants: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRI ELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS (ESPCI), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS )Inventors: Thi Hang Nga NGUYEN, Renaud NICOLAY, Raphaele IOVINE, Ilias ILIOPOULOS
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Publication number: 20170008989Abstract: A composition results from the mixture of at least one copolymer A resulting from the copolymerisation of at least one monomer functionalised by diol functions and at least one compound A2 comprising at last two boronic ester functions. They have rheological properties which are very varied according to the proportion of the A1 and A2 compounds used. The field is that of associative and exchangeable polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicants: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS (ESPCI), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)Inventors: Thi Hang Nga NGUYEN, Renaud NICOLAY, Lise DEVES
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Patent number: 9512935Abstract: A microchannel formed at the interface of two layers of material, at least one of the two materials being a substrate. A volume of the microchannel contains a film of polymer fixed by covalent bonding to the substrate layer. The film of polymer being formed from a hydrogel material susceptible to undergoing changes in volume under the action of an external stimulus. The hydrogel polymer is chosen from those which are sensitive to changes in temperature, light, electrical field or pH. A method for producing the microchannel.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignees: FONDS ESPCI GEORGES CHARPAK, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHEInventors: Clemence Vergne, Patrick Tabeling, Yvette Tran, Fabrice Monti, Lucie Devys
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Patent number: 9404914Abstract: The invention relates to a microfluidic system for controlling a concentration profile of molecules capable of stimulating a target, for example formed by an assembly of living cells, this system comprising: —a microfluidic device (1) comprising at least one microfluidic channel (4) equipped with at least one inlet orifice (21) and with at least one outlet orifice (22) for at least one fluid; —at least one means for supplying the microfluidic channel (4) with at least one fluid comprising molecules capable of stimulating the target; —at least one chamber (8) or another microfluidic channel comprising a base (6) intended to receive the target; and —at least one microporous membrane (5) separating the chamber (8) or the other microfluidic channel from the microfluidic channel (4), said microporous membrane (5) being positioned away from the base (6) so that when the supply means provides the microfludic channel (4) with said at least one fluid flowing in laminar flow in contact with the microporous membrane (5)Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), Fonds De L'ESPCI-Georges Charpak, Univerité Bordeaux SegalenInventors: Maxime Dahan, Mathieu Morel, Jean-Christophe Galas, Vincent Studer, Denis Bartolo