Patents Assigned to Institut National des Sciences Appliquees
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Patent number: 11034833Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of composite materials comprising a thermosetting polymer matrix in which thermoplastic polymer and/or elastomer particles are dispersed. More precisely, the invention relates to a novel type of polymeric material obtained by using a particular ionic liquid as cross-linking agent for an epoxy resin mixed with a thermoplastic polymer and/or an elastomer. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing said composite material and uses thereof, notably in the aeronautical, aerospace, automotive, maritime, wind power, electronics, or sports and leisure sectors.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignees: UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET SAINT ETIENNE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE LYONInventor: Sébastien Livi
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Patent number: 10987435Abstract: The invention relates to novel biocompatible hybrid nanoparticles of very small size, useful in particular for diagnostics and/or therapy. The purpose of the invention is to offer novel nanoparticles which are useful in particular as contrast agents in imaging (e.g. MRI) and/or in other diagnostic techniques and/or as therapeutic agents, which give better performance than the known nanoparticles of the same type and which combine both a small size (for example less than 20 nm) and a high loading with metals (e.g. rare earths), in particular so as to have, in imaging (e.g. MRI), strong intensification and a correct response (increased relaxivity) at high frequencies. The method for the production of these nanoparticles and the applications thereof in imaging and in therapy also form part of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE LYON, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, NANOHInventors: François Lux, Olivier Tillement, Maxime Saint Jean, Pierre Mowat, Pascal Perriat, Stéphane Roux, Anna Mignot
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Patent number: 10879667Abstract: A laser source for emitting a group of pulses, includes a primary laser source suitable for emitting at least one primary laser pulse; at least one interferometer suitable for forming, from the primary laser pulse, a plurality of secondary laser pulses, each interferometer comprising at least one delay line allowing two secondary laser pulses to be temporally separated, by a delay comprised between 50 ps and 10 ns; and a single-mode amplifying optical fiber intended to receive the secondary laser pulses, in order to form as output a group of spatially superposed pulses.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES-ROUEN, UNIVERSITE DE ROUEN NORMANDIEInventors: Ammar Hideur, Adil Haboucha, Arnaud Bultel, Said Idlahcen, Thomas Godin
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Patent number: 10842808Abstract: Polypeptides having the ability to specifically form connections of glucosyl units in alpha 1,3 on an acceptor having at least one hydroxyl moiety are presented. The polypeptides include i) the pattern I of sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, ii) the pattern II of sequence SEQ ID NO: 2, iii) the pattern III of sequence SEQ ID NO: 3, and iv) the pattern IV of sequence SEQ ID NO: 4, or derivates from one or several of said patterns, wherein the polypeptide furthermore has an aspartic residue (D) at position 5 of the pattern II (SEQ ID NO: 2), a glutamic acid residue (E) at position 6 of the pattern III (SEQ ID NO: 3) and an aspartic acid residue (D) at position 6 of the pattern IV (SEQ ID NO: 4). Methods for producing acceptors connected to glucosyl units in alpha 1,3 using the polypeptides are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE TOULOUSE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)Inventors: Magali Remaud-Simeon, Marlene Vuillemin, Claire Moulis, Pierre Monsan, Sandrine Morel
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Patent number: 10760100Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel polypeptide having the enzymatic activity of reduction of NADP+ using electrons from reduced ferredoxin (Ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase activity), a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence encoding such polypeptide and uses thereof. The invention relates to the modulation of the Ferredoxin NADP+ reductase activity in a microorganism by varying the expression level of the polynucleotide coding for such polypeptide. The invention also relates to the production of commodity chemicals, especially ethanol, n-butanol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,2-propanediol, isopropanol and acetone by fermenting microorganisms wherein their Ferredoxin NADP+ reductase activity is modulated.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignees: Institut National des Sciences Appliquees, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Recherche AgronomiqueInventors: Philippe Soucaille, Isabelle Meynial-Salles, Céline Foulquier, Antoine Riviere
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Patent number: 10745520Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing aromatic polyimides, comprising the following steps: (a) preparation of one or more solid salt(s) by reacting one or more aromatic tetracarboxylic acid(s) and one or more diamine(s) according to a mole ratio ranging from 0.95 to 1.05; (b) drying of the solid salt(s), (c) addition, to the dry salt resulting from step (b), of one or more compound(s) (C) comprising one or more group(s) chosen from a carboxylic acid group, an anhydride group, an ester group and an acyl chloride group; (d) solid-state polymerization of said solid salt(s) in the presence of the compound(s) (C).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON1, UNIVERSITE JEAN MONNET SAINT-ETIENNE, Rhodia Operations, Institut National Des Sciences Appliquees De LyonInventors: Stéphane Jeol, René Rossin, Vincent Mollet, Benjamin Paci, Françoise Fenouillot-Rimlinger, Alain Rousseau
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Patent number: 10717996Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant yeast cell comprising a gene encoding a protein exhibiting lactyl-CoA synthase activity and a gene encoding a protein exhibiting lactyl-CoA polymerase activity, said recombinant cell having the ability of producing polylactic acid (PLA), and the uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignees: CARBIOS, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, A'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Simon Dusseaux, Sophie Lajus, Vinciane Borsenberger, Jonathan Verbeke, Florence Bordes, Alain Marty, Jean-Marc Nicaud, Athanasios Beopoulos
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Publication number: 20200189574Abstract: The present invention concerns a driving assistance method and system (100) for a road vehicle (1). The driving assistance system (100) comprises a sensor set (200), a data storage device (101, 102) and an output device (104, 105). The sensor set (200) observes, in a traffic scene including the road vehicle among a plurality of road users, apparent states of each road user of the plurality of road users at successive time steps. The data processor (103) assigns, to a target road user of the plurality of road users, a behavioral model stored in the data storage device (101, 102).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, INSTITUT NATIONAL de RECHERCHE en INFORMATIQUE et en AUTOMATIQUE (INRIA), INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE LYONInventors: Nicolas VIGNARD, David SIERRA GONZALEZ, Christian LAUGIER, Jilles Steeve DIBANGOYE, Victor ROMERO-CANO
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Patent number: 10669530Abstract: The present invention relates to a new strain of Clostridium acetobutylicum modified to be unable to produce hydrogen and its use for the continuous production of bulk chemicals such as lactate, 1,3-propanediol, ethanol, butanol, isobutanol, 1,3-butanediol, acetate, acetone, isopropanol, 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutyrate and isobutene at high yield.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE A RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUEInventors: Philippe Soucaille, Ngoc-Phuong-Thao Nguyen, Benjamin Percheron, Christian Croux, Isabelle Meynial-Salles
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Patent number: 10626285Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising at least one electroactive fluorinated terpolymer, and at least one second polymer compatible with the electroactive fluorinated terpolymer and having a glass transition temperature lower than that of the electroactive fluorinated terpolymer. The invention also relates to a method for producing said composition, and to a device such as an actuator comprising a substrate and a film of the above-mentioned composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: ARKEMA FRANCE, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE LYONInventors: Fabrice Domingues Dos Santos, Thierry Lannuzel, Jean-Fabien Capsal, Pierre-Jean Cottinet, Jeremy Galineau, Minh-Quyen Le
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Patent number: 10584991Abstract: An apparatus for ultrasonically measuring the flow rate of a fluid in a measuring channel including fluid supply passages at its ends, this measuring channel forming a waveguide made into a solid body, comprising at each end a transducer capable of emitting or receiving ultrasounds circulating in the axis of the channel, where each transducer includes a shell transmitting the ultrasounds, comprising a waveguide facing the measuring channel, and outside this waveguide shapes orientating the ultrasounds in directions different from that of the channel.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignees: EFS SA, ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE LYONInventors: Julian Robin, Pascal Gucher, Alexandre Huchon, Sébastien Ollivier, Philippe Blanc-Benon
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Publication number: 20200017892Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to mutant yeast strains, in particular mutant Yarrowia strains, capable of producing medium chain fatty acids compared to the parent oleaginous yeast strain from which said mutant oleaginous yeast strain derives. Embodiments of the present disclosure also relate to means and methods for obtaining these mutant yeast strains.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicants: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE TOULOUSE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Florence Bordes, Coraline Rigouin, Alain Marty, Marc Gueroult, Isabelle Andre, Sophie Barbe, Benjamin Percheron, Christian Croux, Fayza Daboussi
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Patent number: 10531096Abstract: Decoder, system and method for decoding multimedia data at the level of a terminal by managing the energy available for decoding comprising a decoder of the multimedia data, characterized in that said decoder comprises at least one low-consumption decoding chain comprising an activation module suitable for activating a first low-consumption decoding chain or loop filter and a low-consumption interpolation chain as a function of at least one parameter representative of constraints of user energy and/or of the mobile terminal and of one or more metadata Md associated with a decoding complexity and/or with a decoding energy.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE RENNES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Erwan Nogues, Daniel Menard, Maxime Pelcat, Erwan Raffin
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Publication number: 20190376164Abstract: An austenitic alloy based on nickel, chromium and iron, and having a high aluminum content, intended for use at a given operating temperature (Ts) between 900° C. and 1200° C., the alloy comprising the following elements, in weight percent: chromium between 20% and 32%, nickel between 30% and 60%, aluminum between 3.5% and 6%, carbon between 0.4% and 0.7%, titanium between 0.05% and 0.3%, niobium and/or tantalum between 0.6% and 2%, an element, composed of at least one rare earth and/or hafnium, between 0.002% and 0.1%, silicon between 0 and 0.5%, manganese between 0 and 0.5%, tungsten between 0 and 2%, and iron as the balance of the elements in the alloy. The alloy has less than 1% by volume of an intermetallic B2-NiAl phase and less than 1% by volume of an alpha prime phase rich in chromium, after subjecting the alloy to an operating temperature (Ts).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicants: Manoir Pitres, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Rouen Normandie, Université de Rouen Normandie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Rouen NormandieInventors: Mathieu Couvrat, Antoine Facco, Cristelle Pareige
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Patent number: 10480972Abstract: A control method for an apparatus for ultrasonically measuring the flow rate of a fluid in a measuring channel, including a measuring channel whose one end is equipped with a first transducer and the other end is equipped with a second transducer, each transducer emitting ultrasonic waves to the other transducer, and receiving waves generated by the other transducer, where, in a first step, the first transducer emits waves to the second transducer, and in a second step, which can be simultaneous with the first one, the second transducer emits waves prior to the reception of the waves emitted by the first transducer.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignees: EFS SA, ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, INSTITUT NATIONAL des SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE LYONInventors: Julian Robin, Pascal Gucher, Alexandre Huchon, Sébastien Ollivier, Philippe Blanc-Benon
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Patent number: 10477582Abstract: A method of opportunistic access to a frequency band dedicated to a synchronous primary network by a secondary user. The frequency band is divided into K independent channels to which an indicator Bk and an average availability Sk are assigned. At each time frame t, the method includes observing, by the secondary user, the channel i having the greatest indicator Bi(t); and if the channel i is busy, updating the average availability Si of channel i and updating indicator Bi (t) of the channel as a function of Si, and if the channel i is free: updating the average availability Si of channel i, transmitting data set up during the frame t on channel i, computing a quality index Ri (t) of channel i, and updating indicators Bk (t) of the K channels as a function of the average availabilities Sk and Ri (t).Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES (INSA)Inventors: Navikkumar Modi, Christophe Moy, Philippe Mary
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Patent number: 10415064Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a mutant strain of oleaginous yeast which is useful as a template strain of yeast for obtaining other mutant strains of oleaginous yeast which are capable of producing an unusual fatty acid. The present invention also relates to the mutant strains of yeast obtained by said method.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de ToulouseInventors: Jean-Marc Nicaud, Alain Marty, Athanasios Beopoulos, Jonathan Verbeke, Florence Bordes, Marie Guicherd
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Publication number: 20190257962Abstract: The invention relates to a method for characterising the quality of an X-ray beam having a known profile for depositing a dose in a body, having an zone (Za1, Za2) of increasing dose rate inside said body extending between the input surface of the beam and a characteristic depth (Pmax) where the deposited dose is at a maximum, the method comprising the following steps: —providing a monolithic detector including in p-n junctions (m>3) stacked depth-wise in the detector with at least three junctions distributed in the zone of increasing dose rate; —projecting said X-ray beam onto the monolithic detector; —recovering the m signals (r) delivered by the p-n junctions of the detector; —and processing the m signals (r) in order to characterise the quality of the X-ray beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicants: Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon, Ecole Centrale De LyonInventors: Guo-Neng Lu, Patrick Pittet, Ruoxi Wang
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Publication number: 20190226052Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a device for retrieving, from an object A, elements G present in a matrix M, the method including at least the following steps: bringing said abject A into contact with a dense fluid Fd with a molar mass greater than 2 g mol?1 under temperature T1 and pressure P1 conditions suitable for transforming the intergranular phase and for releasing the elements G,, modifying the temperature T2 and/or pressure P2 values to stop the reaction transforming the intergranular phase,, and recovering the elements G separated front the matrix M.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicants: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Rouen-Normandie, Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Rouen NormandieInventors: Jean-Marie LE BRETON, Nicolas MAAT, Cyril AYMONIER
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Patent number: 10358541Abstract: The present invention concerns an organopolysiloxane (A) able to be obtained by the reaction, at a temperature of between 10° C. and 75° C., between—at least one compound (C) chosen from the organic compounds comprising at least one alkene or alkyne functional group, at least one of the substituents of which is an acid functional group and the organic compounds comprising at least one acid functional group and at least one alkene or alkyne functional group, at least one of the substituents of which is an electron-withdrawing group; and—at least one organopolysiloxane (B) chosen from the organopolysiloxanes comprising siloxyl units (I.1) and (I.2) of the following formulae: (I) The present invention also concerns compositions comprising said organopolysiloxanes (A) and the uses thereof. ( I ) Y a ? Z b 1 ? SiO 4 - ( a + b ) 2 ; ( I ? .1 ) Z c 2 ? SiO 4 - c 2 ( I ? .Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignees: ELKEM SILICONES FRANCE SAS, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUÉES LYON, UNIVERSITÉ CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE JEAN MONNET SAINT ETIENNEInventors: François Ganachaud, Etienne Fleury, Daniel Portinha De Almeida, Aymeric Genest, Emmanuel Pouget