Patents Assigned to S.A.R.L.
  • Patent number: 10858481
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for making a polyetheramine containing polyamide without excessive foaming in successive batches by providing a controlled heat input rate step for those batch runs that incorporate polyetheramine containing polyamide heel from previous runs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: INVISTA North America S.a.r.l.
    Inventor: Charles Richard Langrick
  • Patent number: 10858480
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a preparation of polymer with improved color and properties. More particularly, the disclosure relates to the preparation of polyamide by introducing a polyetheramine additive during the polymer extrusion step. The extruded polymer is superior in appearance and spinnable in subsequent processing into yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: INVISTA North America S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Charles Richard Langrick, Garry S. Hunt
  • Patent number: 10850091
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for bilateral renal neuromodulation, e.g., via a pulsed electric field, via a stimulation electric field, via localized drug delivery, via high frequency ultrasound, via thermal techniques, etc. Such neuromodulation may effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis and/or inducement of apoptosis, alteration of gene expression, action potential attenuation or blockade, changes in cytokine up-regulation and other conditions in target neural fibers. In some embodiments, neuromodulation is applied to neural fibers that contribute to renal function. In some embodiments, such neuromodulation is performed in a bilateral fashion. Bilateral renal neuromodulation may provide enhanced therapeutic effect in some patients as compared to renal neuromodulation performed unilaterally, i.e., as compared to renal neuromodulation performed on neural tissue innervating a single kidney.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Denise Zarins, Hanson Gifford, III, Mark Deem, Douglas Sutton, Howard R. Levin, Mark Gelfand
  • Patent number: 10851831
    Abstract: A locking ring with a center axis includes a first set of locking elements which extend radially from a first radial distance from the center axis of the locking ring to a second radial distance from the center axis, and which are arranged in a plurality of first groups including at least one locking element each, where the first groups are arranged in a circumferentially equidistant manner around the center axis, and a second set of locking elements, which extend radially from the first radial distance from the central axis to a third radial distance from the central axis, where the third radial distance is smaller than the second radial distance, and which are arranged in a plurality of second groups including at least one further locking element each. A rear view device for a vehicle and a motor vehicle with the rear view device are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Garry Sinelli, Paul R. Henion
  • Patent number: 10842547
    Abstract: Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having distal portion and a supply lumen along at least a portion of the shaft. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion intravascularly at a treatment site proximate a renal artery or renal ostium. The supply lumen can be configured to receive a liquid refrigerant. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cooling assembly at the distal portion of the shaft. The cooling assembly can include an applicator in fluid communication with the supply lumen and configured to deliver cryotherapeutic cooling to nerves proximate the target site when the cooling assembly is in a deployed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC ARDIAN LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Naomi Buckley, Benjamin J. Clark, Michael Cummins, Danny Donovan, Mark Gelfand, Luke Hughes, Brian Kelly, Gary Kelly, Grace Kelly, John Kelly, Mark S. Leung, Gwenda Francis, Barry Mullins, Karun D. Naga, Stephen Nash, Eric Ryba, Fiachra Sweeney, Vincenzo Tilotta, Roman Turovskiy, Lana Woolley, Denise Zarins, Michael Turovskiy
  • Patent number: 10843630
    Abstract: A backing plate unit for a rear view device for a motor vehicle includes at least one opening passing from a rear side of a backing plate to a front side thereof to form a logo pattern by itself, first attachment means on the rear side of the backing plate for a light source, and light filter means and/or at least one extension which is extending from the front side of the backing plate in the region of the logo pattern. A method for producing such a backing plate unit and a rear view device with such a backing plate unit are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Andrew Brien Little, Stephen Edney, Harry Welfare, Andreas Herrmann
  • Patent number: 10844042
    Abstract: The invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), wherein A1, R1, R2, R3, R4, and n are as defined herein. The present invention relates to compounds and their use in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating cystic fibrosis by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: AbbVie Overseas S.à.r.l., Galapagos NV
    Inventors: Robert J. Altenbach, Andrew Bogdan, Sylvain Couty, Nicolas Desroy, Gregory A. Gfesser, Christopher Gaëtan Housseman, Philip R. Kym, Bo Liu, Thi Thu Trang Mai, Karine Fabienne Malagu, Nuria Merayo Merayo, Olivier Laurent Picolet, Mathieu Rafaël Pizzonero, Xenia B. Searle, Steven Emiel Van der Plas, Xueqing Wang, Ming C. Yeung
  • Patent number: 10844041
    Abstract: The invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), wherein A1, R1, R2, R3, R4, and n are as defined herein. The present invention relates to compounds and their use in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating cystic fibrosis by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: AbbVie Overseas S.à.r.l., Galapagos NV
    Inventors: Robert J. Altenbach, Andrew Bogdan, Sylvain Couty, Nicolas Desroy, Gregory A. Gfesser, Christopher Gaëtan Housseman, Philip R. Kym, Bo Liu, Thi Thu Trang Mai, Karine Fabienne Malagu, Nuria Merayo Merayo, Olivier Laurent Picolet, Mathieu Rafaël Pizzonero, Xenia B. Searle, Steven Emiel Van der Plas, Xueqing Wang, Ming C. Yeung
  • Patent number: 10847054
    Abstract: Nutritional substance systems and methods are disclosed enabling the tracking and communication of changes in nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances, and further enabling the adaptive storage and adaptive conditioning of nutritional substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Iceberg Luxembourg S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: Eugenio Minvielle
  • Patent number: 10846833
    Abstract: A system for visibility enhancement comprises a first sensor means comprising a camera adapted to record at least one image. A second sensor means is adapted to generate at least one position profile of at least one object located within a critical range of the first sensor means. An image processing means is adapted to receive a first input signal from the first sensor means containing the at least one image and a second input signal from the second sensor means containing the at least one position profile of the at least one object located within the critical range. The image processing means further manipulates the at least one image to generate a manipulated image by altering the contrast of that part of the image that shows the at least one object located within the critical range. A corresponding method of visibility enhancement is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventor: Ahed Alahmar
  • Patent number: 10836882
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modified polyester polyol composition useful in the formulation of polyurethane and polyisocyanurate cellular polymers for use in making foam articles with hydrocarbon blowing agents. The modified polyester polyol composition comprises the reaction product of a polyol with an EO/PO block copolymer having a weight average molecular weight from 1,000 to 20,000 g/mol and has a viscosity in the range of 100 to 10,000 centipoise, as determined at 25° C. according to the ASTM D-4878 method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: INVISTA North America S.a.r.l.
    Inventor: Carina A. McAdams
  • Patent number: 10836320
    Abstract: A light module for a light assembly of an exterior rear view device comprises a light source unit with at least one wire for an electric connection with a printed circuit board of the rear view device, in particular of the light assembly. The light module further comprises a housing unit supporting the light source unit and being provided with connecting and/or holding means for the attachment to at least one part, in particular a housing part, of the rear view device. The light module also includes sealing means for water and dustproof of the connection between the light module and the at least one part. A light assembly includes at least one of such a light module, and an exterior rear view device includes such a light assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Nitesh Shah, Artem Rudi, Andreas Herrmann, Sandeep Panchal, Romeo Wieczorek, Daniel Fritz
  • Patent number: 10836318
    Abstract: A logo lamp device includes a housing having a top, a bottom, a left side, a right side, a front, and a back, a cap covering the top of the housing or preferably an encapsulant, one or more clips formed integrally with or attached to the housing, a connector receiving portion including an opening formed at the back of the housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) fully enclosed within the housing, a light source connected to the PCB and enclosed within the housing, and an optical assembly including at least one optical element for receiving light projected by the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Jacob Messenger, Daniel Flynn, Simon Belcher, Jake Whittenbury, Dean Stevens
  • Patent number: 10829354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for generating a cloud of points (1A) representative of the real outer shape of a human transportation vehicle (1) located in a building (4) and for determining the position and orientation of said human transportation vehicle (1) in said building (4) and for determining the relative position and orientation of at least one movable work platform (2), the position and orientation of said human transportation vehicle (1) and the position and orientation of said movable work platform (2) being referenced with respect to at least one known building (4) reference point (R1), said apparatus being for preventing collisions between the movable work platform (2) and the human transportation vehicle (1), said apparatus comprising: at least one known building reference point (R1) being the origin point of a 6 degrees of freedom coordinate system and serving as a central common reference point, and at least one three-dimensional scanning means (3) for determin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CTI SYSTEMS S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: François Lesquir
  • Patent number: 10829473
    Abstract: The invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), wherein A1, R1, R2, R3, R4, and n are as defined herein. The present invention relates to compounds and their use in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating cystic fibrosis by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: AbbVie Overseas S.à.r.l., Galapagos NV
    Inventors: Robert J. Altenbach, Andrew Bogdan, Sylvain Couty, Nicolas Desroy, Gregory A. Gfesser, Christopher Gaëtan Housseman, Philip R. Kym, Bo Liu, Thi Thu Trang Mai, Karine Fabienne Malagu, Nuria Merayo Merayo, Olivier Laurent Picolet, Mathieu Rafaël Pizzonero, Xenia B. Searle, Steven Emiel Van der Plas, Xueqing Wang, Ming C. Yeung
  • Patent number: 10822270
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to ultra-fast laser treatment of silver-inclusive (low-emissivity) low-E coatings, coated articles including such coatings, and/or associated methods. The low-E coating is formed on a substrate (e.g., borosilicate or soda lime silica glass), with the low-E coating including at least one sputter-deposited silver-based layer, and with each said silver-based layer being sandwiched between one or more dielectric layers. The low-E coating is exposed to laser pulses having a duration of no more than 10?12 seconds, a wavelength of 355-500 nm, and an energy density of more than 30 kW/cm2. The exposing is performed so as to avoid increasing temperature of the low-E coating to more than 300 degrees C. while also reducing (a) grain boundaries with respect to, and vacancies in, each said silver-based layer, (b) each said silver-based layer's refractive index, and (c) emissivity of the low-E coating compared to its as-deposited form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC, GUARDIAN EUROPE S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Vijayen S. Veerasamy, Bernd Disteldorf
  • Patent number: 10822459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation suitable for the preparation of a highly refractive encapsulation material with good barrier properties towards water vapor for an LED, to an encapsulation material for an LED having a high refractive index and good barrier properties towards water vapor which is obtainable from said formulation and to a light emitting device (LED) comprising said encapsulation material. The formulation comprises a polymer comprising a first repeating unit U1 and a second repeating unit U2; and a surface-modified nanoparticle, wherein the surface-modified nanoparticle does not contain any zirconium dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmueller, Abraham Casas Garcia-Minguillan, Fumio Kita, Dieter Wagner
  • Publication number: 20200339942
    Abstract: A method for preparing a shelf stable spore-containing probiotic alimentary additive is disclosed, the method including providing a liquid slurry including spores from at least one spore-forming probiotic bacterial strain, a saccharide, and a humectant; and pasteurizing the liquid slurry to yield the alimentary additive. The alimentary additive may have a water activity (Aw) of less than about 0.7. The alimentary additive may have a pH from about 2.0 to 9.5. A plurality of the spores may remain in an un-germinated state and uniformly suspended for at least two months after the pasteurizing to yield a shelf stable spore-containing probiotic alimentary additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Kerry Luxembourg S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Benjamin GEORGE, Howard CASH, Joseph M. BRADLEY, Nusair IMAM, Stephen G. COBBE, Eileen O'SHEA
  • Patent number: 10806238
    Abstract: A backpack including a flexible hip belt assembly is provided. The backpack may include a frame assembly defining a lower portion, a hip belt including a central portion and a lower portion with opposing first and second arms extending from the central portion. The lower portion of the hip belt and the lower portion of the frame assembly may be securely coupled together to support a substantially vertical load. A resilient member may couple the hip belt to the frame assembly. The resilient member may expand or contract as the hip belt and frame assembly move relative to one another to reduce the forces applied to the hip belt by the non-vertical movement of the frame assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Samsonite IP Holdings S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: John Bemis Sears, Matthew Halloran Connors
  • Patent number: 10808908
    Abstract: A lighting device for a visual display in a rearview device of a vehicle includes at least one light element, at least one reflecting element which is included on or in a support element of the lighting device and is adapted to reflect incident light from the light element, at least one absorption element which is included on or in the support element of the lighting device and is adapted to absorb incident light from the light element, and at least one light guide element which is included on or in the support element of the lighting device and is adapted to collect and guide incident light from the light element, where the support element, the reflecting element, the absorption element or the light guide element are at least partially curved away from the light element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Daniel Fritz, Eugen Meier, Oliver Schmidt, Raimund Negel