Patents Assigned to Universitat Rovira I Virgili
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DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE SPEED OF PRINTING OF A FIBER AND THE LENGTH OF A PRINTED FIBER
Publication number: 20220219382Abstract: The method for determining the speed of printing of a fiber and the length of a printed fiber comprises: supplying ink to a nozzle; forming an ink drop at the exit of said nozzle; generating an ink jet carrying a net electrostatic charge; deflecting said ink jet periodically by one or a plurality of jet-deflection electrodes; collecting the ink jet on a substrate repetitively forming a printed motif by means of a continuous fiber; determining the width of the printed motif; calculating the speed of printing of fiber from the frequency of the jet-deflection signal and the width of the printed motif; calculating the length of fiber printed in a time interval from the frequency of the jet-deflection signal and from the width of the printed motif.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicants: Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Institucio Catalana De Recerca I Estudis AvancatsInventors: Ievgenii Liashenko, Andreu Cabot Codina, Joan Rosell Llompart -
Publication number: 20220203605Abstract: Printing device comprising an ink reservoir that supplies ink to an exit of a nozzle forming an ink drop and comprising also a power supply that creates an electrostatic field which generates an inkjet, said inkjet carrying a net electrostatic charge and being deposited on a substrate for printing a three-dimensional item by means of a continuous fiber, characterized in that the printing device also comprises one or a plurality of electrodes that deflect said inkjet from a default trajectory in a continually controlled manner through modifying the voltage applied to each jet-deflection electrode. The printing method comprises the step of deflecting said inkjet from a default trajectory by continually modifying the electrostatic field generated around the inkjet by one or a plurality of electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicants: Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Institucio Catalana De Recerca I Estudis AvancatsInventors: Ievgenii Liashenko, Andreu Cabot Codina, Joan Rosell Llompart
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Publication number: 20210404020Abstract: Specifically, the invention describes obtaining a new porous material prepared to recognise DNA of the pathogenic microorganism Candida albicans, as well as the use thereof in a quick and highly sensitive in vitro diagnostic method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicants: Universitat Politècnica de València, Consorcio Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red, M.P., Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria La Fe-Fundacion para la Investigacion del Hospital, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliInventors: Àngela RIBES MONPARLER, Elena AZNAR GIMENO, Ramón MARTÍNEZ MÁÑEZ, Félix SANCENÓN GALARZA, María Dolores MARCOS MARTÌNEZ, María Ángeles TORMO MAS, Javier PEMÁN GARCÌA, Lluis Francisco MARSAL GARVI, Elisabet XIFRÉ PÉREZ
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Patent number: 11098054Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of formula (I) in which a, R1-R5 and X1 are as described herein. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound and a method of using the compound for treating cancer, such as renal cancer.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Sciences, Fundacio Institut Catala D'Investigacio Quimica, University of Delaware, University of Leeds, Universitat Rovira I VirgiliInventors: John A. Beutler, Antonio Echavarren, William Chain, David Beech, Zhenhua Wu, Jean-Simon Suppo, Fernando Bravo, Hussein Rubaiy
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Publication number: 20200140451Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of formula (I) in which a, R1-R5 and X1 are as described herein. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound and a method of using the compound for treating cancer, such as renal cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicants: The United States of America,as represented by the Secretary,Department of Health and Human Services, Fundacio Institut Catala D'Investigacio Quimica, University of Delaware, University of Leeds, Universitat Rovira I VirgiliInventors: John A. Beutler, Antonio Echavarren, William Chain, David Beech, Zhenhua Wu, Jean-Simon Suppo, Fernando Bravo, Hussein Rubaiy
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Patent number: 10604469Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a partially hydrogenated polyacene, and a novel intermediate used in such process; also the present invention relates to a process for preparing the corresponding conjugated polyacenes.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignees: Fundacio Institut Catala D'Investigacio Quimica, Universitat Rovira I VirgiliInventors: Antonio M. Echavarren, Ruth Dorel, Paul McGonigal
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Patent number: 10591493Abstract: Compounds are of the formula (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), or are stereoisomers thereof, wherein: R1 is hydrogen, (C1-C20)alkyl; (C3-C20)alkenyl; (C3 C20)alkynyl; (C1-C6)alkyl-O—; (C3-C20)cycloalkyl; (C1 C20)haloalkyl; (C6-C20)aryl optionally substituted; (C6-C20)heteroaryl optionally substituted; R2 and R2? are hydrogen; (C1-C20)alkyl; (C1-C6)alkyl-O—; (C1-C6)haloalkyl; halogen; cyano; and nitro; Z1 to Z4 are diradicals of formula (III) wherein A1 and A2 are O— or NR3-, wherein R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and (C1-C20)alkyl; and G is (C1-C6)alkyl; —P(?S)R5-; —P(?O)R4; —P(?O)(OR4)-; —P(?O)(NR6R7)-; —S(?O)2-; S(?O)—; or —C(?O)—; and Y1 to Y4 are (C1-C8)alkyl; (C3-C7)cycloalkyl; (C6-C20)aryl optionally substituted; or (C6-C20)heteroaryl optionally substituted; and FG1 and FG2 are H, OH, or NHR8.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignees: FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA D'INVESTIGACIO QUIMICA (ICIQ), INSTITUCIO CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANCATS, UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILIInventors: Louis Adriaenssens, Pau Ballester, Francisco Javier Andrade, Pascal Blondeau, Francesc Xavier Rius, Tomas De Aquino Guinovart Pavon, Daniel Hernandez Alonso
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Patent number: 10324038Abstract: A method and a system for detection of presence or absence of analytes in fluids, the method comprising the steps of: a) contacting a fluid sample and a plurality of nanoparticles, the nanoparticles being functionalized with a selective ligand, the contact of the fluid sample with the nanoparticles being under conditions such that, the nanoparticles aggregate selectively on surface of their target analyte, forming a nanoparticle-analyte complex, the aggregation promoting the concentration of the nanoparticles on the surface of the target analyte; b) subjecting a fluid mixture of the fluid sample and the plurality of nanoparticles to SERS; c) measuring at least a SERS signal associated with the fluid mixture; d) spectrally analyzing the at least one SERS signal of step c); e) recognizing at least one defined SERS spectrum of the nanoparticle-analyte complex, through a SERS signal enhanced by the at least one narrow inter-nanoparticle gap.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignees: Medcom Advance, S.A, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Fundació Privada Centre Tecnologic de la Química de Catalunya, Fundació Privada Institutio Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avançats, Medcom Tech, S.AInventors: Nicolás Pazos-Pérez, Elena Pazos, Carme Catala, Bernat Mir-Simón, Sara Gomez-De-Pedro, Juan Sagales, Carlos Villanueva, Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla
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Patent number: 10287297Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of formula (I) in which R1-R5 and X1 are as described herein. Also provided are methods of using a compound of formula (I), including a method of treating cancer and a method of treating diabetes.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Fundació Institut Català d'Investigació Quimica (ICIQ), Universitat Rovira i VirgiliInventors: John A. Beutler, Antonio M. Echavarren, Laura Lopez, Fernando Bravo, Lorena Riesgo, Tanya Tannaquil Ransom
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Publication number: 20180127433Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of formula (I) in which R1-R5 and X1 are as described herein. Also provided are methods of using a compound of formula (I), including a method of treating cancer and a method of treating diabetes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2016Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicants: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human, Fundació Institut Català d'Investigació Química (ICIQ), Universitat Rovira i VirgiliInventors: John A. BEUTLER, Antonio M. ECHAVARREN, Laura LOPEZ, Fernando BRAVO, Lorena RIESGO, Tanya Tannaquil RANSOM
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Publication number: 20170370948Abstract: Compounds are of the formula (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), or are stereoisomers thereof, wherein: R1 is hydrogen, (C1-C20)alkyl; (C3-C20)alkenyl; (C3 C20)alkynyl; (C1-C6)alkyl-O—; (C3-C20)cycloalkyl; (C1 C20)haloalkyl; (C6-C20)aryl optionally substituted; (C6-C20)heteroaryl optionally substituted; R2 and R2? are hydrogen; (C1-C20)alkyl; (C1-C6)alkyl-O—; (C1-C6)haloalkyl; halogen;cyano; and nitro; Z1 to Z4 are diradicals of formula (III) wherein Al and A2 are O—or —NR3-, wherein R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and (C1-C20)alkyl; and G is (C1-C6)alkyl; —P(?S)R5-; —P(?O)R4; P(?O)(OR4)-; —P(?O)(NR6R7)-; —S(=0)2-; S(?O)—; or —C(?O)—; and Y1 to Y4 are (C1-C8)alkyl; (C3-C7)cycloalkyl; (C6-C20)aryl optionally substituted; or (C6-C20)heteroaryl optionally substituted; and FG1 and FG2 are H, OH, or NHR8.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicants: INSTITUCIO CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANCATS, UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILIInventors: Louis ADRIAENSSENS, Pau BALLESTER, Francisco Javier ANDRADE, Pascal BLONDEAU, Francesc Xavier RIUS, Tomas De Aquino GUINOVART PAVON, Daniel HERNANDEZ ALONSO
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Patent number: 9222905Abstract: Device for the selective detection of benzene gas, which comprises, on a base substrate, a combination of at least one functionalized multi- or single-wall carbon nanotube sensor decorated with rhodium clusters, and at least one functionalized multi- or single-wall carbon nanotube sensor decorated with metal clusters selected from gold, palladium, nickel and titanium, and/or undecorated, where said substrate additionally comprises means for measuring the variation in the resistance of said sensors. The device is useful at ambient temperature in the presence or absence of oxygen and easy to handle. It also relates to a method for the manufacturing thereof and for detecting the gas in the chemical industry, the petrochemical industry, petrol stations, or household, aeronautical or research applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignees: Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Sensotran, S.L., University Of Namur, Centre de Recherche Public—Gabriel Lippmann, Université Libre de BruxellesInventors: Eduard Llobet Valero, Radouane Leghrib, Marc Delgado Olivella, Jean-Jacques Pireaux, Alexandre Felten, Jérôme Guillot, Henri-Nöel Migeon, Ali Mansour, François Amand Baudouin Reniers, Nicolas Yves Claessens, Frédéric Gilbert Michel Demoisson
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Patent number: 8308056Abstract: The method of the present invention allows obtaining location associated information (3) through the use of a telecommunications device (2) and a two-dimensional code (1) in which the information is stored. The information obtained relates to the geographical position of the two-dimensional code (1), i.e., the location (3), as well as to additional data such as a description thereof, a contact telephone number or its opening hours. The information may be presented according to the language preferences of the user, the two-dimensional code (1) having at least three languages, and it being possible to access a repository with a great number of alternatives or to also translate the content if the repository does not contain the translation in any of the selected languages. The translation will be obtained by accessing the repository with a unique key which includes data relating to the geographical position of the location (3).Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Universitat Rovira I VirgiliInventor: Pedro Millan Marco
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Publication number: 20120242748Abstract: Micro fluidic devices comprising three dimensional elements fabricated onto a substrate using thick film printing technology, e.g., screen printing, wherein the three dimensional elements possess both structural and functional properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2009Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILIInventors: Ioannis Katakis, Diego Bejarano, Pablo Lozano Sanchez
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Publication number: 20100193376Abstract: The invention defines an all-solid-contact ISE which comprises a transducer layer of carbon nanotubes which brings the sensing layer and conducting element into contact. The invention also defines a method for the preparation of said all-solid-contact ISE and the use of the same for the qualitative, quantitative or semi-quantitative analysis of analytes. Said all-solid-contact ISE makes it possible to detect or quantify highly diverse chemical species in a reliable and reproducible manner, with the added advantages derived from its simplicity and low construction cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILIInventors: Francesc Xavier Rius Ferrus, Santiago Macho Aparicio, Gaston Adrian Crespo Paravano, Jordi Riu Rusell
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Patent number: 7138281Abstract: A method includes (a) putting a multielectrodic chip lithographed in a wafer that contains between 2 and 2000 individually polarisable electrodes, in contact with a solution or suspension that includes modified colloidal particles with a (bio)chemical recognition element; (b) applying to an electrode of the multielectrodic chip, a potential between ?1 and +2V vs. Ag/AgCl saturated, for a period of time between 1 and 300 seconds; (c) washing the chip after this stage (b); and (d) repeat the steps (b) and (c) as many times as needed to deposit a (bio)chemical recognition element, same or different to the one or ones previously deposited, on each one of the electrodes of that chip. The method is applicable for the fabrication of multisensors, particularly in chips and arrays for analytical and diagnostic applications.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2003Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Universitat Rovira I VirgiliInventors: Ioannis Katakis, Monica Campas Homs