Patents by Inventor Agnes Fonverne

Agnes Fonverne has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for fabricating a microfluidic component comprising at least one microchannel filled with nanostructures
    Patent number: 8029863
    Abstract: A microfluidic component comprises at least one closed microchannel filled with nanostructures. The microchannel is produced by previously forming an opening delineating a bottom wall and two opposite side walls of the microchannel in a surface of a substrate. The nanostructures filling said microchannel are formed by in situ growth to constitute a layer of metallic catalyst deposited on said side walls and on said wall bottom. The microchannel is closed, before the nanostructures are formed, by sealing a protective cover onto said surface of the substrate. Sealing is obtained by formation of an eutectic compound between a material of the cover and the metal of the catalyst used for in situ growth of the nanostructures and deposited on the surface of the substrate designed to come into contact with the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Agnès Fonverne, Jean Dijon, Florence Ricoul, Emmanuelle Rouviere
  • Method for fabricating a microfluidic component comprising at least one microchannel filled with nanostructures
    Publication number: 20090084496
    Abstract: A microfluidic component comprises at least one closed microchannel filled with nanostructures. The microchannel is produced by previously forming an opening delineating a bottom wall and two opposite side walls of the microchannel in a surface of a substrate. The nanostructures filling said microchannel are formed by in situ growth to constitute a layer of metallic catalyst deposited on said side walls and on said wall bottom. The microchannel is closed, before the nanostructures are formed, by sealing a protective cover onto said surface of the substrate. Sealing is obtained by formation of an eutectic compound between a material of the cover and the metal of the catalyst used for in situ growth of the nanostructures and deposited on the surface of the substrate designed to come into contact with the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventors: Agnes Fonverne, Jean Dijon, Florence Ricoul, Emmanuelle Rouviere