Patents by Inventor Alan Le Goff

Alan Le Goff 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).

  • Publication number: 20240093264
    Abstract: A method for the detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons including: a) a step of contacting an aqueous solution including at least one polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with a catalyst for the oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and with an electrode made of a conductive porous material, and b) a step of detecting the anthraquinone that is formed during the previous step through the oxidation of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Alan LE GOFF, Ilaria SORRENTINO
  • Patent number: 11769894
    Abstract: The invention relates to a biocell (1) with a biofuel reservoir intended to be brought into contact with a liquid medium and with a fluid medium comprising an oxidant. Said biocell comprises a first electrochemical cell having: an anode (5) comprising a first enzyme capable of catalyzing the oxidation of the biofuel; —a cathode (7) comprising a second enzyme capable of catalyzing the reduction of the oxidant; and —a separating and porous membrane (3), electrically insulating, and permeable to said liquid medium, placed between the anode (5) and the cathode (7). Said biocell (1) being characterized in that it comprises a means for storing the biofuel (3) and for providing the liquid medium to the anode (5), said means comprising a hydrophilic porous material in contact with said anode (5)) and having a basis weight of 500 to 900 g/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES, ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON, UNIVERSITÉ CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1
    Inventors: Alan Le Goff, Yannig Nedellec, Caroline Abreu, Serge Cosnier, Michaël Holzinger
  • Publication number: 20220263109
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cell comprising an anode, a cathode and a membrane located between the anode and the cathode, wherein the membrane comprises an aqueous medium and a film comprising amyloid fibers. The invention further relates to said film, stacks of said cells, an electrolyte membrane, and the use of these various devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES, COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Alan LE GOFF, Yannig NEDELLEC, Patrice RANNOU, Vincent FORGE, Michael HOLZINGER
  • Publication number: 20220123342
    Abstract: The invention relates to a biocell (1) with a biofuel reservoir intended to be brought into contact with a liquid medium and with a fluid medium comprising an oxidant. Said biocell comprises a first electrochemical cell having: an anode (5) comprising a first enzyme capable of catalyzing the oxidation of the biofuel;—a cathode (7) comprising a second enzyme capable of catalyzing the reduction of the oxidant; and—a separating and porous membrane (3), electrically insulating, and permeable to said liquid medium, placed between the anode (5) and the cathode (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Alan LE GOFF, Yannig NEDELLEC, Caroline ABREU, Serge COSNIER, Michaël HOLZINGER
  • Publication number: 20210249676
    Abstract: The invention relates to a biocell (1) with a biofuel reservoir intended to be brought into contact with a liquid medium and with a fluid medium comprising an oxidant. Said biocell comprises a first electrochemical cell having: an anode (5) comprising a first enzyme capable of catalyzing the oxidation of the biofuel;—a cathode (7) comprising a second enzyme capable of catalyzing the reduction of the oxidant; and—a separating and porous membrane (3), electrically insulating, and permeable to said liquid medium, placed between the anode (5) and the cathode (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Alan LE GOFF, Yannig NEDELLEC, Caroline ABREU, Serge COSNIER, Michaël HOLZINGER
  • Publication number: 20210050613
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bioelectrode comprising a conductive material, on the surface of which are deposited carbon nanotubes, a redox mediator based on pyrene or a derivative thereof, oxidized in-situ, and an enzyme capable of catalyzing the glucose oxidation. The invention also relates to a process for producing such a bioelectrode, and to the uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Michaël HOLZINGER, Pierre-Yves BLANCHARD, Alan LE GOFF, Serge COSNIER
  • Patent number: 9941522
    Abstract: A supercapacitor to be submerged in a medium containing a biological material and an oxidant, wherein the anode comprises a first enzyme that can catalyse the oxidation of the biological material and the cathode comprises a second enzyme that can catalyse the reduction of the oxidant, and wherein each of the anode and cathode electrodes consists of a solid agglomerate of a conductive material mixed with the first or the second enzyme, said agglomerate having a specific surface that is larger than or equal to 20 m2/g and an average pore size varying between 0.7 nm and 10 pm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Universite Joseph Fourier
    Inventors: Serge Cosnier, Michael Holzinger, Alan Le Goff, Charles Agnes
  • Patent number: 8895207
    Abstract: Novel materials comprising a solid support, linker arms and metal-organic complexes, and their use for the electrocatalytic production and oxidation of H2. Such materials can be used for the production of electrodes in the field of electronics, and notably electrodes for fuel cells, electrolysers and photoelectrocatalytical (PEC) devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Vincent Artero, Marc Fontecave, Serge Palacin, Alan Le Goff, Bruno Jousselme
  • Publication number: 20130284596
    Abstract: The invention relates to a biopile electrode or biosensor electrode intended to be immersed in a liquid medium containing a target and an oxidizer, respectively a reducer, in which the anode comprises an enzyme able to catalyse the oxidation of a target, and the cathode comprises an enzyme able to catalyse the reduction of the oxidizer, and in which each of the anode electrode and cathode electrode consists of a solid agglomeration of carbon nanotubes mixed with the enzyme, and is secured to an electrode wire
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER
    Inventors: Abdelkader Zebda, Alan Le Goff, Michael Holzinger, Serge Cosnier
  • Publication number: 20110294044
    Abstract: Novel materials comprising a solid support, linker arms and metal-organic complexes, and their use for the electrocatalytic production and oxidation of H2. Such materials can be used for the production of electrodes in the field of electronics, and notably electrodes for fuel cells, electrolysers and photoelectrocatalytical (PEC) devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Vincent Artero, Marc Fontecave, Serge Palacin, Alan Le Goff, Bruno Jousselme