Patents by Inventor Alphonse Martz

Alphonse Martz 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).

  • Patent number: 6573512
    Abstract: A device for non-destructive analysis of plants includes a unit transmitting a calibrated excitation laser beam, a unit measuring and imaging the fluorescence emitted by the irradiated plant(s) and a unit for digitally processing, storing and editing or displaying the collected images. The transmitting unit provides at least two different laser excitation wavelengths simultaneously and the measuring and imaging unit includes a unit for forming, from a common fluorescence beam emitted by the plant(s), simultaneously or successively, at least two secondary beams, each having its own wavelength and each constituting a fluorescence image at a matrix sensor, over the whole surface thereof or over part of the surface thereof, each image being separate for each secondary beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Communaute Europeene
    Inventors: Alfredo Lucia, Francine Heisel, Alphonse Martz, Joseph-Albert Miehe, Jean-Pierre Oberlin, Malgorzata Sowinska, Martin Zurn
  • Patent number: 5774026
    Abstract: A coupling and matching device for high frequency or microwave signal transmission includes two line sections (9, 10) with parallel, weakly coupled portions (9', 10'), where the primary section (9) forms a short circuit and is connected to a relatively low output impedance device while the secondary section (10) is connected to a relatively high input impedance device. The coupling and matching device also includes a ground plane parallel to the secondary line section (10), and a member (12) for varying the difference between the secondary line section and the ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Communaute Europeenne
    Inventors: Bernard Cunin, Paul Geist, Alphonse Martz, Joseph-Albert Miehe