Patents by Inventor Celeste Samyn

Celeste Samyn 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).

  • Nonlinear optical chiral compounds and devices incorporating same
    Patent number: 6864347
    Abstract: The present disclosure is in part directed to optical devices for modulating light comprising compounds which spontaneously align. The disclosure is also directed to electro-optic compounds wherein chromophore substituents are chemically bound to a chiral polymer. In one embodiment, the chiral polymer comprises a binaphthyl monomeric unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: KVH Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Kits van Heyningen, Thierry Verbiest, Andre Persoons, Celeste Samyn, Guy Koeckelberghs
  • Nonlinear optical chiral compounds and devices incorporating same
    Publication number: 20030161605
    Abstract: The present disclosure is in part directed to optical devices for modulating light comprising compounds which spontaneously align. The disclosure is also directed to electro-optic compounds wherein chromophore substituents are chemically bound to a chiral polymer. In one embodiment, the chiral polymer comprises a binaphthyl monomeric unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Martin Kits van Heyningen, Thierry Verbiest, Andre Persoons, Celeste Samyn, Guy Koeckelberghs
  • Acetylenic polymers, trimers thereof and the production thereof
    Patent number: 3935167
    Abstract: A polymer having one of the general formulae ##EQU1## and ##EQU2## wherein Ar.sub.1, Ar.sub.2, Ar.sub.3, Ar.sub.4, Ar.sub.5, Ar.sub.6, Ar.sub.8, Ar.sub.9 and Ar.sub.10 are the same or different bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon radicals containing six to ten carbon atoms, Ar.sub.7 is a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon radical containing 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and n is 30 to 120.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1976
    Assignee: University Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl S. Marvel, Celeste Samyn