Patents by Inventor Christophe Bauer

Christophe Bauer 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: 8917969
    Abstract: A luminescence concentrator (LK) may concentrate both incident direct and diffuse light by way of frequency shift and total internal reflection. It differs fundamentally from geometric concentrators. With sufficient geometric expansion of the collector plate, nearly arbitrarily high concentration can be achieved in the LK. A luminescence disperser is an apparatus which holds both directional and nondirectional incident light captive in a transparent body by way of frequency shift and total internal reflection and emits it diffusely or directionally uniformly distributed across an area by way of luminescence emission. The object of the invention is a method for the technical implementation of the LK and luminescence disperser, using zeolite crystals having a nanotube structure, into which the luminescent dyes are embedded such that they have antenna properties. Using the resulting novel structures, problems can be solved which made the technical use of LK impossible or at least considerably limited it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignees: Universität Zürich
    Inventors: Gion Calzaferri, Andreas Kunzmann, Dominik Brühwiler, Christophe Bauer
  • Publication number: 20110094566
    Abstract: A luminescence concentrator (LK) may concentrate both incident direct and diffuse light by way of frequency shift and total internal reflection. It differs fundamentally from geometric concentrators. With sufficient geometric expansion of the collector plate, nearly arbitrarily high concentration can be achieved in the LK. A luminescence disperser is an apparatus which holds both directional and nondirectional incident light captive in a transparent body by way of frequency shift and total internal reflection and emits it diffusely or directionally uniformly distributed across an area by way of luminescence emission. The object of the invention is a method for the technical implementation of the LK and luminescence disperser, using zeolite crystals having a nanotube structure, into which the luminescent dyes are embedded such that they have antenna properties. Using the resulting novel structures, problems can be solved which made the technical use of LK impossible or at least considerably limited it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicants: UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH
    Inventors: Gion Calzaferri, Andreas Kunzmann, Dominik Brühwiler, Christophe Bauer
  • Patent number: 5959108
    Abstract: A crystalline polymorphous terazosine monohydrochloride is obtained by suspending and treating a crystalline addition product of terazosine hydrochloride and methanol in a polar solvent which is an alcohol with 2 to 6 carbon atoms or a ketone with 2 to 6 carbon atoms or a mixture thereof. The thus obtained crystalline polymorphous terazosine hydrochloride is characterized by a reduced hygroscopicity and solvent residue retention capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Cu Chemie Uetikon GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe Bauer, Jean-Marie Grunenwald