Patents by Inventor Christophe Calais

Christophe Calais 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: 9834886
    Abstract: A method for producing mechanical paper pulp comprises: impregnating unprocessed wood, whereby unprocessed wood is exposed to an impregnating composition comprising at least a laccase enzyme and a formula mediator (I), wherein R1 and R2 are identical or different groups, chosen from among a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon chain, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, comprising 1 to 14 carbon atoms, wherein each hydrocarbon chain can be replaced by one or more functional groups chosen from among —OH, —SO3, benzyl, amino, mercapto, keto or carboxyl, wherein R1 and R2 in combination can form a cyclical structure, to achieve impregnation of the wood; and mechanically refining the impregnated wood, such that a mechanical paper pulp is obtained. The disclosure also relates to an impregnating composition used in this method and to the use thereof in a method for producing mechanical paper pulp, as well as to a method for producing paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Jérôme Blanc, Christophe Calais, Valérie Meyer, Michel Petit-Conil
  • Publication number: 20140231034
    Abstract: A method for producing mechanical paper pulp comprises: impregnating unprocessed wood, whereby unprocessed wood is exposed to an impregnating composition comprising at least a laccase enzyme and a formula mediator (I), wherein R1 and R2 are identical or different groups, chosen from among a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon chain, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, comprising 1 to 14 carbon atoms, wherein each hydrocarbon chain can be replaced by one or more functional groups chosen from among —OH, —SO3, benzyl, amino, mercapto, keto or carboxyl, wherein R1 and R2 in combination can form a cyclical structure, to achieve impregnation of the wood; and mechanically refining the impregnated wood, such that a mechanical paper pulp is obtained. The disclosure also relates to an impregnating composition used in this method and to the use thereof in a method for producing mechanical paper pulp, as well as to a method for producing paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Jérôme Blanc, Christophe Calais, Valérie Meyer, Michel Petit-Conil
  • Publication number: 20120118518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing papermaking pulp, including: a step of refining wood, including an ozone treatment, so as to obtain a mechanical pulp; a deacidification step including placing the mechanical pulp in contact with a deacidification composition including at least one alkaline agent for more than one hour; and a bleaching step including placing the deacidified pulp in contact with a bleaching composition; wherein the pH varies by less than 0.2 point during the last 30 minutes of the deacidification step, and the pH is 6. to 10 at the end of the deacidification step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Christophe Calais, Jean-Christophe Hostachy
  • Publication number: 20100084101
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for functionalising carbohydrates, that comprises at least one step during which the carbohydrates react with an oxidizing agent in the presence of copper-phenanthroline complex. The invention more particularly relates to a method for functionalising cellulose fibers for the paper industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Christophe Calais, Dominique Lachenal, Gerard Mortha
  • Patent number: 5731462
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a new process for obtaining nitrones. It more particularly relates to a process for obtaining N-monosubstituted hydroxylamine comprising a stage in which a nitrone is formed from a secondary amine in the presence of an oxidizing agent and of at least one C.dbd.O containing species chosen from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, hydrogencarbonates and carbonates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Elf Atochem S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Calais, Remy Teissier