Patents by Inventor Christophe Gerard
Christophe Gerard 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).
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Publication number: 20220280999Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a metal powder intended for an additive manufacturing process, of the type that involves scanning a bed of powder by a near-infrared laser beam, characterized in that the method comprises: an initial step for selecting a powder, which has an optical reflectivity of higher than 70% for a wavelength ranging between 800 and 1500 nm; then a step for treating said powder, which is different from particle grafting, and which induces a physical and/or chemical surface modification of the grains of said powder, making it possible to lower its optical reflectivity, at the given wavelength. The invention also relates to the use of such a powder, the grains having, after treatment, a median grain size d50 of between 5 and 50 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Sébastien BUCHER, Christophe Gérard PUPIER
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Patent number: 9726197Abstract: A turbomachine element including an airfoil set including a plurality of airfoils that are offset from one another in a lateral direction, and upstream from at least one end of each airfoil, a group of a plurality of vortex generator devices that are mutually offset both laterally and axially.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2012Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Jean-Christophe Gerard Roger Boniface, Vincent Perrot, Agnes Pesteil
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Patent number: 8804937Abstract: A ring-back tone generator system receives an inbound call connection request forwarded from a phone switch (such as an MSC) that receives the inbound call connection request from a caller phone attempting to connect to a target phone (e.g., a subscriber). The ring-back tone generator system initiates generation of a first call connection on which to provide the customized ring-back tone (and/or custom video image data) to the caller phone. The ring-back tone generator system also transmits, based on receiving the inbound call connection request, an outbound call connection request to the phone switch (such as the MSC) to establish a second call connection through the phone switch to the target phone. Consequently, an MSC that normally handles such call processing now relies on the ring-back tone generator system to handle call processing and provide a custom ring-back tone service.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: OnMobile Live, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey M. DeMent, Christophe Gerard
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Publication number: 20120184184Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for machining hard materials such as metal-matrix or organic-matrix composite materials, comprising a cylindrical sonotrode (22) connected, along the axis (A) of said cylinder, to an assembly vibrating at a predetermined ultrasonic frequency and rotated about said axis, and at least one nozzle (3), on the surface to be machined and at the terminal end (24) of the sonotrode, for ejecting a liquid in which abrasive particles are suspended, said particles being vibrated at said ultrasonic frequency by the sonotrode so as to form a drilling head along the axis (A) of the cylinder, characterized in that the circumference (23) of the sonotrode is covered with particles of a so-called superhard material in order to form a milling head capable of moving in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to said vibratory axis (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Christophe Gerard, Regis Grosbois, Damien Hebuterne, Alexis Perez-Duarte
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Patent number: 7813490Abstract: A ring-back tone generator system receives an inbound call connection request forwarded from a phone switch (such as an MSC) that receives the inbound call connection request from a caller phone attempting to connect to a target phone (e.g., a subscriber). The ring-back tone generator system initiates generation of a first call connection on which to provide the customized ring-back tone (and/or custom video image data) to the caller phone. The ring-back tone generator system also transmits, based on receiving the inbound call connection request, an outbound call connection request to the phone switch (such as the MSC) to establish a second call connection through the phone switch to the target phone. Consequently, an MSC that normally handles such call processing now relies on the ring-back tone generator system to handle call processing and provide a custom ring-back tone service.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2004Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: NMS Communications Corp.Inventors: Jeffrey M. DeMent, Christophe Gerard
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Patent number: 7529718Abstract: Versions of the invention are directed to computer-based methods, apparatus and software (programs) for fast, dynamic programming and recursive partitioning techniques to segment data, especially real-world data, into data structures for display as nodal trees. These techniques and displayed data in segmented form have numerous applications, especially for the analysis and understanding of real-world data. Some particular applications are in the area of computational high throughput screening of molecular drug (or pharmaceutical) candidates using a quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) approach. Another particular application is in the areas of pharmacogenomics and pharmacogenetics.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2003Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Inventor: Christophe Gerard Lambert
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Publication number: 20050117726Abstract: A ring-back tone generator system receives an inbound call connection request forwarded from a phone switch (such as an MSC) that receives the inbound call connection request from a caller phone attempting to connect to a target phone (e.g., a subscriber). The ring-back tone generator system initiates generation of a first call connection on which to provide the customized ring-back tone (and/or custom video image data) to the caller phone. The ring-back tone generator system also transmits, based on receiving the inbound call connection request, an outbound call connection request to the phone switch (such as the MSC) to establish a second call connection through the phone switch to the target phone. Consequently, an MSC that normally handles such call processing now relies on the ring-back tone generator system to handle call processing and provide a custom ring-back tone service.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2004Publication date: June 2, 2005Inventors: Jeffrey DeMent, Christophe Gerard
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Publication number: 20030149554Abstract: Versions of the invention are directed to computer-based methods, apparatus and software (programs) for fast, dynamic programming and recursive partitioning techniques to segment data, especially real-world data, into data structures for display as nodal trees. These techniques and displayed data in segmented form have numerous applications, especially for the analysis and understanding of real-world data. Some particular applications are in the area of computational high throughput screening of molecular drug (or pharmaceutical) candidates using a quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) approach. Another particular application is in the areas of pharmacogenomics and pharmacogenetics.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2003Publication date: August 7, 2003Inventors: Christophe Gerard Lambert, Douglas Hawkins
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Publication number: 20030061186Abstract: Statistical classification of activities of molecules is a computer implemented methodology of QSAR employing visualization of molecular features and statistical techniques for correlating features of molecules with their observed biological properties. Each molecule is described by noting the presence (1) or absence (0) of a feature of interest. The identification of specific features coded by 1's or 0's is accomplished by recursive partitioning. The data sets are planned or unplanned. The method is also applicable to classification of individuals in biological populations on the basis of their genetic makeup.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: Mark W. Farmen, Christophe Gerard Lambert, Andrew, III Rusinko, Sidney Stanley Young
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Patent number: 6434542Abstract: Statistical classification of activities of molecules is a computer implemented methodology of QSAR employing visualization of molecular features and statistical techniques for correlating features of molecules with their observed biological properties. Each molecule is described by noting the presence (1) or absence (0) of a feature of interest. The identification of specific features coded by 1's or 0's is accomplished by recursive partitioning. The data sets are planned or unplanned. The method is also applicable to classification of individuals in biological populations on the basis of their genetic makeup.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2000Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: SmithKline Beecham CorporationInventors: Mark W. Farmen, Christophe Gerard Lambert, Andrew R. Rusinko, III, Sidney Stanley Young
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Patent number: 5885504Abstract: A process for moulding high strength elongated parts made of a fibre-resin composite material, especially turbomachine blades such as fan blades, is disclosed wherein a plurality of heating and cooling elements are arranged within the body of the mould at intervals along the length of the mould cavity, and the liquid resin which is injected at one end into the mould cavity containing the fibre preform is polymerized progressively from the opposite end of the mould cavity, while maintaining the supply of liquid resin under pressure to the cavity, by successively de-activating the cooling elements, which maintain the resin in the liquid state, at predetermined time intervals starting from said opposite end of the mould cavity and progressing in turn towards said one end, and in synchronism therewith successively activating the heating elements to raise the temperature of the resin to the polymerizing temperature progressing in turn from said opposite end to said one end of the mould cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1996Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: Societe Nationale D'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs D'Aviation "Snecma"Inventors: Laurent Jean Pierre David, Daniel Georges Girault, Christophe Gerard Grosbois