Patents by Inventor Elodie Nicolau

Elodie Nicolau 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).

  • Method for bacterial treatment of effluents containing 2-ethylhexyl nitrate
    Patent number: 8366933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating effluents containing 2-ethylhexyl nitrate (2-EHN), or nitric ester of 2-ethylhexane-1-ol, in order to reduce at least partly the concentration thereof, characterized in that it comprises growing, in the presence of a suitable substrate, a Corynebacterium urealyticum CIP-1-2126 bacterium and degrading the 2-EHN contained in the effluents by the biomass of said bacterium thus produced. The invention has application in the Application: depollution of waters and soils polluted by 2-EHN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Elodie Nicolau, Remy Marchal, Yves Jouanneau
  • METHOD FOR BACTERIAL TREATMENT OF EFFLUENTS CONTAINING 2-ETHYLHEXYL NITRATE
    Publication number: 20100276362
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating effluents containing 2-ethylhexyl nitrate (2-EHN), or nitric ester of 2-ethylhexane-1-ol, in order to reduce at least partly the concentration thereof, characterized in that it comprises growing, in the presence of a suitable substrate, a Corynebacterium urealyticum CIP-I-2126 bacterium and degrading the 2-EHN contained in the effluents by the biomass of said bacterium thus produced. Application: depollution of waters and soils polluted by 2-EHN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicants: Commissariat Al 'Energie Atomique, IFP
    Inventors: Elodie Nicolau, Remy Marchal