Patents by Inventor Emmanuel SCOLAN

Emmanuel SCOLAN 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: 10656091
    Abstract: An optical sensor (1) for detecting a chemical species includes a substrate (3), a mesoporous matrix (5) disposed on the substrate, and a microporous matrix (7) disposed within the mesoporous matrix. The microporous matrix (7) includes an indicator dye (9) dispersed therein, the indicator dye (9) exhibiting changes in its optical properties in response to the presence of the chemical species. This arrangement significantly increases the amount of dye present, while allowing the medium to be analyzed greater access through the porous structure, thereby increasing the performance of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA—RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: Emmanuel Scolan, Bernard Wenger, Raphael Pugin
  • Patent number: 9783719
    Abstract: A method of treatment of outdoor equipment for reducing ice adhesion thereon, the outdoor equipment defining a substrate on which a layer of linkers is intended to be coupled, the linkers being bi-functional and including: a first reacting group able to couple in a stable way in environmental conditions with the substrate, and a second reacting group able to generate a covalent bond stable in environmental conditions with polysaccharides, the method includes the steps of: coupling the linkers on at least an area of the equipment to obtain a layer of linkers coupled stably in environmental conditions with the substrate; and making react some polysaccharides on the layer of linkers to bind them with a covalent bond stable in environmental conditions with the second reacting group of the linkers and forming a layer of polysaccharides on the layer of linkers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT
    Inventor: Emmanuel Scolan
  • Publication number: 20170248516
    Abstract: Calibration device for a diagnostic device, the diagnostic device comprising a digital imaging device arranged to record an image of at least one sample container containing at least one biological sample. According to the invention, methods include of digitally imaging said at least one sample container, thus obtaining a first image processing the first image, thus obtaining a second image printing a representation of the second image onto a substrate by means of a printing method, thus obtaining the calibration device, wherein said processing of the first image comprises applying at least one transfer function to the first image. The invention further relates to a corresponding calibration device, and a method of calibrating a diagnostic device by means of the calibration device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: GERMANO MEIER, RAPHAEL PUGIN, DAVID HASLER, EMMANUEL SCOLAN
  • Publication number: 20170176332
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical sensor (1) for detecting a chemical species, including: a substrate (3); a mesoporous matrix (5) disposed on the substrate; a microporous matrix (7) disposed within the mesoporous matrix, the microporous matrix (7) including an indicator dye (9) dispersed therein, the indicator dye (9) exhibiting changes in its optical properties in response to the presence of the chemical species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Emmanuel SCOLAN, Bernard WENGER, Raphael PUGIN
  • Patent number: 9238582
    Abstract: The assembly is made up of: a) a support including a mesoporous coating whose pores have an average diameter dimensioned so as to enable molecules from the family of cyanines to penetrate them, and b) a layer of molecules from the family of cyanines and organized into J-aggregates within the pores of the coating. The assembly moreover includes Quantum Dots located within the same pores as those containing the J-aggregates, the Quantum Dots maintaining J-aggregates structure. A method for producing such an assembly is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA—RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Bernard Wenger, Emmanuel Scolan, Raphael Pugin, Rolf Steiger
  • Publication number: 20150376483
    Abstract: A method of treatment of outdoor equipment for reducing ice adhesion thereon, the outdoor equipment defining a substrate on which a layer of linkers is intended to be coupled, the linkers being bi-functional and including: a first reacting group able to couple in a stable way in environmental conditions with the substrate, and a second reacting group able to generate a covalent bond stable in environmental conditions with polysaccharides, the method includes the steps of: coupling the linkers on at least an area of the equipment to obtain a layer of linkers coupled stably in environmental conditions with the substrate; and making react some polysaccharides on the layer of linkers to bind them with a covalent bond stable in environmental conditions with the second reacting group of the linkers and forming a layer of polysaccharides on the layer of linkers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventor: Emmanuel SCOLAN
  • Publication number: 20140017485
    Abstract: The assembly is made up of: a) a support including a mesoporous coating whose pores have an average diameter dimensioned so as to enable molecules from the family of cyanines to penetrate them, and b) a layer of molecules from the family of cyanines and organized into J-aggregates within the pores of the coating. The assembly moreover includes Quantum Dots located within the same pores as those containing the J-aggregates, the Quantum Dots maintaining J-aggregates structure. A method for producing such an assembly is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA Recherche et Developpement
    Inventors: Bernard WENGER, Emmanuel SCOLAN, Raphael PUGIN, Rolf STEIGER