Patents by Inventor Etienne Waelkens

Etienne Waelkens 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: 11790629
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a species (analyte) separation and analysis system, for instance a spectrometry system, comprising a processor for receiving and processing signals from said its detector to remove undesirable variation or noise before further processing into a spectrum, whereby the processor is programmed by a novel program for a normalization preprocessing of the signals of said separation and analysis system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: Bart De Moor, Raf Van De Plas, Etienne Waelkens
  • Patent number: 10540536
    Abstract: Imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) has become a prime tool for studying the distribution of biomolecules in tissue. Although IMS data sets can become very large, computational methods have made it practically feasible to search these experiments for relevant findings. However, these methods lack access to an important source of information that many human interpretations rely upon: anatomical insight. In this work, this need is addressed by (1) integrating a curated anatomical data source with an empirically acquired IMS data source, establishing an algorithm-accessible link between them; and (2) demonstrating the potential of such an IMS-anatomical atlas link by applying it toward automated anatomical interpretation of ion distributions in tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.Leuven R&D, Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Richard M. Caprioli, Bart De Moor, Raf Van De Plas, Nico Verbeeck, Etienne Waelkens
  • Publication number: 20190236397
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a species (analyte) separation and analysis system, for instance a spectrometry system, comprising a processor for receiving and processing signals from said its detector to remove undesirable variation or noise before further processing into a spectrum, whereby the processor is programmed by a novel program for a normalization preprocessing of the signals of said separation and analysis system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Bart DE MOOR, Raf VAN DE PLAS, Etienne WAELKENS
  • Patent number: 10268916
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a species (analyte) separation and analysis system, for instance a spectrometry system, comprising a processor for receiving and processing signals from said its detector to remove undesirable variation or noise before further processing into a spectrum, whereby the processor is programmed by a novel program for a normalization preprocessing of the signals of said separation and analysis system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: Bart De Moor, Raf Van De Plas, Etienne Waelkens
  • Publication number: 20180066241
    Abstract: The invention provide chimeric peptides comprising a chimeric peptide comprising a cell-penetrating peptide linked to a pro-apoptotic peptide, wherein the pro-apoptotic peptide is derived from, or consists of, a portion of PP2A protein that binds a SET protein or is derived from, or consists of, a portion of the SET protein that binds PP2A protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Angelita Rebollo Garcia, Jeronimo Bravo Sicilia, Jesus Maria Fominaya Gutierrez, Etienne Waelkens, Veerle Janssens
  • Publication number: 20170220850
    Abstract: Imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) has become a prime tool for studying the distribution of biomolecules in tissue. Although IMS data sets can become very large, computational methods have made it practically feasible to search these experiments for relevant findings. However, these methods lack access to an important source of information that many human interpretations rely upon: anatomical insight. In this work, this need is addressed by (1) integrating a curated anatomical data source with an empirically acquired IMS data source, establishing an algorithm-accessible link between them; and (2) demonstrating the potential of such an IMS-anatomical atlas link by applying it toward automated anatomical interpretation of ion distributions in tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Richard M. Caprioli, Bart De Moor, Raf Van De Plas, Nico Verbeeck, Etienne Waelkens
  • Publication number: 20130035867
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a species (analyte) separation and analysis system, for instance a spectrometry system, comprising a processor for receiving and processing signals from said its detector to remove undesirable variation or noise before further processing into a spectrum, whereby the processor is programmed by a novel program, for a normalization preprocessing of the signals of said separation and analysis system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven K.U. Leuven R & D,
    Inventors: Bart De Moor, Raf Van De Plas, Etienne Waelkens