Patents by Inventor Filipa Lopes

Filipa Lopes 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 and unit for producing microalgae
    Patent number: 10106765
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing microalgae on a support (14) that is movably mounted essentially in an aqueous medium contained in a tank (12), said method comprising a succession of phases in which the microalgae developing on the support (14) are exposed to sunlight and phases in the shade, the light intensity received in the shade being less than 50% of the average light intensity received during the sunlight exposure phases. The total length of the shade phases is more than 50% longer than the total length of the sunlight exposure phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: Inria Institut National De Recherche En Informatique Et En Automatique, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S), Ecole Centrale Paris, Universite Pierre Et Marie Curie (Paris 6)
    Inventors: Olivier Bernard, Filipa Lopes, Eric Pruvost, Antoine Sciandra
  • Method and Unit for Producing Microalgae
    Publication number: 20160152933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing microalgae on a support (14) that is movably mounted essentially in an aqueous medium contained in a tank (12), said method comprising a succession of phases in which the microalgae developing on the support (14) are exposed to sunlight and phases in the shade, the light intensity received in the shade being less than 50% of the average light intensity received during the sunlight exposure phases. The total length of the shade phases is more than 50% longer than the total length of the sunlight exposure phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Olivier Bernard, Filipa Lopes, Eric Pruvost, Antoine Sciandra