Patents by Inventor Frederic Mentink-Vigier

Frederic Mentink-Vigier 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).

  • Rotor Cap Removing Tools, Microwave Guides, and Methods
    Publication number: 20230358831
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for removing caps, such as NMR rotor caps. The apparatuses and methods may permit caps to be removed in a manner that minimizes damage to equipment and instruments. Microwave waveguides that may include an elongated waveguide, a spline horn, and a slotted waveguide. Analytical instruments that include the waveguides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Thierry Dubroca, Bianca Trociewitz, Johannes McKay, Frederic Mentink-Vigier
  • Rotor Cap Removing Tools, Microwave Guides, and Methods
    Publication number: 20230358830
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for removing caps, such as NMR rotor caps. The apparatuses and methods may permit caps to be removed in a manner that minimizes damage to equipment and instruments. Microwave waveguides that may include an elongated waveguide, a spline horn, and a slotted waveguide. Analytical instruments that include the waveguides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Thierry Dubroca, Bianca Trociewitz, Johannes McKay, Frederic Mentink-Vigier
  • Rotor cap removing tools, microwave guides, and methods
    Patent number: 11703555
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for removing caps, such as NMR rotor caps. The apparatuses and methods may permit caps to be removed in a manner that minimizes damage to equipment and instruments. The apparatuses may include a plate defining an aperture, and two screws arranged in the plate, such as a tightening screw and at least one pushing screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Thierry Dubroca, Bianca Trociewitz, Johannes McKay, Frederic Mentink-Vigier
  • DINITROXIDE BIRADICAL COMPOUNDS AS POLARIZING AGENTS
    Publication number: 20230040736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel organic dinitroxide biradical compounds and their use as polarizing agents, in particular, in the techniques of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) of solids or liquid samples and medical imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, University of Iceland
    Inventors: Gaël De Paepe, Frédéric Mentink-Vigier, Snorri Sigurdsson, Anil Jagtap
  • Dinitroxide biradical compounds as polarizing agents
    Patent number: 11472790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel organic dinitroxide biradical compounds and their use as polarizing agents, in particular, in the techniques of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) of solids or liquid samples and medical imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, University of Iceland
    Inventors: Gaël De Paepe, Frédéric Mentink-Vigier, Snorri Sigurdsson, Anil Jagtap
  • Rotor Cap Removing Tools, Microwave Guides, and Methods
    Publication number: 20210173021
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for removing caps, such as NMR rotor caps. The apparatuses and methods may permit caps to be removed in a manner that minimizes damage to equipment and instruments. Microwave waveguides that may include an elongated waveguide, a spline horn, and a slotted waveguide. Analytical instruments that include the waveguides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Thierry Dubroca, Bianca Trociewitz, Johannes McKay, Frederic Mentink-Vigier
  • DINITROXIDE BIRADICAL COMPOUNDS AS POLARIZING AGENTS
    Publication number: 20200148666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel organic dinitroxide biradical compounds and their use as polarizing agents, in particular, in the techniques of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) of solids or liquid samples and medical imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, University of Iceland
    Inventors: Gaël De Paepe, Frédéric Mentink-Vigier, Snorri Sigurdsson, Anil Jagtap