Patents by Inventor Georges Feller

Georges Feller 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: 9276298
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed include automatically determining alarm threshold settings for monitored battery cells in battery systems. Battery monitoring control units are provided that are configured to initiate battery performance tests (e.g., ohmic tests) on battery cells in a battery system. Failing battery cells are identified as those battery cells having battery performance characteristics outside defined battery performance threshold settings. An initial performance alarm threshold setting is established for each battery cell because of unique performance characteristics that can substantially change during initial charging cycles before the battery cells have settled. A settled performance alarm threshold setting specific to each battery cell is then established based on battery cell performance during the defined settling time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: NDSL, Inc.
    Inventors: David Brown, David Robert Battle, Christopher James Belcher, Duncan Joseph Brown, George Feller
  • Publication number: 20140242432
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed include automatically determining alarm threshold settings for monitored battery cells in battery systems. Battery monitoring control units are provided that are configured to initiate battery performance tests (e.g., ohmic tests) on battery cells in a battery system. Failing battery cells are identified as those battery cells having battery performance characteristics outside defined battery performance threshold settings. An initial performance alarm threshold setting is established for each battery cell because of unique performance characteristics that can substantially change during initial charging cycles before the battery cells have settled. A settled performance alarm threshold setting specific to each battery cell is then established based on battery cell performance during the defined settling time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NDSL, Inc.
    Inventors: David Brown, David Robert Battle, Christopher James Belcher, Duncan Joseph Brown, George Feller
  • Patent number: 8309336
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method to improve the properties of a dough and/or a baked product by adding a bread or dough-improving agent containing a enzyme with xylanolytic activity belonging to glycoside hydrolases family 8. Preferred enzymes are the psychrophilic xylanase from Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis and the mesophilic xylanase Y from Bacillus halodurans C-125.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Université de Liège
    Inventors: Tony Collins, Georges Feller, Charles Gerday, Marie-Alice Meuwis
  • Patent number: 8192772
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method to improve the properties of a dough and/or a baked product by adding a bread or dough-improving agent containing a enzyme with xylanolytic activity belonging to glycoside hydrolases family 8. Preferred enzymes are the psychrophilic xylanase from Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis and the mesophilic xylanase Y from Bacillus halodurans C-125.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Inventors: Agnès Dutron, Jacques Georis, Bernard Genot, Thierry Dauvrin, Tony Collins, Anne Hoyoux, Georges Feller
  • Publication number: 20110039325
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method to improve the properties of a dough and/or a baked product by adding a bread or dough-improving agent containing a enzyme with xylanolytic activity belonging to glycoside hydrolases family 8. Preferred enzymes are the psychrophilic xylanase from Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis and the mesophilic xylanase Y from Bacillus halodurans C-125.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: PURATOS N.V.
    Inventors: TONY COLLINS, GEORGES FELLER
  • Publication number: 20080020088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel enzymes with xylanolytic activity that belong to the glycoside hydrolase Family 8. The present invention in particular relates to enzymes isolated from bacterial psychrophilic strains that produce xylanases with an amino acid sequence as identified by any of SEQ ID NOs: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 35, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 37 or a variant thereof. Another aspect of the invention relates to the corresponding genes. These enzymes find many applications and are advantageously used for instance in feed and food applications such as baking. Compared to conventional xylanases, only small amounts of enzymes are needed to obtain a desired effect, such as an increase of the loaf volume and/or an increase in the width of cut on the surface of baked products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Jacques Georis, Thierry Dauvrin, Anne Hoyoux, Tony Collins, Georges Feller
  • Publication number: 20070054011
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method to improve the properties of a dough and/or a baked product by adding a bread or dough-improving agent containing a enzyme with xylanolytic activity belonging to glycoside hydrolases family 8. Preferred enzymes are the psychrophilic xylanase from Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis and the mesophilic xylanase Y from Bacillus halodurans C-125.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Agnes Dutron, Jacques Georis, Bernard Genot, Thierry Dauvrin, T Collins, Anne Hoyoux, Georges Feller