Patents by Inventor Jan Maes

Jan Maes 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: 11307437
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for customizing and personalizing eyewear. The methods and system consider optimal parameters for each wearer's personal visual situation and configures frames around them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Materialise NV
    Inventors: Alireza Parandian, Tom Cluckers, Jan Maes, Takashi Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 10953602
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to systems and methods which allow for 3-D printed objects, such as eyeglasses and wristwatches, for example, to be customized by users according to modification specifications that are defined and constrained by manufacturers based on factors relating to the printability of a modified design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Materialise N.V.
    Inventors: Tom Cluckers, Jan Maes
  • Publication number: 20190332091
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to systems and methods which allow for 3-D printed objects, such as eyeglasses and wristwatches, for example, to be customized by users according to modification specifications that are defined and constrained by manufacturers based on factors relating to the printability of a modified design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Tom CLUCKERS, Jan MAES
  • Patent number: 10373328
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting shape are provided. A system for predicting shape can include a database, a training analysis module, a subject analysis module, and a prediction module. The database can store two sets of training models characterized by first and second parameters, respectively (e.g., bone and cartilage), as well as a subject model characterized by the first parameter (e.g., a bone model). The relationships between these models can be determined by a training analysis module and a subject module. Based on these relationships, the prediction module can generate a predicted shape characterized by the second parameter (e.g., a predicted cartilage model corresponding to the bone model).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Materialise N.V.
    Inventors: Jan Maes, Tom Cluckers, Joris Van Deun
  • Patent number: 10331111
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to systems and methods which allow for 3-D printed objects, such as eyeglasses and wristwatches, for example, to be customized by users according to modification specifications that are defined and constrained by manufacturers. These modification specifications may be constrained by the manufacturers based on factors relating to the printability of a modified design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Materialise N.V.
    Inventors: Tom Cluckers, Jan Maes
  • Publication number: 20190146243
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for customizing and personalizing eyewear. The methods and system consider optimal parameters for each wearer's personal visual situation and configures frames around them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Alireza PARANDIAN, Tom CLUCKERS, Jan MAES, Takashi HATANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180315206
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting shape are provided. A system for predicting shape can include a database, a training analysis module, a subject analysis module, and a prediction module. The database can store two sets of training models characterized by first and second parameters, respectively (e.g., bone and cartilage), as well as a subject model characterized by the first parameter (e.g., a bone model). The relationships between these models can be determined by a training analysis module and a subject module. Based on these relationships, the prediction module can generate a predicted shape characterized by the second parameter (e.g., a predicted cartilage model corresponding to the bone model).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jan MAES, Tom CLUCKERS, Joris VAN DEUN
  • Patent number: 10055536
    Abstract: Systems and methods for designing digital representations of 3-D objects and manufacturing such objects are disclosed herein. In some aspects, the systems and methods described relate to bending maps that define regions on a physical object that can be bent or manipulated in order to design the 3-D object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Materialise, NV
    Inventors: Jan Maes, Mohd Azman Mohd Ismail, Tom Cluckers
  • Patent number: 10043277
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting shape are provided. A system for predicting shape can include a database, a training analysis module, a subject analysis module, and a prediction module. The database can store two sets of training models characterized by first and second parameters, respectively (e.g., bone and cartilage), as well as a subject model characterized by the first parameter (e.g., a bone model). The relationships between these models can be determined by a training analysis module and a subject module. Based on these relationships, the prediction module can generate a predicted shape characterized by the second parameter (e.g., a predicted cartilage model corresponding to the bone model).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Materialise NV
    Inventors: Jan Maes, Tom Cluckers, Joris Van Deun
  • Publication number: 20170154778
    Abstract: Methods of treating metal-containing thin films, such as films comprising titanium carbide, with a silane/borane agent are provided. In some embodiments a film comprising titanium carbide is deposited on a substrate by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The process may include a plurality of deposition cycles involving alternating and sequential pulses of a first source chemical that comprises titanium and at least one halide ligand, a second source chemical comprising metal and carbon, wherein the metal and the carbon from the second source chemical are incorporated into the thin film, and a third source chemical, wherein the third source chemical is a silane or borane that at least partially reduces oxidized portions of the titanium carbide layer formed by the first and second source chemicals. In some embodiments treatment forms a capping layer on the metal carbide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Jerry Chen, Vladimir Machkaoutsan, Brennan Milligan, Jan Maes, Suvi Haukka, Eric Shero, Tom Blomberg, Dong Li
  • Patent number: 9583348
    Abstract: Methods of treating metal-containing thin films, such as films comprising titanium carbide, with a silane/borane agent are provided. In some embodiments a film comprising titanium carbide is deposited on a substrate by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The process may include a plurality of deposition cycles involving alternating and sequential pulses of a first source chemical that comprises titanium and at least one halide ligand, a second source chemical comprising metal and carbon, wherein the metal and the carbon from the second source chemical are incorporated into the thin film, and a third source chemical, wherein the third source chemical is a silane or borane that at least partially reduces oxidized portions of the titanium carbide layer formed by the first and second source chemicals. In some embodiments treatment forms a capping layer on the metal carbide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jerry Chen, Vladimir Machkaoutsan, Brennan Milligan, Jan Maes, Suvi Haukka, Eric Shero, Tom Blomberg, Dong Li
  • Publication number: 20170038767
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to systems and methods which allow for 3-D printed objects, such as eyeglasses and wristwatches, for example, to be customized by users according to modification specifications that are defined and constrained by manufacturers. These modification specifications may be constrained by the manufacturers based on factors relating to the printability of a modified design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: MATERIALISE N.V.
    Inventors: Tom CLUCKERS, Jan MAES
  • Publication number: 20160335776
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting shape are provided. A system for predicting shape can include a database, a training analysis module, a subject analysis module, and a prediction module. The database can store two sets of training models characterized by first and second parameters, respectively (e.g., bone and cartilage), as well as a subject model characterized by the first parameter (e.g., a bone model). The relationships between these models can be determined by a training analysis module and a subject module. Based on these relationships, the prediction module can generate a predicted shape characterized by the second parameter (e.g., a predicted cartilage model corresponding to the bone model).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jan MAES, Tom CLUCKERS, Joris VAN DEUN
  • Publication number: 20160196977
    Abstract: Methods of treating metal-containing thin films, such as films comprising titanium carbide, with a silane/borane agent are provided. In some embodiments a film comprising titanium carbide is deposited on a substrate by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The process may include a plurality of deposition cycles involving alternating and sequential pulses of a first source chemical that comprises titanium and at least one halide ligand, a second source chemical comprising metal and carbon, wherein the metal and the carbon from the second source chemical are incorporated into the thin film, and a third source chemical, wherein the third source chemical is a silane or borane that at least partially reduces oxidized portions of the titanium carbide layer formed by the first and second source chemicals. In some embodiments treatment forms a capping layer on the metal carbide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Jerry Chen, Vladimir Machkaoutsan, Brennan Milligan, Jan Maes, Suvi Haukka, Eric Shero, Tom Blomberg, Dong Li
  • Patent number: 9236247
    Abstract: Methods of treating metal-containing thin films, such as films comprising titanium carbide, with a silane or a borane agent are provided. In some embodiments a film comprising titanium carbide is deposited on a substrate by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The process may include a plurality of deposition cycles involving alternating and sequential pulses of a first source chemical that comprises titanium and at least one halide ligand, a second source chemical comprising metal and carbon, wherein the metal and the carbon from the second source chemical are incorporated into the thin film, and a third source chemical, wherein the third source chemical is a silane or borane that at least partially reduces oxidized portions of the titanium carbide layer formed by the first and second source chemicals. In some embodiments treatment forms a capping layer on the metal carbide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jerry Chen, Vladimir Machkaoutsan, Brennan Milligan, Jan Maes, Suvi Haukka, Eric Shero, Tom Blomberg, Dong Li
  • Publication number: 20150179440
    Abstract: Methods of treating metal-containing thin films, such as films comprising titanium carbide, with a silane/borane agent are provided. In some embodiments a film comprising titanium carbide is deposited on a substrate by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The process may include a plurality of deposition cycles involving alternating and sequential pulses of a first source chemical that comprises titanium and at least one halide ligand, a second source chemical comprising metal and carbon, wherein the metal and the carbon from the second source chemical are incorporated into the thin film, and a third source chemical, wherein the third source chemical is a silane or borane that at least partially reduces oxidized portions of the titanium carbide layer formed by the first and second source chemicals. In some embodiments treatment forms a capping layer on the metal carbide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Jerry Chen, Vladimir Machkaoutsan, Brennan Milligan, Jan Maes, Suvi Haukka, Eric Shero, Tom Blomberg, Dong Li
  • Publication number: 20150149126
    Abstract: Systems and methods for designing digital representations of 3-D objects and manufacturing such objects are disclosed herein. In some aspects, the systems and methods described relate to bending maps that define regions on a physical object that can be bent or manipulated in order to design the 3-D object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Jan MAES, Mohd Azman MOHD ISMAIL, Tom CLUCKERS
  • Publication number: 20080093711
    Abstract: High dielectric constant (high-k) materials are formed directly over oxidation-susceptible conductors such as silicon. A discontinuous layer is formed, with gaps between grains of the high-k material. Exposed conductor underneath the grain boundaries is oxidized or nitridized to form, e.g., silicon dioxide or silicon nitride, when exposed to oxygen or nitrogen source gases at elevated temperatures. This dielectric growth is preferential underneath the grain boundaries such that any oxidation or nitridation at the interface between the high-k material grains and covered conductor is not as extensive. The overall dielectric constant of the composite film is high, while leakage current paths between grains is reduced. Ultrathin high-k materials with low leakage current are thereby enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: ASM INTERNATIONAL N.V.
    Inventors: Ivo Raaijmakers, Pekka Soininen, Jan Maes
  • Publication number: 20070026540
    Abstract: In one aspect, non-conformal layers are formed by variations of plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition, where one or more of pulse duration, separation, RF power on-time, reactant concentration, pressure and electrode spacing are varied from true self-saturating reactions to operate in a depletion-effect mode. Deposition thus takes place close to the substrate surface but is controlled to terminate after reaching a specified distance into openings (e.g., deep DRAM trenches, pores, etc.). Reactor configurations that are suited to such modulation include showerhead, in situ plasma reactors, particularly with adjustable electrode spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Sebastian Nooten, Jan Maes, Steven Marcus, Glen Wilk, Petri Raisanen, Kai-Erik Elers
  • Publication number: 20060211259
    Abstract: A method for forming an integrated circuit structure on a semiconductor substrate comprises depositing a high k gate dielectric material over the substrate using an atomic layer deposition process. A silicon oxide capping layer is deposited over the gate dielectric material in a rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition process. A gate electrode is formed over the silicon oxide capping layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Jan Maes, Hilde Witte, Christophe Pomarede