Patents by Inventor Jean-Jacques Letourneau

Jean-Jacques Letourneau 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: 10940614
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing rubber crumb comprises the following steps: (a) suspending rubber granules having a given size in an autoclave (1) containing a supercritical fluid; (b) agitating the mixture for a predetermined time at constant pressure and constant temperature; (c) carrying out an isenthalpic expansion of the mixture from step (b) by spraying it through a nozzle (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, ARMINES
    Inventors: Jose Merino Lopez, Frédéric Pialot, Nathalie Coste, Jean-Jacques Letourneau, Jacques Fages, Martial Sauceau
  • Publication number: 20180361627
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing rubber crumb comprises the following steps: (a) suspending rubber granules having a given size in an autoclave (1) containing a supercritical fluid; (b) agitating the mixture for a predetermined time at constant pressure and constant temperature; (c) carrying out an isenthalpic expansion of the mixture from step (b) by spraying it through a nozzle (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: JOSE MERINO LOPEZ, FRÉDÉRIC PIALOT, NATHALIE COSTE, JEAN-JACQUES LETOURNEAU, JACQUES FAGES, MARTIAL SAUCEAU
  • Patent number: 7390411
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preparing compounds for interaction of an active substance hardly soluble in an aqueous medium with a porous support. The invention is characterized in that it comprises the following steps: (a) mixing the active substance generated by supercritical fluid and the specific amount of porous support; (b) carrying out a molecular diffusion step by contacting in static mode a supercritical fluid with the mixture obtained at step (a) for the time required to improve the dissolution in the aqueous medium of the mixture obtained at step (a); (c) washing the interactive compound obtained at step (b) with a supercritical fluid flow; (d) recuperating the particles of the interactive compound thus formed. The invention also concerns a compound obtainable by said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Pierre Fabre Medicament
    Inventors: Jacques Fages, Bernard Freiss, Christophe Joussot-Dubien, Jean-Jacques Letourneau, Hubert Lochard, Florence Marciacq, Martial Sauceau
  • Publication number: 20060141110
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing particles (20, 21) at least partly crystallized, under pressure, comprising reciprocal dissolving of at least one fluid under higher or slightly lower pressure than its critical pressure with at least one substance to be treated, in a dissolving zone (2), followed by rapid depressurization with at least one depressurizing means (12) downstream of said dissolving zone (2) so as to collect said particles (21), at least partly crystallized, in the collecting zone (3) located downstream of said depressurizing means (12), said substance to be treated comprising the butterfat. Said method is characterized in that it further consists in collecting particles (20) at least partly crystallized in the dissolving zone (2). The invention also concerns a device (1) for implementing said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Jacques Fages, Jean-Jacques Letourneau, Philippe Gonus
  • Publication number: 20050274671
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preparing compounds for interaction of an active substance hardly soluble in an aqueous medium with a porous support. The invention is characterized in that it comprises the following steps: (a) mixing the active substance generated by supercritical fluid and the specific amount of porous support; (b) carrying out a molecular diffusion step by contacting in static mode a supercritical fluid with the mixture obtained at step (a) for the time required to improve the dissolution in the aqueous medium of the mixture obtained at step (a); (c) washing the interactive compound obtained at step (b) with a supercritical fluid flow; (d) recuperating the particles of the interactive compound thus formed. The invention also concerns a compound obtainable by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Jacques Fages, Bernard Freiss, Christophe Joussot-Dubien, Jean-Jacques Letourneau, Hubert Lochard, Florence Marciacq, Martial Sauceau