Patents by Inventor Joël Benchimol

Joël Benchimol 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: 6348436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drilling fluid comprising cellulose nanofibrils comprising at least 80% of cells with primary walls and charged with carboxylic acids and with acidic polysaccharides, alone or as a mixture. This additive, alone, gives the drilling fluid shear-thinning properties and is stable up to temperatures of about 180° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Bruno Langlois, Joël Benchimol, Gilles Guerin, Isabelle Vincent, Alain Senechal, Robert Cantiani
  • Patent number: 6306207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising essentially amorphous cellulose nanofibrils, at least one additive chosen from carboxycellulose with a degree of substitution of more than 0.95, a natural polysaccharide, a polyol, and optionally at least one co-additive, the content of additive and of optional co-additive being less than or equal to 30% by weight relative to the weight of nanofibrils and of additive and of optional co-additive. Similarly, a subject of the invention is a process for preparing such compositions, which consists in adding the additive and the optional co-additive to a suspension of essentially amorphous nanofibrils, and then in drying the suspension thus supplemented. The compositions obtained are readily redispersable and conserve their initial rheological properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Robert Cantiani, Gilles Guerin, Alain Senechal, Isabelle Vincent, Joël Benchimol
  • Publication number: 20010011516
    Abstract: The invention concerns compositions containing essentially amorphous cellulose nanofibrils, carboxyl cellulose with a degree of substitution not more than o.95 as additive, and optionally at least one co-additive, the content in additive and optional co-additive being less than 30 wt. % relative to the weight of nanofibrils and additive and optional co-additive. The invention also concerns a method for preparing such compositions, consistin in adding to a substantially amorphous nanofibril suspension, the additive and optionally the co-additive(s), then in drying the suspension thus additivated. The resulting compositions are easily redispersable and preserve all their rheological properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: Robert Cantiani, Gilles Guerin, Alain Senechal, Isabelle Vincent, Joel Benchimol
  • Publication number: 20010004869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising essentially amorphous cellulose nanofibrils, at least one additive chosen from carboxycellulose with a degree of substitution of more than 0.95, a natural polysaccharide, a polyol, and optionally at least one co-additive, the content of additive and of optional co-additive being less than or equal to 30% by weight relative to the weight of nanofibrils and of additive and of optional co-additive. Similarly, a subject of the invention is a process for preparing such compositions, which consists in adding the additive and the optional co-additive to a suspension of essentially amorphous nanofibrils, and then in drying the suspension thus supplemented. The compositions obtained are readily redispersable and conserve their initial Theological properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Inventors: Robert Cantiani, Gilles Guerin, Alain Senechal, Isabelle Vincent, Joel Benchimol
  • Patent number: 6231657
    Abstract: The invention concerns compositions containing essentially amorphous cellulose nanofibrils, carboxyl cellulose with a degree of substitution not more than o.95 as additive, and optionally at least one co-additive, the content in additive and optional co-additive being less than 30 wt. % relative to the weight of nanofibrils and additive and optional co-additive. The invention also concerns a method for preparing such compositions, consisting in adding to a substantially amorphous nanofibril suspension, the additive and optionally the co-additive(s), then in drying the suspension thus additivated. The resulting compositions are easily redispersable and preserve all their rheological properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Robert Cantiani, Gilles Guerin, Alain Senechal, Isabelle Vincent, Joël Benchimol
  • Patent number: 6224663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising essentially amorphous cellulose nanofibrils, at least one additive chosen from carboxycellulose with a degree of substitution of more than 0.95, a natural polysaccharide, a polyol, and optionally at least one co-additive, the content of additive and of optional co-additive being less than or equal to 30% by weight relative to the weight of nanofibrils and of additive and of optional co-additive. Similarly, a subject of the invention is a process for preparing such compositions, which consists in adding the additive and the optional co-additive to a suspension of essentially amorphous nanofibrils, and then in drying the suspension thus supplemented. The compositions obtained are redily redispersable and conserve their initial rheological properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Robert Cantiani, Gilles Guerin, Alain Senechal, Isabelle Vincent, Joël Benchimol