Patents by Inventor Jose? Maria Fernandez
Jose? Maria Fernandez 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).
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Publication number: 20110159575Abstract: A method for collecting combustion gases by (a) contacting a liquid phase with a gas flow containing said gases, where the liquid phase contains carbonate/bicarbonate buffer salts in a ratio of around 2:1, with a total inorganic carbon concentration no higher than 25 g/L and pH values between 8 and 12; and (b) recovering the CO2-rich liquid phase produced in step (a).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Francisco Gabriel Acién Fernández, Emilio Molina Grima, José María Fernández Sevilla, Cynthia Victoria González López, Bernardo Llamas Moya, Juan Carlos Ballesteros Aparicio
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Publication number: 20110061138Abstract: The invention relates to a sunflower oil with high heat stability, which is characterised in that between 15% and 45% of the fatty acid total are saturated fatty acids (palmitic acid and stearic acid), between 45% and 75% of the fatty acid total is oleic acid and more than 85% of the tocopherol total corresponds to the sum of gamma-tocopherol and delta-tocopherol. The invention also relates to sunflower seeds that contain an oil with the aforementioned characteristics and sunflower plants which as a result of self-pollination produce seeds with the aforementioned characteristics. In addition, the invention relates to the use of said oil in food and animal feed and for the formulation of biolubricants and biofuels.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2008Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventors: Leonardo Velasco Varo, Jose Maria Fernández Martínez, Begoña Perez Vich
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Patent number: 7592015Abstract: The invention relates to the use in food products, such as spreads, sauces, ice-cream, soups, bakery products, and confectionery products, and cosmetic products, such as creams, lotions, lipsticks, soap bars, and skin or hair oils, of an oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40 wt % and a stearic acid content of more than 12 wt % based on the total fatty acid content of said oil, and wherein a maximum of 10 wt % of the fatty acid groups in the stereospecifically numbered-2 position of the triacylglycerol molecules constituting the oil are saturated fatty acid groups.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2005Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasInventors: Enrique Martinez-Force, Juan Munoz-Ruz, José Maria Fernandez-Martinez, Rafael Garcés
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Publication number: 20090117223Abstract: The invention relates to a novel microalga species and to the use thereof for animal and/or human consumption and in the production of carotenoids. A novel strain of Scenedesmus has been isolated at the Las Palmerillas experimental station, Cajamar, identified as microorganisms that had not been previously registered by the University of Gottinghem and deposited within the Culture Collection of Alagae and Protozoa (CCAP) as Scenedesmus almeriensis. The novel strain, which can be used for animal and/or human consumption, produces large quantities of carotenoids, particularly lutein and beta-carotene. Scenedesmus almeriensis grows adequately in a wide range of temperatures from 10° C. to 40° C. at a pH of between 7 and 9.5 and can tolerate high concentrations of copper, up to 1 mg/L. The microalgal strain is grown in a 4000 L photobioreactor, into which the culture is inserted mechanically, and produces less than 4 mg of lutein per gram of dry material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2006Publication date: May 7, 2009Applicants: Universidad De Almeria, CaJa Rual Interemediterranea SCCInventors: Jose Maria Fernandez Sevilla, Emilio Molina Grima, Jeronimo J. Perez Parra, Francisco Gabriel Acien Fernandez, Juan Jose Magan Canadas, Thomas Friedl
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Patent number: 7507766Abstract: Carnitine and other muscle protectors are useful to prevent side effects of aplidine and aplidine analogues.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2001Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Pharma Mar, S.A.Inventors: Luis Lopez Lazaro, Jose Maria Fernandez-Sousa, Jean-Pierre Armand, Eric Raymond
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Patent number: 7435839Abstract: The invention relates to plant seeds that contain an oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40 wt % and a stearic acid content of more than 12 wt % based on the total fatty acid content of said oil, and wherein a maximum of 10 wt % of the fatty acid groups in the sn-2 position of the TAG molecules constituting the oil are saturated fatty acid groups. The invention also relates to plants that can be grown from the seeds, oil that can be extracted from the seeds, and to methods for obtaining the seeds, plants and oil.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasInventors: Enrique Martinez-Force, Juan Munoz-Ruz, Jose Maria Fernandez-Martinez, Rafael Garces
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Patent number: 7217875Abstract: The invention relates to a sunflower seed, comprising a sunflower oil having an increased stearic acid content as compared to wild type seeds, obtainable by treating parent seeds with a mutagenic agent during a period of time and in a concentration sufficient to induce one or more mutations in the genetic trait involved in stearic acid biosynthesis resulting in an increased production of stearic acid, germinating the treated seeds and culturing progeny plants therefrom, collecting and analyzing progeny seeds, selecting seeds that have acquired the desirable genetic trait and optionally repeating the cycle of germination, culturing and collection of seeds. Preferably the seeds comprise an oil having a stearic acid content of between 19.1 and 35% by weight related to the total amount of fatty acids in the oil, and are obtainable by treating the parent seeds with an alkylating agent, such as ethyl methane sulfonate in water, or with sodium azide in water.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2004Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasInventors: Jorge Osorio, Jose Maria Fernandez, Manuel Mancha, Rafael Garcés
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Patent number: 7009064Abstract: The invention relates to a sunflower seed, comprising a sunflower oil having an increased stearic acid content as compared to wild type seeds, obtainable by treating parent seeds with a mutagenic agent during a period of time and in a concentration sufficient to induce one or more mutations in the genetic trait involved in stearic acid biosynthesis resulting in an increased production of stearic acid, germinating the treated seeds and culturing progeny plants therefrom, collecting and analyzing progeny seeds, selecting seeds that have acquired the desirable genetic trait and optionally repeating the cycle of germination, culturing and collection of seeds. Preferably the seeds comprise an oil having a stearic acid content of between 19.1 and 35% by weight related to the total amount of fatty acids in the oil, and are obtainable by treating the parent seeds with an alkylating agent, such as ethyl methane sulfonate in water, or with sodium azide in water.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2002Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasInventors: Jorge Osorio, Jose Maria Fernandez, Manuel Mancha, Rafael Garcés
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Patent number: 6956155Abstract: The invention relates to plant seeds that contain an oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40 wt % and a stearic acid content of more than 12 wt % based on the total fatty acid content of said oil, and wherein a maximum of 10 wt % of the fatty acid groups in the sn-2 position of the TAG molecules constituting the oil are saturated fatty acid groups. The invention also relates to plants that can be grown from the seeds, oil that can be extracted from the seeds, and to methods for obtaining the seeds, plants and oil.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2000Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignee: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasInventors: Enrique Martinez-Force, Juan Munoz-Ruz, Jose Maria Fernandez-Martinez, Rafael Garces
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Publication number: 20040216195Abstract: The invention relates to a sunflower seed, comprising a sunflower oil having an increased stearic acid content as compared to wild type seeds, obtainable by treating parent seeds with a mutagenic agent during a period of time and in a concentration sufficient to induce one or more mutations in the genetic trait involved in stearic acid biosynthesis resulting in an increased production of stearic acid, germinating the treated seeds and culturing progeny plants therefrom, collecting and analyzing progeny seeds, selecting seeds that have acquired the desirable genetic trait and optionally repeating the cycle of germination, culturing and collection of seeds. Preferably the seeds comprise an oil having a stearic acid content of between 19.1 and 35% by weight related to the total amount of fatty acids in the oil, and are obtainable by treating the parent seeds with an alkylating agent, such as ethyl methane sulfonate in water, or with sodium azide in water.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Applicant: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasInventors: Jose Maria Fernandez, Manuel Mancha, Rafael Garces
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Publication number: 20040010043Abstract: Carnitine and other muscle protectors are useful to prevent side effects of aplidine and aplidine analogues.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2003Publication date: January 15, 2004Inventors: Luis Lopez Lazaro, Jose Maria Fernandez-Sousa, Jean-Pierre Armand, Eric Raymond
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Publication number: 20030084481Abstract: The invention relates to a sunflower seed, comprising a sunflower oil having an increased stearic acid content as compared to wild type seeds, obtainable by treating parent seeds with a mutagenic agent during a period of time and in a concentration sufficient to induce one or more mutations in the genetic trait involved in stearic acid biosynthesis resulting in an increased production of stearic acid, germinating the treated seeds and culturing progeny plants therefrom, collecting and analyzing progeny seeds, selecting seeds that have acquired the desirable genetic trait and optionally repeating the cycle of germination, culturing and collection of seeds. Preferably the seeds comprise an oil having a stearic acid content of between 19.1 and 35% by weight related to the total amount of fatty acids in the oil, and are obtainable by treating the parent seeds with an alkylating agent, such as ethyl methane sulfonate in water, or with sodium azide in water.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Applicant: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasInventors: Jorge Osorio, Jose Maria Fernandez, Manuel Mancha, Rafael Garces
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Patent number: 6486336Abstract: The invention relates to a sunflower seed, comprising a sunflower oil having an increased stearic acid content as compared to wild type seeds, obtainable by treating parent seeds with a mutagenic agent during a period of time and in a conceatration sufficient to induce one or more mutations in the genetic trait involved in stearic acid biosynthesis resulting in an incresed production of stearic acid, germinating the treated seeds and culturing progeny plants therefrom, collecting and analyzing progeny seeds, selecting seeds that have acquired the desirable genetic trait and optionally repeating the cycle of germination, culturing and collection of seeds. Preferably the seeds comprise an oil having a stearic acid content of between 19.1 and 35% by weight related to the total amount of fatty acids in the oil, and are obtainable by treating the parent seeds with an alkylating agent, such as ethyl methane sulfonate in water, or with sodium azide in water.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2000Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasInventors: Jorge Osorio, Jose Maria Fernandez, Manuel Mancha, Rafael Garcés
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Patent number: 6414172Abstract: The present invention relates to a vegetable oil which is or can be extracted from seeds and in which at least 12% of the triacylglycerol species that constitute the oil have the general formula SMS and at least 25% of the triacylglycerol species have the general formula SMM, wherein the formula gives from left to right the first, second and third fatty acid in the triacylglycerol and S represents a saturated fatty acid and M represents a monoenoic fatty acid. The invention further relates to a meal obtained as the remainder of the process for extracting the oil from seeds, as well as to the seeds containing the oil and the use thereof for the production of progeny plants having seeds which contain the oil.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2001Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasInventors: Rafael Garcés, Manuel Mancha, José Maria Fernández-Martinez
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Patent number: 6410831Abstract: The invention relates to a sunflower seed, comprising a sunflower oil having an increased stearic acid content as compared to wild type seeds, obtainable by treating parent seeds with a mutagenic agent during a period of time and in a concentration sufficient to induce one or more mutations in the genetic trait involved in stearic acid biosynthesis resulting in an increased production of stearic acid, germinating the treated seeds and culturing progeny plants therefrom, collecting and analyzing progeny seeds, selecting seeds that have acquired the desirable genetic trait and optionally repeating the cycle of germination, culturing and collection of seeds. Preferably the seeds comprise an oil having a stearic acid content of between 19.1 and 35% by weight related to the total amount of fatty acids in the oil, and are obtainable by treating the parent seeds with an alkylating agent, such as ethyl methane sulfonate in water, or with sodium azide in water.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1997Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasInventors: Jorge Osorio, Jose Maria Fernandez, Manuel Mancha, Rafael Garcés
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Patent number: 6228516Abstract: Structures (1, 21, 41, 71, 161) of electrochemical cells and electrochemical cell components employ a switch-like article (10, 26, 48, 63, 65, 68, 76, 166) comprised of an electrically conducting material that becomes nonconductive or semiconductive outside of a discrete voltage window. Said switch-like article serves as a reversible, self-regulating electrochemical switch at boundary voltages, thereby protecting the cell against over-charge and or over-discharge, and can be employed in a variety of configurations to provide self-regulating cell architectures. Cell assemblies that include said switch-like articles may themselves serve an auxiliary function as switches for other cells placed in series or parallel, and for external circuits.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1998Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Frank R. Denton, III, Jason N. Howard, Anaba A. Anani, Jose′ Maria Fernandez
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Patent number: 5986430Abstract: A method (200) for charging a nickel cadmium, nickel-metal hydride or lithium-ion battery cell using an ultra-fast vehicular charging system includes determining (201, 203, 205) manufacturer identity, ultra-fast battery charging capability and battery capacity from the battery system to provide (207) battery type information. A direct current (DC) input voltage in a predetermined input supply voltage range is converted (211) to a an output supply current in a predetermined output voltage range. The predetermined output supply voltage is supplied (217) to the battery cell for recharging while a number of battery parameters are monitored (219) such as the battery cell voltage, charging current and temperature of the battery cell to generate monitoring information.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1998Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Jose Maria Fernandez, Ronald Scot Coapstick
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Patent number: 5939856Abstract: A battery and charging system including a charger (200) that provides a current and a battery (107) having at least one cell (108) that can be charged by the current provided by the charger (200). The battery (107) includes a memory (110) that stores battery information and a coding resistor (111) indicative of battery type. A battery switching circuit (113, 114) coupled to the memory (110) and the coding resistor (111) switches the memory (110) into contact with the charger (200) when the charger (200) is capable of reading the memory (110). Otherwise, the battery switching circuit (113, 114) switches the coding resistor (111) into contact with the charger (200).Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1997Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: David M. Demuro, Joseph Patino, Jose' Maria Fernandez
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Patent number: 5905358Abstract: In a charging system having a battery (104) with a high rate protection switch (120), and a charger (102) having a disable switch (221) that cooperates with a control switch transistor (224) to alternatively enable and disable the high rate protection switch, a method is employed by the charger to determine the presence or absence of the high rate protection circuit and apply an appropriate charge regime. The method includes applying a test current, then measuring the battery voltage while trying to disable the high rate protection circuit. If the voltage is sufficiently higher during such time, compared to normal operation, then the battery is charged at an ultrafast rate.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1997Date of Patent: May 18, 1999Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Jose Maria Fernandez, Ronald Scot Coapstick
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Patent number: 5670266Abstract: An energy storage system (10) including a first energy storage device (12), such as a secondary or rechargeable battery, and a second energy storage device (14), such as an electrochemical capacitor. The electrochemical capacitor provides intermittent energy bursts to satisfy the power requires of, for example, pulsed power communication devices. Such devices typically require power pulses in excess of those which conventional battery cells can easily provide for numerous cycles. The system (10) further includes circuitry (16) for coupling the capacitor (14) to a load in response to changes in the battery (12).Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1996Date of Patent: September 23, 1997Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: George Thomas, Jose Maria Fernandez, Georgina More