Patents by Inventor Juan Perez Mercader

Juan Perez Mercader 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: 11885032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrochemical device and a method for operating the electrochemical device for inducing specific behaviours in its chemical kinetics by supplying externally selected random (stochastic) voltage perturbations while the electrochemical system is operating in a non-oscillatory regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: REPSOL, S.A.
    Inventors: María Dolores Hernández Alonso, Valentín Ruíz Santa Quiteria, Juan Pérez Mercader
  • Publication number: 20210087696
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrochemical device and a method for operating the electrochemical device for inducing specific behaviours in its chemical kinetics by supplying externally selected random (stochastic) voltage perturbations while the electrochemical system is operating in a non-oscillatory regime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: María Dolores HERNÁNDEZ ALONSO, Valentín RUÍZ SANTA QUITERIA, Juan PÉREZ MERCADER
  • Patent number: 10731012
    Abstract: An anti-clogging microfluidic multichannel device comprising a first mixing chamber comprising a first and a second end, wherein the first end comprises at least one inlet connected in fluid communication with the first mixing chamber, and at least one first capillary element comprising a first and a second end, wherein the first end of the at least one first capillary element is connected in fluid communication with the second end of the first mixing chamber, at least one septum located within the at least one first capillary element, which divides the cross section of the at least one first capillary element in a plurality of channels, wherein the at least one first capillary element comprises a reduction of section along its longitudinal axis between a section of the at least one first capillary element and the second end of the at least one first capillary element. It is also described a microfluidics system and a method of production of emulsions using said microfluidics system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Juan Perez-Mercader, Yuandu Hu
  • Publication number: 20200140628
    Abstract: An anti-clogging microfluidic multichannel device comprising a first mixing chamber comprising a first and a second end, wherein the first end comprises at least one inlet connected in fluid communication with the first mixing chamber, and at least one first capillary element comprising a first and a second end, wherein the first end of the at least one first capillary element is connected in fluid communication with the second end of the first mixing chamber, at least one septum located within the at least one first capillary element, which divides the cross section of the at least one first capillary element in a plurality of channels, wherein the at least one first capillary element comprises a reduction of section along its longitudinal axis between a section of the at least one first capillary element and the second end of the at least one first capillary element. It is also described a microfluidics system and a method of production of emulsions using said microfluidics system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Juan Perez-Mercader, Yuandu Hu
  • Patent number: 9582771
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Turing machine having a reactor comprising a reactant solution comprising a reactant; a first chemical species source to provide a selected amount of a first chemical species; a second chemical species source to provide a selected amount of a second chemical species; one or more controllers coupled to control the addition of the first and second chemical species from the first and second chemical species sources responsive to an input; and a sensor positioned to sense changes in the reactant as the controller controls the first and second chemical species sources to add selected amounts of the respective first and second chemical species to the reactor. The controller receives signals corresponding to the state of the reactant and correlates the states of the reactant to a result that is computed as a function of the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignees: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, REPSOL SA
    Inventors: Juan Perez-Mercader, Marta Dueñas-Diez, Daniel Case
  • Publication number: 20150346736
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Turing machine having a reactor comprising a reactant solution comprising a reactant; a first chemical species source to provide a selected amount of a first chemical species; a second chemical species source to provide a selected amount of a second chemical species; one or more controllers coupled to control the addition of the first and second chemical species from the first and second chemical species sources responsive to an input; and a sensor positioned to sense changes in the reactant as the controller controls the first and second chemical species sources to add selected amounts of the respective first and second chemical species to the reactor. The controller receives signals corresponding to the state of the reactant and correlates the states of the reactant to a result that is computed as a function of the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Juan Perez-Mercader, Marta Dueñas-Díez, Daniel Case
  • Publication number: 20140200716
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Turing machine having a reactor comprising a reactant solution comprising a reactant; a first chemical species source to provide a selected amount of a first chemical species; a second chemical species source to provide a selected amount of a second chemical species; one or more controllers coupled to control the addition of the first and second chemical species from the first and second chemical species sources responsive to an input; and a sensor positioned to sense changes in the reactant as the controller controls the first and second chemical species sources to add selected amounts of the respective first and second chemical species to the reactor. The controller receives signals corresponding to the state of the reactant and correlates the states of the reactant to a result that is computed as a function of the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Juan Perez-Mercader, Marta Dueñas-Diez, Daniel Case
  • Patent number: 8097209
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting substances or analytes form the analysis of one or several samples. The method comprises mixing the sample with a suitable liquid buffer, homogenizing said sample, adding reagents thereto, filtering it, injecting the sample into the incubation chamber, allowing the sample to react with a biosensor, washing the non-reacted sample excess and detecting the sample retained in the biosensor. The apparatus includes a sample homogenizer module with an ultrasonic piezoelectric device formed by a converter (49) and a horn (16); a sample processing module including a homogenization container (6) and a moving frame (17); a reagent and solution management module including a motorized syringe (60), a reaction module consisting of a support (50) forming a reaction chamber (51) and a data reading module including a laser diode (66) and a CCD camera (67).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignees: Instituto Nacional de Technica Aerospacial “Easteban Terradas”, Sener, Ingenieria Sistemas, S.A., Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
    Inventors: Javier Gómez-Elvira Rodríguez, Eduardo Sebastián Martínez, Carlos Briones Llorente, Victor Parro García, José Antonio Rodríguez Manfredi, Carlos Compostizo Sañudo, Pedro Luis Herrero Gonzalo, Juan Pérez Mercader
  • Publication number: 20070099189
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting substances or analytes form the analysis of one or several samples. The method comprises mixing the sample with a suitable liquid buffer, homogenizing said sample, adding reagents thereto, filtering it, injecting the sample into the incubation chamber, allowing the sample to react with a biosensor, washing the non-reacted sample excess and detecting the sample retained in the biosensor. The apparatus includes a sample homogenizer module with an ultrasonic piezoelectric device formed by a converter (49) and a horn (16); a sample processing module including a homogenization container (6) and a moving frame (17); a reagent and solution management module including a motorized syringe (60), a reaction module consisting of a support (50) forming a reaction chamber (51) and a data reading module including a laser diode (66) and a CCD camera (67).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicants: Instituto Nacional De Tecnica Aeroespacial "Esteban Terradas", Sener, Ingenieria Y Sistemas, S.A., Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
    Inventors: Javier Gomez-Elvira Rodriguez, Eduardo Sebastian Martinez, Carlos Briones Llorente, Victor Parro Garcia, Jose Rodriguez Manfredi, Carlos Compostizo Sanudo, Pedro Herrero Gonzalo, Juan Perez Mercader