Patents by Inventor Luc Olivier Louvel

Luc Olivier Louvel 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).

  • Uncoupling agents
    Patent number: 7780859
    Abstract: The invention provides the use of a water-soluble biocide as an uncoupling agent at an effective amount to control bacterial biomass in an aqueous system. The invention also provides a method for controlling the growth of bacterial biomass in an aqueous system. The method comprises adding to, or contacting with, the aqueous system an effective amount of an uncoupling agent which is a water-soluble biocide. In a preferred embodiment the method comprises contacting an effective amount of an uncoupling agent which is a water-soluble biocide directly with the bacterial biomass in an aqueous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Yvette Pescher, Robert Eric Talbot, Luc Olivier Louvel, Agnes Pilas-Begue, Laetitia Catinon, Gilles Michael Moreau