Patents by Inventor Luc To

Luc To 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).

  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Publication number: 20020160392
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc
    Inventors: David Botstein, Luc Desnoyers, Napoleone Ferrara, Sherman Fong, Wei-Qiang Gao, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, James Pan, Margaret Ann Roy, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Analog sensor for contact-free angular offset sensing
    Publication number: 20020158627
    Abstract: Contactless angular offset analog sensor, of the magnetic inductance type, comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Yves Dordet, Bernard Genot, Luc Jansseune
  • Detection of the distance between an electromagnetic transponder and a terminal
    Patent number: 6473028
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the distance separating an electromagnetic transponder from a terminal generating a magnetic field by a first oscillating circuit, the transponder including a second oscillating circuit, upstream of a rectifying circuit adapted to providing a D.C. voltage. The method includes storing a first information relative to the level of the D.C. voltage when the second oscillating circuit is tuned on a determined frequency; storing a second information relative to the level of the D.C. voltage after having caused a frequency detuning of the second oscillating circuit; and comparing the two stored pieces of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventor: Wuidart Luc
  • Diagnostic systems and method for determining the presence of a genotoxic and/or toxic compound in a sample
    Patent number: 6472152
    Abstract: This invention concerns a diagnostic system made of: a transformed microorganism capable of an increased reporter activity upon exposure to an environmental insult, said microorganism having a stress inducible promoter sequence being operatively linked to a reported encoding nucleic acid sequence encoding a reporter molecule resulting in a signal that can be assayed, and of a transformed microorganism having a constitutive and non stress inducible promoter sequence being operatively linked to a reporter encoding nucleic acid sequence encoding a reporter molecule resulting in a signal that can be assayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologish Onderzoek (VITO)
    Inventors: Daniel Van Der Lelie, Luc Agnes Louis Jean Bosco Regniers, Safiyh Taghavi, Philippe Gilbert Ghislain Corbisier, Luc Philippine Edouard Verschaeve
  • (Thio) (meth) acrylate monomers, intermediate compounds for the synthesis of these monomers, polymerizable compositions and polymers obtained, and their optical and ophthalmic uses
    Patent number: 6472488
    Abstract: Polymerizable compositions from novel monomers that correspond to the formula: in which: Z represents H or CH3 and X represents O or S, and Y is a 5- to 8-membered heterocycle consisting of hydrogen, carbon and sulphur atoms and at least two endocyclic sulphur atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Essilor International Compagnie Generale D'Optique
    Inventors: Florence Caye, Michèle Sindt, Daniel Paquer, Dorothée Jury, Michel Schneider, Jean-Luc Mieloszynski
  • Novel pharmaceutical compositions for modulating angiogenesis
    Publication number: 20020156123
    Abstract: A compound for use as a medicament for the modulation of angiogenesis through the tackling of the intracellular free cholesterol-caveolin1-eNOS-NO pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Balligand, Olivier Feron
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Publication number: 20020156006
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Kevin P. Baker, David Botstein, Luc Desnoyers, Dan L. Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Ellen Filvaroff, Sherman Fong, Wei-Qiang Gao, Hanspeter Gerber, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth J. Hillan, Ivar J. Kljavin, Sophia S. Kuo, Mary A. Napier, James Pan, Nicholas F. Paoni, Margaret Ann Roy, David L. Shelton, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood
  • Method for preventing the onset of asthma
    Publication number: 20020156086
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing the onset of asthma which comprises administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of cetirizine, an individual optical isomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Luc Uylenbroeck, Marc De Longueville, Anne Wilmes, Johan De Clercq
  • FUSION PROTEIN COMPRISING THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE PP65 PROTEIN OF HUMAN CMV, USEABLE IN PARTICULAR FOR PREPARING A VACCINE
    Publication number: 20020156251
    Abstract: The invention concerns a fusion protein characterised in that it comprises at least part of the pp65 protein of the cytomegalovirus (or CMV), or a protein having at least 80% homology with the pp65 protein, in combination with at least a second peptide fragment derived from CMV. The invention also concerns a nucleotide sequence coding for such a protein, or a pharmaceutical composition containing them. It further concerns its use as medicine and a method for preparing the protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: ERIC PRIEUR, JACQUELINE LULE, JEAN-LUC DAVIGNON
  • Rendering animated image data
    Publication number: 20020154133
    Abstract: Animation data is rendered in real time. Animated scenes include at least one texture-mapped surface (502). Each scene is rendered on demand, in immediate continuation from the last, and results of scene animation may be combined with image data from another real time image source. Textures (921) are pre-loaded into a texture memory (809) before a scene containing them is rendered. As a result of the necessity to perform rendering (1521) in real time, each frame has an available bandwidth (1501) for transferring a texture to the texture memory. Estimates of available bandwidth are generated (1302) by an adaptive statistical model. A texture required for transfer is split (1307) into portions (1801) that are transferred (1511) as a background operation, while real time rendering continues without loss of rendering quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: Discreet Logic Inc.
    Inventor: Jean Luc Dery
  • Standard cell design incorporating phase information
    Publication number: 20020155363
    Abstract: Phase information is incorporated into a cell-based design methodology. Standard cells have four edges: top, bottom, left, and right. The top and bottom edges have fixed phase shifters placed, e.g. 0. A given cell C will have a phase set created with two versions: 0-180 (left-right) as well as 180-0. Alternatively, the same phase set: 0-0 and 180-180 could be created for a cell. The phase sets are selected based on the ability to phase shift the features within the cell C. By creating a phase set for most of the cells of a cell library, standard cell placement and routing techniques can be used and phase can then be quickly assigned using a simple ripple technique. This ensures a phase compliant design upfront for the standard cell areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: Numerical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Luc Cote, Chritophe Pierrat
  • Modular electrical appliances and housing comprising same
    Publication number: 20020153152
    Abstract: A housing (1) designed to contain an assembly of modular electrical appliances mounted on a support (12, 14), whereof at least the first modular electrical appliance provided with data transmitters (36) and at least a second modular electrical comprising data receivers (42) enabling wireless communication from the first appliance to the second appliance. When the modular appliances are mounted in operating position, the data transmitters (36) of the first appliance are oriented opposite a surface of walls (2-8) of the housing. The data receivers can also be oriented opposite a wall surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Jarasse, Gerard Tarrade
  • Adaptive control for a refrigeration system using pulse width modulated duty cycle scroll compressor
    Patent number: 6467280
    Abstract: A diagnostic system includes a controller adapted for coupling to a compressor or electronic stepper regulator valve. The controller produces a variable duty cycle control signal to adjust the capacity of the compressor or valve position of the electronic stepper regulator valve as a function of demand for cooling. The diagnostic system further includes a diagnostic module coupled to the controller for monitoring and comparing the duty cycle with at least one predetermined fault value indicative of a system fault condition and an alert module responsive to the diagnostic module for issuing an alert signal when the duty cycle bears a predetermined relationship to the fault value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Copeland Corporation
    Inventors: Hung M. Pham, Abtar Singh, Jean-Luc M. Caillat, Mark Bass
  • Laundry detergent and/or fabric care compositions comprising a modified enzyme
    Patent number: 6468955
    Abstract: Modified enzymes which comprise a catalytically active amino acid sequence of an enzyme, linked via a non-mino acid linking region to an amino acid sequence comprising a Cellulose Binding Domain. The present invention further relates to laundry detergent and/or fabric care compositions comprising such modified enzymes. These compositions provide a higher effective concentration of the enzyme at its substrate location and therefore, improved enzymatic benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Johan Smets, Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, Stanton Lane Boyer, Alfred Busch
  • Implantable device covered with polymer capable of releasing biologically active substances
    Patent number: 6468304
    Abstract: A device which can be implanted in the body and comprises an electrically conducting support covered with a layer of electrically conducting polymer, to which layer is attached at least one biologically active substance of an anionic or cationic nature. The deposition of the polymer is carried out, in a first stage, by electropolymerization directly directly on the support or, according to an alternative form, by deposition of the polymer in solution on the support. In a second stage, electrochemical oxidation or reduction is conducted and the biologically active substance with an anionic or cationic nature is attached to the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dubois-Rande, Trung Le Doan, Minh Chau Pham, Benoît Piro, Emmanuel Teiger, Jean Pierre Tenu
  • Automatic monitoring service for telecommunications networks
    Patent number: 6470075
    Abstract: A method and system for determining whether at least one telephone subscriber participating in a communication session is marked for monitoring by a Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) and, if so, for automatically marking for monitoring all remaining participants in the communication session. In a presently preferred exemplary embodiment, the subscribers are marked for monitoring their communications for a selected period of time by a starting the timer each time a new subscriber is marked. In another preferred exemplary embodiment, the subscribers marking level is detected and verified to determine if the marking level satisfies a pre-defined condition associated therewith. If so, the corresponding subscriber is marked for monitoring and the subscriber's subsequent communications are monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Luc Prieur
  • Gasoline hydrodesulfurization
    Publication number: 20020148758
    Abstract: Selective hydrodesulfurization of an olefinic gasoline fraction, e.g., cracked gasoline, is accomplished by use of a catalyst of a noble metal supported on an acidic support. Such a catalyst reduces the sulfur content to acceptable levels, while minimizing hydrogenation of olefins to retain octane quality of the treated gasoline fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Yun-Feng Chang, Lawrence L. Murrell, Frits M. Dautzenberg, Luc Palmen
  • Method for evaluating vestibular response
    Publication number: 20020151818
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for evaluating the vestibular function in a human subject. The subject is constrained in a substantially erect position so that the head moves in unison with the rest of the body. A controlled stimulus in the form of a sudden angular acceleration is imparted to the body, and the subject's ocular response to the controlled stimulus is measured. The vestibular function is evaluated from the ocular response and the angular velocity of the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Douglas Watt, Luc Lefebvre
  • Guzmania plant named ‘Solano’
    Patent number: PP13119
    Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania plant named ‘Solano’ characterized by having bright yellow bracts, with contrasting green tips; dark green upperside leaf color RHS 147A to 137A; light green underside leaf color RHS 146A to 138A; stiff, leathery leaf blade with a glossy surface; 4-6 branch spikes, each containing approximately 10 flowers; and approximately 60 flowers or flower buds present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Inventors: Luc Pieters, Caroline De Meyer
  • Remote handset
    Patent number: D464950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: H2EYE (International) Limited
    Inventors: Roberto Fraquelli, Luc Xavier Robilliard, Graham Michael Pullin, Jaime Valls Miro, Jeremy Daniel Cooper, David Gary Cochrane, Simon Leach