Patents by Inventor Marc André

Marc André 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).

  • COFFEE-BASED FOOD COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20240196919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing of a so-called basic composition, preferably food, the method comprising: Providing a fat and a roasted coffee grind; Mixing the fat and the grind to obtain the basic preparation, the method being characterized in that the mixture has a particle size comprised between about 5 ?m and about 25 ?m; the mixing is carried out at a temperature above about 28° C. and below about 85° C. The invention also concerns a method for preparing a so-called final composition from said basic composition. The invention finally concerns a composition, preferably food, obtained according to any of the methods according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Bertrand Baud, Marc-André Cartier
  • Cooling system for use in power converters
    Patent number: 12015357
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus with modified cooling properties has been disclosed. The apparatus comprises an AC port, at least one DC port, a chassis, at least one power conversion module mounted in said chassis connectable to off-board conductors and said AC and said at least one DC ports, a module heat sink attached to each one of said at least one power conversion module for cooling said module, wherein said off-board inductors are mounted in said chassis together and separate from modules with one or more of an inductor heat sink and cooling fluid circulator for cooling said inductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Ibrahim, Hani Vahedi, Marc-André Forget
  • Electric vehicle battery charger
    Patent number: 12012007
    Abstract: A battery charger capable of receiving AC power and delivering both AC and DC power to an electric power storage battery in accordance to different embodiments disclosed herein using a rectifier circuit supplying the DC load and absorbing power as a five-level active rectifier with low harmonics on the AC input. In one aspect, the battery charger may have a bidirectional rectifier/inverter converter providing power conversion between a DC source and AC enabling the user to not only charge an electrical vehicle (“EV”) but also convert the energy charged in the EV/battery or solar panel to AC for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hani Vahedi, Marc-André Forget, Peter Ibrahim
  • NOVEL ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES WITH NOVEL NAPI2B ANTIBODIES, THERAPEUTIC METHODS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240190958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anti-NaPi2b antibodies, novel antibody-drug-conjugates (ADCs) based thereon as well as to therapeutic methods and uses thereof, particularly in relation to cancer treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Jonas Helma-Smets, Annette Vogl, Saskia Schmitt, Isabelle Mai, Sarah Herterich, Dominik Schumacher, Marc-André Kasper, Philipp Cyprys, Marcus Gerlach
  • VISIBLE FLUORESCENT VIEWING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240196077
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are viewing systems configured for viewing an image of a biological object illuminated with light and a viewing device (e.g., loupes, glasses, etc.) and methods for operation thereof. The viewing device comprises a plurality of viewing modes: a white light mode, a fluorescent light mode, and an overlay mode, and a shutter that opens and closes in accordance with the viewing mode. An overlay image is an image of the biological object when the biological object is illuminated with both white light and fluorescent light, causing the overlay image to be an overlay of the white light image and the fluorescent light image. The disclosed systems and methods allow a user (e.g., a surgeon, medical staff, etc.) to preserve the ergonomics offered by eyewear while providing fluorescent viewing capabilities, particularly with visible fluorescent dyes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Hyman FEINGOLD, Marc ANDRÉ, West MITCHELL
  • Wheel chock with locking mechanism
    Patent number: 12005874
    Abstract: The wheel chock includes a locking mechanism that can be held in a locked state when properly positioned on a base plate. The locking mechanism includes a positioning unit having at least one tooth provided to engage a side of a corresponding one of the blocking elements in a latched engagement when the positioning unit is in the fully locked position. The locking mechanism also includes an actuating device to move the positioning unit from the unlocked position towards the fully locked position, and a holding device to selectively hold the positioning unit in the fully locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: 9172-9863 QUEBEC INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Palmer, Jonathan Dube, Daniel Grothe, Gaetan Jette, Marc-Andre Boivin
  • Generating light-source-specific parameters for digital images using a neural network
    Patent number: 12008710
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that can render a virtual object in a digital image by using a source-specific-lighting-estimation-neural network to generate three-dimensional (“3D”) lighting parameters specific to a light source illuminating the digital image. To generate such source-specific-lighting parameters, for instance, the disclosed systems utilize a compact source-specific-lighting-estimation-neural network comprising both common network layers and network layers specific to different lighting parameters. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems further train such a source-specific-lighting-estimation-neural network to accurately estimate spatially varying lighting in a digital image based on comparisons of predicted environment maps from a differentiable-projection layer with ground-truth-environment maps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: Adobe Inc., Universite Laval
    Inventors: Kalyan Sunkavalli, Yannick Hold-Geoffroy, Christian Gagne, Marc-Andre Gardner, Jean-Francois Lalonde
  • ANTI-NAPI2B ANTIBODIES AND ANTIBODY-DRUG-CONJUGATES BASED THEREON, THERAPEUTIC METHODS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240182596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anti-NaPi2b antibodies, antibody-drug-conjugates (ADCs) based thereon as well as to therapeutic methods and uses thereof, particularly in relation to cancer treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Jonas Helma-Smets, Annette Vogl, Saskia Schmitt, Isabelle Mai, Sarah Herterich, Dominik Schumacher, Marc-André Kasper, Philipp Cyprys, Marcus Gerlach
  • WHEEL CHOCK WITH LOCKING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20240182001
    Abstract: The wheel chock includes a locking mechanism that can be held in a locked state when properly positioned on a base plate. The locking mechanism includes a positioning unit having at least one tooth provided to engage a side of a corresponding one of the blocking elements in a latched engagement when the positioning unit is in the fully locked position. The locking mechanism also includes an actuating device to move the positioning unit from the unlocked position towards the fully locked position, and a holding device to selectively hold the positioning unit in the fully locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: 9172-9863 Quebec Inc.
    Inventors: GREGORY PALMER, JONATHAN DUBE, DANIEL GROTHE, GAETAN JETTE, MARC-ANDRE BOIVIN
  • Systems and methods for mitigating artifacts in medical imaging
    Patent number: 12003861
    Abstract: An exemplary method of imaging tissue of a subject using a rolling shutter imager to provide a video stream comprises: sequentially resetting a plurality of rows of pixels of the rolling shutter imager from a first row to a last row; transitioning a liquid crystal shutter from a closed state to an open state; after the liquid crystal shutter is transitioned into the open state and after resetting the last row, illuminating the tissue of the subject with an illumination light for an illumination period to accumulate charge at the plurality of rows of pixels, and after the illumination period ends, sequentially reading the accumulated charge at the rows of pixels from the first row to the last row; generating an image frame from the sequentially read accumulated charge at the plurality of rows of pixels; and adding the image frame to the video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Hyman Feingold, Marc André, Levey Trac Tran, Rohit Subramanian
  • Tracking in a moving platform
    Patent number: 11995844
    Abstract: A method of tracking 3D position and orientation of an entity in a moving platform is described. The method comprises receiving data sensed by an inertial measurement unit mounted on the entity. Visual tracking data is also received, computed from images depicting the moving platform or the entity in the moving platform. The method computes the 3D position and orientation of the entity by estimating a plurality of states using the visual tracking data and the data sensed by the inertial measurement unit, where the states comprise both states of the moving platform and states of the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Aidan Elsdon, David John McKinnon, Salim Sirtkaya, Marc Andre Leon Pollefeys, Douglas Duane Berrett, Yashar Bahman, Patrick Markus Misteli
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN-SITU ETCHING PRIOR TO PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION IN THE SAME CHAMBER
    Publication number: 20240167144
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for in-situ etching of a wafer prior to sputter deposition, the method comprising the following steps. A sputtering chamber having a sputtering target is provided. The wafer is placed into the sputtering chamber. A gas is introduced into the sputtering chamber such that the gas at least partially ionized as a plasma, wherein the plasma includes positively charged gas ions. A first negative potential is applied to the wafer while a second negative potential is simultaneously applied to the sputtering target and while no shutter is positioned between the wafer and the sputtering target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: OEM Group, LLC
    Inventors: Marc-Andre Lariviere, Juan M. Rios Reyes, Nitin Choudhary, Chao Li, Brendan V. Trang
  • Norovirus fusion proteins and VLPs comprising norovirus fusion proteins
    Patent number: 11987601
    Abstract: Nucleic acids encoding norovirus VP1 fusion proteins and VLPs comprising the norovirus VP1 fusion proteins are provided. Methods for norovirus VP1 fusion protein and norovirus VLP production in plants are also described. The VP1 fusion protein comprises, a first sequence encoding an S domain derived from a first norovirus strain, and a second sequence encoding a P domain derived from a second norovirus strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ARAMIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Pierre-Olivier Lavoie, Marc-Andre D'Aoust
  • PHOTOVOLTAIC RAPID SHUTDOWN AND ARC SENSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240162700
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system, apparatus and method for providing rapid shutdown for photovoltaic power systems and provides a system, apparatus and method for providing arc sensing for photovoltaic power systems. An AC current can be put on the DC bus to control PV panel shutdown. Local mean decomposition can be used to sense arcing on the DC bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Cedric SOMERS, Marc-André FORGET
  • MATCHING BETWEEN 2D AND 3D FOR DIRECT LOCALIZATION
    Publication number: 20240161337
    Abstract: Determining a location of an entity comprises: receiving a query comprising a 2D image depicting an environment of the entity; searching for a match between the query and a 3D map of the environment. The 3D map comprising a 3D point cloud, the match indicating the location of the entity in the environment. Searching for the match comprises: extracting descriptors from the 2D image referred to as image descriptors; extracting descriptors from the 3D point cloud referred to as point cloud descriptors; correlating the image descriptors with the point cloud descriptors to produce correspondences, wherein a correspondence is an image descriptor corresponding to a point cloud descriptor; estimating, using the correspondences, the location of the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Johannes Lutz SCHÖNBERGER, Rui WANG, Prune Solange Garance TRUONG, Marc André Léon POLLEFEYS
  • LOG DATA EXTRACTION FROM DATA CHUNKS OF AN ISOLATED EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20240152488
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for processing data associated with isolated execution environments. A chunk of data associated with an isolated execution environment can include log data and non-log data. At least a portion of the log data can include log data generated by the isolated execution environment. The system can parse the chunk of data to identify the log data and the non-log data and extract at least a portion of the log data from the chunk of data. The extracted data can be further processed to generate one or more events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Zhimin Liang, Matthew Modestino, David Christopher Baldwin, Marc Andre Chéné, Blaine Wastell
  • SILICONE-POLYOLEFIN HYBRID ELASTOMERS
    Publication number: 20240141111
    Abstract: A silicone-polyolefin composition is disclosed. The silicone-polyolefin composition comprises (A) a polysiloxane, (B) a functionalized polyolefin, and (C) a curable silicone elastomer component. The polysiloxane (A) comprises an average of at least one functional group X per molecule, and the functionalized polyolefin (B) comprises an average of at least one functional group Y per molecule, where the functional group X and functional group Y are reactable to form a bond therebetween. A silicone-polyolefin blend, a curable composition comprising the silicone-polyolefin blend, a cured product of the curable composition, and methods of preparing the silicone-polyolefin blend, curable composition, and cured product are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Dongchan AHN, Noel Mower CHANG, Marc-Andre COURTEMANCHE, Zachary KEAN, Thomas H. PETERSON
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACUTE SOUND DETECTION AND REPRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20240127785
    Abstract: Earpieces and methods for acute sound detection and reproduction are provided. A method can include measuring an external ambient sound level (xASL), monitoring a change in the xASL for detecting an acute sound, estimating a proximity of the acute sound, and upon detecting the acute sound and its proximity, reproducing the acute sound within an ear canal, where the ear canal is at least partially occluded by an earpiece. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Staton Techiya LLC
    Inventors: Steven Wayne Goldstein, John Usher, Marc Andre Boillot
  • COMPOSITION, POLYMER COMPOSITE ARTICLE FORMED THEREWITH, AND METHOD OF PREPARING SAME
    Publication number: 20240124709
    Abstract: A composition and a method for preparing a polymer composite article. The composition comprises (A) a filler in an amount of from 10 to 90 wt. The composition also comprises (B) a polymer in an amount of from 10 to 90 wt. %. wherein the (B) polymer is selected from polyolefins, polyamides, polyesters, or combinations thereof. Further, the composition comprises (C) an organopolysiloxane in an amount of from greater than 0 to 10 wt. %; the (C) organopolysiloxane having at least one silicon-bonded hydroxyl group and a viscosity of from 1,000 to 60,000 mPa·s at 25° C. The ranges for components (A)-(C) arc based on the total weight of components (A), (B) and (C) in the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Keith BRUCE, Igor CHORVATH, Marc-Andre COURTEMANCHE, Jon V. DEGROOT, JR., Sean GAAL, Craig GROSS, James KEENIHAN, Shawn MEALEY, Scott MILLER, Tom PARSONS, Andrew SCHLADER, Cristina SERRAT, Lauren TONGE
  • CLASSIFYING ELEMENTS IN AN INFRASTRUCTURE MODEL USING CONVOLUTIONAL GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20240127046
    Abstract: In example embodiments, techniques are provided for classifying elements of infrastructure models using a convolutional graph neural network (GNN). Graph-structured data structures are generated from infrastructure models, in which nodes represent elements and edges represent contextual relationships among elements (e.g., based on proximity, functionality, parent-child relationships, etc.). During training, the GNN learns embeddings from the nodes and edges of the graph-structured data structures, the embeddings capturing contextual clues that distinguish between elements that may share similar geometry (e.g., cross section, volume, surface area, etc.), yet serve different purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Marc-André Lapointe, Louis-Philippe Asselin, Karl-Alexandre Jahjah, Evan Rausch-Larouche