Patents by Inventor Marc Berger

Marc Berger 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: 11913604
    Abstract: Corrugated fluid-tight membrane fluid-tight wall (1) including two series of parallel corrugations forming a plurality of nodes (5) at the crossings of said series of corrugations, wave reinforcements (11) being arranged under the corrugations (3) of the first series of corrugations (3), two successive wave reinforcements (11) in a corrugation (3) each including a hollow sole (15) and a reinforcement portion (16) disposed above the sole (15), the two wave reinforcements (11) being developed in the corrugation (3) on either side of a node (5), a connecting member (13) at the level of the node (5) being nested in the soles (15) of said two wave reinforcements (11) in such a manner as to assemble the two wave reinforcements (11) in an aligned position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Gaztransport Et Technigaz
    Inventors: Mohamed Sassi, Marc Boyeau, Antoine Philippe, Sébastien Delanoe, Vincent Berger, Johan Bougault
  • Patent number: 11643779
    Abstract: A refiner disc including: a refining zone on a front face of the disc; refining bars in the refining zone; and grooves between the bars, wherein each of the grooves include a rotational inducement element arranged on at least one sidewall of the groove and the rotational inducement element is configured to impart at helical flow of feed material flowing through the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ANDRITZ INC.
    Inventors: Luc Gingras, Marc Berger
  • Patent number: 11628446
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an apparatus for a counter-rotating mechanical refiner configured to mitigate the problems of feeding variations, load variations, high energy consumption due to poor feeding efficiency, low pulp quality, and reduced throughput capacity by positioning a flinger proximate to a rotor gap side of a first rotor, wherein the first rotor further comprises an inlet extending through the first rotor, such that a portion of the operational flinger deflects feed material from the inlet into the refiner gap while rotating in the direction of the first rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ANDRITZ INC.
    Inventors: Luc Gingras, Marc Berger
  • Publication number: 20210266374
    Abstract: A sticker attachable to an item of goods, including a processor, a storage communicatively coupled with the processor, storing a unique address for the sticker, storing operation code for the processor, and storing a plurality of data messages, wherein data messages include an address of a source sticker, an address of a destination computer and data relating to current properties of the source sticker, a wireless communicator for wirelessly transmitting and receiving data messages, and a power source supplying power to the processor, the storage and the wireless communicator, wherein the operation code includes instructions causing the processor to transmit data messages stored in the storage via the wireless communicator to currently nearby stickers that are within range of the wireless communicator, to receive data messages from the nearby stickers, and to store the received data messages in the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Shlomo Touboul, Marc Berger
  • Publication number: 20210180253
    Abstract: A refiner disc including: a refining zone on a front face of the disc; refining bars in the refining zone; and grooves between the bars, wherein each of the grooves include a rotational inducement element arranged on at least one sidewall of the groove and the rotational inducement element is configured to impart at helical flow of feed material flowing through the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Luc GINGRAS, Marc Berger
  • Patent number: 11005961
    Abstract: A communication system including a network of stickers in transit such that the spatial relationship between the stickers is changing, each sticker including a processor, a storage storing operation code and messages, a message including addresses of source and destination devices, and data sent from the source device to the destination device, and a wireless communicator, and devices that send and receive messages to and from stickers, whereby the operation code of each sticker causes its processor to sporadically receive data stored within other stickers that are currently within range of its communicator, to receive messages from source devices that are within range of its communicator, to store received messages within its storage, to sporadically transmit messages to other stickers that are within range of its communicator, and to transmit messages to the message's respective destination device, when the destination device is within range of its communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventors: Shlomo Touboul, Marc Berger
  • Publication number: 20210086189
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an apparatus for a counter-rotating mechanical refiner configured to mitigate the problems of feeding variations, load variations, high energy consumption due to poor feeding efficiency, low pulp quality, and reduced throughput capacity by positioning a flinger proximate to a rotor gap side of a first rotor, wherein the first rotor further comprises an inlet extending through the first rotor, such that a portion of the operational flinger deflects feed material from the inlet into the refiner gap while rotating in the direction of the first rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Luc Gingras, Marc Berger
  • Publication number: 20200099765
    Abstract: A communication system including a network of stickers in transit such that the spatial relationship between the stickers is changing, each sticker including a processor, a storage storing operation code and messages, a message including addresses of source and destination devices, and data sent from the source device to the destination device, and a wireless communicator, and devices that send and receive messages to and from stickers, whereby the operation code of each sticker causes its processor to sporadically receive data stored within other stickers that are currently within range of its communicator, to receive messages from source devices that are within range of its communicator, to store received messages within its storage, to sporadically transmit messages to other stickers that are within range of its communicator, and to transmit messages to the message's respective destination device, when the destination device is within range of its communicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Shlomo Touboul, Marc Berger
  • Patent number: 10589279
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a refiner plate segment, mechanical refiners, and methods to manufacture a refiner plate segment having one or more water channels disposed in a variable substrate profile along the radial length of a refiner plate segment base and disposed between the refiner plate segment inlet and the primary refining section, wherein the variable substrate profile comprises an undulating curve configured to complement a second undulating curve on an opposing refiner plate, and wherein dimensions of the one or more water channels are sufficiently narrow to prevent wood chips from entering the water channels and sufficiently wide to provide a bypass path for the free water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Andritz Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Berger, Luc Gingras
  • Patent number: 10364284
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind and neutralize Staphylococcus enterotoxin B. In addition, nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, and cells that express such antibodies are provided. Also provided are methods for treating diseases mediated by, and for neutralizing Staphylococcus enterotoxin B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Eisai, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip M. Sass, Nicholas C. Nicolaides, Luigi Grasso, Marc Berger, Tao Sai
  • Patent number: 10341456
    Abstract: A sticker communication system with multi-level caching, including a plurality of stickers, each sticker having a unique ID, each sticker attachable to an item of goods having a unique ID, and each sticker including a processor, a cache caching sticker profiles for a plurality of stickers, wherein a sticker profile includes a sticker ID, an ID for an item of goods to which the sticker is attached, and one or more data entities in the form of [attribute name|attribute value|timestamp, and a wireless communicator, wirelessly transmitting and receiving sticker profiles, wherein the processor is configured to transmit sticker profiles stored in the cache via the wireless communicator to currently nearby stickers that are within range of the wireless communicator, to receive sticker profiles from the nearby stickers, and to store the received sticker profiles in the cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventors: Shlomo Touboul, Marc Berger
  • Publication number: 20190184404
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a refiner plate segment, mechanical refiners, and methods to manufacture a refiner plate segment having one or more water channels disposed in a variable substrate profile along the radial length of a refiner plate segment base and disposed between the refiner plate segment inlet and the primary refining section, wherein the variable substrate profile comprises an undulating curve configured to complement a second undulating curve on an opposing refiner plate, and wherein dimensions of the one or more water channels are sufficiently narrow to prevent wood chips from entering the water channels and sufficiently wide to provide a bypass path for the free water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Marc BERGER, Luc GINGRAS
  • Publication number: 20190158618
    Abstract: A sticker communication system with multi-level caching, including a plurality of stickers, each sticker having a unique ID, each sticker attachable to an item of goods having a unique ID, and each sticker including a processor, a cache caching sticker profiles for a plurality of stickers, wherein a sticker profile includes a sticker ID, an ID for an item of goods to which the sticker is attached, and one or more data entities in the form of [attribute name|attribute value|timestamp, and a wireless communicator, wirelessly transmitting and receiving sticker profiles, wherein the processor is configured to transmit sticker profiles stored in the cache via the wireless communicator to currently nearby stickers that are within range of the wireless communicator, to receive sticker profiles from the nearby stickers, and to store the received sticker profiles in the cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Shlomo Touboul, Marc Berger
  • Patent number: 10063639
    Abstract: A sticker attachable to an item of goods, including a processor, a storage communicatively coupled with the processor, storing a unique address for the sticker, storing operation code for the processor, and storing a plurality of data messages, wherein data messages include an address of a source sticker, an address of a destination computer and data relating to current properties of the source sticker, a wireless communicator for wirelessly transmitting and receiving data messages, and a power source supplying power to the processor, the storage and the wireless communicator, wherein the operation code includes instructions causing the processor to transmit data messages stored in the storage via the wireless communicator to currently nearby stickers that are within range of the wireless communicator, to receive data messages from the nearby stickers, and to store the received data messages in the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Inventors: Shlomo Touboul, Marc Berger
  • Publication number: 20180094048
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind and neutralize Staphylococcus enterotoxin B. In addition, nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, and cells that express such antibodies are provided. Also provided are methods for treating diseases mediated by, and for neutralizing Staphylococcus enterotoxin B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Philip M. Sass, Nicholas C. Nicolaides, Luigi Grasso, Marc Berger, Tao Sai
  • Patent number: 9868780
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind and neutralize Staphylococcus enterotoxin B. In addition, nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, and cells that express such antibodies are provided. Also provided are methods for treating diseases mediated by, and for neutralizing Staphylococcus enterotoxin B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Morphotek, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip M. Sass, Nicholas C. Nicolaides, Luigi Grasso, Marc Berger, Tao Sai
  • Publication number: 20170121396
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind and neutralize Staphylococcus enterotoxin B. In addition, nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, and cells that express such antibodies are provided. Also provided are methods for treating diseases mediated by, and for neutralizing Staphylococcus enterotoxin B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Philip M. Sass, Nicholas C. Nicolaides, Luigi Grasso, Marc Berger, Tao Sai
  • Patent number: 9359428
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind and neutralize Staphylococcus enterotoxin B. In addition, nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, and cells that express such antibodies are provided. Also provided are methods for treating diseases mediated by, and for neutralizing Staphylococcus enterotoxin B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Morphotek, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip M. Sass, Nicholas C. Nicolaides, Luigi Grasso, Marc Berger, Tao Sai
  • Patent number: 9174079
    Abstract: The invention relates to a muscle stimulation device comprising a handle bar with a first and a second end, a motor which is arranged in a cavity in the handle bar and is coupled by means of a motor shaft to at least one eccentric body in order to set the muscle stimulation device vibrating by an unbalance of the eccentric body. According to the invention the eccentric body/ies has/have a common center of mass, which is at a different distance from the first end of the handle bar than it is from the second end of the handle bar. The invention furthermore relates to an exchangeable head for such a muscle stimulation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: tremo-tec GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Berger, Thomas Berger
  • Publication number: 20150050276
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind and neutralize Staphylococcus enterotoxin B. In addition, nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, and cells that express such antibodies are provided. Also provided are methods for treating diseases mediated by, and for neutralizing Staphylococcus enterotoxin B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Philip M. Sass, Nicholas C. Nicolaides, Luigi Grasso, Marc Berger, Tao Sai