Patents by Inventor Maurice Chapellier

Maurice Chapellier 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).

  • High-fidelity long-term storage of biological material
    Patent number: 12250944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the long-term preservation of biological material. More specifically, it concerns a preservation container comprising: a biological container for containing biological material, a first shield configured for absorbing gamma-rays, a second shield configured for absorbing ambient neutrons, said second shield surrounding the biological container, the preservation container being of low-radioactivity background materials, and a method for preserving a biological material, comprising: a) providing a biological material in a confinement container, b) providing the preservation container of the invention, c) placing the confinement container containing the biological material into said preservation container, d) storing said preservation container containing the biological material in a room located under a material attenuating cosmic rays and induced particles, said material having a thickness equivalent to 1 m to 7000 m of water, for attenuating cosmic rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Paris—Psychiatrie et Neurosciences
    Inventors: Maurice Chapellier, Fabrice Chretien, Fabrice Piquemal, Pierre Rocheteau, Guillaume Warot, Michel Zampaolo
  • High-Fidelity Long-Term Storage of Biological Material
    Publication number: 20200337299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the long-term preservation of biological material. More specifically, it concerns a preservation container comprising: a biological container for containing biological material, a first shield configured for absorbing gamma-rays, a second shield configured for absorbing ambient neutrons, said second shield surrounding the biological container, the preservation container being of low-radioactivity background materials, and a method for preserving a biological material, comprising: a) providing a biological material in a confinement container, b) providing the preservation container of the invention, c) placing the confinement container containing the biological material into said preservation container, d) storing said preservation container containing the biological material in a room located under a material attenuating cosmic rays and induced particles, said material having a thickness equivalent to 1 m to 7000 m of water, for attenuating cosmic rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Maurice Chapellier, Fabrice Chretien, Fabrice Piquemal, Pierre Rocheteau, Guillaume Warot, Michel Zampaolo