Patents by Inventor Michel Gauthier

Michel Gauthier 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: 11335894
    Abstract: A method for preparing a multilayer material based on active lithium, by depositing a film of active lithium on a protective layer at a sufficient speed so that substantially no oxidation of the lithium occurs, and/or during a sufficient time for the adhesion of the lithium to develop after contact with the protective layer. The multilayer material, when incorporated in an electrochemical battery as an anode, has excellent impedance stability and no formation of dendrites during the cycling. Batteries where the anode is the multilayer material are particularly efficient in terms of their coulombic efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: HYDRO-QUEBEC
    Inventors: Karim Zaghib, Martin Dontigny, Michel Petitclerc, Michel Gauthier
  • Publication number: 20200373570
    Abstract: Synthesis process for new particles of Li4Ti5O12, Li(4-?)Z?Ti5O12 or Li4Z?Ti(5-?)O12, preferably having a spinel structure, wherein ? is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.5 (preferably having a spinel structure), ? representing a number greater than zero and less than or equal to 0.33, Z representing a source of at least one metal, preferably chosen from the group made up of Mg, Nb, Al, Zr, Ni, Co. These particles coated with a layer of carbon notably exhibit electrochemical properties that are particularly interesting as components of anodes and/or cathodes in electrochemical generators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: HYDRO-QUÉBEC
    Inventors: Karim ZAGHIB, Michel Gauthier, Fernand Brochu, Abdelbast GUERFI, Monique Masse, Michel ARMAND
  • Patent number: 10811731
    Abstract: Process for the purification of an ionic electrolyte including at least one alkali metal salt, the process having at least one stage in which particles of at least one calcium salt are brought into contact. The process makes it possible to obtain electrolytes characterized in particular by particularly low water content. The corresponding electrochemical generators which incorporate the electrolyte as constituent component are characterized by a noteworthy stability and are particularly safe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: HYDRO-QUEBEC
    Inventors: Karim Zaghib, Jocelyn Jalbert, Abdelbast Guerfi, Christophe Michot, Michel Gauthier, Martin Dontigny, Patrick Charest
  • Patent number: 10734647
    Abstract: Synthesis process for new particles of Li4Ti5O12, Li(4-?)Z?Ti5O12 or Li4Z?Ti(5-?)O12, preferably having a spinel structure, wherein ? is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.5 (preferably having a spinel structure), ? representing a number greater than zero and less than or equal to 0.33, Z representing a source of at least one metal, preferably chosen from the group made up of Mg, Nb, Al, Zr, Ni, Co. These particles coated with a layer of carbon notably exhibit electrochemical properties that are particularly interesting as components of anodes and/or cathodes in electrochemical generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: HYDRO-QUEBEC
    Inventors: Karim Zaghib, Michel Gauthier, Fernand Brochu, Abdelbast Guerfi, Monique Masse, Michel Armand
  • Publication number: 20200243833
    Abstract: A method for preparing a multilayer material based on active lithium, by depositing a film of active lithium on a protective layer at a sufficient speed so that substantially no oxidation of the lithium occurs, and/or during a sufficient time for the adhesion of the lithium to develop after contact with the protective layer. The multilayer material, when incorporated in an electrochemical battery as an anode, has excellent impedance stability and no formation of dendrites during the cycling. Batteries where the anode is the multilayer material are particularly efficient in terms of their coulombic efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: HYDRO-QUEBEC
    Inventors: Karim ZAGHIB, MARTIN DONTIGNY, MICHEL PETITCLERC, MICHEL GAUTHIER
  • Patent number: 10377632
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing LiMXO4, comprising the steps of reacting a source of lithium, a source of M, and a source of X together, in a melted state at a reaction temperature between 900 to 1450 C, in the presence of an excess of (A) a solid-solid reducing couple having an oxygen partial process at equilibrium (pO2) comprised between 10?8 and 10?15 atm at said reaction temperature according to an Ellingham-Richardson diagram for oxides, or (B) one component of the solid-solid reducing couple together with a gas-gas reducing couple having an oxygen partial pressure equilibrium (pO2) between 10?8 and 10?15 atm at said reaction temperature according to an Ellingham-Richardson diagram of oxides, and under thermic equilibrium and thermodynamic equilibrium. There is also provided a LiMXO4 melt-solidified product free from off-composition impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL, LA CORPORATION DE L'ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL
    Inventors: Michel Gauthier, Patrice Chartrand, Majid Talebi-Esfandarani, Pierre Sauriol, Mickael Dollé, Jasmin Dufour, Guoxian Liang
  • Patent number: 10329154
    Abstract: A method for preparing an electrode material, said material comprising complex oxide particles having a non-powdery conductive carbon deposit on at least part of their surface, said method comprising: grinding into nanometer size complex oxide particles or particles of complex oxide precursors, wherein the grinding is performed in a bead mill on particles dispersed in a carrier solvent, adding an organic carbon precursor to the oxide particles or oxide precursor particles before, during or after said grinding, and pyrolysing the mixture thus obtained, selecting the size of the particles to grind, the size of the beads used to grind, and the size of the resulting particles such that: 0.004<MS(SP)/MS(B)<0.12 and 0.0025<MS(FP)/MS(SP)<0.25, wherein MS(SP) represents the mean size diameter of the particles before grinding, MS(FP) represents the mean size diameter of the particles after grinding, and MS(B) is the mean size diameter of the beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Guoxian Liang, Patrick Charest, Michel Gauthier, Abdelbast Guerfi, Christophe Michot, Karim Zaghib
  • Publication number: 20190081367
    Abstract: Process for the purification of an ionic electrolyte including at least one alkali metal salt, the process having at least one stage in which particles of at least one calcium salt are brought into contact. The process makes it possible to obtain electrolytes characterized in particular by particularly low water content. The corresponding electrochemical generators which incorporate the electrolyte as constituent component are characterized by a noteworthy stability and are particularly safe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: HYDRO-QUEBEC
    Inventors: Karim ZAGHIB, Jocelyn Jalbert, Abdelbast GUERFI, Christophe MICHOT, Michel GAUTHIER, Martin DONTIGNY, Patrick CHAREST
  • Patent number: 10147978
    Abstract: Process for the purification of an ionic electrolyte comprising at least one alkali metal salt, the process having at least one stage in which particles of at least one calcium salt are brought into contact. The process makes it possible to obtain electrolytes characterized in particular by a particularly low water content. The corresponding electrochemical generators which incorporate the electrolyte as constituent component are characterized by a noteworthy stability and are particularly safe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: HYDRO-QUEBEC
    Inventors: Karim Zaghib, Jocelyn Jalbert, Abdelbast Guerfi, Christophe Michot, Michel Gauthier, Martin Dontigny, Patrick Charest
  • Patent number: 9974779
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to antiviral compounds directed against the papilloma virus, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to their preparation method and synthesis intermediates, as well as to their use for treating or preventing an infection by the papilloma virus. The present method thus provides an efficient way of treating patients that have lesions associated with an infection by the papilloma virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: VAXART, INC.
    Inventors: Marta Blumenfeld, Delphine Compere, Jean-Michel Gauthier
  • Publication number: 20180021318
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to antiviral compounds directed against the papilloma virus, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to their preparation method and synthesis intermediates, as well as to their use for treating or preventing an infection by the papilloma virus. The present method thus provides an efficient way of treating patients that have lesions associated with an infection by the papilloma virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Marta BLUMENFELD, Delphine COMPERE, Jean-Michel GAUTHIER
  • Patent number: 9871245
    Abstract: There is provided a process for preparing a crystalline electrode material, the process comprising: providing a liquid bath comprising the electrode material in a melted state; and introducing a precursor of the electrode material into the liquid bath, wherein the electrode material comprises lithium, a metal and phosphate. There is also provided a crystalline electrode material, comprising lithium substituted by less than 0.1 atomic of Na or K; Fe and/or Mn, substituted by less than 0.1 atomic ratio of: (a) Mg, Ca, Al and B, (b) Nb, Zr, Mo, V and Cr, (c) Fe(III), or (d) any combinations thereof; and PO4, substituted by less than 20% atomic weight of an oxyanion selected from SO4, SiO4, BO4, P2O7, and any combinations thereof, the material being in the form of particles having a non-carbon and non-olivine phase on at least a portion of the surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, Universite de Montreal, La Corporation de L'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
    Inventors: Michel Gauthier, Dean MacNeil, Joseph Wontcheu, Patrice Chartrand, Guoxian Liang
  • Publication number: 20170210624
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing LiMXO4, comprising the steps of reacting a source of lithium, a source of M, and a source of X together, in a melted state at a reaction temperature between 900 to 1450 C, in the presence of an excess of (A) a solid-solid reducing couple having an oxygen partial process at equilibrium (pO2) comprised between 10?8 and 10?15 atm at said reaction temperature according to an Ellingham-Richardson diagram for oxides, or (B) one component of the solid-solid reducing couple together with a gas-gas reducing couple having an oxygen partial pressure equilibrium (pO2) between 10?8 and 10?15 atm at said reaction temperature according to an Ellingham-Richardson diagram of oxides, and under thermic equilibrium and thermodynamic equilibrium. There is also provided a LiMXO4 melt-solidified product free from off-composition impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicants: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL, LA CORPORATION DE LÉECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL
    Inventors: Michel GAUTHIER, Patrice CHARTRAND, Majid TALEBI-ESFANDARANI, Pierre SAURIOL, Mickael DOLLÉ, Jasmin DUFOUR, Guoxian LIANG
  • Publication number: 20170079968
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to antiviral compounds directed against the papilloma virus, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to their preparation method and synthesis intermediates, as well as to their use for treating or preventing an infection by the papilloma virus. The present method thus provides an efficient way of treating patients that have lesions associated with an infection by the papilloma virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Marta BLUMENFELD, Delphine COMPERE, Jean-Michel GAUTHIER
  • Patent number: 9559356
    Abstract: Synthesis process for new particles of Li4Ti5O12, Li(4-?)Z?Ti5O12 or Li4Z?Ti(5-?)O12, preferably having a spinel structure, wherein ? is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.5 (preferably having a spinel structure), ? representing a number greater than zero and less than or equal to 0.33, Z representing a source of at least one metal, preferably chosen from the group made up of Mg, Nb, Al, Zr, Ni, Co. These particles coated with a layer of carbon notably exhibit electrochemical properties that are particularly interesting as components of anodes and/or cathodes in electrochemical generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: HYDRO-QUEBEC
    Inventors: Karim Zaghib, Michel Gauthier, Fernand Brochu, Abdelbast Guerfi, Monique Masse, Michel Armand
  • Publication number: 20160372746
    Abstract: Synthesis process for new particles of Li4Ti5O12, Li(4-?)Z?Ti5O12 or Li4Z?Ti(5-?)O12, preferably having a spinel structure, wherein ? is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.5 (preferably having a spinel structure), ? representing a number greater than zero and less than or equal to 0.33, Z representing a source of at least one metal, preferably chosen from the group made up of Mg, Nb, Al, Zr, Ni, Co. These particles coated with a layer of carbon notably exhibit electrochemical properties that are particularly interesting as components of anodes and/or cathodes in electrochemical generators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: HYDRO-QUEBEC
    Inventors: Karim ZAGHIB, Michel GAUTHIER, Fernand BROCHU, Abdelbast GUERFI, Monique MASSE, Michel ARMAND
  • Patent number: 9452991
    Abstract: HPV inhibitors with formula (I) where G1 represents a hydrocarbonated bond or chain possibly substituted by one or two alkyl groups, G2 represents a group (see formula Ia+Ib) or R represents a hydrogen, an alkyl, halogenoalkyl, or a prodrug radical such as carbamate, acetyl or dialkylaminomethy, G represents a bond or a hydrocarbonated chain possibly substituted by one or two alkyls, W represents an oxygen or sulphur, R1 and R2 each represent a group chosen from among hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, thio, alkoxy, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthis, halogenoalkylthio, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cycloalkyl, alkyl or halogenoalkyl, R3 represents an acid or a prodrug radical of the acid function or a bioisotere of the acid function, A represents an aryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl or a heterocycle with 6 chains, each possibly substituted, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: AVIRAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Marta Blumenfeld, Delphine Compere, Jean-Michel Gauthier
  • Publication number: 20160126539
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a carbon-treated complex oxide having a very low water content and to its use as cathode material. The carbon-treated complex oxide is composed of particles of a compound AMXO4 having an olivine structure which carry, on at least a portion of their surface, a film of carbon deposited by pyrolysis. A represents Li, alone or partially replaced by at most 10% as atoms of Na or K. M represents Fe(II), alone or partially replaced by at most 50% as atoms of one or more other metals chosen from Mn, Ni and Co, and/or by at most 10% as atoms of one or more aliovalent or isovalent metals other than Mn, Ni or Co, and/or by at most 5% as atoms of Fe(III). X4 represents PO4, alone or partially replaced by at most 10 mol % of SO4 and SiO4. Said material has a water content <1000 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Nathalie RAVET, Michel Gauthier, Thorsten Lahrs, Guoxian Liang, Christophe Michot
  • Patent number: 9269950
    Abstract: A material C-AxM(XO4)y that is of particles of a compound of the formula AxM(XO4)y, wherein said particles include a carbon deposit deposited by means of pyrolysis on at least a portion of the surface thereof, and where: A is Li alone or partially replaced by at most 10 atomic % of Na or K; M is Fe(II), or Mn(II), or mixtures thereof alone or partially replaced by at most 30 atomic % of one or more metals selected from Mn, Ni and Co and/or at most 5% of Fe(III); XO4 is PO4 alone or partially replaced by at most 10 molar % of at least one group selected from SO4, SiO4 and MoO4; and where said material has a calcium impurity content of lower than about 1000 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, BATHIUM CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Denis Geoffroy, Guoxian Liang, Michel Gauthier, Thorsten Lahrs, Nathalie Ravet, Michel Parent, Alain Vallee, Patrick Leblanc, Frederic Cotton
  • Patent number: 9077031
    Abstract: Synthesis process for new particles of Li4Ti5O12, Li(4-?)Z?Ti5O12 or Li4Z?Ti(5-?)O12, wherein ? is >0 and ?0.5, ? is a number >0 and ?0.33, Z is a source of at least one metal, preferably chosen from the group made up of Mg, Nb, Al, Zr, Ni, Co. These particles coated with a layer of carbon notably exhibit electrochemical properties that are particularly interesting as components of anodes and/or cathodes in electrochemical generators. The process may involve the steps of a) preparing a dispersion of a mixture of TiOx—LizY-carbon, wherein x is a number between 1 and 2, z is 1 or 2, and Y is a radical chosen among CO3, OH, O and TiO3 or a mixture thereof; and 2) heating of the dispersion, preferably to a temperature of between about 400° C. and about 1000° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: HYDRO-QUEBEC
    Inventors: Karim Zaghib, Michel Gauthier, Fernand Brochu, Abdelbast Guerfi, Monique Masse, Michel Armand