Patents by Inventor Nicolas Astier

Nicolas Astier 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: 10967372
    Abstract: An apparatus for an electro-fluidic flow probe includes a body portion including an electro-fluidic bias tee for receiving (i) a fluid electrolyte and (ii) an electrical connection for providing an electrical potential to the fluid electrolyte; a first inlet including a tube extending from the first inlet to an outlet through the electro-fluidic bias tee; and a second inlet including the electrical connection having a wire that extends from the second inlet to the outlet through the electro-fluidic bias tee to transfer the electrical potential to a device under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yann Andre Nicolas Astier, Jingwei Bai, Young Hoon Kwark, Stanislav Polonsky, Joshua T. Smith
  • Patent number: 10967373
    Abstract: An apparatus for an electro-fluidic flow probe includes a body portion including an electro-fluidic bias tee for receiving (i) a fluid electrolyte and (ii) an electrical connection for providing an electrical potential to the fluid electrolyte; a first inlet including a tube extending from the first inlet to an outlet through the electro-fluidic bias tee; and a second inlet including the electrical connection having a wire that extends from the second inlet to the outlet through the electro-fluidic bias tee to transfer the electrical potential to a device under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yann Andre Nicolas Astier, Jingwei Bai, Young Hoon Kwark, Stanislav Polonsky, Joshua T. Smith
  • Patent number: 10330597
    Abstract: Apparatus for enhancing on-chip fluorescence detection. For example, an apparatus comprises a microfluidic channel, an excitation signal enhancing structure formed on a first side of the microfluidic channel and a photodetector structure formed on a second side of the microfluidic channel. For example, the excitation signal enhancing structure enhances an excitation signal and the enhanced excitation signal excites one or more samples in the microfluidic channel to emit signals at a fluorescence wavelength at a higher rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yann Andre Nicolas Astier, Ning Li, Devendra K. Sadana, Chao Wang
  • Patent number: 9733188
    Abstract: Apparatus for enhancing on-chip fluorescence detection. For example, an apparatus comprises a microfluidic channel, an excitation signal enhancing structure formed on a first side of the microfluidic channel and a photodetector structure formed on a second side of the microfluidic channel. For example, the excitation signal enhancing structure enhances an excitation signal and the enhanced excitation signal excites one or more samples in the microfluidic channel to emit signals at a fluorescence wavelength at a higher rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yann Andre Nicolas Astier, Ning Li, Devendra K. Sadana, Chao Wang
  • Publication number: 20170227464
    Abstract: Apparatus for enhancing on-chip fluorescence detection. For example, an apparatus comprises a microfluidic channel, an excitation signal enhancing structure formed on a first side of the microfluidic channel and a photodetector structure formed on a second side of the microfluidic channel. For example, the excitation signal enhancing structure enhances an excitation signal and the enhanced excitation signal excites one or more samples in the microfluidic channel to emit signals at a fluorescence wavelength at a higher rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Yann Andre Nicolas Astier, Ning Li, Devendra K. Sadana, Chao Wang
  • Publication number: 20170082548
    Abstract: Apparatus for enhancing on-chip fluorescence detection. For example, an apparatus comprises a microfluidic channel, an excitation signal enhancing structure formed on a first side of the microfluidic channel and a photodetector structure formed on a second side of the microfluidic channel. For example, the excitation signal enhancing structure enhances an excitation signal and the enhanced excitation signal excites one or more samples in the microfluidic channel to emit signals at a fluorescence wavelength at a higher rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Yann Andre Nicolas Astier, Ning Li, Devendra K. Sadana, Chao Wang
  • Publication number: 20150300984
    Abstract: An apparatus for an electro-fluidic flow probe includes a body portion including an electro-fluidic bias tee for receiving (i) a fluid electrolyte and (ii) an electrical connection for providing an electrical potential to the fluid electrolyte; a first inlet including a tube extending from the first inlet to an outlet through the electro-fluidic bias tee; and a second inlet including the electrical connection having a wire that extends from the second inlet to the outlet through the electro-fluidic bias tee to transfer the electrical potential to a device under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yann Andre Nicolas Astier, Jingwei Bai, Young Hoon Kwark, Stanislav Polonsky, Joshua T. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150300973
    Abstract: An apparatus for an electro-fluidic flow probe includes a body portion including an electro-fluidic bias tee for receiving (i) a fluid electrolyte and (ii) an electrical connection for providing an electrical potential to the fluid electrolyte; a first inlet including a tube extending from the first inlet to an outlet through the electro-fluidic bias tee; and a second inlet including the electrical connection having a wire that extends from the second inlet to the outlet through the electro-fluidic bias tee to transfer the electrical potential to a device under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yann Andre Nicolas Astier, Jingwei Bai, Young Hoon Kwark, Stanislav Polonsky, Joshua T. Smith
  • Patent number: 8632705
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a porous fuel comprising uranium, optionally plutonium and at least one minor actinide is provided. The method may comprise the following successive steps: a) a step for compacting as pellets a mixture of powders comprising uranium oxide, optionally plutonium oxide and at least one oxide of a minor actinide, at least one portion of the uranium oxide being in the form of triuranium octaoxide U3O8, the other portion being in the form of uranium dioxide UO2; b) a step for reducing at least one portion of the triuranium octaoxide U3O8 into uranium dioxide UO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Aurélien Jankowiak, Nathalie Herlet, Caroline Leorier, Nicolas Astier, Philippe Coste, Barbara Deschamps, Damien Prieur, Philippe Blanchart
  • Publication number: 20120228788
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a porous fuel comprising uranium, optionally plutonium and at least one minor actinide is provided. The method may comprise the following successive steps: a) a step for compacting as pellets a mixture of powders comprising uranium oxide, optionally plutonium oxide and at least one oxide of a minor actinide, at least one portion of the uranium oxide being in the form of triuranium octaoxide U3O8, the other portion being in the form of uranium dioxide UO2; b) a step for reducing at least one portion of the triuranium octaoxide U3O8 into uranium dioxide UO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Commissariat A' L'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies
    Inventors: Aurélien Jankowiak, Nathalie Herlet, Caroline Leorier, Nicolas Astier, Philippe Coste, Barbara Deschamps, Damien Prieur, Philippe Blanchart