Patents by Inventor Nicolas Germain

Nicolas Germain 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).

  • Publication number: 20180346413
    Abstract: A process for preparing an isocyanate compound is provided. The process includes a step of reacting an amine compound A having at least one primary amino group with CO2 and an organotin compound S having at least one radical OR3 attached to the tin atom of the organotin compound to convert at least one of the primary amino groups in the amine compound A into a carbamate group to obtain a carbamate compound C; a step of cleaving the carbamate groups in the obtained carbamate compound C to form the isocyanate compound and an alcohol R3OH, without separation of the tin compounds; and a step of obtaining the isocyanate compound. The radical R3 is a C-bound organic radical of 1-30 carbon atoms with 1, 2, or 3 carbon atoms optionally replaced by oxygen or nitrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas SCHAUB, Robert BAUMANN, Rocco PACIELLO, Nicolas GERMAIN
  • Patent number: 8170867
    Abstract: In the method of extraction, the words of the text are encoded by comparing them with the contents of a lexicon of tool words (essentially articles, prepositions, conjunctions, and verbal auxiliaries), and nominal groups are then identified by searching subsets of the resulting succession of encoded words to look for groups of encoded words that comply with predefined syntactical rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignees: Go-Albert France
    Inventor: Nicolas Germain
  • Publication number: 20110099001
    Abstract: In the method of extraction, the words of the text are encoded by comparing them with the contents of a lexicon of tool words (essentially articles, prepositions, conjunctions, and verbal auxiliaries), and nominal groups are then identified by searching subsets of the resulting succession of encoded words to look for groups of encoded words that comply with predefined syntactical rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Nicolas Germain
  • Patent number: 7798518
    Abstract: A trim panel including a substrate layer having a first portion, a second portion, and a frangible pre-weakened segment between the first portion and the second portion; a bridge covering at least a portion of the pre-weakened segment frangibly connecting the first portion and second portion; and a skin layer covering at least a portion of the substrate layer and the bridge. A method of manufacturing a component of a trim panel is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Magna International, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter P. Kornylo, Jean-Nicolas Germain Montbrun