Patents by Inventor Nicolas Merle

Nicolas Merle 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: 20240116043
    Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst material, includes: (a) providing a support material having surface hydroxyl (OH) groups, the support material is ceria (CeO2), zirconia (ZrO2) or a combination, and the support material contains between 0.3 and 2.0 mmol OH groups/g of the support material; (b) reacting the support material with at least one of: (b1) a compound containing at least one alkoxy or phenoxy group bound though its oxygen atom to a metal element from Group 5 (V, Nb, Ta) or Group 6 (Cr, Mo, W); (b2) a compound containing at least one hydrocarbon group bound though a carbon atom to a metal element from Group 5 or 6; (b3) a compound containing at least one hydrocarbon group bound though a carbon atom to a metal element which is copper (Cu); and (c) calcining the product obtained in step (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE PHYSIQUE ELECTRONIQUE DE LYON
    Inventors: Phuc Hai NGUYEN, Nicolas MERLE, Marc-Olivier CHARLIN, Kai Chung SZETO, Mostafa TAOUFIK
  • Publication number: 20220305480
    Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst material, includes: (a) providing a support material having surface hydroxyl (OH) groups, the support material is ceria (CeO2), zirconia (ZrO2) or a combination, and the support material contains between 0.3 and 2.0 mmol OH groups/g of the support material; (b) reacting the support material with at least one of: (b1) a compound containing at least one alkoxy or phenoxy group bound though its oxygen atom to a metal element from Group 5 (V, Nb, Ta) or Group 6 (Cr, Mo, W); (b2) a compound containing at least one hydrocarbon group bound though a carbon atom to a metal element from Group 5 or 6; (b3) a compound containing at least one hydrocarbon group bound though a carbon atom to a metal element which is copper (Cu); and (c) calcining the product obtained in step (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE PHYSIQUE ELECTRONIQUE DE LYON
    Inventors: Phuc Hai NGUYEN, Nicolas MERLE, Marc-Olivier CHARLIN, Kai Chung SZETO, Mostafa TAOUFIK
  • Publication number: 20200254429
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a catalyst and/or a precatalyst, in particular a single site catalyst and/or a single site precatalyst, for the oxidation and/or ammoxidation of olefins to produce aldehydes and/or nitriles, methods of preparing a corresponding catalyst and/or precatalyst, in particular single site catalyst and/or single site precatalyst, and methods of using said catalyst and/or precatalyst, in particular said single site catalyst and/or single site precatalyst, to produce aldehydes and/or nitriles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Samir BARMAN, Manoja Kumar SAMANTARAY, Youssef SAIH, Jean Marie BASSET, Edy ABOU HAMMAD, Mostafa TAOUFIK, Nicolas MERLE, Kai Chung SZETO, Frederic LE QUEMENER, Aimery DE MALLMANN
  • Patent number: 8470401
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a process for depositing a group V metal containing film on a substrate by introducing a substrate into a reactor; preferably heating the substrate at a temperature above 150° C.; feeding a compound of the formula (Ia) or of the formula (Ib), or a mixture of said compounds thereof in the vapor phase into the reactor; optionally feeding a second compound of the formula (Ia) or of the formula (Ib), or a second mixture of said compounds thereof in vapor phase into the reactor; and thereby depositing the group V metal containing film onto said substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Socété Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Nicolas Merle, Stéphane Danielle, Christian Dussarrat, Nicolas Blasco
  • Publication number: 20100197482
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solid metal compound comprising (i) a solid support comprising aluminium oxide, (ii) at least one first metal compound (C1) selected from metal hydrides, organometallic compounds and organometallic hydrides, and comprising a metal (M1) selected from the lanthanides, the actinides and the metals of Groups 4 to 7 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and (iii) at least one second metal compound (C2) comprising a metal (M2) selected from the metals of Groups 8 to 10 of said Table. The compounds (C1) and (C2) are preferably supported on, particularly grafted onto the solid support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Basset, Nicolas Merle, Francois Stoffelbach, Mostafa Taoufik, Jean Thivolle-Cazat
  • Publication number: 20100055310
    Abstract: Compound of the formula (Ia), or of the formula (Ib). These new precursors are useful for pure metal, metallic oxide, oxynitride, nitride and/or silicide film deposition to make electrodes and/or high k layers, and/or copper diffusion barrier layers, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Nicolas Merle, Stéphane Danielle, Christian Dussarrat, Nicolas Blasco