Patents by Inventor Peter Michiels

Peter Michiels 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: 20240082440
    Abstract: A method (100) for disinfection using a lighting system (200), comprising: •determining (140) a mid-infrared (IR) and/or far-IR wavelength configured to disrupt a target macromolecule of a target pathogen, wherein the target macromolecule is DNA, RNA, and/or •a protein of the target pathogen; and exposing (150), via a light source (210) of the lighting system (200), •exposing (150), via a light source of the lighting system (200), the target pathogen to the determined mid-IR and/or far-IR wavelength, wherein the target macromolecule is directly disrupted and the target pathogen is neutralized by the exposure; and •detecting (160), by a sensor (224) of the lighting system (200), neutralisation of the target pathogen by exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: MARC ANDRE DE SAMBER, KARS-MICHIEL HUBERT LENSSEN, PETER DEIXLER, WILLEM DIRK VAN DRIEL, RÉMY CYRILLE BROERSMA
  • Patent number: 7033743
    Abstract: A substantially light-insensitive black and white monosheet thermographic recording material has a support and on one side of the support comprises a thermosensitive element, a barrier layer and an outermost protective layer, the thermosensitive element being exclusive of a high contrast agent and containing at least one substantially light-insensitive silver salt of a carboxylic acid, at least one reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith, at least one toning agent and at least one binder, wherein the at least one reducing agent is an ortho-dihydroxy-benzene derivative and the barrier layer comprises a copolymer comprising vinyl chloride units and vinyl acetate and/or vinyl alcohol units, a copolymer comprising styrene units and acrylonitrile units, a copolymer comprising cationic units and/or a copolymer comprising styrene units and maleic acid units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert
    Inventors: Ingrid Geuens, Frank Loewet, Peter Michiels
  • Publication number: 20040126719
    Abstract: A substantially light-insensitive black and white monosheet thermographic recording material has a support and on one side of the support comprises a thermosensitive element, a barrier layer and an outermost protective layer, the thermosensitive element being exclusive of a high contrast agent and containing at least one substantially light-insensitive silver salt of a carboxylic acid, at least one reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith, at least one toning agent and at least one binder, wherein the at least one reducing agent is an ortho-dihydroxy-benzene derivative and the barrier layer comprises a copolymer comprising vinyl chloride units and vinyl acetate and/or vinyl alcohol units, a copolymer comprising styrene units and acrylonitrile units, a copolymer comprising cationic units and/or a copolymer comprising styrene units and maleic acid units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: AGFA-GEVAERT
    Inventors: Ingrid Geuens, Frank Louwet, Peter Michiels
  • Patent number: 6337303
    Abstract: A substantially light-insensitive black and white thermographic recording material comprising a thermosensitive element and a support, the thermosensitive element containing at least one substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, at least one organic reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith, a binder, at least one stabilizer and optionally an &agr;,(&ohgr;-alkyldicarboxylic acid with a straight chain alkyl group having at least 4 carbon atoms which may be substituted, however neither including 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid as acidic reagent nor di-tert-butyl-p-cresol as a sole organic reducing agent, wherein the at least one stabilizer is represented by formula (I): R1—(O═C)—R2—(C═O)—R3  (I) wherein R2 is a divalent straight chain saturated hydrocarbon group with 2 or 3 carbon atoms which may be substituted with one or more of ═O, ═S, ═CR4R5, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a hydroxy group, a thiol group, a —
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Philip Dooms, Peter Michiels, Ingrid Geuens