Patents by Inventor Raphaël Pugin
Raphaël Pugin 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).
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Publication number: 20240045380Abstract: A method that prints a functional element on a surface of a receiving area of a timepiece component of a timepiece contributing to regulating the rate of this timepiece includes preparing a solution containing a material constituting the functional element and depositing the prepared solution onto the surface of the receiving area. Specific properties of the solution are defined as a function of preparation criteria and include at least one structural modification feature of the timepiece component, at least one construction feature of the functional element on the receiving area, at least one structural feature of the material to be applied to the receiving area, and at least one feature of the receiving area of the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA - Recherche et développementInventors: Sébastien LANI, Raphael PUGIN, Nicholas Raymond HENDRICKS
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Patent number: 11434131Abstract: Method of manufacturing a micromechanical component intended to cooperate with another micromechanical component, the method comprising the steps of providing a substrate, forming a mould on said substrate, said mould defining sidewalls arranged to delimit said micromechanical component, providing particles on at least said sidewalls, depositing a metal in said mould so as to form said micromechanical component, and liberating said micromechanical component from said mould and removing said particles.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA—RECHERCHE ET DÉVELOPPEMENTInventors: Nicolas Blondiaux, Raphaël Pugin
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Publication number: 20210171340Abstract: Method of manufacturing a micromechanical component intended to cooperate with another micromechanical component, the method comprising the steps of providing a substrate, forming a mould on said substrate, said mould defining sidewalls arranged to delimit said micromechanical component, providing particles on at least said sidewalls, depositing a metal in said mould so as to form said micromechanical component, and liberating said micromechanical component from said mould and removing said particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA - Recherche et DéveloppementInventors: Nicolas BLONDIAUX, Raphaël PUGIN
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Patent number: 10954123Abstract: Method of manufacturing a micromechanical component intended to cooperate with another micromechanical component, the method comprising the steps of providing a substrate, forming a mould on said substrate, said mould defining sidewalls arranged to delimit said micromechanical component, providing particles on at least said sidewalls, depositing a metal in said mould so as to form said micromechanical component, and liberating said micromechanical component from said mould and removing said particles.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA—RECHERCHE ET DÉVELOPPEMENTInventors: Nicolas Blondiaux, Raphaël Pugin
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Patent number: 10656091Abstract: An optical sensor (1) for detecting a chemical species includes a substrate (3), a mesoporous matrix (5) disposed on the substrate, and a microporous matrix (7) disposed within the mesoporous matrix. The microporous matrix (7) includes an indicator dye (9) dispersed therein, the indicator dye (9) exhibiting changes in its optical properties in response to the presence of the chemical species. This arrangement significantly increases the amount of dye present, while allowing the medium to be analyzed greater access through the porous structure, thereby increasing the performance of the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA—RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENTInventors: Emmanuel Scolan, Bernard Wenger, Raphael Pugin
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Publication number: 20190367359Abstract: Method of manufacturing a micromechanical component intended to cooperate with another micromechanical component, the method comprising the steps of providing a substrate, forming a mould on said substrate, said mould defining sidewalls arranged to delimit said micromechanical component, providing particles on at least said sidewalls, depositing a metal in said mould so as to form said micromechanical component, and liberating said micromechanical component from said mould and removing said particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA - Recherche et DéveloppementInventors: Nicolas BLONDIAUX, Raphaël PUGIN
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Publication number: 20180361472Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a timepiece comprising at least one first part produced by a microfabrication or microforming method in at least one first material, said method comprising at least: a step of depositing, on said first part, without moulding, at least one second part of said timepiece in at least one second material, and a step of treating the second material in order to connect together the components on the first part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHN IQUE SA - RECHERCHE ET DÉVELOPPEMENTInventors: Sébastien Lani, Raphaël Pugin
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Publication number: 20170248516Abstract: Calibration device for a diagnostic device, the diagnostic device comprising a digital imaging device arranged to record an image of at least one sample container containing at least one biological sample. According to the invention, methods include of digitally imaging said at least one sample container, thus obtaining a first image processing the first image, thus obtaining a second image printing a representation of the second image onto a substrate by means of a printing method, thus obtaining the calibration device, wherein said processing of the first image comprises applying at least one transfer function to the first image. The invention further relates to a corresponding calibration device, and a method of calibrating a diagnostic device by means of the calibration device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2014Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: GERMANO MEIER, RAPHAEL PUGIN, DAVID HASLER, EMMANUEL SCOLAN
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Publication number: 20170176332Abstract: Disclosed is an optical sensor (1) for detecting a chemical species, including: a substrate (3); a mesoporous matrix (5) disposed on the substrate; a microporous matrix (7) disposed within the mesoporous matrix, the microporous matrix (7) including an indicator dye (9) dispersed therein, the indicator dye (9) exhibiting changes in its optical properties in response to the presence of the chemical species.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Emmanuel SCOLAN, Bernard WENGER, Raphael PUGIN
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Patent number: 9430733Abstract: A security device for the identification or authentication of valuable goods is described, including a thin material layer (22, 26) presenting a stochastic pattern including micro/submicrostructures, where the latter are arranged in blobs (2) each of which presents a complexity factor Cx = L 2 4 ? ? · A , where L is the perimeter of the blob and A its area, and wherein blobs having a Cx value greater than or equal to 2 cover at least 5%, preferably at least 15%, of the device surface. According to a preferred embodiment, the material layer may include a film including at least a first and a second polymers arranged respectively within a first and a second phases defining the micro/submicrostructures. Preferred processes of fabrication are also disclosed, as well as a method for securing a valuable good based on such a security device.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA—RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENTInventors: Nicolas Blondiaux, David Hasler, Raphael Pugin, Edoardo Franzi
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Patent number: 9238582Abstract: The assembly is made up of: a) a support including a mesoporous coating whose pores have an average diameter dimensioned so as to enable molecules from the family of cyanines to penetrate them, and b) a layer of molecules from the family of cyanines and organized into J-aggregates within the pores of the coating. The assembly moreover includes Quantum Dots located within the same pores as those containing the J-aggregates, the Quantum Dots maintaining J-aggregates structure. A method for producing such an assembly is also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA—RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPMENTInventors: Bernard Wenger, Emmanuel Scolan, Raphael Pugin, Rolf Steiger
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Publication number: 20140017485Abstract: The assembly is made up of: a) a support including a mesoporous coating whose pores have an average diameter dimensioned so as to enable molecules from the family of cyanines to penetrate them, and b) a layer of molecules from the family of cyanines and organized into J-aggregates within the pores of the coating. The assembly moreover includes Quantum Dots located within the same pores as those containing the J-aggregates, the Quantum Dots maintaining J-aggregates structure. A method for producing such an assembly is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA Recherche et DeveloppementInventors: Bernard WENGER, Emmanuel SCOLAN, Raphael PUGIN, Rolf STEIGER
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Patent number: 8542442Abstract: The present invention relates to an isotropic zero-order diffractive color filter, to a method to manufacture an embossing tool and to a method to manufacture such a filter. The zero-order diffractive color filter comprises diffractive microstructures and a wave-guiding layer, wherein the diffractive microstructures possess a short range ordering over at least four times the period of the microstructures, and the diffractive microstructures possess a long range disordering over length scales of more than 100 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2008Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA—Recherche et DeveloppementInventors: Nicolas Blondiaux, Mickaël Guillaumee, Raphaël Pugin, Ross Stanley, Alexander Stuck, Harald Walter
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Patent number: 8088929Abstract: A method for producing special supramolecular assemblies of colorants, in particular cyanine dyes, called J aggregates consists in depositing a monolayer of dendrimers on a support and subsequently in deposing cyanines in solution for forming the organized monolayer of J aggregates. The method can be used for producing a secondary light source for injecting light into a waveguide from a light energy received from a primary light source emitting at different wavelength. The secondary source, which consists of the J aggregates incorporating energy acceptors, can also be integrated into an optical device incorporating the waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA - Recherche et DeveloppmentInventors: Myriam Losson, Raphaël Pugin, Rolf Steiger, Véronique Monnier, Rino E. Kunz, Stanley Ross
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Patent number: 7824617Abstract: The present invention relates to the realization of particular supramolecular assemblies of dyes, in particular cyanines, called J aggregates. The invention concerns an assembly made up of a support including a mesoporous layer whereof the pores have an average BET diameter greater than 1.5 nm, macromolecules with dendritic architecture functionalizing said layer, at least in its pores, a layer of molecules from the family of cyanines interacting with the macromolecules with dendritic architecture and organized into J aggregates.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2008Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA-Recherche et DevelopmentInventors: Rolf Steiger, Raphaël Pugin
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Publication number: 20100195916Abstract: A security device for the identification or authentication of valuable goods is described, including a thin material layer (22, 26) presenting a stochastic pattern including micro/submicrostructures, where the latter are arranged in blobs (2) each of which presents a complexity factor Cx = L 2 4 ? ? · A , where L is the perimeter of the blob and A its area, and wherein blobs having a Cx value greater than or equal to 2 cover at least 5%, preferably at least 15%, of the device surface. According to a preferred embodiment, the material layer may include a film including at least a first and a second polymers arranged respectively within a first and a second phases defining the micro/submicrostructures. Preferred processes of fabrication are also disclosed, as well as a method for securing a valuable good based on such a security device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique ef de MicrotechnInventors: Nicolas Blondiaux, David Hasler, Raphael Pugin, Edoardo Franzi
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Publication number: 20090142230Abstract: The present invention relates to the realization of particular supramolecular assemblies of dyes, in particular cyanines, called J aggregates. The invention concerns an assembly made up of a support including a mesoporous layer whereof the pores have an average BET diameter greater than 1.5 nm, macromolecules with dendritic architecture functionalizing said layer, at least in its pores, a layer of molecules from the family of cyanines interacting with the macromolecules with dendritic architecture and organized into J aggregates.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA (CSEM) - RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENTInventors: Rolf STEIGER, Raphael Pugin
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Publication number: 20090008925Abstract: A security device for the identification or authentication of goods is described. It comprises a stochastic pattern comprising structures having an average lateral structure size d and arranged such that an image of at least a part of the security device, when treated through 2D Fourier transformation and calculation of a corresponding Power Spectrum Density, may lead to a peak, in a spatial-frequency domain, having a position in this domain correlated to d and a size distribution value w which, when inverted, is correlated to a size distribution of the structures. The value w according to the invention is smaller than 2/d, so that when directing a coherent light beam on at least part of the structures a ring-shaped scattering speckle pattern is formed, on the basis of which d and w may be calculated to implement identification or authentication of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: Nicolas BLONDIAUX, Ulrich Gubler, Raphael Pugin, Alexander Stuck, Harald Walter
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Publication number: 20080279500Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing special supramolecular assemblies of colorants, in particular cyanine dyes, called J aggregates. The inventive method consists in depositing a monolayer of dendrimers on a support and subsequently in deposing cyanines in solution for forming the organised monolayer of J aggregates. Said method can be used for producing a secondary light source (28) for injecting light into a waveguide (24) from a light energy received from a primary light source (30) emitting at different wavelength. The secondary source, which consists of the J aggregates incorporating energy acceptors, can be also integrated into an optical device (23) incorporating the waveguide.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2006Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHInventors: Myriam Losson, Raphael Pugin, Rolf Steiger, Veronique Monnier, Rino E. Kunz, Stanley Ross
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Publication number: 20080278815Abstract: The present invention relates to an isotropic zero-order diffractive colour filter, to a method to manufacture an embossing tool and to a method to manufacture such a filter. The zero-order diffractive colour filter comprises diffractive microstructures and a wave-guiding layer, wherein the diffractive microstructures possess a short range ordering over at least four times the period of the microstructures, and the diffractive microstructures possess a long range disordering over length scales of more than 100 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Inventors: Nicolas Blondiaux, Mickael Guillaumee, Raphael Pugin, Ross Stanley, Alexander Stuck, Harald Walter