Patents by Inventor Stephane Duval
Stephane Duval 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: 20250369572Abstract: The invention relates to an installation for storing and dispensing cryogenic fluid, for example liquid hydrogen, comprising a cryogenic tank provided with a withdrawal line configured to make it possible to withdraw liquid from the tank, and a device for pressurizing the tank comprising an injection line connected to the tank and configured to make it possible to inject fluid into the tank in order to pressurize the tank, for example in order to maintain the pressure in the tank during the withdrawal of liquid, the pressurization device comprising an ejector positioned on the injection line, the ejector having a first inlet for driving gas connected to a pressurized gas source of the installation, and a second intake inlet connected to another source of fluid, preferably liquefied, the outlet of the ejector being connected to the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2025Publication date: December 4, 2025Inventors: Stephane DUVAL, Golo ZICK
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Patent number: 12474019Abstract: An installation transfers fluid between a source (e.g., a cryogenic fluid reserve) and a receiving unit (e.g., a boat reservoir). It includes a beam framework tower housing a fluid transfer circuit with a pipe extending from a lower connection to an upper connection. The tower is composed of at least two separable stacked modules, enabling different height configurations (two modules stacked or a single module). The transfer circuit within the tower has two sections, one in each module, connected by demountable connectors to adapt the circuit's height to the tower's configuration.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 18, 2025Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Stephane Duval, Stephane Crevatin, Peter de Maeyer
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Patent number: 12383570Abstract: Methods of feeding animals are disclosed wherein providing feed additives are provided that modulate the gut microbiome to improve the health, nutrition, and growth performance. Methods of modulating the microbial species present in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal are also disclosed. Such modulation includes, for example, modulating the level or function of microbial species.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2024Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Stephane Duval, John Michael Geremia, Lisa Ann Laprade, April Waguespack-Levy, Estefania Perez Calvo, Ghislain Schyns, Viviane Verlhac, Joshua Thomas Claypool
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Publication number: 20250098709Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing methane emissions in ruminants, said method encompassing treating pre-/young ruminants with 3-nitrooxypropanol.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Stephane DUVAL, Maik KINDERMANN, Sarah Jade MEALE, Diego Pablo MORGAVI
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Patent number: 12251391Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of feeding animals by providing feed additives that modulate the gut microbiome to prevent or treat dysfunctions in a gastrointestinal barrier. The present disclosure further relates to methods of feeding animals by providing feed additives that modulate the gut microbiome to prevent or treat infections.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Britta Blokker, Stephane Duval, John Michael Geremia, Estefania Perez Calvo, Nathalie Richard, Jerome Schmeisser, Nicole Seifert, Viviane Verlhac
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Publication number: 20250073253Abstract: Methods of feeding animals are disclosed whereby feed additives are provided that modulate the gut microbiome to prevent or treat dysfunctions in a gastrointestinal barrier. The present disclosure further relates to methods of feeding animals by providing feed additives that modulate the gut microbiome to prevent or treat infections.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Britta BLOKKER, Stephane DUVAL, John Michael GEREMIA, Estefania PEREZ CALVO, Nathalie RICHARD, Jerome SCHMEISSER, Nicole SEIFERT, Viviane VERLHAC
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Patent number: 12193456Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing methane emissions in ruminants, said method encompassing treating pre-/young ruminants with 3-nitrooxypropanol.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Stephane Duval, Maik Kindermann, Sarah Jade Meale, Diego Pablo Morgavi
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Publication number: 20240293437Abstract: Methods of feeding animals are disclosed wherein providing feed additives are provided that modulate the gut microbiome to improve the health, nutrition, and growth performance. Methods of modulating the microbial species present in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal are also disclosed. Such modulation includes, for example, modulating the level or function of microbial species.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Stephane DUVAL, John Michael GEREMIA, Lisa Ann LAPRADE, April WAGUESPACK-LEVY, Estefania PEREZ CALVO, Ghislain SCHYNS, Viviane VERLHAC, Joshua Thomas CLAYPOOL
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Publication number: 20240255104Abstract: Installation for transferring fluid between a fluid source, in particular a cryogenic fluid reserve and a receiving unit, in particular a boat reservoir, comprising a tower with a structure of the beam framework type, the tower comprising a fluid transfer circuit comprising a set of pipe(s) provided with a first pipe extending between a first lower end intended to be connected to a fluid source and a second upper end intended to be connected to a receiving unit, at least part of the transfer circuit situated between the first and second ends being housed within the volume delimited by the tower, characterized in that the tower is composed of at least two separable stacked modules allowing two different configurations of the tower respectively having different heights: a first configuration with the two stacked modules, and a second configuration with a single module, and in that the transfer circuit situated within the volume delimited by the tower comprises two sections situated respectively in the two modulType: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l’Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Stephane DUVAL, Stephane CREVATIN, Peter de MAEYER
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Patent number: 11946594Abstract: Mobile cryogenic tank for transporting cryogenic fluid, notably liquefied hydrogen or helium, comprising an internal shell intended to contain the cryogenic fluid, an external shell arranged around the internal shell and delimiting a space between the two shells, said space containing a thermal insulator, the first shell having a cylindrical overall shape extending along a central longitudinal axis (A), when the tank is in the configuration for transport and use, the central longitudinal axis (A) being oriented horizontally, the tank comprising a set of temperature sensors measuring the temperature of the fluid in the internal shell, characterized in that the set of temperature sensors is situated on the external face of the internal shell and measure the temperature of said shell, the set of temperature sensors comprising a lower sensor positioned at the lower end of the internal shell situated below the central longitudinal axis (A), the set of temperature sensors further comprising a plurality of intermediType: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Lucien Varrassi, Philippe Cadeau, Thomas Fayer, Stephane Duval
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Patent number: 11911405Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of feeding animals by providing feed additives that modulate the gut microbiome to improve the health, nutrition, and growth performance. The present disclosure further relates to methods of modulating the microbial species present in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal. Such modulation includes, for example, modulating the level or function of microbial species.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Stephane Duval, John Michael Geremia, Lisa Ann Laprade, April Waguespack-Levy, Estefania Perez Calvo, Ghislain Schyns, Viviane Verlhac, Joshua Thomas Claypool
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Publication number: 20230055875Abstract: Mobile cryogenic tank for transporting cryogenic fluid, notably liquefied hydrogen or helium, comprising an internal shell intended to contain the cryogenic fluid, an external shell arranged around the internal shell and delimiting a space between the two shells, said space containing a thermal insulator, the first shell having a cylindrical overall shape extending along a central longitudinal axis (A), when the tank is in the configuration for transport and use, the central longitudinal axis (A) being oriented horizontally, the tank comprising a set of temperature sensors measuring the temperature of the fluid in the internal shell, characterized in that the set of temperature sensors is situated on the external face of the internal shell and measure the temperature of said shell, the set of temperature sensors comprising a lower sensor positioned at the lower end of the internal shell situated below the central longitudinal axis (A), the set of temperature sensors further comprising a plurality of intermediType: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l?Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Lucien VARRASSI, Philippe CADEAU, Thomas FAYER, Stephane DUVAL
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Publication number: 20220192229Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing methane emissions in ruminants, said method encompassing treating pre-/young ruminants with 3-nitrooxypropanol.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Stephane DUVAL, Maik KINDERMANN, Sarah Jade MEALE, Diego Pablo MORGAVI
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Publication number: 20220000891Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of feeding animals by providing feed additives that modulate the gut microbiome to prevent or treat dysfunctions in a gastrointestinal barrier. The present disclosure further relates to methods of feeding animals by providing feed additives that modulate the gut microbiome to prevent or treat infections.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Britta BLOKKER, Stephane DUVAL, John Michael GEREMIA, Estefania PEREZ CALVO, Nathalie RICHARD, Jerome SCHMEISSER, Nicole SEIFERT, Viviane VERLHAC
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Publication number: 20210393658Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of feeding animals by providing feed additives that modulate the gut microbiome to improve the health, nutrition, and growth performance. The present disclosure further relates to methods of modulating the microbial species present in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal. Such modulation includes, for example, modulating the level or function of microbial species.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Stephane DUVAL, John Michael GEREMIA, Lisa Ann LAPRADE, April Waguespack LEVY, Estefania PEREZ CALVO, Ghislain SCHYNS, Viviane VERLHAC, Joshua CLAYPOOL
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Patent number: 11191288Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of reduction of methane emission in ruminants. Particularly, it relates to the use of a feed composition or a feed additive comprising at least one fatty acid containing at least 5 carbon atoms and at least one organic molecule substituted at any position with at least one nitrooxy group, for reducing the production of methane emanating from the digestive activities of ruminants, and/or to improve the ruminant performance.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Stephane Duval, Maik Kindermann
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Publication number: 20200229465Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of reduction of methane emission in ruminants. Particularly, it relates to the use of a feed composition or a feed additive comprising at least one fatty acid containing at least 5 carbon atoms and at least one organic molecule substituted at any position with at least one nitrooxy group, for reducing the production of methane emanating from the digestive activities of ruminants, and/or to improve the ruminant performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Stephane DUVAL, Maik KINDERMANN
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Patent number: 10161557Abstract: Cryogenic fluid transfer line comprising a tubular outer jacket housing at least two interior fluid-transfer tubes and a heat shield forming an insulating wall arranged around the interior tubes, the outer jacket comprising a lateral pumping opening connected to a pumping member intended to pull a vacuum in the outer jacket, characterized in that the heat shield comprises an orifice situated adjacent to the opening and an optical cover, the optical cover being positioned facing the orifice and in a plane distinct from that of the wall of the heat shield so as to prevent or limit direct thermal radiation from the outer jacket toward the interior tubes.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Fabien Baret, Stephane Duval
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Patent number: 10154981Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of reduction of methane emission in ruminants. Particularly, it relates to the use of a feed composition or a feed additive comprising at least one antibiotic and at least one organic molecule substituted at any position with at least one nitrooxy group for reducing the production of methane emanating from the digestive activities of ruminants, and/or to improve the ruminant performance.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Stephane Duval, Irmgard Immig, Maik Kindermann, Gilbert Weber
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Publication number: 20180105777Abstract: A beer composition including a hydration additive is described. The hydration additive includes a coconut extract and a salt additive. The beer composition may provide a hydrating effect or a feeling of hydration upon consumption. The coconut extract may be in the form of a frozen coconut concentrate that can be diluted with water to form a coconut solution. The coconut solution may be added during the brewing process together with the salt additive in a mixture or may be added separately or sequentially. Typically, the salt additive is in the form of sodium chloride and may contain other optional salts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Ed McCallum, Chris Williams, Stephane Duval