Patents by Inventor Vincent Petit
Vincent Petit 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: 20240003870Abstract: A method of selecting T cells with improved anti-cancer activity, the method including: a) quantifying glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) expression level at the cell surface of a population of T cells by using a GLUT1 ligand, b) selecting T cells having a low GLUT1 expression level, wherein the T cells having a low GLUT1 expression level have improved anti-cancer activity. Also, a population of T cells with improved anti-cancer activity for use in the treatment of cancer, to the use of a GLUT1 ligand for selecting T cells with improved anti-cancer activity, and to the use of GLUT1 as a biomarker of the anti-cancer therapeutic efficacy of T cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicants: METAFORA BIOSYSTEMS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ,ASREPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICEInventors: Naomi TAYLOR, Marie Charlotte Chantal POUZOLLES, Valérie DARDALHON, Vincent PETIT
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Patent number: 11808970Abstract: An optical fiber may comprise a core doped with one or more active ions to guide signal light from an input end of the optical fiber to an output end of the optical fiber, a cladding surrounding the core to guide pump light from the input end of the optical fiber to the output end of the optical fiber, and one or more inserts formed in the cladding surrounding the core. The core may have a geometry (e.g., a cross-sectional size, a helical pitch, and/or the like) that varies along a longitudinal length of the optical fiber, which may cause an absorption of the pump light to be modulated along the longitudinal length of the optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLCInventors: Vincent Petit, Martin H. Muendel
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Publication number: 20230178867Abstract: An adaptive radio frequency including an input, an output, at least one fixed passive inductor and at least one variable active inductor connected between the input and the output.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Francis CHAN WAI PO, Vincent PETIT, Bruno LOUIS
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Patent number: 11573240Abstract: Disclosed are methods for diagnosing CAT1-related diseases, wherein the methods include detecting CAT1 in a cell by a BLV.RBD ligand, or a variant or a fragment thereof. Also disclosed is a BLV.RBD ligand, or a variant or a fragment thereof for use in the treatment of CAT1-related diseases and/or BLV infections.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: METAFORA BIOSYSTEMS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER, UNIVERSITÉ PARIS CITÉInventors: Svilena Ivanova, Donatella Giovannini, Julien Bellis, Jawida Lezaar, Vincent Petit, Jean-Luc Battini, Marc Sitbon, Valérie Courgnaud
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Publication number: 20220349900Abstract: A device for collecting, preserving and storing a sample of biological fluid comprising a porous medium for collecting and maintaining the membrane integrity of the eukaryotic cells contained in the sample, and their constituents is disclosed, the medium comprising at least 80% by weight of artificial components, advantageously at least 85%, preferably at least 90% of a total weight of the medium; and having a mean flow pore size (MFP) of at least 3 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Stéphanie Pigeot-Rémy, Marie-Laure Boen, Noël Cartier, Christophe Béesau, Vincent Petit
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Patent number: 11347069Abstract: An optical fiber device may include a core including a primary section and a secondary section. The secondary section may include at least one insert element inserted within the primary section at an off-center location with respect to a center of the primary section. The secondary section may twist about an axis of the optical fiber device along a length of the optical fiber device. A rate of twist at which the secondary section twists about the axis may increase from a first end of the optical fiber device toward a second end of the optical fiber device. The secondary section being twisted about the axis may cause an optical beam, launched at the first end of the optical fiber device, to be at least partially converted to a rotary optical beam at the second end of the optical fiber device.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLCInventors: Martin H. Muendel, Richard D. Faulhaber, James J. Morehead, Vincent Petit, Patrick Gregg
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Patent number: 11340467Abstract: An optical fiber may include a first core, a second core, and a cladding surrounding the first core and the second core. The second core may be at an off-center location with respect to a center of the optical fiber, or the second core may include an azimuthally nonuniform section at the off-center location. The second core may twist about an axis of the optical fiber along a length of the optical fiber, and the second core being twisted about the axis may cause an optical beam, launched into the second core at a first end of the optical fiber, to be at least partially converted to a rotary optical beam at a second end of the optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLCInventors: Patrick Gregg, Richard D. Faulhaber, Martin H. Muendel, Vincent Petit, James J. Morehead
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Publication number: 20220077643Abstract: An optical fiber may comprise a core doped with one or more active ions to guide signal light from an input end of the optical fiber to an output end of the optical fiber, a cladding surrounding the core to guide pump light from the input end of the optical fiber to the output end of the optical fiber, and one or more inserts formed in the cladding surrounding the core. The core may have a geometry (e.g., a cross-sectional size, a helical pitch, and/or the like) that varies along a longitudinal length of the optical fiber, which may cause an absorption of the pump light to be modulated along the longitudinal length of the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Vincent PETIT, Martin H. MUENDEL
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Publication number: 20220003782Abstract: Methods for detecting and/or measuring the level of sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter (SMVT) in a biological sample. The methods include the steps of: (a) contacting the biological sample with a PERV-B.RBD ligand, a variant and/or a fragment thereof; and, detecting and/or measuring the binding of the PERV-B.RBD ligand, variant and/or fragment thereof to SMVT.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicants: METAFORA BIOSYSTEMS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER, UNIVERSITÉ DE PARISInventors: Marc SITBON, Vincent PETIT, Svilena IVANOVA, Jean-Luc BATTINI, Valérie COURGNAUD, Donatella GIOVANNINI, Jawida LEZAAR
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Patent number: 11188040Abstract: An integrated solution strategy that integrates multiple domains together in a seamless and standardized way for increasing a user's control over facilities and equipment. This integrated approach can lead to a reduction of energy usage, more efficient energy usage, increased safety, health, and security of a facility and its occupants, optimized production in industrial settings, and associated and other economic advantages. Accurate, reliable information about a facility or equipment is essential to making timely, informed decisions. Enhanced automation provides a reliable means of collecting and assembling a variety of operating data and archiving that data into a central database for evaluation, reporting, forecasting, and negotiation with resource marketers.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.Inventors: Philippe Delorme, Vincent Petit, James Simonelli, Barry Coflan, Scott Henneberry, Ronald Schoop, Jean-Louis Bergerand, Gregory Allen Thompson, Cyril Perducat, Philip E. London, John Connor
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Patent number: 11175449Abstract: An optical fiber may comprise a core doped with one or more active ions to guide signal light from an input end of the optical fiber to an output end of the optical fiber, a cladding surrounding the core to guide pump light from the input end of the optical fiber to the output end of the optical fiber, and one or more inserts formed in the cladding surrounding the core. Each of the one or more inserts may have a geometry (e.g., a cross-sectional size, a helical pitch, and/or the like) that varies along a longitudinal length of the optical fiber, which may cause an absorption of the pump light to be modulated along the longitudinal length of the optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLCInventors: Vincent Petit, Martin H. Muendel
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Patent number: 11137396Abstract: Disclosed is an in vitro method for assessing, evaluating, monitoring or predicting cell aging of a cell, wherein the method includes measuring the expression level of at least one cell surface nutrient transporter on the cell.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2015Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: METAFORA BIOSYSTEMSInventors: Pauline Fabre, Christelle Cousin, Guangqi E, Vincent Petit, Luc D'Auriol
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Publication number: 20210255469Abstract: An optical fiber may include a first core, a second core, and a cladding surrounding the first core and the second core. The second core may be at an off-center location with respect to a center of the optical fiber, or the second core may include an azimuthally nonuniform section at the off-center location. The second core may twist about an axis of the optical fiber along a length of the optical fiber, and the second core being twisted about the axis may cause an optical beam, launched into the second core at a first end of the optical fiber, to be at least partially converted to a rotary optical beam at a second end of the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Patrick GREGG, Richard D. FAULHABER, Martin H. MUENDEL, Vincent PETIT, James J. MOREHEAD
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Patent number: 11029467Abstract: A method may include performing an active alignment to enable optical coupling between a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber via an imaging structure. An end of the first optical fiber may be at a first location on a first surface of the imaging structure. The first location may be a first transverse offset distance from an axis of the imaging structure. An end of the second optical fiber may be at a second location of the first surface of the imaging structure. The second location may be a second transverse offset distance from the axis of the imaging structure. The method may include fusion splicing the end of the first optical fiber at the first location on the first surface of the imaging structure, and fusion splicing the end of the second optical fiber at the second location on the first surface of the imaging structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLCInventors: Martin H. Muendel, Richard D. Faulhaber, James Lefort, James J. Morehead, Vincent Petit, Simonette Pierrot, Kyle R. Schneider
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Publication number: 20200209468Abstract: An optical fiber may comprise a core doped with one or more active ions to guide signal light from an input end of the optical fiber to an output end of the optical fiber, a cladding surrounding the core to guide pump light from the input end of the optical fiber to the output end of the optical fiber, and one or more inserts formed in the cladding surrounding the core. Each of the one or more inserts may have a geometry (e.g., a cross-sectional size, a helical pitch, and/or the like) that varies along a longitudinal length of the optical fiber, which may cause an absorption of the pump light to be modulated along the longitudinal length of the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Vincent PETIT, Martin H. MUENDEL
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Patent number: 10690855Abstract: A device may splice, at a target splice point, a first end of a twisted fiber having a non-concentric core to an input end of a target fiber having a concentric core to form a spliced fiber wherein the concentric core of the target fiber and the non-concentric core of the twisted fiber have a particular offset at the target splice point. The device may taper at least a portion of the twisted fiber to form a tapered region of the spliced fiber and such that the particular offset at the target splice point corresponds to a pre-configured core offset wherein the target splice point is within the tapered region of the spliced fiber.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLCInventors: Patrick Gregg, Richard D. Faulhaber, James J. Morehead, Vincent Petit, Martin H. Muendel
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Patent number: 10656334Abstract: An optical fiber device may include a unitary core including a primary section and a secondary section, wherein at least a portion of the secondary section is offset from a center of the unitary core, wherein the unitary core twists about an axis of the optical fiber device along a length of the optical fiber device, and wherein a refractive index of the primary section is greater than a refractive index of the secondary section; and a cladding surrounding the unitary core.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLCInventors: Martin H. Muendel, James J. Morehead, Vincent Petit, Richard D. Faulhaber
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Publication number: 20200116935Abstract: A method may include performing an active alignment to enable optical coupling between a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber via an imaging structure. An end of the first optical fiber may be at a first location on a first surface of the imaging structure. The first location may be a first transverse offset distance from an axis of the imaging structure. An end of the second optical fiber may be at a second location of the first surface of the imaging structure. The second location may be a second transverse offset distance from the axis of the imaging structure. The method may include fusion splicing the end of the first optical fiber at the first location on the first surface of the imaging structure, and fusion splicing the end of the second optical fiber at the second location on the first surface of the imaging structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Martin H. MUENDEL, Richard D. FAULHABER, James LEFORT, James J. MOREHEAD, Vincent PETIT, Simonette PIERROT, Kyle R. SCHNEIDER
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Publication number: 20200110276Abstract: An optical fiber device may include a core including a primary section and a secondary section. The secondary section may include at least one insert element inserted within the primary section at an off-center location with respect to a center of the primary section. The secondary section may twist about an axis of the optical fiber device along a length of the optical fiber device. A rate of twist at which the secondary section twists about the axis may increase from a first end of the optical fiber device toward a second end of the optical fiber device. The secondary section being twisted about the axis may cause an optical beam, launched at the first end of the optical fiber device, to be at least partially converted to a rotary optical beam at the second end of the optical fiber device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Martin H. MUENDEL, Richard D. FAULHABER, James J. MOREHEAD, Vincent PETIT, Patrick GREGG
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Publication number: 20200081187Abstract: A device may splice, at a target splice point, a first end of a twisted fiber having a non-concentric core to an input end of a target fiber having a concentric core to form a spliced fiber wherein the concentric core of the target fiber and the non-concentric core of the twisted fiber have a particular offset at the target splice point. The device may taper at least a portion of the twisted fiber to form a tapered region of the spliced fiber and such that the particular offset at the target splice point corresponds to a pre-configured core offset wherein the target splice point is within the tapered region of the spliced fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Patrick GREGG, Richard D. FAULHABER, James J. MOREHEAD, Vincent PETIT, Martin H. MUENDEL