Patents by Inventor Wim Smets

Wim Smets 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: 20120129840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of novel compounds having antiviral activity, more specifically HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) replication inhibiting properties. The invention also relates to methods for the preparation of such compounds, as well as to novel intermediates useful in one or more steps of such syntheses. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of such compounds as active ingredients. This invention further relates to the use of such compounds as medicines or in the manufacture of a medicament useful for the treatment of animals suffering from viral infections, in particular HIV infection. This invention further relates to methods for the treatment of viral infections in animals by the administration of a therapeutical amount of such compounds, optionally combined with one or more other drugs having antiviral activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: Patrick Chaltin, Zeger Debyser, Marc De Maeyer, Arnaud Marchand, Damien Marchand, Wim Smets, Arnout Voet, Frauke Christ
  • Publication number: 20070049448
    Abstract: A planetary gear wheel construction with one or several planet wheels which are bearing-mounted on a planet carrier, which is provided in a rotating manner in a housing, and an oil lubrication which is formed of an oil supply via a ring-shaped channel in the housing formed of a ring-shaped groove and a distribution element turning along with the planet carrier which is held in said groove such that it can rotate, and which is provided with a passage to connect said oil channel to an oil channel in the planet carrier which opens at a planet wheel, wherein the distribution element is coupled to the planet carrier by means of a loose connection which makes it possible to transmit the rotational movement of the planet carrier to the distribution element, and in that the oil channel in the planet carrier is connected to the passage in the distribution element by means of a flexible or moving oil pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: HANSEN TRANSMISSIONS INTERNATIONAL, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Wim Smet, Warren Smook