| Sinvent AS Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20120094701 | Communication Arrangement For Transmission Of Communication Signals Along A Pipe Line - It is disclosed a communication arrangement for transmission of communication signals along a pipe line where the communication arrangement comprises: a pipe with outer pipe walls made of a conductive material, a non conductivity coating surrounding said pipe where the coating has dielectric properties, an outer coating/layer or fluid that has conductive properties which encapsulates the non conductivity coating, and at least one radio frequency transmitter and one radio frequency receiver configured to transmit electromagnetic fields in the coating. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20110259641 | Apparatus and Method for Modifying the Sidewalls of a Borehole - The present invention concerns an apparatus ( | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110244586 | Method for Potentiometric Analysis of Fluoride in Biological Material - The present invention concerns a method for potentiometric analysis of fluoride in biological material, where the biological material is wet extracted and analysed for fluoride content in the same beaker, and where the sample is dissolved in an acid at pH lower than 2. Further, the invention concerns use of the method of analysis of fluorides in aluminium industry and glass-works. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110210080 | Process and System for Removal of Organics in Liquids - The invention concerns a process for removal of organics in liquids, especially dilute, toxic organics in water, wherein the liquid is contacted with microcapsules containing oxidizing agents, in combination with a photo-catalytic membrane. The invention is also related to a system for removal of organics in liquids. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110150734 | Photo-Catalytic Membrane Reactor - A process and reactor for liquid or gas treatment by photocatalytic reaction by using a catalytic membrane reactor comprising a pourous membrane as a contactor between two phases, that can be liquid or gas, a catalyst material and a liquid or gas phase, wherein as the catalyst material a phytocatalyst and/or change-transfer catalyst are used, and the liquid or gas is illuminated by a light source. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149409 | POLYMER LENS - The invention relates to an optical element having adjustable focal length, and a method for producing an optical element. The optical element comprising a first transparent layer and a transparent soft polymer having a chosen refractive index situated thereon, said layer being made from a material having a chosen flexibility, e.g. a thin glass layer, the optical element also being provided with an actuator for applying a force upon said flexible layer, said force being essentially symmetric relative to said axis thus bending the layer providing a lens surface and providing a curved refractive surface. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149408 | COMPACT POLYMER LENS - The invention relates to an optical element having adjustable focal length comprising a first transparent layer having a chosen flexibility and being provided with a piezoelectric layer adapted to contract upon the application of an electrical voltage and thus bend the first transparent layer, the piezoelectric layer being symmetrically positioned relative to an axis, and wherein the first transparent layer is applied on a substrate having a through going cavity positioned essentially symmetrical relative to said axis, and a transparent polymer being positioned in said cavity having a surface contact with said first transparent layer. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110086967 | BINDER FOR AIR-DRYING PAINT COMPRISING NANOPARTICLE BONDED SILICON DERIVATIVE OF UNSATURATED FATTY ACID - A binder for air drying paint, based on metal oxide-containing nanoparticles with unsaturated organic branches. At least one metal atom of the nanoparticle is chemically bound to an organic branch with at least one unsaturated ethylenic functionality. A process for preparation of the binder. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110041527 | Closed Circuit Vapour Compression Refrigeration System and a Method for Operating The System - A method for operating a closed circuit vapour compression refrigeration system is disclosed. The system may operate with supercritical pressure on a high pressure side, and includes at least one compressor, at least one heat rejector, at least two in parallel connected heat absorbers, at least one variable expansion means up flow of each heat absorber and at least one control unit for controlling the variable expansion means, connected to a set of sensors. The flow rate of the refrigerant through each of the variable expansion means, is controlled by the control unit, coordinating the flow of refrigerant through each of the variable expansion means to maintain a control parameter within a set range. Any surplus charge resulting from the control is buffered on a low pressure side of the system. Furthermore a refrigeration system based on a closed vapour compression circuit is described. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110013189 | Adjustable Interference Filter - The present invention relates to an adjustable interference filter, especially for use in gas detection with infrared light within a chosen range, comprising at least two essentially parallel reflective surfaces separated by a chosen distance defining a cavity delimited by the reflective surfaces between which the light may oscillate, and at least one of said surfaces being semitransparent for transmission of light to or from the cavity. The filter comprises a transparent material with a chosen thickness and having a high refractive index positioned in the cavity, and adjustable separation means for adjusting the cavity length between the reflecting surfaces, so as to obtain a cavity constituted by the transparent, high refractive index material and a an adjustable part. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20100227779 | PLASMID RK2-BASED BROAD-HOST-RANGE CLONING VECTOR USEFUL FOR TRANSFER OF METAGENOMIC LIBRARIES TO A VARIETY OF BACTERIAL SPECIES - The present invention relates to a cloning vector for cloning of DNA in a broad host range of bacteria, the vector being an autonomously replicating artificial chromosome comprising: (i) the RK2 origin of replication oriV; (ii) the RK2 origin of conjugate transfer oriT; (iii) par DE from RK2; (iv) a cloning region; (v) a further origin of replication which permits replication of said vector at a copy number of no more than 1 or 2; wherein the vector is no more than 15 kb in size, does not contain trfA of RK2, and is capable of cloning inserts of at least 12 kb and wherein the content of RK2 DNA in the vector is no more than 10% of RK2. The invention also relates to host cells and a vector system having the cloning vector. Methods of cloning DNA and preparing a library and uses of the vector and the RK2 replicon in metagenomic cloning are provided. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100216870 | Novel Genes Encoding a Nystatin Polyketide Synthase and Their Manipulation and Utility - The invention provides a nucleic acid molecule comprising: (a) a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID No. 35; or (b) a nucleotide sequence which is the complement of SEQ ID No. 35; or (c) a nucleotide sequence which is degenerate with SEQ ID No. 35; or (d) a nucleotide sequence hybridising under conditions of high stringency to SEQ ID No. 35, to the complement of SEQ ID No. 35, or to a hybridisation probe derived from SEQ ID No. 35 or the complement thereof; or (e) a nucleotide sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with SEQ ID No. 35; or (f) a nucleotide sequence having at least 65% sequence identity with SEQ ID No. 35 wherein said sequence preferably encodes or is complementary to a sequence encoding a nystatin PKS enzyme or a part thereof. Also provided are part of such molecules and polypeptides (and parts thereof) encoded by such a nucleic acid molecule, and the use of such molecules and polypeptides in facilitating nystatin biosynthesis and in the synthesis of nystatin derivatives and novel polyketide as macrolide structures. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100145115 | Method and Device for Formation and Transportation of Gas Hydrates in Hydrocarbon Gas and/or Condensate Pipelines - The present invention relates to a method and system for treatment of a flow of fluid hydrocarbons containing water. The flow of hydrocarbons is introduced into a mixer ( | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100092898 | Chemical Looping Combustion - The present invention comprises a method and reactor of chemical looping combustion involving at least two gases in a reactor in which: said at least two gases are conveyed to a reactor fluid inlet centre which is divided in at least two sectors; said at least two gases flow radially outward into an oxygen carrier bed that surrounds said fluid inlet center, said oxygen carrier bed comprising an active material, in which at least one reaction takes place between said active material and said at least two gases; effluents from said at least one reaction are conveyed to an outer compartment of the reactor, said compartment being divided in two sections by means of two radially extending partition walls, said fluid inlet centre, said oxygen carrier bed and said outer compartment are rotating relative to each other. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20090211400 | Grain Refiners for Steel-Manufacturing Methods and Use - The present invention concerns a new type of grain refiners for steel, in the form of a particulate composite material, containing a high volume fraction of tailor-made dispersed particles, with the purpose of acting as potent heterogeneous nucleation sites for iron crystals during solidification and subsequent thermo-mechanical treatment of the steel. The material comprises a composition of particles of X | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090211364 | Cell for testing fluids at elevated pressures - An apparatus for a burst safe pressure-neutral high pressure cylinder in pVT and condensate cells is described. The dimensions of an outer cylinder are such as to prevent plastic flow of the inner cylinder wall caused by elevated inside pressure and/or temperature. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090039686 | CHAIR SEAT WITH MUTUALLY MOVEABLE PARTS - The present invention concerns a chair seat ( | 02-12-2009 |
| 20080273208 | Interference Filter - This invention relates to an interference filter, especially for use in gas detection with infrared light within a chosen range, comprising at least two essentially parallel and partially reflective surfaces with a chosen distance between them thus defining a cavity delimited by the reflecting surfaces between which the light may oscillate, and wherein at least one of said surfaces is partially transparent for transmission of light to or from said cavity. The filter comprises a first transparent material having a high refractive index, e.g. silicon, positioned in at least a part of said cavity, and at least one of said reflective surfaces being divided into a three dimensional pattern with varying shift relative to its plane, thus to provide a position dependent resonance condition between them for separation of different wavelengths in the light. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080256959 | Vessel - A water-going liquefied carbon dioxide (LCD) transport vessel comprising a pressurised and refrigerated LCD container, a cargo discharge pump within said container for pumping LCD out of said container along a conduit, a booster pump for pumping LCD along the conduit to a platform, a first backflow line downstream of the cargo pump to the container, a second backflow line from downstream of the booster pump to the container, and optionally a heater arranged to heat LCD flowing from said vessel along the conduit. | 10-23-2008 |