Mercier, FR
Alcide Mercier, Macon FR
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20090025486 | Static fluid meter - A static fluid meter includes a flow rate sensor having a set of stationary measuring parts, and a measurement tube having one opening that serves as a fluid inlet and another opening as a fluid outlet, the tube containing internally a first set of said measuring parts and supporting externally a second set of said measuring parts. An outer case into which said measurement tube is inserted and fastened in leaktight manner, contains at least parts for processing data from said sensor. The case is made from a box provided with two through orifices in its sides for passing the measurement tube assembly and for leaktight fastening to corresponding flanges arranged on said measurement tube. | 01-29-2009 |
Alexis Mercier, Troyes FR
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20080200984 | Intervertebral Disc Prosthesis Insertion Assemblies - In various embodiments, an intervertebral disc prosthesis is provided. The prosthesis may be provided with an insertion adapter, such as a head, holder, or other carrier of the prosthesis. The insertion adapter may be configured to retain the prosthesis and to engage an insertion tool body. In various embodiments, the prosthesis and the insertion holder are provided in a sterile pack, with the prosthesis components and the insertion holder sterilized and packaged in one or more types or layers of sterile packaging. In various other embodiments, the prosthesis and an insertion tool are provided in a sterile pack, with the prosthesis components and the insertion tool sterilized and packaged in one or more types or layers of sterile packaging. | 08-21-2008 |
20100280618 | INTERVETERBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS INSERTION ASSEMBLIES - In various embodiments, an intervertebral disc prosthesis ( | 11-04-2010 |
20130282124 | INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS INSERTION ASSEMBLIES - In various embodiments, an intervertebral disc prosthesis is provided. The prosthesis may be provided with an insertion adapter, such as a head, holder, or other carrier of the prosthesis. The insertion adapter may be configured to retain the prosthesis and to engage an insertion tool body. In various embodiments, the prosthesis and the insertion holder are provided in a sterile pack, with the prosthesis components and the insertion holder sterilized and packaged in one or more types or layers of sterile packaging. In various other embodiments, the prosthesis and an insertion tool are provided in a sterile pack, with the prosthesis components and the insertion tool sterilized and packaged in one or more types or layers of sterile packaging. | 10-24-2013 |
20140214168 | INTERVETERBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS INSERTION ASSEMBLIES - In various embodiments, an intervertebral disc prosthesis is provided. The prosthesis may be provided with an insertion adapter, such as a head, holder, or other carrier of the prosthesis. The insertion adapter may be configured to retain the prosthesis and to engage an insertion tool body. In various embodiments, the prosthesis and the insertion holder are provided in a sterile pack, with the prosthesis components and the insertion holder sterilized and packaged in one or more types or layers of sterile packaging. In various other embodiments, the prosthesis and an insertion tool are provided in a sterile pack, with the prosthesis components and the insertion tool sterilized and packaged in one or more types or layers of sterile packaging. | 07-31-2014 |
Anne-Gaelle Mercier, Chanbery FR
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20140099565 | FUEL CELL COMPRISING A PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE, HAVING AN INCREASED SERVICE LIFE - A fuel cell having a proton-exchange membrane, an anode, and a cathode. The anode and cathode are fixed on opposing sides of the proton-exchange membrane. The anode demarcates a flow conduit between a molecular-hydrogen inlet area and a molecular-hydrogen outlet area. A quantity of catalyst at the molecular-hydrogen outlet area is smaller than a quantity of catalyst at the molecular-hydrogen inlet area. The anode also has a thickness that decreases continuously between the molecular-hydrogen inlet and outlet areas. | 04-10-2014 |
Anne-Gaëlle Mercier, Chambery FR
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20140127605 | PEMFC ELECTRODE STRUCTURING - A method of deposition, by drop-on-demand inkjet printing, of the catalytic layer of a fuel cell comprising the deposition, on a printing surface, of an ink generating substantially circular structures comprising a bead at their periphery. | 05-08-2014 |
Anne-Gaëlle Mercier, Grenoble FR
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20130127945 | REFRIGERATED INK JET DEVICE AND METHOD IMPLEMENTING SUCH A DEVICE - In the inkjet printing method according to the invention, ink is ejected at a temperature lower than or equal to 20° C., advantageously ranging between −20° C. and 20° C. The corresponding device comprises a temperature regulation system selected from among: a system for cooling the ink reservoir; a system for cooling the nozzles, advantageously with an in situ Peltier effect; a climatic chamber, advantageously at controlled temperature and humidity, intended to receive the printing device or the nozzles only. | 05-23-2013 |
Antoine Mercier, Montmorency FR
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20090020598 | Post Office Box and Post Office Box System - A post office box ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090119232 | Parcel franking device and method using same - Parcel-franking apparatus which comprises: a plurality of lockers ( | 05-07-2009 |
Benoit Mercier, Noyal Sur Vilaine FR
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20090217328 | Method of Sending a Command to a Digital Data Flow Server and Apparatus Used to Implement Said Method - The invention relates to a method of sending commands to a VOD server, e.g. using RTSP, which is local to the client, said commands comprising a reference to the relative current position. The current relative position is maintained by the receiver on the basis of PTS received in the MPEG stream, without sending a request to the server or relying on the existence of a descriptor in the stream that can be used to deal with jumps in PTS included in the stream. | 08-27-2009 |
Cédric Mercier, Marseille FR
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20130011392 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE ABILITY OF A PATIENT TO RESPOND TO OR BE SAFELY TREATED BY A NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG BASED-CHEMOTHERAPY - The invention relates to an in vitro method for determining the ability of a patient with cancer to respond to a monochemotherapy or to a polychemotherapy involving the administration of at least one chemotherapeutic agent the liver elimination of which involves cytidine deaminase (CDA), or to be treated by at least one such chemotherapeutic agent, which method comprises determining the CDA activity in a biological sample of the patient, wherein a CDA activity above 6 U/mg of serum sample total protein is indicative of the inability of the patient to respond to the chemotherapy, a CDA activity between 1.1 U/mg and 6 U/mg of serum sample total protein is indicative of the ability of the patient to be treated by the chemotherapeutic agent when said agent is administered in the context of a monochemotherapy, and a CDA activity between 1.4 U/mg and 6 U/mg of serum sample total protein is indicative of the ability of the patient to be treated by the chemotherapeutic agent when said agent is administered in the context of a polychemotherapy. | 01-10-2013 |
Cédric Mercier, Marseille FR
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20130011392 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE ABILITY OF A PATIENT TO RESPOND TO OR BE SAFELY TREATED BY A NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG BASED-CHEMOTHERAPY - The invention relates to an in vitro method for determining the ability of a patient with cancer to respond to a monochemotherapy or to a polychemotherapy involving the administration of at least one chemotherapeutic agent the liver elimination of which involves cytidine deaminase (CDA), or to be treated by at least one such chemotherapeutic agent, which method comprises determining the CDA activity in a biological sample of the patient, wherein a CDA activity above 6 U/mg of serum sample total protein is indicative of the inability of the patient to respond to the chemotherapy, a CDA activity between 1.1 U/mg and 6 U/mg of serum sample total protein is indicative of the ability of the patient to be treated by the chemotherapeutic agent when said agent is administered in the context of a monochemotherapy, and a CDA activity between 1.4 U/mg and 6 U/mg of serum sample total protein is indicative of the ability of the patient to be treated by the chemotherapeutic agent when said agent is administered in the context of a polychemotherapy. | 01-10-2013 |
Christian Mercier, La Fare Les Oliviers FR
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20110290200 | AIRCRAFT POWER PLANT, AN AIRCRAFT, AND A METHOD OF USING A PISTON ENGINE IN A POWER PLANT HAVING A CONVENTIONAL GEARBOX - The present invention relates to a power plant ( | 12-01-2011 |
20120025032 | ELECTRICAL ARCHITECTURE FOR A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT WITH A HYBRID POWER PLANT - A hybrid power plant ( | 02-02-2012 |
20140054411 | METHOD OF ASSISTING A PILOT OF A SINGLE-ENGINED ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT DURING A STAGE OF FLIGHT IN AUTOROTATION - A method of assisting a pilot of a single-engined rotary wing aircraft ( | 02-27-2014 |
20150232187 | AIRCRAFT AND AN AIRCRAFT POWER PLANT HAVING A CONNECTION DEVICE FOR CONNECTING TOGETHER A MAIN GEARBOX AND AN ENGINE - A power plant comprising a fuel-burning engine, a main gearbox, and a drive train. The power plant includes two connection bars extending respectively along a first direction and a second direction, which directions are not parallel and intersect a common pivot axis, each connection bar being hinged by a ball joint to the main gearbox and to the engine in order to eliminate relative movements along the longitudinal direction between the main gearbox and the engine, and in order to allow limited pivoting of the main gearbox and of the engine relative to the axis. | 08-20-2015 |
Christophe Mercier, Veretz FR
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20090139147 | Method to high availability control for railway doors systems, on board system and application to accessories and surroundings of doors - The invention aims at increasing the availability of doors systems without affecting the reliability of control systems. For this purpose, the invention provides to take advantage of the alternating operation of door systems positioned on either side of the same car. | 06-04-2009 |
Claude Mercier, Jonquieres FR
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20110005915 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING FLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACIDS - The invention relates to a method for recovering fluorocarboxylic acids from aqueous compositions containing said acids. The invention more particularly relates to the recovery of flourocarboxylic acids forming an azeotrope with water by contact with a strong acid. | 01-13-2011 |
Corinne Mercier, La Tronche FR
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20100040615 | Digalactolipidic Antigen Exposed on the Surface of Apicomplex Parasites, and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Use Thereof - The invention relates to a digalactolipidic antigen exposed on the surface of apicomplex parasites, in the form of a vegetable-type digalactoglycerolipid, and adapted for inducing the production of specific antibodies capable of inhibiting the proliferation and/or the invasive properties of said parasites; the invention also relates to a derived antibody or functional antibody fragment, and to their diagnostic, immunotherapeutic and vaccine applications in human beings or animals. | 02-18-2010 |
20100292214 | Compounds with Antiparasitic Activity, Applications thereof to the Treatment of Infectious Diseases Caused by Apicomplexans - The Invention relates to compounds having an antiparasitic activity, and to their use as a drug, in particular as a drug for the prevention and/or treatment of parasitic diseases caused by apicomplexans. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing those compounds. | 11-18-2010 |
20150293090 | RECOMBINANT GRA ANTIGENS AND THE USE OF SAME FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF TOXOPLASMOSIS - The present disclosure relates to a method for identifying the presence or absence of anti- | 10-15-2015 |
David Mercier, Dourdan FR
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20110182501 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING SHAPES AND SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD - The invention includes a method for recognizing shapes using a preprocessing mechanism that decomposes a source signal into basic components called atoms and a recognition mechanism that is based on the result of the decomposition performed by the preprocessing mechanism. In the method, the preprocessing mechanism includes at least one learning phase culminating in a set of signals called kernels, the kernels being adapted to minimize a cost function representing the capacity of the kernels to correctly reconstruct the signals from the database while guaranteeing a sparse decomposition of the source signal while using a database of signals representative of the source to be processed and a coding phase for decomposing the source signal into atoms, the atoms being generated by shifting of the kernels according to their index, each of the atoms being associated with a decomposition coefficient. The invention also includes a shape recognition system for implementing the method. | 07-28-2011 |
20110301863 | PREDICTION METHOD FOR THE SCREENING, PROGNOSIS, DIAGNOSIS OR THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE OF PROSTATE CANCER, AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD - The invention includes a prediction method for the screening or diagnosis or therapeutic management or prognosis of prostate cancer, including collecting individual input data and providing predictive information on the risk linked to a type of disease. The input data includes at least one variable or a combination of variables of the genetic type such as the identification of markers of genetic polymorphisms considered as being linked to the development of the disease. The invention also provides an individual prediction device for the screening or diagnosis or therapeutic management or prognosis of prostate cancer including first means for acquiring individual information data by a user, and at least a first software interface on which the said first means operate. The invention additionally includes a computer program product having the method and providing predictive information on risk linked to a disease. | 12-08-2011 |
20130030762 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING DOSES DEPOSITED BY IONIZING RADIATION - A method for calculating loads deposited by an ionizing radiation, for example to be used by a radiotherapy therapeutic treatment device. The method includes at least one first step of calculating a function of the distribution of the load in the meshes of a mesh phantom. The method includes a second step of calculating the load deposited in a voxel assembly, the value of the deposited load for one voxel being given by the function of the distribution of the load particular to the mesh to which the voxel belongs. The invention can be used in particular for radiotherapy by intensity modulation. | 01-31-2013 |
20150066229 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT INSTALLATION - The control of an energy management installation includes an installation modelling phase (P | 03-05-2015 |
Eglantine Mercier, Rambouillet FR
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20120294887 | SOLID/LIQUID EXTRACTION - The invention relates to a method for the solid/liquid extraction of an oil or butter, particularly having a high unsaponifiable content, contained in at least one solid vegetable matter or a micro-organism. The method includes at least the following steps: solid/liquid extraction of at least one solid vegetable matter or a micro-organism using a first solvent system comprising a concentration of solvent selected from among fluorinated aromatic solvents, particularly trifluorotoluene (BTF) and hexafluorobenzene (BHF), tert-butyl ethers, particularly 2-ethoxy-2-methylpropane, also known as ethyl-tert-butyl-ether (ETBE), and 2-methoxy-2-methylpropane or methyl-tert-butylether (MTBE), solvents comprising at least one silicon atom, particularly hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDS) and tetramethylsilane (TMS), methyl-tetrahydrofuran (MeTHF), and mixtures thereof, representing at least 50 vol.-% in relation to the total volume of the solvent system; and, optionally, recovery of a fraction comprising the oil or butter, particularly unsaponifiable enriched. The invention also relates to an unsaponifiable fraction, oil or butter obtained using this method and to compositions containing said oil or fraction. | 11-22-2012 |
20130035383 | LIQUID/LIQUID EXTRACTION - The invention relates to a method for the extraction of all unsaponifiable fraction contained in a vegetable oil, an oil originating from a micro-organism or a vegetable butter or in a co-product from the vegetable oil refining industry, such as deodorisation discharge. The method includes at least: A) a step comprising the transformation of the aforementioned oils, butter or co-product from the vegetable oil refining industry or oils originating from micro-organisms into a hydro-alcoholic solution by means of, in particular, a step selected from saponification and esterification steps; B) a step comprising the extraction of the hydro-alcoholic solution in which the fatty fraction is separated from the unsaponitiable fraction by means of liquid/liquid extraction; and C) an optional step comprising the purification of the unsaponiable fraction, selected from the group containing crystallisation and liquid/liquid extraction steps. According to the invention, at least one step from the liquid/liquid extraction steps in step B, the crystallisation steps in step C and the liquid/liquid extraction steps in step C is performed using a first solvent system containing a concentration of solvent selected from among: fluorinated aromatic solvents, particularly trifluorotoluene (BTF) and hexalluorobenzene (BHF); tert-butyl ethers, particularly 2-ethoxy-2-methylpropane, also known as ethyl-tert-butyl-ether (ETU); solvents comprising at least one silicon atom, particularly hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDS) and tertramethylsilane (TMS); methyl-tetrahydrofuran (MeTHF); and mixtures thereof, representing at least 50 vol.-% in relation to the total volume of the solvent system. The invention also relates to the fractions obtained using this method and to compositions containing said fractions. | 02-07-2013 |
20140171669 | SOLID/LIQUID EXTRACTION WITH A SOLVENT COMPRISING BETWEEN 5 AND 8 CARBON ATOMS AND 1 OR 2 OXYGEN ATOMS - The present invention relates to a process for the solid/liquid extraction of a natural extract contained in at least one vegetable solid or micro-organism comprising at least the following steps: | 06-19-2014 |
20140363559 | LIQUID/LIQUID EXTRACTION WITH A SOLVENT COMPRISING AT LEAST 5 CARBON ATOMS AND 1 OR 2 OXYGEN ATOMS - The present invention relates to an extraction process of an unsaponifiable fraction contained in an oil or a vegetable butter, in an oil originating from a micro-organism, in a concentrate of oil or butter or of oil originating from a micro-organism, or in a co-product of the refining industry for vegetable oils, such as deodorisation exhaust and distillates of physical refining, or oils originating from micro-organisms, comprising at least: | 12-11-2014 |
Emmanuel Mercier, Salon De Provence FR
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20090069167 | METHOD OF OBTAINING POROUS CERAMICS - A method of manufacturing a porous ceramic part, comprising the following steps in succession: | 03-12-2009 |
Emmanuel Mercier, Athis Mons FR
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20140035196 | Thermal-Conduction Element for Improving the Manufacture of a Package for Transporting and/or Storing Radioactive Materials - The invention relates to a thermal conduction element ( | 02-06-2014 |
Eric Mercier, Rennes FR
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20090129687 | Procedure and device for detecting fades in a sequence of images - The invention relates to a method for detecting a fade in a sequence of images which comprises the following steps: | 05-21-2009 |
20120176548 | PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING FADES IN A SEQUENCE OF IMAGES - In order to detect a fade in a sequence of images, a luminance level is calculated for each of the images of a window (termed a detection window) that is N consecutive images in length, and for the image preceding the detection window. A difference of luminance level between the luminance level of the current image and the luminance level of the image preceding the current image is calculated. This is done for each of the N images of the detection window. The presence of a fade for the detection window is deduced if, for at least k images of the detection window, the difference of luminance level is greater than a predefined threshold, with 2<=k<=N. | 07-12-2012 |
Eric Mercier, Paris FR
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20120018543 | DIFFUSER/RECTIFIER ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBINE ENGINE - A diffuser-nozzle assembly for mounting at an outlet from a compressor in a turbomachine, the assembly including a nozzle including two substantially cylindrical walls, a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall that are connected together by radial vanes. The walls of the nozzle are extended downstream beyond the radial vanes and the radial spacing therebetween varies downstream from the vanes to be at a minimum substantially in register with the vanes and at a maximum between the vanes. | 01-26-2012 |
Fabrice Mercier, Clermont Ferrand FR
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20100210720 | PRESERVATIVE-FREE PROSTAGLANDIN-BASED OPHTHALMIC SOLUTION - The present invention provides an ophthalmic solution without an antimicrobial preservative. The solution includes as an active substance at least one prostaglandin and as a solubilizing agent, a surfactant, where the solubilizing agent is polyoxyl-15-hydroxystearate. | 08-19-2010 |
20110125111 | BOTTLE FOR PACKAGING LIQUID THAT IS TO BE DISPENSED DROP BY DROP, WITH ANTIBACTERIAL PROTECTION - The present invention relates to a bottle for packaging a liquid to be distributed drop by drop comprising a reservoir the walls of which can be reversibly elastically deformed by letting air into the container, surmounted by a liquid dispensing head comprising a dropper nozzle protruding from the bottle and an anti-bacterial filter membrane, that is partially hydrophilic and partially hydrophobic, interposed across the path of the liquid and the air, at the base of the said nozzle. In the dispensing head, the proposal is to create the nozzle by itself out of a material containing a bactericidal agent that has the effect of preventing any bacterial growth on the surface of the said nozzle on the outside of the antibacterial membrane. A porous core is advantageously positioned inside the duct through which liquid is expelled and air is admitted. | 05-26-2011 |
20110319487 | POLYMERIC DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR A NONVISCOUS PROSTAGLANDIN-BASED SOLUTION WITHOUT PRESERVATIVES - This invention concerns an ophthalmic solution including: | 12-29-2011 |
20120310185 | LIQUID RECEIVING BOTTLE WITH DROP BY DROP DISPENSING HEAD - The invention relates to a bottle for packaging a liquid with dropper delivery comprising a reservoir with an elastically deformable wall that can be reversed by letting air into the receptacle, surmounted by a dispensing head for the liquid comprising a drop-counting end-piece protruding to the outside of the bottle and an anti-bacterial filtering membrane, made partially hydrophilic and partially hydrophobic, which is interposed across the path of the liquid and of the air, at the base of the said end-piece. The dispensing head comprises an insert with a recessed body which contains a porous pad regulating the flow of liquid placed downstream of the reservoir and upstream of a chamber delimited downstream of the said membrane. At the base of this insert on the inner side of the bottle, longitudinal arches supporting a central pellet make star-shaped passageways radially guiding the air that enters the bottle after having passed through the porous pad. | 12-06-2012 |
20120322871 | POLYMERIC DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR A NONVISCOUS PROSTAGLANDIN-BASED SOLUTION WITHOUT PRESERVATIVES - This invention concerns an ophthalmic solution including: | 12-20-2012 |
20130134186 | Head For Dispensing A Liquid As A Drip - A head for dispensing liquid as a drip, includes a nozzle onto which a channel for ejecting the liquid leads. Air sucked in from the outside is returned through the channel in the opposite direction. In the nozzle, on the ejection channel, the drip dispensing head of the invention includes a valve functioning as a non-return valve for the circulation of the liquid being ejected. A mobile disc of the valve is produced so as to selectively enable air to pass through the valve when the disc is bearing against the seat thereof in a position for closing the liquid ejection channel. The disc is returned to the position by negative pressure applied upstream, which tends to suck in outside air. The disc is advantageously made of a microporous material, which provides antibacterial filtering of the return air. | 05-30-2013 |
20130267472 | AQUEOUS OPHTHALMIC SOLUTION BASED ON CYCLOSPORIN - This invention concerns an aqueous ophthalmic solution containing an immunosuppressive agent, such as cyclosporin A, and at least three polymers. The three polymers are preferably a combination of a cellulose derivative, a polyvinyl derivative, and a macrogolglycerol hydroxystearate. | 10-10-2013 |
20150150719 | BOTTLE FOR PACKAGING LIQUID THAT IS TO BE DISPENSED DROP BY DROP, WITH ANTIBACTERIAL PROTECTION - The present invention relates to a bottle for packaging a liquid to be distributed drop by drop comprising a reservoir the walls of which can be reversibly elastically deformed by letting air into the container, surmounted by a liquid dispensing head comprising a dropper nozzle protruding from the bottle and an anti-bacterial filter membrane, that is partially hydrophilic and partially hydrophobic, interposed across the path of the liquid and the air, at the base of the said nozzle. In the dispensing head, the proposal is to create the nozzle by itself out of a material containing a bactericidal agent that has the effect of preventing any bacterial growth on the surface of the said nozzle on the outside of the antibacterial membrane. A porous core is advantageously positioned inside the duct through which liquid is expelled and air is admitted. | 06-04-2015 |
20150284173 | LIQUID DISPENSING HEAD, IN PARTICULAR FOR A BOTTLE FOR PACKAGING A LIQUID TO BE DISPENSED DROP BY DROP - The invention concerns a liquid dispenser head which is designed to be mounted on a bottle containing a liquid and comprises a filtering device ( | 10-08-2015 |
Flavien Mercier, Auzeville FR
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20100085252 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING RADIONAVIGATION SIGNALS - The satellites of a constellation of satellites each transmit, on distinct frequencies, a first and a second radionavigation signal, respectively. Each station of a reference network from which a satellite is visible performs non-differentiated measurements of code and phase for each of the two signals originating from the satellite and deduces therefrom a raw value of the widelane ambiguity. An internal delay of the satellite and a whole value of the widelane ambiguity are determined, in the network, on the basis of this raw value. The method comprises the steps: -receiving the first and second radionavigation signals at the level of the reference receiver; -performing, with the aid of the reference receiver and for each of the first and second signals received, a non-differentiated measurement of code and a non-differentiated measurement of phase; -calculating the raw value of the widelane ambiguity on the basis of the non-differentiated measurements of code and phase; and -fixing the internal delay of the satellite and the whole value of the widelane ambiguity on the basis of the raw value for the reference receiver. | 04-08-2010 |
20110210888 | PROCESSING OF RADIONAVIGATION SIGNALS USING A WIDE-LANE COMBINATION - A method for processing radionavigation signals coming from satellites that broadcast the radionavigation signals on at least two distinct frequencies, comprises | 09-01-2011 |
20120001799 | GEOPOSITIONING METHOD USING ASSISTANCE DATA - In order to enable a geopositioning receiver of a user to resolve phase ambiguities without necessarily using multi-frequency observations, assistance data is developed thanks to measurements made at a reference network ( | 01-05-2012 |
20150268353 | GEOPOSITIONING METHOD USING ASSISTANCE DATA - A method for determining assistance data to facilitate processing of radio-navigation signals from a set of radio-navigational satellites of a reference network, each radio-navigational satellite broadcasting at least a first radio-navigation signal on a first frequency and a second radio-navigation signal on a second frequency, the second frequency being distinct from the first frequency, is provided. | 09-24-2015 |
Frederic Mercier, Montagnac Sur Auvignon FR
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20120321688 | USE OF GLEDITSIA SAPONINS FOR CONTROLLING MOLLUSC PESTS - Method of using saponins from at least one plant of the | 12-20-2012 |
Frederic Mercier, Saint Manvieu Norrey FR
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20090305655 | RECEIVER HAVING A GAIN-CONTROLLABLE INPUT AMPLIFIER - A receiver has an input amplifier (RFAMP) that comprises a signal-voltage amplifier (SVA) and a feedback path (FBP). The signal-voltage amplifier (SVA) provides a voltage gain (VG) from an input node (SESf) to an output node (SON). The voltage gain (VG) is controllable. The feedback path (FBP) provides a transadmittance (GM) from the output node (SON) to the input node (SIN). The transadmittance (GM) is controllable. | 12-10-2009 |
20100090778 | RADIO FREQUENCY FILTER - A radio frequency filter ( | 04-15-2010 |
20130057170 | AC/DC CONVERTER HAVING A SWITCHABLE PFC, A CONTROLLER THERFOR, AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A CONTOLLER - A method of controller an AC/DC to converter is disclosed, the converter having a power factor correction stage and a signal indicative of a required power and operating with a switching cycle having a switching frequency being the inverse of a switching period. The method comprises switching on the PFC stage, in response to a signal indicative of an average switching frequency rising above a first threshold. The method further comprises switching off the PFC stage, in response to the signal indicative of an average switching frequency falling below a second threshold. The method may further comprise switching on the PFC stage, in response to a positive step change in the signal indicative of a required power, and switching off the PFC stage, in response to indicative step change in the signal indicative of a required power. | 03-07-2013 |
20130113391 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A BALLAST, A BALLAST, A LIGHTING CONTROLLER, AND A DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR - A method of controlling a ballast in a circuit for a lighting application and connected to a mains power supply is disclosed. The method comprises determining whether a dimmer is present in the circuit; in response to detecting that a dimmer is present, determining a zero-crossing of the power supply and setting a bleeder current through the ballast in dependence on the phase of the power supply within a mains half-cycle; and in response to determining that a dimmer is not present, disabling the bleeder current. | 05-09-2013 |
20140001979 | LEADING-EDGE PHASE-CUT BLEEDER CONTROL | 01-02-2014 |
Frederic Mercier, Saint Manvieu Morrey FR
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20110189959 | REDUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a tilt correction method and a corresponding apparatus for correcting tilt of RF signals in a wanted channel having a predetermined frequency range, in a signal path of a communication equipment, wherein the RF signals are down-converted to an intermediate frequency of an IF domain. The method comprises the steps of: providing a predetermined RF signal having a particular frequency to the signal path, detecting an output signal in the intermediate frequency (IF) domain and outputting a detection result, repeating the providing step and the detecting step for plural RF signals of different frequencies within the channel frequency range, determining the tilt of the RF signals in the frequency range by comparing the detection results, and correcting the tilt to obtain a minimized tilt of the wanted channel depending upon the determined tilt. The present invention further refers to a computer program including program code means to carry out the method, and to an integrated circuit wherein the apparatus is implemented. | 08-04-2011 |
Guillaume Mercier, Boulogne Billancourt FR
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20140292242 | ACTUATOR HAVING A MULTIPHASE MOTOR, AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING SUCH AN ACTUATOR - An actuator comprising at least one multiphase motor having phases facing a rotor secured to an outlet shaft associated with a braking member and provided with a connection to a movable element that is to be moved, the motors and the braking member being connected to at least one motor control unit for controlling the motors by powering their phases. The motor has at least four phases wound in such a manner as to avoid a neutral point, and in that the control unit has one single-phase inverter per phase and is arranged to implement a nominal, three-phase mode of control, and a degraded mode of control that enables the rotor to be driven in rotation by powering two non-collinear phases thereof. | 10-02-2014 |
20150081139 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACTIVE CONTROL OF A FORCE FEEDBACK FOR A CONTROL DEVICE - The invention concerns a device for the active control of a force feedback for a control device, comprising a calculator, a position sensor ( | 03-19-2015 |
Guillaume Mercier, Bourlon FR
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20090136087 | Replacement Based Watermarking - A video processor for replacement based watermarking may include a video content input channel; a video content preprocessor; a replacement based watermarking (RBW) metadata creator; and a video content encoder. To output the encoded video content, the video processor may have a dual or single output channel. For a dual output channel, the video processor includes an encoded video content output channel and an RBW metadata output channel for outputting encoded video content and RBW metadata as separate streams for further processing and distribution. For a single output channel, the video processor includes a video content output channel for outputting encoded video content combined with RBW metadata as a single output stream for further processing and distribution. | 05-28-2009 |
Guillaume Mercier, Paris FR
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20130334372 | METHOD OF OPERATING ACTUATORS SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR MOVING AIRCRAFT FLAPS, AN AIRCRAFT FLAP DRIVE DEVICE, AND AN AIRCRAFT PROVIDED WITH SUCH A DEVICE - A method of operating actuators simultaneously for moving at least two aircraft movable aerodynamic surfaces, the method comprising the steps of: controlling the actuators to move the aerodynamic surfaces towards a predetermined position; during the movement, detecting a slowest actuator; and adapting the control of the actuators to match the actions of the slowest actuator. A drive device for aerodynamic surfaces and an aircraft including such a device. | 12-19-2013 |
Guillaume Mercier, Jouy-En-Josas FR
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20100064305 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING UNAUTHORIZED CONTENT USAGE - In one embodiment the present invention includes a system for identifying an unauthorized display of content. The system includes a preprocessor, an inserter, an observation device, and a subscriber information device. The preprocessor device preprocesses the content for subsequent insertion of semi-visible information. The inserter device inserts a semi-visible watermark into the content as having been preprocessed by the preprocessor device. The semi-visible watermark corresponds to a subscriber identifier. The observation device executes processing, including receiving an input from an observer that observes a display of the content that includes the semi-visible watermark. The input corresponds to the semi visible watermark. The processing further includes processing the input to generate an input result. The subscriber information device stores subscriber identifiers and identifies a particular subscriber by comparing the input result and the subscriber identifiers. | 03-11-2010 |
20140270337 | TRANSACTIONAL VIDEO MARKING SYSTEM - Methods, devices, systems and computer program products facilitate embedding and extraction of transactional watermarks into and from a video content. One such method includes selecting a first number of frames from a video content and performing temporal and a spatial psychovisual analysis on the selected frames. For each selected frame, at least one area for insertion of watermarks is identified. A first and a second watermark symbol is embedded separately in the identified area(s), and the embedded frames are re-encoded to obtain a first and a second alternative data. An inserter manifest is formed that includes the first and the second alternative data to enable insertion of a watermark into the video content by selecting one or the other of the first and second alternative data for insertion into the video content. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270338 | TRANSACTIONAL VIDEO MARKING SYSTEM - Methods, devices, systems and computer program products facilitate embedding and extraction of transactional watermarks into and from a video content. One method for selecting an area for watermark insertion includes selecting a candidate area within a frame of the video content that is smaller in size that the frame itself, adding a first and a second watermark value to obtain corresponding first and second versions of the area, add noise to each of the first and second versions, and perform watermark extraction operations to obtain corresponding correlation values for the selected area. The above operations are repeated using different areas that are selected at pseudo-random offset values from the previously selected areas until the entire video frame is exhausted. One or more areas with the highest correlation value(s) are selected and designated as areas that are suitable for watermark insertion. | 09-18-2014 |
Guy Mercier, Bron FR
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20150238675 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SETTING AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT - It is described an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus ( | 08-27-2015 |
Jean Alexis Mercier, Chatelperron FR
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20100122632 | Arrangement and Process For The Wrapping Of A Bale - An arrangement is provided for the wrapping of a bale. The arrangement has a drive for the introduction of a wrapping material into a baling chamber, a sensor for the detection of a physical size of a bale developing in a baling chamber, and a control arrangement connected with the drive and the sensor, to activate the drive based on the signals from the sensor. It is proposed that the control arrangement be operated to activate the drive looking ahead, based upon the detected growth rate in the size of the bale and the time delay between the activation of the drive and the exact time in which the wrapping material reaches the baling chamber, so that the wrapping material reaches the baling chamber when the size of the bale is equal to the desired size of the bale. | 05-20-2010 |
Jean-Claude Mercier, Morsand Sur Orge FR
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20080282875 | Missile Launcher - This missile launcher is characterized in that the cells ( | 11-20-2008 |
Jean-Marc Mercier, Tournefeuille FR
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20100162566 | TOOL, TOOL SET AND METHOD OF SETTING THE PITCH OF THE BLADES OF A MODEL PROPELLER - The invention relates to a tool for tuning the pitch of the blades of a model propeller ( | 07-01-2010 |
20100290909 | DEVICE TO ADJUST THE PITCH ANGLE OF PROPELLER BLADES FOR A MODEL ENGINE - A device for adjusting the pitch angle of propeller blades for a model engine including at least one rotor, the blades extending radially on the surface of the rotor to form a propeller. It includes a tool-holder including a base designed to be fixed to a part of the outside of the engine housing and an upper part, the aforementioned upper part being fitted with means of support movable horizontally along a longitudinal axis (XX′), the aforementioned axis being parallel to the main axis of the model engine, contactless means of optical measurement, the aforementioned means of measurement being mounted on the movable means of support by using means of travel in rotation around an axis of rotation, the aforementioned axis of rotation being the blade's axis of rotation. | 11-18-2010 |
Jean-Michel Mercier, Gouvieux FR
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20080255289 | Dried Emulsion, Method for the Production Thereof, and Its Uses - The invention relates to a dried emulsion. In particular, the invention relates to a dried emulsion containing a liquid hydrophobic phase and a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymeric matrix whose hydrophobic phase content is high. The invention also relates to a method for producing the dried emulsion and to uses of this emulsion. The utilized water-soluble matrix contains block copolymers. | 10-16-2008 |
20080319106 | Novel Hydrodispersible Waterproofing Agent, the Preparation Thereof, and the Use of the Same in the Field of Construction Especially in Mineral Binding Agent Compositions - The invention relates to a novel hydrodispersible waterproofing agent based on at least one water-insoluble and water-immiscible waterproofing agent which has previously been emulsified in a hydrosoluble amphiphilic copolymer composition. The invention also relates to the solid forms of said composition obtained by drying, and to the use thereof in a water-insoluble film-forming polymer composition or in a mineral binding agent composition for applications in the field of construction. | 12-25-2008 |
Jean-Paul Mercier, Paris FR
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20130305596 | LIQUID COMPOSITIONS FOR MARKING LIQUID HYDROCARBON MOTOR FUELS AND OTHER FUELS, MOTOR FUELS AND OTHER FUELS CONTAINING THEM AND PROCESS FOR DETECTING THE MARKERS - The present disclosure includes liquid compositions that can be used for marking liquid hydrocarbon-based fuels and combustibles; these compositions include at least one marker, one or more solvents and, optionally, one or more functional additives other than the markers. The disclosure also includes a process for qualitative and quantitative detection of these markers present in a liquid hydrocarbon-based composition. | 11-21-2013 |
Jean-Philippe Mercier, Brie Comte Robert FR
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20100139657 | GAS SUPPLY UNIT FOR A RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - The invention relates to a gas supply unit ( | 06-10-2010 |
Julien Mercier, Meyreuil FR
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20100318885 | METHOD OF DETECTING AN ATTACK BY FAULT INJECTION ON A MEMORY DEVICE, AND CORRESPONDING MEMORY DEVICE - A memory device may include a memory plane including a group of memory cells configured to store a block of bits including data bits and parity bits, and a detector for detecting a fault injection including a reader to read each bit, and a first checker to perform, when reading a block, a parity check based on the read value of each data and parity bit. The memory plane may include reference memory cells arranged between some of the memory cells to create packets of m memory cells. Each reference memory cell may store a reference bit and each packet of m memory cells may store m bits of the associated block, when m is greater than 1, with different parities. The detector may further include a second checker to perform, when reading the block, a check on the value of each reference bit. | 12-16-2010 |
20130200371 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING A LASER ATTACK IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP - A device for detecting a laser attack in an integrated circuit chip formed in the upper P-type portion of a semiconductor substrate incorporating an NPN bipolar transistor having an N-type buried layer, including a detector of the variations of the current flowing between the base of said NPN bipolar transistor and the substrate. | 08-08-2013 |
Julien Mercier, Montrouge FR
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20120177931 | METHOD OF REINFORCING A CONSTRUCTION WORK - Method of reinforcing a construction work comprising the successive steps of: applying a first layer on a surface of the construction work, the first layer comprising a curable polymer that, once it is cured, can be thermally activated for adhering to a thermoplastic material; curing said curable polymer; heating at least a surface of the first layer opposite said surface of the construction work, for thermal activation of the cured polymer; and applying a second layer over said surface of the first layer, the second layer comprising a composite including reinforcement fibres and a thermoplastic matrix, whereby the thermoplastic matrix and the thermally activated cured polymer adhere to each other. | 07-12-2012 |
20130126035 | ASSEMBLY OF A TUBE MADE FROM COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND A TUBULAR METAL PART - The invention relates to the assembly of a tube ( | 05-23-2013 |
Julien Mercier, Mimet FR
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20150048459 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING A LASER ATTACK IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP - A device for detecting a laser attack made on an integrated circuit chip comprises a bipolar transistor of a first type formed in a semiconductor substrate, that bipolar transistor comprising a parasitic bipolar transistor of a second type. A buried region, forming the base of the parasitic bipolar transistor, operates as a detector of the variations in current flowing caused by impingement of laser light on the substrate. | 02-19-2015 |
Marc Mercier, Vincennes FR
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20100303853 | Novel Nacl Salt Substitute Agent, Use Thereof and Products Containing Same - The present invention relates to a novel NaCl salt substitute agent free of aromatic flour and comprising at least one 5′-nucleotide yeast extract, preferably containing at least 1% of 5′-nucleotides relative to the solids content of the yeast extract, and a mixture of low-sodium potassium and ammonium salts, and to the use thereof as a salting agent. It also relates to the use of 5′-nucleotide yeast extract, preferably containing at least 1% of 5′-nucleotides relative to the solids content of the yeast extract, for the off-flavour masking effects thereof and/or for enhancing the salty taste and/or for reducing the amount of low-sodium potassium and/or ammonium salts. | 12-02-2010 |
Mathilde Mercier, Lyon FR
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20110210050 | FORMULATION OF NOVOLAK RESINS FOR ENHANCING THE ACID RESISTANCE OF POLYAMIDE COMPOSITIONS - Novolak resins are incorporated for enhancing the acid resistance of polyamide compositions. Polyamide compositions containing such novolak resins are useful for producing various plastic shaped articles, such as calibrated particles or injection-molded parts, and are particularly useful for the recovery of sludge, liquids, and gases present in underground reservoirs, especially in the field of hydrocarbon extraction such as crude oil or natural gas. | 09-01-2011 |
20120177922 | POLYAMIDE COMPOSITION - The use of a polyamide including hydroxyaromatic units in order to increase the acid resistance of a polyamide composition is described. A polyamide composition comprising a polyamide that includes hydroxyaromatic units and use thereof for the manufacture of various plastic articles such as, for example, calibrated particles or injection-molded parts is also described. Such a composition is especially useful in the field of the recovery of slurries, liquids and gases present in underground reservoirs, and in particular in the field of the extraction of hydrocarbons, such as crude oil or natural gas. | 07-12-2012 |
Michel Mercier, Saint-Jean De Linieres FR
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20140067339 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING CABLING IN A CLUSTER - A method for cabling management in a cluster is disclosed. The cluster comprises at least two computer racks, each rack comprising at least one component device, each component device comprising at least one connector. The method comprises determining at least one external logical link between at least two connectors of the cluster, each of the connectors belonging to a different computer cabinet, and generating a list of logical interconnections comprising the at least one external logical link. The method further comprises identifying locations of he connectors. The method further comprises determining a cable path linking the connectors according to the list of logical interconnections and creating a list of physical interconnections comprising at least the cable path. | 03-06-2014 |
Miguel Mercier, Vix FR
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20140157661 | AGENT FOR TREATING GRAPE VINE WOOD - The invention relates to the use of neutral anolyte for decontaminating grape vine wood. | 06-12-2014 |
Pascal Mercier, Toulouse FR
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20140089349 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING INFOGRAPHICS BASED ON MULTIPLE ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS - Systems and methods are provided for updating infographics based on multiple online social networks. A system receives a request from a client to display an information graphic. The system retrieves previously stored information for the information graphic from a database. The system sends the information graphic, based on the previously stored information, to display to the client. The system activates a social media tool to generate updated information for the information graphic by analyzing content from a plurality of online social networks. The system stores the updated information in the database. | 03-27-2014 |
Pascale Mercier, Sautron FR
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20090205774 | Method of Adhesively Bonding a Strip of Flexible Fabric to a Substrate - The invention relates to a method of bonding a strip of flexible sheet onto at least one flexible or rigid support, said sheet and said support including at least one continuous fine metal foil sandwiched and bonded between two fiberglass fabrics. In accordance with the invention, the method includes a step of pressing said strip of flexible sheet against the support by means of a press while simultaneously heating said strip for at least a portion of the duration over which pressure is applied. | 08-20-2009 |
Paul-Andre Mercier, Le Pian-Medoc FR
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20130087238 | DOUBLE-WALLED FLUID TRANSPORT PIPE, INSTALLATION OF SUCH A PIPE, AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH A PIPE | 04-11-2013 |
Pierre Mercier, Saint Egreve FR
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20120111200 | PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF FLUID CHARGED WITH PARTICLES BY FORCE OF THERMOPHORESIS - A fluid treatment system by force of thermophoresis, including first and second modules between which the fluid to be treated is intended to circulate, the first module configured to be brought to a temperature greater than that of the second module so as to engender a temperature gradient causing a force of thermophoresis capable of projecting the particles to be purified in the direction of the second module. The first module includes a succession of parallel first tubes configured to be traversed by hot fluid, the second module includes a succession of parallel second tubes configured to be traversed by cold fluid, and the first tubes are arranged staggered with the second tubes. | 05-10-2012 |
Raphael Mercier, Fonteray Le Fleuny FR
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20110179516 | PLANTS PRODUCING 2N POLLEN - The invention relates to methods for obtaining plants that produce 2n pollen. These plants are useful in plant breeding. | 07-21-2011 |
Raphael Mercier, Fontenay-Le-Fleury FR
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20120042408 | PLANTS PRODUCING 2N GAMETES OR APOMEIOTIC GAMETES - The invention relates to plants wherein the protein OSD1, involved in the transition from meiosis I to meiosis II is inactive. These plants produce Second Division Restitution (SDR) 2n gametes. The invention further relates to plants wherein the inactivation of OSD1 is combined with the inactivation of a gene involved in meiotic recombination in plants, and of a gene involved in the monopolar orientation of the kinetochores during meiosis. These plants produce apomeiotic gametes. These plants are useful in plant breeding. | 02-16-2012 |
20140289902 | INCREASING MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION IN PLANTS BY INHIBITING THE FANCM PROTEIN - The invention relates to a method for increasing the frequency of meiotic recombination in plants by deactivating the FANCM protein, in particular by mutagenesis or silencing of the FANCM gene coding for said protein. The present invention can be used in particular in the field of improving plants and genetic mapping. | 09-25-2014 |
20140298507 | Synthetic Clonal Reproduction Through Seeds - Clonal embryos or seeds produced by conversion of apomeiotic gametes into clonal embryos or seeds. Clonal embryos or seeds are produced by crossing a MiMe plant, as either a female or male, with an appropriate plant which induces genome elimination (genome eliminator, GE). MiMe plants are those in which meiosis is totally replaced by mitosis. In specific embodiments MiMe plants are MiMe-1 plants or MIME-2 plants. In specific embodiments MiMe plants are mutant plants. In a more specific embodiment, the genome eliminator is a haploid inducer exhibiting directed genome elimination of its own genome. | 10-02-2014 |
Raymond Mercier, Antony FR
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20110192998 | Linear Fluidic Actuator - A linear fluidic actuator comprising an upper actuation deformable surface suitable to induce a displacement in an actuation direction L and a wall delimiting an internal cavity wherein the shape of the actuator is a pillar; the wall, the cavity and the upper surface of a base form the lower part of said pillar, where h1 is the highest dimension of the internal cavity at rest according to the actuation direction L; a part forms the upper part of said pillar where the upper surface of said upper part is the upper actuation deformable surface, the bottom surface of said upper part closes the upper part of the cavity so as to form an upper surface of said cavity and where h2 is the distance at rest from the top of the upper surface of the internal cavity to the upper actuation deformable surface; the height ratio h1/h2 is comprised between 0.2 and 10; a fluidic inlet is provided and suitable for introducing a fluid in the internal cavity. | 08-11-2011 |
20140071541 | Optical Device with Adjustable Optical Surface - An adjustable optical device comprising at least a deformable optical surface activated by linear fluidic actuators comprising: a material layer comprising an upper surface on which the optical surface is provided and a bottom surface; an actuator layer comprising a plurality of linear fluidic actuators separated by at least one cavity, where at least one linear fluidic actuator is a pillar extending in the actuation direction (L) which is non parallel to the bottom surface of the material layer, said pillar comprising a wall delimiting an internal cavity and where an upper surface of said pillar is continuously linked to a zone of the bottom surface of the material layer; fluidic inlets suitable for introducing a fluid in at least one internal cavity of a pillar linear fluidic actuator. | 03-13-2014 |
Regis Mercier, Irigny FR
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20080290022 | Crosslinked Polymer Film Bearing Ionic Groupings - The invention relates to the preparation of a crosslinked polymeric film bearing ionic groupings. | 11-27-2008 |
20090203805 | Membrane Preparation Method Comprising the Extrusion of a Thermoplastic Polymer Bearing Alkaline Groupings - The invention relates to a process for the extrusion of thermoplastic polymers having alkaline ionic groups. | 08-13-2009 |
20130164653 | USE OF A FUNCTIONALIZED MINERAL FILLER FOR CHEMICALLY STABILIZING A POLYMER, MEMBRANE THUS STABILIZED, PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAME AND USES THEREOF - The present invention concerns the use of at least one mineral filler functionalized by at least one group comprising at least one sulfur atom for chemically stabilizing a polymer matrix and/or for increasing the durability thereof. The present invention also concerns a membrane such as an ion exchange membrane and in particular a proton exchange membrane thus stabilized, its method of preparation and uses thereof. | 06-27-2013 |
20140199613 | PROTON-CONDUCTING COMPOSITE MEMBRANE FOR FUEL CELLS - The present invention relates to a membrane that includes a porous polymer material made of a polyimide with interconnected macropores and impregnated with protic ionic liquid conductors (CLIP), as well as to the method for manufacturing same and to the uses thereof. The membranes of the invention fulfil the need for membranes including CLIPs, which have good proton-conducting properties as well as good physical properties, in particular high thermal and mechanical stability, in addition to a wide range of electrochemical stability. | 07-17-2014 |
Régis Mercier, Irigny FR
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20120172462 | Novel Interpenetrating Polymer Networks and Uses Thereof - Interpenetrating polymer networks comprising a first network of polymer A formed from monomers, at least one of which contains an aromatic group functionalized with a cation-exchange group, and a second network of polymer B formed from monomers, at least one of which contains a fluorinated group (R | 07-05-2012 |
Sabine Mercier, Montpellier FR
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20090209647 | NUTRITIONAL METHOD - A method of improving nutrition and/or treating low grade inflammation in an elderly human subject comprises administering to said subject a cysteine source so as to provide metabolically available cysteine in the diet of said subject in a proportion relative to all available amino acids which is greater that the proportion of cysteine relative to all amino acids which corresponds to the requirements of a healthy young human subject. | 08-20-2009 |
20110269678 | NUTRITIONAL METHOD - A method of improving nutrition and/or treating low grade inflammation in an elderly human subject comprises administering to said subject a cysteine source so as to provide metabolically available cysteine in the diet of said subject in a proportion relative to all available amino acids which is greater that the proportion of cysteine relative to all amino acids which corresponds to the requirements of a healthy young human subject. | 11-03-2011 |
Sebastien Mercier, Clamart FR
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20090130478 | Method of Producing and Joining Superalloy Balls By Means of Brazing and Objects Produced With Such Joints - The invention relates to a method of producing and joining superalloy balls by means of brazing and to objects produced with such joints. According to the invention, an alloy powder covered with a brazing solder is bonded to a spherical core and subsequently transformed into a continuous alloy layer by means of brazing. | 05-21-2009 |
Sylvain Mercier, Saint Egreve FR
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20130020982 | EQUALIZATION SYSTEM FOR ACCUMULATOR BATTERIES - An apparatus comprising a charge equalizing system for batteries has two accumulator stages in series. Each stage has a charging device having an inductance for storing energy, and first and second diodes. The first diode's anode links to a negative pole of the accumulator stage. Its cathode links to the inductance's first end. The second diode's cathode links to a positive pole of the accumulator stage; its anode links to the inductance's second end. A first controlled switch links to a battery's negative pole and to the second diode's anode. A second controlled switch links to the battery's positive pole and to the first diode's cathode. A control device controls the charging devices. The control device closes the switches of a charging device associated with the accumulator stage to be charged so that the inductance stores energy, and opens the switches to transfer the energy to the associated accumulator stage. | 01-24-2013 |
20130038290 | CHARGE EQUALIZATION SYSTEM FOR BATTERIES - An equalization system for batteries has two series-connected accumulator stages connected, each including an accumulator, a voltage generator including positive and negative poles, for each stage, an associated charging device supplied by the voltage generator. The charging device includes an inductor having a first and second ends, and a capacitor having first and second ends. The capacitor's first end connects to the generator's positive pole. It also has a diode whose anode connects to a negative pole of the accumulator stage and whose cathode connects to the inductor's first end. It also has a switch whose first end connects to the inductor. And it also has a control device that controls the generator and closes a switch of a charging device associated with an accumulator stage to be charged so that the inductor stores energy, and causes its transfer to that accumulator stage. | 02-14-2013 |
20130043842 | CHARGE EQUALIZATION SYSTEM FOR BATTERIES - A battery equalization system has two accumulator stages in series, each including an accumulator, and ±poles, a voltage generator for each accumulator stage, and an associated charging device powered by the generator. The charging device includes an inductor and capacitors. One capacitor connects to the generator's positive pole, the other connects to its negative pole, a first diode, whose anode connects to a negative pole of the accumulator stage and whose cathode connects to the first capacitor, a second diode whose anode connects to the negative pole of the accumulator stage and whose cathode connects to the second end of the second capacitor, and a switch connected to the inductor and to the positive pole of the accumulator stage, and a control device that controls the generator, closes the switch and causes the inductor to stores energy and to transfer it to the associated accumulator stage. | 02-21-2013 |
20140312844 | DEVICE FOR BALANCING THE CHARGE OF THE ELEMENTS OF AN ELECTRICAL POWER BATTERY - A charge-balancing device for balancing charge of an electrical power-storage device that has several series-connected electrical storage elements two DC/DC converters with current limitation, each having an input for receiving a set value of output voltage from the converter, an input to be connected to the terminals of a respective storage element, and an output to be connected to an electric network having a voltage regulated at a level below a voltage at the terminals of the power-storage device, and a control module. The control module is configured to determine respective residual charges of the electrical storage elements connected to the inputs and to apply a higher set value of voltage to the converter connected to an electrical storage elements that has a highest residual charge. | 10-23-2014 |
Violaine Mercier, Pleumeur Bodou FR
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20150350131 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY OF A GROUP OF CONTACTS - A method and a device are provided for controlling the display of a group of contacts associated with a terminal. The group of contacts is ordered according to a first predetermined criterion, and displayed according to this arrangement. Each contact is represented in a frame of predetermined size. When at least one contact of the group fulfills a second predetermined criterion, the display control method includes enlarging the frame in which the contact is displayed so that a user scrolling through the list of contacts can easily identify a contact fulfilling the second predetermined criterion. | 12-03-2015 |
Yves Mercier, Clermont-Ferrand FR
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20090048342 | Combination of Bioavailable Methionine With at Least One Essential Oil - The invention concerns a food composition, designed to complement animal feed in methionine, said composition having a synergistic bactericidal effect on the bacterial activity of the bowel flora. Said food composition of bioavailable methionine comprises: a) a bioavailable methionine compound and b) at least one essential oil. | 02-19-2009 |
20130323352 | COMBINATION OF BIOAVAILABLE METHIONINE WITH AT LEAST ONE ESSENTIAL OIL - A method of improving livestock performance that includes administering a synergistic composition including a bioavailable methionine compound and at least one essential oil, as a feed additive to livestock. Improved livestock performance includes improved livestock growth, viability, homogeneity, production efficiency, or any combination thereof. | 12-05-2013 |