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14.3 Industrial <strong>de</strong>velopment<br />
14.3.1 Patents<br />
Three applications have been filled regarding possible patents in the frame of our R&D activities on new<br />
<strong>de</strong>formable micro-mirrors. All three patents have now been issued. Details are given below:<br />
• ”Dispositif d’actionnement électrostatique miniature et installation comprenant <strong>de</strong> tels dispositifs”, European<br />
Patent, CNRS/CEA, FR0206293 from 23/05/2002. Patent hol<strong>de</strong>rs: J. Charton and E. Stadler.<br />
• ”Composant MEMS électrostatique permettant un déplacement vertical important”, French patent, CNRS/CEA,<br />
FR0351211 from 26/12/2003. Patent hol<strong>de</strong>rs: J. Charton and C. Divoux (CEA/LETI).<br />
• ”Miroir déformable magnétique”, French Patent, CNRS, FR0452342 from 12/10/2004. Patent Hol<strong>de</strong>rs:<br />
J. Charton, Z. Hubert, L. Jocou, E. Stadler, P. Kern and J.-L. Beuzit.<br />
Two applications are currently processed in the frame of our activities on future <strong>de</strong>tectors:<br />
• ”Détecteur et caméra spectroscopique interférentiels”, French Patent, UJF INPI 04/52992, applied December<br />
15th 2004. Patent Hol<strong>de</strong>rs: le Coarer, E., Benech, P.<br />
• ”Spectrographes à on<strong>de</strong> contra-propagative”, French Patent, UJF INPI 05/08429, applied August 8th<br />
2005. Patent Hol<strong>de</strong>rs: le Coarer, E., Benech, P., Blaize, S., Kern, P., Léron<strong>de</strong>l, G., Morand, A.<br />
14.3.2 Technological transfer<br />
After the commercial license agreements signed for the distribution of our magnetic <strong>de</strong>formable mirrors, it is<br />
inten<strong>de</strong>d to extend this industrial <strong>de</strong>velopment to other instrumental research results.<br />
14.4 Highlights<br />
The main facts related to our activities since 2001 are summarized below:<br />
• The NAOS (Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System) instrument for the VLT is now offered to the ESO astronomical<br />
community after a successful commissioning and science verification between November 2001 and<br />
August 2002.<br />
• Magnetic Deformable Mirrors are now fully functional and available to all interested parties through our<br />
industrial partners.<br />
• The <strong>de</strong>velopments of electrostatic <strong>de</strong>formable mirrors between LAOG and CEA/LETI is un<strong>de</strong>rway with<br />
a first fully functional 19-actuators laboratory prototype being characterized.<br />
• The “Planet Fin<strong>de</strong>r” proposal for a second generation instrument for the VLT led by LAOG was selected<br />
by the ESO STC in April 2005 after a successfull 2-year phase A study, awaiting formal <strong>de</strong>cision by the<br />
next ESO Council.<br />
• Development, Integration, Installation of the AMBER instrument to ESO. It is now offered to the ESO<br />
astronomical community for part of its mo<strong>de</strong>s and will be fully offered when the VLTI improvement plan<br />
is completed.<br />
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