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Patent GB-2593722-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus
Inventor: ARANI ELANGANATHAN
IPC: F23G7/06
Filed: 2020-03-31
Abstract: An effluent stream 30 from a semiconductor processing apparatus is treated by an abatement apparatus 10 comprising an abatement chamber 20 producing a combusted effluent stream 30′. A first atomiser 80 downstream of the abatement chamber produces droplets of a size based on a size of particles to be removed from the combusted effluent stream. A second atomiser 100 may be located downstream of the first atomiser. The droplets may have a size distribution based on a particle size distribution of particles to be removed, with the droplet size distribution matching or overlapping the particle size distribution. The atomisers may comprise a plurality of nozzles producing a differing droplet size distribution from each nozzle. The droplets may travel in an opposite direction to combusted effluent stream. An apparatus and method of abatement with a second atomiser 100 downstream of the first is also claimed.
Patent GB-2593925-A (GB)
Title: Electronic unit for a garment
Inventor: PHILIP KUNOVSKI
IPC: H05K3/32
Filed: 2020-04-09
Abstract: An electronic unit 100 for incorporating into a garment. The electronic unit comprises a non-conductive substrate 105. The electronic unit also comprises one or more conductive tracks 110, e.g. stretchable conductive ink, disposed on the substrate. One or more electronic components 115a, 115b are mounted on the substrate. The one or more electronic components are coupled to one or more of the conductive tracks by an anisotropic conductive material. The substrate may be flexible and comprise portions of resilient material and portions of non-extendible material. The electronic components may be mounted on the non-extendible material of the substrate. Also disclosed is an electronic strip to provide a garment with electronic capability comprising one or more active portions having electronic components; and one or more resilient connecting portions to electrically and mechanically couple to the active portions. The electronic unit and/or strip may be knitted or woven into the fabric of the garment.
Patent GB-2597280-A (GB)
Title: Use of cannabidiol in the treatment of seizures associated with auriculotemporal syndrome
Inventor: DANIEL ADAM CHECKETTS
IPC: A61K36/185
Filed: 2020-07-20
Abstract: The use of a cannabidiol (CBD) preparation in the treatment of seizures associated with auriculotemporal syndrome. The types of seizures may include atonic and absence seizures. The CBD preparation may comprise 95% (w/w) CBD and not more than 0.15% (w/w) tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Preferably the CBD preparation comprises greater than or equal to 98% (w/w) CBD and less than or equal to 2% (w/w) other cannabinoids, which may comprise THC, cannabidiol-C1 (CBC-C1), cannabidivarin (CBDV), and cannabidiol-C4 (CBD-C4), where the THC may be a mixture of trans-THC and cis-THC. The CBD preparation may be used in combination with one or more concomitant anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) such as levetiracetam, clobazam, topiramate, lamotrigine, lacosamide, and gabapentin. The CBD in the CBD preparation may be synthetic or isolated from cannabis plant material. Preferably the dose of CBD is between 5 mg/kg/day to 50 mg/kg/day.
Patent GB-2589188-A (GB)
Title: Particulate filters
Inventor: Peter Bellham
IPC: F01N3/022
Filed: 2020-08-13
Abstract: A vehicular exhaust filter 2 comprises a porous substrate comprising inlet channels extending from an inlet face and outlet channels extending from an outlet face. The channels are separated by a plurality of filter walls having a porous structure. The filter is loaded with a refractory powder having a tapped density before loading of less than 0.10 g/cm3. The filter has a mass loading of the powder of less than 10 g/l, where more than 40% of the powder is located within the structure of the filter walls and less than 60% of the powder is coated on a surface of the walls, or greater than 0.5g/l of the powder is located within the porous structure of the walls, or the filter exhibits a substantially straight loading-back pressure response for soot loadings greater than 0.1g/l. The powder comprises one or more aerogels. An exhaust system and a vehicle each comprises the filter. A plurality of filters each has a back pressure of 20-180 mbar at a flowrate of 600 m3/hr, the relative standard deviation of the back pressure of the filters being less than 0.04.
Patent GB-2589198-A (GB)
Title: Method for producing fuel using renewable methane
Inventor: PATRICK J FOODY
IPC: C10L1/08
Filed: 2020-08-27
Abstract: A method of producing one or more fuels having a renewable content from a fuel production process that includes one or more processing steps wherein hydrogen is reacted with crude oil derived liquid hydrocarbon, where the hydrogen is produced by a plurality of hydrogen production units based on steam methane reforming. The method includes selecting one or more hydrogen production units from the plurality of hydrogen production units which have one or more hydrogen-producing characteristics, and allocating renewable methane such that a renewable fraction of feedstock for the selected hydrogen production units is greater than a renewable fraction of feedstock for other hydrogen production units also used to produce hydrogen for the fuel production process. The selected hydrogen production units are selected to increase a yield of renewable content of one or more of the fuels produced by the fuel production process and/or reduce a carbon intensity of one or more of the fuels for a given quantity of renewable methane.
Patent GB-2599692-A (GB)
Title: A heat exchanger
Inventor: STEPHEN J BRADBROOK
IPC: F02C7/14
Filed: 2020-10-09
Abstract: A turbofan gas turbine engine (100 figure 2) comprises, in axial flow sequence, a heat exchanger module 110, a fan assembly (130 figure 2), a compressor module (140 figure 2), a turbine module (150 figure 2), and an exhaust module (156 figure 2). The fan assembly comprises a plurality of fan blades defining a fan diameter. The heat exchanger module is in fluid communication with the fan assembly by an inlet duct (160 figure 2), and the heat exchanger module comprising a plurality of heat transfer elements 112 for transfer of heat from a first fluid contained within the heat transfer elements to an airflow passing over a surface of the heat transfer elements prior to entry of the airflow into an inlet to the fan assembly. Each heat transfer element can be individually and independently fluidly isolated from the remaining heat transfer elements.
Patent GB-2600166-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for generating hydro-electric power
Inventor: Peep Siitam
IPC: F03B13/06
Filed: 2020-10-26
Abstract: A hydro-electric powerplant is made by excavating earth from a sub-surface geological location 152 adjacent to a natural fluid source 140. One or more channels 108 is constructed from an outer surface 132 of the earth 124 to the sub-surface geological location 152 and a pumped-hydro storage plant 104 is installed comprising one or more reservoirs 168 within a void in the sub-surface geological location 152 created from the excavation. A power generation device 164 is fluidly coupled to a penstock 160 and is fluidly coupled to the reservoirs 168 by a conduit 172. In a generation mode, the turbine 164 receives fluid from the fluid source 140 via the penstock 160 to produce electricity. In an energy storage mode, the turbine / pump 164 is powered to pump fluid from the reservoirs 168 and release it to the natural fluid source 140.
Patent GB-2587734-A (GB)
Title: Drilling systems and methods
Inventor: KIM ANDRE EVENSEN
IPC: E21B44/00
Filed: 2018-11-29
Abstract: A drilling system having a plurality of drilling parameter sensors 10 and a plurality of drilling automation modules 30 that receive data from the drilling parameter sensors 10 and use this to generate an operating command which is received by at least one equipment controller 20. On receipt of the operating command the equipment controller 20 controls the operation of an item of drilling equipment. A process controller 40 is in communication with the drilling parameter sensors 10, the drilling automation modules 30 and the at least one equipment controller 20 and may be programmed to control the access of the drilling automation modules 30 to the at least one equipment controller 20 in such a way that the process controller must grant the modules 30 access to the controller 20. Further, access may only be permitted to a second automation module if access to the equipment controller has not already been granted or if the second module issues a high priority request.
Patent GB-2602020-A (GB)
Title: A method for evaluating the pro- or anti convulsive properties of test compounds
Inventor: Karen Ka-Yen Tse
IPC: G01N33/94
Filed: 2020-12-15
Abstract: A method of assessing the pro- or anti-convulsive properties of compounds comprising: a. dosing a number of animals with either vehicle, test, or positive control compound, b. assessing the treated animal for production of tonic hind limb extensor convulsion at defined period of time post-dose from a single electroshock at a defined current, c. decreasing or increasing the defined current if the preceding animal did or did not show tonic hind limb extensor convulsion, respectively, c. collecting CC50 values for the animals, wherein that number of animals is at least 6. The number of animals may be no more than 11. The current may be changed in a logarithmic scale. The defined period of time post-dose may be at least 15, 30, or 120 minutes. The positive control may be diazepam, or valproate. The animal may be a mouse, rat, pig. Results are given showing the use of cannabidiol (CBD) analogues as the test compounds in mini-MEST (maximal electroshock seizure threshold) tests.
Patent GB-2603461-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for improving management of reception queues in processing devices handling several types of data
Inventor: ROMAIN GUIGNARD
IPC: H04L49/90
Filed: 2021-01-22
Abstract: A method for configuring a processing device for receiving data packets of different traffic classes, the processing device comprising reception buffers, reception queues, and processing units, each reception buffer and each reception queue being associated with one traffic class, comprising: generating virtual interface modules, each generated virtual interface module associating a reception buffer with reception queues and being associated with one processing unit, the queues associated with a same reception buffer by a same generated virtual interface module being configured to store packets to be handled by a same interrupt handler. In one embodiment the configured reception queues are associated with a same class. In another embodiment different priorities are associated with the reception queues if they are associated with different classes (figure 8). Reception queues may be organised within a structure and a budget associated with each structure; the budget being unfairly shared between queues. Budgets may be shared as a function of bandwidth distribution between classes. When an interrupt is detected, a reference may be added to a structure comprising the reception queue storing the received packet within a poll list, polling the poll list and determining that a time has elapsed before processing the received packet.
Patent GB-2602676-A (GB)
Title: Electrical socket
Inventor: MARTIN SAVAGE
IPC: H02G3/16
Filed: 2021-02-04
Abstract: A socket assembly for installation into a pattress box comprises a front plate assembly 2700 for electrical connection to the pattress box. The front plate assembly has one or more electrical sockets for receiving electrical plugs, and a cutaway portion or void 2720 comprising one or more electrical apertures in electrical connection with the pattress box. An interchangeable module 2730 is configured to be received within the cutaway portion, and comprises an electrical component and/or electrical connections. The interchangeable module may comprise prongs which are configured to engage with the electrical apertures to electrically connect the interchangeable module, for example by using a bayonet connection. The electrical component may be an Internet of Things (IoT) module, and the electrical connections may include a USB port, a lightning connection or an RJ45 computer signal enhancement.
Patent GB-2610868-A (GB)
Title: A cover assembly for a heat sink of an electronic module
Inventor: Michael renaud
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2021-09-21
Abstract: A cover plate assembly 10 suitable for a heatsink for an vehicle electronic module 6 (ECU) provides plurality of valves 3 that open and close to control ventilation to openings 7 adjacent the heatsink depending on heating of a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator (1 see figures 2-5). The valves are structured to translate between open and closed by expansion and contraction of the cover plate cause by the action of a shape memory alloy actuator member fixed to the electronic module and anchored to protuberance of the cover plate (fig 2, 3). The actuator can move between two positions 1a, 1b. The actuator responds to the temperature of the ECU and can be heated either by inductive currents controlled by the ECU, or by receiving heat from the ECU. The cover plate can be elastomeric or can comprise a kirigami structure which may be bi-stable.
Patent GB-2601619-A (GB)
Title: Methods and compositions for editing nucleotide sequences
Inventor: DAVID R LIU
IPC: C12N15/62
Filed: 2020-03-19
Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for conducting prime editing of a target DNA molecule (e.g., a genome) that enables the incorporation of a nucleotide change and/or targeted mutagenesis. The nucleotide change can include a single- nucleotide change (e.g., any transition or any transversion), an insertion of one or more nucleotides, or a deletion of one or more nucleotides. More in particular, the disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins (napDNAbp) and a polymerase (e.g., reverse transcriptase), which is guided to a specific DNA sequence by a modified guide RNA, named an PEgRNA. The PEgRNA has been altered (relative to a standard guide RNA) to comprise an extended portion that provides a DNA synthesis template sequence which encodes a single strand DNA flap, which is homologous to a strand of the targeted endogenous DNA sequence to be edited, but which contains the desired one or more nucleotide changes and which, following synthesis by the polymerase (e.g., reverse transcriptase), becomes incoporated into the target DNA molecule. Also disclosed herein are various methods that leverage prime editing, including treating trinucleotide repeat contraction diseases, installing targeted peptide tags, treating prion disease through the installation of protection mutations, manipulating RNA-encoding genes for the installation of RNA tags for controlling the function and expression of RNA, using prime editing to construct sophisticated gene libraries, using prime editing to insert immunoepitopes into proteins, use of prime editing to insert inducible dimerization domains into protein targets, and delivery methods, among others.
Patent GB-2600586-A (GB)
Title: System for producing a continuous image from separate image sources
Inventor: AMEYA A MHATRE
IPC: G03B37/04
Filed: 2020-08-13
Abstract: A system for producing a continuous image from separate image sources. The system includes an image-capture unit including two or more image-capture devices arranged in an outward-facing arrangement. The image-capture devices have overlapping fields- of-view, and a processing device may combine images captured by the individual image-capture devices into a single, continuous image. The system may also include a control device that may control each of the individual image-capture devices. The control device may also synchronize image-capture of the individual image-capture devices.
Patent GB-2606806-A (GB)
Title: Bionic-anatomical artificial cervical disc prosthesis and gripper
Inventor: DINGJUN HAO
IPC: A61F2/46
Filed: 2022-01-27
Abstract: In one aspect, a cervical disc prosthesis comprising upper and lower endplates 61, 63, and a central connection 62. An upper surface of the upper endplate has a convex structure, and a lower surface of the lower endplate has a concave structure. One end of the central connection is fixedly connected to the lower endplate, and the other end, which is preferably hemispherical 632, is hingedly connected to a ball socket 631 on the upper endplate. In another aspect, a gripper for a cervical disc prosthesis, the gripper comprising a clamping head (1, Fig 3) providing a plurality of movable claws (11, Fig 5). The head is connected to a socket (5, Fig 4), the end of which is notched (51, Fig 5) to form a plurality of connecting rods (52, Fig 5), each connected to a claw and forming an angle with respect to the axis of the socket. An adjustment nut (3, Fig 3) is fixedly connected to a sleeve (2, Fig 3) provided about the socket, and connected to a thread on the socket. Rotation of the nut adjusts a position of the sleeve with respect to the clamping head, controlling opening and closing of the claws.
Patent GB-2615096-A (GB)
Title: Decking board
Inventor: LEE CAVALIER
IPC: E04F15/02
Filed: 2022-01-27
Abstract: A decking board 100 comprises first 102 and second 103 upper surface portions, supported by one or more webs 110, and having corresponding edge profiles 116, 118. The profiles corresponding in such a way that two boards placed side-by-side they form a complete upper surface. The first upper surface has an unsupported region 114 configured to cover a fixing channel 122 of an adjacent board. When placed adjacent another like board the first upper surface portion is received beneath the second upper surface portion. The board has an open drainage channel 126 which remains uncovered when boards are placed adjacent one another and is further from a side of the first upper surface portion than a second. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the described decking board, a kit or deck comprising multiple boards, and a method of constructing decking from the boards.
Patent GB-2616078-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft steering angle determination
Inventor: Ethan Moss
IPC: G06T7/73
Filed: 2022-02-28
Abstract: A method of determining a steering angle of an aircraft landing gear 10, the method comprises: obtaining an image of the aircraft landing gear 10; performing edge detection on the image; determining a relative position of a component (e.g. the tread 14 of a tyre 11 or a torque link [13, fig. 3]) of the aircraft landing gear 10; and determining the steering angle of the aircraft landing gear 10. The steering angle may be determined by using the edge detection to determine the relative position of the component to an imaging device (i.e. a camera) 15. Prior to performing the edge detection, steps of: filtering to greyscale; applying gamma correction; and applying a threshold may also be performed on the image. Also disclosed are: an aircraft controller configure to perform the above steps; and a system for determining a steering angle having an imaging device 15 and the above controller.
Patent GB-2601687-A (GB)
Title: Intracavity grating to suppress single order of ring resonator
Inventor: JASON ORCUTT
IPC: H01S3/10
Filed: 2020-07-30
Abstract: Microwave-to-optical transducers (100, 1800) in an optical ring resonator (102, 1802) having intracavity grating to split a single resonance order are provided. In one aspect, a microwave-to-optical transducer (100, 1800) includes: an optical ring resonator (102, 1802) with intracavity grating; and a microwave signal waveguide (106, 1806) optically coupled to the optical ring resonator (102, 1802) with the intracavity grating. Microwave-to-optical transducers (100, 1800) having multiple pump photon optical ring resonators (1810a, 1810b) and multiple signal photon optical ring resonators (1812a, 1812b, 1812c) optically coupled to the optical ring resonator (102, 1802) with the intracavity grating are also provided, as is a method of forming a microwave-to-optical transducer (100, 1800), and a method for microwave-optical transduction.
Patent GB-2616604-A (GB)
Title: Hydrokinetic system for power generation
Inventor: ION SCRIPCARIU
IPC: F03B17/06
Filed: 2022-03-13
Abstract: This invention refers to a hydrokinetic system for power generation intended to be mounted on water courses or near the coast where the tides occur. The hydrokinetic system has a vertical axis turbine A, consisting of cylinder 1 and pans 4, between which folding blades D are provided, the turbine being oriented in a vertical position, and deflector B, positioned tangent to the turbine, both turbine and deflector being supported by frame C which gives them stability in the horizontal plane, as well as mobility in the vertical plane for choosing the position based on the water level. The blades may have a concave shape to capture water flow. The blades may be connected to an internal cam having a helical route which enables folding blades on one side of the turbine to be fully closed while they are fully open on the opposite side, being partially open/closed in between.
Patent GB-2604283-A (GB)
Title: Class D amplifiers
Inventor: JOHN PAUL LESSO
IPC: H03F3/217
Filed: 2019-05-16
Abstract: The invention relates to Class D amplifier circuitry 202 comprising a mode controller 204 configured to dynamically adjust an operational switching mode of the Class D amplifier over a range between a Class AD mode and a Class BD mode (fig.1). The amplifier circuit may operate in multiple different modes ranging from 100% class AD to 100% class BD, e.g. in one or more intermediate ‘ADBD’ modes. The control may be based on a characteristic of the input signal, e.g. on its input level or on a characteristic of the envelope. The invention allows the most appropriate operating mode of a class D amplifier to be selected, thus enabling the benefits of each operating mode to be realised in a single amplifier.
Patent GB-2605078-A (GB)
Title: Variation H coils calibration method for triaxial magnetometers
Inventor: Vanessa Veronica Herrera Bano
IPC: G01V3/26
Filed: 2020-11-13
Abstract: A directional tool and method of surveying a wellbore with the directional tool in a borehole string. A first sensor of the directional tool is disposed in a non-homogeneous ambient magnetic field. A first applied magnetic field is applied to the first sensor. A first measurement is obtained at the first sensor while the first sensor is disposed within the non-homogeneous ambient magnetic field and with the first applied magnetic field applied. A second applied magnetic field is applied to the first sensor. A second measurement is obtained at the first sensor while the first sensor is disposed within the non-homogeneous ambient magnetic field and with the second applied magnetic field applied. The directional tool is calibrated based on the first and second measurement. A downhole survey measurement is obtained with the calibrated directional tool in the wellbore.
Patent GB-2606905-A (GB)
Title: Secure embedded microcontroller image load
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER STEFFEN
IPC: G06F21/57
Filed: 2020-11-27
Abstract: A system and method for providing a secure image load. The system includes a microcontroller. The microcontroller has a plurality of physically modifiable internal components (PMIC). Each of the plurality of PMICs can only be modified one time. The system further includes an image loader configured to load a boot image from the memory of the microcontroller, and a checksum calculator configured to calculate a checksum value for the boot image. The system further includes a checksum burner configured to modify the plurality of PMICs to create a binary representation of the checksum value for the image. A checksum value is calculated for the image. This checksum value is written to the microcontroller. The value is burned into the microcontroller using the PMICs. Further, responses to the checksum mismatch are burned into the microcontroller using the PMICs that are present in the microcontroller.