baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2578403-A (GB)
Title: Downhole tool for vertical and directional control
Inventor: CHAD FEDDEMA
IPC: E21B23/04
Filed: 2017-01-06
Abstract: A downhole steering tool includes one or more steering blades 103 selectively extendable from a housing 101. Each steering blade is extended by fluid pressure within a steering cylinder 105. Each steering cylinder is coupled to the interior of a mandrel 12 positioned within the housing through an adjustable orifice 109. The adjustable orifice is moved between an open, a partially open and a closed position. The adjustable orifice comprises a manifold orifice (221 fig 6B) of a manifold (217 fig 6B). A valve ring (231 fig 6B) abuts the manifold. The adjustable orifice may generate one or more pressure pulses to transmit data to the surface.
Patent GB-2593868-A (GB)
Title: Flooring systems
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER CAMACHO
IPC: E04F15/02
Filed: 2020-03-20
Abstract: A flooring system, comprises a positioning device 30, and a plurality of floor boards 10 to be laid parallel to each other on the positioning device 30, wherein the positioning device 30 is resistant to extension and compression and comprises first and second projection means adapted to engage respective first and second recesses 28 at the underside of each floor board 10. The first projection means and first recess 28 provide a snug-fit engagement with each other and the second projection means and second recess 28 provide a loose-fit engagement with each other in a transverse dimension of the floor board 10. The system is such that each floor board 10 can be removably secured in position while being allowed to expand and contract transversely, restrained from displacement in a longitudinal dimension. The positioning device may be a positioning strip received in a cut out 26 in the boards. In an alternative system a positioning device is fixed to a foundation or substrate for fixing a flooring thereto.
Patent GB-2589159-A (GB)
Title: Automated priming and library loading device
Inventor: Sasan AMINI
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2018-12-27
Abstract: Provided herein are methods and apparatus for the identification of pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms in food and environmental samples. The disclosure solves existing challenges encountered in identifying food borne pathogens, including pathogens of the Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria, and Escherichia genera in a timely and efficient manner. The disclosure also provides methods for differentiating a transient versus a resident pathogen, correlating presence of non-pathogenic with pathogenic microorganisms, distinguishing live versus dead microorganisms by sequencing.
Patent GB-2595303-A (GB)
Title: Profiling of sampled operations processed by processing circuitry
Inventor: MICHAEL JOHN WILLIAMS
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 2020-05-22
Abstract: Processing circuitry 4 performs data processing operations in response to instructions fetched from a cache 16 or memory 34 or micro-operations decoded from the instructions. Sampling circuitry 50 selects a subset of instructions or micro-operations as sampled operations to be profiled. Profiling circuitry 52 captures, in response to processing of an instruction or micro-operation selected as a sampled operation, a sample record specifying an operation type of the sampled operation and information about behaviour of the sampled operation which is directly attributed to the sampled operation. The profiling circuitry 52 can include, in the sample record for a sampled operation corresponding to a given instruction, a reference instruction address indicator indicative of an address of a reference instruction appearing earlier or later in program order than the given instruction, for which control flow is sequential between any instructions occurring between the reference instruction and the given instruction in program order.
Patent GB-2585799-A (GB)
Title: A procedure and orbital implant for orbit anchored bone affixation of an eye prosthesis
Inventor: George Dimitroulis
IPC: A61F2/14
Filed: 2019-04-04
Abstract: An orbital implant adapted for attachment to the very thin bone at the orbit rim (502), such as the zygomatic and frontal bone margin at the supero-lateral aspect (501) of the orbit (503), for the attachment of an eye prosthesis directly to distal ends of inwardly convergently orientated transdermal abutments. The orbital implant has a baseplate (100) having an orbit radius curvature and an orbit rim curvature and a plurality of microfixation apertures therethrough and the plurality of transdermal abutments are located at an inner edge of the baseplate (100).
Patent GB-2586377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in lens layers for semiconductor devices
Inventor: DANIEL GÄBLER
IPC: H01L31/0232
Filed: 2018-08-10
Abstract: A semiconductor device 2, e.g. a CMOS device, for light detection comprises: a semiconductor layer having an optical active region 4 for receiving incident light and a peripheral region 6 around said optical active region; a lens layer 16 comprising a first lens 8 for directing light into said optical active region, said first lens being located in a region of said lens layer which overlaps said peripheral region but not said optical active region. The peripheral lens around the outside of the active region may be a binary lens comprising a patterned nitride passivation layer. A second lens may also be present above the active region and having a different focal length to the outer lens.
Patent GB-2601489-A (GB)
Title: Vaccum degassing using electroactive material
Inventor: CLEMENS PLACHETKA
IPC: B01D19/00
Filed: 2020-12-01
Abstract: A degasser 100 comprises a liquid accommodation volume 102 for accommodating the gas-containing liquid during degassing, a negative pressure chamber 104, a gas permeable membrane 106 separating the liquid accommodation volume from the negative pressure chamber, and an ultrasound source 112 comprising an electroactive material (124, figure 4) for generating ultrasound for actuating the gas-containing liquid and/or the gas permeable membrane. The ultrasound source may be integrally formed with the gas permeable membrane (figure 3). A method for at least partially degassing a gas-containing liquid comprises generating a negative pressure in the negative pressure chamber compared to the liquid accommodating volume and forcing gas-containing liquid through the membrane by a combination of the negative pressure and ultrasound. A sample separation device for separating a fluidic sample comprises a pump, a sample separation unit and the degasser of the invention. Also disclosed is a degasser comprising a liquid accommodation volume, a negative pressure chamber and a gas permeable membrane comprising silicone.
Patent GB-2602126-A (GB)
Title: A structural panel and method and apparatus for manufacture
Inventor: WALTER BOERSMA
IPC: B29L31/60
Filed: 2020-12-18
Abstract: A structural panel 12 formed from a plastics material with fibre reinforcement and having a folded profile based on a Miura-Ori fold to provide a repeated pattern of chevron shaped folds. The folded profile defines a core of the panel. A sheet extends in over at least one side of the core and spans the chevron shaped folds so as to provide a skin of the structural panel. The panel has a compressive strength of at least 2.5MPa measured in a direction out of a plane of the sheet. The panel may be formed by pressing the folded profile into a pre-formed sheet. The plastics material may be a thermoplastic such as Polypropylene (PP), Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), VX (ABS/PVC), Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or Polystyrene (PS). The plastics material may include reclaimed or recycled plastics material. A method of forming a structural panel comprising the steps of heating a fibre reinforced polymer sheet material to soften the material; imparting a folded profile based on a Miura-Ori fold to the sheet material; and cooling the material to set the final profile of the structural panel is provided. Apparatus for forming a structural panel are also provided.
Patent GB-2590237-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid physics-based and machine learning models for reservoir simulations
Inventor: Srinath Madasu
IPC: G06N3/08
Filed: 2019-04-30
Abstract: System and methods for simulating fluid flow during downhole operations are provided. Measurements of an operating variable at one or more locations within a formation are obtained from a downhole tool disposed in a wellbore within the formation during a current stage of a downhole operation being performed along the wellbore. The obtained measurements are applied as inputs to a hybrid model of the formation. The hybrid model includes physics-based and machine learning models that are coupled together within a simulation grid. Fluid flow within the formation is simulated, based on the inputs applied to the hybrid model. A response of the operating variable is estimated for a subsequent stage of the downhole operation along the wellbore, based on the simulation. Flow control parameters for the subsequent stage are determined based on the estimated response. The subsequent stage of the operation is performed according to the determined flow control parameters.
Patent GB-2604172-A (GB)
Title: Controller for an aircraft system
Inventor: GEORGE HOWELL
IPC: B64C25/42
Filed: 2021-02-26
Abstract: Controller 300 for an aircraft system, e.g. wheel braking system. The controller configured to: when the aircraft system is configured in a first configuration, in which a first actuator 114a is coupled to a first energy supply 110a, determine that there is a loss of energy supplied to the first actuator from the first energy supply, determine a change in performance achievable by reconfiguring the aircraft system from the first configuration to an alternative configuration, in which the first actuator is uncoupled from the first energy supply, and cause reconfiguration of the aircraft system from the first configuration to the alternative configuration, in the event that the change in performance determined by the controller is a gain in performance. The first energy supply may be a primary energy supply, e.g. generator, battery, hydraulic pump. A second energy supply 110b may be provided, e.g. redundant energy supply of aircraft braking system.
Patent GB-2593832-A (GB)
Title: Methods, apparatuses, computer programs and computer-readable media for processing configuration data
Inventor: ROBERT JOHNSON
IPC: H04N19/70
Filed: 2019-10-30
Abstract: For each image in a set of images (310), residual data is obtained based on first and second representations of the image at a first level of quality. The second representation is based on a representation of the image at a second, lower level of quality. The residual data is useable by a decoder to reconstruct, for each image in the set (310), the first representation using the second representation. One or more configuration parameters (320) of configuration data relating to processing of the residual data: (i) are obtained, (ii) are useable by the decoder to reconstruct the first representation for each image in the set (310), and (iii) correspond to multiple images in the set (310). The one or more configuration parameters (320) are output for processing by the decoder. The number of times the one or more configuration parameters (320) is output for the set (310) is less than the number of images in the set (310).
Patent GB-2607872-A (GB)
Title: An evaporator assembly
Inventor: GUY LAMSTAES
IPC: F28F3/12
Filed: 2021-06-09
Abstract: An evaporator assembly comprises a plate evaporator comprising first 11 and second 12 sheets joined together to define an internal refrigerant conduit 16 parallel to the sheets. A first electrically insulating layer 20 is applied to the first sheet, an electrically resistive layer 21 is applied to the first insulating layer, and a second electrically insulating layer 28 is applied to the electrically resistive layer. The electrically resistive layer forms an elongated track that follows a meandering path along the first sheet. The conduit may follow the meandering path. The second insulating layer may be an enamel coating applied directly to the second sheet and may encapsulate both sheets to form an exterior surface of the evaporator. A plurality of plate evaporators may be arranged in parallel with an inlet manifold (30, Fig. 3) connected to a compressor (55, Fig. 4) and an outlet manifold (31, Fig. 3) connected to a condenser (56, Fig. 4). A heater control unit (50, Fig. 4) may receive a signal indicating that the flow of refrigerant through the evaporator has ceased and to enter a defrost mode. A refrigeration system is also claimed.
Patent GB-2605668-A (GB)
Title: Confined Gallium nitride epitaxial layers
Inventor: Ko-Tao Lee
IPC: H01L21/20
Filed: 2021-10-19
Abstract: A dielectric layer is formed on a Si-based substrate 102 and portions of the dielectric layer are etched to form a crisscrossing grid pattern of remaining portions of the dielectric layer 104 and to expose the substrate in areas where the dielectric layer is removed. GaN-based layers are deposited on the substrate in growth areas between sidewalls of the remaining portions of the dielectric layer. Semiconductor devices may be formed on the GaN-based layers.
Patent GB-2613655-A (GB)
Title: Surgical device connection hub
Inventor: WILHELMUS GOMMEREN
IPC: A61B18/00
Filed: 2021-12-14
Abstract: A connection hub 104 for connecting a surgical instrument 102 to a handpiece, comprising first 104a and second 104b members disposed coaxially relative to a longitudinal axis of the surgical instrument, the second member disposed within the first. The first member comprises a flexible connector 110 on an outer surface and the second member comprises a cam feature 112, such that when one member is rotatable relative to the other such that when rotated the cam feature exerts a force on the at least one flexible connector. A surgical device comprising a surgical instrument comprising an elongate shaft with a connection hub releasably connected to a handpiece, where the handpiece and the connection hub implements a cam-follower mechanism such that rotating a cam portion exerts a force on a flexible connector disposed on the connection hub to establish a contact with a corresponding connector disposed on the handpiece.
Patent GB-2614896-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for and method of determining dryness level of steam
Inventor: TIMOTHY JOHN BOX
IPC: G01N25/60
Filed: 2022-01-21
Abstract: An apparatus for determining a dryness level of steam from a steam source 22, comprising a flow measurement device 24, a condenser 26, and a condensate sensing device 30 to measure a collection value of condensate produced, obtaining a mass flow rate from the measured flow of steam, using the mass flow rate to determine an expected collection value produced from steam of a known dryness, or use the mass flow rate to determine an expected collection value of steam from the steam source based on a known dryness level, determining dryness of the steam by comparing the measured collection value and the expected collection value. The flow measurement device may comprise an orifice 44 through which steam flows, and a pressure sensor for measuring a pressure drop across the orifice. The pressure sensor may arrange a first 40 and second 42 pressure sensor to measure pressures at opposite sides of the orifice. The condensate sensor may measure a collection time taken to collect an amount of condensate, use the mass flow rate to determine an expected collection time for steam of a known dryness, determining dryness level by comparing the measured and expected collection times.
Patent GB-2616478-A (GB)
Title: Graphene Based Linear Encoder
Inventor: PHILLIP DAVID BIDDULPH
IPC: G01D5/14
Filed: 2022-03-11
Abstract: A linear encoder comprising a magnetic array (800, Fig. 5) including a plurality of magnetic cells (300, Fig. 5) arranged in a linear series in a first elongate direction, wherein each cell of length L produces a magnetic field in a magnetic field region parallel to the first elongate direction. Encoder has graphene Hall sensor assembly 410 in the magnetic field region, comprising a first graphene Hall sensor 412 in a first plane and configured to provide a first signal indicative of magnetic field experienced by the sensor 412; and a second graphene Hall sensor 414 in a second plane parallel to the first plane and configured to provide a second signal indicative of magnetic field experienced by the second sensor. Graphene Hall sensors 412, 414 are distributed in a second elongate direction that is parallel to the first elongate direction, such that they experience a change in magnetic field in the magnetic field region as a result of relative axial movement between the first and second elongate directions. There is a processor configured to receive the signals and calculate a position of the assembly 410 relative to the magnetic array 800.
Patent GB-2607430-A (GB)
Title: Service request processing method and device and electronic device
Inventor: JIANFENG WANG
IPC: H04W48/10
Filed: 2022-04-11
Abstract: A service receiving node obtains service response state information mapped by a first service providing node on a physical layer and detects whether the service response state information satisfies an access condition. The service receiving node prohibits outputting a physical layer access request to the first service providing node if the access condition is not satisfied and outputs the physical layer access request to establish a physical transmission link with the first service providing node to receive requested service information fed back by the first service node through the physical transmission link if the access condition is satisfied. The service response state information may indicate a busy or idle service state at the application layer. A management node may receive service response state information from service providing nodes in a service management range and broadcast or multicast a service notification message including the state information to receiving nodes.
Patent GB-2618073-A (GB)
Title: Detector inlet and method
Inventor: ALASTAIR CLARK
IPC: G01N1/22
Filed: 2022-04-22
Abstract: Detector inlet apparatus 120 for providing samples to an analyser such as an ion mobility spectrometer 302 or mass spectrometer, for detecting a substance of interest, comprises; first sampling pathway 102 configured to receive a first flow of air comprising a vapour for sampling by the analyser; and second sampling pathway 104 configured to receive a second flow of air, the second pathway comprising heater 106 configured to heat an aerosol in the second airflow, to vaporise the aerosol for sampling by the analyser; wherein the inlet is operable to open and close each of the first and second sampling pathways to enable at least one of the first and second airflows to the detector. A controller 326 may control a flow provider 330 to draw an airflow to a sampling volume 306 and detector inlet 304. The controller may operate the detector based on which sampling pathway is selected.
Patent GB-2614936-A (GB)
Title: A system and method for adjusting the alignment of a flat panel
Inventor: ANGUS NOBLE
IPC: E04F11/18
Filed: 2022-06-24
Abstract: The system for adjusting the alignment of a flat panel 1 comprising a longitudinal trough 3. The system also includes a tray 2 which has a wall 21 extending along a sidewall of the trough. A panel socket 4 receives the base of the panel wherein the socket and tray are arranged for relative sliding movement such that movement of one along the trough in the longitudinal direction of the tray results in lateral movement of the panel. A clamp 9 holds the panel near the open end of the trough. A releasable wedge 95 bridges the gap between the panel and the wall of the tray. Also claimed is a method of using this system. Also claimed is a system wherein the socket is designed to move relative to the trough and a method using that system.
Patent GB-2620124-A (GB)
Title: Light turning element
Inventor: JAMIESON CHRISTMAS
IPC: G02B27/01
Filed: 2022-06-28
Abstract: A light turning element 850 comprises a layer of liquid crystal (LC) material 852 which defines a plane. The layer of liquid crystal material could comprise LC molecules 855 and is configured such that an angle between a director of the liquid crystal material and a first dimension is an oscillating function of position in the first dimension, wherein the first dimension is a dimension within the plane. The oscillating function could be a periodic function such as a sawtooth of triangle function. The liquid crystal material could be interspersed in a more rigid polymer. Claims are also included for a light guide and a display system as well as for a method of fabricating a light turning element.
Patent GB-2621211-A (GB)
Title: Radiation control apparatus, radiation treatment system, radiation control method, program, and storage medium
Inventor: HIROFUMI ARAI
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2023-04-19
Abstract: A method for controlling radiation from a radiation beam source mounted on a gantry towards a subject located at a rotational axis of the gantry comprises obtaining a fluoroscopic image of the subject and generating, from a CT image of the subject and isocentre coordinates specifying a radiation position, a plurality of digitally reconstructed radiograph (DRR) images corresponding to different angles of the gantry. A positional deviation between a position of the subject’s diaphragm in the fluoroscope image and a position of the diaphragm in the DRR image matching the angle of the gantry when the fluoroscopic image was captured is obtained using a plurality of shift images generated by displacing the fluoroscope image along the craniocaudal direction. A correlation is calculated S10 between the DRR image and translated image and the offset of the shift image having the highest correlation with the DRR image is determined S11 to be the position deviation. Radiation is permitted to be emitted towards the subject when the positional deviation is less than a prescribed value. Also claimed are a corresponding apparatus and system.
Patent GB-2617789-A (GB)
Title: Cervical sampling brush
Inventor: Louise Emma Ben-Nathan
IPC: A61B10/02
Filed: 2021-10-07
Abstract: A cervical sampling brush 222 comprising a cervical sampling head 252 at the end of a stem 250, the sampling head having a central hub 254 and a lateral support 256, and a plurality of flexible sampling bristles 258. In a sampling condition, the lateral support has a first lateral extent relative to the elongate stem, and in a retraction condition, the lateral support is movable or foldable towards an axis of the elongate stem to adopt a second lateral extent which is less than the first lateral extent. Also disclosed is a cervical inspection device (10, Fig 1) for performing a smear test, the device comprising a tubular body (12, Fig 1) with an end (16, Fig 1) insertable into the vagina, the body defining a central bore (20, Fig 2) for receiving the sampling brush. A sheath (26, Fig 1) may be receivable over the body, and a brush housing (28, Fig 3) may be engagable with the body to form an inner barrier thereto, the inspection tool housing defining the brush receiving bore of the body. An expansion element (30, Fig 2), and/or a camera (40, Fig 2), may be provided at the insertion end.
Patent GB-2620035-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for conducting pregnancy-related clinical trials
Inventor: MANEESH JAIN
IPC: G16H10/20
Filed: 2022-02-09
Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for directing pregnancy-related clinical trials. A method for directing a clinical trial may comprise evaluating a subject for participation in a clinical trial for assessing pregnancy-related states of subjects or fetuses thereof, selecting the subject for the clinical trial, based at least in part on the evaluating, and directing collection of a biological sample of the subject at a location remote with respect to a health care facility.