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Patent GB-2486807-A (GB)
Title: Determining pore pressure using sonic data
Inventor: HUSSER ALEXIS S
IPC: E21B49/00
Filed: 2011-12-21
Abstract: Method and system to determine pore pressure comprising; a logging tool capable of making a plurality of different measurements. The logging tools measurements from a formation are used to determine velocity limits of sonic waves in the formation. Biotâ  s constant is computed. Logging while drilling data from the formation is used to determine effective stress. Using determined effective and total stress and Biotâ  s constant to calculate pore pressure. A mixed properties theorem is used when applying the method to a formation. Volumetric fractions of components of the formation may also be determined. Dry frame modulus and solid modulus may be determined. The plurality of measurements from the logging tool can include spectroscopy, neutron porosity, density, capture cross-section, resistivity and gamma ray counts. A further independent claim concerns using spectroscopy and acoustic measurements to determine a pore pressure.
Patent GB-2496700-A (GB)
Title: A connector
Inventor: TAYLOR RICHARD JAMES
IPC: F16B7/10
Filed: 2012-01-30
Abstract: A connector comprises a first 1 and a second 2 element, preferably a female and male element respectively. Each element has a respective structure, such as an aperture (9, 15, figures 5 and 7 respectively) arranged so that, when the two elements are brought together and appropriately aligned with each other, a locking member 10, such as a pin, may be engaged with the two structures to connect the two elements together. The two elements include respective mutually cooperating formations 11, 12. These are arranged such that, as the two elements are brought together, any engagement between the formations causes the two elements to move relative to one another so that they align sufficiently to enable the locking member to be engaged with the respective structures. The connector is suitable for use as a subsea mooring connector.
Patent GB-2499803-A (GB)
Title: Network controlled discovery process
Inventor: HAKOLA SAMI-JUKKA
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2012-02-28
Abstract: Providing network controlled discovery process and resources in a network in a manner that the use of discovery process does not interfere with the other resources of the cell. A frame structure is selected so that the discovery process does not interfere with the uplink and/or downlink resources of the cell. This is provided by using at least one guard period in the subframe used for discovery resources.
Patent GB-2488910-A (GB)
Title: Folding Scratchcard Ticket
Inventor: FRIESEN VALERIE MERLE
IPC: A63F3/06
Filed: 2012-03-09
Abstract: A game ticket 10 printed on a substrate 11 comprising a first surface with first game play area 43 and second surface (Fig 2, 42) with second game play area (Fig 2, 44). Game information 12 is provided on the substrate to allow playing of the first game play area. Symbols 45 for gaming are printed on the play areas, with play areas covered with scratch-off material 46. The ticket is arranged to provide movement of the second game play area. This movement may be folding 48 or separating. The symbols of the second game play area can be juxtaposed with and may either replace or be in addition to those of the first game play area. The ticket may have a validation number 14. A portion of the substrate may cover a part of the first play area to allow additional play combinations.
Patent GB-2488684-A (GB)
Title: Input/output architecture for mounted processors including high-speed input/output trace
Inventor: GANESAN SANKA
IPC: H01L23/367
Filed: 2012-04-30
Abstract: A high-speed input/output (I/O) trace is part of an I/O package architecture for an integrated circuit package substrate. The integrated circuit package substrate 112 includes an integrated heat spreader (IHS) footprint 118 on a die-side 130 and the I/O trace 134 to couple with an IC device 110 to be disposed inside the IHS footprint 118. The I/O trace 134 includes a pin-out terminal 136 outside the IHS footprint 118 to couple to an IC device to be disposed outside the IHS footprint. The high-speed I/O trace can sustain a data flow rate from a processor in a range from 5 gigabits per second (Gb/s) to 40 Gb/s. The pin-out terminal 136 may be a detachable connector terminal for a flexible signal-transmission cable.
Patent GB-2502576-A (GB)
Title: Optimizing access to a wireless medium in a communication network using carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
Inventor: VIGER PASCAL
IPC: H04W74/08
Filed: 2012-05-31
Abstract: The invention comprises adjustment of back-off timers to provide consistency of timing in a group of collaborating nodes. The invention facilitates optimizing access to a wireless medium in a communication network accessible by a plurality of nodes, each node implementing a back-off counting based on carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance, the plurality of nodes comprising a collaborative group of nodes further implementing a back-off allocation scheme based on each node maintaining a list of expected back-off values of the other nodes of the collaborative group, the group further comprising a receiving node and an emitting node, reception of information from the emitting node being utilized by the receiving node to maintain consistency of timing through adjustment of back-off values. A slow drift parameter is determined from a time stamp of a communication event and a determined expiration time corresponding to an expected back off value and a slot drift correction is applied based on the slot drift parameter.
Patent GB-2507944-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the culture of parasites
Inventor: REES JOHN
IPC: C12M1/12
Filed: 2012-08-14
Abstract: An apparatus for the continuous culture of Plasmodium species erythrocyte stage parasites in a synthetic culture fluid in the absence of red blood cells. The apparatus comprising a thermostatically controlled culture vessel 3 containing an insoluble, non-toxic, inert porous scaffold, said pores allowing free movement of the parasites and simulating the parasitophorous vacuole found in red blood cells infected with malaria blood stage parasites. Frits retains the scaffold material such as polyethylene 10 micron spheres and the parasite in the vessel 3, valves 6 and 10 respectively may be opened to allow waste culture fluid and plasmodium merizoites to be collected in vessels 7 and 11.
Patent GB-2509697-A (GB)
Title: Cordless electrical connector with switch but no thermal sensor
Inventor: GARVEY VINCENT JOSEPH
IPC: A47J27/21
Filed: 2012-11-16
Abstract: A cordless electrical connector unit for supplying power to a cordless electrical appliance comprises a connector part having multiple electrical terminals for engagement with corresponding electrical terminals in a base connector part. The connector parts may connector power irrespective or substantially irrespective of their relative angular orientation. The connector part is integrated with a power supply circuit and comprises at least part of a switch arrangement for making or breaking the power supply circuit and means for operating the switch arrangement. This may include movable live and neutral contacts 108, 110 on spring-loaded switch arms 116, 118, an on/off slider 122 moved by a manual switch 126, and a blocking member 132 moved by contact with the base connector. The cordless electrical connector unit does not include a thermal sensor or similarly responsive control means.
Patent GB-2497245-A (GB)
Title: Bipolar non-punch-through power semiconductor device
Inventor: VOBECKY JAN
IPC: H01L29/06
Filed: 2011-09-27
Abstract: A bipolar non-punch-through power semiconductor device is provided. It comprises a semiconductor wafer (2) and a first electrical contact on a first main side and a second electrical contact on a second main side. The wafer (2) comprises an inner region (22) with a wafer thickness (23) and a termination region (24), which surrounds the inner region (22) and in which the wafer thickness (23) is reduced at least on the first main side with a negative bevel. The semiconductor wafer (2) comprises at least a two-layer structure with layers of different conductivity types: - a drift layer (26) of a first conductivity type, a first layer of a second conductivity type directly connected to the drift layer (26) on the first main side and contacting the first electrical contact, which first layer extends to a first layer depth, and - a second layer of the second conductivity type, which is arranged in the termination region (24) on the first main side up to a second layer depth. The second layer depth is larger than the first layer depth, which first layer depth is at most 45 Î¼m. The doping concentration of the second layer is lower than the doping concentration of the first layer.
Patent GB-2513642-A (GB)
Title: Content Distribution
Inventor: MEIER PAUL
IPC: H04W4/02
Filed: 2013-05-02
Abstract: The distribution of content items (such as news items), is dependent in part upon the geographic relevance of the content item and the geographic community to which the target reader belongs. The geographic relevance of content items is determined by identifying named entities in the content item and a spatial definition of the named entity determined using a knowledge source and the spatial definition is appended to the content item as metadata. The spatial definitions are compared to a geographic profile for the reader at the distribution target. Where the function of geographic relevance exceeds a predetermined threshold the content item is delivered to the target. As a result the reader is presented with content items that are more closely relevant to his geographic profile and desired interest threshold.
Patent GB-2517459-A (GB)
Title: A hydraulic actuator arrangement
Inventor: BRACEY ANTHONY
IPC: F15B21/00
Filed: 2013-08-21
Abstract: A hydraulic actuator arrangement 100 is provided. The hydraulic actuator arrangement comprises: a hydraulic actuator 110; a hydraulic fluid supply line 120 connected to the actuator 110 for supplying hydraulic fluid to the actuator 110; and a bleed port 124 for enabling air in the hydraulic actuator arrangement 100 to be bled out. The hydraulic actuator arrangement 100 further comprises a bleed line 130 connected to the bleed port 124 to enable any hydraulic fluid bled through the bleed port 124 to be conveyed along the bleed line 130.
Patent GB-2525835-A (GB)
Title: Composition comprising a diindolymethane and a retinoid to treat a skin condition
Inventor: ALPERT DAVID
IPC: A61P17/10
Filed: 2012-03-21
Abstract: Provided is a composition for use in treating a skin condition, the composition comprising: (a) a first component comprising a substituted or unsubstituted diindolylmethane compound; and (b) a second component comprising a substituted or unsubstituted retinoid compound.
Patent GB-2521375-A (GB)
Title: Airway device
Inventor: KEMP JANE ELIZABETH
IPC: A61M16/04
Filed: 2013-12-17
Abstract: An airway device features an airway tube 12, with an end with a laryngeal cuff 20 and anÂ intubating ramp 22. In use the device is placed into the throat of a patient, the laryngeal cuffÂ  20 shaped to offer an open air channel to the larynx and trachea, whilst blocking off theÂ oesophagus. The ramp 22, may encourage a subsequently introduced air tube towards the entry of the larynx and trachea, and away from the oesophagus, overcoming such a tendency in prior items. Also disclosed is an airway device with an airway tube 12 with an end with a laryngeal cuff 20, and an airway tube 12 which has a wider diameter than the rest of the airway tube, such as around a flattened area 24. This may have a similar directing effect as the first item described.
Patent GB-2512439-A (GB)
Title: Polymer internal lubricant
Inventor: MORRIS PETER
IPC: C08K3/16
Filed: 2013-03-25
Abstract: A soluble polymer internal lubricant comprises a blend of a hygroscopic salt and a solvent polymer plasticizer of the salt. A melt-processable water-soluble polymer composition is also provided, which comprises a water soluble polymer with the lubricant to render the polymer extrudable and/or mouldable. A further composition is disclosed, which comprises at least 15 wt.% hygroscopic salt to act as a lubricant. The salt may be present in an amount of 40-75 wt.%. Typically, the salt is sodium chloride, sodium citrate, or magnesium chloride and has a water content of less than 10 wt.%. The solvent polymer plasticizer may be glycerine or propylene glycol whilst the water-soluble polymer is preferably a polyvinyl alcohol. The ratio of salt to solvent polymer plasticizer may be 1.25-12:1. Methods of making the compositions and extruding and/or moulding them, e.g. to form thin-walled articles, are also claimed.
Patent GB-2522427-A (GB)
Title: A training device
Inventor: JOHNSON GAVIN
IPC: A63B69/00
Filed: 2014-01-23
Abstract: A training device comprising a stand comprising a base 3 and pole 11. There is at least one arm 2with a ball 1 secured to its second end, and connected to the pole substantially horizontally at its first end and the ball is spaced apart from the stand. The arm may be extendable. There may be a finger 4 extending from the arm at an adjustable angle to the longitudinal axis of the arm. The base may have a triangular footprint, which may comprise a hollow device to be filled with a fluid like substance to weight the device down. The pole may be fitted to the base with a resiliently deformable member 5. The arm may be removably connected in an articulated manner with a locking mechanism.
Patent GB-2527103-A (GB)
Title: A method and system for a spark ignition engine
Inventor: DONALD JAMES FRASER ANDREW
IPC: F02P15/08
Filed: 2014-06-12
Abstract: A method for a spark ignition internal combustion engine comprising energising a common ignition coil 10 to simultaneously actuate a first spark plug 11 coupled to a first cylinder and a second spark plug 12 coupled to a second cylinder, the spark event in only one of the cylinders initiating combustion with the spark event in the other cylinder being wasted, and selectively delaying an intake valve opening and/or fuel injection for the other cylinder so as to prevent backfire into an intake manifold of the engine. Preferably, the method further comprises adjusting a timing of the ignition coil energisation based on operational conditions of the engine. The method may also comprise determining a likelihood of backfire. Also claimed is an engine ignition system. The method is particularly suitable for stopping misfire in engines comprising variable valve timing in which there is an overlap between a wasted spark event and the start of an intake stroke.
Patent GB-2519203-A (GB)
Title: Animal and material transport apparatus
Inventor: KENNY THOMAS PATRICK
IPC: B62B1/10
Filed: 2014-08-07
Abstract: A transport device 100 suitable for animals, materials and other products having a tub (10, Figure 1) with a base 15 three solid sides 11, 12, 13 and an opening (14, Figure 1) which gradually widens to be substantially funnel-shaped. This sits in a frame structure (20, Figure 3) which has handles 30 and two wheels 40 which can be centred under an animals' (or other loads) centre of gravity. The open end (14) may be sealed off by using a blanking plate 50. Preferably the front end of the elongate tub (10) is narrower than the rear end and the base 15 is narrower than the top of the tub. The handles 30 may be raised above the tub (10). Methods of loading an animal into the apparatus 100 are disclosed including placing the funnel shaped opening 14 on the ground and pulling the animal into the tub (10) or an animal may be placed parallel to the apparatus, with its head to the wider end (14), catching the animals inside legs and rolling the body of the animal over the edge into the apparatus 100 onto its back for transport.
Patent GB-2521926-A (GB)
Title: Game device
Inventor: TOSHIMA TAKAHIRO
IPC: A63F7/40
Filed: 2011-07-29
Abstract: An air hockey game device allows a plurality of players to play a match game using a first puck 10 and a second puck 20 having a disc size smaller than that of the first puck 10. A puck supply unit 400 for supplying the first and second pucks to the game surface 210 comprises; a first supply section 440 that slidably supplies the first puck 10 singly to the game surface and a second supply section 450 that slidably supplies a plurality of second puck 20 simultaneously to the game surface. The air hockey game device is configured so that each player can score points by using a striking device to shoot the first puck 10 and the second puck 20 into the opponent's goal.
Patent GB-2523001-A (GB)
Title: An insole for an item of footwear
Inventor: HUMPHRIES ALEX
IPC: A61F5/14
Filed: 2012-05-09
Abstract: An insole 2 comprises an upper surface 4 having a mid-portion which will underlie the longitudinal arch of the foot of a user. This mid-portion has a medial region 12 which has an upper surface 4 having a coefficient of friction which is higher than that of the remaining regions 14 of the upper surface 4. The medial region 12 is provided with a layer of rubber, while the remaining regions 14 have a layer of leather. The insole further comprises a layer 8 of shock-absorbing material which overlies a layer 10 of memory foam. There is also described an orthopedic insole (Figure 2a) for an item of footwear for a diabetic user in which the mid portion (110) which underlies the longitudinal arch of the foot of the user is thicker than the heel portion (104). The mid portion (110) may have a non-uniform thickness across its width
Patent GB-2524148-A (GB)
Title: Method of generating a gradient flow having a constant compositional noise characteristic
Inventor: JACKSON MICHAEL
IPC: G01N30/36
Filed: 2015-01-21
Abstract: Generating a flow having a composition gradient, such as a mobile phase gradient for liquid chromatography, by initiating a plurality of pump strokes from a first pump and at least one additional pump contributing respective first and additional liquids A, B, such as solvents, to the composition gradient of the flow, the volume contributions of each pump changing with respect to time and a sum of the volume contributions of each pump contributed between consecutive initiations of the first pump being constant throughout the duration of the predetermined composition gradient. The stroke frequencies of the pumps may be constant throughout the duration of the gradient or may vary with respect to time for at least one of the pumps. The initiations of the first pump and the additional pumps may be interspersed. Also claimed is a pump system comprising a processor and preferably a mixer, and a computer programme product.
Patent GB-2535700-A (GB)
Title: A method for reducing the amount of fuel used by an engine of a motor vehicle
Inventor: THEMI PHILEMON PETRIDIS
IPC: F16H63/42
Filed: 2015-02-20
Abstract: A method is disclosed for reducing the fuel used by an engine 105 of a motor vehicle 100. The method limits the speed at which the engine can rotate when a predefined engine upper speed limit for the particular gear in which the motor vehicle is currently operating has been reached or limiting the road speed of the motor vehicle when a predefined vehicle road speed has been reached. An indicator 103U is then provided to the driver to prompt them to execute an upshift, until the upshift is carried out the road speed or the engine speed is maintained at the predefined upper limit. The method therefore optimises the fuel economy of the vehicle.
Patent GB-2536292-A (GB)
Title: A slide assembly
Inventor: JOHN CARDY
IPC: A63G21/04
Filed: 2015-03-13
Abstract: A slide assembly comprises an upper section 21, a lower section 25 and a middle section 23 which detachably connect. Each section has an upper surface 26, a lower surface and side walls 27. The side walls of the middle section extend inwardly from the upper surface to the lower surface such that the section has a keystone shape when viewed side on. The side walls of the upper and lower sections are correspondingly shaped. The upper and lower sections may be connected to the ground 28 and 29. The middle section can be supported above ground between the upper and lower sections without the need for its own ground support. There may be additional support provided by interlocking means beneath the upper surface of the sections. The aim is for a modular slide that is convenient to transport and assemble and will not fail in use.
Patent GB-2523922-A (GB)
Title: Nanostructured electrolytic energy storage devices
Inventor: CHEN ZHAOHUI
IPC: H01G11/24
Filed: 2013-06-24
Abstract: In one embodiment, a structure for an energy storage device may include a first nanostructured substrate having a conductive layer and a dielectric layer formed on the conductive layer. A second nanostructured substrate includes another conductive layer. A separator separates the first and second nanostructured substrates and allows ions of an electrolyte to pass through the separator. The structure may be a nanostructured electrolytic capacitor with the first nanostructured substrate forming a positive electrode and the second nanostructured substrate forming a negative electrode of the capacitor.
Patent GB-2539016-A (GB)
Title: Novel process
Inventor: MARCO CAFFIO
IPC: C23C16/56
Filed: 2015-06-03
Abstract: Graphene is produced by laser treatment of an amorphous carbon layer or layers which have been previously deposited on a substrate by plasma-enhanced CVD. The plasma deposition process comprises (i) plasma CVD of one or more carbon-containing layers from a carbon source onto a Si-containing substrate, wherein the layer(s) comprise an amorphous nanocarbon film, and (ii) laser treatment of the layered substrate from (i) using a laser to convert the amorphous nanocarbon film to one or more layers of graphene. The temperature at each stage does not exceed the melting temperature of the substrate, and is preferably below 400ºC. In one aspect, a thin film comprising one or more silicon based graphene-philic layers are deposited onto a substrate by PECVD before step (i). This enables a non-silicon containing substrate to be coated with graphene. The graphene-philic Si-based layer may comprise an inorganic material such as a silane or siloxane, or an organic material such as trimethylsilane, tetramethylsilane or tetramethyldisiloxane. In a further aspect, the substrate itself contains Si. The plasma deposition process may comprise magneto luminous chemical vapour deposition (MLCVD). The process is particularly useful since it can be carried out at low temperatures, including room temperature, so that substrates with lower melting temperatures, such as plastics, may be coated.
Patent GB-2529082-A (GB)
Title: Device and method for monitoring swimming performance
Inventor: NIEMINEN HEIKKI
IPC: A63B71/06
Filed: 2013-03-15
Abstract: A device and method for monitoring a swimming performance, the device attachable to the body of a swimmer and comprising a computing unit and a motion sensor providing motion data for three different dimensions of motion. The computing unit calculates a plurality of correlation factors 44 depicting correlation of motion data between successive body motions and stores the correlation factors as a time series. Regions of high correlation in the stored time series are found, dimension specific correlation factors during said regions of high correlation are determined and the swimming style is identified 48 by classifying to one of a number of predetermined classes based on values of the dimension specific factors. Dimension specific correlation factors may be calculated by averaging correlation factors over regions of high correlation. Two motion sensors of different types may be used, including a three-dimensional magnetometer 41 or a three-dimensional accelerometer 42. A teaching mode may exist in which representative correlation data values are assigned to a user-defined style of swimming. The device may further determine the stroke count, lap count, lap time, SWOLF, total distance, average speed or resting time of the swim and may have a display 28 to show statistics to the user.