baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2516932-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and associated methods for analyte detection
Inventor: WEI DI
IPC: G01N27/30
Filed: 2013-08-07
Abstract: An apparatus comprises first 201 and second 202 electrodes separated by an electrolyte 203, the first and second electrodes are configured to exhibit a potential difference therebetween on interaction of the first electrode with an analyte. The first electrode is configured such that its electrical conductance and electrochemical potential are dependent upon the amount of analyte present, the electrical conductance and electrochemical potential of the first electrode affecting the potential difference between the first and second electrodes. The apparatus further comprises respective first 204 and second 205 terminals configured for electrical connection to a readout circuit to enable determination of the presence and/or amount of analyte based on the potential difference. The first electrode may be a composite of graphene oxide and a conducting polymer and the analyte may be a chemical or biological species. The analyte may be water and the apparatus a humidity sensor.
Patent GB-2503626-A (GB)
Title: Neuropathy test device
Inventor: KATZ TIMOTHY
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2012-04-26
Abstract: Disclosed is a device for testing for the presence of neuropathy by applying a thermal stimulus to a test area of skin. The device includes a temperature sensing arrangement (1) for determining a reference temperature being a reference skin temperature or room temperature, a thermal stimulus application arrangement (3) and a temperature controlling arrangement (8) for controlling temperature of the thermal stimulus. The reference temperature is used in controlling the temperature of the applied thermal stimulus. The device may include a blood flow sensing arrangement (12) which provides a measurement of blood flow in an area of the skin which may be considered to be indicative of a blood flow in response to an applied stimulus.
Patent GB-2523533-A (GB)
Title: Ultimate sandwich knife
Inventor: BLACKSHAW KEVIN LEE
IPC: B26B9/00
Filed: 2013-12-11
Abstract: A double-edged knife with one sharp edge and one blunt edge. The knife has one side which is shorter with a blunt blade 1 which is the equivalent of a butter knife. The blunt blade can be used to spread butter/margarine on bread or cakes etc. The opposite side of the knife is sharp 2. The sharp blade can be used for chopping and slicing. The handle has a unique feature as it makes the use of the butter side safer. The increased distance from the handle to the blade 7 is intended to help prevent user from placing a finger on the sharp blade. Conversely the blunt edge has been designed to be shorter thus allowing a user to place their finger more directly above the sharp edge (when in use) to allow for extra pressure.
Patent GB-2522190-A (GB)
Title: Label
Inventor: SMART EMILY
IPC: G09F3/03
Filed: 2014-01-13
Abstract: There is disclosed a label 10 for sealing product packaging 2 comprising a laminate having upper and lower layers 12, 14. A tear strip 18 is defined in the lower layer and an adhesive coating 16 is provided such that the label can be adhered to the product packaging. In use, the tear strip 18 can be pulled through the upper layer 14 to separate the label into first and second label parts 26, 26 for opening a package to which the label is applied. The tear strip is preferably defined by one or more cuts 20 in the lower layer. An adhesive deadening layer 24 may be applied to the tear strip.
Patent GB-2524279-A (GB)
Title: Thermally efficient flat radiator MKII
Inventor: BOWYER WILLIAM ERNEST EDWARD
IPC: F28F9/26
Filed: 2014-03-19
Abstract: A radiator of symmetrical shape consisting of surfaces made with robust heat radiating materials, consisting of surfaces 5 pitched at an angle with ends 7, and a base 6 enclosed with sides 8 which houses baffle plates 2 across the base. The radiator baffle will preferably have vertically installed plates with variable sized clearances at the bottom of the plate/plates. The radiator may have fixed feet 10 that interlock with the base assembly 11, 12, 14, 1, and a number of entries for pipe connection 4. The base will be constructed from a thermodynamic material which will be used to optimise the heat generated by the radiator.
Patent GB-2520373-A (GB)
Title: Fluorophore-based oligonucleotide probes with a universal element
Inventor: FRENCH DAVID
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2014-06-18
Abstract: A method of detecting the presence of a target polynucleotide and/or sequence variations within the target polynucleotide using a probe system comprising two independent partner oligonucleotide components wherein the first oligonucleotide has a first and second section, wherein the first section comprises a nucleotide sequence that is labelled with at least one visually detectable label and is not capable of hybridising to the nucleotide sequence of the target polynucleotide; and wherein the second section comprises a nucleotide sequence that is capable of hybridising to a portion of the sequence of the target polynucleotide said second section having a Tm of between 25 and 50oC; and the second oligonucleotide has a first and second section, wherein the first section comprises a nucleotide sequence which is capable of hybridising to a nucleotide sequence of the first section of the first oligonucleotide; and the second section comprises a nucleotide sequence that is capable of hybridising to a nucleotide sequence of the target polynucleotide that is adjacent to the nucleotide sequence that the second section of the first oligonucleotide is capable of hybridising to; said second section of the second oligonucleotide having a Tm of between 40 and 70oC. There are also provided alternative methods using additional oligonucleotides and probes for use in such methods.
Patent GB-2528480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to organic compounds
Inventor: QUELLET CHRISTIAN
IPC: C11B9/00
Filed: 2014-07-23
Abstract: A malodour-blocking perfume composition comprising one or more ingredients selected from cyclic nucleotide-gated ion (CNGA2) channel blocking agents. The present invention has the capability of decreasing the flux of calcium ions in the CNGA2 channels, thereby decreasing the activation of the olfactory sensory neurones. The ingredients may be selected from three groups having either a high calcium flux reduction, a moderate calcium flux reduction or a low calcium flux reduction. The perfume composition may be used in consumer products such as household surface cleaning products, fabric treating products, air-freshening products, oral care products or a product for treating human body odour.
Patent GB-2532790-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method of use thereof
Inventor: DAVID RICHARD COWIESON
IPC: G01N33/543
Filed: 2014-11-28
Abstract: A pipette tip 20 characterised by containing a rigid porous matrix (22), such as a filter disc or frit comprising sintered thermoplastic polymer, on which a ligand, such as an antibody, e.g. immunoglobulin, protein A or protein G, is immobilised, the ligand capable of binding to a protein associated with chromatin. The rigid porous matrix (22) is positioned within the pipette tip 20 such that in use chromatin in a liquid sample passing through the pipette tip 20 is retained by the rigid porous matrix (22). Also disclosed, is a method or kit comprising the pipette tip 20 for performing chromatin immunoprecipitation assay.
Patent GB-2534141-A (GB)
Title: Hip stem
Inventor: ANDREW ARTHUR AMIS
IPC: A61F2/36
Filed: 2015-01-13
Abstract: A stem 100 for use in a joint prosthesis, such as a femoral stem for a hip joint prosthesis, comprises a solid central core 102, a proximal outer layer 127 over a proximal portion 101a of the core 102 and comprises longitudinal ribs 120 defining slots (130 fig. 3a) and a distal outer layer made of a deformable porous material over a distal portion 101b of the core 102. A distal end 106 may comprise a rounded or bullet shaped tip 108. The core 102 may be tapered. The proximal 127 and/or distal outer layers may have cylindrical or trapezoidal cross-sections. The ribs 120 may be disposed radially about the core 102 and may comprise a solid base (224 fig 7a) and an outer face (226 fig 7a) comprising a layer of porous material. There may be bone stimulating material, bone replacement material and/or bioactive bone substitute material within the slots (130 fig. 3a). The distal outer layer may comprise longitudinal ribs defining slots. There may be a fin (221 fig 5) and/or a collar 110. A method of manufacturing a stem 100 is also disclosed using additive manufacturing.
Patent GB-2531090-A (GB)
Title: A diffusing device
Inventor: DAVID ROBERT LANAGAN
IPC: B67B1/00
Filed: 2015-03-02
Abstract: The present invention relates to a capsule for diffusing a substance in a liquid within a receptacle (e.g. a bottle). The capsule comprises an expandable element (18, 28), and in a first state the capsule has a first width, and in a second state the capsule has a second width. The width of the capsule in the second state is greater than that of the first state. The expandable element comprises a material that expands upon contact with a liquid and may be arranged as a continuous band about the periphery of the capsule. The capsule may also comprise a resilient protrusion that in the first state is compressed and in the second state is released and forms a barb (28). The capsule may fall into the bottle under the influence of a weighted section.
Patent GB-2536472-A (GB)
Title: A method of processing display data
Inventor: PAUL JAMES
IPC: H04N19/44
Filed: 2015-03-18
Abstract: A display control device, 310, for outputting display data to frame buffers, 39, for display includes an input which receives portions of the display data, different portions being in raw form and in compressed/encoded form. A data controller, 33, determines for each received portion whether it is in compressed form or raw form and controls the received portion to move along a first, bypass path if it is determined that the received portion of display data is in raw form and to control the received portion of display data to move along a second path to a decompression engine (or decoder), 35, if it is determined that the received portion of display data is in compressed form. The decompression engine decompresses/decodes the particular portion of compressed display data and forwards a corresponding portion of decompressed display data along a third path, the portions of data from the first and third paths then being output to the frame buffers, 39.
Patent GB-2526199-A (GB)
Title: Construction beam
Inventor: SHIH LUNG CHING
IPC: E04G11/50
Filed: 2015-04-16
Abstract: The construction beam 10 of uniform cross-section has two parallel vertical walls 21 having multiple holes 28 for receiving spacers 30, wherein the two ends of the spacers each have inner and outer abutment sections for contacting the internal and external faces of the walls. Each spacer assembly may include a spacer member 31 such as a tubular body or sleeve that acts as an inner abutment section, and a restriction assembly such as a nut 37 and bolt 36 or rivet 38, which passes through the apertures in the wall and the spacer member, acting as the outer abutment section. The beam may have perforations 25 in the walls for securing a fastening member 40 along a top wall of the beam. The beam walls may define a space for receiving a connection member 50 that can be fixed to the beam by threaded assemblies 60 and apertures 27,53.
Patent GB-2528369-A (GB)
Title: Method for producing an electrostatic holding apparatus
Inventor: STEIN ALEXANDER
IPC: H01L21/683
Filed: 2015-05-27
Abstract: A method for producing a holding apparatus for electrostatically holding a component, in particular a silicon wafer, the method comprising: connecting a plate-type first holding element 11,12 and a plate-type core element 13; the first holding element 11,12 having a first electrode device and spanning a support surface for receiving the component; and the connecting of the first holding element 11,12 and of the core element 13 comprising the steps of: providing liquid adhesive to at least one of the mutually facing surfaces of the first holding element 11,12 and of the core element 13; aligning the first holding element 11,12 with a first forming tool 40 in such a manner that the support surface is matched to a predetermined master surface 41 of the first forming tool 40; and curing the adhesive to form a first adhesive connecting layer 15 which has thickness variations that are constituted by form deviations between the support surface and at least one of the mutually facing surfaces of the first holding element 11,12 and of the core element 13. Also described is a holding apparatus, formed by the above method which also comprises a plurality of projecting first burls 14, whose free ends span a support surface for receiving the component. The present invention allows production of electrostatic chucks with high mechanical and thermal stability, which have a high degree of flatness for ensuring components are held as flat as possible during processing such as photolithography.
Patent GB-2539383-A (GB)
Title: Cache coherency
Inventor: ANDREW DAVID TUNE
IPC: G06F12/0817
Filed: 2015-06-01
Abstract: An information processing system has several cache memories. A directory stores which caches store which addresses in memory. Multiple memory addresses map to a group of entries in the directory. When a new line is read into a cache, a new entry is added to the directory. If the address of the line maps to a group of directory entries, which is full, one of the entries in the group is evicted. The entry to evict is chosen based on the cache indicated in the directory entry. Messages may be sent to a cache to verify that the cache is storing a particular line indicated in the directory. In this case, the directory entry to evict may be chosen based on the number of times each cache has responded that it does not store a line that the directory indicates it does. The directory entry may also be chosen based on the turnover of lines in each cache.
Patent GB-2523054-A (GB)
Title: Fastening or mounting apparatus
Inventor: RAYOS RICHARD C
IPC: F16B5/12
Filed: 2012-12-17
Abstract: A fastening or mounting apparatus for releasably joining two objects is disclosed. One exemplary object may be a battery, battery housing or case (100), while the other object is a battery tray or other under-the-hood platform (112). One object includes a fastening component having a cam portion (114a) opposite a hook portion (114b), while the other object has a shape insertable into the hook portion (114b) to compress a resilient element (138) and snappable into the cam portion (114a). In the battery application, electrical connections can be made and secured with the fastening apparatus by maintaining surface area contact between electrical contacts (140a, 140b) and (141a, 141b).
Patent GB-2528177-A (GB)
Title: Compositions and methods for rapid and dynamic flux control using synthetic metabolic valves
Inventor: YE ZHIXIA
IPC: C12P7/46
Filed: 2015-06-11
Abstract: A microorganism is genetically engineered so that metabolic flux is redistributed in a controllable fashion by controlled proteolytic inactivation of at least one protein involved in a metabolic pathway. Preferably, this is combined with controlled silencing of at least one gene involved in a metabolic pathway. The controlled proteolytic degradation may be achieved by tagging the coding sequence of a protein with a peptide sequence (e.g. a DAS+4 tag) such that it is recognised by a protein that binds the tag (e.g sspB) so that it is targeted for degradation by a protease (e.g clpXP), wherein either the protease or the binding protein are expressed from an inducible promoter. The gene silencing is preferably by CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) with a single guide RNA and an inactive Cas9 protein. The metabolically-engineered microorganisms (which may be bacteria or fungi such as yeast) show increased production of products such as tetrahydroxynaphthalene (THN), 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP), alanine, 2, 3-butanediol, mevalonic acid and malonic acid.
Patent GB-2531123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to morphing tubulars
Inventor: NEIL THOMSON
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 2015-08-04
Abstract: Apparatus and method for sealingly connecting tubular members 24, 42 in a wellbore is described. In an arrangement where a portion 24 of a tubular member 12 is radially expanded into sealing contact within a second tubular member 42, the second tubular member 42 has circumferential recesses 50 on an inner surface and a resilient annular sealing band 62 is disposed in the recesses 50. The resilient annular band 62 is acted on by the portion of the tubular member during expansion and maintains sealing contact to the portion after expansion. The resilient annular band 62 may be an elastomer or activated memory metal and the recesses 50 may be filled with fluid exclusion rings (82, fig 4). A port 82 to drain the recess 52 of fluid may also be present.
Patent GB-2532114-A (GB)
Title: Fuel injection method and combustion engine with early pre-injection
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER DE BOER
IPC: F02D41/38
Filed: 2013-09-10
Abstract: A fuel injection method in an internal combustion engine and an internal combustion engine for performing the fuel injection method. The method includes heating fuel to a temperature between 300°F and 840 °F (150 and 450°C); pressurizing the fuel to a pressure exceeding 40 bar; pre-injecting at least 10% of the fuel charge as a pre-injected fuel during the intake stroke; injecting a fuel charge over at least part of the compression stroke into the cylinder; and injecting an ignition-injection of at least 10% of the fuel in a supercritical condition during the compression stroke at a rotational angle between 90° BTDCF and TDCF into the cylinder. The method and related combustion engine create a good mix of premix combustion and diffusion combustion increasing efficiency and consequently reducing emissions to the environment while also keeping noise and vibrations low.
Patent GB-2543634-A (GB)
Title: Methods for injecting or retrieving tubewire when connecting two strings of coiled tubing
Inventor: ANDREW NAUMANN
IPC: E21B17/20
Filed: 2015-04-23
Abstract: Systems and methods for injecting tubewire into the core end of coiled tubing sections on reels. Methods are described for disposing tubewire into multiple sections of coiled tubing.
Patent GB-2545954-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for caching a media asset
Inventor: CHELAKARA S PRAKASH
IPC: H04N21/4335
Filed: 2016-10-24
Abstract: User equipment device receives an instruction to cache a media asset 1304. If it determines that it does not have a sufficient amount of storage to do so 1306 it transforms the asset into two portions 1310 and stores the first 1312/1314. It detects a mobile device in its home/local network 1316 and retrieves an amount of storage available on the mobile device 1318. If it is sufficient to store the second portion of the asset 1320, it transfers this portion to the mobile device 1322/1326. It may periodically detect whether the mobile device is available within the network in order to determine if its availability is below a threshold, and if so it may detect an additional mobile device to use instead. The threshold may be related to an expected time when the cached asset will be retrieved from the mobile device. The transforming into portions may involve designating segments likely to be accessed as the first portion and those not likely to be accessed as the second. It may transmit an instruction to the mobile device to delete the second portion when the mobile device disconnects from the network.
Patent GB-2551031-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid sensing apparatus and method
Inventor: OLEG VALISHIN
IPC: G01V1/40
Filed: 2017-04-28
Abstract: A hybrid sensing apparatus for collecting data. The apparatus features an optical sensing component 110 having an optical cable 112 that acquire a first set of data and an electrical sensing component 130 having sensor tools 132 that acquire a second set of data. The electrical sensing component extends parallel to the optical cable for a first length (L1) and then antiparallel to the optical cable for a second length (L2). The sensor tools are located along the second length (L2) of the electrical sensing component. In alternative embodiments, the optical sensing component need not be an optical cable, there is telemetry unit 136 present that connects to the electrical cable and the data is collected inside a well.. The optical cable can be an optical fibre that is used for distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). The sensor tools can include accelerometers or geophones. Optionally, measurements of the optical sensing components are calibrated based on the second set of data. Optionally, the optical cable and the first length of the electrical sensing component are coupled together to form a hybrid cable 114.
Patent GB-2563024-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for autonomously setting addresses of a plurality of slave devices
Inventor: BHARATH SUDEY
IPC: H04L29/12
Filed: 2017-05-30
Abstract: A method and apparatus for autonomously setting addresses of a plurality of Modbus slave devices, including a Modbus master controller 10, and means to connect the plurality of slave devices 12-18 electronically to the master controller in a daisy chain arrangement, each slave device comprising a switching means, Modbus bridge 24, to internally open or close the bridge between its two communication ports, input 20 and output 22, and having a slave reconfiguration algorithm, set Modbus ID mode, that enables the controller 10 to send messages to the slaves to control their internal Modbus bridge and set unique Modbus IDs to them autonomously in turn. The controller initially opens all of the bridges such that a reset message sent from the controller is acted upon by the first device 12 only [Fig 1.3], once the first device has sets its ID it sends a response to the controller and closes its bridge [Fig 1.4], such that the next reset message from the controller is received by the second device 14 which receives its unique ID from the controller, sends a response and closes its bridge [Fig 1.5] to allow the third slave device to be reset next and so on.
Patent GB-2564454-A (GB)
Title: A method, treated or modified polymer and article of manufacture
Inventor: MO SONG
IPC: C08K3/04
Filed: 2017-07-11
Abstract: A method for producing a treated or modified polymer, the method comprising: combining a first liquid (e.g. water) and at least one additive material to produce a first liquid and additive material mixture; agitating the first liquid and additive material mixture to disperse the at least one additive material throughout the first liquid; combining a second liquid (e.g. water) and a polymer to wet the polymer to produce a wetted polymer; and combining the agitated first liquid and additive material mixture with thewetted polymer to produce a treated or modified polymer. The additive material may be china clay, carbon nanotubes, graphene, zirconia or TiO2, while the polymer may be PET or Nylon 12.