baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2595572-A (GB)
Title: Methods, devices and kits for preparing nucleic acid samples for storage and analysis
Inventor: DOUGLAS T GJERDE
IPC: G01N33/497
Filed: 2021-04-15
Abstract: A method of preparing a biological sample prior to analysis comprising combining the sample with a water-miscible organic solvent to lyse viruses or cells present and to denature RNase and DNase. The solvent may selected from acetonitrile, DMSO, THF, DMF, acetone and formamide. The released and stabilized nucleic acid may be analyzed and quantified by e.g. PCR or RT-PCR without further sample preparation at the point of care or may be transported to a testing laboratory by shipment and analyzed directly. Also claimed is a method of capturing, preparing and storing a sample present in the breath by breathing into a sample container of a device to combine the sample with a water-miscible organic solvent. The device comprises a sample chamber having an inlet and an outlet for breath and the chamber has a surface, sorbent or media onto which breath particles collect.
Patent GB-2600246-A (GB)
Title: Radiator pipe guide assembly
Inventor: MIKE CHALLINOR
IPC: F16L5/02
Filed: 2021-09-21
Abstract: A pipe guide assembly 1 for guiding a utility pipe 14 out of a wall (44, fig 5) comprises a mounting member 10 and a cover plate 12. The mounting member and the cover plate are connectable together, for example with a screw 38 or bolt. The mounting member further comprises a guiding surface (34, fig 3) to guide the pipe along a predetermined path into an oblique angle to the surface. The cover plate is connectable to the mounting member adjustably along an inclined plane relative to a back of the mounting member. The guiding surface comprises a channel having a first portion open to a rear of the mounting member and a second portion open to the front of the mounting member for hand off of the pipe to the cover plate. There is also claimed a method of manufacturing a pipe guide assembly and a computer readable medium for controlling an additive manufacturing process of manufacture a pipe guide assembly.
Patent GB-2596731-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for automatic contextual task presentation
Inventor: John A Bernacki
IPC: G09G5/00
Filed: 2020-02-04
Abstract: A method, in a computing device, of automatic contextual task presentation, includes: storing, in a memory of the computing device, a sequence of task instructions for presentation to an operator of the computing device via an output assembly connected to the mobile computing device; detecting, via an input assembly of the computing device, a task initiation event; responsive to detecting the task initiation event: controlling the output assembly to present a first task instruction from the sequence to the operator; obtaining orientation data corresponding to the operator from an inertial measurement unit associated with the computing device; based on the orientation data, tracking an accumulated operator orientation change since the detection of the task initiation event; and when the accumulated operator orientation change exceeds a threshold, controlling the output assembly to present a second task instruction from the sequence to the operator.
Patent GB-2613150-A (GB)
Title: Infusate bag spike
Inventor: CLIVE HENRY BUCKBERRY
IPC: A61M5/162
Filed: 2021-11-23
Abstract: A double lumen fluid bag spike. In one arrangement the spike 10 comprises a shaft 12 defining a base end 14 and a tip end 16, the shaft having two lumens, a first lumen 22 with at least one first opening 23, and a second lumen 24 with a second opening 25, the openings being separated by a wall 13. The second lumen may comprise a first channel 44 at the base end, and a second channel 46 at the tip end, wherein the first and second channels are fluidly connected at a transition region 48. The second channel has a larger cross-sectional area than the first channel. The at least first opening 23 may be disposed on a sidewall of the shaft. In another arrangement, the spike (410, Fig 9a) comprises first and second lumens (422, 424, Fig 9a) together defining a shaft, and a sliding collar (450, Fig 9a) with first and second apertures (452, 454, Fig 9c), the first apertures sized to slidably retain the first lumen and the second aperture sized to slidably retain the second lumen. A method of priming a medical device using such a bag spike is also taught.
Patent GB-2599027-A (GB)
Title: Bush
Inventor: THOMAS DANIEL MORTON
IPC: F02C6/12
Filed: 2019-05-24
Abstract: There is disclosed a bush comprising an internal surface and an external surface. The internal surface defines a bore and is configured to support movement of a body received in the bore. The external surface defines an outer radius. The external surface comprises one or more recesses.
Patent GB-2613365-A (GB)
Title: Hydrogen recovery system and method
Inventor: Zachary William Dunbar
IPC: C01B3/50
Filed: 2021-12-01
Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to hydrogen recovery system for extracting hydrogen from process gases. The hydrogen recovery system includes an electrochemical pump for extracting at least some of the hydrogen occurring in the process gases. The electrochemical pump has an anodic compartment having at least one anode, a cathodic compartment having at least one cathode, and a membrane disposed between the anodic compartment and the cathodic compartment. A controller is provided for controlling the electric current supplied to the electrochemical. The anodic compartment has an anodic compartment inlet for introducing the process gases into the anodic compartment; and an anodic compartment outlet for discharging a waste gas from the anodic compartment. The cathodic compartment has a cathodic compartment outlet for discharging hydrogen extracted from the process gases.
Patent GB-2598692-A (GB)
Title: Fuel analysis systems and methods
Inventor: GAUTAM SHARMA
IPC: F01N11/00
Filed: 2019-06-10
Abstract: A vehicle system (100) includes a conversion catalyst (116), a temperature sensor (156), an indication device (142), and an exhaust gas aftertreatment system controller (132). The conversion catalyst (116) is configured to receive exhaust gas. The temperature sensor (156) is configured to sense a conversion catalyst temperature of the conversion catalyst (116). The indication device (142) is operable between a static state and an impure fuel alarm state. The exhaust gas aftertreatment system controller (132) is configured to receive the conversion catalyst temperature from the temperature sensor (156). The exhaust gas aftertreatment system controller (132) is also configured to compare the conversion catalyst temperature to a conversion catalyst temperature lower threshold. The exhaust gas aftertreatment system controller (132) is also configured to compare the conversion catalyst temperature to a conversion catalyst temperature upper threshold.
Patent GB-2600573-A (GB)
Title: Absorbent pad for a garment
Inventor: ARULSEELAN KAJANTHAN
IPC: A61F13/494
Filed: 2020-07-28
Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an absorbent pad (100) for use in a garment (400). The absorbent pad (100) comprises: a liquid impermeable barrier layer (106); a functional layer (101) attached to the barrier layer (106), the functional layer (101) comprising a liquid absorbent component (104); a liquid impermeable peripheral sealing element (110) bonded to peripheries (105,107) of the functional layer (101) and barrier layer (106); and a peripheral attaching element (112) having a first portion (112a) and a second portion (112b), the first portion (112a) bonded to the peripheral sealing element (110). The second portion (112b) of the peripheral attaching element (112) is detached from the peripheral sealing element (110) and is arranged to be attached to a fabric body (200) of the garment (400), thereby attaching the absorbent pad (100) to the garment (400).
Patent GB-2614712-A (GB)
Title: Security method for extended reality applications
Inventor: Jonathan Roscoe
IPC: G06F21/54
Filed: 2022-01-12
Abstract: A computer implemented security method for applications executing in an extended reality environment is described. The method includes receiving sensor data indicative of a user interacting S2 with an application in the extended reality environment S3, and comparing the sensor data, or a user profile generated from the sensor data, with a usage profile for the application S4. If a degree of similarity between the sensor data or the user profile and the usage profile is greater than a threshold S5, the extended reality environment is modified S6. The modifications include modifying the user interface such that the sequence of interactions e.g. gestures to differ between accesses, so that a side-channel attack can be mitigated. The modification may be applied only when the security risk is high, and may include changing the presentation of the elements of the user interface, such as changing the time of display, the position, the size and/or the layout of the elements (figs 3A, 3B).
Patent GB-2614889-A (GB)
Title: Friction stir processing method
Inventor: JEROEN DE BACKER
IPC: B23K20/12
Filed: 2022-01-20
Abstract: A friction stir welding (FSW) tool, having a filler material feed, may have a shoulder in contact with a first workpiece, such that filler material is stirred into the bulk of the workpiece, deforming the edge of the workpiece laterally. Downward pressure from the shoulder can prevent filler material from rising above the workpiece, creating a distal edge protruding tab 13, which has been pushed out sideways. This can shape the workpiece’s distal edge, e.g. in preparation for joining to a second workpiece. The edge may be part of a fracture in the first workpiece, which is subsequently closed/repaired when the edge is forced sideways. A second workpiece, adjacent a distal edge, may form a template or guide, to shape the lateral deformation of the first workpiece (possibly closing the gap between workpieces before subsequent joining). The shoulder may have an L-shaped overhang (19, fig 3) to restrict expansion.
Patent GB-2616676-A (GB)
Title: Command and control system for a remotely-operated uncrewed surface vessel
Inventor: DAVID HULL
IPC: G08C17/02
Filed: 2022-03-18
Abstract: A remotely-operated uncrewed vessel ROUV command and control system has three main components: a vehicle module (C2V) 45, interfacing middleware 49, and a remote command component (C2A) 42. The C2V module incorporates an embedded controller running control firmware with an uninterruptable power supply and a watchdog system to monitor system health and provide a means of recovery from a fault-state. The interfacing middleware 49 is configured to pass command and control information from the C2V module to modular sub-systems 48 installed within the vessel. The C2A component provides a human-machine interface for a human-operator to monitor and remotely control the modular sub-systems on the vessel and is linked to the C2V module by a wireless communications link 40, 41 configured to pass information in both directions between the C2A component and the vehicle module.
Patent GB-2605703-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems of monitoring a condition of a component of a gas turbine engine
Inventor: Derek S Wall
IPC: G01N29/04
Filed: 2022-04-04
Abstract: A method of monitoring a condition of a component of a gas turbine engine 100, comprises: obtaining, with a non-contact monitoring sensor 210, 214, 216, 222, 224, 226, monitoring data, wherein a portion of the monitoring data relates to the condition of the component; obtaining, using a position sensor 219, positional data relating to the component’s position; communicating the monitoring and position data to a processing module 230a, and analysing, using the processing module, the monitoring and positional data to determine the portion of the monitoring data which relates to the component and determine a condition of the component. The monitoring sensor may be a camera 210, 226, a vibration sensor 214, 216, 224, and/or a microwave sensor 222. A speed sensor 212 may be included.
Patent GB-2614351-A (GB)
Title: Compression and decompression of sub-primitive presence indications for use in intersection testing in a rendering system
Inventor: SIMON FENNEY
IPC: G06T15/06
Filed: 2022-05-30
Abstract: Compressing or encoding data representing a block of sub-primitive presence indicators which indicate opacity states of sub-primitives or sub-triangles in a primitive for intersection testing in graphics processing. In embodiments the opacity states are: wholly opaque or present, wholly transparent, or partially present (the primitive is mixed: partly opaque and partly transparent). This is useful for rendering alpha or masked textures in punch-through primitives representing complex shapes like leaves, where part of the primitive is given a see-through or transparent texture. By encoding sub-primitive presence indicators, the ray tracer or intersection tester (e.g. in a shader) can run with less interruption for detailed testing of whether an intersection is at a transparent location, hence introducing less latency. In this invention the block of presence indicators is split into parent regions and each parent regions is further divided into child regions having a presence state based on sub-primitive presence indications in the block. Where all child regions a parent have the same presence indication, the compressed data indicated parent level data without child level data. In embodiments a quadtree defines the parent and child regions. Parent level data may also indicate child nodes are restricted to two of the three opacity states.
Patent GB-2610021-A (GB)
Title: Management of a client device buffer
Inventor: THOMAS PAUL BURNLEY
IPC: H04N21/2662
Filed: 2022-06-02
Abstract: A network device 320 for delivery of adaptive bitrate (ABR) video files, transmits a portion of a first ABR representation 340 of a video file 202-1-202-Q and a first buffer management instruction 352 to the client 260. In response to obtaining client performance status information 338, determines that the client performance meets threshold criteria and transmits a portion of a second ABR representation of the video file and a second buffer management instruction to the client. Preferably the buffer or cache management instructions commands the client to store a portion of the received segment in the client buffer 262 according to a certain buffer operation. Buffer operations may include instruction to overwrite the current buffer, e.g. if the segment has changed to a higher resolution, or a buffer prefill command to store at least a threshold portion of the ABR segment before reading out. Preferably the performance characteristic indicates a buffer fill level: if this is below a threshold, the segment is changed to a lower resolution, and if performance exceeds a threshold, segment resolution may be increased. The network device may be an edge device. This is useful when the client has a lightweight buffer incapable of complex buffer management calculations.
Patent GB-2610898-A (GB)
Title: Mounted panels and methods for installation thereof
Inventor: Paul Venis
IPC: B60R13/02
Filed: 2022-06-07
Abstract: A product comprising a supporting structure 101 to which is attached: (a) at least one panel 102 having a perimeter, a first surface facing substantially towards the supporting structure, and a second surface facing substantially away from the supporting structure, and (b) a flexible, elongate member 103, having a first face and a second face, from which projects one or more protrusions 106, wherein one or more of the protrusions have spaces therebetween (201, Fig.3a), wherein at least part of the perimeter of the panel abuts the first or second face of the elongate member to define the path of the elongate member in that part of the perimeter of the panel, wherein at least a portion of the path of the elongate member in this part of the perimeter of the panel is non-linear. Also described is a method of making the product and its application to a vehicle door.
Patent GB-2607538-A (GB)
Title: Coin pad for coin processing system
Inventor: DOUGLAS U MENNIE
IPC: G07D9/00
Filed: 2020-01-03
Abstract: A twist-lock debris blade 801a and cone 801c includes a post 810 and a retaining washer interface 820. The post includes one or more retaining flanges extending outward from a generally circular lower portion. The retaining washer interface includes a central, generally circular opening, one or more retaining flange locking profiles or surfaces, one or more gaps (unlocking surfaces 824, figure 8E) and one or more cam profiles or surfaces between the gaps and the locking surfaces. Also claimed is that the central opening is in the top surface of the washer interface which also includes side apertures and pivot apertures. Also claimed is a resilient coin sorting pad and a method of it’s manufacture; the pad being designed to be coupled to a rotatable disk of a coin sorter and including a lower foam layer, an upper skin layer and one or more coatings of detectable material applied to the top surface.
Patent GB-2612433-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for an intelligent scripting engine
Inventor: Thomas V Curtin
IPC: H04M3/51
Filed: 2022-09-15
Abstract: A system comprises a database configured to store a plurality of baseline scripts, an applications server communicatively coupled to the database, and an analytics engine. Each of the plurality of baseline scripts is associated with a client of a call center and comprises a plurality of questions for guiding a communication session between an agent and a party. The applications server is configured to monitor a plurality of communication sessions. Each of the plurality of communication sessions is guided by a respective one of the plurality of baseline scripts. The applications server is further configured to obtain information about an actual call flow of each of the communication sessions and send the obtained information about the actual call flow of each of the communication sessions to the analytics engine. The analytics engine is configured to determine one or more proposed changes to a baseline script based on analysis of the obtained information about the actual call flow of each of the communication sessions in relation to each respective associated baseline script.
Patent GB-2610722-A (GB)
Title: Nitric oxide or nitric oxide releasing compositions for use in treating SARS-COV and SARS-COV-2
Inventor: HUGH SEMPLE MUNRO
IPC: A61P31/14
Filed: 2021-04-19
Abstract: The invention provides one or more agent selected from organic carboxylic acids, organic non-carboxylic reducing acids, nitric oxide (NO), a nitric oxide generating composition, a combination or combinable association of ingredients for a nitric oxide generating composition, and mixtures thereof, for use as an antiviral agent against SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
Patent GB-2611947-A (GB)
Title: Driver circuitry for capacitive transducers
Inventor: JOHN PAUL LESSO
IPC: B06B1/02
Filed: 2021-07-23
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to circuitry for driving a capacitive transducer based on an input signal. The circuitry comprises: primary driver circuitry configured to receive the input signal and to output a primary driving signal to the capacitive transducer based on the input signal; and secondary driver circuitry configured to receive an error signal indicative of an error between the input signal and the primary driving signal and to output a secondary driving signal to the capacitive transducer based on the error signal, wherein the primary driver circuitry and the secondary driver circuitry both comprise switching converter circuitry.
Patent GB-2612737-A (GB)
Title: Expanding metal sealed and anchored joints and applications therefor
Inventor: TAKESHI SAKAMOTO
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 2020-12-30
Abstract: Provided is a junction. In one aspect, the junction includes a first member, the first member formed of a first material, and a second member overlapping with the first member, the second member formed of a second material, the first and second members defining an overlapping space. In accordance with this aspect, the junction additionally includes an expanded metal joint located in at least a portion of the overlapping space, the expanded metal joint comprising a metal that has expanded in response to hydrolysis.
Patent GB-2613097-A (GB)
Title: Secure ingress and egress for data engines
Inventor: ANTHONY THOMAS SOFIA
IPC: G06F21/60
Filed: 2021-08-17
Abstract: The disclosure include receiving a query at a data engine. The data engine includes data in a protected format stored in a secured database and a copy of the data in a clear format stored in a secured database replica. The query is received from a requestor. The query is processed at the secured database replica to generate a query response in the clear format. The query response is converted into the protected format. The converted query response in the protected format is provided to the requestor.
Patent GB-2614976-A (GB)
Title: Radio network performance optimization system and method
Inventor: SHOMENATH ROY CHOWDHURY
IPC: H04L41/06
Filed: 2020-12-30
Abstract: Described herein is a radio network performance optimization system and method. The present invention is configured to improve network performance field processes, network performance solution, network performance data analytics as well as management information. The system includes a field process automation module, a network performance data analytics module and a management module. The field process automation module is configured to automate field processes in a drive testing procedure. The network performance data analytics module is configured to perform centralized automated analytics on the data retrieved from the field process automation module. The management module is configured to provide manage the field process automation module and the network performance data analytics module.
Patent GB-2619799-A (GB)
Title: Publish/subscribe protocol for real-time process control
Inventor: ANTHONY AMARO JR
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2020-06-05
Abstract: Controlling an industrial process plant comprising, during run-time operations of the process plant, executing a process control loop to control a portion of the process. The process control loop includes a field device disposed in the process plant, a process controller, and an I/O node connecting the field device and process controller. Executing the process control loop includes obtaining 405, at the I/O node, a first publication in a real-time control protocol based on a subscription of the I/O node. The first publication indicates data generated by the field device. Executing the loop further comprises determining 408, by the I/O node, a subscriber to publications indicative of the data generated by the field device, the subscriber corresponding to the process controller; and publishing 410, by the I/O node, a second publication in the real-time control protocol, the second publication indicating the data generated by the field device. This thereby causes the data generated by the field device to be provided 412 to the process controller within an interval of time that is less than or equal to a maximum transmission delay corresponding to delivering real-time process data from the field device to the process controller during the executing of the process control loop.