baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2522684-A (GB)
Title: Incubator apparatus and methods
Inventor: RAMSING NIELS B
IPC: C12M3/00
Filed: 2014-02-03
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for monitoring embryos in an incubator are described. The apparatus (2) comprises an incubation chamber defined by an incubation chamber housing 12 and a slide carrier 14 comprising a plurality of compartment walls that define compartments for holding embryo slides within the incubation chamber for incubation. The slide carrier 14 is moveable, for example by rotation, relative to the incubation chamber housing to allow a selected compartment to be moved to a loading position 44 defined at least in part by a loading port wall 48 associated with the incubation chamber housing 12. The loading port wall 48 is arranged to cooperate with the wall of a compartment in the loading position 44 to restrict the extent to which the environment of the compartment in the loading position 44 is in fluid communication with the environments of other compartments in the incubation chamber.
Patent GB-2514668-A (GB)
Title: Cylindrical labyrinth
Inventor: CUSI OSCAR ENCINA
IPC: A63F9/06
Filed: 2014-04-07
Abstract: A cylindrical labyrinth comprises a plurality of cylindrical bodies 10, where each one presents an outer wall with a labyrinthine path 12 configured to be traversed by a ball 2 between an entry to and an exit from the labyrinthine path 12. A longitudinal shaft 20 is configured to pierce and align the cylindrical bodies 10 and to allow the rotation thereof with respect to said shaft 20. Each cylindrical body 10 comprises a transparent cover 70 configured to cover the outer wall of said body 10 and to prevent the ball 2 from falling out from the labyrinthine path 12 thereof.
Patent GB-2508787-A (GB)
Title: Stable non-aqueous electrolyte promoting ideal reaction process in rechargeable lithium-air batteries
Inventor: BARDE FANNY JEANNE JULIE
IPC: H01M10/0567
Filed: 2011-10-10
Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium -air battery comprising: - a negative electrode containing a negative-electrode active material; - a positive electrode using oxygen as a positive-electrode active material; and - an electrolyte medium arranged between the negative electrode and the positive electrode; wherein the electrolyte medium comprises as primary solvent one or more compounds having an -N-CO- group in the molecule.
Patent GB-2525412-A (GB)
Title: Therapeutic Appliance
Inventor: YANG CHENG-CHUAN
IPC: A61H23/00
Filed: 2014-04-24
Abstract: The present invention relates to a therapeutic appliance, comprising a water pack 1 with at least one massaging finger 21, 22 having a vibrator disposed on the pack to excite the liquid in the pack, and a recirculating water system (3) with a container (30) and conduit 5 such that fluid is permitted to flow between the container and the water pack, and a thermoelectric device (4) within the container for heating or cooling the liquid. The device maybe such that the water pack has a side (12) to be in contact with the body portion being massaged and the vibrator mounted on the opposite side (13). The appliance may also include a rigid covering 10 over the water pack and massaging finger, shaped so as to receive the vibrators 101. The container may include a compartment in which the water pack is stored when not in use (34).
Patent GB-2528647-A (GB)
Title: Detecting viable microorganisms
Inventor: CROW MATTHEW ALUN
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2014-07-10
Abstract: A nucleic acid substrate for ligase and/or polymerase activity and its uses is claimed comprising: a. a first strand b. a second strand c. a complementary strand that is complementary to the first and second strands such that the first and second strands hybridize with the complementary strand to produce a substantially double stranded structure wherein the first strand acts as a primer for polymerase activity and the complementary strand acts as a template strand enabling polymerase extension of the first strand, wherein the 5 end of the second strand is phosphorylated to permit ligation with the 3 end of the first strand in the presence of ligase activity and the second strand contains a mismatched region in the substantially double stranded structure wherein the complementary strand is sensitive to treatment to render it no longer a template strand, whereas the first and second strands are resistant to such treatment. Kits and alternatively blood culture bottles are claimed.
Patent GB-2533543-A (GB)
Title: Conveying money items
Inventor: Stephen L Hough
IPC: G07D9/00
Filed: 2014-07-16
Abstract: A money item conveyor 11 comprises a plurality of money item conveying members 10 configured to convey money items around a looped path. The plurality of conveying members each comprise first and second money item support surfaces 16A, 16B configured to simultaneously support a main face of a money item on the conveying member, the support faces being separated by an articulation region 15 to allow relative movement of the support surfaces. The first and second money item support surfaces 16A, 16B are preferably located on first and second sections 13, 14 of the conveying member 10. The first section 13 may have a money item conveying surface 17 upstanding from the first support surface 16A. The second support surface preferably has two non-coplanar surfaces 21, 22 separated by a step 20. The conveying members 10 are joined together by hinges 12. The money items are preferably coins or other disc-shaped tokens which are carried across coin supporting surfaces on two adjacent conveyor sections. The relative small size of the conveyor members and the articulation between the two supporting sections 13, 14 of the members means that the conveyor can be used in small loops.
Patent GB-2528292-A (GB)
Title: Ground anchors
Inventor: AGG CHARLES SIMON JAMES
IPC: E02D5/80
Filed: 2014-07-16
Abstract: A ground anchor 110 comprises a body portion 111 having a blind bore 112 for receiving a driving tool, the blind bore defining a driving direction. There are attachment means for attaching a cable or tie. The body portion defines a working surface, having the attachment means, for engaging the ground when the ground anchor is in a load-locked position. The surface has a plurality of dimples formed thereon. Also disclosed is a ground anchor in which the opposing surface may have a plurality of sloped protrusions formed thereon, each of the sloped protrusions reducing in height in the driving direction.
Patent GB-2518289-A (GB)
Title: A modified return stack buffer
Inventor: MANOUKIAN MANOUK VARTAN
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2014-07-29
Abstract: A processor has a return stack buffer to store addresses for returns from subroutine calls. The stack entries each have several slots. Each slot can hold a single return address. A stack pointer indicates a current entry and stack flags indicate the current slot in the entry. Each entry contains an indication of the most recently written slot in the entry. Each slot has an indication of the slot, which was the most recently written slot in the preceding entry, when the slot was written. When a call instruction is executed, the address following the instruction is stored in one of the slots of the top entry of the stack. When a return instruction is executed, the return address is popped from most recently written slot in the top entry of the stack. The stack flags are then set to indicate the slot, which was most recently written, when the popped value was written.
Patent GB-2517866-A (GB)
Title: Confocal measurement device utilizing elliptical mirror based illumination
Inventor: TAN JIUBIN
IPC: G01B11/30
Filed: 2013-07-04
Abstract: A confocal measurement device utilizing elliptical mirror (6) based illumination is disclosed which comprises a laser (1), a beam collimating and expanding module (2), an objective lens (3) with high numerical aperture, a pinhole (4), a three-axis stage (5), a collector (7), a detecting pinhole (8) and a detector (9) that are placed on the direct light path of the laser; the device further comprises an elliptical mirror (6) placed on the direct light path of the laser (1) and between the focusing objective lens (3) and the detecting pinhole (8) such that a far focus of the elliptical mirror (6) is located on the pinhole (8) and a near focus of the elliptical mirror (6) is located on a specimen that is placed on the three-axis stage (5).
Patent GB-2534223-A (GB)
Title: Dry wall panel with single continuous groove
Inventor: STEPHEN GREEN
IPC: E04B2/74
Filed: 2015-01-19
Abstract: A panel 201 for positioning between two vertical wall members such as vertical wall studs 301, 302, the panel comprising a single continuous groove 303 for engagement with one of the vertical wall studs. The panel may be oriented strand board (OSB). The wall studs may be C-shaped wall studs with a return portion 305 which the groove 303 receives. The panel may be prefabricated for positioning in a standard wall stud layout and may have dimensions of 595mm in length and 300mm in width. The groove or slot may be 6mm to 12mm in depth. The panel may be held in position between the two wall studs by four dry wall screws 304. The panel may form a pattress or nogging. The invention provides structural support to dry-lined walls to enable items, such as shelving or televisions, to be fixed to the wall.
Patent GB-2534859-A (GB)
Title: Diaphragm for a loudspeaker drive unit or a microphone
Inventor: MARTIAL ANDRÉ ROBERT ROUSSEAU
IPC: H04R31/00
Filed: 2015-01-30
Abstract: The diaphragm 1 comprises a member 2 having a thickness that varies from a first thickness at a first location at the periphery 5 to a second thickness at a second location which is nearer to the centre 4 than the first location. The member 2 has a third thickness t at a third location which is between the first location and the second location, the third thickness being both thicker than the first thickness and the second thickness. The thickness varies for the majority of the radial distance between the first location and the second location. The member 2 may be in the form of a lightweight rigid foam body 9 coated with thin laminar stiffening layers 10, 11 glued to its front and rear surfaces 7, 8. Various suitable materials for the foam body 9 and the layers 10, 11 are listed in the description.
Patent GB-2528346-A (GB)
Title: Directional coupler
Inventor: ANDREI ANDREAS
IPC: H01P5/18
Filed: 2013-05-06
Abstract: The invention relates to a directional coupler configured to providing a forward and/or a backward signal derived from a high frequency signal. The directional coupler comprises a coupling element coupled to a main line (2), wherein the main line is configured to transporting the high frequency signal. The directional coupler further comprises a signal line (4) connecting the coupling element (3) to a measuring port (5). The signal line comprises a defected ground structure (6), wherein the defected ground structure is inserted between the coupling element (3) and the measuring port (5).
Patent GB-2525322-A (GB)
Title: A computer system
Inventor: NOLET MICHIEL
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2010-03-05
Abstract: A computer system comprises a transaction management computing subsystem 204 including a processor that is coupled to computer readable media having computer readable instructions thereon. The processor is operable to execute the computer readable instructions to: generate a set of bid requests responsive to receipt of an advertising call; send the set of bid requests to a first set of bidding computing subsystems; generate net bid prices for each of the bid responses returned by the first set of bidding computing subsystems; and generate a winning bid price based at last in part on the net bid prices. The net bid prices can be generated based on one or more of: a bidder fee, a data provider fee, and an advertising platform fee. Preferably, the processor is operable to perform a comparison of net bid prices based on a normalized price metric; and if the first comparison yields a tie result to randomly select one of the bid responses associated with the net bid prices. Alternatively, the processor is operable in the event of a tie result to perform an additional comparison of the net bid prices based on at least one other metric. Other inventions are also claimed.
Patent GB-2527191-A (GB)
Title: Digital media splicing system and method
Inventor: ROUJANSKY MICHEL
IPC: H04N21/4402
Filed: 2015-04-23
Abstract: Inserting (splicing) a second stream of digital frames into a primary video stream, comprising: selecting a reference point in the primary stream; determining a section of the primary stream adjacent the splice point; recoding the adjacent section of the primary stream in a format where each frame is independent of the subsequent frame; replacing the original adjacent section with the recoded portion; and inserting the second stream adjacent the re-encoded section. The transcoded section may be a Group of Pictures (GOP) consisting entirely of I-frames or of I-frames and P-frames with an initial Intra-coded frame. The reference point may be an entry point or an exit point. Timing information, such as a Programme Clock Reference (PCR), Decoding Time Stamp (DTS) and Presentation Time Stamp (PTS), may be adjusted to account for recoding delay. The recoded sequence may have the same visual content as the original section. Video and audio packets may be merged with the broadcast stream. Clips and advertisements may be combined with the initial program stream. The transmission stream may be compressed in an MPEG format. Insertion points may not be pre-defined or at the boundaries of a GOP or Coded Video Sequence (CVS).
Patent GB-2538286-A (GB)
Title: Control channels in wireless communication
Inventor: TIMOTHY MOULSLEY
IPC: H04W72/12
Filed: 2015-05-14
Abstract: A technique for reducing the probability of false alarms leading to responses of terminals (1) to control channel messages in a wireless communication system, false alarms being when a terminal detects and responds to a control channel message when no such message was sent. This is a particular problem in carrier aggregation in LTE when large numbers of carriers may be configured for a terminal. The terminal is expected to blindly search for a number of possible control channel messages from the base station (21, 22, . . 2n) for each carrier, and determine whether such a message has been correctly received by means of a Cyclic Redundancy Check. With a large number of candidates the probability of falselydetecting a message and responding (e.g. with an erroneous uplink transmission causing interference) can be significant. When there is active data transmission, more than one message (or codeword) is likely to be sent to the terminal (1) at any given moment. Thus by making the validity of a control channel message dependent upon receiving two (or more) messages with particular characteristics in the same subframe, the terminal only responds to actual control messages intended for it.
Patent GB-2524691-A (GB)
Title: Method for distributing lubricant fluids for the intelligent replacement of bulk lubricant fluids
Inventor: NOGUEIRA RENATO
IPC: B67D7/04
Filed: 2013-08-02
Abstract: The present invention regards to a system for distributing fluids and a method for distributing bulk lubricant fluids, integrated to the system. More particularly, it refers to a system and method for distributing and controlling bulk lubricant oil or other automotive fluids, such as, for instance, engine oil, transmission oil, etc.
Patent GB-2525826-A (GB)
Title: Detectors in hash arrangement for x/gamma ray container/vehicle inspection device
Inventor: KANG KEJUN
IPC: G01V5/00
Filed: 2014-07-22
Abstract: A ray detection system for an X/Gamma ray container/vehicle inspection device, comprising detector modules. The detector modules are installed on a detector arm (34), and each detector module comprises one or more detector units (35) in hash arrangement, wherein each detector unit (35) in each detector module is installed so as to align with the beam centre of a ray source (31), thereby significantly reducing the dimension of a detector frame while improving the imaging quality.
Patent GB-2528594-A (GB)
Title: Couplings for expandable tubular
Inventor: DELANGE RICHARD W
IPC: F16L15/00
Filed: 2014-03-13
Abstract: An expandable tubular for use in a wellbore includes: a pin formed at a first longitudinal end of the expandable tubular; a box formed at a second longitudinal end of the expandable tubular; a tubular body connecting the pin and the box; and an elastomeric seal disposed in a groove of the box. Each of the pin and box has: a torque shoulder; and a thread. The pin has an asymmetric protrusion formed on an inner surface thereof.
Patent GB-2547179-A (GB)
Title: Genetic construct
Inventor: Peter Widdowson
IPC: C12N15/864
Filed: 2015-10-26
Abstract: A genetic construct comprises a single promoter operably linked to a first coding sequence, which encodes the tyrosine kinase receptor B (TrkB), and a second coding sequence, which encodes an agonist of the TrkB receptor for activating TrkB to thereby promote survival of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) 5 or cochlear cells. Preferably the TrkB agonist is prepro-brain derived neurotrophic factor (pre-pro-BDNF), pro-BDNF or mature BDNF (mBDNF). The promoter is preferably a synapsin I (SYN I) promoter or a CAG promoter. The two coding sequences may be linked by a cleavable spacer sequence, such as the viral 2A peptide spacer.The construct may be delivered by a recombinant AAV vector. The constructs and vectors can be used in gene therapy methods for treating a range of disorders, including glaucoma and deafness, or for promoting nerve regeneration and/or survival.
Patent GB-2533211-A (GB)
Title: Method for automatic tracking of hybrid fiber coaxial upstream service upgrades
Inventor: CAROL J ANSLEY
IPC: H04N7/22
Filed: 2015-11-09
Abstract: A method implemented in a computer system for determining upstream transmission capability in an area of a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) cable plant network, the area including network components, and customer premises equipment (CPE) devices 152. The method configures a downstream transmission that includes a marker channel, and initiates the downstream transmission to each CPE device. The method sends a query to each CPE device to request a status of the marker channel at the CPE device. The method receives a response to the query from at least one CPE device, and determines a status of each network component based on the response to the query from said at least one CPE device subtending from the network component.
Patent GB-2550546-A (GB)
Title: Gaming machine with symbol propagation
Inventor: JONATHAN WORTMANN
IPC: G07F17/34
Filed: 2016-04-28
Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprises selecting, at a gaming machine, a set of symbols associated with an outcome event of a reel-based game. The reel-based game is executed on behalf of a client machine, and selecting the set of symbols involves spinning a plurality of reels to determine the outcome event. A determination is made that the set of symbols includes a predetermined symbol on a designated reel and does not include any winning combination. In response to determining that the set of symbols includes the predetermined symbol on the designated reel and does not include any winning combination, one or more symbols in the set of symbols is replaced with predetermined symbols such that the symbol set after replacement includes a winning combination. The predetermined symbol may be a wild symbol. All the reels may be spun in the spinning of the reels. A representation of the set of reels may be transmitted to the client machine by the gaming machine, which may be a server, followed by a representation of the set of symbols with the replacement symbol added. The client may display an animation of the replacement of a symbol with the predetermined symbol.
Patent GB-2550585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to food blenders
Inventor: PAUL PALMER
IPC: B26D1/00
Filed: 2016-05-23
Abstract: (Figure 1 not shown) A kitchen appliance such as a food blender or food processor (1) has a mixing or cutting blade (3) situated on a shaft 4. Shaft 4 is connected to the motor (5) by flexing member 10. Flexing member 10 comprises two circular plates 11A and 11B with a helical spring 12 and silicone core 13 located between. The dotted lines and arrow in figure 2 show how the flexing member and blade can move. Rubber or other resilient materials can be used instead of silicone. The flexing member is used to dampen impacts from food on the blade 3. Figure 3 shows an alternative embodiment where the silicon core has been replaced by a rod (20) of steel or hard plastic which can be inserted into a central cavity (14) to control the degree of flexibility of the flexing member 10. Further disclosed is a control system for adjusting the movement of the rotary tool or changing the geometry of the rotary tool in response to a measured physical characteristic of the rotary tool and a working medium.
Patent GB-2544837-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust system without a DOC having an ASC acting as a DOC in a system with an SCR catalyst before the ASC
Inventor: MIKAEL LARSSON
IPC: B01J29/72
Filed: 2016-06-17
Abstract: A catalyst article having a first zone containing a first SCR catalyst and a second zone containing an ammonia slip catalyst (ASC), where the ASC contains a second SCR catalyst and an oxidation catalyst, and the ASC has DOC functionality, where the first zone is located on an inlet side of a substrate and the second zone is located on an outlet side of the substrate. The ASC can be a bi-layer with the bottom layer having the oxidation catalyst and the top layer containing the second SCR catalyst. Alternatively the second zone may contain a blend of the oxidation and second SCR catalyst, potentially further containing Pd, Nb-Ce-Zr or Nb on MnO2. The oxidation catalyst may contain platinum on a siliceous (e.g. silica or zeolite) low ammonia storage support. The first SCR catalyst may comprise a molecular sieve or metal exchanged molecular sieve with a base metal, and the second SCR catalyst can be either a Fe-SCR, Cu SCR or vanadium catalyst. Exhaust systems containing the catalyst articles and methods of using the catalytic articles in an SCR process, where the amount of ammonia slip is reduced and hydrocarbon are oxidized by the ASC catalyst, are also described.