mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
Use of an absorbent composition in the form of granules, for the removal of impurities present in natural gas, refinery gas, biogases, and other liquid or gaseous fluids containing hydrocarbons contaminated by sulfur-based compounds, comprised of iron oxide and/or hydroxide, a binder and/or a lubricant, water, and optionally promoter additives, containing active carbon in a proportion of from 0.5% to 50% by weight, based on the weight of the final composition, wherein the same exhibits a specific area relationship between the active carbon and the iron oxide and/or hydroxide of between 2.5 and 600, having a mechanical strength value higher than 9.81 N (1 kgf), maintaining the physical integrity thereof prior to and after becoming saturated with impurities.
A method of operating a hearing system comprising a hearing device and an accessory device, the method comprising obtaining , in the accessory device, an audio input signal representative of audio from one or more audio sources; obtaining image data with a camera of the accessory device; identifying one or more audio sources including a first audio source based on the image data; determining a first model comprising first model coefficients, wherein the first model is based on image data of the first audio source and the audio input signal; and transmitting a hearing device signal to the hearing device, wherein the hearing device signal is based on the first model, wherein transmitting a hearing device signal to the hearing device comprises transmitting first model coefficients to the hearing device, the method comprising, in the hearing device, obtaining a first input signal representative of audio from one or more audio sources; processing the first input signal based on the first model coefficients for provision of an electrical output signal, wherein processing the first input signal based on the first model coefficients comprises applying blind source separation to the first input signal and/or applying a deep neural network to the first input signal, wherein the deep neural network is based on the first model coefficients; and converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal. obtaining , in the accessory device, an audio input signal representative of audio from one or more audio sources; obtaining image data with a camera of the accessory device; identifying one or more audio sources including a first audio source based on the image data; determining a first model comprising first model coefficients, wherein the first model is based on image data of the first audio source and the audio input signal; and transmitting a hearing device signal to the hearing device, wherein the hearing device signal is based on the first model, wherein transmitting a hearing device signal to the hearing device comprises transmitting first model coefficients to the hearing device, the method comprising, in the hearing device, obtaining a first input signal representative of audio from one or more audio sources; processing the first input signal based on the first model coefficients for provision of an electrical output signal, wherein processing the first input signal based on the first model coefficients comprises applying blind source separation to the first input signal and/or applying a deep neural network to the first input signal, wherein the deep neural network is based on the first model coefficients; and converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal.
A modular reactor system for carrying out processes on an industrial scale comprising at least one of: mixing, chemical reactions, heat exchange, sorption and/or separations of chemical reactants and/or (by)products, the reactor system comprising of additive manufactured module , the module being configured for carrying out at least one of said processes, wherein each module comprises a ceramic carrier structure defining at least one ceramic cavity, the at least one ceramic cavity having a defined surface area and defined geometry; wherein the module ceramic carrier structure is a monolithic three-dimensional multi-layered ceramic structure; and wherein the module further comprises an active material present within or on the ceramic carrier structure; wherein the active material is a catalytically active and/or adsorptive material; and wherein the reactor modules are arranged in a stacked manner and consecutive order according to a product flow direction; wherein the flow direction is essentially vertical; and wherein the system comprises at least one layer comprising several horizontally positioned, interconnected modules, wherein each layer is connected to a next layer in a vertical direction; the system further comprising connector members for linking and aligning modules ; and/or modules and general inlets and outlets of the reactor system, wherein the system further comprises installation and removal members and connectors for attaching modules to each other. wherein the module further comprises an active material present within or on the ceramic carrier structure; wherein the active material is a catalytically active and/or adsorptive material; and wherein the reactor modules are arranged in a stacked manner and consecutive order according to a product flow direction; wherein the flow direction is essentially vertical; and wherein the system comprises at least one layer comprising several horizontally positioned, interconnected modules, wherein each layer is connected to a next layer in a vertical direction; the system further comprising connector members for linking and aligning modules ; and/or modules and general inlets and outlets of the reactor system, wherein the system further comprises installation and removal members and connectors for attaching modules to each other.
A ball valve assembly comprising a duct with a central passage for the flow of fluids; a ball valve rotatably mounted within the duct, the ball valve having a through bore selectively alignable in an operational position with the central passage to allow flow through the valve assembly; a lateral opening in the duct; a handle attached to the ball valve and extending through the lateral opening such that it is accessible from outside the duct to allow rotation of the ball valve; characterised in that the ball valve , handle and duct are sized so that the ball valve and handle together are insertable into one end of the duct in a first orientation to an intermediate position, from which position and orientation the ball valve and handle together can be manipulated without the ball valve leaving the duct to a final position with a second orientation in which the handle extends out through the lateral opening and the ball valve is in its operational position.
A method of making an electrical stimulation lead, the method comprising: a) attaching a pre-electrode to a lead body, wherein the pre-electrode is a single, unitary, undifferentiated construct with a ring-shaped exterior; b) attaching a plurality of conductor wires to the pre-electrode; and c) after coupling to the lead body, removing an outer portion of the pre-electrode to separate remaining portions of the pre-electrode into a plurality of segmented electrodes spaced around the circumference of the lead body, wherein, when separated, each of the segmented electrodes comprising a body and at least one leg extending inwardly from the body, the body defining an external stimulating surface and each of the at least one leg having an outer surface, wherein, for at least one of the at least one leg, the outer surface of the leg forms an acute angle with the external stimulating surface of the body. a) attaching a pre-electrode to a lead body, wherein the pre-electrode is a single, unitary, undifferentiated construct with a ring-shaped exterior; b) attaching a plurality of conductor wires to the pre-electrode; and c) after coupling to the lead body, removing an outer portion of the pre-electrode to separate remaining portions of the pre-electrode into a plurality of segmented electrodes spaced around the circumference of the lead body, wherein, when separated, each of the segmented electrodes comprising a body and at least one leg extending inwardly from the body, the body defining an external stimulating surface and each of the at least one leg having an outer surface, wherein, for at least one of the at least one leg, the outer surface of the leg forms an acute angle with the external stimulating surface of the body.
A method of imaging an organ (O) of a patient, the method comprising: obtaining a plurality of two-dimensional tomosynthesis projection images (DBT) of the organ (O) by rotating an x-ray emitter to a plurality of orientations relative to the organ and emitting a first level of x-ray energization from the emitter for each projection image of the plurality of projection images; obtaining a full field digital mammography x-ray image (FFDM) of the organ with a second level of x-ray energization higher than said first level of x-ray energization; reconstructing a three-dimensional volume of the organ from the plurality of tomosynthesis projection images (DBT) and FFDM x-ray image; and generating a synthetic 2D image of the organ from the plurality of tomosynthesis projection images (DBT) and FFDM x-ray image. obtaining a plurality of two-dimensional tomosynthesis projection images (DBT) of the organ (O) by rotating an x-ray emitter to a plurality of orientations relative to the organ and emitting a first level of x-ray energization from the emitter for each projection image of the plurality of projection images; obtaining a full field digital mammography x-ray image (FFDM) of the organ with a second level of x-ray energization higher than said first level of x-ray energization; reconstructing a three-dimensional volume of the organ from the plurality of tomosynthesis projection images (DBT) and FFDM x-ray image; and generating a synthetic 2D image of the organ from the plurality of tomosynthesis projection images (DBT) and FFDM x-ray image.
A method for transmitting and receiving data by a near field communication, NFC, manager in NFC environment, the method comprising: setting control information in a NFC Data Exchange Format, NDEF, record; writing, in a NFC tag , the control information of the NDEF record including payload data; reading changed control information of changed NDEF record including changed payload data from the NFC tag; and determining whether the changed NDEF record is identical to a NDEF record previously read from the NFC tag, wherein the determination operation comprises: reading a sequence identifier included in the changed control information of the changed NDEF record, when the sequence identifier is even, determining that the changed NDEF record is not identical to the NDEF record previously read from the NFC tag, and when the sequence identifier is odd, determining that the changed NDEF record is identical to the NDEF record previously read from the NFC tag. setting control information in a NFC Data Exchange Format, NDEF, record; writing, in a NFC tag , the control information of the NDEF record including payload data; reading changed control information of changed NDEF record including changed payload data from the NFC tag; and determining whether the changed NDEF record is identical to a NDEF record previously read from the NFC tag, wherein the determination operation comprises: reading a sequence identifier included in the changed control information of the changed NDEF record, when the sequence identifier is even, determining that the changed NDEF record is not identical to the NDEF record previously read from the NFC tag, and when the sequence identifier is odd, determining that the changed NDEF record is identical to the NDEF record previously read from the NFC tag. reading a sequence identifier included in the changed control information of the changed NDEF record, when the sequence identifier is even, determining that the changed NDEF record is not identical to the NDEF record previously read from the NFC tag, and when the sequence identifier is odd, determining that the changed NDEF record is identical to the NDEF record previously read from the NFC tag.
(Currently Amended) A light selective transmission solar cell having a light filter comprising: an electrode portion consisting of an upper electrode and a lower electrode disposed to face the upper electrode ; a light absorption layer disposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode , and comprising a dye for transmitting light of a certain wavelength of incident sunlight; and a light filter disposed below the lower electrode , and transmitting light of a certain wavelength of the light transmitted through the light absorption layer and reflecting light of a certain wavelength to the light absorption layer , characterized in that the light filter comprises a plurality of light transmission patterns for selectively transmitting light corresponding to different wavelength ranges, and the light transmission patterns include a first light transmission pattern transmitting sunlight in a wavelength region of 400 nm to 500 nm and a second light transmission pattern transmitting sunlight in a wavelength region of 600 nm to 700 nm, and the first light transmission pattern and the second light transmission pattern include interference filters having a light absorption of almost zero, the thickness of the interference filter used as the first light transmission pattern is determined within a range of 200 to 250 nm to transmit sunlight of 400 to 500 nm, and the thickness of the interference filter used as the second light transmission pattern is determined within a range of 300 to 350 nm to transmit sunlight of 600 to 700 nm. an electrode portion consisting of an upper electrode and a lower electrode disposed to face the upper electrode ; a light absorption layer disposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode , and comprising a dye for transmitting light of a certain wavelength of incident sunlight; and a light filter disposed below the lower electrode , and transmitting light of a certain wavelength of the light transmitted through the light absorption layer and reflecting light of a certain wavelength to the light absorption layer , characterized in that the light filter comprises a plurality of light transmission patterns for selectively transmitting light corresponding to different wavelength ranges, and the light transmission patterns include a first light transmission pattern transmitting sunlight in a wavelength region of 400 nm to 500 nm and a second light transmission pattern transmitting sunlight in a wavelength region of 600 nm to 700 nm, and the first light transmission pattern and the second light transmission pattern include interference filters having a light absorption of almost zero, the thickness of the interference filter used as the first light transmission pattern is determined within a range of 200 to 250 nm to transmit sunlight of 400 to 500 nm, and the thickness of the interference filter used as the second light transmission pattern is determined within a range of 300 to 350 nm to transmit sunlight of 600 to 700 nm.
A method for producing gamma aluminium oxide - γ-Al 2 O 3 using plasma-activated aluminium and water reactions, said method comprising: - modifying aluminium powder in glow discharge plasma in the presence of 3-10 Pa of hydrogen and residual gases for 10-60 min at plasma temperature of 60-90 °C; - immersing activated aluminium in the water received after osmosis purification process which temperature is greater than 40 °C and producing hydrogen gas and mixture of pseudo-Boehmite - AlO(OH) and Bayerite - Al(OH) 3 powder during the Al-water reaction; - drying and annealing obtained mixture of pseudo-Boehmite - AlO(OH) and Bayerite - Al(OH) 3 at 280 °C up to 5 hours under atmospheric conditions using an oven, yielding pure pseudo-Boehmite - AlO(OH); - annealing pseudo-Boehmite - AlO(OH) at 500 °C up to 5 hours under atmospheric conditions using an oven, yielding pure γ-Al 2 O 3 with the BET surface area >200 m 2 /g, crystallite size - 3-10 nm, level of remaining impurities - Na 2 O <100 ppm, SO 4 < 100 ppm and Fe 2 O 3 < 100 ppm. - modifying aluminium powder in glow discharge plasma in the presence of 3-10 Pa of hydrogen and residual gases for 10-60 min at plasma temperature of 60-90 °C; - immersing activated aluminium in the water received after osmosis purification process which temperature is greater than 40 °C and producing hydrogen gas and mixture of pseudo-Boehmite - AlO(OH) and Bayerite - Al(OH) 3 powder during the Al-water reaction; - drying and annealing obtained mixture of pseudo-Boehmite - AlO(OH) and Bayerite - Al(OH) 3 at 280 °C up to 5 hours under atmospheric conditions using an oven, yielding pure pseudo-Boehmite - AlO(OH); - annealing pseudo-Boehmite - AlO(OH) at 500 °C up to 5 hours under atmospheric conditions using an oven, yielding pure γ-Al 2 O 3 with the BET surface area >200 m 2 /g, crystallite size - 3-10 nm, level of remaining impurities - Na 2 O <100 ppm, SO 4 < 100 ppm and Fe 2 O 3 < 100 ppm.
A composition comprising minimally processed, uncultured microvascular tissue, wherein the tissue has been dissociated and then dried or cryopreserved, wherein the tissue has been dissociated using enzymatic digestion, wherein the tissue includes a mixture of stem and/or progenitor cells produced from the dissociation, wherein the viability of the included stem or progenitor cells is less than 50% and wherein said composition has tissue healing activity, wherein the tissue healing activity comprises improved repair or regeneration of a tissue.
A negative electrode active material, comprising: a graphite core; a first carbon coating layer surrounding the outside of the graphite core; and a second carbon coating layer surrounding the outside of the first carbon coating layer, wherein the second carbon coating layer has a lower crystallinity as compared to the first carbon coating layer, or the second carbon coating layer comprises hard carbon and the first carbon coating layer comprises soft carbon. a graphite core; a first carbon coating layer surrounding the outside of the graphite core; and a second carbon coating layer surrounding the outside of the first carbon coating layer, wherein the second carbon coating layer has a lower crystallinity as compared to the first carbon coating layer, or the second carbon coating layer comprises hard carbon and the first carbon coating layer comprises soft carbon.
RNA-guided FokI Nuclease (RFN) fusion proteins comprising a FokI catalytic domain fused to the amino terminus of a catalytically inactive CRISPR-associated 9 (dCas9) protein wherein said catalytically inactive S. pyogenes Cas9 has mutations at amino acid residues corresponding to positions D10A and H840A, an intervening linker from 2 to 30 amino acids; and guide RNAs (gRNAs) that direct the RFN fusion proteins to two target genomic sequences wherein the guide RNAs that direct the RFN fusion proteins to a first target genomic sequence and a second target genomic sequence are spaced 14 to 17 or 26 nucleotides apart, and wherein the first target genomic sequence is on a first strand of DNA and the second target genomic sequence is on a complementary second strand of DNA wherein the two target genomic sequences each have a PAM sequence at the 3' end and a PAM outward orientation to create a double-stranded break.
A method performed with a computing system and a well integrity tool that is configured to determine well integrity, the method comprising: receiving , based on a user interaction with a graphical user interface of the well integrity tool , a selection of a well configuration of a well, the selection comprising one or more casing strings and a production tubing extending from adjacent a wellhead of the well to adjacent a bottom of the well; receiving , based on a user interaction with another graphical user interface of the well integrity tool , a selection of a wellbore operation performed with the well configuration ; determining , using the well integrity tool and based on the well configuration and the wellbore operation, a characteristic of the well at or adjacent the one or more casing strings and the production tubing during the wellbore operation; modifying the user-selected well configuration using the well integrity tool to remove the production tubing ; and determining , using the well integrity tool and based on the modified well configuration and the wellbore operation, the characteristic of the well at or adjacent the one or more casing strings during the wellbore operation; wherein the characteristic comprises a displacement force acting on a casing string in the one or more casing strings in the wellbore (34; 306), and the method further comprises: comparing the displacement force with a predetermined static force acting on the casing string; and providing , based on the comparison, an indication that well integrity of the well is compromised. receiving , based on a user interaction with a graphical user interface of the well integrity tool , a selection of a well configuration of a well, the selection comprising one or more casing strings and a production tubing extending from adjacent a wellhead of the well to adjacent a bottom of the well; receiving , based on a user interaction with another graphical user interface of the well integrity tool , a selection of a wellbore operation performed with the well configuration ; determining , using the well integrity tool and based on the well configuration and the wellbore operation, a characteristic of the well at or adjacent the one or more casing strings and the production tubing during the wellbore operation; modifying the user-selected well configuration using the well integrity tool to remove the production tubing ; and determining , using the well integrity tool and based on the modified well configuration and the wellbore operation, the characteristic of the well at or adjacent the one or more casing strings during the wellbore operation; wherein the characteristic comprises a displacement force acting on a casing string in the one or more casing strings in the wellbore (34; 306), comparing the displacement force with a predetermined static force acting on the casing string; and providing , based on the comparison, an indication that well integrity of the well is compromised.
A protective case for a bicycle which has a top half and a lower half , each half having one or more wall sections substantially defining an interior area on the inner surface of said wall(s) ; characterised in that when said top and lower halfs are releasably connected to one another they form an at least substantially enclosed space; and wherein the lower half of the protective case includes a stand attached thereto, said stand adapted to connect to a bicycle frame of the bicycle , said stand extendable from a non-extended position to an extended position without being detached from the lower half , and: • with the top and lower halfs connected to one another and with the stand attached to the lower half in the non-extended position, the case is configured for storage and transportation of the bicycle with wheels of the bicycle removed from the bicycle frame ; and • with the top half removed from the top of the lower half and with the stand attached to the lower half in the extended position the stand extends from the lower half to support the fully assembled bicycle outside of the lower half , the case is configured as a freestanding mobile workshop for working on the fully assembled bicycle . • with the top and lower halfs connected to one another and with the stand attached to the lower half in the non-extended position, the case is configured for storage and transportation of the bicycle with wheels of the bicycle removed from the bicycle frame ; and • with the top half removed from the top of the lower half and with the stand attached to the lower half in the extended position the stand extends from the lower half to support the fully assembled bicycle outside of the lower half , the case is configured as a freestanding mobile workshop for working on the fully assembled bicycle .