| UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM Patent applications |
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| 20120088950 | MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF FEEDSTOCK, SUCH AS EXFOLIATING VERMICULITE AND OTHER MINERALS, AND TREATING CONTAMINATED MATERIALS - Ways of applying microwaves to feedstock to be processed are disclosed. One embodiment relates to heating inter-layer water in vermiculite to expand the vermiculite. Another embodiment relates to heating water in oil-contaminated materials and waste products, such as drilling cuttings, contaminated soils and certain types of animal by-products, to drive out oil. In some embodiments a microwave tunnel applicator has the microwaves applied from beneath the feedstock. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120083599 | Biomolecular Labelling Using Multifunctional Biotin Analogues - Novel biotin analogues, such as 2-Azidobiotin, comprising the ureido ring of natural biotin with the thiophene ring, optionally modified, and a modified sidechain having a functional end group, preferably selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid, amine, alcohol, thiol, aldehyde and a halide, and at least one bio-orthogonally reactive chemical group located elsewhere in the sidechain. The analogues are used for labelling target structures and biomolecules, such as peptides and proteins in vitro or in vivo. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20110183867 | Polymer arrays for biofilm adhesion testing - This invention relates to a method of screening arrays of polymers having pre-determined surface energies. The polymer arrays of the present invention can be used to screen for microorganism adherence. More specifically the arrays can be used to screen for adherence of particular bacteria or fungi to particular polymers in the array. Furthermore, this invention relates to a method combining in-situ polymer synthesis with physico-chemical characterisation of the resulting polymer array and subsequent biological assays of bacterial or fungal adherence. This allows for high throughput screening and characterisation of candidate polymers which are not susceptible to bacterial or fungal adherence or which can be used to support bacterial or fungal adherence where such is required. The arrays can also be used to screen for inhibition or promotion of biofilm formation. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20100105713 | GLYT1 Transporter Inhibitors and Uses Thereof in Treatment of Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders - Compounds of formula (I) or a salt thereof are provided: | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100005963 | SORBENT COMPOSITION - The invention provides an apparatus and methods for removing heavy metals and heavy metal-containing compounds from fluid streams. The invention also provides new uses and methods for removing heavy metals and heavy metal-containing compounds from a natural gas stream, or a gas stream produced during the combustion or gasification of a fossil fuel, such as coal or petroleum fuels or oil. | 01-14-2010 |
