Parkes, GB
Alastair Parkes, Reading GB
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20100088132 | MERGER AND ACQUISITION DATA VALIDATION - Systems and methods are provided that perform data validation in real time. By uploading the source data from spreadsheets or entering the data directly into an application, the required validations can be run and reported in real time. Users can then either extract the data back into spreadsheets for manipulation, and then re-upload it, or correct the data directly within the application. Once the data set has passed all validations, it is then passed to the technical team for upload into the transactional system. | 04-08-2010 |
20110201589 | NEW BRADYKININ B1 ANTAGONISTS - The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R | 08-18-2011 |
20140073627 | BRADYKININ B1 ANTAGONISTS - The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) | 03-13-2014 |
Alastair L. Parkes, Reading GB
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20130225567 | 5-Alkynyl Pyridine - 5-alkynyl-pyridine of general formula (I) | 08-29-2013 |
David John Owen Parkes, Colby GB
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20100108581 | WATER TREATMENT CARTRIDGES - A water treatment cartridge comprises an additive channel arranged so that only some of the water passing through the cartridge passes through it. The additive channel comprises means for automatically releasing an additive into the water in the channel. The additive channel is arranged to control the additive dose. The cartridge may also contain a water treatment or filter medium. | 05-06-2010 |
Gregg Parkes, Wiltshire GB
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20140269182 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING ACQUISITION RELATED EFFECTS FROM SEISMIC DATA - Systems and methods for operating a seismic source to attenuate shot generated noise, or residual energy from previous activation of the source, in recorded seismic data are described. In one aspect, methods operate a single seismic source towed through a body of water along a survey track. As the survey vessel travels along the survey track, the source is activated at the end of randomly selected time delays, resulting in attenuation of shot generated noise. The method also attenuates other forms of coherent noise that align from shot to shot. | 09-18-2014 |
20140340983 | TIME-EFFICIENT TESTS TO DETECT AIR GUN FAULTS - Techniques are disclosed relating to testing of seismic air guns, for example via bubble tests. According to some embodiments of these techniques, a firing sequence for testing the air guns may be determined that reduces the amount of interaction between firings. Further, firing time delays may also be determined in order to further reduce the interactions. Accordingly, a test of an array of air guns may be completed relatively quickly. | 11-20-2014 |
20160047922 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO OPERATE MARINE SOURCES TO AVOID AIR IN WATER EFFECTS - In order to avoid complicated and unpredictable effects on the wavefields emitted by air guns activated at different times, methods and systems of the current disclosure are directed to computationally designing a sequence for activating subsets of air guns in a time distributed manner that minimizes the effects of air in the water surrounding the source. The sequence may be used with discrete and continuously recorded marine surveys. | 02-18-2016 |
Gregg Parkes, Corsham GB
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20140269170 | Method for Optimizing the Design of Multiple-Source Arrays Used in Marine Seismic Surveys - A method and apparatus for determining marine seismic source configurations which produce a minimum error after the process of combining the wave fields to eliminate the responses of sources including the source ghost operated at multiple depths, without separating these wave fields, is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes simulating, on a computer system, the performing of a seismic survey for one or more source configurations. An error term is calculated for each configuration simulated. Based on the calculated error terms, a configuration having the smallest error among those simulated may be determined. | 09-18-2014 |
20160047928 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF WAVEFIELD SEPARATION APPLIED TO NEAR-CONTINUOUSLY RECORDED WAVEFIELDS - Wavefield separation methods and systems that adjust near-continuous pressure and particle motion wavefields based on distance moved along a vessel track by the sensors when the wavefields were measured are disclosed. Methods and systems correct for the motion of the receivers in towed streamer seismic data in order to obtain a wavefield with approximately stationary-receiver locations. Wavefield separation may then be applied to the wavefield with approximately stationary-receiver locations. | 02-18-2016 |
20160047929 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS THAT COMBINE WAVEFIELDS ASSOCIATED WITH GENERALIZED SOURCE ACTIVATION TIMES AND NEAR-CONTINUOUSLY RECORDED SEISMIC DATA - Systems and methods to correct source responses and perform source deghosting of a pressure or particle motion wavefield recorded using near-continuous recording of seismic data along a vessel track with generalize source activation times. The methods and systems receive a near-continuously recorded seismic data and generate a near-continuous wavefield for approximately stationary-receiver locations. Time windows of different temporal lengths are applied to traces of the near-continuous wavefield in approximately stationary-receiver locations in order to compute common-receiver gathers. The common-receiver gathers are corrected source wavefield response and source ghost effects and are combined in weighted sums to generate broadband seismic data. | 02-18-2016 |
Gregg Parkes, Weybridge GB
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20130322208 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGING SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS WITH PRIMARY AND MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS - Systems and methods for imaging subterranean formations using primary and multiple reflections are described. An exploration-seismology vessel tows a seismic source, a receiver acquisition surface located beneath a free surface, and a source acquisition surface positioned at a depth below the source. The receiver acquisition surface is used to measure pressure and normal velocity wavefields and the source acquisition surface is used to measure direct, down-going, source pressure wavefields generated by the source. The down-going source pressure wavefields in combination with the down-going pressure wavefields and up-going pressure wavefields computed from the pressure and velocity wavefields are used to compute images of the subterranean formation associated with primary reflections and multiple reflections. | 12-05-2013 |
Gregg E. Parkes, Corsham GB
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20150293241 | SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION - A method for seismic data acquisition can include near-continuously recording seismic data received from a number of seismic receivers and triggering a plurality of source elements, based upon time and not based upon position, at a predefined sequence of times relative to a start of a near-continuous recording. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293242 | SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING - A method for seismic data processing can include obtaining seismic data acquired based upon trigger times and not based upon positions of triggered source elements. The seismic data can include near-continuously recorded seismic data in split records. The split records can be spliced together into a single near-continuous record to produce a trace with seismic data from a single acquired line. The seismic data can be processed by performing a spatial shift for each of a number of time samples to correct for motion of a number of seismic receivers. | 10-15-2015 |
Gregory Parkes, Corsham GB
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20130088938 | SUBSURFACE IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH MULTI-SOURCE SURVEY COMPONENT SEGREGATION AND REDETERMINATION - A disclosed subsurface imaging method begins by obtaining initial signals from a geophysical survey that has been acquired with multiple geophysical energy sources actuated in a plurality of firing sequences, each sequence having a known time delay between the firing times of each source. The initial signals are grouped into gathers of signals acquired from multiple firing sequences. For each gather, initial estimates of the first and second source wave fields are determined. Quieted signals for the first source are then generated to represent the initial signals minus a current estimate of the second source wave field. A coherent energy separation operation is applied to the quieted signals to obtain a refined estimate for the first source wave field. | 04-11-2013 |
Gregory Emest Parkes, Corsham GB
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20110149683 | Combined impulsive and non-impulsive seismic sources - A method for seismic exploration of subsurface rock formations includes actuating an impulsive seismic energy source proximate the rock formations. A non-impulsive seismic energy source is actuated. A near field waveform of each of the impulsive and non-impulsive seismic energy sources is detected. A far field waveform of the combined output of the impulsive and non-impulsive seismic energy sources is determined from the near field waveforms. An impulse response of the subsurface rock formations is determined by deconvolving the far field waveform with detected seismic signals. | 06-23-2011 |
Gregory Ernest Parkes, Corsham GB
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20100008184 | Method for aquiring and processing marine seismic data to extract and constructively use the up-going and down-going wave-fields emitted by the source(s) - A method for acquisition and processing of marine seismic signals to extract up-going and down- going wave-fields from a seismic energy source includes deploying at least two marine seismic energy sources at different depths in a body of water. These seismic energy sources are actuated with known time delays that are varied from shot record to shot record. Seismic signals from sources deployed at different depths are recorded simultaneously. Seismic energy corresponding to each of the sources is extracted from the recorded seismic signals. Up-going and down-going wave-fields are extracted from the sources deployed at different depths using the extracted seismic energy therefrom. A method includes the separated up-going and down-going wave-fields are propagated to a water surface or a common reference, the up-going or the down-going wave-field is 180 degree phase shifted, and the signals from these modified up-going and down-going wave-fields are summed. | 01-14-2010 |
20120033526 | Wavefield deghosting of seismic data recorded using multiple seismic sources at different water depths - Seismic data are acquired by actuating a first source at a first time and one or more additional seismic sources each with their own characteristic times with respect to a time of signal recording, the sources substantially collocated and at different depths. A first wavefield is determined that would occur if the first source were actuated at a selected time with respect to an initiation time of the recordings and being time adjusted for the water depth. One or more additional wavefields are determined that would occur if the one or more additional sources were each actuated at said selected time with respect to said initiation time, and being time adjusted for water depths of the one or more additional sources. The first wavefield and the one or more additional wavefields are combined to determine a deghosted source wavefield corresponding to actuation of a single seismic energy source. | 02-09-2012 |
20120259553 | Method for eliminating spectral constraints of acquisition system and earth filtering effects - Recorded seismic data are represented as a convolution of operators representing a reflectivity series of the earth and a seismic wavelet. The recorded seismic wavelet is represented as a convolution of operators representing a receiver ghost, a source ghost, a ghost-free source system response, an earth filter response, and a receiver system response. The operator representing the receiver ghost is removed from the convolution representing the seismic wavelet. The operator representing the source ghost is removed from the convolution representing the seismic wavelet. The operator representing the ghost-free source response is removed from the convolution representing the seismic wavelet. The operator representing the earth filter response is removed from the convolution representing the seismic wavelet. The operator representing the seismic wavelet is removed from the convolution representing the recorded seismic data. | 10-11-2012 |
20130088235 | Method for Acquiring and Processing Marine Seismic Data to Extract and Constructively use the Up-Going and Down-Going Wave-fields Emitted by the Source(s) - A method for acquisition and processing of marine seismic signals to extract up-going and down- going wave-fields from a seismic energy source includes deploying at least two marine seismic energy sources at different depths in a body of water. These seismic energy sources are actuated with known time delays that are varied from shot record to shot record. Seismic signals from sources deployed at different depths are recorded simultaneously, Seismic energy corresponding to each of the sources is extracted from the recorded seismic signals. Up-going and down-going wave-fields are extracted from the sources deployed at different depths using the extracted seismic energy therefrom. A method includes the separated up-going and down-going wave-fields are propagated to a water surface or a common reference, the up-going or the down-going wave-field is 180 degree phase shifted, and the signals from these modified up-going and down-going wave-fields are summed. | 04-11-2013 |
20130092469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING DIRECTED SEISMIC WAVES IN WATER - A disclosed seismic source assembly includes a body having a cavity and a seismic source positioned in the cavity. The cavity is in fluid communication with the water via an aperture oriented in a first direction. One or more surfaces of the body define a water contact significantly larger than an area of the aperture and on a side opposite the first direction. A described method includes forming a source assembly by: providing a cavity having an aperture for transmitting seismic waves; rigidly attaching a base to a side of the cavity opposite the aperture, where a transverse area of the base is significantly larger than an area of the aperture; and positioning a seismic source in the cavity. The source assembly is submerged in the water and triggered. | 04-18-2013 |
20130201791 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SOURCE SIGNATURES AFTER SOURCE GHOST REMOVAL - Seismic data are acquired using a seismic source comprising a plurality of seismic sub-sources disposed in a body of water at a plurality of depths and activated with different time delays. Far-field signatures are determined for the plurality of seismic sub-sources at each of the plurality of depths. A composite ghost-free far-field signature of the seismic source is determined from the far-field signatures for the plurality of seismic sub-sources at each of the plurality of depths and different time delays. A source response is removed from the seismic data using the far-field signatures of the seismic source | 08-08-2013 |
20160047930 | Method For Acquiring and Processing Marine Seismic Data to Extract and Constructively Use the Up-Going and Down-Going Wave-fields Emitted by the Source - A method for marine seismic surveying includes separating up-going and down-going wavefields from seismic energy emitted by at least one marine seismic energy source. The separated up-going and down-going wavefields are propagated from the at least one marine seismic energy source to at least one of a water surface and a common reference depth. One of the up-going and down-going wavefields is phase shifted 180 degrees. The propagated, phase shifted up-going and down-going wavefields are summed. | 02-18-2016 |
Jon Parkes, Portsmouth GB
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20140173685 | CONTROLLING MODIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE CABLING - A cabling modification control unit controls modification of electronic device cabling with physical locks and includes a processing unit and a communication unit. The processing unit is configured to process a cable modification request and configured to generate a control signal based on the result of processing the cable modification request. The communication unit is configured to communicate the control signal to an electronic device component. The control signal is configured to control a physical lock associated with the electronic device component to permit or prevent modification of the electronic device cabling. The electronic device component includes a port configured to connect to the electronic device cabling and a physical lock that is configured to prevent connection or disconnection of the electronic device cabling to the port based on the control signal received from the modification control unit. | 06-19-2014 |
Jonathan M. Parkes, Southsea GB
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20160085459 | MANAGING STORAGE DEVICES HAVING A LIFETIME OF A FINITE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS - Disclosed are methods and systems of managing a plurality of storage devices having a lifetime of a finite number of operations. An average number of storage devices reaching said lifetime of a finite number of operations per first unit time is calculated. For each one of the plurality of storage devices an estimated date when a finite number of operations will be reached is calculated. For each date, a variable related to the number of storage devices reaching said finite number of operations within a predetermined period of said date is set. For one or more variables having a value larger than a value calculated using the date and said average number of storage devices reaching said lifetime within the predetermined period of said first unit of time, an action is carried out to reduce the number of storage devices reaching said lifetime per first unit of time. | 03-24-2016 |
Kevin Parkes, Lancashire GB
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20130069889 | MULTI-POINT CONTACTS WITH PRESSURE DATA ON AN INTERACTIVE SURFACE - There is disclosed a method and apparatus for controlling a software application running on a computer system including an interactive display adapted to detect at least two contact points on the surface of the interactive display, the method comprising: detecting at least two contact points; determining pressure data associated with at least one of said contact points; and defining a condition of the software application in dependence on said detected at least two contact points and said at least one determined pressure value. | 03-21-2013 |
Kevin Parkes, Essex GB
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20090023747 | Cysteine Protease Inhibitors - A compound of the formula (II) wherein one of R | 01-22-2009 |
20090215846 | (2,5-DIOXOIMIDAZOLIDIN-I-YL)-N-HYDROXY-ACETAMIDES AS METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITORS - The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) wherein the variables are as defined in the specification. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of metalloproteinase MMP-12 and are among other things useful for the treatment of obstructive airway diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). | 08-27-2009 |
20120015994 | (2,5-DIOXOIMIDAZOLIDIN-I-YL)-N-HYDROXY-ACETAMIDES AS METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITORS - The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) | 01-19-2012 |
Kevin Parkes, Little Chesterford GB
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20120295920 | 5-AMINO-4-HYDROXYPENTOYL AMIDES - HIV inhibitors of formula | 11-22-2012 |
Matthew Parkes, Warwickshire GB
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20150091328 | VEHICLE ASSEMBLY - A vehicle assembly, comprising a vehicle grille and one or more body structure components, such as fenders. The vehicle grille is displaceable relative to the body structure components, wherein in a first position of the grille, the grille provides support to at least a part of the one or more body structure components and wherein in a second position, said support is reduced. A vehicle grille and a vehicle bonnet are also disclosed. | 04-02-2015 |
Michael Parkes, Chippenham GB
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20090065559 | Packaging box - A rectangular box for packaging and transporting bottles is constructed from a one piece blank having sections that can be removed to display the bottles at the point of sale without removing the bottles from the box and which allows the box to be converted to a bottle carrier. | 03-12-2009 |
Michael Edward Parkes, Cambridgeshire GB
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20090072015 | Blanks for Containers - A blank from which may be erected a protective enclosed tamper evident container for the packaging of articles during transportation and storage has five aligned panels that form opposed roof and floor walls having a dome shape connected at opposite ends of the container by side walls having a concave shape. The centre panel forming the floor wall has opposed closure panels that fold over the roof wall to close the open sides of the container and are provided with locking tongues that engage slots in the roof wall to secure the container. The tongues and slots provide a tamper evident mechanism for securing the container such that no adhesive is required during the erection process in order to hold the container in its closed position. | 03-19-2009 |
Philip Carl Parkes, Edinburgh GB
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20150040901 | MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICES - A medicament delivery device ( | 02-12-2015 |
Philip Carl Parkes, Nottinghamshire GB
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20100288277 | INHALERS - A dry powder inhaler comprises at least one medicament reservoir and a closure member engaged with the reservoir so as to close an opening therein. A surface of the reservoir adjacent the opening and a surface of the closure member are in abutment, either directly or via a seal member interposed between the reservoir and the closure member. At least one abutting surface is formed with a projection that increases the contact pressure between said surfaces, thereby improving the seal between them and reducing the potential for ingress of moisture between said surfaces into the reservoir. | 11-18-2010 |
20120111328 | DRY POWDER INHALERS - A dry powder inhaler ( | 05-10-2012 |
Stephen Maxwell Parkes, Angus GB
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20120192151 | SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOL - A method for improving the development and/or review of a computer program. The method comprises the steps of: adapting one or more design side components of the computer program to send and receive information on changes that occur therein; adapting one or more code side components of the computer program to send and receive information on changes that occur therein; synchronising design side components and code side components by conveying details of a change in a design side component to one or more corresponding code side components and to one or more corresponding design side components to update the contents of said components and by conveying details of a change in a code side component to one or more corresponding design side components and one or more corresponding code side components to update the contents of said components. | 07-26-2012 |
William Parkes, Glasgow GB
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20130252847 | ASSAY ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - The present invention relates to assay assemblies, components of assay assemblies, methods of determining one or more properties of a sample liquid, and methods of making components of assay assemblies. The present invention allows the properties of very small volumes of sample liquid to be probed, by providing a first surface having at least one sample liquid wettable surface region defined by a sample liquid repelling boundary, and a second surface, opposed to the first surface, having analyte binding agent immobilised thereon. | 09-26-2013 |