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Birch, GB
Brian Birch, Higham Ferrers GB
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| 20090302872 | Electrochemical strip for use with a multi-input meter - Strips, particularly test strips and adapters for test strips, for use in meters for the electrochemical measurement of analyte in a sample material and in particular the glucose concentration of a sample of blood. The strips comprise a plurality of working connectors, for interfacing with the meter, coupled to one or more working electrodes. The strips are of particular use in adapting multi-input meters for single input use. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090302873 | System for electrochemically measuring an analyte in a sample material - Strips, particularly test strips and adapters for test strips, for use in meters for the electrochemical measurement of analyte in a sample material and in particular the glucose concentration of a sample of blood. The strips comprise a plurality of working connectors, for interfacing with the meter, coupled to one or more working electrodes. The strips are of particular use in adapting multi-input meters for single input use. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090325307 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A STRIP FOR USE WITH A MULTI-INPUT METER - Strips particularly test strips and adapters for test strips, for use in meters for the electrochemical measurement of analyte in a sample material and in particular the glucose concentration of a sample of blood. The strips comprise a plurality of working connectors, for interfacing with the meter, coupled to one or more working electrodes. The strips are of particular use in adapting multi-input meters for single input use. | 12-31-2009 |
Brian Jeffrey Birch, Bedford GB
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| 20090098662 | DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OR AMOUNT OF A METAL-LABELLED SPECIES - A method for determining the presence or amount of a metal-labelled species in a sample may include causing the metal of the metal-labelled species in the sample to form a soluble electrochemically-active complex which is stable relative to moieties present or potentially present in the sample which will form an insoluble and/or electrochemically-inactive complex with the metal, and electrochemically measuring the formed complex to provide an indication of the presence or amount of the metal-labelled species. | 04-16-2009 |
David Birch, Woking GB
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| 20100010916 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORDERING GOODS, SERVICES AND CONTENT OVER AN INTERNETWORK USING A VIRTUAL PAYMENT ACCOUNT - A virtual payment system for ordering and paying for goods, services and content over an internetwork. The virtual system comprises a commerce gateway and a credit processing server. The virtual system is a secure closed system comprising registered merchants and consumers. Once an account is established, a digital certificate is stored on the registered participant's computer. The consumer can then order a product, i.e., goods, services or content from a merchant and charge it to a virtual payment card. When the product is shipped, the merchant notifies the commerce gateway component, which in turn notifies the credit processing server which applies the charges to the consumer's virtual card account. The consumer can settle the charges using a prepaid account, a credit card, or by using reward points earned through use of the virtual payment card. A consumer may create sub-account that have additional limitations. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100274683 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORDERING GOODS, SERVICES AND CONTENT OVER AN INTERNETWORK USING A VIRTUAL PAYMENT ACCOUNT - A virtual payment system for paying for goods, services and content ordered over an internetwork comprising a commerce gateway component and a credit processing server component ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100306081 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORDERING GOODS, SERVICES AND CONTENT OVER AN INTERNETWORK USING A VIRTUAL PAYMENT ACCOUNT - A virtual payment system for paying for goods, services and content ordered over an internetwork comprising a commerce gateway component and a credit processing server component ( | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110137801 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORDERING GOODS, SERVICES AND CONTENT OVER AN INTERNETWORK USING A VIRTUAL PAYMENT ACCOUNT - A virtual payment system for paying for goods, services and content ordered over an internetwork is disclosed. The virtual payment system includes a commerce gateway. Buyers and sellers becomes registered participants by applying for virtual payment buyer and seller accounts. Once an account is established with the commerce gateway, a digital certificate is stored on the registered participant's computer. A buyer can then order a product, i.e., goods, services or content from a seller and charge it to the virtual payment account. When the product is shipped, the seller notifies the commerce gateway, which applies the charges to the buyer's virtual payment account. The buyer can settle the charges using a prepaid account, a credit account, or by using reward points earned through use of the virtual payment account. A buyer may create sub-accounts. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110276494 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORDERING GOODS, SERVICES, AND CONTENT OVER AN INTERNETWORK USING A VIRTUAL PAYMENT ACCOUNT - A secure, closed virtual payment system comprising registered buyers and sellers for ordering and paying for goods, services, and content over an internetwork is disclosed. A buyer becomes registered by applying for a virtual payment account. A seller becomes registered by applying for a seller account. A credit processing component ( | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110289006 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORDERING GOODS, SERVICES, AND CONTENT OVER AN INTERNETWORK USING A VIRTUAL PAYMENT ACCOUNT - A secure, closed virtual payment system comprising registered buyers and sellers for ordering and paying for goods, services, and content over an internetwork is disclosed. A buyer becomes registered by applying for a virtual payment account. A seller becomes registered by applying for a seller account. A credit processing component ( | 11-24-2011 |
David Richard Birch, Wimbledon GB
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| 20090193979 | TEA POT HAVING A TEA FILTER - A tea pot comprises a receptacle having a pouring device at a first side and a handle on a second side opposite to the first side with the pouring device. A water filling aperture is provided at the top of the receptacle, which aperture defines a recessed circumferential lip. a lid is provided for closing said water filling aperture. A tea filter for the tea pot comprises a perforated cylindrical container of a cross sectional shape substantially the same as that of the water filling aperture, the filter being insertable into the teapot through the water filling aperture thereof. A circumferential flange is located at the upper part of the tea filter which is adapted to sit on the circumferential lip when the tea filter is inserted into the receptacle of the tea pot. An engagement means is adapted to permit the tea filter to be removably retained in the teapot receptacle and comprises a sprung detent located at the upper part of the container and which is urged away from the container for engagement under the lip of the water filling aperture to retain the tea filter in the tea pot The detent has a recess therein whereby it engages both above and below the lip. | 08-06-2009 |
David William Birch, Hampshire GB
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| 20090038691 | VALVE GUARD ASSEMBLY - A valve guard assembly for a gas cylinder has a mounting collar | 02-12-2009 |
Jeremy Birch, Bristol GB
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| 20120110539 | Automatically Routing Nets with Variable Spacing - A technique will automatically route interconnect of an integrated circuit and adjust spacing between tracks or interconnect in order to improve performance or reduce electromigration effects. By increasing spacing between certain tracks or moving tracks, performance can improve because a track will be more noise immunity from nearby tracks on the same layer or on different layers. The automatic router will adjust spacing between tracks depending on one or more factors. These factors may include current associated with a track, width of a track, capacitance, inductance, and electromigration. In a specific implementation, the technique uses a shape-based approach where a grid is not used. The technique may further vary the width of the tracks. | 05-03-2012 |
Michael Birch, Manchester GB
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| 20110160231 | DIHYDROOROTATE DEHYDROGENASE AS ANTIFUNGAL DRUG TARGET AND QUINAZOLINONE-BASED INHIBITORS THEREOF - A method of identifying an antifungal agent which targets a DHODH protein (alias PyrE, dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, EC: 1.3.99.11) of a fungus comprising contacting a candidate substance with a fungal DHODH protein and determining whether the candidate substance binds or modulates the DHODH protein, wherein binding or modulation indicates that the candidate substance is an antifungal agent. Specific examples concern | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110183969 | ANTIFUNGAL COMBINATION THERAPY - The invention provides pharmaceutical combinations comprising a combination of an antifungal indolizine compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a second antifungal agent: wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X and X | 07-28-2011 |
Mike Birch, Manchester GB
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| 20110152285 | PYRROLE ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS - The invention provides compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof; wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A1, L1 and n are as defined herein. These compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in prevention or treatment of a fungal disease. Compounds of formula (I), and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, may also be used as agricultural fungicides. | 06-23-2011 |
Mike Birch, Ellenbrook GB
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| 20090105088 | Mutant bank - The invention relates to a mutant bank of diploid micro-organisms which consists of a population of mutant cells in which at least one cell has a random mutation which disrupts the activity of at least one gene, wherein the micro-organism is inducible into haploid form. The invention further relates to a method of using the mutant bank to identify the genes which contribute to a chosen phenotype. | 04-23-2009 |
Nicholas Birch, Bristol GB
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| 20120113269 | RECEIVER AND A TRANSMITTER - A receiver is described for a testing device for a data stream in which the data stream comprises a plurality of encoded data components. The receiver comprises an input for inputting a plurality of encoded data components, a processor for processing the plurality of encoded data components; and a plurality of outputs each for outputting a processed one of the plurality of encoded data components. The receiver is arranged, such that, in use, a plurality of encoded data components received at the input are processed by the processor and a processed one of the plurality of encoded data components is output from one of the plurality of outputs. | 05-10-2012 |
Paul Birch, Liverpool GB
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| 20100255573 | EXTRACTION AND PURIFICATION OF BIOLOGIGAL CELLS USING ULTRASOUND - A process is described in which biological cells are separated from a material sample, such as blood or soil, in which the material sample is formed as a suspension in a fluid and introduced into a chamber. One or more acoustic pressure nodes aggregate the material sample, and a flow of fluid removes soluble matter from the aggregate leaving the biological cells and other inert materials at the node(s). In one aspect of the invention the biological materials are separated from inhibitors that might render their subsequent analysis in, for example, a PCR system difficult. In another aspect of the invention a method is described to extract a clean DNA sample for such biological cells. | 10-07-2010 |
Paul Birch, Dundee GB
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| 20090055963 | Systemic gene silencing in plants - A novel VIGS vector is described based on pGR106. The vector includes a nucleotide silencing sequence which is homologous or complementary to a target gene of a host cell. The vector can induce gene silencing in whole plants and microplants and is also effective in the tubers of | 02-26-2009 |
Peter Birch, West Sussex Sussex GB
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| 20120039737 | SCREW-TYPE VACUUM PUMP - A screw vacuum pump, in particular for compression against atmospheric pressure, comprises a pump housing defining a suction chamber. Two meshing screw rotors are arranged in the suction chamber. Further, an overpressure outlet provided, which comprises an overpressure opening in a side wall of the suction chamber. Further, an overpressure valve is arranged in the overpressure outlet. The width (b) of the overpressure opening in the longitudinal direction of the screw rotors is smaller than or equal to a tooth width (B) of the screw rotors. | 02-16-2012 |
Peter Birch, West Sussex GB
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| 20120063917 | ROUGHING PUMP METHOD FOR A POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMP - In order to provide a simple and energy-efficient rough pumping method for a displacement pump ( | 03-15-2012 |
Peter Hugh Birch, Horsham GB
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| 20110318210 | VACUUM PUMP - A multistage vacuum pump includes a stator housing a multistage rotor assembly, each stage having intermeshing Roots rotor components, wherein the tip radius of the rotor components at an inlet stage of the pump is larger than the tip radius of the rotor components at an exhaust stage of the pump, wherein a meshing clearance between the rotor components at the inlet stage of the pump is greater than a meshing clearance between the rotor components at the exhaust stage of the pump. | 12-29-2011 |
Peter Hugh Birch, West Sussex GB
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| 20090214368 | Vacuum Pump - A dry pump comprises a stator housing a rotor assembly comprising intermeshing rotor components defining a running clearance with a surface of the stator, means for applying a transient magnetic force to at least one magnetic member of the rotor assembly to move the rotor components away from the stator surface and increase the size of the running clearance to reduce a frictional force applied to the rotor components by particulates accumulated within the running clearance, and means for moving the rotor components back towards the stator surface upon reduction of the magnetic force. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090269231 | Method of Pumping Gas - A method of pumping a gas stream containing a condensable species and a light gas and an apparatus therefore, the method comprising the steps of conveying the gas stream to a multistage vacuum pump comprising an inlet stage and an exhaust stage downstream from the inlet stage, and adding to the gas stream upstream of or at the inlet stage a purge gas heavier than said light gas to both inhibit migration of the light gas from the exhaust stage towards the inlet stage and to inhibit condensation of the condensable species within the pump. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100119399 | VACUUM PUMP - A vacuum pump housing comprises first ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100158728 | Vacuum pump - A multistage vacuum pump comprises a stator housing a multistage rotor assembly, each stage comprising inter-meshing Roots rotor components, wherein the tip radius of the rotor components at an inlet stage of the pump is larger than the tip radius of the rotor components at an exhaust stage of the pump. | 06-24-2010 |
Philip L. Birch, Chiddingfold GB
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| 20080257436 | Piping - The present invention relates to piping ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090044954 | Method for Transporting Multiphase Fluids - A method of transporting multiphase fluids during extraction of said fluids from a well. The method includes first providing a well production apparatus. The well production apparatus includes tubing for carrying a flow of well production fluids. A centre line of the tubing follows a substantially helical path, and the amplitude of the helix is less than or equal to one half of the internal diameter of the tubing. Then, the method includes transporting multiphase fluids along the tubing whilst inducing swirl flow thereof. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090095594 | CRACKING FURNACE - The invention relates to piping for use as a pyrolysis tube in a cracking furnace. The tube is formed such that it has at least one section whose centreline curves in three dimensions, to induce swirl flow in the tube. Preferably, the tube is formed as a helix. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090235850 | PIPING - The present invention relates to piping ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090276029 | HELICAL STENT - An expandable balloon for insertion in a fluid conduit of a human or animal body is movable between a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The balloon has, when in the expanded condition, a center line which follows a substantially helical path. The balloon can be combined with a stent such that the stent is expandable by the balloon from a collapsed condition to an expanded condition. | 11-05-2009 |
Philip Michael Birch, East Sussex GB
Phillip John Birch, Cambridge GB
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| 20110105551 | Analgesics for nasal administration - An analgesic and a delivery agent are combined in a pharmaceutical composition such that, on introduction into the nasal cavity of a patient to be treated, the analgesic may be delivered to the bloodstream to produce within 30 minutes a therapeutic plasma concentration, C | 05-05-2011 |
Stephen William Birch, Tyne & Wear GB
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| 20090321278 | Electrochemical sensor - A electrochemical sensor comprising a mounting having screen printed array of electrodes located thereon, the array comprising a reference electrode, a counter electrode and a plurality of working electrodes, wherein the working electrodes are each overlaid with an insulating layer of insulating material, the insulating layer having an array of apertures, exposing a respective array of working regions of the working electrodes, and a method of making same by applying screen printing technic, and a method of using same for chlorine determination. | 12-31-2009 |
William Birch, Aberdeen Aberdeenshire GB
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| 20110017468 | METHOD OF PRODUCING HYDROCARBONS THROUGH A SMART WELL - A method is disclosed for producing hydrocarbons through an instrumented smart well containing a well tubular ( | 01-27-2011 |
William Birch, Aberdeenshire GB
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| 20110048136 | PRESSURE SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING THE ASSEMBLY - A pressure sensor assembly comprises a sensor housing having a flexible wall that is configured to deform in response to a pressure difference between the interior and exterior of the sensor housing; —a first fiber optical cable section that is bonded to the flexible wall of the sensor housing such that the length of the first fiber optical cable section changes in response to deformation of the wall in response to the said pressure difference; a second fiber optical cable section which is bonded to a thermal reference body, which body is connected to the sensor housing by a strain decoupled connection mechanism, such as a tack weld or flexible glue, and is configured to deform substantially solely in response to thermal deformation, such that the length of the second fiber optical cable section solely changes in response to thermal deformation of the thermal reference body. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110284216 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBON FLUID THROUGH A WELL WITH A SENSOR ASSEMBLY OUTSIDE THE WELL CASING - A method is disclosed for producing hydrocarbon fluids through a well having a well casing string with a casing section which is surrounded by an annular space which comprises a sensor assembly for measuring electromagnetic and/or other physical properties of solid and fluid materials within the annular space, in an underground formation surrounding the annular space and/or within the interior of the section of the casing string, wherein the sensor assembly is mounted on a body of swellable material, such as a swellable rubber or other elastomeric material, which is secured to the outer surface of said casing section and presses the sensor assembly against the inner surface of the surrounding underground formation after the casing string has been lowered into the wellbore. | 11-24-2011 |