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Aaron Chapman, Newcastle Upon Tyne GB
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| 20100200624 | Harnesses - A harness for use with breathing apparatus has: a flexible hip plate | 08-12-2010 |
Andrew Chapman, Peterborough GB
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| 20090077999 | System And Method For Dispensing A Cooled Beverage - The present invention relates to a system for cooling a beverage, the system comprising: a beverage line ( | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100132481 | VARIABLE TORQUE-RATE TEST JOINT - A variable torque-rate test point for the performance testing of rotary tools for threaded fasteners comprises a screw-threaded bolt ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100212336 | CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a control system for controlling the ice volume fraction of a circulating ice-containing medium. The control system comprises a freezer apparatus for generating an ice-containing medium, a pump for circulating the ice-containing medium through a flow circuit comprising an outward line, a main line and a return line, and a bypass line connecting the outward line and return line to form a bypass circuit. In use, the time taken for circulating ice-containing medium to pass through the bypass circuit is less than the time taken for circulating ice-containing medium to pass through the flow circuit. The present invention also provides a method for controlling the ice volume fraction of a circulating ice-containing medium using such a control system. | 08-26-2010 |
Andrew Paul Chapman, Hampton GB
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| 20080269465 | BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS - There is disclosed antibody molecules containing at least one CDR derived from a mouse monoclonal antibody having specificity for human TNFα. There is also disclosed a CDR grafted antibody wherein at least one of the CDRs is a hybrid CDR. Further disclosed are DNA sequences encoding the chains of the antibody molecules, vectors, transformed host cells and uses of the antibody molecules in the treatment of diseases mediated by TNFα. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100285530 | E.Coli Host Cells with Modified Phos/Psts Periplasmic Phosphate-binding Proteins, and Method of Manufacturing Recombinant Fabs - The present invention provides an | 11-11-2010 |
Barbara Chapman, Oxford GB
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| 20090210359 | MERCHANDISING - The invention relates an apparatus ( | 08-20-2009 |
Caroline Chapman, Leicesterschier Le GB
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| 20080305476 | Immunoassay Methods - The invention relates to a method of detecting a disease state or disease susceptibility in a mammalian subject which comprises detecting an antibody in a test sample comprising a bodily fluid from said mammalian subject wherein said antibody is a biological marker of a disease state or disease susceptibility, the method comprising: (a) contacting said test sample with a plurality of different amounts of an antigen specific for said antibody, (b) detecting the amount of specific binding between said antibody and said antigen, (c) plotting or calculating a curve of the amount of said specific binding versus the amount of antigen for each amount of antigen used in step (a) and (d) determining the presence or absence of said disease state or disease susceptibility based upon the amount of specific binding between said antibody and said antigen at each different antigen concentration used. | 12-11-2008 |
Caroline Chapman, Leicestershire GB
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| 20090176319 | Calibrator For Immunoassays - The invention generally relates to the field of immunoassays. In particular, the invention relates to use of a calibrator material to calibrate immunoassays for autoantibodies. | 07-09-2009 |
Caroline Chapman, Nottingham GB
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| 20080213921 | Immunoassay Methods - The invention generally relates to the field of diagnostic or prognostic assays and in particular relates to assays for the detection of antibodies in a sample comprising patient bodily fluid, wherein such antibodies are used as biological markers of a disease state or disease susceptibility. The assay is based on cross-titration of both the patient bodily fluid to be tested for the antibody and an antigen used to detect the antibody by specific binding. | 09-04-2008 |
Chris Chapman, Nr. Fairford Glouc GB
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| 20100078409 | Hazardous Waste Treatment Process - A method for treating hazardous waste comprising: providing a plasma reactor, waste to be treated and a glass-forming host slag material; contacting within the plasma reactor the waste and the host slag material; and treating the waste and the host slag material using a plasma treatment to melt the host slag material and incorporate inorganic components of the waste within the host slag material, wherein the plasma is generated using an arc and the arc is passed through the host slag material. | 04-01-2010 |
Chris Chapman, Swindon GB
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| 20130131421 | WASTE TREATMENT - The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of hazardous waste, the process comprising: (i) providing a hazardous waste; (ii) providing a further waste; (iii) plasma treating the hazardous waste in a first plasma treatment unit, (iv) gasifying the further waste in a gasification unit to produce an offgas and a char material; and (v) plasma treating the offgas, and optionally the char material, in a second plasma treatment unit to produce a syngas, (vi) optionally treating the syngas in a gas cleaning plant, wherein the first plasma treatment unit is arranged to plasma treat at least some of the solid by-products from the gasification unit and/or the second plasma treatment unit and/or the gas cleaning plant. | 05-23-2013 |
Chris Chapman, Oxfordshire GB
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| 20110271883 | WASTE TREATMENT - A process and related apparatus for the treatment of hazardous waste and an initially separate waste stream, the process comprising gasifying the waste stream in a gasification unit to produce an offgas and a char material; and plasma treating the offgas, and optionally the char material, in a plasma treatment unit to produce a syngas; and blending hazardous waste with the waste stream at a point in the process determined by the relative chemical and/or physical properties of the hazardous waste and the waste stream. | 11-10-2011 |
Chris Chapman, Gloucestershire GB
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| 20100069698 | TREATMENT OF NUCLEAR SLUDGE - A method for treating nuclear sludge comprising subjecting the nuclear sludge to a plasma treatment in a plasma chamber to melt at least some of the inorganic components of the sludge, wherein the plasma chamber comprises a crucible having a cooled inner surface, this surface cooled sufficiently such that the inorganic components in contact with the inner surface are in a solid state and form a barrier between the part of surface of the crucible with which they are in contact and the molten inorganic components of the sludge. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100137671 | METHOD FOR TREATING SPENT POT LINER - The present invention relates to a method for treating spent pot liner material (SPL) containing carbon and/or an inorganic material, the method comprising: providing a plasma furnace having first and second electrodes for generating plasma and a crucible having a non-electrically conductive inner surface, heating the SPL material in the crucible in the presence of a flux material and an oxidant by passing an arc between the first and second electrodes via the SPL material to form a molten slag material and convert at least some of the carbon in the SPL material to CO and/or CO2 and/or incorporate at least some of the inorganic material into the molten slag material. | 06-03-2010 |
Chris Chapman, Gloucester GB
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| 20100115961 | WASTE TREATMENT PROCESS AND APPARATUS - A process for the treatment of waste, the process comprising either a gasification step or a pyrolysis step to produce an offgas and a non-airborne, solid char material; followed by a plasma treatment step. An associated apparatus having a plasma treatment unit which is separate from the gasification unit or pyrolysis unit. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20120124960 | WASTE TREATMENT PROCESS AND APPARATUS - A process for the treatment of waste, the process comprising either a gasification step or a pyrolysis step to produce an offgas and a non-airborne, solid char material; followed by a a plasma treatment step. An associated apparatus having a plasma treatment unit which is separate from the gasification unit or pyrolysis unit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120186967 | WASTE TREATMENT PROCESS AND APPARATUS - A process for the treatment of waste, the process comprising either a gasification step or a pyrolysis step to produce an offgas and a non-airborne, solid char material; followed by a plasma treatment step. An associated apparatus having a plasma treatment unit which is separate from the gasification unit or pyrolysis unit. | 07-26-2012 |
Chris Chapman, London GB
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| 20100022525 | Arginine Derivatives with NP-I Antagonistic Activity - The present invention is a compound of formula (I) or formula (II) which are suitable as NP-1 antagonists. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20120122862 | ARGININE DERIVATIVES WITH NP-I ANTAGONISTIC ACTIVITY - The present invention is a compound of formula (I) or formula (II) which are suitable as NP-1 antagonists. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120269864 | Arginine Derivatives with NP-I Antagonistic Activity - The present invention is a compound of formula (I) or formula (II) which are suitable as NP-1 antagonists. | 10-25-2012 |
Christopher H. Chapman, Great Shelford GB
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| 20120259601 | WAVEFORM INVERSION USING A RESPONSE OF FORWARD MODELING - Forward modeling is performed to compute a response of a target structure, the forward modeling accounting for distortion of a reflected signal from a reflector in the target structure. Waveform inversion is performed using the response of the forward modeling. | 10-11-2012 |
Christopher H. Chapman, Cambridge GB
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| 20110075517 | CORRECTING AN ACOUSTIC SIMULATION FOR ELASTIC EFFECTS - A technique includes simulating seismic wave propagation based on an acoustic model and based on a result of the simulation, estimating an error between the result and another result obtained if the seismic wave propagation were simulated based on an elastic model. The technique includes based at least in part on the estimated error predicting the other result without performing the simulation based on the elastic model. | 03-31-2011 |
Clifford H. Chapman, Essex GB
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| 20100088125 | System and Method for Automation and Management of Insurance Claims Processing and Post Placement Transactions - A system and method is provided to, for example, manage the process of settling an insurance transaction over a computer network. The management environment is designed to promote collaboration between parties involved in an insurance transaction settlement process by use of defined workflows, digital storage of policy of claim data, and allowing parties to view data and interoperably communicate and transact through the management environment. The management environment serves to improve communication between the parties involved in the insurance transaction settlement process and to reduce costs. | 04-08-2010 |
Colin Chapman, Cambridge GB
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| 20110204150 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEGRADATION IN CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE - The present invention relates to the detection of degradation in climate control system performance, in particular to the detection of degradation in heating system performance or air-conditioning system performance that is an indicator of impending heating system failure or air-conditioning system failure in domestic properties. In particular, the present invention provides a method for detecting degradation in the performance of a climate control system indicative of failure in the climate control system, comprising: receiving climate control data indicative of a climate control system in a property (location) being turned on and turned off; receiving an energy consumption signal indicative of the energy consumption of the property; correlating the received energy consumption signal with the received climate control data to determine an energy consumption signature of the climate control system when being turned on and turned off; comparing the determined energy consumption signature with previously obtained energy consumption signatures to detect differences in the determined signature that are indicative of degradation of climate control system performance indicative of impending climate control system failure. | 08-25-2011 |
Conrad S. Chapman, Liverpool GB
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| 20100224489 | Electrochemical Cell - The present invention relates to an electrochemical cell comprising a vibratile electrode (eg a vibratile microelectrode). | 09-09-2010 |
Danny Chapman, Oxford GB
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| 20100134501 | DEFINING AN ANIMATION OF A VIRTUAL OBJECT WITHIN A VIRTUAL WORLD - A method of defining an animation of a virtual object within a virtual world, wherein the animation comprises performing, at each of a series of time points, an update that updates values for object attributes of the virtual object, the method comprising: allowing a user to define the update by specifying, on a user interface, a structure representing the update, wherein the structure comprises a plurality of items and one or more connections between respective items, wherein each item represents a respective operation that may be performed when performing the update and wherein a connection between two items represents that data output by the operation represented by one of those two items is input to the operation represented by the other of those two items; allowing the user to specify that the structure comprises one or more items in a predetermined category, the predetermined category being associated with a predetermined process such that an item belongs to the predetermined category if performing the respective operation represented by that item requires execution of the predetermined process, wherein said predetermined process may be executed at most a predetermined number of times at each time point; and applying one or more rules that (a) restrict how the user may specify the structure to ensure that performing the defined update does not require execution of the predetermined process more than the predetermined number of times, (b) do not require the user to specify that an item in the predetermined category is at a particular location within the structure relative to other items and (c) do not require the user to explicitly specify which operations need to be performed before execution of the predetermined process when performing the update nor which operations need to be performed after execution of the predetermined process when performing the update. | 06-03-2010 |
Darren Chapman, Aberdeen GB
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| 20120199366 | ACTUATOR AND METHOD - An actuator or valve for use in a well comprising: an obstructing member, such as a piston, moveable between: a first position and a second position; and a retaining member, such as a ball, moveable between: a retaining position which retains the obstructing member in the first position; and, a release position which does not retain the obstructing member in the first position and/or allows or causes the obstructing member to move to the second position; wherein the retaining member is adapted to move in use, from one of the retaining position and release position to the other of the retaining position and release position, at least in part, by centrifugal forces caused by rotation of the actuator/valve. Thus at least some control of the actuation of the actuator/valve may be afforded by rotation thereof. In preferred embodiments some control is also afforded by fluid flow contacting the actuator/valve. Embodiments of the invention provide a convenient apparatus and method to control equipment in a well, especially to control a reamer for widening a well. | 08-09-2012 |
Emma Chapman, Cambridge GB
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| 20110275637 | PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE AS LEPTIN RECEPTOR MODULATORS - The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I), to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds as leptin receptor modulator mimetics in the preparation of medicaments against conditions associated with weight gain, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemias. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110275638 | PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE AS LEPTIN RECEPTOR MODULATORS - The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I), to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds as leptin receptor modulator mimetics in the preparation of medicaments against conditions associated with weight gain, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemias. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110275670 | New Compounds VII - The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I), to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds as leptin receptor modulator mimetics in the preparation of medicaments against conditions associated with weight gain, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemias. | 11-10-2011 |
Gary Douglas Chapman, Winchester GB
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| 20080288922 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A TUTORIAL APPLICATION - The invention relates to the field of source code development and in particular a method and system for generating a tutorial application from one or more selected source code elements. The invention provides for a user to select one or source code elements and one or more data elements to be tagged to one or more source code elements. The selected source code elements are tagged using a mark-up language and a tutorial application is generated displaying the tagged selected source code elements and the data elements. | 11-20-2008 |
Geoffrey Roy Chapman, Gloucestershire GB
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| 20100279799 | Golf-related Game - A golf-related game includes obtaining an instruction relating to at least one golf-related task; attempting the at least one golf-related task, and rewarding a player upon successful completion of the attempted golf-related task. | 11-04-2010 |
Graham Chapman, Devon GB
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| 20100237465 | CAPACITOR AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CAPACITOR - A device comprises a substrate ( | 09-23-2010 |
Inga J. Chapman, Upham GB
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| 20110145910 | PORT TAPPING FOR SECURE ACCESS - Secure access in a computing environment is provided. One implementation involves a client generating a sequence for tapping server ports, and the client identifying itself to the server by tapping the server ports based on the sequence. The server verifies if the tapping sequence is correct. If the tapping sequence is correct, access is provided from the client to the server. | 06-16-2011 |
James Stephen Chapman, Dorset GB
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| 20110273700 | SOUND-CREATION INTERFACE - A sound-creation interface is used to create a sound-creation instrument such as a musical instrument. The musical instrument includes a mechanical-human interface such as a set of keys, strings or breathing pipe for user actuation and control of the system, a mechanical-electrical interface receiving inputs from the mechanical-human interface and for converting those inputs to a machine comprehensible signal and an electrical/processor interface receiving signals from the mechanical electrical interface and converting those signals into a processor comprehensible form. A processor receives processor comprehensible signals from the electrical-processor interface and includes a processor component and a memory component. The system allows simplified interaction between the user using the mechanical interface and the processor providing an improved sound-creation interface. | 11-10-2011 |
Jeffrey A. Chapman, Burgess Hill GB
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| 20080276813 | Method and Apparatus for Printing a Patterned Layer on a Flatsubstate with a Flat-Type-Bed - A method of printing a patterned layer comprises (step | 11-13-2008 |
John W. Chapman, Stonehaven GB
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| 20110042078 | VISCOSITY REDUCER FOR WATER-BASED MUDS - A method of reducing the viscosity of a water-based drilling fluid without requiring dilution. The method of reducing the viscosity of a water-based drilling fluid, includes: providing a water-based drilling fluid containing a peroxide degradable polymer and a weighting agent, adding a viscosity reducing additive containing an inorganic peroxide to the water-based drilling fluid while maintaining the pH of the water-based drilling fluid at a pH greater than about 8, circulating the water-based drilling fluid having a pH greater than about 8 through a wellbore, and heating the circulating water-based drilling fluid to a temperature of at least about 150° F. so as to activate the inorganic peroxide to degrade the peroxide degradable polymer. | 02-24-2011 |
Katharine Chapman, Ascot Berkshire GB
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| 20110266746 | GAME APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A BOGGLE brand word game apparatus having a plurality of dice enclosed in an interior chamber formed in upper and lower container shells. A dice collector, a lens and a ring shaped collar are connected to the upper container shell, and a ring shaped cam, a dice platform and an alignment plate are mounted to the lower container shell. The collar includes a flange extending from an inner surface, and the cam includes a flange extending from an outer surface. The cam, when fastened to the lower container shell, captures the platform. Rotation of the upper container shell in a first direction, when the lower container shell is held stationary, causes the cam to move the platform to enlarge the dice chamber. | 11-03-2011 |
Katharine Chapman, Berkshire GB
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| 20100096806 | STRATEGIC PATTERN BUILDING BOARD GAME - A game apparatus for an abstract strategy pattern building board game that has two walls, each with multiple apertures. A number of dividers are intermediate the two wall and form multiple channels disposed along the two walls. The dividers also form multiple gaps defined by spaces between the channels. Two sets of playing markers are used to build patterns during game play. One set of playing markers fills a single channel along one wall, and one set of playing markers fills two channels and a gap in between the two channels. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100148437 | GAME APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A BOGGLE brand word game apparatus having a plurality of dice enclosed in an interior chamber formed in upper and lower container shells. A dice collector, a lens and a ring shaped collar are connected to the upper container shell, and a ring shaped cam, a dice platform and an alignment plate are mounted to the lower container shell. The collar includes a flange extending from an inner surface, and the cam includes a flange extending from an outer surface. The collar and the cam are slipped together to prevent separation; however, the collar and the cam are able to rotate relative to one another. The collar, when fastened to the upper container shell, captures the dice collector. The cam, when fastened to the lower container shell, captures the platform. Rotation of the upper container shell in a first direction, when the lower container shell is held stationary, causes the cam to move the platform to enlarge the dice chamber. When the chamber is enlarged, the dice are able to be randomly oriented when the apparatus is shaken. When the upper container shell is rotated in a reverse direction, the cam moves the platform to contract the interior chamber. When the chamber is contracted, the dice are confined in a four by four array and a timer is activated for three minutes. The object of the game is for each player to find as many three and four letter words as possible (but not found by any other player) formed by adjoining dice before the three minutes expire. A point system determines the winner. | 06-17-2010 |
Mark Adrian Vincent Chapman, Wotton-Under-Edge GB
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| 20090257067 | Dynamic Air Turbulence Compensation for Laser Measurement Apparatus - Measurement apparatus comprising a laser measuring system an acoustic system is described. The apparatus provides a feedback control signal that can be used in the feedback control system of an associated machine. To allow real time, dynamic, operation the laser measurements are compensated using a compensation value derived from a plurality of laser measurements and at least one acoustic time of flight value. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100053615 | ROTATION DETECTION KIT - A rotation detection kit, comprising: a beam source; a receiver comprising at least one beam intensity sensor; a polariser device for location in the path of a beam emitted from the beam source and received by the beam sensor; and a modulator. The modulator is configured to modulate at least one of i) the beam source and ii) a beam emitted by the beam source to create a discretely varying polarisation orientation thereby defining first and at least second temporally spaced beam portions. The temporally spaced beam portions are incident on the polariser device and the beam sensor and have substantially identical profiles and at least an initial common propagation axis toward the polariser device. | 03-04-2010 |
Martin Chapman, Egerton GB
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| 20090265763 | Content-Based Notification and User-Transparent Pull Operation for Simulated Push Transmission of Wireless Email - Exemplary system, method, software and apparatus embodiments provide for creating a content-based notification for a mobile device, as a simulated push operation, for devices which do not have push capability. The system comprises a database, a server, and may also include a second web server for user account configuration. The database is adapted to store user account configuration and preference information. The server is adapted to receive a first message having a first protocol, such as SMTP, and to determine whether the content-based notification for the first message should be provided. When the content-based notification is to be provided, the server is adapted to extract a subset of information from the first message, and using the subset of information, to create a second message having a second, different protocol, such as SMS. The second message is transferred to a wireless network for transmission to the mobile device, with the second message providing the content-based notification of the first message. The information extracted from the first message enables a user to determine whether they want to download the complete message, as a user-transparent pull operation, and typically includes the from, to, size, date, subject fields, and a portion of the body of the first message, up to the remaining capacity of the second message. | 10-22-2009 |
Matthew P. Chapman, Eastleigh GB
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| 20080244513 | METHOD OF OPERATING A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method of operating a data processing system comprises running a source code editor, displaying source code in a graphical interface of the source code editor, and displaying a summary box, the summary box comprising a list of one or more aspects affecting the source code. The system is configured so that on receipt of a user input corresponding to an aspect listed in the summary box there is displayed one or more cross-reference markers of the selected aspect in the graphical interface of the source code editor. | 10-02-2008 |
Matthew Paul Chapman, Eastleigh GB
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| 20080235660 | Depicting Changes to Structures in an Integrated Development Environment - Operating an integrated development environment in a data processing system comprising running a source code editor, displaying source code in a graphical interface of the source code editor, displaying at least one cross-reference marker, the at least one cross-reference marker indicating crosscutting in the source code, receiving an input, changing one or more cross-reference markers, and highlighting the one or more changed cross-reference marker. | 09-25-2008 |
Mike Chapman, Chippenham GB
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| 20120217351 | RAILWAY SYSTEM USING ACOUSTIC MONITORING - A method of monitoring and/or controlling components of a railway system which includes a track and at least one train that is operable to run on said track, comprises the steps of: a) providing an acoustic transducer proximate the railway for picking up acoustic signals; b) receiving acoustic signals from the transducer; and c) analysing the received signals. | 08-30-2012 |
Natalie Helene Chapman, Loughborough GB
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| 20120204284 | TOMATO FRUIT HAVING INCREASED FIRMNESS - This invention relates to a tomato fruit with significantly increased firmness due to the presence of at least one genetic element (or quantitative trait loci; QTLs) in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic element(s). A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided. | 08-09-2012 |
Paul Chapman, Hertfordshire GB
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| 20120314249 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMINDING ABOUT PRINT HISTORY - Methods and Systems for reminding about print history use an approach in which one or more conditions, such as print job name and/or file size, of a subsequently submitted print job are monitored to determine if the one or more conditions of the subsequent print job is substantially similar to a corresponding one or more conditions of a previous print job. A reminder message is displayed on a user interface if such a similarity so determined, and in response, a user can enter a selection of an option in the reminder message to handle the reminder message and/or control print processing of the subsequent and/or previous print job. The reminder messaging can be pre-configured and turned off, as required. | 12-13-2012 |
Paul Chapman, Sharpthorne GB
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| 20100308948 | Ferrite core assembly - There is provided a ferrite core assembly comprising a plurality of ferrite elements and a plurality of spacer elements, wherein each spacer element comprises formations for engaging with two ferrite elements, thereby to locate the ferrite elements with respect to each other. Various embodiments of the spacer element are described with one spacer element formed with a spigot extending from each face that adjoins a ferrite element. The spacer element can include gripping protrusions, to grip an external surface of a ferrite rod or ferrite bead, or an internal surface of a ferrite bead. There is also provided broadband and cable network equipment incorporating a ferrite core assembly comprising a plurality of ferrite elements and a plurality of spacer elements, wherein each spacer element comprises formations for engaging with two ferrite elements, thereby to locate the ferrite elements with respect to each other. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20130032676 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETAINING CABLES AND FIBRES - There is provided a method of retaining elongate elements, such as cables, glass fibres, wires or connectors, comprising attaching a hook strip to a surface and placing one or more elongate elements onto the hook strip so as to be removably secured by the hook strip. The hook strip comprises a number of upstanding catch elements to retain the elongate elements. This method provides a straightforward way of securing cables, glass fibres and the like and the elongate elements can be repositioned as and when needed with ease simply by pulling them from the hook strip to release them and then urging them back into the hook strip to be retained once again. A fibre management enclosure is also provided with rotatable spools for storing fibres ready for access. | 02-07-2013 |
Peter Chapman, Bristol GB
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| 20090128633 | System For Detecting Sequences Of Frozen Frame In Baseband Digital Video - An apparatus and method of evaluating whether an image under test is similar to a reference image, the method comprising performing a test on pairs of blocks in turn, each pair of blocks comprising a block of the image under test and a corresponding block of the reference image, the test comprising calculating a difference measure indicative of the difference between the blocks and comparing the difference measure to a threshold, wherein the test is passed if the difference measure betters the threshold, and the image under test and the reference image are deemed to be similar if the test is passed by all of the pairs of blocks. | 05-21-2009 |
Roger Charles Chapman, Farnham GB
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| 20120137873 | Rotary Vane Actuators - A rotary vane type actuator includes a vane assembly for converting pressure from a pressurised medium within the actuator into rotational movement. The vane assembly has a rotatable vane and a vane seal for preventing leakage of pressurised medium through or around the vane assembly. A side-plate is attached to the rotatable vane and the side-plate has a limiting protrusion that abuts the vane to maintain a gap between the vane and the side-plate so that the seal in the gap is not extruded from between the vane and side-plate. | 06-07-2012 |
Samuel John Chapman, Sheffield South Yorkshire GB
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| 20100174704 | SEARCHING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of providing a search result, comprising combining a result of a keyword search on a plurality of documents with a result of a semantic search on the plurality of documents; and providing a result of the combining. | 07-08-2010 |
Stephen Chapman, Pinner GB
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| 20120281288 | CONTROL DEVICE - A control device is described that has a controller, an optical diffuser and a lens assembly. In use, the optical diffuser is positioned in front of an electronic display and the lens assembly projects an image displayed on the electronic display onto the optical diffuser. Also, a keyboard and/or control panel having one and/or more of the control devices is presented. | 11-08-2012 |
Steven Chapman, Nottinghamshire GB
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| 20110051598 | Loss Link Forwarding - The invention provides a loss link forwarding method for a telecommunications network having a first group of cables, a second group of cables corresponding to the first group, the first and second groups being connected via a network cable. The method comprises in the event of failure or disconnection of a cable from the first group, transmitting a failure signal to the second group indicating that said cable of the first group of cables has failed or been disconnected, and disabling only the or each corresponding cable of the second group. | 03-03-2011 |
Steve Taylor Chapman, Nottingham Nottinghamshire GB
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| 20090222556 | Monitoring Network Usage - A method of determining whether a user has complied with a service level agreement (SLA) with a network operator, comprising collecting a set of data values representative of the user's service usage and comparing the set of data values to the service level agreement. The data values collected provide the operator with sufficient information so that it can determine whether a SLA is being complied with and to plan provision of network services. A method of monitoring a user's usage of a network service and a service usage indicator is also disclosed. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20110289211 | MONITORING NETWORK USAGE - A method of determining whether a user has complied with a service level agreement (SLA) with a network operator, comprising collecting a set of data values representative of the user's service usage and comparing the set of data values to the service level agreement. The data values collected provide the operator with sufficient information so that it can determine whether a SLA is being complied with and to plan provision of network services. A method of monitoring a user's usage of a network service and a service usage indicator is also disclosed. | 11-24-2011 |
Stewart Chapman, Coventry GB
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| 20090287119 | BREAST VOLUME MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A measuring device for measuring the volume of a breast of a woman. The measuring device includes a plurality of arc-shaped elements coupled together to allow each of the plurality of arc-shaped elements to pivot to different angular positions relative to the other of the plurality of arc-shaped elements. The plurality of arc-shaped elements are pivotable relative to each other between a closed position where the plurality of arc-shaped elements are generally aligned at a common angular position, and an open position where the plurality of arc-shaped elements are generally spaced from each other at different angular positions to at least partially define a portion of a spheroid having a predetermined volume. The plurality of arc-shaped elements in the open position are configured to be positioned against the breast to receive the breast for determining a volume of the breast relative to the predetermined volume. | 11-19-2009 |
Stewart Chapman, West Midlands GB
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| 20090215359 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING AND SIZING BRASSIERES - A non-customized standard array of brassieres generated from a grading array including a number of differently-sized bands that each defines an arc. The grading array defines a constant angular band end location across a plurality of band lengths, defines a constant angular cup location for different-sized cups on a single band length as well as for the same or different-sized cups across a plurality of band lengths, and defines a variable bridge distance that varies based on cup size. The non-customized, standard array of brassieres is identifiable by a standard brassiere measuring system where the volume identifier of the cup represents a consistent volume regardless of the band length for which the cup is associated. Further, the standard brassiere measuring system is based on direct body measurements representative of breast volume and underbust circumference. | 08-27-2009 |
Sydney G. Chapman, Winchester GB
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| 20100113158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOSTING A DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL WORLD SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for hosting a virtual world system including clients and game engine servers, is provided. One implementation involves providing a publication and subscription framework, interfacing the clients with the framework using a plurality of client proxies, interfacing each game engine server with the framework using a game engine agent, and decoupling the proxies from the game engine servers using the framework. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100113159 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARTITIONING VIRTUAL WORLDS USING PRIORITIZED TOPIC SPACES IN VIRTUAL WORLD SYSTEMS - A method and system for hosting an online virtual world system on game engine servers, is provided. One implementation involves obtaining a map representing a virtual world in the game, partitioning the map into multiple partitions, and selecting a game engine server for each partition as responsible for executing the game for detected game entities in that partition, wherein the selection is based on load balancing between the game engine servers. | 05-06-2010 |
Thomas Chapman, Southampton GB
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| 20110286399 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSION - Device and method to recognize and report the source of interference relate to data transmission between a user terminal and a base station, wherein a pilot signal is transmitted from all antenna assemblies of the user terminal simultaneously, said pilot signals from the user terminal are received by the base station, wherein the base station sends a power control command to the user terminal, corresponding to each of the pilot signals, and wherein the user terminal chooses on receipt of the power control commands, which antenna assembly of the user terminal is used to transmit the next uplink data. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120093011 | Methods, Apparatuses, and Computer Program Products for Prioritizing Uplink Carriers - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for prioritizing uplink carriers. A method may include determining a first pilot channel transmission power level for a first uplink carrier. The method may further include determining a second pilot channel transmission power level for a second uplink carrier. The method may additionally include prioritizing the first and second uplink carriers based at least in part upon the first and second pilot channel transmission power levels. Corresponding computer program products and apparatuses are also provided. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120106671 | TWO POWER CONTROL LOOPS FOR ANTENNA SWITCHING TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - Two power control loops for antenna switching transmit diversity are realized by a user terminal including two antennas ( | 05-03-2012 |
Thomas M. Chapman, Southampton Hampshire GB
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| 20080248760 | Method of Controlling at Least One Terminal From a Base Station - One or more identifiers are set for each terminal and a priority ranking is allocated to each identifier to determine priority of one scheduling command relative to any other scheduling command. A data block is transmitted from the base station to the, or each, terminal, including the scheduling command and at least one identifier. Each terminal indicated by the identifier adapts its power level or data rate in accordance with the scheduling command. | 10-09-2008 |
Thomas Malcolm Chapman, Hamshire GB
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| 20110142002 | METHOD OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Resources are allocated in a communication system by setting specific time and frequency chunks within a band to provide localized and distributed resources for each of localised and distributed users. The signalling of resource allocation for each user is in the chunk at the same frequency range as the frequency range of the allocated resource, or a subset of the frequency range of the allocated resource. | 06-16-2011 |
Thomas Malcolm Chapman, Southampton Hampshire GB
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| 20090213774 | METHOD OF DETERMINING NEIGHBOR CELL SELECTION - A mobile terminal selects neighbor cell(s) to use in receiving a broadcast or multicast by deriving an estimate of cell quality for each neighbor cell; comparing the estimated quality with a minimum acceptable quality; and choosing those neighbor cells having the highest quality from the acceptable neighbor cells. The estimate of cell quality is based on a parameter of the difference between a common pilot channel transmit power and a secondary common control physical channel transmit power that is transmitted to the mobile terminal on a multimedia broadcast multicast control channel. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090275356 | Method of Controlling Interference - A method of controlling interference between adjacent communication systems ( | 11-05-2009 |
Thomas Malcolm Chapman, Southampton GB
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| 20090156226 | Method of Signalling Uplink Information - A method of signaling on a downlink, information regarding scheduling resources allocated in uplink, is provided, wherein the information is contained in an uplink scheduling information message, which is formatted to contain a subset of content of any subsequent uplink scheduling information message in an ordered set of message formats. Each uplink scheduling information message selected from the set is punctured into a symbol of a downlink user data allocation. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090245185 | Method of Scheduling Groups of Mobile Users - A method of scheduling groups of mobile users includes setting a group identifier for each mobile user and scheduling physical layer resources at a base station for those users requiring resources. The physical layer resources are divided into sub-resources shared between mobile users having the same group identifier and provide an indication with the physical layer resources of the occurrence and position within the physical layer resources of the sub-resources allocated to each mobile user in the group. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090305723 | DETERMINATION OF LOCATION DEPENDENT INFORMATION - A method of determining position dependent information from one or more terminals in a cell involves transmitting at least two messages; wherein one message covers a first area in the cell; and one or more further messages cover other areas in the cell; and receiving responses from terminals dependent upon the messages received by each terminal; wherein the areas of coverage of the at least two messages at least partially overlap. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100050033 | Method of re-transmitting an original frame - Data bits are mapped to a lower number of slots than the number of slots available for a retransmission frame and control channels are transmitted in all available slots of the retransmission frame. The number of available slots in the retransmission frame is greater than the number of available slots in the original frame. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100118713 | SCHEDULING OF MEASUREMENT OCCASIONS OF A MOBILE TERMINAL - In a method of downlink operation in a communication system having a network controller, a base station and a terminal, one communication channel is scheduled by the base station; and one communication channel is scheduled by the network controller. The terminal listens to the channel scheduled by the base station at predetermined times known to the terminal and the network controller. Information is signalled from the network controller to the base station, relating to the predetermined times. | 05-13-2010 |
Thomas Malcolm Chapman, Bitterne, Southampton GB
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| 20120172074 | Method of controlling noise rise in a cell - After a maximum noise rise for a cell is set, a maximum noise rise for each mobile station is allocated within the cell. The actual noise rise from each mobile station within the cell is measured at a base station and signaled to a network. When the cell uses enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), the contribution to noise rise of E-DCH signaling is determined and received signal code power (RSCP) at the base station is measured. The RSCP measurement is decoded to determine contributions from mobile stations within and outside the cell; contributions from mobile stations within the cell are calculated; and the network is notified of the measured noise rise. In addition a compensation value may be applied to compensate for temperature induced noise. | 07-05-2012 |
Thomas Malcolm Chapman, Bitterne GB
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| 20130039179 | POWER MANAGER AND METHOD - A power manager for a mobile device comprises a traffic shaping unit ( | 02-14-2013 |
Timothy Chapman, Herts GB
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| 20100113549 | PYRROLIDINE COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a pyrrolidone compound of the formula (I): where R | 05-06-2010 |