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Duncan Beadnell, Abingdon GB
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| 20090125699 | Adjustment of Data Storage Capacity Provided by a Storage System - A storage system stores data in at least one partition of a physical storage media in accordance with file system information specifying a plurality of logical blocks having logical block addresses within the partition. The logical blocks include excess logical blocks that are not mapped to space in the physical storage media by the mapping employed by the storage system. Unusable block data marks those excess logical blocks as unusable. This makes it easy to adjust the data storage capacity of the storage system by changing the mapping to map more or less logical block addresses to space in the physical storage media and thereby destroy or create excess logical blocks, and by changing the unusable block data to correspondingly change the excess logical blocks marked as unusable. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20110219163 | USB 3 Bridge With Embedded Hub - A bridge device for connecting a USB 3 host device with a plurality of downstream, non-USB 3 mass storage devices, such as SATA or PATA devices. The bridge device comprises an embedded hub having a plurality of internal USB 3 devices. The internal USB 3 devices do not have a physical USB 3 interface. The bridge device also has at least one downstream physical non-USB 3 device, to which a mass storage device may be attached. The internal USB 3 devices enable the host device to be presented with a plurality of USB 3 devices. This, in turn, allows transfer to the plurality of downstream physical non-USB 3 devices, via the internal USB 3 devices at an increased rate. The bridge may also include a downstream physical USB 3 interface. This can allow multiple bridge devices to be connected together in a cascade. | 09-08-2011 |
Duncan Beedall, Leeds GB
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| 20120123429 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A multi-function impactor for use with an orthopaedic implant, such as a knee joint, is described. The head of the impactor has a pair of curved recesses for mating with condylar parts of a femoral implant and flat faces for mating with a tibial implant. An extended formation is also provided for use with the inter-condylar notch of the femoral implant. A v-shaped notch in the extended formation is also provided to impact a tibial insert. The impactor can be made from a single moulded plastics part. | 05-17-2012 |
Duncan Brown, York GB
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| 20100289658 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING A LOAD CONDITION OF A VEHICLE - A system and method for indicating the load condition of a vehicle having suspension components comprising: | 11-18-2010 |
Duncan Brown, Berkeley, CA US
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| 20120072123 | Methods of Predicting The Probability of Modulation of Transcript Levels By RNAI Compounds - The present invention provides a method for determining the probability that an RNAi compound modulates the expression level of a gene using a linear regression model. The present invention also provides a method for determining the probabilities that an RNAi compound modulates the expression levels of each gene in a set of genes of interest using the linear regression model. The present invention provides a method for determining the seed-sequence-dependent signature size of an RNAi compound using the linear regression model. The invention provides a method for identifying genes having seed-sequence-dependent silencing effect by an siRNA using the linear regression model. The invention further provides a method for selecting from a plurality of siRNAs one or more siRNAs with higher silencing efficacy, specificity and diversity in silencing a target gene in an organism. The invention also provides a method for determining the coefficients of the above linear regression model. | 03-22-2012 |
Duncan Clark, Surrey GB
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| 20110008848 | ENZYME - There is provided a polypeptide having thermostable DNA polymerase activity and comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence with at least 55% identity to | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110014660 | THERMOSTABLE DNA POLYMERASE FROM PALAEOCOCCUS FERROPHILUS - There is provided a polypeptide having thermostable DNA polymerase activity and comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110104761 | THERMOSTABLE DNA POLYMERASE FROM PALAEOCOCCUS HELGESONII - There is provided a polypeptide having thermostable DNA polymerase activity and comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence with at least 78% identity to | 05-05-2011 |
Duncan Engeham, Darlington GB
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| 20110099978 | REDUCTANT DECOMPOSITION SYSTEM - Described herein are various embodiments of a reductant decomposition system. According to one representative embodiment, the reductant decomposition system includes an exhaust gas chamber including an inlet and outlet. The system also includes a first exhaust gas distribution component positioned within the chamber and communicable in exhaust gas receiving communication with the outlet. The first exhaust gas distribution component causes swirling exhaust gas flow patterns within the exhaust gas chamber. Additionally, the system includes a second exhaust gas distribution component positioned within the chamber and communicable in exhaust gas providing communication with the inlet. The second exhaust gas distribution component includes features that cause a swirling exhaust gas flow pattern within a space defined by the second exhaust gas distribution component. Further, the system includes a reductant injector coupled to the exhaust gas chamber. The reductant injector is communicable in reductant injecting communication with exhaust gas within the chamber. | 05-05-2011 |
Duncan Herfort, Skorping DK
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| 20120055376 | PORTLAND LIMESTONE CALCINED CLAY CEMENT - The claimed subject matter relates to a novel cement comprising Portland cement clinker and a supplementary cementitious material. The supplementary cementitious material comprises a heat treated clay material and an optionally heat treated carbonate material, wherein the clay material has been heat treated optionally together with the carbonate material in such a way that the heat treated clay material is substantially dehydroxylated while the optionally heat treated carbonate material remains substantially carbonated. This can be achieved by premixing the carbonate and clay materials before heat treating to 400-700 C, or heat treating the clay material separately to a temperature of up to 900 C. When used in the final application the cement results in much higher strengths than would be predict from any other combination of these materials. | 03-08-2012 |
Duncan Hywel-Evans, Sydney AU
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| 20120004338 | Polymer and Method of Forming a Polymer - The present invention provides a method of forming a polymer, the method comprising reacting a first species comprising at least one isocyanate group with a second species comprising at least one aziridine group to form the polymer. | 01-05-2012 |
Duncan Keeble, Oxfordshire GB
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| 20100324650 | HELICAL STENT GRAFT - In vivo failure of a helical stent graft is addressed by provision of reinforcing material for the graft material in at least two (preferably three) separate sections, each section comprising a continuous integral piece of material, wherein each section of reinforcing material is in the form of a helix with a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tube. Thus leaks caused by unravelling of the reinforcing material are mitigated. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110125252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A STENT GRAFT - A stent graft can be held in place on the outside of the thoracic arch by a hypodermic needle tube which passes through the bore of the stent graft and back to the user. A centre tube tethered to the stent graft at the end distal to the user is employed to hold the stent graft within the pulsatile blood flow, preventing the stent graft from collapsing during deployment. The position of both the hypodermic needle tube and the centre tube can be controlled by the user by means of a control handle. | 05-26-2011 |
Duncan Maccrimmon, Burlington CA
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| 20110119212 | EXPERT SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PATIENT TREATMENT RESPONSE - A medical digital expert system to predict a patient's response to a variety of treatments (using pre-treatment information) is described. The system utilizes data fusion, advanced signal/information processing and machine learning/inference methodologies and technologies to integrate and explore diverse sets of attributes, parameters and information that are available to select the optimal treatment choice for an individual or for a subset of individuals suffering from any illness or disease including psychiatric, mental or neurological disorders and illnesses. The methodology and system can also be used to determine or confirm medical diagnosis, estimate the level, index, severity or critical medical parameters of the illness or condition, or provide a list of likely diagnoses for an individual suffering/experiencing any illness, disorder or condition. | 05-19-2011 |
Duncan Macintyre, Campbellville CA
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| 20080198361 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Blood Analytes - The present invention provides a method of measuring the concentration of a compound and a value of oxygen saturation in the blood of a part of a subject. Also provided is a device for carrying out the disclosed method. The method relates to measuring the concentration of a compound and a value of oxygen saturation in the blood part of a subject, and correlating the measured concentration of the compound and/or the value of oxygen saturation in the blood to a specific clinical condition. The device comprises a polychromatic light source, a receptor, a detector, and a processing system comprising a calibration algorithm. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090221886 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ANALYTES - A method for measuring the concentration of various analytes in the blood of a part of a subject is provided An invasive or non-invasive sample of blood may be used for this determination Also provided is a device for measuring the concentration of a compound in the blood of a subject. The device comprises a source of electromagnetic radiation, a holder, a detector and a processing system. | 09-03-2009 |
Duncan Maclntyre, Campbellville CA
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| 20090168049 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ANALYTES - A method for measuring the concentration of a compound in the blood of a part of a subject is provided. An invasive or non-invasive sample of blood may be used for this determination. Also provided is a device for measuring the concentration of a compound in the blood of a subject. The device comprises a source of electromagnetic radiation, a holder, a detector and a processing system. | 07-02-2009 |
Duncan Masale, Laurel, MD US
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| 20110196949 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTE ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE TO A WIDE AREA NETWORK - Addition of a wireless out-of-band communications channel to a WAN enabling expeditious communication to a WAN data processor from a NOC. A wireless network device which may be one of a router or a switch comprises a communications port which may be for example a network device console port or a universal serial bus (USB) port may be communicably connected to a wireless console communications device (WIFIC). Management programming entered into a data processor at the NOC may be functional to direct communications directly to the wireless network device using a wireless communications link which avoids the usual in-band communications channel. | 08-11-2011 |
Duncan Mcbain, Toronto CA
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| 20110219938 | Bass Drum Support System - A bass drum support hoop for supporting one or more percussive instruments, and a method of supporting one or more percussive instruments, above a bass drum. The hoop comprising: an inward face, an outward face, a front edge, and a drum head edge adapted to engage a drum head; the hoop adapted to receive a plurality of tensioners opposite the drum head edge and at least one percussive instrument support for mounting at least one percussive instrument; the hoop capable of supporting the at least one percussion instrument above the outward face; whereby when the hoop is tensioned by the tensioners attached to a bass drum shell to apply pressure to the drum head positioned across the bass drum shell and in contact with the drum head edge, the hoop is capable of supporting the at least one percussive instrument support, and the at least one percussive instrument mounted on the support and positioned above the outward face of the hoop, while maintaining substantially uniform axial pressure against the drum head and not applying substantial radial pressure against the drum shell. | 09-15-2011 |
Duncan Mcbranch, Santa Fe, NM US
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| 20080213747 | FLUORESCENT POLYMER SUPERQUENCHING-BASED BIOASSAYS - A chemical composition including a fluorescent polymer and a receptor that is specific for both a target biological agent and a chemical moiety including (a) a recognition element, (b) a tethering element, and (c) a property-altering element is disclosed. Both the fluorescent polymer and the receptor are co-located on a support. When the chemical moiety is bound to the receptor, the property-altering element is sufficiently close to the fluorescent polymer to alter the fluorescence emitted by the polymer. When an analyte sample is introduced, the target biological agent, if present, binds to the receptor, thereby displacing the chemical moiety from the receptor, resulting in an increase of detected fluorescence. Assays for detecting the presence of a target biological agent are also disclosed. | 09-04-2008 |
Duncan Mckenzie, Syngenta Crop Protection Ag CH
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| 20080269057 | Grape Sugar Development - Grape sugar development is improved by applying to the vine or to the locus of the vine a composition comprising an iron chelate. Advantages include increasing the overall sugar content of grapes and increasing the rate of development the sugar. A preferred iron chelate is the iron chelate of EDDHA, available commercially as SEQUESTRENE 138 Fe 100. | 10-30-2008 |
Duncan Mckenzie, Basel CH
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| 20080214397 | Fungicidal Compositions - A composition for control of diseases on useful plants or on propagation material thereof caused by phytopathogens, that, in addition to customary inert formulation adjuvants, comprises as active ingredient a mixture of component (A) and a synergistically effective amount of component (B), wherein component (A) is Cyprodinil; and component (B) a compound selected from compounds known for their fungicidal activity, is particularly effective in controlling or preventing fungal diseases of useful plants. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080307844 | Potato Quality - Potato quality is improved by applying to the plant or to the locus of the plant a composition comprising (a) a compound capable of forming a chelate with iron or (b) a chelate of iron with a chelate-forming compound. Specific quality improvements include increasing the dry matter content, increasing the starch content and reducing the reducing sugar content. A preferred iron chelate is that of EDDHA, available commercially as SEQUESTRENE 138 Fe 100. | 12-18-2008 |
Duncan Meiklejohn, West Lebanon, NH US
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| 20110046042 | Long Interspersed Nuclear Element Polypeptide Compositions and Methods of Use Thereof - The present invention provides LINE polypeptides; and compositions, including immunogenic compositions, comprising a subject LINE polypeptide. The present invention provides a recombinant nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a subject LINE polypeptide. A subject composition is useful for stimulating a T-cell immune response to a LINE peptide. The present invention further provides methods of stimulating an immune response in an individual to a retrovirus- or lentivirus-infected cell. The present invention further provides methods of treating cancers that are associated with tissues in which LINE polypeptides are aberrantly expressed. Also provided are methods of treating disorders, involving decreasing an immune response to a LINE polypeptide. | 02-24-2011 |
Duncan Pocklington, Cambridge GB
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| 20120133579 | GESTURE RECOGNITION MANAGEMENT - A system and method for managing the recognition and processing of gestures. A system provides a mechanism to detect conflicts between gesture recognizers and resolve the conflicts. A runtime system receives notifications from gesture recognizers in the form of requests for resources or actions. A conflict detector determines whether a conflict with another gesture recognizer exists. If a conflict exists, a conflict resolver determines a resolution. This may include determining a winning gesture recognizer and deactivating the losing gesture recognizers. A design time system statically validates gesture recognizers based on static state machines corresponding to each gesture recognizer. | 05-31-2012 |
Duncan Smith, Kanata CA
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| 20110173178 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING SCRIPT RELATED INFORMATION FOR WEBSITE CRAWLING - A web crawler system has an automatic website crawler and a virtual browser that provides script related information to the website crawler. The virtual browser transforms an HTML document included in a web page of the website into an XML document, and builds a document object model containing document objects in a tree structure based on the XML document. The virtual browser extracts from the DOM scripts that are potentially executable, and executes the extracted scripts using a browser object model provided for the virtual browser containing objects and methods and properties that are used for script execution so as to capture script related information generated by execution of the scripts. | 07-14-2011 |
Duncan Stewart, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20080317406 | Optical interconnect - An optical interconnect has a plurality of optical sources, a first lens configured to collimate optical beams from the plurality of optical sources, a second lens configured to refocus the optical beams, and a plurality of optical receivers configured to receive the refocused optical beams from the second lens. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090074368 | Electrical contact apparatus for optical waveguides - An optical apparatus includes a waveguide configured to propagate optical energy; an electrical contact surface; and a semiconductor electrical interconnect extending from a first surface of the optical waveguide to electrical communication with the electrical contact surface. The semiconductor electrical interconnect comprises a geometry configured to substantially confine the optical energy to the waveguide. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20110121359 | Multi-Layer Reconfigurable Switches - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to reconfigurable two-terminal electronic switch devices ( | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110266513 | Superconductor Memristor Devices - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to electronic devices, which combine reconfigurable diode rectifying states with nonvolatile memristive switching. In one aspect, an electronic device ( | 11-03-2011 |
Duncan Tennent, Banstead Surrey GB
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| 20110137341 | ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT FIXATION TECHNIQUE - A reconstruction system and method for fixation of bone to bone, or soft tissue to bone. The reconstruction system comprises two fixation devices (for example, two buttons) joined by a continuous loop of flexible material. Each button is provided with at least one opening that allows the passage of the flexible material. The button may be formed, for example, of metal, PEEK or PLLA. The flexible material may be FiberWire® suture. | 06-09-2011 |
Duncan Wakelin, Bristol GB
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| 20100107000 | Active Link Verification For Failover Operations In A Storage Network - Systems and methods for active link verification for failover operations in a storage network are disclosed. An exemplary method includes issuing a command from a first port of a storage device to a local network device in the storage network. The method also includes receiving a response to the command at the first port of the storage device from the local network device in the storage network. The storage device fails over to a second port of the storage device if no response is received at the first port of the storage device. | 04-29-2010 |
Duncan Young, Hebden Bridge GB
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| 20080305279 | METHOD OF MARKING A SURGICAL ARTICLE - A method of marking a surgical article is described that includes the steps of providing a surgical article having a surface; engraving a portion of the surface to create an engraved surface; darkening an area of the surface that includes the engraved surface; and removing the marking on that area of the surface that does not include the engraved surface. | 12-11-2008 |