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Brian Franks, Warwick GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110214396PACKAGE WITH TRAY AND SLEEVE AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING A PRODUCT - A package for pre-prepared food comprises a plastics tray (09-08-2011

Colin Franks, Sunbury-On-Thames GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110061095Secure Web Based Transactions - Methods of securely performing online transactions are described which involve two independently controlled web servers. In order to complete a transaction, a user interacts concurrently with each of the two web servers and authentication may occur between the user and each web server and between web servers. Each of the two web servers provide data which is used to complete the transaction and the data provided by the first web server is communicated directly to the second web server for use in the transaction. In an embodiment, the first web server provides a web page which enables a user to specify a variable which is used in the transaction. This is communicated to the second web server which processes the transaction along with an identifier for the message. The identifier may be used in validating the variable before it is used in processing the transaction. Following completion of a transaction this may be reported in real time to the first web server.03-10-2011

Felix Franks, London GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110244454FREEZE-DRIED COMPOSITIONS FOR BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS - The use of raffinose as a glass-forming agent for freeze-dried compositions intended for use in conducting chemical or biochemical reactions such as the PCR. Thus, for instance, there is provided a composition for carrying out a chemical or biochemical reaction, said composition being in a freeze-dried form and comprising (i) a set of reagents comprising at least some of the chemical or biochemical reagents necessary for conducting said chemical or biochemical reaction, and (ii) raffinose. Kits comprising these compositions and methods of using them form a further aspect of the invention.10-06-2011

Joe Franks, London GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090299467MEDICAL IMPLANT COMPRISING A BIOLOGICAL SUBSTRATE AND A DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON COATING - Described is an implant for use in medical applications and methods of making and using the implant. The implant includes a hydrated substrate and a diamond-like carbon coating on the substrate. The substrate may be a biological substrate, such as collagen or elastin. The implant may be used to replace or restore the function of damaged tissue in a patient requiring such treatment.12-03-2009

Nicholas Peter Franks, Highbury GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100316729Use of Hyperbaric Conditions to Provide Neuroprotection - Noble gases, in particular xenon and/or helium, administered under hyperbaric conditions of less than 3 atm (0.3 MPa), are used to provide neuroprotection, in particular in patients having suffered an impact trauma to the head and/or spinal column.12-16-2010

Nicholas Peter Franks, Highbury London GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090311340USE OF XENON AS NEUROPROTECTANT IN A NEONATAL SUBJECT - The present invention relates to the use of xenon in the preparation of a medicament for preventing and/or alleviating one or more anesthetic-induced neurological deficits in a neonatal subject. The present invention further relates to combinations of xenon and sevoflurane, and use thereof as preconditioning agents for administration prior to hypoxic-ischaemic injury.12-17-2009

Ruth Franks, Cambridge GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100322893CTLA-4 PROTEIN VARIANTS - Protein variants of CTLA-4, which show increased activity compared to wild-type in a cell assay and which exhibit increased stability. Such variants are useful for treatment of disorders whereby attenuation of the T cell response would be beneficial.12-23-2010

William Franks, Wiltshire GB

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20080304439Automatic Base Station Configuration - A basestation in a cellular communications network is configured such that it has a different Location Area Identification from other local basestations in the cellular network. This has the effect that a Location Area Update procedure is performed when a mobile device wishes to camp onto that basestation. The basestation is able to configure itself automatically, to ensure that its Location Area Identification differs from other local basestations.12-11-2008
20090017864Local area cellular basestation - A base station for a cellular wireless communications network has a first interface, enabling connection with a remote communications device using a cellular wireless communications protocol in the cellular wireless communications network. The base station also has a second interface, enabling connection over a wide area network, and a third interface, enabling connection over a local area network. Software enables communication over the wide area network between a remote communications device, connected to the first interface, and a core network of the cellular wireless communications network. Software can also enable the remote communications device to communicate with a device in the local area network, or with a server in the wide area network, without using the core network of the cellular wireless communications network.01-15-2009
20100190495AUTOMATIC BASE STATION CONFIGURATION - A basestation in a cellular communications network is configured such that it has a different Location Area Identification from other local basestations in the cellular network. This has the effect that a Location Area Update procedure is performed when a mobile device wishes to camp onto that basestation. The basestation is able to configure itself automatically, to ensure that its Location Area Identification differs from other local basestations.07-29-2010
20100227645AUTOMATIC BASE STATION CONFIGURATION - A basestation in a cellular communications network is configured such that it has a different Location Area Identification from other local basestations in the cellular network. This has the effect that a Location Area Update procedure is performed when a mobile device wishes to camp onto that basestation. The basestation is able to configure itself automatically, to ensure that its Location Area Identification differs from other local basestations.09-09-2010
20100317405SELF-CONFIGURING CELLULAR BASESTATION - A basestation for a cellular wireless communications network is able to configure itself for operation in the network, by selecting appropriate operating frequencies (in the case of GSM network) or scrambling codes (in the case of a UMTS network), and appropriate transmit powers. This makes it practical for a large number of such basestations to be deployed in a network, within customers' premises, without requiring network intervention in each case.12-16-2010
20100322426SELF-CONFIGURING CELLULAR BASESTATION - A basestation 12-23-2010

Patent applications by William Franks, Wiltshire GB