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Harper, GB
Alan Roger Harper, Cornwall GB
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| 20100024566 | Liquid flow sensing systems - A liquid flow sensing system for sensing the flow of liquid within a supply line ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100230860 | Pressure sensing systems - A sensing system is provided for sensing the pressure of liquid in a vacuum chamber ( | 09-16-2010 |
Andrew Harper, Worcestershire GB
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| 20100062067 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES OF LIPID AND SURFACTANT - A composition comprising lipid and surfactant, characterised in that the lipid and surfactant are in the form of macromolecular assemblies of less than 100 nm in diameter. The surfactant can have a HLB number of less than 20, or be an ether or ester surfactant, or be ionic. | 03-11-2010 |
Barrie Samuel Harper, Wolver-Hampton GB
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| 20080236226 | Cylinder Tumbler Lock Mechanism - A cylinder tumbler lock mechanism comprises a plug having a row of slots formed therein, each slot containing a tumbler. The tumbler includes a formation for engagement with a side of a key. The tumbler is slidably mounted in the slot and movable in a first direction from: (i) a locking position in which one end of the tumbler projects out of an open end of the slot, into (ii) a decoding position in which further movement of the tumbler in the first direction is blocked. For at least two tumblers that differ from one another, the height of the formation, when in the decoding position, is substantially identical. Thus, the lock is made considerably more difficult to decode. | 10-02-2008 |
Cedric B Harper, Derby GB
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| 20090242321 | Acoustic liners - An acoustic assembly for a fan casing of a turbofan engine is made up from acoustic liner panel components which each comprise a body and a backing sheet. The body is an integral injection moulding comprising an acoustic structure, a perforated sheet and fastening portions. Adjacent panel components engage each other at non-linear circumferential edges which comprise lugs on one of the components which are received in recesses of the other component. The lugs are defined by following cell walls over a convoluted path along the circumferential edge. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090277153 | Composite component - A composite component such as a fan casing liner panel for a gas turbine engine comprises an abradable layer and a layer. The layer is provided with a septum layer, to which the abradable layer is bonded. The septum layer is perforated by holes, which enable air to be extracted from the region between the septum layer and the abradable layer during the process of bonding the components together, for example by a vacuum bonding process. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090324390 | Liner for a gas turbine engine casing - A turbofan gas turbine engine ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100254804 | STATOR VANE ASSEMBLY - A stator vane assembly comprising: an inner vane support ( | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110037233 | SEALING ASSEMBLY - A sealing assembly ( | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110044806 | TURBOMACHINE CASING ASSEMBLY - A turbomachine casing assembly comprises a first casing portion for at least partially encasing one or more rotating aerofoil structures of a turbomachine and a second casing portion; the first casing portion being movable with respect to the second casing portion. One or more resilient elements are arranged so as to resist movement of the first casing portion with respect to the second casing portion. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20120224949 | TURBOMACHINE CASING ASSEMBLY - A turbomachine casing assembly including a first casing element locatable radially outward of one or more rotating aerofoil elements of a turbomachine, a second casing element located radially distal to the first casing element is provided. A void is provided between a radially proximal face of the first casing element and a radially proximal face of the second casing element, at the first end of the first casing element. The first end of the first casing element is located against a corresponding first end of the second casing element by an energy absorbing element, with the first casing element; including a cantilever. The cantilever is arranged in a region extending along the first casing element from the first end; and having a pivot axis at a mid portion thereof. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120224958 | TURBOMACHINE CASING ASSEMBLY - A turbomachine casing assembly including: a first casing element arrangeable adjacent to one or more rotating aerofoil structures of a turbomachine; a second casing element provided at a radially outer position with respect to the first casing element; and an infill member disposed between the first and second casing elements, wherein an end of the infill member is set back from an end of the first casing element such that a void is provided between the first and second casing elements. | 09-06-2012 |
Dale Steven Harper, Cardiff GB
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| 20110245865 | FORCEPS - The invention provides a forceps system comprising a pair of forceps members and force measurement means operable to measure compressive and traction forces exerted by the forceps when in use, and to output measurement signals indicative of such forces. Also provided is a method of measuring the compressive and traction forces exerted by a forceps system when in use. | 10-06-2011 |
David Harper, Bedfordshire GB
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| 20100104538 | BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF BACTERIOPHAGE TREATMENTS - The invention relates to use of one or more bacteriophages in vivoin a human or animal in order to induce sensitivity to chemical antibiotics in bacterial cells, where such susceptibility is heritable, independent of continuing bacteriophage metabolism within those cells, and does not relate to the destruction of a biofilm to induce such sensitivity. | 04-29-2010 |
David Harper, Southampton GB
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| 20110020290 | BACTERIOPHAGE-CONTAINING THERAPEUTIC AGENTS - The present invention relates in its broadest aspect to combined phage/antibiotic therapy. More particularly, it relates to use of (i) one or more bacteriophages and (ii) one or more antibiotics in the manufacture of a combined product for simultaneous, separate or sequential administration of (i) and (ii) to treat a bacterial infection characterized by biofilm formation, for example an infection comprising or consisting of | 01-27-2011 |
| 20120114611 | BACTERIOPHAGE-CONTAINING THERAPEUTIC AGENTS - The present invention relates in its broadest aspect to combined phage/antibiotic therapy. More particularly, it relates to use of (i) one or more bacteriophages and (ii) one or more antibiotics in the manufacture of a combined product for simultaneous, separate or sequential administration of (i) and (ii) to treat a bacterial infection characterized by biofilm formation, for example an infection comprising or consisting of | 05-10-2012 |
David Harper, Manchester GB
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| 20130016462 | CORDLESS ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES - A cordless electrical appliance comprises an appliance part comprising at least two functional components (T | 01-17-2013 |
David William Harper, Sawston GB
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| 20090293733 | APPARATUS FOR PREPARING BEVERAGES - Various forms of apparatus ( | 12-03-2009 |
Marc Harper, Cambridge, GB
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| 20130021216 | DIELECTRIC CHIP ANTENNAS - There is disclosed an antenna arrangement having a parasitic conductive loop ( | 01-24-2013 |
Mark Harper, Cambridge GB
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| 20110162906 | MARINE SEISMIC SOURCE - A marine seismic source comprises a housing having a central axis, an open end, and a closed end opposite the open end. In addition, the seismic source includes a piston extending coaxially through the open end of the housing. The piston is adapted to axially reciprocate relative to the housing. Further, the piston has a first end distal the housing and a second end disposed within the housing. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110297476 | MARINE MECHANICAL SEISMIC SOURCE - A marine seismic source comprises a housing having a central axis, an open end, and a closed end opposite the open end. In addition, the source comprises a piston coaxially disposed within the housing. In addition, the source comprises a flywheel disposed within the housing and axially positioned between the closed end and the piston. The flywheel is configured to rotate about a rotational axis. Further, the source comprises a connecting rod moveably coupling the piston to the flywheel. The connecting rod has a first end pivotally coupled to the piston and a second end pivotally coupled to the flywheel. The second end of the connecting rod has a first position at a first distance measured radially from the rotational axis, and a second position at a second distance measured radially from the rotational axis. The first distance is less than the second distance. | 12-08-2011 |
Mark Francis Lucien Harper, Cambridgeshire GB
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| 20110085422 | MARINE SEISMIC SOURCE - A low frequency sound source has a radiating piston ( | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110170375 | MARINE SIREN SEISMIC SOURCE - A very low frequency marine seismic source has a reservoir of water ( | 07-14-2011 |
Mark Lucien Harper, Cambridge Cambridgeshire GB
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| 20100174502 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING EXPOSURE TO VIBRATION - A portable instrument, described in GB2413189, is held between the fingers of one hand and measures the cumulative exposure of a worker to vibration. However, this instrument will not comfortably fit the hands of all workers There is also an administrative problem in administering the allocation of different instruments to respective workers at the beginning of a shift, recording the measurements at the end of a shift and ensuring that instruments are adequately charged. The problem is solved by using a docking station ( | 07-08-2010 |
Mark S. Harper, Hagley GB
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| 20110049272 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector comprising a valve needle for controlling fuel injection through an injector outlet, a control chamber for receiving fuel and a three-way control valve that controls fuel pressure within the control chamber to control opening and closing movement of the valve needle to control fuel injection through the outlet. The three-way control valve controls communication between (a) a first passage and a second passage and (b) a third passage and the second passage, and includes a first housing provided with a guide bore for a control valve member, whereby movement of the control valve member is guided within the guide bore and a first valve seat, defined by a second housing, with which an end of the control valve member is engageable to control communication between the first and second passages. The first housing is a control valve housing and the second housing is an injector housing, the injector housing being provided with a guide bore for the valve needle or a part carried by the valve needle. The control valve also defines a second valve seat defined by the first housing with which the control valve member is engageable to control communication between the second and third flow passages, and an intermediate housing located between the first and second housings, wherein the second passage is defined within the intermediate housing. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20120154085 | ACTUATOR ARRANGEMENT - An actuator arrangement for an electromagnetically operated fuel injector includes a pole member having a first end face and defining an aperture extending from the first end face and an actuator core received within the aperture. The actuator core carries at least one contact member having a contact face that is exposed through the aperture. An encapsulating member is received within the aperture and surrounds the at least one contact member. The first end face of the pole member, the contact face and the encapsulating member are arranged to provide the actuator arrangement with a substantially planar surface for mating with an adjacent component, in use. | 06-21-2012 |
Mark S. Harper, Stourbridge GB
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| 20120091233 | ACTUATOR ARRANGEMENT - An actuator arrangement for an electromagnetically operated fuel injector, includes a generally cylindrical actuator core having a longitudinal axis and defining an inner pole face of the actuator arrangement. The actuator core is formed of a bespoke magnetic material. A wire coil is disposed around the actuator core arranged to be connected to a power source to generate a magnetic field around the coil. A pole member is formed of a high strength material and defines an aperture for receiving the actuator core. The pole member defines an outer pole face of the actuator arrangement substantially co-planar with the inner pole face. An armature is movable in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis in response to the magnetic field. The magnetic field passes into the armature in the region of the inner pole face and into the armature in the region of the outer pole face. | 04-19-2012 |
Nicholas John Harper, Southampton GB
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| 20100232963 | STRUCTURAL MONITORING - A load monitoring system for wind turbine blades utilizes optical fibre strain sensors ( | 09-16-2010 |
Paul Ivor Harper, Walmer GB
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| 20100160063 | DEVICE FOR GAME - A device for a game, the device attachable to a playing means and including a substantially annular gripping portion surrounding an inner member, said gripping portion including a first and a second end, the arrangement being such that with said first and second ends urged towards one another the gripping portion squeezes the inner member to more securely grip the playing means. | 06-24-2010 |
Phil Harper, Sheffield GB
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| 20110014072 | NON-INTRUSIVE VAPOR DETECTOR FOR MAGNETIC DRIVE PUMP - A magnetic drive pump includes a magnetic coupling comprising an outer magnet rotor and an inner magnet rotor. The outer magnet rotor is driven by a separate motor. The outer magnet rotor is positioned radially outward of a sealing wall. The inner magnet rotor is positioned radially within the sealing wall, such that rotation of the inner magnet rotor causes the pump rotor to in turn rotate. The pump rotor drives a centrifugal pump impeller to move a liquid. A bubble detector is positioned outward of the wall such that it is in a dry side of the pump. The bubble detector sends a signal into a wet side of the pump to identify the existence of a gas within a pump fluid. | 01-20-2011 |
Richard John Harper, Chelmsford GB
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| 20120235876 | ANTENNA ARRAY - An antenna assembly is disclosed which includes a layered structure having a planar array of antenna elements; and a feed arrangement perpendicular to the antenna elements; the layered structure further having layers over the planar array of antenna elements with holes provided therethrough to allow the feed arrangement to be connected to contacts for the antenna elements. The layered structure may include vias provided such that heat may be applied remotely to the contacts. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120274531 | ANTENNA ARRAY - A dipole array assembly, is disclosed which includes a plurality of poles arranged in a two-dimensional array to provide a plurality of dipoles, each pole being shaped such that adjacent edges of neighbouring poles that are from respective neighbouring dipoles are relatively long and relatively close to each other compared to the dimensions of the poles, thereby increasing coupling between different dipoles. A feed arrangement is provided in a plane that is at an angle to the plane of the dipoles wherein one or more baluns are integrated in the feed arrangement. Dual polarised operation can be performed independently between the two polarisations. | 11-01-2012 |
Richard John Harper, Essex GB
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| 20100245202 | ANTENNA FEED MODULE - A feed module is provided for an array antenna. The feed module comprises a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) feed structure for coupling signals between connections to transmitters or receivers and connection points for connecting to antenna elements of the array antenna. The multi-layer PCB feed structure comprises a body portion, incorporating coupling components, and a number of line sections for connecting to elements of the array antenna. The planar layers of the multi-layer PCB are arranged to be mounted substantially perpendicular to a planar array of antenna elements of the array antenna when the feed module is integrated therewith. | 09-30-2010 |
Robert Cameron Harper, Newport GB
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| 20110303273 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL - There is disclosed a photovoltaic cell, such as a solar cell, incorporating one or more epitaxially grown layers of SiGe or another germanium material, substantially lattice matched to GaAs. A GaAs substrate used for growing the layers may be removed by a method which includes using a boundary between said GaAs and the germanium material as an etch stop. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110303291 | FORMATION OF THIN LAYERS OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS - There is disclosed a method of forming layers of either GaAs or germanium materials such as SiGe. The germanium material, for example, may be epitaxially grown on a GaAs surface. Layer transfer is used to transfer the germanium material, along with some residual GaAs, to a receiver substrate. The residual GaAs may be then removed by selective etching, with the boundary between the GaAs and the germanium material providing an etch stop. | 12-15-2011 |
Roger Alan Harper, Cornwall GB
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| 20110001624 | Pressure sensing systems - A sensing system for sensing the level of liquid in a container and for providing an indication of the pressure within the container includes a magnetic member arranged for movement relative to a pneumatic switch operated by the presence or absence of a magnetic field. Spring means act on the magnetic member and urge it towards a first operative position. A weight is suspended from the magnetic member and the weight is positioned, in use, within the liquid in the container such that, when the level of liquid in the container falls to a predetermined level, the magnetic member is caused to move from its first operative position into a second operative position. The system further includes a manually displaceable member that is movable against the action of the pressure within the container and is movable by the pressure within the container when the pressure within the container exceeds a predetermined value. | 01-06-2011 |
Roger Neil Harper, Surrey GB
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| 20090123364 | Process for Hydrogen Production - A process is described for the production of hydrogen from a hydrogen-containing compound within a reactor comprising a first and a second zone separated by a selective hydrogen-permeable membrane, in which a hydrogen-producing reaction occurs in the first zone and hydrogen permeates from the first zone to the second zone through the selective hydrogen-permeable membrane, in which a sweep gas stream is combined with permeated hydrogen in the second zone, wherein the partial pressure in the second zone of the reactor is maintained at a level of greater than 30 psi (207 kPa). | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090230025 | Process for Regasifying a Gas Hydrate Slurry - A continuous process for regasifying a feed stream comprising (i) a slurry phase comprising gas hydrate particles suspended in a produced liquid hydrocarbon and optionally free produced water and (ii) optionally a gaseous phase comprising free produced gaseous hydrocarbon thereby generating a regasified multiphase fluid and for separating the regasified multiphase fluid into its component fluids, comprising the steps of: (a) heating the feed stream to above the dissociation temperature of the gas hydrate thereby regasifying the feed stream by converting the gas hydrate particles into gaseous hydrocarbon and water; (b) separating a gaseous hydrocarbon phase from the regasified multiphase fluid thereby forming a gaseous hydrocarbon product stream and a liquid stream comprising a mixture of liquid hydrocarbon and water; (c) separating the liquid stream comprising a mixture of the liquid hydrocarbon and water into a liquid hydrocarbon phase and an aqueous phase; and (d) removing the liquid hydrocarbon phase as a liquid hydrocarbon product stream. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100126180 | SEPARATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND HYDROGEN - This invention relates to the recovery of carbon dioxide ( | 05-27-2010 |
Ruth Harper, Reading GB
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| 20110263493 | Treatment for diabetes in patients inappropriate for metformin therapy - The present invention relates to the finding that certain DPP-4 inhibitors are particularly suitable for treating and/or preventing metabolic diseases, particularly diabetes, in patients for whom metformin therapy is inappropriate due to intolerability or contraindication against metformin. | 10-27-2011 |
Steven J. Harper, Tintern Gwent GB
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| 20100272733 | ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC TO PRO-ANGIOGENIC ISOFORMS OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF) - The present invention provides antibodies, as well as molecules having at least the antigen-binding portion of an antibody, against agonist pro-angiogenic, pro-permeability, vasodilatory isoforms of VEGF. Disclosed antibodies and antibody fragments are characterized by being capable of binding to and neutralizing pro-angiogenic forms of VEGF while not effecting isoforms of VEGF which are anti angiogenic. Methods of production and use in therapy and diagnosis, of such antibodies and antibody fragments are also provided. | 10-28-2010 |
Steven James Harper, Bristol GB
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| 20100210527 | PRO- AND ANTI-ANGIOGENIC TREATMENTS - The invention provides a method of selectively pro-oranti-angiogenic treatment of a mammalian subject, comprising site-specific control of alternative splicing during processing of VEGF pre-mRNA transcribed from the C terminal exon 8 of the VEGF gene using controlling agents for the splicing, wherein one or more controlling agent which favours proximal splice site (PSS) splicing in said processing is used in the pro-angiogenic treatment and one or more controlling agent which favours distal splice site (DSS) splicing in said processing is used in the anti-angiogenic treatment. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110039772 | NOVEL USES OF VEGFXXXB - The invention provides VEGF | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110076259 | DETECTION OF RISK OF PRE-ECLAMPSIA - A method of detecting a risk of a pregnant female mammal developing pre-eclampsia or a complication linked thereto, or of a fetus of the pregnant female mammal developing a fetal or neonatal deficiency linked to maternal pre-eclampsia, comprises detecting the level of a VEGF | 03-31-2011 |
| 20120010138 | NOVEL USES OF VEGFXXXB - The invention provides VEGF | 01-12-2012 |