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Iain Botheroyd, Warwickshire GB
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| 20090175301 | FIBRE LASER SYSTEM - A fibre laser system is disclosed comprising an optical fibre, a part of which is doped with a rare earth to form an optical gain medium; at least one laser diode; means for applying pump radiation from the laser diode to the optical gain medium and for generating a laser beam and delivery fibre means for delivering a laser beam to a workpiece, wherein the fibre laser is provided with at least one means for protecting one or more components from damage caused by errant radiation. Several different means of protection are disclosed. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20100124393 | SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING THE OUTPUT FROM AN OPTICAL FIBRE - A termination for an optical fibre is disclosed, including an end cap optically connected to a delivery end of the fibre and tapering its towards its proximal end so as to expand the signal beam output by the fibre, a capillary having a bore mounted so that the end cap and an end portion of the delivery fibre are mounted within the bore, the capillary having an end which is angled so as to reflect undesired radiation within the capillary away from the fibre, and a cladding mode stripper arranged upstream of the delivery end. | 05-20-2010 |
Iain Bye, Munich DE
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| 20080219529 | Method of, and Apparatus and Computer Software for, Performing Image Processing - A computer-implemented method of performing image processing for images of biological objects includes: storing definitions of a plurality of descriptors; receiving image data relating to an image of a reference population of biological objects; receiving image data relating to an image of a target population of biological objects; processing the reference population image data to obtain a reference set of measurements, containing data for each of the descriptors; processing the target population image data to obtain a target set of measurements, containing data for each of the descriptors; and selecting a combination of the descriptors on the basis of comparing the reference set with the target set to define a preferred combination of the descriptors for use in identifying characteristics of a further population of biological objects which are similar to those of the target population. | 09-11-2008 |
Iain Campuzano, Manchester GB
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| 20110127416 | Mass Spectrometer - A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a sampling cone ( | 06-02-2011 |
Iain Crerar, Medfield, MA US
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| 20090107080 | Weather-resistive barrier for buildings - We form a weather-resistive barrier on a building by applying a compressible latex foam on the gaps between adjacent sheets of construction sheathing and coating | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090107611 | Weather-resistive barrier for buildings - We form a weather-resistive barrier on a building by applying a flexible and compressible latex foam comprising one or more polymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 25° C. on the gaps between adjacent sheets of construction sheathing and coating the sheets and the foam with an aqueous coating composition. The aqueous coating composition is flexible and can comprise the same one or more polymer as the polymer in the foam. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090139181 | Weather-resistive barrier for buildings - We form a weather-resistive barrier on a building by applying a compressible latex foam on the joints between adjacent sheets of construction sheathing, with the sheets having been coated with an aqueous coating composition. | 06-04-2009 |
Iain Duncumb, Loughborough GB
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| 20100063931 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING AND HANDLING REQUESTS FOR DATA FILES - A method of constructing and handling a request for a desired data file relating to a broadcast segment of a broadcast signal is described. The method comprises receiving an information signal at a receiving device. The information signal comprises at least a data element, and the data element relates to a segment of the broadcast signal. The method also comprises presenting the data element to a user interface of the receiving device, obtaining a user selection of the data element from the user interface, and constructing and transmitting a request for the desired data file relating to the selected data element, the request including an identifier relating to the desired data file. | 03-11-2010 |
Iain Fenna, Peel GB
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| 20090001070 | LIQUID HEATING VESSELS - A liquid heating vessel comprising heating means for heating liquid in the vessel, electronic control means, electromagnetic switching means for interrupting or reducing power to the heating means, and temperature sensing means for providing a signal dependent on the temperature of liquid in the vessel to the control means. The control means is arranged to operate the electromagnetic switching means to interrupt or reduce power to the heating means in response to the control means determining that a pre-determined temperature condition has been reached. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090003809 | HEATERS FOR LIQUID HEATING VESSELS - An underfloor heater for a liquid heating vessel comprises a base plate, a heat diffuser portion in good thermal contact with the base plate, a heating element in good thermal contact with the diffuser portion and a sensing region for receiving a thermal sensor. The sensing region is not directly connected to the diffuser portion and is at least partly surrounded by a wall. The sensing region may be provided with a second separate diffuser portion comprising a disc of aluminum brazed to the underside of the base plate. | 01-01-2009 |
Iain Gilfeather, Brighton GB
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| 20100060661 | PHYSICALLY PRESENT GAME CAMERA - A system and method for viewing objects within a virtual environment are disclosed. A virtual camera and an object exist within the virtual environment. The camera is focused on the object such that the user of the virtual environment sees the object from the perspective of the camera. The virtual camera and the object being view are subject to the physics based rules of the simulation environment. | 03-11-2010 |
Iain Hunneybell, Diss Norfold GB
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| 20100088513 | NETWORK SECURITY METHOD - This invention provides a method for allowing the recipient of a message | 04-08-2010 |
Iain Huntley-Playle, La Jolla, CA US
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| 20090320080 | Wireless Streaming Media Systems, Devices and Methods - A system includes one or more transmitter devices constructed and adapted to transmit wireless streaming media, the transmitter device connected to at least one video source, wherein the transmitter device is further constructed and adapted to automatically detect a type of active source signal from the at least one video source and automatically to convert that signal, if necessary, to an appropriate output signal; and one or more receiver devices constructed and adapted to receive wireless signals, the receiver connected to at least one video output device, wherein the at least one receiver device is further constructed and adapted to produce, automatically, a appropriate signal for the at least one video output device connected thereto. | 12-24-2009 |
Iain Huntly-Playle, La Jolla, CA US
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| 20090083436 | Wireless broadcast protocol - In a keyboard-video-mouse (“KVM”) system in which a target computer may be wirelessly accessed by a plurality of remote stations, a method includes, by the target computer: obtaining a frame of video data; transmitting packets for the frame; transmitting a query packet; obtaining a list of requests from at least one of the remote stations, each request from a particular remote station identifying packets missed by that particular remote station; and resending at least some of the requested packets. | 03-26-2009 |
Iain Kinner, Flower Mound, TX US
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| 20120090144 | METHOD FOR MODERNIZING AN ELEVATOR - A method for modernizing an elevator includes arranging a first rope clamp and a second rope clamp such that the first rope clamp and the second rope clamp are supported by a same support element; removing the old hoisting roping; and installing a new hoisting roping by guiding the new hoisting roping to pass from the traction sheave to the elevator car or the counterweight via the aperture in the floor of the machine room, the new hoisting roping comprising a first part that is guided to pass to the elevator car or the counterweight to a first diverting pulley, and onwards from the first diverting pulley back upwards to the first rope clamp; and a second part that is guided to pass to the elevator car or the counterweight to a second diverting pulley, and onwards from the second diverting pulley back upwards to the second rope clamp. | 04-19-2012 |
Iain Lingard, Milan IT
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| 20090203737 | Pyrrole Derivatives as Positive Allosteric Modulators of Metabotropic Receptors - The present invention relates to new compounds which are Pyrrole derivatives of formula (I) wherein A, B, P, Q | 08-13-2009 |
Iain Mc Culloch, Southampton GB
Iain Mccullooch, Southampton GB
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| 20100117066 | Organic Semiconductors - The invention relates to novel substituted dibenzo[d,d′]benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophenes (DBBDT), to methods of their synthesis, to organic semiconducting materials, formulations and layers comprising them, and to electronic devices, like organic field effect transistors (OFETs), comprising them. | 05-13-2010 |
Iain Mcdade, Hamilton GB
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| 20100085878 | Automating Identification And Isolation Of Loop-Free Protocol Network Problems - An apparatus is configured to generate a reference model of a bridged network representing a plurality of nodes in the bridged network, wherein each of the plurality of nodes implements a loop-free topology algorithm; determine an expected data path based on the reference model of the bridged network; receive information pertaining to an actual data path in the bridged network; and compare the expected data path based on the reference model and the actual data path in the bridged network to identify a divergence point. | 04-08-2010 |
Iain Mcderment, Hertfordshire GB
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| 20090178676 | SIMPLE INHALER - A dry powder inhaler for pulmonary or nasal use, comprising at least an inhaler body and a cartridge with one or more compartments each containing one dose of a drug. The compartment has holes to admit air and holes to deliver powder, which, in use, communicate with an inhalation channel in the inhaler body. To prevent the powder from leaking through the compartment holes before use, the air admission holes are of reduced dimension, thereby blocking or hindering powder exit under the force of gravity. When the cartridge is inserted inside the inhaler body, all its holes can be blocked. By sliding the cartridge in relation to the body until the inhalation position is reached, the holes come into in fluid communication with one another and with the inhalation channel, thereby allowing a flow of air to disperse and entrain the dose through the mouthpiece. Five embodiments are disclosed. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20100072212 | CONTAINER, CHIME AND ASSEMBLY OF BOTH - Container assembly comprising a container and a top chime fixed to each other, the container having a top part and a peripheral side wall, characterized in that the fixation between the chime and the container is situated at the top part of the container and at a distance from said peripheral side wall. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100102071 | METHOD FOR FIXING A VALVE ASSEMBLY TO A CONTAINER - A method for fixing a valve assembly to a container, the container comprising a neck portion in a first thermoplastic material and the valve assembly comprising a ring of a second thermoplastic material, the method comprising positioning the valve assembly on or in the container's neck portion to form an interface between the thermoplastic ring and the container's neck portion, characterized in that the method further comprises laser welding the thermoplastic ring to the container's neck portion. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100320214 | CONTAINER AND CHIME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAID CONTAINER - Container assembly comprising a container and a chime fixed to each other, the container having an end part and a peripheral side wall, characterized in that the fixation between the chime and the container is situated at the end part of the container and at a distance from said peripheral side wall. | 12-23-2010 |
Iain Pretty, Manchester GB
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| 20110102566 | DENTAL IMAGING AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Apparatus and method for imaging a tooth. The apparatus includes: illumination means arranged to generate first and second infra-red light; and image data acquisition means arranged for receiving infra-red light originating from the illumination means and returned from an illuminated tooth. The image data acquisition means includes infra-red pixel sensor means responsive to said returned infra-red light to generate image pixel values for a first image of the illuminated tooth using first infra-red light and for a second image of the illuminated tooth using second infra-red light. The apparatus further includes data processing means to use one or more image pixel values of the first image to calculate a first reflectance value, and to use one or more image pixel values of the second image to calculate a second reflectance value, and to determine from the first and second reflectance values a measure of the degree of enamel lesion (Se) and/or dentin lesion (Sd) present in the part. | 05-05-2011 |
Iain Saul, North Tamborine AU
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| 20110136086 | Systems and Methods for Generating Personality Profiles for Animals - A method of generating a personality profile of at least two animals to determine compatibility potential between the animals, comprises: obtaining a set of answers to a plurality of queries relating to a first of the animals; obtaining a set of answers to a plurality of queries relating to a second of the animals; tabulating each of the sets of answers to obtain an overall score for each of the animals; comparing the overall scores of each of the animals one to another; and determining a compatibility potential between the animals based upon the comparison of the overall scores. | 06-09-2011 |
Iain Scorgie, London GB
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| 20080293318 | FABRIC PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a woven material which has improved drying characteristics and can also have heating and/or cooling effect in certain environmental conditions. The material is formed from a mix of polyamide and polyester with a plurality of strands with each strand formed from a plurality of spools of fibre woven together. The strands are then divided and subsequently woven to form the material. The material can then be used on its own or in conjunction with other material layers to form items of clothing, towels, bed linen and the like. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090140004 | Dispensing Apparatus - This invention provides a liquid dispensing apparatus such as, for example, a liquid soap dispensing apparatus. The apparatus can be provided as a self-contained unit including a reservoir provided at a spaced location from a base. Sensor means are provided to allow the selective dispensation of liquid from the reservoir upon the detection of a part of a user's anatomy in a position between the liquid reservoir and the base. A motor can be connected to an outlet from the liquid reservoir which allows a portion of the liquid to be dispensed in a controlled manner, and the power source for the motor is typically a battery or batteries and the same are located in the base. The provision of the batteries in the base, a position remote from the liquid reservoir, protects the batteries from the liquid and means that the liquid reservoir need not be provided with a sealing cap to prevent liquid from entering the power source and damaging the same. | 06-04-2009 |
Iain Shigeoka, Richardson, TX US
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| 20100099432 | Wireless device provisioning tool - Systems and methods are disclosed that include provisioning a target device coupled to a wireless network. These systems and methods include a provisioning server coupled to the wireless network and a target update coupled to the provisioning server. The provisioning server includes instructions relating to the configuration of the target device. In addition, these systems and methods include a server coupled to the target update and a provisioning user interface coupled to the server that is operable to create parameters for a software update and transmit the parameters to the server. The server is operable to communicate the parameters to create the target update, and the target update is transmitted through the provisioning server and the wireless network to the target device. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100100876 | Wireless device provisioning hardware tool - Systems and methods are disclosed for provisioning a position monitoring device. The position monitoring device may include a wireless communication modem and a first serial port. A provisioning device may be coupled to the position monitoring device through a serial connection. The provisioning device can include a memory, a second serial port, and a processor. In some embodiments, the provisioning device initiates an automatic configuration of the wireless communication modem through a series of attention commands. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100142538 | M2M data router - A router receives data packets from a remote M2M device and routes all or a portion of the data to one or more servers for further processing. Routing is determined based on the application layer data (data or data type) within the packet. For example, in a GPS tracking device, the data packet (or certain data within the packet) is routed to a first server when the data is of a first type or according to specific rule governing routing based upon some attribute. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100202451 | MODIFIED INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) DATA PACKET FOR ASYNCHRONOUS IP COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed that promote asynchronous communication through customized Internet protocol headers. This asynchronous communication is promoted by encoding additional information into the header of at least one data packet. The formatting and content of the packet header may be determined through an application programming interface (API). In addition, the header of this data packet may be of a variable length. The length of the data packet may be dependent upon the requirements of the API. In some embodiments, the header comprises sufficient information that, when interpreted by the API, promotes asynchronous communication. | 08-12-2010 |
Iain Smith, Shrivenham Swindon GB
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| 20110081601 | Nonwoven Fabric Having Cross-Linking Material - A layer includes a main body having a plurality of first pores and at least one crosslinked binder. | 04-07-2011 |
Iain Smith, North Barrington, IL US
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| 20100332291 | SYSTEM, PROCESS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EVALUATING LEADS - System, process, and computer program product for evaluating a lead are provided. A process for evaluating a lead may include determining whether each incoming lead is duplicative, determining a score for each lead, valuing each lead based on the lead score and outcome data, and determining sales capacity and the motor vehicle dealer's existing need for leads. The process may also include applying business rules to each lead using a processor, where the business rules may include the real-time optimization of sales capacity and lead need of a motor vehicle dealer. The process may further include routing each lead based upon the satisfaction of the business rules. | 12-30-2010 |
Iain Spears, Middlesbrough GB
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| 20110043446 | COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE - Computer input apparatus comprising: an image capture device; and a marker member comprising at least two reference indicia, at least a first reference indicium being arranged to emit or reflect light having a first spectral characteristic, and at least a second reference indicium being arranged to emit or reflect light having a second spectral characteristic different from the first spectral characteristic, the image capture device being arranged to distinguish light of said first spectral characteristic from light of said second spectral characteristic thereby to distinguish the at least a first reference indicium from the at least a second reference indicium, the apparatus being configured to capture an image of the at least two reference indicia and to determine by means of said image a position and orientation of the marker member with respect to a reference frame. | 02-24-2011 |
Iain Taylor, Hudersfield GB
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| 20100196140 | DEVICE FOR INHIBITING THE FLOW OF OIL ALONG A ROTATING SHAFT - An oil control device inhibits the flow of oil along a shaft ( | 08-05-2010 |
Iain Weir-Jones, Vancouver CA
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| 20110313671 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ROCK FALL - Aspects of the invention provide systems and methods for using ballast sensors to detect rock fall events in a vicinity of railway tracks or similar roadways or tracks. The ballast sensors are spaced apart from the tracks. Particular embodiments permit the use of signals from the ballast sensors to discriminate rock fall events from other types of events and to detect the hypocenter of a rock fall event. | 12-22-2011 |