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Spencer, GB

Adrian G. Spencer, Worcester GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090239548APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DERIVING POSITION INFORMATION - A wireless receiver for receiving signals from a satellite positioning system, and receiving signals from a communications system uses a common path in the receiver, and derives position information (09-24-2009

Alexander Charles Spencer, Brentwood GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110062694CURTAIN AIRBAG ASSEMBLY - A curtain airbag assembly is provided having a number of airbags 03-17-2011

Alexandra Jane Spencer, Oxford GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100322896MOLECULAR ADJUVANT - This invention relates to the use of a molecular adjuvant to generate an immune response in a host. In particular, the molecular adjuvant may be a TLR signalling pathway component, a co-stimulatory molecule, an NKG2D ligand, IL- or IL-15.12-23-2010

Anthony Spencer, Nr. Wotton Under Edge GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110069716METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUEUING VARIABLE SIZE DATA PACKETS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Variable size data packets are queued in a communication system by generating from each data packet a record portion of predetermined fixed size containing information about each packet and storing only data portions of the packets in independent memory locations in a first memory. The record portions are only stored in one or more managed queues in a second memory having fixed size memory locations equal in size to the size of the record portions. The first memory is larger than the second memory; and the memory locations in the first memory are arranged in blocks having a plurality of different sizes. The memory locations are allocated to the data portions according to the size of the data portions.03-24-2011

Anthony Spencer, Gloucestershire GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110083000DATA PROCESSING ARCHITECTURES FOR PACKET HANDLING - A data processing architecture includes an input device that receives an incoming stream of data packets. A plurality of processing elements are operable to process data received from the input device. The input device is operable to distribute data packets in whole or in part to the processing elements in dependence upon the data processing bandwidth of the processing elements.04-07-2011

Charlie Spencer, Portsmouth GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100296189MODULAR REAR VIEW MIRROR AND METHOD TO ASSEMBLE IT - The invention is related to a rear view mirror assembly with a least two parts out of the group of part as: mirror frame, mirror base, mirror housing, mirror bezel, mirror glass, mirror lighting means, actuator, that must be connected during assembly process with at least one retention latch. This retention latch comprises a circular hood and a rectangular arm formed in a first part and to be inserted into an opening and shifted along a slot in a second part.11-25-2010

Clifford Spencer, Linconshire GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110130459COMPOSITION FOR ACCELERATED PRODUCTION OF COLLAGEN - Here the inventors provide a composition for topical application to the skin of animal comprising stearidonic acid in combination with one or octadecatrienoic acids (CODTAs). Preferably the composition comprises 06-02-2011

David N. Spencer, Aberdeen GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090255681OFF-CENTER RUNNING TOOL FOR SUBSEA TREE - A running tool for lowering a christmas tree to a subsea wellhead. The running tool includes an off center adjustment to compensate for asymmetric weight distribution in the christmas tree. The running tool comprises a main body, latches for coupling the body to the christmas tree, an offset arm connected to the body, and a lift arm (drill pipe adaptor) connected to the lift arm and selectively positioned on the lift arm to offset and compensate for the christmas tree asymmetric weight distribution.10-15-2009

David N. Spencer, Kemnay GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100101799SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MODULAR PRODUCTION TREE ASSEMBLY TO REDUCE WEIGHT DURING TRANSFER OF TREE TO RIG - A modular tree production tree assembly reduces the weight during transfer of the tree components from a barge to a production rig. The tree assembly includes an upper tree module, a lower tree module, and a choke bridge module. The upper tree module has a tree head, the lower tree module has a guidance system and ties in the flow lines to the in-field infrastructure, and the choke bridge module has the choke and instrumentation bridge to link the three components together. Prior to delivery to the rig, the components of the modular tree assembly may be joined together and tested on shore. Upon arrival at the rig, the components are individually lifted from the barge onto the rig by a crane. After the tree components are on the rig, the modular tree is reassembled and then deployed to the sea floor via the draw works.04-29-2010

Douglas John Edwin Spencer, Stirlingshire GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090118478Manufacturing Process - A process for the preparation of a desired chemical compound in a continuous reactor in which a part of the product stream exits the reactor and part of the product stream is recycled around the reactor in order to reduce the amount of buffer that would otherwise be required.05-07-2009

Duncan Spencer, Battle GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080208637Method And System For Assessing Environmental Risk Associated With Parcel Of Real Property - Disclosed is a system and method for assessing environmental risk associated with a parcel of real property through the form of reports which can be generated without the significant expense and time delay of a physical site inspection. Also disclosed is a method to facilitate contaminated land transactions by reports that provide consultancy, legal, and/or financial advice based on factors determined in the absence of a property site visit. In one aspect, the disclosed method comprises several steps based on certain determinations made using commercially-available and publicly-available databases. In another aspect, the disclosed method is a way of providing financial assurance via an insurance policy with the steps of supplying an environmental risk report and automatically supplying an environmental insurance quote based upon the environmental risk report.08-28-2008

Elliot Spencer, Bedfordshire GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100138653METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING FOR, AND COLLECTING, ELECTRONICALLY-STORED INFORMATION - A method and system for searching and collecting electronically stored information are described. Consistent with an embodiment of the invention, configuration and execution of a search are separated in time and location. For example, a search configuration application executing at a first computer system is utilized to generate a search configuration file, which controls the operation of a search agent when the search agent is executing at a target computer system and performing a search of storage devices act of the target computer system. Encryption is utilized to prevent unauthorized access to the search configuration file as well as the search results file generated by the search agent.06-03-2010

Gerald James Spencer, Abbeymead GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100000928CHROMATOGRAPHY COLUMNS AND THEIR OPERAITON - A method of operating chromatography column apparatus comprising a column tube (01-07-2010

Jason Spencer, Worth GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110227697PASSENGER FLOW MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for passenger flow is described. A boarding pass identifier of a boarding pass is electronically identified at a workstation of one or more first workstations at a first level. Boarding pass information associated with the identified boarding pass identifier is electronically retrieved at the workstation. It is determined, via one or more computers, whether the boarding pass is valid based on the retrieved boarding pass information. If the boarding pass is determined valid, a holder of the boarding pass is directed, via one or more computers, to a queue for one workstation of a plurality of second workstations at a second level based on the retrieved boarding pass information. Each workstation of the second workstations has a different queue arranged before the workstation. If the boarding pass is determined not valid, the boarding pass holder is directed away from entering the queues. A system is also described.09-22-2011

Jeffrey William Spencer, Leicester GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100089945AIRLESS DISPENSING PUMP - An airless dispenser pump assembly includes a pump mechanism with an inlet valve that is configured to efficiently pump viscous fluids and that is able to be pre-primed when the pump mechanism is attached to a container. In one form, the inlet valve includes a seal member that seals an inlet port of the pump and an outer support member that secures the inlet valve to the rest of the pump mechanism. Two or more legs generally extend in a circumferential direction between the support member and the seal member in order to create a large flow opening for fluid flow through the inlet valve when opened and to rapidly close the inlet valve. The pump mechanism further includes an outlet valve that is configured to draw fluid back from a nozzle of the pump after dispensing in order to minimize build up around the nozzle.04-15-2010
20100096412PUMP DISPENSERS - Certain pump dispensers, for example foam dispensers, are specially adapted for inverted use. One feature especially useful in a foam dispenser having both an air cylinder and a liquid cylinder with respective pistons is an intake conduit arrangement to increase the clearance of liquid from the container. An intermediate shell fits over the upright liquid cylinder body and carries an inlet valve positively urged upward to the closed position to prevent leaking. A conduit shell fits over the intermediate shell and creates an intake conduit extending down the side of the liquid cylinder to an intake opening lower down the pump body.04-22-2010

Jeffrey William Spencer, Leicester Forest East GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080197149AIRLESS DISPENSING PUMP WITH TAMPER EVIDENCE FEATURES - An airless dispenser pump assembly includes a pump mechanism with an inlet valve that is configured to efficiently pump viscous fluids and that is able to be pre-primed when the pump mechanism is attached to a container. In one form, the inlet valve includes a seal member that seals an inlet port of the pump and an outer support member that secures the inlet valve to the rest of the pump mechanism. Two or more legs generally extend in a circumferential direction between the support member and the seal member in order to create a large flow opening for fluid flow through the inlet valve when opened and to rapidly close the inlet valve. The pump mechanism further includes an outlet valve that is configured to draw fluid back from a nozzle of the pump after dispensing in order to minimize build up around the nozzle.08-21-2008
20110198371LIQUID DOSING DEVICES - A dosing device for dispensing liquid from a container (08-18-2011

Jeremy R. Spencer, Didcot GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090291868Marine Engine Lubrication - A trunk piston marine engine lubricating oil composition for a medium-speed compression-ignited marine engine comprises, in a major amount, an oil of lubricating viscosity containing 50 mass % or more of a Group II basestock. and, in respective minor amounts, (A) an overbased metal hydrocarbyl-substituted hydroxybenzoate detergent having a basicity index of 4.5 or less, and (B) an overbased metal hydrocarbyl-substituted hydroxybenzoate detergent having a basicity index of greater than 4.5. The ratio of deterrent (A) to detergent (B), both expressed as mass of active ingredient, is in the range from 0.5 to 15. The trunk piston marine engine lubricating oil composition has a TBN (using ASTM D11-26-2009

Jeremy Roger Spencer, Didcot GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090011966Lubricating Oil Composition - A lubricating oil composition having a total base number of more than 15 mg KOH/g, as determined by ASTM D2896, and including at least 40 mass % of an oil of lubricating viscosity; at least one detergent; and at least one compound of the formula (I) and/or formula (II):01-08-2009
20090171031Method of Forming Polyalkene Substituted Carboxylic Acid Compositions - The residual chlorine content of a polyolefin-substituted carboxylic acylating agent formed by a halogen-assisted reaction of a polyalkene and at least one olefinic, monounsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid, anhydride or ester, is reduced when the reaction is conducted in the presence of a controlled amount of a metal compound.07-02-2009
20090203559Engine Lubrication - A trunk piston or cross-head diesel engine having a centrifuge system including a sealing medium is lubricated with a lubricant which, for the cross-head engine, is a system lubricant and which contains 0.04 to 5 mass %, expressed as active ingredient, of a combination of one or more linked aromatic compounds and one or more nitrogen containing ashless disperants, in a mass:mass ratio in the range of 1:3 to 9:1.08-13-2009

John David Spencer, Surrey GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100137924TOOL - In an alignment guide for use in femoral head surgery, a cannulated rod is supported by, and is adjustable with respect to, a support member of the alignment guide. The guide also includes two jaws, an anterior jaw and a posterior jaw, with each jaw having a proximal end connected to the support arm, and a distal end for clamping, in use, to the neck of the femur. At least one of the jaws is movable from a first open position to a second clamping position.06-03-2010

Jonathan Allan Spencer, Portsmouth GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100172350Communications System - A Communications system for communicating over low bandwidth or high latency links incorporates a router MR07-08-2010

Joseph William Spencer, Liverpool GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090082988NON-ORTHOGONAL MONITORING OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS - Apparatus for non-orthogonal monitoring of a variable measurand in a system or process, comprising: means defining at least three sources having limited spectral widths and non-orthogonal spectral outputs; a modulator means which is adapted to modulate the outputs of said sources in response to said variable measurand; at least three detectors which have non-orthogonal responsivities in the measurement domain and which receive the modulated outputs of said sources; and a processor which converts the detector outputs algorithmically into primary chromatic parameters.03-26-2009

Keith Spencer, London GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090318427BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVES FOR TREATING HEPATITIS C INFECTION - Use of a benzodiazepine of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament for use in treating or preventing a hepatitis C infection, wherein: —R12-24-2009

Keith Charles Spencer, London GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080267914Chemical Compounds - Compounds of formula (Ia) are found to be active in inhibiting replication of flaviviridae viruses (Ia), wherein R10-30-2008
20080311076Morpholinylanilinoquinazoline Derivatives For Use As Antiviral Agents - Compounds of formula (Ia) are found to be active in inhibiting replication of flaviviridae viruses, wherein R12-18-2008
20100158863TRIAZOLOANILINOPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES FOR USE AS ANTIVIRAL AGENTS - A quinazoline derivative of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: formula (I) for use in treatment of prevention of a flaviviridae infection.06-24-2010
20110059043CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS - The invention concerns benzodiazepine derivatives of Formula I:03-10-2011

Patent applications by Keith Charles Spencer, London GB

Michael Leonard William Spencer, Baldock GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110268624COATING A MONOLITH SUBSTRATE WITH CATALYST COMPONENT - A method of coating a honeycomb monolith substrate comprising a plurality of channels with a liquid comprising a catalyst component comprises the steps of: (i) holding a honeycomb monolith substrate substantially vertically; (ii) introducing a pre-determined volume of the liquid into the substrate via open ends of the channels at a lower end of the substrate; (iii) sealingly retaining the introduced liquid within the substrate; (iv) inverting the substrate containing the retained liquid; and (v) applying a vacuum to open ends of the channels of the substrate at the inverted, lower end of the substrate to draw the liquid along the channels of the substrate.11-03-2011

Nicholas Macdonald Spencer, Oxford GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100207949ANIMATION EVENTS - A method of detecting an occurrence of an event of an event type during an animation, in which the animation comprises, for each of a plurality of object parts of an object, data defining the respective movement of that object part at each of a sequence of time-points for the animation, the method comprising: indicating the event type, wherein the event type specifies: one or more of the object parts; and a sequence of two or more event phases that occur during an event of that event type such that, for each event phase, the respective movements of the one or more specified object parts during that event phase are each constrained according to a constraint type associated with that event phase; and detecting an occurrence of an event of the event type by detecting a section of the animation during which the respective movements defined by the animation for the specified one or more object parts are constrained in accordance with the sequence of two or more event phases.08-19-2010

Paul John Spencer, Isle Of Wight GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110114252COMPOSITE MATERIALS - A prepreg for manufacturing a fibre-reinforced composite material, the prepreg comprising a layer of a layer of fibrous reinforcement fully impregnated by a matrix resin material, wherein at least the surface of the resin material has a viscosity and a tack at room temperature, and each prepreg has a stiffness at room temperature, such that when two of the prepregs are disposed as a vertical stack thereof at room temperature with adjacent resin material surfaces, the adjacent resin material surfaces are unadhered and form continuous air paths therebetween.05-19-2011

Steven Antony Spencer, Ushaw Moor GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090136737POWDER COATING MATERIALS - The present invention pertains to a powder coating material comprising particles having a particle size distribution which satisfies the following equation: [d(s,90)/d(s,10)]05-28-2009

Steven David Spencer, South Normanton GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090083848PRINTING METHOD - A method and apparatus for printing a data item. The method comprises receiving at a printer a first component of said data item from an external data source; generating a second component of said data item at said printer; and printing said data item by printing said first and second components.03-26-2009