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Cedric B. Watkins, Worcestershire GB
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| 20100193052 | Motorised Water Butt Modular System - A water butt system comprising: | 08-05-2010 |
Clare J. Watkins, Abingdon GB
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| 20100249197 | CARBAMIC ACID COMPOUNDS COMPRISING AN AMIDE LINKAGE AS HDAC INHIBITORS - This invention pertains to certain active carbamic acid compounds which inhibit HDAC activity and which have the formula (1) wherein: A is an aryl group; Q | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110105572 | CARBAMIC ACID COMPOUNDS COMPRISING AN AMIDE LINKAGE AS HDAC INHIBITORS - This invention pertains to certain active carbamic acid compounds which inhibit HDAC activity and which have the following formula: | 05-05-2011 |
Clare J. Watkins, Oxfordshire GB
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| 20080269237 | CARBAMIC ACID COMPOUNDS COMPRISING A PIPERAZINE LINKAGE AS HDAC INHIBITORS - This invention pertains to certain carbamic acid compounds which inhibit HDAC (histone deacetylase) activity of the following formula: | 10-30-2008 |
| 20110275810 | CARBAMIC ACID COMPOUNDS COMPRISING A PIPERAZINE LINKAGE AS HDAC INHIBITORS - This invention pertains to certain carbamic acid compounds which inhibit HDAC (histone deacetylase) activity of the following formula: | 11-10-2011 |
Dave Watkins, Stockport GB
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| 20080224523 | Seat with Easy-Entry and Cargo Function - A vehicle seat has a seat lower component, a seat upholstered component and a backrest component provided to be rotatably moved about a first axis provided parallel to a direction aligned transverse to the primary sitting direction. The vehicle seat upholstered component is also rotatably movable relative to the seat lower component about a second axis, the second axis being provided parallel to a direction from an upholstered component use position into an upholstered component loading position and vice versa, and the backrest component is provided to be rotatably moved relative to the seat lower component about the first axis from a backrest use position into a backrest loading position, and vice versa, only when the seat upholstered component has been moved substantially into the upholstered component loading position. By folding over the seat upholstered component into its upholstered component loading position, the backrest component can move relative to the seat lower component into its loading position, i.e. the backrest loading position. | 09-18-2008 |
David Watkins, London GB
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| 20080278604 | Apparatus, System and Method for Processing and Transferring Captured Video Data - A method of transferring video data comprises obtaining a stream of video frames from an video capture device and identifying at least one characteristic in at least one frame of the stream of video frames. Lookup data is generated which associates the at least one characteristic with its at least one identified video frame. At least one video frame in the stream of video frames having a given characteristic is determined and notification or at least one of the determined video frames is transmitted to a client. A video transfer system, video processing device and method of image identification are also described. | 11-13-2008 |
David Christopher Watkins, Gillingham GB
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| 20120303145 | CONTROL OF SAFETY CRITICAL OPERATIONS - A system wherein control of a safety-critical system operation is effected by sending a plurality of keywords via a low integrity transmission means. | 11-29-2012 |
David Robert Watkins, Sutton Coldfield GB
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| 20080216930 | Tyre with rubber tread which contains internal circumferential rubber stabilizer bars - This invention relates to a tyre, particularly a motorcycle tyre having a high camber rubber tread which contains a central internal circumferential rubber stabilization element, or bar, which extends to and is a part of the running surface of the tyre tread and a plurality of additional spaced apart internal circumferential rubber stabilization bars, positioned within the tread outer cap rubber layer of which one or more may optionally be a part of the running surface of the tyre tread. In one embodiment, segments of the tread's outer cap rubber layer are substantially separated from each other, and may be thereby substantially dynamically de-coupled from each other, by one or more of said circumferential rubber stabilizer bars which extend radially outward into said outer tread cap rubber layer from an underlying tread base rubber layer. | 09-11-2008 |
Gary Robert Watkins, Sheerness GB
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| 20120303145 | CONTROL OF SAFETY CRITICAL OPERATIONS - A system wherein control of a safety-critical system operation is effected by sending a plurality of keywords via a low integrity transmission means. | 11-29-2012 |
Gavin Watkins, Bristol GB
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| 20130021103 | HIGH POWER WIDEBAND AMPLIFIER AND METHOD - An amplifier including a high supply voltage source and a low supply voltage source and two parallel signal paths. Each signal path is connected to the high and the low supply voltage sources and includes a first amplifier and a second amplifier. The two signal paths are connected to each other only at a common input node and a common output node, so that the respective first amplifiers operate independently of each other. The first amplifiers are configured to convert at least a part of an input voltage signal into a signal current. The signal paths are configured so that the signal current in use drives the respective second amplifier to provide an amplified output current to the common output node. | 01-24-2013 |
Glyn Watkins, Norfolk GB
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| 20080229843 | Tensile Tester - The invention provides a tensile tester, for characterising the extension properties of a fabric, comprising: a plurality of dual-mode fabric-engaging units located at a plurality of points. The fabric-engaging units are operable in a first fabric-gripping mode to releasably grip a fabric to be tested, and in a second fabric-tensioning mode to impart tension to a fabric to be tested, between gripped points, by displacing the fabric. The tester also has force measurement means to measure the tension so imparted and displacement measuring means to measure the displacement of the fabric. The fabric-engaging units are arranged and controlled so as to measure displacement-force characteristics along two or more axes of the fabric to be tested. Embodiments of the invention allow for determination of stretch characteristics in the Course, Wale, and two Bias directions of a fabric, as well as the characterisation of tension decay. | 09-25-2008 |
Hugh Watkins, Headington GB
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| 20100008908 | Treatment of Heart Failure - The treatment of heart failure by administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that inhibits hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). Such agents include small molecule chemical agents and biological agents. | 01-14-2010 |
John Watkins, Girton GB
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| 20090043076 | Modified interferon beta with reduced immunogenicity - The present invention relates a modified human interferon beta (INFβ) which is less immunogenic than human INFβ (SEQ ID NO: 1) when administered in vivo to a human. The modified human INFβ comprises an amino acid residue sequence that differs from SEQ ID NO: 1 by an amino acid residue substitution selected from the group consisting of L57A, L57C, L57D L57E, L57G, L57H, L57K, L57N, L57P, L57Q, L57R, L57S, and L57T and an additional substitution selected from the group consisting of the H140A, H140C, H140G, and H140P. | 02-12-2009 |
Laurence Dale Watkins, London GB
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| 20110066197 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING STIMULATION OF ONE OR MORE STIMULATION SITES - Methods of facilitating stimulation of a stimulation site within a patient include implanting a distal portion of a first stimulating member such that the distal portion of the first stimulating member is in communication with a first stimulation site located within a patient, securing the distal portion of the first stimulating member at a first securing site with a first securing device positioned proximal to the first stimulation site, forming a first loop of at least 360 degrees with a portion of the first stimulating member proximal to the first securing device, securing the first loop with a second securing device at a second securing site having a position that is greater than or equal to substantially 180 degrees but less than or equal to substantially 315 degrees along the first loop from the first securing site, and positioning the second securing device and a stimulator to be coupled to a proximal end of the first stimulating member to maintain a curve in the first stimulating member of at least 45 degrees between the second securing device and the stimulator. | 03-17-2011 |
Mark R. Watkins, Bristol GB
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| 20100287365 | DEPLOYMENT OF BOOT IMAGES IN DISKLESS SERVERS - In one embodiment, a system, comprises a first computer system comprising at least a first diskless server, at least a first RAID controller coupled to the first diskless server, at least a first storage pool coupled to the RAID controller, and a remote management server coupled to the RAID controller via a an out-of-band communication link. The remote management server comprises a boot management module which, when executed, initiates a command to instruct the RAID controller to create at least a first logical volume in a memory module coupled to the RAID controller, transmits the command to the RAID controller via the out-of-band communication link, and transmits a boot image from the remote management server to the RAID controller via the out-of-band communication link. The RAID controller creates the first logical volume for the boot image in response to the command, and stores the boot image in the first logical volume. | 11-11-2010 |
Mark Robert Watkins, Bristol GB
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| 20100082793 | Server-Embedded Distributed Storage System - A server-embedded distributed storage system and methods are disclosed. An exemplary method may include presenting at least one virtual disk to a client computing device. The at least one virtual disk includes storage cells from direct attached storage (DAS) devices of a plurality of separate servers for high availability access to data stored on the at least one virtual disk. The method may also include continuing to provide access to the data stored on the at least one virtual disk even in the event an internal storage controller for at least one of the plurality of servers is unavailable for managing its DAS device. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100100676 | Systems And Methods Of Presenting Virtual Tape Products To A Client - Systems and methods for presenting virtual tape products to a client are disclosed. An exemplary method may include allocating a plurality of disks connected to a host bus adapter (HBA) as both virtual tape storage and virtual disk storage. The method may also include translating at the HBA an input/output (I/O) communication between the client and the plurality of disks to access at least a portion of the plurality of disks allocated as virtual tape storage. The method may also include handling all other I/O communication between the client and the plurality of disks for access to the plurality of disks allocated as virtual disk storage. | 04-22-2010 |
Nicholas Watkins, Cambridge GB
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| 20090317413 | DETECTION OF HUMAN PLATELET ANTIGEN (HPA) ANTIBODIES - This invention relates to recombinant GPIIIa molecules that lack the ligand binding βA domain and bind to HPA-1 antibodies in monomeric form. These GPIIIa molecules can be recombinantly expressed at high levels and may be useful, for example, in the detection of HPA-1 antibodies. Such detection may be useful, for example, in the diagnosis and therapy of HPA antibody disorders such as Neonatal Alloimmune Immune Thrombocytpenia (NAIT), Post Transfusion Purpura (PTP) and Platelet Refractoriness (PR). | 12-24-2009 |
Nicholas V. Watkins, London GB
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| 20090044954 | Method for Transporting Multiphase Fluids - A method of transporting multiphase fluids during extraction of said fluids from a well. The method includes first providing a well production apparatus. The well production apparatus includes tubing for carrying a flow of well production fluids. A centre line of the tubing follows a substantially helical path, and the amplitude of the helix is less than or equal to one half of the internal diameter of the tubing. Then, the method includes transporting multiphase fluids along the tubing whilst inducing swirl flow thereof. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090218037 | Piping - The invention relates to piping comprising a portion wherein the centreline of the portion follows a substantially helical path, wherein the amplitude of the helix is less than or equal to one half of the internal diameter of the piping. When fluid flows in such piping, it is made to swirl. This provides a number of advantages, such as improved in-plane mixing of the fluid, enhanced uniformity of residence time, and so on. The invention also extends to various methods of making such piping. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090276029 | HELICAL STENT - An expandable balloon for insertion in a fluid conduit of a human or animal body is movable between a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The balloon has, when in the expanded condition, a center line which follows a substantially helical path. The balloon can be combined with a stent such that the stent is expandable by the balloon from a collapsed condition to an expanded condition. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20110303507 | PETROCHEMICAL CRACKER - The invention relates to a petrochemical cracker having piping comprising a portion wherein the centerline of the portion follows a substantially helical path, wherein the amplitude of the helix is less than or equal to one half of the internal diameter of the piping. When fluid flows in such piping, it is made to swirl. This provides a number of advantages, such as improved in-plane mixing of the fluid, enhanced uniformity of residence time, and so on. | 12-15-2011 |
Nigel John Watkins, Cambridgeshire GB
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| 20090191154 | ASSEMBLY AND FOLDING OF FC-INTERFERON-BETA FUSION PROTEINS - Disclosed are Fc-interferon-beta (Fc-IFN-β) fusion proteins and nucleic acid molecules encoding them. The Fc-IFN-β fusion proteins include variants of the interferon-beta (IFN-β) protein that are altered to achieve enhanced biological activity, prolonged circulating half-life and greater solubility. Also disclosed are methods of producing the fusion proteins and methods of using the fusion proteins and/or nucleic acid molecules for treating diseases and conditions alleviated by the administration of interferon-beta. | 07-30-2009 |
Penelope Ann Watkins, Norfolk GB
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| 20080229843 | Tensile Tester - The invention provides a tensile tester, for characterising the extension properties of a fabric, comprising: a plurality of dual-mode fabric-engaging units located at a plurality of points. The fabric-engaging units are operable in a first fabric-gripping mode to releasably grip a fabric to be tested, and in a second fabric-tensioning mode to impart tension to a fabric to be tested, between gripped points, by displacing the fabric. The tester also has force measurement means to measure the tension so imparted and displacement measuring means to measure the displacement of the fabric. The fabric-engaging units are arranged and controlled so as to measure displacement-force characteristics along two or more axes of the fabric to be tested. Embodiments of the invention allow for determination of stretch characteristics in the Course, Wale, and two Bias directions of a fabric, as well as the characterisation of tension decay. | 09-25-2008 |
Stephen Watkins, Kent GB
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| 20090081149 | Skin And Hair Care - A fermentation product of soya bean extract, e.g. soya milk, provides conditioning benefits for skin, particularly moisturising benefits, namely increased moisture, and conditioning benefits for hair, particularly reduction of fly away behaviour and improved curl retention. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090252812 | Use of Fermented Milk Product for Skin Treatment - The use of a fermented milk product comprising non-hydrolysed whey proteins which is substantially free of casein proteins for the purpose of improving skin firmness, by structuring collagen without promoting collagen synthesis, when topically applied to skin is provided. | 10-08-2009 |
Stephen David Watkins, Kent GB
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| 20100292294 | Compositions Comprising a Physiological Coolant - The present invention concerns enhancements in the cooling effects of certain physiological coolant-containing compositions such as topically applied cosmetic, toiletry or pharmaceutical products, wherein the cooling effect of the physiological coolants is enhanced by the addition of a substance according to formula (I) or dermatologically acceptable salts thereof: | 11-18-2010 |