| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7410767 |
HLA-E binding |
August 12, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a method of testing a compound for biological activity, which method comprises providing cells expressing one of the CD94/NKG2 family of receptors, contacting the cells with recombinant HLA-E under binding conditions in the presence of the test compound, and |
| 7410474 |
Methods and means for extracorporeal organ perfusion |
August 12, 2008 |
| Apparatus and methods of operation of apparatus for the extracorporeal perfusion of organs are provided which support viability and function of an organ such as a liver, generally outside the body. Blood is supplied as described herein to an organ such as a liver under physiological |
| 7398229 |
System and method for conducting electronic commerce |
July 8, 2008 |
| An electronic person-to-person double auction-like system that facilitates trade in many differs sorts of item via the World Wide Web or similar such interface. A plurality of sellers can post details of items for sale, including a minimum bid amount and buy price for each. A buyer can |
| 7364864 |
ANGE gene in atopy |
April 29, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid sequences of ANGE, CLLD8 and CLLD7 or sequences complementary or substantially homologous thereto or fragments thereof. Also provided are sequences comprising hybrid nucleic acid sequences from two or more of the genes. Also prov |
| 7318808 |
Combining measurements from breathing rate sensors |
January 15, 2008 |
| A method for combining breathing rate measurements from two or more independent measurement channels. Independent measurements of breathing rate, for instance by impedance pneumography and photoplethysmography, can be combined to derive an improved measurement eliminating artefacts o |
| 7311982 |
Luminescent polymers |
December 25, 2007 |
| A monomer which luminesces in the visible region upon excitation is described of the formula: M.sup.n+ (L).sup.n- (CL).sub.x in which n+ is the valency of M, (L) represents one or more anionic ligands with a total valency of n such that at least one of the ligands possesses the formula: |
| 7300408 |
Spectroscopic breath analysis |
November 27, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatus for the analysis of exhaled breath by spectroscopy are disclosed. An optical cavity containing the exhaled breath, typically comprising a pair of opposing high reflectivity mirrors, is used to implement a cavity enhanced absorbtion technique. Pairs of .sup.12CO. |
| 7290589 |
Control of deposition and other processes |
November 6, 2007 |
| Material is incrementally deposited using material directed toward a deposition zone. The scan path of the directed material is controlled according to a path plan derived to reduce derivation from an ideal uniform temperature profile for the deposition during the deposition process. |
| 7276299 |
Dendrimers |
October 2, 2007 |
| A compound of formula (I), ##STR00001## where x is 3, 2 or 1, y is 0 or 1, n.sup.1 and n.sup.2, which may be the same or different, are 0 or 1 to 3, X represents a divalent mono- or poly-aromatic and/or heteroaromatic moiety, the or each Y, which may be the same or different if x is 1, |
| 7273605 |
Vaccine |
September 25, 2007 |
| The present invention relates to a fowlpox virus genome which has modifications in one or more wild-type FPV genes. The present invention also relates to a viral particle comprising such a genome and its use to deliver a nucleotide of interest (NOI) to a target cell. The present inve |
| 7267820 |
Neurotransmission disorders |
September 11, 2007 |
| There is disclosed a method for diagnosing neurotransmission or developmental disorders in a mammal comprising the step of detecting in a bodily fluid of said mammal autoantibodies to an epitope of the muscle specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK). One such method comprises a) contacting sa |
| 7247957 |
Electromechanical transducer linear compressor and radio transmission antenna |
July 24, 2007 |
| An electromagnetic transducer which may be driven as a linear electric motor (which may be a permanent magnet motor or a variable reluctance motor) in which coils disposed around first and second cores are positioned on opposite sides of a longitudinal plane in which the longitudinal |
| 7247480 |
Method for producing dendritic cells |
July 24, 2007 |
| Disclosed are embryonic stem cell-derived dendritic cells, genetically modified immature dendritic cells capable of maturation, as well as methods for the production of such cells. In one embodiment, the cells made be produced by a method comprising the steps of providing a populatio |
| 7245101 |
System and method for monitoring and control |
July 17, 2007 |
| The invention provides for the monitoring and control of a system, such as a linear electro-mechanical transducer, e.g. a linear electric motor, particularly when driven in a reciprocating manner. A dynamic model of the linear motor and its load is used to calculate from the input drive |
| 7224470 |
Method and apparatus for measuring surface configuration |
May 29, 2007 |
| A method of measuring the surface configuration of a liquid surface, e.g. to measure surface tension. Liquid samples are confined in wells, e.g. of a multi-well microtitle plate, and a light beam is passed through the sample offset from the centre of the well. The intensity of the reflec |
| 7217911 |
Solid state light detector |
May 15, 2007 |
| An optical wireless local area network using line of sight optical links. The base station and terminal stations are provided with optical transceivers which include a transmitter array and detector array. The transmitter array consists of an array of resonant cavity light emitting d |
| 7205124 |
Utrophin gene promoter |
April 17, 2007 |
| Second promoter for mouse and human utrophin genes. The promoters or fragments and derivatives may be used to control transcription of heterologous sequences, including coding sequences of reporter genes. Expression systems such as host cells containing nucleic acid constructs which |
| 7144569 |
Diagnosis of coeliac disease using a gliadin epitope |
December 5, 2006 |
| A method of diagnosing coeliac disease, or susceptibility to coeliac disease, in an individual comprising: (a) contacting a sample from the host with an agent selected from (i) the epitope comprising sequence which is: SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, or an equivalent sequence from a naturally occ |
| 7135280 |
Assay to determine efficacy of treatment for mycobacterial infection |
November 14, 2006 |
| Method of determining the efficacy of treatment for mycobacterial infection in an individual comprising determining in samples from the individual whether the level of T cells specific for a mycobacterial antigen has decreased after the treatment, thereby determining the efficacy of |
| 7115361 |
Detection of CD8+ T cell responses to M. tuberculosis |
October 3, 2006 |
| A method of detecting an anti-mycobacterial CD8 T cell response comprising contacting a population of CD8 T cells of an individual with one or more peptides selected from the peptides represented by SEQ ID NO: 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12, and, optionally, one or two further peptides repr |
| 7098321 |
Homologous peptide nucleic acids |
August 29, 2006 |
| The invention discloses compounds of the formula: ##STR00001## where n is 1, or 2 to 200 in which case each recurring unit can be the same or different, B is a protected or unprotected base capable of Watson-Crick or of Hoogsteen pairing. C is OH or OR''' where R''' is a protecting |
| 7083862 |
Dendrimers |
August 1, 2006 |
| A compound of formula (I), where x is 3, 2 or 1, y is 0 or 1, n.sup.1 and n.sup.2, which may be the same or different, are 0 or 1 to 3, X represents a divalent mono- or poly-aromatic and/or heteroaromatic moiety, the or each Y, which may be the same or different if x is 1, represents |
| 7060092 |
Deployable stent |
June 13, 2006 |
| A stent 1 comprising a sheet 2 of biocompatible material arranged as a tube and having a pattern of folds allowing the stent to be collapsed for deployment. The pattern of folds comprises a unit cell repeated over the sheet 2. A variety of different unit cells 3 are described. The patter |
| 7034129 |
Process for surface functionalsation of polymeric substrates using diaryl carbenes as reactive i |
April 25, 2006 |
| A process for the surface functionalisation of a polymeric substrate, which process comprises: (a) contacting the substrate with a diarylcarbene precursor, (b) generating a carbene reactive intermediate from the diarylcarbene precursor so that it reacts with the substrate to functi |
| 7031857 |
Patient condition display |
April 18, 2006 |
| Data from a plurality of sensors representing a patient's condition, including measurement signals and also secondary parameters derived from the measurement signals, are displayed in a simple way by calculating a novelty index constituting a one-dimensional visualization space. The |
| 7016784 |
Method and system for producing a weather forecast |
March 21, 2006 |
| A method of generating short-, medium-range and seasonal-timescale weather or climate forecasts by running an ensemble of computer models on a distributed computing system or network. Individual model integrations are interrogated to select those that most closely ressemble observed |
| 6984994 |
Position and electromagnetic field sensor |
January 10, 2006 |
| A position and electromagnetic field sensor is provided. The sensor relies upon an oscillator such as a Robinson marginal oscillator to generate an rf or microwave electromagnetic field. As an inhomogeneously shaped object, such as a metallic toothed wheel, for example, moves through the |
| 6945306 |
Control of deposition and other processes |
September 20, 2005 |
| A system for incrementally depositing material includes a delivery system for directing a material toward a deposition zone (5), a monitoring system for monitoring a parameter of the deposited (a) material and a processing system (11) arranged to obtain a monitored value for the paramete |
| 6941704 |
Deployable structure |
September 13, 2005 |
| A deployable structure includes a structural mechanism consisting of a plurality of rigid links 1 connected together by rotational joints 2 to form an array of Bennett linkages 20. The Bennett linkages 20 are interconnected so that the structural mechanism, including all the Bennett |
| 6916948 |
Bis(1,3-dihydroxy-prop-2-yl) amine and derivatives thereof in the manufacture of polymers |
July 12, 2005 |
| Derivatives of bis-(1,3-dihydroxy-prop-2-yl)amine are disclosed, together with the use of such derivatives and of bis(1,3-dihydroxy-prop-2-yl)amine itself in the preparation of polymers, in particular dendrimers. Some of the derivatives may be useful as non-ionic surfactants. |
| 6914266 |
Optical wireless communications |
July 5, 2005 |
| An optical wireless local area network using line of sight optical links. The base station and terminal stations are provided with optical transceivers which include a transmitter array and detector array. The transmitter array consists of an array of resonant cavity light emitting d |
| 6869596 |
Ultraviolet light screening compositions |
March 22, 2005 |
| A UV screening composition comprising particles which are capable of absorbing UV light so that electrons and positively charged holes are formed within the particles, characterised in that the particles are adapted to minimise migration to the surface of the particles of the electro |
| 6839659 |
System and method for acquiring data |
January 4, 2005 |
| A system for acquiring, and displaying, data such as physiological data, from a plurality of data connection devices, each of which monitor one or more different parameters and output data at different sampling frequencies based on their own system clocks. The system receives the data |
| 6794168 |
Process for oxidising aromatic compounds |
September 21, 2004 |
| Process of oxidising a substrate which is a halo aromatic compound, which process comprises oxidizing said substrate with a monooxygenase enzyme. The enzyme may be P450cam. The process may be carried out in cells, animals or plants. |
| 6787326 |
Interaction between the VHL tumor suppressor and hypoxia inducible factor, and assay methods rel |
September 7, 2004 |
| The invention relates to the finding that the VHL tumour suppressor protein regulates hypoxia inducible factor .alpha. subunits, by targeting HIF .alpha. for destruction in normoxic, but not hypoxic cells. The invention provides assays for modulators of this interaction, and peptides bas |
| 6784758 |
Degenerate mode combiner |
August 31, 2004 |
| A wave device for supporting electromagnetic waves, the device including a first pair of inputs for setting up a first standing wave therebetween a second pair of inputs for setting up a second standing wave therebetween and positioned such that the input signal of each of the first and |
| 6783855 |
Rare-earth-activated phosphors |
August 31, 2004 |
| A process for preparing phosphor particles of a host oxide doped with a rare earth or manganese which comprises: preparing an aqueous solution of salts of the host ion and of the dopant ion and a water soluble compound which decomposes under the reaction conditions to convert said sal |
| 6759209 |
Bacillus strain and assay methods |
July 6, 2004 |
| Micro-organisms having a chromosome in which at least one gene has been partly or wholly replaced by a homologous gene from another micro-organism, and an artificially introduced reporter gene is present and is expressed in a manner related to a homologous gene expression product. Pa |
| 6740214 |
Microelectrode biosensor and method therefor |
May 25, 2004 |
| There is disclosed a biosensor comprising a conducting surface, a layer of dielectric material overlying the conducting surface, a plurality of micro electrodes constituted by a plurality of pores extending through the thickness of said dielectric layer, a biopolymer positioned on the |
| 6721539 |
Communications device retroreflecting incident modulated radiation |
April 13, 2004 |
| A communications device such as a personal identity card is in the form of a badge or label worn on the outside of the wearer's clothing. The badge includes a first layer of a transparent material having an inner surface that is contoured with a retroreflecting repeating pattern. A secon |
| 6716961 |
Chiral peptide nucleic acids with a N-aminoethyl-d-proline backbone |
April 6, 2004 |
| Chiral peptide nucleic acids are provided which hybridise strongly with complementary nucleic acids and have potential as antigene and antisense agents and as tools in molecular biology. The compounds have the formulae. ##STR1##where n is 1 to 200, B is a protected or unprotected b |
| 6706926 |
Diphosphines |
March 16, 2004 |
| A non-symmetrical diphosphine of the formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2 P--(Z)--PR.sup.3 R.sup.4 wherein Z represents a chain of 2 to 4 carbon atoms which may be substituted, which chain may be saturated or unsaturated, and R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, which may be the same or differ, |
| 6706210 |
Ternary oxide phosphor particles |
March 16, 2004 |
| Phosphor compositions are prepared by treating metal oxides or mixed-metal oxides with refractory metals to form cathodoluminescent phosphors stimulatable by electrons of very low energy. The phosphors comprise 90% to 100% of a mixed metal oxide M.sub.x,T.sub.y O.sub.z (where M is a meta |
| 6699527 |
Process for surface functionalization of polymeric substrates using diaryl carbenes as reactive |
March 2, 2004 |
| A process for the surface functionalization of a polymeric substrate, which process comprises: a) contacting the substrate with a diarylcarbene precursor, b) generating a carbene reactive intermediate from the diarylcarbene precursor so that it reacts with the substrate to functional |
| 6687052 |
Confocal microscopy apparatus and method |
February 3, 2004 |
| The confocal microscope has two matched light sources: a first light source (1) and a second light source (8). The light sources (1,8) are arranged to illuminate opposite sides of a modulating mask (6). The light either reflecting from or passing through the modulating mask (6) is then u |
| 6683198 |
Group(III)-metal-hydrides with a guanidino-type ligand |
January 27, 2004 |
| A compound of formula (I) ##STR1##wherein X is aluminium, gallium or indium; each Y, which may be the same or different, is nitrogen or phosphorus; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; and R.sup.3 to R.sup.7, which may be the sa |
| 6657580 |
Transponders |
December 2, 2003 |
| A transponder comprises a retro-reflective antenna array in which the length of the transmission lines is given by I=.+-.A n.lambda. where: A is an arbitrary length; n is zero, or an integer, .lambda. is the wavelength of the retro-reflected signal. The array is fabricated on a board (71 |
| 6657106 |
Removal of metals from contaminated substrates by plants |
December 2, 2003 |
| A method of removing metal from a metal-containing substrate is provided. The method comprises (1) providing modified plants having an improved metal accumulating capability compared to unmodified plants by virtue of an increase in the concentration of histidine within the modified plant |
| 6620590 |
Diagnosis of pre-eclampsia |
September 16, 2003 |
| A method for diagnosis of pre-eclampsia is disclosed, which comprises measuring the hormone inhibin A in a biological sample such as maternal serum. The method allows non-invasive, early diagnosis and can be used to predict the onset of secondary symptoms. |
| 6596194 |
Self activated rare earth oxide nanoparticles |
July 22, 2003 |
| Compounds having the formula Z.sub.2 O.sub.3 :Z.sup.x+ where Z is a rare earth metal and x is from 2 to 4, and nanoparticles thereof together with a process for their production and their uses are disclosed. |
