Patents by Inventor Adrian Groves

Adrian Groves has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fuel compositions
    Publication number: 20050144835
    Abstract: A fuel composition containing a gas oil base fuel and a C4-8 alkyl levulinate. The alkyl levulinate is selected for the purpose of ensuring a phase separation temperature of said fuel composition below a predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Adrian Groves, Christopher Morley, Johanne Smith, Paul Stevenson
  • System for suppressing rain noise
    Publication number: 20050114128
    Abstract: A voice enhancement logic improves the perceptual quality of a processed signal. The voice enhancement system includes a noise detector and a noise attenuator. The noise detector detects and models the noise associated with rain. The noise attenuator dampens or reduces the rain noise from a signal to improve the intelligibility of an unvoiced, a fully voiced, or a mixed voice segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Phillip Hetherington, Adrian Groves
  • Gasoline compositions
    Publication number: 20050016058
    Abstract: A gasoline composition is provided containing a major amount of a gasoline suitable for use in a spark-ignition engine, 1 to 15% v of ethyl levulinate, and 20 to 2000 ppmw of a nitrogen-containing detergent containing a hydrocarbyl group having a number average molecular weight in the range 750 to 6000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Adrian Groves, Christopher Morley, Johanne Smith