Patents Assigned to The Secretary of State for Defence
  • Fluid-borne particle detector
    Patent number: 8711353
    Abstract: There is disclosed improved apparatus and methods for detection of shape, size and intrinsic fluorescence properties of a fluid borne particle wherein the apparatus comprises a laser, two light sources, two detectors, and optionally a third detector. The apparatus is particularly suitable for detection of airborne biological particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventors: Paul Henry Kaye, Warren Roy Stanley
  • Signals, system, method and apparatus
    Patent number: 8649415
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method to produce a modulation signal comprising combining at least two modulation signals, for example, BOCs or derivatives thereof, having portions (chip or a number of chips) thereof with respective relative phases or states ({++,??} and {+?,?+}) selected such that the average of a plurality of said portions at least reduces cross spectral terms of the composite complex spectrum of said at least two modulation signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventors: Anthony R. Pratt, John I. R. Owen
  • Fluid-Borne Particle Detector
    Publication number: 20140028998
    Abstract: There is disclosed improved apparatus and methods for detection of shape, size and intrinsic fluorescence properties of a fluid borne particle wherein the apparatus comprises a laser, two light sources, two detectors, and optionally a third detector. The apparatus is particularly suitable for detection of airborne biological particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventors: Paul Henry Kaye, Warren Roy Stanley, Emma Virginia Jane Foot
  • Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase attenuated
    Patent number: 8609108
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mutated Francisella bacterium, wherein the ggt gene is silenced or deleted; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, in particular, vaccine compositions, and use of the bacterium and compositions for treatment and/or prophylaxis, and in particular, the treatment or prophylaxis of tularemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventors: Helen Le Butt, Phillip Matthew Ireland, Petra Claire Farquar Oyston
  • Auto calibration technique for radiation detectors
    Patent number: 8592749
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for calibrating a source detection device. The apparatus comprises a detector having a known amplification gain, a count rate meter, a means of measuring peak energy of a detected particle, a means of counting the number of particles detected at a given energy range and a means of comparing the number of particles counted over an energy range with an expected value. The apparatus adjusts the gain to cause the measured spectrum to correspond with an expected spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventors: Morgan Jones, Graham Auld
  • Optically addressed light valve
    Patent number: 8525943
    Abstract: An optically addressed light valve suitable for selectively limiting the transmission of radiation from high intensity light sources independent of wavelength using a TN liquid crystal cell and a photoconductive material (vanadium doped silicon carbide).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Brittanic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventor: Christopher David Burgess
  • COATING OF A POLYMER LAYER USING LOW POWER PULSED PLASMA IN A PLASMA CHAMBER OF A LARGE VOLUME
    Publication number: 20130136871
    Abstract: A method for depositing a polymeric material onto a substrate, said method comprising introducing an organic monomeric material in a gaseous state into a plasma deposition chamber, igniting a glow discharge within said chamber, and applying a high frequency voltage as a pulsed field, at a power of from 0.001 to 500 w/m3 for a sufficient period of time to allow a polymeric layer to form on the surface of the substrate. The method is particularly suitable for producing oil and water repellent coatings, in particular where the monomeric material contains haloalkyl compounds. Apparatus particularly adapted to carry out the method of the invention is also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE
    Inventor: THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE
  • Live Vaccine Strain
    Publication number: 20130122573
    Abstract: A strain of Francisella species wherein a gene which encodes for part of the glutamate metabolic pathway has been inactivated, and which is able to produce a protective immune response in an animal, for use as live prophylactic or therapeutic vaccine against infection by said Francisella species. Particularly effective strains include those where the capB gene is deleted. Other embodiments of the invention describe strains which compromise a further genetic mutation wherein a gene which encodes for another component of the cell is also inactivated. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising said strains, together with methods which utilize such strains are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventor: The Secretary of State for Defence
  • Pyrophoric material
    Patent number: 8430982
    Abstract: A pyrophoric material comprises a pyrophoric metal coated onto a wire mesh substrate. Iron and nickel are the preferred metals and a steel wire mesh is suitable. A process for making the pyrophoric material involves spraying an alloy of iron and/or nickel with aluminium onto a mesh using a high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) process following by leaching out at least a proportion of the aluminium by treatment with an alkaline solution. The product has application as a supported catalyst or as either an ignition medium or as a flare material in military countermeasures in which applications it is capable of burning at a high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventors: James Dominic Callaway, James Neil Towning, Raymond Cook, Paul Smith, David Graham McCartney, Andrew J. Horlock
  • Immunogenic agents against and/or , comprising lipopolysaccharide, capsular polysaccharide and/or proteins from
    Patent number: 8425913
    Abstract: An immunogenic agent which comprises a killed strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei, or a combination of components thereof which combination produces a protective immune response in an animal to whom it is administered, and which comprises at least two members selected from the group consisting of (i) a lipopolysaccharide of Burkholderia pseudomallei, (ii) a capsular polysaccharide of Burkholderia pseudomallei and (iii) a protein of Burkholderia pseudomallei or an immunogenic variant thereof or an immunogenic fragment of either of these, or a nucleic acid which expresses said protein, immunogenic variant or immunogenic fragment thereof in a host animal; for use in the prevention or treatment of infection by Burkholderia pseudomallei and/or Burkholderia mallei.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: The Secretary of State of Defence
    Inventors: Stephen John Elvin, Gareth David Healey, Ethel Diane Williamson, James Edward Eyles, Sophie Jane Smither, Mitali Sarkar-Tyson, Timothy Philip Atkins, Michelle Nelson, Richard William Titball
  • Lens arrangement
    Patent number: 8395845
    Abstract: A lens arrangement suitable for looking through small holes is provided in which no conventional integral physical lens stop is required. The lens arrangement is relatively insensitive to its position, meaning that it may be set back behind the hole reducing the risk of detection and allowing rapid installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventor: Harbinder Rana
  • Coating of a polymer layer using low power pulsed plasma in a plasma chamber of a large volume
    Patent number: 8389070
    Abstract: A method for depositing a polymeric material onto a substrate, said method comprising introducing an organic monomeric material in a gaseous state into a plasma deposition chamber, igniting a glow discharge within said chamber, and applying a high frequency voltage as a pulsed field, at a power of from 0.001 to 500 w/m3 for a sufficient period of time to allow a polymeric layer to form on the surface of the substrate. The method is particularly suitable for producing oil and water repellent coatings, in particular where the monomeric material contains haloalkyl compounds. Apparatus particularly adapted to carry out the method of the invention is also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Stephen Richard Coulson, Ian Burnett, John Henry Sambell
  • DIELECTRICS
    Publication number: 20130005891
    Abstract: A dielectric material (14) for a capacitor comprising a first material and a second material, the first material being a polymer and the second material comprising particles. The particles are dispersed within the polymer, and are selected to have a relative permittivity higher than that of the polymer, characterised in that the diameter of the particles is in the nanometer range and the particles are geometrically controlled to a predetermined shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE
    Inventors: Richard James Lynch, Matthew Adrian Brown, Adele Sarah Donovan, Michelle Silverstone
  • Live vaccine strains of
    Patent number: 8323664
    Abstract: A strain of Francisella species wherein a gene which encodes for part of the glutamate metabolic pathway has been inactivated, and which is able to produce a protective immune response in an animal, for use as live prophylactic or therapeutic vaccine against infection by said Francisella species. Particularly effective strains include those where the capB gene is deleted. Other embodiments of the invention describe strains which comprise a further genetic mutation wherein a gene which encodes for another component of the cell is also inactivated. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising said strains, together with methods which utilize such strains are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventors: Stephen Lloyd Mitchell, Petra Claire Farquhar Oyston, Richard William Titball
  • Weather radar signal processing
    Patent number: 8325085
    Abstract: A method and system are described whereby a magnetron-based radar transmission signal is accurately measured, allowing for measurement of absolute phase change returns from fixed clutter targets caused by changes in the refractive index of the transmission medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventor: Timothy Darlington
  • SIGNALS, SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120281736
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method to produce a modulation signal comprising combining at least two modulation signals, for example, BOCs or derivatives thereof, having portions (chip or a number of chips) thereof with respective relative phases or states ({++,??} and {+?,?+}) selected such that the average of a plurality of said portions at least reduces cross spectral terms of the composite complex spectrum of said at least two modulation signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE
    Inventors: Anthony R. PRATT, John I. R. OWEN
  • Reagent delivery system
    Patent number: 8298497
    Abstract: A delivery apparatus for selectively delivering one or more liquid reagents into a reaction or test chamber (2), especially of an assay apparatus, the apparatus comprising: one or more respective storage chambers (5,6) for containing the one or more liquid reagents and arranged generally above the reaction or test chamber (2); and a plunger element (4) arranged and operable for insertion into the mouth of a selected storage chamber so as to displace a selected reagent from therewithin into the reaction or test chamber (2) generally therebelow by gravitational liquid overflow from the mouth of the chamber. The apparatus may conveniently be provided as a discrete delivery unit, with the storage chambers (5,6) prefilled with the selected reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventor: David James Squirrell
  • MODULATION SIGNALS FOR A SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120269235
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modulation system in which an m-level, m>2, digital subcarrier is used to modulate a signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: SECRETARY OF STATE OF DEFENCE
    Inventors: Anthony R. Pratt, John I. Owen
  • Viewing apparatus capable of moving a subject within the field of view of the center of the viewed image
    Patent number: 8294080
    Abstract: A viewing apparatus comprises one or more optical elements, which may be moved in order to redirect light entering the viewing apparatus such that a subject in any part of the field of view may be relocated to the center of the viewed image without moving the viewing apparatus itself. The viewing apparatus further comprises a relay lens group which conditions the light into a quasi-collimated state before it enters the optical elements allowing a more compact device to be produced. The viewing apparatus may additionally include a zoom lens mechanism to enable the viewed image to be enlarged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventor: Harbinder Rana
  • ANTI-VEEV HUMANIZED ANTIBODY
    Publication number: 20120244150
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an anti-VEEV humanised antibody or a fragment thereof comprising a framework 1, 2, 3, 4, S or 6 CDR regions independently selected from SEQ ID Nos: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 characterised in that the antibody or fragment comprises in the framework at least one amino acid, that positively influences the binding/activity of the antibody, from the original murine antibody 1A3B7, pharmaceutical composition comprising same, methods of preparing the antibody or fragment and use of the antibody or fragment in treatment or prophylaxis, in particular the treatment or prophylaxis of VEEV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventors: Sarah Ann Goodchild, Lyn Margaret O'Brien, Robert John Phillpotts, Stuart David Perkins