Patents by Inventor Barry Wild
Barry Wild 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).
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Patent number: 11834514Abstract: The present invention provides method for increasing the percentage of monomer in a composition of recombinantly expressed antibody molecules characterised in that the antibody molecule comprises at least one Fv with specificity for an antigen of interest comprising one VH and one VL wherein said VH and VL are connected directly or indirectly via one or more linkers and are stabilised by a disulfide bond therebetween, said method comprises a) a thermal conversion step of holding the composition comprising the antibody molecule at a temperature in the range 30 to 60° C. for a period of at least 1 hour, wherein step a) is performed in the presence of a reducing agent or after treatment with a reducing agent.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRLInventors: Sam Philip Heywood, Gavin Barry Wild, Christopher John Le Page, Razwan Hanif
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Patent number: 11786593Abstract: The present invention provides method of increasing the percentage of monomer in a composition of recombinantly expressed antibody molecules characterised in that the antibody molecule comprises at least one Fv with specificity for an antigen of interest comprising one VH and one VL wherein said VH and VL are connected directly or indirectly via one or more linkers and are stabilised by a disulfide bond therebetween, said method comprises: a) a conversion step of treating the composition with a denaturant selected from urea and/or Guanidine hydrochloride; b) wherein step a) is performed in the presence of a reducing agent or after treatment with a reducing agent.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRLInventors: Sam Philip Heywood, Gavin Barry Wild, Razwan Hanif, Christopher John Le Page
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Patent number: 11362120Abstract: A technique comprising: providing an assembly temporarily adhered on opposite sides to respective carriers by respective adhesive elements, the assembly including at least one plastic support sheet; heating the assembly while mechanically compressing the assembly between the carriers, wherein the strength of adhesion of one of said adhesive elements to the respective carrier and/or to the assembly is partially reduced during said heating of the assembly under mechanical compression; and wherein the strength of adhesion of the said adhesive element to the carrier and/or to the assembly is further reducible by further heating the said adhesive element after partially or completely relaxing the pressure at which the assembly is mechanically compressed between the two carriers.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: FLEXENBLE LIMITEDInventor: Barry Wild
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Patent number: 11314122Abstract: A technique of producing a liquid crystal device, comprising: providing a cell assembly comprising a liquid crystal material contained directly between (i) a polariser component comprising an active film and no more than one support film, and (ii) a first control component including a stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry; and containing further liquid crystal material directly between the polariser component of the assembly and another control component including another stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Flexenable LimitedInventors: William Reeves, Barry Wild, James Harding, May Wheeler
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Patent number: 11249349Abstract: A liquid crystal (LC) device comprising a stack of at least first and second LC cells in optical series, each of the first and second LC cells comprising two half-cells and LC material contained in a space at least partially defined by spacer structures forming an integral part of one or both half-cells; wherein the arrangement within an active area of the device of the spacer structures in one of the first and second LC cells is different to the arrangement within the active area of the device of the spacer structures in the other of the first and second LC cells; and wherein the difference between the two arrangements comprises an ordered aspect.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Flexenable LimitedInventors: Barry Wild, William Reeves
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Patent number: 11215868Abstract: A technique, comprising: removing a protective film from one side of a polarisation filter component to expose a dichroic doped polymer active film or a layer formed in situ on the dichroic doped polymer active film; and thereafter forming in situ on the side of the polarisation filter component one or more functional layers of a liquid crystal device.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Flexenable LimitedInventors: William Reeves, Barry Wild, James Harding
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Publication number: 20210240027Abstract: A liquid crystal cell comprising liquid crystal material contained between two plastics film components, wherein the liquid crystal material is interspersed with spacers, wherein (a) the area occupied by spacers is between about 0.25% and about 0.5% of the sum of (a) the area occupied by spacers and (b) the area occupied by the liquid crystal material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Barry Wild, William Reeves
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Publication number: 20210181562Abstract: A device, comprising: a liquid crystal cell comprising liquid crystal material; a stack of layers, including one or more organic polymer semiconductor layers, for electrically controlling one or more optical properties of the liquid crystal material; first and second air species barriers between which both said liquid crystal material and said one or more organic polymer semiconductor layers are located; and a third air species barrier between said liquid crystal material and said one or more organic polymer semiconductor layers; wherein the first and second air species barriers exhibit substantially different transmission rates under the same conditions for at least one air species.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventor: Barry Wild
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Publication number: 20210171609Abstract: The present invention provides a method for recovering a human VH3 domain-containing antibody in monomeric form. In particular the present invention provides a new method that allows recovery of monomeric human VH3 domain-containing antibodies from a mixture containing monomeric and multimeric forms of the antibody.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: SAM PHILIP HEYWOOD, GAVIN BARRY WILD
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Publication number: 20210109403Abstract: A technique of producing a liquid crystal device, comprising: providing a cell assembly comprising a liquid crystal material contained directly between (i) a polariser component comprising an active film and no more than one support film, and (ii) a first control component including a stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry; and containing further liquid crystal material directly between the polariser component of the assembly and another control component including another stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: William Reeves, Barry Wild, James Harding, May Wheeler
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Publication number: 20210109402Abstract: A technique, comprising: removing a protective film from one side of a polarisation filter component to expose a dichroic doped polymer active film or a layer formed in situ on the dichroic doped polymer active film; and thereafter forming in situ on the side of the polarisation filter component one or more functional layers of a liquid crystal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: William Reeves, Barry Wild, James Harding
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Publication number: 20210079120Abstract: The present invention provides method for increasing the percentage of monomer in a composition of recombinantly expressed antibody molecules characterised in that the antibody molecule comprises at least one Fv with specificity for an antigen of interest comprising one VH and one VL wherein said VH and VL are connected directly or indirectly via one or more linkers and are stabilised by a disulfide bond therebetween, said method comprises a) a thermal conversion step of holding the composition comprising the antibody molecule at a temperature in the range 30 to 60° C. for a period of at least 1 hour, wherein step a) is performed in the presence of a reducing agent or after treatment with a reducing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: SAM PHILIP HEYWOOD, GAVIN BARRY WILD, CHRISTOPHER JOHN LE PAGE, RAZWAN HANIF
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Publication number: 20210069328Abstract: The present invention provides method of increasing the percentage of monomer in a composition of recombinantly expressed antibody molecules characterised in that the antibody molecule comprises at least one Fv with specificity for an antigen of interest comprising one VH and one VL wherein said VH and VL are connected directly or indirectly via one or more linkers and are stabilised by a disulfide bond therebetween, said method comprises: a) a conversion step of treating the composition with a denaturant selected from urea and/or Guanidine hydrochloride; b) wherein step a) is performed in the presence of a reducing agent or after treatment with a reducing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: SAM PHILIP HEYWOOD, GAVIN BARRY WILD, RAZWAN HANIF, CHRISTOPHER JOHN LE PAGE
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Publication number: 20210055593Abstract: A technique, comprising: assembling together two liquid crystal half-cells; wherein at least one of the two half-cells comprises a support film and an array of spacer structures formed in situ on the support film; and wherein the assembling comprises pressing together the two half-cells with pre-prepared spacer elements dispensed onto at least one of the two half-cells over at least an area shared with the array of spacer structures; wherein the spacer elements provide primary control of the size of a cell gap between the two half-cells, and the spacer structures function to resist compression of the spacer elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Jan Jongman, May Wheeler, Barry Wild, Jonathan Huggins
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Patent number: 10927164Abstract: The present invention provides a method for recovering a human VH3 domain-containing antibody in monomeric form. In particular the present invention provides a new method that allows recovery of monomeric human VH3 domain-containing antibodies from a mixture containing monomeric and multimeric forms of the antibody.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRLInventors: Sam Philip Heywood, Gavin Barry Wild
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Publication number: 20200409199Abstract: A liquid crystal (LC) device comprising a stack of at least first and second LC cells in optical series, each of the first and second LC cells comprising two half-cells and LC material contained in a space at least partially defined by spacer structures forming an integral part of one or both half-cells; wherein the arrangement within an active area of the device of the spacer structures in one of the first and second LC cells is different to the arrangement within the active area of the device of the spacer structures in the other of the first and second LC cells; and wherein the difference between the two arrangements comprises an ordered aspect.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Barry Wild, William Reeves
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Patent number: 10829565Abstract: The present invention provides method for increasing the percentage of monomer in a composition of recombinantly expressed antibody molecules characterised in that the antibody molecule comprises at least one Fv with specificity for an antigen of interest comprising one VH and one VL wherein said VH and VL are connected directly or indirectly via one or more linkers and are stabilised by a disulfide bond therebetween, said method comprises a) a thermal conversion step of holding the composition comprising the antibody molecule at a temperature in the range 30 to 60° C. for a period of at least 1 hour, wherein step a) is performed in the presence of a reducing agent or after treatment with a reducing agent.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRLInventors: Sam Philip Heywood, Gavin Barry Wild, Christopher John Le Page, Razwan Hanif
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Patent number: 10828366Abstract: The present invention provides method of increasing the percentage of monomer in a composition of recombinantly expressed antibody molecules characterised in that the antibody molecule comprises at least one Fv with specificity for an antigen of interest comprising one VH and one VL wherein said VH and VL are connected directly or indirectly via one or more linkers and are stabilised by a disulfide bond therebetween, said method comprises: a) a conversion step of treating the composition with a denaturant selected from urea and/or Guanidine hydrochloride; b) wherein step a) is performed in the presence of a reducing agent or after treatment with a reducing agent.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRLInventors: Sam Philip Heywood, Gavin Barry Wild, Razwan Hanif, Christopher John Le Page
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Patent number: 10796652Abstract: A display device for conformal mounting on a curved surface inclined at an oblique angle relative to a horizontal plane, the display device comprising: a plurality of pixels, a first set of conductive lines connected to the plurality of pixels; and a second set of conductive lines connected to the plurality of pixels, wherein the first set of conductive lines and the second set of conductive lines are arranged to define a shape of each of the plurality of pixels such that the pixels appear, to a viewer, to extend at least one of horizontally or vertically across the display device when the display device is mounted on the curved surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: FLEXENABLE LIMITEDInventors: Barry Wild, William Reeves, James Harding
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Publication number: 20200243575Abstract: A technique comprising: providing an assembly temporarily adhered on opposite sides to respective carriers by respective adhesive elements, the assembly including at least one plastic support sheet; heating the assembly while mechanically compressing the assembly between the carriers, wherein the strength of adhesion of one of said adhesive elements to the respective carrier and/or to the assembly is partially reduced during said heating of the assembly under mechanical compression; and wherein the strength of adhesion of the said adhesive element to the carrier and/or to the assembly is further reducible by further heating the said adhesive element after partially or completely relaxing the pressure at which the assembly is mechanically compressed between the two carriers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: FLEXENABLE LIMITEDInventor: Barry Wild