Patents by Inventor David Pollington

David Pollington 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).

  • Publication number: 20080268770
    Abstract: A telecommunications system is disclosed which includes a content server 30 for distributing content and a device 1 for receiving this content during a communication session and for reproducing this content. The device 1 is operable during the communication session to transmit to the content server an indication of a quality of the received content required by the device 1. The content server 30, in response to this indication, adjusts the content that is transmitted thereafter to the device 1. For example, this indication of a quality could be an indication that only audio or only video content should be transmitted to the terminal, or an indication of the quality with which video and/audio content should be transmitted to the terminal. Indication may be generated by the device 1 automatically in response to the conditions in which the device 1 is being used, or may be manually selected by the user of the device 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: VODAFONE GROUP PLC
    Inventors: David ASHBROOK, David POLLINGTON, Neil HOLMES
  • Patent number: 7375049
    Abstract: A catalyst suitable for the dehydrogenation and hydrogenation of hydrocarbons comprises at least one first metal and at least one second metal bound to a support material. The at least one first metal comprises at least one transition metal, suitably a platinum group metal. The support material is provided with an overlayer such that acidic sites on the support material are substantially blocked. In a preferred embodiment the catalyst is also substantially chloride free. Method of preparing catalyst are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Martin John Hayes, Chandresh Malde, Michael Ian Petch, Stephen David Pollington, Brian Ronald Charles Theobald
  • Publication number: 20040266612
    Abstract: A catalyst suitable for the dehydrogenation and hydrogenation of hydrocarbons comprises at least one first metal and at least one second metal bound to a support material. The at least one first metal comprises at least one transition metal, suitably a platinum group metal. The support material is provided with an overlayer such that acidic sites on the support material are substantially blocked. In a preferred embodiment the catalyst is also substantially chloride free. Method of preparing catalyst are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Martin John Hayes, Chandresh Malde, Michael Ian Petch, Stephen David Pollington, Brian Ronald Charles Theobald