Patents by Inventor Edward Pike

Edward Pike 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).

  • Patent number: 7650733
    Abstract: There is provided a method of loading a container with a defined quantity of product which comprises the steps of a) closing off a perforation (12a, 12b) in a perforated plate (10); b) directing powder (30) into said closed-off perforation; and c) transferring the contents of the perforation to said container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Alan Anthony Wilson, Phillip William Farr, Marcus Edward Pike
  • Publication number: 20090013652
    Abstract: There is provided a method of loading a container with a defined quantity of product which comprises the steps of a) closing off a perforation (12a, 12b) in a perforated plate (10); b) directing powder (30) into said closed-off perforation; and c) transferring the contents of the perforation to said container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: GLAXO GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Alan Anthony Wilson, Phillip William Farr, Marcus Edward Pike
  • Patent number: 7426815
    Abstract: There is provided a method of loading a container with a defined quantity of product which comprises the steps of a) closing off a perforation in a perforated plate; b) directing powder into said closed-off perforation by the action of a first leveller blade moveable in a sweeping path relative to the perforated plate; and c) transferring the contents of the perforation to said container, and an apparatus for achieving such method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Smithkline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Anthony Wilson, Phillip William Farr, Marcus Edward Pike
  • Publication number: 20060190257
    Abstract: The present invention provides for speech processing apparatus arranged for the input or output of a speech data signal and including a function generating means arranged for producing a representation of a vocal-tract potential function representative of a speech source and as an example, a speaker identification process can comprise means to capture an incoming voice signal, for example from a microphone or telephone line; means to process the signal electronically to generate a time varying series of binary vocal-tract potentials and associated non-vowel binary parameters; means to refine the signal to revoke the speaker-independent speech components; and means to compare the residual signal with a database of such residual features of known individuals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: King's College London
    Inventors: Barbara Forbes, Edward Pike