Patents by Inventor Giles Lloyd

Giles Lloyd 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).

  • Data processing apparatus using privileged and non-privileged modes with multiple stacks
    Patent number: 9645949
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a data processing apparatus including a processor adapted to operate under control of an executable comprising instructions, and in any of a plurality of operating modes including a non-privileged mode and a privileged mode, the apparatus comprising: means for storing a plurality of stacks; a first stack pointer register for storing a pointer to an address in a first of said stacks; a second stack pointer register for storing a pointer to an address in a second of said stacks, wherein said processing apparatus is adapted to use said second stack pointer when said processor is operating in either the non-privileged mode or the privileged mode; and means for transferring operation of said processor from the non-privileged mode to the privileged mode in response to at least one of said instructions. Embodiments of the invention also relate to a method of operating a data processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Cambridge Consultants Ltd.
    Inventors: Alistair G. Morfey, Karl Leighton Swepson, Peter Giles Lloyd
  • Electrode treatment process for organic electronic devices
    Patent number: 8878165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of electrodes in organic electronic (OE) devices, in particular organic field effect transistors (OFETs), to devices prepared by such a process, and to materials and formulations used in such a process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Pawel Miskiewicz, Li Wei Tan, Tomas Backlund, Paul Craig Brookes, David Sparrowe, Toby Cull, Giles Lloyd
  • Conjugated copolymer
    Patent number: 8586684
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conjugated copolymer comprising indenofluorene and triarylamine units and to its use in organic electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Heckmeier, William Mitchell, Weimin Zhang, David Sparrowe, Giles Lloyd, Steven Tierney, Stephan Derow
  • ELECTRODE TREATMENT PROCESS FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120319097
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of electrodes in organic electronic (OE) devices, in particular organic field effect transistors (OFETs), to devices prepared by such a process, and to materials and formulations used in such a process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Pawel Miskiewicz, Li Wei Tan, Tomas Backlund, Paul Craig Brookes, David Sparrowe, Toby Cull, Giles Lloyd
  • DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, FOR EXAMPLE USING MODES
    Publication number: 20120036341
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a data processing apparatus including a processor adapted to operate under control of an executable comprising instructions, and in any of a plurality of operating modes including a non-privileged mode and a privileged mode, the apparatus comprising: means for storing a plurality of stacks; a first stack pointer register for storing a pointer to an address in a first of said stacks; a second stack pointer register for storing a pointer to an address in a second of said stacks, wherein said processing apparatus is adapted to use said second stack pointer when said processor is operating in either the non-privileged mode or the privileged mode; and means for transferring operation of said processor from the non-privileged mode to the privileged mode in response to at least one of said instructions. Embodiments of the invention also relate to a method of operating a data processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Cambridge Consultants Ltd.
    Inventors: Alistair G. Morfey, Karl Leighton Swepson, Peter Giles Lloyd
  • Conjugated Copolymer
    Publication number: 20100256328
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conjugated copolymer comprising indenofluorene and triarylamine units and to its use in organic electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Heckmeier, William Mitchell, Weimin Zhang, Davod Sparrowe, Giles Lloyd, Steven Tierney, Stephan Derow