Patents by Inventor Ian Fraser

Ian Fraser 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: 20130214457
    Abstract: A method of electrospinning fibres is disclosed. The fibres have an inner core surrounded by a porous outer shell. The method comprises co-electrospinning first and second liquids as core and shell respectively, the second liquid surrounding the first liquid in a jet issuing from a Taylor cone, wherein the first and second liquids are miscible or semi-miscible with each other, such that pore generation is driven in the shell of the fibre. The liquids may be solutions or melts. The electrical conductivity, viscosity, miscibility and other parameters of the liquids determine the structure of the produced fibres. As well as producing fibres having a porous shell there are described methods of co-electrospraying porous beads as well as core-shell vesicles having a porous shell. The methods may be used to produce hydrogen storage fibres, vesicles and beads. The methods may also be used for producing controlled drug-delivery fibres, vesicles and beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
    Inventors: William Ian Fraser David, Martin Owen-Jones, Derek William Kenneth Jenkins, Stephen Bennington, Arthur Lovell, Zeynep Kurban
  • Publication number: 20120238456
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to generate rational libraries comprising genetic elements which are involved in transcriptional and/or translational regulation of a gene and devised to increase the production yield of the encoded protein as well as to the rational library and to the application of said rational library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Uni'TargetingResearch AS
    Inventors: Beate Stern, Ian Fraser Pryme, Hanne Ravneberg
  • Patent number: 8263706
    Abstract: An acrylic polymeric composition comprising a melt blend of a thermoplastic high molecular weight acrylic material (HMWA) and a thermoplastic low molecular weight acrylic material (LMWA) is described. At least 70% w/w of the HMWA and the LMWA comprises an alkyl (alk)acrylate (co)polymer. The HMWA has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of between 40 k Daltons and 1000 k Daltons and the LMWA has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of between the entanglement molecular weight (Me) (expressed in k Daltons) and 250 k Daltons. A method of producing an acrylic polymeric composition and the use of an acrylic polymeric composition are described together with thick section molded products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lucite International UK Limited
    Inventors: Ian Fraser, Ian Robinson
  • Publication number: 20120175818
    Abstract: An acrylic polymeric composition comprising a melt blend of a thermoplastic high molecular weight acrylic material (HMWA) and a thermoplastic low molecular weight acrylic material (LMWA) is described. At least 70% w/w of the HMWA and the LMWA comprises an alkyl (alk)acrylate (co)polymer. The HMWA has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of between 40 k Daltons and 1000 k Daltons and the LMWA has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of between the entanglement molecular weight (Me) (expressed in k Daltons) and 250 k Daltons. A method of producing an acrylic polymeric composition and the use of an acrylic polymeric composition are described together with thick section moulded products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Lucite International UK Limited
    Inventors: IAN FRASER, Ian Robinson
  • Publication number: 20110262905
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kit to be used for the identification of a secretion cassette, which in eukaryotic cells gives rise to a higher level of synthesis/secretion of a protein of interest, the coding sequence of which being flanked by the first and the second set of genetic elements, respectively, compared to the other secretion cassettes present in the kit containing the coding sequence at the corresponding position, as well as to a method wherein the kit is used and the use of said kit, whereby the best secretion cassette will be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Uni'Targeting Research AS
    Inventors: John E. Hesketh, Ian Fraser Pryme, Beate Stern, Hanne Ravneberg
  • Publication number: 20110136236
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing genetically modified eukaryotic cells with optimised growth characteristics wherein a recombinant first nucleotide sequence has been integrated into a desired position in the genome. The sequence contains at least one gene encoding a plasma membrane protein with either toxin-receptor or toxic properties and allowing for surface expression based cell sorting to identify a suitable genomic integration locus. The invention also relates to a second exogenous nucleotide sequence containing at least one protein of interest as well as a vector, which aids in the site specific exchange of the first with the second nucleotide sequence. Efficient exchange is achieved by a stringent selection strategy that will kill all cells still expressing the plasma membrane protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: UniTargeting Research AS
    Inventors: Nicole Borth, Ian Fraser Pryme, Beate Stern
  • Publication number: 20100146848
    Abstract: A fuel preferably pelletized and method of forming a fuel including a quantity of a natural particulate cellulosic material and a quantity of a particulate biosolid material from a bioslurry effluent derived substantially from fats, oils and grease (FOG) found in non-edible food residuals from sanitary sewer drainage (SSD). The biosolid material and the cellulosic material are substantially homogenous, preferably having a moisture content of from about 5% to about 15% by weight and at least substantially minus 5 mesh. A quantity of particulate synthetic polymeric thermoplastic fines material may be added for increased fuel energy content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventor: Ian Fraser Johnston
  • Publication number: 20090131571
    Abstract: A polymeric composition comprising a polymer matrix derived from one or more polymerisable monomers and including particles comprising an inorganic oxide and having a weight average particle size of less than or equal to 400 nm contained therein, wherein said polymeric composition is obtainable by polymerising a polymerisable mixture comprising said one or more polymerisable monomers of the polymer matrix in the presence of said particles and a dispersing agent comprising an ethylenically unsaturated compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: LUCITE INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Fraser, Neil Kirtley, Ian Robinson
  • Publication number: 20080255295
    Abstract: An acrylic polymeric composition comprising a melt blend of a thermoplastic high molecular weight acrylic material (HMWA) and a thermoplastic low molecular weight acrylic material (LMWA) is described. At least 70% w/w of the HMWA and the LMWA comprises an alkyl (alk)acrylate (co)polymer. The HMWA has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of between 40 k Daltons and 1000 k Daltons and the LMWA has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of between the entanglement molecular weight (Me) (expressed in k Daltons) and 250 k Daltons. A method of producing an acrylic polymeric composition and the use of an acrylic polymeric composition are described together with thick section moulded products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Ian Fraser, Ian Robinson
  • Patent number: 7270146
    Abstract: An air admittance valve assembly for venting ambient air into a system while preventing the escape of gases within the system. A housing includes first and second passageways in fluid communication through a valve seat therebetween. A flat generally thin, flexible, preferably resilient free-floating sealing membrane is positioned for sealing engagement by gravity only atop the valve seat. Ambient air in the second passageway will freely flow into the first passageway and the system at system air pressure less than atmospheric pressure while air within the system is prevented from flowing outwardly therefrom through the valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Inventors: Wilhelmina E. E. Johnston, Ian Fraser Johnston
  • Patent number: 6881832
    Abstract: Mammalian signal peptides can be used to aid in the secretion of mammalian proteins that are normally not secreted. By inactivating signals normally present in the 3? UTRs of mRNAs encoding proteins that are normally not secreted from mammalian cells, the proportion of such mRNA molecules directed to free and cytoskeletal bound polysomes can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: UNI Targeting Research AS
    Inventors: John Edward Hesketh, Albert Tauler, Ian Fraser Pryme
  • Publication number: 20050014936
    Abstract: Azo compounds of formula (I), wherein X stands for halogen, in particular for chlorine, or C1-C4alkoxy, in particular for methoxy, Y stands for β€”CH2β€” or β€”Oβ€”, R1 and R2, independently from each other, stand for hydrogen, C1-C8alkyl, or C6-C14aryl, which may be substituted up to three times with C1-C8alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy or halogen, a process for their preparation and their use as fluorescent compounds, in particular as solid fluorescent compounds, such as for special effect printing, sectrity printing or in the opto-electronic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Ian Fraser, Ian Macpherson, Simon Martyr, Greig Chisholm, Stephen Coughlin
  • Patent number: 6385658
    Abstract: Techniques used in communicating messages between processes are described using a shared message buffer pool and incoming message lists associated with each process. Associated with each process is message management information. Using the message management information, incoming messages to a process are retrieved, outgoing messages to another process are sent, and message buffers are allocated as needed from a free message buffer list. The free message buffer list is a shared resource from which processes obtain a free message buffer to send a message to another process. Access to the shared free message buffer list and process message lists is synchronized through discipline imposed upon updating and accessing various fields of the data structure without requiring a global locking mechanism for synchronization of shared resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Karl Harter, Jr., James Ian Fraser, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20010014918
    Abstract: Techniques used in communicating messages between processes are described using a shared message buffer pool and incoming message lists associated with each process. Associated with each process is message management information. Using the message management information, incoming messages to a process are retrieved, outgoing messages to another process are sent, and message buffers are allocated as needed from a free message buffer list. The free message buffer list is a shared resource from which processes obtain a free message buffer to send a message to another process. Access to the shared free message buffer list and process message lists is synchronized through discipline imposed upon updating and accessing various fields of the data structure without requiring a global locking mechanism for synchronization of shared resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: PAUL KARL HARTER, JAMES IAN FRASER
  • Patent number: 6192469
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing relocatable code storage in a multifunction controller or other integrated circuit which includes an embedded microprocessor and an internal memory. The relocatable code is initially stored in an external memory which is shared by the embedded microprocessor and other system processing elements such as a host CPU. During a system initialization, power-on reset or other predetermined event, a memory multiplexing circuit connects the address inputs of the internal memory to a read/write address bus, and connects the output of a jump data storage circuit to a code data output bus. The jump data storage circuit uses code addresses received from the embedded microprocessor to generate a jump instruction code which is supplied to the embedded microprocessor via the code data output bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Standard Microsystems Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth George Smalley, Ian Fraser Harris
  • Patent number: 5918374
    Abstract: A sight having a foresight includes a main body that has an internal bore therethrough such that the main body can receive the barrel of a firearm. A spring-biased body located in the main body includes at least a portion thereof biased towards the internal bore of the main body so that it can engage an indentation formed on the barrel of the fire to secure the foresight on the barrel. The sight may also include a rearsight which may be releasable fixed to the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Thompson & Campbell Limited
    Inventors: Hugh Alexander Campbell, Ian Fraser Thompson
  • Patent number: 5893552
    Abstract: A clamp for clamping a workpiece comprises a base member a clamping member mounted on the base member for linear movement relative thereto and a drive member mounted on the base member for rotary movement relative thereto. First and second cam elements comprising a face cam are provided on the drive member and the base member, at least one of the cam elements including at least two portions of different pitch. The arrangement is such that rotation of the drive member relative to the base member causes linear movement of the clamping member relative to the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Inventor: Ian Fraser
  • Patent number: 5860244
    Abstract: We provide methods and apparatus for handling sod which includes a washing machine in which the water is recycled and during recycling the soil removed from the sod is delivered for reuse. We also provide a method of delivering and take up of rolls of sod in which the peripheral speed of the roll remains constant regardless of the roll diameter; we display methods of physically working sod to remove soil therefrom and also methods of handling sod by supporting it with a flexible mesh where there is likely to be stress on the sod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: StrathAyr Pty. Limited
    Inventors: Gabriel Casimaty, Gerardus J. Brouwer, Ian Fraser
  • Patent number: 5860639
    Abstract: A clamp for clamping a workpiece comprises a base member, a clamping member mounted on the base member for limited linear and rotational movement relative thereto and a drive member mounted on the base member for rotational movement relative thereto. First and second cam elements are provided on the drive member and the clamping member and arranged such that relative rotation of the drive member and the clamping member produces relative linear movement thereof. The clamp includes a lost motion mechanism whereby rotation of the drive member can produce limited rotational movement of the clamping member without causing linear movement thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: HMC-Brauer Limited (UK Corp)
    Inventor: Ian Fraser
  • Patent number: 5857737
    Abstract: A clamp for clamping a workpiece includes a body member having a bore with a longitudinal axis, a plunger mounted in the bore for sliding movement relative to the body member and a handle pivotally mounted on the body member and operative to drive the plunger in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The body member is mounted on a bracket for rotation relative thereto about the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: HMC-Brauer Limited
    Inventor: Ian Fraser