Patents by Inventor Martin Owen Jones
Martin Owen Jones 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: 10472234Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing hydrogen from ammonia, and in particular a method of producing hydrogen from ammonia for use in a fuel cell and/or in a prime mover. The method may be carried out in-situ in a vehicle. The invention also relates to an apparatus for producing hydrogen from ammonia.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONInventors: Martin Owen Jones, William Ian Fraser David, Joshua William Makepeace
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Patent number: 9670063Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing hydrogen from ammonia, and in particular a method of producing hydrogen from ammonia by reacting it with a Group I metal, particularly with sodium, for use in a fuel cell and/or in a prime mover. The method may be carried out in-situ in a vehicle. The invention also relates to an apparatus for producing hydrogen from ammonia.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: The Science and Technology Facilities CouncilInventors: William I. F. David, Martin Owen Jones
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Patent number: 9552902Abstract: The invention provides a transparent conducting film which comprises a compound of formula (I): Zn1-x[M]xO1-y[X]y(I) wherein: x is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.25; y is from 0 to 0.1; [X] is at least one dopant element which is a halogen; and [M] is: (a) a dopant element which is selected from: a group 14 element other than carbon; a lanthanide element which has an oxidation state of +4; and a transition metal which has an oxidation state of +4 and which is other than Ti or Zr; or (b) a combination of two or more different dopant elements, at least one of which is selected from: a group 14 element other than carbon; a lanthanide element which has an oxidation state of +4; and a transition metal which has an oxidation state of +4 and which is other than Ti or Zr. The invention further provides coatings comprising the films of the invention, processes for producing such films and coatings, and various uses of the films and coatings.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITEDInventors: Peter P. Edwards, Martin Owen Jones, Malek Moshari Al-Mamouri, John Stuart Abell
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Publication number: 20160289068Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing hydrogen from ammonia, and in particular a method of producing hydrogen from ammonia for use in a fuel cell and/or in a prime mover. The method may be carried out in-situ in a vehicle. The invention also relates to an apparatus for producing hydrogen from ammonia.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCILInventors: Martin Owen JONES, William Ian Fraser DAVID, Joshua William MAKEPEACE
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Patent number: 9260803Abstract: A method of electrospinning fibers is disclosed. The fibers 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 fiber. The liquids may be solutions or melts. The electrical conductivity, viscosity, miscibility and other parameters of the liquids determine the structure of the produced fibers. As well as producing fibers 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 fibers, vesicles and beads. The methods may also be used for producing controlled drug-delivery fibers, vesicles and beads.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2011Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCILInventors: William Ian Fraser David, Martin Owen-Jones, Derek William Kenneth Jenkins, Stephen Bennington, Arthur Lovell, Zeynep Kurban
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Publication number: 20150344302Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing hydrogen from ammonia, and in particular a method of producing hydrogen from ammonia by reacting it with a Group I metal, particularly with sodium, for use in a fuel cell and/or in a prime mover. The method may be carried out in-situ in a vehicle. The invention also relates to an apparatus for producing hydrogen from ammonia.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2012Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: William I. F. DAVID, Martin OWEN-JONES
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Patent number: 8859104Abstract: The invention provides a transparent conducting film which comprises a compound of formula (I): Zn1-x[M]xO1-y[X]y(I) wherein: x is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.25; y is from 0 to 0.1; [X] is at least one dopant element which is a halogen; and [M] is: (a) a dopant element which is selected from: a group 14 element other than carbon; a lanthanide element which has an oxidation state of +4; and a transition metal which has an oxidation state of +4 and which is other than Ti or Zr; or (b) a combination of two or more different dopant elements, at least one of which is selected from: a group 14 element other than carbon; a lanthanide element which has an oxidation state of +4; and a transition metal which has an oxidation state of +4 and which is other than Ti or Zr. The invention further provides coatings comprising the films of the invention, processes for producing such films and coatings, and various uses of the films and coatings.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: ISIS Innovation LimitedInventors: Peter P. Edwards, Martin Owen Jones, Malek Moshari Al-Mamouri, John Stuart Abell
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Publication number: 20130214457Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCILInventors: William Ian Fraser David, Martin Owen-Jones, Derek William Kenneth Jenkins, Stephen Bennington, Arthur Lovell, Zeynep Kurban
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Patent number: 8431279Abstract: Novel mixed alkali metal borohydrides are disclosed which can be used as hydrogen storage materials.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Isis Innovation LimitedInventors: William I. F. David, Marco Sommariva, Peter P. Edwards, Simon R. Johnson, Martin Owen Jones, Elizabeth Anne Nickels
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Patent number: 8168342Abstract: A method of producing NH2(R2), the method comprising reacting a metal hydride with a compound having the general formula: M1X(BH4)y(NH2(R2))n wherein M1 comprises one or more of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, La, Al, Ga and Sc; 0<n?4; R2 comprises —H, alkyl and an aromatic substituent; and x and y are selected so as to maintain electroneutrality.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: The Science and Technology Facilities CouncilInventors: Martin Owen Jones, Simon R. Johnson, Peter P. Edwards, William I. f David
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Publication number: 20120021311Abstract: Novel mixed alkali metal borohydrides are disclosed which can be used as hydrogen storage materials. Processes for producing the mixed alkali metal borohydrides and their use in hydrogen storage devices are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: Isis Innovation LimitedInventors: William I.F. David, Marco Sommariva, Peter P. Edwards, Simon R. Johnson, Martin Owen Jones, Elizabeth Anne Nickels
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Publication number: 20110135848Abstract: The invention provides a transparent conducting film which comprises a compound of formula (I): Zn1-x[M]xO1-y[X]y(I) wherein: x is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.25; y is from 0 to 0.1; [X] is at least one dopant element which is a halogen; and [M] is: (a) a dopant element which is selected from: a group 14 element other than carbon; a lanthanide element which has an oxidation state of +4; and a transition metal which has an oxidation state of +4 and which is other than Ti or Zr; or (b) a combination of two or more different dopant elements, at least one of which is selected from: a group 14 element other than carbon; a lanthanide element which has an oxidation state of +4; and a transition metal which has an oxidation state of +4 and which is other than Ti or Zr. The invention further provides coatings comprising the films of the invention, processes for producing such films and coatings, and various uses of the films and coatings.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Peter P. Edwards, Martin Owen Jones, Malek Moshari Al-Mamouri, John Stuart Abell
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Publication number: 20090197130Abstract: A method of producing NH2 (R2), the method comprising reacting a metal hydride with a compound having the general formula: M1x (BH4)y (NH2 (R2))n wherein M1 comprises one or more of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, La, Al, Ga and Sc; 0<n?4; R2 comprises —H, alkyl and an aromatic substituent; and x and y are selected so as to maintain electroneutrality.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2007Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: The Science and Technology Facilities CouncilInventors: Martin Owen Jones, Simon R Johnson, Peter P Edwards, William I.F. David