Patents by Inventor Nicholas Barnes

Nicholas Barnes 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: 20230417655
    Abstract: A flow cell for a colour measurement system is described that includes a body with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet linked by a fluid pathway. An entrance window for allowing light transmission into the flow cell is provided, along with a coupler configured to couple a light source to the flow cell. The entrance window is fixedly coupled to the body of the flow cell, and the coupler is carried by a coupler mount that attaches to the body of the flow cell independently of the entrance window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Peter CLARKE, Amy PENN, Nicholas BARNES, Thomas GARWOOD
  • Patent number: 9512003
    Abstract: A pyrolytic hydrogen generator comprising a pressure vessel containing a plurality of cardboard receptacles for the thermally decomposable hydrogen generating material and an associated ignition system. Also, a modular pellet tray assembly for use in the generator comprises a plurality of trays having pellet holders and associated igniters and held in a stack by support rods that also provide electrical connectivity to the trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Darren Paul Scattergood, Robert John Vere Churton, William Ranulf Slee, Philip Nicholas Barnes, Graham Manton, Gareth Thomas Flegg
  • Publication number: 20160272384
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure include a lid for covering a vessel, having a cover portion and a base portion, and methods of operating such a lid. The cover portion and the base portion may be separate individual pieces. In some implementations, the cover portion is adapted to slide along the base portion between an open position and a closed position. In some instances, the cover portion slides along an arcuate path. In some implementations, when the cover portion is in a cover-removal position, it can be separated from the base portion without separating the base portion from the vessel. In such implementations, when the cover portion is in a lid-removal position, the cover portion and the base portion can be separated from the vessel while remaining attached to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Justin Lee, Nicholas Barnes, Jason Mayden, Victor Dragotti, Darius Yu, Greg Caneer, Yves Behar, Noah Murphy-Reinhertz, Erik Kreider, Mirko Ihrig
  • Publication number: 20160107889
    Abstract: A pyrolytic hydrogen generator comprising a pressure vessel containing a plurality of cardboard receptacles for the thermally decomposable hydrogen generating material and an associated ignition system. Also, a modular pellet tray assembly for use in the generator comprises a plurality of trays having pellet holders and associated igniters and held in a stack by support rods that also provide electrical connectivity to the trays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Darren Paul Scattergood, Robert John Vere Churton, William Ranulf Slee, Philip Nicholas Barnes, Graham Manton, Gareth Thomas Flegg
  • Patent number: 9233351
    Abstract: A pyrolytic hydrogen generator comprising a pressure vessel containing a plurality of cardboard receptacles for the thermally decomposable hydrogen generating material and an associated ignition system. Also, a modular pellet tray assembly for use in the generator comprises a plurality of trays having pellet holders and associated igniters and held in a stack by support rods that also provide electrical connectivity to the trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Darren Paul Scattergood, Robert John Vere Churton, William Ranulf Slee, Philip Nicholas Barnes, Graham Manton, Gareth Thomas Flegg
  • Publication number: 20140140903
    Abstract: A pyrolytic hydrogen generator comprising a pressure vessel containing a plurality of cardboard receptacles for the thermally decomposable hydrogen generating material and an associated ignition system. Also, a modular pellet tray assembly for use in the generator comprises a plurality of trays having pellet holders and associated igniters and held in a stack by support rods that also provide electrical connectivity to the trays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Darren Scattergood, Robert John Vere Churton, William Ranulf Slee, Philip Nicholas Barnes, Graham Manton, Gareth Thomas Flegg
  • Patent number: 8690974
    Abstract: A pyrolytic hydrogen generator comprising a pressure vessel containing a plurality of cardboard receptacles for the thermally decomposable hydrogen generating material and an associated ignition system. Also, a modular pellet tray assembly for use in the generator comprises a plurality of trays having pellet holders and associated igniters and held in a stack by support rods that also provide electrical connectivity to the trays. Also, a pellet tray assembly comprises a plurality of pellet holders, wherein some of more outwardly disposed pellet holders contain only outwardly facing vents and are fired first. Also, the generator has an array of hydrogen generating elements arranged side by side and separated from one another into cells by partitioning provided with directional venting that only permits laterally exiting gases to vent outwardly. Alternatively, the elements can be separated into cells by a baffle system comprising gas confining and gas venting elements, which may be heat conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Qinetiq Limited
    Inventors: Darren Paul Scattergood, Graham Manton, Gareth Thomas Flegg, Robert John Vere Churton, Philip Nicholas Barnes, William Ranulf Slee
  • Publication number: 20100247425
    Abstract: A pyrolytic hydrogen generator comprising a pressure vessel containing a plurality of cardboard receptacles for the thermally decomposable hydrogen generating material and an associated ignition system. Also, a modular pellet tray assembly for use in the generator comprises a plurality of trays having pellet holders and associated igniters and held in a stack by support rods that also provide electrical connectivity to the trays. Also, a pellet tray assembly comprises a plurality of pellet holders, wherein some of more outwardly disposed pellet holders contain only outwardly facing vents and are fired first. Also, the generator has an array of hydrogen generating elements arranged side by side and separated from one another into cells by partitioning provided with directional venting that only permits laterally exiting gases to vent outwardly. Alternatively, the elements can be separated into cells by a baffle system comprising gas confining and gas venting elements, which may be heat conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Darren Scattergood, Graham Manton, Thomas Gareth Flegg, Robert John Vere Churton, Philip Nicholas Barnes, William Ranulf Slee
  • Publication number: 20080034596
    Abstract: A portable cutting-guidance apparatus is used with a portable, hand-holdable power saw (20) to make an angle-cut in an object at a variably selected angle. A positioning device (300) is positioned motionless against the object being cut. The saw (20) travels on and along a cutting-guide (100) in a straight line. The linear cutting-guide (100) is pivotally connected to the positioning device (300) about a pivot point (400). The linear cutting guide (100) can be adjustably fastened to the positioning means (300) at a variably selected angle. The positioning device (300) can be positioned and held against the object purely by the manual force of the user, which includes force with which the user pushes the power saw forwards along the cutting-guide to cut the object. The pivot point (400) is located a distance (y) away from the leading edge of the linear cutting-guide (100) to provide improved performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventor: Nicholas Barnes
  • Publication number: 20070037726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid detergent composition comprising a C1-C3 alkyl carbonate salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Alan Brooker, Adam Yates, Nigel Somerville Roberts, Nicholas Barnes, Stephen Godfrey, Wasif Hussain
  • Patent number: 7052799
    Abstract: A wearable, mobile and/or portable terminal for use in an inventory management system. The terminal includes a terminal housing, a battery pack removably receivable within an external battery-receiving cavity of the terminal housing, and a battery latching mechanism that secures the battery pack in the battery-receiving cavity in a latched condition. The battery pack has an unlatched condition in which the battery latch mechanism is disengaged from the battery pack. A camming surface of the battery latching mechanism lifts the unlatched battery pack from the battery-receiving cavity to promote its removal from the terminal housing. The terminal housing is sealed relative to the environment surrounding the wearable terminal battery pack and yet permits electrical coupling between the battery pack and the terminal in the latched condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Vocollect, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Mark Zatezalo, Mark Bradford Mellott, Ryan Anthony Zoschg, Michael Davis, Nicholas Barnes, Graham Keith Lacy, Ian Heseltine
  • Publication number: 20050272401
    Abstract: A wearable, mobile and/or portable terminal for use in an inventory management system. The terminal includes a terminal housing, a battery pack removably receivable within an external battery-receiving cavity of the terminal housing, and a battery latching mechanism that secures the battery pack in the battery-receiving cavity in a latched condition. The battery pack has an unlatched condition in which the battery latch mechanism is disengaged from the battery pack. The terminal and battery pack are environmentally sealed to, for example, preclude entry of water into the interior of the terminal when the terminal is immersed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: Vocollect, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Zatezalo, Mark Mellott, Ryan Zoschg, Michael Davis, Nicholas Barnes, Graham Lacy, Ian Heseltine
  • Publication number: 20050182002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of inducing cell death in a neoplastic cell expressing a serotonin transporter (SERT) such as Burkitt's lymphoma cell or a chronic lymphocytic leukaemia cell. The method comprising exposing said neoplastic cell to a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutically active agent which interacts with said SERT, said therapeutically effective amount being sufficient to cause death of said neoplastic cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: John Gordon, Nicholas Barnes
  • Publication number: 20040001997
    Abstract: A wearable, mobile and/or portable terminal for use in an inventory management system. The terminal includes a terminal housing, a battery pack removably receivable within an external battery-receiving cavity of the terminal housing, and a battery latching mechanism that secures the battery pack in the battery-receiving cavity in a latched condition. The battery pack has an unlatched condition in which the battery latch mechanism is disengaged from the battery pack. A camming surface of the battery latching mechanism lifts the unlatched battery pack from the battery-receiving cavity to promote its removal from the terminal housing. The terminal housing is sealed relative to the environment surrounding the wearable terminal battery pack and yet permits electrical coupling between the battery pack and the terminal in the latched condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: Vocollect, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Mark Zatezalo, Mark Bradford Mellott, Ryan Anthony Zoschg, Michael Davis, Nicholas Barnes, Graham Keith Lacy, Ian Heseltine
  • Patent number: D764233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Mark One Lifestyle, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Lee, Yves Behar, Eunice Joung, Erik Kreider, Mirko Ihrig, Mark A. Berman, Nicholas Barnes, Michael Brand
  • Patent number: D764234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Mark One Lifestyle, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Lee, Yves Behar, Eunice Joung, Erik Kreider, Mirko Ihrig, Mark A. Berman, Nicholas Barnes, Michael Brand