Patents by Inventor Philip Duncan

Philip Duncan 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: 12043971
    Abstract: THIS invention relates to a method of disposing of residues from the comminution and processing of ores. The method includes the steps of classifying the processing residues into a water permeable sand fraction and a tailings fraction and depositing the tailings fraction and the sand fraction to form a multilayer structure contained by at least one containment wall (14) with the sand fraction forming continuous channels (12) through the tailings fraction (10) to allow water contained in the tailings and sand to flow by gravity, through the sand channels, to water discharge points (16), and recovering the water (18) from the water discharge points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: ANGLO AMERICAN TECHNICAL & SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES, LTD.
    Inventors: Anthony Owen Filmer, Daniel John Alexander, Julian Jeremy Soles, Philip Duncan Newman
  • Patent number: 11946214
    Abstract: THIS invention relates to a method of disposing of residues from the comminution and processing of ores. The method includes the steps of classifying the processing residues into a water permeable sand fraction and a tailings fraction and depositing the tailings fraction and the sand fraction to form a multilayer structure contained by at least one containment wall (14) with the sand fraction forming continuous channels (12) through the tailings fraction (10) to allow water contained in the tailings and sand to flow by gravity, through the sand channels, to water discharge points (16), and recovering the water (18) from the water discharge points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ANGLO AMERICAN SERVICES (UK) LTD
    Inventors: Anthony Owen Filmer, Daniel John Alexander, Julian Jeremy Soles, Philip Duncan Newman
  • Publication number: 20240003108
    Abstract: THIS invention relates to a method of disposing of residues from the comminution and processing of ores. The method includes the steps of classifying the processing residues into a water permeable sand fraction and a tailings fraction and depositing the tailings fraction and the sand fraction to form a multilayer structure contained by at least one containment wall (14) with the sand fraction forming continuous channels (12) through the tailings fraction (10) to allow water contained in the tailings and sand to flow by gravity, through the sand channels, to water discharge points (16), and recovering the water (18) from the water discharge points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony Owen FILMER, Daniel John ALEXANDER, Julian Jeremy SOLES, Philip Duncan NEWMAN
  • Patent number: 11702912
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a shaped charge liner including an apex end and a base end and defining a main liner axis that passes through the apex and base ends, the liner being rotationally symmetric about the main liner axis wherein the liner has discrete rotational symmetry about the main liner axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael John Hinton, Philip Duncan Church, Richard Gordon Townsley, Peter John Gould
  • Publication number: 20220113120
    Abstract: An oil and gas well shaped charge perforator capable of providing an exothermic reaction after detonation is provided, comprising a housing (2), a high explosive (3), and a reactive liner (6) where the high explosive is positioned between the reactive liner and the housing. The reactive liner (6) is produced from a reactive composition which is capable of sustaining an exothermic reaction during the formation of the cutting jet. The composition is a pressed i.e. compacted particulate composition comprising at least two metals, wherein one of the metals is present as spherical particulate, and the other metal is present as a non-spherical particulate. There may also be at least one further metal, which is not capable of an exothermic reaction with the reactive composition, present in an amount greater than 10% w/w of the liner. To aid consolidation a binder may also be added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Philip Duncan Church, Robert Peter Claridge, Peter John Gould, Richard Gordon Townsley
  • Patent number: 11215039
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a shaped charge liner including an apex end and a base end and defining a main liner axis that passes through the apex and base ends, the liner being rotationally symmetric about the main liner axis wherein the liner has discrete rotational symmetry about the main liner axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael John Hinton, Philip Duncan Church, Richard Gordon Townsley, Peter John Gould
  • Patent number: 11112221
    Abstract: An oil and gas well shaped charge perforator capable of providing an exothermic reaction after detonation is provided, comprising a housing (2), a high explosive (3), and a reactive liner (6) where the high explosive is positioned between the reactive liner and the housing. The reactive liner (6) is produced from a reactive composition which is capable of sustaining an exothermic reaction during the formation of the cutting jet. The composition is a pressed i.e. compacted particulate composition comprising at least two metals, wherein one of the metals is present as spherical particulate, and the other metal is present as a non-spherical particulate. There may also be at least one further metal, which is not capable of an exothermic reaction with the reactive composition, present in an amount greater than 10% w/w of the liner. To aid consolidation a binder may also be added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: QinetiQ Limited
    Inventors: Philip Duncan Church, Robert Peter Claridge, Peter John Gould, Richard Gordon Townsley
  • Publication number: 20210230985
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a shaped charge liner including an apex end and a base end and defining a main liner axis that passes through the apex and base ends, the liner being rotationally symmetric about the main liner axis wherein the liner has discrete rotational symmetry about the main liner axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Michael John HINTON, Philip Duncan CHURCH, Richard Gordon TOWNSLEY, Peter John GOULD
  • Patent number: 11002118
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a shaped charge liner including an apex end and a base end and defining a main liner axis that passes through the apex and base ends, the liner being rotationally symmetric about the main liner axis wherein the liner has discrete rotational symmetry about the main liner axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael John Hinton, Philip Duncan Church, Richard Gordon Townsley, Peter John Gould
  • Publication number: 20200300586
    Abstract: An oil and gas well shaped charge perforator capable of providing an exothermic reaction after detonation is provided, comprising a housing (2), a high explosive (3), and a reactive liner (6) where the high explosive is positioned between the reactive liner and the housing. The reactive liner (6) is produced from a reactive composition which is capable of sustaining an exothermic reaction during the formation of the cutting jet. The composition is a pressed i.e. compacted particulate composition comprising at least two metals, wherein one of the metals is present as spherical particulate, and the other metal is present as a non-spherical particulate. There may also be at least one further metal, which is not capable of an exothermic reaction with the reactive composition, present in an amount greater than 10% w/w of the liner. To aid consolidation a binder may also be added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Philip Duncan Church, Robert Peter Claridge, Peter John Gould, Richard Gordon Townsley
  • Publication number: 20200283324
    Abstract: THIS invention relates to a method of disposing of residues from the comminution and processing of ores. The method includes the steps of classifying the processing residues into a water permeable sand fraction and a tailings fraction and depositing the tailings fraction and the sand fraction to form a multilayer structure contained by at least one containment wall (14) with the sand fraction forming continuous channels (12) through the tailings fraction (10) to allow water contained in the tailings and sand to flow by gravity, through the sand channels, to water discharge points (16), and recovering the water (18) from the water discharge points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Anthony Owen FILMER, Daniel John ALEXANDER, Julian Jeremy SOLES, Philip Duncan NEWMAN
  • Publication number: 20200277842
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a shaped charge liner including an apex end and a base end and defining a main liner axis that passes through the apex and base ends, the liner being rotationally symmetric about the main liner axis wherein the liner has discrete rotational symmetry about the main liner axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Michael John HINTON, Philip Duncan CHURCH, Richard Gordon TOWNSLEY, Peter John GOULD
  • Patent number: 10704867
    Abstract: An oil and gas well shaped charge perforator capable of providing an exothermic reaction after detonation is provided, comprising a housing (2), a high explosive (3), and a reactive liner (6) where the high explosive is positioned between the reactive liner and the housing. The reactive liner (6) is produced from a reactive composition which is capable of sustaining an exothermic reaction during the formation of the cutting jet. The composition is a pressed i.e. compacted particulate composition comprising at least two metals, wherein one of the metals is present as spherical particulate, and the other metal is present as a non-spherical particulate. There may also be at least one further metal, which is not capable of an exothermic reaction with the reactive composition, present in an amount greater than 10% w/w of the liner. To aid consolidation a binder may also be added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Philip Duncan Church, Robert Peter Claridge, Peter John Gould, Richard Gordon Townsley
  • Publication number: 20200109615
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a shaped charge liner including an apex end and a base end and defining a main liner axis that passes through the apex and base ends, the liner being rotationally symmetric about the main liner axis wherein the liner has discrete rotational symmetry about the main liner axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Michael John HINTON, Philip Duncan CHURCH, Richard Gordon TOWNSLEY, Peter John GOULD
  • Patent number: 10565614
    Abstract: A method is provided for dynamically adding customized advertisements with media content on digital media storage devices. A user may provide identification data to an automated machine or salesperson selling the media content at a retail location. Based upon the identification of the user, advertisements may be selected to be added to the media content. The selection of advertisements may be based upon previous transaction data, the genre of the media content, or characteristics identified for the user. Users may also select to change the quantity of advertisements to view based upon fees paid by the user for the media content. The user may pay additional fees to view less advertisements and the user may pay fewer fees and have more advertisements included with the media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Kilgore, Euan Pattullo, Craig Mellor, Philip Duncan
  • Patent number: 10533401
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a shaped charge liner including an apex end and a base end and defining a main liner axis that passes through the apex and base ends, the liner being rotationally symmetric about the main liner axis wherein the liner has discrete rotational symmetry about the main liner axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael John Hinton, Philip Duncan Church, Richard Gordon Townsley, Peter John Gould
  • Publication number: 20190378092
    Abstract: A method executed by a computer processor for verifying information between at least one of a plurality of employees and at least one of a plurality of organizations includes creating employee profile including the employee's name, creating an organization profile for at least one of the of the plurality of organizations, linking the employee profile with the organization profile and allowing the employee to request verification of one or more alleged facts by the organization, and allowing the organization to confirm or deny the one or more alleged facts. Information, such as competency data may be collected from unstructured data gathered by an employer and sent to the user profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: People Platform Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Philip Duncan Alexander, Alan Geoffrey Mortis, Daniel Hickmore
  • Publication number: 20170263237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for generating synthesized speech from detected speech articulator movement and to methods and systems for generating models for generating synthesized speech from detected articulator movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Philip Duncan Green, Roger Kenneth Moore, James Michael Gilbert, Jose Andres Gonzalez Lopez
  • Publication number: 20150316360
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a shaped charge liner including an apex end and a base end and defining a main liner axis that passes through the apex and base ends, the liner being rotationally symmetric about the main liner axis wherein the liner has discrete rotational symmetry about the main liner axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael John HINTON, Philip Duncan CHURCH, Richard Gordon TOWNSLEY, Peter John GOULD
  • Patent number: 8882626
    Abstract: A multi-regime continuously variable ratio transmission has a transmission input shaft, a transmission output shaft, and a ratio varying unit having a rotating input and a rotating output, the rotational axes of the input and the output being coaxial. A shunt having first and second epicyclic gear sets is connected across the ratio varying unit. One gear set has an input driven by the input shaft and an input driven by one side of the ratio varying unit and the other gear set has an input from the first gear set and an input from one side of the ratio varying unit. The gear sets rotate about a common axis and are offset with respect to, and parallel to, the rotational axes of the input and output of the ratio varying unit. A clutch is operable to selectively connect the output of the second gear set to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Torotrak (Development) Limited
    Inventor: Philip Duncan Winter