Patents by Inventor Piers Harding

Piers Harding 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: 12203848
    Abstract: A device (1) comprising an optical apparatus (2) for monitoring bacterial growth of a drug-dosed liquid biological sample. A sample container port for receiving a sample container (6), in use, is provided in the device, the sample container (6) having at least one detection chamber (20) for containing the drug-dosed sample. The optical apparatus (2) comprises a light source (22) configured to emit light along an incident beam axis that, in use, intersects with at least one detection chamber (20) of the sample container (6), and to illuminate the drug-dosed sample contained within the detection chamber (20). The optical apparatus (20) comprises a first photodetector (26) configured to receive light scattered by bacteria in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ODX INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicholas Wooder, Alexander Carr, Piers Harding, Giles Sanders, Ewan Chirnside, Mike Malecha
  • Patent number: 7025349
    Abstract: Mail location apparatus for a postal meter is disclosed in which a required location of a mail piece to receive a postal indicium imprint is defined by guide walls which are engaged by adjacent edges of the mail piece when the mail piece is in the required location. A sensor is provided to provide an indication when the mail piece is in the required location. The sensor includes a sensor element having a face inclined to both guide walls. When a mail piece is inserted, a corner of the mail piece between the two edges of the mail piece engages the face of the sensor element and displaces the sensor element to output an electrical signal when the mail piece is in the required location with the edges thereof engaging the guide walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Neopost Limited
    Inventors: Thomas David Reid Ford, Piers Harding
  • Publication number: 20050107046
    Abstract: A mobile telephone is provided that comprises: a core functional module, which includes one or more of a group of functional components necessary for operation as a mobile telephone, the group including logic circuitry, radio transmitting and receiving circuitry and audio transmitting and receiving circuitry, and a casing module which can be combined with the core functional module, wherein circuitry is associated with the casing module and wherein when the core functional module is combined with the casing module, the circuitry of the core functional module will be connected to circuitry associated with the casing module. The mobile telephone is characterised in that the appearance of the mobile phone is dictated by the appearance of the casing module, and the functionality of the mobile phone is dictated by the circuitry of the core module and the circuitry associated with the casing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Gus Desbarats, Robert Day, Piers Harding, Jonathan Kemp, James Wehbeh