The University of Surrey Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150072625 | SOURCE DETECTION BY SPECTRUM SENSING - A source detection system for detecting wireless communication signals, the system comprising: receiving means for receiving a signal; and processing means arranged to filter the signal to separate it into a plurality of frequency components, determine an energy content for each of the frequency components, calculate a measure of the difference between the energy contents of respective frequency components, and make a determination, from said measure, whether the signal has been transmitted from a source. | 03-12-2015 |
20140187026 | Method of Manufacture of an Optoelectronic Device and an Optoelectronic Device Manufactured Using the Method - A method of manufacture of an optoelectronic device includes the steps of: providing or forming a body of crystalline silicon containing substitutional carbon atoms, and irradiating said body of crystalline silicon with protons (H | 07-03-2014 |
20130316898 | COMPOSITE ADSORBENT MATERIAL - The invention relates to composite adsorbent materials, and in particular, to highly porous carbon-based composite materials for the adsorption and stabilisation of inorganic substances. The composite adsorbent material comprises a porous carbon carrier matrix and an adsorbent species, wherein the adsorbent species is precipitated within the pores of the carrier matrix. The invention extends to various uses of such adsorbent materials, for example in water purification, recovery of metals from waste streams and remediation applications, and where the adsorbant material is amended into soil, waste etc. for the purpose of breaking pollutant-receptor linkages. | 11-28-2013 |
20130250991 | Optoelectronic Devices - Optoelectronic devices have a photoactive region containing semiconductor material doped with ions of a rare earth element. Characteristic transitions associated with internal energy states of the rare earth dopant ions are modified by direct interaction of those states with an energy state in the semiconductor band structure. Eu | 09-26-2013 |
20130023409 | Activated Charcoal - The invention provides a method for preparing activated charcoal from a precursor material comprising high mineral content plant or algal material by heating the precursor material under suitable conditions sufficient to produce activated charcoal therefrom. The invention also provides various applications of the activated charcoal per se. | 01-24-2013 |
20120177672 | THERAPEUTIC PEPTIDES, POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES - Described are isolated peptides (GLGGGDLSV, SLNESQIKI, LMLPAVLQA and FTAEQLQRL) derived from portions of the Engrailed-2 (EN2) protein. Also described is their use in therapy, in particular in relation to the prevention and treatment of cancer. | 07-12-2012 |
20120067718 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THREE DIMENSIONAL NANO AND MICRO SCALE STRUCTURES - A three-dimensional milling method and apparatus is disclosed for milling micrometre and a nanometre scale three-dimensional structures. The apparatus includes an ion column operable to generate a milling beam onto a substrate held on an instrument stage. A patterning computer is operable to control the ion column to generate varying ion beam and/or dwell times or to produce a plurality of milling passes, in which subsequent passes overlap previous passes at least partially to create three-dimensional structures. Optionally, an SEM column may be provided. | 03-22-2012 |
20120046379 | METHOD OF MAKING A HARD LATEX AND A HARD LATEX - A method of making a hard latex from a latex comprising an aqueous dispersion of a polymer, the method comprising the step of exposing the latex to infrared radiation. | 02-23-2012 |
20120020888 | BIOMARKER - Described are bladder cancer specific biomarkers and lung cancer specific biomarkers comprising the nucleic acid sequence of the Engrailed-2 (EN2) gene or the amino acid sequence of the encoded EN2 protein. Also described are uses of the biomarkers in the treatment, diagnosis, monitoring and imaging of bladder cancer and lung cancer. | 01-26-2012 |
20110008317 | CHARCOALS - Non-activated charcoals from living plant materials are useful as ion exchange agents for adsorbing cations from an environment, especially metal ions. | 01-13-2011 |
20100228396 | Inverse kinematics - A real-time method for controlling a system, the system including a plurality of controlling means each having at least one variable parameter (q) and a controlled element having a trajectory which is controlled by the controlling means, wherein the trajectory is related to the variable parameters by a variable matrix, the method comprising defining a control transfer matrix (K) relating the variable parameters dq to the trajectory dx, and using a feedback loop in which a feedback term is computed that is dependent on an error (e) which is the difference between the desired trajectory (dxd) which can have an arbitrary dimension specified as (m) and a current trajectory (dx). | 09-09-2010 |
20100135364 | RECEIVER OF MULTIPLEXED BINARY OFFSET CARRIER (MBOC) MODULATED SIGNALS - A receiver for receiving a navigation signal comprising a carrier modulated by a code modulation function of a given code rate and further modulated by a composite sub-carrier modulation function having first and second components with two different rates both of which arc different to the code rate, the receiver comprising processing means arranged to: generate a first estimate of delay based on the code modulation only; generate a second estimate of delay based on the first component of the sub-carrier modulation only; and generate a third estimate of delay based on the second component of the sub-carrier modulation only; and determine a further delay estimate from the first second and third delay estimates. | 06-03-2010 |
20100093558 | CANCER BIOMARKERS - Provided is a biomarker for detecting cancer, in particular prostate cancer in a male subject, the biomarker comprising at least one homeodomain containing transcription factor, such as a HOX peptide or EN-2 peptide, or a fragment thereof. The use of said biomarker in detecting and/or treating prostate cancer is provided, together with methods and kits therefor. | 04-15-2010 |
20090229980 | Micro-electrode device for dielectrophoretic characterisation of particles - A device for dielectrophoretic manipulation of suspended particulate matter comprises an analysis electrode and a separate cover electrode wherein the analysis electrode comprises an electrically conductive layer of material provided on a substrate support and apertures are defined through the electrically conductive layer. The device can be used for detection, analysis, fractionation, concentration or separation of particulate matter. | 09-17-2009 |