Assignee: University of Southampton

Location: Southampton, GB
No. of patents: 44

Number	Title	Issue Date
8163337	Vapour deposition method In a vapor deposition method which can be used to deposit mixtures of materials in progressively varying amounts on a substrate (1) and which can be used for a variety of purposes, but is of especial value in combinatorial chemistry, the path of the vaporized...	04/24/2012
8092078	Measurement of melting points of multiple samples In a method of measuring a temperature value associated with melting, softening or decomposition of sample substances, an array of samples is deposited onto a support tray. The support tray is placed onto a heating device provided with temperature sensing means, the...	01/10/2012
8083913	Electrochemical cell for testing the electrocatalytic behavior of multiple materials An electrochemical cell for testing the electrochemical behavior of a plurality of materials comprises: a first electrode; a counter-electrode bearing an electrochromic material having a visual or measurable property which changes in a manner proportional to the tot...	12/27/2011
8054536	Electric field poling of ferroelectric materials A method of inducing a periodic variation of nonlinearity value in a sample of ferroelectric material comprises arranging a pair of electrodes on opposite faces of the sample, one electrode defining a desired pattern of nonlinearity variation, applying a pre-bias vo...	11/08/2011
8017270	Electrochemical cell fabricated via liquid crystal templating An electrochemical cell comprising a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte is provided, wherein: the cathode comprises mesoporous nickel having a periodic arrangement of substantially uniformly sized pores of cross-section of the order of 10−8 to ...	09/13/2011
7569216	Anti-virus therapy for respiratory diseases The present invention provides the use of IFN-β, an agent that increases the expression of IFN-β, or a polynucleotide which is capable of expressing IFN-β or said agent for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of rhinovirus-induced exacerbation of a ...	08/04/2009
7541573	Optical sensors for sensing the refractive index of fluid samples An optical sensor comprises a sensing element comprising a waveguide grating with a response that varies with an effective modal index experienced by light propagating in the grating and a sample window for receiving fluid which affects the effective modal index to ...	06/02/2009
7474095	NMR spectroscopy using spin states with long lifetimes A nuclear magnetic resonance method and apparatus are disclosed. A sample is provided where the nuclear spin Hamiltonian operator of the component molecules of the sample possess one or more symmetry operations. A quasi equilibrium nuclear spin ensemble state in a s...	01/06/2009
7409009	Method and apparatus of peak-to-average power ratio reduction A technique of reducing the Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) of Multi-Carrier (MC) modulated signals in which peaks in the baseband signal that lie above a threshold amplitude are detected and used to generate a pulse sequence signal which, after shaping, is subtr...	08/05/2008
7337064	Electromagnetic surveying for hydrocarbon reservoirs An electromagnetic survey method for surveying an area of seafloor that is thought or known to contain a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir, comprising obtaining a first survey data set with a vertical electric dipole (VED) antenna for generating vertical current lo...	02/26/2008
7233607	Pulsed light sources A source of pulses of coherent radiation at a wavelength of approximately 1 μm, comprises a pump source for producing pump light; a laser cavity comprising an Yb3+-doped gain medium arranged to receive the pump light, the laser cavity being modelocked to...	06/19/2007
7192610	Method of deactivating dust mite allergens A method is provided for deactivating a Der-p and/or Der-f allergen which comprises volatilizing into a space to be treated a deactivating amount of a volatile oil selected from cajeput oil (tea tree oil) or an oil comprising one or more terpene hydrocarbons. ...	03/20/2007
7187569	Signal generation apparatus and method for seafloor electromagnetic exploration An apparatus for generating electronic signals for application in subsea electromagnetic exploration. A surface generated high-voltage low-current source signal stabilized at a first frequency is supplied to a deep-tow vehicle (18) via an umbilical cable (...	03/06/2007
7155099	Holey optical fibres of non-silica based glass To overcome problems of fabricating conventional core-clad optical fibre from non-silica based (compound) glass, it is proposed to fabricate non-silica based (compound) glass optical fibre as holey fibre i.e. one contining Longitudinal holes in the cladding. This re...	12/26/2006
6901087	Broadband laser source A broadband laser source comprising: a resonant cavity (1) containing a medium (2) which emits optical energy (3) in a continuum of wavelengths in response to application of pump energy (4) to the medium (2); a source of pump energ...	05/31/2005
6877271	Method and apparatus for dispersing a volatile composition An apparatus and method for dispersing a volatile composition, which method comprises dispersing the volatile composition into an air steam; and generating an ion wind, thereby causing the molecules of the composition to become electrically charged. The composition ...	04/12/2005
6813429	Sources of, and methods for generating, optical pulses A source of optical pulses, comprises an optical source operable to generate ultrashort optical pulses at a first wavelength; and an optical fiber amplifier comprising an optical fiber having a core containing a dopant to provide optical gain at the first wavelength...	11/02/2004
6628864	Optical code generation and detection Optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) coder:decoder gratings have been fabricated. The modulated refractive index profile that makes up the OCDMA coder:decoder grating incorporates changes in polarity between OCDMA chips by discrete phase shifts, ...	09/30/2003
6612510	Aerosol spraying A method of improving the spraying of liquid droplets from a spray device onto a surface which method comprises imparting a unipolar charge to the said liquid droplets by double layer charging during the spraying of the liquid droplets from the spray devi...	09/02/2003
6592813	Malodour counteracting treatment An improved method of counteracting or neutralizing airborne malodour comprising directing at the source of the malodour liquid droplets from a spray device containing a malodour counteracting composition, the improved method comprising imparting a unipol...	07/15/2003
6577801	Holey optical fibers The percentage fraction of fundamental mode power located in the cladding holes of different holey fibers (PFholes) is shown as a function of wavelength in microns of the fundamental mode (λ). Properties of two groups of holey fibers are shown...	06/10/2003
6503382	Method of electrodepositing a porous film A method of preparing a porous film comprises electrodepositing material from a mixture onto a substrate, the mixture comprising: (I) a source of metal, inorganic oxide, non-oxide semiconductor/conductor or organic polymer, (II) a solvent such as water; a...	01/07/2003
6445852	Optical fiber grating Methods and apparatus for creating a Bragg grating in an optical waveguide having an optical fiber on which the Bragg grating is defined, the Bragg grating having an actual response which closely approximates a desired response. The Bragg grating comprise...	09/03/2002
6442304	Apparatus and method for protecting devices, especially fibre optic devices, in hostile environments The present invention relates to protecting optical devices, such as an optical fibre sensor connected in series with a cable, from a hostile environment, such as encountered when making measurements in oil and gas wells. A liquid can protect the optical ...	08/27/2002
6278818	Optical coupler and/or multiplexer An optical fiber coupler has at least an m-core optical fiber optically coupled to an n-core optical fiber, where m and n are positive integers and m is greater than 1. A channel add/drop multiplexer includes an optical fiber coupler and a Bragg grating d...	08/21/2001
6240224	Coated optical fiber A coated optical fiber comprises a coating, an optical fiber, at least one waveguiding region and an index grating. The waveguiding region contains at least one photosensitive region, the index grating is formed by writing through the coating using UV lig...	05/29/2001
6221375	Pesticidal or herbicidal compositions A pesticidal or herbicidal composition in particulate form which comprises composite particles. Each of said particles contains a core of an inert substance having a pesticidal herbicide associated therewith and a coating of an electrically resistive mate...	04/24/2001
6199766	Targeting of flying insects with insecticides and apparatus for charging liquids A method of killing flying insects which method comprises spraying into the air in which insects are flying liquid droplets of an insecticidal composition, a unipolar charge being imparted to the said liquid droplets by double layer charging and charge se...	03/13/2001
6160944	Optical waveguide device Tin-doped photosensitive optical glass is disclosed, together with applications of the glass in fabricating waveguides and waveguide devices such as Bragg gratings....	12/12/2000
6137812	Multiple cavity fiber fabry-perot lasers Multiple-cavity fiber optic lasers are fabricated with high-gain fibers in low-loss, high-finesse fiber ferrule resonance cavity configurations supported in low-loss ferrule alignment fixtures developed for use in FFP filters. These lasers incorporate rar...	10/24/2000
6071407	Magnetic separation A method of generating an adsorbent product for use in magnetic separation of contaminants from an influent liquid comprises the steps of: (i) mixing at least one micro-organism with the liquid in a chemostat vessel; (ii) magnetically separating a magneti...	06/06/2000
6045705	Magnetic separation A method for high grade magnetic separation using a matrix having one or more magnetizable matrix elements, wherein each element comprises a pair of poles aligned substantially parallel to a direction of flow of a slurry fluid containing particles to be s...	04/04/2000
6041543	Pest trap having an electrostatically charged surface Pest control wherein at least part of a pest is exposed to particles which carry an electrostatic charge, preferably of opposite polarity to that of the surface of the pest, and which may be sticky or tacky and comprise a wax, for example, a plant wax, su...	03/28/2000
6032406	Insect trap device An insect trap device comprising a housing, the housing having an interior which is in communication with the atmosphere outside the device, the housing containing: (i) an insect attractant source; (ii) means for generating an ion wind to facilitate dispersal ...	03/07/2000
5900244	Insect attractant A method of attracting insects selected from the group consisting of houseflies, mosquitoes and wasps to a particular location, which method comprises placing at the said location a lure containing an effective attractant composition which comprises at le...	05/04/1999
5881197	Optical fibre and optical fibre device An optical fiber has a cladding glass layer surrounding a glass core, in which a region (preferably annular) of the optical fiber partially overlapping the cladding and/or the core is formed of photosensitive glass....	03/09/1999
5800605	Process for the preparation of electrostatically charged particles A process for the preparation of electrostatically charged particles of a high resistivity material which process comprises incorporating a unipolar charge into the material at a temperature at or above the glass transition temperature thereof or above th...	09/01/1998
5771251	Optical fibre distributed feedback laser An optical fibre distributed feedback laser comprises an amplifying optical fibre (50) operable to provide optical gain at a lasing wavelength, in which a diffraction grating (30) is disposed on at least a portion of the amplifying optical fibre to provid...	06/23/1998
5425039	Single-frequency fiber Fabry-Perot micro lasers Compact, fixed-wavelength and tunable fiber optic lasers combine a sub-millimeter length of high-gain rare-earth-doped, sensitized glass fiber within a fiber Fabry-Perot (FFP) cavity. Tunable, single-frequency fiber lasers at 1535 nm employing high-gain e...	06/13/1995
5291501	Optical fibre with doped core and doped inner cladding, for use in an optical fibre laser An optical fiber laser includes an optical fiber having a core (14), an inner cladding (12) surrounding the core and an outer cladding (16) surrounding the inner cladding and core. The core (12) is doped with a first laser-active material, preferably, thu...	03/01/1994

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Assignee: University of Southampton