A system is provided for treating contaminated water. The system includes a bioreactor having an outlet for treated water and a filter coupled to receive treated water from the outlet of the bioreactor. The filter is configured to operate in an anoxic mode. The filter has: (a) a vessel configured to receive the treated water, (b) a membrane associated with the vessel and positioned to extract permeate from the received water, (c) a fluid outlet positioned to direct fluid toward the membrane to inhibit film build up on the membrane, (d) a fluid recirculator positioned to recirculate fluid between the vessel and the fluid outlet, and (e) an oxidant supply positioned to introduce an oxidant into the vessel, the oxidant supply being adjustable to control the oxidation-reduction potential of the received water in the vessel within a predetermined range.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
35 - Publicité; Affaires commerciales
36 - Services financiers, assurances et affaires immobilières
Produits et services
Computer software; software applications apps for mobile or wireless devices and computers devices; downloadable electronic and digital publications; software for use in the secure identification, storage, transmission and/or retrieval of data; software for facilitating secure payment transactions by electronic means; software relating to identity verification and fraud prevention; mobile application software for online banking; software for providing banking services by means of the Internet, on-line and interactive computer services; All the aforesaid goods to be limited to the activities related to banking and finance. Data processing; provision of business information; project management services for others for business purposes in the field of corporate payment and cash management services, workflow management services for others for business purposes in the field of corporate payment and cash management services; data verification services; electronic data processing and retrieval services; computerized database management; promotional services; business management and administration; business services relating to the provision of sponsorship; organising of draws and competitions for advertising purposes; arranging and conducting of exhibitions, events and conferences for commercial or advertising purposes; operation and supervision of membership schemes, incentive award schemes and loyalty schemes; information, advice and consultancy relating to the aforesaid services; All the aforesaid services to be limited to the activities related to banking and finance. Banking services; savings accounts services; electronic banking services; mobile phone banking services; cheque clearing services; payment administration; bank card, credit card, debit card and electronic payment card services; debt collection and payment agency, consultancy and brokerage services; arranging and provision of loans, mortgages and guarantees; lending on mortgages; financing of loans; credit services; money exchange and transfer services; money ordering services; money transmission services; foreign currency services; services for the provision of travellers' cheques; pension services; pension fund administration services; personal pension services; fund management services; fund transfer services; trust services; trustee services; trusteeship services; investment services; financial investments; capital investment services; raising of capital; investment and financial protection advice; investment management services; stockbroking services; shares and securities brokerage, trading and distribution; share underwriting; share valuation; insurance services; insurance brokerage services; loss of income protection services; financial services; financial advisory services; financial nominee services; provision of finance; financing services for securing funds; real estate agency, management and valuation services; property administration services; information and advisory services concerning or relating to all of the aforesaid services; all the aforesaid services including services provided by means of the Internet, on-line and interactive computer services.
3.
Stabilized nucleic acid dark quencher-fluorophore probes
HSB CORPORATE TRUST COMPANY (UK) LIMITED, AS SECURITY AGENT (Royaume‑Uni)
HSBC CORPORATE TRUSTEE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED, AS SECURITY AGENT (Royaume‑Uni)
Inventeur(s)
Cook, Ronald M.
Lyttle, Matt
Abrégé
The present invention provides a new class of solids supports for synthesis of modified oligomers of nucleic acids, and nucleic acid probes that have a format expediently synthesized on the new supports. Exemplary solid supports include at least one quencher bound through a linker to the solid support. Various exemplary embodiments include a moiety that stabilizes a duplex, triplex or higher order aggregation (e.g., hybridization) of nucleic acids of which the oligomer of the invention is a component. Other components of the solid support include moieties that stabilize aggregations of nucleic acids, e.g., intercalators, minor groove binding moieties, bases modified with a stabilizing moiety (e.g., alkynyl moieties, and fluoroalkyl moieties), and conformational stabilizing moieties, such as those described in commonly owned U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0059752.
C12Q 1/68 - Procédés de mesure ou de test faisant intervenir des enzymes, des acides nucléiques ou des micro-organismesCompositions à cet effetProcédés pour préparer ces compositions faisant intervenir des acides nucléiques
C07D 219/04 - Composés hétérocycliques contenant les systèmes cycliques de l'acridine ou de l'acridine hydrogénée avec des hétéro-atomes ou avec des atomes de carbone comportant trois liaisons à des hétéro-atomes, avec au plus une liaison à un halogène, p. ex. radicaux ester ou nitrile, liés directement aux atomes de carbone du système cyclique
4.
Anoxic membrane filtration system and water treatment method
A system is provided for treating contaminated water. The system includes a bioreactor having an outlet for treated water and a filter coupled to receive treated water from the outlet of the bioreactor. The filter is configured to operate in an anoxic mode. The filter has: (a) a vessel configured to receive the treated water, (b) a membrane associated with the vessel and positioned to extract permeate from the received water, (c) a fluid outlet positioned to direct fluid toward the membrane to inhibit film build up on the membrane, (d) a fluid recirculator positioned to recirculate fluid between the vessel and the fluid outlet, and (e) an oxidant supply positioned to introduce an oxidant into the vessel, the oxidant supply being adjustable to control the oxidation-reduction potential of the received water in the vessel within a predetermined range.
HSB CORPORATE TRUST COMPANY (UK) LIMITED, AS SECURITY AGENT (Royaume‑Uni)
HSBC CORPORATE TRUSTEE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED, AS SECURITY AGENT (Royaume‑Uni)
Inventeur(s)
Cook, Ronald M.
Lyttle, Matt
Abrégé
The present invention provides a new class of solids supports for synthesis of modified oligomers of nucleic acids, and nucleic acid probes that have a format expediently synthesized on the new supports. Exemplary solid supports include at least one quencher bound through a linker to the solid support. Various exemplary embodiments include a moiety that stabilizes a duplex, triplex or higher order aggregation (e.g., hybridization) of nucleic acids of which the oligomer of the invention is a component. Other components of the solid support include moieties that stabilize aggregations of nucleic acids, e.g., intercalators, minor groove binding moieties, bases modified with a stabilizing moiety (e.g., alkynyl moieties, and fluoroalkyl moieties), and conformational stabilizing moieties, such as those described in commonly owned U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0059752.
C07F 9/6512 - Cycles à six chaînons les atomes d'azote étant en positions 1 et 3
C07F 9/655 - Composés hétérocycliques, p. ex. contenant du phosphore comme hétéro-atome du cycle comportant des atomes d'oxygène, avec ou sans atomes de soufre, de sélénium ou de tellure, comme uniques hétéro-atomes du cycle
6.
Methods for treatment of perchlorate contaminated water
The invention provides systems and methods for removing perchlorate from water. The systems comprise reactors comprising biomass for degrading perchlorate, and the operation of the systems can be controlled according to novel logic specifications. Also provided are filters and filtration systems for clearing water in advance of analysis of the concentration of contaminants within the water. The filters comprise a length of tubing configured to generate backpressure at the filter sufficient to facilitate the flow of a water sample through the filter without overpressurization.
HSB CORPORATE TRUST COMPANY (UK) LIMITED, AS SECURITY AGENT (Royaume‑Uni)
HSBC CORPORATE TRUSTEE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED, AS SECURITY AGENT (Royaume‑Uni)
Inventeur(s)
Cook, Ronald M.
Lyttle, Matt
Abrégé
The present invention provides a new class of solids supports for synthesis of modified oligomers of nucleic acids, and nucleic acid probes that have a format expediently synthesized on the new supports. Exemplary solid supports include at least one quencher bound through a linker to the solid support. Various exemplary embodiments include a moiety that stabilizes a duplex, triplex or higher order aggregation (e.g., hybridization) of nucleic acids of which the oligomer of the invention is a component. Other components of the solid support include moieties that stabilize aggregations of nucleic acids, e.g., intercalators, minor groove binding moieties, bases modified with a stabilizing moiety (e.g., alkynyl moieties, and fluoroalkyl moieties), and conformational stabilizing moieties, such as those described in commonly owned U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0059752.
A fluidized bed reactor configured for reduced backflow of fluid is provided. The fluidized bed reactor comprises a vessel configured to contain a level of fluid, a feed conduit positioned to deliver feed into the vessel from an elevation above the level of fluid and a vacuum relief valve coupled to said feed conduit to introduce gas into the feed conduit.
B01J 8/18 - Procédés chimiques ou physiques en général, conduits en présence de fluides et de particules solidesAppareillage pour de tels procédés les particules étant fluidisées
B01D 24/40 - Dispositifs d'alimentation ou d'évacuation d'alimentation
B01J 8/08 - Procédés chimiques ou physiques en général, conduits en présence de fluides et de particules solidesAppareillage pour de tels procédés avec des particules mobiles
F27B 15/08 - Aménagement des dispositifs de chargement
B01D 33/70 - Filtres avec éléments filtrants mobiles au cours de l'opération de filtration comportant des dispositifs d'alimentation ou d'évacuation
C02F 3/00 - Traitement biologique de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout
9.
Method for wastewater treatment with resource recovery and reduced residual solids generation
A wastewater treatment system is provided including an aerobic membrane bioreactor and an anaerobic digester system connected to receive wasted solids continuously from the aerobic membrane bioreactor and also connected to return effluent from the anaerobic digester system continuously to the aerobic membrane bioreactor. Further, a process is provided for treating wastewater including the step of wasting a volume fraction of organic cell mass from an aerobic membrane bioreactor to an anaerobic digester system and maintaining a solids retention time (SRT) in the bioreactor that is (1) greater than a time needed to achieve growth of organisms suitable for converting carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (CBOD) into cell mass and (2) less than a time at which substantial decay of the organisms occurs. The system and process may further include optional pretreatment and/or phosphorus and/or nitrogen removal downstream of the membrane bioreactor system.
A system is provided for separating biomass from media in a fluidized bed reactor containing an aqueous suspension of biomass and media. A lift, configured to extend within the reactor, has an inlet for receiving aqueous suspension and an outlet spaced from the inlet for delivering the aqueous suspension from the lift. A shield is disposed about the lift. The system further includes a biomass separator body, including an inner member disposed about the shield and an outer member. Three annular passageways are defined between the lift, the shield, the inner member, and the outer member, and are positioned to receive aqueous suspension from each other. A barrier extends between the inner member and the outer member at an end portion of the third annular passageway. The barrier of the biomass separator body is configured to direct biomass from the third annular passageway toward an excess biomass discharge.
HSB CORPORATE TRUST COMPANY (UK) LIMITED, AS SECURITY AGENT (Royaume‑Uni)
HSBC CORPORATE TRUSTEE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED, AS SECURITY AGENT (Royaume‑Uni)
Inventeur(s)
Carter, Tim
Reddington, Mark
Abrégé
The invention provides a novel class of cyanine dyes that are functionalized with a linker moiety that facilitates their conjugation to other species. Also provided are conjugates of the dyes, methods of using the dyes and their conjugates and kits including the dyes and their conjugates.
C09B 23/06 - Colorants méthiniques ou polyméthiniques, p. ex. du type cyanine caractérisés par la chaîne méthinique contenant un nombre impair de groupes CH trois groupes CH, p. ex. carbocyanines
C09B 23/08 - Colorants méthiniques ou polyméthiniques, p. ex. du type cyanine caractérisés par la chaîne méthinique contenant un nombre impair de groupes CH plus de trois groupes CH, p. ex. polycarbocyanines
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
16 - Papier, carton et produits en ces matières
35 - Publicité; Affaires commerciales
36 - Services financiers, assurances et affaires immobilières
38 - Services de télécommunications
39 - Services de transport, emballage et entreposage; organisation de voyages
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Encoded plastic cards; magnetic plastic cards; plastic cards incorporating machine-readable codes; computer software; data processing equipment; card reading apparatus. Paper; printed matter and publications; advertising and promotional materials made of paper; stationery; office requisites; plastic cards (other than magnetic or encoded plastic cards or those incorporating machine-readable codes) including bank cards, cash cards, credit cards, cheque cards, debit cards and charge cards; brochures; vouchers; cheques; cheque books; paying-in books; instructional and teaching materials. Direct mail advertising; dissemination of advertising matter; market research; market studies; business management organisation advice, consultation and assistance; organisation, operation and supervision of loyalty schemes and incentive schemes; research into and the provision of information on the availability, identity, quality and prices of consumer goods and services including the location and purchase of same; including the provision of the aforementioned services via the Internet; the bringing together for the benefit of others a variety of goods being encoded plastic cards, magnetic plastic cards, plastic cards incorporating machine - readable codes, computer software, data processing equipment, card reading apparatus, paper, printed matter and publications, advertising and promotional materials made of paper, stationery, office requisites, plastic cards including bank cards, cash cards, credit cards, cheque cards, brochures, vouchers, cheques, cheque books, paying - in books and instructional and teaching materials, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase such goods from an Internet website specialising in computer goods, stationery and printed matter; provision of information relating to location and purchase of consumer goods and services. Credit card, charge card, debit card, cash card and payment systems services; insurance; the provision of information relating to financial and insurance services; the provision of loans including personal loans and instalment loans; computerised banking services; bank account and savings account services; bank account information services; banking services for deposit taking, the transfer of funds from accounts, electronic funds transfer; brokerage; custom brokerage; issuing of travellers cheques; monetary exchange; factoring and guarantee services; lease purchase financing; lending against security; financing of mortgages and sureties; real estate agency services; pension planning and pension scheme services; pension consultancy and pension investment management; issuing of tokens of value; including the provision of the aforementioned services via the Internet; research in the field of financial affairs. Telecommunication services; telephone communication services; rental of telephones; including the provision of the aforementioned services via the Internet. Travel agency services for arranging travel; travel courier services; travel guide and travel information services; including the provision of the aforementioned services via the Internet. Research in the field of consumer affairs; provision of information in the field of consumer affairs; provision of information relating to consumer goods and services; development of computer software; travel agency services for reserving accommodation; including the provision of all of the aforementioned services via the Internet.
36 - Services financiers, assurances et affaires immobilières
Produits et services
Direct mail advertising, market research, marketing studies, business management organisation, advisory, consultancy and assistance, personnel management and recruitment services; services for the dissemination of advertising matter; all included in class 35. Banking, brokerage, insurance, customs brokerage, monetary exchange, factoring, guarantee, leasing purchase financing, mortgaging and sureties services, services for the issue of travellers' cheques, for the arranging of instalment loans, for financial lending security and for the financing of loans; all included in class 36.
