Ian Gillan Purple. By 1969, after having released nine singles, none of which charted in the UK, and finding their style of music too restrictive for him, he decided to leave Episode Six. By spring 1969, Deep Purple had had a top 5 US hit with "Hush", but the band, particularly Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, decided their future lay in hard rock, rather than the psychedelic pop sound of the early band. In June 1969, Blackmore, Lord and Paice went to see Episode Six perform at a pub gig and subsequently offered Gillan the job as new lead singer,
Paice (company) Paice develops hybrid technologies for automotive use. Technologies, as developed by Paice are applied in Toyota Prius, Ford C-MAX, Porsche CayenneHybrid and other vehicles. Besides development marketing and defense of patents held are essential tasks. Paice holds about 29 patents in the field of hybrid vehicle drivetrain. Core patents are Against Hyundai because of Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, and Kia,because of its Kia Optima hybrid car, compensations millions worth were successfully claimed. Similar claims against Ford in 7 of 25 patent appeals by Ford ended up in final decisions by US patent office USPTAB in favour of paice, further decisions are