Patents by Inventor David O'Brien
David O'Brien 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).
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Patent number: 11978532Abstract: There is a need for more effective and efficient predictive data analysis solutions for processing genetic sequencing data. This need can be addressed by, for example, techniques for performing predictive data analysis based on genetic sequences that utilize at least one of cross-variant polygenic risk modeling using genetic risk profiles, cross-variant polygenic risk modeling using functional genetic risk profiles, per-condition polygenic clustering operations, cross-condition polygenic predictive inferences, and cross-condition polygenic diagnoses.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Optum Services (Ireland) LimitedInventors: Kenneth Bryan, Megan O'Brien, David S. Monaghan, Chirag Chadha
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Patent number: 11967430Abstract: There is a need for more effective and efficient predictive data analysis solutions for processing genetic sequencing data. This need can be addressed by, for example, techniques for performing predictive data analysis based on genetic sequences that utilize at least one of cross-variant polygenic risk modeling using genetic risk profiles, cross-variant polygenic risk modeling using functional genetic risk profiles, per-condition polygenic clustering operations, cross-condition polygenic predictive inferences, and cross-condition polygenic diagnoses.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Optum Services (Ireland) LimitedInventors: Kenneth Bryan, Megan O'Brien, David S. Monaghan, Chirag Chadha
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Patent number: 11962393Abstract: A system for network agnostic satellite communications includes an antenna configured to receive at least one antenna receive beam including multiple receive carriers multiplexed in at least one of frequency or time. The system further includes a signal processor configured to receive the multiple receive carriers and to extract data from at least one receive carrier of the multiple receive carriers. The system further includes an input device configured to receive at least one desirable communication parameter. The system further includes a control processor designed to determine actual parameters corresponding to the multiple receive carriers of the at least one antenna receive beam. The control processor is further designed to select an optimal receive carrier by comparing the at least one desirable communication parameter to the actual parameters. The control processor is further designed to establish a current communication link with the optimal receive carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SMITHS INTERCONNECT, INC.Inventors: David Popelka, James Wilkerson, Shawn O'Brien
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Publication number: 20240115147Abstract: A system and method are provided for determining a pressure associated with a lumen of a body. A wireless sensor is positioned in the lumen of the body. The sensor comprises an LC resonant circuit having a resonant frequency configured to vary in response to changes in pressure in the lumen. One or more sensor calibration parameters are stored at an external base unit. The external based unit generates and transmits an energizing signal. A ring down response is received from the wireless sensor. The system and method determine the resonant frequency of the LC resonant circuit from the ring down response and calculate the pressure in the lumen from the resonant frequency of the LC resonant circuit utilizing the one or more sensor calibration parameters associated with the LC resonant circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Florent Cros, David O'Brien, Michael Fonseca, Matthew Abercrombie, Jin Woo Park, Angad Singh
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Patent number: 11935982Abstract: An arrangement is disclosed. The arrangement comprises at least one semiconductor structure configured to convert a primary radiation into a secondary radiation; an encapsulation layer covering the at least one semiconductor structure; and at least one reflective layer arranged on the encapsulation layer. The semiconductor structure is arranged in a center of the arrangement, and a lateral extent of the arrangement is chosen such that an optically resonant condition is fulfilled for a wavelength of the secondary radiation in the encapsulation layer. Methods for producing an arrangement and an optoelectronic device are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: David O'Brien, Erik Johansson
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Patent number: 11936060Abstract: A power supplying device that can be used during emergencies is disclosed. The device comprises multiple adjustable battery compartments that can be connected, via switches, to deliver power to an external device connected to at least one power delivery port of the power supplying device. Each adjustable battery compartment includes a fixed lead and a sliding lead so that the multiple different battery sizes can be inserted into the compartment and connected to the device. An external battery connection device or harness can also be used with the power supplying device. The external battery connection device can be used to connect various different kinds of batteries with the power supplying device, such as cordless power tool batteries, cordless appliance batteries, and batteries for radio controlled (RC) devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Eric David Schroeder, Donnette L. Moncrief Brown, Snehal Desai, Manfred Amann, Timothy Frank Davison, Rachel Michelle Ballew, Kelsey Anne O'Brien, Sayeef Rahim
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Patent number: 11926642Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2 and - - - - - are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of treating COVID-19 in a patient by administering therapeutically effective amounts of the compounds and methods of inhibiting or preventing replication of SARS-CoV-2 with the compounds.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Pfizer inc.Inventors: Robert Steven Kania, Padmavani Bezawada, Emma Louise Hawking, Rohit Jaini, Samir Kulkarni, Matthew Nathan O'Brien Laramy, Jonathan Richard Lillis, Suman Luthra, Dafydd Rhys Owen, Klimentina Dimitrova Pencheva, Anil Mahadeo Rane, Matthew Forrest Sammons, Bradley Paul Sullivan, Andrew John Thiel, Martyn David Ticehurst, Jamison Bryce Tuttle, Robert Louis Hoffman
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Publication number: 20240065408Abstract: Disclosed is an attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including: an air inlet for receiving an airflow; an air outlet for emitting the airflow; and a hair treatment chamber for receiving hair, the hair treatment chamber in fluid communication with the air outlet. The hair treatment chamber includes a wall, an opening through which hair is insertable into the hair treatment chamber, and an aperture formed in the wall, the air outlet configured to direct airflow away from the opening and toward the aperture in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, Robert Mark Brett COULTON, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Anna O'Brien ROBB, Maria Fernanda RODRIGUEZ ARIZPE
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Patent number: 11890082Abstract: A system and method are provided for determining a pressure associated with a lumen of a body. A wireless sensor is positioned in the lumen of the body. The sensor comprises an LC resonant circuit having a resonant frequency configured to vary in response to changes in pressure in the lumen. One or more sensor calibration parameters are stored at an external base unit. The external based unit generates and transmits an energizing signal. A ring down response is received from the wireless sensor. The system and method determine the resonant frequency of the LC resonant circuit from the ring down response and calculate the pressure in the lumen from the resonant frequency of the LC resonant circuit utilizing the one or more sensor calibration parameters associated with the LC resonant circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Florent Cros, David O'Brien, Michael Fonseca, Matthew Abercrombie, Jin Woo Park, Angad Singh
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Publication number: 20230268468Abstract: A light emitting semiconductor chip comprising the following features is provided: a chip region comprising an epitaxial semiconductor layer stack with an active zone configured to generate electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range during operation, a wavelength conversion element converting the electromagnetic radiation of the first wavelength range in electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength range, wherein the wavelength conversion element is arranged on or over a main surface of the chip region, and the wavelength conversion element covers only a part of the main surface of the chip region, while a further part of the main surface of the chip region is free of the wavelength conversion element. Further, a method for manufacturing a plurality of light emitting semiconductor chip is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventor: David O'BRIEN
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Patent number: 11684276Abstract: An implantable wireless sensor is provided for determining a pressure of a lumen in a body. The sensor comprises a sensor body comprising a plurality of substrates, at least a portion of the substrates comprising a first dielectric material. An LC resonant circuit is contained with the sensor body. A capacitance of the LC resonant circuit is configured to vary in response to changes in pressure in the lumen. A first anchoring element is coupled to a proximal end of the sensor body and a second anchoring element is coupled to a distal end of the sensor body. The first and second anchoring elements are configured to lodge the sensor body within the lumen. A second dielectric material, different than the first dielectric material, is provided over at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of substrates.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: TC1, LLCInventors: Florent Cros, David O'Brien, Michael Fonseca, Matthew Abercrombie, Jin Woo Park, Angad Singh
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Patent number: 11626545Abstract: A light emitting device is disclosed. In an embodiment a light-emitting device includes a pixel comprising at least three sub-pixels, wherein the at least three sub-pixel include a first sub-pixel including a first conversion element, wherein the first conversion element includes a green phosphor, a second sub-pixel including a second conversion element, wherein the second conversion element includes a red phosphor and a third sub-pixel free of a conversion element, wherein the third sub-pixel is configured to emit blue primary radiation, wherein each sub-pixels has an edge length of at most 100 ?m, and wherein the pixel is a linear chain of sub-pixels and a plurality of pixels is arranged in a two dimensional ordered pattern so that a first sub-pixel is never adjacent to a third sub-pixel in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction of the ordered pattern.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Benjamin Daniel Mangum, David O'Brien, Britta Göötz
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Publication number: 20230087120Abstract: In an embodiment a method for producing a structured wavelength conversion layer includes providing a first wavelength conversion layer with wavelength converting properties such that electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range is converted into electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength range, structuring of the first wavelength conversion layer into first regions and second regions, wherein the wavelength converting properties of the first wavelength conversion layer are impaired or removed in the first regions after structuring.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: David O'Brien, Erik Johansson
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Patent number: 11611022Abstract: An optoelectronic component may include a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip configured to emit electromagnetic radiation and a phosphor mixture. The excitation spectrum may have a peak wavelength ranging from 435 nm to 460 nm. The phosphor mixture may have three phosphors configured to emit electromagnetic radiation in different spectral ranges.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Osram OLED GmbHInventors: Ralph Peter Bertram, David O'Brien, Rainer Butendeich
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Patent number: 11605667Abstract: A component may include a semiconductor body and a converter layer. The converter layer may have phosphor particles and an electrically conductive matrix material where the phosphor particles are embedded in the matrix material. The converter layer may be arranged on the semiconductor body and may have a plurality of sublayers that are spatially set apart from one another and can be electrically contacted individually. The semiconductor body may have an active zone for producing electromagnetic radiation where the sublayers of the converter layer are designed for local electrical contacting of the active zone.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbHInventors: Vesna Mueller, David O'Brien
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Patent number: 11579225Abstract: Embodiments of a compact portable nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) device are described which generally include a housing that provides a magnetic shield; an axisymmetric permanent magnet assembly in the housing and having a bore, a plurality of magnetic elements that together provide a well confined axisymmetric magnetization for generating a near-homogenous magnetic dipole field B0 directed along a longitudinal axis and providing a sample cavity for receiving a sample, and high magnetic permeability soft steel poles to improve field uniformity: a shimming assembly with coils disposed at the longitudinal axis for spatially correcting the near homogenous magnetic field B0; and a spectrometer having a control unit for measuring a metabolite in the sample by applying magnetic stimulus pulses to the sample, measuring free induction delay signals generated by an ensemble of hydrogen protons within the sample; and suppressing a water signal by using a dephasing gradient with frequency selective suppression.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: 10250929 Canada Inc.Inventor: David O'Brien
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Patent number: 11563154Abstract: An optoelectronic component is disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic component includes a semiconductor chip configured to emit radiation and a conversion element including quantum dots, the conversion element configured to convert a wavelength of the radiation, wherein each quantum dot includes a wavelength-converting core and an inorganic encapsulation, wherein inorganic encapsulations form a matrix material of at least adjacent quantum dots, and wherein the adjacent quantum dots have a distance of at least 10 nm.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBHInventor: David O'Brien
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Patent number: 11561271Abstract: Embodiments of a compact portable nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) device are described which generally include a housing that provides a magnetic shield; an axisymmetric permanent magnet assembly in the housing and having a bore, a plurality of magnetic elements that together provide a well confined axisymmetric magnetization for generating a near-homogenous magnetic dipole field B0 directed along a longitudinal axis and providing a sample cavity for receiving a sample, and high magnetic permeability soft steel poles to improve field uniformity: a shimming assembly with coils disposed at the longitudinal axis for spatially correcting the near homogenous magnetic field B0; and a spectrometer having a control unit for measuring a metabolite in the sample by applying magnetic stimulus pulses to the sample, measuring free induction delay signals generated by an ensemble of hydrogen protons within the sample; and suppressing a water signal by using a dephasing gradient with frequency selective suppression.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: 10250929 Canada Inc.Inventor: David O'Brien
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Patent number: 11557686Abstract: A quantum dot structure, a radiation conversion element and a light emitting device are disclosed. In an embodiment a quantum dot structure includes an active region configured to emit radiation, a barrier region surrounding the active region and a trap region spaced apart from the active region, wherein a band edge of the trap region forms a trap configuration with respect to the barrier region for at least one type of charge carrier.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: David O'Brien, Joseph Treadway
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Patent number: 11542431Abstract: A phosphor combination may include a first phosphor and a second phosphor. The second phosphor may be a red-emitting quantum dot phosphor. The phosphor combination may optionally include a third phosphor that is a red-emitting phosphor with the formula (MB) (TA)3-2x(TC)1+2xO4-4xN4x:E. A conversion element may include the phosphor combination. An optoelectronic device may include the phosphor combination and a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBHInventors: Rainer Butendeich, Philipp Pust, David O'Brien, Ion Stoll, Marcus Adam