Patents by Inventor J. Clarke

J. Clarke 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).

  • Publication number: 20220140411
    Abstract: A battery charger and method is disclosed for detecting when a battery has a low state of health while simultaneously charging or maintaining the battery. A battery charger includes a processor; a non-transitory memory device; a power management device to receive an input power and to output a charging current; a pair of electrical conductors to electrically couple with a battery, and a display electrically coupled to the processor. The display being configured to indicate a bad battery indicator when the battery has a low state of health and whether the battery is good to start.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick J. Clarke, John S. Whiting
  • Publication number: 20220123581
    Abstract: Describes is a battery booster for jumpstarting a vehicle having an external battery. The battery booster comprising a set of electrical conductors, a power supply configured to supply a starting current to jump start the vehicle via the set of electrical conductors, a boost switch positioned in-line between the power supply and a set of battery clamps on one of the set of electrical conductors; and at least one processor configured to output a control signal to close the boost switch as a function of one or more parameters of the power supply, the external battery, or the vehicle. The set of electrical conductors are configured to couple with the external battery or with an engine that is electrically coupled with the external battery via the set of battery clamps. The set of electrical conductors comprises a positive electrical conductor and a negative electrical conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick J. Clarke, Brian F. Butler, Xiao Ping Chen, Barry O'Dell, Ronald Walkup, John S. Whiting
  • Patent number: 11280455
    Abstract: A flashlight having a housing, a light-end assembly, and a user interface. The light-end assembly, which may be coupled to an end of the housing, may comprise a flexible light component having a proximal end and a distal end. A first plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) may be distributed on the first flexible light component between the proximal end and the distal end. The flexible light component may include a flexible, semi-rigid structure to maintain the flexible light component in a desired shape or position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Schumacher Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick J. Clarke, John S. Whiting
  • Publication number: 20220082605
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to detecting and recording information associated with electrical overstress (EOS) events, such as electrostatic discharge (ESD) events. For example, in one embodiment, an apparatus includes an electrical overstress protection device, a detection circuit configured to detect an occurrence of the EOS event, and a memory configured to store information indicative of the EOS event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Alan J. O'Donnell, David Aherne, Javier Alejandro Salcedo, David J. Clarke, John A. Cleary, Patrick Martin McGuinness, Albert C. O'Grady
  • Patent number: 11269006
    Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to integrated circuit devices with wear out monitoring capability. An integrated circuit device includes a wear-out monitor device configured to record an indication of wear-out of a core circuit separated from the wear-out monitor device, wherein the indication is associated with localized diffusion of a diffusant within the wear-out monitor device in response to a wear-out stress that causes the wear-out of the core circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Edward John Coyne, Alan J. O'Donnell, Shaun Bradley, David Aherne, David Boland, Thomas G. O'Dwyer, Colm Patrick Heffernan, Kevin B. Manning, Mark Forde, David J. Clarke, Michael A. Looby
  • Patent number: 11253441
    Abstract: The invention provides for a topical o/w emulsion having moisturizing, and protecting, repairing or restoring the skin lipid barrier of the lips of a mammal, and is a topical oil-in-water emulsion composition comprising: (a) a discontinuous oil phase; (b) a continuous aqueous phase comprising water; (c) a thickening agent; (d) at least one lamellar membrane structure comprising (i) an alkyl amphiphilic component, (ii) an ester of a branched fatty acid and a branched fatty alcohol, (iii) a fatty acid, (iv) a fatty alcohol, and optionally (v) a phospholipid; and wherein in use the composition has a water vapor transmission rate of less than 65 g·m?2·hr?1 measured in vitro.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD.
    Inventors: Pallav Arvind Bulsara, Martyn J. Clarke, Anthony V. Rawlings
  • Publication number: 20220043011
    Abstract: The invention relates to the detection of vitamin D metabolites. In a particular aspect, the invention relates to methods for detecting derivatized vitamin D metabolites by mass spectrometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Brett Holmquist, Nigel J. Clarke, Richard E. Reitz
  • Publication number: 20210396788
    Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to electrical overstress protection devices, and more particularly to electrical overstress monitoring devices for detecting electrical overstress events in semiconductor devices. In one aspect, an electrical overstress monitor and/or protection device includes a two different conductive structures configured to electrically arc in response to an EOS event and a sensing circuit configured to detect a change in a physical property of the two conductive structures caused by the EOS event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: David J. Clarke, Stephen Denis Heffernan, Nijun Wei, Alan J. O'Donnell, Patrick Martin McGuinness, Shaun Bradley, Edward John Coyne, David Aherne, David M. Boland
  • Patent number: 11201361
    Abstract: A battery charger and method is disclosed for detecting when a battery has a low state of health while simultaneously charging or maintaining the battery. A battery charger includes a processor; a non-transitory memory device; a power management device to receive an input power and to output a charging current; a pair of electrical conductors to electrically couple with a battery, and a display electrically coupled to the processor. The display being configured to indicate a bad battery indicator when the battery has a low state of health and whether the battery is good to start.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Schumacher Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick J. Clarke, John S. Whiting
  • Patent number: 11193967
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to detecting and recording information associated with electrical overstress (EOS) events, such as electrostatic discharge (ESD) events. For example, in one embodiment, an apparatus includes an electrical overstress protection device, a detection circuit configured to detect an occurrence of the EOS event, and a memory configured to store information indicative of the EOS event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Analog Devices Global
    Inventors: Alan J. O'Donnell, David Aherne, Javier Alejandro Salcedo, David J. Clarke, John A. Cleary, Patrick Martin McGuinness, Albert C. O'Grady
  • Publication number: 20210348173
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to recombinant host cells including strain modifications effective to improve titer, yield and/or productivity of fatty acid derivatives. The disclosure further relates to cell cultures including the recombinant host cells for the fermentative production of fatty acid derivatives and compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Derek L. GREENFIELD, Andreas W. SCHIRMER, Elizabeth J. CLARKE, Eli S. GROBAN, Bernardo M. DA COSTA, Zhihao HU, Kevin HOLDEN, Noah HELMAN
  • Patent number: 11112436
    Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to electrical overstress protection devices, and more particularly to electrical overstress monitoring devices for detecting electrical overstress events in semiconductor devices. In one aspect, an electrical overstress monitor and/or protection device includes a two different conductive structures configured to electrically arc in response to an EOS event and a sensing circuit configured to detect a change in a physical property of the two conductive structures caused by the EOS event. The two conductive structures have facing surfaces that have different shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: David J. Clarke, Stephen Denis Heffernan, Nijun Wei, Alan J. O'Donnell, Patrick Martin McGuinness, Shaun Bradley, Edward John Coyne, David Aherne, David M. Boland
  • Patent number: 11105821
    Abstract: The invention relates to the detection of vitamin D metabolites. In a particular aspect, the invention relates to methods for detecting derivatized vitamin D metabolites by mass spectrometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Quest Diagnostics Investments Incorporated
    Inventors: Brett Holmquist, Nigel J. Clarke, Richard E Reitz
  • Publication number: 20210257104
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for monitoring prescription relationships using patient data received from a plurality of patient data providers, healthcare services data relating to the patient data, and data relating to physician prescription records to determine relationships among the parties and aggregate de-identified data for presentation of a visual representation of patient data and related prescription relationships and behaviors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: hc1.com Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley A. Bostic, Charles J. Clarke, Ryan C. Kennedy, Peter J. Plantes, Charles David Girard, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210231689
    Abstract: Provided are methods of detecting the presence or amount of a vitamin D metabolite in a sample using mass spectrometry. The methods generally directed to ionizing a vitamin D metabolite in a sample and detecting the amount of the ion to determine the presence or amount of the vitamin D metabolite in the sample. Also provided are methods to detect the presence or amount of two or more vitamin D metabolites in a single assay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Nigel J. Clarke, Brett Holmquist, Gloria Kwang-Ja Lee, Richard E. Reitz
  • Publication number: 20210225520
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for monitoring consistency in a drug prescription system using prescription drug data and prescription drug treatment plan data relating to a plurality of patients received from a plurality of patient data providers, and using a machine learning module to compare treatment plans among the prescription drug treatment plan data, using simulations of one of one or more drugs and one or more treatment plans, among the prescription drug data and prescription drug treatment plan data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: hc1.com Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley A. Bostic, Charles J. Clarke, Ryan C. Kennedy, Peter J. Plantes, Charles David Girard, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210225522
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for characterizing the activities of one or more patients in a health care system using an interception module for retrieving prescription drug data relating to the one or more patients, a correlation module that ensures that the prescription drug data is associated with the correct records of the one or more patients, and an analytics module that determines whether prescription ordering patterns for the one or more patients and indicates whether a subset of the ordering patterns is anomalous as compared with a stored ordering criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: hc1.com Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley A. Bostic, Charles J. Clarke, Ryan C. Kennedy, Peter J. Plantes, Charles David Girard, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210225519
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for simulating a patient health state by determining one or more relationships within patient data, creating enriched data elements based on the determined relationships, and using a machine learning module to compute a current health state for a patient and classifying the patient within a population of patients, wherein the population of patients is determined based on one or more of lifestyle, diagnosis and/or prognosis, and present or previous healthcare treatments as categorized using the machine learning module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: hc1.com Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley A. Bostic, Charles J. Clarke, Ryan C. Kennedy, Peter J. Plantes, Charles David Girard, JR.
  • Publication number: 20210225521
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for characterizing the activities of one or more physicians in a drug prescription system using an interception module for retrieving prescription drug data, an interaction module identifying data associated with each sales and service representative with whom the one or more physicians have interacted, identifying prescription orders, and using an analytic engine that associates the prescription drug data, data associated with each sales and service representative, and the orders with correct records for the plurality of physicians.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: hc1.com Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley A. Bostic, Charles J. Clarke, Ryan C. Kennedy, Peter J. Plantes, Charles David Girard, JR.
  • Patent number: 11060099
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods, including polynucleotide sequences, amino acid sequences, recombinant host cells and recombinant host cell cultures engineered to produce fatty acid derivative compositions comprising fatty acids, fatty alcohols, fatty aldehydes, fatty esters, alkanes, terminal olefins, internal olefins or ketones. The fatty acid derivative composition is produced extracellularly with a higher titer, yield or productivity than the corresponding wild type or non-engineered host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Genomatica, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek L. Greenfield, Andreas W. Schirmer, Elizabeth J. Clarke, Eli S. Groban, Bernardo M. Da Costa, Zhihao Hu, Kevin Holden, Noah Helman