Patents by Inventor Jude O'Donnell
Jude O'Donnell 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: 11686747Abstract: The disclosure relates to accurately determining a DC energy signal, such as a DC current or DC voltage, which may be particularly useful when controlling a formation/testing current of a battery cell during formation and/or testing. In the battery formation/testing context, a current sensor is used to measure the current of the battery cell, which is used as a feedback signal for controlling the current to achieve a target current. The transfer function of the current sensor is used to improve the accuracy of the current measurement. Because the transfer function can be regularly determined during formation/testing, a lower-cost current sensor with relatively poor temperature coefficient may be used. Any change in the gain of the current sensor may be detected by the transfer function determination and corrected for. Therefore, high current control accuracy may be achieved at lower cost.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited CompanyInventors: Shaoli Ye, Gina M Kelso, David J. Lath, William Michael James Holland, John Jude O'Donnell
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Patent number: 11435404Abstract: Techniques for controlling a current of a battery cell during formation and/or testing are described. A current sensor is used to measure the current of the battery cell, which is used as a feedback signal for controlling the current to achieve a target current. The transfer function of the current sensor is used to improve the accuracy of the current measurement. Because the transfer function can be regularly determined during formation/testing, a lower-cost current sensor with relatively poor temperature coefficient may be used. Any change in the gain of the current sensor may be detected by the transfer function determination and corrected for. Therefore, high current control accuracy may be achieved at lower cost.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited CompanyInventors: Shaoli Ye, Gina M Kelso, David J. Lath, William Michael James Holland, John Jude O'Donnell
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Publication number: 20220099714Abstract: The disclosure relates to accurately determining a DC energy signal, such as a DC current or DC voltage, which may be particularly useful when controlling a formation/testing current of a battery cell during formation and/or testing. In the battery formation/testing context, a current sensor is used to measure the current of the battery cell, which is used as a feedback signal for controlling the current to achieve a target current. The transfer function of the current sensor is used to improve the accuracy of the current measurement. Because the transfer function can be regularly determined during formation/testing, a lower-cost current sensor with relatively poor temperature coefficient may be used. Any change in the gain of the current sensor may be detected by the transfer function determination and corrected for. Therefore, high current control accuracy may be achieved at lower cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Shaoli Ye, Gina M Kelso, David J. Lath, Wlliam Michael James Holland, John Jude O' Donnell
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Publication number: 20220099748Abstract: Techniques for controlling a current of a battery cell during formation and/or testing are described. A current sensor is used to measure the current of the battery cell, which is used as a feedback signal for controlling the current to achieve a target current. The transfer function of the current sensor is used to improve the accuracy of the current measurement. Because the transfer function can be regularly determined during formation/testing, a lower-cost current sensor with relatively poor temperature coefficient may be used. Any change in the gain of the current sensor may be detected by the transfer function determination and corrected for. Therefore, high current control accuracy may be achieved at lower cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Shaoli Ye, Gina M. Kelso, David J. Lath, William Michael James Holland, John Jude O'Donnell
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Patent number: 11254986Abstract: An immune response subtype of cancer is associated with DNA damage which allows subjects to be stratified for particular therapies including immune therapies which may be combined with DNA damage therapeutics. A method for predicting responsiveness to an antagonist of an inhibitory immune checkpoint and/or an agonist of a stimulatory immune checkpoint comprises determining the expression level of at least one gene selected from Table 2B, 2A or 1 in a sample from the subject. The determined expression level is used to predict responsiveness to an antagonist of an inhibitory immune checkpoint and/or an agonist of a stimulatory immune checkpoint.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Almac Diagnostics Services LimitedInventors: Timothy Davison, Jude O'Donnell, Max Bylesjo, Fionnuala Patterson, Steve Deharo, Laura A. Hill, Katherine E. Keating, Vitali Proutski, Denis Paul Harkin, Richard Kennedy, Nicolas Goffard, Steven Walker, Laura Taggart, Eileen Parkes
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Patent number: 11091809Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for the identification of a molecular diagnostic test for cancer. The test identifies cancer subtypes that have an up-regulation or a down-regulation in biomarker expression related to angiogenesis and vascular development. The present invention can be used to determine whether patients with cancer are clinically responsive or non-responsive to a therapeutic regimen prior to administration of any anti-angiogenic agent. This test may be used in different cancer types and with different drugs that directly or indirectly affect angiogenesis or angiogenesis signalling. In addition, the present invention may be used as a prognostic indicator for certain cancer types. In particular, the present invention is directed to the use of certain combinations of predictive markers, wherein the expression of the predictive markers correlates with responsiveness or non-responsiveness to a therapeutic regimen.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Almac Diagnostic Services LimitedInventors: Denis Paul Harkin, Fionnuala Patterson, Claire Trinder, Eamonn J. O'Brien, Caroline Michie, Charlie Gourley, Laura A. Hill, Katherine E. Keating, Jude O'Donnell, Max Bylesjo, Steve Deharo, Vitali Proutski, Richard Kennedy, Timothy Davison, Andreas Winter, Andrena McCavigan
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Patent number: 10862436Abstract: Techniques for improving noise performance while processing signals received from an electrochemical sensor are provided. In an example, an interface circuit can include a first amplifier configured to provide a voltage to a counter electrode of an electrochemical sensor, a second amplifier configured to receive sensor information from a working electrode of the electrochemical sensor and to provide concentration information using the sensor information. In certain examples, an input of the first amplifier can be directly coupled to an input of the second amplifier to attenuate noise, of either the first amplifier or the second amplifier, within the concentration information provided by the second amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited CompanyInventors: Hanqing Wang, John Jude O'Donnell
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Publication number: 20200245915Abstract: A photometry device can include a first to emit light to a target in response to a first current through the first LED, a second LED to emit light to the target in response to a second current through the second LED, and an inductor, coupled to the first and second LEDs, to store energy associated with at least one of the first and second currents.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: John Jude O'Donnell, Colin G. Lyden, Michael C.W. Coln
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Publication number: 20200091923Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) which includes a resistor string and a transfer function modification circuit. The transfer function modification circuit may be a calibration circuit for calibrating the DAC, The calibration circuit may include a plurality of current sources, which may be current DACs. Each of the current DACS inject current into, or drain current from, a respective node of the resistor string, in order to correct for voltage errors. The injected currents may be positive or negative, depending on the voltage error. The current DACs are controlled by trim codes, which are set dependent on the measured or simulated voltage errors for a given resistor string.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Junbiao Ding, Tony Yincai Liu, Dennis A. Dempsey, John Jude O'Donnell
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Patent number: 10582887Abstract: A blood oxygenation sensor is provided comprising: a first current-powered light source to produce light having a first wavelength; a second current-powered light source to produce light having a second wavelength; a light sensor to produce a current signal having a magnitude that is indicative of intensity of light incident upon it; a current level driver circuit that includes a current source configured to couple the current source to alternatively provide current to one of the first current-powered light source and the second light current-powered light source; a processor configured to predict times of occurrence of one or more first time intervals in which arterial volume at a tissue site is at one of a maximum and a minimum; wherein the processor is configured to control the current source, to provide a first pattern of higher power-dissipation current pulses to the first and second current-powered light sources during the first time intervals, and to provide a second pattern of lower power-dissipationType: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Analog Devices GlobalInventors: John Jude O'Donnell, Javier Calpe Maravilla, Colin G. Lyden, Thomas G. O'Dwyer
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Patent number: 10574247Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) which includes a resistor string and a transfer function modification circuit. The transfer function modification circuit may be a calibration circuit for calibrating the DAC, The calibration circuit may include a plurality of current sources, which may be current DACs. Each of the current DACS inject current into, or drain current from, a respective node of the resistor string, in order to correct for voltage errors. The injected currents may be positive or negative, depending on the voltage error. The current DACs are controlled by trim codes, which are set dependent on the measured or simulated voltage errors for a given resistor string.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Analog Devices Global Unlimited CompanyInventors: Junbiao Ding, Tony Yincai Liu, Dennis A. Dempsey, John Jude O'Donnell
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Patent number: 10461151Abstract: An integrated circuit may include a semiconductor die having a trench formed in a surface of the semiconductor die. One or more circuit components may be formed on the surface of the semiconductor die. The trench can extend into the semiconductor die next to at least one circuit component. The trench may surround the circuit component partially or wholly. The trench may be filled with a material having a lower bulk modulus than the semiconductor die in which the trench is formed.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Analog Devices GlobalInventors: Patrick F. M. Poucher, Padraig L. Fitzgerald, John Jude O'Donnell, Oliver J. Kierse, Denis M. O'Connor
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Publication number: 20190316203Abstract: An immune response subtype of cancer is associated with DNA damage which allows subjects to be stratified for particular therapies including immune therapies which may be combined with DNA damage therapeutics. A method for predicting responsiveness to an antagonist of an inhibitory immune checkpoint and/or an agonist of a stimulatory immune checkpoint comprises determining the expression level of at least one gene selected from Table 2B, 2A or 1 in a sample from the subject. The determined expression level is used to predict responsiveness to an antagonist of an inhibitory immune checkpoint and/or an agonist of a stimulatory immune checkpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: ALMAC DIAGNOSTICS LIMITEDInventors: Timothy Davison, Jude O'Donnell, Max Bylesjo, Fionnuala Patterson, Steve Deharo, Laura A. Hill, Katherine E. Keating, Vitali Proutski, Denis Paul Harkin, Richard Kennedy, Nicolas Goffard, Steven Walker, Laura Taggart, Eileen Parkes
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Patent number: 10378066Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for the identification of a molecular diagnostic test for cancer. The test defines a novel DNA damage repair deficient molecular subtype and enables classification of a patient within this subtype. The present invention can be used to determine whether patients with cancer are clinically responsive or non-responsive to a therapeutic regimen prior to administration of any chemotherapy. This test may be used in different cancer types and with different drugs that directly or indirectly affect DNA damage or repair, such as many of the standard cytotoxic chemotherapeutic drugs currently in use. In particular, the present invention is directed to the use of certain combinations of predictive markers, wherein the expression of the predictive markers correlates with responsiveness or non-responsiveness to a therapeutic regimen.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Almac Diagnostic Services LimitedInventors: Jude O'Donnell, Max Bylesjo, Fionnuala Patterson, Steve Deharo, Laura A. Hill, Katherine E. Keating, Timothy Davison, Vitali Proutski, Denis Paul Harkin, Richard Kennedy, Nicolas Goffard
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Patent number: 10260097Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for the identification of a molecular diagnostic test for cancer. The test identifies cancer subtypes that are responsive to anti-angiogenesis therapeutics and enables classification of a patient within this subtype. The present invention can be used to determine whether patients with cancer are clinically responsive or non-responsive to a therapeutic regimen prior to administration of any anti-angiogenic agent. This test may be used in different cancer types and with different drugs that directly or indirectly affect angiogenesis or angiogenesis signalling. In addition, the present invention may be used as a prognostic indicator for certain cancer types. In particular, the present invention is directed to the use of certain combinations of predictive markers, wherein the expression of the predictive markers correlates with responsiveness or non-responsiveness to a therapeutic regimen.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Almac Diagnostics LimitedInventors: Denis Paul Harkin, Fionnuala Patterson, Claire Trinder, Eamonn J. O'Brien, Caroline Michie, Charlie Gourley, Laura A. Hill, Katherine E. Keating, Jude O'Donnell, Max Bylesjo, Steve Deharo, Vitali Proutski, Richard Kennedy, Timothy Davison, Andreas Winter, Andrena McCavigan
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Patent number: 10214777Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for the identification of a molecular diagnostic test for cancer. The test defines a novel DNA damage repair deficient molecular subtype and enables classification of a patient within this subtype. The present invention can be used to determine whether patients with cancer are clinically responsive or non-responsive to a therapeutic regimen prior to administration of any chemotherapy. This test may be used in different cancer types and with different drugs that directly or indirectly affect DNA damage or repair, such as many of the standard cytotoxic chemotherapeutic drugs currently in use. In particular, the present invention is directed to the use of certain combinations of predictive markers, wherein the expression of the predictive markers correlates with responsiveness or non-responsiveness to a therapeutic regimen.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Almac Diagnostics LimitedInventors: Jude O'Donnell, Max Bylesjo, Fionnuala Patterson, Steve Deharo, Laura A. Hill, Katherine E. Keating, Timothy Davison, Vitali Proutski, Denis Paul Harkin, Richard Kennedy, Nicolas Goffard
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Publication number: 20180360359Abstract: A photometry device can include a first LED to emit light to a target in response to a first current through the first LED, a second LED to emit light to the target in response to a second current through the second LED, and an inductor, coupled to the first and second LEDs, to store energy associated with at least one of the first and second currents.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: John Jude O'Donnell, Colin G. Lyden, Michael C.W. Coln
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Publication number: 20180323750Abstract: Techniques for improving noise performance while processing signals received from an electrochemical sensor are provided. In an example, an interface circuit can include a first amplifier configured to provide a voltage to a counter electrode of an electrochemical sensor, a second amplifier configured to receive sensor information from a working electrode of the electrochemical sensor and to provide concentration information using the sensor information. In certain examples, an input of the first amplifier can be directly coupled to an input of the second amplifier to attenuate noise, of either the first amplifier or the second amplifier, within the concentration information provided by the second amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Hanqing Wang, John Jude O'Donnell
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Publication number: 20180190549Abstract: A semiconductor wafer is provided that includes at least two integrated circuits (ICs); a scribe line extends adjacent to the at least two ICs; and a first conductor extends within the scribe line and is electrically coupled to the at least two ICs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: John Jude O'Donnell, Colin G. Lyden, Shane Geary, Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz, Brian Beucler
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Publication number: 20170265794Abstract: A blood oxygenation sensor is provided comprising: a first current-powered light source to produce light having a first wavelength; a second current-powered light source to produce light having a second wavelength; a light sensor to produce a current signal having a magnitude that is indicative of intensity of light incident upon it; a current level driver circuit that includes a current source configured to couple the current source to alternatively provide current to one of the first current-powered light source and the second light current-powered light source; a processor configured to predict times of occurrence of one or more first time intervals in which arterial volume at a tissue site is at one of a maximum and a minimum; wherein the processor is configured to control the current source, to provide a first pattern of higher power-dissipation current pulses to the first and second current-powered light sources during the first time intervals, and to provide a second pattern of lower power-dissipationType: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: John Jude O'Donnell, Javier Calpe Maravilla, Colin G. Lyden, Thomas G. O'Dwyer