Patents by Inventor Michael Farrell

Michael Farrell 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).

  • Method for using permuted nucleic acid probes
    Patent number: 9145585
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides nucleic acid probes, as well as kits that include such probes. Methods for producing and using (for example in chromosomal in situ hybridization) the probes are also provided. Such probes in some examples are used to detect chromosomal abnormalities or the presence of a pathogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Farrell
  • Automated data synchronization
    Patent number: 9148350
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for storing and updating data. The metadata associated with a user computing device may be used to determine whether the user computing device is configured to maintain a synchronized copy of the file. Moreover, a user computing device may be authorized to modify a file through a virtual desktop instance on a PES. If a user computing device is authorized to synchronize the file, the file may be accessible locally without a network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak Suryanarayanan, Eugene Michael Farrell, Vivek Lakshmanan, David Everard Brown
  • AUTOMATED DESKTOP PLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20150201009
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for enabling a user to provide rules for the placement of computing resources at a data center for an entity that employs or is associated with the user. The data center can use the placement rules to select a data center computer system to host computing resources for a user. The rules can be used to establish diversity in computing resource placement at the data center thereby reducing the number of users who lose access to computing resources when a specific data center computer suffers a failure. Further, the placement rules can be used to facilitate configuration of the computer resources for the user based, for example, on the user's employment responsibilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Deepak Suryanarayanan, David Everard Brown, Malcolm Russell Ah Kun, Eugene Michael Farrell
  • Antibody-nanoparticle conjugates and methods for making and using such conjugates
    Patent number: 9040310
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are antibody-nanoparticle conjugates that include two or more nanoparticles (such as gold, palladium, platinum, silver, copper, nickel, cobalt, iridium, or an alloy of two or more thereof) directly linked to an antibody or fragment thereof through a metal-thiol bond. Methods of making the antibody-nanoparticle conjugates disclosed herein include reacting an arylphosphine-nanoparticle composite with a reduced antibody to produce an antibody-nanoparticle conjugate. Also disclosed herein are methods for detecting a target molecule in a sample that include using an antibody-nanoparticle conjugate (such as the antibody-nanoparticle conjugates described herein) and kits for detecting target molecules utilizing the methods disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Julia Ashworth-Sharpe, Chol Steven Yun, Zhanna Zhilina, Adrian E. Murillo, Donald D. Johnson, Michael Farrell, Jerome W. Kosmeder, Christopher Bieniarz
  • Automated desktop placement
    Patent number: 9002982
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for enabling a user to provide rules for the placement of computing resources at a data center for an entity that employs or is associated with the user. The data center can use the placement rules to select a data center computer system to host computing resources for a user. The rules can be used to establish diversity in computing resource placement at the data center thereby reducing the number of users who lose access to computing resources when a specific data center computer suffers a failure. Further, the placement rules can be used to facilitate configuration of the computer resources for the user based, for example, on the user's employment responsibilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak Suryanarayanan, David Everard Brown, Malcolm Russell Ah Kun, Eugene Michael Farrell
  • TAILGATE-MOUNTED WORK SURFACE
    Publication number: 20150047536
    Abstract: A portable work surface for use with a vehicle having an extendable rear gate, wherein the rear gate includes first and second latches for securing the rear gate to the body of the vehicle when in a closed position, and wherein the portable work surface includes an elongated platform; a first mounting apparatus attached to one end of the elongated platform, wherein the first mounting apparatus further includes a bracket and pin assembly; a second mounting apparatus attached to the opposite end of the elongated platform, wherein the second mounting apparatus further includes a bracket and pin assembly; and wherein each pin is adapted to cooperate with one of the latches on the rear gate for securely attaching the work surface to the gate when the gate is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Greg Parks, John Farrell, Doug Strait, Michael Farrell
  • MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING SESSIONS
    Publication number: 20150019733
    Abstract: A remote computing session management process is directed to the execution and management of aspects of virtual instances executed on data center computers at a program execution service (PES) platform. A computing session may be established between the PES platform and a computing device connected to the PES platform over a communications network. The data created by the user of the client computing device interacting with the virtual instance may be stored, and following an interruption of the remote computing session, the data may be used when re-establishing the remote computing session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Deepak Suryanarayanan, Eugene Michael Farrell, David Everard Brown, Eric Jason Brandwine, Ajit Nagendra Padukone
  • MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING SESSIONS
    Publication number: 20150019728
    Abstract: A remote computing session management process is directed to the execution and management of aspects of virtual instances executed on data center computers at a program execution service (PES) platform. A computing session may be established between the PES platform and a computing device connected to the PES platform over a communications network. The data created by the user of the client computing device interacting with the virtual instance may be stored, and following an interruption of the remote computing session, the data may be used when re-establishing the remote computing session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Deepak Suryanarayanan, David Everard Brown, Eugene Michael Farrell, Vivek Lakshmanan, Colin Harrison Brace, Erik Jonathon Tellvik
  • MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING SESSIONS
    Publication number: 20150019704
    Abstract: A remote computing session management process is directed to the execution and management of aspects of virtual instances executed on data center computers at a program execution service (PES) platform. A computing session may be established between the PES platform and a computing device connected to the PES platform over a communications network. The data created by the user of the client computing device interacting with the virtual instance may be stored, and following an interruption of the remote computing session, the data may be used when re-establishing the remote computing session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Deepak Suryanarayanan, David Everard Brown, Eugene Michael Farrell, Vivek Lakshmanan, Colin Harrison Brace
  • MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING SESSIONS
    Publication number: 20150019705
    Abstract: A remote computing session management process is directed to the execution and management of aspects of virtual instances executed on data center computers at a program execution service (PES) platform. A computing session may be established between the PES platform and a computing device connected to the PES platform over a communications network. The data created by the user of the client computing device interacting with the virtual instance may be stored, and following an interruption of the remote computing session, the data may be used when re-establishing the remote computing session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Deepak Suryanarayanan, Eugene Michael Farrell, David Everard Brown, Eric Jason Brandwine, Ajit Nagendra Padukone
  • MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING SESSIONS
    Publication number: 20150006614
    Abstract: A remote computing session management process is directed to the execution and management of aspects of virtual instances executed on data center computers at a program execution service (PES) platform. A computing session may be established between the PES platform and a computing device connected to the PES platform over a communications network. The data created by the user of the client computing device interacting with the virtual instance may be stored, and following an interruption of the remote computing session, the data may be used when re-establishing the remote computing session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Deepak Suryanarayanan, Eugene Michael Farrell, David Everard Brown, Eric Jason Brandwine, Ajit Nagendra Padukone
  • METHOD FOR USING PERMUTED NUCLEIC ACID PROBES
    Publication number: 20140342941
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides nucleic acid probes, as well as kits that include such probes. Methods for producing and using (for example in chromosomal in situ hybridization) the probes are also provided. Such probes in some examples are used to detect chromosomal abnormalities or the presence of a pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Farrell
  • HAPTENS, HAPTEN CONJUGATES, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF AND METHOD FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE
    Publication number: 20140323336
    Abstract: A method for performing a multiplexed diagnostic assay, such as for two or more different targets in a sample, is described. One embodiment comprised contacting the sample with two or more specific binding moieties that bind specifically to two or more different targets. The two or more specific binding moieties are conjugated to different haptens, and at least one of the haptens is an oxazole, a pyrazole, a thiazole, a nitroaryl compound other than dinitrophenyl, a benzofurazan, a triterpene, a urea, a thiourea, a rotenoid, a coumarin, a cyclolignan, a heterobiaryl, an azo aryl, or a benzodiazepine. The sample is contacted with two or more different anti-hapten antibodies that can be detected separately. The two or more different anti-hapten antibodies may be conjugated to different detectable labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome W. Kosmeder, II, Mark Lefever, Donald Johnson, Michael Farrell, Zhanna Zhilina, Christopher Bieniarz
  • Haptens, hapten conjugates, compositions thereof and method for their preparation and use
    Patent number: 8846320
    Abstract: A method for performing a multiplexed diagnostic assay, such as for two or more different targets in a sample, is described. One embodiment comprised contacting the sample with two or more specific binding moieties that bind specifically to two or more different targets. The two or more specific binding moieties are conjugated to different haptens, and at least one of the haptens is an oxazole, a pyrazole, a thiazole, a nitroaryl compound other than dinitrophenyl, a benzofurazan, a triterpene, a urea, a thiourea, a rotenoid, a coumarin, a cyclolignan, a heterobiaryl, an azo aryl, or a benzodiazepine. The sample is contacted with two or more different anti-hapten antibodies that can be detected separately. The two or more different anti-hapten antibodies may be conjugated to different detectable labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome W. Kosmeder, Mark Lefever, Donald Johnson, Michael Farrell, Zhanna Zhilina, Christopher Bieniarz
  • Method for producing nucleic acid probes
    Patent number: 8828659
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides nucleic acid probes, as well as kits that include such probes. Methods for producing and using (for example in chromosomal in situ hybridization) the probes are also provided. Such probes in some examples are used to detect chromosomal abnormalities or the presence of a pathogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Farrell
  • Birch Sap Beverage
    Publication number: 20140154374
    Abstract: A birch sap beverage having an extended shelf life and process for the manufacture thereof in which a birch sap is adjusted to a standard pre-determined Brix value and then subjected to either (a) ultra-high temperature (UHT) pasteurization followed with aseptic packaging (b) packaging followed by UHT. Additional birch sap products having extended shelf life are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: FERONIA HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Paolo Cugnasca, Michael Farrell
  • Enzyme-catalyzed metal deposition for the enhanced detection of analytes of interest
    Patent number: 8703417
    Abstract: The invention is directed to enhanced methods for detecting an analyte of interest in situ, by immunoassay, or by hybridization comprising binding an enzyme-labeled conjugate molecule to an analyte of interest in the presence of a redox-inactive reductive species and a soluble metal ion. The enzyme catalyzes the conversion of the inactive reductive species to an active reducing agent, which in turn reduces the metal ion to a metal atom thereby providing an enhanced means of detecting the analyte via metal deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Bieniarz, Michael Farrell
  • MAPLE SAP BEVERAGE
    Publication number: 20140044842
    Abstract: A maple sap beverage having an extended shelf life and process for the manufacture thereof in which a maple sap is adjusted to a standard pre-determined Brix value and then subjected to either (a) ultra-high temperature (UHT) pasteurization followed with aseptic packaging or (b) packaging followed by UHT. Additional maple sap products having extended shelf life are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: FERONIA HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Paolo Cugnasca, Michael Farrell
  • Haptens, hapten conjugates, compositions thereof and method for their preparation and use
    Patent number: 8618265
    Abstract: A method for performing a multiplexed diagnostic assay, such as for two or more different targets in a sample, is described. One embodiment comprised contacting the sample with two or more specific binding moieties that bind specifically to two or more different targets. The two or more specific binding moieties are conjugated to different haptens, and at least one of the haptens is an oxazole, a pyrazole, a thiazole, a nitroaryl compound other than dinitrophenyl, a benzofurazan, a triterpene, a urea, a thiourea, a rotenoid, a coumarin, a cyclolignan, a heterobiaryl, an azo aryl, or a benzodiazepine. The sample is contacted with two or more different anti-hapten antibodies that can be detected separately. The two or more different anti-hapten antibodies may be conjugated to different detectable labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome W. Kosmeder, Mark Lefever, Donald Johnson, Michael Farrell, Zhanna Zhilina, Christopher Bieniarz
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITION OF PATIENTS WITH SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING
    Publication number: 20130331713
    Abstract: An apparatus for assessing patient breathing and cardiovascular condition of a patient includes a storage medium for storing data regarding the breathing and cardiovascular condition of the patient, a processor in communication with the storage medium, the processor being configured to prompt the patient with a series of queries relating to patient breathing and cardiovascular condition, a display for presenting the patient with the series of queries and a date entry device for receiving responses to the series of queries. The processor is configured to tally positive responses to the series of queries to generate a sleep disordered breathing index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Michael Farrell, Malcolm Ronald Hebblewhite, Deirdre Stewart, Ann Tisthammer, Maya Vance, Robin Randolph