Patents by Inventor Michael Murray
Michael Murray 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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Publication number: 20110251884Abstract: Handling electronic coupons includes accessing information indicating association of an electronic coupon with an account of a user that identifies multiple retail entities associated with the user. Information indicating association of electronic coupons with the user's account may be transmitted to respective computer systems associated with the multiple retail entities. The computer systems may associate electronic coupons with the user such that the user may redeem the electronic coupons at a retail store upon presentation of a user identifier. When the user redeems an electronic coupon, cancellation information for the electronic coupon may be transmitted to the computer systems of other retail entities associated with the user. Receipt of the cancellation information may cause the respective computer systems to cancel the redeemability of the electronic coupon such that the user is prevented from redeeming the electronic coupon at a retail store associated with the corresponding retail entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventors: Michael Shing-Chung HSU, Michael Murray
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Patent number: 8034932Abstract: A process for formation of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (A chemical formula should be inserted here—please see paper copy enclosed herewith) I via a Heck reaction is described. Intermediates useful in the process and processes for making said intermediates are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: AstraZeneca UK LimitedInventors: Michael Butters, Steven Robert Lenger, Paul Michael Murray, Evan William Snape
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Publication number: 20110225384Abstract: Methods and apparatus may operate to receive allocation requests from a processor configured to manage memory comprising a non-volatile memory device configurable as a plurality of blocks comprising a plurality of sectors, assign partial page blocks from the plurality of blocks for memory storage, fill some of the sectors by storing data bits associated with the allocation request in the at least one of the plurality of sectors, determine that the sectors are full, assigning a full page block from the plurality of blocks, and transfer the data bits associated with the allocation request from the partial page blocks to the full page block. Other apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Viet Ly, Michael Murray
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Publication number: 20110219178Abstract: A Flash memory device, system, and data handling routine is detailed with a distributed erase block sector user/overhead data scheme that splits the user data and overhead data and stores them in differing associated erase blocks. The erase blocks of the Flash memory are arranged into associated erase block pairs in “super blocks” such that when user data is written to/read from the user data area of a sector of an erase block of the super block pair, the overhead data is written to/read from the overhead data area of a sector of the other associated erase block. This data splitting enhances fault tolerance and reliability of the Flash memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: David Eggleston, Anthony Moschopoulos, Michael Murray, Brady Keays
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Patent number: 8011505Abstract: A vapor hydrated packaged catheter assembly includes a gas impermeable package housing a catheter within a catheter-receiving cavity. The catheter assembly has a hydrophilic coating on at least a portion of the outer surface of a catheter tube which may be surrounded by a sleeve. The catheter assembly is disposed within the catheter receiving cavity of the package with a vapor donating liquid provided as a source of vapor to activate the hydrophilic coating. The amount of vapor donating liquid is less than the amount that would otherwise be sufficient to cause a spill hazard. The catheter assembly is ready to use due to exposure of the hydrophilic coating to a vapor produced by the vapor donating liquid.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Michael Murray, Thomas H. Gilman, Sean Sweeney, Martin P. Creaven
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Publication number: 20110192882Abstract: A surgical staple including features which can reduce bleeding from soft tissue. In various embodiments, the surgical staple can include at least one deformable member which can puncture a hole in soft tissue as it is inserted therethrough. The deformable member can include a material thereon, or can be comprised of a material, which can expand and substantially fill the puncture hole in the soft tissue. In various embodiments, at least a portion of the deformable member can be coated with a hydrophilic material which can expand when exposed to water, or other bodily fluids, and apply a compression force to the perimeter of the puncture hole. Such a compression force can reduce bleeding from the puncture hole and thereby reduce any potential complications resulting therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Hess, William B. Weisenburgh, II, James W. Voegele, Jerome R. Morgan, Michael A. Murray, Thomas W. Huitema, Binoy K. Bordoloi
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Patent number: 7992060Abstract: Various embodiments comprise apparatus, methods, and systems including method comprising searching for a group address among a plurality of group addresses in a mapping table, and if a match is found, performing a memory operation on a first plurality of memory blocks indicated by the mapping table, and if a match is not found, performing a memory operation on a second plurality of memory blocks, the second plurality of memory blocks having the group address.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2010Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Michael Murray
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Publication number: 20110174863Abstract: A staple cartridge for use with a stapling device that has an actuator that is selectively actuatable in an axial direction and an anvil portion that is selectively movable between open and closed positions is disclosed. Various embodiments of the present invention include a cartridge body that movably supports first and second staple drivers. The staple drivers each support a staple thereon and serve to drive the staples into forming contact with the anvil upon actuation by the actuator. The various embodiments of the present invention enable the final formed heights of the staples to be varied so as to apply various clamping forces and pressures to soft tissue captured within the staples. In at least one embodiment, the staples can include crowns formed thereon which can be utilized to adjust or control the clamping force and/or pressure applied by the staples.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Darrel M. Powell, Michael A. Murray, Christopher J. Hess, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Steven G. Hall
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Patent number: 7953954Abstract: Methods and apparatus may operate to receive allocation requests from a processor configured to manage memory comprising a non-volatile memory device configurable as a plurality of blocks comprising a plurality of sectors, assign partial page blocks from the plurality of blocks for memory storage, fill some of the sectors by storing data bits associated with the allocation request in the at least one of the plurality of sectors, determine that the sectors are full, assigning a full page block from the plurality of blocks, and transfer the data bits associated with the allocation request from the partial page blocks to the full page block. Other apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Viet Ly, Michael Murray
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Patent number: 7944748Abstract: A Flash memory device, system, and data handling routine is detailed with a distributed erase block sector user/overhead data scheme that splits the user data and overhead data and stores them in differing associated erase blocks. The erase blocks of the Flash memory are arranged into associated erase block pairs in “super blocks” such that when user data is written to/read from the user data area of a sector of an erase block of the super block pair, the overhead data is written to/read from the overhead data area of a sector of the other associated erase block. This data splitting enhances fault tolerance and reliability of the Flash memory device.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: David Eggleston, Anthony Moschopoulos, Michael Murray, Brady Keays
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Patent number: 7934630Abstract: A staple cartridge for use with a stapling device that has an actuator that is selectively actuatable in an axial direction and an anvil portion that is selectively movable between open and closed positions is disclosed. Various embodiments of the present invention include a cartridge body that movably supports first and second staple drivers. The staple drivers each support a staple thereon and serve to drive the staples into forming contact with the anvil upon actuation by the actuator. The various embodiments of the present invention enable the final formed heights of the staples to be varied so as to apply various clamping forces and pressures to soft tissue captured within the staples. In at least one embodiment, the staples can include crowns formed thereon which can be utilized to adjust or control the clamping force and/or pressure applied by the staples.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Darrel M. Powell, Michael A. Murray, Christopher J. Hess, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Steven G. Hall
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Publication number: 20110093766Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and data structures may operate to combine block management data with a portion of data, to generate error correction data for the combined portion, and to store the data, the block management data, the error correction data for the combined portion, and error correction data for the data in a memory. Methods, apparatus, systems, and data structures may operate to generate or store error correction data for each of a plurality of sectors of a page except for a particular sector in the page and combine block management data with the particular sector to generate a modified sector. Additionally, various methods, apparatus, systems, and data structures may operate to generate or store error correction data for the modified sector and combine the plurality of sectors, the error correction data for each of the plurality of sectors other than the particular page, and the block management data and the error correction data for the modified sector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Michael Murray, William Henry Radke
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Publication number: 20110054450Abstract: Masked and controlled ion implants, coupled with annealing or etching are used in CVD formed single crystal diamond to create structures for both optical applications, nanoelectromechanical device formation, and medical device formation. Ion implantation is employed to deliver one or more atomic species into and beneath the diamond growth surface in order to form an implanted layer with a peak concentration of atoms at a predetermined depth beneath the diamond growth surface. The composition is heated in a non-oxidizing environment under suitable conditions to cause separation of the diamond proximate the implanted layer. Further ion implants may be used in released structures to straighten or curve them as desired. Boron doping may also be utilized to create conductive diamond structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: Apollo Diamond, IncInventors: Robert C. Linares, Patrick J. Doering, Bryant Linares, Alfred R. Genis, William W. Dromeshauser, Michael Murray, Alicia E. Novak, John M. Abrahams
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Patent number: 7886907Abstract: A vapor hydrated packaged catheter assembly and method of manufacturing and distributing same includes a gas impermeable package housing a catheter within a catheter-receiving cavity. The catheter assembly has a hydrophilic coating applied to at least a portion of the outer surface of a catheter tube or shaft which may be surrounded by a sleeve to provide a no-touch, sure grip feature. The catheter assembly is disposed within the catheter receiving cavity of the package together with a limited amount of a vapor donating liquid provided as a source of vapor to activate the hydrophilic coating. The amount of vapor donating liquid is less than the amount that would otherwise be sufficient to cause a spill hazard. It may be loose liquid as a desired percentage of the volume of a tube-receiving portion of the catheter receiving cavity of the package, or it may be contained in a liquid sequestering element.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Michael Murray, Thomas H. Gilman, Sean Sweeney, Martin P. Creaven
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Publication number: 20110027449Abstract: An edible snack product comprises an undulating elongated body with a crenate cross-section and a composition that includes fruit material. When the snack product is composed entirely or substantially of fruit material, the snack product tends to be sticky and the undulating body and crenate cross-section serve to reduce the surface area of the snack product that would contact the surfaces of a wrapper, equipment and the consumer. By reducing the surface area contact, the tendency of the snack product to stick to the wrapper, equipment and the consumer is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Inventors: John Alan Madsen, Darryl Allan Moore, Cherry Elizabeth Nicholson, Michael Murray Pozzo
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Publication number: 20110029368Abstract: Handling electronic coupons includes accessing information indicating association of an electronic coupon with an account of a user that identifies multiple retail entities associated with the user. Information indicating association of electronic coupons with the user's account may be transmitted to respective computer systems associated with the multiple retail entities. The computer systems may associate electronic coupons with the user such that the user may redeem the electronic coupons at a retail store upon presentation of a user identifier. When the user redeems an electronic coupon, cancellation information for the electronic coupon may be transmitted to the computer systems of other retail entities associated with the user. Receipt of the cancellation information may cause the respective computer systems to cancel the redeemability of the electronic coupon such that the user is prevented from redeeming the electronic coupon at a retail store associated with the corresponding retail entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Inventors: Michael Shing-Chung Hsu, Michael Murray
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Publication number: 20110004462Abstract: Speech recognition may be improved by generating and using a topic specific language model. A topic specific language model may be created by performing an initial pass on an audio signal using a generic or basis language model. A speech recognition device may then determine topics relating to the audio signal based on the words identified in the initial pass and retrieve a corpus of text relating to those topics. Using the retrieved corpus of text, the speech recognition device may create a topic specific language model. In one example, the speech recognition device may adapt or otherwise modify the generic language model based on the retrieved corpus of text.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2009Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: COMCAST INTERACTIVE MEDIA, LLCInventors: David F. Houghton, Seth Michael Murray, Sibley Verbeck Simon
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Patent number: 7862517Abstract: A localization mechanism, or fixture, is used in conjunction with a breast coil for breast compression and for guiding a core biopsy instrument during prone biopsy procedures in both open and closed Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines. The localization fixture includes a three-dimensional Cartesian positionable guide for supporting and orienting an MRI-compatible biopsy instrument, and in particular a sleeve, to a biopsy site of suspicious tissues or lesions. A depth stop enhances accurate insertion, and prevents over-insertion or inadvertent retraction of the sleeve. The sleeve receives a probe of the MRI-compatible biopsy instrument and may contain various features to enhance its imagability, to enhance vacuum and pressure assist therethrough, and marker deployment etc.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2007Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Devicor Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Mark Tsonton, Timothy G. Dietz, John A. Hibner, Jessica M. Pyzoha, Michael J. Andreyko, Keshava Datta, Michael A. Murray
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Patent number: 7861139Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and data structures may operate to generate or store error correction data for each of a plurality of sectors of a page except for a particular sector in the page and combining a block management data with the particular sector to generate a modified sector. Additionally, various methods, apparatus, systems, and data structures may operate to generate or store error correction data for the modified sector and combining the plurality of sectors, the error correction data for each of the plurality of sectors other than the particular page, and the block management data and the error correction data for the modified sector.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Michael Murray, William Henry Radke
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Publication number: 20100324068Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein, for example, r is 0 or 1 and X1 is linear (1-3C)alkyl; q is 0 or 1 and X2 is fluoro, chloro or (1-3C)alkyl; Y1 is selected from fluoro, chloro, bromo, cyano, (1-3C)alkyl and (1-2C)alkoxy; n is 0, 1 or 2 and Y2 is fluoro, chloro or (1-3C)alkyl; p is 0, 1 or 2 and Y3 is (1-3C)alkyl or forms a (3-5C)cycloalkyl ring; Z is carboxy or —CONHSO2Me or —CONRbRc wherein Rb and Rc are independently selected, for example, from hydrogen and (1-4C)alkyl or Rb and Rc are linked so as to form a morpholine ring or a (4-6C)heterocyclic ring and when Z is —CONRbRc the Rb and Rc groups may be optionally substituted by carboxy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Leonie Campbell, Clive Green, Andrew Leach, Michael James Waring, Paul Michael Murray, Per Olof Ryberg