Patents by Inventor Patrick O'Connor

Patrick O'Connor 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).

  • Compositions and methods for detection of antibodies specific for (Aph) and (Apl)
    Patent number: 8580272
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for the detection and treatment of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma platys infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiayou Liu, Eugene Regis Krah, III, Thomas Patrick O'Connor, Jr., Daniel Karl Rieger
  • Antagonist of smoothened
    Patent number: 8486936
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the inhibition of Hedgehog signaling. Said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods have utility in the treatment of human and veterinary diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: AllaChem, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Khvat, Sergey Tkachenko, Ilya Okun, Borys Rogovoy, Nikolay Savchuk, John May, Patrick O'Connor, William Ripka, Jean-Michel Vernier, David Matthews
  • USE OF VANADIUM COMPOUNDS TO ACCELERATE BONE HEALING
    Publication number: 20130171094
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of promoting bone healing by locally administering a vanadium-based insulin mimetic agent to a patient in need thereof. The invention also provides a new use of insulin-mimetic vanadium compounds for manufacture of medicaments for accelerating bone-healing processes. In addition, the invention also encompasses a bone injury treatment kit suitable for localized administration of insulin-mimetic vanadium compounds or compositions thereof to a patient in need of such treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY
    Inventors: Sheldon Suton Lin, David Naisby Paglia, James Patrick O'Connor, Eric Breitbart, Joseph Benevenia
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING AN AEROSOL
    Publication number: 20130162991
    Abstract: An apparatus can include ablation chamber body having a transmission window and defining an accommodation region configured to accommodate a target that is movable relative to the transmission window. An aerosol transmission conduit is configured to transport an aerosol produced within the accommodation region to a sample receiving region of an analysis system along a substantially straight transport path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ciaran John Patrick O'Connor, Shane Hilliard
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING RADIATION SPOT SIZE
    Publication number: 20130161510
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a first beam cropper configured to crop a portion of a radiation pulse having a first spot size to form an intermediate cropped radiation pulse having an intermediate cropped spot with an intermediate cropped spot size less than the first spot size; and a second beam cropper configured to crop the intermediate cropped spot to form a second cropped radiation pulse having a second cropped spot with a second cropped spot size less the intermediate cropped spot size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ciaran John Patrick O'Connor, Shane Hilliard, Leif Summerfield
  • Micro-optical device packaging system
    Patent number: 8445984
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a micro-optical device includes an electro-optical circuit and an annular frame disposed on a surface of a substrate. The electro-optical circuit has an active region that is encapsulated by a window and an interconnect region adjacent at least one edge of the electro-optical circuit. The annular frame extends around an outer periphery of the window and is separated from the window by a gap, the annular frame and the electro-optical circuit form a cavity for placement of a plurality of bonding wires the interconnect that electro-optical circuit to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignees: Texas Instruments Incorporated, Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Morgan Haskett, John Patrick O'Connor, Mark Myron Miller, Sean Timothy Crowley, Jeffrey Alan Miks, Mark Phillip Popovich
  • Detection of feline Immunodeficiency Virus
    Publication number: 20130101987
    Abstract: Method, device and kit for the detection of antibodies directed to Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV). The method includes contacting the felid biological sample with FIV env polypeptide and detecting whether the polypeptide substantially binds to the antibody in the biological sample. The method will detect FIV antibodies in a sample from animals that have been naturally infected but the method will not detect antibodies in a sample from animals that have not been infected and that have not been vaccinated with an FIV vaccine after within about the previous five to eight weeks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick O'Connor, Philip Andersen, Randall Groat, Eugene Regis Krah, Jill Saucier
  • Methods and compositions for detection of (VLPT)
    Patent number: 8409817
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for the detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick O'Connor, Jr., Eugene Regis Krah, III, Jill M. Saucier
  • SYSTEMS, DEVICES, METHODS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA THAT FACILITATE CONTROL OF BATTERY-POWERED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130069768
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus and computer-readable medium for controlling battery-powered devices are provided. In some embodiments, a control device can include radio frequency (RF) circuitry and be configured to: receive one or more RF signals from a controller; and control one or more operations of a battery-powered device located proximate to the control device based, at least, on the one or more RF signals. The one or more operations can include de-activating an operation of the battery-powered device, activating an operation of the battery-powered device or the like. In various embodiments, a system can include a control device that controls a battery-powered device and a controller that is communicatively coupled to the Internet and configured to output information associated with the state of the battery-powered device to social media networking sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Maitreya Visweswara Madhyastha, Kellan Patrick O'Connor
  • RAF KINASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20130040983
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the inhibition of RAF kinae mediated signaling. Said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods have utility in the treatment of human disease and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Vernier, Patrick O'Connor, William Ripka, David Matthews, Anthony Pinkerton, Pierre-Yves Bounaud, Stephanie Hopkins
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTERIZING OBJECTS AND MONITORING MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20130030717
    Abstract: A method of characterizing an object includes determining a depth-wise composition of the object at a measurement site within the object. A property of the object within a region adjacent to the measurement site can, optionally, be estimated based on the determining. Another method of characterizing an object includes disposing at least a portion of an object within a measurement region of a metrology tool, aligning a feature of the object and a location of a designated measurement site within the measurement region relative to each other, and performing a performing a compositional analysis of a portion of the object occupying the measurement site. Various apparatus for performing these methods are also disclosed, as are methods of monitoring manufacturing processes based on these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Halderman, Ciaran John Patrick O'Connor, Jay Wilkins
  • TWO WAY ACCUMULATOR PROGRAMMABLE VALVE PUMP
    Publication number: 20130023857
    Abstract: An improved implantable valve accumulator pump for the delivery of medication is disclosed. The implantable pump comprises a pressurized drug reservoir. The medication metering assembly comprises a fixed volume accumulator positioned between a pair of valves. The valves alternately open and close to admit medication from the reservoir into the accumulator and to dispense a precise volume pulse to an outlet catheter. In order to improve the pump's accuracy and to increase pumping volume while optimizing the pump's overall size and energy usage a two way diaphragm accumulator is used. The unit can be externally programmed or can be used in a fixed rate configuration that is never programmed but set at the factory or in the current programmable configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Flowonix Medical Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul F. Burke, Patrick O'Connor
  • HEDGEHOG INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20130012513
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the inhibition of Hedgehog signaling. Said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods have utility in the treatment of human and veterinary disease and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Vernier, John May, Patrick O'Connor, William Ripka, Anthony Pinkerton, Pierre-Yves Bounaud, Stephanie Hopkins
  • Compositions and methods for detection of antibodies specific for () and ()
    Patent number: 8303959
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for the detection and treatment of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma platys infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiayou Liu, Eugene Regis Krah, III, Thomas Patrick O'Connor, Jr., Daniel Karl Rieger
  • Two way accumulator programmable valve pump
    Patent number: 8273058
    Abstract: An improved implantable valve accumulator pump for the delivery of medication is disclosed. The implantable pump comprises a pressurized drug reservoir. The medication metering assembly comprises a fixed volume accumulator positioned between a pair of valves. The valves alternately open and close to admit medication from the reservoir into the accumulator and to dispense a precise volume pulse to an outlet catheter. In order to improve the pump's accuracy and to increase pumping volume while optimizing the pump's overall size and energy usage a two way diaphragm accumulator is used. The unit can be externally programmed or can be used in a fixed rate configuration that is never programmed but set at the factory or in the current programmable configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Flowonix Medical Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul F. Burke, Patrick O'Connor
  • ROTARY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120145119
    Abstract: A rotary device is described for use in a rotary engine, or a compressor, or turbine, the rotary device comprising two rotors disposed adjacent each other and rotatable about substantially parallel axes of rotation. Each of the rotors has protrusions extending therefrom at regular intervals about the circumference of each to define an open portion of a sealable compression chamber between adjacent protrusions. Each protrusion has two side surfaces and a projecting end surface, wherein the meeting point between each side surface and the projecting end surface defines a tip. The two rotors are arranged such that upon contra rotation of the rotors, a protrusion of one of the rotors engages between a pair of protrusions on the other rotor, and the tips of the engaging rotor are in constant sealing contact with the opposing side surfaces of the pair of protrusions for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Patrick O'Connor
  • INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS FOR LONG BONE FRACTURE SETTING
    Publication number: 20120136356
    Abstract: An intramedullary nail has a proximal part for engagement with a proximal bone fragment and a distal part for engagement with a distal bone fragment. A motion assembly interconnects the parts and allows limited axial relative motion of the proximal and distal parts. This limited axial motion provides micromotion and in some embodiments also dynamisation. The nail may comprise a stem for fastening to one bone fragment and an insert within the stem for fastening to the other bone fragment, the insert being adapted to guide insertion of a bone screw through the stem and to prevent relative rotation of the distal and proximal bone fragments. The motion assembly may include spring bias and/or damping means between the parts, possibly including one or more Belleville washers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: CORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: William Doherty, Patrick O'Connor, James Harty
  • Peptides for detection of antibody to
    Patent number: 8158751
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the detection and quantification of Ehrlichia ewingii, Ehrlichia ewingii antibodies, antibody fragments, and polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Patrick O'Connor, Jr.
  • Methods and Compositions for Detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis (VLPT)
    Publication number: 20110250615
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for the detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick O'Connor, JR., Jill M. Saucier, Eugene Regis Krah, III
  • Micro-Optical Device Packaging System
    Publication number: 20110204464
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a micro-optical device includes an electro-optical circuit and an annular frame disposed on a surface of a substrate. The electro-optical circuit has an active region that is encapsulated by a window and an interconnect region adjacent at least one edge of the electro-optical circuit. The annular frame extends around an outer periphery of the window and is separated from the window by a gap, the annular frame and the electro-optical circuit form a cavity for placement of a plurality of bonding wires the interconnect that electro-optical circuit to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bradley Morgan Haskett, John Patrick O'Connor, Mark Myron Miller, Sean Timothy Crowley, Jeffery Alan Miks, Mark Phillip Popovich