Patents by Inventor Shawn O'Connor

Shawn 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).

  • Wing Foil Bearings and Methods of Manufacturing Same
    Publication number: 20140376844
    Abstract: A wing foil bearing may include one or more wing or tab foil layers. A tab foil layer may comprise a thin material with a two-dimensional array of tab shapes. A tab shape may be defined by a boundary of material separated from the thin material and having an integral edge and a free edge. Tab shapes may include one or more free-state bends relative to the thin material, forming a two-dimensional array of cantilever wings or tabs. Tab arrays may be one or more of various types or two-dimensional arrays, and a tab foil layer may include additional tab arrays and tabs. One or more tab foil layers may be engaged with a mounting surface layer and a counter-surface layer to form a wing foil bearing. Tab foil layers may be stacked and or nested, including partial nesting and complete nesting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Erik E. Swanson, Patrick Shawn O'Meara
  • METHODS OF SCREENING T1R1/T1R3 RECEPTORS FOR COMPOUNDS THAT MODULATE UMAMI TASTE SIGNALING
    Publication number: 20140329255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that the T1R receptors assemble to form functional taste receptors. Particularly, it has been discovered that co-expression of T1R1 and T1R3 results in a taste receptor that responds to umami taste stimuli, including monosodium glutamate. Also, it has been discovered that co-expression of the T1R2 and T1R3 receptors results in a taste receptor that responds to sweet taste stimuli including naturally occurring and artificial sweeteners. Also the present invention relates to the use of hetero-oligomeric taste receptors comprising T1R1/T1R3 and T1R2/T1R3 in assays to identify compounds that respectively respond to umami taste stimuli and sweet taste stimuli.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: SENOMYX, INC.
    Inventors: Mark ZOLLER, Xiaodong LI, Lena STASZEWSKI, Shawn O'CONNELL, Sergey ZOZULYA, Jon Elliot ADLER, Hong XU, Fernando ECHEVERRI
  • CAMOUFLAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140308475
    Abstract: A camouflage device includes a plurality of threads connected together to form a plurality of strips. The plurality of strips are connected to a hunting device using an attachment device. The strips are attached to the hunting device in overlapping rows to substantially cover the hunting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Shawn O'Connor
  • Linguistic Expression of Preferences in Social Media for Prediction and Recommendation
    Publication number: 20140257795
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods and computer readable storage media for determining tags or labels from natural language expressions expressing a preference or choice, determining attributes from natural language expressions and other data, and predicting preferences from natural language expressions and other data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Birnbaum, Shawn O'Banion
  • T1R taste receptors and genes encoding same
    Patent number: 8816057
    Abstract: Newly identified mammalian taste-cell-specific G protein-coupled receptors, and the genes and cDNA encoding said receptors are described. Specifically, T1R G protein-coupled receptors active in taste signaling, and the genes and cDNA encoding the same, are described, along with methods for isolating such genes and for isolating and expressing such receptors. Methods for representing taste perception of a particular tastant in a mammal are also described, as are methods for generating novel molecules or combinations of molecules that elicit a predetermined taste perception in a mammal, and methods for simulating one or more tastes. Further, methods for stimulating or blocking taste perception in a mammal are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Elliot Adler, Sergey Zozulya, Xiaodong Li, Shawn O'Connell, Lena Staszewski
  • Binding and functional assays that use the T1R3 receptor to screen for taste modulatory compounds
    Patent number: 8815525
    Abstract: Newly identified mammalian taste-cell-specific G protein-coupled receptors, and the genes and cDNA encoding said receptors are described. Specifically, T1R G protein-coupled receptors active in taste signaling, and the genes and cDNA encoding the same, are described, along with methods for isolating such genes and for isolating and expressing such receptors. Methods for representing taste perception of a particular tastant in a mammal are also described, as are methods for generating novel molecules or combinations of molecules that elicit a predetermined taste perception in a mammal, and methods for simulating one or more tastes. Further, methods for stimulating or blocking taste perception in a mammal are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Elliot Adler, Sergey Zozulya, Xiadong Li, Shawn O'Connell, Lena Staszewski
  • Battery drain analysis and prediction for wireless devices
    Patent number: 8805764
    Abstract: Technologies for wireless device battery analysis and prediction are disclosed. A described technology includes collecting wireless device information including battery drain information relating to a battery of a wireless device; determining, based on the collected wireless device information, a plurality of prediction outcomes corresponding respectively to a plurality of different battery usage prediction models; determining accuracies respectively for the battery usage prediction models; generating weight values respectively for the battery usage prediction models based on the determined accuracies; and generating a battery prediction result for the wireless device based on the prediction outcomes and the generated weight values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Asurion, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Rhines, Cory Adams, Glen Tregoning, Heather Lee Wilson, Michael Ballou, Christopher Morgan, Nathanial Beck, Richard Reybok, Shawn O'Donnell, Lindsay Thompson
  • T1R3 binding assays
    Patent number: 8802379
    Abstract: Newly identified mammalian taste-cell-specific G protein-coupled receptors, and the genes and cDNA encoding said receptors are described. Specifically, T1R G protein-coupled receptors active in taste signaling, and the genes and cDNA encoding the same, are described, along with methods for isolating such genes and for isolating and expressing such receptors. Methods for representing taste perception of a particular tastant in a mammal are also described, as are methods for generating novel molecules or combinations of molecules that elicit a predetermined taste perception in a mammal, and methods for simulating one or more tastes. Further, methods for stimulating or blocking taste perception in a mammal are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Elliot Adler, Sergey Zozulya, Xiadong Li, Shawn O'Connell, Lena Staszewski
  • Methods of detecting umami tastant-sensitive cells which express heteromeric T1R1/T1R3 receptors
    Patent number: 8802377
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that the T1R receptors assemble to form functional taste receptors. Particularly, it has been discovered that co-expression of T1R1 and T1R3 results in a taste receptor that responds to umami taste stimuli, including monosodium glutamate. Also, it has been discovered that co-expression of the T1R2 and T1R3 receptors results in a taste receptor that responds to sweet taste stimuli including naturally occurring and artificial sweeteners. Also the present invention relates to the use of hetero-oligomeric taste receptors comprising T1R1/T1R3 and T1R2/T1R3 in assays to identify compounds that respectively respond to umami taste stimuli and sweet taste stimuli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Zoller, Xiaodong Li, Lena Staszewski, Shawn O'Connell, Sergey Zozulya, Jon Elliot Adler, Hong Xu, Fernando Echeverri
  • Methods of screening T1R1/T1R3 receptors for compounds that modulate umami taste signaling
    Patent number: 8759015
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that the T1R receptors assemble to form functional taste receptors. Particularly, it has been discovered that co-expression of T1R1 and T1R3 results in a taste receptor that responds to umami taste stimuli, including monosodium glutamate. Also, it has been discovered that co-expression of the T1R2 and T1R3 receptors results in a taste receptor that responds to sweet taste stimuli including naturally occurring and artificial sweeteners. Finally, the invention relates to the discovery that some compounds, e.g., lactisole, inhibit both the activities of human T1R2/T1R3 and T1R1/T1R3 receptors, and accordingly the sweet and umami taste, suggesting that these receptors may be the only sweet and umami receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Zoller, Xiaodong Li, Lena Staszewski, Shawn O'Connell, Sergey Zozulya, Jon Elliot Adler, Hong Xu, Fernando Echeverri
  • Remote Wake Using Signal Characteristics
    Publication number: 20140129859
    Abstract: Disclosures related to waking a sleeping device while minimizing active components needed to receive a remote wakeup request. In one aspect, devices having an RF tuner, may be configured to detect a digital or an analog signal variation or change in RF signal characteristics. Further, the variation or change may be interpreted as a wakeup signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Shawn O'Malley, Whitney Blackmon
  • Assemblies and methods for reducing warp and bow of a flexible substrate during semiconductor processing
    Patent number: 8685201
    Abstract: Methods are described for addressing the bowing and/or warping of flexible substrates, attached to a rigid carrier, which occurs as a result of the thermal challenges of semiconductor processing. In particular, viscoelastic adhesives are provided which can bond a flexible substrate to a rigid carrier and mediate the thermal mismatch which often is present due to the distinctly different materials properties of most flexible substrates, such as plastic films, with respect to rigid carriers, such as silicon wafers. Assemblies are also provided which are produced according to the methods described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Shawn O'Rourke, Douglas Loy, Hanqing Jiang
  • Multi-host concurrent writing to magnetic tape
    Patent number: 8688905
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for storing data on a magnetic tape comprises receiving data from two different hosts and simultaneously writing the data from the hosts to the magnetic tape using multiple transducers. In another approach, a method for storing data on a magnetic tape comprises receiving requests to establish a concurrent reservation from multiple hosts and allocating a unique stripe in a wrap to each of the hosts that sent the requests, wherein the wrap is a collection of data tracks to be written simultaneously in one direction of tape movement by multiple transducers of a tape head, and the wrap is logically divided into the stripes. Also, the method includes receiving data from the hosts and simultaneously writing the data from the hosts to the magnetic tape using the multiple transducers. Other systems and methods concerning storing data on magnetic tapes are described as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn O. Brume, Fahnmusa C. Jangaba, Christine R. Knibloe, David L. Swanson
  • Shaped Removal Device
    Publication number: 20140046359
    Abstract: An obstruction removal device is described having a variable external profile shape comprising one or more smaller profile regions and one or more larger profile regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: MicroVention, Inc.
    Inventors: Heath Bowman, Shawn O'Leary
  • T1R TASTE RECEPTORS AND GENES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20130345092
    Abstract: Newly identified mammalian taste-cell-specific G protein-coupled receptors, and the genes and cDNA encoding said receptors are described. Specifically, T1R G protein-coupled receptors active in taste signaling, and the genes and cDNA encoding the same, are described, along with methods for isolating such genes and for isolating and expressing such receptors. Methods for representing taste perception of a particular taste stimulus in a mammal are also described, as are methods for generating novel molecules or combinations of molecules that elicit a predetermined taste perception in a mammal, and methods for simulating one or more tastes. Further, methods for stimulating or blocking taste perception in a mammal are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Elliot Adler, Xiaodong Li, Lana Staszewski, Shawn O'Connell, Sergey Zozulya
  • Methods of screening T1R1/T1R3 heteromeric receptors for compounds that modulate umami taste signaling
    Patent number: 8603757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that the T1R receptors assemble to form functional taste receptors. Particularly, it has been discovered that co-expression of T1R1 and T1R3 results in a taste receptor that responds to umami taste stimuli, including monosodium glutamate. Also, it has been discovered that co-expression of the T1R2 and T1R3 receptors results in a taste receptor that responds to sweet taste stimuli including naturally occurring and artificial sweeteners. Also the present invention relates to the use of hetero-oligomeric taste receptors comprising T1R1/T1R3 and T1R2/T1R3 in assays to identify compounds that respectively respond to umami taste stimuli and sweet taste stimuli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Zoller, Xiaodong Li, Lena Staszewski, Shawn O'Connell, Sergey Zozulya, Jon Elliot Adler, Hong Xu, Fernando Echeverri
  • T1R HETERO-OLIGOMERIC TASTE RECEPTORS AND CELL LINES THAT EXPRESS SAID RECEPTORS AND USE THEREOF FOR IDENTIFICATION OF TASTE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20130302823
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that the T1R receptors assemble to form functional taste receptors. Particularly, it has been discovered that co-expression of T1R 1 and T1R3 results in a taste receptor that responds to umami taste stimuli, including monosodium glutamate. Also, it has been discovered that co-expression of the T1R2 and T1R3 receptors results in a taste receptor that responds to sweet taste stimuli including naturally occurring and artificial sweeteners. Finally, the invention relates to the discovery that some compounds, e.g., lactisole, inhibit both the activities of human T1R2/T1R3 and T1R1/T1R3 receptors, and accordingly the sweet and umami taste, suggesting that these receptors may be the only sweet and umami receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Mark Zoller, Xiaodong Li, Lena Staszewski, Shawn O'Connell, Sergey Zozulya, Jon Elliot Adler, Hong Xu, Fernando Echeverri
  • Method Of Preparing A Flexible Substrate Assembly And Flexible Substrate Assembly Therefrom
    Publication number: 20130271930
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a method of preparing a flexible substrate assembly. Other embodiments of related methods and structures are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on behalf of Arizo
    Inventors: Jesmin Haq, Scott Ageno, Douglas E. Loy, Shawn O'Rourke, Robert Naujokaitis
  • ADJUSTABLE BUFFER SIZING FOR CONCURRENT WRITING TO TAPE
    Publication number: 20130179607
    Abstract: Data is buffered for concurrent writing to tape. For a magnetic tape drive having a magnetic head with multiple sets of transducers; a drive mechanism configured to pass a magnetic tape past the magnetic head; interfaces from two different hosts; and at least one buffer configured to buffer data; and a control; the buffering comprises receiving data from two different hosts at the interfaces; buffering the received data in separate buffer space of the buffer(s) associated with each host, and adjustably size the separate buffer space for each host in accordance with a data transfer rate of the host associated with the separate buffer space; and concurrently writing data from the separate buffer spaces with the magnetic head to separate partitions of the magnetic tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: SHAWN O. BRUME, FAHNMUSA C. JANGABA
  • Method of preparing a flexible substrate assembly and flexible substrate assembly therefrom
    Patent number: 8481859
    Abstract: Some embodiments teach a method of preparing a flexible substrate assembly. The method can include: (a) providing a carrier substrate; (b) providing a cross-linking adhesive; (c) providing a plastic substrate; and (d) coupling the carrier substrate to the plastic substrate using the cross-linking adhesive. Other embodiments are disclosed in this application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Jesmin Haq, Scott Ageno, Douglas E. Loy, Shawn O'Rourke, Robert Naujokaitis