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Barry Heffernan, Galway IE
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| 20110266218 | DETERMINING BIOFILM THICKNESS IN A MEMBRANE SUPPORTED BIOFILM REACTOR - A method of assessing biofilm thickness in a membrane supported biofilm reactor (MSBR) of the type comprising a lumen containing a gas phase, a liquid phase, and a gas permeable membrane providing an interface between the gas and liquid phases, the method comprising the steps of charging the lumen with an inert gas, closing the lumen to establish an initial elevated pressure in the lumen, measuring the rate of change of pressure within the lumen, and correlating the rate of change of pressure (dP/dt) with biofilm thickness. The step of correlating dP/dt with biofilm thickness involves correlating dP/dt with the rate of diffusion of the inert gas (dn/dt), correlating dn/dt with an overall mass transfer coefficient (K), correlating K with the mass transfer coefficient of the biofilm (ICB), and correlating kβ with the biofilm thickness. Also described is a membrane supported biofilm reactor (MSBR) of the type comprising a gas permeable membrane providing an interface between a lumen containing a gas phase, and a liquid phase, characterised in that the MSBR comprises means for flushing the lumen with an inert gas, means for closing and re-opening the lumen, and means for detecting intra-membrane pressure within the lumen. The means for detecting intra-membrane pressure is provided by a pressure transducer. | 11-03-2011 |
Darryl James Heffernan, Western Australia AU
Edmond Joseph Heffernan, Sundays Well IE
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| 20090298037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING A PAGE OF A PLURALITY OF PAGES, AND RELAYING THE IDENTITY OF THE PAGE TO A COMPUTER | 12-03-2009 |
Gerard Martin Heffernan, St. John'S CA
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| 20100300861 | PHANTOM POWER SAVER POWER TAP - An apparatus, system and method are disclosed for eliminating phantom power wastage utilizing a power tap. An insulation casing creates a receiving space for a printed circuit board which mounts male blades, female receptacles, phantom power indication and a mechanical electrical switching capability is disclosed. The conductive male blades and female receptacles create a cross pattern for a two pronged power tap that allows miniaturization of the power tap so as to allow full access to adjacent electrical outlets. Switching states include normally open which permits zero power flow and normally closed which permits power indication and allows power to flow from conductive male blades to conductive female receiving receptacles. | 12-02-2010 |
John Francis Steeple Heffernan, Essex GB
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| 20120118404 | APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING AND UPGRADING PIPES - Apparatus for controlling flow of fluid through a pipe, comprising: a housing configured to enclose a portion of a pipe through which fluid flow is to be controlled, the housing comprising: a first part defining a chamber configured to receive the portion of the pipe; and a second part extending from the first part, the second part defining a stowage space adjacent the chamber; a flow control device from a stowed position in the stowage space to an installed position in the chamber for selectively controlling flow through the housing, the flow control device comprising a body having a leading end defining a cutting surface for removing a section of the pipe enclosed by the housing as the flow control device moves from the stowed position to the installed position in order to form an opening in the pipe for receiving the flow control device when in the installed position; and a rotary drive mechanism for moving the flow control device from the stowed position to the installed position in response to a rotary input. | 05-17-2012 |
Jonathan Heffernan, Oxford GB
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| 20090242260 | DEVICE INTERCONNECTS - A method of fabricating a device structure, comprises: forming an insulating layer ( | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090242912 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL TAPE - A method comprises forming elongate structures ( | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100052016 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF SAME - A method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor structure includes disposing a semiconductor substrate in a molecular beam epitaxy reactor; growing a wetting layer comprising Al | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100182294 | SOLID STATE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system comprises at least two light sources ( | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100265976 | SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER STRUCTURE - A III-nitride compound device which has a layer of AlInN ( | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110139209 | METHOD OF GROWING A THIN FILM, A METHOD OF FORMING A STRUCTURE AND A DEVICE - A method of growing a thin film comprises growing a thin film by conformally forming at least one layer over a substrate having structures extending from a surface of the substrate, whereby the or each layer is formed over the surface of the substrate and over the structures extending from the surface. The thickness of the conformal layer, or the sum of the thicknesses of the conformal layers, is at least half the average spacing of the structures, and; at least one of the height of the structures, the average spacing of the structures and the size of the smallest dimension of the structures is set so as to provide an enhanced growth rate for the or each conformal layer (compared to the growth rate over a planar substrate). | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110180824 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DEVICE - A light emitting diode device which includes at least one light emitting diode, a heat-sink chassis having a surface upon which the at least one light emitting diode is mounted, and a waveguide having one end coupled to the at least one light emitting diode for receiving light therefrom. The waveguide has another end which includes a light extraction and redistribution region, and the waveguide is configured to guide light received from the at least one light emitting diode away from the heat-sink chassis and towards the light extraction and redistribution region. The light extraction and redistribution region is configured to extract and redistribute the light from the waveguide. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110186879 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL TAPE - A method comprises forming elongate structures ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110272668 | NANOPARTICLES - The present application provides a light-emissive nitride nanoparticle, for example a nanocrystal, having a photoluminescence quantum yield of at least 1%. This quantum yield is significantly greater than for prior nitride nanoparticles, which have been only weakly emissive and have had poor control over the size of the nanoparticles produced. The nanoparticle includes at least one capping agent provided on a surface of the nitride crystal and containing an electron-accepting group for passivating nitrogen atoms at the surface of the crystal. The invention also provides non-emissive nitride nanoparticles. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120018774 | FABRICATION OF NITRIDE NANOPARTICLES - A method of manufacturing a nitride nanoparticle comprises manufacturing the nitride nanostructure from constituents including: a material containing metal, silicon or boron, a material containing nitrogen, and a capping agent having an electron-accepting group for increasing the quantum yield of the nitride nanostructure. Nitride nanoparticles, for example nitride nanocrystals, having a photoluminescence quantum yield of at least 1%, and up to 20% or greater, may be obtained. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120025139 | II-III-V COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR - The present application provides a new composition of matter in the form of a new compound semiconductor family of the type group Zn-(II)-III-N, where III denotes one or more elements in Group III of the periodic table and (II) denotes one or more optional further elements in Group II of the periodic table. Members of this family include for example, ZnGaN, ZnInN, ZnInGaN, ZnAlN, ZnAlGaN, ZnAlInN or ZnAlGaInN. This type of compound semiconductor material is not previously known in the prior art. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025146 | II-III-N SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - The present application provides nitride semiconductor nanoparticles, for example nanocrystals, made from a new composition of matter in the form of a novel compound semiconductor family of the type group II-III-N, for example ZnGaN, ZnInN, ZnInGaN, ZnAlN, ZnAlGaN, ZnAlInN and ZnAlGaInN. This type of compound semiconductor nanocrystal is not previously known in the prior art. The invention also discloses II-N semiconductor nanocrystals, for example ZnN nanocrystals, which are a subgroup of the group II-III-N semiconductor nanocrystals. | 02-02-2012 |
Jonathan Heffernan, Oxfordshire IE
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| 20100012180 | ENCAPSULATING AND TRANSFERRING LOW DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES - A method of encapsulating low dimensional structures comprises forming a first group ( | 01-21-2010 |
Mark Heffernan, Melbourne AU
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| 20110092572 | MODULATION OF GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR EXPRESSION AND INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR EXPRESSION - Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of growth hormone receptor and/or insulin like growth factor-I (IGF-I). The compositions comprise oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acid encoding growth hormone receptor. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of growth hormone receptor expression and for diagnosis and treatment of disease associated with expression of growth hormone receptor and/or insulin-like growth factor-I are provided. Diagnostic methods and kits are also provided. | 04-21-2011 |
Mark Heffernan, Dublin IE
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| 20100143336 | TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR BINDING EPITOPE AND COMPOSITIONS FOR BINDING THERETO - The present invention relates to the identification of an epitope defined by residues of Toll-like Receptor (2). Targeting a binding compound, such as an antibody to the epitope results in antagonism of Toll-like Receptor (2). Further provided by the invention is the use of polypeptide comprising amino acid residues which form the epitope for use in screening for binding compounds which bind thereto, as well as to polypeptide compound which comprise the amino acid sequences of the epitope for use as vaccine compositions, when the generation of antagonistic antibodies which have binding specificity to Toll-like Receptor (2) are required, for example in the treatment of Toll-like Receptor (2) mediated disease conditions. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100247527 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE - The present invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, in particular rheumatoid arthritis. Compounds which function as antagonists of Toll-like Receptor 2 are shown to suppress the immune response which result in the onset and progression of autoimmune disease. In particular monoclonal antibodies which have a binding specificity to Toll-like receptor 2 are disclosed for use in methods for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of autoimmune disease. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100278817 | COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF RENAL DISEASE - The present invention provides compounds and methods for the treatment and prophylaxis of renal disease and inflammation. In particular the invention provides methods for the treatment of kidney disease and failure through the administration of compounds which function as inhibitors of TLR2 function and expression. | 11-04-2010 |
Mark Heffernan, Dublin 8 IE
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| 20110293601 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF REPERFUSION INJURY AND TISSUE DAMAGE - The present invention provides compounds and methods for the treatment and prophylaxis of ischemia reperfusion injury. In particular the invention provides compounds which function to suppress Toll-like Receptor 2 biological function or expression. | 12-01-2011 |
Michael Heffernan, Ottawa CA
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| 20120102100 | TECHNIQUE FOR ENABLING A PLURALITY OF SOFTWARE COMPONENTS TO COMMUNICATE IN A SOFTWARE COMPONENT MATRIX ENVIRONMENT - A technique for enabling a plurality of software components to communicate in a software component matrix environment is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized by a method for enabling a plurality of software components to communicate in a software component matrix environment comprising the steps of encoding a request at a client side; communicating the request to a server at a server side via a communication interface; comparing the request to a plurality of operations supported at the server side; determining whether a function match exists at the server side; and returning a response comprising the function match to the client side in response to the request via the communication interface wherein the response is mapped to a data model of a client. | 04-26-2012 |
Michael J. Heffernan, Ottawa CA
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| 20090231339 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PRODUCT FOR GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING PROJECT STATUS INFORMATION - Management graphical display computer software and system associated with a project, and method of providing such graphical display to a user is described. The graphical display presents project information in a way that allows the user to view project status and information comprising at least three distinct project attributes in the form of a colored, shaded, or patterned project status triangle. Each vertex on the triangle represents a quantified project attribute measured on a radar graph having three axes, each axis corresponding to one of three project attributes. The optional addition of color, shading, or a pattern to the triangle can be correlated to a fourth quantified project attribute. The resulting unique triangle represents a given project condition in four dimensions. The user can quantitatively compare a reference triangle, such as an average of similar projects, to one or more current status triangles representing current or alternative plans overlaid on the same axes, each status triangle defining a distinct project condition. | 09-17-2009 |
Peter Heffernan, Eastleigh GB
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| 20100211824 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEMORY RETENTION ACROSS RESETS - Systems and methods (“utility”) for providing a computer system with a mechanism to record live data on a continuous basis which may be analyzed subsequent to a fault condition is provided. The utility uses the existing DRAM memory of a computer system as a retentive DRAM (RDRAM) device that may be used to store the data. To accomplish this, software and firmware is provided for continuously refreshing the DRAM memory across resets that are due to fault conditions. Further, non-maskable interrupts (NMI) are used to flag a variety of fault conditions to the computer system. To make the utility platform independent, a standardized power and configuration interface is used to implement a computer system reset that preserves the contents of the RDRAM. | 08-19-2010 |
Stephen Thomas Heffernan, Arundel AU
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| 20100255226 | SELF-SEALING INFLATABLE ARTICLE - A self sealing inflatable article including an inflatable body portion and a neck portion having an opening, a ring member supporting the opening of the article and a plug member for sealing the opening wherein at least a portion of the body portion of the article is invaginated through the opening of the article with the plug member associated with the invaginated portion. | 10-07-2010 |