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David Kearney, Dublin IE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100315303	Folded slotted monopole antenna - A slotted monopole wideband antenna, comprising an insulating rectangular chip mounted on a carrier substrate, said carrier substrate including a feeding structure, and said chip comprising a first side adjacent to said feeding structure, a feed point of the antenna is located near said first side. An electrically conducting lamina is folded over four faces of said insulating chip, said lamina being connected to the feed point at one end, and to ground at another end. At least two slots are formed in an upper section of said folded lamina, said slots having the effect of lowering the principal resonance of said antenna, thereby providing a miniaturized antenna suitable for integration in a mobile wireless communications handset.	12-16-2010

Derek Kearney, Little Hampton GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120125546	SMOKE OR FIRE BARRIER - A twin roller smoke or fire barrier having: two parallel rollers and a curtain comprised of narrow curtain portions rolled on the rollers and arranged along the length of the rollers of alternate rollers with end margins overlapping opposite each other; the barrier including: a mechanism for varying separation of the rollers by at least the change in the overall diameter of one roller and its curtain portions between wound-up and unwound states, the mechanism including: movable supported roller or rollers; whereby in the unwound state of the curtain, the overlapping margins abut or at least are separated by a negligible amount at the rollers.	05-24-2012

Kenneth Anthony Kearney, Downpatrick GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100145202	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE IDENTITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL - A method of determining information concerning the identity of an individual comprising measuring at least one biometric of the individual comprising at least one bio-potential waveform generated by the individual's heart, extracting a plurality of characteristics from the bio-potential waveform comprising any of an approximate location of a point of a P peak, an approximate location of a Q-point of a QRS peak system, an approximate location of an R-point of a QRS peak system, an approximate location of an S-point of a QRS peak system, an approximate location of a point of a T peak, using the characteristics to calculate at least one waveform parameter, comparing at least one calculated waveform parameter with at least one previously-acquired waveform parameter to generate a score, and using the score to determine information concerning the identity of the individual.	06-10-2010

Niall Kearney, Killeagh IE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110121872	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A SYNTHESIZED FREQUENCY SIGNAL - A semiconductor device comprises synthesized frequency generation logic arranged to receive a reference signal, and to generate a synthesized frequency signal from the reference signal. The synthesized frequency generation logic comprises programmable divider logic arranged to receive the reference signal and to generate a divided signal comprising a frequency with a period substantially equal to N times that of the reference signal, where N comprises a programmable integer value. The synthesizer frequency generation logic is arranged to generate the synthesized frequency signal comprising a frequency with a period substantially equal to 1/M that of the divided signal, where M comprises a further programmable integer value.	05-26-2011
20110151804	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A SYNTHESIZED FREQUENCY SIGNAL - A semiconductor device comprises synthesized frequency generation logic arranged to receive a reference signal, and to provide an output frequency signal. The synthesized frequency generation logic comprises divider logic arranged to receive the reference signal and to generate a divided signal comprising a frequency with a period equal to N times that of the reference signal. The synthesized frequency generation logic is further arranged to generate the synthesized frequency signal comprising a frequency with a period equal to 1/M that of the divided signal. The synthesized frequency generation logic comprises or is operably coupled to decision logic module and comprises or is operably coupled to a switching logic module such that the decision logic module is arranged to determine whether a near-integer spur arises in using the synthesized frequency signal, and configures the switching logic module to select the synthesized frequency signal in response thereto.	06-23-2011
20110260761	TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION IN A PHASE-LOCKED LOOP - An integrated circuit comprises a digital phase-locked loop for a wireless communications unit. The digital phase-locked loop comprises a voltage controlled oscillator and a digital tuning subsystem. An input of the digital tuning subsystem receives the output signal from the voltage controlled oscillator, and an output of the digital tuning subsystem is supplied to the voltage controlled oscillator. A digital voltage generator is adapted to store at least two predetermined forcing voltages. The digital voltage generator is adapted to select one of the at least two predetermined forcing voltages, in dependence on a current temperature value, and to supply it as a forcing voltage to an input of the voltage controlled oscillator, prior to the phase locked loop achieving lock. A wireless communication unit and a method of tuning a phase-locked loop are also provided.	10-27-2011

Niall Kearney, Dublin IE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100097110	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UNIT, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPRISING A VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR - A wireless communication unit comprises a frequency generation circuit employing a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit comprising a voltage controlled oscillator having a modulation port for directly modulating a signal output from the voltage controlled oscillator. The voltage controlled oscillator is operably coupled to at least one switch and a capacitor bank comprising one or more varactors. A controller is arranged to switch in one or more varactors associated with the modulation port of the phase locked loop circuit to provide an inverse cubic relationship to the direct modulated signal.	04-22-2010

Niall K. Kearney, Dublin IE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090001518	Varactor - A varactor comprising a first layer separated from a second layer by an insulating layer, wherein the first layer is a first type of semiconductor material and the second layer is a second type of semiconductor material and the insulation layer is arranged to allow an accumulation region to be formed in the first layer and second layer when a positive bias is applied to the first layer and the second layer and a depletion region to be formed in the first layer and second layer when a negative bias is applied to the first layer and the second layer.	01-01-2009

Paul Kearney, Cork IE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100283643	SIMULTANEOUS SAMPLING ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - The invention is a novel scheme of performing an analog to digital conversion of simultaneous sampled analog inputs using multiple sample and hold circuits and a single successive approximation analog to digital converter (“SAR ADC”). Each of the analog inputs are stored on capacitors in the sample and hold circuits, and the sample and holds are sequentially connected to the capacitor DAC. After the digital conversion of the of the input signals stored on a sample and hold, the connected sample and hold is disconnected and the charge on the DAC is reset before the next sample and hold circuit is connected. The process is repeated until all analog inputs have been converted.	11-11-2010

Paul E. Kearney, Montreal CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100183630	Tat-005 and Methods of Assessing and Treating Cancer - Surprisingly, the present inventors have discovered that expression of TAT-005 protein in human patients is associated with cancer, and that the over-expressed protein is present in plasma membrane fractions. Thus, the present inventors have discovered that TAT-005 is associated with abnormal development and growth, and may be useful as a target for the identification of anti-cancer com\ pounds, including antibodies for use in immunotherapy. Accordingly, the present invention provides methods for the identification of compounds that inhibit TAT-005 expression or activity, comprising: contacting a candidate compound with a TAT-005 and detecting the presence or absence of binding between said compound and said TAT-005, or detecting a change in TAT-005 expression or activity. Methods are also included for the identification of compounds that modulate TAT-005 expression or activity, comprising: administering a compound to a cell or cell population, and detecting a change in TAT-005 expression or activity. The methods of the invention are useful for the identification of anti-cancer compounds.	07-22-2010

Paul J. Kearney, Felixstowe GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090122970	Authentication Apparatus - An authentication device for fitting at the entrance to a property includes an externally facing interface including a speaker and a microphone; an internally facing interface comprising a speaker, a microphone and a keypad; and a processing unit including electrical interfaces to both the internally and externally facing interfaces and to a telephone unit. The internally facing keypad includes a button which permits a user to cause the processing unit to initiate a call using the telephone unit to a remote voice verification centre via the telephone unit and the PSTN to which it is interfaced when in use (via standard telephone socket). The processing unit is additionally operable to communicate audio signals between the remote voice verification centre and at least the externally facing interface (i.e. the speaker and microphone thereof), whereby a visitor may be remotely verified by the remote voice verification centre before the householder grants the visitor admission to the property.	05-14-2009

Peter Xavier Kearney, Fridingen DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110056804	SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING AN ARTICLE USING VORTEX SUCTION UNITS - A system for conveying an article along a transfer path includes at least a first and a second vortex suction unit disposed in sequence in a direction of the transfer path. A conveyor is configured to support the article relative to at least one of the suction units and a main controller is configured to separately control the vortex suction units so as to convey the article along the transfer path using the conveyor.	03-10-2011
20120086163	STACK FEEDING AERATION DEVICE AND METHOD - An aeration device adapted to aerate one or more sheets of a stack of sheets includes a side blower configured to selectively provide an air stream at an outlet thereof along an airstream direction so as to impinge against at least a portion of the stack. A height detecting device is configured to detect a height of an uppermost sheet of the stack. A side blower adjustment device is configured to adjust a height of the side blower and/or an angle of the airstream direction so as to track, by the air stream, the uppermost sheet of the stack based on an input from the height detecting device.	04-12-2012

Peter Xavier Kearney, Friding DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110272877	VORTEX SUCTION SEPARATOR DEVICE - A system for separating an article from the outer part of a stack and conveying it along a transfer path includes a stack assembly configured to receive a stack of articles. A mounting assembly including at least one vortex suction unit is disposed so as to face the stack of articles at least one of a leading edge and a trailing edge thereof. The vortex suction unit includes a conveyor configured to transport an article from the stack.	11-10-2011

Phil Kearney, Au-Picton AU

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100004320	Pharmaceutical Composition - The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising short single stranded oligonucleotides, of length of between 8 and 17 nucleobases which are complementary to human microRNAs. The short oligonucleotides are particularly effective at alleviating miRNA repression in vivo. It is found that the incorporation of high affinity nucleotide analogues into the oligonucleotides results in highly effective anti-microRNA molecules which appear to function via the formation of almost irreversible duplexes with the miRNA target, rather than RNA cleavage based mechanisms, such as mechanisms associated with RNaseH or RISC.	01-07-2010

Phil Kearney, New South Wales AU

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100286234	Pharmaceutical Composition Comprising Anti-Mirna Antisense Oligonucleotides - The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising short single stranded oligonucleotides, of length of between 8 and 26 nucleobases which are complementary to human microRNAs selected from the group consisting of miR19b, miR21, miR122a, miR155 and miR375. The short oligonucleotides are particularly effective at alleviating miRNA repression in vivo. It is found that the incorporation of high affinity nucleotide analogues into the oligonucleotides results in highly effective anti-microRNA molecules which appear to function via the formation of almost irreversible duplexes with the miRNA target, rather than RNA cleavage based mechanisms, such as mechanisms associated with RNaseH or RISC.	11-11-2010

Phil Kearney, Picton AU

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120083596	Pharmaceutical Composition - The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising short single stranded oligonucleotides, of length of between 8 and 17 nucleobases which are complementary to human microRNAs. The short oligonucleotides are particularly effective at alleviating miRNA repression in vivo. It is found that the incorporation of high affinity nucleotide analogues into the oligonucleotides results in highly effective anti-microRNA molecules which appear to function via the formation of almost irreversible duplexes with the miRNA target, rather than RNA cleavage based mechanisms, such as mechanisms associated with RNaseH or RISC.	04-05-2012

Robert Kearney, Montreal CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090149334	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING LIQUID INSIDE INDIVIDUAL CHANNELS IN A MULTI-CHANNEL PLATE - There is provided a method of measuring properties of a liquid contained in individual wells inside a multi-well array, the method comprising steps of providing capacitor electrodes in the multi-well array, the electrodes adapted to detect a capacitance value of each one of the individual wells without interference of neighboring wells, measuring a capacitance inside each one of the individual wells, and using the capacitance measurements to calculate at least one property of the liquid contained in each one of the individual wells. There is further provided an apparatus for measuring properties of a liquid contained in individual wells inside a multi-well array, and a method of controlling quality of liquid handling task that is repeated across a set of individual wells inside a multi-well array.	06-11-2009

Trevor Neil Kearney, Victoria AU

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110164945	BLIND RIVET AND A METHOD OF JOINING THEREWITH - The invention relates to blind rivets and to methods of joining therewith. The method of the invention is suitable for joining two or more workpieces with a blind rivet. The method includes the first step of positioning a blind rivet at a point of overlap of two or more workpieces, the blind rivet including a rivet body and a mandrel. The next step involves rotating the mandrel about a longitudinal axis thereof and contacting the mandrel with the overlapping workpieces, wherein the mandrel is rotated at a speed to cause plasticization of the overlapping workpieces. The method then involves causing the mandrel to penetrate through the plasticized overlapping workpieces and form an aperture therethrough. A further step of the method involves capturing a portion of the overlapping workpieces that is displaced upon the penetration of the mandrel and securing the rivet body within the aperture to join the overlapping workpieces. The invention also includes a workpiece penetrating and joining blind rivet. The blind rivet includes a rivet body including a shank having a first end, a second end and an axial passage extending through the shank between the first and second ends. Also included is a mandrel including a shaft positioned within the axial passage and a head at one end of the shaft for contacting a workpiece wherein the mandrel is configured so that when contacting the workpiece, being rotated about a longitudinal axis thereof at a speed to cause plasticization of the workpiece and being caused to penetrate through the plasticized workpiece the mandrel cores a portion of the plasticised workpiece, displaces the portion from the workpiece and forms an aperture in the workpiece.	07-07-2011