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Brendan Lafferty, Muff IE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090020432Write element modification control using a galvanic couple - A modification rate at a surface of an anode formed on a substrate is controlled. The anode is connected to a cathode comprised of a material having a higher nobility than the anode. An electrically conductive path is established between the anode and the cathode through an electrolyte to induce formation of an oxide layer at the anode surface that is more resistive to modification than the anode.01-22-2009

Brendan Lafferty, Muff IR

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20110243176INTEGRATING AND ALIGNING LASER CHIPS ON SLIDERS FOR HAMR APPLICATIONS - A method of producing a slider wafer populated with electromagnetic components optically aligned with photonic elements for HAMR applications. Laser chips are transferred from a laser substrate wafer to the slider wafer by a massively parallel printing transfer process. After wafer bonding the laser chips to the slider wafer, the shape and optical alignment of the photonic elements are precisely aligned en masse by lithographic processing.10-06-2011

Donal Lafferty, Cambridge GB

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20090168778EXTENDING COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS - The invention provides a method of transmitting data in a communication network comprising a first node and a second node. The method comprises initiating a communication session according to a first predetermined communication standard, wherein the first predetermined communication standard is a session-based protocol for establishing and controlling media sessions. The method further comprises transmitting from the first node to the second node, within the session, a first message comprising a header portion and a body portion, the header portion being configured according to the first predetermined communication standard. The body portion comprises data configured according to a second communication standard, the second communication standard providing a schema for creating methods of requesting service functions.07-02-2009

Robert Lafferty, Georgetown CA

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20090184847VEHICLE LANE DISCRIMINATION IN AN ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM - A vehicle position determination system for determining the position of a moving vehicle in a multi-lane roadway. Two or more roadway antennas each periodically transmit an identifier that is associated with and unique to the antenna to a transponder located in the moving vehicle. As the moving vehicle passes through the coverage zone of the antennas, the transponder counts the number of times that it receives each unique identifier and reports this information to a roadside controller. Based on this information, the roadside controller can determine a probable location of the moving vehicle. The vehicle location information can be provided to an imaging system to discriminate between transponder and non-transponder equipped vehicles.07-23-2009