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Benjamin Marc O'Brien, Auckland NZ
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| 20110101823 | ACTUATOR - The invention provides an actuator for an electric motor and an electric motor including said actuator. The actuator includes one or more body formed from a dielectric elastomer, each body having at least one active region that is directly or indirectly coupled to a drive means. The active regions are arranged such that, in use, actuation thereof causes driven means to move with components in at least first and second directions, preferably within a plane of the body. | 05-05-2011 |
Chris O'Brien, Sylvania AU
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| 20100192786 | COMPACTING MACHINE - A compacting machine ( | 08-05-2010 |
Colm O'Brien, County Limerick IE
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| 20100317734 | FREE FATTY ACID BLENDS AND USE THEREOF - An antimicrobial composition comprising a blend of two or more natural free fatty acids derivable from milk serum lipid, the free fatty acids being selected from: butyric (C4); caproic (C6); caprylic (C8); capric (C10); lauric (C12); myristic (C14); palmitic (C 16): palmitoleic 5 (C16:1); stearic (C1 8); oleic (C18:1); linoleic (Cl 8:2); linolenic (C18:3); and esterified derivatives thereof, and a milk, protein as an emulsifying agent for the free fatty acids wherein at least 35% of the total lipid content comprises free fatty acids selected from one or more of: butyric, caproic, caprylic, capric and lauric. | 12-16-2010 |
Daniel O'Brien, Grenoble FR
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| 20110248581 | MAGNETIC ACTUATION METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention relates to a magnetic actuation method according to which a magnetised mobile ( | 10-13-2011 |
David Sean O'Brien, Redland Bay AU
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| 20100015697 | MICRO-FLUIDIC CELL MANIPULATION AND HOLDING DEVICE - A micro-fluidic manipulation device is formed using a plastic material or glass. There is at least one well in the device. The well has a base and a side wall and is dimensioned to receive a cell. There is at least one base fluid port in the base of the well and side fluid ports in the side wall. Each of the base fluid port and the side fluid ports are of a cross sectional area to prevent a cell passing therethrough. Selected flow of fluid through the base port in use assists in supporting a cell in the well and selected flow of fluid through the base port and the side ports in use assists in rotating the cell in the well. The well can have a retention section and a loading section, the loading section being above and larger than the retention section. The loading section can have a loading channel extending to it or alternatively an access hatch. The side fluid ports open into a lower region of the loading section. | 01-21-2010 |
Desmond John O'Brien, County Cork IE
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| 20100026187 | LUMINAIRE DRIVE CIRCUIT - A luminaire drive circuit ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100085748 | DISPLAY CASE LUMINAIRES - A display case luminaire ( | 04-08-2010 |
Errol O'Brien, Queensland AU
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| 20080272035 | System for Water Treatment - A system for water treatment comprising a first treatment area for receiving waste water and aerating the waste water to enhance aerobic bacterial treatment of waste water, a second treatment area for receiving waste water from the first treatment area and circulating waste water within it to enhance bacterial treatment of waste water, a third treatment area configured to receive waste water from the second treatment area and including a filter having at least one membrane for filtering the waste water to substantially remove particulate matter of a predetermined size, an outlet connected to the filter and configured to output filtered waste water from the filter and a transfer means for transferring waste water from the third treatment area to the first treatment area. | 11-06-2008 |
Fergal J. O'Brien, Dublin IE
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| 20120015003 | Layered Scaffold Suitable for Osteochondral Repair - The invention relates to a method for producing a multi-layer collagen scaffold. The method generally comprises the steps of: preparing a first suspension of collagen and freezing or lyophilising the suspension to provide a first layer; optionally preparing a further suspension of collagen and adding the further suspension onto the layer formed in the previous step to form a further layer, and freezing or lyophilising the layers, wherein when the layer formed in the previous step is formed by lyophilisation the lyophilised layer is re-hydrated prior to addition of the next layer; optionally, repeating the aforementioned step to form one or more further layers; and preparing a final suspension of collagen and pouring the final suspension onto the uppermost layer to form a final layer, and freeze-drying the layers to form the multilayer collagen composite scaffold. | 01-19-2012 |
Fergal Joseph O'Brien, Dublin IE
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| 20100158976 | COLLAGEN/HYDROXYAPATITE COMPOSITE SCAFFOLD, AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A process for producing a collagen/hydroxyapatite (HA) composite scaffold comprises the steps of forming a homogenous suspension of collagen and HA in an acidic solution, lyophilising the suspension until a desired final freezing temperature is reached to produce the composite scaffold, and optionally cross-linking the composite scaffold, wherein the ratio of HA to collagen is at least 1:10 (w/w). Also provided is a collagen/hydroxyapatite (HA) composite scaffold comprising a homogenous distribution of hydroxyapatite within a porous, crosslinked, collagen matrix, wherein the ratio of HA to collagen is at least 1:10 (w/w). Suitably, the composite scaffold has a porosity of at least 99% (v/v), and a compressive stiffness of at least 0.3 KPa. Composite scaffolds of the invention may be used to provide osteoconductive bone implants and tissue engineering implants. | 06-24-2010 |
Holly Obrien, Oxnard, CA US
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| 20110297482 | Ladder Step Attachment Device - A ladder step attachment made of a single, unitary piece of extruded aluminum having no moving parts. The attachment has a horizontal standing surface improved with a gripping surface, the standing surface having two notches for engaging the rails of a ladder and extending partially between the ladder rails. A lip connected to the standing surface presents a resilient member to abut the back side of the rung. A substantially tube-shaped support has a tube wall. One part of the tube wall shares a portion of the standing surface and another part of the tube wall engages the ladder's rails. A bend at the top of the rail engaging tube wall separates that portion of the tube wall from a substantially vertical portion of tube wall above the bend to facilitate removal. | 12-08-2011 |
James Aiden O'Brien, C. Cork IE
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| 20110206854 | Pack of lubricant wipes | 08-25-2011 |
Jason Trevor O'Brien, Queensland AU
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| 20110302973 | SULPHUR-CONTAINING FERTILIZERS AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF - Process for the manufacture of sulphur-containing fertilizer compositions, comprising the steps of: a} providing a slurry of at least one phosphate-based fertilizer material selected from the group consisting of ammonium phosphates, ammonium phosphate based nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK) compounds, super phosphates and partially acidulated phosphate rocks; b) bringing said slurry into contact with at least one anionic surfactant and elemental sulphur; c) introducing the mixture obtained in step b} into a granulator unit in order to obtain granules of the fertilizer composition, wherein the at least one phosphate-based fertilizer material is present in an amount in the range of at least 50 wt. %, the elemental sulphur is present in an amount in the range of from 1 to 25 wt. % and the anionic surfactant is present in an amount in the range of from 0.001 to 3 wt. % based on the overall weight of the fertilizer composition. The present invention also provides a fertilizer composition. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110302975 | SULPHUR-CONTAINING FERTILIZERS AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF - According to the present invention, there is provided a process for the manufacture of sulphur-containing fertilizer compositions, said process comprising the steps of: a) providing a slurry of at least one phosphate-based fertilizer material selected from the group consisting of ammonium phosphates, ammonium phosphate based nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK) compounds, super phosphates and partially acidulated phosphate rocks; b} bringing said slurry into contact with at least one surfactant and elemental sulphur; and c) introducing the mixture obtained in step b) into a granulator unit in order to obtain granules of the fertilizer composition, wherein the elemental sulphur is present in an amount in the range of form 1 to 25 wt. %, based on the total weight of the fertilizer composition The present invention also provides a fertilizer composition. | 12-15-2011 |
John Philip Obrien, Oxford, PA US
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| 20080287651 | Silk Thread Containing Spider Thread Protein and Silk Worm Producing the Silk Thread - A transgenic silkworm having transferred therein a gene which encodes spider thread protein having desired properties of high strength and high elasticity while leaving the silkworm fibroin H chain gene intact, by means of utilizing a transposon function, is used to produce in the transgenic silkworm a spider thread protein having the desired properties without lowering the strength or elasticity of silk thread produced by the transgenic silkworm, thereby providing hybrid silk of spider and silk threads having the desired properties. | 11-20-2008 |
Michael P. Obrien, Manasquan, NJ US
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| 20090030693 | AUTOMATED NEAR-END DISTORTION DETECTION FOR VOICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - In one embodiment, a method for providing voice quality assurance is provided. The method determines voice information for an end point in a voice communication system. The voice information may be from an ingress microphone. The method determines if the voice quality is considered degraded based on an analysis of the voice information. For example, the voice information may indicate that it is distorted, too loud, too soft, is subject to an external noise, etc. Feedback information is determined if the voice quality is considered degraded where the feedback information designed to improve voice quality at an ingress point for a user speaking. The feedback information is then outputted at the end point to the user using the end point. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090074012 | BUFFERING A MEDIA STREAM - An apparatus and method of buffering a media stream is provided. The method may comprise receiving a plurality of IP packets of the media stream, each packet providing a fragment of a portion of the media stream. Thereafter, the portion of media stream may be buffered in a jitter buffer using the fragments provided by the received packets. Further, the portion of the media stream may be buffered in a replay buffer using the fragments provided by the received packets. The replay buffer may be larger than the jitter buffer and a first received fragment and a second received fragment may be combined. The second received fragment may have been discarded by the jitter buffer. A media stream may then be played back using media from the replay and/or jitter buffer. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20100135481 | ECHO MITIGATION IN A CONFERENCE CALL - In an example embodiment, an example method is provided for echo mitigation in a conference call. In this method, a test audio signal is transmitted to a conference endpoint and as a result, an echo associated with the transmittal of the test audio signal is received. One or more parameters of the echo are then identified and an echo mitigation process is selected from multiple echo mitigation processes based on the identified parameters. The selected echo mitigation process is then applied. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20110090798 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TROUBLESHOOTING IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example method is provided and includes identifying a change in header information within a packet of a communication flow. The change in header information reflects a predetermined type of header change that signifies a degradation condition for the communication flow. The method also includes changing a header field within an outgoing frame to initiate a trace through a network path. Diagnostic data associated with the communication flow can be collected. In more particular embodiments, the changing of the header field includes changing an Ethernet header field for a layer two frame, or changing an Internet Protocol (IP) header field for a layer three frame. Changing of the header field can also include changing a field within an outgoing layer three header to identify an IP socket associated with the communication flow. The change to the header field can be propagated by network elements along the network path. | 04-21-2011 |
Michael William O'Brien, Co Cork IE
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| 20120020392 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NETWORK ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR ANTENNA ARRAY CALIBRATION - A network element for a wireless communication system is locatable to couple at least one base station to an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements. The network element comprises a plurality of independent transceiver circuits coupled to at least one of a plurality of respective antenna elements of the antenna array; and logic arranged to apply at least one complex digital signal to at least one transceiver signal path of a transceiver circuit of the plurality of independent transceiver circuits. A feedback path is arranged to provide feedback of the at least one complex digital signal such that it is capable of facilitating determination of latency mismatch error response between at least two transceiver signal paths. Adjustment means comprises delay logic arranged to receive a complex digital signal and provide a modified representation of the received complex digital signal in response to the latency mismatch error response of the at least two transceiver signal path. | 01-26-2012 |
Pamela O'Brien, Dublin IE
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| 20080213815 | DIAGNOSING BREAST CANCER BY SEPRASE LEVEL - A method of diagnosing subjects for breast cancer comprising the steps of (a) establishing the seprase level of a subjects test material and (b) determining those subjects with seprase levels above about 0.0008 nmoles.min | 09-04-2008 |
Paul O'Brien, Melbourne AU
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| 20110270024 | SELF-ADJUSTING GASTRIC BAND HAVING VARIOUS COMPLIANT COMPONENTS - In some embodiments, the present invention generally provides self-adjusting gastric banding systems for the treatment of obesity and obesity related conditions, as well as systems for allowing the automatic self-adjustment of gastric bands when a patient swallows a large bolus. In some embodiments, the present invention generally provides for gastric banding systems having a satiety booster, for example, to increase satiety levels when a patient desires to curb appetite at a particular time. In some embodiments, the present invention may provide for gastric banding systems that allow for both the automatic self-adjustment of gastric bands when a patient swallows a large bolus and an incorporated satiety booster for increasing satiety levels when a patient desires to curb appetite at a particular time. | 11-03-2011 |
Philip Patrick Peter O'Brien, Duncormick IE
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| 20100032378 | EFFLUENT TREATMENT PROCESS - According to the invention there is provided a tertiary effluent treatment process for reducing the phosphate levels in effluent. The process comprises the steps of delivering effluent from a wastewater treatment plant to a primary filter, delivering the filtered effluent to a series of two or more phosphate removal filters, delivering the filtered phosphate-depleted effluent to a treated water tank as treated water, delivering the filtered phosphate-depleted effluent from the treated water tank to a discharge tank as treated water; and, discharging the treated water from the discharge tank as required. Each phosphate removal filter comprises a plurality of polymer-based beads having nano-particles of iron oxide coated thereon. The advantage of using a series of two or more phosphate removal filters is that the process can deliver a final effluent containing specific pre-determined levels of phosphate that may be as low as 0.01 mg/L of effluent, but will in all cases be below 1 mg/L. The series of two or more filters also allow the process to accommodate variations in the phosphate content of the effluent without affecting the level of phosphate in the discharge, and, the system can be retro-fit to the end of any type of existing waste water treatment plant or can be integrated into a new facility. | 02-11-2010 |
Raymond O'Brien, Ardnacrusha IE
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| 20110249675 | Telecommunication systems - A telecommunications system having a format converter provides bi-directional communications between TDM signals on one side and ATM signals on the other. An ATM aggregate receives and transmits ATM signals, and a TDM interface receives and transmits TDM signals. The format converter has an ATM bus and a TDM bus connected to their respective interfaces, and service-specific adapters are connected between the ATM bus and the TDM bus. | 10-13-2011 |
Rob Obrien, Ajax CA
Stephen Gerard O'Brien, Victoria AU
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| 20110094539 | FUEL AND FUEL TANK TREATMENT - Liquid hydrocarbon storage tanks are cleaned by transferring the most contaminated lower fuel layer to an external vessel on a treatment truck where separation into a contaminants portion and a fuel portion occurs. The remnant fuel in the storage tank is cleaned by multiple passes through an external circuit on the truck. The fuel from the vessel is sometimes returned to the remnant fuel to be cleaned. The contaminants are discarded. The initial separation shortens the cleaning cycle. A flexible dip tube stiffened by a guide rod allows probing of the storage tank floor. | 04-28-2011 |
Timothy C. O'Brien, North South Wales AU
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| 20080263981 | Concrete Expansion Joint Forming Device - In one aspect of the present invention there is provided an expansion joint strip support module | 10-30-2008 |