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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Dec. 13)
[December 13, 2013]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Dec. 13)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Distributing Video with Offload Engine ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,605,712) developed by Hossein Eslambolchi, Los Altos Hills, Calif., and Mostafa Tofighbakhsh, Cupertino, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for distributing video with offload engine." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2005 (11/284,017). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=46&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/GA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.



*** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,605,862) developed by seven co-inventors for a "digital X-ray detector with increased dynamic range." The co-inventors are Paul Richard Granfors, Berkeley, Calif., John Robert Lamberty, Oconomowoc, Wis., Richard Gordon Cronce, Waukesha, Wis., Ping Xue, Pewaukee, Wis., Marc Schaepkens, Clifton Park, N.Y., Aaron Judy Couture, Schenectady, N.Y., and Douglas Albagli, Clifton Park, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2010 (12/891,016). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=152&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.


*** Tweedletech Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Tweedletech, Ann Arbor, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,602,857) developed by Theodore Morichau-Beauchant, Sevres, France, and Michel Martin Maharbiz, El Cerrito, Calif., for an "intelligent board game system with visual marker based game object tracking and identification." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2011 (13/233,936). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=69&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/MI Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Adding Teleconference Caller to Group Instant Messaging Chat ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,605,882) developed by four co-inventors for "adding a teleconference caller to a group instant messaging chat." The co-inventors are Kelly Abuelsaad, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Kulvir S. Bhogal, Fort Worth, Texas, Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, and Soobaek Jang, Hamden, Conn.

The patent application was filed on May 18, 2012 (13/474,951). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=150&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nike Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Nike, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,602,946) developed by four co-inventors for an "athleticism rating and performance measuring system." The co-inventors are Rodolfo Chapa Jr., Portland, Ore., Hamid G. Arjomand, Tigard, Ore., Adam C. Braun, Portland, Ore., and Andrew Bark, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 24, 2011 (13/168,731). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=16&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28%22OR%22.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/OR&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/OR Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Medtronic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Medtronic, Fridley, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,603,161) developed by Michael J. Drews, Palo Alto, Calif., Donnell W. Gurskis, Belmont, Calif., and Steven R. Bacich, Half Moon Bay, Calif., for an "attachment device and methods of using the same." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2009 (12/498,195). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=42&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/MN Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ribbon Labs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Ribbon Labs, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,605,094) developed by Anthony Alfaro, Garden Grove, Calif., Austen Boyd, New York, and Robert Palmer, Gateshead, United Kingdom, for a "graphical display of locations." The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2012 (13/572,962). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=170&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Leviton Manufacturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Leviton Manufacturing, Melville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,605,091) developed by Colin Bradbury, San Diego, and Carlos Ramirez, Chula Vista, Calif., for an "enhanced power distribution unit with self-orienting display." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2008 (12/106,199). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=172&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Zimmer Spine Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Zimmer Spine, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,603,145) developed by four co-inventors for "coaxially lockable poly-axial bone fastener assemblies." The co-inventors are Charles R. Forton, Leander, Texas, Larry T. Khoo, Studio City, Calif., Peter Thomas Miller, Austin, Texas, and Ryan Carter Harvey, Bordeaux, France.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2008 (12/336,404). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=44&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/MN Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Merck Sharp & Dohme Assigned Patent for Modulators of Cell Cycle Checkpoints ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,603,998) developed by five co-inventors for "modulators of cell cycle checkpoints and their use in combination with checkpoint kinase inhibitors." The co-inventors are Timothy J. Guzi, Sudbury, Mass., David A. Parry, Mountain View, Calif., Marc A. Labroli, Moorestown, N.J., Michael D. Dwyer, Scotch Plains, N.J., and Kamil Paruch, Tisnov, Czech Republic.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2008 (12/744,021). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=68&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NJ Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** American Vehicular Sciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- American Vehicular Sciences, Frisco, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,604,932) developed by David S. Breed, Miami Beach, Fla., Wendell C. Johnson, Wilmington, Calif., and Wilbur E. DuVall, Branson West, Mo., for a "driver fatigue monitoring system and method." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2008 (12/341,559). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=92&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/TX Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Smith & Nephew, University of Pennsylvania Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Smith & Nephew, Memphis, Tenn., and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, have been assigned a patent (8,603,178) developed by eight co-inventors for "knee prostheses with convex portion on tibial lateral articular surface." The co-inventors are Jason Otto, Memphis, Tenn., Brian McKinnon, Bartlett, Tenn., Dean Hughes, Memphis, Tenn., Michael Ries, Tiburon, Calif., Jan Victor, Brugge, Belgium, Johan Bellemans, Langdorp, Belgium, Johnathan Garino, Villanova, Pa., and Timothy Wilton, Duffield, United Kingdom.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2010 (12/952,859). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=9&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28TN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/TN&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/TN Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,604,829) developed by Xin Liu, El Dorado Hills, Calif., and Arvind Bomdica, Fremont, Calif., for a "low-power wide-tuning range common-mode driver for serial interface transmitters." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2011 (13/227,250). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=99&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/TX Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,604,897) developed by Alexandre Bratkovski, Mountain View, Calif., and Wei Wu, Mountain View, Calif., for "metamaterial-based devices and methods for fabricating the same." The patent application was filed on July 26, 2007 (11/881,287). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=93&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/TX Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** TargeGen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- TargeGen, Bridgewater, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,604,042) developed by 10 co-inventors for "bi-aryl meta-pyrimidine inhibitors of kinases." The co-inventors are Glenn Noronha, Seattle, Chi Ching Mak, San Diego, Jianguo Cao, San Diego, Joel Renick, San Diego, Andrew McPherson, San Diego, Binqi Zeng, San Diego, Ved P. Pathak, San Diego, Daniel L. Lohse, Silvis, Ill., John D. Hood, San Diego, and Richard M. Soll, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2010 (12/862,517). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=63&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NJ Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Low Noise, Low Dropout Regulators ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,604,762) developed by Bertan Bakkaloglu, Scottsdale, Ariz., Bhaskar Aravind, Plano, Texas, and Siew K. Hoon, Menlo Park, Calif., for "low noise, low dropout regulators." The patent application was filed on May 25, 2007 (11/754,101). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=103&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/TX Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Atritech Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Atritech, Plymouth, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,603,108) developed by four co-inventors for a "method of closing an opening in a wall of the heart." The co-inventors are Chad C. Roue, Fremont, Calif., Andrew G.C. Frazier, Sunnyvale, Calif., Michael D. Lesh, Mill Valley, Calif., and Erik J. van der Burg, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 22, 2012 (13/477,404). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=45&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/MN Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Smith & Nephew Assigned Patent for Electrosurgical Power Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Smith & Nephew, Memphis, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (8,603,082) developed by four co-inventors for an electrosurgical power control. The co-inventors are Douglas Lorang, Ripon, Calif., Kobi Iki, San Carlos, Calif., Mathew Mitchell, Pelham, N.H., and Karen Drucker, Danville, N.H.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2012 (13/705,836). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=10&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28TN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/TN&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/TN Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Infinity Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,604,032) developed by six co-inventors for "chemical compounds, compositions and methods for kinase modulation." The co-inventors are Pingda Ren, San Diego, Yi Liu, San Diego, Liansheng Li, San Diego, Katrina Chan, San Diego, Alfredo C. Castro, Winchester, Mass., and Catherine A. Evans, Somerville, Mass.

The patent application was filed on May 20, 2011 (13/112,611). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,04,032.PN.&OS=PN/86,04,032&RS=PN/86,04,032 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** USAF Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force has been assigned a patent (8,604,184) developed by four co-inventors for a chemically programmable immunity. The co-inventors are Kary B. Mullis, Corona del Mar, Calif., Jeevalatha Vivekananda, San Antonio, Johnathan Lloyd Kiel, Universal City, Texas, and Ronald M. Cook, Novato, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 5, 2010 (12/774,194). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,04,184.PN.&OS=PN/86,04,184&RS=PN/86,04,184 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Harvard College Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,604,004) developed by nine co-inventors for "moenomycin analogs, methods of synthesis, and uses thereof." The co-inventors are Daniel Kahne, Brookline, Mass., Suzanne Walker Kahne, Brookline, Mass., Masaatsu Adachi, Nagoya, Japan, Emma Doud, Cambridge, Mass., Shinichiro Fuse, Gumma, Japan, Xiaonan Lin, Mendota Heights, Minn., Yi Zhang, San Diego, Hirokazu Tsukamoto, Cambridge, Mass., and Bohdan Ostash, L'viv, Ukraine.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2008 (12/681,052). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,04,004.PN.&OS=PN/86,04,004&RS=PN/86,04,004 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Harvard College Assigned Patent for Lateral Flow and Flow-through Bioassay Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,603,832) developed by 11 co-inventors for "lateral flow and flow-through bioassay devices based on patterned porous media, methods of making same, and methods of using same." The co-inventors are George M. Whitesides, Newton, Mass., Scott T. Phillips, Cambridge, Mass., Andreas W. Martinez, Cambridge, Mass., Manish J. Butte, Boston, Amy Wong, Saratoga, Calif., Samuel W. Thomas, Boston, Hayat Sindi, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Sarah J. Vella, Ontario, Canada, Emanuel Carrilho, Chestnut Hill, Mass., Katherine A. Mirica, Waltham, Mass., and Yanyan Liu, Cambridge, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2012 (13/730,028). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,03,832.PN.&OS=PN/86,03,832&RS=PN/86,03,832 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Device Ticket-Based Personalization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,607,343) developed by four co-inventors for "securely installing and booting software of a device to run according to ticket-based personalization." The co-inventors are Jason D. Gosnell, San Francisco, Michael Brouwer, San Jose, Calif., Tahoma Toelkes, San Jose, Calif., and Jerrold V. Hauck, Windermere, Fla.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2011 (13/246,802). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8607343.PN.&OS=PN/8607343&RS=PN/8607343 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Twisted Track Interferometer ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,606,341) developed by five co-inventors for a "twisted track interferometer for producing magic states." The co-inventors are Parsa Bonderson, Santa Barbara, Calif., Lukasz Fidkowski, Santa Barbara, Calif., Michael Freedman, Santa Barbara, Calif., Roman Lutchyn, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Chetan Nayak, Santa Barbara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2011 (13/337,378). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,06,341.PN.&OS=PN/86,06,341&RS=PN/86,06,341 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,606,592) developed by nine co-inventors for "methods and systems for monitoring bioactive agent use." The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 7, 2008 (12/217,620). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,06,592.PN.&OS=PN/86,06,592&RS=PN/86,06,592 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Janssen Biotech, Immunogen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Janssen Biotech, Radnor, Pa., and Immunogen, Cambridge, Mass., have been assigned a patent (8,603,483) developed by five co-inventors for "anti-integrin immunoconjugates, methods and uses." The co-inventors are Qiming Chen, Collegeville, Pa., Mohit Trikha, San Mateo, Calif., Robert J. Lutz, Wayland, Mass., Rita M. Steeves, Stoneham, Mass., and Godfrey Amphlett, Cambridge, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2005 (11/290,249). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,03,483.PN.&OS=PN/86,03,483&RS=PN/86,03,483 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,606,760) developed by 10 co-inventors for "configuring a data protection system." The co-inventors are Brian M. Wahlert, Bellevue, Wash., Mike Jazayeri, Kirkland, Wash., Catharine Van Ingen, Berkeley, Calif., Brian T. Berkowitz, Seattle, Nikhil Vijay Chandhok, Seattle, Dharshan Rangegowda, Redmond, Wash., Vinay Badami, Hyderabad, India, Yezdi Z. Lashkari, Seattle, Robert M. Fries, Kirkland, Wash., and Seetharaman Harikrishnan, Redmond, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2011 (13/315,833). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,06,760.PN.&OS=PN/86,06,760&RS=PN/86,06,760 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Dimicron Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Dimicron, Orem, Utah, has been assigned a patent (8,603,181) developed by eight co-inventors for the "use of Ti and Nb cemented in TiC in prosthetic joints." The co-inventors are Bill J. Pope, Springville, Utah, Richard H. Dixon, Provo, Utah, Jeffery K. Taylor, Loomis, Calif., Clayton F. Gardinier, Lafayette, La., Troy Medford, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Dean C. Blackburn, Springville, Utah, Victorian Carvajal, Orem, Utah, and David P. Harding, Provo, Utah.

The patent application was filed on April 8, 2010 (12/756,818). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,03,181.PN.&OS=PN/86,03,181&RS=PN/86,03,181 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** E I du Pont de Nemours and Co. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- E I du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,604,247) developed by five co-inventors for "chrysenes for deep blue luminescent applications." The co-inventors are Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Swarthmore, Pa., Reid John Chesterfield, Santa Barbara, Calif., Norman Herron, Newark, Del., Kerwin D. Dobbs, Wilmington, Del., and Jeffrey A. Merlo, Wilmington, Del.

The patent application was filed on May 26, 2011 (13/116,208). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=24&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/DE Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Emcore Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Emcore, Albuquerque, N.M., has been assigned a patent (8,604,433) developed by Ronald T. Logan Jr., Pasadena, Calif., and Joseph R. Demers, North Hollywood, Calif., for a "terahertz frequency domain spectrometer with frequency shifting of source laser beam." The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2010 (12/861,651). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=6&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28NM.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NM&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NM Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Suturenetics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Suturenetics, Incline Village, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,603,113) developed by four co-inventors for a "suturing device, system, and method." The co-inventors are Henry H. Hamilton, Hillsborough, Calif., Yuri Belman, Campbell, Calif., Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Moscow, and Patricia A. Moore, Incline Village, Nev.

The patent application was filed on June 23, 2011 (13/167,573). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=23&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28NV.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NV&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NV Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AbbVie Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- AbbVie, North Chicago, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,604,177) developed by 10 co-inventors for interleukin-13 binding proteins. The co-inventors are Chengbin Wu, Shrewsbury, Mass., Richard W. Dixon, Jefferson, Mass., Jonathan P. Belk, Sterling, Mass., Maria A. Argiriadi, Wayland, Mass., Hua Ying, Holden, Mass., Carolyn A. Cuff, Grafton, Mass., Terry L. Melim, Derry, N.H., Shankar Kumar, Pleasanton, Calif., Paul R. Hinton, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Yan Chen, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 8, 2011 (13/043,293). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=61&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Baxter International Assigned Patent for Fragmented Polymeric Compositions and Methods for Use ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Baxter International, Deerfield, Ill., and Baxter Healthcare, Glattpark, Switzerland, have been assigned a patent (8,603,511) developed by five co-inventors for a "fragmented polymeric compositions and methods for their use." The co-inventors are Donald G. Wallace, Menlo Park, Calif., Cary J. Reich, Los Gatos, Calif., Narinder S. Shargill, Dublin, Calif., Felix Vega, San Francisco, and A. Edward Osawa, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2013 (13/744,949). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=69&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** K2M Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- K2M Inc., Leesburg, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,603,098) developed by six co-inventors for a "posterior modular disc replacement system." The co-inventors are Richard W. Woods, Catonsville, Md., Hallett H. Mathews, Williamsburg, Va., Richard D. Guyer, Dallas, Charles S. Theofolis, Palm Beach, Fla., Gordon D. Donald, Fair Haven, N.J., and Jean-Jaques Abitol, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2006 (11/518,419). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=20&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28VA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/VA&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/VA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** RF Micro Devices Assigned Patent for Ground Partitioned Power Amplifier for Stable Operation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- RF Micro Devices, Greensboro, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,604,873) developed by four co-inventors for a "ground partitioned power amplifier for stable operation." The co-inventors are Baker Scott, San Jose, Calif., George Maxim, Milpitas, Calif., Stephen Franck, Felton, Calif., and Chu Hsiung Ho, Milpitas, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2011 (13/310,611). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=40&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NC Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of Oklahoma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., has been assigned a patent (8,605,580) developed by Pramode K. Verma, Tulsa, Okla., and YingzhenQu, San Jose, Calif., for a "maximization of throughput under a fairness constraint in DWDM-based optical networks." The patent application was filed on July 5, 2007 (11/773,852). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28OK.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/OK&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/OK Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** VDF Futureceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- VDF Futureceuticals, Momence, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,603,564) developed by Dusan Miljkovic, San Diego, Brad Duell, Kailua, Hawaii, and Vukosava Miljkovic, San Diego, for "low-mycotoxin coffee cherry products." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2011 (13/245,619). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=66&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Assigned Patent for Polymer Material and Seals ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Aurora, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,603,411) developed by four co-inventors for a "polymer material and seals formed thereof for high pressure pump applications." The co-inventors are Robert Thomas Racicot, Murrieta, Calif., Jon M. Lenhert, Brea, Calif., Karthik Vaideeswaran, Redondo Beach, Calif., and Christopher M. Comeaux, Worcester, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2012 (13/709,888). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=51&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28OH.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/OH&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/OH Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Endosphere Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Endosphere, Columbus, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,603,186) developed by Kenneth F. Binmoeller, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., for "methods and devices to curb appetite and/or reduce food intake." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2012 (13/420,457). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=59&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28OH.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/OH&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/OH Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Electric Power Research Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Electric Power Research Institute, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,606,422) developed by Kai Sun, Palo Alto, Calif., Kyeon Hur, Palo Alto, Calif., and Pei Zhange, Palo Alto, Calif., for an "application of phasor measurement units (PMU) for controlled system separation." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2010 (12/948,188). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=35&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/NC Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** VDF Futureceuticals Assigned Patent for Methods for Coffee Cherry Products ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- VDF Futureceuticals, Momence, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,603,563) developed by Dusan Miljkovic, San Diego, Brad Duell, Kailua, Hawaii, and Vukosava Miljkovic, San Diego, for "methods for coffee cherry products." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2010 (12/892,781). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=67&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131210.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/12/10/2013+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tensegrity Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Tensegrity Technologies, Mill Valley, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,596,145) developed by seven co-inventors for systems "for designing a foot orthotic." The co-inventors are Neal J. Beidleman, Aspen, Colo., J. Kevin Miller, Jackson, Ala., Gregg E. Freebury, Lafayette, Colo., Michael A. Boennighausen, Los Altos, Calif., Michael S. Latterman, Miami Beach, Fla., Sue Ann Latterman, Mill Valley, Calif., and Huafeng Wen, Redwood City, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 11, 2011 (13/046,605). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8596145.PN.&OS=PN/8596145&RS=PN/8596145 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Compensating Transmitter Distortion ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,600,305) developed by three co-inventors for a method and system "for compensating for estimated distortion in a transmitter by utilizing a digital predistortion scheme with a single feedback mixer." The co-inventors are Arya Behzad, Poway, Calif., Ali Afashi, San Diego, and Vikram Magoon, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on May 23, 2012 (13/478,918). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8600305.PN.&OS=PN/8600305&RS=PN/8600305 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** RAN Science & Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- RAN Science & Technology, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,596,128) developed by Russell M. Kurtz, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., for a "directed acoustic shearography." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2011 (13/013,057). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8596128.PN.&OS=PN/8596128&RS=PN/8596128 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Symphony Advanced Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Symphony Advanced Media, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,607,295) developed by four co-inventors for a "media content synchronized advertising platform methods." The co-inventors are Manish Bhatia, Cranbury, N.J., Nigel Stephen Pratt, Los Altos, Calif., Pyeush Gurha, Mountain View, Calif., and Michael Scott Saxon, Westfield, N.J.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2011 (13/341,096). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8607295.PN.&OS=PN/8607295&RS=PN/8607295 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Intel Assigned Patent for Device Capability Sharing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,607,280) developed by four co-inventors for systems and techniques "for sharing the capabilities of consumer electronic devices." The co-inventors are Johannes Schmidt, Los Altos Hills, Calif., David Daney, San Jose, Calif., Stephen S. Francis, Saratoga, Calif., and Kevin Shen, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2004 (10/754,891). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8607280.PN.&OS=PN/8607280&RS=PN/8607280 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Broadcast Data Temporarily Suspension ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,607,279) developed by Ralph A. Gholmieh, San Diego, for the use of "induced sleep intervals for devices receiving bursty non-real time broadcast flows." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2010 (12/729,834). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8607279.PN.&OS=PN/8607279&RS=PN/8607279 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** California Expanded Metal Products Company Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- California Expanded Metal Products Company, City of Industry, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,595,999) developed by three co-inventors for a "fire-rated joint system." The co-inventors are Raymond E. Poliquin, City of Industry, Calif., Thomas Porter, City of Industry, Calif., and Don A. Pilz, Livermore, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 27, 2012 (13/560,805). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8595999.PN.&OS=PN/8595999&RS=PN/8595999 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Ruckus Wireless Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Ruckus Wireless, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,607,315) developed by five co-inventors for the use of "dynamic authentication in secured wireless networks." The co-inventors are Tyan-Shu Jou, Fremont, Calif., Tian-Yuan Lin, Fremont, Calif., Ted Tsei Kuo, Palo Alto, Calif., Ming Sheu, San Jose, Calif., and Bo-Chieh Yang, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2012 (13/590,997). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8607315.PN.&OS=PN/8607315&RS=PN/8607315 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Login Credentials Background Auto-Submission ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,607,306) developed by four co-inventors for a method and system "for background auto-submit of login credentials." The co-inventors are Ben Goodger, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Glen Murphy, Mountain View, Calif., J. Nicholas Jitkoff, Mountain View, Calif., and Henry Bridge, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2011 (13/245,833). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8607306.PN.&OS=PN/8607306&RS=PN/8607306 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,604,910) developed by Arthur G. Howarth, Orleans, Calif., for methods and devices "for determining the status of a networked device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2005 (11/304,944). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8604910.PN.&OS=PN/8604910&RS=PN/8604910 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Advanced Scientific Concepts Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Advanced Scientific Concepts, Santa Barbara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,496) developed by two co-inventors for "[l]aser ranging, tracking and designation using 3-D focal planes." The co-inventors are Roger Stettner, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Howard W. Bailey, Santa Barbara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2012 (13/723,656). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606496.PN.&OS=PN/8606496&RS=PN/8606496 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** P.Q. Labs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- P.Q. Labs, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,605,046) developed by Fei Lu, San Jose, Calif., for a system and method "for providing multi-dimensional touch input vector." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2010 (12/910,704). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8605046.PN.&OS=PN/8605046&RS=PN/8605046 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Goggle System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,605,008) developed by three co-inventors for a "goggle system for providing a personal media viewing experience to a user." The co-inventors are Christopher D. Prest, Mountain View, Calif., John Tang, San Carlos, Calif., and Evans M. Hankey, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on May 2, 2008 (12/114,499). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8605008.PN.&OS=PN/8605008&RS=PN/8605008 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** NVIDIA Assigned Patent for Connection Status Information Verification ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,605,097) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for verifying connection status information associated with a specific display attachment location." The co-inventors are David Wyatt, San Jose, Calif., and Nathan C. Myers, Round Rock, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2007 (11/957,377). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8605097.PN.&OS=PN/8605097&RS=PN/8605097 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,605,095) developed by three co-inventors for a method, system and computer-readable storage medium "for simulating bristle brush behavior and generating vector output from such simulations." The co-inventors are Stephen J. DiVerdi, San Francisco, Sunil Hadap, San Jose, Calif., and Darin C. Tomack, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (12/790,581). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8605095.PN.&OS=PN/8605095&RS=PN/8605095 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Intuit Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Intuit, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,605,034) developed by Lionel Roy, Cupertino, Calif., for a system "for skipping a plurality of pages displayed on a mobile device." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2011 (13/076,286). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8605034.PN.&OS=PN/8605034&RS=PN/8605034 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** DriveCam Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- DriveCam, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,606,492) developed by Joshua Donald Botnen, San Diego, for a system "for determining a driver log entry comprises a processor and a memory." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31 31, 2011 (13/222,301). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606492.PN.&OS=PN/8606492&RS=PN/8606492 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Boston Scientific Neuromodulation, Valencia, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,367) developed by three co-inventors for an "[i]nsertion tool for paddle-style electrode." The co-inventors are Anne M. Pianca, Valencia, Calif., Janusz A. Kuzma, Parker, Colo., and Chuladatta Thenuwara, Castaic, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 28, 2012 (13/536,561). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606367.PN.&OS=PN/8606367&RS=PN/8606367 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Randall B. Olsen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Randall B. Olsen, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,604,989) developed by Randall B. Olsen, Carlsbad, Calif., for a "steerable antenna." The patent application was filed on Nov. 22, 2006 (11/603,707). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8604989.PN.&OS=PN/8604989&RS=PN/8604989 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Headway Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Headway Technologies, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,410) developed by three co-inventors for a drive method "for starting and operating a resonant scanning MEMS device at its resonant frequency." The co-inventors are David Drouin, Milpitas, Calif., David Hu, Los Altos, Calif., and Sung Chung, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 29, 2010 (12/803,522). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606410.PN.&OS=PN/8606410&RS=PN/8606410 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Assigned Patent for Current Output Architectures ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Boston Scientific Neuromodulation, Valencia, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,362) developed by two co-inventors for "current output architectures for implantable stimulator devices." The co-inventors are Yuping He, Northridge, Calif., and David K.L. Peterson, Saugus, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 8, 2005 (11/177,503). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606362.PN.&OS=PN/8606362&RS=PN/8606362 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Grindr Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Grindr, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,606,297) developed by three co-inventors for systems and methods "for providing location-based cascading displays." The co-inventors are Joel Joseph Simkhai, Los Angeles, Scott Ryan Lewallen, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., and Morten Bek Ditlevsen, Horsens, Denmark.

The patent application was filed on March 24, 2011 (13/071,420). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606297.PN.&OS=PN/8606297&RS=PN/8606297 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Danisco U.S. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Danisco U.S., Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,901) developed by three co-inventors for "2,5-diketo-L-gluconic acid reductases and methods of use." The co-inventors are Mark Donnelly, Warrenville, Ill., William H. Eschenfeldt, St. Charles, Ill., and Jonathan Trent, La Selva Beach, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 15, 2012 (13/525,086). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8597901.PN.&OS=PN/8597901&RS=PN/8597901 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** A9.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- A9.com, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,493) developed by five co-inventors for systems and methods "for generating a street map that includes a position identifier that identifies a location on the street map." The co-inventors are Jonathan A. Gold, Palo Alto, Calif., Timothy Caro-Bruce, San Francisco, Huy T. Ha, Oakland, Calif., John Alan Hjelmstad, Palo Alto, Calif., and Christopher Aaron Volkert, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2009 (12/551,405). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606493.PN.&OS=PN/8606493&RS=PN/8606493 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cercacor Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Cercacor Laboratories, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,342) developed by Mohamed K. Diab, Mission Viejo, Calif., for a "pulse and active pulse spectraphotometry system." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2005 (11/263,404). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606342.PN.&OS=PN/8606342&RS=PN/8606342 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** NVIDIA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,605,104) developed by three co-inventors for a technique "for compressing color data." The co-inventors are David Kirk McAllister, Holladay, Utah, Steven E. Molnar, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Narayan Kulshrestha, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2009 (12/651,357). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8605104.PN.&OS=PN/8605104&RS=PN/8605104 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** WaveMarket Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- WaveMarket, Emeryville, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,302) developed by five co-inventors for a system "for providing alert-based communication services for which corresponding alert conditions to be met by mobile stations are defined." The co-inventors are Igor V. Ioppe, San Francisco, Tasso Roumeliotis, Orinda, Calif., Scott Allen Hotes, Berkeley, Calif., Philip Nathan Klein, Providence, R.I. and Joel A. Susal, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 11, 2012 (13/493,861). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606302.PN.&OS=PN/8606302&RS=PN/8606302 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Mobile Device Location Estimation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,606,293) developed by three co-inventors for a "[m]obile device location estimation using environmental information." The co-inventors are Taesu Kim, San Diego, Kisun You, Suwon, Korea, and Te-Won Lee, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2010 (12/898,647). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606293.PN.&OS=PN/8606293&RS=PN/8606293 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Public Wireless Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Public Wireless, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,604,999) developed by two co-inventors for a "strand mountable antenna enclosure for wireless communication access system." The co-inventors are James Abumrad, Belmont, Calif., and Roger Haas, Scotts Valley, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 20, 2011 (13/164,491). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8604999.PN.&OS=PN/8604999&RS=PN/8604999 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** WiChorus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- WiChorus, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,604,978) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for hybrid positioning using partial distance information." The co-inventors are Mustafa Ergen, Oakland, Calif., and Rehan Jalil, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2010 (12/972,672). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8604978.PN.&OS=PN/8604978&RS=PN/8604978 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Syntropy Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Syntropy Systems, Costa Mesa, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,604,957) developed by Christopher Pagnanelli, Huntington Beach, Calif., for systems, methods and techniques "for converting a continuous-time, continuously variable signal into a sampled and quantized signal." The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2011 (13/304,588). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8604957.PN.&OS=PN/8604957&RS=PN/8604957 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Nest Labs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Nest Labs, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,374) developed by six co-inventors for systems and methods "for modeling the behavior of an enclosure for use by a control system of an HVAC system." The co-inventors are Anthony Michael Fadell, Portola Valley, Calif., Matthew Lee Rogers, Los Gatos, Calif., Kipp Avery Rogers, Chicago, Abraham K. Ishihara, Palo Alto, Calif., Shahar Ben-Menahem, Mountain View, Calif., and Rangoli Sharan, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2010 (12/881,463). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606374.PN.&OS=PN/8606374&RS=PN/8606374 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,606,289) developed by Peter Gaal, San Diego, for "[p]ower headroom-sensitive scheduling." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2009 (12/615,217). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606289.PN.&OS=PN/8606289&RS=PN/8606289 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,605,119) developed by two co-inventors for techniques of "scaling image modules." The co-inventors are Paul Bankhead, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Huacheng Ke, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/250,244). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8605119.PN.&OS=PN/8605119&RS=PN/8605119 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,605,051) developed by three co-inventors for a "multipoint touchscreen." The co-inventors are Steve Hotelling, Los Gatos, Calif., Joshua A. Strickon, Miami, and Brian Q. Huppi, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2012 (13/717,573). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8605051.PN.&OS=PN/8605051&RS=PN/8605051 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Hunter Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Hunter Industries, San Marcos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,415) developed by three co-inventors for an "[i]rrigation system with ET based seasonal watering adjustment and soil moisture sensor shutoff." The co-inventors are Peter J. Woytowitz, San Diego, Jeffery J. Kremicki, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif., and Christopher M. Shearin, Murrieta, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2011 (12/986,033). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606415.PN.&OS=PN/8606415&RS=PN/8606415 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Yahoo Assigned Patent for Camera-Enable Mobile Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Yahoo, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,317) developed by two co-inventors for apparatus and methods "for providing a user augmented reality (UAR) service for a camera-enabled mobile device." The co-inventors are Athellina R. Ahmad Athsani, Santa Clara, Calif., and Chris T. Kalaboukis, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2012 (13/664,876). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606317.PN.&OS=PN/8606317&RS=PN/8606317 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,306) developed by seven co-inventors for "[m]ultiple client computing device invitations for online communication sessions." The co-inventors are Justin Santamaria, San Francisco, Justin Wood, Sunnyvale, Calif., Berkat S. Tung, Rancho Cordova, Calif., Joe Abuan, San Jose, Calif., Patrick Gates, San Francisco, Jeremy Werner, Burlingame, Calif., and Andrew H. Vyrros, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2011 (13/223,259). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606306.PN.&OS=PN/8606306&RS=PN/8606306 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** NVIDIA Assigned Patent for Tessellation Using Parameter Space Warping Technique ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,605,085) developed by Henry Packard Moreton, Woodside, Calif., for a technique "for warping uniformly generated barycentric parameters to compensate for perspective foreshortening during tessellation of a geometric object." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2009 (12/580,092). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8605085.PN.&OS=PN/8605085&RS=PN/8605085 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Ethertronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Ethertronics, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,604,988) developed by three co-inventors for a "multi-function array for access point and mobile wireless systems." The co-inventors are Laurent Desclos, San Diego, Sebastian Rowson, San Diego, and Jeffrey Shamblin, San Marcos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2012 (13/612,833). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8604988.PN.&OS=PN/8604988&RS=PN/8604988 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Lewyn Consulting Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Lewyn Consulting, Laguna Beach, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,604,962) developed by Lanny L. Lewyn, Laguna Beach, Calif., for "ADC first stage combining both sample-hold and ADC first stage analog-to-digital conversion functions." The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2012 (13/688,203). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8604962.PN.&OS=PN/8604962&RS=PN/8604962 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Raytheon Applied Signal Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Raytheon Applied Signal Technology, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,32) developed by Eric Sabol, Mountain View, Calif., for a method and apparatus "for configuring a portable first cellular base station to operate in a digital cellular telecommunications network." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2010 (12/911,679). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606322.PN.&OS=PN/8606322&RS=PN/8606322 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** University of Southern California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,605,108) developed by three co-inventors for a "high dynamic range image editing system for editing an image file having pixels spanning a first range of light intensity levels in an image editing system." The co-inventors are Paul E. Debevec, Marina Del Rey, Calif., Timothy S. Hawkins, Marina Del Rey, Calif., and Chris D. X. N. Tchou, Kirkland, Wash.

The patent application was filed on June 13, 2011 (13/159,156). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8605108.PN.&OS=PN/8605108&RS=PN/8605108 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Navigator Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Navigator Technology, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,604,929) developed by Rani Yadav-Ranjan, San Jose, Calif., for a "personal alert system and method." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2010 (12/768,596). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8604929.PN.&OS=PN/8604929&RS=PN/8604929 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,428) developed by Gary Chan, Palo Alto, Calif., for "[c]ooling fan control system." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2011 (13/035,553). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606428.PN.&OS=PN/8606428&RS=PN/8606428 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Pacesetter Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Pacesetter, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,365) developed by Shiloh Sison, Alameda, Calif., for "[i]mplantable medical devices, and methods of use therewith, that detect exposure to magnetic fields from MRI systems." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2012 (13/442,692). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8606365.PN.&OS=PN/8606365&RS=PN/8606365 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Pacesetter Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Pacesetter, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,606,352) developed by two co-inventors for methods and devices "for monitoring myocardial mechanical stability." The co-inventors are Taraneh Ghaffari Farazi, San Jose, Calif., and Euljoon Park, Valencia, Calif.

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