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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Arizona (Feb. 7)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Arizona. *** Go Daddy Operating Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- Go Daddy Operating, Scottsdale, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,370,217) developed by five co-inventors for "methods for determining preferred domain positioning on a registration website." The co-inventors are Robert Parsons, Scottsdale, Ariz., Barbara Rechterman, Cave Creek, Ariz., Micheal Zimmerman, Scottsdale, Ariz., James Bladel, Le Claire, Iowa, and Richard Merdinger, Coralville, Iowa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods of the present inventions allow for determining preferred domain positioning on a registration website. An exemplary method may comprise the steps of receiving a bid from a registry seeking such preferred placement for a domain that may be administered by the registry, generating a quality score for the domain, and determining the preferred placement based upon the bid and the quality score." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2009 (12/636,394). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,370,217&OS=8,370,217&RS=8,370,217 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** FonWallet Transaction Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- FonWallet Transaction Solutions, Rancho Murieta, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,370,265) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for managing status of a payment instrument." The co-inventors are Todd R. Coulter, Rancho Murieta, Calif., Mordechai E. Kaplinsky, Brooklyn, N.Y., Christopher E. Lewis, Tempe, Ariz., and Jeffery A. Warmington, Wellington, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A transaction processing service operates as an intermediary between acquirers of financial transaction requests and issuing institutions that process the financial transaction requests. The intermediary service enables a customer to selectively change the status of an account's associated with a payment instrument by activating or deactivating the account. The intermediary service may manage account status locally using a rules module. Alternatively, the issuing institution may manage account status, while the intermediary service provides an interface for customers. A customer communicates with the intermediary service to direct the service to change the account status. The intermediary service determines the account's issuing institution and provides an indication to the issuing institution of the current status of the account (or of the change in status). The intermediary service may provide the indication by transmitting a message to the issuing institution or by storing the account status information in its own database. The issuing institution may then request account status from the intermediary service whenever it needs the information, such as when it receives an authorization request." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2010 (12/859,205). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,370,265&OS=8,370,265&RS=8,370,265 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,370,274) developed by four co-inventors for "apparatuses and methods for deterministic pattern matching." The co-inventors are David K. Cassetti, Tempe, Ariz., Sanjeev Jain, Schewsbury, Mass., Christopher F. Clark, Chandler, Ariz., and Lokpraveen Bhupathy Mosur, Chandler, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatuses and methods to perform pattern matching are presented. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory to store a first pattern table comprising information indicative of whether a byte of input data matches a pattern and whether to ignore other matches of the pattern occur in remaining bytes of the input data. The apparatus further comprises one-byte match logic coupled to the memory, to determine, based on the information in the first pattern table, a one-byte match event with respect to the input data. The apparatus further comprises a control unit to filter the other matches of the pattern based on the information of the first pattern table." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2009 (12/475,357). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,370,274&OS=8,370,274&RS=8,370,274 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Early Warning Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- Early Warning Services, Scottsdale, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,370,230) developed by Laura Weinflash, Scottsdale, Ariz., for a "system and method for expedited release of held items." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for identifying and expediting the release of held items, such as checks. Paying banks (having accounts against which the checks are drawn) provide paid item files to the system, and depository banks (where checks have been deposited) provide held item files to the system. If there is a match of a paid item file and held item file (indicating that a held check has been paid by the paying bank), the depository bank is notified that the item has been paid and that the hold may be released." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2007 (11/944,191). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,370,230&OS=8,370,230&RS=8,370,230 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** California Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,370,074) developed by five co-inventors for "system and methods for predicting transmembrane domains in membrane proteins and mining the genome for recognizing G-protein coupled receptors." The co-inventors are Rene J. Trabanino, Los Angeles, Nagarajan Vaidehi, Arcadia, Calif., Spencer E. Hall, Tucson, Ariz., William A. Goddard, Pasadena, Calif., and Wely Floriano, Pasadena, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides computer-implemented methods and apparatus implementing a hierarchical protocol using multiscale molecular dynamics and molecular modeling methods to predict the presence of transmembrane regions in proteins, such as G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR), and protein structural models generated according to the protocol. The protocol features a coarse grain sampling method, such as hydrophobicity analysis, to provide a fast and accurate procedure for predicting transmembrane regions. Methods and apparatus of the invention are useful to screen protein or polynucleotide databases for encoded proteins with transmembrane regions, such as GPCRs." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2009 (12/606,605). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,370,074&OS=8,370,074&RS=8,370,074 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,370,005) developed by four co-inventors for "methods for displaying aircraft procedure information." The co-inventors are Blake Wilson, Peoria, Ariz., Jary Engels, Peoria, Ariz., Ivan Sandy Wyatt, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Roger W. Burgin, Scottsdale, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods are provided for presenting procedure information for an airport on a display device onboard an aircraft. A method comprises displaying a map on a display device and displaying a briefing panel overlying a portion the map. The briefing panel includes a plurality of segments, wherein each segment is associated with a type of procedure information for the airport." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/340,188). 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=8,370,005.PN.&OS=PN/8,370,005&RS=PN/8,370,005 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Arizona State University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- Arizona State University, Scottsdale, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,369,956) developed by Bruce C. Towe, Mesa, Ariz., and William E. Crisp, Paradise Valley, Ariz., for a neurostimulator. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and devices for stimulating nerves are disclosed. In one embodiment adapted for stimulating excitable tissue, the invention includes drive circuitry, an acoustic transducer and a pair of electrodes." The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2011 (13/214,077). 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=8,369,956.PN.&OS=PN/8,369,956&RS=PN/8,369,956 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,370,002) developed by five co-inventors for a "multi-mission remote aerial refueling operator system." The co-inventors are Stephen M. Stecko, Fullerton, Calif., Ronald G. Benjamin, Tucson, Ariz., Harry Wilbert Slusher, Fountain Valley, Calif., James M. Condon, Mission Viejo, Calif., and Stanley S. Lew, Garden Grove, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for performing missions with a refueling aircraft. A number of control stations are configured to selectively control a plurality of systems in the refueling aircraft to form a number of configured control stations. The plurality of systems includes a refueling system and a number of other systems. Each of the plurality of systems is capable of performing a different mission. A number of missions are performed during flight using the number of configured control stations." The patent application was filed on April 3, 2009 (12/418,228). 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=8,370,002.PN.&OS=PN/8,370,002&RS=PN/8,370,002 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** MRI Interventions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- MRI Interventions, Memphis, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (8,369,930) developed by five co-inventors for an "MRI-guided devices and MRI-guided interventional systems that can track and generate dynamic visualizations of the devices in near real time." The co-inventors are Kimble L. Jenkins, Memphis, Tenn., Peter Piferi, Orange, Calif., Kamal Vij, Chandler, Ariz., Daniele Ghidoli, Laguna Hills, Calif., and Jesse Flores, Perris, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An MRI-compatible catheter includes an elongated flexible shaft having opposite distal and proximal end portions. A handle is attached to the proximal end portion and includes an actuator in communication with the shaft distal end portion that is configured to articulate the shaft distal end portion. The distal end portion of the shaft may include an ablation tip and includes at least one RF tracking coil positioned adjacent the ablation tip that is electrically connected to an MRI scanner. The at least one RF tracking coil is electrically connected to a circuit that reduces coupling when the at least one RF tracking coil is exposed to an MRI environment. Each RF tracking coil is a 1-10 turn solenoid coil, and has a length along the longitudinal direction of the catheter of between about 0.25 mm and about 4 mm." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2010 (12/816,803). 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=8,369,930.PN.&OS=PN/8,369,930&RS=PN/8,369,930 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,369,844) developed by four co-inventors for a "device and method for transmitting data in a wideband wireless network and computer program product." The co-inventors are Nicusor Penisoara, Bucharest, Romania, Victor Berrios, Gilbert, Ariz., Razvan-Mihai Lucaci, Suceava, Romania, and Lawrence Roshak, Chandler, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device for transmitting data in a wideband wireless network. The device may include a transmitter for transmitting data via a channel of the wideband wireless network, the transmitter is arranged to start the transmitting in response to a start signal. A first transmission controller is connected to the transmitter, for controlling transmission of data by the transmitter. The transmission controller includes an energy detector for detecting the amount of energy in the channel. The energy detector is arranged to repeat the detecting in response to a repeat signal. A comparator is connected to an output of the energy detector and to a control input of the transmitter. The comparator is arranged to compare the detected amount of energy with an energy threshold, to output the repeat signal to the energy detector in case the detected amount of energy exceeds the energy threshold; and to output the start signal to the transmitter when the detected amount of energy is below the energy threshold." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2007 (May 31, 2007). 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=8,369,844.PN.&OS=PN/8,369,844&RS=PN/8,369,844 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,369,812) developed by Bob Lehman, Peoria, Ariz., for a "method and system for detection of passive intermodulation interference emissions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for detecting intermodulation emissions, such as passive intermodulation emissions, is provided. The method comprises retrieving signal quality measurement (SQM) data, and determining whether there is an intermodulation hit in the SQM data. If there is no intermodulation hit, the SQM data is stored in a first data set; if there is an intermodulation hit, the SQM data is stored in a second data set. The method then determines whether there are one or more faults in the first data set. If there are, a confirmation count for an intermodulation failure is cleared, and the method starts again. If there are not one or more faults in the first data set, a determination is made whether there are one or more faults in the second data set. If not, the confirmation count is cleared, and the method starts again. An intermodulation failure can be confirmed if there are one or more faults in the second data set." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2009 (12/366,412). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,369,812&OS=8,369,812&RS=8,369,812 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cellco Partnership Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,369,792) developed by Scott Anthony Townley, Gilbert, Ariz., and Derek Hongwei Bao, Concord, Calif., for a "methodology to analyze sector capacity in data-only mobile-wireless network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Infrastructure network service measurements of time needed to complete data transfers are used to determine the capacity of a technology sector of a wireless packet data communication base station, such as a 1xEV-DO sector, using infrastructure network service measurements. The process, for example, may predict when the radio-frequency link between wireless data subscribers and a wireless base station becomes sufficiently congested that each user experiences reduced data speeds. The determination of capacity can be made down to the sector-carrier (a single carrier within a base station sector) level. The prediction can be cast in terms of time, which allows network service providers to plan the growth of their base stations to meet subscriber needs." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2011 (13/035,250). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,369,792&OS=8,369,792&RS=8,369,792 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,369,796) developed by four co-inventors for a "multi-band tunable frequency reconfigurable antennas using higher order resonances." The co-inventors are Helen K. Pan, Portland, Ore., Songnan Yang, Knoxville, Tenn., Debabani Choudhury, Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Vijay K. Nair, Mesa, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless device using natural higher order harmonics on multi-band reconfigurable antenna designs where the antenna higher order resonance is used to build a multi-band to multi-band frequency reconfigurable antenna." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2006 (11/644,741). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,369,796&OS=8,369,796&RS=8,369,796 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Zounds Hearing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7 -- Zounds Hearing, Phoenix, has been assigned a patent (8,369,554) developed by Dennis A. Oberlander, Queen Creek, Ariz., for an "open tip for hearing aid." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An earpiece includes an open tip in the shape of a dome, with apertures in the dome and a protrusion at the top of the dome for displacing ear wax, wherein the dome merges with the protrusion along a continuous curve. The dome is supported from a central body by non-linear ribs that normally have high compliance but exhibit low compliance at a limit of extension or compression. The tip can include more than one dome on the central body. If there is more than one dome, the apertures in the domes are not aligned with each other." The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2008 (12/286,939). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,369,554&OS=8,369,554&RS=8,369,554 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1113595 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |