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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (July 10)
[July 10, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (July 10)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** Indiana University Research and Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Indiana University Research and Technology, Indianapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,775,495) developed by Andrew Lumsdaine, Bloomington, Indiana, and Jeremiah Willcock, Livermore, California, for a "compression system and method for accelerating sparse matrix computations." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2007 (11/673,944). 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=8,775,495.PN.&OS=PN/8,775,495&RS=PN/8,775,495 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.



*** Empire Technology Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Empire Technology Development, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,773,636) developed by Thomas A. Yager, Encinitas, California, and Seth Adrian Miller, Englewood, Colorado, for "optical lithography using graphene contrast enhancement layer." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2013 (13/950,923). 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=87,73,636.PN.&OS=PN/87,73,636&RS=PN/87,73,636 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Taasera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Taasera, Erie, Pennsylvania, has been assigned a patent (8,776,180) developed by Srinivas Kumar, Cupertino, California, and Dennis Pollutro, Clymer, New York, for "systems and methods for using reputation scores in network services and transactions to calculate security risks to computer systems and platforms." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2012 (13/559,692). 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=8,776,180.PN.&OS=PN/8,776,180&RS=PN/8,776,180 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.


*** Hollinworth Fund Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Hollinworth Fund, Dover, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,768,267) developed by four co-inventors for "switchless band separation for transceivers." The co-inventors are Maha Achour, Encinitas, California, Woo Yong Lee, San Diego, Cheng Jung Lee, Santa Clara, California, and Ajay Gummalla, Sunnyvale, California.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2011 (13/020,204). 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=8768267.PN.&OS=PN/8768267&RS=PN/8768267 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Siemens Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pennsylvania, Siemens, Iselin, New Jersey, and Siemens, Munich, have been assigned a patent (8,771,189) developed by seven co-inventors for a "valve assessment from medical diagnostic imaging data." The co-inventors are Razvan Ioan Ionasec, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Ingmar Voigt, Erlangen, Germany, Yang Wang, Plainsboro, New Jersey, Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, New Jersey, Helene C. Houle, San Jose, California, Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, New Jersey, and Fernando Vega-Higuera, Erlangen, Germany.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2010 (12/702,036). 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=87,71,189.PN.&OS=PN/87,71,189&RS=PN/87,71,189 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Warsaw Orthopedic Assigned Patent for Expandable Push-in Arcuate Orthopedic Implant ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Warsaw Orthopedic, Warsaw, Indiana, has been assigned a patent (8,771,358) developed by Gary Karlin Michelson, Venice, California, for an "expandable push-in arcuate orthopedic implant." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2006 (11/545,139). 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=8,771,358.PN.&OS=PN/8,771,358&RS=PN/8,771,358 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Network Security Device and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta,, has been assigned a patent (8,769,619) developed by two co-inventors for a "network security device and method." The co-inventors are Sandra Lynn Carrico, Mountain View, California, and Philippe Hebrais, Menlo Park, California.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2012 (13/711,424). 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=8769619.PN.&OS=PN/8769619&RS=PN/8769619 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Arthrex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Arthrex, Naples, Florida, has been assigned a patent (8,771,351) developed by Neal S. ElAttrache, Los Angeles, and James E. Tibone, Los Angeles, for a "method for double row fixation of tendon to bone." The patent application was filed on March 28, 2013 (13/851,983). 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=8,771,351.PN.&OS=PN/8,771,351&RS=PN/8,771,351 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cephalon Assigned Patent for Tricyclic Derivatives ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Cephalon, Frazer, Pennsylvania, has been assigned a patent (8,765,779) developed by 10 co-inventors for "tricyclic derivatives and their pharmaceutical use and compositions." The co-inventors are Gerard C. Rosse, Poway, California, Greg A. Hostetler, Newark, Delaware, Robert J. McHugh, Miramar, Florida, Edward R. Bacon, Audubon, Pennsylvania, Joseph M. Salvino, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, Rabindranath Tripathy, Churchville, Pennsylvania, Derek D. Dunn, Coatesville, Pennsylvania, George C. Morton, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Thomas R. Bailey, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and Babu G. Sundar, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

The patent application was filed on June 21, 2012 (13/529,378). 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=8765779.PN.&OS=PN/8765779&RS=PN/8765779 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Red Hat Assigned Patent for Database-based Logs Exposed Via LDAP ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,775,489) developed by Peter Rowley, Ben Lomond, California, for "database-based logs exposed via LDAP." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2007 (11/713,905). 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=8,775,489.PN.&OS=PN/8,775,489&RS=PN/8,775,489 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intellectual Ventures II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Intellectual Ventures II, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,767,698) developed by three co-inventors for an "adaptive allocation for variable bandwidth multicarrier communication." The co-inventors are Marcos C. Tzannes, Orinda, California, George Kechriotis, Arlington, Massachusetts, and Pui Wu, Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2013 (13/754,734). 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=8767698.PN.&OS=PN/8767698&RS=PN/8767698 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for Electronic Device Submounts Including Substrates with Thermally Conductive Vias ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,772,817) developed by Zhimin Jamie Yao, Santa Barbara, California, for the "electronic device submounts including substrates with thermally conductive vias." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2010 (12/976,664). 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=8,772,817.PN.&OS=PN/8,772,817&RS=PN/8,772,817 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Air Products & Chemicals Assigned Patent for Organoaminosilane Precursors and Methods for Making and Using Same ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Air Products and Chemicals, Allentown, Pennsylvania, has been assigned a patent (8,771,807) developed by eight co-inventors for "organoaminosilane precursors and methods for making and using same." The co-inventors are Manchao Xiao, San Diego, Xinjian Lei, Vista, California, Bing Han, Beijing, Mark Leonard O'Neill, San Marcos, California, Ronald Martin Pearlstein, San Marcos, California, Richard Ho, Anaheim, California, Haripin Chandra, Carlsbad, California, and Agnes Derecskei-Kovacs, Macungie, Pennsylvania.

The patent application was filed on May 17, 2012 (13/474,076). 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=87,71,807.PN.&OS=PN/87,71,807&RS=PN/87,71,807 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of Pittsburgh Assigned Patent for Stable Lipid-comprising Drug Delivery Complexes and Methods for Their Production ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,771,728) developed by Leaf Huang, Durham, North Carolina, Xiang Gao, Nashville, Tennessee, and Frank L. Sorgi, Sonoma, California, for "stable lipid-comprising drug delivery complexes and methods for their production." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2012 (13/712,804). 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=87,71,728.PN.&OS=PN/87,71,728&RS=PN/87,71,728 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Empire Technology Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Empire Technology Development, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,769,967) developed by Ezekiel Kruglick, Poway, California, for electrocaloric heat transfer.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2010 (12/999,182). 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=8,769,967.PN.&OS=PN/8,769,967&RS=PN/8,769,967 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,768,444) developed by four co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for arrhythmia classification using atrial signal mapping." The co-inventors are Yongxing Zhang, Irvine, California, Yunlong Zhang, Mounds View, Minnesota, Julie A. Thompson, Circle Pines, Minnesota, and James O. Gilkerson, Stillwater, Minnesota.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2011 (13/286,435). 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=8768444.PN.&OS=PN/8768444&RS=PN/8768444 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Blackbird Technology Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Blackbird Technology Holdings, Dover, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,774,096) developed by John Peter Norair, San Francisco, for a "method and apparatus for rapid group synchronization." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2012 (13/408,457). 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=8,774,096.PN.&OS=PN/8,774,096&RS=PN/8,774,096 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. Assigned Patent for Buffer Bilayers ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,766,239) developed by two co-inventors for "buffer bilayers for electronic devices." The co-inventors are Chi Zhang, Goleta, California, and Che-Hsiung Hsu, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2009 (12/645,634). 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=8766239.PN.&OS=PN/8766239&RS=PN/8766239 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, Georgia, has been assigned a patent (8,775,639) developed by two co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for providing access of network based radio frequency identification information." The co-inventors are Marian Croak, Fair Haven, New Jersey, and Hossein Eslambolchi, Los Altos Hills, California.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/619,265). 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=8775639.PN.&OS=PN/8775639&RS=PN/8775639 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Citrix Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Citrix Systems, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been assigned a patent (8,774,043) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for using a layered gear to analyze and manage real-time network quality of service transmission for mobile devices on public networks." The co-inventors are Stephen D. Vilke, Danville, California, Rudy Willis, Clayton, California, James Selvidge, Berkeley, California, and Paul Hinks, Larkspur, California.

The patent application was filed on June 9, 2012 (13/492,804). 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=8,774,043.PN.&OS=PN/8,774,043&RS=PN/8,774,043 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** SyneCor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- SyneCor, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,771,337) developed by five co-inventors for "endoprostheses and methods of manufacture." The co-inventors are Michael S. Williams, Santa Rosa, California, Richard A. Glenn, Santa Rosa, California, Jeffrey A. Smith, Santa Rosa, California, Kevin D. Holbrook, Windsor, California, and Joseph M. DeSimone, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 3, 2010 (12/660,753). 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=8,771,337.PN.&OS=PN/8,771,337&RS=PN/8,771,337 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tamiras Per Pte. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Tamiras Per Pte., Dover, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,766,956) developed by four co-inventors for an "automatic activity detection in a display controller." The co-inventors are Ali Noorbakhsh, Danville, California, John Lattanzi, Palo Alto, California, Ram Chilukuri, San Jose, California, and David Keene, Corrales, New Mexico.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2008 (12/330,420). 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=8766956.PN.&OS=PN/8766956&RS=PN/8766956 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Intellectual Ventures I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Intellectual Ventures I, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,775,396) developed by Brian Mark Shuster, Stateline, Nevada, and Gary Stephen Shuster, Oakland, California, for a "method and system for searching a wide area network." The patent application was filed on June 6, 2011 (13/154,251). 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=87,75,396.PN.&OS=PN/87,75,396&RS=PN/87,75,396 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** InterDigital Patent Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- InterDigital Patent Holdings, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,774,173) developed by Behrouz Aghili, Commack, New York, and Rajat P. Mukherjee, San Francisco, for "providing circuit switched operation in an enhanced universal terrestrial radio access network." The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2012 (13/572,113). 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=8,774,173.PN.&OS=PN/8,774,173&RS=PN/8,774,173 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Eli Lilly and Co. Assigned Patent for Anti-hepcidin Antibodies ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,765,129) developed by five co-inventors for "[a]nti-hepcidin antibodies and uses thereof." The co-inventors are Barbara Anne Swanson, Encinitas, California, Peng Luan, Livermore, California, Donmienne Doen Mun Leung, San Diego, Ying Tang, San Diego, and Derrick Ryan Witcher, Fishers, Indiana.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2012 (13/708,059). 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=8765129.PN.&OS=PN/8765129&RS=PN/8765129 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Air Products and Chemicals Assigned Patent for Metal Chalcogenide Materials ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Air Products and Chemicals, Allentown, Pennsylvania, has been assigned a patent (8,765,223) developed by two co-inventors for a "binary and ternary metal chalcogenide materials and method of making and using same." The co-inventors are Manchao Xiao, San Diego, and Liu Yang, Yorba Linda, California.

The patent application was filed on April 17, 2009 (12/425,821). 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=8765223.PN.&OS=PN/8765223&RS=PN/8765223 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Carnegie Mellon University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,775,353) developed by Alessandro Acquisti, Pittsburgh, Ralph Gross, Pittsburgh, and Ioanis Alexander Biternas Wischnienski, San Francisco, for "validating legitimacy of a social security number or other identifier." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2011 (13/177,157). 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=8,775,353.PN.&OS=PN/8,775,353&RS=PN/8,775,353 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Zerodee Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Zerodee, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,776,029) developed by Neil Puthuff, Ladera Ranch, California, for a "system and method of software execution path identification." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2012 (13/428,572). 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=87,76,029.PN.&OS=PN/87,76,029&RS=PN/87,76,029 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** BNY Mellon Distributors Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- BNY Mellon Distributors Holdings, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,768,839) developed by three co-inventors for a "mutual fund customer identification." The co-inventors are Charles S. Hawkins, Solvang, California, Marci M. Morgan, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, and Pamela M. Mudrick, Rutledge, Pennsylvania.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2011 (13/278,549). 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=8768839.PN.&OS=PN/8768839&RS=PN/8768839 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** American Megatrends Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- American Megatrends, Norcross, Georgia, has been assigned a patent (8,775,786) developed by four co-inventors for "boot caching for boot acceleration within data storage systems." The co-inventors are Paresh Chatterjee, Fremont, California, Srikumar Subramanian, Newark, California, Suresh Grandhi, Fremont, California, and Vijayarankan Muthirisavenugopal, Newark, California.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2013 (13/736,400). 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=8775786.PN.&OS=PN/8775786&RS=PN/8775786 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** G.M. Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Initializing Charging System ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- G.M. Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,760,124) developed by three co-inventors for systems and methods "for initializing a charging system." The co-inventors are Ray M. Ransom, Big Bear City, California, Lateef A. Kajouke, San Pedro, California, and Milun Perisic, Torrance, California.

The patent application was filed on May 31, 2011 (13/149,484). 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=8760124.PN.&OS=PN/8760124&RS=PN/8760124 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** EnteroMedics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- EnteroMedics, St. Paul, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,768,469) developed by five co-inventors for systems "for regulation of blood pressure and heart rate." The co-inventors are Dennis Dong-Won Kim, La Jolla, California, Deepak Bhole, San Diego, Richard R. Wilson, Arden Hills, Minnesota, Katherine S. Tweden, Mahtomedi, Minnesota, and Mark B. Knudson, Shoreview, Minnesota.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2009 (12/537,019). 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=8768469.PN.&OS=PN/8768469&RS=PN/8768469 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Katsuo Cellular Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Katsuo Cellular, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,774,008) developed by Frank Y. Ou, Fremont, California, Thomas Richard Gonzalez, Plano, Texas, and Martin Reckleben, San Jose, California, for real-time network measurement.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2012 (13/359,580). 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=87,74,008.PN.&OS=PN/87,74,008&RS=PN/87,74,008 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for LED with Surface Roughening ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,772,792) developed by Steven P. DenBaars, Goleta, California, Shuji Nakamura, Santa Barbara, California, and Max Batres, Santa Barbara, California, for "LED with surface roughening." The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2013 (13/974,505). 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=8,772,792.PN.&OS=PN/8,772,792&RS=PN/8,772,792 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Location-Based Services ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,774,834) developed by nine co-inventors for a system "for providing location-based services in a wireless network, such as locating sets of desired locations." The co-inventors are Brian Wilson, Redmond, Washington, Jacob Feinstein, Seattle, Mike Suraci, Kenmore, Washington, Kristian Simsarian, San Francisco, Duane Bray, San Francisco, Roshi Givechi, San Francisco, Rajat Paharia, Fremont, California, Laura Weiss, San Francisco, and Marcus Gosling, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2012 (13/690,704). 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=8774834.PN.&OS=PN/8774834&RS=PN/8774834 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Mail Manufacturing Virtualization ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,775,541) developed by two co-inventors for "mail manufacturing virtualization." The co-inventors are Douglas Belew, Davis, California, and Michael Mocettini Carmichael, California.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2013 (13/749,261). 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=8775541.PN.&OS=PN/8775541&RS=PN/8775541 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Megawave Audio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Megawave Audio, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,774,082) developed by Roswell Roberts, San Diego, Ian Lerner, La Jolla, California, and Lowell E. Teschmacher, Carlsbad, California, for an "ethernet digital storage (EDS) card and satellite transmission system." The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2012 (13/610,628). 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=8,774,082.PN.&OS=PN/8,774,082&RS=PN/8,774,082 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Warsaw Orthopedic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Warsaw Orthopedic, Warsaw, Indiana, has been assigned a patent (8,771,321) developed by Gary K. Michelson, Los Angeles, for a "method for loading a spinal implant." The patent application was filed on May 16, 2013 (13/895,505). 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=8,771,321.PN.&OS=PN/8,771,321&RS=PN/8,771,321 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,774,127) developed by Brian G. Kiernan, Downingtown, Pennsylvania, and Maged M. Zaki, San Diego, for a "wireless metropolitan area network architecture for managing network resources and mobility." The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2010 (12/959,430). 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=8,774,127.PN.&OS=PN/8,774,127&RS=PN/8,774,127 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** MonoSol Rx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- MonoSol Rx, Portage, Indiana, has been assigned a patent (8,765,167) developed by five co-inventors for "[u]niform films for rapid-dissolve dosage form incorporating anti-tacking compositions." The co-inventors are Vimala Francis, Fremont, California, Andrew Philip Verrall, Crown Point, Indiana, Pradeep Sanghvi, Schererville, Indiana, Laura Moss, Schererville, Indiana, and Garry L. Myers, Kingsport, Tennessee.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2006 (11/517,982). 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=8765167.PN.&OS=PN/8765167&RS=PN/8765167 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,772,774) developed by Yaw-Ming A. Tsai, Pak Shek Kok, Hong Kong, Ian D. Parker, Santa Barbara, California, and Ines Meinel, Santa Barbara, California, for "backplane structures for organic light emitting electronic devices using a TFT substrate." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2008 (12/747,963). 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=87,72,774.PN.&OS=PN/87,72,774&RS=PN/87,72,774 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apherma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Apherma, St. Paul, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,767,972) developed by Zezhang Hou, Cupertino, California, for an "[a]uto-fit hearing aid and fitting process therefor." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2007 (11/839,482). 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=8767972.PN.&OS=PN/8767972&RS=PN/8767972 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Penn State Research Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, Pennsylvania, has been assigned a patent (8,771,741) developed by eight co-inventors for "in vivo photodynamic therapy of cancer via a near infrared agent encapsulated in calcium phosphate nanoparticles." The co-inventors are James H. Adair, State College, Pennsylvania, Mark Kester, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Peter C. Eklund, Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, Erhan I. Altinoglu, State College, Pennsylvania, Brian M. Barth, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, Timothy J. Russin, San Diego, James M.D. Kaiser, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Thomas T. Morgan, Pepperell, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2010 (12/657,556). 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=87,71,741.PN.&OS=PN/87,71,741&RS=PN/87,71,741 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nytell Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Nytell Software, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,775,831) developed by Manoj Koul, Sunnyvale, California, and Torsten Fink, Hayward, California, for "using historic load profiles to dynamically adjust operating frequency and available power to a handheld multimedia device processor core." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2012 (13/536,234). 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=87,75,831.PN.&OS=PN/87,75,831&RS=PN/87,75,831 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Network Hold Time Elimination ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,774,394) developed by five co-inventors for a system and method "for eliminating hold time in a telecommunications network." The co-inventors are Roberta Bienfait, Norcross, Georgia, Richard V. Cox, New Providence, New Jersey, Behzad Nadji, Los Gatos, California, Bernard S. Renger, New Providence, New Jersey, and Behzad Shahraray, Freehold, New Jersey.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2005 (11/315,630). 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=8774394.PN.&OS=PN/8774394&RS=PN/8774394 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Network Traffic Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,774,212) developed by seven co-inventors for a system and method "for managing network traffic." The co-inventors are Stuart L. Blackburn, San Ramon, California, Raghvendra Savoor, Walnut Creek, California, John Van Slyke, Lafayette, California, Xidong Wu, Livermore, California, Baofeng Jiang, Pleasanton, California, Kaiyan Chen, Pleasanton, California, and Sun-Uk Park, Union City, California.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2010 (12/913,862). 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=8774212.PN.&OS=PN/8774212&RS=PN/8774212 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pennsylvania, has been assigned a patent (8,775,207) developed by four co-inventors for the "integrated treatment planning and scheduling system." The co-inventors are Michele Abraham, Martinez, California, Jean Anderson, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, Zhanghui Fang, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, and Loretta A. Fitzgerald, Collegeville, Pennsylvania.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2005 (11/237,298). 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=8,775,207.PN.&OS=PN/8,775,207&RS=PN/8,775,207 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Empire Technology Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Empire Technology Development, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,774,814) developed by Ezekiel Kruglick, Poway, California, for the "network coverage by cycling through beam shape coverage configurations." The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2013 (14/046,376). 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=87,74,814.PN.&OS=PN/87,74,814&RS=PN/87,74,814 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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