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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Illinois (April 23)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Illinois. *** UniGroup Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 22 -- UniGroup, Fenton, Mo., has been assigned a patent (8,700,537) developed by four co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for providing integrated multi-entity management of a workflow for quotes in the moving industry." The co-inventors are Rahul Arun Deshpande, Chesterfield, Mo., Casey Patrick Ellis, Waterloo, Ill., Paul Holway, Webster Groves, Mo., and Randall Clay Poppell, Chesterfield, Mo. The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2011 (13/029,920). 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=8700537.PN.&OS=PN/8700537&RS=PN/8700537 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Coleman Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 22 -- Coleman, Wichita, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,696,322) developed by five co-inventors for "pump with automatic deactivation mechanism." The co-inventors are Corey Lewison, Buffalo Grove, Ill., Timothy F. Austen, Glencoe, Ill., Michael F. Kehrmann, Lake Zurich, Ill., Vincent Wen, Taipei, Taiwan, and Chun Chung Tsai, Tanshui, Taiwan. The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2011 (13/228,356). 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=8696322.PN.&OS=PN/8696322&RS=PN/8696322 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** R.F. Controls Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 22 -- R.F. Controls, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,698,575) developed by three co-inventors for "[a]ntenna switching arrangement." The co-inventors are Graham P. Bloy, St. Louis, Matthew E. Pierce, Troy, Ill., and Christopher Gordon Gervase Turner, Oakley, United Kingdom. The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2012 (13/687,221). 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=8698575.PN.&OS=PN/8698575&RS=PN/8698575 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Stanford University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 22 -- Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,696,450) developed by four co-inventors for "methods for analyzing and providing feedback for improved power generation in a golf swing." The co-inventors are Jessica Rose, Palo Alto, Calif., David W. Meister, Milwaukee, Amy L. Ladd, Palo Alto, Calif., and Katherine M. Steele, Chicago. The patent application was filed on July 27, 2012 (13/559,800). 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=86,96,450.PN.&OS=PN/86,96,450&RS=PN/86,96,450 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Whirlpool Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 22 -- Whirlpool, Benton Harbor, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,695,370) developed by 18 co-inventors for a "[r]efrigerator ice compartment with intermediate temperature." The co-inventors are Tim L. Coulter, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thomas E. Gose, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Steven G. Herndon, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, James H. Jenkins Jr., South Amana, Iowa, Bill J. Koons, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Brent A. Kramer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Scott W. Leimkuehler, Swisher, Iowa, Dean A. Martin, Solon, Iowa, Alvin V. Miller, Swisher, Iowa, Kevin Lee Noel, Atkins, Iowa, Ron S. Paulsen, Marengo, Iowa, Mauro M. Oliveira, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Lester J. Ott, Swisher, Iowa, Chad J. Rotter, Amana, Iowa, David Allen Stauffer, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Kyle B. Van Meter, Coralville, Iowa, Alan M. Welch, Lewistown, Ill., and Robert L. Wetekamp, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The patent application was filed on June 2, 2006 (11/421,800). 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=8695370.PN.&OS=PN/8695370&RS=PN/8695370 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** GemShares Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- GemShares, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,706,513) developed by five co-inventors for "global investment grade for natural and synthetic gems used in financial investments and commercial trading and method of creating standardized baskets of gems to be used in financial and commercial products." The co-inventors are Victor Feldman, Glencoe, Ill., Sharon Karsten, Chicago, Daniel Gramza, Evanston, Ill., David So, New York, and Andrew J. Feldman, Chicago. The patent application was filed on June 28, 2012 (13/535,609). 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=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ball Horticultural Assigned Patent for Calibrachoa Plant Named 'Balcabrite' ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Ball Horticultural, West Chicago, Ill., has been assigned a patent (PP24,401) developed by Jianping Ren, Geneva, Ill., for "Calibrachoa plant named 'Balcabrite'." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2012 (13/507,867). 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=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cleversafe Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Cleversafe, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,707,393) developed by Gary W. Grube, Barrington Hills, Ill., and Timothy W. Markison, Mesa, Ariz., for "providing dispersed storage network location information of a hypertext markup language file." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2012 (13/450,055). 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=13&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cleversafe Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Slice Partial Rebuilding in Dispersed Storage Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Cleversafe, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,706,980) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for slice partial rebuilding in a dispersed storage network." The co-inventors are Greg Dhuse, Chicago, Andrew Baptist, Chicago, Zachary J. Mark, Chicago, Jason K. Resch, Chicago, and Ilya Volvovski, Chicago. The patent application was filed on April 26, 2010 (12/767,390). 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=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Fair Scalable Reader-writer Mutual Exclusion ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,707,324) developed by Alexey Kukanov, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, and Arch D. Robison, Champaign, Ill., for a "fair scalable reader-writer mutual exclusion." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2012 (13/405,772). 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=87,07,324.PN.&OS=PN/87,07,324&RS=PN/87,07,324 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cleversafe Assigned Patent for Updating Set of Memory Devices in Dispersed Storage Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Cleversafe, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,707,105) developed by Gary W. Grube, Barrington Hills, Ill., and Timothy W. Markison, Mesa, Ariz., for "updating a set of memory devices in a dispersed storage network." The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2011 (13/252,410). 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=21&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent for Hand-held Device and Method for Operating Single Pointer Touch Sensitive User Interface ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Motorola Mobility, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,707,215) developed by Hafid Hamadene, Forest Park, Ill., Roger J. Jellicoe, Woodstock, Ill., and Donald W. Zerrien, Palatine, Ill., for "hand-held device and method for operating a single pointer touch sensitive user interface." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2008 (12/343,259). 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=18&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Masonite Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Masonite, Tampa, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,697,226) developed by two co-inventors for a method of etching a plate "for forming a wood grain pattern in the door skin." The co-inventors are Karine Luetgert, Geneva, Ill., and Christ Henry Melonio, Youngstown, Ohio. The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2010 (12/912,156). 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=8697226.PN.&OS=PN/8697226&RS=PN/8697226 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Enpulz Assigned Patent for System Supporting Seller's Promotion Creation ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Enpulz, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,706,549) developed by James D. Bennett, Hroznetin, Czech Republic, and Christopher C. Winslade, Chicago, for a "system supporting seller's promotion creation." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2012 (13/397,862). 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=33&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Accessory Protocol for Touch Screen Device Accessibility ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,706,920) developed by six co-inventors for an "accessory protocol for touch screen device accessibility." The co-inventors are Christopher B. Fleizach, Santa Clara, Calif., Paul Holden, San Francisco, Eric Taylor Seymour, San Jose, Calif., Emily Clark Schubert, San Jose, Calif., Lawrence G. Bolton, Mahomet, Ill., and Sylvain Rene Yves Louboutin, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on April 25, 2013 (13/870,331). 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=8,706,920.PN.&OS=PN/8,706,920&RS=PN/8,706,920 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ball Horticultural Assigned Patent for Petunia Plant Named 'Balpelite' ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Ball Horticultural, West Chicago, Ill., has been assigned a patent (PP24,398) developed by JinJoo Bae, Sugar Grove, Ill., for "Petunia plant named 'Balpelite'." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2012 (13/507,861). 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=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent for System and Method for Use of Fractional Pay-up Ticks ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,706,611) developed by Sagy P. Mintz, Lincolnshire, Ill., Eric M. Herz, Naperville, Ill., and Alexander D. Deitz, Chicago, for a "system and method for use of fractional pay-up ticks in relation to trading strategies in an electronic trading environment." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2013 (13/967,841). 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=28&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for RDMA Data Transfer in Virtual Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,707,331) developed by William R. Magro, Champaign, Ill., Robert J. Woodruff, Banks, Ore., and Jianxin Xiong, Urbana, Ill., for a "RDMA (remote direct memory access) data transfer in a virtual environment." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2012 (13/523,505). 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=87,07,331.PN.&OS=PN/87,07,331&RS=PN/87,07,331 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Northwestern University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,706,652) developed by nine co-inventors for a "system and method for controlling power consumption in a computer system based on user satisfaction." The co-inventors are Lei Yang, Sunnydvale, Calif., Robert P. Dick, Chelsea, Mich., Xi Chen, San Jose, Calif., Gokhan Memik, Evanston, Ill., Peter A. Dinda, Evanston, Ill., Alex Shye, Evanston, Ill., Berkin Ozisikyilmaz, Chicago, Arindam Mallik, Leuven, Belgium, and Alok Choudhary, Chicago. The patent application was filed on June 9, 2010 (12/796,934). 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=26&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent for System and Method for Creating Trade-related Annotations ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,706,609) developed by Mark Leon Strauss, Chicago, and Peter Francis Ziemkiewicz, Chicago, for a "system and method for creating trade-related annotations in an electronic trading environment." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2013 (13/741,741). 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=29&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Enpulz Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Enpulz, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,706,553) developed by James D. Bennett, Hroznetin, Czech Republic, and Christopher C. Winslade, Chicago, for "geographical and dispensing limits for E-promotions." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2012 (13/397,825). 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=32&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,707,316) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and systems for mission-driven quality of service management." The co-inventors are Guijun Wang, Issaquah, Wash., Jingwen Jin, Peoria, Ill., Changzhou Wang, Bellevue, Wash., and Haiqin Wang, Redmond, Wash. The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2012 (13/344,458). 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=17&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Snap-On Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Snap-On, Kenosha, Wis., has been assigned a patent (8,706,316) developed by Robert Hoevenaar, Mundelein, Ill., for a "method and system for enhanced scanner user interface." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2006 (11/374,466). 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=87,06,316.PN.&OS=PN/87,06,316&RS=PN/87,06,316 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,706,612) developed by Gerald J. O'Connor, Wilmette, Ill., and Stephen J. Murphy, Oak Park, Ill., for a "system and method for trading multiple tradeable objects using a single trading interface." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2013 (14/041,515). 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=27&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** tradeMONSTER Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- tradeMONSTER Group, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,706,597) developed by Aric Forsythe, Chicago, for "interactive user interface for input of forecasts and risk priorities and display of related strategies in a trading system." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2009 (12/655,079). 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=31&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Incheck Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Incheck Technologies, Northbrook, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,707,193) developed by Yuri Khazanov, Northbrook, Ill., and Alexander Fridland, Northbrook, Ill., for a "remote monitoring system and method." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2010 (12/781,530). 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=19&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Chicago Mercantile Exchange Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,706,603) developed by Joseph E. Hawrysz, Aurora, Ill., for a "system and method for making positions held by a trader fungible." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2013 (13/919,473). 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=30&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent for Task Management in Workforce Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,706,540) developed by Pawitter Mangat, Gilbert, Ariz., Timothy J. Collins, Homer Glen, Ill., and Young S. Lee, Palatine, Ill., for "task management in a workforce environment using an acoustic map constructed from aggregated audio." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2010 (12/962,782). 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=34&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ball Horticultural Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Ball Horticultural, West Chicago, Ill., has been assigned a patent (PP24,402) developed by Jianping Ren, Geneva, Ill., for "Calibrachoa plant named 'Balcabdepy'." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2012 (13/507,868). 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=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cleversafe Assigned Patent for Failsafe Directory File System in Dispersed Storage Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Cleversafe, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,707,091) developed by four co-inventors for a "failsafe directory file system in a dispersed storage network." The co-inventors are S. Christopher Gladwin, Chicago, Gary W. Grube, Barrington Hills, Ill., Jason K. Resch, Chicago, and Timothy W. Markison, Mesa, Ariz. The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2011 (13/021,657). 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=22&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cleversafe Assigned Patent for Reconfiguring Data Storage in Multiple Dispersed Storage Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Cleversafe, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,707,088) developed by Jason K. Resch, Chicago, Gary W. Grube, Barrington Hills, Ill., and Timothy W. Markison, Mesa, Ariz., for "reconfiguring data storage in multiple dispersed storage networks." The patent application was filed on May 11, 2011 (13/105,118). 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=8,707,088.PN.&OS=PN/8,707,088&RS=PN/8,707,088 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Illinois Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- The University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,707,180) developed by Randy L. Butler, De Land, Ill., L. Bradlee Sheafe, Monticello, Ill., and Von Welch, Champaign, Ill., for a "system for cyber investigation and data management." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2010 (12/857,979). 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=20140422.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/04/22/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. 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