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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (March 21)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent for Lock-Clustering Compilation ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Oracle International, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,331) developed by two co-inventors for a "lock-clustering compilation for software transactional memory." The co-inventors are Virendra J. Marathe, Florence, Mass., and David Dice, Foxboro, Mass. The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/250,369). 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=8677331.PN.&OS=PN/8677331&RS=PN/8677331 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Rockstar Consortium U.S. Assigned Patent for Non-broadcast Multiple Access Inverse Next Hop Resolution Protocol (INNHRP) ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Rockstar Consortium U.S., Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,675,647) developed by James V. Luciani, Acton, Mass., for a "non-broadcast multiple access inverse next hop resolution protocol (INNHRP)." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 1999 (09/786,529). 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=20140318.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tri-County Excelsior Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Tri-County Excelsior Foundation, Marshall, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,675,590) developed by Robert J. Donaghey, Lexington, Mass., for a "personal area network with automatic attachment and detachment." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2012 (13/430,650). 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=20140318.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Least Risk Software Patches Install Order ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,348) developed by five co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for determining least risk install order of software patches." The co-inventors are Manjunatha N. Ramanathpura, Cambridge, Mass., Thomas N. Cobb, Bedford, Mass., Paul J. Russell, Clinton, Mass., Christopher S. Warren, Chelmsford, Mass., and Ryan J. Schuft, Tyngsboro, Mass. The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2005 (11/252,529). 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=8677348.PN.&OS=PN/8677348&RS=PN/8677348 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Scripps Research Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., and Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,673,591) developed by six co-inventors for the "genetic incorporation of 3-aminotyrosine into reductases." The co-inventors are Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost, Newton, Mass., Jianming Xie, Mountain View, Calif., Clement Tsz Chan, Cambridge, Mass., Lital Alfonta, San Diego, Peter G. Schultz, La Jolla, Calif., and Joanne Stubbe, Arlington, Mass. The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2008 (12/734,226). 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=86,73,591.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,591&RS=PN/86,73,591 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New England Biolabs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,673,610) developed by eight co-inventors for "high fidelity restriction endonucleases." The co-inventors are Zhenyu Zhu, Beverly, Mass., Aine Quimby, Newton, N.H., Shuang-Yong Xu, Lexington, Mass., Shengxi Guan, Stoneham, Mass., Hua Wei, Ipswich, Mass., Penghua Zhang, Lexington, Mass., Dapeng Sun, Arlington, Mass., and Siu-Hong Chan, Ipswich, Mass. The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2013 (13/736,459). 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=86,73,610.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,610&RS=PN/86,73,610 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Idenix Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Mass., and the Universita Degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, have been assigned a patent (8,674,085) developed by five co-inventors for "2'-branched nucleosides and Flaviviridae mutation." The co-inventors are Jean-Pierre Sommadossi, Boston, Paolo LaColla, Capoterra, Italy, David N. Standring, Milton, Mass., Vadim Bichko, San Diego, and Lin Qu, Webster, Texas. The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2010 (12/914,914). 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=86,74,085.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,085&RS=PN/86,74,085 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nanoptek Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Nanoptek, Concord, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,673,399) developed by John M. Guerra, Concord, Mass., Lukas M. Thulin, Arlington, Mass., and Amol N. Chandekar, Lowell, Mass., for the "bandgap-shifted semiconductor surface and method for making same, and apparatus for using same." The patent application was filed on June 10, 2008 (12/136,716). 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=86,73,399.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,399&RS=PN/86,73,399 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** PxBioSciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- PxBioSciences, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,673,574) developed by four co-inventors for the "diagnosis and monitoring of renal failure using peptide biomarkers." The co-inventors are Harald Tammen, Hanover, Germany, Leif Honda, Rye, N.H., Michael Jurgens, Hanover, Germany, and Andrew Peck, Waltham, Mass. The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2009 (12/544,605). 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=86,73,574.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,574&RS=PN/86,73,574 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Aurora, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,673,449) developed by six co-inventors for "cooking release sheet materials and release surfaces." The co-inventors are Graham A. Woerner, Bedford, N.H., Timothy P. Pollock, Manchester, N.H., Ephraim Lin, Bedford, N.H., John Russo, Bartlett, Ill., Anne Hardy, Acton, Mass., and Gerard Buss, Bedford, N.H. The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2009 (12/642,124). 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=86,73,449.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,449&RS=PN/86,73,449 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Cable Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- General Cable Technologies, Highland Heights, Ky., has been assigned a patent (8,674,228) developed by Kirk D. Dion, Center Barnstead, N.H., and Moe J. Jaber, Hubbardston, Mass., for a "longitudinal shield tape wrap applicator with edge folder to enclose drain wire." The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2010 (12/875,027). 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=86,74,228.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,228&RS=PN/86,74,228 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Virgin Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Virgin Instruments, Sudbury, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,674,292) developed by Marvin L. Vestal, Framingham, Mass., for the "reflector time-of-flight mass spectrometry with simultaneous space and velocity focusing." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2011 (13/034,525). 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=86,74,292.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,292&RS=PN/86,74,292 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Enanta Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Watertown, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,673,954) developed by five co-inventors for benzimidazole derivatives. The co-inventors are Yao-Ling Qiu, Andover, Mass., Ce Wang, Beijing, Xiaowen Peng, Cambridge, Mass., Lu Ying, Shanghai, China, and Yat Sun Or, Watertown, Mass. The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2011 (13/252,924). 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=86,73,954.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,954&RS=PN/86,73,954 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Data Session Establishment ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,676,986) developed by three co-inventors for systems and methods for "establishing and operating data sessions between mobile subscriber units and packet data servers on a wireless communication network." The co-inventors are Mathew Hayden Harper, Salem, N.H., Sanil Puthiyandyil, Nashua, N.H., and Janakiraman Senthilnathan, Chelmsford, Mass. The patent application was filed on March 10, 2004 (10/797,646). 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=8676986.PN.&OS=PN/8676986&RS=PN/8676986 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag. *** Brown University Assigned Patent for Nanoparticle Compositions and Methods for Improved Oral Delivery of Active Agents ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Brown University, Providence, R.I., has been assigned a patent (8,673,359) developed by four co-inventors for "nanoparticle compositions and methods for improved oral delivery of active agents." The co-inventors are Daniel Cho, Providence, R.I., Joshua Reineke, Providence, R.I., Edith Mathiowitz, Brookline, Mass., and Bryan Laulicht, Cambridge, Mass. The patent application was filed on July 8, 2011 (13/179,205). 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=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28RI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/RI&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/RI Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hasbro Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Hasbro, Pawtucket, R.I., has been assigned a patent (8,671,926) developed by Curt Jonathan Mahlstedt, Bristol, R.I., and Douglas C. Weiler, Bridgewater, Mass., for a "toy launcher apparatus with inner and outer tubes." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2012 (13/722,302). 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=20140318.PD.&s2=%28RI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/RI&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/RI Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Foundation Medicine Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Foundation Medicine, Cambridge, Mass., and UCL Business, London, have been assigned a patent (8,673,972) developed by seven co-inventors for the "human papilloma virus as predictor of cancer prognosis." The co-inventors are Chris Hendrik Boshoff, London, Timothy Robert Fenton, Kent, United Kingdom, Matthias Alexander Lechner, London, Philip James Stephens, Lexington, Mass., Matthew J. Hawryluk, Watertown, Mass., Roman Yelensky, Newton, Mass., and Garrett Michael Frampton, Somerville, Mass. The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2013 (13/958,502). 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=86,73,972.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,972&RS=PN/86,73,972 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Acushnet Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,674,051) developed by Shenshen Wu, North Dartmouth, Mass., David A. Bulpett, Boston, and Murali Rajagopalan, South Dartmouth, Mass., for "polyurea and polyurethane compositions for golf equipment." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2011 (13/246,334). 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=86,74,051.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,051&RS=PN/86,74,051 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Vertex Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent for Pharmaceutical Compositions ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,674,108) developed by six co-inventors for "solid forms of N-[2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethy)-5-hydroxyphenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-- 3-carboxamide." The co-inventors are Brian Luisi, Mansfield, Mass., Sneha Ghanshyam Arekar, Brighton, Mass., Adriana Costache, Cambridge, Mass., Kirk Raymond Dinehart, Holliston, Mass., Steven C. Johnston, Litchfield, N.H., and Bobbianna J. Neubert-Langille, Sudbury, Mass. The patent application was filed on April 20, 2012 (13/452,758). 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=86,74,108.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,108&RS=PN/86,74,108 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Recycled Asphalt Shingle Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Recycled Asphalt Shingle Technology, Brentwood, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,672,248) developed by Robert Zickell, Winchester, Mass., and Thomas J. Zickell, New Castle, N.H., for an "asphalt material recycling system and method with ball screener and impact and cutting choppers." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2012 (13/495,477). 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=11&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28NH.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/NH&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/NH Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Schneider Electric IT Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Schneider Electric IT, West Kingston, R.I., has been assigned a patent (8,672,732) developed by four co-inventors for a "cooling system and method." The co-inventors are Neil Rasmussen, Concord, Mass., John H. Bean, Wentzville, Mo., Greg R. Uhrhan, O'Fallon, Mo., and Scott D. Buell, Lake St. Louis, Mo. The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2006 (11/335,874). 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=20140318.PD.&s2=%28RI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/RI&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/RI Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Harvard College, University of California, Agilent Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., the University of California, Oakland, Calif., and Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,673,556) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for characterizing polynucleotides." The co-inventors are Mark Akeson, Santa Cruz, Calif., Daniel Branton, Lexington, Mass., David W. Deamer, Santa Cruz, Calif., and Jeffrey R. Sampson, San Francisco. The patent application was filed on May 18, 2011 (13/110,536). 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=86,73,556.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,556&RS=PN/86,73,556 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, Research Foundation of City University of New York Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, Boston, and Research Foundation of City University of New York, New York, have been assigned a patent (8,673,594) developed by Marie T. Filbin, New York, and Rajiv R. Ratan, Cambridge, Mass., for "methods for stimulating nervous system regeneration and repair by regulating arginase I and polyamine synthesis." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2009 (12/613,310). 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=86,73,594.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,594&RS=PN/86,73,594 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bandwidth.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Bandwidth.com, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,675,476) developed by four co-inventors for the multi-streaming communication session. The co-inventors are L. Anders Brownworth, Cambridge, Mass., Jared Kashimba, Micanopy, Fla., Timothy Jones, Cary, N.C., and Sai Rathnam, Raleigh, N.C. The patent application was filed on July 16, 2013 (13/943,123). 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=86,75,476.PN.&OS=PN/86,75,476&RS=PN/86,75,476 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** InnovaNano Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- InnovaNano, Winchester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,673,393) developed by Jikang Yuan, Kowloon, China, and He Dong, Winchester, Mass., for "hydrophobic materials made by vapor deposition coating and applications thereof." The patent application was filed on June 8, 2009 (12/480,598). 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=86,73,393.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,393&RS=PN/86,73,393 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Parellel Consulting Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Parellel Consulting, Dover, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,675,125) developed by Oliver Cossairt, Cambridge, Mass., and Gregg E. Favalora, Arlington, Mass., for "minimized-thickness angular scanner of electromagnetic radiation." The patent application was filed on April 26, 2006 (11/380,296). 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=86,75,125.PN.&OS=PN/86,75,125&RS=PN/86,75,125 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,673,634) developed by Huawei Li, Shanghai, China, Albert Edge, Newton, Mass., and Stefan Heller, Rockland, Mass., for a "method for the treatment of hearing loss." The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2004 (10/989,649). 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=86,73,634.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,634&RS=PN/86,73,634 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Radiation Monitoring Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Radiation Monitoring Devices, Watertown, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,674,311) developed by Vivek Nagarkar, Weston, Mass., and Valeriy Gaysinskiy, Allston, Mass., for a "polycrystalline lanthanum halide scintillator, devices and methods." The patent application was filed on March 10, 2010 (12/721,505). 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=86,74,311.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,311&RS=PN/86,74,311 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,674,115) developed by 11 co-inventors for CRTH2 modulators. The co-inventors are Ara Mermerian, Melrose, Mass., Bo Peng, Arlington, Mass., Colleen Hudson, Malden, Mass., Charles Kim, Cambridge, Mass., Joel Moore, Lexington, Mass., Jason Rohde, Andover, Mass., Kevin Sprott, Needham, Mass., Regina Graul, Duxbury, Mass., Takashi Nakai, Newton, Mass., James Jia, Somerville, Mass., and Wilmin Bartolini, Amesbury, Mass. The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2010 (12/969,840). 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=86,74,115.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,115&RS=PN/86,74,115 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Stryker Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Stryker, Kalamazoo, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,673,853) developed by Slobodan Vukicevic, Zagreb, Croatia, Vladimir Katic, Zagreb, Croatia, and Kuber T. Sampath, Holliston, Mass., for a "method and device for repairing the larynx, trachea and other fibrocartilaginous tissues." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2007 (11/894,703). 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=86,73,853.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,853&RS=PN/86,73,853 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Chrono Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Chrono Therapeutics, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,673,346) developed by four co-inventors for a "transdermal drug delivery method and system." The co-inventors are Werner Zumbrunn, Muttenz, Switzerland, Georgios Imanidis, Bottmingen, Switzerland, Guy DiPierro, Cambridge, Mass., and Hans Wernher Van De Venn, Winterthur, Switzerland. The patent application was filed on May 10, 2013 (13/892,006). 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=86,73,346.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,346&RS=PN/86,73,346 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Pittsburgh Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,673,295) developed by four co-inventors for "thermoresponsive, biodegradable, elastomeric material and uses therefore." The co-inventors are Kazuro Lee Fujimoto, Pittsburgh, Zuwei Ma, Woburn, Mass., Jianjun Guan, Dublin, Ohio, and William R. Wagner, Gibsonia, Pa. The patent application was filed on April 30, 2010 (13/265,067). 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=86,73,295.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,295&RS=PN/86,73,295 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Children's Medical Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Children's Medical Center, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,673,552) developed by Yorgo Modis, Brookline, Mass., and Stephen C. Harrison, Cambridge, Mass., for "druggable regions in the dengue virus envelope glycoprotein and methods of using the same." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2009 (12/430,360). 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=86,73,552.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,552&RS=PN/86,73,552 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Veeco Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Veeco Instruments, Plainview, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,676,375) developed by five co-inventors for an "automated cassette-to-cassette substrate handling system." The co-inventors are Joseph Arthur Kraus, Hamilton, N.J., Jeremy James Boyer, Chelmsford, Mass., Joseph Mack, Manchester, N.H., Michael DeChellis, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Michael Koo, Somerset, N.J. The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2012 (13/406,076). 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=86,76,375.PN.&OS=PN/86,76,375&RS=PN/86,76,375 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Genelex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Genelex, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,676,608) developed by Jessica Oesterheld, Bath, Maine, Robert D. Patterson, Lexington, Mass., and Howard C. Coleman, Seattle, for "genetic data analysis and database tools." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2012 (13/647,246). 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=86,76,608.PN.&OS=PN/86,76,608&RS=PN/86,76,608 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,676,119) developed by six co-inventors for a "device pairing via intermediary device." The co-inventors are Alexander J. Cohen, Mill Valley, Calif., Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, and John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash. The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2010 (12/927,609). 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=86,76,119.PN.&OS=PN/86,76,119&RS=PN/86,76,119 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1155147 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |