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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (April 13)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** RPX-LV Acquisition Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- RPX-LV Acquisition, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,925,780) developed by Jeffry Jovan Philyaw, Dallas, for a "method for connecting a wireless device to a remote location on a network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for connecting a wireless device to a remote location on a computer network. A beacon signal is transmitted from a beacon unit to a beacon signal receiver circuit disposed with a wireless device. The beacon signal includes components indicative of a first code associated with a remote location and of a second code associated with an attribute of the beacon unit. A first message packet indicative of the first and second codes is transmitted to an intermediate location. A computer database including a plurality of routing information for remote locations on the computer network and a plurality of first codes is accessed. Routing information associated with the first code is retrieved, and a reply packet including the routing information is transmitted to the wireless device. A second message packet is transmitted from the wireless device to a remote location using the routing information." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2007 (11/685,698). 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=20110412.PD.&s2=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/DE Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,925,385) developed by Anthony E. Stavale, Victor, N.Y., and Brian S. Verdehem, Sugarland, Texas, for a "method for optimizing valve position and pump speed in a PID control valve system without the use of external signals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides an algorithm that utilizes flow reference data which can be mathematically determined as a function of various pump and motor parameters such as speed, torque or power or from calibrated flow curves stored in an evaluation device, or from an external flow reference such as a flowmeter. Once the PID control valve has reached its steady state condition a calculated flow value is captured and compared to the current flow value obtained after the variable frequency drive has decreased in frequency (speed). The valve position is optimized just prior to the speed threshold where the flow condition of the algorithm is no longer true." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2007 (11/704,891). 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=8&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20110412.PD.&s2=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/DE Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tm SF Media Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Tm SF Media Holdings, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,925,141) developed by James L. Geer, Hoover, Ala., and Ivan H. Darius, Richardson, Texas, for "systems and methods for storing a plurality of video streams on re-writable random-access media and time- and channel-based retrieval thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A digital video recorder (DVR) and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the DVR includes: (1) a mass data storage unit that concurrently and continuously receives and digitally stores a plurality of channels and (2) a channel viewer, coupled to the mass data storage unit, that retrieves a portion of one of the plurality of channels from the mass data storage unit based on a received command and presents the portion on a video display device." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2004 (10/933,787). 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=20110412.PD.&s2=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/DE Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for System and Method for Address Storage ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,925,983) developed by Aaron Bangor, Austin, Texas, and Melody Woan-Shiang Ho Tang, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method for address storage and message addressing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for message addressing and address storage are disclosed. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include an address menu having an identification field with more than one associated address fields. Each of the address fields may be maintaining addresses for different messaging receipt options. For example, if an intended recipient of a message has an email account and a facsimile machine, a first address field may maintain an email address for the recipient, and a second address field may maintain a facsimile number for the recipient." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2003 (10/673,673). 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=5&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20110412.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/GA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Huck International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Huck International, Tucson, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (7,921,530) developed by Larry D. Mercer, Waco, Texas, and Robert J. Corbett, Waco, Texas, for a "low swage load fastening system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fastener installation tool including an anvil member having a swage cavity, a collet having a pull section with a fastener engagement end and a plurality of teeth, and an anvil member. The plurality of teeth includes a first tooth with a first inner diameter, and each of the remainder of teeth includes a second inner diameter, the first inner diameter being greater than the second inner diameter. The collet has a protrusion extending the length of the pull section to increase the contact area with the anvil member. The anvil member includes a swage cavity with an entrance section, a swage land located adjacent to the entrance section, and an inner bore located adjacent to the swage land." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2010 (12/823,339). 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=20110412.PD.&s2=%28AZ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/AZ&RS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/AZ Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Clean Technology International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Clean Technology International, Little Rock, Ark., has been assigned a patent (7,922,993) developed by Anthony S. Wagner, Buchanan Dam, Texas, for a "spherical carbon nanostructure and method for producing spherical carbon nanostructures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for producing carbon nanostructures according to the invention includes injecting acetylene gas into a reactant liquid. The injected acetylene molecules are then maintained in contact with the reactant liquid for a period of time sufficient to break the carbon-hydrogen bonds in at least some of the acetylene molecules, and place the liberated carbon ions in an excited state. This preferred method further includes enabling the liberated carbon ions in the excited state to traverse a surface of the reactant liquid and enter a collection area. Collection surfaces are provided in the collection area to collect carbon nanostructures." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2006 (11/430,743). 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=20110412.PD.&s2=%28AR.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/AR&RS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/AR Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hill-Rom Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Hill-Rom Services, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,922,183) developed by eight co-inventors for a "stretcher having hand actuated wheel braking apparatus." The co-inventors are Gregory J. Figel, Alpine, Texas, Kenneth Q. Rudolf, Batesville, Ind., David A. Albersmeyer, Hoagland, Ind., Richard Henry Heimbrock, Cincinnati, Jonathan D. Turner, Dillsboro, Ind., Brian T. Wiggins, Burlington, Ind., Eugene E. Osborne, Hebron, Ky., and Nicholas C. Batta, Batesville, Ind. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a plurality of casters coupled to the frame and supporting the frame above a floor, a wheel, a push handle that is coupled to the frame and that is gripable to maneuver the patient support apparatus along the floor, and a brake handle coupled to the push handle and movable to move a brake to impede rotation of the wheel." The patent application was filed on March 28, 2007 (11/692,215). 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=20110412.PD.&s2=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/DE Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Methods, Apparatus and Data Structures ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,924,987) developed by Marco Schneider, Austin, Texas, Philip Charles Cunetto, Austin, Texas, and David Pennington Dudley, Meadow Vista, Calif., for "methods, apparatus and data structures for managing distributed communication systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for authorizing and allocating outdial communication services are disclosed. A disclosed system comprises an application server to initiate an outdial communication service, a gateway to transport the outdial communication service from the application server to an access network via a shared communication facility, and a policy server to selectively authorize the initiated outdial service and, if the outdial service is authorized, to allocate a portion of the shared communication facility to the authorized outdial service." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2005 (11/253,448). 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=20110412.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/GA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Report Data Capture Via Billing Module ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,924,991) developed by four co-inventors for a "report data capture via billing module." The co-inventors are Nancy Ann Book, Palatine, Ill. Brian Smith, Dallas, Susanne Marie Crockett, Buffalo Grove, Ill., and Denis F. Nolan, Tracy, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for reporting telecommunications system usage data related to a telecommunications service. The system includes a network controller that captures telecommunications service billing data and reporting data, and populates a base module with the billing data and a local use module with the reporting data. The system also includes a storage system that stores the base module and the appended local use module, and a reporting system that generates billing reports from the base module and various user-selectable reports from the appended local use module." The patent application was filed on March 12, 2009 (12/402,575). 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=20110412.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/GA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** GE Energy (USA) Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- GE Energy (USA), Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,921,533) developed by John Corwyn Groen, Fishkill, N.Y., and John D. Winter, Katy, Texas, for a "refractory protected replaceable insert." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The refractory protected, replaceable insert for a gasifier includes a replaceable floor edge insert that is formed with a predetermined mating profile that is complementary to a finished mating profile of the gasifier floor. The geometry of the mating profiles of the replaceable floor edge insert and the gasifier floor permit removable engagement between the floor edge insert and the mating profile of the gasifier floor. The replaceable floor edge insert is protected by a ring-like arrangement of hanging refractory bricks that each include an appendage. Each brick appendage covers a portion of the inner radial edge of the replaceable floor edge insert and also covers an upper surface portion of an underlying quench ring, thus prolonging the life of the floor and the quench ring. A refractory ceramic fiber paper can be provided between the hanging brick and the floor edge and quench ring. Also, a refractory ceramic fiber rope can be provided at the inner peripheral edge of the replaceable floor edge insert upon the upper surface of the quench ring, and overlaid by the appendage." The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2006 (11/538,529). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=45&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20110412.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/GA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Georgia Tech Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Georgia Tech Research, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,923,194) developed by six co-inventors for "sacrificial compositions and methods of fabricating a structure using sacrificial compositions." The co-inventors are Paul A. Kohl, Atlanta, Paul J. Joseph, Lawrenceville, Ga., Hollie K. Reed, Pearland, Texas, Sue Ann Bidstrup-Allen, Atlanta, Celesta E. White, Katy, Texas, and Clifford Henderson, Douglasville, Ga. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Compositions, methods of use thereof, and methods of decomposition thereof, are provided. One exemplary composition, among others, includes a polymer and a catalytic amount of a negative tone photoinitiator." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2008 (12/273,114). 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=38&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20110412.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/04/12/2011+AND+AS/GA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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. -1044520 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |