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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (June 9)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Endoscopic Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 8 -- Endoscopic Technologies, San Ramon, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,820) developed by four co-inventors for a "conduction block verification probe and method of use." The co-inventors are Arthur A. Bertolero, Danville, Calif., Tamer Ibrahim, Pleasant Hill, Calif., Steve Geyster, Milton, Mass., and Mathew Williams, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Devices and methods provide for ablation of cardiac tissue for treating cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. Although the devices and methods are often be used to ablate epicardial tissue in the vicinity of at least one pulmonary vein, various embodiments may be used to ablate other cardiac tissues in other locations on a heart. Devices generally include at least one tissue contacting member for contacting epicardial tissue and securing the ablation device to the epicardial tissue, and at least one ablation member for ablating the tissue. Various embodiments include features, such as suction apertures, which enable the device to attach to the epicardial surface with sufficient strength to allow the tissue to be stabilized via the device. For example, some embodiments may be used to stabilize a beating heart to enable a beating heart ablation procedure. Many of the devices may be introduced into a patient via minimally invasive introducer devices and the like. Although devices and methods of the invention may be used to ablate epicardial tissue to treat atrial fibrillation, they may also be used in veterinary or research contexts, to treat various heart conditions other than atrial fibrillation and/or to ablate cardiac tissue other than the epicardium." The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2008 (12/323,374). 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=79,57,820&OS=79,57,820&RS=79,57,820 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 8 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,957,826) developed by five co-inventors for "methods for normalizing error in photolithographic processes." The co-inventors are Christopher P. Ausschnitt, Lexington, Mass., Richard H. Broberg, Wellesley, Mass., David A. Crow, Maple Grove, Minn., William A. Muth, Lagrangeville, N.Y., and Keith E. Roberts, Cambridge, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for fabricating parts using a photolithography system, includes: performing a search of normalization data for an estimated dose operating point; and using the estimated dose operating point for fabrication of new parts." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2007 (11/842,515). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,57,826&OS=79,57,826&RS=79,57,826 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** iRobot Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 8 -- iRobot, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,957,837) developed by six co-inventors for a "companion robot for personal interaction." The co-inventors are Andrew Ziegler, Arlington, Mass., Andrew Jones, Roslindale, Mass., Clara Vu, Cambridge, Mass., Matthew Cross, Mason, N.H., Ken Sinclair, Newton, Mass., and Tony L. Campbell, Pepperell, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile robot guest for interacting with a human resident performs a room-traversing search procedure prior to interacting with the resident, and may verbally query whether the resident being sought is present. Upon finding the resident, the mobile robot may facilitate a teleconferencing session with a remote third party, or interact with the resident in a number of ways. For example, the robot may carry on a dialogue with the resident, reinforce compliance with medication or other schedules, etc. In addition, the robot incorporates safety features for preventing collisions with the resident; and the robot may audibly announce and/or visibly indicate its presence in order to avoid becoming a dangerous obstacle. Furthermore, the mobile robot behaves in accordance with an integral privacy policy, such that any sensor recording or transmission must be approved by the resident." The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2008 (12/199,653). 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=79,57,837&OS=79,57,837&RS=79,57,837 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Multi-channel Fractional Clock Data Transfer ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,958,284) developed by Subramaniam Maiyuran, Goldriver, Calif., and Christopher Gianos, Sterling, Mass., for a "multi-channel fractional clock data transfer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus to transfer data between one or more clock domains are described. In one embodiment, a plurality of signals corresponding to write pointers of a buffer and a read pointer of the buffer are generated. The signals corresponding to the write pointers of the buffer are to be generated based on different data patterns for transmission over different channels. Other embodiments are also claimed and described." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2006 (11/363,650). 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=7,958,284&OS=7,958,284&RS=7,958,284 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,957,582) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for correction of fluoroscope image distortion." The co-inventors are Dun Alex Li, Salem, N.J., Joseph Casey Crager, Newton, Mass., Peter Kelley, Hampton Falls, N.H., and Andrey Litvin, Waltham, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system and method for modeling S-distortion in an image intensifier. In an embodiment, the method may include identifying a reference coordinate on an input screen of the image intensifier. The method also includes computing a set of charged particle velocity vectors. The method also includes computing a set of magnetic field vectors. The method also includes computing the force exerted on the charged particle in an image intensifier. Certain embodiments of the present invention include an iterative method for calibrating an image acquisition system with an analytic S-distortion model. In an embodiment, the method may include comparing the difference between the measured fiducial shadow positions and the model fiducial positions with a threshold value. If the difference is less than the threshold value, the optical distortion parameters are used for linearizing the set of acquired images." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2007 (11/766,455). 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=79,57,582.PN.&OS=PN/79,57,582&RS=PN/79,57,582 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 --- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,958,305) developed by nine co-inventors for a "system and method for managing storage networks and providing virtualization of resources in such a network." The co-inventors are Fernando Oliveira, Sudbury, Mass., Bradford B. Glade, Harvard, Mass., Jeffrey A. Brown, Shrewsbury, Mass., Peter J. McCann, Manson, N.H., David Harvey, Newton, Mass., James A. Wentworth III, Shrewsbury, Mass., Walter M. Caritj, Medway, Mass., Matthew Waxman, Brookline, Mass., and Lee W. VanTine, Oxford, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention is a system and method for managing one or more data storage networks using a new architecture. A method for handling logical to physical mapping is included in one embodiment with the new architecture. A method for handling errors is included in another embodiment with the new architecture." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2010 (12/780,001). 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=7,958,305&OS=7,958,305&RS=7,958,305 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,958,229) developed by Adrian E. Conway, Weston, Mass., for a "method and system for energy efficient routing and network services." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system of an embodiment may include identifying a power source used by a network element, determining a carbon footprint of a unit of power usage from the power source, identifying one or more components associated with the network element used for a network operation performed by the network element, determining the power usage of the one or more identified components during the process, and calculating the carbon footprint of the process performed by the network element." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2008 (12/059,384). 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=7,958,229&OS=7,958,229&RS=7,958,229 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent for Switching Systems and Methods for Storage Management in Digital Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,958,199) developed by five co-inventors for "switching systems and methods for storage management in digital networks." The co-inventors are Stephen Ferrari, Boston, William Stronge, Westford, Mass., Christopher Cochrane, Windham, N.H., Howard Hall, Groton, Mass., and Milan Merhar, Brookline, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are improved methods, devices and systems for storage management in digital networks." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2001 (10/415,328). 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=7,958,199&OS=7,958,199&RS=7,958,199 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sterling Commerce Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Sterling Commerce, Dublin, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,958,250) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "system and method for multi-level guided node and topology discovery." The co-inventors are Suresh Sridhar, Irving, Texas, Shamika Naik, Irving, Texas, Thurman O. Pylant, Priddy, Texas, Michael Rieser, Allen, Texas, Steven Darrel Woodcock, Highland Village, Texas, S. Dale Ander, Dallas, Palanisamy Grounder, Irving, Texas, Guy Briggs, Coppell, Texas, Ashish Rajput, Euless, Texas, and John Lyon, Marshfield, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for user-guided iterative node discovery and topology discovery in a network of nodes involved in secure and reliable data transfer." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2004 (10/984,538). 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=7,958,250&OS=7,958,250&RS=7,958,250 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Updating Presence Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,958,212) developed by Leon Wong, Redmond, Wash., and Peter L. Beebee, Acton, Mass., for an updating presence information. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for updating the presence information of a user associated with one or more clients. The presence information often indicates the status of a user in an instant messaging environment. A client view is associated with each separate client and the master view or status reflected to other subscribers or clients in the instant messaging environment is determined by evaluating each of the separate client views. In this manner the current status of a user may be accurately reflected to a user's subscribers." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2000 (09/652,502). 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=7,958,212&OS=7,958,212&RS=7,958,212 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Senshin Capital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Senshin Capital, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,958,205) developed by Alan L. Moyer, Chelmsford, Mass., Thomas J. LeBlanc, Canton, Mass., and Leonid Winestein, Chestnut Hill, Mass., for a "method and system for communicating between a remote printer and a server." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In order to enable downloading to a mobile printer data items from a server, a method comprising the steps of establishing communication connection end points ("sockets"), communicating with the server, where the communication includes sending a request for authentication to the server, receiving an authentication response, requesting print data portions from the server, receiving the requested print data portions, and notifying the server after each print data portion has been printed. The method also includes the step of terminating their communication connection when a printing session ends or if an error occurs. The method constitutes a printer-server protocol." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2008 (12/105,710). 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=7,958,205&OS=7,958,205&RS=7,958,205 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NetApp Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,958,169) developed by Wesley R. Witte, Campbell, Calif., Amol D. Dixit, Cambridge, Mass., for a "system and method for supporting change notify watches for virtualized storage systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique supports Change Notify watches in virtualized storage systems. In particular, techniques of the present invention advantageously emulate Change Notify features (e.g., as documented by the CIFS protocol) on virtualized storage systems by leveraging virtualization mapping information (e.g., an inode-to-path or "I2P" mapping) to walk a file system tree backwards from the data blocks to their ancestors to determine whether there are applicable watches on ancestor directories, and to obtain a pathname (e.g., relative) of the watched (changed) data. In particular, changes to data received from different protocols (e.g., CIFS, NFS, HTTP, etc.) can trigger watches to clients on the virtualized storage system. Also, performance may be enhanced using various caching techniques, and watch state may be retained while moving watched data across volumes of the virtualized storage system." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2010 (12/894,932). 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=7,958,169&OS=7,958,169&RS=7,958,169 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Digital Voice Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Digital Voice Systems, Westford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,957,963) developed by John C. Hardwick, Sudbury, Mass., for a voice transcoder. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "First encoded voice bits are transcoded into second encoded voice bits by dividing the first encoded voice bits into one or more received frames, with each received frame containing multiple ones of the first encoded voice bits. First parameter bits for at least one of the received frames are generated by applying error control decoding to one or more of the encoded voice bits contained in the received frame, speech parameters are computed from the first parameter bits, and the speech parameters are quantized to produce second parameter bits. Finally, a transmission frame is formed by applying error control encoding to one or more of the second parameter bits, and the transmission frame is included in the second encoded voice bits." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2009 (12/637,383). 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=7,957,963.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,963&RS=PN/7,957,963 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dynamic Type-ahead for Lists of Prior Specified Addressees ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,197) developed by four co-inventors for a "dynamic type-ahead for lists of prior specified addressees." The co-inventors are Rebecca Hughes, Cambridge, Mass., Nancy E. Kho, Belmont, Mass., Jamie Liu, Westford, Mass., and Judy J. Piper, Woburn, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees can include detecting character input in an addressee field of a composition view of a messaging client executing in memory by a processor of a computer. The method also can include matching the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists in that each of the entries in the table includes multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message. Finally, the method can include auto-completing the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input." The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2009 (12/605,223). 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=7,958,197&OS=7,958,197&RS=7,958,197 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Akamai Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Akamai Technologies, Cambridge, Mass. has been assigned a patent (7,958,249) developed by five co-inventors for a "highly scalable, fault tolerant file transport using vector exchange." The co-inventors are Alexander Sherman, Sharon, Mass., Andrew D. Berkheimer, Boston, Philip A. Lisiecki, Quincy, Mass., William E. Weihl, San Francisco, and Joel M. Wein, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A file transport mechanism according to the invention is responsible for accepting, storing and distributing files, such as configuration or control files, to a large number of field machines. The mechanism is comprised of a set of servers that accept, store and maintain submitted files. The file transport mechanism implements a distributed agreement protocol based on "vector exchange." A vector exchange is a knowledge-based algorithm that works by passing around to potential participants a commitment bit vector. A participant that observes a quorum of commit bits in a vector assumes agreement. Servers use vector exchange to achieve consensus on file submissions. Once a server learns of an agreement, it persistently marks (in a local data store) the request as "agreed." Once the submission is agreed, the server can stage the new file for download." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2010 (12/848,293). 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=7,958,249&OS=7,958,249&RS=7,958,249 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AOL Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- AOL, Dulles, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,958,243) developed by James Crawford, Belmont, Mass., for a "direct file transfer between subscribers of a communications system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and techniques for transferring a file from a first client associated with a first subscriber to a communications system to a second client associated with a second subscriber to the communications system by connecting from the first client to a communications system host; sending, through the communications system host, a request to the second client to establish a direct connection to the second client; when the second client accepts the request, establishing a direct connection to the second client that bypasses the communications system host; and transferring a file over the direct connection." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2008 (12/110,996). 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=7,958,243&OS=7,958,243&RS=7,958,243 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent for Identifying a Computer Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,958,226) developed by five co-inventors for an "identifying a computer device." The co-inventors are Linda Bernardi, Mercer Island, Wash., Chet Birger, Lexington, Mass., David C. Douglas, Concord, Mass., Steven Rosenthal, Lexington, Mass., and Kenneth R. Traub, Lexington, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer architecture for enterprise device applications that provides a real-time, bi-directional communication layer for device communication. An identity-based communications layer provides for secure, end-to-end telemetry and control communications by enabling mutual authentication and encryption between the devices and the enterprise. A unique identity is assigned to each device, user and application to provide security services. The unique identity is independent of a network-address. Security information and a network address may be associated with the unique identity." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2006 (11/354,819). 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=7,958,226&OS=7,958,226&RS=7,958,226 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AVAYA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- AVAYA, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,958,225) developed by Bruce Schofield, Tyngsboro, Mass., Franco Travostino, Arlington, Mass., and Indermohan Monga, Acton, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for monitoring the transportation of medical images on a communication network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for monitoring the transportation of medical images on a communication network includes a medical image transport service (MITS) that may be used to notify clients of the status of scheduled requests. The MITS may be configured to provide numerous notifications, such as the scheduled time for delivery, changes in scheduled time for delivery, delays associated with delivery at the scheduled time, and likely resolutions to network or other delays attendant to the requested transaction. The notifications may be sent in-band on the network or out-of-band on a parallel network. Where the notification relates to a delayed transaction, the notification message may contain the reason for the delay, the source of the delay, its location, and if other images can still be retrieved. The notification may also include a likely resolution of the problem and an estimate of when the problem will be resolved." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2004 (10/777,318). 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=7,958,225&OS=7,958,225&RS=7,958,225 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Harvard College Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,957,617) developed by Frank Vollmer, Cambridge, Mass., and Juraj Topolancik, Malden, Mass., for "methods, materials and devices for light manipulation with oriented molecular assemblies in micronscale photonic circuit elements with High-Q or slow light." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical device that comprises an input waveguide, an output waveguide, a high-Q resonant or photonic structure that generate slow light connected to the input waveguide and the output waveguide, and an interface, surface or mode volume modified with at least one material formed from a single molecule, an ordered aggregate of molecules or nanostructures. The optical device may include more than one input waveguide, output waveguide, high-Q resonant or photonic structure and interface, surface or mode volume. The high-Q resonant or photonic structure may comprise at least one selected from the group of: microspherical cavities, microtoroidal cavities, microring-cavities, photonic crystal defect cavities, fabry-perot cavities, photonic crystal waveguides. The ordered aggregate of molecules or nanostructures comprises at least one selected from the group of: organic or biological monolayers, biological complexes, cell membranes, bacterial membranes, virus assemblies, nanowire or nanotube assemblies, quantum-dot assemblies, one or more assemblies containing one or more rhodopsins, green fluorescence proteins, diarylethers, lipid bilayers, chloroplasts or components, mitochondria or components, cellular or bacterial organelles or components, bacterial S-layers, photochromic molecules. Further, the molecular aggregate may exhibit a photoinduced response." The patent application was filed on May 10, 2007 (12/299,630). 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=79,57,617.PN.&OS=PN/79,57,617&RS=PN/79,57,617 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Identifying Similar Documents ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,958,136) developed by Taylor Curtis, Santa Monica, Calif., and Kenneth Heafield, Cambridge, Mass, for "systems and methods for identifying similar documents." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides systems and methods for identifying similar documents. In an embodiment, the present invention identifies similar documents by (1) receiving document text for a current document that includes at least one word; (2) calculating a prominence score and a descriptiveness score for each word and each pair of consecutive words; (3) calculating a comparison metric for the current document; (4) finding at least one potential document, where document text for each potential document includes at least one of the words; and (5) analyzing each potential document to identify at least one similar document." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2008 (12/050,626). 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=7,958,136&OS=7,958,136&RS=7,958,136 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** IndraWeb.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- IndraWeb.com, Paoli, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,958,153) developed by Henry B. Kon, Lexington, Mass., and George W. Burch, E. Brookfield, Mass., for "systems and methods for employing an orthogonal corpus for document indexing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for processing a body of reference material to generate a directory for accessing information from a database." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2010 (12/780,305). 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=7,958,153&OS=7,958,153&RS=7,958,153 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Iron Mountain Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Iron Mountain, Boston, has been assigned a patent (7,958,148) developed by Matthew Barnes, Framingham, Mass., and Dale Passmore, Colorado Springs, Colo., for "systems and methods for filtering file system input and output." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for managing digital assets in a distributed computing environment are described. Meta-data for the digital assets is stored separately from the digital assets. Meta-data for some of the digital assets is copied and stored at a central location. Meta-data for the digital assets is generated by clients of the system. A method of filtering I/O requests of a computer system includes: receiving a plurality of I/O requests from a filter manager of the computer system, the filter manager executing in the system space of an operating system; applying a hierarchical rule set to at least a portion of the plurality of I/O requests by a mini-filter executing in the system space; and providing at least one of the plurality of I/O requests from the mini-filter to an agent executing in user space in response to the application of the hierarchical rule set by the mini-filter." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2006 (11/555,246). 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=7,958,148&OS=7,958,148&RS=7,958,148 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cognex Technology and Investment Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Cognex Technology and Investment, Mt. View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,554) developed by William Silver, Weston, Mass., Robert Shillman, Weston, Mass., and Aaron Wallack, Natick, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for human interface to a machine vision system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method are disclosed for setting up a vision system having a camera and a vision processor cooperative with the camera. The apparatus includes a gesture recognizer, a key recognizer, a breakout box having at least two signaling elements, and a setup control unit that is cooperative with the gesture recognizer, the key recognizer, and the breakout box. The combination of using a key and a gesture set as herein described is substantially superior, as compared with known user interfaces for setting up a vision system that has been previously been engineered, in terms of low-cost, convenience, ease-of-use, simplicity, and speed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2002 (10/335,829). 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=7957554.PN.&OS=PN/7957554&RS=PN/7957554 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mediatek Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Mediatek, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (7,957,758) developed by Joern Soerensen, Aars, Denmark, Carsten Griem, Gistrup, Denmark, and Carsten Pedersen, Belmont, Mass., for a "method of and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a mobile telephony system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of decoding data comprising a plurality of data-bursts, comprising the steps of: i) receiving a first one of the data-bursts, ii) associating hypothesis data with the or each received data-bursts; iii) attempting to decode the data; and iv) if the decode is successful to power down the receiver, and if the decode is unsuccessful receiving a further one of the data-bursts and repeating steps ii) to iv), until all of the data has been received." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2007 (11/818,226). 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=7,957,758.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,758&RS=PN/7,957,758 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bose Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Bose, Framingham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,957,540) developed by four co-inventors for an automobile audio system. The co-inventors are Christopher Ludwig, White Lake, Mich., Hal Greenberger, Natick, Mass., Michael W. Stark, Acton, Mass., and Hiroshi Miyazaki, Framingham, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention features a dual-mode audio system for an automobile which in one mode is configured for play while the doors to the automobile are closed, and in a second mode, is configured for play while a door, such as a tailgate, is opened. Additionally, the invention also features a battery monitor which monitors the operating condition of the battery and may estimate the energy capacity of the battery. The system may also take power conservation measures if the system determines that the engine is not running or the operating condition of the batter reaches a predetermined state. The invention also features a remote control integrated within a key fob for controlling the audio system. The invention features various orientations for mounting a pair of loudspeakers within an automobile which directly radiate sound out of a rear opening of the automobile." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/933,183). 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=7957540.PN.&OS=PN/7957540&RS=PN/7957540 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Lowell, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,957,706) developed by four co-inventors for a "combined matching and filter circuit." The co-inventors are Peter Onno, Glen Haven, Calif., Rajanish, San Diego, Nitin Jain, San Diego, and Christopher D. Weigand, Woburn, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A combined matching and harmonic rejection circuit with increased harmonic rejection provided by a split resonance for one or more of the capacitive or inductive elements of the circuit. At a fundamental frequency, the circuit comprises an inductive series arm with capacitive shunt arms. The capacitance of a shunt arm may be provided by two or more parallel paths, each having a capacitor and an inductor in series so that, in addition to providing the effective capacitance necessary for impedance matching at the fundamental frequency, two separate harmonics represented by the series resonances of the parallel paths are rejected. In this manner, an extra null in the circuit's stop-band may be achieved using the same number of shunt elements necessary to achieve impedance matching at the fundamental frequency." The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2010 (12/701,837). 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=7,957,706.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,706&RS=PN/7,957,706 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United Electronic Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United Electronic Industries, Walpole, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,957,942) developed by Olexiy Ivchenko, Stoughton, Mass., and Denys Kraplin, Holliston, Mass., for a "position and angle digital detection and simulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A position detection and simulation platform includes software configurable logic and programmable inputs and outputs to support software configuration only changes for use with a variety of position feedback devices including synchros, resolvers, linear variable differential transformers, and rotary variable differential transformers. The platform provides support for all of these devices without making hardware changes to the platform; all changes are accomplished through software programming of configurable registers and logic devices. In this way the platform can universally be applied to applications that require interfacing to any of the supported devices. Additionally, the platform can be reconfigured through software to provide complete simulation of any of the supported devices." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2008 (12/143,797). 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=7,957,942.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,942&RS=PN/7,957,942 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Iron Mountain Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Iron Mountain, Boston, has been assigned a patent (7,958,087) developed by Steven Blumenau, Framingham, Mass., for "systems and methods for cross-system digital asset tag propagation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for managing digital assets in a distributed computing environment are described. Meta-data for the digital assets is stored separately from the digital assets. Meta-data for some of the digital assets is copied and stored at a central location. Meta-data for the digital assets is generated by clients of the system. A method of propagating a digital asset identification tag associated with a digital asset includes: receiving a command from a client of the distributed computing system to the central computing resource, the command comprising an indication that a change occurred to the asset identification tag of a digital asset and the changed digital asset identification tag; locating the digital asset identification tag at the central resource; updating the digital asset identification tag in response to the received command; and transmitting the updated tag to another client having a copy of the digital asset." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2006 (11/555,264). 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=7958087.PN.&OS=PN/7958087&RS=PN/7958087 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Mounting a File System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,958,101) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for mounting a file system." The co-inventors are Tom Teugels, Schoten, Belgium, Stephen J. Todd, Shrewsbury, Mass., Jan F. Van Riel, Geel, Belgium, and Michael Kilian, Harvard, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One aspect involves mounting a file system stored on a CAS system. The file system has a directory structure that includes a plurality of directories arranged in a hierarchy and including a root directory at the top of the hierarchy. Each of the directories is represented by a content unit stored on the CAS system, the content unit having a content address that is computed based, at least in part, on at least a portion of the content of the content unit. The file system is mounted by specifying the content address of the content unit that represents the root directory and determining the file system to be mounted based on the content address of the content unit that represents the root directory." The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2006 (11/324,726). 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=7958101.PN.&OS=PN/7958101&RS=PN/7958101 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hunch Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Hunch, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,958,066) developed by Thomas Pinckney, Brighton, Mass., Chris Dixon, New York, and Matthew Ryan Gattis, New York, for an "interactive machine learning advice facility." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for helping a user make a decision through the use of a machine learning facility. The process may begin with an initial question being received by the machine learning facility from the user. The user may then be provided with a dialog consisting of questions from the machine learning facility and answers provided by the user. The machine learning facility may then provide a decision to the user based on the dialog and pertaining to the initial question, such as a recommendation, a diagnosis, a conclusion, advice, and the like. In embodiments, future questions and decisions provided by the machine learning facility may be improved through feedback provided by the user." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2008 (12/262,862). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7958066.PN.&OS=PN/7958066&RS=PN/7958066 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Stratus Technologies Bermuda Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Stratus Technologies Bermuda, Hamilton, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (7,958,076) developed by Bjorn Bergsten, Southborough, Mass., and Christopher K. McDermott, Westford, Mass., for a "system and methods for managing rules and detecting reciprocal dependencies." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of automatically determining firing priority in a plurality of rules. The method includes the steps of determining a level of dependency of each rule; and generating a hierarchy of rules in response to the level of dependency of each rule, wherein the firing priority corresponds to the hierarchy of rules. In another embodiment, the method further includes the step of determining if the hierarchy results in an inconsistency. In another embodiment, the method further comprises the step of determining if the hierarchy results in a loop. In yet another embodiment, the step of determining a level of dependency of each rule is performed in response to an initial event. In one embodiment the method includes the step of determining if there are reciprocal dependencies between any two rules in the set of rules." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2007 (11/998,581). 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=7958076.PN.&OS=PN/7958076&RS=PN/7958076 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Yahoo! Assigned Patent for Performing an Ordered Search of Different Databases in Response to Receiving a Search Query and without Receiving any Additional User Input ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,958,110) developed by eleven co-inventors for "performing an ordered search of different databases in response to receiving a search query and without receiving any additional user input." The co-inventors are Stephen Hood, Redwood City, Calif., Ralph Rabbat, Palo Alto, Calif., Mihir Shah, San Francisco, Adam Durfee, Mountain View, Calif., Alastair Gourlay, Boulder Creek, Calif., Peter Anick, Marlborough, Mass., Richard Kasperski, Creston, Canada, Oliver Thomas Bayley, Pacifica, Calif., Ashley Woodman Hall, Menlo Park, Calif., Shyam Kapur, Sunnyvale, Calif., and John Thrall, San Francisco. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Providing a speculative search result for a search query prior to completion of the search query. In response to receiving a search query from a client node, a speculative search result is provided to the client node for the search query prior to receiving an indication from the client node that said search query is completely formed. The speculative search result may be displayed on the same web page on the client node as the search query, while the search query is being entered by the user. As the user further enters the search query, a new speculative search result may be provided to the user." The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2010 (12/703,756). 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=7958110.PN.&OS=PN/7958110&RS=PN/7958110 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** LTX-Credence Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- LTX-Credence, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,957,924) developed by Richard Liggiero III, Tewksbury, Mass., and Alan J. Reiss, Wayland, Mass., for a "system and method for distortion analysis." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, circuit, and computer program product for receiving a first intermediate signal that is at least partially based upon a first reference signal. A second intermediate signal is received that is a time-shifted version of the first intermediate signal. An output signal is generated that is based upon the difference between the first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal. An anticipated differential change in the output signal is determined, the anticipated differential change to occur based upon a transition in the first reference signal. A realized differential change in the output signal is measured, the realized differential change occurring based upon a transition in the first reference signal. The realized differential change in the output signal is compared to the anticipated differential change in the output signal to determine a nonlinearity indicator." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2008 (12/118,217). 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=7,957,924.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,924&RS=PN/7,957,924 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Generating Event Messages Corresponding to Event Indicators ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,032) developed by four co-inventors for "generating event messages corresponding to event indicators." The co-inventors are Brian C. Schimpf, Harvard, Mass., Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Robert C. Weir, Westford, Mass., and Barry E. Willner, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A transaction entity handles event messages associated with events of interest. At least one type of event is identified that is of interest to a user. Each type of event further corresponds to an event type that is to be repeated by a transaction entity to an aggregating entity. Further, a description is associated with each identified type of event. The transaction entity identifies an occurrence of an event that is an identified type of event and generates an event message comprising a token that associates the user with an account maintained by the aggregating and the description that is associated with the identified type of event corresponding to the identified occurrence of the event. The event message is transmitted to the aggregating entity." The patent application was filed on May 10, 2006 (11/431,383). 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=7958032.PN.&OS=PN/7958032&RS=PN/7958032 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Medtronic Assigned Patent for Preferred ADI/R: a Permanent Pacing Mode to Eliminate Ventricular Pacing while Maintaining Backup Support ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (7,957,800) developed by four co-inventors for a "preferred ADI/R: a permanent pacing mode to eliminate ventricular pacing while maintaining backup support." The co-inventors are David A. Casavant, Reading, Mass., Paul Belk, Maple Grove, Minn., Thomas J. Mullen, Ham Lake, Minn., and John C. Stroebel, Blaine, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A preferred atrial-based pacing method and apparatus is provided using an intelligent cardiac pacing system to having the ability to continue atrial-based pacing as long as relatively reliable AV conduction is present. In the event that such relatively reliable AV conduction is not present, mode switching to a DDD/R or a DDI/R pacing mode while continually biased to mode switch back to atrial-based pacing. The standard or relatively reliable AV conduction may be changed either automatically or manually. This increases pacing that utilizes natural AV conduction however possible so as to gain all the benefits of cardiac contractile properties resulting therefrom, while tolerating the occasional missed ventricular depolarization (i.e., non-conducted P-wave). In the event where relatively reliable AV conduction is not present, the pacing mode is switched to a DDD/R mode while detecting a return of the relatively reliable AV conduction (and resulting mode switch to preferred atrial based pacing)." The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2006 (11/550,035). 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=7,957,800.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,800&RS=PN/7,957,800 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Virtual Credit in Simulated Environments ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,958,047) developed by four co-inventors for a "virtual credit in simulated environments." The co-inventors are Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, and John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system provides for the use of credit arrangements in simulated environments. A user can participate in credit transactions involving purchases of virtual products, virtual services, and virtual items of value. Feedback is provided to the user regarding results of the credit transactions. In some embodiments multiple users can make simulated purchases or incur simulated credit obligations that are posted to virtual accounts, and the multiple users can also make simulated compensation against balances due or obligations owed for said virtual accounts. The user is also provided with an opportunity of engaging in real-world financial transactions related to the virtual credit arrangement. In some implementations of the system and method, multiple players at different locations can use virtual charge accounts and/or real world financial accounts in connection with arranging or resolving a virtual credit transaction." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2005 (11/051,514). 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=7958047.PN.&OS=PN/7958047&RS=PN/7958047 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,958,051) developed by six co-inventors for "using payment mode rankings responsive to item attributes." The co-inventors are Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Livermore, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for obtaining at least some mode rankings responsive to one or more categorical attributes of a first item and to one or more payment mode use constraints, and transmitting at least an indication of a payment mode." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2006 (11/364,502). 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=7958051.PN.&OS=PN/7958051&RS=PN/7958051 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, Wis., has been assigned a patent (7,957,793) developed by Erwin B. Montgomery Jr., Middleton, Wis., He Huang, Madison, Wis., and John T. Gale, Chestnut Hill, Mass., for "methods for identifying neuronal spikes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for identifying neuronal spikes (extracellular action potentials) is described wherein measured microelectrode readings from tissue are reviewed to identify spikes (successive readings having prolonged rises and/or falls). The frequency of such spikes as a function of their amplitude assumes a bimodal distribution wherein higher amplitude spikes represent neuronal spikes (signal) and lower amplitude spikes represent noise, and thus the higher amplitude spikes can be assumed to be neuronal spikes. Neuronal spikes from the same neuron can then be assumed to have substantially the same waveform shape and period, with the only significant difference between them being the scaling of their amplitudes (i.e., the amplitudes of spikes from the same neuron tend to be proportionate at any given time along their period). Thus, by testing identified neuronal spikes for matching timing and for proportional amplitudes, the neuronal spikes may further be identified as coming from the same or different neurons." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2005 (11/315,808). 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=7,957,793.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,793&RS=PN/7,957,793 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rhythmia Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Rhythmia Medical, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,957,792) developed by Doron Harlev, Cambridge, Mass., Pavel Greenfield, Havertown, Pa., and Leon Amariglio, Somerville, Mass., for a "spatial resolution determination for cardiac mapping." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A non-contact cardiac mapping method is disclosed that includes: (i) inserting a catheter into a heart cavity having an endocardium surface, the catheter including multiple, spatially distributed electrodes; (ii) measuring signals at the catheter electrodes in response to electrical activity in the heart cavity with the catheter spaced from the endocardium surface; and (iii) determining physiological information at multiple locations of the endocardium surface based on the measured signals and positions of the electrodes with respect to the endocardium surface. Related systems and computer programs are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2010 (12/791,456). 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=7,957,792.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,792&RS=PN/7,957,792 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rhythmin Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Rhythmin Medical, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,957,791) developed by Doron Harlev, Cambridge, Mass., Pavel Greenfield, Havertown, Pa., and Leon Amariglio, Somerville, Mass., for a "multi-beat integration for cardiac mapping." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A non-contact cardiac mapping method is disclosed that includes: (i) inserting a catheter into a heart cavity having an endocardium surface, the catheter including multiple, spatially distributed electrodes; (ii) measuring signals at the catheter electrodes in response to electrical activity in the heart cavity with the catheter spaced from the endocardium surface; and (iii) determining physiological information at multiple locations of the endocardium surface based on the measured signals and positions of the electrodes with respect to the endocardium surface. Related systems and computer programs are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2008 (12/138,678). 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=7,957,791.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,791&RS=PN/7,957,791 Written by Ankita Das; 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. -1050493 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |