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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (June 10)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,956,864) developed by John R. Fredlund, Rochester, N.Y., and Joseph A. Manico, Rochester, N.Y., for an archival imaging system. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An imaging system for use with an external memory system, an external memory system for use with an imaging system, and methods for archiving digital content are provided. The imaging system has a source of content data files and a communications link adapted to exchange data with the external memory system. A processor is adapted to prepare content data files for archival storage on the external memory system and to cause the external memory system to store the prepared content data files." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2003 (10/397,825). 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=7,956,864.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,864&RS=PN/7,956,864 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,956,867) developed by Raja Bala, Webster, N.Y., and Vishal Monga, Webster, N.Y., for a "color separation multiplexing for real-time multi-dimensional device calibration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In accordance with the disclosure, a method is provided for processing color images for rendering on a color image. The method comprises receiving a plurality of device color separations for an image intended for rendering on a color image device; forming at least one intermediate image by interleaving pixels from at least two of the device color separations, compressing the at least one intermediate image in a compression module; decompressing the at least one intermediate image in a decompression module; processing the at least one decompressed intermediate image through a multidimensional calibration transform to output a calibrated device color separation; and, the device color separations include at least three colors." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2008 (12/118,306). 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=7,956,867.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,867&RS=PN/7,956,867 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Koninklijke Philips Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Koninklijke Philips Electronics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, has been assigned a patent (7,957,219) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for elevation focus control of acoustic waves." The co-inventors are Christopher S. Hall, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Chien Ting Chin, Tarrytown, N.Y., Jan Frederik Suijver, Dommelen, The Netherlands, Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and Stein Kuiper, Vught, The Netherlands. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An acoustic probe includes an acoustic transducer having acoustic transducer elements arranged in a one-dimensional array; and a variably-refracting acoustic lens coupled to the acoustic transducer. The variably-refracting acoustic lens has a pair of electrodes configured to adjust the focus of the variably-refracting acoustic lens in response to a selected voltage applied across the electrodes. In one embodiment, the variably-refracting acoustic lens includes a cavity, first and second fluid media disposed within the cavity, and the pair of electrodes. The speed of sound of an acoustic wave in the first fluid medium is different than the speed of sound of the acoustic wave in the second fluid medium. The first and second fluid media are immiscible with respect to each other, and the first fluid medium has a substantially different electrical conductivity than the second fluid medium." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2007 (12/297,902). 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=7,957,219.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,219&RS=PN/7,957,219 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Binoptics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Binoptics, Ithaca, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,957,445) developed by Alex A. Behfar, Ithaca, N.Y., and Alfred T. Schremer, Freeville, N.Y., for patial filters. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An etched-facet single lateral mode semiconductor photonic device is fabricated by depositing an anti reflective coating on the etched facet, and depositing a reflectivity modifying coating in a spatially controlled manner to modify the spatial performance of the emitted beam." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2006 (11/444,414). 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=7,957,445&OS=7,957,445&RS=7,957,445 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method, System and Program Product for Outsourcing Resources in a Grid Computing Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,957,413) developed by five co-inventors for a "method, system and program product for outsourcing resources in a grid computing environment." The co-inventors are Rhonda L. Childress, Austin, Texas, Catherine Helen Crawford, Carmel, N.Y., David Bruce Kumhyr, Austin, Texas, Paolo Franco Magnone, Palisades Park, N.J., and Neil R. Pennell, Cedar Creek, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for efficiently processing resource allocation requests in an on-demand environment. When a user logs into a resource allocation request manager, various resource requirements entered are immediately sent to a remote resource manager to allow for dynamic, real-time feedback to the user who is entering the resource requirements as to any issues or concerns regarding the requested resource(s) or plug-in element(s), such as lack of availability. The user can thus reconfigure or otherwise modify the various resource requests based on this feedback to optimize the overall resource allocation request. This also allows an organization providing services such as computer hosting services to re-allocate resources in advance if a new resource request would exceed a service level agreement outlined in advance with a customer, thereby improving resource planning in a data center environment. In addition, the dynamic feedback on the new resource request that exceeds a service level agreement can be used to develop a new service level agreement or temporary service offer that addresses the unique resource condition." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2005 (11/101,609). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,957,413&OS=7,957,413&RS=7,957,413 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent for Inter-autonomous System (AS) Multicast Virtual Private Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,386) developed by Rahul Aggarwal, San Francisco, and Yakov Rekhter, New Rochelle, N.Y., for an "inter-autonomous system (AS) multicast virtual private networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Principles of the invention are described for providing multicast virtual private networks (MVPNs) across a public network that are capable of carrying high-bandwidth multicast traffic with increased scalability. In particular, the MVPNs may transport layer three (L3) multicast traffic, such as Internet Protocol (IP) packets, between remote sites via the public network. The principles described herein may reduce the overhead of protocol independent multicast (PIM) neighbor adjacencies and customer control information maintained for MVPNs. The principles may also reduce the state and the overhead of maintaining the state in the network by removing the need to maintain at least one dedicated multicast tree per each MVPN." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2009 (12/423,640). 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=7,957,386&OS=7,957,386&RS=7,957,386 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** SKC Haas Display Films Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- SKC Haas Display Films, Choongchungnamdo, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (7,957,082) developed by Xiang-Dong Mi, Rochester, N.Y., and Xinyu Zhu, Rochester, N.Y., for a "turning film having multiple slopes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a light redirecting article for redirecting light toward a target angle, the light redirecting article comprising: an input surface comprising a plurality of light redirecting structures each light redirecting structure having a near surface having two slopes, sloping away from normal in one direction as defined by a first inclination base angle .beta..sub.1, a second inclination angle .beta..sub.2, and a first half apex angle .alpha..sub.2, for accepting incident illumination over a range of incident angles and a far surface sloping away from normal, in the opposite direction relative to the input surface, as defined by a second base angle .gamma..sub.1 and a second half apex angle .alpha..sub.1. The invention further provides an output surface opposing to the input surface wherein the near and far surfaces are opposed to each other at an angle (.alpha..sub.1+.alpha..sub.2) that is in the range from 60 to 70 degrees, and the base angle .beta..sub.1 is in the range from 82 to 87 degrees." The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2007 (11/906,611). 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=7,957,082.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,082&RS=PN/7,957,082 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GE Inspection Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- GE Inspection Technologies, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,956,888) developed by Thomas W. Karpen, Skaneateles, N.Y., for a "remote video inspection system integrating audio communication functionality." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Remote viewing devices and methods are provided to communicate audio information to and/or from a user of the remote viewing device. The audio information can serve an entertainment purpose, and/or can be instructional in order to provide training, guidance and/or feedback to the user prior to or during the inspection process. The audio information can be stored onto physical media such as a CD/DVD disk or a tape, or can be stored as data, such as MP3 data stored within memory accessible to the device. Outputted audio information can be generated by one or more speakers located within the body of the device or located within a headset having a wire line or wireless connection with the remote viewing device." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2006 (11/472,869). 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=7,956,888.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,888&RS=PN/7,956,888 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GE Infrastructure Sensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- GE Infrastructure Sensing, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,957,001) developed by nine co-inventors for a "wavelength-modulation spectroscopy method and apparatus." The co-inventors are Xiaoyong Liu, Malden, Mass., John McKinley Poole, Maynard, Mass., Yufeng Huang, North Chelmsford, Mass., Daniel M. Stearns, Canton, Mass., Michael J. Gambuzza, Pepperell, Mass., Gene Smith Berkowitz, Sudbury, Mass., Anthony Kowal, Berlin, Mass., Hejie Li, Schenectady, N.Y., and Shawn D. Wehe, Niskayuna, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment of the spectroscopy method, the method comprises the steps of modulating the wavelength of a monochromatic radiation at a modulation amplitude and a modulation frequency; determining a first variable representative of an absorbance of an analyte in a sample; and demodulating by phase-sensitive detection the first variable at a harmonic of the modulation frequency to produce a harmonic spectrum of the analyte. In one embodiment of the spectroscopy apparatus, the apparatus comprises a laser diode integrated with a first photodetector configured to detect an intensity of a backward emission from the laser diode and act as a reference detector; a second photodetector configured to detect an intensity of laser radiation exiting a sample; and electronic circuitry coupled to the laser diode and the photodetectors, configured to acquire and process spectra of the sample. In another embodiment, the spectroscopy apparatus comprises a beam splitter configured to split the laser radiation into a first radiation portion and a second radiation portion and a first photodetector configured to detect the intensity of the first radiation portion." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2008 (12/249,156). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,957,001.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,001&RS=PN/7,957,001 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,957,288) developed by Christos J. Georgiou, Scarsdale, N.Y., and Valentina Salapura, Chappaqua, N.Y., for a "method and system of efficient packet reordering." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system is provided to efficiently order packets received over a network. The method detects breaks in sequences for one or more packet flows by detecting out-of-sequence packets and enters the segment of sequential packets into a separate memory area, such as a linked list, for a particular flow. A transmission queue and reorder table is used to record the beginning sequence number for each segment. The transmission queue is consulted to locate the segment beginning with the lowest packet sequence number for a flow. The packets associated with the segment are transmitted in order. The transmission queue is then repeatedly searched for the next lowest packet sequence number for transmission of the associated packet chain until the transmission queue is emptied." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2008 (12/105,968). 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=7957288.PN.&OS=PN/7957288&RS=PN/7957288 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Method to Reduce IGP Routing Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,957,289) developed by Mark Sundt, Red Bank, N.J., and James Uttaro, Staten Island, N.Y., for a "method to reduce IGP routing information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for routing traffic from an ingress provider edge router to an egress provider edge router that eliminates the need to share state information between the ingress provider edge router and a plurality of core routers in a core network. The ingress provider edge router and egress provider edge router are each coupled to at least two core routers among the plurality of core routers in the core network, the ingress provider edge router learning routes with a next hop equal to an IP address of the egress provider edge router through an internal border gateway protocol (iBGP). The ingress provider edge router balances traffic flows on uplinks between the ingress provider edge router and the at least two core routers coupled to the ingress provider edge router without knowledge of network topology in the core network." The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2008 (12/283,334). 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=7957289.PN.&OS=PN/7957289&RS=PN/7957289 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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