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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Minnesota (June 15)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Minnesota. *** Celadon Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Celadon Systems, Apple Valley, Minn., has been assigned a patent (D639,755) developed by Bryan J. Root, Apple Valley, Minn., and William A. Funk, Eagan, Minn., for an ornamental design for a "top contact layout board in an electrical system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a top contact layout board in an electrical system, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Jan. 20, 2010 (D/354,190). 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=D639,755.PN.&OS=PN/D639,755&RS=PN/D639,755 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method for Providing Dynamic Process Step Annotations ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,847) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method for providing dynamic process step annotations." The co-inventors are Peter K. Malkin, Ardsley, N.Y., Thomas D. Erickson, Minneapolis, Wendy A. Kellogg, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Brent Tzion Hailpern, Katonah, N.Y., Lawrence D. Bergman, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., Vittorio Castelli, Croton on Hudson, N.Y., and Daniel A. Oblinger, Washington. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for obtaining a process definition; determining the current process; determining the current process step; determining whether a whether a user has requested creation or modification of an annotation of the current process or step; receiving information from the user for creating the annotation when a user has requested creation of an annotation; and displaying the annotation." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2005 (11/254,976). 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=7,962,847.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,847&RS=PN/7,962,847 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Modifying Connection Records ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,782) developed by four co-inventors for modifying connection records. The co-inventors are Soloman J. Barghouthi, Rochester, Minn., Sherry Guo, Fremont, Calif., Bilung Lee, Fremont, Calif., and Paul Arnold Ostler, Yakima, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods to modify a set of connection records are described. A determination is made that an application failed to access a first database via a connection record, where the connection record includes data to access the first database. A determination is made that a second database is accessible, where the second database is a failover database to the first database. A set of connection records associated with the first database is modified to enable access to the second database." The patent application was filed on May 20, 2008 (12/123,948). 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=79,62,782.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,782&RS=PN/79,62,782 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Compellent technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Compellent technologies, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,962,778) developed by four co-inventors for a "virtual disk drive system and method." The co-inventors are Philip E. Soran, Eden Prairie, Minn., John P.Guider, North Oaks, Minn., Lawrence E. Aszmann, Prior Lake, Minn., and Michael J. Klemm, Minnetonka, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A disk drive system and method capable of dynamically allocating data is provided. The disk drive system may include a RAID subsystem having a pool of storage, for example a page pool of storage that maintains a free list of RAIDs, or a matrix of disk storage blocks that maintain a null list of RAIDs, and a disk manager having at least one disk storage system controller. The RAID subsystem and disk manager dynamically allocate data across the pool of storage and a plurality of disk drives based on RAID-to-disk mapping. The RAID subsystem and disk manager determine whether additional disk drives are required, and a notification is sent if the additional disk drives are required. Dynamic data allocation and data progression allow a user to acquire a disk drive later in time when it is needed. Dynamic data allocation also allows efficient data storage of snapshots/point-in-time copies of virtual volume pool of storage, instant data replay and data instant fusion for data backup, recovery etc., remote data storage, and data progression, etc." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2009 (12/610,619). 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=79,62,778.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,778&RS=PN/79,62,778 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Mills IP Holdings II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- General Mills IP Holdings II, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (D639,526) developed by Patrick E. Allen, Monticello, Minn., and Gregory Flickinger, Matthews, N.C., for an ornamental design for a cereal piece. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "We claim the ornamental design for cereal piece, as shown." The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2010 (D/355,408). 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=D639,526.PN.&OS=PN/D639,526&RS=PN/D639,526 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Wordlock Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Wordlock, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D639,635) developed by Kurt Kemppainen, Mound, Minn., and Peter Schmidt, San Jose, Calif., for an ornamental design for a combination lock. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a combination lock, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2010 (D/379,147). 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=D639,635.PN.&OS=PN/D639,635&RS=PN/D639,635 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Selective Generation of an Asynchronous Notification ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,910) developed by four co-inventors for a "selective generation of an asynchronous notification for a partition management operation in a logically-partitioned computer." The co-inventors are William Joseph Armstrong, Rochester, Minn., Naresh Nayar, Rochester, Minn., Gregory Michael Nordstrom, Pine Island, Minn., and Timothy Joseph Torzewski, Rochester, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A logically-partitioned computer, program product and method utilize a flexible and adaptable communication interface between a partition and a partition manager, which permits optimal handling of partition management operations such as state change operations and the like over a wide variety of circumstances. In particular, a partition is permitted to indicate, in connection with a request to perform a partition management operation, whether an asynchronous notification should be generated or suppressed in association with the performance of the partition management operation by a partition manager. As a result, asynchronous notifications are selectively generated in association with the performance of partition management operations based upon indications in the requests made by partitions for such operations." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2007 (11/834,202). 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=7,962,910.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,910&RS=PN/7,962,910 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Electromed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Electromed, New Prague, M.N., has been assigned a patent (No. D639,954) developed by Lonnie J. Helgeson, New Prague, M.N., and Michael W. Larson, New Prague, M.N., for an ornamental design for a thoracic garment. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a thoracic garment, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2009 (D/311,477). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D639,954&OS=D639,954&RS=D639,954 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** D B Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- D B Industries, Red Wing, Minn., has been assigned a patent (No. D640,008) developed by Andrew Paul Johnson, St. Paul, Minn., Paul M. Goudreau, St. Paul, Minn., and Nathan Michael Bohmbach, Burnsville, Minn., for an ornamental design for a "hip pad for a safety harness." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a hip pad for a safety harness, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2009 (D/350,375). 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=D640,008&OS=D640,008&RS=D640,008 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Maytag Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Maytag, Benton Harbor, Mich., has been assigned a patent (D639,827) developed by Xiaojian James Chen, Phoenix, and Jeffrey Michael O'Halloran, Lindstrom, Minn., for an ornamental design for a bottom mount refrigerator. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a bottom mount refrigerator, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on July 16, 2009 (D/340,342). 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=D639,827.PN.&OS=PN/D639,827&RS=PN/D639,827 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Celadon Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Celadon Systems, Apple Valley, Minn., has been assigned a patent (D639,757) developed by Bryan J. Root, Apple Valley, Minn., and William A. Funk, Eagan, Minn., for an ornamental design for a "top contact layout board in an electrical system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a top contact layout board in an electrical system, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2010 (D/367,935). 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=D639,757.PN.&OS=PN/D639,757&RS=PN/D639,757 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Concurrently Modeling Delays Between Points in Static Timing Analysis Operation ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,871) developed by Craig M. Darsow, Rochester, Minn., and Timothy D. Helvey, Rochester, Minn., for a "concurrently modeling delays between points in static timing analysis operation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus, program product and method perform static timing analysis on an integrated circuit design by concurrently modeling a plurality of timing delays associated with a connection between points in the design. The delays are conveyed in multiple clock signals of a single timing run of a static timing analysis operation. Multiple paths comprising logical user defined delay segments are assigned different delays. Only one signal may be permitted to propagate along each path." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2008 (12/126,037). 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=7,962,871.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,871&RS=PN/7,962,871 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Creating a Sentence that Describes a Walk of a Graph ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,861) developed by Anthony Wayne Erwin, Rochester, Minn., and Brian Owen Wood, Byron, Minn., for "creating a sentence that describes a walk of a graph." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment, a sentence is created that describes a walk of a graph. The graph includes a set of nodes and a set of edges that are incident to the nodes. The sentence includes label words that describe the nodes and relationship words that describe the edges. The walk is an alternating sequence of a subset of the nodes and of the edges. Each of the edges in the walk is incident to two of the nodes that precede and follow the respective edge. The sentence is created by determining a parent node associated with a selected label word, determining the child nodes of the parent node, determining the edges that are incident to the parent nodes and the child nodes, determining relationship words that describe the edges that are incident to the parent nodes and the child nodes, and determining child label words that describe the child nodes. A selected relationship word and a selected child label word are then added to the sentence. In this way, a walk of the graph may be more easily understood." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2006 (11/360,354). 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=7,962,861.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,861&RS=PN/7,962,861 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. -1051185 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |