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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (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 California. *** NuVasive Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- NuVasive, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (D639,741) developed by James Gharib, San Diego, and Thomas Scholl, San Diego, for an ornamental design for an electrode connector. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for an electrode connector, substantially as shown and described." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2010 (D/362,506). 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=D639,741.PN.&OS=PN/D639,741&RS=PN/D639,741 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Wheel Pros Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Wheel Pros, Lakewood, Colo., has been assigned a patent (D639,717) developed by Suny Chung, Anaheim, Calif., for an ornamental design for a wheel. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a wheel, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2011 (D/382,424). 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=D639,717.PN.&OS=PN/D639,717&RS=PN/D639,717 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Single Bucket Organizer ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Marilyn A. Searcy, Ripon, Calif., has been issued a patent (D639,558) for an ornamental design for a single bucket organizer. The patent application was filed on June 22, 2010 (D/364,356). 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=D639,558&OS=D639,558&RS=D639,558 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Twin Bucket Organizer ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Marilyn A. Searcy, Ripon, Calif., has been issued a patent (D639,559) for an ornamental design for a twin bucket organizer. The patent application was filed on June 22, 2010 (D/364,357). 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=D639,559&OS=D639,559&RS=D639,559 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Powermat USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Powermat USA, Commerce Township, Mich., has been assigned a patent (D639,734) developed by five co-inventors for an ornamental design for a "mat system for charging an electronic device." The co-inventors are Roman S. Ferber, West Bloomfield, Mich., Mordechai Lev, West Bloomfield, Mich., Francois Dominique Claude Laine, San Francisco, Angelo Luis Leme Santiago, San Francisco, and Peter Michaelian, Tappan, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a mat system for charging an electronic device, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2009 (D/330,366). 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=D639,734.PN.&OS=PN/D639,734&RS=PN/D639,734 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Wheel with Detachable Cover ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Octavian Iancului, Fullerton, Calif., has been issued a patent (D639,713) for an ornamental design for a "wheel with detachable cover." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2008 (D/302,379). 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=D639,713.PN.&OS=PN/D639,713&RS=PN/D639,713 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tycoon Jewelry Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Tycoon Jewelry, Glendale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D639,699) developed by Toros Kejejian, Glendale, Calif., for an ornamental design for a diamond cut. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for diamond cut, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2011 (D/384,621). 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=D639,699.PN.&OS=PN/D639,699&RS=PN/D639,699 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Honda Motor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Honda Motor, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (D639,715) developed by Michael Furst, Venice, Calif., and Ka Hoo Poon, Arcadia, Calif., for an ornamental design for a wheel. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a wheel, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2010 (D/375,373). 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=D639,715.PN.&OS=PN/D639,715&RS=PN/D639,715 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dream Capsule Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Dream Capsule, Stillwater, Minn., has been assigned a patent (D639,696) developed by Eugene Charles Smith, Hermosa Beach, Calif., and Jeffrey James Flynn, Hermosa Beach, Calif., for an ornamental design for a pendant storage apparatus. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a pendant storage apparatus, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on March 10, 2009 (D/333,446). 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=D639,696.PN.&OS=PN/D639,696&RS=PN/D639,696 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D639,748) developed by fifteen co-inventors for an ornamental design for a magnetic connector. The co-inventors are Jody Akana, San Francisco, Bartley K. Andre, Menlo Park, Calif., Jeremy Bataillou, San Francisco, Daniel J. Coster, San Francisco, Daniele De Iuliis, San Francisco, Evans Hankey, San Francisco, Richard P. Howarth, San Francisco, Jonathan P. Ive, San Francisco, Duncan Robert Kerr, San Francisco, Shin Nishibori, Portola Valley, Calif., Matthew Dean Rohrbach, San Francisco, Peter Russell-Clarke, San Francisco, Christopher J. Stringer, Woodside, Calif., Eugene Antony Whang, San Francisco, and Rico Zorkendorfer, San Francisco. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a magnetic connector, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2010 (D/379,391). 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=D639,748.PN.&OS=PN/D639,748&RS=PN/D639,748 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Transportable Bag Having Separable Compartments ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Mahtab Damda, Studio City, Calif., has been issued a patent (D639,557) for an ornamental design for a "transportable bag having separable compartments." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2010 (D/377,408). 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=D639,557&OS=D639,557&RS=D639,557 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apira Science Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Apira Science, Newport Beach, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D639,751) developed by four co-inventors for an ornamental design for a phototherapy control device. The co-inventors are Gavin Tucker, Irvine, Calif., Nicholas Brox, Laguna Beach, Calif., Jeffrey Braile, Boca Raton, Fla., and Morgan Pepitone, Newport Beach, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a phototherapy control device, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2010 (D/370,874). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D639,751.PN.&OS=PN/D639,751&RS=PN/D639,751 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Z-Line Designs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Z-Line Designs, San Ramon, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D639,579) developed by James S. Sexton, San Ramon, Calif., for an ornamental design for a printer file stand. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a printer file stand, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2009 (D/345,228). 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=D639,579&OS=D639,579&RS=D639,579 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amini Innovation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Amini Innovation, Pico Rivera, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D639,583) developed by Jack Schmitt, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., for an ornamental design for a table. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "I claim the ornamental design for a table, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2010 (D/355,374). 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=D639,583&OS=D639,583&RS=D639,583 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Williams-Sonoma Assigned Patent for Frying Pan ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Williams-Sonoma, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (D639,604) developed by Peter Jason Degnan, El Cerrito, Calif., for an ornamental design for a frying pan. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a frying pan, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2011 (D/384,095). 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=D639,604.PN.&OS=PN/D639,604&RS=PN/D639,604 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Charcoal Companion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Charcoal Companion, Emeryville, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D639,601) developed by Cory Thomas Borovicka, San Francisco, and Charles Adams, Berkeley, Calif., for an ornamental design for a "roasting utensil with liquid infusers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a roasting utensil with liquid infusers, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2010 (D/369,164). 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=D639,601.PN.&OS=PN/D639,601&RS=PN/D639,601 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventors Develop Patent for Wall-mounted Rack ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- John C. Perone, Dana Point, Calif., and Fernando J. Toro Jr., Carlsbad, Calif., have been issued a patent (D639,593) for an ornamental design for a wall-mounted rack. The patent application was filed on March 23, 2010 (D/349,291). 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=D639,593.PN.&OS=PN/D639,593&RS=PN/D639,593 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tash Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- George Tash, Somis, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D639,623) developed by George Tash, Somis, Calif., for an ornamental design for a "hand-operated drain snake with auger." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a hand-operated drain snake with auger, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2010 (D/365,497). 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=D639,623.PN.&OS=PN/D639,623&RS=PN/D639,623 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Williams-Sonoma Assigned Patent for Roasting Pan ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Williams-Sonoma, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (D639,603) developed by Peter Jason Degnan, El Cerrito, Calif., for an ornamental design for a roasting pan. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a roasting pan, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2011 (D/384,098). 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=D639,603.PN.&OS=PN/D639,603&RS=PN/D639,603 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** RGB Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- RGB Systems, Anaheim, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D639,681) developed by four co-inventors for an ornamental design for a "tabletop button pad controller." The co-inventors are Osbaldo Rodriguez, Huntington Beach, Calif., Jonathan Ofalla, Rosemead, Calif., Rob Chaloupecky, Apex, N.C., and Tuan Tran, Irvine, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for the a tabletop button pad controller, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2010 (D/347,708). 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=D639,681.PN.&OS=PN/D639,681&RS=PN/D639,681 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** RGB Systems Assigned Patent for Cover for Surface Mount Control Box ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- RGB Systems, Anaheim, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D639,680) developed by David Libman, Dove Canyon, Calif., Tuan Tran, Irvine, Calif., and Robert Chaloupecky, Apex, N.C., for an ornamental design for a "cover for surface mount control box." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a cover for a surface mount control box, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2009 (D/346,574). 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=D639,680.PN.&OS=PN/D639,680&RS=PN/D639,680 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Williams-Sonoma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Williams-Sonoma, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (D639,605) developed by Peter Jason Degnan, El Cerrito, Calif., for an ornamental design for a wide chef's pan. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a wide chef's pan, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2011 (D/384,097). 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=D639,605.PN.&OS=PN/D639,605&RS=PN/D639,605 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Browser Session Overview ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,962,843) developed by five co-inventors for a browser session overview. The co-inventors are Natasa Milic-Frayling, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Samuel Gavin Smyth, Huntingdon, United Kingdom, Kerry Rodden, Palo Alto, Calif., Rachel Jones, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Alan Frank Blackwell, Cambridge, United Kingdom. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method includes storing one or more resource identifiers identifying one or more associated resources visited using a browser application, and presenting the resource identifiers in an order designated by one of a plurality of history presentation settings and resource navigation context specifications. The history presentation setting and navigation context can be selected by a user. Exemplary history presentation settings include chronological and domain-name grouped. Exemplary navigation context includes resource identifier, such as name, URI, or domain of the currently viewed resource. The method may further include presenting a thumbnail when a pointer icon is positioned over one of the resource identifiers. A system includes a navigation event capture module storing resource identifiers identifying associated visited resources in a navigation history and an overview module ordering the resource identifiers in an order designated by one of a plurality of history presentation settings and resource navigation context specifications." The patent application was filed on May 5, 2004 (10/839,910). 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=7,962,843.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,843&RS=PN/7,962,843 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Yahoo! Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,851) developed by Preston McAfee, San Marino, Calif., Andrew Tomkins, San Jose, Calif., and Shanmugasundaram Ravikumar, Berkeley, Calif., for a "method and system for creating superior informational guidesu." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for creating informational guides includes receiving a guide specification and a guide content for a plurality of guides; publishing the plurality of guides to a Web-based network for access to users of the network; serving advertising to the plurality of published guides; and rewarding owners of the plurality of published guides by providing compensation thereto based on revenue from the served advertising." The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2007 (11/872,852). 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=7,962,851.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,851&RS=PN/7,962,851 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AOL Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- AOL, Dulles, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,962,845) developed by Duane Maxwell, Coronado, Calif., William Von Reis, San Diego, and Geoffrey D. Scott, San Diego, for a "method and apparatus for populating a form with data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for populating a form with data is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a form is displayed to the user via the target application. Each form has one or more data receptacles. The data receptacles of a form are filled with data when the user executes a data population command. The form completion program executes the data population command when a graphical representation of a particular data set is placed over the form. Each data set is stored in an encrypted manner and is accessible to users who enter the appropriate information into an authentication mechanism. To populate a form with data the form completion program obtains an image of the form and then searches for a template file that resembles the form image to within a certain threshold. The template files are typically stored on the computer hosting the target application in a template directory that is arranged according to a predefined structure. The form completion program is configured to search for templates that resemble the form image in the template directory to within a certain threshold." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2006 (11/413,680). 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=7,962,845.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,845&RS=PN/7,962,845 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Link--A--Media Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Link--A--Media Devices, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,839) developed by Yingquan Wu, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "single burst error correction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Identifying a burst error is disclosed. Identifying includes computing a syndrome check polynomial corresponding to a burst of length up to 2t-1 in received data and identifying a shortest burst based on the longest consecutive root sequence of the syndrome check polynomial. The received data is corrected based at least in part on the shortest burst." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2007 (11/714,089). 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=7,962,839.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,839&RS=PN/7,962,839 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,833) developed by Rajesh Juluri, San Jose, Calif., and Cheng Qian, San Jose, Calif., for an "unified memory architecture for recording applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus comprising a first circuit, a second circuit and a disc. The first circuit may be configured to (i) extract video data as data blocks from an input signal and (ii) perform error correction on the data blocks with a delta syndrome based iterative Reed-Solomon decoding. The second circuit may be configured (i) to decode corrected video data into a video format in a first state, (ii) encode the corrected video data in a second state and (iii) share an external memory between the first circuit and the second circuit. The disc may be configured to store encoded video data in the second state." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2009 (12/577,382). 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=7,962,833.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,833&RS=PN/7,962,833 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,794) developed by James D. Bennett, Hroznetin, Czech Republic, and Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, Calif., for a "computer chip set having on board wireless interfaces to support test operations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus are provided for an embedded wireless interface that is embedded in, for example, one of an input and output controller device for controlling input and output communications with off-board devices, within a memory controller device and a processor motherboard. The embedded wireless interface may be utilized as a wireless test access point to provide signal stimulations for test purposes or to monitor communications over a specified wired communication link." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2010 (12/857,047). 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=79,62,794.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,794&RS=PN/79,62,794 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SiliconSystems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- SiliconSystems, Aliso Viejo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,792) developed by Mark S. Diggs, Laguna Hills, Calif., and David E. Merry Jr., Irvine, Calif., for an "interface for enabling a host computer to retrieve device monitor data from a solid state storage subsystem." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A non-volatile storage subsystem maintains, and makes available to a host system, monitor data reflective of a likelihood of a data error occurring. The monitor data may, for example, include usage statistics and/or sensor data. The storage subsystem transfers the monitor data to the host system over a signal interface that is separate from the signal interface used for standard storage operations. This interface may be implemented using otherwise unused pins/signal lines of a standard connector, such as a CompactFlash or SATA connector. Special hardware may be provided in the storage subsystem and host system for transferring the monitor data over these signal lines, so that the transfers occur with little or no need for host-software intervention. The disclosed design reduces or eliminates the need for host software that uses non-standard or "vendor-specific" commands to retrieve the monitor data." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2008 (12/029,370). 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=79,62,792.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,792&RS=PN/79,62,792 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SuperTalent Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- SuperTalent Electronics, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,836) developed by four co-inventors for an "electronic data flash card with bose, ray-chaudhuri, hocquenghem (BCH) error detection/correction." The co-inventors are Charles C. Lee, Cupertino, Calif., I-Kang Yu, Palo Alto, Calif., Abraham C. Ma, Fremont, Calif., and Ming-Shiang Shen, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Bose, Ray-Chaudhuri, Hocquenghem (BCH) decoder is employed in non-volatile memory applications for determining the number of errors and locating the errors in a page of information. The decoder includes a syndrome calculator responsive to a sector of information. The sector includes data and overhead, with the data being organized into data sections and the overhead being organized into overhead sections. The syndrome calculator generates a syndrome for each of the data sections. A root finder is coupled to receive the calculated syndrome and to generate at least two roots. A polynomial calculator responds to the two roots and generates at least two error addresses, each identifying a location in the data wherein the error lies." The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2007 (11/657,243). 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=7,962,836.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,836&RS=PN/7,962,836 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. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (7,962,784) developed by Vinod Lakhani, Palo Alto, Calif., and Benjamin Louie, Fremont, Calif., for a "repairable block redundancy scheme." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A scheme for block substitution within a flash memory device is disclosed which uses a programmable look-up table to store new addresses for block selection when certain input block addresses are received. The new addresses are loaded into a programmable fuse latch each time an address transition is detected in the input address. The new addresses may contain block addresses or block and bank addresses." The patent application was filed on April 21, 2009 (12/427,461). 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=79,62,784.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,784&RS=PN/79,62,784 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sandisk Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Sandisk, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,777) developed by Carlos J. Gonzalez, Los Gatos, Calif., and Andrew Tomlin, San Jose, Calif., for a "flash memory system startup operation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Multiple copies of firmware code for controlling operation of a non-volatile flash memory system are stored at different suitable locations of the flash memory of a memory system. A map of addresses of these locations is also stored in the flash memory. Upon initialization of the memory system, boot code stored in the memory controller is executed by its microprocessor to reference the address map and load one copy of the firmware from the flash memory into a controller memory, from which it may then be executed by the microprocessor to operate the memory system to store and retrieve user data. An error correction code (ECC) is used to check the data but the best portions of the two or more firmware copies stored in the flash memory are used to reduce the need to use ECC. The firmware code may be stored in the flash memory in two-states when user data is stored in the same memory in more than two-states." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2009 (12/484,350). 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=79,62,777.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,777&RS=PN/79,62,777 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,962,797) developed by Moises Goldszmidt, Palo Alto, Calif., Peter Bodik, Berkeley, Calif., and Hans Christian Andersen, Seattle, for an "automated health model generation and refinement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically generating and refining health models. Embodiments of the invention use machine learning tools to analyze historical telemetry data from a server deployment. The tools output fingerprints, for example, small groupings of specific metrics-plus-behavioral parameters, that uniquely identify and describe past problem events mined from the historical data. Embodiments automatically translate the fingerprints into health models that can be directly applied to monitoring the running system. Fully-automated feedback loops for identifying past problems and giving advance notice as those problems emerge in the future is facilitated without any operator intervention. In some embodiments, a single portion of expert knowledge, for example, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) data, initiates health model generation. Once initiated, the feedback loop can be fully automated to access further telemetry and refine health models based on the further telemetry." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2009 (12/408,570). 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=79,62,797.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,797&RS=PN/79,62,797 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,788) developed by Gaurav Manglik, Palo Alto, Calif., Bharat Paliwal, Fremont, Calif., and Vishwanath S. Sastry, Bangalore, India, for an "automated treatment of system and application validation failures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Automated tools to validate a system environment for an application (and/or any other type of software component) and/or repair system environment conditions that might prevent the proper installation and/or functioning of the application or component are presented. Such tools can facilitate the installation and/or upgrade of software by automating the process of ensuring that all necessary requirements for the proper functioning of the software have been met." The patent application was filed on April 23, 2007 (11/738,946). 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=79,62,788.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,788&RS=PN/79,62,788 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Balancing of Renewable Power Usage and Workload Performance between Cooling System and Electronic Components ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,962,769) developed by Chandrakant Patel, Fremont, Calif., and Ratnesh Kumar Sharma, Union City, Calif., for "balancing of renewable power usage and workload performance between cooling system and electronic components." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a method for balancing renewable power usage and workload performance in a room having cooling system components and electronic components, power is supplied to either or both of at least one cooling system component and at least one electronic component from a renewable power source. In addition, power is supplied to either or both of the at least one cooling system component and the at least one electronic component from a nonrenewable power source. The power supplied from at least one of the renewable power source and the nonrenewable power source to balance power usage and workload performance between the at least one cooling system component and the at least one electronic component." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2007 (11/796,942). 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=79,62,769.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,769&RS=PN/79,62,769 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventors Develop Patent for Bottle Stopper ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Robert Q. Hoyt, Los Angeles, and Chase H. Hoyt, Los Angeles, have been issued a patent (D639,657) for an ornamental design for a bottle stopper. The patent application was filed on March 23, 2010 (D/358,170). 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=D639,657.PN.&OS=PN/D639,657&RS=PN/D639,657 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Method for Providing Trusted Time in a Computing Platform ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif, has been assigned a patent (7,962,752) developed by Ernest F. Brickell, Portland, Ore., and Clifford D. Hall, Orangevale, Calif., for a "method for providing trusted time in a computing platform." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Providing trusted time in a computing platform, while still supporting privacy, may be accomplished by having a trusted time device provide the trusted time to an application executing on the computing platform. The trusted time device may be reset by determining if a value in a trusted time random number register has been set, and if not, waiting a period of time, generating a new random number, and storing the new random number in the trusted time random number register. The trusted time random number register is set to zero whenever electrical power is first applied to the trusted time device upon power up of the computing platform, and whenever a battery powering the trusted time device is removed and reconnected. By keeping the size of the trusted time random number register relatively small, and waiting the specified period of time, attacks on the computing platform to determine the trusted time may be minimized, while deterring the computing platform from being uniquely identified." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2005 (11/233,543). 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=79,62,752.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,752&RS=PN/79,62,752 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Bottle in Female Form ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Robert Valik, Beverly Hills, Calif., has been issued a patent (D639,671) for an ornamental design for a "bottle in female form." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2010 (D/366,380). 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=D639,671.PN.&OS=PN/D639,671&RS=PN/D639,671 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Bottle in Male Form ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Robert Valik, Beverly Hills, Calif., has been issued a patent (D639,672) for an ornamental design for a "bottle in male form." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2010 (D/366,386). 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=D639,672.PN.&OS=PN/D639,672&RS=PN/D639,672 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,962,760) developed by Bran Ferren, Beverly Hills, Calif., and W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for selectively enabling a microprocessor-based system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for selectively enabling a microprocessor-based system is disclosed. State information that describes the operating conditions or circumstances under which a user intends to operate the system is obtained. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a valid hash value is determined, preferably based on the state information and preferably by locating the valid hash value within a table of valid hash values indexed by the state information. Candidate authorization information is obtained from the user, and a candidate hash value is generated by applying a hashing algorithm to the candidate authorization information, the state information, or a combination of the candidate authorization information and state information. The candidate hash value and the valid hash value are then compared, and the microprocessor-based system is enabled if the candidate hash value matches the valid hash value. In this manner, the designer or distributor of the system can determine, at the time of manufacture or distribution, the conditions and circumstances under which the system may be operated." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2009 (12/455,670). 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=79,62,760.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,760&RS=PN/79,62,760 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,743) developed by Scott Fluhrer, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "system and method for protected spoke to spoke communication using an unprotected computer network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems for improved efficiency and security in spoke-to-spoke network communication. Embodiments provide systems and methods for registering a spoke with a hub, updating a hub registration table with spoke registration information, sending the updated hub registration table to a plurality of registered spokes, using the updated hub registration table at a sending spoke to encrypt traffic to be sent to another spoke, and using the updated hub registration table at a receiving spoke to decrypt traffic received from another spoke." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2006 (11/419,583). 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=7962743.PN.&OS=PN/7962743&RS=PN/7962743 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,741) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for processing packets for encryption and decryption." The co-inventors are Thomas Alexander, Sunnyvale, Calif, Steven Ahlgrim, Mountain View, Calif., Jing Zhang, Milpitas, Calif., and Jessica Ming Chang, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network device for processing data packets includes an encryption services module, a number of network interfaces and a forwarding module. A network interface receives a packet requiring encryption services and forwards the packet. The forwarding module receives at least a portion of the data packet, where the portion includes header information. The forwarding module identifies a security association for the data packet, appends the security association to the portion of the data packet and forwards the portion of the data packet including the security association to the encryption services module. The encryption services module processes the packet in accordance with the security association." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2002 (10/241,478). 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=7962741.PN.&OS=PN/7962741&RS=PN/7962741 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Applied Minds Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Applied Minds, Glendale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,740) developed by Bran Ferren, Beverly Hills, Calif., W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, Calif., and Gerard Roccanova, Huntington Beach, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for synchronizing audio and video in encrypted videoconferences." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides a system that preserves the synchronization of the audio and video presented at a secure conferencing site without necessitating decryption, decompression, compression, and encryption of signals at the hub. The presently preferred embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus and method for synchronizing audio and video in encrypted videoconferences that comprises a plurality of conference sites; and a hub for receiving a compressed and encrypted, composite audio and video signal from each site, for determining a currently active site, and for transmitting said composite audio and video signal from said currently active site to all other sites; said hub receiving a compressed and encrypted audio only signal from each site; wherein said hub routes all incoming compressed and encrypted audio only signals to each site." The patent application was filed on July 3, 2008 (12/168,040). 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=7962740.PN.&OS=PN/7962740&RS=PN/7962740 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,733) developed by Robert E. Cypher, Saratoga, Calif., and Stevan A. Vlaovic, Cupertino, Calif., for a "branch prediction mechanisms using multiple hash functions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, the branch prediction mechanism includes a first storage including a first plurality of locations for storing a first set of partial prediction information. The branch prediction mechanism also includes a second storage including a second plurality of locations for storing a second set of partial prediction information. Further, the branch prediction mechanism includes a control unit that performs a first hash function on input branch information to generate a first index for accessing a selected location within the first storage. The control unit also performs a second hash function on the input branch information to generate a second index for accessing a selected location within the second storage. Lastly, the control unit further provides a prediction value based on corresponding partial prediction information in the selected locations of the first and the second storages." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2009 (12/493,768). 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=7962733.PN.&OS=PN/7962733&RS=PN/7962733 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GLOBALFOUNDRIES Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Grand Cayman, Ky., has been assigned a patent (7,962,727) developed by Michael Frank, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for decompression of block compressed data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for decompressing data. A compressed data stream including contiguous variable length blocks is received, each block including multiple contiguous variable length data fields and a tag portion that includes multiple contiguous tag fields corresponding respectively to the data fields. Each tag field stores a tag value specifying a size of a respective field in the block. A current variable length block is stored. A single machine instruction of a processor is executed that analyzes the tag portion of the current block, and creates a control pattern, storing the control pattern in a first register of the processor. The control pattern is configured to unpack the variable length data fields of the current variable length block into corresponding uniform data fields. The contiguous variable length data fields of the current variable length block are decompressed using the control pattern, thereby decompressing the compressed data stream." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2008 (12/329,236). 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=7962727.PN.&OS=PN/7962727&RS=PN/7962727 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,724) developed by Abid Ali, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "branch loop performance enhancement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for management of resource allocation for speculative fetched instructions following small backward branch instructions. An instruction fetch unit speculatively prefetches a memory line for each fetched memory line. Each memory line may have a small backward branch instruction, which is a backward branch instruction that has a target instruction within the same memory line. For each fetched memory line, the instruction fetch unit determines if a small backward branch instruction exists among the instructions within the memory line. If a small backward branch instruction is found and predicted taken, then the instruction fetch unit inhibits the speculative prefetch for that particular thread. The speculative prefetch may resume for that thread after the branch loop is completed. System resources may be better allocated during the iterations of the small backward branch loop." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/864,579). 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=7962724.PN.&OS=PN/7962724&RS=PN/7962724 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QST Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- QST Holdings, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,716) developed by Paul L. Master, Sunnyvale, Calif., Eugene Hogenauer, San Carlos, Calif., and Walter James Scheuermann, Saratoga, Calif., for an "adaptive integrated circuitry with heterogeneous and reconfigurable matrices of diverse and adaptive computational units having fixed, application specific computational elements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention concerns a new category of integrated circuitry and a new methodology for adaptive or reconfigurable computing. The preferred IC embodiment includes a plurality of heterogeneous computational elements coupled to an interconnection network. The plurality of heterogeneous computational elements include corresponding computational elements having fixed and differing architectures, such as fixed architectures for different functions such as memory, addition, multiplication, complex multiplication, subtraction, configuration, reconfiguration, control, input, output, and field programmability. In response to configuration information, the interconnection network is operative in real-time to configure and reconfigure the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements for a plurality of different functional modes, including linear algorithmic operations, non-linear algorithmic operations, finite state machine operations, memory operations, and bit-level manipulations. The various fixed architectures are selected to comparatively minimize power consumption and increase performance of the adaptive computing integrated circuit, particularly suitable for mobile, hand-held or other battery-powered computing applications." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2004 (10/990,800). 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=7962716.PN.&OS=PN/7962716&RS=PN/7962716 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,730) developed by Wei-Han Lien, San Jose, Calif., and Po-Yung Chang, Saratoga, Calif., for a "replaying memory operation assigned a load/store buffer entry occupied by store operation processed beyond exception reporting stage and retired from scheduler." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a processor comprises a retire unit and a load/store unit coupled thereto. The retire unit is configured to retire a first store memory operation responsive to the first store memory operation having been processed at least to a pipeline stage at which exceptions are reported for the first store memory operation. The load/store unit comprises a queue having a first entry assigned to the first store memory operation. The load/store unit is configured to retain the first store memory operation in the first entry subsequent to retirement of the first store memory operation if the first store memory operation is not complete. The queue may have multiple entries, and more than one store may be retained in the queue after being retired by the retire unit." The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2008 (12/323,266). 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=7962730.PN.&OS=PN/7962730&RS=PN/7962730 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rambus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Rambus, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,715) developed by Frederick A. Ware, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "memory controller for non-homogeneous memory system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A memory controller includes at least one interface adapted to be coupled to one or more first memory devices of a first memory type having a first set of attributes, and to one or more second memory devices of a second memory type having a second set of attributes. The first and second sets of attributes have at least one differing attribute. The controller also includes interface logic configured to direct memory transactions having a predefined first characteristic to the first memory devices and to direct memory transactions having a predefined second characteristic to the second memory devices. Pages having a usage characteristic of large volumes of write operations may be mapped to the one or more first memory devices, while pages having a read-only or read-mostly usage characteristic may be mapped to the one or more second memory devices." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2009 (12/545,659). 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=7962715.PN.&OS=PN/7962715&RS=PN/7962715 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Combined Cell Phone Case and Wallet ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Tiffany Du, Garden Grove, Calif., has been issued a patent (D639,552) for an ornamental design for a "combined cell phone case and wallet." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2010 (D/375,202). 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=D639,552.PN.&OS=PN/D639,552&RS=PN/D639,552 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fisker Automotive Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Fisker Automotive, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D639,547) developed by Nikola Stefanov, San Clemente, Calif., for an ornamental design for a key fob. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a key fob, as shown." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2010 (D/375,582). 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=D639,547.PN.&OS=PN/D639,547&RS=PN/D639,547 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Skechers U.S.A. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Skechers U.S.A., Manhattan Beach, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D639,540) developed by David Raysse, Los Angeles, for an ornamental design for a shoe bottom. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a shoe bottom, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on March 8, 2011 (D/387,037). 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=D639,540.PN.&OS=PN/D639,540&RS=PN/D639,540 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Agilent Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,966) developed by James Robert Massie, Santa Barbara, Calif., for a "scanning probe microscope having improved optical access." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A scanning probe microscope and method for using the same are disclosed. The Scanning probe microscope includes a probe mount for connecting a cantilever arm and a probe signal generator. The probe position signal generator generates a position signal indicative of a position of the probe relative to one end of the cantilever arm. The probe position signal generator includes a first light source that directs a light beam at a first reflector positioned on the cantilever arm and a detector that detects a position of the light beam after the light beam has been reflected from the first reflector. A second reflector reflects the light beam after the light beam is reflected from the first reflector and before the light beam enters the detector, the second reflector passing light from a second light source that illuminates the sample." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2009 (12/471,762). 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=79,62,966.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,966&RS=PN/79,62,966 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Symantec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,961) developed by Kent E. Griffin, Santa Monica, Calif., Tzi-cker Chiueh, Los Angeles, and Sourabh Satish, Fremont, Calif., for a "responding to detected application vulnerability exploits." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A security module detects attempted exploitations of vulnerabilities of an application executing on a computer. A robust function of the application having native error handling functionality is identified. The security module wraps the robust function with an exception handler that catches a "security violation" exception. The exception handler returns an error code of a type that is handled by the application's native error handling functionality. The security module also hooks the application. When a hook is followed, the security module determines whether a vulnerability in the application is being exploited. If an attempted exploit is detected, the security module throws the security violation exception. The application's native error handling functionality unwinds the call stack for the application until it reaches the exception handler wrapping the robust function. The exception handler catches the security violation exception and returns the error code to the application's native error handling functionality." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2007 (11/956,172). 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=79,62,961.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,961&RS=PN/79,62,961 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Trend Micro Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Trend Micro, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (7,962,956) developed by En-Yi Liao, Santa Clara, Calif., and Chinghsien Liao, Cupertino, Calif., for an "evaluation of incremental backup copies for presence of malicious codes in computer systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, incremental backups containing information on modified addressable portions of a data storage device are evaluated for presence of malicious codes ("malwares"). Each modified addressable portion may be individually accessed and scanned for malicious codes. Each modified addressable portion may also be mapped to its associated file, allowing the associated file to be scanned for malicious codes. These allow an incremental backup to be evaluated even when it only contains portions, rather than the entirety, of several different files. A clean incremental backup may be selected for restoring the data storage device in the event of malicious code infection." The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2006 (11/594,546). 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=79,62,956.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,956&RS=PN/79,62,956 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nokia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Nokia, Finland, has been assigned a patent (7,962,953) developed by Umesh Chandra, Allen, Texas, David Leon, Irving, Texas, and Sanjeev Verma, San Diego, for a "DRM protected content sharing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for transmitting protected real-time content from one user to another is described. In a first aspect, a user sends a Rights Object to another user. In a second aspect, a user sends a Rights Object to another user via an intermediate server for a multiparty communication. In this second aspect, the users may be able to switch between designated Rights Objects as needed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2006 (11/617,306). 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=79,62,953.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,953&RS=PN/79,62,953 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,925) developed by Chris Fry, Berkeley, Calif., and Scott Ziegler, San Francisco, for a "system and method for XML data binding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A schema parser can be used in data binding to create a schema object model when given an XML s 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. -1051169 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |