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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (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 New York. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Commemorative Sports Award Trophy ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Louis Jean-Denis, New York, has been issued a patent (D639,702) for an ornamental design for a "commemorative sports award trophy." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2010 (D/348,808). 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=D639,702.PN.&OS=PN/D639,702&RS=PN/D639,702 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Joe Doucet Studio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Joe Doucet Studio, New York, has been assigned a patent (D639,742) developed by Joe D. Doucet, New York, for an ornamental design for a power distribution device. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a power distribution device, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2010 (D/359,670). 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=D639,742.PN.&OS=PN/D639,742&RS=PN/D639,742 Written by Arpi Sharma; 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. *** Chilewich Sultan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Chilewich Sultan, New York, has been assigned a patent (D639,563) developed by Sandra Chilewich, New York, and Brigid Kavanagh, Brooklyn, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a tray system. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a tray system, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2011 (D/386,751). 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=D639,563&OS=D639,563&RS=D639,563 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Star Headlight & Lantern Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Star Headlight & Lantern, Avon, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (D639,688) developed by Steven W. Neufeglise, Rochester, N.Y., and John D. Green, Honeoye Falls, N.Y., for an ornamental design for an "acoustic backup alarm capable of dual technology (acoustical and optical) operation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for an acoustic backup alarm capable of dual technology (acoustical and optical) operation, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2009 (D/316,825). 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=D639,688.PN.&OS=PN/D639,688&RS=PN/D639,688 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** L'Oreal Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- L'Oreal, Paris, has been assigned a patent (D639,678) developed by Nancy Herrmann, New York, for an ornamental design for a "container with an aperture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "We claim the ornamental design for container with an aperture, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2010 (D/367,020). 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=D639,678.PN.&OS=PN/D639,678&RS=PN/D639,678 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ex-Cell Home Fashions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Ex-Cell Home Fashions, New York, has been assigned a patent (D639,596) developed by Michelle Edgemont, Brooklyn, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a napkin with ring. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for napkin with ring, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2010 (D/364,096). 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=D639,596.PN.&OS=PN/D639,596&RS=PN/D639,596 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventors Develop Patent for Pan Divider ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Anna M. Stewart, Naples, N.Y., and Stephen Kraigh Stewart, Naples, N.Y., have been issued a patent (D639,599) for an ornamental design for a pan divider. The patent application was filed on March 14, 2010 (D/357,580). 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=D639,599.PN.&OS=PN/D639,599&RS=PN/D639,599 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ex-Cell Home Fashions Assigned Patent for Napkin with Ring ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Ex-Cell Home Fashions, New York, has been assigned a patent (D639,595) developed by Michelle Edgemont, Brooklyn, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a napkin with ring. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for napkin with ring, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2010 (D/364,093). 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=D639,595.PN.&OS=PN/D639,595&RS=PN/D639,595 Written by Rajat Puri; 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. *** Columbia University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Columbia University, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,962,798) developed by eight co-inventors for "methods, systems and media for software self-healing." The co-inventors are Michael E. Locasto, Miller, N.Y., Angelos D. Keromytis, New York, Salvatore J. Stolfo, Ridgewood, N.J., Angelos Stavrou, New York, Gabriela Cretu, New York, Stylianos Sidiroglou, New York, Jason Nieh, New York, and Oren Laadan, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and media for enabling a software application to recover from a fault condition, and for protecting a software application from a fault condition, are provided. In some embodiments, methods include detecting a fault condition during execution of the software application, restoring execution of the software application to a previous point of execution, the previous point of execution occurring during execution of a first subroutine in the software application, and forcing the first subroutine to forego further execution and return to a caller of the first subroutine." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2007 (11/785,317). 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=79,62,798.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,798&RS=PN/79,62,798 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,785) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus to maintain data integrity in disk cache memory during and after periods of cache inaccessibility." The co-inventors are Sanjeev N. Trika, Hillsboro, Ore., Michael K. Eschmann, Lees Summit, Mo., Jeanna N. Matthews, Massena, N.Y., and Vasudevan Srinivasan, Hillsboro, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A volatile or nonvolatile cache memory can cache mass storage device read data and write data. The cache memory may become inaccessible, and I/O operations may go directly to the mass storage device, bypassing the cache memory. A log of write operations may be maintained to update the cache memory when it becomes available." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2008 (12/272,906). 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=79,62,785.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,785&RS=PN/79,62,785 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** IDP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- IDP, New York, has been assigned a patent (D639,589) developed by Joseph Tawil, Brooklyn, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a paper roll holder. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a paper roll holder, as shown." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2010 (D/376,471). 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=D639,589.PN.&OS=PN/D639,589&RS=PN/D639,589 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Thermos Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Thermos, Rolling Meadows, Ill., has been assigned a patent (D639,660) developed by Alfredo Carreno, Greece, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a bottle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a bottle, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2009 (D/350,865). 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=D639,660.PN.&OS=PN/D639,660&RS=PN/D639,660 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** S.C. Johnson & Son Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- S.C. Johnson & Son, Racine, Wis., has been assigned a patent (D639,675) developed by six co-inventors for an ornamental design for a dispenser housing. The co-inventors are Erica Eden Cohen, New York, Nathaniel Giraitis, New York, Jacob Palmborg, Brooklyn, N.Y., Jessi Pervola, Brooklyn, N.Y., Richard Whitehall, New York, and Allen Zadeh, Brooklyn, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a dispenser housing, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (D/362,715). 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=D639,675.PN.&OS=PN/D639,675&RS=PN/D639,675 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Internet Secure Terminal for Personal Computers ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Henry Samuel Schwarz, New York, has developed a patent (7,962,742) for an "internet secure terminal for personal computers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device which defends Internet (3) users against malware, inauthentic Internet (3) servers (4), counterfeit secure terminals (1), and other attacks. A secure terminal (1) is used as a PC local peripheral. SSL client software (8) executes on the secure terminal (1). Protocol software (7) and application software (6) which employ SSL execute on the secure terminal (1). Received server (4) certificates and their digital signatures are verified against values pre-loaded into the secure terminal (1). The user and the secure terminal (1) are mutually authenticated by passwords." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2006 (11/359,915). 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=7962742.PN.&OS=PN/7962742&RS=PN/7962742 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Recycling Long Multi-operand Instructions ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,726) developed by seven co-inventors for a "recycling long multi-operand instructions." The co-inventors are Edward T. Malley, New Rochelle, N.Y., Khary J. Alexander, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Fadi Y. Busaba, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Vimal M. Kapadia, New York, Jeffrey S. Plate, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., John G. Rell Jr., Saugerties, N.Y., and Chung-Lung Kevin Shum, Wappingers Falls, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A pipelined microprocessor configured for long operand instructions is disclosed. The microprocessor includes a memory unit and a load-store unit. The load store unit is coupled to the memory unit and includes a data formatter receiving information from the memory unit and including an operand selector and a shift register portion. The microprocessor also includes an execution unit coupled to the load-store unit and receiving operand information there from. The execution unit includes output latches coupled to a storage location within the execution unit for storing output information from the execution unit." The patent application was filed on March 19, 2008 (12/051,215). 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=7962726.PN.&OS=PN/7962726&RS=PN/7962726 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Deer Stags Concepts Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Deer Stags Concepts, New York, has been assigned a patent (D639,545) developed by Howard K. Weiss, New York, for an ornamental design for a "portion of a shoe." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a portion of a shoe, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2009 (D/342,330). 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=D639,545.PN.&OS=PN/D639,545&RS=PN/D639,545 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fila Luxembourg Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Fila Luxembourg, Luxembourg, has been assigned a patent (D639,535) developed by Mark Eggert, New York, Kevin Yoon, New York, and Gi Ho Rim, New York, for an ornamental design for a shoe. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a shoe, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2010 (D/380,701). 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=D639,535.PN.&OS=PN/D639,535&RS=PN/D639,535 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,962) developed by 18 co-inventors for "using an object model to improve handling of personally identifiable information." The co-inventors are Steven B. Adler, Port Washington, N.Y., Endre Felix Bangerter, Ligerz, Switzerland, Kathryn Ann Bohrer, Austin, Texas, Nigel Howard Julian Brown, Richmond Hill, Canada, Jan Camenisch, Ruschlikon, Switzerland, Arthur M. Gilbert, Bethel, Conn., Dogan Kesdogan, White Plains, N.Y., Matthew P. Leonard, Upper Saddle River, N.J., Xuan Liu, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Michael Robert McCullough, Washington, Adam Charles Nelson, Chicago, Charles Campbell Palmer, Goldens Bridge, N.Y., Calvin Stacy Powers, Chapel Hill, N.C., Michael Schnyder, Bern, Switzerland, Edith Schonberg, New York City, N.Y., Matthias Schunter, Oldenburg, Germany, Elsie Van Herreweghen, Adiswil, Switzerland, and Michael Waidner, Appitacsh, Switzerland. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a computer, a first set of object classes are provided representing active entities in an information-handling process and a second set of object classes are provided representing data and rules in the information-handling process. At least one object class has rules associated with data. The above-mentioned objects are used in constructing a model of an information-handling process, and to provide an output that identifies at least one way in which the information-handling process could be improved. One aspect is a method for handling personally identifiable information. Another aspect is a system for executing the method of the present invention. A third aspect is as a set of instructions on a computer-usable medium, or resident in a computer system, for executing the method of the present invention." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2001 (09/884,311). 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=79,62,962.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,962&RS=PN/79,62,962 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Protecting Users from Malicious Pop-up Advertisements ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,955) developed by four co-inventors for a "protecting users from malicious pop-up advertisements." The co-inventors are Gregory J. Boss, American Fork, Utah, Gang Chen, Oceanside, N.Y., Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., and John S. Langford, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is a solution for detecting a spoofed command button in a pop-up window. The solution tracks the creation process of a pop-up window, detects the presence of command buttons in the pop-up window, verifies the value labeled on each command button in the pop-up window and determines a follow-up action generated from selecting a command button on the pop-up window." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2006 (11/464,581). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,62,955.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,955&RS=PN/79,62,955 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Deborah Adler Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Deborah Adler, New York, has been assigned a patent (D639,669) developed by Deborah Adler, New York, and Duane Sawyer, York, Pa., for an ornamental design for a "prescription medication bottle with a detachable cap." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a prescription medication bottle with a detachable cap, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2009 (D/341,800). 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=D639,669.PN.&OS=PN/D639,669&RS=PN/D639,669 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,962,804) developed by John C. Handley, Fairport, N.Y., and Sankar Virdhagriswaran, Boxborough, Mass., for a "method and system for analyzing time series data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for performing fault analysis using numerically coded time series data are disclosed. First time series data, including a plurality of first time entries and an associated first data value for each first time entry, may be received for a machine variable for a first printer. Second time series data, including a plurality of second time entries and an associated second data value for each second time entry, may be received for the machine variable for each of a plurality of second printers. For each second printer, a similarity measurement may be determined for the first time series data for the first printer and the second time series data for the second printer. One or more closest matching second printers may be determined based on the similarity measurements. An association may be displayed between the first printer and each closest matching second printer." The patent application was filed on May 10, 2010 (12/776,993). 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=7,962,804.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,804&RS=PN/7,962,804 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Scan Chain Disable Function for Power Saving ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,811) developed by five co-inventors for a "scan chain disable function for power saving." The co-inventors are Sang Hoo Dhong, Austin, Texas, Joel Abraham Silberman, Somers, N.Y., Osamu Takahashi, Round Rock, Texas, James Douglas Warnock, Somers, N.Y., and Dieter Wendel, Schoenaich, Germany. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus, a method and a computer program product are provided for conserving energy during functional mode of a processor by disabling the scan chain. By inserting logic gating into the scan chain it is possible to disable the scan chain during the processor's functional mode. During functional mode the scan out port of the latch bit in a scan chain toggles, which leads to unnecessary energy consumption. By gating scan control signals and the scan out port of a latch bit, the scan chain segment between latch bits can be disconnected. Therefore, the scan control signals can disable the scan chain during functional mode." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2006 (11/552,807). 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=7,962,811.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,811&RS=PN/7,962,811 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Coach Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Coach Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (D639,636) developed by Reed Krakoff, New York, for an ornamental design for a turn lock. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "I claim the ornamental design for a turn lock, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2010 (D/381,817). 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=D639,636.PN.&OS=PN/D639,636&RS=PN/D639,636 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Christian Casey Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Christian Casey, New York, has been assigned a patent (D639,667) developed by Elizabeth Bogert, Croton on Hudson, N.Y., Lance Colin McGregor, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Jin Chung, New York, for an ornamental design for a "fragrance bottle and cap." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a fragrance bottle and cap, substantially as shown and described." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2010 (D/362,544). 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=D639,667.PN.&OS=PN/D639,667&RS=PN/D639,667 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Compiler Method for Employing Multiple Autonomous Synergistic Processors ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,906) developed by John Kevin Patrick O'Brien, South Salem, N.Y., Kathryn M. O'Brien, South Salem, N.Y., and Daniel Arthur Prener, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., for a "compiler method for employing multiple autonomous synergistic processors to simultaneously operate on longer vectors of data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A compiler includes a mechanism for employing multiple synergistic processors to execute long vectors. The compiler receives a single source program. The compiler identifies vectorizable loop code in the single source program and extracts the vectorizable loop code from the single source program. The compiler then compiles the extracted vectorizable loop code for a plurality of synergistic processors. The compiler also compiles a remainder of the single source program for a principal processor to form an executable main program such that the executable main program controls operation of the executable vectorizable loop code on the plurality of synergistic processors." The patent application was filed on March 15, 2007 (11/686,400). 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=7,962,906.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,906&RS=PN/7,962,906 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Self-learning of the Optimal Power or Performance Operating Point of a Computer Chip ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,887) developed by four co-inventors for a "self-learning of the optimal power or performance operating point of a computer chip based on instantaneous feedback of present operating environment." The co-inventors are Carl John Anderson, Austin, Texas, Michael Stephen Floyd, Cedar Park, Texas, Norman Karl James, Liberty Hill, Texas, and Phillip John Restle, Katonah, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Sensors on the integrated circuit are used to detect the current operating state of the chip, such as frequency, voltage, temperature characteristics, or variation in the integrated circuit manufacturing process. In response, the integrated circuit may choose to modify operational parameters (such as frequency, voltage, or power-down states) in order to dynamically and autonomously maintain an optimal performance and/or power-efficiency operational point." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2008 (12/139,928). 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=7,962,887.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,887&RS=PN/7,962,887 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Holland USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Holland USA, North Mankato, Minn., has been assigned a patent (D639,857) developed by David M. Casciotti, Amsterdam, N.Y., Jing Mahler, Glenville, N.Y., and Joseph E. Achzet, Gloversville, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a writing instrument. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "We claim the ornamental design for a writing instrument, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2010 (D/369,596). 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=D639,857.PN.&OS=PN/D639,857&RS=PN/D639,857 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Stencil for Unlined Paper ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Brian A. Fried, Melville, N.Y., has been issued a patent (D639,855) for an ornamental design for a "stencil for unlined paper." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2010 (D/354,556). 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=D639,855.PN.&OS=PN/D639,855&RS=PN/D639,855 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** J.W.Pet Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- J.W.Pet, Teterboro, N.J., has been assigned a patent (No. D640,019) developed by Ryan Rutherford, Belleville, N.J., and Norman Anderson, Brooklyn, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a pet toy. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a pet toy, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2010 (D/377,139). 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=D640,019&OS=D640,019&RS=D640,019 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (D639,851) developed by Mark S. Penke, West Henrietta, N.Y., Donald A. Brown, Honeoye Falls, N.Y., and James B. Smith, Honeoye Falls, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a multifunction printer. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a multifunction printer, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2010 (D/358,602). 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=D639,851.PN.&OS=PN/D639,851&RS=PN/D639,851 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method to Assess the Skill Level of Software Development ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,890) developed by Theresa C. Kratschmer, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Peter Kenneth Malkin, Ardlsey, N.Y., and Kavitha Srinavas, Rye, N.Y., for a "method to assess the skill level of software development." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented system for providing a skill level assessment of a developer of a given object, based on defects found in the object, includes: a processor configured for: receiving the object; obtaining at least one requirement associated with the object; obtaining at least one requirement associated with the developer of the object; finding defects in the object, based on the at least one requirement; mapping the defects found to a listing of actions; creating the skill level assessment of the developer using the mapped defects; and presenting the assessment to a user of the method. The system also includes a network interface, storage, and memory. In addition, logic stored in memory includes an obtain objects handler; a requirements assessment handler; a code analysis handler; a skill level handler; a report handler; and a development skill assessment database. Further, the assessment may be presented as a platform for internet content selection label associated with at least one web document related to the developer." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2006 (11/504,863). 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=7,962,890.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,890&RS=PN/7,962,890 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for VLSI Artwork Legalization for Hierarchical Designs with Multiple Grid Constraints ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,879) developed by Xiaoping Tang, Elmsford, N.Y., and Xin Yuan, Williston, Vt., for a "VLSI artwork legalization for hierarchical designs with multiple grid constraints." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are disclosed for legalizing a flat or hierarchical VLSI layout to meet multiple grid constraints and conventional ground rules. Given a set of ground rules with multiple grid constraints and a VLSI layout (either hierarchical or flat) which is layout-versus-schematic (LVS) correct but may not be ground rule correct, the system and method provide a legalized layout which meets the multiple grid constraints while maintaining LVS correctness and fixing the ground rule errors as much as possible with minimum layout perturbation from the input design. The system and method support multiple grid pitch constraints for hierarchical design, and provide for LVS correctness to be maintained while an on-grid solution possibly with some spacing violations." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2008 (12/183,578). 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=7,962,879.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,879&RS=PN/7,962,879 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bracco Diagnostics Assigned Patent for Gas Water Bottle Adaptor ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Bracco Diagnostics, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (No. D639,940) developed by four co-inventors for an ornamental design for a "gas water bottle adaptor." The co-inventors are Jeffrey B. Cushner, Woodmere, N.Y., Kenneth E. Wolcott, Centerport, N.Y., Christopher R. Stebbins, Huntington, N.Y., and James Burns, Purdys, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a gas water bottle adaptor, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2009 (D/335,421). 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=D639,940&OS=D639,940&RS=D639,940 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Wire Structures Minimizing Coupling Effects Between Wires in a Bus ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,880) developed by Daniel Lipetz, Flushing, N.Y., and Joshua M. Weinberg, Bronx, N.Y., for a "wire structures minimizing coupling effects between wires in a bus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for minimizing coupling capacitance between wires in a bus comprising shifting by rearranging the order of said wires in said bus so that, aside from said first and last wires in said arrangement, the coupling capacitance across said bus is uniform and minimized relative to the original arrangement. Alternatively, a method for minimizing coupling capacitance between wires in a bus comprising shifting by rearranging the order of said wires in said bus so that, aside from said first and last wires in said arrangement, one of said wires incurs the smallest possible amount of coupling capacitance and then the coupling capacitance across the rest of said wires in said bus gets progressively worse relative to the original arrangement." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2008 (12/035,506). 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=7,962,880.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,880&RS=PN/7,962,880 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Game Board ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Richard Levasseur, Shirley, N.Y., has been issued a patent (D639,866) for an ornamental design for a game board. The patent application was filed on June 18, 2010 (D/364,144). 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=D639,866&OS=D639,866&RS=D639,866 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Solar Animal Repeller ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Debbie Feuerstein, Riverdale, N.Y., has been issued a patent (D639,893) for an ornamental design for a solar animal repeller. The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2010 (D/367,535). 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=D639,893&OS=D639,893&RS=D639,893 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Employing Patterning Process Statistics ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,865) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for employing patterning process statistics for ground rules waivers and optimization." The co-inventors are Fook-Luen Heng, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Mark Alan Lavin, Katonah, N.Y., Jin-Fuw Lee, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Chieh-yu Lin, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Jawahar Pundalik Nayak, Newburgh, N.Y., and Rama Nand Singh, Bethel, Conn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method of employing patterning process statistics to evaluate layouts for intersect area analysis includes applying Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) to the layout, simulating images formed by the mask and applying patterning process variation distributions to influence and determine corrective actions taken to improve and optimize the rules for compliance by the layout. The process variation distributions are mapped to an intersect area distribution by creating a histogram based upon a plurality of processes for an intersect area. The intersect area is analyzed using the histogram to provide ground rule waivers and optimization." The patent application was filed on July 17, 2008 (12/175,097). 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=7,962,865.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,865&RS=PN/7,962,865 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Animal Repeller ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Debbie Feuerstein, Riverdale, N.Y., has been issued a patent (D639,894) for an ornamental design for an animal repeller. The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2010 (D/367,536). 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=D639,894&OS=D639,894&RS=D639,894 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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