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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (June 17)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Lucid Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Lucid, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,214) developed by Scott R. Grodevant, Hilton, N.Y., for an "automatic gain control for a confocal imaging system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Automatic gain control is provided for a confocal imaging system to improve the quality of images produced by the system. The confocal imaging system utilizes an illumination source, such as a laser, to produce illumination which enables imaging of an object. The automatic gain control is provided by an automatic gain controller which operates in accordance with the counted number of pixels which are too bright, the counted number of pixels which are too dim, and the counted total number of pixels, or in accordance with the average value of pixels, of each two-dimensional frame of the images from the confocal imaging system to control the intensity of the illumination source. The automatic gain controller may be operative over either the entire frame, or a region thereof." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2007 (11/999,983). 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=79,61,214.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,214&RS=PN/79,61,214 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,475) developed by six co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for facilitating immersion-cooling of an electronic subsystem." The co-inventors are Levi A. Campbell, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Richard C. Chu, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Michael J. Ellsworth Jr., Lagrangeville, N.Y., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Woodstock, N.Y., Vinod Kamath, Raleigh, N.C., and Robert E. Simons, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating immersion-cooling of an electronic subsystem having multiple different types of components to be immersion-cooled. The apparatus includes a container sized to receive the electronic subsystem, and a hermetically sealed electrical connector disposed on a wall of the container. The electrical connector is sized and configured to receive an electrical and network connector of the electronic subsystem when the electronic subsystem is operatively inserted into the container, and to facilitate external electrical and network coupling to the subsystem. The apparatus further includes coolant inlet and outlet ports coupled to the container for facilitating ingress and egress of coolant through the container. When the electronic subsystem is operatively inserted into the container and coolant flows through the container, the electronic subsystem is immersion-cooled by the coolant." The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2008 (12/256,618). 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=7,961,475.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,475&RS=PN/7,961,475 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Duty Cycle Measurement Circuit for Measuring and Maintaining Balanced Clock Duty Cycle ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,559) developed by Robert C. Dixon, Austin, Texas, Robert L. Franch, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and Phillip J. Restle, Katonah, N.Y., for a "duty cycle measurement circuit for measuring and maintaining balanced clock duty cycle." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A circuit and method for measuring duty cycle uncertainty in an on-chip global clock. A global clock is provided to a delay line at a local clock buffer. Delay line taps (inverter outputs) are inputs to a register that is clocked by the local clock buffer. The register captures clock edges, which are filtered to identify a single location for each edge. Imbalance in space between the edges indicated imbalance in duty cycle. Up/down signals are generated from any imbalance and passed to a phase locked loop to adjust the balance." The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2009 (12/539,635). 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=7,961,559.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,559&RS=PN/7,961,559 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- General Electric, Schnectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,572) developed by eight co-inventors for a "system and method for reading micro-holograms with reduced error rates." The co-inventors are John Erik Hershey, Niskayuna, N.Y., Kenneth Brakeley Welles, Scotia, N.Y., John Anderson Fergus Ross, Niskayuna, N.Y., John Frederick Graf, Ballston Lake, N.Y., Brian Lee Lawrence, Niskayuna, N.Y., Xiaolei Shi, Niskayuna, N.Y., Zhiyuan Ren, Maita, N.Y., and Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Ballston, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present techniques provide methods and systems reading a data bit of interest on an optical data disc with a reduced error rate. The data bit estimation may be improved by reducing deterministic noise resulting from an optical reader system and/or the optical data disc. The reader may adjust the position of a detector to detect light scattered from the disc based on parameters of known noise sources. In one embodiment, the detector may be moved vertically in relation to the data bit of interest on the optical disc. In another embodiment, more than one detector may be used to detect light scattered from a data bit of interest. In embodiments, the positioning of the detector(s) may be based on system or disc parameters, and the detected scatterings may provide a data reading, improved for an optical return from a present micro-hologram." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2009 (12/414,234). 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=7,961,572.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,572&RS=PN/7,961,572 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,961,905) developed by Steven J Harrington, Webster, N.Y., for an "encoding invisible electronic information in a printed document." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A printed image can be redundantly encoded by printing a visible image using a colorant with a luminance that contrasts with that of the output sheet and printing a redundant image using a colorant with a luminance that varies only slightly from that of the output sheet. Accordingly, the visible image can be easily read by a user while the redundant image is substantially invisible to the human eye at normal reading distances, yet capable of being captured by a conventional digital scanner. In one aspect, redundantly encoded images may be printed on a white background, with visible images printed in black text and redundant images printed in blue in content regions of the visible image and in yellow in its background regions." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2008 (12/132,911). 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=7,961,905&OS=7,961,905&RS=7,961,905 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** GE Inspection Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- GE Inspection Technologies, Lewistown, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,961,401) developed by Joshua Lynn Scott, Jordan, N.Y., Clark Alexander Bendall, Syracuse, N.Y., and Theodore Alexander Chilek, Skaneateles, N.Y., for a "system for providing two position zoom-focus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for providing a two-position zoom-focus capability in a video inspection device comprising, in one embodiment, a focus lens cell and primary aperture attached to a set of fixed rails and connected to a zoom lens cell. In one embodiment, the focus lens cell is moveable into a first position along the rails through activation of a proximally located lens movement mechanism, and moveable into a second position through relaxation of a tensioned focus spring. In one embodiment, movement of the focus lens cell between first and second focus positions causes movement of the zoom lens cell and a secondary aperture between corresponding first and second zoom and aperture positions to provide unmagnified and magnified images of a target object." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2009 (12/645,636). 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=7,961,401.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,401&RS=PN/7,961,401 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,961,322) developed by Gary W. Skinner, Rochester, N.Y., Lalit Keshav Mestha, Fairport, N.Y., and Paul S. Bonino, Ontario, N.Y., for a "method for conditional application of color measurement error compensation in spectral sensors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Color measurements of color samples are estimated by a system and method wherein an area coverage of a color sample is computed, the color sample is printed, a color of the printed color sample, such as a set of reflectance values, is measured at a first temperature, and a color of the printed color sample is estimated at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, the estimation being based on the area coverage and a thermochromatic model which represents relationships between measured colors of printed color samples at the first and second temperatures." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2008 (12/203,520). 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=79,61,322.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,322&RS=PN/79,61,322 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Broadcast and Multicast Packet Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,729) developed by Charles W. Gainey Jr., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Colin B. Verrilli, Apex, N.C., for a "broadcast and multicast packet management." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computer program product, and system for managing broadcast packets or multicast packets received by an Ethernet adapter comprising a plurality of logical ports are provided. The method, computer program product, and system provide for a first function operable to register a logical port of the Ethernet adapter as a recipient of any broadcast packet received by the Ethernet adapter satisfying a first predefined criterion and a second function operable to register the logical port of the Ethernet adapter as a recipient of any multicast packet received by the Ethernet adapter satisfying a second predefined criterion, wherein the Ethernet adapter is shared by a plurality of applications executing on a plurality of virtual systems, the first function and the second function being invocable by an application assigned to the logical port." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2007 (11/621,099). 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=7,961,729&OS=7,961,729&RS=7,961,729 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Data-dependent Jitter Pre-emphasis for High-speed Serial Link Transmitters ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,778) developed by James F. Buckwalter, Pasadena, Calif., Daniel J. Friedman, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., and Mounir Meghelli, Tarrytown, N.Y., for a "data-dependent jitter pre-emphasis for high-speed serial link transmitters." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In the context of high-speed serial links, data-dependent jitter compensation techniques performed using phase pre-distortion. Broadly contemplated is an expansion of the notion of pre-emphasis beyond conventional amplitude compensation of ISI, whereby phase pre-emphasis for compensating data-dependent jitter (DDJ) is introduced. DDJ can be addressed by exploiting the relationship between the data sequence and the timing deviation. Phase pre-emphasis improves the signal integrity with little additional power consumption in the transmitter and with no cross-talk penalty." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2008 (12/177,231). 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=7,961,778&OS=7,961,778&RS=7,961,778 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,961,773) developed by Ariela Zeira, Huntington, N.Y., and Sung-Hyuk Shin, Northvale, N.J., for a "weighted open loop power control transmitter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A weighted open loop power control transmitter for controlling transmission power levels using a spread spectrum time division duplex (TDD) technique having frames with timeslots for communication includes a demodulator configured to receive a transmitted signal from the receiver, a channel estimation device, a data estimation device, and a weighted open loop power controller. The weighted open loop power controller includes a power measurement device, a pathloss estimation device configured to receive an interpreted power level from the data estimation device and estimate the pathloss and update a long term average of the pathloss, a quality measurement device, and a transmit power calculation device for determining the transmitter's power level and to control the receiver's amplifier." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2009 (12/464,164). 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=7,961,773&OS=7,961,773&RS=7,961,773 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Methodology for Developing Color Models and Printer Sensitivity Functions for Spot Colors and Profiles ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Xerox, Nowalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,961,351) developed by Yao Rong Wang, Webster, N.Y., Lalit Keshav Mestha, Fairport, N.Y., and Alvaro Enrique Gil, Rochester, N.Y., for a "methodology for developing color models and printer sensitivity functions for spot colors and profiles." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system is disclosed for developing a printer model from a reduced set of selected test patches. The model corresponds to a spot color editor controller having a sensitivity matrix model developed from a plurality of the patches to define printer operation. The sensitivity matrix is comprised of coefficients computed from an orthogonal disposition of the experimental patches within a selected sub gamut of the color printer gamut. A plurality of replicas of the experimental patches are run for achieving statistical significance." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2008 (12/061,137). 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=79,61,351.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,351&RS=PN/79,61,351 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Automated Print-related Workflow ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,961,342) developed by Javier A. Morales, Irondequoit, N.Y., for an automated print-related workflow. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automated print prepress workflow, including a memory; a processor communicating with the memory; and a job ticket stored in the memory, is provided. The job ticket includes a plurality of print job related parameters and a set of print job related information. The workflow further includes a conditional branching arrangement defining a plurality of print job prepress development paths, each one of these plurality of paths including one or more print job prepress development operations. Prepress development of the print job may include automatically branching to one of the plurality of print job prepress development paths responsive to the processor reading one or both of the (1) the one or more of the plurality of print job related parameters and (2) at least part of the print job related information set. One or more of the print job prepress development operations may be automatically adaptively processed." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2008 (12/040,171). 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=79,61,342.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,342&RS=PN/79,61,342 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,961,822) developed by Gary R. Lomp, Centerport, N.Y., for a "setting a transmission power level for a mobile unit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A spread signal is produced having an adjustable spread spectrum. A data signal is provided for transmission. The data signal is processed to have a first spread spectrum. The processed first spread spectrum data signal is filtered to have one out of a plurality of spread spectrums. The filtering capable of producing a signal having a spread spectrum of any of the plurality of spread spectrums. The filtered one spread spectrum data signal is transmitted." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2010 (12/712,657). 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=7,961,822&OS=7,961,822&RS=7,961,822 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Trident Microsystems (Far East) Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Trident Microsystems (Far East), Grand Cayman, Ky., has been assigned a patent (7,961,251) developed by Richard Chi-Te Shen, Leonia, N.J., and Sheau-Bao Ng, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for conversion of video formats to 120 Hz 4 to 1 interlaced formats." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for converting video data in a first video format to video data in a second interlaced video format comprising: determining a number of frames of the first video format to map into a frame of the second video format, the frame of the second video format having four fields; determining a number of lines from each of the number of frames of the first video format to be mapped into each of the four fields of the frame of the second video format; selecting the determined number of lines from each of the number of frames of the first video format; determining a sequence for mapping the number of selected lines into the fields of the frame of the second video format; and mapping the selected lines from each of the number frames of the first video format into the four fields of the frame of the second video format according to the determined sequence." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2002 (10/185,905). 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=7,961,251.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,251&RS=PN/7,961,251 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oclaro North America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Oclaro North America, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,380) developed by Brian Shia, Horseheads, N.Y., Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Painted Post, N.Y., and Martin Williams, Corning, N.Y., for a "fast power transient supression in constant power-mode controlled optical amplifiers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The specification describes an improved approach to suppressing fast transients in optical amplifier systems. The approach relies on operating the amplifier in an automatic power-mode control with an extra loss component. It is applicable to optical amplifiers based on rare earth amplifier media, such as erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs)." The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2008 (12/070,523). 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=7,961,380.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,380&RS=PN/7,961,380 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Corning Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Corning, Corning, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,383) developed by Jue Wang, Fairport, N.Y., and Horst Schreiber, Rochester, N.Y., for an "engineered fluoride-coated elements for laser systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention is directed to elements having fluoride coated surfaces having multiple layers of fluoride material coatings for use in laser systems, and in particular in laser systems operating at wavelength <200 nm. In a particular embodiment the invention is directed to highly reflective mirrors for use in wavelengths <200 nm laser systems. The invention describes the mirrors and a method of making them that utilizes a plurality of periods of fluoride coatings, each period comprising one layer a high refractive index fluoride material and one layer low refractive index fluoride material, and additionally at least one layer of an amorphous silica material. The silica material can be inserted between each period, inserted between a stack consisting of a plurality of periods, and, optionally, can also be applied as the final layer of the finished element to protect the element." The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2008 (12/072,427). 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=7,961,383.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,383&RS=PN/7,961,383 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Stamper Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Stamper Technologies, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,367) developed by Bruce Ha, Brockport, N.Y., for a "method and system for producing multiple images in a single image plane using diffraction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods create images viewable under different selected angels on optical storage devices and other photosensitive surfaces and optical storage devices with super-imposed images. Generally, a photosensitive surface is exposed with multiple diffraction patterns creating super-imposed images. These diffraction patterns create super-imposed images on the photosensitive surfaces, which can be read by either a human or a computer." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2010 (12/895,524). 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=7,961,367.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,367&RS=PN/7,961,367 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Corning Assigned Patent for Mid Infrared Spectral Band Continuous Zoom System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Corning, Corning, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,382) developed by Jim D. Cornell, Rochester, N.Y., and Mark C. Sanson, Macedon, N.Y., for a "mid infrared spectral band continuous zoom system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mid infrared spectral band continuous zoom system is described herein that can provide a continuous zoom range with a focal length change greater than 25.times. when thermally imaging a distant object. In addition, a method is described herein for using the mid infrared spectral band continuous zoom system to thermally image the distant object." The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2009 (12/549,423). 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=7,961,382.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,382&RS=PN/7,961,382 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Samsung Electronics, University of New York Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Samsung Electronics, Suwon-si, South Korea, and the University of New York, New York, have been assigned a patent (7,961,710) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for setting multi-path." The co-inventors are Ji-Hoon Lee, Cheongju-si, South Korea, Xuhui Hu, New York, Yong Liu, New York, and Myung-Jong Lee, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus is provided for setting multiple paths between wireless nodes of an ad-hoc network including a source node, a relay node and a destination node that receives a message from the source node via the relay node. The multi-path setting method and apparatus includes receiving previous hop address information, and determining whether a wireless node that receives the previous hop address information is included in an insulating region, based on the previous hop address information." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2007 (11/674,351). 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=7961710.PN.&OS=PN/7961710&RS=PN/7961710 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,307) developed by four co-inventors for an "angular spectrum tailoring in solid immersion microscopy for circuit analysis." The co-inventors are Stephen Bradley Ippolito, Croton on Hudson, N.Y., Darrell L. Miles, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Peilin Song, Lagrangeville, N.Y., and John D. Sylvestri, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A structure for locating a fault in a semiconductor chip. The chip includes a substrate on a dielectric interconnect. A first electrical response image of the chip, which includes a spot representing the fault, is overlayed on a first reflection image for monochromatic light in an optical path from an optical microscope through a SIL/NAIL and into the chip. The index of refraction of the substrate exceeds that of the dielectric interconnect and is equal to that of the SIL/NAIL. A second electrical response image of the chip is overlayed on a second reflection image for the monochromatic light in an optical path in which an optical stop prevents all subcritical angular components of the monochromatic light from being incident on the SIL/NAIL. If the second electrical response image includes or does not include the spot, then the fault is in the substrate or the dielectric interconnect, respectively." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2010 (12/911,781). 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=7,961,307.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,307&RS=PN/7,961,307 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,961,321) developed by Gregg A. Bonikowski, Rochester, N.Y., Suraj Kumar, Webster, N.Y., and Chris A. Weber, Webster, N.Y., for an "applications, systems and methods for identifying and monitoring critical colors in a print job and using an embedded color sensing device to measure critical color test patterns inserted in the print job." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Applications, systems and methods for identifying and monitoring critical colors in a print job and using an embedded color sensing device to measure critical color test patterns inserted in the print job are disclosed. The applications permits the user to interact with a print job and select of one or more critical colors from within the print job. In one embodiment, an application is configured to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) to facilitate the user in selecting critical colors. A printing system and method are disclosed for automatically monitoring critical colors in a print job and using an embedded color sensing device to measure critical color test patterns inserted in the print job. In one embodiment, printed critical color test patterns are separated from the printed customer documents and direct to a color sensing device for measurement." The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2008 (12/194,232). 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=7,961,321.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,321&RS=PN/7,961,321 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Correlation of Burst Events Among Data Streams ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,631) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for correlation of burst events among data streams." The co-inventors are Shyh-Kwei Chen, Chappaqua, N.Y., Michail Vlachos, Tarrytown, N.Y., Kun-Lung Wu, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Philip Shi-lung Yu, Chappaqua, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for the identification of correlated burst events among two or more data streams, given one or more specific query time spans are disclosed. Also broadly contemplated is the act of finding, from one or more data streams, those streams that have correlated burst events with another given data stream within a time span." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2008 (12/177,379). 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=7961631.PN.&OS=PN/7961631&RS=PN/7961631 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Obtaining Network Link State Information from Sequential Distance Vector Routing Tables ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,642) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for obtaining network link state information from sequential distance vector routing tables." The co-inventors are Dakshi Agrawal, Monsey, N.Y., Alina Beygelzimer, White Plains, N.Y., Bong Jun Ko, Harrington, N.J., and Mudhakar Srivatsa, White Plains, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of determining the state of network links based on differences in corresponding distance-vectors in a sequence routing table updates, and a network management system performing the method. The network management system comprises least one monitoring apparatus adapted to determine the state of network links. The monitoring apparatus may be a router in the network adapted to determine link status, or a personal computer or server peered with a router and configured to determine the state of network links based on differences in corresponding distance-vectors in a sequence of routing table updates." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2008 (12/129,269). 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=7961642.PN.&OS=PN/7961642&RS=PN/7961642 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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. -1051428 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |