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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (June 23)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Morgan Stanley Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 22 -- Morgan Stanley, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,966,001) developed by Andrew Jong Kein Toy, New York, Bruce Alexander Zenel, Brooklyn, N.Y., and John Roussochatzakis, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., for "systems and methods for configuration of mobile computing devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system including a handheld mobile computing device and an external storage medium in communication with the mobile computing device, the storage medium having stored thereon preconfigured user information and security information." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2010 (12/748,018). 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=7,966,001.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,001&RS=PN/7,966,001 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Magnolia Broadband Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 22 -- Magnolia Broadband, Warren, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,965,987) developed by Haim Harel, New York, and Yair Karmi, Bridgewater, N.J., for an "amplifying a transmit signal using a fractional power amplifier." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A transmit amplifier stage operable to amplify a transmit signal comprises power amplifiers and switches. The power amplifiers include at least one full power amplifier operable to provide full power to amplify the transmit signal and at least one fractional power amplifier operable to provide fractional power to amplify the transmit signal, where the fractional power is a fraction of the full power. A switch has a plurality of positions, where a position directs the transmit signal to a selected power amplifier." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2005 (11/268,260). 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=7,965,987.PN.&OS=PN/7,965,987&RS=PN/7,965,987 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,965,824) developed by Renee M. Kovales, Cary, N.C., Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Barry E. Willner, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., for a "selectable audio and mixed background sound for voice messaging system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business by selectably mixing one or more sound files with a telephone caller's voice message, either as background for that message or embedded within the message. Or, the mixing may occur within a telephone conversation between parties. The disclosed techniques enable alleviating some of the problems that result from distance communication (as contrasted to face-to-face communication). In particular, context information (such as emotional context) can be provided through appropriate use of background sound and/or embedded audio files. The disclosed techniques may also make communication through voice mail exchange more enjoyable and/or increase its productivity." The patent application was filed on March 22, 2008 (12/053,554). 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=7965824.PN.&OS=PN/7965824&RS=PN/7965824 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Issuing Global Shared Memory Operations Via Direct Cache Injection to a Host Fabric Interface ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,454) developed by seven co-inventors for an "issuing global shared memory operations via direct cache injection to a host fabric interface." The co-inventors are Lakshimarayana B. Arimilli, Austin, Texas, Ravi K. Arimilli, Austin, Texas, Robert S. Blackmore, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Chulho Kim, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Ramakrishnan Rajamony, Austin, Texas, William J. Starke, Round Rock, Texas, and Hanhong Xue, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data processing system enables global shared memory (GSM) operations across multiple nodes with a distributed EA-to-RA mapping of physical memory. Each node has a host fabric interface (HFI), which includes HFI windows that are assigned to at most one locally-executing task of a parallel job. The tasks perform parallel job execution, but map only a portion of the effective addresses (EAs) of the global address space to the local, real memory of the task's respective node. The HFI window tags all outgoing GSM operations (of the local task) with the job ID, and embeds the target node and HFI window IDs of the node at which the EA is memory mapped. The HFI window also enables processing of received GSM operations with valid EAs that are homed to the local real memory of the receiving node, while preventing processing of other received operations without a valid EA-to-RA local mapping." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2008 (12/024,437). 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=7,966,454&OS=7,966,454&RS=7,966,454 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,474) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system, method and computer program product for translating storage elements." The co-inventors are Chung-Lung Kevin Shum, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Fadi Y. Busaba, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Mark S. Farrell, Pleasant Valley, N.Y., Bruce C. Giamei, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Bernd Nerz, Boeblingen, Germany, David A. Schroter, Round Rock, Texas, and Charles F. Webb, Wappingers Falls, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method and computer program product for translations in a computer system. The system includes a general purpose register containing a base address of an address translation table. The system also includes a millicode accessible special displacement register configured to receive a plurality of elements to be translated. The system further includes a multiplexer for selecting a particular one of the plurality of elements from the millicode accessible special displacement register and for generating a displacement or offset value. The system further includes an address generator for creating a combined address containing the base address from the general purpose register and the generated displacement or offset value." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2008 (12/036,520). 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=7,966,474&OS=7,966,474&RS=7,966,474 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Carestream Health Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Carestream Health, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,965,813) developed by Zhimin Huo, Pittsford, N.Y., Chang-Ying J. Yang, Webster, N.Y., and Mark S. Purdum, Ontario, N.Y., for a "bone mineral density assessment using mammography system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for determining the bone mineral density of a body extremity. An image of a body extremity is acquired using a mammography x-ray system whereby a bone mineral density can be performed on the image. The system for determining the bone mineral density of a body extremity includes: a support for supporting the body extremity; a detector for capturing an image of the body extremity; and an x-ray source adapted to project an x-ray beam through the body extremity toward the detector, the x-ray source having a voltage of no more than about 45 kVp and having a target/filter combination of rhodium/rhodium, molybdenum/molybdenum, molybdenum/rhodium, or tungsten/rhodium." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2010 (12/696,099). 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=7965813.PN.&OS=PN/7965813&RS=PN/7965813 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Active Software Disown of Cache Line's Exlusive Rights ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,453) developed by Chung-Lung Kevin Shum, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Kathryn Marie Jackson, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Charles Franklin Webb, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for active software disown of cache line's exlusive rights." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Software indicates to hardware of a processing system that its storage modification to a particular cache line is done, and will not be doing any modification for the time being. With this indication, the processor actively releases its exclusive ownership by updating its line ownership from exclusive to read-only (or shared) in its own cache directory and in the storage controller (SC). By actively giving up the exclusive rights, another processor can immediately be given exclusive ownership to that said cache line without waiting on any processor's explicit cross invalidate acknowledgement. This invention also describes the hardware design needed to provide this support." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2007 (11/954,374). 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=7,966,453&OS=7,966,453&RS=7,966,453 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,965,810) developed by eight co-inventors for a "device and method for identifying occlusions." The co-inventors are Arunabha S. Roy, Banglore, India, James Vradenburg Miller, Clifton Park, N.Y., Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Clifton Park, N.Y., Rahul Bhotika, Albany, N.Y., Ajay Gopinath, Karnataka, India, Robert Franklin Senzig, Germantown, Wis., Wesley David Turner, Rexford, N.Y., and Srikanth Suryanarayanan, Karnataka, India. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of identifying one or more occlusions in vasculature located in a region of interest, includes extracting vasculature from the region of interest; identifying a subject geometry of the extracted vasculature; and comparing the subject geometry to a predetermined geometry to identify a blockage. A device for identifying one or more occlusions in vasculature located in a region of interest is also presented." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2007 (11/768,623). 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=7965810.PN.&OS=PN/7965810&RS=PN/7965810 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Brookhaven Science Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Brookhaven Science Associates, Upton, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,965,820) developed by four co-inventors for a "fiducial marker for correlating images." The co-inventors are Lisa Marie Miller, Rocky Point, N.Y., Randy J. Smith, Wading River, N.Y., John B. Warren, Port Jefferson, N.Y., and Donald Elliott, Hampton Bays, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to a fiducial marker having a marking grid that is used to correlate and view images produced by different imaging modalities or different imaging and viewing modalities. More specifically, the invention relates to the fiducial marking grid that has a grid pattern for producing either a viewing image and/or a first analytical image that can be overlaid with at least one other second analytical image in order to view a light path or to image different imaging modalities. Depending on the analysis, the grid pattern has a single layer of a certain thickness or at least two layers of certain thicknesses. In either case, the grid pattern is imageable by each imaging or viewing modality used in the analysis. Further, when viewing a light path, the light path of the analytical modality cannot be visualized by viewing modality (e.g., a light microscope objective). By correlating these images, the ability to analyze a thin sample that is, for example, biological in nature but yet contains trace metal ions is enhanced. Specifically, it is desired to analyze both the organic matter of the biological sample and the trace metal ions contained within the biological sample without adding or using extrinsic labels or stains." The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2008 (12/191,525). 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=7965820.PN.&OS=PN/7965820&RS=PN/7965820 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Header Compression in Messages ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,425) developed by Scott W. Weller, Penfield, N.Y., for "header compression in messages." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Compression of message headers. A message including an uncompressed header, a message including a compressed header or a request to support header compression is received. In response, a determination of the impact of header compression on performance is determined. If the determination is favorable, then header compression is supported for subsequent communications. However, if the determination is not favorable, then header compression is not supported for subsequent communications. If the impact of header compression on performance is determined to be favorable, then an identifier for a reference header is returned. The identifier is for use in a subsequent compressed header. The subsequent compressed header comprises the identifier and changes relative to the reference header. A server receives a message including a compressed header. The server determines whether it has sufficient memory or storage to support header compression. If so, the server handles the message, but if not, the server refuses to handle the message or notifies a sender of the message that it will not support header compression for subsequent messages." The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2009 (12/536,276). 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=7,966,425&OS=7,966,425&RS=7,966,425 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Prioritizing Websites During a Webcrawling Process ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,337) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for prioritizing websites during a webcrawling process." The co-inventors are David L. Blackman, Rego Park, N.Y., Michael Ching, San Jose, Calif., Stephen Dill, San Jose, Calif., Ivan Eduardo Gonzalez, Pittsburgh, Adam Marcus, Stamford, Conn., Daniel Norin Meredith, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Linda Anh Linh Nguyen, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for prioritizing a fetch order of web pages. The method comprises extracting by a web crawler a set of candidate web pages to be crawled. Each web page in the set of candidate web pages is associated with a website in a computer network. A determination is made to determine if a first website score for the website is in a website score database. The first website score is associated with web pages in the set of candidate web pages if the first website score exists in the website score database. The set of candidate web pages is prioritized with respect to an associated website score for each web page in the candidate set of web pages. Content is retrieved from the set of candidate web. Hyperlinks are extracted from the content. The hyperlinks are stored in a memory unit." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2008 (12/143,885). 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=7,966,337&OS=7,966,337&RS=7,966,337 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,965,891) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for identifying and labeling fields of text associated with scanned business documents." The co-inventors are John C. Handley, Fairport, N.Y., M. Armon Rahgozar, Penfield, N.Y., Dennis L. Venable, Marion, N.Y., Pamela B. Spiteri, Penfield, N.Y., Anoop M. Namboodiri, East Lansing, Mich., and Richard Zanibbi, Kingston, Canada. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for electronically distilling information from a business document uses a network scanner to electronically scan a platen area, having a business document thereon, to create a bitmap. A network server carries out a segmentation process to segment the scan generated bitmap into a bitmap object, the bitmap object corresponding to the scanned business document; a bitmap to text conversion process to convert the bitmap object into a block of text; a semantic recognition process to generate a structured representation of semantic entities corresponding to the scanned business document; and a document generation process to convert the structured representation into a structure text file. The semantic recognition process includes the processes of generating, for each line of text having a keyword therein, a terminal symbol corresponding to the keyword therein; generating, for each line of text not having a keyword therein and absent of numeric characters, an alphabetic terminal symbol; generating, for each line of text not having a keyword therein and having a numeric character therein, an alphanumeric terminal symbol; generating a string of terminal symbols from the generated terminal symbols; determining a probable parsing of the generated string of terminal symbols; labeling each text line, according to a determined function, with non-terminal symbols; and parsing the business document information text into fields of business document information text based upon the non-terminal symbol of each text line and the determined probable parsing of the generated string of terminal symbols." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2010 (12/710,573). 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=79,65,891.PN.&OS=PN/79,65,891&RS=PN/79,65,891 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ambarella Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Ambarella, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,965,888) developed by Elliot N. Linzer, Suffern, N.Y., for a "digital video camera non-integer-ratio bayer domain scaler." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus having a buffer and a circuit is disclosed. The buffer may be configured to receive a digital image. The digital image generally has (i) a Bayer color representation and (ii) two initial dimensions in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction respectively. The circuit may be configured to generate a resample image in a signal by down-sampling the digital image in the Bayer color representation such that (i) the resample image has two resample dimensions, (ii) at least one of the resample dimensions is smaller than a respective at least one of the initial dimensions and (iii) the respective at least one initial dimension is a non-integer multiple of the at least one resample dimension." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2008 (12/255,020). 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=79,65,888.PN.&OS=PN/79,65,888&RS=PN/79,65,888 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent for Method and System for Assessing and Optimizing Crude Selection ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,331) developed by nine co-inventors for a "method and system for assessing and optimizing crude selection." The co-inventors are Martha Gardner, Niskayuna, N.Y., Rajesh Tyagi, Niskayuna, N.Y., Thomas Repoff, Sprakers, N.Y., Abhinanda Sarkar, Karnataka, India, Angshuman Saha, West Bengal, India, Shirley Au, Mt. Laurel, N.J., Roy Wilson, Spring, Texas, Malcolm Craig Winslow, Houston, and Michael Dion, Chalfont, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for assessing and optimizing crude selection are provided. A predictive engine uses data from a database to execute at least one predictive performance model and/or at least one risk assessment model designed to optimize or improve refining operations during a refining process. The predictive engine takes as input key crude information corresponding to a particular crude or crude blend, e.g., at least one crude slate, and refinery operating parameters and/or conditions corresponding to a specific refinery and uses desirability metrics to assess the similarity to data in the database. Based on the resulting output, at least one predictive performance and/or at least one risk assessment model uses the output to predict performance or risk measures of refining the particular crude or crude blend using the specific refinery during the refining process, the probability of problems occurring during the refining process, the distribution of the problems throughout the refining process, etc." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2003 (10/643,191). 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=7,966,331&OS=7,966,331&RS=7,966,331 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Standard Microsystems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Standard Microsystems, Hauppauge, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,379) developed by Alan D. Berenbaum, New York, and Raphael Weiss, Plainview, N.Y., for an in-band event polling. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In-band event polling mechanism. A master device may initiate a polling transaction to poll at least a subset of a plurality of slave devices for event information. In response to the polling transaction, at least one of the subset of slave devices may transmit event information to the master device. The event information may correspond to at least one of a plurality of asynchronous event types. If the event type associated with the received event information is an event notification for an embedded processor of the master device, the master device may forward the event information to the embedded processor. Otherwise, if the event type associated with the received event information is an event notification for a device external to the master device (e.g., a host processor), the master device may translate the event information to a protocol associated with the event type and forward the event information to the external device." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2006 (11/469,267). 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=7,966,379&OS=7,966,379&RS=7,966,379 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Processing User Data in an Encryption Pipeline ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,965,844) developed by Paul Merrill Greco, Tucson, Ariz., Shai Halevi, Elmsford, N.Y., and Glen Alan Jaquette, Tucson, Ariz., for a "system and method for processing user data in an encryption pipeline." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and program are disclosed for efficiently processing host data which comprises encrypted and non-encrypted data and is to be written to a storage medium. The encrypted data is written to the storage medium in encrypted form. The non-encrypted data is encrypted by a storage device using a well known encryption key and written to the storage medium. In this way, the data that is processed by the storage device to and from the storage medium can always be processed through a single encryption engine." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2007 (11/688,445). 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=7,965,844&OS=7,965,844&RS=7,965,844 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,214) developed by Brian T. Denton, Winooski, Vt., John J. Forrest, Peekskill, N.Y., and Robert J. Milne, Jericho, Vt., for a "method for considering hierarchical preemptive demand priorities in a supply chain optimization model." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention comprises a method for achieving consideration of preemptive priorities within a supply chain optimization model. More specifically, the invention provides a method of allocating resources to a hierarchy of demand priorities in a linear programming production planning system. In particular, the invention aggregates the demand priorities into different priority groups and allocates the resources to the highest priority group of demand priorities using a first linear programming model. Next, the invention allocates remaining resources to the next highest priority group of demand priorities using a second linear programming model. The second linear programming model uses results from the first linear programming model. The invention continues this process by iteratively repeating the process of allocating remaining resources to the remaining groups of demand priorities, in order of priority. The system and method were employed to integrate the consideration of preemptive prioritization of customer demands with an advanced planning system for optimizing established planning objectives (e.g. customer service, short lead times, low inventory, and prioritized allocation of supply and capacity) to compute a feasible production plan for the division." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2004 (10/707,979). 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=7,966,214.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,214&RS=PN/7,966,214 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent for Application of Emotion-based Intonation and Prosody to Speech in Text-to-speech Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,966,185) developed by Ellen M. Eide, New York, for an "application of emotion-based intonation and prosody to speech in text-to-speech systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A text-to-speech system that includes an arrangement for accepting text input, an arrangement for providing synthetic speech output, and an arrangement for imparting emotion-based features to synthetic speech output. The arrangement for imparting emotion-based features includes an arrangement for accepting instruction for imparting at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output, as well as an arrangement for applying at least one emotion-based paradigm to synthetic speech output." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2008 (12/172,582). 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=7,966,185.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,185&RS=PN/7,966,185 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent for System and Method for Diacritization of Text ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,966,173) developed by Ossama S. Emam, Giza, Egypt, Ruhi Sarikaya, Shrub Oak, N.Y., and Imed Zitouni, White Plains, N.Y., for a "system and method for diacritization of text." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for restoration of diacritics includes making classification decisions regarding an utterance in accordance with an aggregate of a plurality of information sources in a diacritization model for diacritic restoration. A best diacritic representation is determined for graphemes in the utterance based upon a best match with the diacritization model. A diacritically restored representation of the utterance is output." The patent application was filed on March 22, 2006 (11/386,626). 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=7,966,173.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,173&RS=PN/7,966,173 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Vestas Wind Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Vestas Wind Systems, Randers SV, Denmark, has been assigned a patent (7,966,103) developed by Allan Holm Jorgensen, Aalborg, Denmark, Lars Helle, Suldrup, Denmark, and Leonard Schaier, Port Washington, N.Y., for an "apparatus and method for operating a wind turbine under low utility grid voltage conditions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wind turbine and an associated method for controlling the output current from the wind turbine to an electric power grid and including the wind turbine and the method for controlling the current under conditions of grid voltage variations due to changing grid conditions as in the case when the wind turbine experiences and recovers from a fault." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2008 (12/809,379). 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=7,966,103.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,103&RS=PN/7,966,103 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,102) developed by Darrin Glen Kirchhof, Schenectady, N.Y., Bryan Edward Sweet, Valatie, N.Y., and Karl Dean Minto, Ballston Lake, N.Y., for a "method and system for power plant block loading." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Block loading may occur during the process of restoring an electrical grid after a blackout. A method and system for coordinating the loading of a combined cycle power plant to support block loading is provided. The power plant may include a gas turbine and a steam turbine. The method and system may provide load control loops, for the gas and steam turbine, which support block loading." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2007 (11/927,883). 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=7,966,102.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,102&RS=PN/7,966,102 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Patent for Network Media Appliance System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Steven Hoffberg, West Harrison, N.Y., and Linda Hoffberg-Borghesani, Acton, Mass., have developed a patent (7,966,078) for a "network media appliance system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network media appliance, comprising at least one packet data network interface, adapted for communicating data packets with a data network according to an Internet Protocol; a media data interface, and a processor, having an associated memory for storing executable code, said code defining at least a remote virtual interface function, and a data transfer function for controlling transfer of data through said media data interface." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2006 (11/363,412). 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=7,966,078.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,078&RS=PN/7,966,078 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Generating Web Service without Coding Logic with a Programming Language ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,601) developed by five co-inventors for a "generating web service without coding logic with a programming language." The co-inventors are Takayuki Yamaizumi, Yokohama, Japan, Samuel S. Adams, Apex, N.C., Brian Price, Wake Forest, N.C., Rachel K.E. Bellamy, Bedford, N.Y., and Jonathan P. Brezin, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network-accessible Web service is generated without a user having to code the logic of the Web service using a programming language. The Web service is represented as a sheet element within a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the screen of a computing device. A number of cards for the Web service are defined. The cards define the logic of the Web service, and effectuate the functionality of the Web service. Each card is represented as a card element on the sheet element within the GUI. By manipulating and modifying the cards, a user is thus able to generate a Web service without having to code the logic of the Web service with a programming language." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2005 (11/141,679). 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=7,966,601.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,601&RS=PN/7,966,601 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,966,025) developed by Joseph Thomas O'Neil, Staten Island, N.Y., for a "modification of portable communications device operation in vehicles." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Restrictions on use of a cellular telephone in a vehicle, such as an automobile, are imposed using a global position system (GPS) device to determine the location of a vehicle in relation to geographic regions in which legal or customer restrictions on cellular telephone use are to be imposed. Network or local short-range wireless transmitters supply information to a cellular telephone describing potentially applicable restriction information retrieved from network databases. In response, a cellular telephone determines applicability of such restrictions and applies them to further use of the cellular telephone while such restrictions continue to apply. Alternative arrangements allow vehicle-based or network based processing of region and restrictions information to yield command messages to cellular telephones to control their further use." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2010 (12/961,743). 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=79,66,025.PN.&OS=PN/79,66,025&RS=PN/79,66,025 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,965,971) developed by Bruce E. Thayer, Webster, N.Y., Richard W. Seyfried, Williamson, N.Y., and Cheryl A. Linton, Webster, N.Y., for "blades, printing apparatuses, replaceable cartridges and methods of treating substances on surfaces." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Blades, printing apparatuses, replaceable cartridges and methods of treating substances on surfaces are disclosed. An embodiment of a blade for treating a substance on a surface of a component includes a body having a free end portion with a surface, and which is comprised of an elastomeric material. A bi-material spring is adapted to apply a load to the body such that the surface of the body treats the substance on the surface of the component." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2008 (12/180,796). 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=7,965,971.PN.&OS=PN/7,965,971&RS=PN/7,965,971 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Active Rotation of Air Knife for Increased Performance ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,965,969) developed by eight co-inventors for an "active rotation of air knife for increased performance." The co-inventors are Bryan J. Roof, Newark, N.Y., Elias Panides, Whitestone, N.Y., Nicholas Kladias, Fresh Meadows, N.Y., Jorge A. Alvarez, Webster, N.Y., David D. Lalley, Rochester, N.Y., Christine A. Keenan, Fairport, N.Y., Gregory D. Gerbasi, Webster, N.Y., and Gerald A. Domoto, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided a method of optimizing an electro-photographic reproduction machine having a fusing subsystem and an air knife. The methods acquire at least one electro-photographic reproduction machine objective and media characteristic; and the acquired objective and characteristic are used to determine values for the pressurized air emitted from the air knife, the position of the air knife, and the rotation of the air knife relative to a fuse roll in the fusing subsystem. The methods further disclose acquiring the leading edge of the media being stripped and then using the beam strength of the media to assist in stripping the body of the sheet. The air knife can be controlled by a controller or a processor based on determined optimization parameter values that relate to objectives and media characteristics." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2008 (12/135,235). 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=7,965,969.PN.&OS=PN/7,965,969&RS=PN/7,965,969 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Symbol Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Symbol Technologies, Holtsville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,040) developed by Sunmee Kim, Forest Hills, N.Y., and Thomas K. Roslak, Northport, N.Y., for a "magnetically attachable accessories for a mobile unit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile unit comprises a housing and a processor. The housing includes a frame configured to magnetically couple with an accessory. When the frame and the accessory are magnetically coupled, data signals and power are exchanged between the mobile unit and the accessory via a wireless communication where the wireless communication includes at least one of an inductive coupling, a capacitive coupling and an optical coupling. The processor is disposed within the housing to process the data signals and control the power being exchanged between the mobile unit and the accessory." The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2007 (11/937,227). 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=7,966,040.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,040&RS=PN/7,966,040 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Greatbatch Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Greatbatch, Clarence, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,075) developed by nine co-inventors for a "switched diverter circuits for minimizing heating of an implanted lead in a high power electromagnetic field environment." The co-inventors are Robert Shawn Johnson, North Tonawanda, N.Y., Warren S. Dabney, Orchard Park, N.Y., Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, Calif., Christopher Michael Williams, Lancaster, N.Y., Holly Noelle Moschiano, Lancaster, N.Y., Scott Brainard, Columbia Heights, Minn., Daniel Robert Kaiser, Plymouth, Minn., Henry R. Halperin, Pikesville, Md., and Albert C. Lardo, Baltimore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An energy management system that facilitates the transfer of high frequency energy induced on an implanted lead or a leadwire includes an energy dissipating surface associated with the implanted lead or the leadwire, a diversion or diverter circuit associated with the energy dissipating surface, and at least one switch for diverting energy in the implanted lead or the leadwire through the diversion circuit to the energy dissipating surface. In alternate configurations, the switch may be disposed between the implanted lead or the leadwire and the diversion circuit, or disposed so that it electrically opens the implanted lead or the leadwire when diverting energy through the diversion circuit to the energy dissipating surface. The switch may comprise a single or multi-pole double or single throw switch. The diversion circuit may be either a high pass filter or a low pass filter." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2010 (12/938,926). 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=7,966,075.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,075&RS=PN/7,966,075 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Providing Relevance-ordered Categories of Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,966,309) developed by four co-inventors for "providing relevance-ordered categories of information." The co-inventors are Yael Shacham, San Francisco, Leland Rechis, Brooklyn, N.Y., Scott Jenson, Edina, Minn., and Gabriel Wolosin, San Mateo, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes receiving from a remote device a search query, generating a plurality of different category-directed result sets for the search query, determining an order for the plurality of category-directed result sets based on the search query, and transmitting the plurality of category-directed result sets to the remote device, in a manner that the result sets are to be displayed in the remote device in the determined order." The patent application was filed on Jan. 17, 2007 (11/624,175). 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=7966309.PN.&OS=PN/7966309&RS=PN/7966309 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** UBS Financial Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- UBS Financial Services, Weehawken, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,966,236) developed by ten co-inventors for a "method and system for real time margin calculation." The co-inventors are Carla Noriega, Paramus, N.J., Elizabeth L. Pedersen, Monroe, N.J., David Christensen, Jersey City, N.J., Mark Lipschutz, Howard Beach, N.Y., Andre Kupelian, Levittown, N.Y., Keyur Patel, Jersey City, N.J., Takshing Andy Chow, Brooklyn, N.Y., Olga Konratev, Fair Lawn, N.J., Ellen Brill, Passaic, N.J., and Angelo Diamantidis, North Plainfield, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for real time margin management are provided. A margin inquiry request from a user is processed in real time. Such a margin inquiry request may include a real time on-demand margin inquiry. In addition, a margin inquiry request may also correspond to a hypothetical margin inquiry." The patent application was filed on July 7, 2004 (10/885,321). 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=7966236.PN.&OS=PN/7966236&RS=PN/7966236 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hunch Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Hunch, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,966,282) developed by Thomas Pinckney, Brighton, Mass., Chris Dixon, New York, and Matthew Ryan Gattis, New York, for an "interactive machine learning advice facility with contextual suggestions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for helping a user make a decision through the use of a computing facility, where the computing facility may be a machine learning facility. The process may begin with an initial question being received by the computing facility from the user. The user may then be provided with a dialog consisting of questions from the computing facility and answers provided by the user. The computing facility may then provide a decision to the user based on the dialog and pertaining to the initial question, such as a recommendation, a diagnosis, a conclusion, advice, and the like. In embodiments, future questions and decisions provided by the computing facility may be improved through feedback provided by the user. In embodiments, the present invention may be utilized in conjunction with a third-party application." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2009 (12/503,334). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7966282.PN.&OS=PN/7966282&RS=PN/7966282 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Morgan Stanley Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Morgan Stanley, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,966,253) developed by Robert Casper, Bedford Corners, N.Y., and Jeffrey McMillan, New York, for a "system and method for managing financial account information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system is provided that includes a party file having a plurality of party records with each of the plurality of party records having party information relating to one of a plurality of parties. Also included is an account file having a plurality of account records with each of the plurality of account records having account information relating to one of a plurality of accounts. Each of the plurality of account records also includes a link to at least one of the plurality of party records. Finally, a transaction file is included having a plurality of transaction records with each of the plurality of transaction records having transaction information relating to one of a plurality of transactions. Each of the plurality of transaction records includes a link to one of the plurality of account records." The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2007 (11/701,665). 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=7966253.PN.&OS=PN/7966253&RS=PN/7966253 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Barclays Capital Assigned Patent for Central Pricing System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Barclays Capital, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,966,237) developed by Donal Martin Creed, Princeton Junction, N.J., and Richard James Borina, Northport, N.Y., for a "central pricing system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing responses to pricing inquiries that bypasses the trading desk is disclosed that includes a CPS database configured to receive and store pricing data from at least one data source and a CPS console configured to receive a pricing inquiry, estimate a price for the issue, and automatically generate and distribute the estimated price. A Pricing Analyst (PA) manages the receipt and processing of the pricing inquiry and can modify the estimation parameters through the CPS console. Processing of the inquiry by the CPS console relieves traders at the trading desk of the job of responding to pricing inquiries during the trading day." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2005 (11/239,887). 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=7966237.PN.&OS=PN/7966237&RS=PN/7966237 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Barclays Capital Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Providing Tax Efficient Hedge Fund Returns ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Barclays Capital, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,966,248) developed by five co-inventors for "methods and systems for providing tax efficient hedge fund returns." The co-inventors are Matthew S. O'Connor, Summit, N.J., Laura A. Burns, New York, Ping Feng, Gillette, N.J., Aditya V. Bagree, Jersey City, N.J., and Suk Michael Whang, Brooklyn, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one aspect, the invention comprises a method comprising: (1) selling a note to an investor for a specified amount; and (2) using proceeds from selling the note to purchase (a) one or more zero coupon municipal bonds, and (b) an option on at least one of the group comprising: a hedge fund, a fund of funds, and a hedge fund index; wherein the note entitles the investor to substantially all of the returns on the one or more bonds and on the option, wherein the one or more bonds are configured to provide a return substantially equal to the specified amount, and wherein the option is a European option. This option can be a variable option." The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2006 (11/344,831). 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=7966248.PN.&OS=PN/7966248&RS=PN/7966248 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,966,255) developed by eleven co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for a no pre-set spending limit transaction card." The co-inventors are Karen L. Wong, New York, Fred Jubitz, Ridgewood, N.J., Luigi E. Merli, Tuckahoe, N.Y., Caroline M. Azimi-Pour, Hoboken, N.J., Jean-Paul D. Ndong, Woohawken, N.J., Leena H. Parikh, Hantidale, N.Y., Joya A. Mukherjee, New York, Keye G. Jin, Montclair, N.J., Priyo B. Chatterjee, Staten Island, N.Y., Subhash C. Khatri, East Windsor, N.J., and Luckner B. Polycarpe, Brooklyn, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus are provided for a no pre-set spending limit transaction card with features and attributes of both a credit card and a charge card, including an overlimit spend feature and an associated communicated line of credit. The transaction card may carry a balance like a credit card and may require that a card user pay down the balance carried forward to the line of credit subsequent to the end of each billing cycle. When the user has reached or exceeded the communicated line of credit, each subsequent transaction request for a new transaction by the user is evaluated on a case-by-case basis by a process that includes execution an overlimit spend authorization logic or process." The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2002 (10/286,521). 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=7966255.PN.&OS=PN/7966255&RS=PN/7966255 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** JPMorgan Chase Bank Assigned Patent for System and Method for Hedging Contract Risks ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,966,242) developed by Gerald F. Topitzer, New York, for a "system and method for hedging contract risks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for hedging contract risks is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method for hedging contract risks may comprise: receiving information related to a supply contract between a seller and a buyer, the buyer being committed to purchase inventory from the seller over a period of time; estimating potential liquidation damages that the seller will suffer if at least one credit event causes the buyer to default on the supply contract; and providing the seller a put option, whereby, upon the at least one credit event, the seller can choose to sell a claim of liquidation damages against the defaulting buyer at a strike price, the strike price being an amount that varies based at least in part on the estimated potential liquidation damages and the time at which the at least one credit event occurs." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2008 (12/036,802). 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=7966242.PN.&OS=PN/7966242&RS=PN/7966242 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,965,961) developed by Alan R. Priebe, Rochester, N.Y., and Thomas N. Tombs, Rochester, N.Y., for a "printing of raised multidmensional toner by electography." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Electrographic printing of raised multidimensional toner shapes having a particular profile by electrographic techniques. Such electrographic printing comprises the steps of forming a desired print image, electrographically, on a receiver member utilizing predetermined sized marking particles; and, where desired, forming a final predetermined multidimensional shape utilizing marking particles of a predetermined size or size distribution." The patent application was filed on July 13, 2007 (11/777,371). 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=7,965,961.PN.&OS=PN/7,965,961&RS=PN/7,965,961 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent for Multi-level Leverage Account Structure ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,966,238) developed by Henry Bregstein, Tenafly, N.J., Renatus R. Van Kesteren, New York, and Mark Willis, Staten Island, N.Y., for a "multi-level leverage account structure." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An investment structure for multiple classes of investors that combines the advantages of both the master feeder structure and the reverse master feeder structure with segregated accounts. In particular, an investment structure is formed in which investors invest in a common fund. The common fund, in turn, opens a common prime brokerage account, having at least three sub-accounts, for example: an unlevered account; one or more levered accounts and a general trading account. The prime broker provides class loans to the levered account and margin loans to the general trading account. To the extent class loans are provided to the levered account, levered investors will participate in the returns on the general account as if the levered investors invested capital plus the amount of any class loans to that levered account. The unlevered investors will participate in the returns on the general trading account on the basis of their capital contributions alone. The prime broker will have no recourse against any assets of any account other than the levered account as a result of a default or margin call of the levered account. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the investment structure is structured as a fund of funds, in which multiple classes of investors invest, which, in turn, invests in multiple investment funds, or a fund that employs alternative investment strategies that overlay the basic trading strategies. In this embodiment, a credit facility is established with the equivalent of three sub-accounts as discussed above." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2009 (12/565,502). 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=7966238.PN.&OS=PN/7966238&RS=PN/7966238 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Google Assigned Patent for Fact-based Object Merging ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,966,291) developed by four co-inventors for a fact-based object merging. The co-inventors are Nemanja Petrovic, Plainsboro, N.J., David Vespe, New York, Alexander Kehlenbeck, New York, and Farhan Shamsi, Rego Park, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A repository contains objects including facts about entities. Some objects might be associated with the same entity. An object merge engine identifies a set of merge candidate objects. A grouping module groups the merge candidate objects based on the values of facts included in the objects. An object comparison module compares pairs of objects in each group to identify evidence for and/or against merging the pair. Evidence for merging the pair exists if, e.g., the objects have a type in common or share an uncommon fact. Evidence against merging the pair exists if, e.g., the objects have differing singleton attributes. A graph generation module generates graphs describing the evidence for and/or against merging the pair. A merging module analyzes the graphs and merges objects associated with the same entity. The merged objects are stored in the repository." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2007 (11/768,877). 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=7966291.PN.&OS=PN/7966291&RS=PN/7966291 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Barclays Capital Assigned Patent for Credit Event Referenced Asset that Minimizes an Investor's Risk of Loss of Principal ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Barclays Capital, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,966,251) developed by Suk Michael Whang, Brooklyn, N.Y., for a "credit event referenced asset that minimizes an investor's risk of loss of principal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A credit event referenced asset having a par value includes (a) a provision for a right of a creditor to receive interest on the asset for a credit term, wherein the interest is reduced if a credit event occurs with respect to a reference entity, and (b) a provision for a right of the creditor to receive the par value at a maturity date of the asset." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2002 (10/136,987). 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=7966251.PN.&OS=PN/7966251&RS=PN/7966251 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Barclays Capital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Barclays Capital, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,966,252) developed by Vikas Shilpiekandula, New York, and Andrew Hochherr Miller, New York, for "methods and systems for providing hybrid ARM indices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In at least one aspect, the invention comprises constructing one or more hybrid adjustable rate mortgage aggregates based on one or more of: agency, program, coupon, and origination year; for each of one or more of the aggregates, constructing one or more sub-aggregates based on one or more of: rate-index, capitalization structure, and existence of interest-only feature; mapping pools of adjustable rate mortgages to the aggregates and sub-aggregates; constructing an index based on the mapping; and pricing the index." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2006 (11/541,130). 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=7966252.PN.&OS=PN/7966252&RS=PN/7966252 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** JPMorgan Chase Bank Assigned Patent for Structured Finance Performance Analytics System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,966,234) developed by Jay Merves, West Windsor, N.J., and Michael London, New York, for a "structured finance performance analytics system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for providing users with financial reports over a computer network, comprising the steps of: storing respective financial performance data for each of a plurality of securities, each security underlying one of a plurality of structured securities transactions sold by issuers to investors; maintaining an electronic site on the computer network to which the users may connect; receiving search criteria over the computer network from at least one of the users for identifying at least a subset of the financial performance data; retrieving the subset of financial performance data identified by the search criteria, at least some of the subset of financial performance data being arranged in a time series; and providing at least one electronic screen to the at least one user over the computer network, the at le 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. -1052043 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |