[June 29, 2011] U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (June 29) Tweet (Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Tervela Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Tervela, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,970,918) developed by J. Barry Thompson, New York, Kul Singh, New York, and Pierre Fraval, New York, for an "end-to-end publish/subscribe middleware architecture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Message publish/subscribe systems are required to process high message volumes with reduced latency and performance bottlenecks. The end-to-end middleware architecture proposed by the present invention is designed for high-volume, low-latency messaging by, among other things, reducing intermediary hops with neighbor-based routing, introducing efficient native-to-external and external-to-native protocol conversions, monitoring system performance, including latency, in real time, employing topic-based and channel-based message communications, and dynamically optimizing system interconnect configurations and message transmission protocols." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2005 (11/316,778). 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=7970918.PN.&OS=PN/7970918&RS=PN/7970918 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Performance Counters for Virtualized Network Interfaces of Communications Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,952) developed by seven co-inventors for a "performance counters for virtualized network interfaces of communications networks." The co-inventors are Richard L. Arndt, Austin, Texas, Bruce L. Beukema, Hayfield, Minn., David Craddock, New Paltz, N.Y., Ronald E. Fuhs, Rochester, Minn., Thomas A. Gregg, Highland, N.Y., Donald W. Schmidt, Stone Ridge, N.Y., and Bruce M. Walk, Rochester, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Performance counters are provided for virtualized network interfaces of communications networks, while minimizing the use of hardware resources. A virtualized network interface includes physical resources, as well as logical resources. Dedicated performance counters are provided for the physical resources of the virtualized network interface, as well as for logical partitions coupled to that interface, while non-dedicated performance counters are provided for the logical resources. This enables the provision of performance counters for virtualized network interfaces, while minimizing hardware resources consumed by those interfaces." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2009 (12/472,648). 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=79,70,952.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,952&RS=PN/79,70,952 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Controlling Resource Access Based on User Gesturing in a 3D Captured Image Stream of the User ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,156) developed by five co-inventors for a "controlling resource access based on user gesturing in a 3D captured image stream of the user." The co-inventors are Jacob C. Albertson, Newton, Mass., Kenneth C. Arnold, Ellicott City, Md., Steven D. Goldman, Chesterfield, Mo., Michael A. Paolini, Austin, Texas, and Anthony J. Sessa, Quogue, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method, system, and program product comprises a gesture processing system for capturing a three-dimensional movement of a user, wherein the three-dimensional movement is determined using at least one stereoscopic image device aimed at the user to identify and track at least one particular three-dimensional movement of the user. The gesture processing system predicts at least one defined movement within the captured three-dimensional movement matching at least one gesture definition of at least one gesture type from among a plurality of gesture definitions. A resource control system receives a request to access a resource based on the predicted at least one gesture type. The resource control system only allows user access to the resource by matching the predicted at least one gesture type with at least one required gesture type." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2007 (11/622,687). 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=79,71,156&OS=79,71,156&RS=79,71,156 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- New York University, Brooklyn, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,932) developed by Yong Liu, Secaucus, N.J., and Keith W. Ross, New York, for a "view-upload decoupled peer-to-peer video distribution systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "View-upload decoupled ("VUD") peer-to-peer (P2P) video distribution is provided, in which each peer is assigned to one or more channels to upload, with the assignments made independent of what the peer is viewing. For each assigned channel, the peer distributes (that is, uploads) the channel. This effectively creates semi-permanent distribution swarms for each channel, which are formed by peers responsible for uploading that channel. This can minimize problems associated with channel churn because peers may remain in their assigned distribution groups even if they switch channels. To minimize cross-channel overhead associated with VUD P2P video distribution, substream swarming, in which a peer in a distribution swarm only downloads a small portion of the video stream, called a substream, and uploads the substream to multiple viewers, may be provided. To minimize video streaming quality degradation that may occur during a reconfiguration transient period upon sudden and large increases in video download demands for some channel, VUD P2P video distribution may be integrated with tradition ISO P2P video distribution (which is self-adaptive to the sudden increases in channel popularity)." The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2008 (12/336,294). 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=79,70,932.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,932&RS=PN/79,70,932 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,162) developed by Michael Hemsley Wood, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for a "verification of spare latch placement in synthesized macros." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method to assess spare latch placement in a macro, the method comprises steps of: determining a location for each spare latch in the macro; examining local clock buffers associated with the macro to locate any local clock buffers without a spare latch directly attached to clock nets driven by said local clock buffer; measuring a distance between each of the local clock buffers without spare latches and a closest spare latch; running statistics for the local clock buffers from the measuring step; and locating macros with inadequate spare latch placement using the statistics." The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2008 (12/032,841). 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=79,71,162&OS=79,71,162&RS=79,71,162 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method of Computing Partial CRCS ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,122) developed by Richard E. Anderson, Jericho, Vt., Christos John Georgiou, Scarsdale, N.Y., and Peter A. Sandon, Essex Junction, Vt., for a "method of computing partial CRCS." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and method of generating cyclic redundancy checks (CRCs) for a message with N data blocks. The method includes calculating a partial CRC for an out of order data block and storing the result, generating, using a division operation, a CRC remainder multiplier associated with the out of order data block and storing the result, repeating the calculating and generating steps until all N data blocks for the message are received; and combining the results of the calculating step and the generating step." The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2007 (11/937,204). 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=79,71,122&OS=79,71,122&RS=79,71,122 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Covering a Multilayer Process Space during At-speed Testing. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,120) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for covering a multilayer process space during at-speed testing." The co-inventors are Yiyu Shi, Los Angeles, Chandramouli Visweswariah, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., Jinjun Xiong, White Plains, N.Y., and Vladimir Zolotov, Putnam Valley, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus covering a multilayer process space during at-speed testing. One embodiment of a method for selecting a set of paths with which to test a process space includes determining a number N of paths to be included in the set of paths such that at least number M of paths in N for which testing of the process space will fail, computing a metric that substantially ensures that the set of paths satisfies the requirements of N and M, and outputting the metric for use in selecting the set of paths." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/340,072). 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=79,71,120&OS=79,71,120&RS=79,71,120 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ShoreGroup Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- ShoreGroup, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,971,106) developed by David M. Lovy, Blossvale, N.Y., Brant M. Fagan, LaFayette, N.Y., and Robert J. Bojanek, Rome, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for maintaining the status of objects in computer networks using virtual state machines." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network appliance for monitoring, diagnosing and documenting problems among a plurality of devices and processes (objects) coupled to a computer network utilizes periodic polling and collection of object-generated trap data to monitor the status of objects on the computer network. The status of a multitude of objects is maintained in memory utilizing virtual state machines which contain a small amount of persistent data but which are modeled after one of a plurality of finite state machines. The memory further maintains dependency data related to each object which identifies parent/child relationships with other objects at the same or different layers of the OSI network protocol model. A decision engine verifies through on-demand polling that a device is down. A root cause analysis module utilizes status and dependency data to locate the highest object in the parent/child relationship tree that is affected to determine the root cause of a problem. Once a problem has been verified, a "case"is opened and notification alerts may be sent out to one or more devices. A user interface allows all objects within the network to be displayed with their respective status and their respective parent/child dependency objects in various formats." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2009 (12/409,633). 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=79,71,106&OS=79,71,106&RS=79,71,106 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method for Enabling Faster Recovery of Client Applications in the Event of Server Failure ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,099) developed by Michael K. Coffey, Shokan, N.Y., and Manjunath B. Muttur, Karnataka, India, for a "method for enabling faster recovery of client applications in the event of server failure." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for improving recovery times in fallover conditions in a multinode data processing system by sending notification of the failure of a server node, which is acting as server for a client application running on a client node, to the client application. In the present invention, this notification is provided by the fallover node acting as backup for the server node. When a client application receives no response from a server for a long time, it assumes that the server has failed and initiates reconnection. The present invention speeds-up the reconnect initiated by the client application by having system level software proactively notify the client application about the server failure. This results in faster recovery for client applications." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2008 (12/061,185). 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=79,71,099&OS=79,71,099&RS=79,71,099 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Multi-bit Error Correction Scheme in Multi-level Memory Storage System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,123) developed by Chung H. Lam, Peekskill, N.Y., for a "multi-bit error correction scheme in multi-level memory storage system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and computer software product for operating a memory cell collection. Memory cells in the collection store binary multi-bit values delimited by characteristic parameter bands of a characteristic parameter. In one embodiment, a comparing unit compares a retrieved count and a stored count for each binary multi-bit value. The retrieved count, equal to the number of occurrences the binary multi-bit value, is retrieved from the memory cell collection. The stored count, equal to the number of occurrences the binary multi-bit value, is stored in the memory cell collection. An error correction unit then assigns the error memory cell(s) a corrected binary multi-bit value with the characteristic parameter value within the characteristic parameter band adjacent to the characteristic parameter band associated with the retrieved binary multi-bit value such that the retrieved count of each binary multi-bit value is equal to the stored count of each binary multi-bit value." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2007 (11/772,347). 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=79,71,123&OS=79,71,123&RS=79,71,123 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Electromigration Analysis on Signal Wiring ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,171) developed by Joachim Keinert, Altdorf, Germany, Howard H. Smith, Beacon, N.Y., and Patrick M. Williams, Salt Point, N.Y., for a "method and system for electromigration analysis on signal wiring." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to an electromigration analysis method and a system for analyzing one or more nets in a digital integrated circuit design that are at risk of electromigration. The method comprises the steps of providing at least one interconnect between a driver cell and at least one load cell; applying same extracted netlist data for noise and/or timing analysis and for electromigration analysis; modeling the driver cell by a train of trapezoidal voltage pulses transmitted from the driver cell to the one or more load cells through the at least one interconnect; extracting at least a slew rate of a driver voltage signal and/or timing information from a noise and/or timing analysis for the one or more nets; and comparing a locally measured current density in the at least one interconnect to an effective local maximum current density limit of the at least one interconnect." The patent application was filed on May 20, 2008 (12/123,769). 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=7,971,171.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,171&RS=PN/7,971,171 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method, System, and Program Product ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,166) developed by Adrian E. Seigler, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Gary A. Van Huben, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for a "method, system, and program product for automated verification of gating logic using formal verification." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Gating rules for a device design containing microelectronic devices are tested using formal verification. Testbench design code is generated for a device design from a design source containing hardware design language code. A formal verification process on the testbench device code determines whether the devices within the device design will be stable or unstable under a gating condition. If the test shows a design is unstable under the gating condition; it is indicated that a hardware design fix for the device design is required. If not, the test ends." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2008 (12/139,483). 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=7,971,166.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,166&RS=PN/7,971,166 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method for Testing Integrated Circuits ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,176) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for testing integrated circuits." The co-inventors are Rao H. Desineni, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Maroun Kassab, St.-Eustache, Canada, Franco Motika, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., and Leah Marie Pfeifer Pastel, Essex, Vt. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of testing an integrated circuit. The method includes selecting a set of physical features of nets and devices of the integrated circuit, the integrated circuit having pattern input points and pattern observation points connected by the nets, each of the nets defined by an input point and all fan out paths to (i) input points of other nets of the nets or (ii) to the pattern observation points; selecting a measurement unit for each feature of the set of features; assigning a weight to each segment of each fan out path based on a number of the measurement units of the feature in each segment of each fan out path of each of the nets; and generating a set of test patterns optimized for test-coverage and cost based on the weights assigned to each segment of each of the nets of the integrated circuit." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2008 (12/050,207). 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=7,971,176.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,176&RS=PN/7,971,176 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Evaluating Multi-dimensional Project Plans ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,180) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for evaluating multi-dimensional project plans for implementing packaged software applications." The co-inventors are Jed Kreamer, Santa Monica, Calif., Juhnyoung Lee, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Rakesh Mohan, Courtlandt Manor, N.Y., Thomas D. Rosinski, Frisco, Texas, Vikas J. Shivpuriya, Elmsford, N.Y., and Gerhard Sigl, Hudson, N.H. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for scoring and ranking multi-dimensional project plans for implementing packaged software applications, the method includes: determining one or more dimensions for a project plan; assigning one or more attributes to each of the one or more dimensions; assigning one or more utility functions to each of the one or more attributes; assigning one or more weights to each of the one or more attributes; assigning one or more ordering factors to one or more combinations and permutations of the dimensions; calculating a series of scores for the one or more combinations and permutations of the dimensions; ranking the one or more combinations and permutations of the dimensions based on the calculated series of scores; and wherein each of the one or more combinations and permutations of the dimensions represents a different individual multi-dimensional project plan." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2007 (11/762,129). 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=7,971,180.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,180&RS=PN/7,971,180 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tribune Media Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Tribune Media Services, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (7,971,218) developed by six co-inventors for a "distribution of real-time entertainment scheduling data." The co-inventors are Michael P. Cushing, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Gary L. Evans, Fort Edward, N.Y., Bryan A. Shannon, Hudson Falls, N.Y., Kelly A. Strong, Hudson Falls, N.Y., Brian J. Ward, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and Melissa E. White, Fort Edward, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and software for distributing entertainment scheduling data (e.g., television scheduling data, movie scheduling data, etc.) to end users. Entertainment scheduling data updates are entered into an editorial database and then used to rapidly update a real-time database. A subset of entertainment scheduling data from the real-time database may be transmitted from the real-time database to an end-user database of an end user. The subset may be transmitted across a communication interface (e.g., the Internet) from the real-time database to the end-user database. An intermediate destination (e.g., a File Transfer Protocol server) between the real-time database and the communication interface may be used for temporary parking of the subset." The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2002 (10/265,564). 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=7,971,218.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,218&RS=PN/7,971,218 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** HDS Trading Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- HDS Trading, North Brunswick, N.J., has been assigned a patent (D640,510) developed by Henry V. Guindi, Brooklyn, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a flat napkin holder. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a flat napkin holder, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2010 (D/359,584). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,510.PN.&OS=PN/D640,510&RS=PN/D640,510 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mr. Bar-B-Q Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Mr. Bar-B-Q, Old Bethpage, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (D640,501) developed by Marc Zemel, Old Bethpage, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a mesh roasting pan. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a mesh roasting pan, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2011 (D/387,329). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,501.PN.&OS=PN/D640,501&RS=PN/D640,501 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nalge Nune International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Nalge Nune International, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (D640,466) developed by John M. Staton, Fairport, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a personal hydration system. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for the personal hydration system, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on July 13, 2009 (D/340,030). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,466.PN.&OS=PN/D640,466&RS=PN/D640,466 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Hair Highlighter Nozzle ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Rose Spagnuolo, Staten Island, N.Y., has been issued a patent (D640,470) for an ornamental design for a hair highlighter nozzle. The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2010 (D/370,602). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,470.PN.&OS=PN/D640,470&RS=PN/D640,470 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Spelling and Grammar Checker for Use with USB Drive Stored ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Anthony Nieves, Hicksville, N.Y., has been issued a patent (D640,691) for an ornamental design for a "spelling and grammar checker for use with USB drive stored documents." The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2010 (D/377,164). 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=D640,691&OS=D640,691&RS=D640,691 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Procter & Gamble Assigned Patent for Water Filtration Container ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (No. D640,770) developed by five co-inventors for an ornamental design for a water filtration container. The co-inventors are Nasahn Adam Sheppard, Mill Valley, Calif., Dominik Heinz Langhammer, San Francisco, Joern Vicari, Brooklyn, N.Y., Maarten Dinger, San Francisco, and Shannon Leigh Koy, Berkeley, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a water filtration container, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2009 (D/346,768). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,770&OS=D640,770&RS=D640,770 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Beverly Hills Teddy Bear, Santa Clarita, Calif., has been assigned a patent (No. D640,813) developed by Randy Wayne Clark, East Aurora, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a light emitter. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a light emitter, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2010 (D/378,266). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,813&OS=D640,813&RS=D640,813 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Fujitsu Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Fujitsu, Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (7,971,051) developed by Steven Paul, Township of Washington, N.J., Arturo Garcia, Tappan, N.Y., and Mark Capellaro, Danbury, Conn., for a "FPGA configuration protection and control using hardware watchdog timer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method provides automatic reconfiguration of an FPGA, such as in case of lost configuration or configuration error, and software-controlled reconfiguration may be provided that does not require the use of additional devices. An apparatus for FPGA configuration protection comprises watchdog signal generator circuitry in the FPGA configured to output a watchdog signal when the FPGA is properly configured and watchdog circuitry configured to receive the watchdog signal and to initiate reconfiguration of the FPGA if the watchdog signal is not received for or within a predetermined time. The circuitry in the FPGA may be configured to receive a signal from a processor and to output the watchdog signal when the signal from the processor is received." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2007 (11/905,057). 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=7,971,051.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,051&RS=PN/7,971,051 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method, System and Program Product for Protecting Electronic Contracts ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,068) developed by five co-inventors for a "method, system and program product for protecting electronic contracts created within a secure computer infrastructure." The co-inventors are Aston G. Farquharson, Carmel, N.Y., Robert T. Alexander, Dallas, Michael J. Cammarota, New Fairfield, Conn., Thao N. Nguyen, Katonah, N.Y., and Michael A. Penn, Grandview, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Under the present invention, contract information corresponding to a first contract between a first contract partner and a customer, and contract information corresponding to a second contract between a second contract partner and the customer is received within a secure computer infrastructure. Based on the contract information, the first and second contracts are created. To provide desired isolation and security, the second contract is secured to prevent access thereof by the first contract partner. Then, approval and execution for both contracts is requested from the appropriate parties." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2004 (10/834,620). 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=7,971,068.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,068&RS=PN/7,971,068 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Procter & Gamble Assigned Patent for Water Filtration Container ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (No. D640,769) developed by five co-inventors for an ornamental design for a water filtration container. The co-inventors are Nasahn Adam Sheppard, Mill Valley, Calif., Dominik Heinz Langhammer, San Francisco, Calif., Joern Vicari, Brooklyn, N.Y., Maarten Dinger, San Francisco, and Shannon Leigh Koy, Berkeley, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a water filtration container, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2005 (D/346,766). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,769&OS=D640,769&RS=D640,769 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Weinstein Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Marc Chase Weinstein, Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (No. D640,748) developed by Marc Chase Weinstein, and Yuji Fujimura, Tokyo, for an ornamental design for a double-sided information stand. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a double-sided information stand, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2010 (D/361,574). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,748&OS=D640,748&RS=D640,748 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Arigio Dynamics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Arigio Dynamics, Latham, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (No. D640,788) developed by William M. Appling, Granville, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a dialysis catheter tip. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a dialysis catheter tip, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2010 (D/376,091). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,788&OS=D640,788&RS=D640,788 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** New York Japan Inventors Develop Patent for Ergo Calculator ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Marc Chase Weinstein, Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., and Yuji Fujimura, Tokyo, have been issued a patent (D640,734) for an ornamental design for an ergo calculator. The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2009 (D/345,606). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,734&OS=D640,734&RS=D640,734 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Eyewear ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Patrick C. Ho, Hilton, N.Y., has been issued a patent (D640,733) for an ornamental design for an eyewear. The patent application was filed on July 30, 2010 (D/370,531). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,733&OS=D640,733&RS=D640,733 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Path Concealment in Networks and Graphs ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,065) developed by Juan M. Huerta, Bronx, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for path concealment in networks and graphs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for data concealment between two parties in a system, including: permitting the system to solicit one or more data from a user; permitting the system to generate a traversed path in a graph by using the one or more data provided by the user to generate the traversed path; performing a sequence of computations; associating square matrices to each connected node of the plurality of nodes of the traversed path in the graph; initiating each of the sequence of computations with a random vector; performing matrix multiplications at each step in the sequence of computations; obtaining a result vector; using the result vector of a matrix and a vector product of each connected node of the plurality of nodes of the traversed path as a vector in a subsequent node in the traversed path; comparing an outcome of the sequence of computations to a value associated with the traversed path of a correct password." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2008 (12/128,701). 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=7,971,065.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,065&RS=PN/7,971,065 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Shelf Label ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Ronald Darress, Lynbrook, N.Y., has been issued a patent (D640,749) for an ornamental design for a shelf label. The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2010 (D/367,827). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,749&OS=D640,749&RS=D640,749 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,989) developed by Jeanna N. Matthews, Massena, N.Y., for a "write ordering on disk cached platforms." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hard disk cache includes entries to be written to a disk, and also includes ordering information describing the order that they should be written to the disk. Data may be written from the cache to the disk in the order specified by the ordering information. In some situations, data may be written out of order. Further, in some situations, clean data from the cache may be combined with dirty data from the cache when performing a cache flush." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2006 (11/480,047). 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=7,970,989.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,989&RS=PN/7,970,989 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Conditional Memory Ordering ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,039) developed by Christoph Von Praun, Munich, Germany, and Harold W. Cain, Hartsdale, N.Y., for a conditional memory ordering. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for conditional memory ordering implemented in a multiprocessor environment. A conditional memory ordering instruction executes locally using a release vector containing release numbers for each processor in the system. The instruction first determines whether a processor identifier of the release number is associated with the current processor. Where it is not, a conditional registered is examined and appropriate remote synchronization operations are commanded where necessary." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2009 (12/419,130). 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=7,971,039.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,039&RS=PN/7,971,039 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,994) developed by Andrew P. Wack, Millbrook, N.Y., for a "high performance disk array rebuild." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, information processing system, and computer program storage product for managing disk failures in a disk array. At least one disk in a first disk array is determined to have failed. The first disk array only accesses data by reading an entire stripe that is distributed across multiple disks in the first disk array. A number of spare disks are selected that is equal to a number of disks making up the first disk. A second disk array is created from the number of disks that has been selected. Data is acquired from the first disk array by reading at least one entire stripe from the first disk array. A corresponding stripe comprising the data from each respective stripe that has been acquired is written to the second disk array." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2008 (12/042,135). 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=7,970,994.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,994&RS=PN/7,970,994 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Adjustable Automobile Bumper Protector ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Taurino Lorenzo, Bronx, N.Y., has been issued a patent (D640,618) for an ornamental design for an "adjustable automobile bumper protector." The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2010 (D/377,104). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,618.PN.&OS=PN/D640,618&RS=PN/D640,618 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Leviton Manufacturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Leviton Manufacturing, Melville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (D640,640) developed by seven co-inventors for an ornamental design for an electrical device. The co-inventors are Paul Duckworth, Holland, Mich., Gordon Stannis, Saugatuck, Mich., Kent Pilcher, Holland, Mich., Grant Carmichael, Grand Rapids, Mich., Renjith Mathew, New Hyde Park, N.Y., Selin Glickman, Woodbury, N.Y., and Cheryl Samartano, North Baldwin, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for an electrical device, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2009 (D/346,227). 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=D640,640.PN.&OS=PN/D640,640&RS=PN/D640,640 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Nature Rocks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Nature Rocks, New York, has been assigned a patent (D640,584) developed by Susan Cohn Rockefeller, New York City, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a jewelry. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for jewelry, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2010 (D/363,463). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,584.PN.&OS=PN/D640,584&RS=PN/D640,584 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Living Proof Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Living Proof, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (D640,563) developed by Todd Simmons, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Rob Robillard, Belmont, Mass., for an ornamental design for a shampoo bottle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a shampoo bottle, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2010 (D/353,638). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,563.PN.&OS=PN/D640,563&RS=PN/D640,563 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Avon Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Avon Products, New York, has been assigned a patent (D640,569) developed by John A. Alongi, Garnerville, N.Y., and Gail Boye, New Hope, Pa., for an ornamental design for a container. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a container, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2008 (D/328,193). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D640,569.PN.&OS=PN/D640,569&RS=PN/D640,569 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. -1052657 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]