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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (July 1)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** MathWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- MathWorks, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,969,452) developed by Martin Clark, Boston, and Michael H. McLernon, Attleboro, Mass., for a "reporting fixed-point information for a graphical model." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A graphical modeling environment is provided for a user to build a model in which signals and/or block parameters can be represented using a fixed-point data type. When the graphical model is executed, the graphical model may generate fixed-point data type signals. An exemplary embodiment may information about fixed-point data type signals on the graphical model. Based on the information provided on the graphical model, the user may be able to determine whether an appropriate number of bits are allocated to the integer part of the fixed-point data type signals and/or whether the total number of bits, i.e., the word length is adequate or over-engineered." The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2007 (11/701,062). 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=7,969,452.PN.&OS=PN/7,969,452&RS=PN/7,969,452 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SpaceClaim Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- SpaceClaim, Concord, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,969,435) developed by Frank DeSimone, Carlisle, Mass., Daniel Dean, Acton, Mass., and Dima Feinhaus, Newton, Mass., for a "method for modifying any modeled surface as a lofted surface." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A three-dimensional object modeling tool is described that can derive the 2D cross sections of one or more lofted or unlofted surfaces, allowing those surfaces to be modified instantly. The modeling tool (loft tool) includes sub-tools for selecting a surface, moving a 2D section, editing a 2D section, creating a 2D section, and removing a 2D section. By analysis of the selected lofted surface and its faces, the loft tool can derive an appropriate number of 2D cross section to present to the user for manipulation. When deriving the 2D cross section the modeling tool operates by simplifying the curves making up the lofted surface, and from these can generate 2D cross section that can be easily manipulated and used to instantly update the lofted surface and redisplay it for further user modification." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2007 (11/937,926). 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=7,969,435.PN.&OS=PN/7,969,435&RS=PN/7,969,435 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Savvystuff Property Trust Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Savvystuff Property Trust, Centerville, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,969,513) developed by Harold J. Weber, Centerville, Mass., for a "remote controller utilizing a proxy adapter to enable sending a plurality of commands by user actuation of a single-button." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An appurtenant remote control adapter device suited for application with portable remote controllers commonly used with entertainment equipment including television receptors. The proxy adaptor is configured to intercept a sequence of wireless command signals emitted by the remote control. The intercepted command signals are adapted for temporal storage in a memory. A singular "SEND" command button may be subsequently actuated by a user to urge discharge of the temporarily stored wireless command signal from the memory for forthright translation to a remotely controlled apparatus as a usually singular packetized data burst of wireless signal. The adapter allows a user to leisurely enter individual keystrokes composing the command signal sequence and only then necessarily aim the adapter towards the remotely controlled apparatus with a concurrent singular actuation of the SEND key-button to translate the wireless signal to command the remotely controlled apparatus." The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2007 (11/705,782). 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=79,69,513&OS=79,69,513&RS=79,69,513 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,969,747) developed by Robert P. Wierzbicki, Worcester, Mass., and Ralph L. Hill, Hollis, N.H., for a line cord filter. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus includes a chassis assembly, a computing device configured to connect to a housing of the chassis assembly, and a line cord supplying power to the chassis assembly. The line cord has a first portion external to the chassis assembly and a second portion internal to the chassis assembly. The second portion has a shielding member that is in conductive contact with the housing to provide electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding for the chassis assembly." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2006 (11/540,472). 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=7,969,747.PN.&OS=PN/7,969,747&RS=PN/7,969,747 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Presagis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Presagis, Quebec, has been assigned a patent (7,969,432) developed by Christopher J. Hall, Boston, for a "providing for application integrity, improved start-up time, and reduced memory utilitization in a safety-critical graphics processing environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "At least one of graphics operation description information or graphics object description information (106) is included within application logic (102). At least one of the graphics operation description information or graphics object description information (106) is included in the program address space of a graphics driver (108)." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2005 (11/662,741). 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=7,969,432.PN.&OS=PN/7,969,432&RS=PN/7,969,432 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Inventor Develops Patent for Applications of Laser-processed Substrate for Molecular Diagnostics ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Steven M. Ebstein, Newton, Mass., has developed a patent (7,969,570) for an "applications of laser-processed substrate for molecular diagnostics." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for performing a diagnostic assay of an analyte, wherein the method comprises providing a base that has been structured using laser processing so as to provide a substrate with at least one patterned surface, wherein the laser processing comprises the selective application of pulsed laser energy to the base, whereby to melt a surface layer of the base which resolidifies, whereby to create the at least one patterned surface; applying a metal to the at least one patterned surface so as to provide at least one metalized patterned surface; positioning the analyte on the at least one metalized patterned surface; and performing a diagnostic assay of the analyte." The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2009 (12/584,574). 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=7,969,570.PN.&OS=PN/7,969,570&RS=PN/7,969,570 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- General Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (7,969,578) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for performing optical imaging using frequency-domain interferometry." The co-inventors are Seok-Hyun Yun, Cambridge, Mass., Brett E. Bouma, Quincy, Mass., Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, Mass., and Johannes Fitzgerald De Boer, Amstelveen, The Netherlands. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method are provided. In particular, at least one first electro-magnetic radiation may be provided to a sample and at least one second electro-magnetic radiation can be provided to a non-reflective reference. A frequency of the first and/or second radiations varies over time. An interference is detected between at least one third radiation associated with the first radiation and at least one fourth radiation associated with the second radiation. Alternatively, the first electro-magnetic radiation and/or second electro-magnetic radiation have a spectrum which changes over time. The spectrum may contain multiple frequencies at a particular time. In addition, it is possible to detect the interference signal between the third radiation and the fourth radiation in a first polarization state. Further, it may be preferable to detect a further interference signal between the third and fourth radiations in a second polarization state which is different from the first polarization state. The first and/or second electro-magnetic radiations may have a spectrum whose mean frequency changes substantially continuously over time at a tuning speed that is greater than 100 Tera Hertz per millisecond." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2008 (12/139,314). 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=7,969,578.PN.&OS=PN/7,969,578&RS=PN/7,969,578 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Zanio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Zanio, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,969,354) developed by four co-inventors for "authenticating a signal based on an unknown component thereof." The co-inventors are Peter Levin, Newtonville, Mass., David S. De Lorenzo, Palo Alto, Calif., Per K. Enge, Mountain View, Calif., and Sherman C. Lo, San Mateo, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Authentication of a signal, signal.sub.A, that is provided as having been received from a source at a first global location by comparing it to a signal that is received from the source at a second global location, signal.sub.B, where signal.sub.B contains an unknown signal that is unique to the source, and determining, that signal.sub.A contains the same unknown signal that is contained in signal.sub.B." The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2008 (12/012,412). 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=79,69,354.PN.&OS=PN/79,69,354&RS=PN/79,69,354 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mediatek Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Mediatek, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (7,969,340) developed by Chih-hong Lou, Jiaosi Township, Taiwan, Kuan-hung Chen, Wugu Township, Taiwan, and Stacy Ho, Reading, Mass., for a "noise-shaped segmented digital-to-analog converter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A segmented digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is disclosed. In the present invention, the segmented DAC of the present invention comprises a signal component processing stage and a plurality of noise component processing stages cascaded with the signal component processing stage. A noise component of an input word for the DAC is split into a plurality of portions to be processed. By doing so, effect due to gain mismatch(es) in an analog portion of the DAC can be effectively reduced without significantly increasing DAC cells used in the DAC." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2009 (12/507,454). 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=79,69,340.PN.&OS=PN/79,69,340&RS=PN/79,69,340 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Analogic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Analogic, Peabody, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,096) developed by five co-inventors for a "method of and system for low cost implementation of dual energy CT imaging." The co-inventors are Julia Pavlovich, Cambridge, Mass.,Aleksander Roshi, Medford, Mass., Ram Naidu, Newton, Mass., Sergey Simanovsky, Brookline, Mass., and Zhengrong Ying, Belmont, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosed CT scanner comprises at least one source of X-rays; a detector array comprising a plurality of detectors; and an X-ray filter mask arrangement disposed between the source of X-rays and detector array so as to modify the spectra of the X-rays transmitted from the source through the mask to at least some of the detectors so that the X-ray spectra detected by at least one set of detectors is different from the X-ray spectra detected by at least one other set of detectors." The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2009 (12/349,893). 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=7,970,096&OS=7,970,096&RS=7,970,096 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,022) developed by six co-inventors for Surface-emitting fiber laser. The co-inventors are Ofer Shapira, Cambridge, Mass., Ken Kuriki, Tochigi, Japan, Nicholas D. Orf, Cambridge, Mass., John D Joannopoulos, Belmont, Mass., Yoel Fink, Brookline, Mass., and Alexander Stolyarov, Brookline, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one aspect, the disclosure features an article, including a fiber waveguide extending along a waveguide axis, the fiber waveguide including a core extending along the waveguide axis and a confinement region surrounding the core. The confinement region is configured to guide radiation at a first wavelength, .lamda..sub.1, along the waveguide axis and is configured to transmit at least some of the radiation at a second wavelength, .lamda..sub.2, incident on the confinement region along a path, where .lamda..sub.1 and .lamda..sub.2 are different. The core includes a core material selected to interact with radiation at .lamda..sub.1 to produce radiation at .lamda..sub.2." The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2007 (12/161,129). 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=7,970,022&OS=7,970,022&RS=7,970,022 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,969,898) developed by four co-inventors for a "technique for breaking loops in a communications network." The co-inventors are Alex Raj, Westford, Mass., Robert H. Thomas, Lexington, Mass., Anna Charny, Sudbury, Mass., and Prabhu Vaithilingam, Kanata, Canada. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for breaking a loop caused by looping alternate paths associated with a prefix in a communications network. One or more non-looping alternate paths associated with the prefix that exclude a first node in the communications network are identified. One or more alternate paths from nodes in the loop that are associated with the prefix are identified. An identified path that intersects with an identified non-looping path is established as an alternate path associated with the prefix at a node in the loop." The patent application was filed on March 9, 2007 (11/716,055). 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=7969898.PN.&OS=PN/7969898&RS=PN/7969898 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Millipore Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Millipore, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,969,380) developed by Aaron Burke, Hamilton, Mass., and Michael Joens, Beverly, Mass., for an "antenna gasket for process housings." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for providing wireless communication and optionally power to the interior of a housing assembly is disclosed. In one embodiment, an antenna is molded within a gasket material, such as silicon, so as to be completely encapsulated. The gasket preferably includes at least one support arm, which holds the antenna toward the middle of the housing, so as to minimize interference from the metal housing. In further embodiments, an inductive coil is encapsulated in the gasket. An alternating current is passed through this coil to create a changing magnetic field, which can then be used to create electrical power in physically separate components, such as filtering elements. In certain embodiments, multiple loops are molded to correspond to multiple filtering elements within the housing." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2011 (13/020,914). 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=7,969,380.PN.&OS=PN/7,969,380&RS=PN/7,969,380 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,970,062) developed by William Melaragni, Billerica, Mass., for a "method for distributing high and low-bandwidth voice channels using a minimum number of timeslots." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for distributing high-bandwidth and low-bandwidth voice channels is presented. An input signal is received and separated into a first low-band signal and a first high-band signal. The first low-band signal is compressed to provide a low-bandwidth channel and is used to carrying encoded voice signals (e.g. G.711). The high-band signal is also compressed to provide a high-bandwidth channel and is used to carry encoded voice signals (e.g. G.722)." The patent application was filed on July 13, 2006 (11/485,891). 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=7,970,062&OS=7,970,062&RS=7,970,062 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Starent Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Starent Networks, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,969,945) developed by Mruthyunjaya Navali, Westford, Mass., and Kuntal Chowdhury, Plano, Texas, for "systems and methods for mobility management on wireless networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods to manage network access (e.g., IPv4 and IPv6) and layer 3 mobility are provided. This can allow mobility management to be moved from a mobile node's stack to the access gateway, simplifying the stack and providing fast handoffs. The mobility management at an access gateway further allows a mobile node to keep its dynamically assigned IP address for the duration of a call session and through handoffs. The placement of access gateways in a domain of trust allows security information to be passed between access gateways in a handoff so that the security associations do not need to be re-authenticated with the mobile node. One or more of the above mobility management features can be used to provide a fast and seamless handoff for a mobile node." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2007 (11/652,410). 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=7,969,945&OS=7,969,945&RS=7,969,945 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AirDefense Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- AirDefense, Alpharetta, Ga., has been assigned a patent (7,970,013) developed by Amit Sinha, Marlborough, Mass., and Nicholas John Darrow, Alpharetta, Ga., for "systems and methods for wireless network content filtering." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods of determining the content of frames transmitted on a wireless network through comparison of captured frames to predetermined statistical patterns." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2006 (11/424,628). 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=7,970,013&OS=7,970,013&RS=7,970,013 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent for Method for Estimating Relative Clock Frequency Offsets to Improve Radio Ranging Errors ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,969,963) developed by Chunjie Duan, Medfield, Mass., and Giovanni Vannucci, Red Bank, N.J., for a "method for estimating relative clock frequency offsets to improve radio ranging errors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system improves two-way radio ranging accuracy by estimating a relative clock frequency offset between a first clock X of a first transceiver and a second clock Y a second transceiver. The first transceiver transmits a first packet at time t.sub.0 received by the second transceiver at a time t.sub.1. The second transceiver transmits a second packet at a time t.sub.2 received by first transceiver at a time t.sub.3. The second transceiver transmits a third packet at a time t.sub.4 received at a time t.sub.5. The relative clock frequency offset is then .DELTA..times..times.'.apprxeq..times..times..function. ##EQU00001## where f is a nominal clock frequency of the first and second clocks, N.sup.Y.sub.24 is a measured first delay between times t.sub.2 and t.sub.4 of the second clock, N.sup.X.sub.35 is a measured second delay between times t.sub.3 and t.sub.5 of the first clock X." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2007 (11/959,974). 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=7,969,963&OS=7,969,963&RS=7,969,963 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Backup Route Generation in Border Gateway Protocol ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,969,867) developed by five co-inventors for a "backup route generation in border gateway protocol." The co-inventors are Eric C. Rosen, Arlington, Mass., Clarence Filsfils, Brussels, Belgium, James Neil Guichard, New Boston, N.H., Keyur P. Patel, San Jose, Calif., and Pradosh Kumar Mohapatra, Fremont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for generating a backup route. Here, a route and a route distinguisher type associated with the route are received and a backup route is generated based on attributes of the route. A particular backup route distinguisher type that is associated with the route distinguisher type is assigned to the backup route. The backup route with the backup route distinguisher type are then advertised. Another method is provided that identifies the backup route. When the route and its route distinguisher type are received from the advertisement, an identification is made as to whether the route distinguisher type is assigned to a backup route. The route may then be designated as a backup route based on the identification." The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2008 (12/336,469). 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=7969867.PN.&OS=PN/7969867&RS=PN/7969867 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,969,832) developed by twelve co-inventors for an "optical tape drive systems." The co-inventors are George Raniuk, Westboro, Mass., Tzuo-Chang Lee, Shrewsbury, Mass., Michael Kearnan, Mendon, Mass., Paul Coles, Sharon, Mass., Faramarz Mahnad, Brookline, Mass., Joseph Panish, Littleton, Mass., Carl A. Maietta, Hudson, Mass., John Ritter, Harvard, Mass., Satya Mallick, Milford, Mass., Timothy J. Frey, Hudson, Mass., Dennis Lauze, Rutland, Mass., and Makoto Miyamoto, Ibaraki, Japan. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein are aspects of optical tape technology, tape manufacturing, and tape usage. Methods and systems of tape technology disclose optical tape media including: configurations, formulations, markings, and structure; optical tape manufacturing methods, systems, and apparatus methods and systems including: curing processes, coating methods, embossing, drums, testing, tracking alignment stamper strip; optical tape methods and systems including: pick up head adapted for the disclosed optical tape; and optical tape uses including optical storage media devices for multimedia applications." The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2007 (11/670,812). 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=7969832.PN.&OS=PN/7969832&RS=PN/7969832 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Network Scaling with Summarized Internet Protocol Label Switched Paths ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,969,983) developed by James Neil Guichard, New Boston, N.H., and George L. Swallow, Boston, for a "network scaling with summarized internet protocol label switched paths." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one example embodiment, a system and method are shown that includes receiving information defining a route to a network device. Further, a routing summary summarizing the route to the network device is generated. Additionally, an aggregate label is selected that corresponds to a defined class and to the routing summary. Moreover, the aggregate label and the defined class are advertised into a domain." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2008 (12/142,245). 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=7,969,983&OS=7,969,983&RS=7,969,983 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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. -1052917 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |