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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Ohio (July 4)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Ohio. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,967,924) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for making a compositionally graded gas turbine disk." The co-inventors are Jon Raymond Groh, Loveland, Ohio, Eric Allen Ott, Cincinnati, Robert Edward Schafrik, Cincinnati, and Daniel Donald Krueger, Cincinnati. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A compositionally graded gas turbine disk is made by preparing a rotationally symmetric radially inner segment of a gas turbine disk preform, rotating the inner segment about a central axis, spray applying a radially outer-segment material onto the radially inner segment as it rotates about the central axis, preferably achieving a gradual transition in composition, and thereafter further processing the gas turbine disk preform to produce the compositionally graded gas turbine disk." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2005 (11/130,764). 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=7,967,924.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,924&RS=PN/7,967,924 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Procter & Gamble Assigned Patent for Regionalized Topsheet ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (7,967,801) developed by John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, Ohio, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Oakley, Ohio, and Sybille Fuchs, Frankfurt, Germany, for a regionalized topsheet. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An absorbent article having a liquid pervious topsheet having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion differs in structure from the second portion. The topsheet has a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline. The second portion has a first structurally modified zone and a second structurally modified zone. The first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone are on opposing sides of the longitudinal centerline and the first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone are on opposing sides of an axis parallel to the transverse centerline. The first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone are spaced apart from one another. The first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone together make up more than about 10% of the area of the topsheet." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2008 (12/188,543). 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=7,967,801.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,801&RS=PN/7,967,801 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ohio Inventors Develop Patent for Method and Apparatus for Gasifying Solid Fuels ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Albert Calderon, Bowling Green, Ohio, Terry James Laubis, Bowling Green, Ohio, and Richard Owen McCarthy, Bowling Green, Ohio, have developed a patent (7,967,881) for a "method and apparatus for gasifying solid fuels." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for gasifying a solid fuel within a pressurized gasifier without a lockhopper, a slurry or pulverization comprising the feeding of said fuel into a charging chamber having a first section equipped with a ram through which a mandrel is disposed, and a second section within which an impervious seal is formed from the solid fuel by the compressive forces generated by said ram and a third section into which the seal is advanced while said ram forms a successive seal in said second section. The seal from said third section is reduced in size and charged into the pressurized gasifier where it is gasified without loss of pressure. The gases produced are utilized to polygenerate products such as transport fuels and electric power, and a fertilizer from waste gas resulting from the combustion of one of the produced gases." The patent application was filed on July 24, 2007 (11/880,708). 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=7,967,881.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,881&RS=PN/7,967,881 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ethicon Endo-Surgery Assigned Patent for Resiliently Supported Seal Cap for Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (7,967,748) developed by Paul H. Kistler, Cincinnati, and Andrew T. Beckman, Cincinnati, for a "resiliently supported seal cap for hand assisted laparoscopic surgical procedures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A laparoscopic disk assembly for a Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) procedure includes an exteriorly visible laparoscopic disk (seal cap) attached to a retractor skirt. The laparoscopic disk provides an adjustable exterior opening. A downward annular surface is supported by an attached flexible or resilient ("soft) support member that in turn forms an annular contact upon a patient's abdomen wall surrounding an incision to form a sealing connection, to facilitate improved manipulation or degrees of freedom through the laparoscopic disk without loss of insufflation pressure, to minimize, if not eliminate, bruising, to prevent rotation movement of a retractor skirt in the incision, and to reduce fatigue. Versions include a resilient pad, a resilient skirt that adheres to the patient's skin, a skirt with horizontal pleats, and a toroidal bladder that comfortably depresses into the skin." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2006 (11/611,167). 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=7,967,748.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,748&RS=PN/7,967,748 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ethicon Endo-Surgery Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (7,967,791) developed by Paul T. Franer, Cincinnati, Timothy P. Lessek, Mason, Ohio, and Victor C. Moreno, Terrace Park, Ohio, for a surgical access device. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and devices for accessing a body cavity are disclosed. In general, a surgical access device is provided that can include a cannula that defines a working channel that is sized and configured to receive a surgical instrument. A seal can be disposed in the cannula of the surgical access device. In one exemplary embodiment, the seal can be positioned at a point in the cannula that is effective to maintain contact between the seal and an instrument inserted therethrough as the instrument is rotated about that point." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2007 (11/781,645). 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=7,967,791.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,791&RS=PN/7,967,791 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ethicon Endo-Surgery Assigned Patent for Endoscopic Guide Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (7,967,741) developed by 11 co-inventors for an endoscopic guide device. The co-inventors are Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, Ohio, Christie M. Cunningham, Cincinnati, David Stefanchik, Morrow, Ohio, James W. Voegele, Cincinnati, Michael J. Stokes, Cincinnati, Christopher J. Hess, Cincinnati, James T. Spivey, Cincinnati, Gary L. Long, Cincinnati, Kurt R. Bally, Lebanon, Ohio, Ragae M. Ghabrial, Cincinnati, and Rudolph H. Nobis, Mason, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various exemplary methods and devices are provided for manipulating and/or anchoring devices and body parts during surgical procedures. In one embodiment, an anchor member is provided for anchoring a device or body part to tissue, such as an internal wall of a body cavity. The device can be, for example, an endoscopic device, an accessory channel coupled to an endoscopic device, or a support member adapted to support or manipulate an organ. The anchor member can include or form an opening through which the device can be inserted. The anchor member or device can thus be manipulated relative to the tissue to control movement of and/or provide support to the device, tools inserted through the device, and/or organs grasped by the device or tools." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2007 (11/742,948). 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=7,967,741.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,741&RS=PN/7,967,741 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** U.S. Endoscopy Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- U.S. Endoscopy Group, Mentor, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,967,744) developed by Christopher J. Kaye, Concord, Ohio, and Dean J. Secrest, Concord, Ohio, for a biopsy inlet valve. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A valve for use in irrigating, accessing and sealing the instrument channel of an endoscope is disclosed. The valve is adapted for installation onto an endoscope instrument inlet port. The valve includes a body, a flip cap, and a seal curtain. The body has an open end adapted for connection to the inlet port, interior walls defining an cavity, and an outer surface defining a valve entry port. The entry port is connected to a channel open to the cavity. The flip cap is removably connectable to the valve entry port and has a slit therethrough. The seal curtain contains a flexible cylindrical portion, and a lid at one end, and is removably insertable into the cavity. A longitudinal axis of the seal curtain in an installed position within the cavity is at an angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the body." The patent application was filed on April 10, 2007 (11/784,949). 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=7,967,744.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,744&RS=PN/7,967,744 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Biomet Manufacturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Biomet Manufacturing, Warsaw, Ind., has been assigned a patent (7,967,868) developed by John R. White, Winona Lake, Ind., Robert Metzger, Wakarusa, Ind., and Keith R. Berend, Columbus, Ohio, for a "patient-modified implant and associated method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An orthopedic implant. The implant has a first portion including at least one patient-adjustable feature, and a second portion including at least one standard feature." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2008 (12/103,834). 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=7,967,868.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,868&RS=PN/7,967,868 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ICON Interventional Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- ICON Interventional Systems, Cleveland, has been assigned a patent (7,967,855) developed by Joseph G. Furst, Lyndhurst, Ohio, and William G. Brodbeck, South Euclid, Ohio, for a coated medical device. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A stent that is adapted for introduction into a body passageway and which releases at least one biological agent after being inserted in the body passageway. The release of the at least one biological agent can be a controlled release via molecular diffusion through a non-porous polymer layer." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2005 (11/283,330). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,967,855.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,855&RS=PN/7,967,855 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** DePuy Spine Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- DePuy Spine, Raynham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,967,845) developed by nine co-inventors for a "head-to-head connector spinal fixation system." The co-inventors are Carl Lauryssen, Beverly Hills, Calif., Raymond F. Murphy, Attleboro, Mass., David D. Konieczynski, Needham, Mass., Bryan S. Jones, Quincy, Mass., Mark T. Hall, Bridgewater, Mass., Thomas V. Doherty, Latham, N.Y., Steven Ludwig, Baltimore, Iain H. Kalfas, Beachwood, Ohio, and Michael O'Brien, Pinecrest, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A spinal fixation system comprising at least two bone anchors, a rod connecting the bone anchors and a connecting plate extending from a proximal surface of at least one of the bone anchors. A method of fixing vertebrae relative to each other comprising the steps of: implanting bone anchors in two adjacent vertebrae, each bone anchor having a rod receiving portion; placing a rod in the rod receiving portions, thereby connecting the bone anchors; threadably engaging set screws in the rod receiving portions of at least a portion of the bone anchors, thereby fixing the rod to the bone anchors; mating one end of a connecting plate to a proximal bearing surface of at least a portion of the bone anchors; and engaging a cap with at least a portion of the set screws, thereby fixing the connecting plate to the bone anchors." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2009 (12/581,410). 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=7,967,845.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,845&RS=PN/7,967,845 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ethicon Endo-Surgery Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (7,967,842) developed by Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, Ohio, for an "integrated securement and closure apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated securement and closure apparatus uses mechanical fasteners disposed in access lumens located radially outwardly from a centrally disposed opening for an endoscope. The mechanical fasteners are used to secure the distal end of an overtube against and isolate a target area of tissue inside a patient. An incision is made in the isolated target and the mechanical fasteners are used to approximate the tissue of the incision following and surgical intervention." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2007 (11/756,914). 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=7,967,842.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,842&RS=PN/7,967,842 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** PPG Industries Ohio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- PPG Industries Ohio, Cleveland, has been assigned a patent (7,968,212) developed by five co-inventors for "triamine/aspartate curative and coatings comprising the same." The co-inventors are Howard Senkfor, South Euclid, Ohio, Thomas R. Hockswender, Gibsonia, Pa., Steven V. Barancyk, Wexford, Pa., Jonathan T. Martz, Glenshaw, Pa., and Steven R. Zawacky, Pittsburgh. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The reaction product of a triamine and a dialkyl maleate and/or dialkyl fumarate, wherein the reaction product has a viscosity of less than 2000 cPs is disclosed. Polyurea coatings comprising this reaction product are also disclosed, as are substrates coated with the same." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2006 (11/611,986). 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=7,968,212&OS=7,968,212&RS=7,968,212 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** PPG Industries Ohio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- PPG Industries Ohio, Cleveland, has been assigned a patent (7,968,198) developed by five co-inventors for a "polyurea coating comprising a polyamine/mono(meth)acrylate reaction product." The co-inventors are Steven V. Barancyk, Wexford, Pa., Thomas R. Hockswender, Gibsonia, Pa., John Furar, Pittsburgh, Jonathan T. Martz, Glenshaw, Pa., and Howard Senkfor, South Euclid, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Coating compositions comprising a polyurea formed from a reaction mixture comprising isocyanate and a (meth)acrylated amine are disclosed. The (meth)acrylated amine is the reaction product of a polyamine and a mono(meth)acrylate; the ratio of equivalents of isocyanate groups to equivalents of amine groups is greater than 1 and the isocyanate and the (meth)acrylated amine reaction product can be applied to a substrate at a volume mixing ratio of 1:1. Methods for using the coatings, and substrates coated therewith are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2006 (11/611,982). 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=7,968,198&OS=7,968,198&RS=7,968,198 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** PPG Industries Ohio Assigned Patent for Polyurea Coating Comprising an Amine/(Meth)Acrylate Oligomeric Reaction Product ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- PPG Industries Ohio, Cleveland, has been assigned a patent (7,968,197) developed by six co-inventors for a "polyurea coating comprising an amine/(meth)acrylate oligomeric reaction product." The co-inventors are Steven V. Barancyk, Wexford, Pa., Thomas R. Hockswender, Gibsonia, Pa., John Furar, Pittsburgh, Ronald R. Ambrose, Pittsburgh, Jonathan T. Martz, Glenshaw, Pa., and Howard Senkfor, South Euclid, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Coating compositions comprising a polyurea formed from a reaction mixture comprising isocyanate and an acrylated amine are disclosed. The (meth)acrylated amine is the reaction product of a polyamine and a (meth)acrylate; when the (meth)acrylate comprises a poly(meth)acrylate, the reaction product further comprises a mono(meth)acrylate and/or a monoamine. Methods for using the coatings, and substrates coated therewith, are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2006 (11/611,979). 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=7,968,197&OS=7,968,197&RS=7,968,197 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Eveready Battery Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Eveready Battery, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (7,968,230) developed by Jack W. Marple, Avon, Ohio, for a "high discharge capacity lithium battery." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A lithium/iron disulfide electrochemical battery cell with a high discharge capacity. The cell has a lithium negative electrode, an iron disulfide positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode mixture containing the iron disulfide contains highly packed solid materials, with little space around the solid particles, to provide a high concentration of iron disulfide within the mixture. The separator is thin, to allow more space within the cell for active materials, yet strong enough to prevent short circuits between the positive and negative electrodes under abusive conditions, even when swelling of the cathode during cell discharge places additional stressed on the separator. As a result, the ratio of the interfacial capacity of the positive electrode to the electrode interfacial volume is high, as is the actual capacity on low rate/low power and high rate/high power discharge." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2010 (12/779,555). 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=7,968,230&OS=7,968,230&RS=7,968,230 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Pilkington Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Pilkington Group, St. Helens, United Kingdom, and Pilkington North America, Toledo, Ohio, have been assigned a patent (7,968,201) developed by Douglas M. Nelson, Curtis, Ohio, Gary Nichol, Warrington, United Kingdom, and Srikanth Varanasi, Toledo, Ohio, for a "light transmittance optimizing coated glass article for solar cell and method for making." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-layer thin film stack, particularly suitable as a component of a solar cell, is deposited on a transparent dielectric substrate. The multi-layer film stack comprises a transparent electrically conductive metal oxide layer deposited over the dielectric substrate, the conductive metal oxide layer having a refractive index less than 2.0, a light transmittance optimizing interlayer having a refractive index between 2.3 and 3.5, deposited over the electrically conductive metal oxide layer, and a silicon layer having a refractive index of at least 4.5 deposited over the light transmittance optimizing interlayer. The film stack can be deposited by any suitable method, but deposition of each of these layers by atmospheric chemical vapor deposition is preferred." The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2006 (11/990,475). 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=7,968,201&OS=7,968,201&RS=7,968,201 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Emerson Climate Technologies Assigned Patent from Ohio Inventors ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Emerson Climate Technologies, Sidney, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,967,582) developed by Masao Akei, Miamisburg, Ohio, and Robert C. Stover, Versailles, Ohio, for a "compressor having capacity modulation system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A compressor includes a first porting extending through an end plate of an orbiting scroll member at an angular extent of at least twenty degrees and first and second spiral wraps defining modulated capacity pockets when the orbiting scroll is in a first position. The first modulated capacity pockets may include a set of radially outermost compression pockets located radially inward relative to the first porting and isolated from communication with the first porting during an entirety of the compression cycle. The first porting may align with the second spiral wrap at a location radially outward from and directly adjacent the first modulated capacity pockets when the orbiting scroll member is in the first position." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2009 (12/474,736). 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=7,967,582.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,582&RS=PN/7,967,582 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** E. I. du Pont de Nemours Assigned Patent for Glass Laminates Comprising Acoustic Interlayers and Solar Control Films ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,968,186) developed by Donald L. Rymer, Little Hocking, Ohio, and Richard A. Hayes, Beaumont, Texas, for "glass laminates comprising acoustic interlayers and solar control films." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An acoustic solar control laminate comprising a multi-layer interlayer formed of a solar control film bonded between two polymeric sheets with at least one being an acoustic poly(vinyl acetal) sheet is provided." The patent application was filed on July 3, 2007 (11/825,041). 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=7,968,186&OS=7,968,186&RS=7,968,186 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** First Solar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- First Solar, Perrysburg, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,968,145) developed by Ricky Charles Powell, Ann Arbor, Mich., Andrew Kelly Gray, Perrysburg, Ohio, and Todd Alden Coleman, Wayne, Ohio, for a "system and method for depositing a material on a substrate." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate includes introducing a material and a carrier gas into a heated chamber. The material may be a semiconductor material, such as a cadmium chalcogenide. A resulting mixture of vapor and carrier gas containing no unvaporized material is provided. The mixture of vapor and carrier gas are remixed to achieve a uniform vapor/carrier gas composition, which is directed toward a surface of a substrate, such as a glass substrate, where the vapor is deposited as a uniform film." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2006 (11/380,073). 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=7,968,145&OS=7,968,145&RS=7,968,145 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Clarcor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Clarcor, Franklin, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,967,588) developed by Thomas B. Green, Liberty Township, Ohio, Scotty L. King, Hamilton, Ohio, and Lei Li, Cincinnati, for a "fine fiber electro-spinning equipment, filter media systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Electrostatic fine fiber generation equipment such as for forming nano-fibers from polymer solution is provided. The fine fiber generation equipment includes a strand that may take the form of a stainless steel beaded chain. The beaded chain can be an endless chain entrained upon two guide wheels and driven about an endless path perpendicularly relative to the collection media." The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2007 (11/942,937). 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=7,967,588.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,588&RS=PN/7,967,588 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Goodrich Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Goodrich, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,968,192) developed by Anthony M. Mazany, Amelia Island, Fla., Robert Bianco, Strongsville, Ohio, and Edward R. Stover, Akron, Ohio, for an "oxidation inhibition of carbon-carbon composites." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of inhibiting oxidation of a porous carbon-carbon composite is disclosed and comprises the steps of: (a) contacting the carbon-carbon composite with an oxidation inhibiting composition comprising phosphoric acid or an acid phosphate salt, at least one aluminum salt, and at least one additional metal salt, the oxidation inhibiting composition penetrating at least some of the pores of the carbon-carbon composite; and (b) heating the carbon-carbon composite at a temperature sufficient to form a deposit from the oxidation inhibiting composition within at least some of the penetrated pores of the carbon-carbon composite. The foregoing oxidation inhibiting composition and carbon-carbon composites treated by the foregoing method are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2009 (12/619,126). 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=7,968,192&OS=7,968,192&RS=7,968,192 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,967,571) developed by Peter John Wood, Loveland, Ohio, Eric Andrew Falk, Middletown, Ohio, and Lyle D. Dailey, Maineville, Ohio, for an "advanced booster rotor blade." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A rotor airfoil having a leading edge extending from a root to a tip, an inner span region and an outer span region the leading edge having a sweep angle profile such that the sweep angle increases from the root a first height location at a first rate of change of sweep angle that is substantially constant and thereafter increases at a second rate of change of sweep angle that is substantially constant." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2006 (11/606,766). 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=7,967,571.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,571&RS=PN/7,967,571 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Emerson Climate Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Emerson Climate Technologies, Sidney, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,967,584) developed by Zhichao Wang, Vandalia, Ohio, for a "scroll machine using floating seal with backer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A floating seal has a lower plate, an upper plate and a pair of seals disposed between the two plates. The lower plate, the upper plate or both plates include a backer which projects outward from the plate to engage one or both of the seals to support the seal during operation." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2006 (11/389,652). 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=7,967,584.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,584&RS=PN/7,967,584 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Emerson Climate Technologies Assigned Patent for Compressor having Capacity Modulation System ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Emerson Climate Technologies, Sidney, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,967,583) developed by Robert C. Stover, Versailles, Ohio, and Masao Akei, Miamisburg, Ohio, for a "compressor having capacity modulation system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A compressor includes orbiting and non-orbiting scroll members meshingly engaged to form a series of compression pockets, including first pockets when the orbiting scroll member is in a first position. A first porting in the non-orbiting scroll member communicates with the first pockets during a portion of a compression cycle. The first pockets include a set of radially outermost pockets located radially inward relative to the first porting and isolated from communication with the first porting during the compression cycle. The first porting is aligned with a spiral wrap of the orbiting scroll member at a location radially outward from and directly adjacent the first pockets when the orbiting scroll member is in the first position. Additional porting communicates with each of the compression pockets located radially outward relative to the first pockets when the orbiting scroll member is in the first position." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2009 (12/474,954). 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=7,967,583.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,583&RS=PN/7,967,583 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,968,031) developed by Douglas Melton Carper, Trenton, Ohio, and Suresh Sabramanian, Mason, Ohio, for a "ceramic composite with integrated compliance/wear layer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The integral layer provides a ductile interface for attachment locations of a turbine engine component where a metallic surface is adjacent the attachment location. The ductile layer provides a favorable load distribution through the composite at the attachment location, and eliminates the need for a metallic shim." The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2007 (11/938,349). 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=7968031.PN.&OS=PN/7968031&RS=PN/7968031 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Avery Dennison Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Avery Dennison, Pasadena, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,967,516) developed by John D. Mistyurik, Troy, Ohio, and Larri B. Williams, Dayton, Ohio, for a "portable printer and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This is disclosed a portable printer that is easy to load with an ink ribbon cartridge and record members web supplies, that is simple, has relatively few parts, is lightweight and has a small footprint." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2008 (12/111,311). 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=7,967,516.PN.&OS=PN/7,967,516&RS=PN/7,967,516 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** OMNOVA Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- OMNOVA Solutions, Fairlawn, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,968,034) developed by David Sizer, Parma, Ohio, and Richard Harshbarger, Munroe Falls, Ohio, for a base-coat in-mold coating. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A coating composition for a fiber-reinforced plastic includes an aliphatic resin such as a saturated aliphatic ester intermediate polyurethane having terminal acrylate end groups, a hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate, a polyacrylate ester of an alkylene polyol, and a vinyl substituted aromatic." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2004 (10/565,402). 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=7968034.PN.&OS=PN/7968034&RS=PN/7968034 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Paper Assigned Patent for Process for Non-chlorine Oxidative Bleaching of Mechanical Pulp in the Presence of Optical Brightening Agents ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- International Paper, Memphis, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,967,948) developed by Xuan Truong Nguyen, Cincinnati, for a "process for non-chlorine oxidative bleaching of mechanical pulp in the presence of optical brightening agents." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process for bleaching mechanical wood pulp is provided comprising subjecting the wood pulp to at least one bleaching stage with one or more bleaching agents in the presence of one or more optical brightening agent, wherein the bleaching agents are selected from the group consisting of oxidative bleaching agents other than chlorine based bleaching agents such as chlorine dioxide, elemental chlorine or a combination thereof, reductive bleaching agents or any combination of two or more thereof." The patent application was filed on June 2, 2006 (11/446,421). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7967948.PN.&OS=PN/7967948&RS=PN/7967948 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Paper Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- International Paper, Memphis, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,967,953) developed by seven co-inventors for a "paper substrates containing high surface sizing and low internal sizing and having high dimensional stability." The co-inventors are Kapil M. Singh, West Chester, Ohio, Dennis W. Anderson, Goshen, Ohio, Peter M. Froass, Mason, Ohio, Yaoliang Hong, Mason, Ohio, Krishna Kosaraju Mohan, Mason, Ohio, Thomas R. Arnson, Loveland, Ohio, and Yan C. Huang, Williamsburg, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention relates to a paper substrate containing high surface sizing and low internal sizing and having high dimensional stability, as well as methods of making and using the composition." The patent application was filed on May 5, 2010 (12/774,300). 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=7967953.PN.&OS=PN/7967953&RS=PN/7967953 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Ohio State University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,967,979) developed by four co-inventors for a bi-phasic bioretention system. The co-inventors are Parwinder S. Grewal, Wooster, Ohio, Edward L. McCoy, Wooster, Ohio, Warren A. Dick, Wooster, Ohio, and Hanbae Yang, Wooster, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An anaerobic to aerobic sequence enhances biological degradation of many organic pollutants. Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods for effective treatment of storm-water runoff pollutants such as hydrocarbons, nitrates, phosphorus, and heavy metals using sediment filtration and adsorption, and biochemical processes under bi-phasic bioretention conditions. By integrating these pollution cleanup pro-usages into a single unit, this apparatus optimizes retention time of the runoff through the system and maximizes removal rates of runoff pollutants, resulting in more reliable and efficient treatment mechanism than previous systems." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2009 (12/426,664). 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=7967979.PN.&OS=PN/7967979&RS=PN/7967979 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Procter & Gamble Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (7,967,950) developed by Steven Anthony Horenziak, Fairfield, Ohio, Ellyne Elizabeth Prodoehl, West Chester, Ohio, and Nicholas Jerome Wilke II, Independence, Ky., for a "high bulk strong absorbent single-ply tissue-towel paper product." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to absorbent tissue-towel paper products comprising one essentially continuous ply of fibrous structure having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the product has an HFS absorbency greater than 8 g/g and the first surface exhibits an embossment height of at least 650 .mu.m and the second surface exhibits an embossment height of at least about 650 .mu.m." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2008 (12/043,589). 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=7967950.PN.&OS=PN/7967950&RS=PN/7967950 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Paper Assigned Patent for Durable Paper ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- International Paper, Memphis, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,967,952) developed by Richard C. Williams, Loveland, Ohio, Graciela Jimenez, Mason, Ohio, and Benny J. Skaggs, Springboro, Ohio, for a durable paper. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a durable paper or paperboard substrate containing an effective amount of synthetic fibers and having enhanced strength in the machine direction and the cross direction, as well enhanced strength through the cross section of the sheet. The present invention further relates to methods of making and using the substrate." The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2010 (12/707,703). 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=7967952.PN.&OS=PN/7967952&RS=PN/7967952 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. -1053201 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |