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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Virginia (July 15)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Virginia. *** Advanced Testing Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Advanced Testing Technologies, Hauppauge, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,978,218) developed by William Biagiotti, St. James, N.Y., David Howell, Smithfield, Va., and Peter F. Britch, Miller Place, N.Y., for a "single instrument/card for video applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Video processing arrangement including a host computer having a monitor, a video asset coupled to the computer for generating video signals and an interface for connecting the video asset to the computer to enable the display of video signals on the monitor. The video asset includes various primary elements including a primary composite video module for producing different types of a primary video signal and outputting the primary video signal via output channels, a stroke generator module for generating a stroke XYZ video signal and outputting the stroke video signal via output channels and a real time capture module for capturing video signals in a plurality of different modes. The video asset also includes a common distributed time base module for generating and distributing clock signals to all of the primary elements." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2006 (11/545,327). 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=79,78,218&OS=79,78,218&RS=79,78,218 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (7,978,738) developed by Leslie Brandon Shaw, Woodbridge, Va., Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Ashburn, Va., and Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Fairfax Station, Va., for an "OPO laser mid-IR wavelength converter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wavelength converter comprising an arsenic sulfide (As--S) chalcogenide glass fiber coupled to an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) crystal and a laser system using an OPO crystal coupled to an As--S fiber are provided. The OPO receives pump laser radiation from a pump laser and emits laser radiation at a wavelength that is longer than the pump laser radiation. The laser radiation that is emitted from the OPO is input into the As--S fiber, which in turn converts the input wavelength from the OPO to a desired wavelength, for example, a wavelength beyond about 4.4 .mu.m. In an exemplary embodiment, the OPO comprises a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) crystal. The As--S fiber can include any suitable type of optical fiber, such as a conventional core clad fiber, a photonic crystal fiber, or a microstructured fiber." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2010 (12/792,838). 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=7,978,738&OS=7,978,738&RS=7,978,738 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sprint Spectrum Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Sprint Spectrum, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (7,979,198) developed by John Y. Kim, Centreville, Va., and Thuy Tran, Fairfax, Va., for a "vehicular traffic congestion monitoring through inter-vehicle communication and traffic chain counter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems are disclosed for monitoring vehicular traffic congestion through the use of inter-vehicle communication and traffic chain counters. Data packets including counter, vehicle identification, direction, location, and speed information are transmitted between vehicles via short-range wireless communications. A receiving vehicle edits a data packet if the data packet reflects that the receiving vehicle has not yet edited the packet and is traveling in substantially the same direction as the vehicle which transmitted the packet to the receiving vehicle. If a receiving vehicle is the last vehicle to edit a packet, the receiving vehicle transmits a reporting packet to a traffic monitoring server via long-range wireless communications." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2007 (11/961,385). 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=7,979,198.PN.&OS=PN/7,979,198&RS=PN/7,979,198 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,197) developed by four co-inventors for an airport traffic management. The co-inventors are Peter G. Finn, Brampton, Canada, Carl P. Gusler, Austin, Texas, Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., and James W. Seaman, Falls Church, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Airport ground traffic management methods, program products and systems provided for a plurality of tags or tag readers distributed throughout an airport each spaced greater than a tag reader scanning distance. A traveling apparatus brings a tag proximate to a tag reader and a traffic manager in communication with the tag reader receives tag data and determines an apparatus location characteristic and formats the characteristic into a presentation provided to an apparatus operator or an airport ground traffic controller. Campus regions are identified in response to an airport campus function characteristic, and an apparatus location is plotted within a region on a graphic representation. In response to location, speed, historic data, data from other read tag and the location of another apparatus, a determined course of action is determined including entering a movement directive into an auto-pilot component." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2007 (11/952,241). 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=7,979,197.PN.&OS=PN/7,979,197&RS=PN/7,979,197 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Clear Wireless Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Clear Wireless, Kirkland, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,978,724) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods of allocating radio resources." The co-inventors are Nagi A. Mansour, Arlington, Va., Habib Riazi, Stafford, Va., Mathew Starzec, Fairfax, Va., and Petronilo Cailipan, Briston, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods of allocating radio resources are provided. It is determined whether a bandwidth assigned to a communication station can be satisfied using available subchannels and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS). When the bandwidth cannot be satisfied using available subchannels and MCS, a number of the available subchannels and an MCS are selected. A power level for communications transmitted to the communication station is adjusted relative to a power level determined based a signal quality measurement. Information is transmitted to the communication station using the selected number of subchannels, MCS and adjusted power level." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2008 (12/021,665). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,978,724&OS=7,978,724&RS=7,978,724 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Accenture Global Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Accenture Global Services, Dublin, Ireland, has been assigned a patent (7,979,155) developed by five co-inventors for a sort plan optimization. The co-inventors are Brian J. Moran, Shaker Heights, Ohio, Jeffrey S. Owen, Arlington, Va., Lisa D. Hardin, Decatur, Ga., Ajay K. Easo, Chicago, and Olutayo O. Oladunni, Chicago. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects of the invention relate to systems and methods for improving a sort plan. According to one embodiment, several groups are formed where each group contains articles having an identifier of a hierarchical structure. In certain embodiments, the identifier may include a geographical indication, such as a postal or ZIP code. Further aspects relate to systems and methods for conducting sort plan optimization where at least some prior data is known or otherwise obtainable. In one embodiment, data relating to the quantity of groups within the sort plan, the quantity of articles associated with each identifier, and/or the quantity of articles within each group may be estimated or known. In certain embodiments, such data may be utilized to assign articles to specific bins, including any available bin, and then optimize the sort plan by selecting at least one bin for improvement." The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2008 (12/031,408). 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=7,979,155.PN.&OS=PN/7,979,155&RS=PN/7,979,155 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ATC Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- ATC Technologies, Reston, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,978,135) developed by Gary G. Churan, Annadale, Va., for an "antenna beam forming systems/methods using unconstrained phase response." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Beamforming methods for operating a transceiver including an antenna having a plurality of antenna feed elements include defining a plurality of real valued antenna gain constraint values associated with a plurality of geographic constraint points within a geographic region, and generating complex valued antenna feed element weights that result in complex antenna gain values at the geographic constraint points based on the corresponding real valued antenna gain constraint values. An antenna beam is formed from the antenna to the geographic region using the complex valued antenna feed element weights, and information is transmitted over the antenna beam." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2009 (12/370,224). 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=7,978,135.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,135&RS=PN/7,978,135 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,978,445) developed by Allen M. Ritter, Roanoke, Va., for "systems and apparatus relating to wind turbine electrical control and operation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrical system for connecting a wind turbine to a power grid that includes: a frequency converter that converts electric power produced by a generator of the wind turbine into electric power that is synchronized with the electric power of the power grid; a transformer that steps up the voltage for connection to the power grid, the transformer being disposed between the frequency converter and a connection to the power grid; and a grid-side crowbar circuit; wherein the grid-side crowbar circuit is configured to apply a short circuit to the electrical system upon the detection of a fault." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2009 (12/650,807). 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=7978445.PN.&OS=PN/7978445&RS=PN/7978445 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. -1054359 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |