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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (July 17)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Industrial Municipal Equipment Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Industrial Municipal Equipment, Eldersburg, Md., has been assigned a patent (7,977,044) developed by Peter E. Rising, Brightwaters, N.Y., Brian H. Rutledge, Eldersburg, Md., and Barbara Walton, Sykesville, Md., for a rapid dissolve media. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for producing a pelletized material includes mixing a media powder with a treated water, the treated water comprising a additive for substantially preventing bacterial contamination, pouring a mixture of the media powder and halogenated water on a non-binding surface, spreading the mixture into a wafer, drying the mixture, and grinding the mixture to produce the pelletized material." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2007 (12/278,184). 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=7,977,044&OS=7,977,044&RS=7,977,044 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Endicott Interconnect Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Endicott, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,977,034) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for making circuitized substrates having photo-imageable dielectric layers in a continuous manner." The co-inventors are John M. Lauffer, Waverly, N.Y., Voya R. Markovich, Endwell, N.Y., James J. McNamara Jr., Vestal, N.Y., and Peter A. Moschak, Chenango Forks, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and method for making circuitized substrates using a continuous roll format in which a layer of conductor is fed into the apparatus, layers of photo-imageable dielectric are applied to opposite sides of the conductor layer, thru-holes are formed through the composite, and then metal layers are added over the dielectric and then patterns (e.g., circuit) are formed therein. Several operations are performed in addition to these to form the final end product, a circuitized substrate (e.g., printed circuit board), all while the conductor layer of the product is retained in a solid format, up to the final separation from the continuous layer." The patent application was filed on Jan. 20, 2010 (12/657,394). 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=7,977,034&OS=7,977,034&RS=7,977,034 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,977,032) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method to create region specific exposure in a layer." The co-inventors are Christos D. Dimitrakopoulos, Somers, N.Y., Daniel C. Edelstein, White Plains, N.Y., Vincent J. McGahay, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Satyanarayana V. Nitta; Poughquag, N.Y., Kevin S. Petrarca, Newburgh, N.Y., Shom Ponoth, Fishkill, N.Y., and Shahab Siddiqui, Wappingers Falls, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of selectively altering material properties of a substrate in one region while making a different alteration of material properties in an adjoining region is provided. The method includes selectively masking a first portion of the substrate during a first exposure and selectively masking a second portion of the substrate during a second exposure. Additionally, a mask may be formed having more than one thickness where each thickness will selectively reduce the amount of energy from a blanket exposure of the substrate thereby allowing a substrate to receive different levels of energy dosage in a single blanket exposure." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2005 (10/906,268). 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=7,977,032&OS=7,977,032&RS=7,977,032 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,977,118) developed by Rong Zhang, Niskayuna, N.Y., Faisal Ahmed Syud, Clifton Park, N.Y., and Jack Mathew Webster, Colonie, N.Y., for two helix binders. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An isolated polypeptide, Z domain, derived from B domain of Staphylococcal protein A, comprising a pair of anti-parallel alpha helices that are capable of binding a target, is provided herein. Introduction of an un-natural amino acid in the polypeptide is provided here. Also provided are methods of using the two-helix binders." The patent application was filed on Dec. 180, 2008 (12/337,945). 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=7,977,118&OS=7,977,118&RS=7,977,118 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Columbia University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Columbia University, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,977,104) developed by John F. O'Connor, New Rochelle, N.Y., Galina I. Kovalevskaya, Bronx, N.Y., and Steven Birken, Dumont, N.J. for a "methods for predicting pregnancy outcome in a subject by hCG assay." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a method of predicting pregnancy outcome in a subject by determining the amount of an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of hCG in a sample. The present invention further provides a method for determining the amount of early pregnancy associated molecular isoforms of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in a sample. The present invention also provides a diagnostic kit for determining the amount of early pregnancy associated hCG in a sample. The present invention additionally provides an antibody which specifically binds to an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of human chorionic gonadotropin. Finally, the present invention provides methods for detecting trophoblast or non-trophoblast malignancy in a sample." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2006 (11/528,883). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,977,104&OS=7,977,104&RS=7,977,104 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Children's Hospital Medical Center, Columbia University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, and Columbia University, New York, have been assigned a patent (7,977,110) developed by Jonathan Matthew Barasch, New York City, N.Y., Prasad Devarajan, Cincinnati, and Thomas L. Nickolas, Brooklyn, N.Y., for a "method for distinguishing between kidney dysfunctions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for distinguishing between kidney dysfunctions in a mammal, including pre-renal azotemia, an acute renal injury that may progress to acute renal failure, and chronic kidney disease, using a urinary or circulating NGAL assay result that is compared to a predetermined NGAL cutoff level, and a single serum or plasma creatinine measurement. Typically the single creatinine measurement cannot distinguish acute renal injury from chronic kidney disease or pre-renal azotemia, a single measurement of urinary NGAL, combined with the single serum or plasma creatinine measurement, has sufficient sensitivity and specificity to distinguish acute renal injury from normal function, prerenal azotemia, and chronic kidney disease and predicts poor inpatient outcomes. Patients admitted to the emergency department of the hospital with any of acute kidney injury, prerenal azotemia, chronic kidney disease, or even normal kidney function, can be evaluated based on the single measurements of urinary or circulating NGAL, and serum or plasma creatinine. Urinary NGAL level is highly predictive of clinical outcomes, including nephrology consultation, dialysis, and admission to the intensive care unit." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2008 (12/143,769). 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=7,977,110&OS=7,977,110&RS=7,977,110 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Honda Motor Assigned Patent for High Efficiency Fuel Cell System ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Honda Motor, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (7,976,990) developed by five co-inventors for a "high efficiency fuel cell system." The co-inventors are Arne W. Ballantine, Menlo Park, Calif., Michael D. Gasda, Albany, N.Y., James F. McElroy, Suffield, Conn., Robert A. Dross, Albany, N.Y., and Takafumi Okamoto, Koshigaya, Japan. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique includes operating a fuel cell, which produces an effluent flow. The technique includes routing the effluent flow through an electrochemical pump to extract fuel from the effluent flow to produce a first feedback flow. The technique includes using the effluent flow to produce a second feedback flow separate from the first feedback flow and routing the second feedback flow through a venturi to the fuel cell." The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2005 (11/295,704). 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=7,976,990&OS=7,976,990&RS=7,976,990 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Carbon Nanotube Containing Intermediate Transfer Members ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,976,935) developed by Jin Wu, Pittsford, N.Y., and Yuhua Tong, Webster, N.Y., for a "carbon nanotube containing intermediate transfer members." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A UV curable intermediate transfer media, such as a belt, that includes a first supporting substrate, such as a polyimide substrate layer, and a second surface layer of a carbon nanotube." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2009 (12/550,594). 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=7,976,935&OS=7,976,935&RS=7,976,935 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Relative Humidity Control for a Fuel Cell ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- GM Global Technology Operations, has been assigned a patent (7,976,991) developed by four co-inventors for a "relative humidity control for a fuel cell." The co-inventors are Steven G. Goebel, Victor, N.Y., William H. Pettit, Rochester, N.Y., John C. Fagley, Victor, N.Y., and Lee C. Whitehead, Middleport, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A model uses various operating characteristics of a fuel cell to predict the relative humidity profile that is occurring within the fuel cell as a function of the reaction progress. The model is used to predict the relative humidity profile that will occur in response to changes to one or more of the operating characteristics of the fuel cell. A high frequency resistance of the fuel cell can also be used as a measure that is indicative of the humidity within the fuel cell. The model and/or the high frequency resistance can be used in a closed-loop feedback system to control the operation of the fuel cell to maintain the humidification of the MEA and fuel cells within a desired range to achieve a desired fuel cell performance." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2005 (11/130,825). 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=7,976,991&OS=7,976,991&RS=7,976,991 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Edge-protected Catalyst-coated Membrane Electrode Assemblies ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (7,977,005) developed by seven co-inventors for an "edge-protected catalyst-coated membrane electrode assemblies." The co-inventors are Bhaskar Sompalli, Rochester, N.Y., Brian A. Litteer, Henrietta, N.Y., John P. Healy, Pittsford, N.Y., Susan G. Yan, Fairport, N.Y., Hubert A. Gasteiger, Rochester, N.Y., Wenbin Gu, Pittsford, N.Y., and Gerald W. Fly, Geneseo, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fuel cell including an anode-side catalyst coated membrane and a cathode-side catalyst coated membrane. At least a portion of a reduced-permeability layer is disposed between the ionically conductive membrane and the anode-side and cathode-side gas diffusion media, wherein the reduced-permeability layer is formed of a material that has a permeability that is less than a permeability of the ionically conductive member. The reduced-permeability layer may also be formed of a material that is softer than the ionically conductive membrane." The patent application was filed on May 11, 2005 (11/127,044). 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=7,977,005&OS=7,977,005&RS=7,977,005 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Momentive Performance Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Momentive Performance Materials, Albany, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,976,951) developed by Roy M. Griswold, Ballston Spa, N.Y., Robert L. Frye, Concord, Ohio, and Mark J. Bisaillon, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for a "laminate containing an adhesive-forming composition." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A laminate includes a backing material coated with an adhesive composition. The adhesive composition includes a silylated polyurethane obtained from the silylation of a polyurethane prepolymer derived from the reaction of polybutadiene polyol and polyisocyanate; and an additional adhesive component." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2009 (12/466,727). 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=7,976,951&OS=7,976,951&RS=7,976,951 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. -1054544 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |