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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (July 20)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Seagate Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Seagate Technology, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,984,258) developed by Stephen J. Sicola, Monument, Colo., for a "distributed storage system with global sparing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and associated method is provided with a virtualization engine connected to a remote device over a network for passing access commands between the remote device and a storage space. The data storage system also has a plurality of intelligent storage elements that are uniquely addressable by the virtualization engine for passing the access commands, wherein the intelligent storage elements are configured for migrating data from a first intelligent storage element to a second intelligent storage element independently of access commands being simultaneously passed between the virtualization engine and the first intelligent storage element." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2006 (11/478,028). 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=79,84,258.PN.&OS=PN/79,84,258&RS=PN/79,84,258 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,984,150) developed by Nathan Jared Hughes, Ft. Collins, Colo., and Stephen Patrick Hack, Livermore, Colo., for a "cell compatibilty in multiprocessor systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a multiprocessor computer system comprises at least a first partition having a first operating system comprising logic to initiate a request to add a first cell to the first partition, open a communication interface between the first operating system and a firmware module on the first cell, and transmit from the first partition to the first cell a compatibility command, logic in the first cell to determine whether the first cell is compatible with the first partition, and logic in the first partition to add the first cell to the first partition in response to a determination that the first cell is compatible with the first partition." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2007 (11/888,269). 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=7984150.PN.&OS=PN/7984150&RS=PN/7984150 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Starz Entertainment Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Starz Entertainment, Englewood, Colo., has been assigned a patent (7,984,463) developed by Gregory R. DePrez, Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Martin F. Sabraw, Centennial, Colo., for an "instant video on demand playback." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to the invention, a method for providing a stored program to a user for playback is disclosed. In one step, a program selection is received from the user. The stored program corresponding to the program selection is requested. The stored program is provided to the user whereby viewing may occur. It is determined if the user is authorized to view the stored program after the stored program is provided to the user whereby the user may view the stored program before authorization is determined." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2003 (10/393,724). 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=79,84,463&OS=79,84,463&RS=79,84,463 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent for IC Design Estimation Using Mid-level Elements of IP Cores ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,984,412) developed by Paul R. Schumacher, Berthoud, Colo., and Christopher S. Arndt, Erie, Colo., for an "IC design estimation using mid-level elements of IP cores." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method (100) of estimating a performance characteristic of an integrated circuit (IC) design having an intellectual property ("IP") core pre-characterizes an element type of the IC design to provide an estimation result of the element type (102-108). Mid-level elements of the IP are acquired (116). A user selects a value of a parameter of the IP core and the IC design is run on a design tool using the estimation result to model the mid-level elements of the IP core (118) to return a performance value of the IC design (120)." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2008 (12/041,150). 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=79,84,412.PN.&OS=PN/79,84,412&RS=PN/79,84,412 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent for Two-pass Method for Implementing a Flexible Testbench ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (79,84,402) developed by Stacey Secatch, Longmont, Colo., for a "two-pass method for implementing a flexible testbench." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-pass method of implementing a testbench can include, during a pre-processing pass, randomly selecting a configuration of the testbench and generating configuration data specifying the randomly selected configuration of the testbench. During a subsequent processing pass, the method can include compiling the testbench in accordance with the configuration data. Simulation can be performed using the testbench." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2009 (12/352,429). 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=79,84,402&OS=79,84,402&RS=79,84,402 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** WCM Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- WCM Industries, Colorado Springs, Colo., has been assigned a patent (No. D641,833) developed by William T. Ball, Colorado Springs, Colo., for an ornamental design for a faucet mounting device. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a faucet mounting device, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2009 (D/333,698). 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=D641,833&OS=D641,833&RS=D641,833 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Water Pik Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Water Pik, Fort Collins, Colo., has been assigned a patent (No. D641,831) developed by Brian R. Williams, Fort Collins, Colo., for an ornamental design for a showerhead. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a showerhead, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2010 (D/376,950). 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=D641,831&OS=D641,831&RS=D641,831 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Colorado Inventor Develops Patent for Sink Disposal Tool ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Theresa A. Houck, Pueblo, Colo., has been issued a patent (D641,841) for an ornamental design for a sink disposal tool. The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2010 (D/372,365). 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=D641,841&OS=D641,841&RS=D641,841 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** JDS Uniphase Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- JDS Uniphase, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,984,187) developed by Stephen C. Booth, Fort Collins, Colo., for a "system and method for constructing transactions from electronic content." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for constructing transactions by requesting content from content providers, such as web sites, according to automatically generated content references. From that content and according to user-defined rules, the system can generate other content references, and request and access further content. Statistics can be maintained for each content access. The system and method can be used to test electronic networks, such as wireless communications networks." The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2004 (10/932,782). 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=7,984,187.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,187&RS=PN/7,984,187 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Colorado Inventor Develops Patent for Belt Buckle ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Zhong Liang Zhang, Colorado Springs, Colo., has been issued a patent (D641,661) for an ornamental design for a belt buckle. The patent application was filed on April 10, 2010 (D/359,434). 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=D641,661.PN.&OS=PN/D641,661&RS=PN/D641,661 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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