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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (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 North Carolina. *** BSH Home Appliances Assigned Patent for Cooktop ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- BSH Home Appliances, Huntington Beach, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D641,583) developed by Graham Sadtler, New Bern, N.C., for an ornamental design for a cooktop. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a cooktop, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2009 (D/341,071). 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=D641,583.PN.&OS=PN/D641,583&RS=PN/D641,583 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SLAPPA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- SLAPPA, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (D641,554) developed by Dominick Martinetti, Charlotte, N.C., for an ornamental design for a "shoulder bag with changeable flap." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design of a shoulder bag with changeable flap, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2009 (D/334,981). 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=D641,554.PN.&OS=PN/D641,554&RS=PN/D641,554 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** BSH Home Appliances Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- BSH Home Appliances, Huntington Beach, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D641,584) developed by Graham Sadtler, New Bern, N.C., for an ornamental design for a cooktop. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a cooktop, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2009 (D/341,072). 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=D641,584.PN.&OS=PN/D641,584&RS=PN/D641,584 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Akzo Nobel Coatings International Assigned Patent for Display Unit ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Akzo Nobel Coatings International, Arnhem, The Netherlands, has been assigned a patent (D641,569) developed by Linda Feldman, Solon, Ohio, and Kathleen Becka, Forest City, N.C., for an ornamental design for a display unit. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design of a display unit, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on June 10, 2009 (D/338,388). 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=D641,569.PN.&OS=PN/D641,569&RS=PN/D641,569 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for System and Method for Using a Working Global History Register ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,984,279) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for using a working global history register." The co-inventors are Brian Michael Stempel, Raleigh, N.C., James Norris Dieffenderfer, Apex, N.C., Thomas Andrew Sartorius, Raleigh, N.C., and Rodney Wayne Smith, Raleigh, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of processing branch history information is disclosed. The method retrieves branch instructions from an instruction cache and executes the branch instructions in a plurality of pipeline stages. The method verifies that a branch instruction has been identified. The method further receives branch history information during a first pipeline stage and loads the branch history information into a first register. The method further loads the branch history information into the second register during the second pipeline stage." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2006 (11/556,244). 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=79,84,279.PN.&OS=PN/79,84,279&RS=PN/79,84,279 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,984,149) developed by Mark Grayson, Cary, N.C., for a "method and apparatus for identifying a policy server." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is disclosed of identifying a policy server in relation to a session invoked by an invoking node on a network via a network access node. The method comprises the steps, performed at an application server, of receiving a session request and extracting a session identifier from the session request. The method further comprises the step of obtaining a policy server address from said session identifier." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2004 (10/912,431). 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=7984149.PN.&OS=PN/7984149&RS=PN/7984149 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,984,141) developed by Shishir Gupta, Cary, N.C., and Gary Harris, Raleigh, N.C., for an "independent load balancing for servers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request message at a local node in a communications network from a remote node in the communication network. The request message holds data that indicates a request for a particular service from the local node. A load metric that indicates a current processing load at the local node is determined. A response delay time, for responding to the request message, is determined based on the load metric. A response message is sent after the response delay time. The response message indicates the local node is able to provide the particular service for the remote node. The delay time allows the local node to make it more likely that a less busy node will respond earlier in time to a request message from the same remote node and provide the particular service." The patent application was filed on July 16, 2007 (11/778,249). 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=7984141.PN.&OS=PN/7984141&RS=PN/7984141 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Structure for a Memory-centric Page Table Walker ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,263) developed by Sumedh W. Sathaye, Austin, Texas, and Gordon T. Davis, Chapel Hill, N.C., for a "structure for a memory-centric page table walker." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for at least one of designing, manufacturing, and testing a design is provided. The design structure includes a page table walker. The page table walker is moved from its conventional location in the memory management unit associated with the data processor to a location in main memory i.e. the main memory controller. As a result, wherein the processing of requests for data could selectively avoid or bypass cumbersome caches associated with the data processor." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2008 (12/109,671). 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=79,84,263.PN.&OS=PN/79,84,263&RS=PN/79,84,263 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,479) developed by Roy F. Brabson, Raleigh, N.C., Barry Mosakowski, Raleigh, N.C., and Linwood H. Overby Jr., Raleigh, N.C., for a "policy-based security certificate filtering." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Policy filtering services are built into security processing of an execution environment for resolving how to handle a digital security certificate of a communicating entity without requiring a local copy of a root certificate that is associated with the entity through a certificate authority ("CA") chain. Policy may be specified using a set of rules (or other policy format) indicating conditions for certificate filtering. This filtering is preferably invoked during handshaking, upon determining that a needed root CA certificate is not available. In one approach, the policy uses rules specifying conditions under which a certificate is permitted (i.e., treated as if it is validated) and other rules specifying conditions under which a certificate is blocked (i.e., treated as if it is invalid). Preferably, policy rules are evaluated and enforced in order of most-specific to least-specific." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2006 (11/405,069). 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=79,84,479&OS=79,84,479&RS=79,84,479 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Situationally Aware Delivery of Object Instances to a Client ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,418) developed by Daniel Christopher Berg, Cary, N.C., Michael Damein Elder, Durham, N.C., and Ritchard Leonard Schacher, Cary, N.C., for a "method and apparatus for situationally aware delivery of object instances to a client." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A situation object instantiator (SOI) receives a request from a client including a typekey. Available situations are retrieved. For a retrieved situation, a call to an evaluator is made. If the situation is active a check is made to see if an instantiator exists for the typekey and situation. If so, the object instantiator is called, it returns an instance to the SOI, and the SOI returns the instance to the client. If not, more situations are retrieved until the situations are exhausted, and such is communicated to the client." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2005 (11/089,760). 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=79,84,418.PN.&OS=PN/79,84,418&RS=PN/79,84,418 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Structures Incorporating Interconnect Structures with Improved Electromigration Resistance ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,409) developed by four co-inventors for "structures incorporating interconnect structures with improved electromigration resistance." The co-inventors are Louis Lu-Chen Hsu, Fishkill, N.Y., Jack Allan Mandelman, Flat Rock, N.C., William Robert Tonti, Essex Junction, Vt., and Chih-Chao Yang, Glenmont, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Design structure embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing a design. The design structure comprises an insulating layer of a dielectric material, an opening having sidewalls extending from a top surface of the insulating layer toward a bottom surface of the insulating layer, and a conductive feature disposed in the opening. The design structure includes a top capping layer disposed on at least a top surface of the conductive feature and a conductive liner layer disposed between the insulating layer and the conductive feature along at least the sidewalls of the opening. The conductive liner layer of the design structure has sidewall portions that project above the top surface of the insulating layer adjacent to the sidewalls of the opening." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2007 (11/875,193). 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=79,84,409.PN.&OS=PN/79,84,409&RS=PN/79,84,409 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Structures Incorporating Semiconductor Device Structures ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,408) developed by four co-inventors for "structures incorporating semiconductor device structures with reduced junction capacitance and drain induced barrier lowering." The co-inventors are Kangguo Cheng, Guilderland, N.Y., Louis Lu-Chen Hsu, Fishkill, N.Y., Jack Allan Mandelman, Flat Rock, N.C., and Haining Yang, Wappingers Falls, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Design structure embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing a design. The design structure includes semiconductor device structures characterized by reduced junction capacitance and drain induced barrier lowering. The semiconductor device structure of the design structure includes a semiconductor layer and a dielectric layer disposed between the semiconductor layer and the substrate. The dielectric layer includes a first dielectric region with a first dielectric constant and a second dielectric region with a second dielectric constant that is greater than the first dielectric constant." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2007 (11/875,013). 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=79,84,408&OS=79,84,408&RS=79,84,408 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Interchangeably Powering Single or Multiple Motherboards ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,312) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for interchangeably powering single or multiple motherboards." The co-inventors are Ralph Murray Begun, Raleigh, N.C., Raymond Mathew Clemo, Raleigh, N.C., Brian Gormley, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Michael Sven Miller, Raleigh, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a single electrical power supply is used to interchangeably power either a single motherboard or dual motherboards. Switchable output power and individual sequencing may be provided to each motherboard using FETs, such that the power supply may respond to the sequencing of each motherboard as if it were dedicated to that motherboard. In a two motherboard system, power to the first motherboard is reduced by removing some output voltages from the first motherboard. Fault circuitry may also be provided so that a power related fault on one domain does not affect operation of the other motherboard." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2007 (11/956,889). 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=7,984,312.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,312&RS=PN/7,984,312 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Memory Downsizing in a Computer Memory Subsystem ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,326) developed by Patrick M. Bland, Raleigh, N.C., and Jimmy G. Foster Sr., Morrisville, N.C., for "memory downsizing in a computer memory subsystem." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Memory downsizing in a computer memory subsystem, the subsystem including one or more channels of computer memory with each channel including several Dual In-line Memory Modules (`DIMMs`) and each DIMM capable of on-die termination (`ODT`). Memory downsizing according to embodiments of the present invention includes identifying, during a memory initialization test in a Power On Self Test (`POST`) by a firmware module, a defective DIMM of a particular channel in the computer memory subsystem and disabling, by the firmware module, the defective DIMM, including enabling ODT for the defective DIMM without disabling any non-defective DIMMs." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2009 (12/465,702). 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=7,984,326.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,326&RS=PN/7,984,326 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Apparatus, System, and Method for Providing a Backup Configuration Image to a Programmable Hardware Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,323) developed by Robert H. Bass, Research Triangle Park, N.C., for an "apparatus, system, and method for providing a backup configuration image to a programmable hardware device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for providing a backup configuration image to a programmable hardware device. A receiving module receives a configuration file for the programmable hardware device. The configuration file comprises a synchronization key and a configuration image. An image write module writes the configuration image to a first section of a memory device. The memory device comprises the first section and a second section that stores a synchronization key and a backup configuration image. A key write module writes at least a portion of the synchronization key to the first section of the memory device in response to the image write module completing the write of the configuration image to the first section of the memory device. During a loading cycle, the programmable hardware device searches the memory device for a valid synchronization key, and loads the configuration image that corresponds to the valid synchronization key." The patent application was filed on July 17, 2009 (12/505,362). 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=7,984,323.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,323&RS=PN/7,984,323 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Roche Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Roche Diagnostics Operations, Indianapolis, and Roche Operations, Hamilton, Bermuda, have been assigned a patent (RE42,560) developed by William F. Crismore, Raleigh, N.C., Nigel A. Surridge, Indianapolis, and Daniel R. McMinn, Danville, Calif., for an "electrochemical biosensor test strip." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrochemical biosensor test strip with four new features. The test strip includes an indentation for tactile feel as to the location of the strips sample application port. The sample application port leads to a capillary test chamber, which includes a test reagent. The wet reagent includes from about 0.2% by weight to about 2% by weight polyethylene oxide from about 100 kilodaltons to about 900 kilodaltons mean molecular weight, which makes the dried reagent more hydrophilic and sturdier to strip processing steps, such as mechanical punching, and to mechanical manipulation by the test strip user. The roof of the capillary test chamber includes a transparent or translucent window which operates as a "fill to here" line, thereby identifying when enough test sample (a liquid sample, such as blood) has been added to the test chamber to accurately perform a test. The test strip may further include a notch located at the sample application port. The notch reduces a phenomenon called "dose hesitation"." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2003 (10/693,305). 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=RE42,560&OS=RE42,560&RS=RE42,560 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** North Carolina Inventor Develops Patent for Page Turning Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Joseph W. Cobb, Burlington, N.C., has been issued a patent (D641,775) for an ornamental design for a page turning device. The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2010 (D/377,410). 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=D641,775&OS=D641,775&RS=D641,775 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,984,202) developed by Richard Gerard Hofmann, Cary, N.C., Jaya Prakash Ganasan, Youngsville, N.C., and Barry Joe Wolford, Cary, N.C., for "device directed memory barriers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Efficient techniques for controlling synchronization of bus transactions to improve performance and reduce power requirements in a shared memory system are described. Interconnect arrangements in complex processing systems are also described that provide efficient data transfers between bus masters and shared memory devices to improve performance and reduce power use. In one example, a method for controlling synchronization of bus transactions to remote devices is addressed. A device directed memory barrier command is received. The device directed memory barrier command is decoded to determine one or more destination devices. A memory barrier command is selectively routed to the one or more destination devices in response to the decoding. The described techniques combine high speed device directed memory barrier capability, improved bus bandwidth functionality, and power saving features." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2007 (11/756,643). 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=7,984,202.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,202&RS=PN/7,984,202 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cree Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Cree, Durham, N.C., has been assigned a patent (D641,719) developed by Christopher P. Hussell, Cary, N.C., Ban P. Loh, Durham, N.C., and Shuying Huang, Apex, N.C., for an ornamental design for a light emitting diode. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a light emitting diode, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on June 5, 2009 (D/338,186). 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=D641,719.PN.&OS=PN/D641,719&RS=PN/D641,719 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** North Carolina Inventor Develops Patent for Exhaust Pipe Set for a Mini Van ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Shawna Cannon Lemon, Morrisville, N.C., has been issued a patent (D641,676) for an ornamental design for an "exhaust pipe set for a mini van." The patent application was filed on May 10, 2010 (D/349,854). 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=D641,676.PN.&OS=PN/D641,676&RS=PN/D641,676 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Continental Tire North America, Continental Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Continental Tire North America, Charlotte, N.C., and Continental, Hanover, Germany, have been assigned a patent (D641,689) developed by four co-inventors for an ornamental design for a tire. The co-inventors are Matt Lamb, Waxhaw, N.C., Felix Huebner, Lehrte OT Arpke, Germany, Fardad Niknam, Rochester Hills, Mich., and Mauricio Mendez, Oakland Township, Mich. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a tire, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2009 (D/336,080). 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=D641,689.PN.&OS=PN/D641,689&RS=PN/D641,689 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. -1054870 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |