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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (July 22)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Axis Engineering Technologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Axis Engineering Technologies, Devens, Mass., and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., have been assigned a patent (7,982,777) developed by Eric F. Prechtl, Groton, Mass., Raymond J. Sedwick, Somerville, Mass., and Eric M. Jonas, Cambridge, Mass., for a "stereoscopic wide field of view imaging system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A stereoscopic imaging system incorporates a plurality of imaging devices or cameras to generate a high resolution, wide field of view image database from which images can be combined in real time to provide wide field of view or panoramic or omni-directional still or video images." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2006 (11/400,758). 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=79,82,777&OS=79,82,777&RS=79,82,777 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Thomson Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Thomson Licensing, Boulogne Billancourt, France, has been assigned a patent (7,982,809) developed by Valerie Sacrez Liebhold, Framingham, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for providing a picture cropping function." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for providing a picture cropping function enables users to crop pictures in a convenient and direct manner using discrete navigation keys of a user input device. According to an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a first processor operative to provide at least one of an audio and video output during a first mode. A second processor is operative to provide a picture cropping function during a second mode by enabling a user to crop a picture using discrete navigation keys of a user input device of the apparatus." The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2004 (11/663,184). 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=79,82,809&OS=79,82,809&RS=79,82,809 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cambridge Research & Instrumentation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Woburn, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,982,955) developed by Peter Miller, Cambridge, Mass., for a "birefringent filter using reflective polarizers and dichroic elements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical filter uses two or more reflective polarizers together with retarders to form birefringent filters with controlled transmission. The energy reflected by these polarizers is absorbed by one or more dichroic elements, which can be adjacent to a reflective polarizer; or spaced apart from it by one or more retarder elements. These dichroic elements act as dampers, so the energy of rays undergoing multiple reflections is markedly reduced or virtually eliminated, and high image quality is maintained. This provides a filter arrangement with enhanced spectral range, image quality, or greater extinction, or lower cost, compared to filters using dichroic or prism-type polarizers." The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2007 (11/986,257). 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=7,982,955.PN.&OS=PN/7,982,955&RS=PN/7,982,955 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Inventors Develop Patent for Mirror Positioning Apparatus for Use in Beam Switching ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Yuri Grapov, Sutton, Mass., William D. Jones, Wrentham, Mass., and Michael Digiantommaso, Oxford, Mass., have developed a patent (7,982,935) for a "mirror positioning apparatus for use in beam switching." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mirror positioning assembly for use in beam switching is provided that employs a novel arrangement of the mirrors and the motors to selectively position the mirrors. The assembly is installed into the housing of an assembly for distributing laser energy where the mirrors are contained within the beam cavity and the remainder of the assembly is outside of the housing. The assembly is received in a port within the housing in a manner that allows 360.degree. of rotational adjustment so that the mirror can be carefully aligned to insure near lossless distribution of the beam energy as it passes through the device. This arrangement keeps the electronics, motors, bearings and adjustments of the mirror switching external to the beam cavity herby reducing the number of potential contaminants contained therein." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2008 (12/317,997). 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=7,982,935.PN.&OS=PN/7,982,935&RS=PN/7,982,935 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intellectual Ventures Holding 32 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Intellectual Ventures Holding 32, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (7,982,931) developed by Gene S. Fien, Lenox, Mass., and Edward Merritt, Lenox, Mass., for a "data system for storing holographic media." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A master holographic media storing large quantities of holographic media is disclosed. Holographic images may be recorded onto individual Child Plates. A Child Plate may be obtained by culling a portion of a starting or working parent holographic plate with the Child Plate portion comprising all the necessary data required for holographic image reconstruction. A series of plurality of Child Plates are arranged on and compiled to the master holographic media. The resulting information stored on the master holographic media is capable of being displayed as a continuous three-dimensional holographic image." The patent application was filed on April 5, 2007 (11/697,146). 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=7,982,931.PN.&OS=PN/7,982,931&RS=PN/7,982,931 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** BitWave Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- BitWave Semiconductor, Lowell, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,982,527) developed by Geoffrey C. Dawe, Newburyport, Mass., and Krenar Komoni, Acton, Mass., for a "reconfigurable mixer with gain control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A frequency mixer or modulator circuit that is reconfigurable through electronic programming among active and passive operation, and/or harmonic and sub-harmonic operation, and/or up-conversion and down-conversion, and/or no-overlap, off-overlap, and on-overlap mixing, and/or upper-sideband modulation and lower-sideband modulation. In one example, the frequency mixer or modulator circuit also includes automatic gain control." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2009 (12/348,606). 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=7982527.PN.&OS=PN/7982527&RS=PN/7982527 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Geophysical Survey Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Geophysical Survey Systems, Salem, N.H., has been assigned a patent (7,982,657) developed by Jeffrey R. Feigin, Andover, Mass., and Alan E. Schutz, Newburyport, Mass., for an "ultra-wideband radar waveform calibration for measurements of a heterogeneous material." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise a ground penetrating radio device and methods of use for obtaining greater resolution. This is achieved by measuring the composition/reflection off a homogeneous material (e.g., metal plate), determining coefficients to correct the measured/reflection in order to make the measurements look like an idealized reference signal, and then using these coefficients in a digital filter to correct measurements/a reflection off a heterogeneous material, such as a road surface. In this manner, the composition of the heterogeneous material is determined with greater accuracy." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2009 (12/620,036). 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=79,82,657.PN.&OS=PN/79,82,657&RS=PN/79,82,657 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Erlanger, Ky., has been assigned a patent (7,982,620) developed by Danil V. Prokhorov, Canton, Mich., Steven F. Kalik, Arlington, Mass., and Chenna K.R. Varri, Fairfax, Va., for a "system and method for reducing boredom while driving." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for reducing driver boredom for the driver of a vehicle particularly for vehicle environments such as straight roads and lack of traffic that are likely to induce boredom. An example system includes an electronic circuit such as a computer, a vehicle environment monitor, a driver interface, and a driver stimulation device such as a semitransparent display." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2007 (11/752,336). 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=79,82,620.PN.&OS=PN/79,82,620&RS=PN/79,82,620 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,982,595) developed by Stephen R. Hanna, Bedford, Mass., and Roger Allen Chickering, Granite Bay, Calif., for network policy evaluation. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device may include an interface to send policy information to an evaluation module, where the policy information is related to a group of policies, and receive a group of results from the evaluation module, where the group of results indicates whether the status of a source device complies with the croup of policies. The interface may send an instruction to a destination device configured to implement at least a subset of the policies with respect to the source device based on the instruction." The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2009 (12/541,775). 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=79,82,595&OS=79,82,595&RS=79,82,595 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Force 10 Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Force 10 Networks, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,297) developed by Bruce D. Miller, North Reading, Mass., and Mark Sanders, Roanoke, Va., for a "method and apparatus for the efficient use of available communications network bandwidth." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communications network gateway receives a stream of information formatted to be compatible with a first sub-network and it receives a stream of information formatted to be compatible with a second sub-network. The frames in the second stream are extracted and modified to be compatible with the transmission format of the first sub-network. The two streams of information are then aggregated for transmission over a logical network link in a manner that optimizes the bandwidth utilization of the overall communications network." The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2009 (12/366,820). 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=7,983,297&OS=7,983,297&RS=7,983,297 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Multiple Frequency Band Operation in Wireless Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,983,298) developed by Sanjiv Nanda, Ramona, Calif., Shravan K. Surineni, Marlborough, Mass., and Jay Rodney Walton, Carlisle, Mass., for a "multiple frequency band operation in wireless networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments for bandwidth allocation methods, detecting interference with other systems, and/or redeploying in alternate bandwidth are described. Higher bandwidth channels may be deployed at channel boundaries, which are a subset of those for lower bandwidth channels, and may be restricted from overlapping. Interference may be detected on primary, secondary, or a combination of channels, and may be detected in response to energy measurements of the various channels. When interference is detected, a higher bandwidth Basic Service Set (BSS) may be relocated to an alternate channel, or may have its bandwidth reduced to avoid interference. Interference may be detected based on energy measured on the primary or secondary channel, and/or a difference between the two. An FFT may be used in energy measurement in either or both of the primary and secondary channels. Stations may also monitor messages from alternate systems to make channel allocation decisions. Various other aspects are also presented." The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2005 (11/253,358). 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=7,983,298&OS=7,983,298&RS=7,983,298 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,982,609) developed by Venkata Padmanabhan, Bangalore, India, Lenin Ravindranath Sivalingam, Cambridge, Mass., and Piyush Agrawal, Stanford, Calif., for RFID-based enterprise intelligence. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An "RFID-Based Inference Platform" provides various techniques for using RFID tags in combination with other enterprise sensors to track users and objects, infer their interactions, and provide these inferences for enabling further applications. Specifically, observations are collected from combinations of RFID tag reads and other enterprise sensors including electronic calendars, user presence identifiers, cardkey access logs, computer logins, etc. Given sufficient observations, the RFID-Based Inference Platform automatically differentiates between tags associated with or affixed to people and tags affixed to objects. The RFID-Based Inference Platform then infers additional information including identities of people, ownership of specific objects, the nature of different "zones" in a workspace (e.g., private office versus conference room). These inferences are then used to enable various applications including object tracking, automated object ownership determinations, automated object cataloging, automated misplaced object alerts, video annotations, automated conference room scheduling, semi-automated object image catalogs, object interaction query systems, etc." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2008 (12/141,096). 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=79,82,609.PN.&OS=PN/79,82,609&RS=PN/79,82,609 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent for Dynamic Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) Interface Configuration ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,258) developed by four co-inventors for a "dynamic virtual local area network (VLAN) interface configuration." The co-inventors are Karen Ruben, Lexington, Mass., Mathias Kokot, West Medford, Mass., Jerome P. Moisand, Arlington, Mass., and Brian M. Sullivan, Lexington, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are described for dynamically building an Ethernet virtual local area network (VLAN) interface in a network device. The techniques allow dynamic building of a second VLAN interface over a first VLAN interface statically built over an Ethernet port configured to support dynamic VLANs in a network device. A network device may receive a plurality of Ethernet packets from subscriber devices and dynamically build a second VLAN interface over the first VLAN interface for each of the subscribers. Once the second VLAN interface is built, the network device dynamically builds interface columns over the second VLAN interface for each protocol associated with the Ethernet packets. The network device may then authenticate a user associated with the plurality of Ethernet packets. Once the user has logged out of the network device, the network device may tear down the interface columns while persistently maintaining the corresponding second VLAN interface." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/494,949). 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=7,983,258&OS=7,983,258&RS=7,983,258 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Raytheon BBN Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,983,239) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for constructing a virtual model of a multi-hop, multi-access network." The co-inventors are Joseph J. Weinstein, Somerville, Mass., Vladimir Rosenzweig, Belmont, Mass., Isidro Marcos Castineyra, Somerville, Mass., and Jonathan Shapiro, Framingham, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system constructs an OSPF-compatible virtual model of a multi-hop, multi-access packet radio network that includes a plurality of routers (120) and which includes its own private, internal routing system (150), in order to facilitate the incorporation of that packet radio network into an overall OSPF routing environment. The system determines a network graph identifying actual connectivity among the plurality of routers (120). The system constructs a virtual model (300) of the, wherein connectivity of the virtual model may be different than the actual connectivity of the network graph. The system represents the multi-hop, multi-access radio network in the virtual model as a set of multi-access links (305, 310), point-to-point links, AS-external routes, and area summary routes. The system employs the virtual model for routing purposes and advertises the virtual model to other OSPF routers for the same purpose." The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2004 (10/752,988). 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=7,983,239&OS=7,983,239&RS=7,983,239 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Verizon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Verizon Laboratories, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,983,188) developed by 14 co-inventors for "monitoring portal systems and methods." The co-inventors are Gregory Wayne Cermak, Needham, Mass., Robert Anthony Virzi, Wayland, Mass., Rebecca S. Burd, Groveland, Mass., Edward M. Eggerl, Catonsville, Md., Gregory Keith Evans, Clarksville, Md., Douglas Reynold Jones, Medford, N.J., William E. Garrett, Framingham, Mass., William David Goodman, Collegeville, Pa., Allison Dana Jaynes, New City, N.Y., Margaret Malagon, Gulph Mills, Pa., Robert Edward Opaluch, Riverside, R.I., Timothy Wayne Schmidt, Wilton, Conn., James Francis Sorce, Needham, Mass., and Michael Alan Weintraub, Medfield, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a monitoring portal configured to receive state information descriptive of usage of a plurality of communication services provided on a plurality of communication networks of different types and to make the state information available to a subscriber of the plurality of communication services, in substantially real time." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2010 (12/686,923). 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=7,983,188&OS=7,983,188&RS=7,983,188 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent for Outgoing Interface Mapping for Multicast Traffic ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,205) developed by six co-inventors for an "outgoing interface mapping for multicast traffic." The co-inventors are David H. Blease, Holliston, Mass., Eric L. Peterson, Westford, Mass., William Coutts, Barrington, R.I., Prasad Deshpande, Framingham, Mass., Jerome P. Moisand, Arlington, Mass., and Gregory M. Dalle, Rome. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Multiple subscriber devices are connected to a network device via one or more network switches. The network device transmits multicast traffic to the subscriber devices. In particular, the network device may receive membership requests for a multicast group from the subscriber devices via the network switch on a first interface, i.e., a mapping interface. The network device sends a multicast stream associated with the multicast group to the network switch on a second interface, i.e. an outgoing interface (OIF). Upon receiving a membership request, the network device maps the membership request to an OIF dedicated to the multicast group. In this way, when multiple subscriber devices connected to the same switch request the same multicast stream, each membership request will map to the same OIF. The network device sends one copy of the multicast stream to the network switch on the dedicated OIF." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2005 (11/068,523). 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=7,983,205&OS=7,983,205&RS=7,983,205 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Fast Reroute (FRR) Protection at the Edge of a RFC 2547 Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,153) developed by six co-inventors for a "fast reroute (FRR) protection at the edge of a RFC 2547 network." The co-inventors are Clarence Filsfils, Brussels, Belgium, Stefano B. Previdi, Rome, John Galen Scudder, Ann Arbor, Mich., David D. Ward, Los Gatos, Calif., Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Dunstable, Mass., and Jim Guichard, Groton, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, an edge device in a first routing domain is configured to communicate with a second routing domain via a data link. The edge device receives a data packet containing a destination address that is reachable via the second routing domain and an indication that the data packet is a protected packet that was previously rerouted from another edge device in the first routing domain via a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Fast Reroute (FRR) backup path. The edge device determines if communication with the second routing domain is still available via the data link, and if so, removes the indication that the data packet is a protected packet and forwards the data packet to the second routing domain, and, if not, drops the data packet to prevent the data packet from being rerouted a second time in the first routing domain on another MPLS FRR backup path." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2009 (12/481,411). 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=7,983,153&OS=7,983,153&RS=7,983,153 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** New Jersey Institute of Technology Assigned Patent for Clipping Distortion Canceller for OFDM Signals ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,983,144) developed by Hangjun Chen, Tyngsborough, Mass. and Alexander M Haimovich, North Brunswick, N.J., for a "clipping distortion canceller for OFDM signals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus are provided for reducing clipping noise from an OFDM signal, the methods and apparatus are operable to carry out actions including: (a) transforming a received orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signal from a transmission channel into the frequency domain, the OFDM signal having been subject to a clipping function prior to transmission in order to reduce the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR); (b) recovering data symbols from the transformed OFDM signal, which include clipping noise; (c) estimating the clipping noise in the frequency domain based on the data symbols; and (d) subtracting the estimated clipping noise from the transformed OFDM signal." The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2006 (11/352,469). 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=7,983,144&OS=7,983,144&RS=7,983,144 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Passport Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Passport Systems, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,983,396) developed by five co-inventors for a "thin walled tube radiator for bremsstrahlung at high electron beam intensities." The co-inventors are William Bertozzi, Lexington, Mass., Michael Donovan, Dover, Mass., Alexei Klimenko, Tyngsboro, Mass., Stephen E. Korbly, Acton, Mass., and William Park, Somerville, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for generating bremsstrahlung with enhanced photon flux in a narrow cone at forward angles utilize a thin target of a high-Z material such as gold as radiator, supported on a tube of a low-Z material such as titanium, which tube contains a circulating fluid such as water which acts as a coolant and also may absorb the incident electron beam." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2008 (12/121,515). 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=7,983,396.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,396&RS=PN/7,983,396 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent for Routing Topology Bandwidth Management Methods and System ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,983,158) developed by four co-inventors for "routing topology bandwidth management methods and system." The co-inventors are Liang Guo, Brighton, Mass., Whay C. Lee, Cambridge, Mass., Anthony R. Metke, Naperville, Ill., and Deepak Bansal, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for facilitating bandwidth management in a routing domain is presented. In the system, area bandwidth managers are coupled to a domain bandwidth manager and arranged in accordance with an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) hierarchical routing topology with the domain bandwidth manager at an upper level of the topology. Each area bandwidth manager is located in a different area of the routing topology in at least one lower level of the topology. The domain bandwidth manager and the area bandwidth managers cooperatively coordinate admission control to a routing domain for facilitating a communication session between a source device and a destination device." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2005 (11/291,433). 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=7,983,158&OS=7,983,158&RS=7,983,158 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent for Mounting Assembly for a Storage Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Oracle America, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,033) developed by Robert S. Antonuccio, Burlington, Mass., Timothy W. Olesiewicz, Dublin, Calif., and Brett C. Ong, San Jose, Calif., for a "mounting assembly for a storage device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mounting assembly includes two side rails that mechanically couple to at least two sides on an exterior of a device, where a given side rail includes one or more circumferential edges that define one or more holes on a surface and into an interior of the given side rail, and the surface is approximately parallel to one of the at least two sides on the exterior of the device. Moreover, the mounting assembly includes mechanical collars that mechanically couple to mechanical couplers that mechanically couple the mounting assembly to a chassis in a computer system, where a given mechanical collar is included in a given hole in the given side rail. Additionally, the mounting assembly includes energy-absorbing material encapsulating the mechanical collars, where the energy-absorbing material is positioned between an outer surface of the given mechanical collar and an inner surface of the given hole." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2008 (12/192,489). 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=7983033.PN.&OS=PN/7983033&RS=PN/7983033 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Analog Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,983,059) developed by Baoxing Chen, Westford, Mass., for a "high frequency power converter based on transformers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A transformer-based power conversion system includes a primary coil is provided in a current path that includes a single energy switch. An oscillator is coupled to a control input of the energy switch. The design conserves switch-based losses as compared to prior designs because a single switch is provided in a current path occupied by the primary coil. The design also provides improved conversion efficiency because parasitic capacitances associated with the energy switch cooperate with charge transfers generated by the oscillator." The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2008 (12/202,627). 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=7983059.PN.&OS=PN/7983059&RS=PN/7983059 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Worcester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,983,017) developed by Matthew A. Simpson, Sudbury, Mass., for an "electrostatic chuck and method of forming." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Coulombic electrostatic chuck is disclosed which includes a substrate, a conductive layer overlying the substrate, and an arc elimination layer overlying the conductive layer. The electrostatic chuck further includes a high-k dielectric layer overlying the arc elimination layer, wherein the high-k dielectric layer has a dielectric constant of not less than about 10 and a resistivity of not less than about 10.sup.11 Ohm-cm." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2007 (11/960,344). 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=7983017.PN.&OS=PN/7983017&RS=PN/7983017 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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