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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Oregon (July 27)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 27 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Oregon. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,765,409) developed by four co-inventors for a "modular BIOS update mechanism." The co-inventors are Andrew H. Gafken, Folsom, Calif., Todd D. Wilson, Granite Bay, Calif., Tom Dodson, El Dorado Hills, Calif., and John V. Lovelace, Hillsboro, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A modular BIOS update mechanism provides a standardized method to update options ROMs and to provide video and processor microcode upgrades in a computer system without requiring a complete replacement of the system BIOS. The MBU mechanism provides several advantages. First, new features and BIOS bugs from earlier release may be delivered to an installed base of end-user systems even if direct OEM support cannot be identified. Also, BIOS components may be provided as a validated set of revisions. With resort to a validation matrix, BIOS updates may be managed easily. The modular BIOS update is particularly useful in systems having several independent BIOS's stored within unitary firmware." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2007 (11/790,783). 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=7765409.PN.&OS=PN/7765409&RS=PN/7765409 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,765,544) developed by four co-inventors for a "method, apparatus and system for improving security in a virtual machine host." The co-inventors are Ernie F. Brickell, Portland, Ore., Clifford D. Hall, Orangevale, Calif., Joseph F. Cihula, Hillsboro, Ore., and Richard A. Uhlig, Hillsboro, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, apparatus and system for improving security on a virtual machines host is described. A shared file system on the host may include annotations usable by a service module to access files across VMs and to enforce security policies. The service module may additionally enable a unified user interface to improve usability of the host." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2004 (11/016,653). 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=77,65,544.PN.&OS=PN/77,65,544&RS=PN/77,65,544 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oregon, Washington Inventors Develop Patent for Cap for Reusable Bottle ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 27 -- Ethan Jewett, Portland, Ore., and Donald G. Carlson, Eastsound, Wash., have been issued a patent (D620,358) for an ornamental design for a "cap for reusable bottle." The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2010 (D/354,103). 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=D620,358.PN.&OS=PN/D620,358&RS=PN/D620,358 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oregon, Washington Inventors Develop Patent for Cap for Reusable Bottle ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 27 -- Ethan Jewett, Portland, Ore., and Donald G. Carlson, Eastsound, Wash., have been issued a patent (D620,357) for an ornamental design for a "cap for reusable bottle." The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2010 (D/354,102). 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=D620,357.PN.&OS=PN/D620,357&RS=PN/D620,357 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** McAfee Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 27 -- McAfee, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,765,593) developed by four co-inventors for a "rule set-based system and method for advanced virus protection." The co-inventors are Joseph C. Lowe, Aloha, Ore., Jonathan L. Edwards, Portland, Ore., Andrew A. Woodruff, Portland, Ore., and Joel R. Spurlock, Portland, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method and computer program product are provided for preventing malware infection. In use, mass-mailing-type malware is prevented from sending electronic messages via a network. Malware is also prevented from communicating. Still yet, unrecognized attachments are prevented from opening, and executable files are prevented from being infected via the network." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2004 (10/876,524). 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=7,765,593.PN.&OS=PN/7,765,593&RS=PN/7,765,593 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 27 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,765,599) developed by Eduardo F. Casas, Duncan, Canada, and Gregory Peek, Hillsboro, Ore., for a "multimedia transmitter, multimedia receiver, multimedia transmission system, and method for securely transmitting multimedia content over a wireless link." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of multimedia transmitters, receivers and methods for communicating multimedia content in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a checksum is generated by decoding the multimedia content to respond to queries from a multimedia content source within a predetermined time period, a propagation delay associated with the wireless multimedia link is determined, and transmission of the multimedia content over the wireless multimedia link is inhibited when a response from the multimedia receiver exceeds a propagation delay by a predetermined time period." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2006 (11/463,238). 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=7,765,599.PN.&OS=PN/7,765,599&RS=PN/7,765,599 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tripwire Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 27 -- Tripwire, Portland Ore., has been assigned a patent (7,765,460) developed by Robert A. DiFalco, Portland, Ore., Kenneth L. Keeler, Lake Oswego, Ore., and Robert L. Warmack, West Linn, Ore., for an out-of-band change detection. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automated method for facilitating management of a data processing environment is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method may include facilitating creation of a first memorialization, in digital form, of one or more changes detected on a data processing device of the data processing environment. In various embodiments, the method may further included facilitating comparison of the first memorialization to a second memorialization of one or more in-band changes that should have been made to the data processing device to facilitate detection of one or more out-of-band changes to the data processing device. Other embodiments of the present invention may include, but are not limited to, apparatus adapted to facilitate practice of the above-described method." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2005 (11/171,096). 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=77,65,460.PN.&OS=PN/77,65,460&RS=PN/77,65,460 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oregon Inventors Develop Patent for Methods for Distribution of Test Generation Programs ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 27 -- Jon Udell, West Linn, Ore., Chen Wang, Tigard, Ore., Mark Kassab, Wilsonville, Ore., and Janusz Rajski, West Linn, Ore., have developed a patent (7,765,450) for "methods for distribution of test generation programs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "As described herein, circuit testing algorithms, or portions thereof, can be executed in a distributed manner so that their execution can be over a network of processors. In one aspect, the results that are obtained by such distributed execution are ensured to be consistent with the results that would be obtained by executing them in a non-distributed manner. Thus, in one aspect, the algorithms, or portions thereof, have to be made distributable. The algorithms, or portions thereof, are made distributable by isolating any random number generation therewith to be independent of each other. This isolation applies to any random number generation associated with different call instances of the same algorithm as well. In one aspect, the isolation is accomplished by ensuring that the calculation of random number sequences for the algorithms, or portions thereof, is not dependent on random number sequences calculated for the others or between call instances of the same algorithm." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2005 (11/256,211). 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=77,65,450.PN.&OS=PN/77,65,450&RS=PN/77,65,450 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oregon Inventor Develops Patent for Wallet ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 27 -- Ben Keels, Gresham, Ore., has been issued a patent (D620,252) for an ornamental design for a wallet. The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2009 (D/351,212). 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=D620,252.PN.&OS=PN/D620,252&RS=PN/D620,252 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Analog Testing of Ring Oscillators Using Built-in Self Test Apparatus ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,765,445) developed by four co-inventors for an "analog testing of ring oscillators using built-in self test apparatus." The co-inventors are Joseph E. Eckelman, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Kevin C. Gotze, Aloha, Ore., James A. Kyle, Germantown, N.Y., and Jennifer Yuk Sim Yan, Fishkill, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System-accessible frequency measuring circuits and procedures permit on-chip testing of the oscillators and provide test results observable off chip via LSSD scan paths. This allows a rapid ensemble of ring oscillators in a standard ASIC test flow without the need for on chip analog test equipment (the test apparatus has effectively been created on device and can be digitally configured, operated and read). Frequency measuring logic that can 1) functionally operate to measure the frequency of the ring oscillators; 2) participate in traditional logical tests such as LSSD and LBIST to verify that the circuit is manufactured correctly and is likely to operate and 3) operate in a special ring-oscillator test mode, that allows the logic to operate on a tester very similarly to the way it does functionally. In this mode, the frequency measuring logic can be scanned to a specific state, started by pulsing a digital I/O, and the measured analog value can be scanned out sometime later after the test has completed. Test interrogations are distributed on-chip through an LSSD shift register chain to individually evaluate each of a plurality of the oscillators." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2008 (12/032,649). 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=77,65,445.PN.&OS=PN/77,65,445&RS=PN/77,65,445 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1055665 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |