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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Arizona (Aug. 5)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Arizona. *** Arizona Inventor Develops Patent for Drug Management Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Herbert Ford Jr., Glendale, Ariz., has developed a patent (7,990,251) for drug management systems. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system to electronically assist health care professionals quickly and efficiently calculate dosages and infusion rates for emergency drugs. The system comprises a portable hand-held calculator incorporating user input keys dedicated to commonly prescribed drugs, quick entry of default drug values, and toggles between at least two operational modes, specifically between adult and pediatric modes. In addition, the system alarms on the entry of "out-of-range" drug values, titrates, immediately ascertains compatibilities between drugs, and allows the updating of stored drug parameters by means of physical or wireless data ports." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2007 (11/750,270). 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=79,90,251.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,251&RS=PN/79,90,251 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Arizona, Montana Inventors Develop Patent for Fuel Tank Pressure Indicator, Including Cap and Container Interface Pressure Indicator ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Philip John Milanovich, Phoenix, and John Kostin Milanovich, Bozeman, Mont., have developed a patent (7,990,275) for a "fuel tank pressure indicator, including cap and container interface pressure indicator." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A pressure indicator for a motor vehicle (or other) fuel tank, that will indicate when pressure at the cap/container interface or vapor pressure in the tank drops below a predetermined level, which will normally mean that the fuel cap is not tightly secured to the tank's opening. The cap/container interface or vapor pressure will be detected by sensors in a rubber gasket (either in the cap or in the tank's opening that the cap fits over) or in a washer for the fuel cap. When the sensors detect a pressure below the predetermined level, BLUE TOOTH (or other appropriate) technology will be used to send a signal to a receiver (preferably in a key ring attachment) that will cause a red light to flash (or other appropriate visual, audio or tactile notice). The light may also flash when the cap is temporarily removed for refueling." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2010 (12/652,370). 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=79,90,275.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,275&RS=PN/79,90,275 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method to Set the Signaling Rate for a Plurality of Data Storage Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,986,621) developed by Brian James Cagno, Tucson, Ariz., for an "apparatus and method to set the signaling rate for a plurality of data storage devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A signaling speed module wherein that signaling speed module sets the signaling rate for each of a plurality of data storage devices. In certain embodiments of the invention, the signaling speed module comprises a memory device encoded with a pre-determined signaling rate. In other embodiments of the invention, the signaling speed module comprises a speed selection module, wherein that speed selection module sets the signaling rate for each of a plurality of data storage devices." The patent application was filed on July 11, 2007 (11/776,450). 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=79,86,621.PN.&OS=PN/79,86,621&RS=PN/79,86,621 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent for Initiation of High Speed Overlay Mode for Burst Data and Real Time Streaming (Audio) Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,990,937) developed by Kuor-Hsin Chang, Sunnyvale, Calif., Clinton C. Powell, Chandler, Ariz., and Luis J. Briones, Chandler, Ariz., for an "initiation of high speed overlay mode for burst data and real time streaming (audio) applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a wireless 802.15.4 communication system, a method and system are provided for switching between a predetermined protocol transmission mode and a high-speed transmission mode by including signaling mode information in a data packet (330, 340) to instruct the receiver device (300) to demodulate at least a data payload using the predetermined transmission mode if the signaling mode information comprises a first predetermined value, and to demodulate at least the data payload using the high-speed transmission mode if the signaling mode information comprises a second predetermined value. The signaling mode information may be included in the SFD field of an 802.15.4 SHR structure to instruct the receiver how to demodulate or process the data packet, or may be included as desired anywhere in the data packet to instruct the receiver how to demodulate or process one or more subsequent data packets." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2007 (11/935,023). 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=7,990,937&OS=7,990,937&RS=7,990,937 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,990,632) developed by Christopher L. Monti, Tucson, Ariz., for an "optical element and stress athermalized hard contact mount." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is disclosed an optical element having a first surface and a second surface bounded by a circular periphery. A rim having an inner surface may extend from the second surface proximate the periphery. At least a portion of the inner surface of the rim may be convex." The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2009 (12/390,334). 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=7,990,632.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,632&RS=PN/7,990,632 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method to Decode Linear Position Information Encoded ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,644) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and method to decode linear position information encoded in a sequential information storage medium." The co-inventors are Nhan Xuan Bui, Tucson, Ariz., Robert Allen Hutchins III, Tucson, Ariz., Malanie Jean Sandberg, Tucson, Ariz., and Kazuhiro Tsuruta, Sagamihara, Japan. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method to decode linear position ("LPOS") information encoded in a sequential information storage medium, by detecting each of one or a plurality of sequential first LPOS servo patterns encoded in a first servo band using a first servo sensor in communication with a first servo channel. While detecting that one or a plurality of first LPOS servo patterns, the method fails to detect (n) second LPOS servo patterns encoded in a second servo band. The method determines a value for (n), and then syncs the first servo channel with the second servo channel using that value of (n)." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2008 (12/040,606). 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=7,990,644.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,644&RS=PN/7,990,644 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Standard Microsystems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Standard Microsystems, Hauppauge, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,986,962) developed by Wayne Liang, Nesconset, N.Y., Henry Wurzburg, Austin, Texas, and Morgan H. Monks, Tempe, Ariz., for a "providing a high-speed connection between a memory medium of a mobile device and an external device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for providing a high speed connection to a memory medium of a mobile device. The mobile device may be a mobile phone or other type of portable electronic device. The memory medium may be removable and/or may be flash memory, as desired. The mobile device may include a USB hub that provides a direct high speed connection between an external device and a memory medium of the mobile device. The USB hub may also provide a connection (possibly high speed) between the external device and the processor of the mobile device. The mobile device may also include a high speed connection between the processor of the mobile device and the memory medium." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2007 (11/941,115). 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=7,986,962&OS=7,986,962&RS=7,986,962 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,469) developed by Edward O. Clapper, Tempe, Ariz., Tommy S. Montoya, Portland, Ore., and Mark Perusich, Portland, Ore., for "cleaning friendly camera privacy feature." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an appliance having a camera and camera window may include a shutter puck slidably disposed in a slot in which the camera window may be disposed. The puck may have a wiper pad that is capable of cleaning the camera window as the puck is slid within the slot from a camera on to a camera off or privacy position. The puck may comprise an at least partially deformable material so that the puck may be inserted into and/or removed from the slot by at least partially deforming the puck to allow the puck to be installed in or extracted from the slot. The puck may further include a grip rib structure or the like to allow a user to grasp the puck and slide the puck within the slot." The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2007 (11/711,556). 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=79,90,469&OS=79,90,469&RS=79,90,469 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** TASER International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- TASER International, Scottsdale, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (7,984,676) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for a rear anchored projectile." The co-inventors are William D. Gavin, Phoenix, Alaksandar Petrovic, Phoenix, Christopher W. Baldwin, Mesa, Ariz., and Milan Cerovic, Scottsdale, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A round, according to various aspects of the present invention, comprises an electrified projectile and a case. The projectile delivers a current through a target to incapacitate the target by causing skeletal muscle contractions. The case mechanically couples to a rear portion of the projectile to hold the projectile in the case." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2007 (11/771,956). 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=7984676.PN.&OS=PN/7984676&RS=PN/7984676 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,990,316) developed by Robert T. Cock, Vail, Ariz., and Ralph T. Tadaki, Tucson, Ariz., for an "antenna system having feed subarray offset beam scanning." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An antenna system and electronic scanning method that employs feed subarray electronic offset beam scanning. The system includes a feed element containing an array of electronic transmitting/receiving elements. The system further includes a reflector for reflecting signals received from the feed element to a target region, and for reflecting signals received from a target region to the feed element. Electronic beam scanning is achieved by activating and deactivating in turn subarrays within the array of transmitting/receiving elements of the feed element." The patent application was filed on April 8, 2008 (12/099,305). 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=7,990,316.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,316&RS=PN/7,990,316 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,990,308) developed by Frank A. Birdsong Jr., Alexandria, Va., and Lloyd E. Kinsey Jr., Tucson, Ariz., for a "mirror image target detection and recognition." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is disclosed a system and method for detecting targets. A transmitter may transmit a first inverse transform signal, the first inverse transform signal derived from a reference image of a first reference target at a first aspect angle. A receiver may receive a return signal reflected from a scene. A detector may determine, based on the return signal, if an object similar to the first target at the first aspect angle is detected within the scene." The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2009 (12/390,331). 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=7,990,308.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,308&RS=PN/7,990,308 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,986,925) developed by four co-inventors for "techniques for calibrating a transceiver of a communication device." The co-inventors are Ronald C. Alford, Austin, Texas, Leo G. Dehner, Austin, Texas, Richard B. Meador, Austin, Texas, and Christian J. Rotchford, Phoenix. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for calibrating a transceiver of a wireless communication device includes selectively coupling an output node of a transmitter of the transceiver to an input node of a receiver of the transceiver. A calibration signal is provided, from the output node of the transmitter, to the input node of the receiver. The calibration signal is down-converted, with the receiver, to provide a down-converted calibration signal. A discrete Fourier transform is performed on the down-converted calibration signal. Finally, one or more correction factors are determined based on an analysis of the discrete Fourier transform of the down-converted calibration signal. At least one of the correction factors is utilized to facilitate substantial cancellation of a direct current offset associated with the transceiver." The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2008 (12/191,831). 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=7986925.PN.&OS=PN/7986925&RS=PN/7986925 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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