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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Oregon (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 Oregon. *** Impinj Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Impinj, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (7,990,249) developed by John D. Hyde, Corvallis, Ore., and Ronald A. Oliver, Seattle, for an "RFID tag circuits tags and methods for backscattering with controllable admittance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "RFID tag circuits, tags, and methods are provided for backscattering a received RF wave using a controllable admittance difference between the ON state and the OFF state. The admittance difference is controlled responsive to a control signal. In some embodiments, the control signal is generated responsive to a command. In others, the control signal is generated responsive to detecting the power level of the received RF wave. In those, the inherent behavior of the admittance difference can be shaped as desired. For example, it can be such that the backscatters with advantageously more power when it is away from the reader, and with less power when it is close to the reader, so as to meet regulatory requirements." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2007 (11/765,552). 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=79,90,249.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,249&RS=PN/79,90,249 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Analog Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,990,217) developed by Barrie Gilbert, Portland, Ore., Todd C. Weigandt, Portland, Ore., and Eberhard Brunner, Waakirchen, Germany, for an "input system for a variable gain amplifier having class-AB transconductance stages." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A variable gain amplifier includes an attenuator having a plurality of pairs of tap points, and a plurality of pairs of gm cells, wherein each pair of gm cells is coupled to a corresponding pair of the tap points, and each pair of gm cells is constructed and arranged to operate as a multi-tanh cell." The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2009 (12/353,698). 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=79,90,217.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,217&RS=PN/79,90,217 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Modular Interconnect Structure ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,983) developed by Martin S. Denham, Bend, Ore., for a modular interconnect structure. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Some embodiments of the invention include an interconnect structure to transfer data among a plurality of devices. The interconnect structure includes a crossbar and a number of interconnect branches coupled to the crossbar. Each of the interconnect branches includes a number of connector circuits coupled in series to transfer data in a group of devices of the plurality of devices. The crossbar includes a number of connector circuits coupled in series to allow one group of devices from one interconnect branch to exchange data with another group of devices from another interconnect branch. Other embodiments are described and claimed." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2005 (11/095,241). 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=7,990,983&OS=7,990,983&RS=7,990,983 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sharp Laboratories of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,986,673) developed by Ahmad Khoshnevis, Portland, Ore., and Shugong Xu, Vancouver, Wash., for "systems and methods for reducing feedback overhead in wireless networks using channel characteristics." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for reducing feedback overhead in a wireless communications system is described. Channel quality indicator (CQI) values corresponding to a measured channel quality are received from one or more mobile communications devices. The mobile communications devices to be scheduled at a future time are estimated. CQI values are requested from the mobile communications devices that are estimated to be scheduled at a future time." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2008 (12/130,532). 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=79,86,673.PN.&OS=PN/79,86,673&RS=PN/79,86,673 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Managing Virtual Collaboration Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,990,889) developed by six co-inventors for "systems and methods for managing virtual collaboration systems." The co-inventors are Ted Beers, Corvallis, Ore., Mike Derocher, Albany, Ore., Brad Allen, Salem, Ore., Jon A. Brewster, Monmouth, Ore., Mark E. Gorzynski, Corvallis, Ore., and Scott Grasley, Lebanon, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for managing virtual collaboration systems are disclosed herein. A virtual collaboration system includes a distributor communicatively coupled to a first network and a second network having different network characteristics from the first network, the distributor configured to receive first media streams from at least one first network node, and to transmit the first media streams to at least one second network node; and a management subsystem adapted to dynamically configure a topology of a virtual collaborative event, wherein configuration of the topology includes a determination of media stream connections among the distributor and the at least one first network node based, at least in part, on at least one policy, and wherein the media stream connections establish and maintain virtual relationships among the at least one first network node and the at least one second network node." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 200 (11/917,678). 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=7,990,889&OS=7,990,889&RS=7,990,889 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Delayed Mobile Node Registration with Home Agent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,924) developed by Venkata R. Jagana, Portland, Ore., and Krishna Kumar, Kerala, India, for a "delayed mobile node registration with home agent." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Mobile node registration with the home network of the mobile node is delayed when the mobile node moves to a foreign network. The mobile node has a home network in which the mobile node has a home address. In response to the mobile node moving to a foreign network (such as by being turned on in the foreign network), the mobile node receives a care-of address. Where the mobile node has no ongoing communication sessions, the mobile node waits to register its care-of address with its home agent in the home network until the mobile node initiates a communication session within the foreign network, which may not ever occur. The mobile node by registering the care-of address with the home agent informs the home agent where to forward data sent to the mobile node's home address." The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2008 (12/020,564). 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=7,990,924&OS=7,990,924&RS=7,990,924 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Compound Photonics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Compound Photonics, Phoenix, has been assigned a patent (7,990,600) developed by ten co-inventors for a "transmissive, optically addressed, photosensitive spatial light modulators and color display systems incorporating same." The co-inventors are Jonathan A. Sachs, Vancouver, Wash., Howard V. Goetz, Tigard, Ore., David Keith, Vancouver, Wash., Lin Li, St. Petersburg, Fla., Steven H. Linn, Hillsboro, Ore., Alexander Parfenov, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Stephen E. Brice, Portland, Ore., Terry J. Scheffer, Hilo, Hawaii, James A. Van Vechten, Corvallis, Ore., and Jiuzhi Xue, Broomfield, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optically addressed, photoconductive spatial light modulator (SLM) operates in a transmissive mode and is capable of modulating a wide spectrum of visible light. There is no pixel structure or native pixel resolution in the SLM. The SLM has no photodiodes and does not rectify. A light projection system (100) in which one or more SLMs (128, 130, 132) are placed includes a write (image definition) UV light path (102) and a read (illumination) visible light path (104) to form a color image projection display. The write UV light propagates from an image display pattern source (120) and either sequentially or continuously writes image patterns on the photoconductive SLMs. The read visible light propagates through the SLM and is modulated by an electro-optical material, the optical properties of which change in response to the image structure carried by the write light. The result is a high efficiency display system that delivers high resolution color images through a projection lens (190) onto a display screen." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2005 (11/569,498). 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=7,990,600.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,600&RS=PN/7,990,600 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Audio-based Attention Grabber for Imaging Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,435) developed by Lenka M. Jelinek, Hillsboro, Ore., for an "audio-based attention grabber for imaging devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A digital imaging device such as a digital camera or a video camera may include the capability to store audio files. These audio files may be generated under user control when the user wishes to take a picture or capture video. The audio files may be played back as attention grabbers to attract the attention of the imaging subjects. After attracting the attention of the subjects by playing back a recorded audio sound, an image may be automatically captured." The patent application was filed on April 8, 2009 (12/420,178). 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=79,90,435&OS=79,90,435&RS=79,90,435 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 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. *** Digimarc Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Digimarc, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (7,986,807) developed by John Stach, Tualatin, Ore., Hugh L. Brunk, Portland, Ore., and Ravi K. Sharma, Hillsboro, Ore., for a "signal embedding and detection using circular structures in a transform domain of a media signal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Machine readable signals embedded in other media signals include a circular structure in a transform domain to facilitate detection. The machine readable signals are not apparent to human observers of rendered media containing the machine readable signals, such as images and documents. A detector captures the media signal, transforms it to the transform domain, and then uses the circular structure in the transform domain to facilitate detection despite rotation of the media signal." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2008 (12/273,423). 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=7,986,807&OS=7,986,807&RS=7,986,807 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Digimarc Assigned Patent for Paper Products and Physical Objects as Means to Access and Control a Computer or to Navigate Over ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Digimarc, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (7,986,806) developed by Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, Ore., for "paper products and physical objects as means to access and control a computer or to navigate over or act as a portal on a network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The claimed invention relates generally to steganography and watermarking. One claim recites: a method including: using an electronic application program to compose an electronic version of a document; providing the document onto a substrate, the provided substrate being steganographically encoded with plural-bit auxiliary data, the steganographically encoded plural-bit auxiliary data is substantially imperceptible to casual human inspection, but is detectable through visible light imaging of the document and processing of image data thereby produced; and storing at least some of the plural-bit auxiliary data in association with data identifying a location at which the electronic version of the document is stored. Of course, other combinations are provided and claimed as well." The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2004 (10/764,430). 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=7,986,806.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,806&RS=PN/7,986,806 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Digimarc Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Digimarc, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (7,986,845) developed by Marc D. Miller, Corte Madera, Calif., Kenneth L. Levy, Stevenson, Wash., and Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, Ore., for a "steganographic systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to steganographic systems and methods. One claim recites an apparatus including: electronic memory to buffer a compressed digital watermark object, the digital watermark object is a separate object relative to a compressed video object; and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is programmed for: decompressing the compressed video object to yield a decompressed video object, the decompressed video object comprising data representing video picture elements and data representing audio elements; decompressing the digital watermark object to obtain digital watermark data; steganographically hiding the digital watermark data in the data representing video picture elements or in the data representing audio elements to yield digital watermarked video or audio; and rendering the digital watermarked video or audio. Other claims and combinations are provided too." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2009 (12/620,295). 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=7,986,845.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,845&RS=PN/7,986,845 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Unity Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Unity Semiconductor, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,762) developed by Robert Norman, Pendleton, Ore., for an "integrated circuits to control access to multiple layers of memory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Circuits to control access to memory; for example, third dimension memory are provided. An integrated circuit (IC) may be configured to control access to memory cells. For example, the IC may include a memory having memory cells that are vertically disposed in multiple layers of memory. The IC may include a memory access circuit configured to control access to a first subset of the memory cells in response to access control data in a second subset of the memory cells. Each memory cell may include a non-volatile two-terminal memory element that stores data as a plurality of conductivity profiles that can be non-destructively sensed by applying a read voltage across the two terminals of the memory element. New data can be written by applying a write voltage across the two terminals of the memory element. The two-terminal memory elements can be arranged in a two-terminal cross-point array configuration." The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2008 (12/012,945). 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=7990762.PN.&OS=PN/7990762&RS=PN/7990762 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,737) developed by Randy B. Osborne, Beaverton, Ore., for a "memory systems with memory chips down and up." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In some embodiments, a system includes a memory controller chip, memory chips on a first substrate, and a module connector. A first group of conductors is included to provide read data signals from at least some of the memory chips to the memory controller chip, and a second group of conductors to provide read data signals from the connector to the memory controller chip. The module connector may receive a continuity card or memory module. Other embodiments are described." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2005 (11/317,778). 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=7990737.PN.&OS=PN/7990737&RS=PN/7990737 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. -1056687 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |