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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (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 Massachusetts. *** WaveMark Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- WaveMark, Littleton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,990,272) developed by John S. Wass, Concord, Mass., J. Patrick Littlefield, Boxborough, Mass., and George Kocur, Cambridge, Mass., for an "RFID medical supplies consumption monitoring system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for tracking supplies, particularly medical supplies, and specifically individual medical items, to the end of the product lifecycle to the point of utilizes. RFID tag technology is utilized. This has the advantage of enabling a system that requires less or no active intervention by the medical services delivery staff, such as nurses and doctors. Nonetheless, the system is applicable to other stand-off identification systems including taggant-based systems. The system provides for the monitoring of items, such as medical items, between the distribution center, facility stock rooms and inventory cabinets, and the procedure rooms in which the items are put into use. In one example, system and method associate stand-off, such as RFID, readers with waste-disposal or refuse containers and/or readers located near the point of usage, such as in or associated with the procedure rooms in order to monitor the endpoint of the product lifecycle. Thus, the knowledge of medical item disposal or disposal of the medical item's packaging is combined with one or more prior detections of the medical item, e.g., at acquisition and when moved to a different location such as storage, to generate a usage history for the item. In all or more cases, this knowledge is acquired with out human intervention by judicious location of readers at the distribution center and/or medical facility." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2009 (12/616,630). 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=79,90,272.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,272&RS=PN/79,90,272 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Inventor Develops Patent for Safety System and Method for Conventional Lighting Fixtures ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Robert A. Barton, Grafton, Mass., has developed a patent (7,990,252) for a "safety system and method for conventional lighting fixtures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A safety device is incorporated within conventional lighting fixtures, such as table lamps, floor lamps, wall lighting fixtures, ceiling lighting fixtures, chandeliers, recessed lighting fixtures, and decorative lighting fixture structural members such as ceiling medallions. The safety device incorporates several safety function response mechanisms within conventional lighting fixtures to conceal or obfuscate their presence. The safety device provides power failure lighting, alert signals in response to gas, smoke, fire, intrusion, and any other externally generated alarm signal. It may also provide night lighting. The safety device may include a safety module having a light and/or audio source, a power sensing circuit, a control circuit, and a light sensing circuit." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2008 (12/233,567). 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=79,90,252.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,252&RS=PN/79,90,252 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Thermo Fisher Scientific Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,990,241) developed by Marcos Hernandez, San Jose, Calif., and Carl Rosenblatt, Wayland, Mass., for an "encapsulated switches employing mercury substitute and methods of manufacture thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Encapsulated switches are disclosed which substitute non-toxic gallium alloy for mercury. In one embodiment, wetting of the interior surfaces of the housing is prevented by coating the surfaces with an electrically insulative inorganic non-metallic material, such as alumina or boron nitrate. According to another embodiment, a perfluorocarbon liquid is employed as the anti-wetting agent." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2008 (12/247,136). 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=79,90,241.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,241&RS=PN/79,90,241 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sand9 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Sand9, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,990,229) developed by Alexei Gaidarzhy, Boston, Klaus Juergen Schoepf, Ringwood, N.J., and Pritiraj Mohanty, Boston, for "methods and devices for compensating a signal using resonators." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Compensation of a signal using resonators as well as related methods and devices are described. Some embodiments include methods and devices for performing frequency compensation on a signal." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2008 (12/142,254). 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=79,90,229.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,229&RS=PN/79,90,229 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Patent for Network Media Appliance System And Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Steven M. Hoffberg, West Harrison, N.Y., and Linda I. Hoffberg-Borghesani, Acton, Mass., have developed a patent (7,987,003) for a "network media appliance system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network media appliance, comprising at least one packet data network interface, adapted for communicating data packets with a data network according to an Internet Protocol; a media data interface, and a processor, having an associated memory for storing executable code, said code defining at least a remote virtual interface function, and a data transfer function for controlling transfer of data through said media data interface." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2006 (11/363,413). 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=7,987,003&OS=7,987,003&RS=7,987,003 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Artesyn Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Artesyn Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,214) developed by Piotr Markowski, Worcester, Mass., for a "power supply providing ultrafast modulation of output voltage." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A power supply for providing a modulated output voltage to a load is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the power supply comprises a plurality of parallel-connected switch-mode power modules and a controller. The controller is connected to each of the power modules and is for controlling the duty cycles of the respective power modules such that the power modules have a common duty cycle in steady state, but in a phase-shifted or "interleaved" manner. In addition, the controller is for controlling the output voltage of the power converter by controlling the ratio of power modules in the forward state at a time to the total number of power modules. In this way, by providing a sufficiently large number of power modules, arbitrarily low output voltage amplitudes and intra-level oscillations can be achieved. Further, the rate of modulation of the output voltage can exceed the switching frequency (f=1/T, where T is the switching period) of the power modules. An rf power amplifier system including such a power supply is also disclosed." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2009 (12/473,443). 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=79,90,214.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,214&RS=PN/79,90,214 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Channel Quality Feedback in a Wireless Communication ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,986,672) developed by Edward G. Tiedemann Jr., Concord, Mass., and Stein A. Lundby, Solana Beach, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for channel quality feedback in a wireless communication." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and apparatus for providing link quality feedback to a transmitter. In one embodiment, a periodic link quality message is transmitted on a gated channel, while continuous differential indicators are transmitted. Between quality messages, the differential indicators track the quality of the link. In one embodiment, a parity check is provided with the quality message. In another embodiment, the frequency of transmission for the quality messages is determined by the channel quality. When the receiver anticipates reception of a transmission, the quality messages are generated; else the quality messages are halted." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2002 (10/084,019). 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=79,86,672.PN.&OS=PN/79,86,672&RS=PN/79,86,672 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Call Setup Latency Reduction ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,986,674) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for call setup latency reduction." The co-inventors are Ragulan Sinnarajah, Markham, Canada, Edward G. Tiedemann Jr., Cocnord, Mass., Ramin Rezaiifar, San Diego, Jun Wang, La Jolla, Calif., and Duncan Ho, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for minimizing call setup latency are disclosed. In one aspect, a channel assignment message is sent with a flag to direct the use of previously negotiated service parameters. This aspect eliminates the need for service negotiation messages. In another aspect, a channel assignment message is sent with an active set identifier instead of an active set and its parameters. This aspect reduces the transmission time of the channel assignment message. In yet another aspect, call setup without paging is facilitated by a mobile station (106) sending a pilot strength measurement message between active communication sessions, such that a channel assignment message can be used for mobile station terminated call setup without the need for mobile station paging and related messages." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2006 (11/565,601). 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=79,86,674.PN.&OS=PN/79,86,674&RS=PN/79,86,674 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,990,982) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus to bound network traffic estimation error for multistage measurement sampling and aggregation." The co-inventors are Nicholas Duffield, Summit, N.J., Carsten Lund, Berkeley Heights, N.J., Mikkel Thorup, Florence, Mass., Edith Cohen, Berkeley Heights, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus to bound network traffic estimation error for multistage measurement sampling and aggregation are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises determining a hierarchical sampling topology representative of multiple data sampling and aggregation stages, the hierarchical sampling topology comprising a plurality of nodes connected by a plurality of edges, each node corresponding to at least one of a data source and a data aggregation operation, and each edge corresponding to a data sampling operation characterized by a generalized sampling threshold, selecting a first generalized sampling threshold from a set of generalized sampling thresholds associated with a respective set of edges originating at a respective set of descendent nodes of a target node undergoing network traffic estimation, and transforming a measured sample of network traffic into a confidence interval for a network traffic estimate associated with the target node using the first generalized sampling threshold and an error parameter." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2008 (12/335,074). 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=7,990,982&OS=7,990,982&RS=7,990,982 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Methods for Network Reachability Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,888) developed by six co-inventors for "system and methods for network reachability detection." The co-inventors are Thomas D. Nadeau, Hampton, N.H., Azhar Mohammed Sayeed, Shrewsbury, Mass., Michael T. Piecuch, Nashua, N.H., James N. Guichard, Groton, Mass., Jean-Phillipe Vasseur, Dunstable, Mass., and George L. Swallow, Boston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mechanism for ASBRs to identify the originating node, or router, in an LSP conversant autonomous system (AS), such as an MPLS VPN environment, maintains the identity of the originating node and successive nodes in subsequent autonomous systems along the path to the node to be pinged. The identity of the transporting nodes is stored in a stack or other object associated with the ping request (ping), such that the pinged node may employ the stored identity as a set of return path routing information. Successive ASBRs store their identity on the stack, in an ordered manner, along the path to the destination. Upon reaching the destination (ping) node, the destination node employs the identity of the first node on the stack to send the acknowledgment, or ping response. Each successive ASBR, therefore, pops (retrieves) the next node identity from the stack and redirects (sends) the ping response to the retrieved node." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2005 (11/072,082). 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=7,990,888&OS=7,990,888&RS=7,990,888 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Distinguishing Between Link and Node Failure to Facilitate Fast Reroute ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,986,618) developed by five co-inventors for "distinguishing between link and node failure to facilitate fast reroute." The co-inventors are Anna Charny, Sudbury, Mass., Robert Goguen, Acton, Mass., Carol Iturralde, Framingham, Mass., Elisheva Hochberg, Acton, Mass., and Jean Philippe Vasseur, Lompret, France. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for distinguishing a node failure from a link failure are provided. By strengthening the assumption of independent failures, bandwidth sharing among backup tunnels protecting links and nodes of a network is facilitated as well as distributed computation of backup tunnel placement. Thus a backup tunnel overlay network can provide guaranteed bandwidth in the event of a failure." The patent application was filed on June 12, 2002 (10/171,395). 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=79,86,618.PN.&OS=PN/79,86,618&RS=PN/79,86,618 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Teradyne Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Teradyne, North Reading, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,987,018) developed by five co-inventors for "transferring disk drives within disk drive testing systems." The co-inventors are Evgeny Polyakov, Brookline, Mass., Edward Garcia, Holbrook, Mass., Eric L. Truebenbach, Sudbury, Mass., Brian S. Merrow, Harvard, Mass., and Brian J. Whitaker, Johnstown, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of transferring disk drives within a disk drive testing system includes actuating an automated transporter to retrieve multiple disk drives presented for testing, and actuating the automated transporter to deliver each retrieved disk drive to a respective test slot of the disk drive testing system and insert each disk drive in the respective test slot." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2010 (12/727,150). 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=7,987,018&OS=7,987,018&RS=7,987,018 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Diversity Transmission Modes for MIMO OFDM Communication Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,990,841) developed by Jay R. Walton, Carlisle, Mass., and John W. Ketchum, Harvard, Mass., for "diversity transmission modes for MIMO OFDM communication systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for transmitting data using a number of diversity transmission modes to improve reliability. At a transmitter, for each of one or more data streams, a particular diversity transmission mode is selected for use from among a number of possible transmission modes. These transmission modes may include a frequency diversity transmission mode, a Walsh diversity transmission mode, a space time transmit diversity (STTD) transmission mode, and a Walsh-STTD transmission mode. Each diversity transmission mode redundantly transmits data over time, frequency, space, or a combination thereof. Each data stream is coded and modulated to provide modulation symbols, which are further processed based on the selected diversity transmission mode to provide transmit symbols. For OFDM, the transmit symbols for all data streams are further OFDM modulated to provide a stream of transmission symbols for each transmit antenna used for data transmission." The patent application was filed on April 10, 2006 (11/401,758). 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=7,990,841&OS=7,990,841&RS=7,990,841 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent for Dynamic Queue Threshold Extensions to Random Early Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,868) developed by five co-inventors for a "dynamic queue threshold extensions to random early detection." The co-inventors are Shawn Gallagher, Chelmsford, Mass., Stephen Branam, Leominster, Mass., Thomas A LeMaire, Aeton, Mass., Michael E Lipman, Harvard, Mass., and Ryan Ross, Westford, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A buffer memory may be configured to temporarily store data in a number of queues. A processor may be configured to measure a fullness of the buffer memory. The processor may also be configured to assign sizes to the number of queues based on the fullness of the buffer memory. The processor may also adjust thresholds of drop profiles associated with the number of queues based on the sizes assigned to the number of queues." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2008 (12/054,019). 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=7,990,868&OS=7,990,868&RS=7,990,868 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (7,986,883) developed by four co-inventors for a "solar blind ultraviolet communication system for unattended ground sensor network." The co-inventors are David M. Reilly, Boxborough, Mass., Daniel T. Moriarty, Hollis, N.H., Warren L. Clark, Billerica, Mass., and John A. Maynard, Amherst, N.H. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The systems and methods described herein allow a user to communicate using a ground sensor network that is capable of both line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) communication. In particular, the systems and methods herein described transmit and receive ultraviolet radiation having a wavelength within the solar blind region from a plurality of sensing nodes arranged both in a LOS network, which communicates via LOS communication, and in a NLOS network, which communicates via NLOS communication. The ultraviolet radiation is then transmitted from the plurality of sensing nodes to a remote receiver, via LOS communication." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2005 (11/630,656). 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=7,986,883.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,883&RS=PN/7,986,883 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Lowell, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,990,201) developed by Wen Hui Zhang, Nashua, N.H., and Christopher Weigand, Andover, Mass., for a "constant phase digital attenuator with on-chip matching circuitry." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments are directed to providing constant phase digital attenuation. In one embodiment, a digital attenuator circuit (100) comprises an input node (102) to receive an input signal to be attenuated, an output node (104) to output an attenuated signal, a reference loss path (106) between the input node (102) and the output node (104), and an attenuation path (108) between the input node (102) and the output node (104). The reference loss path (106) comprises switching elements and matching circuitry to improve Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR), and the attenuation path (108) comprises switching elements and attenuating circuitry to attenuate the input signal when the digital attenuator circuit (100) is switched from a reference loss state to an attenuation state. An effective phase length of the reference loss path (106) and an effective phase length of the attenuation path (108) may be equalized to provide a constant phase when the digital attenuator circuit (100) is switched between states." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2010 (12/725,533). 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=7990201.PN.&OS=PN/7990201&RS=PN/7990201 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,986,826) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for correction of fluoroscope image distortion." The co-inventors are Dun Alex Li, Salem, N.H., Joseph Casey Crager, Newton, Mass., Peter Kelley, Hampton Falls, N.H., and Andrey Litvin, Waltham, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system and method for modeling S-distortion in an image intensifier. In an embodiment, the method may include identifying a reference coordinate on an input screen of the image intensifier. The method also includes computing a set of charged particle velocity vectors. The method also includes computing a set of magnetic field vectors. The method also includes computing the force exerted on the charged particle in an image intensifier. Certain embodiments of the present invention include an iterative method for calibrating an image acquisition system with an analytic S-distortion model. In an embodiment, the method may include comparing the difference between the measured fiducial shadow positions and the model fiducial positions with a threshold value. If the difference is less than the threshold value, the optical distortion parameters are used for linearizing the set of acquired images." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2011 (13/014,579). 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=7,986,826&OS=7,986,826&RS=7,986,826 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Acoustics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Boston Acoustics, Peabody, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,986,804) developed by Aaron Linn, York, Maine, and Leif Blackmon, Medfield, Mass., for an "audio speaker having a removable voice coil." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An audio speaker having a removable voice coil, which may be a part of a voice coil assembly. The voice coil may be user-removable to facilitate replacement of a damaged voice coil or reconfiguration of a speaker system. Properly positioning the voice coil assembly may provide a solder-free electrical connection between the voice coil and leads that provide current to the voice coil. In some embodiments, the voice coil is user-removably attached to an inner circumferential surface of a diaphragm. In other embodiments, the voice coil is connected to the diaphragm, and the voice coil assembly and the diaphragm are both user-removably attached to a frame." The patent application was filed on July 16, 2007 (11/778,371). 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=7,986,804.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,804&RS=PN/7,986,804 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,986,779) developed by four co-inventors for an "efficient elliptic-curve cryptography based on primality of the order of the ECC-group." The co-inventors are Erdinc Ozturk, Worcester, Mass., Vinodh Gopal, Westboro, Mass., Gilbert Wolrich, Framingham, Mass., and Wajdi K. Feghali, Boston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Time to perform scalar point multiplication used for ECC is reduced by minimizing the number of shifting operations. These operations are minimized by applying modulus scaling by performing selective comparisons of points at intermediate computations based on primality of the order of an ECC group." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2007 (11/772,170). 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=7,986,779.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,779&RS=PN/7,986,779 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,986,820) developed by Baback Moghaddam, Cambridge, Mass., for a "method for comparing features extracted from images of fingerprints." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Features are extracted from a test and reference image to generate a test and reference record. Each feature has a location, and orientation, and furthermore, the features of the reference records also have associated weights. The features of the test record are approximately aligned with the features of the reference record. Then, differences between the locations and orientations of the features of the reference record and the features of the test record are measured, and the weights of all features of the reference record that are less than a predetermined difference when compared with the features of the test record are summed to determine a similarity score that the test record matches the reference record." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2001 (10/087,409). 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=7,986,820&OS=7,986,820&RS=7,986,820 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hologic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Hologic, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,986,765) developed by five co-inventors for a "mammography system and method employing offset compression paddles, automatic collimation, and retractable anti-scatter grid." The co-inventors are Kenneth F. Defreitas, Patterson, N.Y., Anthony Pellegrino, New Fairfield, Conn., Thomas A. Farbizio, Patterson, N.Y., Roman Janer, Englewood, Colo., and Georgia Hitzke, Boston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mammographic imaging system is optimized for use with a single fixed size flat panel digital image receptor. It accommodates compression devices (paddles) of varying sizes, and positions them properly in the field of view of the image receptor. When a compression paddle with size smaller than the field of view of the image receptor is used, the compression paddle can be shifted laterally in the direction parallel to the chest wall, so as to facilitate different views of different size breasts, and permit the image receptor to image as much of the desired tissue as possible. An automatic x-ray collimator restricts the x-ray illumination of the breast in accordance with compression paddle size and location in the field of view. An anti-scatter grid, mounted inside the image receptor enclosure, just below the top cover of the enclosure, can be retracted out of the field of view of the image receptor for use in magnification imaging." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2010 (12/710,184). 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=7,986,765.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,765&RS=PN/7,986,765 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,657) developed by ten co-inventors for a "method for operating a torque system configured to tighten a series of fasteners." The co-inventors are Lynn Ann DeRose, Gloversville, N.Y., Janet Sue Bennett, Scotia, N.Y., James Nelson Bratton, Cary, N.C., Michael Orlando Cimini, Fairfield, Ohio, Douglas Roy Forman, Niskayuna, N.Y., Brandon Stephen Good, Schenectady, N.Y., Morgan Frederic Intrator, Nashville, Tenn., Lee Roy LaPierre, Woburn, Mass., Gregory Alan Richardson, Cary, N.C., and Craig Douglas Young, Maineville, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless-enabled tightening system for fasteners is disclosed. The system includes a visual designator configured to project an indicator onto a workpiece. The system also includes a torque wrench comprising a wireless transmitter and a means for identifying whether the correct torque has been applied to a fastener on the workpiece and configured to provide a feedback for a user. The system also includes a camera configured to capture an image of the workpiece when an appropriate amount of torque has been applied to the fastener. The system further includes a microprocessor for determining sequence of the fastener and identifying the tightened fastener." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2006 (11/561,040). 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=7984657.PN.&OS=PN/7984657&RS=PN/7984657 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Vistaprint Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Vistaprint Technologies, Hamilton, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (7,990,564) developed by Brian D. Hanechak, Waltham, Mass., for an "automated image sizing and placement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Versions of user-selected content images are automatically created, sized, and positioned within a template such that all versions are simultaneously displayed without overlapping in a defined acceptable image area of the template. Creating the content image versions may include creating a frame image for the content image. A predefined anchor point associated with the acceptable image area is used to control the location of the image versions within the image area." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2005 (11/193,951). 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=7,990,564&OS=7,990,564&RS=7,990,564 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cambridge Research & Instrumentation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Woburn, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,990,545) developed by Peter Domenicali, Wilmington, Mass., Clifford Hoyt, Wellesley, Mass., and Peter Miller, Cambridge, Mass., for a "surface measurement of in-vivo subjects using spot projector." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides for surface mapping of in-vivo imaging subjects using a single camera and an illuminator that projects a plurality of targets such as spots on the subject. By limiting the depth-of-field of the camera lens, or of the illuminator optics, or both, a spatial plane is defined in which the spots are most sharply in focus. Controlled displacement of this plane relative to the subject is achieved through movement of the mechanical stage on which a subject is placed; or through movement of the best-focus plane by adjustment of the camera, lens, or illuminator optics. Images are taken at several relative positions of the best-focus plane and the subject, and the height of individual points on the subject is determined through analysis of focus, given the known displacements. A mesh or other surface can be constructed from individual point locations, to provide a surface map of the subject. Accuracy of 0.5 mm can be readily attained for mice and similarly sized subjects." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2007 (12/005,510). 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=7,990,545&OS=7,990,545&RS=7,990,545 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,990,542) developed by William S. Yerazunis, Acton, Mass., and Dirk Brinkman, Cambridge, Mass., for a memory-based high-speed interferometer. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An interferometer produces a first optical signal and a second optical signal interfering with each other. The optical signals are converted digital signals form addresses. A memory stores data values corresponding to the first and second optical signals, and in which the addresses are used to directly read the data values stored at the addresses. The data values stored in the memory can be dynamically adapting while converting the first and second optical signals and reading the data values." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2007 (11/923,786). 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=7,990,542&OS=7,990,542&RS=7,990,542 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Autocell Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Autocell Laboratories, Acton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,986,956) developed by four co-inventors for a "supporting mobile voice clients in a WLAN." The co-inventors are Laura Bridge, Sharon, N.H., Floyd Backes, Sharon, N.H., Roger Durand, Amherst, N.H., and David Hill, Holden, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Operation of a mobile voice client utilizing a WLAN for access is enhanced by controlling the rate at which transmission power is changed by the access point with which the mobile voice client is associated. The access point calculates a target transmit power level based at least in-part on the distance to the nearest fixed position wireless device and the distance to the mobile voice client. The access point then determines whether the target transmit power level differs from a current transmit power level. If the target transmit power level is greater than the current transmit power level, the current transmit power level is increased at a first controlled, non-instantaneous rate such as 1 dB per second. If the target transmit power level is less than the current transmit power level, the current transmit power level is decreased at a second controlled, non-instantaneous rate such as 1 dB per second." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2006 (11/551,412). 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=7986956.PN.&OS=PN/7986956&RS=PN/7986956 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Corporate Services Group, Raytheon BBN Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Verizon Corporate Services Group, New York, and Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., have been assigned a patent (7,986,719) developed by Brig Barnum Elliott, Arlington, Mass., for a "packet header compression for lossy channels." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosed systems and methods provide for the compression and decompression of packet headers. An uncompressed header can be compressed in size to form a smaller, compressed header, such that the compressed header can include values that can be used to re-produce the uncompressed header. A compressed header can include at least two such values. A first value of the at least two values can be computed based on a second, earlier uncompressed header and can be used to derive the uncompressed header. Similarly, a second value of the at least two values can be computed based on a third uncompressed header and can be used to derive the same uncompressed header. Accordingly, the uncompressed header can be derived based on the first value and the second uncompressed header, or based on the second value and the third uncompressed header. The uncompressed header, second uncompressed header, and third uncompressed header can be associated with different packets." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2009 (12/570,919). 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=7,986,719.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,719&RS=PN/7,986,719 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rockwell Automation Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Rockwell Automation Technologies, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,990,413) developed by John M. Good, North Andover, Mass., for a "camera sensor job selection method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate permitting a user to select one of a plurality of job setups stored in a camera sensor. The plurality of job setups can be pre-programmed into the sensor utilizing conventional methods. During sensor operation, a user can select a particular application, and a simple signal can be generated for transmission over existing input/output lines to the camera sensor, upon receipt of which the camera sensor can initiate the particular job setup associated with the signal. Job setup signals can be formatted in binary utilizing HIGH and LOW voltages or can be transmitted as a simple Morse Code message and/or integer value." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2005 (11/188,607). 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=7,990,413.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,413&RS=PN/7,990,413 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Samsung Electronics Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Removing Interference in Transmitting end of Multi-antenna System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Samsung Electronics, Suwon-si, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (7,986,750) developed by five co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for removing interference in transmitting end of multi-antenna system." The co-inventors are In-Soo Hwang, Yongin-si, South Korea, Cheol-Woo You, Seoul, South Korea, Yung-Soo Kim, Seongnam-si, South Korea, Dong-Ho Kim, Seoul, South Korea, and Vahid Tarokh, Cambridge, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for removing interference in a transmitting end of a multi-antenna system is provided. The method includes decomposing a channel matrix including channel coefficients for a plurality of terminals, calculating a value proportional to an interference signal for each of antennas, and calculating a sum of a transmission signal and the calculated value for each terminal and multiplying the calculated sum by the decomposed channel matrix. Accordingly, channel capacity can be improved by optimizing a data transfer rate and transmission power for each terminal." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2007 (11/776,631). 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=7,986,750.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,750&RS=PN/7,986,750 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Pilots for MIMO Communication System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,986,742) developed by four co-inventors for "pilots for MIMO communication system." The co-inventors are John W. Ketchum, Harvard, Mass., Mark S. Wallace, Bedford, Mass., J. Rodney Walton, Carlisle, Mass., and Steven J. Howard, Ashland, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Pilots suitable for use in MIMO systems and capable of supporting various functions are described. The various types of pilot include--a beacon pilot, a MIMO pilot, a steered reference or steered pilot, and a carrier pilot. The beacon pilot is transmitted from all transmit antennas and may be used for timing and frequency acquisition. The MIMO pilot is transmitted from all transmit antennas but is covered with different orthogonal codes assigned to the transmit antennas. The MIMO pilot may be used for channel estimation. The steered reference is transmitted on specific eigenmodes of a MIMO channel and is user terminal specific. The steered reference may be used for channel estimation. The carrier pilot may be transmitted on designated subbands/antennas and may be used for phase tracking of a carrier signal. Various pilot transmission schemes may be devised based on different combinations of these various types of pilot." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2003 (10/610,446). 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=7,986,742.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,742&RS=PN/7,986,742 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,637) developed by Xiaolei S. Ao, Lexington, Mass., and Jeffrey Tilden, Norton, Mass., for a "system and method for field calibration of flow meters." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A calibration system for a flow meter includes a flow simulator, the flow simulator including a receiver configured to receive flow meter transducer signals from a flow meter. A simulation subsystem is configured to create simulated transit time signal pulses, and to transmit the simulated transit time signal pulses to the flow meter at preselected time intervals. A calibration subsystem is configured to receive from the flow meter a transit time differential value generated by the flow meter based on the simulated transit time signal pulses and output a calibration factor to the flow meter." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2007 (11/774,215). 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=7984637.PN.&OS=PN/7984637&RS=PN/7984637 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SensABLE Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- SensABLE Technologies, Woburn, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,990,374) developed by five co-inventors for an "apparatus and methods for haptic rendering using data in a graphics pipeline." The co-inventors are Brandon D. Itkowitz, Natick, Mass., Loren C. Shih, Medford, Mass., Marc Douglass Midura, Somerville, Mass., Joshua E. Handley, Silver Spring, Md., and William Alexander Goodwin, Cambridge, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides methods for leveraging data in the graphics pipeline of a 3D graphics application for use in a haptic rendering of a virtual environment. The invention provides methods for repurposing graphical information for haptic rendering. Thus, at least part of the work that would have been performed by a haptic rendering process to provide touch feedback to a user is obviated by work performed by the graphical rendering process." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2005 (11/169,175). 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=7,990,374.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,374&RS=PN/7,990,374 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,984,642) developed by Steven A. Africk, Waban, Mass., and Clark K. Colton, Newton, Mass., for a "system and method for ultrasonic measuring of particle properties." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Devices, systems and methods for measuring and detecting properties of a variety of particles or cells in suspension. Properties, such as, for example, velocity of particles, concentration and/or size may be measured according to the methods of the invention. Acoustic energy may be introduced to a focal zone and narrow band interrogating signals may be used. The acoustic energy may cause movement or streaming of the fluid or suspension. The acoustic streaming may allow a Doppler effect measurement without any other source of velocity." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2009 (12/481,324). 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=7984642.PN.&OS=PN/7984642&RS=PN/7984642 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GLOBALFOUNDRIES Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, has been assigned a patent (7,986,727) developed by five co-inventors for an "in-band method to configure equalization levels." The co-inventors are Gerald R. Talbot, Concord, Mass., Larry D. Hewitt, Austin, Texas, Paul C. Miranda, Austin, Texas, Rohit Kumar, San Jose, Calif., and Emerson S. Fang, Fremont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An in-band configuration technique configures a data communications link for high-speed data communications between at least a first and second integrated circuit using in-band communications between the first and second integrated circuits. The technique configures at least one equalizer of the data communications link with predetermined equalizer settings selected from a plurality of predetermined equalizer settings based on a selected rate of data communications for the link." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2006 (11/614,529). 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=7,986,727.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,727&RS=PN/7,986,727 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. 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