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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Alabama (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 Alabama. *** Universal Lighting Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Universal Lighting Technologies, Madison, Ala., has been assigned a patent (7,990,243) developed by five co-inventors for a "gull wing surface mount magnetic structure." The co-inventors are Donald Folker, Madison, Ala., Mark Bauer, Harlingen, Texas, J.C. Kelley, Harlingen, Texas, Mike LeBlanc, Huntsville, Ala., and Christopher Radzinski, Huntsville, Ala. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A magnetic device is provided for placement on the top surface of a printed circuit board with surface mount connection on the bottom surface. The circuit board includes first and second sets of slots bisecting each other. The device includes a bobbin with a plurality of support members each having a face shaped to engage the top surface of the printed circuit board and a plurality of pins attached to the support members. The pins have a first portion shaped to pass through the first set of slots, and a second portion shaped to pass through the second set of slots. The second portion of the pins is shaped to engage the bottom surface of the circuit board, locking the magnetic device in place against the top surface of the circuit board and providing a soldering area for surface mounting on the bottom surface." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2009 (12/544,624). 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=79,90,243.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,243&RS=PN/79,90,243 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rockwell Automation Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Rockwell Automation Technologies, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,990,967) developed by nine co-inventors for a "Firewall method and apparatus for industrial systems." The co-inventors are David D. Brandt, New Berlin, Wis., Brian A. Batke, Novelty, Ohio, Bryan L. Singer, Alabaster, Ala., Craig D. Anderson, River Falls, Wis., Glenn B. Schulz, Lannon, Wis., Michael A. Bush, Hudson, Ohio, John C. Wilkinson Jr., Hudson, Ohio, Ramdas M. Pai, Racine, Wis., and Steven J. Scott, Brookfield, Wis. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention includes a method including the steps of specifying access control information for resources, for each first protocol packet transmitted on the network, intercepting the first protocol packet prior to a first protocol destination resource, examining embedded packet information to identify at least one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource, identifying the access control information associated with the identified at least one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource and restricting transmission of the first protocol packet as a function of the identified access control information." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2006 (11/326,742). 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=7,990,967&OS=7,990,967&RS=7,990,967 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Ruse Technologies, UAB Research Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Ruse Technologies, Atlanta, and UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, Ala., have been assigned a patent (7,986,992) developed by six co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for treating atrial fibrillation and atrial tachycardia." The co-inventors are Raymond E. Ideker, Birmingham, Ala., Derek J. Dosdall, Birmingham, Ala., James P. Ruse, Clermont, Fla., Greg Ruse legal, Clermont, Fla., Richard B. Ruse, Atlanta, and Scott J. Bohanan, Duluth, Ga. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for treating atrial fibrillation or atrial tachycardia comprises means for dynamically steering or selecting two or more current vector paths sequentially or simultaneously for defibrillation to change the transmembrane potential in the left and right atria sufficiently to halt AF or AT. The apparatus is useful to treat AF or AT in patients." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2008 (12/272,275). 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=7,986,992&OS=7,986,992&RS=7,986,992 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** VS Acquisition Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- VS Acquisition, Poway, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,710) developed by six co-inventors for a data center. The co-inventors are Stephen V.R. Hellriegel, Bainbridge Island, Wash., Mario L. Jaena, Kent, Wash., Brian D. Koblenz, Seattle, David Louis Anderson, Los Altos Hills, Calif., David Driggers, San Diego, and Hampton Walker Haddock Jr., Birmingham, Ala. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data center inside a shipping container having a lower plenum and an upper plenum in its interior. Heated air in the upper plenum exits therefrom into a plurality of heat exchangers adjacent thereto. Air cooled by the heat exchangers travels toward and enters the lower plenum. The data center includes a plurality of carriages each having an equipment receiving portion located between an open bottom portion in open communication with the lower plenum, and an open top portion in open communication with the upper plenum. Fans inside each of the carriages draw cooled air up from the lower plenum into the open bottom portion of the carriage, blow the cooled air up through the equipment receiving portion thereby cooling any computing equipment received therein, and vent the cooled air through the open top portion into the upper plenum." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2008 (12/347,415). 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=79,90,710.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,710&RS=PN/79,90,710 Written by Ruby Maibam; 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. -1056655 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |