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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (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 Texas. *** Beatty Street Properties Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Beatty Street Properties, Deer Park, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,990,263) developed by David C. Morrell, Friendswood, Texas, for a vector-based harbor scheduling. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of optimizing the scheduling of ships entering and leaving a harbor, the method comprising the steps of: a. Combining information from an automated identification system about each ship with scheduling information about each ship from a dispatching system to produce a combined ship ID/schedule for each ship; b. Tracking the latitude and longitude of each ship using GPS to produce tracked latitude and longitude of each ship; c. Comparing the tracked latitude and longitude of each ship to existing maps of the harbor; and d. Continually comparing the ID/schedule for each ship with the tracked latitude and longitude of each ship. The alerts are sent whenever the tracked latitude and longitude of each ship does not match the expected latitude and longitude of each ship at a given time. The method tracks and records whenever a pilot embarks or disembarks from a ship." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2006 (11/529,619). 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=79,90,263.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,263&RS=PN/79,90,263 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 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. *** Howard Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Howard Industries, Laurel, Miss., has been assigned a patent (7,990,242) developed by Donald W. Owen, Plano, Texas, for a "transient voltage and harmonic currents quashing (THQ) transformers, transformer winding topology, and method of making the same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Different configurations of transient voltage quashing (TQ) transformers, harmonic current quashing (HQ) transformers, and transient voltage and harmonic current quashing (THQ) transformers include one or more of: a tertiary winding radially placed between the primary and secondary windings, with a surge suppressors coupled thereto, which quashes transient voltages in the transformer and any output device attached to output leads of the tertiary or secondary windings; and an arrangement of the secondary windings, separated by at least a second type intra-winding insulation, into one or a plurality of output winding groups, each used to provide power to N serially-connected output devices that exhibit known/expected output voltage characteristics. The second type intra-winding insulation has a dielectric strength to withstand the sum of the voltage output of the device being powered by the output winding and the adjacent serially-connected device, such that the output device experiences minimal harmonic currents." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2009 (12/510,979). 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=79,90,242.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,242&RS=PN/79,90,242 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cirrus Logic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Cirrus Logic, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,990,212) developed by Robin Matthew Tsang, Austin, Texas, for a "modulated audio amplifier output enable control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A modulated amplifier output enable control eliminates audible pops when enabling and disabling an audio amplifier output stage. The output of the audio amplifier is transitioned between an enabled state and a disabled state using a modulated control signal that enables and disables the output of the audio amplifier. Durations of the enabled state vs. the disabled state of the amplifier are adjusted to cause a transition between a fully disabled state and a fully enabled state of the audio amplifier so that the transition between the disabled state and the enabled state of the amplifier output is inaudible." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2009 (12/641,524). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,90,212.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,212&RS=PN/79,90,212 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (7,990,215) developed by four co-inventors for a "class D amplifier control circuit and method." The co-inventors are Eric Soenen, Austin, Texas, Alan Roth, Austin, Texas, Justin Shi, Austin, Texas, and Martin Kinyua, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Circuit and method for a Class D amplifier. In one exemplary embodiment, an audio amplifier is disclosed. A closed loop configuration for driving high and low side driver transistors is provided, each circuit is compatible with advanced sub micron semiconductor processes. The analog time varying input is coupled to one input of a sigma delta analog to digital converter. A feedback signal from the output is also input to the analog to digital converter. A bit stream is output by the analog to digital converter. A decimator receives this bit stream and downconverts the samples to digital values at a lower frequency. A digital filter with adaptable coefficients is used to filter that signal and a digital pulse width modulator then develops an analog differential PWM signal. A predriver inputs the PWM signal and derives the output gating signals to control the high and low side drivers of a Class D amplifier." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2010 (12/858,310). 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=79,90,215.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,215&RS=PN/79,90,215 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Genband US Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Genband US, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,990,984) developed by A.J. Paul Carew, Austin, Texas, and Brendon W. Mills, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method for communicating telecommunication information between a broadband network and a telecommunication network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for communicating telecommunication information includes a memory, packetization modules, and a telecommunication interface module. The memory stores subscriber profiles associating each of several subscribers with a telecommunication interface. The packetization modules receive data packets from a broadband network and extract telecommunication information associated with a subscriber from the data packets. The telecommunication interface module communicates the telecommunication information to a telecommunication network using a telecommunication interface associated with the subscriber." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2007 (11/679,741). 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=7,990,984&OS=7,990,984&RS=7,990,984 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,990,941) developed by four co-inventors for an "adaptive antenna system signal detection." The co-inventors are Brian D. Levin, Austin, Texas, Cinda L. Flynn, Pflugerville, Texas, Jeffrey Keating, Austin, Texas, and Stephen C. Ma, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for processing signals in a communication system is disclosed herein. The system and method comprises processing steps and processing logic for generating a downlink subframe comprising a preamble and a plurality of data bursts within a predetermined frequency band; embedding first and second sets of downlink subframe parameters in the downlink subframe; transmitting the downlink subframe; receiving the downlink subframe; processing data in the preamble to obtain channel quality indicator (CQI) information; and using the CQI information to select either the first set or set second set of downlink subframe parameters to process the data bursts in the downlink subframe." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2007 (11/830,458). 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=7,990,941&OS=7,990,941&RS=7,990,941 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,990,916) developed by Tarik Muharemovic, Dallas, and Zukang Shen, Richardson, Texas, for a "cell specific sounding reference signal sub-frame configuration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of wireless communication including a plurality of fixed base stations and a plurality of mobile user equipment with each base station transmitting to any user equipment within a corresponding cell a sounding reference signal sub-frame configuration indicating sub-frames when sounding is permitted. Each user equipment recognizes the sounding reference signal sub-frame configuration and sounds only at permitted sub-frames. Differing cells may have differing sounding reference signal sub-frame configurations. There are numerous manners to encode the transmitted information." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2009 (12/432,031). 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=7,990,916&OS=7,990,916&RS=7,990,916 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Samsung Electronics Assigned Patent for Transmit Diversity for Acknowledgement and Category 0 Bits in a Wireless Communication System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Samsung Electronics, Suwon-si, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (7,990,920) developed by Jianzhong Zhang, Irving, Texas, Zhouyue Pi, Richardson, Texas, and Farooq Khan, Allen, Texas, for a "transmit diversity for acknowledgement and category 0 bits in a wireless communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of transmitting acknowledgement/nonacknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signals including multiplexing ACK/NACK signals; and repeatedly transmitting for predetermined times the multiplexed signal with each of repetitions of transmitting the multiplexed signal being spread in a frequency domain and being mapped to a plurality of discrete resource units each having a pair of neighboring subcarriers and a predetermined number of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) control symbols. A method for transmitting Category 0 bits, including modulating the Category 0 bits; repeatedly transmitting the modulated Category 0 bits with each of repetitions of transmitting the modulated Category 0 bits being spread in a frequency domain and being mapped to a plurality of discrete resource units each having a pair of subcarriers and a predetermined number of OFDM control symbols; and mapping the modulated Category 0 bits by a frequency selective transmit diversity (FSTD)." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2008 (12/105,176). 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=7,990,920&OS=7,990,920&RS=7,990,920 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Research In Motion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Research In Motion, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has been assigned a patent (7,990,960) developed by John-Luc Bakker, Keller, Texas, and Adrian Buckley, Tracy, Calif., for a "globally routable user agent uniform resource identifier system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for concealing an identity by receiving a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, the SIP message containing a field, the field containing a Globally Routable User Agent Uniform Resource Identifier (GRUU) identifying a node, the GRUU containing a public user identity (PUID), a `gr` parameter, and a `gr` parameter value; evaluating a subscription option; and in response to evaluating the subscription option, concealing an identity of the node by removing the `gr` parameter and the `gr` parameter value from the field." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2008 (12/189,683). 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=7,990,960&OS=7,990,960&RS=7,990,960 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,986,614) developed by Arunabha Ghosh, Austin, Texas, for a "delay restricted channel estimation for multi-carrier systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is disclosed that includes channel estimation for a multi-carrier modulation of a plurality of subcarriers. The method includes performing a first channel estimation to obtain a first estimate of a channel based on a received signal. The method further includes suppressing a portion of elements of the first estimate of the channel to obtain a suppressed estimate of the channel. The method also includes multiplying the suppressed estimate of the channel by a first matrix to obtain a delay restricted estimate of the channel." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2009 (12/467,764). 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=79,86,614.PN.&OS=PN/79,86,614&RS=PN/79,86,614 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,919) developed by Jayesh Kotecha, Austin, Texas, for "techniques for reducing communication errors in a wireless communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for operating a wireless communication device includes transmitting a scheduling request from the wireless communication device and receiving, following the scheduling request, an uplink grant that assigns an uplink channel to the wireless communication device. A time period between the scheduling request and the uplink grant is determined. Only channel quality information is transmitted in the uplink channel when the uplink grant requests the channel quality information and the time period is less than a predetermined time period." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2008 (12/052,621). 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=7,990,919&OS=7,990,919&RS=7,990,919 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Go2Call.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Go2Call.com, Evanston, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,990,912) developed by John A. Nix Jr., Evanston, Ill., Andrew Kwong, Naperville, Ill., and John Wakeman, Plano, Texas, for a "VoIP enabled femtocell with a USB transceiver station." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Telephone calls between a mobile station (MS) and the mobile network or PSTN are routed through the Internet via VoIP using a femtocell, as opposed to the traditional macrocellular network. The femtocell can comprise a USB Transceiver Station that is connected to a personal computer through a universal serial bus port, which provides both power and a multi-megabit per second connection between the personal computer and the USB transceiver station. The USB transceiver station can comprise a microcontroller to manage signaling between the RF front end/baseband processor and the personal computer, as well as a precise timing mechanism to assist the synchronization of femtocell timing with the surrounding macrocellular network, if it is present. The USB transceiver station can have a compact form factor that facilitates a high degree of portability by the subscriber, such as being readily attachable to their keychain." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2007 (11/695,402). 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=7,990,912&OS=7,990,912&RS=7,990,912 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Fujitsu Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Fujitsu, Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (7,986,623) developed by Snigdho Chandra Bardalai, Plano, Texas, for a "system and method for rejecting a request to alter a connection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for rejecting a request to alter a connection includes establishing a first connection with a first node and a second connection with a second node. The second connection passes through the first node and has an associated first end-to-end state. The method also includes transmitting, for relay by the first node to the second node, a first request to alter the second connection with the second node so that the second connection will have an associated second end-to-end state. The method additionally includes receiving a rejection message from the first node indicating that the first request to alter the second connection failed. The method further includes transmitting a second request to alter the second connection with the second node to ensure that the second connection is again in the associated first end-to-end state." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2007 (11/764,525). 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=79,86,623.PN.&OS=PN/79,86,623&RS=PN/79,86,623 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GLOBALFOUNDRIES Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Grand Cayman, Ky., has been assigned a patent (7,987,013) developed by Peng Qu, Austin, Texas, for an "estimating yield fluctuation for back-end planning." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for production planning includes receiving a first order quantity of a first device. A first yield estimate of the first device from a production line is determined. The first yield estimate is adjusted based on a first confidence factor associated with the first order quantity. A dispatch quantity for processing in the production line is determined based on the first order quantity and the adjusted first yield estimate." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2007 (11/756,993). 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=7,987,013&OS=7,987,013&RS=7,987,013 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,987,024) developed by Eric Tunks, Austin, Texas, and Tyler Duncan, Austin, Texas, for a fan speed control. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for controlling fan speed includes providing a fan that is in fluid communication with at least one heat producing component, detecting a temperature, determining a fan speed using the detected temperature and a nonlinear fan speed function, and applying a control signal to the fan such that the fan operates at the determined fan speed in order to cool the at least one heat producing component." The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2008 (12/245,288). 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=7,987,024&OS=7,987,024&RS=7,987,024 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Caterpillar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Caterpillar, Peoria, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,987,027) developed by four co-inventors for a "systems for processing machine health information." The co-inventors are Jonny Ray Greiner, Dunlap, Ill., James Thomas McCarty, San Marcos, Texas, William Todd Hasty, Manito, Ill., and Daniel Roy Hangartner, Eureka, Ill.. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems are provided for providing machine health information. In one embodiment, a machine may include a storage device that is configured to store collected machine health data. The storage device has a module that is configured to determine a data characteristic and a communication characteristic. The storage device is further configured to determine, based on the data characteristic and the communication characteristic, whether to transmit a set of machine health data to an off-board system. Further, the storage device is coupled to a transmitter that is configured to transmit the set of machine health data to the off-board system." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2006 (11/411,893). 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=7,987,027&OS=7,987,027&RS=7,987,027 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** ExxonMobil Upstream Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- ExxonMobil Upstream Research, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,987,054) developed by Baumstein I. Anatoly, Houston, for an "efficient multiple prediction in two and three dimensions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is disclosed that uses (a) source-receiver reciprocity and (b) a method such as ISR DMO (U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0098529) that allows reconstruction of densely sampled gathers at arbitrary surface locations, to efficiently predict multiple reflections, either surface related or interbed multiples, in seismic data. For each reconstructed gather and each output (field) trace, two traces are extracted corresponding to the field source and receiver positions of the output trace, then they are convolved and the convolution result is added (summed) to that obtained by applying this procedure to previously reconstructed gathers. The efficiency results from the fact that the convolutions are performed by looping over all traces for each "bounce" point, with the outer loop being over bounce points. Once all the reconstructed gathers are processed, multiple predictions are obtained for the whole survey by conventional means." The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2009 (12/367,387). 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=7,987,054&OS=7,987,054&RS=7,987,054 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Selecting Wafer Processing Order for Cyclical Two Pattern Defect Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,987,014) developed by Douglas Edmund Paradis, Richardson, Texas, for "systems and methods for selecting wafer processing order for cyclical two pattern defect detection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of sequencing wafer processing order to minimize sequence correlation in a cyclical two pattern model by generating a set of sequences of wafer identifiers that each specify an order by which one or more fabrication equipments processes wafers of a wafer lot, where the wafer lot contains a number of slots and the fabrication equipments each includes a first subsystem for processing wafers in odd-numbered slots of the first wafer lot and a second subsystem for processing wafers in even-numbered slots of the first wafer lot, and where each of the generated wafer sequences contains exactly a number of wafer identifiers that match the wafer identifiers in every other wafer sequence indexed in the set." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2008 (12/120,881). 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=7,987,014&OS=7,987,014&RS=7,987,014 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Automated Recovery from a Split Segment Condition in a Layer2 Network for Teamed Network Resources of a Computer System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,990,849) developed by Michael Sean McGee, Round Rock, Texas, Michael Sean McIntyre, Austin, Texas, and Gregory Thomas Howard, Cedar Park, Texas, for an "automated recovery from a split segment condition in a layer2 network for teamed network resources of a computer system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer system automatically recovers from a split segment condition in which a contiguous layer 2 network segment, comprising a plurality of contiguous paths each directly coupling one or more members of a team of network resources of the computer system to a core switch of a layer 2 network, is split into two or more noncontiguous segments each comprising a contiguous set of one or more of the plurality of paths. The computer system includes a team of network resources having one or more members that couple it to each one of the plurality of paths. A teaming driver binds the drivers of each member of the team and is coupled to the segment through the members of the team. The teaming driver detects whenever the network segment has been split into two or more noncontiguous segments and then configures the team such that one of the members coupled to a path within each of the noncontiguous segments is designated as a primary resource thereby restoring connectivity of the isolated paths to the computer system." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2005 (11/048,523). 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=7,990,849&OS=7,990,849&RS=7,990,849 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Weed Instrument Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Weed Instrument, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,990,851) developed by four co-inventors for a "method, apparatus and computer program product for redundant ring communication." The co-inventors are Hai Thanh Dam, Cedar Park, Texas, Ernest Amador Cisneros, Leander, Texas, Daniel Lee McLaughlin, Cedar Park, Texas, and Nick Verlenich Jr., Leander, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Sets of communication modules each have a pair of ring-channel ports for a ring-configured channel in a network, a peripheral device port for peripheral device data, and dual-ring ports for an inter-ring channel for the pair of modules. First and second ones of a set of communication modules send duplicate data packets on their respective first and second rings. Responsive to duplicate data packets arriving via the rings at first and second modules in a next set within a predetermined time interval of one another, each of the next modules transmits its ring-channel received data packet out a downstream ring-channel port. Responsive to one of the duplicate packets arriving at the DRP of a module a predetermined time interval before arriving at a ring-channel port of the module, the module sends the corresponding packet received at the DRP out its other ring-channel port and its peripheral device port." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2008 (12/269,015). 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=7,990,851&OS=7,990,851&RS=7,990,851 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,990,856) developed by Scott R. Kotrla, Wylie, Texas, Christopher N. DelRegno, Rowlett, Texas, and Matthew W. Turlington, Richardson, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for reflecting forwarding plane utilization in control plane." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided that includes setting a first oversubscription factor of a control plane for an interface, measuring forwarding plane utilization on the interface, and calculating a second oversubscription factor of the control plane for the interface using the measured forwarding plane utilization as compared with a target forwarding plane utilization on the interface. The method also includes determining whether to update the first oversubscription factor based upon the calculated second oversubscription factor." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2008 (12/260,116). 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=7,990,856&OS=7,990,856&RS=7,990,856 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** 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. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Observation Stand ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- John Michalec, Boerne, Texas, has developed a patent (7,984,789) for an observation stand. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An observation stand. In one non-limiting embodiment the observation stand includes a support base, a seat, a platform, and a safety-framework. The support base defines opposite top and bottom ends and first, second and third legs configured in a tripod arrangement. The legs each define an upper end and a bottom end. The seat is attached to, and hence supported by, the upper end of each leg. The platform comprises first, second and third slots. The slots are arranged to respectively accommodate the upper ends of the first, second and third legs. The platform is located proximate to the top end of the support base and below the seat. The platform defines a perimeter. The safety-framework is attached to the perimeter, and helps prevent a user from falling off the platform. An optional ground spike can be fitted to one or more of the legs." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2007 (11/691,216). 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=79,84,789&OS=79,84,789&RS=79,84,789 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,990,188) developed by Robert F. Payne, Lucas, Texas, Marco Corsi, Parker, Texas, and Tien-Ling Hsieh, Richardson, Texas, for a clock buffer. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a first bipolar junction transistor (BJT) differential pair having a first BJT and a second BJT, a second BJT differential pair having a third BJT and a fourth BJT, a first clamp having a fifth BJT and a sixth BJT, and a second clamp having a seventh BJT and an eighth BJT. The collector and base of the third BJT are respectively coupled to the collector and base of the first BJT, and the collector and base of the fourth BJT are respectively coupled to the collector and base of the second BJT. The bases of first, second, third, and fourth BJTs receive an input clock signal. The emitters of the fifth and sixth BJTs are coupled to the collectors of the first and third BJTs, while the emitters of the seventh and eight BJTs are coupled to the collectors of the second and fourth BJTs. The bases of the fifth and seventh BJT are adapted to receive a low clamping voltage, and the bases of the sixth and eighth BJTs are adapted to receive a high clamping voltage. Additionally, the first and second clamps is coupled to the collectors of the first, second, third, and fourth BJTs." The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2011 (13/017,436). 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=7990188.PN.&OS=PN/7990188&RS=PN/7990188 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Menara Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Menara Networks, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,990,185) developed by five co-inventors for an "analog finite impulse response filter." The co-inventors are Kelvin Tran, Torrance, Calif., Matthias Bussmann, Los Angeles, Lloyd Linder, Agoura Hills, Calif., Salam Elahmadi, Dallas, and Harry Tan, Palos Verdes, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to one embodiment of the invention, a programmable finite impulse response (FIR) filter is implemented with differential isolation circuits to isolate parasitic capacitance from attenuating an output signal at both first and second differential output terminals of the FIR filter. The FIR includes a track and hold circuit and a summing circuit that provides operational advantages to the FIR filter." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2008 (12/119,394). 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=7990185.PN.&OS=PN/7990185&RS=PN/7990185 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siemens Medical Solutions Assigned Patent for System and Method for X-ray Based Assessment of Aneurysm Pulsation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,986,822) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for X-ray based assessment of aneurysm pulsation." The co-inventors are Andrew F Hall, St. Charles, Mo., Ashraf Mohamed, Houston, Teri Moore, Palo Alto, Calif., Esther Rohm, Houston, and Frank Sauer, Princeton, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of assessing rupture risk of an aneurysm from time-resolved images includes injecting a contrast enhancing agent into a patient with an aneurysm, using an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal to trigger an image acquisition run, wherein a sequence of 2D X-ray fluoroscopic images is acquired along with a corresponding ECG signal value, rotating a C-arm attaching the X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus during said image acquisition run, wherein the images in said X-ray fluoroscopic image sequence are acquired from a rotating viewpoint, sorting the images in said X-ray fluoroscopic image sequence into time windows of the cardiac cycle based on the ECG signal, and constructing one or more 3-dimensional (3D) angiography image volumes of said aneurysm from said 2D fluoroscopic image sequence." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2007 (11/734,395). 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=7,986,822&OS=7,986,822&RS=7,986,822 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Automatically Reconfigurable Stereo Speaker System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Kelce S. Wilson, Murphy, Texas, has developed a patent (7,986,793) for an "automatically reconfigurable stereo speaker system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An embodiment of an audio system comprises a speaker system configured to automatically change a coupling of an audio speaker from a first channel input to a second channel input if an external speaker is coupled to a first output. In embodiments of the invention, the speaker that connects to an audio source, such as an audio card of a personal computer (PC), automatically swaps channels based on the jack into which an external speaker is plugged. Thus, the reconfiguration of the audio system is automatic for the user in some embodiments, requiring nothing more from the user than selecting one of two jacks for use with an external speaker." The patent application was filed on May 25, 2007 (11/753,647). 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=7,986,793.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,793&RS=PN/7,986,793 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,986,791) developed by James Edward Bostick, Cedar Park, Texas, Brian Wayne Hansen, Round Rock, Texas, and Raghuraman Kalyanaraman, Austin, Texas, for a "method and system for automatically muting headphones." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The illustrative embodiments provide a method and system for automatically muting a headphone. The headphone detects a sound external to the headphone. A volume threshold and a frequency threshold are received, wherein the volume threshold and the frequency threshold define a sound of interest. A determination is made as to whether the sound external to the headphone is the sound of interest. Responsive to a determination that the sound external to the headphone is the sound of interest, a signal is transmitted to automatically mute an active state of the headphone." The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2006 (11/550,000). 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=7,986,791.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,791&RS=PN/7,986,791 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,986,786) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and systems for utilizing cryptographic functions of a cryptographic co-processor." The co-inventors are Wael M. Ibrahim, Cypress, Texas, Graeme J. Proudler, Bristol, United Kingdom, Liqun Chen, Bristol, United Kingdom, and Manuel Novoa, Cypress, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer platform is provided that comprises a processor and a cryptographic co-processor coupled to the processor. The computer platform further comprises a platform entity coupled to the processor. The platform entity establishes a secure relationship with the cryptographic co-processor that enables the platform entity to utilize cryptographic functions provided by the cryptographic co-processor." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2006 (11/565,075). 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=7,986,786.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,786&RS=PN/7,986,786 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Telephone Wait User Interface Selection ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,986,776) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for telephone wait user interface selection." The co-inventors are Rick Allen Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Carl Phillip Gusler, Austin, Texas, Timothy Moffett Waters, Richmond, Va., and Harry Schatz, McLean, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In the method of the present invention, a customer of a service provider would be placed in hold while waiting to speak to a customer service representative. The method and system of the invention would recognize the telephone number of the caller using a "caller ID" system. If this call is the first time the caller has ever called, the caller would be presented with an audible listing of listening choices that would include but not be limited to the latest news, the weather (of the caller's location), financial headlines, or a selection of music stations (via cable radio, for example). The caller would then speak or type his/her preference into the keypad and the selection would be played. If the caller does not like the selection, the caller can then speak another selection or type the new selection as many times as the caller prefers. The caller selection is recorded in a caller preference database. Finally, when the same customer calls one or more additional times, the system would retain the caller's number and preferred listening selection, based on caller ID value. The listening selection would automatically be played on subsequent calls." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2008 (12/135,325). 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=7,986,776.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,776&RS=PN/7,986,776 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Shell Oil Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Shell Oil, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,986,869) developed by four co-inventors for a "varying properties along lengths of temperature limited heaters." The co-inventors are Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, Texas, Xueying Xie, Houston, David Scott Miller, Katy, Texas, and Jean Charles Ginestra, Richmond, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for heating a subsurface formation is described. The system includes an elongated heater in an opening in the formation. The elongated heater includes two or more portions along the length of the heater that have different power outputs. At least one portion of the elongated heater includes at least one temperature limited portion with at least one selected temperature at which the portion provides a reduced heat output. The heater is configured to provide heat to the formation with the different power outputs. The heater is configured so that the heater heats one or more portions of the formation at one or more selected heating rates." The patent application was filed on April 21, 2006 (11/409,562). 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=7,986,869.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,869&RS=PN/7,986,869 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,984,674) developed by Brenden M. Grove, Missouri City, Texas, Andrew T. Werner, East Bernard, Texas, and Philip Kneisl, Pearland, Texas, for a "perforating charge for use in a well." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A perforating charge for use in a wellbore includes an explosive and a liner to be collapsed by detonation of the explosive. The liner includes at least a first liner portion and a second liner portion which have different cohesiveness." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2010 (12/974,024). 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=7984674.PN.&OS=PN/7984674&RS=PN/7984674 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,990,702) developed by Mark S. Tracy, Tomball, Texas, Britt C. Ashcraft, Tomball, Texas, and Jeffrey A. Lev, Tomball, Texas, for a "configurable input in a portable computing device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A configurable portable computing device having a first display panel and a second display panel, a first user input device and a second user input device. Where the second user input device is incorporated into the second display panel and the first user input device being selectively mountable over the second display panel or detached from the computing device." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2009 (12/533,920). 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=79,90,702.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,702&RS=PN/79,90,702 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,675) developed by Michael L. Robinson, Plano, Texas, and Kwok Lee, Plano, Texas, for a "monolithic solid state relay circuit for telecom wireline applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for utilizing a solid state relay arrangement as a part of a protection scheme for a telecom wireline card suitable are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a line card that is suitable for use in an optical network device includes an electrical port, a plurality of input lines, an output line, and protection circuitry. The protection circuitry switches or multiplexes the plurality of input lines into the output line, and includes a solid state relay arrangement and power isolation circuitry. The power isolation circuitry provides a high impedance to power rails associated with the solid state relay arrangement, and the solid state relay arrangement includes at least one N-channel field effect transistor (FET), at least one protection diode, and at least one charge pump." The patent application was filed on March 12, 2009 (12/403,110). 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=79,90,675.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,675&RS=PN/79,90,675 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Jordan Valley Semiconductors Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Jordan Valley Semiconductors, Migdal Ha'emek, Israel, has been assigned a patent (7,990,549) developed by Phillip Walsh, Austin, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for optically measuring periodic structures using orthogonal azimuthal sample orientation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical metrology apparatus for measuring periodic structures using multiple incident azimuthal (phi) and polar (theta) incident angles is described. One embodiment provides the enhanced calculation speed for the special case of phi=90 incidence for 1-D (line and space) structures, which has the incident plane parallel to the grating lines, as opposed to the phi=0 classical mounting, which has incident plane perpendicular to the grating lines. The enhancement reduces the computation time of the phi=90 case to the same order as the corresponding phi=0 case, and in some cases the phi=90 case can be significantly faster. One advantageous configuration consists of two measurements for each sample structure, one perpendicular to the grating lines and one parallel. This provides additional information about the structure, equivalent to two simultaneous angles of incidence, without excessive increase in computation time. Alternately, in cases where the computation for phi=90 is faster than the corresponding phi=0 incidence, it may be advantageous to measure parallel to the grating lines only. In the case where two sets of incident angles are used, the incident light can be polarized to provide a total of four sets of data--R.sub.s.sup.0, R.sub.p.sup.0, R.sub.s.sup.90, R.sub.p.sup.90--for each incident polar angle, all from the same structure." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2009 (12/592,773). 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=7,990,549&OS=7,990,549&RS=7,990,549 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Texas System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,990,328) developed by Lawrence Ragan, Austin, Texas, for a "conductor having two frequency-selective surfaces." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An antenna having two frequency-selective surfaces is disclosed. The antenna includes a first frequency-selective surface (FSS) having multiple holes to form a mesh, a second FSS having a multiple holes to form a mesh, and a perfect electric conductor located between the first FSS and the second FSS." The patent application was filed on March 27, 2008 (12/056,951). 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=7,990,328.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,328&RS=PN/7,990,328 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent for Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) Refresh ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,990,795) developed by Perry H. Pelley III, Austin, Texas, and George P. Hoekstra, Austin, Texas, for a "dynamic random access memory (DRAM) refresh." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for refreshing a Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) includes performing a refresh on at least a portion of the DRAM at a first refresh rate, and performing a refresh on a second portion of the DRAM at a second refresh rate. The second portion includes one or more rows of the DRAM which do not meet a data retention criteria at the first refresh rate, and the second refresh rate is greater than the first refresh rate." The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2009 (12/388,922). 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=7990795.PN.&OS=PN/7990795&RS=PN/7990795 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,986,933) developed by Leo G. Dehner, Austin, Texas, James W. McCoy, Austin, Texas, and Kevin B. Traylor, Austin, Texas, for a "method and system for wireless communications between base and mobile stations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for wireless communications between base and mobile stations use reference signals transmitted from base stations prior transmission of data signals. The reference signals are used to determine propagation characteristics of communication channels between the base and mobile stations and optimize, in real time, parameters of receivers of the mobile stations for processing the following data signals. Applications of the invention include wireless communication systems compliant with OFDMA, 3GPP LTE, RFN-OFDMA, OFDM, TDMA, and the like communication protocols." The patent application was filed on March 19, 2007 (11/688,125). 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=7986933.PN.&OS=PN/7986933&RS=PN/7986933 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent for Integrating an FM Transmitter into a Cellular Telephone ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,986,926) developed by Aslamali A. Rafi, Austin, Texas, and Dan B. Kasha, Seattle, for an "integrating an FM transmitter into a cellular telephone." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes a cellular radio and an FM transmitter that are fabricated in the same semiconductor. The FM transmitter includes at least one mixer, a filter and an antenna tuning network. The mixer(s) translate an intermediate carrier frequency of an input signal to generate a second signal that has an FM carrier frequency. The filter removes spectral energy from the second signal to generate a third signal. The antenna tuning network is separate from the filter and produces a fourth signal to drive an antenna in response to the third signal." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2006 (11/528,051). 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=7986926.PN.&OS=PN/7986926&RS=PN/7986926 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,805) developed by David B. Kumhyr, Austin, Texas, and Ori Pomerantz, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method for implementing non-lethal chemical warfare against rampage shooters." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for implementing non-lethal chemical warfare against rampage shooters. A sound detection module detects a sound of a gunshot from at least one of a collection of sensors within a building. A sound location module determines a location of the gunshot by analyzing the sound. At least one emitter releases non-lethal chemical countermeasures from at least one at the location of the gunshot." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2007 (11/875,454). 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=7990805.PN.&OS=PN/7990805&RS=PN/7990805 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,986,929) developed by Andrew W. Krone, Austin, Texas, for "providing channel filtering in an automatic frequency control path." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for filtering an incoming signal in a channel filter of an automatic frequency control (AFC) loop to obtain a filtered incoming signal, generating a frequency offset from the filtered incoming signal in the AFC loop, removing the frequency offset from the incoming signal to obtain an adjusted signal, and providing the adjusted signal to an input of the channel filter." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2006 (11/636,021). 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=7986929.PN.&OS=PN/7986929&RS=PN/7986929 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Fairfield Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Fairfield Industries, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,990,803) developed by four co-inventors for a "deployment and retrieval method for shallow water ocean bottom seismometers." The co-inventors are Clifford H. Ray, Fulshear, Texas, Glenn D. Fisseler, Houston, James N. Thompson, Sugar Land, Texas, and Hal B. Haygood, Sugar Land, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The deployment method for deploying seismic data acquisition units into shallow water from the deck of a vessel provides for deploying a cable into the water. Seismic data acquisition units are moved from a storage location on the vessel to a position adjacent the cable. In one embodiment, a unit is accelerated to the approximate speed of the cable, at which point the unit is attached to the cable and released into the water. In another embodiment, cable deployment is interrupted while a unit is attached, after which, cable deployment is resumed." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2010 (12/838,859). 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=7990803.PN.&OS=PN/7990803&RS=PN/7990803 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** 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. *** Futurewei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Futurewei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,986,700) developed by Serge Francois Fourcand, Fairview, Texas, for a "multiplexed data stream circuit architecture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus comprising an ingress controller configured to receive a data frame comprising a high priority data and a low priority data, and an ingress buffer coupled to the ingress controller and configured to buffer the low priority data, wherein the high priority data is not buffered. Also disclosed is a network component, comprising an ingress controller configured to receive a data stream comprising high priority data and low priority data, and an ingress buffer coupled to the ingress controller and configured to receive, buffer, and send the low priority data, and further configured to receive a flow control indication, wherein the ingress buffer varies an amount of the low priority data sent from the ingress buffer in accordance with the flow control indication." 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