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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (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 New York. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Call System for Location and Training of a Cat or Other Domestic Animal ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Patricia J. Hill, New York, has developed a patent (7,990,274) for a "call system for location and training of a cat or other domestic animal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic device and transmitter allowing animal owners to locate their animals by a non-verbal audible output signal and a visual output signal. A method for training animals to elicit a desired behavior based upon stimuli emitted from an electronic device. The electronic device and method enable animal owners to quickly find their animals that might not otherwise respond to verbal commands." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2007 (11/938,244). 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=79,90,274.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,274&RS=PN/79,90,274 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. *** Verizon Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Verizon Services, Ashburn, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,990,978) developed by Haidar Chamas, White Plains, N.Y., and William A. Bjorkman, Danbury, Conn. for a "dynamic bandwidth queue allocation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a plurality of queues configured to share an amount of bandwidth, the amount of bandwidth being allocated between the queues in accordance with a plurality of queue weighting factors associated with the queues. The system further includes an admission control subsystem configured to dynamically adjust the queue weighting factors when a predefined condition has been satisfied. In certain embodiments, the admission control subsystem is configured to adjust the queue weighting factors based on a ratio of bandwidth provisioned on the plurality of queues. In certain embodiments, each of the queues is associated with a different class of service." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2005 (11/305,044). 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=7,990,978&OS=7,990,978&RS=7,990,978 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Creation and Transmittal of Add Messages ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,986,666) developed by George Tsirtsis, New York, for "creation and transmittal of add messages." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described herein are mechanisms and methods that facilitate enabling a first network module to "take over" for a second network module. An access router can be configured to act as a regional mobility agent with respect to a wireless terminal. The wireless terminal can then identify a different access router that is to act as a regional mobility agent, and transmit such request to a mobility agent. The mobility agent can create a tunnel with the access router that is acting as the mobility agent, and such access router can create an add message and transmit such message to other access routers associated with the wireless terminal. The add message informs the access routers that a particular access router is acting as a regional mobility agent and aids in creating tunnels between access routers." The patent application was filed on Jan. 17, 2007 (11/624,185). 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=79,86,666.PN.&OS=PN/79,86,666&RS=PN/79,86,666 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Polytechnic Institute of New York University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,986,636) developed by Baris Coskun, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Nasir Memon, Holmdel, N.J., for an "efficient detection of relay node." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Whether or not a node is a relay node may be determined by, for each of a plurality of active flows, assigning a random number to the flow, wherein each of the random numbers is drawn from a distribution. Then, for each of a plurality of time slots, any incoming flows to the node and any outgoing flows from the node may be determined, random numbers assigned to any active flow of the incoming flows may be summed to generate a first sum, random numbers assigned to any active outgoing flows may be summed to generating a second sum, and the first sum may be multiplied with the second sum to generate a product associated with the time slot. The products over the plurality of time slots may then be summed to obtain a summed product. This may be repeated, reassigning random values to each of the plurality of flows, thereby obtaining a plurality of summed products. A variance of the plurality of summed products may be determined and compared with a threshold to obtain a comparison result. Whether or not the node is a relay node may then be determined using the comparison result. Execution of a relay node protection policy may be controlled using the determination of whether or not the node is a relay node." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2008 (12/268,395). 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=79,86,636.PN.&OS=PN/79,86,636&RS=PN/79,86,636 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent for Exchange of Control Information for Virtual Private Local Area Network (LAN) Service Multicast ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,963) developed by Rahul Aggarwal, San Francisco, and Yakov Rekhter, New Rochelle, N.Y., for an "exchange of control information for virtual private local area network (LAN) service multicast." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Principles of the invention are described for providing virtual private local area network service (VPLS) multicast instances across a public network by utilizing multicast trees. In particular, the VPLS multicast instances transport layer two (L2) multicast traffic, such as Ethernet packets, between customer networks via the public network. The principles described herein enable VPLS multicast instances to handle high bandwidth multicast traffic. The principles also reduce the state and the overhead of maintaining the state in the network by removing the need to perform snooping between routers within the network." The patent application was filed on May 20, 2009 (12/469,075). 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=7,990,963&OS=7,990,963&RS=7,990,963 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Polytechnic University Assigned Patent for on Demand Peer-to-peer Video Streaming With Multiple Description Coding ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,986,637) developed by Shivendra S. Panwar, Freehold, N.J., Keith W. Ross, New York, and Yao Wang, Matawan, N.J., for an "on demand peer-to-peer video streaming with multiple description coding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A peer-to-peer novel video streaming scheme is described in which each peer stores and streams videos to the requesting client peers. Each video is encoded into multiple descriptions and each description is placed on a different node. If a serving peer disconnects in the middle of a streaming session, the system searches for a replacement peer that stores the same video description and has sufficient uplink bandwidth. Employing multiple description coding in a peer-to-peer based network improves the robustness of the distributed streaming content in the event a serving peer is lost. Video quality can be maintained in the presence of server peers being lost. The video codec design and network policies have a significant effect on the streamed video quality. The system performance generally improves as the number of descriptions M for the video increases, which implies that a higher video quality can be obtained with the same network loading." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2009 (12/613,388). 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=79,86,637.PN.&OS=PN/79,86,637&RS=PN/79,86,637 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** DGI Creations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- DGI Creations, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,987,058) developed by John Robert Weber Jr., Northport, N.Y., and Carl Francis Scheuermann, Stony Brook, N.Y., for a "self-learning reverse power flow detection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A monitoring device to detect an indication of reverse power flow across a monitored transformer. The monitoring device adapted to handle a series of phase angle differences between a monitored current and a monitored voltage and establish a baseline phase angle difference after the network protector closes to connect the monitored transformer to a distribution network. The monitoring device working to establish a baseline phase angle even when a measured value for the magnitude of the monitored current has a reversed polarity from an actual current flowing from the monitored transformer or when the monitored current and the monitored voltage are not taken from the same phase from the monitored transformer. The monitoring device adapted to detect a significant change in phase angle difference from the baseline phase angle difference as an indication of reverse power flow. This abstract is intended as a tool to help others locate a relevant disclosure and not as a guide to the scope of the claims." The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2008 (12/267,024). 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=7,987,058&OS=7,987,058&RS=7,987,058 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** University of New York Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- The University of New York, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,986,989) developed by Robert R. Alfano, Bronx, N.Y., Aleksandra Alimova, Bronx, N.Y., and Alvin Katz, Bronx, N.Y., for a "phosphorescence and fluorescence spectroscopy for detection of cancer and pre-cancer from normal/benign regions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present application is directed to methods for detecting cancerous, pre-cancerous and benign/normal tissue using phosphorescence or the combination of fluorescence and phosphorescence emission from the tissue excited in 280 to 340 nm range. In particular, the application describes methods using a ratio of intensity of fluorescence emission to intensity of phosphorescence emission to provide a rapid cancer, pre-cancer and benign detection method. Normal human breast and prostate tissue, excited in 270 to 300 nm range, express the emission signatures at 340 nm, 440 nm and 500 nm. Cancerous tissue shows only minor emissions at 500 nm, thus the ratio of 340 nm peak to 500 nm peak emission intensities provides information about malignancy of a tissue. Fiber optic based instrumentation can be used to collect the luminescence signal from an area of a tissue less than 1 mm in diameter and using the described method can be screened to determine the state of the tissue sample taken. The combination of fiber optics and 2D translation stage provides 2D maps of intensity's ratio of the tissue surface and aids in localizing the malignancy region of the tissue." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2006 (11/521,170). 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=7,986,989&OS=7,986,989&RS=7,986,989 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,818) developed by four co-inventors for a "cascaded control of a pick-up head for multi-layer optical data storage." The co-inventors are Ruediger Kusch, Clifton Park, N.Y., Xiaolei Shi, Niskayuna, N.Y., Zhiyuan Ren, Malta, N.Y., and Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Ballston Lake, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method of controlling position of a pick-up head of an optical drive, including manipulating the position of the pick-up head as a primary variable in a cascade control scheme, and manipulating current flowing through the pick-up head as a secondary variable in the cascade control scheme." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2008 (12/343,204). 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=7,990,818&OS=7,990,818&RS=7,990,818 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Leviton Manufucturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Leviton Manufucturing, Melville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,663) developed by seven co-inventors for a "detecting and sensing actuation in a circuit interrupting device." The co-inventors are William Ziegler, East Northport, N.Y., James Richter, Bethpage, N.Y., Benjamin Moadel, New York, Michael Kamor, North Massapequa, N.Y., James Porter, Farmingdale, N.Y., David Chan, Bellrose, N.Y., and Mario Angelides, Oceanside, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A circuit interrupting device is disclosed that includes a first conductor, a second conductor, a switch between the first conductor and the second conductor wherein the switch is disposed to selectively connect and disconnect the first conductor and the second conductor, a circuit interrupter disposed to generate a circuit interrupting actuation signal, a solenoid coil and plunger assembly disposed to open the switch wherein the solenoid coil and plunger assembly is actuatable by the circuit interrupting actuation signal wherein movement of the plunger causes the switch to open, and a test assembly that is configured to enable a test of the circuit interrupter initiating at least a partial movement of the plunger in a test direction, from a pre-test configuration to a post-test configuration, without opening the switch." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2009 (12/498,073). 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=7,990,663.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,663&RS=PN/7,990,663 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- New York University, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,986,991) developed by Leslie S. Prichep, Mamaroneck, N.Y., for a "system and method for prediction of cognitive decline." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for prediction of cognitive decline, comprises an input receiving input data corresponding to brain activity of an individual and a processor coupled to the input for analyzing the input data to obtain a selected set of features, the processor comparing the selected set of features to at least a portion of entries in a database corresponding to brain activity of a plurality of individuals, wherein entries in the database have been separated into a plurality of categories corresponding to one of a degree of cognitive decline and a propensity for future cognitive decline of individuals relating to the entries, the processor determining, based on the comparison, a category most closely corresponding to the selected set of features." The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2009 (12/639,680). 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=7,986,991&OS=7,986,991&RS=7,986,991 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Method and System for Determining an Average Walk Distance to a Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,987,051) developed by Shanmuga-Nathan Gnanasambandam, Webster, N.Y., Venkatesh Guru Rao, Webster, N.Y., and Naveen Sharma, Fairport, N.Y., for a "method and system for determining an average walk distance to a service." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for determining an average walk distance for a plurality of users of print-related services may include a processor, a processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processor and an output device in communication with the processor. The processor-readable storage medium may include programming instructions for identifying a plurality of print-related services in a facility and identifying a total number of users associated with the plurality of services. For each identified user, the processor-readable storage medium may include programming instructions for identifying the services used by the user, determining a usage level associated with the services, determining a distance between the user and the service, determining an average walk distance for the users and displaying, on the output device, the average walk distance." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2008 (12/256,215). 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=7,987,051&OS=7,987,051&RS=7,987,051 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Electrophotographic Apparatus having Belt Fuser and Corresponding Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,986,893) developed by Anthony Salvatore Condello, Webster, N.Y., for an "electrophotographic apparatus having belt fuser and corresponding methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are an electrophotographic apparatus for forming images on sheets, and corresponding methods. The electrophotographic apparatus includes an endless fuser belt for fusing toner particles to the sheets to form the images, a sensor for detecting a defect position of at least one defect in the endless fuser belt, and a controller that receives the defect position of the at least one defect on the endless fuser belt from the sensor, wherein the controller positions the endless fuser belt relative to the sheets to avoid the at least one defect from coming into contact with the toner on the sheets during fusing of the toner particles to the sheets." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2007 (11/962,491). 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=7,986,893.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,893&RS=PN/7,986,893 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,990,592) developed by Lalit Keshav Mestha, Fairport, N.Y., and Alvaro Enrique Gil, Rochester, N.Y., for "methods and systems to produce consistent spot colors for multi-color print engines." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This disclosure provides methods, systems and apparatus to manage spot colors for an image marking device. Specifically, disclosed is a spot color control method including selecting a gain matrix K from a plurality of gain matrices, the gain matrix K being selected to satisfy performance criteria associated with the rendering of the target spot color, the performance criteria including an acceptable spot color error associated with the rendered spot color relative to the target color, an acceptable actuator energy utilized to achieve the acceptable spot color error and a total toner/ink usage acceptable to render the spot color." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2008 (12/273,918). 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=7,990,592.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,592&RS=PN/7,990,592 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Standard Microsystems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Standard Microsystems, Hauppauge, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,986,962) developed by Wayne Liang, Nesconset, N.Y., Henry Wurzburg, Austin, Texas, and Morgan H. Monks, Tempe, Ariz., for a "providing a high-speed connection between a memory medium of a mobile device and an external device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for providing a high speed connection to a memory medium of a mobile device. The mobile device may be a mobile phone or other type of portable electronic device. The memory medium may be removable and/or may be flash memory, as desired. The mobile device may include a USB hub that provides a direct high speed connection between an external device and a memory medium of the mobile device. The USB hub may also provide a connection (possibly high speed) between the external device and the processor of the mobile device. The mobile device may also include a high speed connection between the processor of the mobile device and the memory medium." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2007 (11/941,115). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,986,962&OS=7,986,962&RS=7,986,962 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,990,528) developed by Paul A. Hosier, Rochester, N.Y., and Jagdish C. Tandon, Fairport, N.Y., for a "high resolution linear image sensing using multi-row low resolution image sensor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A photosensitive chip, including: at least one set of photosensors substantially aligned in a Y direction; and a layer of non-transmissive material including a plurality of openings. Each opening in the plurality of openings includes a respective center line and overlaps only a portion of a respective photosensor so that only the portion of the respective photosensor is photosensitive. The respective center lines for openings for each set of photosensors are not collinear in the Y direction. In an example embodiment, the plurality of openings includes at least one row of openings substantially aligned in an X direction, orthogonal to the Y direction. In an example embodiment, each opening has an equal width in an X direction, orthogonal to the Y direction." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2009 (12/569,596). 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=79,90,528&OS=79,90,528&RS=79,90,528 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Industrial Technology Research Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chutung, Hsinchu, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (7,990,515) developed by Xiang-Dong Mi, Rochester, N.Y., and Stanley W. Stephenson III, Spencerport, N.Y., for a bistable display. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A bistable display having one or more permanent hideable mark, and a method of forming the permanent hideable mark, are described. The permanent hideable mark can be hidden and revealed numerous times without loss of information." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2004 (11/009,767). 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=79,90,515&OS=79,90,515&RS=79,90,515 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dresser-Rand Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Dresser-Rand, Olean, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,787) developed by Zheji Liu, Olean, N.Y., and Mark Joseph Kuzdzal, Allegany, N.Y., for a "fluid-carrying conduit and method with noise attenuation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device or system through which fluid is adapted to flow, such as, for example, a fluid-carrying conduit, flow control valve, or fluid expansion device including, for example, a steam turbine or fluid expander, according to which acoustic energy is generated by, or present within, the device or system and the acoustic energy is attenuated." The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2009 (12/358,705). 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=79,84,787&OS=79,84,787&RS=79,84,787 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raymond Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Raymond, Greene, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,793) developed by Robert Lewis, Chenango Bridge, N.Y., and John A. West, Vestal, N.Y., for a "mast construction for a lift truck." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mast includes a base section, an outer telescopic section and an inner telescopic section which are raised and lowered by a pair of main lift cylinders. A fork carriage is slidably mounted to the inner telescopic section and is raised and lowered thereon by a pair of free lift cylinders. The mast elements are arranged to form two mast columns which produce minimum obstruction to the truck operator's field of view when looking forward through the mast." The patent application was filed on April 21, 2008 (12/106,802). 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=79,84,793&OS=79,84,793&RS=79,84,793 Written by Rajat Puri; 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. *** United Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United Technologies, Hartford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,984,656) developed by Allison Clark Nicklous, Moodus, Conn., Edward F. Dreger, Burlington, Conn., and William F. Caswell, Baldwinsville, N.Y., for a "NSMS flight laser detector system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method includes rotating a rotor, measuring a rotor rotational time for the rotor to complete a revolution, determining a blade interval by dividing the rotor rotational time by a number of blades carried on the rotor, establishing an active hold-off time interval as a percentage of the blade interval time, directing a beam of light at the blades of the rotor using a laser, sensing light reflected from the blades, generating an output signal as a function of the sensed light, establishing a signal amplitude threshold, analyzing an amplitude of the output signal to trigger the active hold-off time interval when the amplitude reaches the signal amplitude threshold, and generating a blade arrival signal as a function of triggered active hold-off time intervals. The output signal is not analyzed within each active hold-off time interval." The patent application was filed on July 24, 2008 (12/220,368). 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=7984656.PN.&OS=PN/7984656&RS=PN/7984656 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Facilitating Cooling of an Electronics Rack ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,709) developed by five co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack." The co-inventors are Levi A. Campbell, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Richard C. Chu, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Michael J. Ellsworth Jr., Lagrangeville, N.Y., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Woodstock, N.Y., and Robert E. Simons, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating cooling of air passing through an electronics rack. The apparatus includes a heat exchange assembly hingedly mounted above and external to the rack, such that air passing above the rack from an air outlet side to an air inlet side thereof passes through the heat exchange assembly, and is cooled. The heat exchange assembly includes a support structure to support hinged mounting of the assembly above the rack, and an air-to-liquid heat exchanger coupled to the support structure. The heat exchanger has an inlet plenum and an outlet plenum in fluid communication with respective connect couplings which facilitate connection of the plenums to coolant supply and return lines, respectively. The heat exchanger also includes heat exchange tube sections, each of which has a coolant channel with an inlet and an outlet coupled to the inlet and outlet plenums, respectively." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2009 (12/565,189). 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=79,90,709.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,709&RS=PN/79,90,709 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,711) developed by four co-inventors for a "double-face heat removal of vertically integrated chip-stacks utilizing combined symmetric silicon carrier fluid cavity and micro-channel cold plate." The co-inventors are Paul S. Andry, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Thomas J. Brunschwiler, Thalwil, Switzerland, Evan G. Colgan, Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., and John H. Magerlein, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A plurality of heat-dissipating electronic chips are arranged in a vertical chip stack. The electronic chips have electronic components thereon. A cold plate is secured to a back side of the chip stack. A silicon carrier sandwich, defining a fluid cavity, is secured to a front side of the chip stack. An inlet manifold is configured to supply cooling fluid to the cold plate and the fluid cavity of the silicon carrier sandwich. An outlet manifold is configured to receive the cooling fluid from the cold plate and the fluid cavity of the silicon carrier sandwich. The cold plate, the silicon carrier sandwich, the inlet manifold, and the outlet manifold are configured and dimensioned to electrically isolate the cooling fluid from the electronic components. A method of operating an electronic apparatus and a method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus are also disclosed. Single-sided heat removal with double-sided electrical input-output and double-sided heat removal with double-sided electrical input-output are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2010 (12/711,455). 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=79,90,711.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,711&RS=PN/79,90,711 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,705) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for synthetic jet enhanced natural cooling." The co-inventors are Jeffrey Russell Bult, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mehmet Arik, Niskayuna, N.Y., William Dwight Gerstler, Niskayuna, N.Y., and Yogen Utturkar, Niskayuna, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for increasing cooling of an enclosure is provided. The component enclosure includes one or more sidewalls defining a volume, the sidewalls are configured to substantially surround a heat generating component positioned within the volume. The component enclosure further includes a synthetic jet assembly positioned adjacent at least one of the sidewalls. The synthetic jet assembly includes at least one synthetic jet ejector having a jet port. The jet port is aligned at least one of perpendicularly, parallelly, and obliquely with a surface of the at least one sidewall. The synthetic jet assembly is configured to direct a jet of fluid through the port at least one of substantially parallel to the surface, perpendicularly onto the surface, and obliquely toward the surface." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2008 (12/118,435). 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=79,90,705.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,705&RS=PN/79,90,705 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Greenlawn, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,307) developed by Alfred R. Lopez, Commack, N.Y., for "integrity monitor antenna systems for GPS-based precision landing system verification." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The integrity of operation of a GPS precision aircraft approach and landing system may be compromised by error producing effects of reflected multipath signals. An integrity monitor antenna system as disclosed may utilize both attenuation and shadowing of reflected multipath GPS signals to achieve extreme multipath mitigation of the order of 50 dB suppression. An antenna with a right-hand circular polarization pattern having a sharp cut off at the horizon may provide 30 dB suppression of reflected multipath signals. A signal absorbent ground plane bed of defined dimensions may provide 20 dB attenuation of incident multipath signals. A signal/processor may be employed to derive position error data for integrity monitoring, based upon differentials between a known fixed location and a current GPS-indicated location. Communication of identification of a subset of particular GPS satellites for common usage may also reduce potential error levels." The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2009 (12/583,636). 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=7,990,307.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,307&RS=PN/7,990,307 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent for Wideband Code Division Multiple Access User Equipment for Receiving Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del. has been assigned a patent (7,986,950) developed by Stephen E. Terry, Northport, N.Y., for a "wideband code division multiple access user equipment for receiving multimedia broadcast/multicast service." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) user equipment (UE) for receiving a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS). The UE comprises an MBMS receiver configured to receive data of an MBMS service over one of a secondary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH) or a dedicated channel. After the reception of the data of the MBMS service over the one of the S-CCPCH or dedicated channel, configured to receive data of the MBMS service over the other of the S-CCPCH or dedicated channel." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2007 (11/784,392). 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=7986950.PN.&OS=PN/7986950&RS=PN/7986950 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,987,369) developed by Guodong Zhang, Farmingdale, N.Y. and Prabhakar R. Chitrapu, Blue Bell, Pa., for "using watermarking to reduce communication overhead." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for reducing overhead when transmitting an Internet Protocol (IP) packet begins by selecting a watermarking signature based on the IP address of the packet. The watermarking signature is applied to the packet and the IP address is removed from the packet. The packet is sent to a receiver, which looks up the IP address of the packet by using the watermarking signature. The watermarking signature can be a radio frequency watermarking signature or a digital watermarking signature. A similar method employing watermarking can be used to reduce medium access control header overhead." The patent application was filed on April 26, 2005 (11/114,286). 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=7987369.PN.&OS=PN/7987369&RS=PN/7987369 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Realtek Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Realtek Semiconductor, Hsinchu, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (7,986,726) developed by four co-inventors for a "CMOS transceiver for communication system." The co-inventors are Behzad Razavi, Irvine, Calif., Han-Chang Kang, Irvine, Calif., Turgut Aytur, Plattsburgh, N.Y., and Ran Yan, Irvine, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A direct conversion ultrawideband transceiver employing three phase locked loops (PLLs). The PLLs are preferably fixed-frequency PLLs that operate continuously, at different frequencies, with a selected frequency determined by selecting the output of one of the three PLLs. The use of three PLLs is suitable for use in a communication system employing frequency hopping across three bands or sub-bands." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2005 (11/267,829). 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=7,986,726.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,726&RS=PN/7,986,726 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,986,707) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for rules based workflow of media services." The co-inventors are Paolo Dettori, Hartsdale, N.Y., Julio Nogima, Tarrytown, N.Y., Frank A. Schaffa, Hartsdale, N.Y., and Diego Sanchez Gallo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for executing services over an enterprise service bus includes analyzing a message of a first service to a second service to determine a nature of a digital media object sent from the first service to the second service, analyzing one or more media rules to determine whether one or more intermediary services are to be performed based on the nature of the digital media object, and when it is determined that one or more intermediary services are to be performed, executing, after the first service and before the second service, the one or more intermediary services." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2008 (12/028,962). 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=7,986,707.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,707&RS=PN/7,986,707 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,290) developed by Ashish Jagmohan, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Demijan Klinc, Atlanta, for an "efficient rateless distributed compression of non-binary sources." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for rateless compression of non-binary sources. In one embodiment, the method comprises representing a sequence of non-binary source symbols as a sequence of sets of binary values; selecting a code for compressing the sets of binary values; determining a puncturing pattern, based on the selected code; and puncturing the sets of binary values, in patterns based on the puncturing pattern, to form a sequence of unpunctured values. A sequence of computed syndromes is determined based on the sequence of non-binary source symbols; and the sequence of unpunctured values and the sequence of computed syndromes are combined to form an output stream of data representing said sequence of non-binary source symbols. In one embodiment, none of the sets of binary values is punctured completely, and, for example, each of the sets of binary values may be punctured only partially." The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2010 (12/699,592). 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=7,990,290.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,290&RS=PN/7,990,290 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent for Low Layer Paging Indicator Processing System and Method for Multi-layer Communication Equipment Used in a Wireless Communication System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,986,955) developed by four co-inventors for a "low layer paging indicator processing system and method for multi-layer communication equipment used in a wireless communication system." The co-inventors are Kenneth P. Kearney, Smithtown, N.Y., George W. McClellan, Bensalem, Pa., Ryan Eric Drummond, Eagleville, Pa., and Alan M. Levi, Swarthmore, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless communication system implements wireless communications between a base station and a plurality of User Equipments (UEs) including paging of UEs by initially processing paging indicator information. A first embodiment involves a UE's physical layer L1 being configured for interpreting a paging indicator (PI) to activate a preset decoding configuration to process paging data in a pre-specified paging channel (PCH). A second embodiment involves the physical layer control of a next higher level, L2, interpreting the paging indicator and configuring the physical layer L1 to process paging data in a pre-specified PCH." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2007 (11/756,058). 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=7986955.PN.&OS=PN/7986955&RS=PN/7986955 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Harris Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Harris, Melbourne, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,987,363) developed by David Chauncey, Fairport, N.Y., and Mitel Kuliner, Rochester, N.Y., for a "secure wireless communications system and related method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless communications system may include wireless communications devices with each including a wireless transceiver and a processor coupled thereto for transmitting and receiving communications and using a challenge-response authentication protocol. The wireless communications devices may also include a master wireless communications device and a slave wireless communications device. The master wireless communications device may transmit a polling message including an unencrypted portion and an initial encrypted challenge portion. The slave wireless communications device may transmit a polling reply message including an unencrypted portion and an initial encrypted response portion based upon receiving the polling message from the master wireless communications device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2007 (11/962,318). 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=7987363.PN.&OS=PN/7987363&RS=PN/7987363 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Realtek Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Realtek Semiconductor, Hsinchu, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (7,986,739) developed by four co-inventors for a "detect-and-avoid method and architecture for ultra-wideband system." The co-inventors are Turgut Aytur, Plattsburgh, N.Y., Stephan ten Brink, Irvine, Calif., Ravishankar H. Mahadevappa, Irvine, Calif., and Venkatesh Rajendran, Irvine, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for detecting the presence of narrowband transmitters utilizing frequencies also utilized by wider band communication systems. In some embodiments an ultrawideband transceiver detects signals at specific frequencies within a spectrum of frequencies, and analyzes the signals to determine if the signals indicate transmissions by a narrowband transmitter in a narrowband communication system. In further embodiments transmission circuitry reduces signal components at frequencies occupied by the narrowband transmitters." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2008 (12/036,968). 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=7,986,739.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,739&RS=PN/7,986,739 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,986,695) developed by Chaitanya Kodeboyina, Santa Clara, Calif., Kireeti Kompella, Los Altos, Calif., and Yakov Rekhter, New Rochelle, N.Y., for an "automatic selection of site-IDs for virtual private networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are described for automatically selecting virtual private network (VPN) site-IDs for each customer site within a VPN established over a network. The techniques described herein enable a network router within a VPN to automatically allocate unique site-IDs for each customer site included in the VPN in a dense manner. In some cases, the VPNs may comprise virtual private local area network (LAN) service (VPLS) domains that transmit layer two (L2) traffic between customer sites, i.e., VPLS sites, via the network. For example, a network service provider may configure a network device, such as a router, to belong to one or more VPNs. When a customer site within one of the VPNs connects to the router, the router configures the customer site on the router. The router then automatically selects a site-ID for the customer site configured on the router." The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2006 (11/329,371). 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=7,986,695.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,695&RS=PN/7,986,695 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Spawning Projected Avatars in a Virtual Universe ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,387) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for spawning projected avatars in a virtual universe." The co-inventors are Rick Allen Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Brian Marshall O'Connell, Cary, N.C., Clifford Alan Pickover, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Keith Raymond Walker, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a computer implemented method and apparatus to project a projected avatar associated with an avatar in a virtual universe. A computer receives a command to project the avatar, the command having a projection point. The computer transmits a request to place a projected avatar at the projection point to a virtual universe host. The computer renders a tab associated with the projected avatar." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2007 (11/839,884). 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=7,990,387.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,387&RS=PN/7,990,387 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Rochester, Duke University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- The University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., and Duke University, Durham, N.C., have been assigned a patent (7,990,540) developed by Robert W. Boyd, Webster, N.Y., Daniel J. Gauthier, Durham, N.C., and Zhimin Shi, Rochester, N.Y., for an "apparatus and methods using highly optically dispersive media." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to the invention, a highly optically dispersive medium is one in which the absolute value of the group index of refraction of the medium is equal to or greater than four. An optical spectroscopic parameter detection and/or measurement apparatus may be in the form of an interferometer, a spectral interferometer, a spectrometer, a wavemeter, a tunable narrowband filter The embodied devices include a highly dispersive medium that appropriately can facilitate either a slow-light effect or a fast-light effect, which is disposed in a propagation path of an electro-magnetic (EM) input field and, a detector disposed in a manner to detect an output field resulting from the input filed interaction with the highly dispersive medium. Methods involve measuring a spectroscopic parameter using an optical spectroscopic parameter detection and/or measurement apparatus that incorporates a highly dispersive medium." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2008 (12/209,353). 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=7,990,540&OS=7,990,540&RS=7,990,540 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,743) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for decreasing solar collector system losses." The co-inventors are Reigh Allen Walling, Clifton Park, N.Y., Mark Edward Cardinal, Altamont, N.Y., Robert William Delmerico, Clifton Park, N.Y., and Nicholas Wright Miller, Delmar, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A solar farm system is provided that is configured for reducing electrical loss. The solar farm system includes a plurality of PV arrays coupled to inverters and a collector system including a conductor or network of conductors. The collector system also includes a plurality of transformers with one or more transformers connected between the inverters and the conductors. The solar farm also includes a substation transformer connecting the solar farm collector system to the electrical grid. The solar farm includes a control system configured to determine at least one operating parameter for the solar farm system to reduce electrical loss and to regulate the collector system and the plurality of inverters based at least in part on the at least one operating parameter." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2009 (12/582,353). 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=7990743.PN.&OS=PN/7990743&RS=PN/7990743 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method of Operating a Memory Circuit Using Memory Cells with Independent-gate Controlled Access Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,757) developed by Keunwoo Kim, Somers, N.Y., for a "method of operating a memory circuit using memory cells with independent-gate controlled access devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A memory cell includes double-gate first and second access devices configured to selectively interconnect cross-coupled inverters with true and complementary bit lines. Each access device has a first gate connected to a READ word line and a second gate connected to a WRITE word line. During a READ operation, the first and second access devices are configured to operate in a single-gate mode with the READ word line "ON" and the WRITE word line "OFF" while the double-gate pull-down devices are configured to operate in a double gate mode. During a WRITE operation, the first and second access devices are configured to operate in a double-gate mode with the READ word line "ON" and the WRITE word line also "ON."." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2010 (12/757,648). 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=7990757.PN.&OS=PN/7990757&RS=PN/7990757 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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