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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (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 Colorado. *** Atmel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Atmel, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,224) developed by Jed Griffin, Peyton, Colo., for a "dual reference phase tracking phase-locked loop." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A phase-locked loop circuit having a dual-reference input and a phase detector. The dual-reference input is configured to accept both a rising edge of an input clock having a first phase and a falling edge of the input clock having a second phase. The phase detector is coupled to the dual-reference input and is configured to produce a center phase signal based upon and centered in phase between the first and second phases. The phase detector is further configured with a feedback loop to adjust any tracking error and provide a tracking output signal. The phase detector system maintains both a high tracking bandwidth and a bounded jitter amplification based as a result of the dual reference signal. The high tracking bandwidth and the bounded jitter amplification are independent of an applied loop gain." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2007 (11/741,100). 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=79,90,224.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,224&RS=PN/79,90,224 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,990,266) developed by five co-inventors for a "location- and direction-enhanced automatic reminders of appointments." The co-inventors are Robert Burnham, Idaho Springs, Colo., Cliff Howard, Dacono, Colo., Susan Love, Broomfield, Colo., Paul Madsen, Englewood, Colo., and John Rishea, Denver. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automatic appointment reminder system uses location and/or direction of travel of the reminder recipient relative to appointments to affect the time of sending of appointment reminders to the user, and thus enhances the user's ability to be on-time for appointments." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2010 (12/878,583). 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=79,90,266.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,266&RS=PN/79,90,266 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Dynamic Configuration of IP for a Terminal Equipment Attached to a Wireless Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,986,670) developed by Uppinder S. Babbar, San Diego, Phil J. Bostley, Boulder, Colo., and Christopher L. Platt, Ongmont, Colo., for a "dynamic configuration of IP for a terminal equipment attached to a wireless device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for dynamically configuring IP and providing IP connectivity for a terminal equipment attached to a wireless device are described. The wireless device obtains from a wireless network a dynamically assigned IP address, an IP gateway's IP address, a subnet mask, or none or any combination thereof. Wireless device determines a host IP address (which may be the dynamically assigned IP address), a router IP address (which may be the gateway IP address or a spoofed IP address), a server IP address (which may be the router IP address), and a subnet mask (which may be obtained from the wireless network or spoofed by the wireless device). Wireless device, acting as a DHCP server, provides IP configuration for the terminal equipment, acting as a DHCP client. Wireless device thereafter forwards IP packets exchanged between the terminal equipment and wireless network and processes DHCP packets from the terminal equipment." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2009 (12/466,314). 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=79,86,670.PN.&OS=PN/79,86,670&RS=PN/79,86,670 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,961) developed by William K. Petty, Colorado Springs, Colo., for "apparatus and methods for improved dual device lookup in a zoning SAS expander." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and methods for full address resolution in a zoning SAS expander. A single memory circuit is used in a zoning SAS expander to store zone information associated with the SAS address (e.g., WWN) of devices exchanging information through the expander. The source and destination addresses in a received SAS frame are used as inputs to the memory circuit to generate outputs of the memory circuit representing the source and destination zone group identifiers. These outputs are then applied to the zone permission table to determine the zoning permission for forwarding the frame through the expander. Pipelined logic within the expander sequences the operations of the memory circuit and the zone permissions table to account for clock cycle delays in processing of each. In one exemplary embodiment, the memory circuit is a content addressable memory (CAM). In another exemplary embodiment, the CAM also includes port routing information." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2009 (12/392,483). 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=7,990,961&OS=7,990,961&RS=7,990,961 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hitachi, InPhase Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Hitachi, Tokyo, and InPhase Technologies, Longmont, Colo., have been assigned a patent (7,990,830) developed by four co-inventors for an "optical pickup, optical information recording apparatus and optical information recording and reproducing apparatus using the optical pickup." The co-inventors are Kenichi Shimada, Yokohama, Japan, Tatsuro Ide, Kawasaki, Japan, Kevin R. Curtis, Longmont, Colo., and Ken E. Anderson, Longmont, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In holographic recording, it is important to form stably an interference fringe between a reference beam and a signal beam in a holographic storage medium. To suppress factors degrading stability of the interference fringe, such as fluctuation of atmospheric air, position displacement of optical components and the like during propagation of the reference and signal beams, an optical pickup and an optical information recording/reproducing apparatus adopt an optical system structure providing a higher proportion of optical components shared by the reference and signal beams optical path than conventional optical system structure. To increase the proportion of shared optical components, the signal beam and the reference beam pass through the PBS prism as parallel beams and a concave lens is placed on a reference beam path just before the objective lens." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2008 (12/038,150). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,990,830&OS=7,990,830&RS=7,990,830 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Vehicle Illumination System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (7,987,030) developed by Patricia A. Flores, Clawson, Mich., and Adrian B. Chernoff, Boulder, Colo., for a "vehicle illumination system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for illuminating a vehicle including a light source connected to an illuminatable component such as an interior or exterior vehicle door handle or steering wheel, and a control system including a plurality of sensors that monitor the vehicle and surroundings for predetermined conditions and selectively illuminate the component as a means of conveying information or warnings about the vehicle or its surroundings. Illumination may be enhanced by other auditory signals such as audio alarms or vibration. Predetermined conditions may include the proximity of a vehicle user, key fob activation or proximity, input from an entertainment system, activation of a pressure sensor, the presence of a person or object in proximity to the vehicle, or the vehicle's ignition or gear state." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2006 (11/436,786). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,987,030&OS=7,987,030&RS=7,987,030 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Teradyne Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Teradyne, North Reading, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,987,018) developed by five co-inventors for "transferring disk drives within disk drive testing systems." The co-inventors are Evgeny Polyakov, Brookline, Mass., Edward Garcia, Holbrook, Mass., Eric L. Truebenbach, Sudbury, Mass., Brian S. Merrow, Harvard, Mass., and Brian J. Whitaker, Johnstown, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of transferring disk drives within a disk drive testing system includes actuating an automated transporter to retrieve multiple disk drives presented for testing, and actuating the automated transporter to deliver each retrieved disk drive to a respective test slot of the disk drive testing system and insert each disk drive in the respective test slot." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2010 (12/727,150). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,987,018&OS=7,987,018&RS=7,987,018 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Warsaw Orthopedic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Warsaw Orthopedic, Warsaw, Ind., has been assigned a patent (7,987,001) developed by six co-inventors for a "surgical navigational and neuromonitoring instrument." The co-inventors are Robert Teichman, Lafayette, Colo., Laurent Verard, Superior, Colo., Eric Ryterski, Louisville, Colo., W. Keith Adcox, Memphis, Tenn., John B. Clayton, Superior, Colo., and David Mire, Cordova, Tenn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to a surgical instrument capable of applying an electrostimulation to a neural structure. The surgical instrument also has a tracking system associated therewith to provide navigational tracking during a surgical procedure." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2007 (11/626,917). 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=7,987,001&OS=7,987,001&RS=7,987,001 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** University of Colorado Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- The University of Colorado, Denver, has been assigned a patent (7,987,056) developed by Ryan T. Gill, Boulder, Colo., Michael D. Lynch, Westminster, Colo., and Tanya Warnecke, Boulder, Colo., for a "mixed-library parallel gene mapping quantitative micro-array technique for genome-wide identification of trait conferring genes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure concerns methods and compositions relating to mixed-library parallel gene trait mapping. In particular embodiments, the methods concern quantitative microarray hybridization techniques for genome-wide identification of trait conferring genes. In other embodiments, the compositions concern genetic elements that confer or are associated with a trait. In an exemplary embodiment, the trait is enhanced growth rate. In another exemplary embodiment, genetic elements that confer enhanced bacterial growth rate comprise part or all of the sequences of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4 or SEQ ID NO:5. In other embodiments, the genetic elements that confer enhanced bacterial growth rate correspond to the YliF, adrA, yeaP, yddV or ydeH genes of E. coli." The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2005 (11/231,018). 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=7,987,056&OS=7,987,056&RS=7,987,056 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** zewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Storage Systems and Methods for Publishing Device Addresses ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,990,812) developed by Scott Spivak, Fort Collins, Colo., and Bradley Taulbee, Fort Collins, Colo., for "storage systems and methods for publishing device addresses." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Storage systems and methods for publishing device addresses are disclosed. An exemplary method may include receiving addresses for a plurality of device objects in the storage system over an out-of-band path to each of the device objects. The method may also include storing the addresses for the plurality of device objects in the storage system. The method may also include returning the addresses for the plurality of device objects in the storage system over another out-of-band path to an interface manager for the storage system." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2008 (12/243,368). 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=7,990,812&OS=7,990,812&RS=7,990,812 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,867) developed by Eric R. Keller, Boulder, Colo., and Philip B. James-Roxby, Longmont, Colo., for a "pipeline for processing network packets." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A pipeline is provided for processing network packets. The pipeline includes a look-ahead stage, an operation stage, an insert/remove stage, and an interleave stage. The look-ahead stage synchronizes two or more fields of a network packet. The operation stage modifies one or more of the fields of the network packet. The operation stage may modify state data and the fields of the network packet as a function of the state data and the fields. The insert/remove stage performs data insertion and removal at one or more fields of the network packet. The interleave stage ensures that the modified network packet follows rules for interleaving network packets. The look-ahead, operation, insert/remove, and interleave stages are generated from a textual language specification of the processing of the network packets by the pipeline." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2007 (11/799,860). 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=7,990,867&OS=7,990,867&RS=7,990,867 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,642) developed by six co-inventors for "systems and methods for storage channel testing." The co-inventors are Yuan Xing Lee, San Jose, Calif., George Mathew, San Jose, Calif., Shaohua Yang, Santa Clara, Calif., Hongwei Song, Longmont, Colo., Weijun Tan, Longmont, Colo., and Hao Zhong, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for validating elements of storage devices. A an example, various embodiments of the present invention provide semiconductor devices that include a write path circuit, a read path circuit and a validation circuit. The write path circuit is operable to receive a data input and to convert the data input into write data suitable for storage to a storage medium. The read path circuit is operable to receive read data and to convert the read data into a data output. The validation circuit is operable to: receive the write data, augment the write data with a first noise sequence to yield a first augmented data series; and augment a derivative of the first augmented data series with a second noise sequence to yield the read data." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2009 (12/425,757). 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=7,990,642.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,642&RS=PN/7,990,642 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Seagate Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Seagate Technology, Scotts Valley, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,646) developed by Brian Rigney, Louisville, Colo., for a "data pattern detection using adaptive search windows." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and apparatus for detecting a reference pattern in a transmitted bit sequence. A duration of a search window used to detect the reference pattern is adaptively adjusted in relation to a previous detection of the pattern. This is preferably carried out by using a first search window to initially detect the pattern, and then adjusting the first search window to provide a second search window to subsequently detect the pattern. Preferably, the search window is an elapsed period of time during which a transducer is swept adjacent a storage medium to detect the reference pattern. Servo data are preferably written as a sequence of adjacent spiral servo patterns, and the reference pattern is preferably detected each time to determine the relative location of the most recently written spiral. Preferably, a larger search window is used for initial spirals and a smaller search window is used for subsequently written spirals." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2006 (11/540,873). 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=7,990,646.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,646&RS=PN/7,990,646 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Compound Photonics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Compound Photonics, Phoenix, has been assigned a patent (7,990,600) developed by ten co-inventors for a "transmissive, optically addressed, photosensitive spatial light modulators and color display systems incorporating same." The co-inventors are Jonathan A. Sachs, Vancouver, Wash., Howard V. Goetz, Tigard, Ore., David Keith, Vancouver, Wash., Lin Li, St. Petersburg, Fla., Steven H. Linn, Hillsboro, Ore., Alexander Parfenov, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Stephen E. Brice, Portland, Ore., Terry J. Scheffer, Hilo, Hawaii, James A. Van Vechten, Corvallis, Ore., and Jiuzhi Xue, Broomfield, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optically addressed, photoconductive spatial light modulator (SLM) operates in a transmissive mode and is capable of modulating a wide spectrum of visible light. There is no pixel structure or native pixel resolution in the SLM. The SLM has no photodiodes and does not rectify. A light projection system (100) in which one or more SLMs (128, 130, 132) are placed includes a write (image definition) UV light path (102) and a read (illumination) visible light path (104) to form a color image projection display. The write UV light propagates from an image display pattern source (120) and either sequentially or continuously writes image patterns on the photoconductive SLMs. The read visible light propagates through the SLM and is modulated by an electro-optical material, the optical properties of which change in response to the image structure carried by the write light. The result is a high efficiency display system that delivers high resolution color images through a projection lens (190) onto a display screen." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2005 (11/569,498). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,990,600.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,600&RS=PN/7,990,600 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 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. *** Colorado Inventors Develop Patent for Protective Covering For Hand-held Camera ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Dennis W. Steiner, Fort Collins, Colo., and Jan L. Avery, Fort Collins, Colo., have developed a patent (7,986,872) for a "protective covering for hand-held camera." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "At least one embodiment of the inventive technology may be a removable protective covering for a camera, where the protective covering comprises a sleeve that has a first opening and a second opening. One or more of the openings may be defined by elastically deformable cuff(s) having unstretched and maximally stretched cross-sectional areas that are smaller and larger than certain cross-sectional areas of the camera. As such, the camera may be removable from the covering through such opening(s) as desired in order to shoot a photograph." The patent application was filed on Jan. 2, 2007 (11/619,147). 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=7,986,872.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,872&RS=PN/7,986,872 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ricoh Production Print Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Ricoh Production Print Solutions, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (7,990,577) developed by six co-inventors for a "dynamic early preparation of presentation objects for efficient printing." The co-inventors are Jean M. Aschenbrenner, Boulder, Colo., Reinhard H. Hohensee, Boulder, Colo., David E. Stone, Longmont, Colo., John T. Varga, Longmont, Colo., Rose E. Visoski, Louisville, Colo., and Glenn Wardell, Fargo, N.D. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A command is provided as a means to instruct a printer to pre-rasterize and store presentation objects according to specified presentation parameters. The stored rasterized objects are available to the printer for use during printing when a print job is submitted to the printer which includes a presentation object already rasterized, saving significant processing at print time. The rasterized objects are stored with information identifying the object and the parameters used in the rasterization process and the printer is enabled to identify the appropriate rasterized object for inclusion in the print job. Objects may also be selected by a printer at print time as most closely matching the required parameters and then adjusted as needed at print time to completely conform with the requirements of inclusion in the job. This capability allows the printer to perform trimming-on-the-fly or other real-time operations while enjoying the time-saving benefits of a pre-rasterized object." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2009 (12/621,651). 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=7,990,577&OS=7,990,577&RS=7,990,577 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,986,756) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for filtering noisy estimates to reduce estimation errors." The co-inventors are Gokhan Mergen, Campbell, Calif., Parvathanathan Subrahmanya, Sunnyvale, Calif., Vijayaraj Alilaghatta-Kantharaj, Boulder, Colo., and Nitin Kasturi, Los Gatos, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for filtering noisy estimates to reduce estimation errors are described. A sequence of input values (e.g., for an initial channel impulse response estimate (CIRE)) is filtered with an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter having at least one coefficient to obtain a sequence of output values (e.g., for a filtered CIRE). The coefficient(s) are updated based on the sequence of input values with an adaptive filter, a bank of prediction filters, or a normalized variation technique. To update the coefficient(s) with the adaptive filter, a sequence of predicted values is derived based on the sequence of input values. Prediction errors between the sequence of predicted values and the sequence of input values are determined and filtered to obtain filtered prediction errors. The coefficient(s) of the IIR filter are then updated based on the prediction errors and the filtered prediction errors." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2010 (12/712,924). 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=7,986,756.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,756&RS=PN/7,986,756 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1056659 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |