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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Oregon (Aug. 8)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Oregon. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,985,328) developed by four co-inventors for "using cell voltage as a monitor for deposition coverage." The co-inventors are Yang Cao, Beaverton, Ore., Yue Ma, Hillsboro, Ore., Jir-shyr Chen, Beavergon, Ore., and Rajiv Rastogi, Portland, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus are described that use cell voltage and/or current as monitor to prevent electrochemical deposition (e.g., electroplating) tools from deplating wafers with no or poor metal (e.g., Cu) seed coverage." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2008 (12/012,656). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,85,328.PN.&OS=PN/79,85,328&RS=PN/79,85,328 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Solid Inks With Lower Coefficient of Friction ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,985,286) developed by four co-inventors for a "solid inks with lower coefficient of friction." The co-inventors are Stephan V. Drappel, Mississauga, Canada, Wolfgang G. Wedler, Tualatin, Ore., Peter G. Odell, Mississauga, Canada, and Christopher A. Wagner, Toronto. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A phase change ink that includes a colorant and a phase change ink carrier. The phase change ink carrier includes a diblock or tri-block co-oligomer wax of the formula H.sub.3C(CH.sub.2).sub.m(CX.sub.1X.sub.2).sub.nCX.sub.3X.sub.4X.sub.5, or CX.sub.3X.sub.4X.sub.5(CX.sub.1X.sub.2).sub.nH.sub.2C(CH.sub.2).sub.m(CX.- sub.1X.sub.2).sub.nCX.sub.3X.sub.4X.sub.5, wherein at least one of X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4 and X.sub.5 are atoms selected from group VII of the periodic table and any remaining one of X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4 and X.sub.5 are hydrogen, wherein m is an integer of from about 5 to about 50, and wherein n is an integer of from about 3 to about 40. The phase change ink has a property of the phase change ink of providing a surface of a printed portion of the ink having a lower coefficient of friction to glass if the diblock co-oligomer wax was not included in the ink formulation." The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2008 (12/276,931). 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=79,85,286.PN.&OS=PN/79,85,286&RS=PN/79,85,286 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Novellus Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Novellus Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,985,325) developed by eight co-inventors for a "closed contact electroplating cup assembly." The co-inventors are Robert Rash, Portland, Ore., Shantinath Ghongadi, Wilsonville, Ore., Kousik Ganesan, Hillsboro, Ore., Zhian He, Beaverton, Ore., Tariq Majid, Wilsonville, Ore., Jeff Hawkins, Portland, Ore., Seshasayee Varadarajan, Lake Oswego, Ore., and Bryan Buckalew, Tualatin, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of a closed-contact electroplating cup are disclosed. One embodiment comprises a cup bottom comprising an opening, and a seal disposed on the cup bottom around the opening. The seal comprises a wafer-contacting peak located substantially at an inner edge of the seal. The embodiment also comprises an electrical contact structure disposed over a portion of the seal, wherein the electrical contact structure comprises an outer ring and a plurality of contacts extending inwardly from the outer ring, and wherein each contact has a generally flat wafer-contacting surface. The embodiment further comprises a wafer-centering mechanism configured to center a wafer in the cup." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2007 (11/929,638). 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=79,85,325.PN.&OS=PN/79,85,325&RS=PN/79,85,325 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oregon Inventor Develops Patent for Compact Executive Organizer, Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Gene W. Arant, Lincoln City, Ore., has developed a patent (7,984,577) for a "compact executive organizer, and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for visually representing the priorities of a number of action items in a manner which permits their priorities to be rearranged quickly and easily, utilizing individual display units supported in a rearrangeble sequence on a parallel pair of rails, and a separate note sheet removably attached to each board." The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2008 (12/315,386). 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=7984577.PN.&OS=PN/7984577&RS=PN/7984577 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Four Seasons Container Gardens Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Four Seasons Container Gardens, Portland, Ore., has been assigned a patent (7,984,589) developed by Joanna Guzzetta, Portland, Ore., for a "system and method for potting plants." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of a system and method for potting plants are disclosed. The system can include a drain shield, a filling material, and a liner for placing between the filling material and a growing medium. In particular embodiments, the filling material comprises expanded polystyrene spheres. The liner is a porous material allowing passage of fluids and preventing passage of substantial amounts of growing medium. The drain shield can include a top wall, at least two supports, at least two bottom walls, and a bottom member having a plurality of openings. The drain shield may include adhesive strips for securing the drain shield to a bottom wall of the container. Also disclosed are embodiments of a method for potting a plant in a container having at least one drain hole in a bottom wall of the container." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2009 (12/500,004). 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=7984589.PN.&OS=PN/7984589&RS=PN/7984589 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Identification International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Identification International, Blacksburg, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,986,400) developed by Richard Karl Fenrich, Blacksburg, Va., and Lin Li, Salem, Ore., for a fingerprint imaging system. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fingerprint imaging system configured to capture an image of a friction ridge pattern of a subject (e.g., a fingerprint, a palm print, a hand print, a footprint, etc.). The system may include one or more components that reduce the impact of ambient light on the performance of the system. In some implementations, the system may reduce the impact of ambient light without requiring additional power (e.g., to generate an increased amount of radiation) and without including "external" hoods and/or covers designed to block ambient light prior to the ambient light entering system. Instead, the system may reduce the impact of ambient light on performance by blocking ambient light internally within the system along an optical path of radiation used to electronically capture an image of the friction ridge pattern." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2011 (13/034,539). 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=7,986,400.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,400&RS=PN/7,986,400 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (7,985,995) developed by Kie Y. Ahn, Chappaqua, N.Y., and Leonard Forbes, Corvallis, Ore., for a Zr-substituted BaTiO.sub.3 films. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The use of atomic layer deposition (ALD) to form a zirconium substituted layer of barium titanium oxide (BaTiO.sub.3), produces a reliable ferroelectric structure for use in a variety of electronic devices such as a dielectric in nonvolatile random access memories (NVRAM), tunable dielectrics for multi layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), infrared sensors and electro-optic modulators. The structure is formed by depositing alternating layers of barium titanate and barium zirconate by ALD on a substrate surface using precursor chemicals, and repeating to form a sequentially deposited interleaved structure of desired thickness and composition. Such a layer may be used as the gate insulator of a MOSFET, or as a capacitor dielectric. The properties of the dielectric may be tuned by adjusting the percentage of zirconium to titanium to optimize properties such as a dielectric constant, Curie point, film polarization, ferroelectric property and a desired relaxor response." The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2006 (11/498,559). 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=7985995.PN.&OS=PN/7985995&RS=PN/7985995 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Chemica Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Chemica Technologies, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (7,988,854) developed by Takuji Tsukamoto, Beaverton, Ore., for a "dialysate regeneration system for portable human dialysis." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A dialysate regeneration chamber is provided. In one embodiment, the dialysate regeneration chamber may include a toxin trap configured to selectively trap toxins and repel select cations." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2008 (12/233,912). 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=7988854.PN.&OS=PN/7988854&RS=PN/7988854 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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. -1056983 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |