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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (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 Washington. *** Columbia Energy & Environmental Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Columbia Energy & Environmental Services, Richland, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,985,322) developed by Stephen Wolfe, Richland, Wash., and Brian Brendel, Richland, Wash., for a "containment extension and processing system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile waste processing system and method is disclosed for processing materials in a tank, typically an underground storage tank. A mobile fluid processing module is disposed adjacent to or over the tank, and sealingly connected to the tank through a tank riser. Support equipment, which may include an electric power module, a chiller module, a heating module, and a control and monitor module, are disposed a distance from the processing module, and connected thereto. A pump and optionally a dispersal nozzle are deployed from the processing module into the tank, and effluent is extracted for processing. The processing trailer includes effluent processing equipment such as an evaporator and demister, condenser, vacuum pump, and interim storage tank. The effluent is processed, and at least a portion is removed. Some of the processed effluent may be returned to the tank." The patent application was filed on July 17, 2007 (11/779,245). 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=79,85,322.PN.&OS=PN/79,85,322&RS=PN/79,85,322 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Precor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Precor, Woodinville, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,988,599) developed by Mark E. Ainsworth, Snohomish, Wash., Robert J. Silbernagel, Seattle, and Susan W.M. Bell, Mercer Island, Wash., for a "service tracking and alerting system for fitness equipment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic method of obtaining a service alert pertaining to exercise equipment uses a control server associated with a fitness facility to gather service information from at least one fitness equipment unit. The method further includes determining whether the service information gathered is significant, automatically sending a service alert message to at least one predefined recipient regarding service information that is significant." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2009 (12/581,417). 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=79,88,599&OS=79,88,599&RS=79,88,599 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,988,459) developed by Neal Ulen, Yelm, Wash., and David Llapitan, Tacoma, Wash., for a "unified retention mechanism for CPU/socket loading and thermal solution attach." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for removably retaining an IC package in engagement with a socket such that the contacts of both the IC package and the socket are properly engaged is disclosed. Specifically, a universal retention mechanism (URM) which may be fabricated in a diecast material, may comprise a retention frame to engage a socket. A load plate hinged to the retention frame may be caused to press the socket and IC package together through force selectively applied through the use of a load lever. In addition, the frame may contain features to attach a thermal solution (e.g. a heat sink or other cooling device) directly to the frame thus eliminating the need to attach it directly to a motherboard or through a backplate." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/459,312). 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=7,988,459.PN.&OS=PN/7,988,459&RS=PN/7,988,459 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Screenlife Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Screenlife, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (7,988,546) developed by eight co-inventors for a "media containing puzzles in the form of clips." The co-inventors are Craig E. Kinzer, Issaquah, Wash., David Long, Issaquah, Wash., William Kuper, Seattle, Trevor Steinthal, Seattle, Mathew J. Griesse, Seattle, John Hendricks, Seattle, William J. Patterson, Carnation, Wash., and Michael J. Ausich, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A media game that employs a method for randomly shuffling through a large set of video and/or audio clips stored on readable media using a media player, such as a DVD player, is disclosed. In addition to the readable media, the game also includes a game board, moveable play pieces, trivia question cards, random name cards, a numbered die, and a challenge die. The game board can be converted from long play to short play by lifting the endmost sections of the game board and placing them next to each other on top of intermediate sections of the game board. A path circumnavigates the game board and appears to be continuous in both long and short play modes. The begin and end regions reside at least partially on the endmost sections and appear as unbroken shapes when configured for both long and short play." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2004 (10/961,436). 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=7,988,546.PN.&OS=PN/7,988,546&RS=PN/7,988,546 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** UniSea, Toyo Suisan Kikai, Nippon Suisan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- UniSea, Richmond, Va., Toyo Suisan Kikai, Osaka, Japan, and Nippon Suisan, Tokyo, have been assigned a patent (7,988,542) developed by six co-inventors for a "method of separation of backbone part of fish and device therefor." The co-inventors are Shigetsugu Yamase, Redmond, Wash., Tomoyori Tsukagoshi, Sakai, Japan, Kohji Morita, Sakai, Japan, Kazuharu Takeuchi, Tokyo, Takao Obara, Tokyo, and Peter James Maloney, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "To obtain a quality-meat-attached backbone part suitable as a material for minced fish the invention proposes cutting off a fin part and a kidney from a meat-attached backbone part obtained when filleting a fish into three pieces. The meat-attached backbone part is conveyed by a pair of upper and lower conveyor belts while being sandwiched and held between the belts. When the backbone part reaches a fin cutter arranged in a midstream of the conveyance, a belly part is pushed by a first pushing lever while a back part of the meat-attached backbone part is received and stopped by a receiving and stopping lever, and the back skin from a back fin to a tail fin is cut off by the fin cutter. Then, when the meat-attached backbone part reaches a kidney cutter, the belly part of the meat-attached backbone part is pushed by a second pushing lever to position the kidney-attached backbone section of the meat-attached backbone part at a cutting position by a kidney cutter. The kidney-attached backbone section is cut off by the kidney cutter to obtain the quality-meat-attached backbone part." The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2010 (12/945,336). 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=7,988,542.PN.&OS=PN/7,988,542&RS=PN/7,988,542 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Univeristy of Massachusetts, Yale University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- The Univeristy of Massachusetts, Boston, and Yale University, New Haven, Conn., have been assigned a patent (7,985,583) developed by four co-inventors for a "chlamydomonas intraflagellar transport 88 (IFT-88)." The co-inventors are George B. Witman, Grafton, Mass., Gregory J. Pazour, Framingham, Mass., Joel L. Rosenbaum, Branford, Conn., and Douglas G. Cole, Pullman, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to various intraflagellar transport (IFT) polypeptides and the nucleic acids that encode them. The new IFT particle polypeptides and nucleic acids can be used in a variety, of diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2009 (12/481,536). 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=7985583.PN.&OS=PN/7985583&RS=PN/7985583 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,985,578) developed by six co-inventors for "systems for genome selection." The co-inventors are W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, Calif., Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Robert Langer, Newton, Mass., Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, Wash., and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, compositions and apparatus relating to genome selection are disclosed." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2010 (12/661,277). 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=7985578.PN.&OS=PN/7985578&RS=PN/7985578 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** N.L. Olson & Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- N.L. Olson & Associates, Port Orchard, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,988,851) developed by Norman L. Olson, Port Orchard, Wash., Wesley R. Johnson, Hansville, Wash., and Richard H. Langford II, Port Orchard, Wash., for a "stormwater control system and related method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A stormwater control system including conveyance, filtration and discharge systems. The conveyance system includes a set of conduits and connections providing a flow path through a compacted soil embankment from an upper inlet to a lower discharge area of an underlying soil infiltration zone. The control system has configurations for transferring stormwater from pervious and impervious surfaces to the soil infiltration zone. The control system optionally includes a media filter device that may be installed within the conveyance system to intercept sediment and other contaminants prior to discharge within the underlying soil infiltration zone." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2009 (12/550,480). 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=7988851.PN.&OS=PN/7988851&RS=PN/7988851 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (7,988,688) developed by four co-inventors for a "miniature apparatus and method for optical stimulation of nerves and other animal tissue." The co-inventors are James S. Webb, Seattle, Charles I. Miyake, Kirkland, Wash., Mark P. Bendett, Kirkland, Wash., and Charles A. Lemaire, Apple Valley, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hand-held self-contained nerve-stimulation device and method using light to provide a source of precise stimulation on one or more nerve fibers. In some embodiments, this simulation is provided through a device and method wherein a laser- or LED-light source is mounted to the handpiece. Light is passed from the light source through optical tip to simulate nerves. In some embodiments, the device is constructed from non-magnetic material such as glass, plastic or ceramics. In some embodiments, the light emanating from the optical tip can be controlled manually or automatically. In some embodiments, the handpiece contains a self-contained power source, such as batteries. In some embodiments, the handpiece is at least in part, activated by remote control in order to prevent moving the handpiece during activation. Some embodiments include a unit operable to sense a response of nerve stimulation and to suppress a laser-ablation surgery operation." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2006 (11/536,639). 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=7,988,688&OS=7,988,688&RS=7,988,688 Written by Arpi Sharma; 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. -1056993 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |