TMCnet News
U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Ohio (Aug. 10)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Ohio. *** SPX Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 9 -- SPX, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,996,128) developed by Thomas Bertosa, Chardon, Ohio, Michael Gessner, Akron, Ohio, and Hamid Namaky, South Russell, Ohio, for "user configurable scan tool." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A diagnostic tool for a vehicle, includes a signal translator communicating with the vehicle in at least one protocol, an input device, a processor controlling a software according to the input information and communication with the vehicle from the signal translator, the processor controlling a reception of diagnostic data of the vehicle through the signal translator, the processor receiving a selected information of a user and configuration of the diagnostic tool through the input device and correlating the configuration information with the user information, the processor processing the received diagnostic data according to the selected configuration information corresponding to the selected user by the input unit, a memory storing a software controlled by the processor, the memory storing the configuration information according to the corresponding user information, and a display unit receiving and displaying diagnostic information according to the selected stored configuration information according to the user." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2007 (11/790,752). 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=79,96,128.PN.&OS=PN/79,96,128&RS=PN/79,96,128 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rockwell Automation Technologies Assigned Patent for Automatic Controller Relationship Resolution ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Rockwell Automation Technologies, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,996,093) developed by ten co-inventors for an "automatic controller relationship resolution." The co-inventors are Subbian Govindaraj, Solon, Ohio, Raymond J. Staron, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Charles Martin Rischar, Chardon, Ohio, Kenwood H. Hall, Hudson, Ohio, David A. Vasko, Solon, Ohio, Robert J. Kretschmann, Bay Village, Ohio, Michael D. Kalan, Highland Heights, Ohio, Paul R. D'Mura, Glendale, Ariz., Taryl J. Jasper, South Euclid, Ohio, and Eugene Liberman, Rocky River, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an industrial control system, a relatively large number of bindings can permeate between different controllers. As a modification is made in a primary binding, supplemental bindings can be impacted and can become erroneous. The supplemental bindings can be automatically resolved such that they are no longer erroneous. Resolution can take place through access of a distributed directory that holds information related to the different controllers. To lower a likelihood of control system error or failure, the primary binding and supplemental binding can be placed online in synchronization." The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2008 (12/019,463). 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=79,96,093.PN.&OS=PN/79,96,093&RS=PN/79,96,093 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NDI Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- NDI Medical, Cleveland, has been assigned a patent (7,996,092) developed by Joseph J. Mrva, Euclid, Ohio, Kenneth P. Rundle, Independence, Ohio, and Joseph W. Boggs II, Carrboro, N.C., for "devices, systems, and methods employing a molded nerve cuff electrode." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Devices, systems, and methods for recording, and/or stimulation, and/or blocking of a nerve make use of a molded nerve cuff electrode. One or more electrodes are positioned in one or more frames within a casing. The exterior surface of the casing is wrapped in an insulating material, and the wrapped casing is positioned within a cover tube. One or more additional electrodes may be positioned anywhere outside of the casing. An applicator tool having a body to hold the molded nerve cuff in an expanded configuration is used to implant the cuff about a nerve." The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2007 (11/653,578). 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=79,96,092.PN.&OS=PN/79,96,092&RS=PN/79,96,092 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rockwell Automation Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Rockwell Automation Technologies, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,996,104) developed by five co-inventors for a "driver board control system for modular conveyor with address-based network for inter-conveyer communication." The co-inventors are Wayne Wielebski, New Berlin, Wis., John P. Caspers, Racine, Wis., Gregory A. Majcher, Broadview Heights, Ohio, Steven P. Blech, Twinsburg, Ohio, and Gregory J. Svetina, Streetsboro, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and control system are provided for controlling a modular conveyor system, which may be networked together with other such systems in order to implement a control strategy for a modular conveyor system. The control system comprises a communications port for interconnection of the control system with a network for sending outgoing addressed data to other devices on the address-based network and for receiving incoming addressed data from other devices. The control system further comprises a logic system, which may receive a signal from an object sensor and provide a control signal or output adapted to control activation of a motorized roller assembly, based on an input signal from the object sensor or the communications port. The logic system may provide for single step operation whereby system troubleshooting may be facilitated, and in addition may provide situation aware and output value source selection functionality." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2005 (11/113,575). 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=79,96,104.PN.&OS=PN/79,96,104&RS=PN/79,96,104 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,434) developed by Muthukumar S. Palanisamy, Sunnyvale, Calif., Catherine Betz Lippert, Solon, Ohio, and David S. Keyes, Clinton, Ohio, for a "system and method for creating and managing universally unique identifiers for services." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for creating a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) for a web service. The UUID is stored in service metadata associated with the web service. The UUID can then be used to track services and correlate service information between multiple systems. In accordance with an embodiment, a method is provided for publishing Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) service information from a metadata repository to a service registry. In accordance with an embodiment, a method is provided for receiving Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) service information from a service registry into a metadata repository." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2009 (12/370,030). 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=79,96,434&OS=79,96,434&RS=79,96,434 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Performing Advanced Search in Service Registry System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,394) developed by Waseem Ahmed Roshen, Hilliard, Ohio, for a "system and method for performing advanced search in service registry system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and associated method for searching a service registry system with a service name. The present invention receives a request to search a service description with the service name. If conventional search does not find a match for the service name in a registry, the present invention parses the service name and generates candidate service names for alternative searches from synonyms stored in a dictionary database. The registry is searched again with generated candidate service names and any service description found to be a match of any candidate service name is returned." The patent application was filed on July 17, 2008 (12/174,944). 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=79,96,394&OS=79,96,394&RS=79,96,394 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Case Western Reserve University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (7,996,062) developed by four co-inventors for a "double-contrast technique for MRI-guided vascular interventions." The co-inventors are Frank K. Wacker, Tuebingen, Germany, Jeffrey L. Duerk, Avon Lake, Ohio, Jonathan S. Lewin, Baltimore, and Robbert M. Maes, Schagerbrug, The Netherlands. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods for confirming location of a catheter tip relative to a targeted location in a blood vessel of a subject and improving visualization of the blood vessels downstream of the catheter tip are provided. The methods comprise acquiring and displaying a first modified MR image of the subject's blood vessels between an insertion site for the catheter and the targeted location; acquiring and displaying a sequence of modified MR images of the blood vessels to monitor advancement of an inserted catheter from the insertion site to an intraluminal stop site at or near the targeted location; delivering a bolus of a magnetic resonance contrast agent through the tip of the catheter and to the intraluminal stop site, wherein the magnetic contrast agent alters the first modified MR image of the subject's blood vessels; acquiring and displaying an updated second MR modified image of the blood vessels at and downstream of the tip of the catheter. Systems and computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions operable to perform computer executable aspects of the present methods are also provided." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2009 (12/577,805). 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=7996062.PN.&OS=PN/7996062&RS=PN/7996062 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New Frontier Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- New Frontier Imaging, Dayton, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,996,066) developed by Jerry Schlagheck, West Chester, Ohio, and T. Randall Lane, Lebanon, Ohio, for a "topographic optical infrared tomography system for biophysical imaging with infrared diagnostic exploratory algorithm sequencing (IDEAS) scripting language." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A topographic optical infrared tomography system for biophysical imaging includes a thermal camera operably disposed adjacent a body part equipped for obtaining thermal data readings from the body part and apparatus operably connected to the thermal camera for correcting thermal emissivity variations in the thermal data readings to provide corrected thermal data. A method for obtaining physiological data using the thermally corrected data is also provided." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2007 (11/839,667). 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=7996066.PN.&OS=PN/7996066&RS=PN/7996066 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lincoln Global Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Lincoln Global, Monterey Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,276) developed by George Daryl Blankenship, Chardon, Ohio, and Christopher Hsu, Mentor, Ohio, for a "system and method for managing welding consumables." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for managing welding consumable(s) is provided. The invention includes a welder having a consumable(s) monitor, a customer system and/or a remote system. The invention further provides for monitoring of welding consumable(s) usage and ordering of welding consumable(s) from suppliers, distributors and/or manufacturers. The invention further provides for an optional arc/weld quality monitor that provides information regarding weld quality. The invention further provides for invoicing a customer for welding consumable(s) as the consumable(s) are used by the customer. The invention further provides for invoicing of customers for welding consumable(s) that produce acceptable welds. The invention further provides for remote management of customer welding consumable(s) inventory based at least in part upon information received regarding welding consumable(s) usage. The invention further provides for communication with a production component, financial accounting component and/or materials management component in order to facilitate automation of welding consumable(s) management." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2010 (12/818,061). 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=7,996,276.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,276&RS=PN/7,996,276 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Procter & Gamble Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (7,996,256) developed by four co-inventors for "predicting shopper traffic at a retail store." The co-inventors are Jayaraman Anand, Singapore, Kathryn Byrd Young, Cincinnati, Ranjit Kumar Choudhary, West Chester, Ohio, and Dina R. Howell, Mainville, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Mathematical models for predicting shopper traffic at a shopper region useful for developing inter alia a metric for measuring impressions to in-store advertising." The patent application was filed on Sept. 4, 2007 (11/899,150). 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=7,996,256.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,256&RS=PN/7,996,256 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Checkfree Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Checkfree, Norcross, Ga., has been assigned a patent (7,996,311) developed by six co-inventors for a "remittance payment processing with account scheming and/or validation." The co-inventors are David Lee Garrison, Columbus, Ohio, Patricia A. Kight, Dublin, Ohio, Brad Perkins, Dublin, Ohio, Cheryl Lynn Ward, Hilliard, Ohio, Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Dublin, Ohio, and Amy Lynn Kerin, Delaware, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods of remittance processing where a merchant database is provided that includes one or more alteration rules that are associated with a particular payee. A consumer account number associated with a payor is received and altered into a modified consumer account number, where the alteration is performed in accordance with one or more of the stored alteration rules. The modified consumer account number may then be transmitted to the particular payee to be utilized, for example, when processing a payment." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2009 (12/361,289). 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=7,996,311.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,311&RS=PN/7,996,311 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microchip Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Microchip Technology, Chandler, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (7,996,651) developed by seven co-inventors for an "enhanced microprocessor or microcontroller." The co-inventors are Joseph Julicher, Maricopa, Ariz., Zacharias Marthinus Smit, Chandler, Ariz., Sean Steedman, Phoenix, Vivien Delport, Chandler, Ariz., Jerrold S. Zdenek, Maricopa, Ariz., Ryan Scott Ellison, Chandler, Ariz., and Eric Schroeder, Gahanna, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An n-bit microprocessor device has an n-bit central processing unit (CPU); a plurality of special function registers and general purpose registers which are memory-mapped to a plurality of banks, with at least two 16-bit indirect memory address registers which are accessible by the CPU across all banks; a bank access unit for coupling the CPU with one of the plurality of banks; a data memory coupled with the CPU; and a program memory coupled with the CPU, wherein the indirect address registers are operable to access the data memory or program memory and wherein a bit in each of the indirect memory address registers indicates an access to the data memory or to the program memory." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2008 (12/147,647). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7996651.PN.&OS=PN/7996651&RS=PN/7996651 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. -1057217 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |