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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Minnesota (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 Minnesota. *** Rosemount Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 9 -- Rosemount, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,996,161) developed by five co-inventors for a "process fluid pressure transmitter with pressure transient detection." The co-inventors are Andrew J. Klosinski, Waconia, Minn., Gregory J. LeCuyer, Eden Prairie, Minn., Dale H. Perry, Burnsville, Minn., David L. Wehrs, Eden Prairie, Minn., and Steve VanderSanden, Hopkins, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process fluid pressure transmitter includes a process fluid pressure sensor, measurement circuitry, a controller and a loop communicator. The pressure sensor is coupleable to a source of process fluid pressure. Measurement circuitry is coupled to the process fluid pressure sensor and provides a signal indicative of the electrical characteristic of the process fluid pressure sensor. The controller receives the signal from the measurement circuitry and calculates a process fluid pressure based at least in part upon the signal. The controller is also configured to detect a process fluid pressure transient and store at least one parameter related to the process fluid pressure transient. The loop communicator is coupled to the controller and is configured to provide a signal over a process communication loop based upon the process fluid pressure. The process fluid pressure transmitter is also configured to provide an indication related to the at least one stored parameter." The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2008 (12/323,863). 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=79,96,161.PN.&OS=PN/79,96,161&RS=PN/79,96,161 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Time Dilation Formulas, Algorithms and Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 9 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (7,996,133) developed by Jenne-Tai Wang, Rochester, Minn., for a "time dilation formulas, algorithms and applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An algorithm that is part of a collision preparation system that provides selective and limited vehicle braking to avoid undesirable intrusive high-G braking while still giving the system adequate time to activate collision mitigation devices on the vehicle before impact with an object. If a predicted time to collision between the vehicle and the object is less than a required time to collision, which is determined by how much time is necessary for a certain collision mitigation device to be activated, the algorithm calculates a time dilation deceleration. The system causes the vehicle to automatically brake to decelerate the vehicle at the time dilation deceleration until the time dilation deceleration reaches a predetermined decelerating threshold so that more time is available for the collision preparation system to determine whether to activate the collision mitigation device." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2009 (12/466,756). 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=79,96,133.PN.&OS=PN/79,96,133&RS=PN/79,96,133 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Medtronic Assigned Patent for Methods of Making Implantable Medical Leads With a Non-linear Shape ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (7,996,090) developed by Thomas E. Cross Jr., St. Francis, Minn., and Michaelene M. Williams, Fridley, Minn., for "methods of making implantable medical leads with a non-linear shape." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Implantable medical leads and methods of making. The method includes providing first and second tubes, and arranging a segment of the first tube side-by-side with a segment of the second tube along a region of interface. The tubes are forced to a non-linear shape along at least a portion of the region of interface. An adhesive is applied to the portion of the region of interface and cured. Upon curing, the adhesive bonds the tubes to one another and elastically maintains the non-linear shape in the absence of an external force. A conductive element is disposed within at least one of the tubes. In some embodiments, the non-linear shape is a sigmoid shape, and the method includes arranging the tube segments in a fixture having a structure defining the sigmoid shape." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2007 (11/742,449). 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=79,96,090.PN.&OS=PN/79,96,090&RS=PN/79,96,090 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellecutal Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- AT&T Intellecutal Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,996,226) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method of developing a TTS voice." The co-inventors are Steven Lawrence Davis, Madelia, Minn., Shane Fetters, St. Peter, Minn., David Eugene Schulz, Wauwatosa, Wis., Beverly Gustafson, St. Peter, Minn., and Louise Loney, Elysian, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein are various aspects of a toolkit used for generating a TTS voice for use in a spoken dialog system. The embodiments in each case may be in the form of the system, a computer-readable medium or a method for generating the TTS voice. An embodiment of the invention relates to a method of tracking progress in developing a text-to-speech (TTS) voice. The method comprises insuring that a corpus of recorded speech contains reading errors and matches an associated written text, creating a tuple for each utterance in the corpus and tracking progress for each utterance utilizing the tuple. Various parameters may be tracked using the tuple but the tuple provides a means for enabling multiple workers to efficiently process a database of utterance in preparation of a TTS voice." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2009 (12/638,648). 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=7,996,226.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,226&RS=PN/7,996,226 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Medtronic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (7,996,091) developed by Charmaine Kaye Harris, Woodbury, Minn., for a "medical lead and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A medical lead for electrical stimulation or sensing. The medical lead has a generally flat paddle on the distal end of the lead body. An electrode array is provided on the paddle. The electrode array having directional electrical field properties relative to the first and major surfaces of the paddle (e.g., the electrodes are exposed through only one of the major surfaces). An orientation marker for determining orientation of the lead, with the orientation marking including fluoroscopically viewable material." The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2010 (12/859,404). 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=79,96,091.PN.&OS=PN/79,96,091&RS=PN/79,96,091 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method for Autonomic Workload Distribution on a Multicore Processor ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,346) developed by eight co-inventors for a "method for autonomic workload distribution on a multicore processor." The co-inventors are Robert H. Bell Jr., Austin, Texas, Louis Bennie Capps Jr., Georgetown, Texas, Thomas Edward Cook, Essex Junction, Vt., Thomas J. Dewkett, Staatsburg, N.Y., Naresh Nayar, Rochester, Minn., Ronald Edward Newhart, Essex Junction, Vt., Bernadette Ann Pierson, South Hero, Vt., and Michael Jay Shapiro, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multiprocessor system which includes automatic workload distribution. As threads execute in the multiprocessor system, an operating system or hypervisor continuously learns the execution characteristics of the threads and saves the information in thread-specific control blocks. The execution characteristics are used to generate thread performance data. As the thread executes, the operating system continuously uses the performance data to steer the thread to a core that will execute the workload most efficiently." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2007 (11/959,520). 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=79,96,346&OS=79,96,346&RS=79,96,346 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System Restoration Apparatus and Method for Management of Dependencies, Ordering Sensitivities, and Database Index Rebuilds ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,370) developed by five co-inventors for a "system restoration apparatus and method for management of dependencies, ordering sensitivities, and database index rebuilds." The co-inventors are Mark John Anderson, Oronoco, Minn., Donald R. Halley, Rochester, Minn., Paul Douglas Koeller, Rochester, Minn., Ritchie Lee Nyland, Rochester, Minn., and Kathryn Rose Steinbrink, Chatfield, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, apparatus, and program product restore database data having dependencies or ordering sensitivities, or that incorporates a database index. Unresolved dependencies are identified in response to an attempt to restore data in a computer. The data restoration is deferred and the data is cached when it has an unresolved dependency. After the dependency is resolved, the data restoration is completed. The unresolved dependency may be based-on data that must be restored or created prior to completing restoration. Deferred data is cached in memory and tracked in a deferred operation table. Data that is deferred may be accessed so long as operations that access the underlying based-on data are denied." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2007 (11/956,028). 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=79,96,370&OS=79,96,370&RS=79,96,370 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Tracking Premature Termination of a Database Query ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,386) developed by Paul Reuben Day, Rochester, Minn., and Brian Robert Muras, Rochester, Minn., for "tracking premature termination of a database query." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and program product that utilize at least one prematurely terminated processing of a database query to improve the processing of the database query. The embodiments discussed track termination information associated with at least one user initiated premature termination of processing of a database query to improve the processing of the database query. Information related to the premature terminations of a database query may be utilized by a DBMS to generate and/or implement suggestions to improve the processing of the database query, resulting in improved query processing, improved performance, fewer premature terminations, and more satisfied users." The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2009 (12/353,599). 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=79,96,386&OS=79,96,386&RS=79,96,386 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Query Based Rule Optimization through Rule Combination ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,384) developed by Richard Dean Dettinger, Rochester, Minn., Frederick Allyn Kulack, Rochester, Minn., and Shannon Everett Wenzel, Colby, Wis., for a "query based rule optimization through rule combination." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for optimizing the processing of abstract rules included in rule set containers. In one embodiment, a first abstract rule may be identified as having an effect on a second abstract rule of the rule set container. A predicate and an action of the first abstract rule may be used in translating the second abstract rule into an executable rule. The executable rule performs the functionality included in the first and second abstract rules, while only requiring one rule execution in a rule engine. In another embodiment, the first abstract rule may be translated into a rejection query configured to return a rejection set. The second abstract rule may be translated into an executable rule that includes a condition that excludes any records included in the rejection set." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2007 (11/954,648). 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=79,96,384&OS=79,96,384&RS=79,96,384 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Inserting New Transactions into a Transaction Stream ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,996,401) developed by William Thomas Newport, Rochester, Minn., John Joseph Stecher, Rochester, Minn., and Robert Wisniewski, Rochester, Minn., for "inserting new transactions into a transaction stream." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment, a selection of an original transaction is received. In response to the selection of the original transaction, a call stack of the application that sends the original transaction during a learn mode of the application is saved. A specification of a new transaction and a location of the new transaction with respect to the original transaction in an transaction stream is received. During a production mode of the application, the original transaction is received from the application. A determination is made that the call stack of the application during the production mode matches the saved call stack of the application during the learn mode. In response to the determination, the new transaction is inserted at the location into a transaction stream that is sent to a database." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2007 (11/755,809). 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=79,96,401&OS=79,96,401&RS=79,96,401 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cameron Health Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Cameron Health, San Clemente, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,082) developed by Surekha Palreddy, Maplewood, Minn., Jay A. Warren, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., and James W. Phillips, Fountain Valley, Calif., for a "method and devices for performing cardiac waveform appraisal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Implementations of various technologies described herein are directed toward a sensing architecture for use in cardiac rhythm management devices. The sensing architecture may provide a method and means for certifying detected events by the cardiac rhythm management device. Moreover, by exploiting the enhanced capability to accurately identifying only those sensed events that are desirable, and preventing the use of events marked as suspect, the sensing architecture can better discriminate between rhythms appropriate for device therapy and those that are not." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2007 (11/781,687). 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=7996082.PN.&OS=PN/7996082&RS=PN/7996082 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Far-field Sensing Channel for Implantable Cardiac Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,996,083) developed by four co-inventors for a "far-field sensing channel for implantable cardiac device." The co-inventors are Geng Zhang, Newbury Park, Calif., Douglas R. Daum, Oakdale, Minn., James O. Gilkerson, Stillwater, Minn., and Quan Ni, Shoreview, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An implantable pacemaker is provided with a far-field sensing channel which requires a reduced refractory period during the time when pacing pulses are delivered as compared with sensing channels using intra-cardiac electrodes. The far-field sensing channel may use the conductive housing of the implantable device or can and an indifferent electrode mounted on the device header as the electrodes for its differential inputs. Such a far-field sensing channel is able to sense activity occurring in either the atria or the ventricles for the purposes of arrhythmia detection and/or capture verification." The patent application was filed on June 2, 2004 (10/858,848). 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=7996083.PN.&OS=PN/7996083&RS=PN/7996083 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Biopotential Signal Source Separation Using Source Impedances ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,996,071) developed by four co-inventors for a "biopotential signal source separation using source impedances." The co-inventors are Apurv Kamath, Solana Beach, Calif., Darrel Orvin Wagner, Isanti, Minn., Paul Haefner, Circle Pines, Minn., and Marina Brockway, Shoreview, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Cardiac methods and devices that separate signals using at least two composite signals acquired at least at two input impedances. A target source impedance may be selected, and a cardiac signal may be separated from composite signals using the selected target source impedance. Medical systems include a cardiac device having a housing that provides amplification circuitry configured to have a first amplifier input impedance and a second amplifier input impedance, such as using two separate circuits or switching between two input impedances. One or more electrode assemblies are coupled to the amplification circuitry. A signal processor is provided in the housing configured to separate a source signal using a first composite signal detected at the first input impedance and a second composite signal detected at the second input impedance. The phase response of the first input amplifier circuit is about equal to that of the second input amplifier circuit." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/494,768). 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=7996071.PN.&OS=PN/7996071&RS=PN/7996071 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cardiac Pacemarkers Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Cardiac Pacemarkers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,996,086) developed by Jeffrey E. Stahmann, Ramsey, Minn., and Andrew P. Kramer, Marine on St. Croix, Minn., for an "apparatus and method for pacing mode switching during atrial tachyarrhythmias." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for operating a cardiac pacemaker in which the mode of operation of the pacemaker is altered in response to detecting an episode of atrial tachycardia. In accordance with the invention, the pacemaker's pacing mode is altered in a manner that attempts to maintain hemodynamic stability during the atrial tachycardia. Such a mode switch is particularly applicable to pacemaker patients suffering from some degree of congestive heart failure." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2010 (12/891,669). 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=7996086.PN.&OS=PN/7996086&RS=PN/7996086 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** St. Jude Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,996,078) developed by Saurav Paul, Minnetonka, Minn., and Israel A. Byrd, Richfield, Minn., for "systems and methods of photodynamic-based cardiac ablation via the esophagus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for photodynamic ablation of cardiac tissue via an esophagus are disclosed. An exemplary system includes an ablation catheter having an expandable distal end for securing the ablation catheter in the esophagus. The distal end of the ablation catheter contains at least one light source operable to activate a photodynamic substance delivered to the target area of the cardiac tissue to be ablated and form a lesion. The system also includes at least one feedback device contained in the distal end of the ablation catheter. The at least one feedback device provides feedback for at least one of: positioning a distal end of an ablation catheter in a desired position in the esophagus adjacent a target area of the cardiac tissue to be ablated, forming an adequate lesion, and assessing lesion formation." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2008 (12/345,569). 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=7996078.PN.&OS=PN/7996078&RS=PN/7996078 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Managing Multi-node Multi-version Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,359) developed by four co-inventors for "managing multi-node multi-version systems." The co-inventors are Nicholas Anthony Pietraniec, Austin, Texas, Ajay Kumar Mahajan, Austin, Texas, Anis M. Abdul, Austin, Texas, and Brent William Jacobs, Rochester, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and computer usable program product for managing multi-node multi-version systems are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A process associates a version identifier with a first version of data available at a first node in the multi-node multi-version system. The version identifier corresponds to the first version of the data. The data includes an update. The process sends the data and the associated version identifier to a second node without learning a second version of data available at the second node. In one embodiment, the first version of data may be a subset of the second version of data. In another embodiment the second version of data may be a subset of the first version of data. The process repeats the sending for each update at the first node." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2008 (12/139,537). 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=79,96,359&OS=79,96,359&RS=79,96,359 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned for System and Method for Providing Closely-followed Cardiac Therapy Management Through Automated Patient Care ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,996,074) developed by Bruce H. KenKnight, Maple Grove, Minn., and Yatheendhar D. Manicka, Woodbury, Minn., for a "system and method for providing closely-followed cardiac therapy management through automated patient care." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing closely-followed cardiac therapy management through automated patient care is presented. A patient under remote care is enrolled in a monitoring program following commencement of a cardiac therapy regimen to be undertaken by the patient. A wearable monitor, including one or more patient physiology sensors and a wireless interface providing enabling bi-directional data exchange, is provided to the patient. Patient physiometry, including quantitative physiological measures, is periodically collected from the wearable monitor over the wireless interface concomitant to performance of the cardiac therapy regimen. The patient physiometry is evaluated to determine a trend indicating an onset, progression, regression, absence of, and status quo of patient health status." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2006 (11/378,677). 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=7996074.PN.&OS=PN/7996074&RS=PN/7996074 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Medtronic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (7,996,084) developed by five co-inventors for an "implantable medical device with automatic ischemia threshold determination." The co-inventors are Lee Stylos, Stillwater, Minn., Todd J. Sheldon, North Oaks, Minn., Steven N. Lu, Fridley, Minn., William J. Combs, Minnetonka, Minn., and Robert J. Nehls, Lakeville, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An implantable medical device (IMD) performs periodic testing of a patient to determine ischemia threshold information. At selected times while the patient is at rest, the IMD increases the pacing rate over time until it receives feedback either from the patient or from an ischemia sensor. The IMD determines the threshold based upon the pacing rate at the time when the feedback was received. The threshold information can be used to adjust the upper pacing rate that can be used during rate adaptive pacing, to determine the effects of drug therapy, and to provide a general indication of the state of coronary artery disease in the patient. The periodic increase of pacing rate to the ischemic zone also provides a preconditioning of the myocardium to allow the patient greater exercise benefit without angina." The patent application was filed on April 19, 2006 (11/379,290). 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=7996084.PN.&OS=PN/7996084&RS=PN/7996084 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Positionally Adaptable Implantable Cardiac Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,996,072) developed by Paul Allan Haefner, Circle Pines, Minn., for a "positionally adaptable implantable cardiac device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Cardiac sensing and/or stimulation devices and methods that adapt to implant location and positioning, and may employ automated vector selection from multiple electrodes. Devices include a housing having a first face opposing a second face, and an edge extending around the perimeter. A pulse generator and controller are coupled to three or more electrodes. Electrode arrangement facilitates selection of the particular electrodes that sense cardiac activity irrespective of one or more of positioning of the device, rotation of the housing, and which of the first and second faces of the housing is orientated toward the patient's skin. A first vector may be selected that provides for sensing cardiac activity, and a second vector may sense skeletal muscle activity. The vectors may be selected based on amplitude or signal-to-noise ratio exceeding a predetermined threshold. Methods may involve delivering defibrillation or cardioversion energy and/or determining cardiac rhythm states using selected vectors." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2004 (7,996,072). 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=7996072.PN.&OS=PN/7996072&RS=PN/7996072 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verify Brand Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Verify Brand, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (7,996,319) developed by David Dillon, Excelsior, Minn., for an "authentication and tracking system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A subset of unique codes are generated from a set of codes. The subset of codes are stored in a database on a secure server and each of the codes is marked on a corresponding instantiation of the product. The marked instantiations are distributed. During their distribution, the marked instantiations are verified for authenticity and for routing. This verification is performed by reading or scanning the codes on the instantiations, and transmitting that information to the secure server for comparison against the codes and other information located in the database contained therein." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2004 (10/578,037). 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=7,996,319.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,319&RS=PN/7,996,319 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Request Type Grid Computing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,274) developed by Eric L. Barsness, Pine Island, Minn., Randy W. Ruhlow, Rochester, Minn., and John M. Santosuosso, Rochester, Minn., for a "request type grid computing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, articles of manufacture, and systems for providing access to a grid computing environment. In one environment, requests include resource specific criteria used to identify a particular grid resource to perform the request. In another embodiment, a request includes a queue criterion used to identify one of a plurality of queues on which the request is placed." The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2008 (12/023,777). 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=7,996,274.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,274&RS=PN/7,996,274 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Accenture Global Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Accenture Global Services, Dublin, Ireland, has been assigned a patent (7,996,253) developed by Kenneth L. Reed, Mission Viejo, Calif., Theodore Ansusinha, Plymouth, Minn., and Hari S. Hariharan, Madison, Wis., for an "adaptive marketing using insight driven customer interaction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for adaptive marketing using insight driven customer interaction. The invention uses a closed-loop process for developing insight that may be used to refine further customer interactions. Results of a first customer interaction such as a marketing campaign are stored in a database. The results may be used to retrain predictive models and gain new insights regarding how customers are responding to marketing campaigns. The insights may be used to refine the offers delivered to customers or to extend additional offers in an effort to increase the likelihood that customers will redeem the offers. After each marketing campaign, the results are stored in the database. New and/or modified offers are created based on insights provided by the results of past campaigns. This process may be repeated such that subsequent campaigns are based on insights generated by the predictive models. The insight enables businesses to better target customers with better offers. These offers can be delivered through ensuing marketing campaigns or, through any form of interaction that the business has with the targeted customers." The patent application was filed on March 5, 2010 (12/718,096). 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=7,996,253.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,253&RS=PN/7,996,253 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** McAfee Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- McAfee, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,201) developed by five co-inventors for a "network security modeling system and method." The co-inventors are Alan Dowd, White Bear Lake, Minn., Thomas R. Markham, Anoka, Minn., Tomo Foote-Lennox, Maple Grove, Minn., David Apostal, Roseville, Minn., and Raymond Lu, Shoreview, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network security modeling system which simulates a network and analyzes security vulnerabilities of the network. The system includes a simulator which includes a network vulnerabilities database and a network configuration module having network configuration data. The simulator determines vulnerabilities of the simulated network based on the network configuration data and the vulnerabilities database." The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2007 (11/977,074). 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=7,996,201.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,201&RS=PN/7,996,201 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Minnesota, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Patent for Process, Knowledge, and Intelligence Management through Integrated Medical Management System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Solomon Zak, St Louis Park, Minn., Rudra Duddala, Westboro, Mass., Craig Johnson, Cambrige, Minn., Poladas James, Worcester, Mass., Madusudhana Narahari, Whitinsville, Mass., Bala Ankarfa, Westboro, Mass., Streesha Parvatham, Westboro, Mass., and Sashidhar Kokku, Westboro, Mass., have developed a patent (7,996,241) for a "process, knowledge, and intelligence management through integrated medical management system for better health outcomes, utilization cost reduction and provider reward programs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system for rewarding health care providers using an integrated medical management system. A web application analyzes performance of the health care providers. The web application acquires information from integrated medical management system. The acquired information includes information of health care quality improvement analysis, disease and case based management, utilization analytics, physician profiling, authorizations management, lab and imaging information, and health risk assessment information. The web application determines performance indices for the health care providers based on the acquired information. The performance indices include a quality index, an economic index, and a relative value unit index of the health care providers. The web application analyzes the performance of the health care providers based on the performance indices. The analysis includes identifying health care providers eligible for a reward. The health care providers are then rewarded based on the analyzed performance." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2008 (12/118,768). 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=7,996,241.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,241&RS=PN/7,996,241 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Security of a Network System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,887) developed by Zachary Adam Garbow, Rochester, Minn., and Kevin W. Kirkeby, Rochester, Minn., for a "security of a network system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a first aspect, a first method of improving security of a network system is provided. The first method includes the steps of (1) providing a plurality of devices coupled via a network, wherein one or more of the devices are adapted to execute at least one client and one or more of the devices are adapted to execute at least one server in a client-server relationship; and (2) employing software, functionality of which is based on client-specific criteria or operational condition criteria of the system, to reduce a number of times a user of a client of the system must provide first authentication data to access data from one or more servers of the system. Numerous other aspects are provided." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2006 (11/464,599). 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=7,996,887&OS=7,996,887&RS=7,996,887 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Displaying and Managing Inherited Values ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,773) developed by Gregory Richard Hintermeister, Rochester, Minn., and Michael D. Rahn, Rochester, Minn., for a "displaying and managing inherited values." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and article of manufacture that help system administrators visualize the relationship between a global setting and the setting in each instance. One embodiment of the present invention comprises receiving a selection of a setting, determining an inheritance state for the selected setting, and displaying a graphical indication of the inheritance state of the selected setting. In some embodiments, the method further comprises displaying a graphical indication of the inheritance relationship between the selected setting and at least one related setting. The method may also include receiving a change inheritance relationship command, and changing the inheritance relationship for the selected setting." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/271,586). 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=7,996,773&OS=7,996,773&RS=7,996,773 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Computer Program Product for design Verification Using Sequential and Combinational Transformations ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,800) developed by four co-inventors for a "computer program product for design verification using sequential and combinational transformations." The co-inventors are Jason Raymond Baumgarter, Austin, Texas, Robert Lowell Kanzelman, Rochester, Minn., Hari Mony, Austin, Texas, and Viresh Paruthi, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and software for verifying that a model of an integrated circuit satisfies its specification includes performing a sequence of at least one sequential transformation on a sequential model of the integrated circuit to produce a simplified sequential model of the integrated circuit. Thereafter, the simplified sequential model is unfolded for N time steps to create a combinational representation of the design. A sequence of at least one combinational transformation algorithms is then performed on the unfolded design to produce a simplified unfolded model. Finally, an exhaustive search algorithm is performed on the simplified unfolded model. The sequence of sequential transformations may include a sequential redundancy removal (SRR) algorithm and/or another sequential algorithm such as a retiming transformation. The combinational transformations may include a combinational redundancy removal algorithm or a logic re-encoding algorithm. The exhaustive search includes performing an exhaustive satisfiability search by propagating a binary decision diagram (BDD) through the netlist." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2008 (12/055,692). 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=7,996,800&OS=7,996,800&RS=7,996,800 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Automated Use of Uninterpreted Functions in Sequential Equivalence ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,803) developed by four co-inventors for an "automated use of uninterpreted functions in sequential equivalence." The co-inventors are Jason R. Baumgartner, Austin, Texas, Robert L. Kanzelman, Rochester, Minn., Hari Mony, Austin, Texas, and Viresh Paruthi, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer program product for automated use of uninterpreted functions in sequential equivalence checking. A first netlist and a second netlist may be received and be included in an original model, and from the original model, logic to be abstracted may be determined. A condition for functional consistency may be determined, and an abstract model may be created by replacing the logic with abstracted logic using one or more uninterpreted functions. One or more functions may be performed on the abstract model. For example, the one or more functions may include one or more of a bounded model checking (BMC) algorithm, an interpolation algorithm, a Boolean satisfiability-based analysis algorithm, and a binary decision diagram (BDD) based reachability analysis algorithm, among others." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2009 (12/362,513). 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=7,996,803&OS=7,996,803&RS=7,996,803 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Structure for Hub for Supporting High Capacity Memory Subsystem ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,641) developed by Gerald K. Bartley, Rochester, Minn., John M. Borkenhagen, Rochester, Minn., and Philip Raymond Germann, Oronoco, Minn., for a "structure for hub for supporting high capacity memory subsystem." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A design structure is provided for a hub for use in a high-capacity memory subsystem in which memory modules arranged in one or more clusters, each attached to a respective hub which in turn is attached to a memory controller. Within a cluster, data is interleaved so that each data access command accesses all modules of the cluster. The hub communicates with the memory modules at a lower bus frequency, but the distributing of data among multiple modules enables the cluster to maintain the composite data rate of the memory-controller-to-hub bus. Preferably, the memory system employs buffered memory chips having dual-mode operation, one of which supports a cluster configuration in which data is interleaved and the communications buses operate at reduced bus width and/or reduced bus frequency to match the level of interleaving." The patent application was filed on March 21, 2008 (12/053,231). 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=7996641.PN.&OS=PN/7996641&RS=PN/7996641 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Optimization Within a Group Priority Issue Schema for a Cascaded Pipeline ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,654) developed by David A. Luick, Rochester, Minn., for a "system and method for optimization within a group priority issue schema for a cascaded pipeline." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides system and method for a group priority issue schema for a cascaded pipeline. The system includes a cascaded delayed execution pipeline unit having a plurality of execution pipelines that execute instructions in a common issue group in a delayed manner relative to each other. The system further includes circuitry configured to: (1) receive an issue group of instructions, (2) determine the dependency chain depth of all the instructions in the issue group, (3) schedule the instructions in an order of the longest dependency chain depth to shortest dependency chain depth, and (4) execute the issue group of instructions in the cascaded delayed execution pipeline unit." The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2008 (12/033,100). 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=7996654.PN.&OS=PN/7996654&RS=PN/7996654 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Multiport Execution Target Delay Queue FIFO Array ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,655) developed by David A. Luick, Rochester, Minn., for a "multiport execution target delay queue FIFO array." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment provides a method of forwarding data in a processor. The method generally includes providing at least one cascaded delayed execution pipeline unit having at least a first pipeline and a second pipeline for executing first and second instructions in a common issue group, wherein the second pipeline executes the second instruction in a delayed manner relative to the execution of the first instruction in the first pipeline, storing results generated by an execution unit of the first pipeline in a first-in first-out (FIFO) storage target delay queue, determining if the target delay queue contains source data for executing the second instruction, and if the target delay queue contains source data for the second instruction, forwarding the source data for the second instruction from the target delay queue to an execution unit of the second pipeline." The patent application was filed on April 22, 2008 (12/107,289). 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=7996655.PN.&OS=PN/7996655&RS=PN/7996655 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Cross Adapter Shared Address Translation Tables ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,628) developed by Ellen M. Bauman, Rochester, Minn., Timothy J. Schimke, Stewartville, Minn., and Lee A. Sendelbach, Rochester, Minn., for a "cross adapter shared address translation tables." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computer program product and computer system for allocating shared address translation tables for memory regions of multiple I/O adaptors, which includes allocating an address translation table to be shared between the memory regions, creating a hardware context for each memory region, and sharing the address translation table across multiple adaptors." The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2008 (12/030,957). 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=7996628.PN.&OS=PN/7996628&RS=PN/7996628 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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