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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Aug. 12)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,543) developed by Yi Wu, Santa Clara, Calif., and Kenan Yu, San Jose, Calif., for a "via antenna fix in deep sub-micron circuit designs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A filler cell for use in fabricating an integrated circuit. The filler cell couples a power supply rail of an adjacent logic cell to a power supply rail of another adjacent logic cell. The filler cell also has a diode to bleed charge accumulated on the power rails of the adjacent logic cells to the substrate. The diode is reverse biased during normal integrated circuit operation. A method for fabricating an integrated circuit with a power grid. At least one filler cell is placed on the integrated circuit to bleed away charge accumulated on the power grid during the fabrication of the integrated circuit. The filler cell is connected to a supply rail of an adjacent logic cell." The patent application was filed on July 26, 2007 (11/828,515). 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=79,94,543.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,543&RS=PN/79,94,543 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tela Innovations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Tela Innovations, Los Gatos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,545) developed by Michael C. Smayling, Fremont, Calif., and Scott T. Becker, Scotts Valley, Calif., for "methods, structures, and designs for self-aligning local interconnects used in integrated circuits." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, structures and designs for self-aligned local interconnects are provided. The method includes designing diffusion regions to be in a substrate. Some of a plurality of gates are designed to be active gates and some of the plurality of gates are designed to be formed over isolation regions. The method includes designing the plurality of gates in a regular and repeating alignment along a same direction, and each of the plurality of gates are designed to have dielectric spacers. The method also includes designing a local interconnect layer between or adjacent to the plurality of gates. The local interconnect layer is conductive and disposed over the substrate to allow electrical contact and interconnection with or to some of the diffusion regions of the active gates. The local interconnect layer is self-aligned by the dielectric spacers of the plurality of gates." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2010 (12/814,411). 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=79,94,545.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,545&RS=PN/79,94,545 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Koninklijke Philips Electronics Assigned Patent for LED With Molded Bi-directional Optics ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Koninklijke Philips Electronics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, has been assigned a patent (7,994,529) developed by Serge Bierhuizen, Santa Rosa, Calif., and Mark Butterworth, Santa Clara, Calif., for an "LED with molded bi-directional optics." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A double-molded lens for an LED includes an outer lens molded around the periphery of an LED die and a collimating inner lens molded over the top surface of the LED die and partially defined by a central opening in the outer lens. The outer lens is formed using silicone having a relatively low index of refraction such as n=1.33-1.47, and the inner lens is formed of a higher index silicone, such as n=1.54-1.76, to cause TIR within the inner lens. Light not internally reflected by the inner lens is transmitted into the outer lens. The shape of the outer lens determines the side emission pattern of the light. The front and side emission patterns separately created by the two lenses may be tailored for a particular backlight or automotive application." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2008 (12/265,131). 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=79,94,529.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,529&RS=PN/79,94,529 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Philips Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Koninklijke Philips Electronics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and Philips Lumileds Lighting, San Jose, Calif., have been assigned a patent (7,994,514) developed by Jerome C. Bhat, San Francisco, and Steven T. Boles, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "semiconductor light emitting device with integrated electronic components." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One or more circuit elements such as silicon diodes, resistors, capacitors, and inductors are disposed between the semiconductor structure of a semiconductor light emitting device and the connection layers used to connect the device to an external structure. In some embodiments, the n-contacts to the semiconductor structure are distributed across multiple vias, which are isolated from the p-contacts by one or more dielectric layers. The circuit elements are formed in the contacts-dielectric layers-connection layers stack." The patent application was filed on April 21, 2006 (11/408,841). 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=79,94,514.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,514&RS=PN/79,94,514 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Applied Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,508) developed by Yan Ye, Saratoga, Calif., for a "thin film transistors using thin film semiconductor materials." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention generally comprises TFTs having semiconductor material comprising oxygen, nitrogen, and one or more element selected from the group consisting of zinc, tin, gallium, cadmium, and indium as the active channel. The semiconductor material may be used in bottom gate TFTs, top gate TFTs, and other types of TFTs. The TFTs may be patterned by etching to create both the channel and the metal electrodes. Then, the source-drain electrodes may be defined by dry etching using the semiconductor material as an etch stop layer. The active layer carrier concentration, mobility, and interface with other layers of the TFT can be tuned to predetermined values. The tuning may be accomplished by changing the nitrogen containing gas to oxygen containing gas flow ratio, annealing and/or plasma treating the deposited semiconductor film, or changing the concentration of aluminum doping." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2008 (12/184,914). 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=79,94,508.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,508&RS=PN/79,94,508 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventors Develop Patent for Vertically Structured LED Array Light Source ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- David Yaunien Chung, Los Angeles, and Thomas Taoming Chung, Redondo Beach, Calif., have developed a patent (7,994,524) for a "vertically structured LED array light source." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A vertical structured Light Emitting Diode (LED) array using wafer level bonding. The process bonds two or more LED arrays vertically to produce light mixing in a small footprint. The vertically bonded LED array contains through substrate vias and a plurality of metal posts coated with solder to form an internal cavity between the LED layers. This LED array structure is intrinsically hermetically sealed." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2007 (11/900,576). 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=79,94,524.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,524&RS=PN/79,94,524 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cree Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Cree, Goleta, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,512) developed by Primit Parikh, Goleta, Calif., and Umesh Mishra, Santa Barbara, Calif., for a "gallium nitride based diodes with low forward voltage and low reverse current operation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "New Group III based diodes are disclosed having a low on state voltage (V.sub.f) and structures to keep reverse current (I.sub.rev) relatively low. One embodiment of the invention is Schottky barrier diode made from the GaN material system in which the Fermi level (or surface potential) of is not pinned. The barrier potential at the metal-to-semiconductor junction varies depending on the type of metal used and using particular metals lowers the diode's Schottky barrier potential and results in a V.sub.f in the range of 0.1-0.3V. In another embodiment a trench structure is formed on the Schottky diodes semiconductor material to reduce reverse leakage current. and comprises a number of parallel, equally spaced trenches with mesa regions between adjacent trenches. A third embodiment of the invention provides a GaN tunnel diode with a low V.sub.f resulting from the tunneling of electrons through the barrier potential, instead of over it. This embodiment can also have a trench structure to reduce reverse leakage current." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2005 (11/173,035). 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=79,94,512.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,512&RS=PN/79,94,512 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,527) developed by five co-inventors for a "high light extraction efficiency light emitting diode (LED)." The co-inventors are Steven P. DenBaars, Goleta, Calif., Shuji Nakamura, Santa Barbara, Calif., Hisashi Masui, Santa Barbara, Calif., Natalie Nichole Fellows, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Akihiko Murai, Goletz, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An (Al, Ga, In)N and ZnO direct wafer bonded light emitting diode (LED) combined with a shaped plastic optical element, in which the directional light from the ZnO cone, or from any high refractive index material in contact with the LED surface, entering the shaped plastic optical element is extracted to air." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2006 (11/593,268). 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=79,94,527.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,527&RS=PN/79,94,527 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,994,509) developed by Ping Mei, Palo Alto, Calif., Hao Luo, Palo Alto, Calif., and Carl Taussig, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "structure and method for thin film device with stranded conductor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided is a thin film device and an associated method of making a thin film device. For example, fabrication of an inverter thin film device is described. Moreover, a parallel spaced electrically conductive strips are provided upon a substrate. A functional material is deposited upon the conductive strips. A 3D structure is then provided upon the functional material, the 3D structure having a plurality of different heights, at least one height defining a first portion of the conductive strips to be bundled. The 3D structure and functional material are then etched to define a TFD disposed above the first portion of the conductive strips. The first portion of the conductive strips is bundled adjacent to the TFD." The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2005 (11/264,321). 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=79,94,509.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,509&RS=PN/79,94,509 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Coactive Drive Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Coactive Drive, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,994,741) developed by Nathan Delson, San Diego, for a vibration device. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention pertains to vibration devices that do not require a rotating mass. In accordance with aspects of the invention, a coil causes a plunger to move linearly. A spring device is coupled to one end of the plunger. Activation of the coil causes the plunger to move in a first direction relative to a body and coil deactivation enables the spring device to move the plunger in an opposite direction relative to the body. Activating the coil at a predetermined frequency causes vibration of the plunger. Vibratory forces are transferred via the spring device and coil onto the body at predetermined locations. Opposing spring devices may be affixed to either end of the plunger. Spring devices may be linear or non-linear. Such spring devices may be used in conjunction with magnetic spring devices. A controller and a driver circuit may be used to control system operation." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2007 (12/005,519). 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=79,94,741.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,741&RS=PN/79,94,741 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Stanford University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,472) developed by Tomas Plettner, San Ramon, Calif., and Robert L. Byer, Stanford, Calif., for a "laser-driven deflection arrangements and methods involving charged particle beams." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, devices and apparatus are implemented for producing controllable charged particle beams. In one implementation, an apparatus provides a deflection force to a charged particle beam. A source produces an electromagnetic wave. A structure, that is substantially transparent to the electromagnetic wave, includes a physical structure having a repeating pattern with a period L and a tilted angle .alpha., relative to a direction of travel of the charged particle beam, the pattern affects the force of the electromagnetic wave upon the charged particle beam. A direction device introduces the electromagnetic wave to the structure to provide a phase-synchronous deflection force to the charged particle beam." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2009 (12/485,616). 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=79,94,472.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,472&RS=PN/79,94,472 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Andreas Hieke Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Andreas Hieke, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,474) developed by Andreas Hieke, Cupertino, Calif., for a "laser desorption ionization ion source with charge injection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An innovative ion source is disclosed that in some embodiments provides an injected independent ion beam to increase the ionization efficiency of the ion source." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2007 (11/800,458). 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=79,94,474.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,474&RS=PN/79,94,474 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Electronically Aligning Capacitively Coupled Mini-bars ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Oracle America, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,501) developed by Robert J. Drost, Mountain View, Calif., Ivan E. Sutherland, Santa Monica, Calif., and William S. Coates, Los Gatos, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for electronically aligning capacitively coupled mini-bars." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that electronically aligns mini-bars on different semiconductor chips which are situated face-to-face to facilitate communication between the semiconductor chips through capacitive coupling. During operation, the system selects a group of transmitter mini-bars on the first chip to form a transmitter bit position and selects a group of receiver mini-bars on the second chip to form a receiver bit position. The system then associates transmitter bit positions on the first chip with proximate receiver bit positions on the second chip. In this way, the system allows data signals transmitted by the mini-bars within a transmitter bit position on the first chip to be collectively received by the mini-bars within an associated receiver bit position on the second chip." The patent application was filed on May 2, 2008 (12/114,404). 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=79,94,501.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,501&RS=PN/79,94,501 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** BMC Software Assigned Patent for System and Method for Updating Devices that Execute an Operating System or Application Program Directly ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- BMC Software, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,996,501) developed by Johan Eriksson, Orebro, Sweden, Simon Wynn, Redwood City, Calif., and Arthur A. van Hoff, Menlo Park, Calif., for a "system and method for updating devices that execute an operating system or application program directly from nonvolatile storage." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method updates a device by storing into nondisk nonvolatile storage such as flash memory, the files used to update the device, using data structures that are swapped, a portion at a time, into available RAM of the device." The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2007 (11/872,785). 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=7,996,501.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,501&RS=PN/7,996,501 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Intelligent System Control Agent for Managing Jobs on a Network by Managing a Plurality of Queues on a Client ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,507) developed by Michael K. Larkin, San Jose, Calif., for an "intelligent system control agent for managing jobs on a network by managing a plurality of queues on a client." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a robust intelligent system control agent configured to receive user job requests, submit the user job requests to selected qualified clients for servicing, and monitor the progress of the requests. The system is also configured with the capability of relocating a system control agent from one location within a network to another location within the network and for relocating a job request from one client to another. This ability to relocate agents and jobs provides robustness and reliability to the system, allowing the agent to move to a different machine when, for example, its current host system requires maintenance or other downtime. In order to facilitate the relocation of a job request, the state of the request is temporarily stored by the agent or by other means while the job request is relocated to another client." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2006 (11/461,355). 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=7,996,507.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,507&RS=PN/7,996,507 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventors Develop Patent for Solar-controlled Light Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Amy S. Berman, San Diego, Michael Feder, San Diego, and Eric D. Smith, San Diego, have developed a patent (7,994,735) for a solar-controlled light device. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A solar-controlled light device with a circuit-control having a phototransistor, a first resistor, and a first transistor connected to a storage unit, to a solar cell, and to a current-control. The current-control has a transformer, a second resistor, and a second transistor, connected at one end of the current-control to a light and at another end connected to the circuit-control, wherein the current-control senses the amount of power and boost the power as needed to a sufficient level to power the lights." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2009 (12/507,240). 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=79,94,735.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,735&RS=PN/79,94,735 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Method and Apparatus for Operating a Host Computer in a Network Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Evan S. Huang, Cupertino, Calif., has developed a patent (7,996,498) for a "method and apparatus for operating a host computer in a network environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a method and an apparatus that utilize a portable apparatus to operate a host computer in a network environment. The portable apparatus including an operating system and a list of software applications are installed in a removable data storage medium. The basic input/output system (BIOS) of the host computer will directly or indirectly identify the portable apparatus as its boot drive. The host computer immersed in a network environment will further load the operating system in the portable apparatus into its random access semiconductor memory (RAM). In one embodiment of the invention, a hardware profile which contains host and peripheral device-related information is either stored or operatively accessible by the host computer. The operating system is capable of incorporating information from the hardware profile during an OS-loading procedure." The patent application was filed on May 25, 2009 (12/471,471). 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=7,996,498.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,498&RS=PN/7,996,498 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Disney Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Disney Enterprises, Burbank, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,488) developed by James C. Casabella, La Crescenta, Calif., and Michael M. Martin, Glendale, Calif., for "systems and methods for interconnecting media applications and services with automated workflow orchestration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided to integrate disparate media services and applications across an organization. The media services are connected to an interoperable media services bus by creating a connector API for each service, thereby enabling the media services to exchange messages related to transactions to be performed involving media assets and/or metadata associated with media assets. To support complex transactions involving coordinated activity by multiple media services, an orchestration service advantageously performs a coordinated sequence of request/response transactions, referred to as a "workflow." The workflow may include requests conditional on responses to previous requests, multiple parallel requests, a combination of synchronous and asynchronous requests, and so on. Multiple workflows may be managed concurrently." The patent application was filed on Nov. 27, 2006 (11/563,670). 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=7,996,488.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,488&RS=PN/7,996,488 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Zulch Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Zulch Laboratories, Orinda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,732) developed by Richard C. Zulch, Orinda, Calif., for an "intensity changing with reduced flicker for digitally-controlled lighting." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Changing light source intensity is disclosed. A command intensity is received for a light source, wherein the light source has a current intensity, and wherein a starting intensity is equal to the current intensity when the command is received. A sequence of at least three steps in intensity for the light source is determined, wherein each step of the sequence is used to change the light source intensity from the starting intensity toward the command intensity, and wherein each of the at least three steps of the sequence are progressively smaller. A light source intensity change is caused, wherein the sequence of the at least three steps in intensity for the light source are added each in turn to the current intensity with a time interval occurring between each of the at least three steps of the sequence." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2007 (11/809,364). 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=79,94,732.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,732&RS=PN/79,94,732 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,730) developed by Li-Quan Tan, Sunnyvale, Calif., Wing Kong Low, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Thai La, San Jose, Calif., for a "pulse width modulation (PWM) closed loop LED current driver in an embedded system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for providing stable and accurate low noise DC reference voltage are described. In the described embodiments, a feedback controlled DC reference voltage supply provides a stable and well controlled sense current. The sense current is in turn used to produce a stable and well controlled light output from a light emitting diode (LED)." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2009 (12/478,611). 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=79,94,730.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,730&RS=PN/79,94,730 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Enterprise-scalable Scanning Using Grid-based Architecture with Remote Agents ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass, has been assigned a patent (7,996,511) developed by James Christopher Wiese, Dublin, Calif., Stephen C. Hoyt, Palo Alto, Calif., and James Donald Nisbet, Menlo Park, Calif., for an "enterprise-scalable scanning using grid-based architecture with remote agents." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An enterprise coordinator coupled to one or more site coordinators provides configuration and scheduling of tasks across a plurality of sites, and accumulates results. Each of the site coordinators optionally manages one or more respective agents to perform agent-local ones of the tasks, and optionally manages one or more respective grid workers to perform, in a distributed fashion, site-local ones of the tasks. Each of the site coordinators optionally apportions a state file into respective work lists that are assigned to the respective grid workers, and concatenates at least some portions of received results to produce a new state file. Each of the grid workers performs operations in accordance with the assigned work list and returns results including an updated version of the work list. In some usage scenarios, a bootstrapping technique is used to install an agent program on unprovisioned ones of the agents and/or the grid workers." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2008 (12/106,228). 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=7,996,511.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,511&RS=PN/7,996,511 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hoshiko Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Hoshiko, Henderson, Nev., has been assigned a patent (7,996,491) developed by Gary Stephen Shuster, Fresno, Calif., for a "personal criteria verification using fractional information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for verifying the identity of users connected to a computer network comprises providing fractional information queries to users, wherein responses to these individual queries are not sufficient to identify the user. This method further comprises receiving responses to these fractional information queries and comparing these responses to data available from within a computer network. A set of potential matches to the user is generated according to these responses and is used in determining whether the set of potential matches is sufficient to identify the user." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2009 (12/471,240). 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=7,996,491.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,491&RS=PN/7,996,491 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Virtual Clustering for Scalable Network Control and Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,510) developed by John Vicente, Roseville, Calif., for a "virtual clustering for scalable network control and management." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In some embodiments, the invention involves a system and method relating to a framework to build a new class of network control (policy) and (state) management services. The framework may be used to build a number of self-management services to support decentralized (mesh) networks. In at least one embodiment, the present invention is intended to hybridize centralized and decentralized network models to generate a more stable and robust network environment using clustering. Other embodiments are described and claimed." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/864,805). 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=7,996,510.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,510&RS=PN/7,996,510 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Luxim Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Luxim, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,721) developed by five co-inventors for "plasma lamp and methods using a waveguide body and protruding bulb." The co-inventors are Frederick M. Espiau, Topanga, Calif., Anthony D. McGettigan, Santa Rosa, Calif., Yian Chang, Sunnyvale, Calif., Frederick M. Espiau, Topanga, Calif., and Marc DeVincentis, Palo Alto, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A plasma lamp for an electrodeless plasma lamp having a dielectric waveguide body and a bulb positioned, at least in part, in the waveguide body and having at least one end protruding from the waveguide body. A probe is used to couple power into the waveguide body. The power resonates in the waveguide body and ignites a plasma in the bulb. By having one or both ends of the bulb extend beyond the surface of the waveguide body, the ends of the bulb are exposed to reduced electric field intensity, resulting in longer bulb lifetime due to reduced plasma impingement on the interior surfaces of the bulb." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2006 (11/553,681). 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=7,994,721.PN.&OS=PN/7,994,721&RS=PN/7,994,721 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Prysm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Prysm, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,702) developed by Sergey A. Bukesov, Acton, Mass., and Roger A. Hajjar, San Jose, Calif., for "scanning beams displays based on light-emitting screens having phosphors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This specification describes phosphor compositions used in fluorescent layers for scanning beam displays. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a display device having a fluorescent layer that absorbs an excitation light at a single wavelength and emits visible light. The fluorescent layer includes a plurality of parallel fluorescent stripes. At least three adjacent fluorescent stripes are made of three different fluorescent materials, which include a first fluorescent material that absorbs the excitation light and emits light of a first color, a second fluorescent material that absorbs the excitation light and emits light of a second color, and a third fluorescent material that absorbs the excitation light and emits light of a third color." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2006 (11/553,971). 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=7,994,702.PN.&OS=PN/7,994,702&RS=PN/7,994,702 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Novellus Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Novellus Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,640) developed by Glenn Alers, Scotts Valley, Calif., and Robert H. Havemann, San Jose, Calif., for a nanoparticle cap layer. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Functionalized nanoparticles are deposited on metal lines inlaid in dielectric to form a metal cap layer that reduces electromigration in the metal line. The functionalized nanoparticles are deposited onto activated metal surfaces, then sintered and annealed to remove the functional agents leaving behind a continuous capping layer. The resulting cap layer is about 1 to 10 nm thick with 30-100% atomic of the nanoparticle material. Various semiconductor processing tools may be adapted for this deposition process without adding footprint in the semiconductor fabrication plant." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2007 (11/772,784). 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=7,994,640.PN.&OS=PN/7,994,640&RS=PN/7,994,640 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,631) developed by Leilei Zhang, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "substrate for an integrated circuit package and a method of forming a substrate." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A substrate for an integrated circuit package is disclosed. The substrate comprises a core comprising a first dielectric layer having a first thickness; conductive traces formed on the first dielectric layer for routing signals within the integrated circuit package, wherein the conductive traces have a second thickness; and a substrate support structure comprising conductive traces formed on the first dielectric layer, where the conductive traces of the substrate support structure have a third thickness which is greater than the second thickness. A method of forming an integrated circuit package is also disclosed." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2009 (12/435,361). 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=7,994,631.PN.&OS=PN/7,994,631&RS=PN/7,994,631 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** STATS ChipPAC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- STATS ChipPAC, Singapore, has been assigned a patent (7,994,636) developed by Rajendra D. Pendse, Fremont, Calif., for a "flip chip interconnection structure." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A flip chip interconnection structure is formed by mechanically interlocking joining surfaces of a first and second element. The first element, which may be a bump on an integrated circuit chip, includes a soft, deformable material with a low yield strength and high elongation to failure. The surface of the second element, which may for example be a substrate pad, is provided with asperities into which the first element deforms plastically under pressure to form the mechanical interlock." The patent application was filed on May 20, 2004 (10/849,947). 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=7,994,636.PN.&OS=PN/7,994,636&RS=PN/7,994,636 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Rectifier Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- International Rectifier, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,632) developed by Kunzhong Hu, Santa Monica, Calif., and Chuan Cheah, Redondo Beach, Calif., for an "interdigitated conductive lead frame or laminate lead frame for GaN die." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A GaN die having a plurality of parallel alternating and closely spaced source and drain strips is contacted by parallel coplanar comb-shaped fingers of source and drain pads. A plurality of enlarged area coplanar spaced gate pads having respective fingers contacting the gate contact of the die. The pads may be elements of a lead frame, or conductive areas on an insulation substrate. Other semiconductor die can be mounted on the pads and connected in predetermined circuit arrangements with the GaN die." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2007 (11/650,152). 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=7,994,632.PN.&OS=PN/7,994,632&RS=PN/7,994,632 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Infineon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Infineon Technologies, Neubiberg, Germany, has been assigned a patent (7,994,630) developed by Cynthia Blair, Morgan Hill, Calif., and Donald Fowlkes, San Jose, Calif., for a "power transistor package with integrated bus bar." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to one embodiment, a power transistor package includes an electrically conductive flange configured to be connected to a source of a power transistor device. The package further includes a first terminal mechanically fastened to the flange and configured to be electrically connected to a gate of the power transistor device and a second terminal mechanically fastened to the flange and configured to be electrically connected to a drain of the power transistor device. The package also includes a bus bar mechanically fastened to the flange which extends between and connects at least two different DC bias terminals mechanically fastened to the flange. The bus bar is configured to be electrically connected to the drain via one or more RF grounded connections." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2009 (12/367,719). 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=7,994,630.PN.&OS=PN/7,994,630&RS=PN/7,994,630 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Stats Chippac Assigned Patent for Multi-layer Semiconductor Package with Vertical Connectors and Method of Manufacture ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Stats Chippac, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,626) developed by Rajendra D. Pendse, Fremont, Calif., for a "multi-layer semiconductor package with vertical connectors and method of manufacture thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A semiconductor package comprises a base substrate with a semiconductor die mounted on a top side of the base substrate and an interposer substrate mounted on top of the die. The bottom side of the interposer substrate can be electrically coupled to the top side of the base substrate through vertical connectors. The top side of the interposer substrate is substantially exposed and comprises input/output (I/O) terminals for the mounting of additional electronic components. The base and interposer substrates can be configured with I/O terminals such that components mounted on the substrates can be electrically coupled through the vertical connectors. The base substrate also can be electrically coupled to an additional electronic component, such as a printed circuit board. Electrical connections can be "wrapped around" from the base substrate to the top of the interposer substrate. The vertical connectors can be positioned along multiple sides of the package." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2009 (12/559,432). 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=7,994,626.PN.&OS=PN/7,994,626&RS=PN/7,994,626 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Toshiba Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Toshiba, Tokyo, and Toshiba Tec, Tokyo, have been assigned a patent (7,996,477) developed by Louis Ormond, Irvine, Calif., for a "system and method for document processing device operation monitoring." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The subject application is directed to a system and method for document processing device operation monitoring. Operational data is first communicated between document processing devices on one of a plurality of networks, each network having an assigned audit server from among a plurality of audit servers. Operational data is received into each audit server from each document processing device in its associated network. The audit servers output operational data from each document processing device in a thin client language via attachment to an e-mail. A data server receives the e-mail from each audit server and parses the operational data from each received e-mail. The parsed data is then stored in a database associated with the data server. The data server then generates a device report in accordance with a query to the database." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2009 (12/394,522). 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=7,996,477.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,477&RS=PN/7,996,477 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent for Techniques for Applying Policies for Real Time Collaboration ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,467) developed by Stephane H. Maes, Fremont, Calif., for "techniques for applying policies for real time collaboration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "When a communication is received for a user, an appropriate policy can be determined and applied to the communication. For example, a policy can be applied if the user is not present at the appropriate client. A policy can be applied based upon information for the communication, and can include one or more conditions and one or more actions. Depending on the conditions that are satisfied, at least one action is determined and executed for the communication." The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2006 (11/512,613). 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=7,996,467.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,467&RS=PN/7,996,467 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Barracuda Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Barracuda Networks, Campbell, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,475) developed by Dean Drako, Los Altos, Calif., and Zachary Levow, Mountain View, Calif., for a "facilitating transmission of email by checking email parameters with a database of well behaved senders." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Facilitating email transmission by extracting email parameters, requesting data in the form of a dns query, and receiving a sender reputation as an IP address. Querying a database by sending a plurality of arguments concatenated to a dns request and receiving an IP address in reply. Operating a remote database as a dns server, receiving queries as domains and transmitting replies in the format of IPv4 or IPv6 addresses. Filtering email by querying a database with email parameters comprising an IP address and a domain of an email sender which may be extracted from an email header in the HELO, EHLO, MAIL FROM, or RETURN PATH. The smtp session is continued, modified or interrupted according to the result of the query submitted to a database operating as a dns server." The patent application was filed on July 3, 2008 (12/167,547). 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=7,996,475.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,475&RS=PN/7,996,475 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Complatform Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Complatform, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (7,996,469) developed by Jinsheng Wang, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Lu Wang, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "method and system for sharing files over networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A collaborative communication system is disclosed. The collaborative communication system allows registered user to share a file with online or offline users by sending the file to a store remotely located with respect to a client machine being used by a sender. Each of the registered users is assigned an identifier that is not in form of the traditional email address. A designated recipient receives a notification of the availability of the file when the recipient logs into the system, where the delivery of the notification is based on the identifier of the recipient. The designated recipient may access the file whenever it is deemed convenient." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2011 (13/052,103). 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=7,996,469.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,469&RS=PN/7,996,469 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Adaptive Caching In Broadcast Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,996,483) developed by Amit A. Dhodapkar, Cupertino, Calif., for an "adaptive caching in broadcast networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Adaptive caching techniques are described. In an implementation, a head end defines a plurality of cache periods having associated criteria. Request data for content is obtained and utilized to associate the content with the defined cache periods based on a comparison of the request data with the associated criteria. Then, the content is cached at the head end for the associated cache period." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2007 (11/820,885). 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=7,996,483.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,483&RS=PN/7,996,483 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cheah Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Cheah, Woodland Hills, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,468) developed by Chris Cheah, San Jose, Calif., for a "method and system for controlled distribution of information profiles over a network in response to user requests." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An information management and distribution system is disclosed. The information management and distribution system includes a client-side application and a server application that interact to facilitate the controlled exchange of contact information over a network. The client-side application can provide creation and design, rolodex, exchange, and update features. The information management and distribution system can also include a corporate administrator application. Still another aspect of the invention is that contact information can be distributed to registered users in a common format." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2008 (12/258,305). 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=7,996,468.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,468&RS=PN/7,996,468 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siemens Enterprise Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Siemens Enterprise Communications, Boca Raton, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,995,716) developed by Nidhi Narang, Fremont, Calif., Radha Iyer, Cupertino, Calif., and Manisha Sahasrabudhe, Santa Clara, Calif., for an "association of email message with voice message." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Some embodiments provide reception of a call from a calling party to a called party, acquisition of a voice message form the calling party to the called party, reception from the calling party a selection of an email message sent to the called party, and association of the voice message with the email message." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2006 (11/522,044). 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=7,995,716&OS=7,995,716&RS=7,995,716 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventors Develop Patent for Communications Systems and Methods for Exchanging Messages Between Users ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Sabeer Bhatia, San Francisco, and Yogesh B. Patel, Mountain View, Calif., have developed a patent (7,995,715) for "communications systems and methods for exchanging messages between users." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communications system exchanges messages between users. A messaging store stores the messages. A messaging server accesses and manages messages of the message store. A plurality of servers interface between the messaging server and different networks of the users. Processes employing dynamic mailboxes and for selectively retrieving messages are also provided." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2009 (12/405,072). 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=7,995,715&OS=7,995,715&RS=7,995,715 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Locolabs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Locolabs, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,995,145) developed by seven co-inventors for an inline audio/visual conversion. The co-inventors are Bradley W. Hoffert, San Jose, Calif., Susanna E. Hoffert, San Jose, Calif., Steven L. Kelsey, Sunnyvale, Calif., James L. McPeak, Fremont, Calif., Oscar I. Medina, San Jose, Calif., Christopher E. Fitzpatrick, Morgan Hill, Calif., and Paul A. Wilcox, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method, and apparatus for inline audio/visual conversion are described. Power to an inline converter is provided over the A/V cable that couples the converter to a destination such as a selector." The patent application was filed on May 2, 2005 (12/542,591). 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=7,995,145&OS=7,995,145&RS=7,995,145 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Using a Single Local Phone Number for Routing Out of Area Phone Numbers ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,995,709) developed by Marian Croak, Fair Haven, N.J., and Hossein Eslambolchi, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for using a single local phone number for routing out of area phone numbers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for providing a single shadow number to be associated with one or more out of area phone numbers that have registered service addresses in the same local area. For instance, if multiple subscribers with service addresses within the same local calling area choose to use out of area phone numbers, these multiple out of area phone numbers will all be associated with a single shadow phone number that is local within the local calling area. In one embodiment, when a subscriber using an out of area phone number places an E911 call, the out of area phone number as well as the associated shadow number will be sent to the E911 PSAP." The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2009 (12/574,548). 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=7,995,709&OS=7,995,709&RS=7,995,709 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,995,150) developed by Jonathan B. White, Fort Collins, Colo., and Michael L. Lightstone, Fremont, Calif., for a 3:2 pulldown detection. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Field-based detection of 3:2 pulldown in a sequence of digital video fields using a programmable graphics processor is described. The detection is performed using a threshold value to determine equivalence between a pair of fields of digital video data. Furthermore, additional threshold values may be used to control switching into a mode where duplicated fields of digital video data are identified and not displayed and out of the mode where duplicated fields of digital video data are identified and not displayed. Look ahead can be used to detect when to switch into or out of the mode where duplicated fields of digital video data are identified and not displayed, reducing the occurrence of visual artifacts." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2007 (11/948,991). 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=7,995,150&OS=7,995,150&RS=7,995,150 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Rapiscan Security Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Rapiscan Security Products, Torrance, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,995,705) developed by Bryan Allman, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., and Andreas F. Kotowski, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., for a "self-contained mobile inspection system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The inspection methods and systems of the present invention are mobile, rapidly deployable, and capable of scanning a wide variety of receptacles cost-effectively and accurately on uneven surfaces. The present invention is directed toward a portable inspection system for generating an image representation of target objects using a radiation source, comprising a mobile vehicle, a detector array physically attached to a movable boom having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is physically attached to the vehicle. The invention also comprises at least one source of radiation. The radiation source is fixedly attached to the distal end of the boom, wherein the image is generated by introducing the target objects in between the radiation source and the detector array, exposing the objects to radiation, and detecting radiation." The patent application was filed on April 5, 2010 (12/753,976). 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=7,995,705&OS=7,995,705&RS=7,995,705 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nintendo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Nintendo, Kyoto, Japan, has been assigned a patent (7,995,069) developed by Timothy Van Hook, Atherton, Calif., and Farhad Fouladi, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "graphics system with embedded frame buffer having reconfigurable pixel formats." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A graphics system including a custom graphics and audio processor produces exciting 2D and 3D graphics and surround sound. The system includes a graphics and audio processor including a 3D graphics pipeline and an audio digital signal processor. The graphics system has a graphics processor includes an embedded frame buffer for storing frame data prior to sending the frame data to an external location, such as main memory. The embedded frame buffer is selectively configurable to store the following pixel formats: point sampled RGB color and depth, super-sampled RGB color and depth, and YUV (luma/chroma). Graphics commands are provided which enable the programmer to configure the embedded frame buffer for any of the pixel formats on a frame-by-frame basis." The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2009 (12/461,238). 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=7,995,069&OS=7,995,069&RS=7,995,069 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,995,071) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for painting group of objects." The co-inventors are Frank Guinan, Mountain View, Calif., Paul J. Asente, La Honda, Calif., Teri Pettit, Menlo Park, Calif., and Darin Tomack, Fremont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, implementing techniques for processing digital artwork. In one aspect, the techniques process aggregations of artwork where both the aggregation and at least some of the aggregated artwork have attached styles. The techniques handle various combinations of conditions resulting in applying style elements to the aggregation before or after applying style elements to underlying artwork. In another aspect, the techniques implement editable path objects having multiple attached fills and/or strokes. The techniques provide user interfaces for using the foregoing features." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2008 (12/103,627). 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=7,995,071&OS=7,995,071&RS=7,995,071 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Intel, Folsom, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,995,068) developed by Thomas E. Willis, Mountain View, Calif., and Steven L. Midford, Portland, Ore., for a display refresh. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, apparatus, and signal-bearing medium for sending to a display device only those regions of the display screen that change. A frame buffer is divided into tiles, which may be composed of one or more regions, and data in the frame buffer represents pixels on the display screen. When data representing a pixel is modified in the frame buffer, the region or tile associated with the pixel is marked as dirty, and those tiles or regions that are dirty in the frame buffer are written to the display." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2010 (12/685,713). 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=7,995,068&OS=7,995,068&RS=7,995,068 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,995,081) developed by seven co-inventors for an "anisotropically conductive backside addressable imaging belt for use with contact electrography." The co-inventors are Timothy D. Stowe, Alameda, Calif., Chu-heng Liu, Penfield, N.Y., Jeng Ping Lu, Fremont, Calif., Eugene Chow, Fremont, Calif., Gregory B. Anderson, Emerald Hills, Calif., Armin Volkel, Mountain View, Calif., and Eric Peeters. Fremont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An addressable imaging belt for use in printing applications having embedded anisotropically conductive addressable islands configured for electric contact on a first side of the belt by a write head consisting of an array of compliant cantilevered fingers with contact pads/points to which a voltage can be applied. The conductive addressable islands electrically isolated from one another and extending substantially through t 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. -1057430 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |