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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (Aug. 18)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Florida. *** Intersil Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 17 -- Intersil Americas, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,139) developed by Alexander Kalnitsky, San Francisco, and Michael D. Church, Sebastian, Fla., for a "multiple time programmable (MTP) PMOS floating gate-based non-volatile memory device for a general purpose CMOS technology with thick gate oxide." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multiple time programmable (MTP) memory cell, in accordance with an embodiment, includes a floating gate PMOS transistor, a high voltage NMOS transistor, and an n-well capacitor. The floating gate PMOS transistor includes a source that forms a first terminal of the memory cell, a drain and a gate. The high voltage NMOS transistor includes a source connected to ground, an extended drain connected to the drain of the PMOS transistor, and a gate forming a second terminal of the memory cell. The n-well capacitor includes a first terminal connected to the gate of the PMOS transistor, and a second terminal forming a third terminal of the memory cell. The floating gate PMOS transistor can store a logic state. Combinations of voltages can be applied to the first, second and third terminals of the memory cell to program, inhibit program, read and erase the logic state." The patent application was filed on April 24, 2009 (12/430,007). 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=80,00,139.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,139&RS=PN/80,00,139 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Varentec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Varentec, North Andover, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,000,118) developed by Rudolf Limpaecher, Sarasota, Fla., and Alex Wilhelm Limpaecher, Topsfield, Mass., for a "method and system for delivering a controlled voltage." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for delivering a controlled voltage. The method involves, during a first electric pulse delivered to a primary transformer, holding a first switching section open to isolate the controlled voltage, where the first electric pulse creates a first magnetic flux in a core of the primary transformer, and where the first magnetic flux generates a direct current (DC) magnetizing current. The method further involves receiving the controlled voltage from a voltage source using the DC magnetizing current at a first switching section, and upon termination of the first electric pulse, closing the first switching section to deliver the controlled voltage to the primary transformer." The patent application was filed on March 15, 2010 (12/723,878). 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=8000118.PN.&OS=PN/8000118&RS=PN/8000118 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intelligent Technologies International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Intelligent Technologies International, Denville, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,000,897) developed by David S. Breed, Miami Beach, Fla., Wendell C. Johnson, Kaneohe, Hawaii, and Wilbur E. DuVall, Reeds Spring, Mo., for an "intersection collision avoidance techniques." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for preventing accidents between first and second vehicles at intersections in which the absolute position and velocity of the first vehicle are determined, map data relating to edges of lanes of roadways, edges of roadways and the location of traffic control devices is stored in a map database and the status of the traffic control devices is provided to the first vehicle when needed. The absolute position and velocity of the second vehicle are determined and a collision between the first and second vehicles is predicted based on the position and velocity of the first and second vehicles, the map data and the status of the traffic control devices. An action or changing operation is initiated by a reactive component or system in the first and/or second vehicle when a collision is predicted." The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2008 (11/972,135). 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=8000897.PN.&OS=PN/8000897&RS=PN/8000897 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,000,255) developed by Govinda Puthalapat, Tampa, Fla., Jie Qian, Center Valley, Pa., and Tim Hunniecutt, Brandon, Fla., for a "channel path display of a video network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device may receive selection of a channel provided by a video network, determine equipment, of the video network, associated with the selected channel, determine status information of the associated equipment, determine port level details of the associated equipment, combine the associated equipment, the status information, and the port level details into a path for the selected channel, and provide the selected channel path to a user." The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2007 (11/860,968). 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=8,000,255.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,255&RS=PN/8,000,255 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sprint Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Sprint Communications, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,000,252) developed by four co-inventors for a "multi-path network element monitoring." The co-inventors are Miguel A. Ciena, Apopka, Fla., Gregory John Stemberger, Aldie, Va., Enrico Loddo, Herndon, Va., and Howard Phillip Glidewell, Oviedo, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network element is configured to function as a first virtual element and a second virtual element. A first monitoring packet is sent to the first virtual element via a label switched path. A second monitoring packet is sent to the second virtual element via an internet protocol path that includes at least a portion of the internet. A first condition of the network element is determined based on a response to the first monitoring packet. A second condition of the network element is determined based on a response to the second monitoring packet." The patent application was filed on July 7, 2008 (12/168,364). 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=8,000,252.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,252&RS=PN/8,000,252 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,000,283) developed by Aparna Pandey, Chicago, and Shyamal Ramachandran, Lake Mary, Fla., for a "method and apparatus for relay station neighbor discovery." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for relay station neighbor discovery by providing predictable timing for relay station preambles and route advertisements, minimizing signaling overhead by keeping these times fixed, scheduling a subset of relay stations for transmission of relay station preamble during any given transmission zone, and allowing the scanning relay stations to scan for a fraction of a frame to determine its neighbors without any repercussions to its activity in the rest of the frame." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2008 (12/021,564). 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=8,000,283.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,283&RS=PN/8,000,283 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sky Cross Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Sky Cross, Melbourne, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,000,737) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatuses for adaptively controlling antenna parameters to enhance efficiency and maintain antenna size compactness." The co-inventors are Frank M. Caimi, Vero Beach, Fla., Gregory A. O'Neill Jr., Rockledge, Fla., Ping Chen, Greensboro, N.C., and Young-Min Jo, Viera, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communications apparatus comprising a first antenna, a first serial configuration of a first power amplifier and a first matching network, a second serial configuration of a second power amplifier and a second matching network, a switching element for switchably selecting the first or the second serial configuration for supplying a signal to the first antenna, the first and the second power amplifiers supplying a respective first signal of a first power and a second signal of a second power different than the first power to the first antenna for transmitting and the first and the second matching networks presenting respective first and second impedances to the respective first and second power amplifiers, the first and the second impedances responsive respectively to a power-related parameter of the first and the second signals." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2007 (11/623,307). 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=8,000,737.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,737&RS=PN/8,000,737 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Ascendent Telecommunications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Ascendent Telecommunications, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,712) developed by five co-inventors for a "client device method and apparatus for routing a call." The co-inventors are Doug Gisby, Atlanta, Michael Gray, Glen Ridge, N.J., Shen-Yuan Yap, Woodland Hills, Calif., Michael S. Colbert, Debary, Fla., and Robert J. James Jr., Half Moon Bay, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A telecommunication method, server and system that route an outbound telephone communication initiated by a wireless remote device through an enterprise communication network. The system also routes an incoming call to a device associated with an enterprise communication network to a plurality of telephony devices including wireless devices and other remote devices." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2007 (11/875,278). 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=8,000,712&OS=8,000,712&RS=8,000,712 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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