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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (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 New York. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,000,260) developed by John F. Brady, Brooklyn, N.Y., Frank J. DeGilio, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Sean M. Swehla, Kingston, N.Y., for a "method for dynamic information technology infrastructure provisioning." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provisioning and management resources are drawn from an overall pool of resources. Management and managed resources are then dynamically associated on the network to securely perform requested on-demand management functions. Since the managing system controls the networking between the devices that are managed or provisioned, the linkage of resources incurs a minimal amount of network overhead. Since provisioning resources are themselves dynamically built and automatically associated with the resources being managed, a dramatically reduced management overhead is achieved." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2006 (11/424,887). 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=8,000,260.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,260&RS=PN/8,000,260 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verint Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Verint Americas, Roswell, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,000,465) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for endpoint recording using gateways." The co-inventors are Jamie Richard Williams, Alpharetta, Ga., Thomas Z. Dong, Marietta, Ga., Mark Edmund Coleman, East Setauket, N.Y., Nathan George, Cupertino, Calif., and Andy Davies, Eversley, United Kingdom. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for recording media communications an exemplary method is comprised of the following steps: receiving instructions at a gateway to record an incoming call; receiving the incoming call from a calling communication device; determining whether to record the incoming call based on the received instructions; routing the incoming call to a called communication device in a customer center; responsive to the determination to record the incoming call, duplicating the media communications via the gateway; transmitting the duplicated media communications associated with the incoming call via the gateway; and recording the duplicated media communications." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2006 (11/529,947). 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=80,00,465.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,465&RS=PN/80,00,465 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Callwave Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Callwave, Santa Barbara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,455) developed by eight co-inventors for "methods and systems for call processing." The co-inventors are Adrian Van Haaften, Greenbrae, Calif., David Giannini, Santa Barbara, Calif., Eric Johnson, New York, David F. Hofstatter, Santa Barbara, Calif., David S. Trandal, Santa Barbara, Calif., Robert Duva, Santa Barbara, Calif., Robert Smith, Santa Barbara, Calif., and John R. Da, Santa Barbara, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are described for processing calls. A call is received at a softswitch or other call processing system from a caller intended for a first subscriber. The first call is associated with signaling information, the signaling information including a phone number associated with the caller. A determination is made as to whether the first subscriber has previously received a call associated with the caller phone number at the softswitch. If the first subscriber has not previously received a call associated with the caller phone number at the softswitch, a first message is played to the caller. An indication that the first message was played to the caller is stored in association with an account record associated with the first subscriber." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2006 (11/520,439). 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=80,00,455.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,455&RS=PN/80,00,455 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,000,384) developed by Troy James Beukema, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., and William Richard Kelly, Verbank, N.Y., for an "apparatus for stabilizing convergence of an adaptive line equalizer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method and an apparatus for data decorrelation in a line equalizer adaptive system. The apparatus comprises an input and an output, forming a data path there between, wherein the input capable of receiving data to create received data and the output capable of sending data. The apparatus further comprises an adaptive equalizer capable of equalizing the received data, connected to the data path, and a synchronous decorrelator connected to the data path, in communication with the adaptive equalizer, wherein the synchronous decorrelator evaluates an adapt enable output for each received data input to the adaptive equalizer to determine whether the adaptive equalizer can update settings of the line equalizer adaptive system." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2008 (12/032,610). 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=80,00,384&OS=80,00,384&RS=80,00,384 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Corning Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Corning, Corning, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,000,575) developed by six co-inventors for a "polarization maintaining and single polarization optical fiber." The co-inventors are Xin Chen, Corning, N.Y., Stuart Gray, Corning, N.Y., Ming-Jun Li, Horseheads, N.Y., Donnell Thaddeus Walton, Painted Post, N.Y., Ji Wang, Painted Post, N.Y., and Luis Alberto Zenteno, Painted Post, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical fiber, comprising: (i) a core, (ii) a cladding surrounding the core, (iii) at least one stress member adjacent the fiber core and situated within the cladding, said stress member comprising silica co-doped with B and F." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2008 (12/221,015). 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=8,000,575.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,575&RS=PN/8,000,575 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,000,562) developed by Javier A. Morales, Irondequoit, N.Y., and Michael E. Farrell, Webster, N.Y., for an "image downsampling for print job processing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for preparing documents for printing includes a stored object corresponding to an image having an effective resolution, as well as a computing device. The computing device is configured to receive an electronic file comprising data representing a plurality of embedded images wherein each embedded image has an effective resolution. The computing device determine whether an object associated with a first one of the embedded images is identical to the stored object. If so, it replaces the first one of the embedded images with the image corresponding to the stored object when the effective resolution of the first one of the embedded images and the effective resolution of the image corresponding to the stored object are within a preselected threshold." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2007 (11/956,864). 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=8,000,562.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,562&RS=PN/8,000,562 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Quantization Differencing Compression Algorithm ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Gregory James Gosian, Pittsford, N.Y., has developed a patent (8,000,541) for a "quantization differencing compression algorithm." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The compression algorithm presented here is intended for the types of digital images acquired by solar system exploring spacecraft and missions, but can be utilized for all types of sequential data. It is lossy, but results in images whose Peak Signal to Noise Ratio remains in excess of 30 decibels, considered to be the threshold of being indistinguishable from the original image. Currently employed spacecraft compression algorithms are probabilistic, and are costly in terms of spacecraft weight, power, computation, memory and volume requirements. The algorithm submitted is non-probabilistic, requires less than 1 kilobyte of programming and memory space for computations, has low power and weight requirements, and can reside on a single Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), and. It processes utilizing addition and comparison only--no advanced numerical solution generation, function generation by series expansion, or other mathematical processing is required." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2008 (12/221,226). 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=8,000,541.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,541&RS=PN/8,000,541 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,000,524) developed by Aleksandra Mojsilovic, New York, for a "color naming, color categorization and describing color composition of images." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for assigning color names to individual image pixels, and generating verbal description of color composition in images, suitable for a wide variety of information processing applications. For an isolated image pixel (individual color sample or color value) an illustrative embodiment of this invention uses a predetermined vocabulary of color names, and then generates a distance measure describing the best color match and corresponding color name for the given pixel. For the input image, an illustrative embodiment of this invention computes the simplified representation of the scene, consistent with human perception, and uses the predetermined vocabulary, syntax rules and metric to assign color names to all perceptually significant objects and regions and obtain the verbal description of the overall color composition. The invention is also applicable to other types of information signals, such as sequences of video frames, web pages, etc." The patent application was filed on May 20, 2008 (12/123,681). 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=8,000,524.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,524&RS=PN/8,000,524 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,000,522) developed by Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Niskayuna, N.Y., for a "method and system for three-dimensional imaging in a non-calibrated geometry The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique is provided for three-dimensional imaging in a non-calibrated geometry. In one embodiment, the technique includes acquiring a plurality of projection images through an imaging volume; estimating an imaging geometry using at least one of fiducial markers or anatomical features represented in the projection images; and reconstructing a configurable volumetric representation of some or all of the imaging volume using the estimated imaging geometry, wherein the act of reconstructing accounts for one or more geometry dependent factors. In addition, a system is provided which includes a computer configured to estimate an imaging geometry using at least one of fiducial markers or anatomical features represented in a plurality of projection images acquired through an imaging volume and to reconstruct a configurable volumetric representation of some or all of the imaging volume using the estimated imaging geometry, wherein the act of reconstructing accounts for one or more geometry dependent factors." The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2007 (11/701,760). 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=8,000,522.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,522&RS=PN/8,000,522 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Automatic Dynamic Range Adjustment in Digital Imaging ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,000,554) developed by Xing Li, Webster, N.Y., and Mihai Cuciurean-Zapan, Fairport, N.Y., for an "automatic dynamic range adjustment in digital imaging." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of performing non-linear transformation of a digital image for contrast modification. The original video input is compared to a linear transformation with gain and offset; and, the differential of the change in gain or slope and the input image .DELTA. is multiplied by a factor m obtained from a look-up table and the product of m and .DELTA. added to the original input to obtain the output video." The patent application was filed on April 4, 2007 (April 4, 2007). 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=8,000,554.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,554&RS=PN/8,000,554 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,000,505) developed by Andrew C. Gallagher, Brockport, N.Y., for a "determining the age of a human subject in a digital image." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The age class of a human subject is ascertained in a digital image. The subject has a redeye defect pair; each defect having one or more defect pixels. In the method, two regions of pixels corresponding to the defects are identified. The distance between the regions is measured. A region size is determined, based upon the size of at least one of the regions. An age class is determined from the distance and region size." The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2004 (10/932,353). 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=8,000,505.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,505&RS=PN/8,000,505 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Carrier Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Carrier, Syracuse, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,997,091) developed by Alexander Lifson, Manlius, N.Y., Michael F. Taras, Fayetteville, N.Y., and Thomas J. Dobmeier, Phoenix, N.Y., for a "control scheme for multiple operating parameters in economized refrigerant system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A refrigerant cycle is provided with an economizer circuit. The amount of refrigerant passing through the economizer circuit can be gradually modulated by an expansion device whose position can be easily adjusted from fully open to fully closed or disengaged. In the past, economizer circuits have either been fully engaged or fully disengaged. Modulation of economizer flow allows for variable capacity operation. This improves unit operating efficiency, minimizes unit cycling and prevents compressor overloading at extreme of operating conditions. It also allows for head pressure and discharge temperature control." The patent application was filed on April 22, 2004 (10/829,744). 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=7,997,091.PN.&OS=PN/7,997,091&RS=PN/7,997,091 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Carrier Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Carrier, Farmington, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,997,092) developed by Alexander Lifson, Manlius, N.Y., and Michael F. Taras, Fayetteville, N.Y., for a "refrigerant vapor compression system operating at or near zero load." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for operating a refrigerant vapor compression system at substantially zero cooling capacity to facilitate tight temperature control within a climate-controlled environment associated with the refrigerant vapor compression system. The method includes the step of diverting substantially all refrigerant flow from the primary refrigerant flow circuit of the refrigerant vapor compression system at a first location downstream, with respect to refrigerant flow, of the heat rejection heat exchanger and upstream, with respect to refrigerant flow, of the evaporator refrigerant expansion device to reenter the primary refrigerant flow circuit at a second location downstream, with respect to refrigerant flow, of the evaporator and upstream, with respect to refrigerant flow, of the compression device." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2007 (12/679,757). 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=7,997,092.PN.&OS=PN/7,997,092&RS=PN/7,997,092 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,000,250) developed by Oktay Necip Gunluk, New York, for a "method for routing optical signals with diversity requirements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention discloses a method of determining a route for transmitting a signal through a network. The method comprises obtaining and storing network and demand data. The demand data is processed using a shortest path routing method to obtain an initial route and the network data is updated accordingly. An initial cost based on the initial route is computed. The initial route is returned to the network and the network data is again updated with regard to increasing spare capacity. The demand data is re-processed using a constrained diverse shortest path routing method to obtain a final route until a stop criterion is satisfied. A final cost based on the final route is computed." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2005 (11/235,896). 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=8,000,250.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,250&RS=PN/8,000,250 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,000,291) developed by Ana Lucia Pinheiro, West Chester, Pa., Marian Rudolf, Vitre, France, and John W. Haim, Baldwin, N.Y., for a "wireless communication method of selecting an enhanced uplink transport format combination by setting a scheduling grant payload to the highest payload that can be transmitted." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is related to a method of selecting an enhanced uplink (EU) transport format combination (E-TFC). A scheduling grant payload (SGP) is set to the highest payload that may be transmitted. The SGP is calculated as follows: .DELTA..times..times. ##EQU00001## where SG is a serving grant, L.sub.e,ref is the number of EU dedicated physical data channels (E-DPDCHs) used for a selected reference E-TFC, K.sub.e,ref is the number of data bits of the reference E-TFC, .DELTA..sub.harq is a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) offset for a specific data flow to be transmitted as signaled by higher layers, and A.sub.ed,ref is a ratio derived from a parameter .DELTA.E-DPDCH signaled by higher layers for the selected reference E-TFC." The patent application was filed on July 5, 2007 (11/773,579). 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=8,000,291.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,291&RS=PN/8,000,291 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Seiko Epson Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Seiko Epson, Tokyo, Japan, has been assigned a patent (8,000,671) developed by David Meltzer, Wappinger Falls, N.Y., Gregory A. Blum, Lagrangeville, N.Y., and Muralikumar A. Padaparambil, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for a "dual threshold demodulation in an amplitude modulation radio receiver." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, algorithm, circuits, and/or systems for demodulation in an amplitude modulated (AM) radio receiver are disclosed. In one embodiment, a radio receiver can include an amplifier configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) input signal and a gain control signal, and provide an amplified signal, an automatic gain control (AGC) circuit configured to receive a high threshold comparator output and provide the gain control signal, a mixer configured to combine the amplified signal and a local oscillation signal and provide a mixed output, a high threshold comparator configured to compare the mixed output with a reference level and provide the high threshold comparator output, and a low threshold comparator configured to compare the mixed output with the reference level and provide an output of the radio receiver." The patent application was filed on April 1, 2008 (12/060,775). 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=8,000,671.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,671&RS=PN/8,000,671 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,000,645) developed by Michael T. Dobbertin, Honeoye, N.Y., and Timothy J. Young, Williamson, N.Y., for a "print engine productivity module inverter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A productivity module for increasing duplex throughput of a first print engine includes a second print engine, a controller, and an inverter. The controller is configured to receive one or more timing signals from the first print engine and synchronize timing of the second print engine with the first print engine based at least in part on the timing signals received from the first print engine. The inverter has an input paper path having an entrance configured to accept one or more receiver sheets from the first print engine; an output paper path having an exit configured to supply the one or more receiver sheets to the second print engine; and an inversion paper path having an entrance coupled to an exit of the input paper path and an exit coupled to an entrance of the output paper path." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2008 (12/128,897). 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=8,000,645.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,645&RS=PN/8,000,645 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Corning Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Corning, Corning, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,000,576) developed by Xin Chen, Corning, N.Y., Joohyun Koh, Painted Post, N.Y., and Ming-Jun Li, Horseheads, N.Y., for a "double-clad optical fibers and devices with double-clad optical fibers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A double-clad optical fiber includes a core, an inner cladding and an outer cladding of silica-based glass. The core may have a radius of less than about 5 .mu.m, a first index of refraction n.sub.1 and does not contain any active rare-earth dopants. The inner cladding may surround the core and includes a radial thickness of at least about 25 .mu.m, a numerical aperture of at least about 0.25, and a second index of refraction n.sub.2 such that n.sub.2<n.sub.1. The relative refractive index percent (.DELTA.%) of the core relative to the inner cladding may be greater than about 0.1%. The outer cladding may surround the inner cladding and include a radial thickness from about 10 .mu.m to about 50 .mu.m and a third index of refraction n.sub.3 such that n.sub.3<n.sub.2. The relative refractive index percent (.DELTA.%) of the inner cladding relative to the outer cladding may be greater than about 1.5%." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2009 (12/487,753). 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=8000576.PN.&OS=PN/8000576&RS=PN/8000576 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,000,635) developed by John F. Knapp, Fairport, N.Y., for a "developer homogenizer for multi-engine printing system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for homogenizing developer allow variations in image quality between marking engines to be reduced. The apparatus includes a developer homogenizer in communication with the marking engines which receives developer from the first marking engine and developer from the second marking engine and combines them. A first portion of the combined developer is returned to the first marking engine for forming images therewith and a second portion of the combined developer is returned to the second marking engine for forming images therewith." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/339,535). 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=8,000,635.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,635&RS=PN/8,000,635 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,000,338) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for continuous connectivity between mobile device and network using dynamic connection spreading." The co-inventors are John Alan Bivens, Ossining, N.Y., John Sidney Davis II, New York, Gelonia L. Dent, Larchmont, N.Y., and Daby Mousse Sow, Bronx, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides methods and apparatus for establishing a connection between a mobile client and an external computer network such that the client computer network connection provides the illusion of seamless connectivity. In one aspect of the invention data is processed in a wireless communication network and is received from a access point at a gateway to an external computer network. Access points are disposed in the vicinity of the path of the mobile client. In another aspect of the invention data is processed in a wireless communication network and is received at an onboard proxy from an access point. The data is then transmitted to a mobile client." The patent application was filed on March 28, 2008 (12/057,621). 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=8,000,338.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,338&RS=PN/8,000,338 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Greatbatch Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Greatbatch, Clarence, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,000,801) developed by 14 co-inventors for a "system for terminating abandoned implanted leads to minimize heating in high power electromagnetic field environments." The co-inventors are Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, Calif., Buehl E. Truex, Glendora, Calif., Barry C. Muffoletto, Alden, N.Y., Warren S. Dabney, Orchard Park, N.Y., Christine A. Frysz, Orchard Park, N.Y., Christopher Michael Williams, Lancaster, N.Y., Holly Noelle Moschiano, Lancaster, N.Y., Jeff Fleigle, Brooklyn Park, Minn., Kishore Kumar Kondabatni, Williamsville, N.Y., Richard L. Brendel, Carson City, Nev., Robert Shawn Johnson, North Tonawanda, N.Y., Scott Brainard, Columbia Heights, Minn., Henry R. Halperin, Pikesville, Md., and Albert C. Lardo, Baltimore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An energy management system facilitates the transfer of high frequency energy coupled into an implanted abandoned lead at a selected RF frequency or frequency band, to an energy dissipating surface. This is accomplished by conductively coupling the implanted abandoned lead to the energy dissipating surface of an abandoned lead cap through an energy diversion circuit including one or more passive electronic network components whose impedance characteristics are at least partially tuned to the implanted abandoned lead's impedance characteristics." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2010 (12/693,836). 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=%228,000,801+%22.PN.&OS=PN/ Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Spectrum Dynamics Assigned Patent for Radioimaging ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Spectrum Dynamics, Orangeburg, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,000,773) developed by 16 co-inventors for a radioimaging. The co-inventors are Benny Rousso, Rishon-LeZion, Israel, Shlomo Ben-Haim, London, Michael Nagler, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Omer Ziv, Rechovot, Israel, Ran Ravhon, Kiryat-Motzkin, Israel, Dalia Dickman, Moshav Manof Doar-Na Misgav, Israel, Yoel Zilberstein, Haifa, Israel, Eli Dichterman, Haifa, Israel, Simona Ben-Haim, Caesarea, Israel, Shankar Vallabhajosula, Larchmont, N.Y., Daniel Berman, Valley Village, Calif., Zohar Bronshtine, Talmey ElAzar, Israel, Ziv Popper, Zikhron-Yaakov, Israel, Nir Weissberg, Haifa, Israel, Nathaniel Roth, Herzlia Pituach, Israel, and Haim Melman, Kfar-Saba, Israel. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of imaging, including receiving radioactive radiation from a body; reconstructing a 3D SPECT image of a distribution of radiation in at least one voxel of said body; and reconstructing a dynamic change in radiation in said voxel, as an updated image, at a rate of faster than one change per 5 minutes, wherein said reconstructed image is a clinically useful image including a resolution of 10 mm or better for a voxel volume of at least 5 cm in diameter and a contrast to background ratio of radiation of at least 2:1." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/980,617). 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=8,000,773&OS=8,000,773&RS=8,000,773 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Detection and Management of Rogue Wireless Network Connections ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,000,698) developed by seven co-inventors for a "detection and management of rogue wireless network connections." The co-inventors are Alastair Wolman, Seattle, Brian D. Zill, Redmond, Wash., Jitendra D. Padhye, Redmond, Wash., Ranveer Chandra, Kirkland, Wash., Paramvir Bahl, Sammamish, Wash., Manpreet Singh, New York, and Lenin Ravindranath Sivalingam, Chennai, India. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of detecting rogue devices that are coupled to a wired network without generating false negative or false positive alerts is provided. When a wireless monitor detects an observed SSID and/or BSSID, various tests are run to determine whether the observed device is actually coupled to the wired network. To guard against the suspect device spoofing an authorized SSID and/or BSSID, location information is gathered so that the network administrator can pinpoint the location of the rogue device. If the device is not recognized, various other tests are run to determine whether the unrecognized device is actually connected to the wired network. These tests include an association test, a MAC address test, an ARP test, a packet replay test, a correlation test, and/or a DHCP fingerprint test. Once it is determined that the suspect device is a rogue connected to the wired network, an appropriate alert is generated." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2006 (11/586,137). 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=8,000,698.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,698&RS=PN/8,000,698 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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. -1058137 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |