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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Oregon (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 Oregon. *** Unity Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 17 -- Unity Semiconductor, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,138) developed by Robert Norman, Pendleton, Ore., for a "scaleable memory systems using third dimension memory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A non-volatile scalable memory circuit is described, including a bus formed on a substrate that includes active circuitry, metallization layers, and a plurality of high density third dimension memory arrays formed over the substrate. Each memory circuit can include an embedded controller for controlling data access to the memory arrays and optionally a control node that allows data access to be controlled by an external memory controller or by the embedded controller. The memory circuits can be chained together to increase memory capacity. The memory arrays can be two-terminal cross-point arrays that may be stacked upon one another." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2009 (12/454,739). 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=80,00,138.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,138&RS=PN/80,00,138 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Unity Semiconductor Assigned Patent for Solid State Drive with Non-volatile Memory for a Media Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Unity Semiconductor, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,121) developed by Robert Norman, Pendleton, Ore., for a "solid state drive with non-volatile memory for a media device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A media device is provided that includes a processor configured to execute a media device program, a non-volatile memory electrically coupled with the processor, the non-volatile memory being vertically configured, an input/output module electrically coupled with the processor and the non-volatile memory and configured to communicate with an input/output device, and an analog/digital module electrically coupled with the processor and the non-volatile memory, the analog/digital module configured to output a media signal. The non-volatile memory configured to emulate a hard disk drive. The input/output module may be in electrical communication with the input/output device and/or signal communication with the input/output device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2008 (12/315,292). 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=8000121.PN.&OS=PN/8000121&RS=PN/8000121 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Unity Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Unity Semiconductor, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,122) developed by Robert Norman, Pendleton, Ore., for a "media player with non-volatile memory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A media player is provided that includes a processor configured to execute a media player program, a non-volatile memory electrically coupled with the processor, the non-volatile memory being vertically configured, an input/output module electrically coupled with the processor and the non-volatile memory and configured to communicate with an input/output device, and an analog/digital module electrically coupled with the processor and the non-volatile memory, the analog/digital module configured to output a media signal. The input/output module may be in electrical communication with the input/output device and/or signal communication with the input/output device." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2010 (12/803,809). 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=8000122.PN.&OS=PN/8000122&RS=PN/8000122 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sharp Laboratories of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,000,571) developed by Jiandong Huang, Vancouver, Wash., Pooran Chandra Joshi, Vancouver, Wash., and Apostolos T. Voutsas, Portland, Ore., for a "light emitting device and planar waveguide with single-sided periodically stacked interface." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Light emitting and waveguide devices with single-sided photonic bandgaps are provided. The light emitting device is formed from a heavily doped silicon (Si) bottom electrode, and a Si-containing dielectric layer embedded Si nanoparticles overlying the bottom electrode. A transparent indium tin oxide (ITO) top electrode overlies the Si-containing dielectric layer, and a photonic bandgap (PBG) Bragg reflector underlies the Si bottom electrode. The PBG Bragg reflector includes at least one periodic bi-layer of films with different refractive indexes. The single-sided photonic bandgap planar waveguide interface is formed from a planar waveguide and a PBG Bragg reflector underlying the planar waveguide." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2009 (12/432,209). 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=8,000,571.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,571&RS=PN/8,000,571 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Digimarc Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Digimarc, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,000,518) developed by Bruce L. Davis, Lake Oswego, Ore., and Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, Ore., for "methods, objects and apparatus employing machine readable data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates generally to steganography and data hiding. One claim recites an object including: electronic processing circuitry having an operating or performance metric associated therewith; and steganographic indicia carried by the object, the steganographic indicia is usable as an index to verify the operating or performance metric. Another claim recites an apparatus including: electronic memory; and machine-readable indicia usable as a registry index including data that provides an indication regarding an expected capacity of the electronic memory. Other combinations are described and claimed as well." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2009 (12/485,666). 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=8,000,518.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,518&RS=PN/8,000,518 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Digimarc Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Digimarc, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,000,495) developed by Kenneth L. Levy, Stevenson, Wash., and Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, Ore., for a "digital watermarking systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to watermarking of compressed audio or video files. One claim recites a method including: obtaining a copy of a compressed audio or video file; decompressing the compressed audio or video file to yield decompressed audio or video content; determining a first watermarking component for the decompressed audio or video content, the first watermarking component intended to be steganographically hidden in the audio or video content; storing the first digital watermarking component separately from the compressed audio or video file; and then providing the stored first watermarking component, a unique plural-bit watermark identifier, and the compressed audio or video file to a remote location. Other claims and combinations are provided as well." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2008 (12/251,362). 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=8,000,495&OS=8,000,495&RS=8,000,495 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Marvell International Assigned Patent for Image Translation Device for a Mobile Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Marvell International, Hamilton, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (8,000,740) developed by six co-inventors for an "image translation device for a mobile device." The co-inventors are James D. Bledsoe, Corvallis, Ore., Asher Simmons, Corvallis, Ore., Patrick A. McKinley, Corvallis, Ore., Gregory F. Carlson, Corvallis, Ore., Todd A. McClelland, Corvallis, Ore., and James Mealy, Corvallis, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods for an image translation device for use with a mobile device are described herein. The image translation device may include an image capture module to capture surface images of a medium and a positioning module to determine positioning information based at least in part on navigational measurements and the captured surface images. A print module of the image translation device may cause print forming substances to be deposited based at least in part on the positioning information. A mobile device may include one or more features of the image translation device including the image capture module, the positioning module, and the print module. Other embodiments may be described and claimed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2007 (11/955,240). 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=8,000,740.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,740&RS=PN/8,000,740 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cricket Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Cricket Communications, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,000,679) developed by S. Doug Hutcheson, San Diego, Michael Brink, Bend, Ore., and Scot Jarvis, Sammamish, Wash., for a "business method for providing wireless communication services and network and system for delivering same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to an improved business method for a wireless communication system. The improved business method, operations method, network and system of the present invention includes the steps of delivering cellular services to the mass market, reducing peak capacity, increasing overall capacity utilization, improving capital utilization, providing an "all-you-can-eat" pricing model, and designing capacity based upon where the users live, work, and play." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2006 (11/529,074). 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=8,000,679.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,679&RS=PN/8,000,679 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. -1058140 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |