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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania. *** General Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- General Instruments, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,000,254) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and system for determining a dominant impairment of an impaired communication channel." The co-inventors are Robert J. Thompson, Monroeton, Pa., Michael J. Cooper, Marietta, Ga., Charles S. Moore, Langhorne, Pa., and John L. Moran III, Uxbridge, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods are described for identifying a dominant impairment on a communication channel impaired by an interference issue. The methods include systematic examination of total power loading, systematic examination of signal power reduction, statistical examination of communication channel noise power, and systematic examination of interleaver effectiveness. Each relates to automatically diagnosing and characterizing distortion-based interference issues by monitoring the performance of a communication channel during a testing procedure. These methods enable a technician or engineer to remotely diagnose distortion-based interference issues relatively quickly without having to use external test equipment and without having to deploy technicians to various locations within the cable plant. A system by which these methods can be implemented is also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2008 (12/342,722). 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=8,000,254.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,254&RS=PN/8,000,254 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; 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. *** Furukawa Electric North America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Furukawa Electric North America, Norcross, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,000,570) developed by David J. Digiovanni, Mountain Lakes, N.J., and Siddharth Ramachandran, Pittsburgh, for a "sequentially increasing effective area in higher-order mode (HOM) Signal Propagation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are multi-stage optical amplifiers that propagate higher-order mode (HOM) signals. One embodiment, among others, comprises a first segment of optical fiber in which a first HOM signal propagates, a second segment of optical fiber in which a second HOM signal propagates, and a mode converter that converts the first HOM signal into the second HOM signal." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2008 (12/523,348). 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=8,000,570.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,570&RS=PN/8,000,570 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siemens Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Siemens, Munchen, Germany, has been assigned a patent (8,000,527) developed by Leo Grady, Yardley, Pa., and Ali Kemal Sinop, Pittsburgh, for an "interactive image segmentation by precomputation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for interactive image segmentation includes receiving an image to be segmented, performing an offline computation of eigenvectors of a Laplacian of the image without using seed points, receiving seed points, and performing an online segmentation taking the seed points and the eigenvectors of the Laplacian as input and outputting a partition of the image." The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2007 (11/949,832). 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=8,000,527.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,527&RS=PN/8,000,527 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Space-time Video Montage ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,000,533) developed by Yasuyuki Matsushita, Beijing, Hong-Wen Kang, Pittsburgh, and Xiaoou Tang, Beijing, for a space-time video montage. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for space-time video montage are described. In one aspect, one or more arbitrary space-time volumes representing informative video portion(s) of at least one input video data sequence are identified. A video summary representing a montage of the at least one input video data sequence is generated for presentation to user from the one or more arbitrary space-time volumes." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2006 (11/559,852). 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=8,000,533.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,533&RS=PN/8,000,533 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United States Golf Association Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Golf Association, Far Hills, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,000,517) developed by John Spitzer, Morrisville, Pa., Matthew Pringle, Bordentown, N.J., and James Hubbell, Basking Ridge, N.J., for a "test procedure for measuring the geometric features of a golf club face." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The test procedure for determining groove conformance employs a replicating compound to obtain a self-supporting mass with a negative image of the grooves of a club face. A thin test specimen strip is sliced from the mass and then scanned to form an electronic trace of the profile of the ribs. A negative image of the profile of the ribs is then obtained as a replica of the profile of the grooves and the grooves measured to determine conformance to USGA Rules. A protective covering may be placed on the self-supporting mass to insure the integrity of the ribs during slicing." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2009 (12/454,317). 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=8,000,517.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,517&RS=PN/8,000,517 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sumitomo Heavy Industries, SHI-APD Cryogenics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Tokyo, and SHI-APD Cryogenics, Allentown, Pa., have been assigned a patent (7,997,088) developed by Ralph C. Longsworth, Allentown, Pa., for a "hybrid spool valve for multi-port pulse tube." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The problems of reducing the torque required to turn the valve, eliminating wear dust, and extending the life of the valves in Gifford McMahon (G-M) type multi-port pulse tube refrigerators are solved by using a rotary spool valve having radial clearance to control flow to and from the regenerator, and using face seal ports on the end of the spool to control flow to and from the pulse tubes." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2005 (11/719,697). 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=7,997,088.PN.&OS=PN/7,997,088&RS=PN/7,997,088 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. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Detection of Myocardial Ischemia from the Time Sequence of Implanted Sensor Measurements ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,000,780) developed by Ramesh Wariar, Blaine, Minn., Veerichetty Kadhiresan, Centerville, Minn., and Richard Fogoros, Pittsburg, for a "detection of myocardial ischemia from the time sequence of implanted sensor measurements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system including a plurality of implantable sensors, a processor, and a response circuit. Each sensor produces an electrical sensor signal related to physiologic cardiovascular events of a subject. The processor includes an event sequence detector to permit real-time detection of a time-wise sequential cascade of physiologic cardiovascular events related to myocardial ischemia of a subject and a decision module. The time-wise cascade includes at least first, second, and third physiologic cardiovascular events. The decision module declares whether an ischemic event occurred using at least one rule applied to a temporal relationship of the first, second, and third physiologic cardiovascular events. The response circuit provides a specified response if the ischemic event is declared." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2006 (11/426,835). 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=8,000,780.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,780&RS=PN/8,000,780 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent for Interrupting and Resuming a Media Player ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,690) developed by four co-inventors for an "interrupting and resuming a media player." The co-inventors are Rob Borcic, Pittsburg, Angus Davis, Pleasant Hill, Calif., Chris Thilgen, San Francisco, and Govind Balakrishnan, Foster City, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes playing a content file with a media player on a cellular telephone. Also, the method includes receiving an interrupt event. Moreover, the method includes saving state of the media player on the cellular telephone in the media player." The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2010 (12/651,841). 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=8,000,690.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,690&RS=PN/8,000,690 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Research in Motion Assigned Patent for System and Method for Communication Record Logging ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Research in Motion, Waterloo, ON, Canada, has been assigned a patent (8,000,683) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for communication record logging." The co-inventors are Barry Linkert, Petersburg, Michael T. Hardy, Waterloo, Canada, Piotr K. Tysowski, Waterloo, Canada, Galang Vuong, Kitchener, Canada, and Andrew Bocking, Waterloo, Canada. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for maintaining a log of communications initiated or received at a portable electronic device of a first party. The communications include at least one of short message service (SMS) messages, personal identification number (PIN) messages and cellular telephone calls. The method includes receiving a data record for each of the communications, extracting information from the data record, and storing the information in a log file." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2006 (11/551,126). 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=8,000,683&OS=8,000,683&RS=8,000,683 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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