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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Pennsylvania (Aug. 25)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. *** X2Y Attenuators Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- X2Y Attenuators, Erie, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,004,812) developed by Anthony A. Anthony, Erie, Pa., and William M. Anthony, Erie, Pa., for an "energy conditioning circuit arrangement for integrated circuit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to an interposer substrate for interconnecting between active electronic componentry such as but not limited to a single or multiple integrated circuit chips in either a single or a combination and elements that could comprise of a mounting substrate, substrate module, a printed circuit board, integrated circuit chips or other substrates containing conductive energy pathways that service an energy utilizing load and leading to and from an energy source. The interposer will also possess a multi-layer, universal multi-functional, common conductive shield structure with conductive pathways for energy and EMI conditioning and protection that also comprise a commonly shared and centrally positioned conductive pathway or electrode of the structure that can simultaneously shield and allow smooth energy interaction between grouped and energized conductive pathway electrodes containing a circuit architecture for energy conditioning as it relates to integrated circuit device packaging. The invention can be employed between an active electronic component and a multilayer circuit card. A method for making the interposer is not presented and can be varied to the individual or proprietary construction methodologies that exist or will be developed." The patent application was filed on June 7, 2010 (12/795,625). 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=8004812.PN.&OS=PN/8004812&RS=PN/8004812 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Porto Vinci Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Porto Vinci, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,005,236) developed by Patrick T. Igoe, Philadelphia, for a "control of data presentation using a wireless home entertainment hub." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for controlling presentation of data through a wireless home entertainment hub in a home entertainment system includes obtaining a registration for one or more source devices and for one or more sink devices. An indication is received at the wireless home entertainment hub that at least one of the source devices has become active. An instruction is transmitted to the sink devices to receive data from the at least one active source device. An indication is transmitted to at least one active source device that at least one of the sink devices is ready to receive data." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2006 (11/470,872). 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=8,005,236.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,236&RS=PN/8,005,236 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avaya Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Defending Against Telephone-based Robotic Attacks Using Permutation of an IVR Menu ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,005,198) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for defending against telephone-based robotic attacks using permutation of an IVR menu." The co-inventors are Henry Baird, Bethlehem, Pa., Jon Bentley, New Providence, N.J., Daniel Lopresti, Hellertown, Pa., and Sui-Yu Wang, Bethlehem, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus are provided for defending against telephone-based robotic attacks An interactive voice response method is provided for presenting a menu having one or more menu options to a caller. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a script to present to the caller, the script including the one or more menu options; permuting one or more characteristics of at least one of the one or more menu options; and presenting the permuted menu to the caller. The permutation may comprise, for example, adding one or more additional menu options to the menu; varying a selection number associated with the at least one menu option; varying an order of at least a plurality of the menu options; or varying a wording or pronunciation of one or more menu options." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2007 (11/770,944). 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=8,005,198.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,198&RS=PN/8,005,198 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avaya Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Defending Against Telephone-based Robotic Attacks Using Contextual-based Degradation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,005,197) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for defending against telephone-based robotic attacks using contextual-based degradation." The co-inventors are Henry Baird, Bethlehem, Pa., Jon Bentley, New Providence, N.J., Daniel Lopresti, Hellertown, Pa., and Sui-Yu Wang, Bethlehem, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus are provided fox defending against telephone-based robotic attacks. An interactive voice response method is provided for presenting a menu having one or more menu options to a caller associated with a call. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a script to present to the caller, the script including the one or more menu options; combining at least one of the one or more menu options with a background audio signal, wherein the background audio signal is selected based on a context of the call; and presenting the combination of the at least one of the one or more menu options and the background audio signal to the caller. The context of the call includes comprises one or more of an identity of a called party associated with the call and a time period of the call. The background audio signal can optionally be obtained from a library of background signals." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2007 (11/770,935). 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=8,005,197.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,197&RS=PN/8,005,197 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,005,544) developed by Qingsheng Zhu, Wexford, Pa., and Daniel Felipe Ortega, Buenos Aires, Ark., for "endocardial pacing devices and methods useful for resynchronization and defibrillation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various methods and apparatus are implemented for modifying cardiac operation, for treating a condition of a patient's heart, and for monitoring cardiac operation. An electrode arrangement is used to capture the myocardium for re-synchronization of the left and right ventricles by providing first and second signal components having opposite polarity on respective electrodes. Use of a defibrillation lead may also be particularly useful. Other aspects involve use of such cardiac modulation technique to facilitate mechanically and/or electrically synchronous contractions for resynchronization, and a technique for pacing and/or mapping by generating pulses for delivery to a cardiac site useful for improving heart function as measured, e.g., by QRS width, fractionation, late LV activation timing, mechanical synchronicity of free wall and septal wall, effective throughput/pressure, or a combination thereof." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2008 (12/147,425). 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=8,005,544&OS=8,005,544&RS=8,005,544 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NuVasive Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- NuVasive, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,005,535) developed by eight co-inventors for "system and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments." The co-inventors are James Gharib, San Diego, Allen Farquhar, San Diego, Norbert F. Kaula, Arvada, Colo., Jeffrey J. Blewett, San Diego, Goretti Medeiros legal representative, Plantsville, Conn., Eric Finley, Poway, Calif., Jamil Elbanna, San Diego, and Scot Martinelli, Mountain Top, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention involves systems and related methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments, including the use of neurophysiology-based monitoring to: (a) determine nerve proximity and nerve direction to surgical instruments employed in accessing a surgical target site; (b) assess the pathology (health or status) of a nerve or nerve root before, during, or after a surgical procedure; and/or (c) assess pedicle integrity before, during or after pedicle screw placement, all in an automated, easy to use, and easy to interpret fashion so as to provide a surgeon-driven system." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2009 (12/423,559). 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=8,005,535&OS=8,005,535&RS=8,005,535 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** JJCK Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- JJCK, Frisco, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,005,456) developed by four co-inventors for a "remotely activatable locator with voice/data relay." The co-inventors are Christopher D. Buehler, Dallas, James Elwood Nalley, Corinth, Texas, Matthew L. Ward, Collegeville, Pa., and Bruce A. Woodall, Plano, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for use in locating a mobile locator device in a wireless communications network (WCN) includes establishing a three-way call involving the locator device, a caretaker, and an emergency services answering point upon initiation of an emergency services call from the locator device, and providing a location record for the locator device from a database to the answering point while conducting the three-way call. Therefore, in cases of an emergency location where a locator is attached to a disabled subject or object, the locator device allows for extended emergency services calling where a third party such as a care giver, guardian, or custodial organization may be involved in real-time with the automatically located call to provide verbal or textual information to responders." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2010 (12/904,904). 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=8,005,456.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,456&RS=PN/8,005,456 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Verizon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Verizon Laboratories, Waltham, Mass., and Verizon Services, Ashburn, Va., have been assigned a patent (8,005,463) developed by 14 co-inventors for a presence lite. The co-inventors are Gregory Wayne Cermak, Needham, Mass., Douglas Reynold Jones, Medford, N.J., Timothy Wayne Schmidt, Wilton, Conn., Sandra Kelly Teare, Needham, Mass., Eric Andrew Goodheart, Brighton, Mass., Margaret Malagon, Gulph Mills, Pa., Elizabeth Louise Fuller, Waltham, Mass., Aaron Joseph Dagen, Brooklyn, N.Y., David Anthony Fay, Still River, Mass., Piotr Kajetan Boni, Providence, R.I., Beth Shelley Davis, Acton, Mass., Dermot Anthony Murray, Mount Vernon, N.Y., Ann Wander Shaub, Gaithersburg, Md., and Joanne Snare LaCourse, Hudson, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A service is provided to cell phone subscribers to improve reachability. A home location register node maintains state information on a subscriber's cell phone status. Cell phone status information includes: off; on, registered and available to receive calls; on, registered but busy participating in an ongoing call; on, registered but temporarily unavailable; and on, registered but unattended. Temporarily unavailable is further qualified: poor reception location, high interference, cell throughput saturation, intentional user disposition. Long term unavailability may also be inferred and indicated depending on the device and/or system status. When a call to a subscriber's cell phone cannot be completed or is not answered, the service annunciates the reason to the calling party. The calling party can then make a more informed decision as to when to reattempt the call and is more likely to reattempt the call. The service is provided in conjunction with call forwarding to landlines phones and/or voicemail." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2010 (12/848,801). 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=8,005,463&OS=8,005,463&RS=8,005,463 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,005,027) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for multicasting with feedback information." The co-inventors are Chunxuan Ye, King of Prussia, Pa., Alexander Reznik, Titusville, N.J., Yogendra C. Shah, Exton, Pa., Philip J. Pietraski, Huntington Station, N.Y., and Robert A. DiFazio, Greenlawn, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for multicasting a packet begins by providing a buffer for each of two user equipments (UEs) in communication with a base station. A determination is made whether there is a previously unsent packet at the base station. A second determination is made whether both UE buffers are non-empty. A non-empty buffer is flushed if there is no previously unsent packet and if one of the buffers is non-empty. A packet is selected to be transmitted if there is a previously unsent packet or if both buffers are non-empty. The buffers are updated based on feedback received from the UEs." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2008 (11/971,161). 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=8,005,027.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,027&RS=PN/8,005,027 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Monitoring, Controlling, and Preventing Traffic Congestion between Processors ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,004,976) developed by five co-inventors for a "monitoring, controlling, and preventing traffic congestion between processors." The co-inventors are Bhagatram Y. Janarthanan, Santa Clara, Calif., Rafael Mantilla Montalvo, Raleigh, N.C., Robert M. Broberg, Berwyn, Pa., Michael S. Hanna, Raleigh, N.C., and Bhaskar Bhupalam, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for monitoring congestion at processors includes queues and a congestion monitor. The queues receive packets, and each queue is associated with a processor. For each queue, the congestion monitor establishes whether a time-averaged occupancy of a queue exceeds a time-averaged occupancy threshold. The congestion monitor provides a notification if the time-averaged occupancy exceeds the time-averaged occupancy threshold." The patent application was filed on March 12, 2007 (11/684,676). 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=8,004,976.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,976&RS=PN/8,004,976 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Pestco Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Pestco, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,005,350) developed by four co-inventors for a "gravity driven fluid supply vessel for dispensing an aromatic odor neutralizer." The co-inventors are Arnold H. Zlotnik, Pittsburgh, Raymond Czapko, Pittsburgh, Eric R. Colburn, Wexford, Pa., and Anthony D. Shoemaker, Pittsburgh. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An aromatic odor neutralizer includes a vaporization chamber containing a wick with an end part immersed in fluid in a storage cup that is gravity fed from an airtight vessel by the use of air pathways exposed when the liquid level in the cup is reduced. The vaporization chamber is located in a dispenser housing with an internal passage between end walls and communicating with vents in the sides for aerodynamic airflow to efficiently absorb vapors from a vaporizer chamber." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2007 (11/999,763). 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=8,005,350.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,350&RS=PN/8,005,350 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Youdocs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Youdocs, Shaker Heights, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,005,270) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for determining an objective measure of human beauty." The co-inventors are Michael F. Roizen, Shaker Heights, Ohio, Mehmet C. Oz, Cliffstreet Park, N.J., Jennifer L. Roizen, Pasadena, Calif., and Jeffrey D. Roizen, Philadelphia. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An objective measure of human beauty is determined by a beauty quantification system. The beauty quantification system comprises a beauty quantification processor, a beauty measure datastore, a beauty score datastore, a user computing device, and a network. The beauty measure datastore comprises quantifiable measures of beauty of a body region. The beauty quantification processor comprises instructions for receiving user data indicative of physical attributes of a selected body region of the user, obtaining measures of beauty from the beauty measures datastore associated with the selected body region, evaluating the user data against the beauty measures of the selected body region, determining a user score indicative of the beauty of the selected body region of the user, storing the user score in the beauty score datastore, and comparing the user score to a score stored in the beauty score datastore. The beauty quantification processor may also suggest enhancements to one or more body regions to improve the user score. The suggested enhancements may be presented as an ordered listed organized by a relative cost benefit measure." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2008 (12/101,190). 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=8005270.PN.&OS=PN/8005270&RS=PN/8005270 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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. -1058839 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |