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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (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 North Carolina. *** Elster Electricity Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Elster Electricity, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,004,810) developed by Kenneth C. Shuey, Zebulon, N.C., for a "meter having load control unit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A load control unit is provided for a meter which can be connected to a meter communication network. The load control unit includes a dual coil solenoid switch that is operable to connect the meter to a load, and disconnect the meter from the load. An electronic switching circuit is provided that reduces or eliminates undesirable braking in the solenoid switch." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2008 (12/141,449). 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=8004810.PN.&OS=PN/8004810&RS=PN/8004810 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hand Held Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Hand Held Products, Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,004,835) developed by Brian Vincent Conti, Matthews, N.C., and Larry Keith Hooks Jr., Fort Mill, S.C., for a "portable data terminal internal support structure." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A portable device assembly comprising a first housing portion defining a plurality of a snap retention features, a frame that supports electrical components, and a second housing portion secured to the frame with fasteners. The frame has a plurality of snap features that mate with the plurality of snap retention features so as to secure the frame to the first housing portion." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2007 (11/964,857). 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=80,04,835.PN.&OS=PN/80,04,835&RS=PN/80,04,835 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, has been assigned a patent (8,004,959) developed by Paul Dent, Pittsboro, N.C., for "different orthogonal code sets with members in common." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A first orthogonal codeset, obtainable in various manners, is used in a first cell to provide orthogonal spreading codes for traffic signals originating within the first cell. A second orthogonal code set for use in a second cell is obtained that has at least a first code in common with the first orthogonal code set by selecting any code in the first codeset to be the first common code. The plural orthogonal codesets can be utilized in various ways and in various environments. For example, the plural orthogonal codesets can be used for operation of a user equipment unit in a code division multiple access (CDMA) network." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2005 (11/631,789). 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=8,004,959.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,959&RS=PN/8,004,959 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,116) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for mitigating the effects of bit insertion in a communications environment." The co-inventors are Paul A. Schmidt, Cary, N.C., John P. Fussell, Raleigh, N.C., Bernie P. Pearce, Morrisville, N.C., Uwe Sellentin, Woodside, Calif., and Frank G. Bordonaro, Cary, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for communicating data is provided that includes receiving a plurality of bits associated with a communications flow and determining whether one or more samples included in the flow should be suppressed. The method also includes suppressing a selected one or more of the samples if the selected samples are similar to previously received samples. The cell site element is further operable to invert one or more selected header bits. In a more particular embodiment, the bits to be inverted are part of a fixed length field and the inverted bits are odd. The inversion of the bits reduces packet overhead that is present in an HDLC communications environment." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2006 (11/560,399). 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=80,05,116&OS=80,05,116&RS=80,05,116 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Floor Control Over High Latency Networks in an Interoperability and Collaboration System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,497) developed by Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, Calif., and Larry R. Metzger, Wake Forest, N.C., for "floor control over high latency networks in an interoperability and collaboration system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for assigning floor control based upon when a floor control request was initiated are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first request for floor control from a first endpoint and granting the floor control to the first endpoint. The method also includes receiving a second request for floor control from a second endpoint, that has approximately the same priority level as the first endpoint, and determining if the first request was initiated from the first endpoint at approximately the same time or earlier than the second request was initiated from the second endpoint. If it is determined that the first request was not initiated from the first endpoint at approximately the same time or earlier than the second request was initiated from the second endpoint, then floor control is preempted from the first endpoint and granted to the second endpoint." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2007 (11/841,299). 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=8,005,497&OS=8,005,497&RS=8,005,497 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** RF Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- RF Micro Devices, Greensboro, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,005,448) developed by Kelvin Kai Tuan Yan, Oak Ridge, N.C., and Dong-Jun Yang, Greensboro, N.C., for a "radio frequency duplex filter for removing transmit signals from a receive path." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is an RF duplex filter that is used to remove transmit signals from the receive path of a full duplex transceiver. The RF duplex filter includes a notch filter for blocking signals at a transmit frequency and a bandpass filter for enhancing signals at a receive frequency. The notch filter is formed with series resonant elements and the bandpass filter is formed with parallel resonant elements. One embodiment of the present invention may include tunable resonant elements for tuning the notch filter to a transmit frequency, tuning the bandpass filter to a receive frequency, or both. Calibration circuitry may be included in the full duplex receiver for adjusting the tunable resonant elements. The present invention includes a method for calibrating the tunable resonant elements." The patent application was filed on May 10, 2007 (11/747,032). 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=8,005,448&OS=8,005,448&RS=8,005,448 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Static Control Components Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Static Control Components, Sanford, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,005,395) developed by Lawrence Dale Lewis, Sanford, N.C., and Glenn L. Szabo, Sanford, N.C., for an "universal cartridge seal and method for fixing the seal to a cartridge." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A toner hopper seal assembly is disclosed. The toner hopper seal assembly has a gasket which has a gasket opening, a pull strip having a first and second end, the pull strip attached to a first side of the gasket and covering the gasket opening. The first end of the pull strip is positioned near the gasket opening. The toner hopper seal assembly also having an integrated pull tab disposed at an end of the gasket, the integrated pull tab has a first side and a second side, the integrated pull tab is formed from a same material as the gasket and separated from the gasket by a cut in the material. The toner hopper seal assembly also has an adhesive layer covering a second side of the gasket and the second side of the integrated pull tab as well as a release liner covering the adhesive layer on the second side of the gasket and the second side of the integrated pull tab. The release liner secures the integrated pull tab in place adjacent to the end of the gasket. Also disclosed is a method of affixing the toner hopper seal assembly to a toner cartridge." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2008 (12/079,090). 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=8,005,395&OS=8,005,395&RS=8,005,395 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Personalization, Diagnostics and Terminal Management For Mobile Devices in a Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,005,468) developed by Sunil Marolia, Laguna Niguel, Calif., Preston Carlton Peyton Jr., Waynesville, N.C., and Bindu Rama Rao, Laguna Niguel, Calif., for "personalization, diagnostics and terminal management for mobile devices in a network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method, and device supporting delivery of personalized information via an electronic device of a user. Personalizations of an electronic device for a prior user are removed at activation of the device in a network. Personalizations for a user are also installed upon activation of the electronic device, according to user associated preference information stored in at least one server. The at least one server distributes update information for personalizing the electronic device, using the stored preference information. The stored preference information is also used to activate at least one network-based service." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2007 (11/824,344). 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=8,005,468&OS=8,005,468&RS=8,005,468 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** 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. *** Tyco Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Tyco Electronics, Berwyn, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,005,333) developed by Julian Mullaney, Raleigh, N.C., William Alan Carrico, Raleigh, N.C., and Justin Everette Thompson, Angier, N.C., for a "tap-off closure systems and methods for using the same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fiber optic cable connection assembly includes an enclosure housing and a fiber optic cable. The enclosure housing defines a chamber and a fiber handling region disposed in the chamber. The fiber optic cable has a lengthwise cable axis and including a plurality of cable optical fibers, a jacket surrounding the cable optical fibers and a strength member extending through the jacket. The cable includes an arcuately bent cable segment disposed in the chamber. The bent cable segment defines a cable plane and an interior region within the arc of the bent cable segment. At least one of the cable optical fibers extends fully through the enclosure housing uncut. The strength member extends fully through the enclosure housing uncut. The fiber handling region is disposed in the interior region. At least one of the cable optical fibers is removed from the bent cable segment and routed into the fiber handling region where at least a portion of the removed cable optical fiber is stored and/or spliced to another optical fiber." The patent application was filed on May 19, 2009 (12/468,551). 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=8,005,333.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,333&RS=PN/8,005,333 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method, System and Program Product for Setting a Transmission Rate in a Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,004,970) developed by Hoyt E. Bowen Jr., Chapel Hill, N.C., Mircea Gusat, Adliswil, Switzerland, and Clark D. Jeffries, Chapel Hill, N.C., for a "method, system and program product for setting a transmission rate in a network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides for congestion and flow control for a data transmission between computers in a network (e.g., a lossless network) by repeatedly setting a transmission rate for the data transmission at predetermined time intervals. Under the present invention, a ratio of a current occupancy to a maximum occupancy of a queue used for the data transmission is provided (e.g., the ratio can be calculated under the present invention, or obtained as input from an external source). The queue can be that of the receiving computer or of any component (e.g., a switch) that resides in the path of the data transmission. In any event, once the ratio is known, the present invention will set the transmission rate for the data transmission based on a comparison of the ratio to at least one threshold." The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2005 (11/215,610). 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=8,004,970.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,970&RS=PN/8,004,970 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1058831 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |