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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (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 New York. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,004,884) developed by four co-inventors for an "iterative write pausing techniques to improve read latency of memory systems." The co-inventors are Michele M. Franceschini, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Luis A. Lastras-Montano, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Moinuddin K. Qureshi, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Iterative write pausing techniques to improve read latency of memory systems including memory systems with phase change memory (PCM) devices. A PCM device includes a plurality of memory locations and a mechanism for executing an iterative write to one or more of the memory locations in response to receiving a write command that includes data to be written. The executing includes initiating the iterative write, updating a state of the iterative write, pausing the iterative write including saving the state in response to receiving a pause command, and resuming the iterative write in response to receiving a resume command. The resuming is responsive to the saved state and to the data to be written." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2009 (12/533,548). 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=80,04,884.PN.&OS=PN/80,04,884&RS=PN/80,04,884 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Achronix Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Achronix Semiconductor, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,004,877) developed by Rajit Manohar, Ithaca, N.Y., and Clinton W. Kelly, Ithaca, N.Y., for a "fault tolerant asynchronous circuits." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "New and improved methods and circuit designs for asynchronous circuits that are tolerant to transient faults, for example of the type introduced through radiation or, more broadly, single-event effects. SEE-tolerant configurations are shown and described for combinational logic circuits, state-holding logic circuits and SRAM memory circuits." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2009 (12/405,746). 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=80,04,877.PN.&OS=PN/80,04,877&RS=PN/80,04,877 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Teknic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Teknic, Pittsford, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,004,866) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus to remove energy from DC loads." The co-inventors are Thomas John Bucella, Rochester, N.Y., Thomas P. Dombroski, Fairport, N.Y., David E. Fuchs, Pittsford, N.Y., and Jeremy M. Block, Walworth, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A DC output power converter or DC switch device that includes methods and apparatus to reverse the current in the connected load, thereby draining the load's energy until the voltage in the load is brought to a (near) zero potential and held there." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2008 (12/346,095). 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=80,04,866.PN.&OS=PN/80,04,866&RS=PN/80,04,866 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,004,855) developed by Yassir Salama, Rome, N.Y., Assem Salama, Rome, N.Y., and Dennis Fitzgerald, Rome, N.Y., for a "reconfigurable data processing system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A reconfigurable processing system is provided that comprises a plurality of programmable processing modules arranged on a circuit board. Each of the programmable processing modules is capable of being populated by a programmable integrated circuit of a variety of processing capabilities. Conductive traces on the circuit board connect to the programmable processing modules and the conductive traces are arranged on the circuit board so as to accommodate use of the programmable integrated circuits of varying processing capabilities in the programmable processing modules without the need to alter conductive trace footprints on the circuit board for the programmable processing modules. At least one interface circuit arranged on the circuit board to interface signals to and from the circuit board." The patent application was filed on July 7, 2006 (11/481,884). 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=80,04,855.PN.&OS=PN/80,04,855&RS=PN/80,04,855 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus of Water Cooling Several Parallel Circuit Cards ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,004,841) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus of water cooling several parallel circuit cards each containing several chip packages." The co-inventors are Thomas M. Cipolla, Katonah, N.Y., Shurong Tian, Mount Kisco, N.Y., Evan George Colgan, Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., Paul W. Coteus, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Shawn Anthony Hall, Pleasantville, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cooling or heat transfer apparatus and method is disclosed for cooling an electronic device. The apparatus includes a heat producing electronic device which may include an electronic circuit card with many heat sources. A heat transfer device is connected to the heat producing electronic device which is thermally communicating with the heat producing device for transferring heat from the heat producing device to the heat transfer device. A heat conduit is connected to the heat transfer device and thermally communicating with the heat transfer device for transferring heat to the heat conduit from the heat transfer device. A cooling housing is connected to the heat conduit and the cooling housing thermally communicating with the heat conduit for transferring heat to the cooling housing from the heat conduit. The apparatus enables the replacement of circuit cards in the field because it eliminates the need to apply thermal-interface materials." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2008 (12/115,618). 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=80,04,841.PN.&OS=PN/80,04,841&RS=PN/80,04,841 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Polytechnic University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,209) developed by Nikhil Joshi, Staten Island, N.Y., and Ramesh Karri, New York, for an "invariance based concurrent error detection for the advanced encryption standard." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is an encryption algorithm for securing sensitive unclassified material by U.S. Government agencies and, as a consequence the de facto encryption standard for commercial applications worldwide. Performing concurrent error detection (CED) for protection of such a widely deployed algorithm is an issue of paramount importance. We present a low-cost CED method for AES. In this method, we make use of invariance properties of AES to detect errors. For the first time, the invariance properties of the AES, which are for the most part used to attack the algorithm, are being used to protect it from fault attacks. Our preliminary ASIC synthesis of this architecture resulted in an area overhead of 13.8% and a throughput degradation of 16.67%." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2006 (11/327,658). 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=8,005,209.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,209&RS=PN/8,005,209 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Verizon Services, Ashburn, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,005,192) developed by five co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for reducing data capture and storage requirements for call and transaction related message monitoring and fraud detection." The co-inventors are Arthur Doskow, New York, Harry A. Hetz, Silver Spring, Md., George Robert Hasenauer, Silver Spring, Md., Erik George Gebhardt, Clifton Park, N.Y., and Joseph Vecchioli, Herndon, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems for monitoring, storage, and analysis of information in signaling messages, communicated from originating networks to a destination network through one or more intermediate networks are described. Correlation and comparison between signaling messages of interest sent from an origination network to signaling messages received by the destination network allows for the detection of inconsistent information, e.g., information fields in a communicated message that have been altered, either intentionally or unintentionally, by an intermediate carrier. The introduction of an additional communications path over which notification messages are forwarded from signaling monitoring equipment in the origination network to signaling monitoring equipment in the destination network allows for a significant reduction in the memory storage requirements at the destination network and in the amount of processing required to match, compare, and evaluate signaling messages. In addition, the reduction in stored messages and processing time allows the monitoring system to operate in near-real time allowing for fraud detection while a call is still in progress." The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2009 (12/538,521). 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=8,005,192.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,192&RS=PN/8,005,192 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,141) developed by Dake He, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Vadim Sheinin, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., for a "method for efficient encoding and decoding quantized sequence in Wyner-Ziv coding of video." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-based method for encoding and decoding quantized sequences in Wyner-Ziv coding of video, bi-partite graph is used in an iterative process. The method takes as input to an encoder a sequence of quantized data from a finite alphabet, the sequence comprising a video frame. Another sequence of data, decoded from the prior video frame, is input to a decoder. A statistical model describing the statistical relationship between the quantized input sequence to the encoder and the input sequence to the decoder is input to both the encoder and the decoder. A minimum field size is estimated from the statistical model at the encoder and the decoder separately." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2006 (11/458,473). 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=80,05,141.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,141&RS=PN/80,05,141 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,005,129) developed by Alpasian Demir, East Meadow, N.Y., and Fatih M. Ozluturk, Port Washington, N.Y., for an "acquisition circuit for low chip rate option for mobile telecommunication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A User Equipment (UE) receives and samples communication signals, where the communication signals have a time frame format, a transmission chip rate and a synchronization code associated with a time slot that includes a midamble that indicates a modulation of the synchronization code where a specified modulation of received synchronization codes identifies the timing for a timeslot in which data is to be received. The UE preferably includes a synchronization code determination circuit, a midamble determination circuit, and a phase modulation sequence detection circuit operatively associated with the midamble determination circuit. The UE can be configured for use with the low chip rate option of the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) standards that employ a predefined set of downlink SYNC codes that point to midambles which indicate SYNC code modulation sequence to enables reading of data in a subsequent Broadcast Channel (BCH) message." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2009 (12/605,638). 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=80,05,129.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,129&RS=PN/80,05,129 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Futurewei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Futurewei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,005,113) developed by Robert Sultan, Somers, N.Y., and Linda Dunbar, Plano, Texas, for "encapsulating large Ethernet frames." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method comprising receiving a data frame, encapsulating the received data frame into a reflected frame message (RFM) encapsulated frame, and if the received data frame causes the RFM encapsulated frame to exceed a maximum service data unit size, either the data frame is truncated or the data frame is split into two smaller frames and those two smaller frames are encapsulated by two separate RFM frames, wherein if a truncation flag is set to be true, the data frame is truncated to be encapsulated in one RFM." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2009 (12/415,735). 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=80,05,113.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,113&RS=PN/80,05,113 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Method and Apparatus for Imaging Abdominal Aorta and Aortic Aneurysms ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Martin R. Prince, New York, has developed a patent (8,005,530) for a "method and apparatus for imaging abdominal aorta and aortic aneurysms." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Technique and apparatus for acquiring anatomic information used in diagnosing and characterizing abdominal aortic aneurismal disease and the like. This technique provides anatomic information, in the form of images, using a combination of a plurality of magnetic resonance angiography sequences, including a spin-echo and four contrast enhanced (e.g., gadolinium) magnetic resonance angiography sequences. The anatomic images may be used in, for example, pre-operative, operative and post-operative evaluation of aortic pathology, including aneurysms, atherosclerosis, and occlusive disease of branch vessels such as the renal arteries. The gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography provides sufficient anatomic detail to detect aneurysms and all relevant major branch vessel abnormalities seen at angiography operation. This technique and apparatus allows for imaging the aorta at a fraction of the cost of conventional aortography and without the risks of arterial catheterization or iodinated contrast." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2010 (12/725,140). 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=8,005,530&OS=8,005,530&RS=8,005,530 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,004,934) developed by Anthony L. Scoca, Hicksville, N.Y., and James Huber, North Babylon, N.Y., for a "spatial correlation sonar method for high ships speeds." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment, a process measures a velocity of a vessel using a spatial correlation sonar hydrophone array. The process includes the step of selecting a correlation time such that a correlation occurs between an early pulse and a later pulse on a first hydrophone and a second hydrophone respectively, wherein the first hydrophone and the second hydrophone are maximally separated in the spatial correlation sonar hydrophone array. The process further includes the step of selecting a time spacing between a first pulse and a second pulse such that the spacing is a function of the correlation time and a constant, wherein the constant is proportional to a size of the spatial correlation sonar hydrophone array, and wherein the correlation time is an approximate multiple of a sum of a time between the first pulse and the second pulse and a time between the second pulse and a next first pulse." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2008 (12/335,242). 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=8,004,934.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,934&RS=PN/8,004,934 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,518) developed by Ayse Birsel, New York, and Bibi Seck, New York, for a "configurable multi-dimensional media device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Examples of a configurable multi-dimensional media device is described, including a memory configured to store data, and a processor adapted to configure a plurality of segments into a shape, to determine one or more computing functions based on the shape, and to implement the one or more computing functions when the configuration is performed." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2007 (11/897,668). 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=8,005,518.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,518&RS=PN/8,005,518 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Electrophotographic System to Enable Direct Sensing of Toner Quantity ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,005,385) developed by Eric M. Gross, Rochester, N.Y., and James P. Kitchen, Webster, N.Y., for an "electrophotographic system to enable direct sensing of toner quantity." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system is provided that determines the amount of toner on a photo receptor in a xerographic operation. A photo receptor is charged in one or more locations to create an image. A developer places a patch of a predetermined amount of toner onto the one or more charge locations of the photo receptor. A light emitting diode projects light onto the photo receptor, wherein the intensity of the light varies based on the voltage provided to the LED. An optical reflective sensor measures the reflectance of the toner placed on the photo receptor, the amount of reflectance of the toner is related in a known way to the intensity of the LED. A direct relationship between LED intensity and the reflectance of the toner allow for accurate extrapolation at LED intensities greater than the point of saturation." The patent application was filed on June 5, 2007 (11/810,255). 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=8,005,385&OS=8,005,385&RS=8,005,385 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,415) developed by Yee S. Ng, Fairport, N.Y., Robert C. Logel, West Henrietta, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for printing using a tandem electrostatographic printer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A tandem color electrostatographic printer apparatus has five or more color printing stations or modules for applying respective color separation toner images to a receiver member to form a pentachrome color image in a single pass. A fuser station fuses the pentachrome color image. A clear toner overcoat is then applied to the fused pentachrome toner image and enhanced glossing of the image is provided by a belt glosser to improve color gamut." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2010 (12/711,293). 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=8,005,415&OS=8,005,415&RS=8,005,415 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. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Optimization of Reload Performance for Printer Development Systems with Donor Rolls ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,005,390) developed by five co-inventors for an "optimization of reload performance for printer development systems with donor rolls." The co-inventors are Palghat S. Ramesh, Pittsford, N.Y., Joseph Sheflin., Macedon, N.Y., Jack LeStrange, Macedon, N.Y., Peter Paul, Webster, N.Y., and Aaron M. Burry, Ontario, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method creates a printing image charge on a photoreceptor printing region of a photoreceptor within a printing apparatus and, simultaneously with the creating of the printing image charge, charges source patches on the photoreceptor outside the photoreceptor printing region. The method then transfers developer material from a donor roll to the photoreceptor. The source patches cause developer material to be removed from areas of the donor roll outside a donor roll printing region to create developer material-depleted regions. The method then reloads the donor roll with developer material using a magnetic brush and evaluates a reload function of the donor roll by characteristics of developer material on target patches with developer material in areas of the non-printing region of the photoreceptor adjacent the target patches. The method then alters the printing image charge to maintain the reload function within a predetermined range." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2008 (12/250,591). 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=8,005,390&OS=8,005,390&RS=8,005,390 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Method and System for Improved Control Patch Measurement in Printing System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,005,378) developed by Joseph Sheflin, Macedon, N.Y., and Jack LeStrange, Macedon, N.Y., for a "method and system for improved control patch measurement in printing system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Printing systems, control systems, and methods are presented for controlling customer image creation in which process control patches are laterally offset from a lateral customer image boundary to mitigate adverse interaction of control patches and customer images and to improve print engine process control." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/931,721). 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=8,005,378&OS=8,005,378&RS=8,005,378 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Polyimide Intermediate Transfer Components ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,005,410) developed by Jin Wu, Webster, N.Y., for "polyimide intermediate transfer components." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An intermediate transfer belt that includes a thermosetting polyimide and a conductive component, and where the polyimide is rapidly cured." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2008 (12/129,995). 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=8,005,410&OS=8,005,410&RS=8,005,410 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 (8,005,055) developed by 11 co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for determining and managing congestion in a wireless communications system." The co-inventors are Joseph A. Kwak, Bolingbrook, Ill., Angelo Cuffaro, Laval, Canada, Paul Marinier, Brossard, Canada, Christopher Cave, Candiac, Canada, Frank La Sita, East Setauket, N.Y., Ahmed Ali, Verdum, Canada, Vincent Roy, Montreal, Athmane Touag, Laval, Canada, Marian Rudolf, Montreal, Teresa Joanne Hunkeler, Montreal, and Shamim Akbar Rahman, Montreal. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved method of network management, particularly in the context of standards IEEE802.11 and IEEE802.11k, through two new MAC measurements, with attendant advantages. The two new measurements include WTRU uplink traffic loading measurement, and an AP service loading measurement and is generally applicable at least to layers 1 and 2 as applied to a least 802.11k in the context of OFDM and CDMA 2000 systems, but is applicable to other scenarios as well. A Method for determining and advertising congestion is also provided for a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system. The present invention also introduces a method for managing congestion when congestion is detected. This aspect of the present invention applies primarily to wireless systems that use the Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) mechanism. The methods are advantageously implemented in selectively configured WTRUs of various forms." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2004 (10/939,785). 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=8,005,055.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,055&RS=PN/8,005,055 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 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. *** Verizon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Verizon Business Network Services, Basking Ridge, N.J., and Verizon UK, Berkshire, United Kingdom, have been assigned a patent (8,005,345) developed by Maxime G.G. Haot, New York, Richard G. Moore, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Sreenivas Rachamadugu, Leesburg, Va., for a "method and system for dynamic control of digital media content playback and advertisement delivery." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An approach provides control of digital media. A stream of digital media that includes an advertisement is received. The stream is selectively skipped to avoid the advertisement. In addition, the amount of advertisement played back is tracked. Further, tracking information is generated based on the tracking." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2006 (11/517,006). 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=8,005,345.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,345&RS=PN/8,005,345 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** State University of New York Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- State University of New York, Amherst, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,277) developed by four co-inventors for a "secure fingerprint matching by hashing localized information." The co-inventors are Sergey Tulyakov, Williamsville, N.Y., Faisal Farooq, Williamsville, N.Y., Sharat Chikkerur, Amherst, N.Y., and Venu Govindaraju, Williamsville, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for obtaining, hashing, storing and using fingerprint data related to fingerprint minutia including the steps of: a) determining minutia points within a fingerprint, b) determining a plurality of sets of proximate determined minutia points, c) subjecting a plurality of representations of the determined sets of minutia points to a hashing function, and d) storing or comparing resulting hashed values for fingerprint matching." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2007 (11/713,123). 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=8,005,277.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,277&RS=PN/8,005,277 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Jadak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Jadak, North Syracuse, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,280) developed by Donald R. Mott, Baldwinsville, N.Y., Wie Lee, Manlius, N.Y., and Mark William Macko, Camillus, N.Y., for an "optical imaging clinical sampler." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A clinical sampling system including a reader capable of optically imaging a test cartridge presented thereto and then automatically determining the presence and concentration of a target compound in a liquid sample placed on the test cartridge. The reader includes an optical imaging unit for illuminating, imaging, and interpreting the test cartridge. The test cartridge houses a reaction strip having a control region and a sample region that reacts to a liquid sample placed on the strip. The presence and concentration of the target compound are interpreted by determining the relative reflected intensities of the control region and sample region and calculating the ratio of the reflected intensities relative to the reflected intensity of the background." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2007 (11/954,298). 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=8,005,280.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,280&RS=PN/8,005,280 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Graham Packaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Graham Packaging, York, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,005,260) developed by Alfred T. Rundle, Endwell, N.Y., for a "correcting video coding errors using an automatic recognition result." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for sorting mail includes performing an automatic address recognition process on a digitized image of a mail piece and generating a plurality of conditional address recognition results and a plurality of confirmation values each associated with one of the plurality of conditional address recognition results. The method can include sending the digitized image, the plurality of conditional address recognition results and the plurality of confirmation values to a video coding system. The method can include detecting a possible error in a first video coding result, the possible error detected using error correction information including information from the automatic address recognition process. The method may include indicating the possible error to a video coding operator, and performing a video coding operation to obtain a second video coding result and arbitrating or selecting one of the results as output." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2008 (12/120,891). 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=8005260.PN.&OS=PN/8005260&RS=PN/8005260 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. -1058836 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |