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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Connecticut (Aug. 31)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Connecticut. *** Cerno Bioscience Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Cerno Bioscience, Danbury, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,010,306) developed by Yongdong Wang, Wilton, Conn., and Ming Gu, Yardley, Pa., for "methods for calibrating mass spectrometry (MS) and other instrument systems and for processing MS and other data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for obtaining at least one calibration filter for a Mass Spectrometry (MS) instrument system. Measured isotope peak cluster data in a mass spectral range is obtained for a given calibration standard. Relative isotope abundances and actual mass locations of isotopes corresponding thereto are calculated for the given calibration standard. Mass spectral target peak shape functions centered within respective mass spectral ranges are specified. Convolution operations are performed between the calculated relative isotope abundances and the mass spectral target peak shape functions to form calculated isotope peak cluster data. A deconvolution operation is performed between the measured isotope peak cluster data and the calculated isotope peak cluster data after the convolution operations to obtain the at least one calibration filter. Provisions are made for normalizing peak widths, combining internal and external calibration, and using selected measured peaks as standards. Aspects of the methods are applied to other analytical instruments." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2009 (12/371,759). 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=8010306.PN.&OS=PN/8010306&RS=PN/8010306 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ASML Holding Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- ASML Holding, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, has been assigned a patent (RE42,650) developed by Daniel N. Galburt, Wilton, Conn., Earl W. Ebert, Oxford, Conn., and Joseph H. Lyons, Wilton, Conn., for a "fluid gauge proximity sensor and method of operating same using a modulated fluid flow." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method that use a fluid gauge proximity sensor. A source of modulated unidirectional or alternating fluid flow travels along at least one path having a nozzle and a flow or pressure sensor. The fluid exists at a gap between the nozzle and a target. The sensor outputs an amplitude modulated signal that varies according to a size of the gap. The amplitude modulated signal is processed either digitally or in analog devices, which can include being filtered (e.g., band pass, band limited, high pass, etc. filter) to include the modulated frequency and sufficient bandwidth on either side of that frequency and/or being demodulated using a demodulator operating at the acoustical driver modulation frequency. Using this system and method can result in only ambient acoustical energy in a desired frequency range of the device actually having the opportunity to interfere with the device operation. This can lower the devices overall sensitivity to external acoustical noise and sensor offset." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2007 (11/831,558). 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=RE42,650&OS=RE42,650&RS=RE42,650 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Domanicom Assigned Patent for Devices, Systems, and Methods for providing Increased Security When Multiplexing One or More Services at a Customer Premises ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Domanicom, Newton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,010,992) developed by four co-inventors for "devices, systems, and methods for providing increased security when multiplexing one or more services at a customer premises." The co-inventors are Sin-Min Chang, Shelton, Conn., William Bartholomay, Orange, Conn., Santanu Das, Monroe, Conn., and Arun Sengupta, Fairfield, Conn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for providing increased security when multiplexing one or more services at customer premises. Such systems and devices may include one or more virtual machines that support a service, a service operating system, protocol functions, and protocol security functions including system, devices, and methods for, analyzing protocol data and generating protocol security data. In addition, the system, devices, and methods provide an administration function for each virtual machine that allows monitoring the protocol security data and provides a protocol alerting mechanism that reports protocol security trigger events. Moreover, the system, devices, and methods have a common layer providing a common operating system and common security functions. The protocol security functions and common security function utilize conventional and fuzzy logic rules to generate protocol security data and common security data." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2010 (12/892,903). 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=8,010,992&OS=8,010,992&RS=8,010,992 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hartford Fire Insurance Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Hartford Fire Insurance, Hartford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,010,388) developed by Stephen T. Joyce, West Hartford, Conn., for a longevity insurance. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a life insurance product known as longevity insurance. Longevity insurance mitigates longevity risk, the risk that an individual will outlive his or her assets. More specifically, the purchase of longevity insurance guarantees an individual a predetermined, periodic income payment for the life of the purchaser. The guaranteed stream of monthly income commences at a later date, which may be utilized to supplement an existing income level or provide income in the event that the individual outlives his or her accumulated assets." The patent application was filed on Jan. 17, 2007 (11/654,489). 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=80,10,388.PN.&OS=PN/80,10,388&RS=PN/80,10,388 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Travelers Indemnity Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Travelers Indemnity, Hartford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,010,365) developed by Dean Collins, Manchester, Conn., Kathleen D'Auria, Manchester, Conn., and Raul Matamoros, Simsbury, Conn., for a "method and system for integrating an interactive voice response system into a host application system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates particularly to a method and system for integrating an interactive voice response (IVR) environment into an existing host processing system to provide automated telephone responses to callers to the host system. The integrated IVR environment is highly scaleable with hardware and software open to the host system for in-house modification and/or addition of components and applications to accommodate additional and/or modified host business logic, host applications, and other host requirements. The integrated IVR environment also alleviates the high cost often associated with the purchase, installation, and maintenance of the IVR functionality for a host processing system." The patent application was filed on March 22, 2010 (12/729,043). 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=80,10,365.PN.&OS=PN/80,10,365&RS=PN/80,10,365 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Pitney Bowes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,010,873) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for efficient uncorrectable error detection in flash memory." The co-inventors are Wesley A. Kirschner, Farmington, Conn., Robert W. Sisson, Trumbull, Conn., John A. Hurd, Torrington, Conn., and Gary S. Jacobson, Norwalk, Conn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for efficient uncorrectable error detection in flash memory is described. A microcontroller including a non-volatile flash memory utilizes an Error Correction Code (ECC) having a certain error detection and correction bit strength. The user data is first processed by a hash function and hash data is stored with the user data. Then, the user data and hash data are processed by the ECC system. In detection, the hash ensures that a relatively low bit-strength ECC system did not incorrectly manipulate the user data. Such a hash integrity check provides an efficient, robust detection of incorrectly corrected user data resulting from errors beyond the correction but strength of the ECC system utilized." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2010 (12/763,563). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=581&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&s1=20110830.PD.&p=12&OS=ISD/08/30/2011&RS=ISD/08/30/2011 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Domanicom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Domanicom, Newton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,010,993) developed by five co-inventors for "devices, systems, and methods for enabling reconfiguration of services supported by a network of devices." The co-inventors are William G. Bartholomay, Orange, Conn., Sin-Min Chang, Shelton, Conn., Santanu Das, Monroe, Conn., Arun Sengupta, Fairfield, Conn., and Suvhasis Mukhopadhyay, Shrewsbury, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for enabling the reconfiguration of services supported by a network of devices. Such reconfiguration can be realized dynamically and in real time without compromising the security of the overall system from external threats or internal malfunctions. These systems, devices and methods may provide a first functional stack supporting a previous version of a specific service and the provisioning of a second functional stack dynamically and in real-time that supports an updated version of the specific service. In addition, an administration function may be included in the embodiment such that the administration function manages and controls the functional stacks and network operations. Using these mechanisms, an existing service can be changed dynamically or a new service can be added dynamically in a secure manner without interruption of other existing services." The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2010 (12/953,602). 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=8,010,993&OS=8,010,993&RS=8,010,993 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** United Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- United Technologies, Hartford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,010,320) developed by Allan J. Volponi, West Simsbury, Conn., for "reducing gas turbine performance tracking estimation non-repeatability." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention increases the fidelity of gas turbine engine module performance estimates that in turn enhance performance tracking and visibility. The methodology obviates input signal filtering since filtering may mask the onset and detection of a rapid measurement shift indicative of serious engine performance issues. The invention supports trend detection processes for timely detection, isolation and alerting of performance and engine system related faults." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2006 (11/601,213). 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=80,10,320.PN.&OS=PN/80,10,320&RS=PN/80,10,320 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,010,479) developed by eight co-inventors for a "simplifying the creation of user-defined custom elements for use in a graphical modeling application." The co-inventors are Daniel C. Berg, Holly Springs, N.C., Brad L. Blancett, Raleigh, N.C., Michael D. Elder, Durham, N.C., Chad M. Holliday, Holly Springs, N.C., Narinder Makin, Morrisville, N.C., Timothy A. Pouyer, Greenville, S.C., Edward C. Snible, Bronx, N.Y., and John E. Swanke, Terryville, Conn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention can include a solution for capturing user-defined custom elements for use in a graphical modeling application. Such a system can include a graphical modeling application and a custom element definition tool. The graphical modeling application can be configured to create semantic models that contain a static graphical elements and semantic data elements. The custom element definition tool can be configured to create a user-defined custom element for the graphical modeling application. The user-defined custom element can consist of one or more static graphical element and/or one or more semantic data element." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2008 (12/141,495). 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=8,010,479.PN.&OS=PN/8,010,479&RS=PN/8,010,479 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. -1059409 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |