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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (Sept. 9)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 9 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. *** LipoScience Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- LipoScience, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,013,602) developed by seven co-inventors for an "NMR clinical analyzers and related methods, systems, modules and computer program products for clinical evaluation of biosamples." The co-inventors are James D. Otvos, Apex, N.C., Elias J. Jeyarajah, Raleigh, N.C., Stephen Markham, Raleigh, N.C., Steven P. Matyus, Durham, N.C., David R. Morgan, Raleigh, N.C., Bruce D. Silberman, Apex, N.C., and Donald R. Deuel, Raleigh, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, computer program products and apparatus automate clinical NMR in vitro diagnostic analyzers. The clinical analyzer can automatically electronically monitor selected parameters and automatically electronically adjust parameters to maintain the analyzer within desired operational ranges. The clinical NMR analyzers can be configured as a networked system with a plurality of clinical NMR analyzers located at different use sites; and at least one remote control system in communication with one or a plurality of clinical NMR analyzers, the at least one remote system configured to monitor selected local operating parameters associated with a respective clinical NMR analyzer." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2005 (11/093,596). 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=80,13,602.PN.&OS=PN/80,13,602&RS=PN/80,13,602 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Automatic Adjustment of Display Settings for Remote Viewing by an Administrator ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,013,805) developed by William Joseph Piazza, Holly Springs, N.C., and Edward Stanley Suffern, Chapel Hill, N.C., for an "automatic adjustment of display settings for remote viewing by an administrator." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method automatically scale the resolution of video output of a selected workstation blade so that an administrator can view the video output by the selected workstation blade in the same format as it is displayed at the user terminal associated with the selected workstation blade. The video is automatically switched from a multi-screen display to a single-screen display for both the user and the administrator so that the administrator may see the video output regardless of differences between the displays the user and the administrator each have." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2007 (11/835,973). 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=80,13,805&OS=80,13,805&RS=80,13,805 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lenovo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 9 -- Lenovo, Singapore, has been assigned a patent (8,013,804) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for graphics remapping in hypervisor." The co-inventors are Daryl Carvis Cromer, Cary, N.C., Howard Jeffrey Locker, Cary, N.C., Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki, Hillsborough, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hypervisor operating system instantiates a virtual video driver to a main operating system that supports only one type of graphics adapter. The virtual driver handles graphics remapping among plural different display drivers associated with plural different display monitors to enable a computer to output data on multiple different monitors even though the main O.S. supports only one type of display driver." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2007 (11/755,130). 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=80,13,804&OS=80,13,804&RS=80,13,804 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ABB Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 9 -- ABB Research, Zurich, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (8,013,702) developed by Mohamed Y. Haj-Maharsi, Houston, and Thomas J. Lanoue, Cary, N.C., for a versatile distribution transformer. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A versatile distribution transformer having an electromagnetic transformer and a power electronic module is provided. A pocket having connectors electrically connected to at least one winding structure of the electromagnetic transformer is mounted above the electromagnetic transformer. The power electronic module is removably mounted in a cavity of the pocket. The power electronic module includes a plurality of semiconductor switching devices and a plurality of connectors adapted to slidably engage the connectors of the pocket. The power electronic module is movable between a removed position, wherein the power electronic module is located outside the pocket, and an installed position, wherein the power electronic module is disposed in the cavity of the pocket and the connectors of the power electronic module engage the connectors of the pocket so as to electrically connect the power electronic module to the at least one winding structure." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2010 (12/813,983). 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=8,013,702.PN.&OS=PN/8,013,702&RS=PN/8,013,702 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Corning Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 9 -- Corning, Corning, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,013,985) developed by Ian D. Cook, Wilmington, N.C., for "methods of measuring the refractive index profile of a transparent cylindrical object." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods of measuring the refractive index profile of a transparent cylindrical object, such as a fiber preform, are disclosed. The methods include transmitting light rays through the cylindrical object in a direction transverse to the central axis at different heights and measuring the deflection angles to define a measured deflection function .psi..sub.m. The methods include numerically fitting a target deflection function .psi..sub.t to the measured deflection function .psi..sub.m within a first object region that does not include the object's outer edge. The fit is conducted by varying the yet unknown parameters of the refractive index profile that define the target deflection function to obtain an estimated refractive index profile .eta.*.sub.i(r) over a second object region equal to or greater in size than the first object region. For cylindrical objects having at least one refractive index continuity, the method is applied to the different regions defined by the at least one discontinuity. An example method uses the estimated refractive index profile of a fiber preform to adjust at least one parameter of a preform fabrication process." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2009 (12/414,188). 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=8013985.PN.&OS=PN/8013985&RS=PN/8013985 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,013,861) developed by five co-inventors for a "reducing a display quality of an area in a virtual universe to conserve computing resources." The co-inventors are Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Paul A. Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, N.C., Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and James W. Seaman, Falls Church, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described herein are processes and devices that reduce a display quality of an area of a virtual universe to conserve computing resources. One of the devices described is a virtual resource conserver. The virtual resource conserver determines, or selects, an area in the virtual universe. A computing resource processes data for presenting the area in the virtual universe. The virtual resource conserver evaluates significance factors about the area to determine a significance of how the area is being used, or an extent to which an area is being viewed by an avatar. The virtual resource conserver reduces a display quality of the area based on the significance of how the area is being used or viewed. The virtual resource conserver thus reduces usage of the computing resource." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/932,114). 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=8013861.PN.&OS=PN/8013861&RS=PN/8013861 Written by Arpi Sharma; 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. -1060464 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |