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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (Sept. 16)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Leviton Manufacturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Leviton Manufacturing, Melville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,166) developed by Paul Soccoli, New Hyde Park, N.Y., Michael Ostrovsky, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Alfred J. Lombardi, Syosset, N.Y., for a "lighting control system and three way occupancy sensor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is disclosed a sensor which, when integrated into a dimming system, can turn the dimmer on and off, and vice versa. As an example, lights which are connected to the dimmer can be turned on by using the dimmer, the light level can be adjusted to provide a level of illumination desired by an occupant, and the sensor can turn off the lights when the room is vacant. The sensor here disclosed provides sensing functionality to a dimming system, and the sensors can be remotely controlled by other sensors, dimmers and dimmer remotes." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2006 (11/608,623). 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=8,018,166.PN.&OS=PN/8,018,166&RS=PN/8,018,166 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** National Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,018,176) developed by Jeffrey A. Small, Rochester, N.Y., and Anirudh Oberoi, Rochester, N.Y., for a "selectable power FET control for display power converter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A chip-on-glass (COG) display driver comprises a direct current to direct current converter (DC-DC) converter that uses "off-glass" and/or "off-chip" inductive/capacitive (LC) components. The DC-DC converter can be configured to use either an internal or external switch (such as a power FET) in response to a mode signal. Selection of an internal or external mode allows a single converter chip design to be optimized for various applications." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2007 (11/770,539). 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=80,18,176.PN.&OS=PN/80,18,176&RS=PN/80,18,176 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent for High Speed Internal Permanent Magnet Machine and Method of Manufacturing the Same ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,110) developed by five co-inventors for a "high speed internal permanent magnet machine and method of manufacturing the same." The co-inventors are James Pellegrino Alexander, Ballston Lake, N.Y., Ayman Mohamed Fawzi EL-Refaie, Niskayuna, N.Y., Murtuza Lokhandwalla, Clifton Park, N.Y., Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Latham, N.Y., and Jeremy Daniel VanDam, West Coxsackie, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An internal permanent magnet (IPM) machine is provided. The IPM machine includes a stator assembly and a stator core. The stator core also includes multiple stator teeth. The stator assembly is further configured with stator windings to generate a magnetic field when excited with alternating currents and extends along a longitudinal axis with an inner surface defining a cavity. The IPM machine also includes a rotor assembly and a rotor core. The rotor core is disposed inside the cavity and configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis. The rotor assembly further includes a shaft. The shaft further includes multiple protrusions alternately arranged relative to multiple bottom structures provided on the shaft. The rotor assembly also includes multiple stacks of laminations disposed on the protrusions and dovetailed circumferentially around the shaft. The rotor assembly further includes multiple permanent magnets for generating a magnetic field, which interacts with the stator magnetic field to produce torque. The permanent magnets are disposed between the stacks. The rotor assembly also includes multiple bottom wedges disposed on the bottom structures of the shaft and configured to hold the multiple stacks and the multiple permanent magnets." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (12/432,885). 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=80,18,110.PN.&OS=PN/80,18,110&RS=PN/80,18,110 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent for Shielding of Superconducting Field Coil in Homopolar Inductor Alternator ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,102) developed by four co-inventors for a "shielding of superconducting field coil in homopolar inductor alternator." The co-inventors are Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Schenectady, N.Y., James Pellegrino Alexander, Ballston Lake, N.Y., Kiruba Sivasubramaniam, Clifton Park, N.Y., and Minfeng Xu, Ballston Lake, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A superconducting field coil assembly includes a superconducting field coil disposed within a vacuum insulated electro-magnetic (EM) shielded cryostat. A water cooling jacket is thermally integrated with the outer surface of the EM shielded cryostat." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2008 (12/228,229). 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=80,18,102.PN.&OS=PN/80,18,102&RS=PN/80,18,102 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,095) developed by five co-inventors for a "power conversion, control, and distribution system." The co-inventors are Ravi Kumar Arimilli, Austin, Texas, Edward Joseph Seminaro, Milton, N.Y., Kevin Robert Covi, Glenford, N.Y., Gerald J. Fahr, Wappingers Fall, N.Y., and Daniel James Barus, Hyde Park, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A power conversion, control, and distribution system includes multiple bulk power regulator (BPR) subassemblies, a bulk power distribution (BPD) subassembly, and a bulk power controller and hub (BPCH) subassembly. The BPR subassemblies are each configured to provide regulated DC power from both AC input power and DC input power. The BPD subassembly is configured to distribute the regulated DC power. The BPCH subassembly is coupled to the multiple BPR subassemblies and the BPD subassembly. The BPCH subassembly is configured to monitor and control the BPR assemblies and the BPD assembly." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2009 (12/425,267). 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=80,18,095.PN.&OS=PN/80,18,095&RS=PN/80,18,095 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Device for Displaying Real Time and Advertising Media ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- Wen Chen Wu, Port Washington, N.Y., has developed a patent (8,018,797) for a "device for displaying real time and advertising media." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is a device for displaying real time and advertising media to a person. In one embodiment, the device comprises a front cover, a clock engaged with said front cover for displaying real time, and a first sheet having an advertising portion. The first sheet is moveably engaged with the front cover to an open position where the real time and advertising portion are visible to the person. The clock comprises a clock movement mechanism engaged with the front cover, a clock face imprinted on the front cover, and an hour and minute hand engaged with the clock movement mechanism. The device further comprises a mounting fastener engaged with front cover and clock movement mechanism. The mounting fastener is adapted to allow the device to be hung on a wall." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2006 (11/595,032). 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=8,018,797.PN.&OS=PN/8,018,797&RS=PN/8,018,797 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,614) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for assigning candidate processing nodes in a stream-oriented computer system." The co-inventors are Nikhil Bansal, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., James R.H. Challenger, Garrison, N.Y., Lisa Karen Fleischer, Ossining, N.Y., Oktay Gunluk, New York, Kirsten Weale Hildrum, Hawthorne, N.Y., Richard P. King, Scarsdale, N.Y., Deepak Rajan, Fishkill, N.Y., David Tao, Glen Burnie, Md., Joel Leonard Wolf, Katonah, N.Y., and Laura Wynter, Chappaqua, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of choosing jobs to run in a stream based distributed computer system includes determining jobs to be run in a distributed stream-oriented system by deciding a priority threshold above which jobs will be accepted, below which jobs will be rejected. Overall importance is maximized relative to the priority threshold based on importance values assigned to all jobs. System constraints are applied to ensure jobs meet set criteria." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2008 (12/132,035). 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=8,018,614&OS=8,018,614&RS=8,018,614 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Condenser Structures with Fin Cavities Facilitating Vapor Condensation Cooling of Coolant ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,720) developed by five co-inventors for "condenser structures with fin cavities facilitating vapor condensation cooling of coolant." The co-inventors are Levi A. Campbell, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Richard C. Chu, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Michael J. Ellsworth Jr., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Robert E. Simons, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Vapor condensers and cooling apparatuses are provided which facilitate vapor condensation cooling of a coolant employed in cooling an electronic device. The vapor condenser includes a thermally conductive base structure with a plurality of condenser fins extending from the base structure. The condenser fins have a proximal end coupled to the base structure and a remote end remote from the base structure. At least one exposed cavity is provided within each condenser fin extending from the remote end towards the proximal end. The exposed cavities are sized to provide greater condenser fin surface area for facilitating vapor condensate formation, and thereby facilitate cooling of an electronic device using a two-phase coolant." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2009 (12/491,287). 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=8,018,720&OS=8,018,720&RS=8,018,720 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Multiple Chip Module Cooling System and Method of Operation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,718) developed by four co-inventors for a "multiple chip module cooling system and method of operation thereof." The co-inventors are Gary F. Goth, Pleasant Valley, N.Y., Daniel J. Kearney, Ulster Park, N.Y., Paul M. Lucas, Beacon, N.Y., and Donald W. Porter, Highland, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is computer system having a first and second multiple chip modules (MCM) and a cooling module. The cooling module includes a first cooling loop associated with said first MCM and a first evaporator. The cooling module further includes a second cooling loop associated with said second MCM and a second evaporator. Each cooling loop is coupled to a common condenser that receives thermal energy from each cooling loop. A controller is coupled to the first and second cooling loop and adapts the operation of the first and second cooling loop in response to variances in operating conditions to provide cooling of the first and second MCM." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2010 (12/834,137). 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=8,018,718&OS=8,018,718&RS=8,018,718 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Compound Curved Concentrator Based Illuminator ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,018,630) developed by Robert Herloski, Webster, N.Y., for a "compound curved concentrator based illuminator." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A document illuminator comprising a light-transmissive element having nonlinear walls. The walls are shaped in the form of a compound parabolic concentrator with an optically inverted configuration. A diffusive optical source receives light from a side emitting LED embedded therein and redirects it to an aperture along with other light rays that go through total internal reflection from the nonlinear walls. The reflected light rays that are collected at the aperture are in turn transmitted at high power and uniform luminescence to illuminate a document for scanning." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2009 (12/408,018). 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=8,018,630&OS=8,018,630&RS=8,018,630 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,623) developed by Douglas W. Couwenhoven, Fairport, N.Y., and Kevin E. Spaulding, Spencerport, N.Y., for "multi-level halftoning providing reduced error diffusion artifacts." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for multi-level error diffusion halftoning an input digital image to form an output digital image with reduced error diffusion texture contouring artifacts which includes modifying the input pixel values for a fraction of the input pixels using a periodic dither signal, where the fraction is a function of the texture artifact characteristics of the multi-level error diffusion halftoning process." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2008 (12/040,055). 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=8,018,623&OS=8,018,623&RS=8,018,623 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,384) developed by Brian Allan Floyd, Mahopac, N.Y., Duixian Liu, Scarsdale, N.Y., and Robert M. Morton, Lagrangeville, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for packaging an integrated chip and antenna." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes at least one antenna structure located on a first surface of a first substrate; at least one pad located on the first surface of the first substrate; and at least one via traversing the first substrate and thereby connecting the at least one pad located on the first surface of the first substrate to at least one pad located on a second surface. The at least one pad located on the first surface of the first substrate is operatively coupleable to at least one pad located on a surface of an integrated circuit and the at least one pad located on the second surface is operatively coupleable to at least one pad located on a surface of a printed circuit board. The at least one via is thereby operative to couple the at least one pad located on the surface of the integrated circuit and the at least one pad located on the surface of the printed circuit board." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2008 (12/130,562). 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=80,18,384&OS=80,18,384&RS=80,18,384 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intersil Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- Intersil Americas, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,018,367) developed by four co-inventors for an N-bit ADC reader. The co-inventors are Chun Cheung, Brooklyn, N.Y., Weihong Qiu, San Jose, Calif., Robert H. Isham, Flemington, N.J., and Mir Mahin, Holland, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated circuit has a single input pin for determining a value associated with a resistor divider. First circuitry determines a resistor ratio of the resistor divider through the single input pin. A first register stores a first group of bits representing the resistor ratio. The first group of bits represents the least significant bits of the value. Second circuitry determines an equivalent resistance of the resistor divider through the single input pin. A second register stores a second group of bits representing the equivalent resistance." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2009 (12/631,998). 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=80,18,367.PN.&OS=PN/80,18,367&RS=PN/80,18,367 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Apparatus for Identifying a Circuit Breaker Feeding a Remotely Disposed Electrical Outlet and Method of using the Apparatus ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- David Pagnani, Endicott, N.Y., has developed a patent (8,018,348) for an "apparatus for identifying a circuit breaker feeding a remotely disposed electrical outlet and method of using the apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrical circuit tracing apparatus wherein uniquely identifiable electrical signals are injected into deenergized electrical circuits at a circuit breaker panel. Once the apparatus is electrically connected to multiple deenergized branch circuits, a user may connect a circuit analysis box to successive electrical outlets. The circuit analysis box contains a readout that indicates the circuit number (i.e., 1-n, where n is the number of branch circuits simultaneously testable by the apparatus to which the particular electrical outlet is connected). If a particular electrical outlet is accidentally connected to more than one branch circuit, all of the circuits to which the analyzer box is connected are identified." The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2009 (12/378,753). 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=80,18,348.PN.&OS=PN/80,18,348&RS=PN/80,18,348 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,342) developed by David James Monk, Rexford, N.Y., and Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Rexford, N.Y., for a "radio frequency sensor circuitry sensing device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sensing device adapted to detect environmental changes and/or an analyte is provided. The sensing device comprising radio frequency sensor circuitry, a protection material disposed on the radio frequency sensor circuitry, and a metallic layer disposed on the protection material. A detection system for detecting an environmental change or an analyte in an article is provided." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2007 (11/952,671). 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=80,18,342.PN.&OS=PN/80,18,342&RS=PN/80,18,342 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Georgia Tech Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- Georgia Tech Research, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,019,079) developed by Farshid Delgosha, Glen Cove, N.Y., and Faramarz Fekri, Atlanta, for "asymmetric cryptosystem employing paraunitary matrices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are multivariate paraunitary asymmetric cryptographic systems and methods based on paraunitary matrices. The cryptographic systems and methods are based on formulating a system of multivariate polynomial equations by paraunitary matrices. These matrices are a family of invertible polynomial matrices that can be completely parameterized and efficiently generated by primitive building blocks. Using a general formulation involving paraunitary matrices, a one-way function is designed that operates over the fields of characteristic two. Approximations made to a paraunitary matrix result in a trapdoor one-way function that is efficient to evaluate, but hard to invert without secret information about the trapdoor. An exemplary implementation operates on the finite field GF(256). In this example, the message block includes 16 to 32 symbols from GF(256), i.e., the block size is an integer between 16 and 32. The ciphertext block takes its elements from the same field and has at least 10 extra symbols." The patent application was filed on July 8, 2007 (11/825,756). 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=80,19,079.PN.&OS=PN/80,19,079&RS=PN/80,19,079 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,083) developed by Einar Vaughn Larsen, Ballston Lake, N.Y., and Robert William Delmerico, Clifton Park, N.Y., for a "HVDC connection of wind turbine." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for connection of a wind driven turbine generator to an HVDC transmission line is provided that does not require transformation of the wind generated AC voltage to a nominal AC distribution grid frequency. An AC output from the turbine generator is increased in level and converted to HVDC for direct application to a HVDC transmission line. The wind turbine generated AC may be first increased in frequency via a matrix converter and then rectified or may be first rectified and increased in level by a high-voltage DC-DC converter circuit and then applied directly to the HVDC transmission line." The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2010 (12/850,803). 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=8,018,083.PN.&OS=PN/8,018,083&RS=PN/8,018,083 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,018,059) developed by Joseph A. Swift, Ontario, N.Y., and Stanley John Wallace, Victor, N.Y., for an "electrical interconnect with an electrical pathway including at least a first member overlain by a second member at a contact point." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrical interconnect includes an electrical pathway having a first member a second member, the first member being disposed at an oblique or perpendicular angle to the second member at a location adjacent to the second member, wherein at least one of the first member and the second member have a cross-sectional dimension of less than or equal to 10 micrometers." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2005 (11/094,407). 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=8,018,059.PN.&OS=PN/8,018,059&RS=PN/8,018,059 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GLOBALFOUNDRIES Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Singapore, has been assigned a patent (8,018,061) developed by Wuping Liu, Singapore, Michael Beck, Milpitas, Calif., and John A. Fitzsimmons, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for an "integrated circuit hard mask processing system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated circuit processing system is provided including a substrate having an integrated circuit; an interconnect layer over the integrated circuit; a low-K dielectric layer over the interconnect layer; a hard mask layer over the low-K dielectric layer; a via opening through the hard mask layer and the low-K dielectric layer to the interconnect layer; and an interconnect metal in the via opening." The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2009 (12/567,490). 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=8,018,061.PN.&OS=PN/8,018,061&RS=PN/8,018,061 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York, Connecticut Inventors Develop Patent for Method for Deactivating an Image Capturing Device when Present in a Restricted or Prohibited Zone ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- Sanjeev Nath, New York, and Rajesh Patel, Rocky Hill, Conn., have developed a patent (8,018,496) for a "method for deactivating an image capturing device when present in a restricted or prohibited zone." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention described is a method and system for preventing image capture and transmission in a restricted or prohibited zone." The patent application was filed on July 20, 2009 (12/505,887). 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=8,018,496.PN.&OS=PN/8,018,496&RS=PN/8,018,496 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Thermo Fisher Scientific Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,018,514) developed by five co-inventors for a "charge injection device camera system for radiation-hardened applications." The co-inventors are Denis Baiko, Fairport, N.Y., Suraj Bhaskaran, Mendon, N.Y., Joseph Carbone, Liverpool, N.Y., Stephen Czebiniak, Port Crane, N.Y., and Herbert Ziegler, Baldwinsville, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An imaging system for deployment within a high-radiation environment. The imaging system has an imaging array of photosensitive pixels, each of which contains a sense gate for integrating photogenerated charge during the course of a frame and an amplifier transistor for sampling voltage on the sense gate. Each pixel also contains an inject gate and select and reset FETs, for operation as a charge injection device (CID). Moreover, a circuit including a monitor transistor on each polysilicon layer of the imaging array provides a threshold voltage monitor signal used to compensate a drive signal applied to the array on the basis of threshold voltage shifts induced by exposure to radiation. The array is contained within a remote head that may be evacuated and temperature-controlled and that may contain radiation-hardened drive electronics for generating drive signals upon receipt of a start pulse received from a camera control unit located at a significant distance from the remote head." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2007 (11/800,141). 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=8018514.PN.&OS=PN/8018514&RS=PN/8018514 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,590) developed by Lewis Berkley Davis Jr., Niskayuna, N.Y., and Keith Robert McManus, Clifton Park, N.Y., for a "three-dimensional optical sensor and system for combustion sensing and control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes an optical sensor that optically measures and spatially resolves in three dimensions at least one chemical species within a flame produced by a device and a component that correlates the three dimensionally measured at least one chemical species to at least one parameter of the device." The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2008 (12/256,754). 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=8,018,590&OS=8,018,590&RS=8,018,590 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Pack Avatar for Shared Inventory in a Virtual Universe ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,462) developed by four co-inventors for a "pack avatar for shared inventory in a virtual universe." The co-inventors are Kulvir S. Bhogal, Fort Worth, Texas, Rick Allen Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Clifford Alan Pickover, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Anne R. Sand, Peyton, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Generally speaking, systems, methods and media for providing a pack avatar for sharing inventory in a virtual universe are disclosed. Embodiments of a method may include receiving a request to create a pack avatar carrying one or more shared inventory items in a virtual universe and creating a pack avatar based on the received requests. Embodiments may include rendering the pack avatar in the virtual universe. Embodiments may also include, in response to receiving a request from a virtual universe user to borrow one or more shared inventory items carried by the pack avatar, accessing the one or more requested shared inventory items and rendering the one or more requested shared inventory items in the virtual universe. Further embodiments may include associating the pack avatar with a user and moving the pack avatar within the virtual universe." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2008 (12/029,132). 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=8,018,462.PN.&OS=PN/8,018,462&RS=PN/8,018,462 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,560) developed by Minhua Lu, Mohegan Lake, N.Y., and Ke-Hsiung Yang, New York, for a "method and system for improving ion beam alignment for liquid crystal displays by forming an alignment layer over grooved surface profile." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprises a first substrate having a grooved surface profile; an alignment film layer of inorganic material formed on the grooved surface and having the grooved surface profile, the alignment film of inorganic material being aligned in response to an ion beam incident to the grooved surface in a direction parallel to a groove direction; a second substrate aligned opposite the first substrate for forming a plurality of LCD cells having liquid crystal (LC) material deposited therein, wherein LC molecules align parallel to the grooves for enhanced LCD performance." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2009 (12/533,714). 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=8,018,560&OS=8,018,560&RS=8,018,560 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Applied Science Innovations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- Applied Science Innovations, Troy, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,602) developed by Mikhail Gutin, Albany, N.Y., for a "metrology of optics with high aberrations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is an interferometry device and associated method and computerized media for testing optical components including those with high aberrations, comprising: situating an optical component under test between a source of a spherical test wavefront and a reference mirror; propagating a spherical test wavefront, whereby an axial line is defined by a direction of propagation of said wavefront; deriving a substantially complete first-tilt-alignment wavefront metrology of the optical component under test from a plurality of first-tilt-alignment interferograms obtained with the optical component under test held fixed at a first predetermined tilt angle relative to a direction of propagation of said wavefront; and varying an axial displacement between the optical component under test and the spherical reference mirror to obtain each first-tilt-alignment interferogram. By varying the tilt angle, one can also derive a substantially complete surface metrology of the optical component under test." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2009 (12/472,362). 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=8,018,602&OS=8,018,602&RS=8,018,602 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,018,504) developed by Sean C. Kelly, Rochester, N.Y., for a "reduction of position dependent noise in a digital image." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Noise is reduced in a digital image generated by an imaging device utilizing information which specifies noise level as a function of position for the digital image. A noise reducing algorithm is applied to the digital image while one or more parameters of the noise reducing algorithm are varied. The one or more parameters are varied as a function of field position in the digital image based on the obtained noise level as a function of field position. In this way, noise is substantially reduced and is spatially equalized in the digital image." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2006 (11/615,223). 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=8018504.PN.&OS=PN/8018504&RS=PN/8018504 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,017,294) developed by four co-inventors for a "process for preparing photosensitive outer layer." The co-inventors are John F. Yanus, Webster, N.Y., Kenny-Tuan Dinh, Webster, N.Y., Jin Wu, Webster, N.Y., and Dale S. Renfer, Webster, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to an improved overcoat for an imaging member having a substrate, a charge transport layer, and an overcoat positioned on the charge transport layer, and a process for making the same including combining a resin having a reactive group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, carboxylic acid and amide groups, a melamine formaldehyde crosslinking agent, a crosslinkable fluoro additive, an acid catalyst, and a crosslinkable, alcohol-soluble charge transport molecule to form an overcoat solution, and subsequently providing the overcoat solution onto the charge transport layer to form an overcoat layer." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2007 (11/900,679). 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=8017294.PN.&OS=PN/8017294&RS=PN/8017294 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; 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. -1061367 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |