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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (Sept. 27)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Washington Inventor Develops Patent for Shopping Bag Handle ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Jerry Startzell, Port Angeles, Wash., has developed a patent (8,020,910) for a shopping bag handle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An handle for carrying grocery bags and the like comprising a rod round cross section with a central portion adapted to be gripped by a human hand. On either side of the gripping portion are knobs with deep annular slots adapted to receive the handles of a grocery bag. Each bag loop handle is secured by one of the slots. The handle is attached to the bag transversely to the bag opening. The handle supports the bag in a balanced configuration without a tendency to rotate in the hand. Alternatively, one or more bags may be mounted in each slot and carried by the handle between them." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2009 (12/456,958). 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=8,020,910.PN.&OS=PN/8,020,910&RS=PN/8,020,910 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intellisist Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Intellisist, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,023,638) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for balancing agent console load during automated call processing." The co-inventors are Adam Waalkes, Sammamish, Wash., Gilad Odinak, Bellevue, Wash., Haodong (Howard) Jiang, Issaquah, Wash., Matthew Thorn, Seattle, and Tom McCann, North Bend, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for balancing agent console load during automated call processing is provided. A plurality of agent consoles are operated in a call center. Progress of a call session of a caller that is calling into the call center at each agent console is monitored. An absolute upper limit on a number of the call sessions allowed at each agent console at any given time is assigned. A load of call session assignments on each agent console is balanced. Objective and subjective conditions pertinent to each assigned call session are continually collected from each agent console. The objective and subjective conditions that affect call session availability are updated for each agent console. The objective and subjective conditions are evaluated against the absolute upper limit to determine a load factor. Each call session is assigned to one such agent console within bounds applicable to the load factor." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2007 (11/893,542). 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=8,023,638.PN.&OS=PN/8,023,638&RS=PN/8,023,638 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,023,653) developed by Richard Doherty, Northridge, Calif., and Robert Hughes, Seattle, for a "media key-transformation obfuscation in advanced access content system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A modified media key used to decrypt protected media content stored on an optical disc, such as an HD-DVD or Blu-ray disc, is created through application of a transformation using a constant value which is programmatically generated by procedural code that runs on a player. The transformation is obfuscated through application of a random value to the constant value through a logical XOR operation. The programmatically-generated constant, called Soft Key Conversion Data ("SKCD") is used by a security layer to derive the modified media key, called a Soft Media Key. At the player, a conventionally calculated media key is used to decrypt the first title, while the Soft Media Key is used to decrypt subsequent titles. Optionally, the SKCD may be updated one or more times so that the Soft Media Key is repeatedly transformed and respectively applied, for example, on a title-by-title basis, or to groups of subsequent titles." The patent application was filed on Oct. 9, 2007 (11/973,474). 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=8,023,653.PN.&OS=PN/8,023,653&RS=PN/8,023,653 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Washington Inventor Develops Patent for Wedge Lock Anchor Mount ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Jeffrey D. Carnevali, Seattle, has developed a patent (8,020,828) for a "wedge lock anchor mount." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An anchor mount formed of: a mounting device; a laterally expandable locking mechanism coupled to the base of the mounting device, the laterally expandable locking mechanism including first and second cooperating wedges, the first wedge being coupled to the base of the mounting device, and the second wedge being movable along an inclined plane of mutual contact with the first wedge and substantially laterally expandable relative thereto; a reaction surface fixed relative to the first wedge; an actuator having an actuation surface that is positioned adjacent to the reaction surface and movable relative thereto; and the second wedge being responsive to motion of the actuation surface of the actuator relative to the reaction surface for moving along the inclined plane of mutual contact with the first wedge and substantially laterally expanding relative thereto." The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2008 (12/069,219). 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=8,020,828.PN.&OS=PN/8,020,828&RS=PN/8,020,828 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Digimarc Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods Using Identifying Data Derived or Extracted from Video, Audio or Images ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Digimarc, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,023,694) developed by Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, Ore., Neil E. Lofgren, White Salmon, Wash., and Philip R. Patterson, Sherwood, Ore., for "systems and methods using identifying data derived or extracted from video, audio or images." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The presently claimed invention relates to deriving or extracting information from audio, images and video. One claim recites a method of operating a network filter. The network includes a plurality of network nodes, the network filter is for filtering video or audio. The method includes: monitoring video or audio traffic to a particular network node; identifying a first video or audio at the particular network node through deriving identifying data from data representing the first video or audio, the deriving utilizes at least one programmed multi-purpose computer processor; determining additional information associated with the first video or audio based at least in part on the identifying information; and notifying the network node of the presence of the additional information." The patent application was filed on March 10, 2009 (12/401,412). 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=8,023,694.PN.&OS=PN/8,023,694&RS=PN/8,023,694 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Calypso Medical Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Calypso Medical Technologies, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,020,227) developed by Steven C. Dimmer, Bellevue, Wash., Matthew A. Herron, Palo Alto, Calif., and Edward J. Vertatschitsch, Bellevue, Wash., for a "patient support systems for use with radiation therapy systems and other applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for supporting a patient in radiation therapy and other applications. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a support structure and a panel carried by the support structure. The support structure can have first and second support members, such as rigid girders or other structures comprising substantially dielectric materials. The panel is also a rigid structure comprising substantially dielectric materials. The panels can further include a pass-through zone or other type of zone that is compatible with an ionizing radiation beam. For example, the panel can have a grid or solid low-density structure that mitigates beam contamination. The support structure and the panel together are configured to position a magnetic marker implanted in the patient in a navigational zone in which a magnetic field transmitted from the marker is not affected by conductive components or loops of conductive material in the pedestals or cantilevered support structures of conventional patient systems." The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2004 (11/816,976). 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=8020227.PN.&OS=PN/8020227&RS=PN/8020227 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,020,673) developed by four co-inventors for a "braking system for high speed and power rotating machinery." The co-inventors are Carl R. McIver, Everett, Wash., Kevin E. McCrary, Graham, Wash., John R. Hull, Sammamish, Wash., and John A. Mittleider, Kent, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A braking system for a high speed, high load rotor operating in a vacuum and suspended by a magnetic field such as in a flywheel energy storage device includes a pair of calipers disposed on opposed sides of the rotor for actuating a pair of annular friction discs into engagement with opposed sides of the rotor. Each caliper includes a mounting ring on its outer edge and an inner shallow annular groove in which it disposed one of the friction discs. A circulating fluid under pressure is directed into each annular groove for urging each friction disc into engagement with one of the opposed surfaces of the rotor for safely bringing the rotor to a stop such as in an emergency. The circulating fluid removes the heat generated by the braking action, while the controlled pressure applied by the discs also controls the position of the rotor when static such as during initialization." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2007 (11/830,549). 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=8,020,673.PN.&OS=PN/8,020,673&RS=PN/8,020,673 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,021,300) developed by Qinglin Ma, Bellevue, Wash., Rodney L. Boleyn, Renton, Wash., and Christopher S. Chapman, Sammamish, Wash., for "three-dimensional fly-through systems and methods using ultrasound data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A volume is represented using high spatial resolution ultrasound data. By modulating B-mode data with Doppler or flow information, the spatial resolution or contrast of the B-mode data may be enhanced. The same set of ultrasound data is used for identifying a boundary, for placing the perspective position within the volume and rendering from the perspective position. The identification of the boundary and rendering are automated or performed by a processor. Ultrasound data may be used for generating three-dimensional fly-through representations, allowing for virtual endoscopy or other diagnostically useful views of structure or fluid flow channel. Virtual processes are not invasive, allow for more patient comfort, have selectable or different depths of focus, may allow for fly-through of different types of anatomy and may be used as a training tool." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2004 (10/870,092). 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=8,021,300.PN.&OS=PN/8,021,300&RS=PN/8,021,300 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sandivk Mining and Construction Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Sandivk Mining and Construction, Australia, has been assigned a patent (8,020,459) developed by Toby Adam Lennox Day, Joondalup, Wash., for a sampling apparatus. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sampling apparatus comprising: at least one distribution element for distributing a flow of material; one or more sampling ports for collecting a sample from the distributed flow of material; wherein at least one sampling port is adapted to move in the distributed flow in order to collect a sample; and wherein, in use, the at least one sampling port has a container associated therewith which moves with the sampling port and which receives and retains the sample collected by the said sampling port." The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2006 (11/594,685). 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=8,020,459.PN.&OS=PN/8,020,459&RS=PN/8,020,459 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hjorth Consultant Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Hjorth Consultant, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,020,752) developed by Jens Hjorth, Seattle, for a security receptacle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A security receptacle generally includes an outer housing defining an inner chamber and having an inlet thereto, and a movably connected top door for selectably closing the inlet, wherein the top door is configured for movement between an open position and a closed position. The security receptacle further includes an inner shield for dividing the inner chamber into a receipt chamber and a holding chamber to prevent user access to the holding chamber from the inlet, wherein the inner shield is driven by the movement of the top door through a cam assembly." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2009 (12/406,858). 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=8,020,752&OS=8,020,752&RS=8,020,752 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,020,753) developed by Scott R. Wheeler, Everett, Wash., and Dominic Baulier, Tecumseh, Canada, for a "revolution counter for turning assemblies." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A preferred embodiment of a revolution counter tool and method employs an adapter shaft with input and output ends coupled in-line between a driven part and a driving part, and an intermediate portion between the input and output ends that is coupled to a rotary encoder and encoder circuit. A memory counter circuit maintains a count of turns and increments of the driven part by the driving part, and a reference setting circuit sets a reference setting of the memory counter circuit when a count is to be taken. The device body has a first portion mounting the adapter shaft with the rotary encoder, an intermediate housing containing the memory counter circuit, and a second portion at a distance from the first portion and of a sufficient mass that acts to orient the device body to a gravity-determined position as a reference position. The memory counter circuit receives output signals from the rotary encoder circuit and maintains a count relative to a reference setting using the reference position of the device body as indexed by gravity." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2008 (12/243,382). 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=8,020,753&OS=8,020,753&RS=8,020,753 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Brunswick Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Brunswick, Lake Forest, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,021,274) developed by nine co-inventors for a stride adjustment mechanism. The co-inventors are Timothy T. Anderson, Antioch, Ill., Rachel Lara Abigal Buckley, North Barrington, Ill., Juliette C. Daly, Chicago, John J. Hsing, Chicago, Gregory A. Joseph, Naperville, Ill., Gary E. Oglesby, Manhattan, Ill., John M. Rogus, Skokie, Ill., Robert C. Seaman, Washougal, Wash., and Mark C. Termion, Winfield, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an elliptical step exercise apparatus a dynamic link mechanism can be used to vary the stride length of the machine. A control system can also be used to vary stride length as a function of various exercise and operating parameters such as speed and direction as well as varying stride length as a part of a preprogrammed exercise routine such as a hill or interval training program. In addition the control system can use measurements of stride length to optimize operation of the apparatus." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2009 (12/456,938). 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=8,021,274.PN.&OS=PN/8,021,274&RS=PN/8,021,274 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; 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. -1062747 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |