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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Arizona (Sept. 28)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Arizona. *** Medtronic Assigned Patent for High Power Implantable Battery with Improved Safety and Method of Manufacture ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,027,728) developed by Craig L. Schmidt, Eagan, Minn., Lonny V. Cabelka, Chandler, Ariz., and Joseph A. Ballis, Shoreview, Minn., for a "high power implantable battery with improved safety and method of manufacture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A power control circuit for an implantable medical device is presented. The power control circuit includes a first high rate cell, a second high rate cell, at least one resistive load, and at least one control circuit. The at least one resistive load is connected between the first and the second high rate cells. The at least one control circuit is coupled to the first and the second high rate cells." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2007 (11/687,457). 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=8027728.PN.&OS=PN/8027728&RS=PN/8027728 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Solid State Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Solid State Networks, Tempe, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,028,019) developed by Mark Thompson, Tempe, Ariz., for "methods and apparatus for data transfer in networks using distributed file location indices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for data transfer according to various aspects of the present invention operate in conjunction with a peer-to-peer (p2p) network associated with distributed file location index. For example, a system according to various aspects of the present invention may identify a high-demand file item according to communications on the p2p network and store a copy of the high-demand file item. The system may assign a non-random node identifier to the system for identifying the computer system in the p2p network. The system may then respond to requests for the high-demand file item." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2008 (12/039,654). 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=8,028,019.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,019&RS=PN/8,028,019 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Apparatus, System, and Method for Persistent User-level Thread ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,028,295) developed by 12 co-inventors for an "apparatus, system, and method for persistent user-level thread." The co-inventors are Gautham Chinya, Hillsboro, Ore., Hong Wang, Santa Clara, Calif., Prashant Sethi, Folsom, Calif., Shivnandan Kaushik, Portland, Ore., Bryant Bigbee, Scottsdale, Ariz., John Shen, San Jose, Calif., Richard Hankins, San Jose, Calif., Xiang Zou, Portland, Ore., Baiju V. Patel, Portland, Ore., Jason W. Brandt, Austin, Texas, Anil Aggarwal, Portland, Ore., and John L. Reid, Portland, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention provide a method of creating, based on an operating-system-scheduled thread running on an operating-system-visible sequencer and using an instruction set extension, a persistent user-level thread to run on an operating-system-sequestered sequencer independently of context switch activities on the operating-system-scheduled thread. The operating-system-scheduled thread and the persistent user-level thread may share a common virtual address space. Embodiments of the invention may also provide a method of causing a service thread running on an additional operating-system-visible sequencer to provide operating system services to the persistent user-level thread. Embodiments of the invention may further provide apparatus, system, and machine-readable medium thereof." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2005 (11/239,475). 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=8,028,295&OS=8,028,295&RS=8,028,295 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Article of Manufacture for Defining and Generating a Viewtype for a Base Model ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,997) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and article of manufacture for defining and generating a viewtype for a base model." The co-inventors are Sharon T. Conn, Scottsdale, Ariz., Jean-Jacques Paul Daudenarde, San Jose, Calif., Amy Marie Silberbauer, Modesto, Calif., and Philip L. Boyer, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a technique for processing a base model. The base model is received. Then, the base model is used to create a ViewType comprising a ViewType object, one or more ViewList objects corresponding to classes in the base model, and one or more ViewElem objects corresponding to attributes in the base model." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2009 (12/349,420). 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=8,027,997.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,997&RS=PN/8,027,997 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SMART Modular Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- SMART Modular Technologies, Phoenix, has been assigned a patent (8,028,123) developed by Kevin L. Kilzer, Chandler, Ariz., Robert W. Ellis, Phoenix, and Rudolph J. Sterbenz, Chandler, Ariz., for a circular wear leveling. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for flash memory management comprises providing a head pointer configured to define a first location in a flash memory, and a tail pointer configured to define a second location in a flash memory. The head pointer and tail pointer define a payload data area. Payload data is received from a host, and written to the flash memory in the order it was received. The head pointer and tail pointer are updated such that the payload data area moves in a circular manner within the flash memory." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2008 (12/103,277). 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=8,028,123.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,123&RS=PN/8,028,123 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Article of Manufacture for Mirroring Data at Storage Locations ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,952) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and article of manufacture for mirroring data at storage locations." The co-inventors are Robert Frederic Kern, Tucson, Ariz., William Frank Micka, Tucson, Ariz., Gail Andrea Spear, Tucson, Ariz., and David B. Petersen, Great Falls, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided is a system and article of manufacture for mirroring data. A mirror policy indicating volumes in a first storage system is processed to mirror to volumes in a second storage system and volumes in the second storage system to mirror to volumes in a third storage system. The third storage system is at a first geographical location remote with respect to a second geographical location including the first and second storage systems. A command is transmitted to cause the copying of updates to the volumes in the first storage system to corresponding volumes in the second storage system indicated in the mirror policy. Upon an occurrence of an event, the causing the suspension of the copying of updates to the volumes in the first storage system indicated in the mirroring policy to the volumes in the second storage system. During the suspension of the copying of volumes between the first and second storage systems, causing the copying of updates to the volumes in the second storage system indicated in the mirroring policy to the volumes in the third storage system indicated in the mirroring policy." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2008 (12/233,535). 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=8,027,952.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,952&RS=PN/8,027,952 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,027,903) developed by eight co-inventors for a "technology portfolio health assessment system and method." The co-inventors are Fred Bishop, Glendale, Ariz., Sherry McCullough Easterwood, Mesa, Ariz., Pradeep Varghese George, Scottsdale, Ariz., Robert Del Gilmore, Peoria, Ariz., James Walker Mathews, Salt Lake City, Lawrence J. Mitsch, St. Paul, Minn., James Robert Rottman, Plymouth, Minn., and James Denis Thornton, St. Paul, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for producing infrastructure health assessments enabling enterprises to monitor the health of individual technology portfolios and plan accordingly is disclosed. The tool uses two primary assessments to determine: 1) an infrastructure score based the general health of asset components; and 2) adaptability score based on asset components ability to interact with other elements within the asset. To generate the assessment scores, the tool accepts inventory input specific to a portfolio's assets and components. A user interacting with the tool provides classification information relating to each asset and component. The tool then calculates health assessment scores for both individual portfolio assets and for the portfolio as a whole." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2005 (10/907,319). 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=8,027,903.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,903&RS=PN/8,027,903 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Predictive Algorithm for Load Balancing Data Transfers across Components ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,951) developed by four co-inventors for a "predictive algorithm for load balancing data transfers across components." The co-inventors are Philip M. Doatmas, Tucson, Ariz., Kenneth F. Day, Tucson, Ariz., Kenneth W. Boyd, Tucson, Ariz., and John J. Wolfgang, Tucson, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, backup components and computer program product are provided to improve the efficiency of the transmission of consistency groups across multiple storage components by ensuring that volume transactions are evenly allocated among backup components. Each volume is initially assigned to a specified backup component. Once a color period begins, volume transactions are transmitted to the assigned backup component. Each backup component accumulates data transfer information for its assigned volumes throughout at least a portion of the color period and calculates a new volume assignment for the next color period. Before the start of the next color period, a captain storage controller transmits any new assignments to the backup components. During a next color period, the process is repeated using the new assignments." The patent application was filed on March 9, 2008 (12/044,983). 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=8,027,951.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,951&RS=PN/8,027,951 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,028,178) developed by Siddhartha GK, Tempe, Ariz., David M. Schlueter, Lake Villa, Ill., and Richard T. Unetich, Chicago, for a "system and method for providing external power on a universal serial bus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A universal serial bus power control circuit including at least one first switch which selectively couples a power source node to an external power node, a comparator which detects when the external power node is charged, a feedback node for enabling voltage regulation, a charge circuit and a controller. The charge circuit charges the external power node from the power source node and selectively couples the feedback node to at least one of the power source node and the external power node. The controller opens the first switch when the external power node is not charged, controls the charge circuit to charge the external power node while coupling the feedback node to the power source node, and closes the first switch and couples the feedback node to the external power node in a host mode when the external power node is charged." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2008 (12/207,290). 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=8,028,178.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,178&RS=PN/8,028,178 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Leveled Logging Data Automation for Virtual Tape Server Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,201) developed by four co-inventors for a "leveled logging data automation for virtual tape server applications." The co-inventors are Gary Anna, Tucson, Ariz., Ralph Thomas Beeston, Tucson, Ariz., Henry Z. Liu, Tucson, Ariz., and Daniel James Winarski, Tucson, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and program product for a VTS subsystem's logging server to optimize applications' logging data entries where applications use the logging service. More specifically, in certain embodiments, the system comprises logic executed within a VTS subsystem to which a tape library subsystem is attached. The logic controls VTS subsystem applications' logging data entry strategy through applications' configured logging level, log entry category, and a cache buffer. The logic not only dynamically balances applications' logging request but also maximizes the availability of system information." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2008 (12/117,893). 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=8,028,201.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,201&RS=PN/8,028,201 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Recoverable Machine Check Handling ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,189) developed by five co-inventors for a "recoverable machine check handling." The co-inventors are Yu-Cheng Hsu, Tucson, Ariz., John N. McCauley, Tucson, Ariz., Juan J. Ruiz, Tucson, Ariz., William G. Sherman, Tucson, Ariz., and Cheng-Chung Song, Tucson, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for handling hardware errors in a computing system, such as a data storage facility, while avoiding a system crash. An interface is registered with an operating system of the computing system to process hardware errors. When a hardware error is detected, the interface checks an error register to identify the adapter that likely causes the error, and quarantines, e.g., blocks off, the offending adapter from the computing system. The interface then notifies the operating system that the error has been handled, thereby causing the operating system to bypass a system crash that would otherwise occur. The interface can be provided as a kernel extension of a device driver associated with the operating system." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2004 (10/991,207). 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=8,028,189.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,189&RS=PN/8,028,189 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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