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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Idaho (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 Idaho. *** Round Rock Research Assigned Patent for Methods for Electronic Tracking of Units Originating from a Common Source ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Round Rock Research, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (RE42,736) developed by Ross R. Dando, Nampa, Idaho, and Mark E. Tuttle, Boise, Idaho, for "methods for electronic tracking of units originating from a common source." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ".[.In one aspect, the invention encompasses a method for electronic tracking of units originating from a common source which comprises a plurality of units physically joined with one another. A first transponder is physically associated with the common source, and the source is split to separate it into three or more of the units. A second transponder is physically associated with one of the three or more units, and the second transponder sends a code. The code of the second transponder is electrically associated with an identifier of the common source. In a particular aspect, the common source is an animal carcass..]. .Iadd.A method is provided to receive a container comprising a group of separated units that have been physically joined together by packaging for shipment. A first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is physically associated with the group and is configured to transmit a first code. The first code is associated with the group in a database. The plurality of units are physically separated and distributed. Each of the plurality of separated units is physically associated with each of a plurality of RFID tags, respectively, and each of the plurality of RFID tags is configured to transmit one of a plurality of codes, respectively. The plurality of codes is associated with the group in a database..Iaddend." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2007 (11/872,390). 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=RE42,736&OS=RE42,736&RS=RE42,736 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Round Rock Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Round Rock Research, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (RE42,751) developed by Roy Greeff, Boise, Idaho, and David K. Ovard, Meridian, Idaho, for "communication system, interrogators and communication methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention includes backscatter communication systems, interrogators, methods of communicating in a backscatter system, and backscatter communication methods. According to one aspect of the present invention, a backscatter communication system includes an interrogator including a transmitter configured to output a forward link communication and a receiver configured to receive a return link communication having a carrier signal, the receiver being configured to reduce the amplitude of the carrier signal of the return link communication; and a communication device configured to modulate the carrier signal to communicate the return link communication responsive to reception of the forward link communication." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2005 (11/193,992). 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=RE42,751&OS=RE42,751&RS=RE42,751 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Comtech EF Data Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Comtech EF Data, Tempe, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,028,125) developed by seven co-inventors for a "content-addressable memories and state machines for performing three-byte matches and for providing error protection." The co-inventors are Patrick A. Owsley, Moscow, Brian Banister, Moscow, Tom Hansen, Pullman, Wash., Jason Franklin, Moscow, Nathan Hungerford, Moscow, Seth Sjoholm, Moscow, and Ed Coulter, Moscow. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for detecting matching strings in a string of characters utilizing content addressable memory is disclosed." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2008 (12/195,249). 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=8,028,125.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,125&RS=PN/8,028,125 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** CMS Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- CMS Products, Costa Mesa, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,028,158) developed by Gary William Streuter, San Clemente, Calif., Randy Deetz, Costa Mesa, Calif., and James Sedin, Ketchum, Idaho, for a "method and apparatus for creating a self booting operating system image backup on an external USB hard disk drive that is capable of performing a complete restore to an internal system disk." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Backup applications that use externally connected hard disk drives for storing full image backups of a windows system disk or compressed image or file by file backups of a windows system disk. A system incrementally updates the images, including the system registry, and puts information on the external drive that makes it bootable." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2009 (12/500,525). 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=8028158.PN.&OS=PN/8028158&RS=PN/8028158 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cypress Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,027,789) developed by Ryan W. Woodings, Boise, Idaho, for a "wireless locating and monitoring system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless tracking device located in a vehicle, the device including a positioning system to periodically determine a location of the device, a processor connected to the positioning system to receive a vehicle sensor input indicating the vehicle status, a scanner to scan for an available wireless area network access point, and a wireless radio connected to the processor to transmit data to the available wireless area network access point." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2010 (12/815,377). 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=8,027,789.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,789&RS=PN/8,027,789 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,028,198) developed by David R. Resnick, Boise, Idaho, for "devices, methods, and apparatuses for detection, sensing, and reporting functionality for semiconductor memory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for a memory device. In one embodiment, a memory device is disclosed that may include a command error module operably coupled to a mode register, a command input, and an address input. The command error module may be configured to detect an invalid command sequence and report an error indication to an output signal. Additionally, the memory device may include a temperature sensor operably coupled to a mode register and a reference voltage. The temperature sensor may be configured to sense a device temperature and report a temperature status. Furthermore, the memory device may be incorporated into a memory module, which may be included in an electronic system." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2007 (11/830,495). 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=8,028,198&OS=8,028,198&RS=8,028,198 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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