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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (Feb. 3)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Threshold Voltage Adjustment Through Gate Dielectric Stack Modification ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,106,455) developed by nine co-inventors for a "threshold voltage adjustment through gate dielectric stack modification." The co-inventors are Brian J. Greene, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Michael P. Chudzik, Danbury, Conn., Shu-Jen Han, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., William K. Henson, Beacon, N.Y., Yue Liang, Beacon, N.Y., Edward P. Maciejewski, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Myung-Hee Na, Lagrangeville, N.Y., Edward J. Nowak, Essex Junction, Vt., and Xiaojun Yu, Beacon, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Multiple types of gate stacks are formed on a doped semiconductor well. A high dielectric constant (high-k) gate dielectric is formed on the doped semiconductor well. A metal gate layer is formed in one device area, while the high-k gate dielectric is exposed in other device areas. Threshold voltage adjustment oxide layers having different thicknesses are formed in the other device areas. A conductive gate material layer is then formed over the threshold voltage adjustment oxide layers. One type of field effect transistors includes a gate dielectric including a high-k gate dielectric portion. Other types of field effect transistors include a gate dielectric including a high-k gate dielectric portion and a first threshold voltage adjustment oxide portions having different thicknesses. Field effect transistors having different threshold voltages are provided by employing different gate dielectric stacks and doped semiconductor wells having the same dopant concentration." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (12/432,927). 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=81,06,455.PN.&OS=PN/81,06,455&RS=PN/81,06,455 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines, Freescale Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies North America, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, Infineon Technologies North America, Milptas, Calif., and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Singapore, have been assigned a patent (8,106,462) developed by fourteen co-inventors for a "balancing NFET and PFET performance using straining layers." The co-inventors are Xiangdong Chen, Poughquag, N.Y., Weipeng Li, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Anda C. Mocuta, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Dae-Gyu Park, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Melanie J. Sherony, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Kenneth J. Stein, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Haizhou Yin, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Franck Arnaud, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Jin-Ping Han, Fishkill, N.Y., Laegu Kang, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Yong Meng Lee, Woodlands, Singapore, Young Way Teh, Singapore, Voon-Yew Thean, Fishkill, N.Y., and Da Zhang, Hopewell Junction, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated circuit structure includes a substrate and at least one pair of complementary transistors on or in the substrate. The pair of complementary transistors comprises a first transistor and a second transistor. The structure also includes a first stress-producing layer on the first transistor and the second transistor, and a second stress-producing layer on the first stress-producing layer over the first transistor and the second transistor. The first stress-producing layer applies tensile strain force on the first transistor and the second transistor. The second stress-producing layer applies compressive strain force on the first stress-producing layer, the first transistor, and the second transistor." The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2010 (12/687,374). 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=81,06,462.PN.&OS=PN/81,06,462&RS=PN/81,06,462 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for SOI Transistors having an Embedded Extension Region to Improve Extension Resistance and Channel Strain Characteristic ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,106,456) developed by Marwan H. Khater, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., for a "SOI transistors having an embedded extension region to improve extension resistance and channel strain characteristics." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistor device includes a buried insulator layer formed over a bulk substrate; an SOI layer formed on the buried insulator layer; and a pair of silicon containing epitaxial regions disposed adjacent opposing sides of a gate conductor, the epitaxial regions corresponding to source and drain regions of the transistor device; wherein portions of the epitaxial regions are embedded in the buried insulator and are in contact with both vertical and bottom surfaces of the SOI layer corresponding to source and drain extension regions at opposing ends of a channel region of the transistor device." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2009 (12/511,440). 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=81,06,456.PN.&OS=PN/81,06,456&RS=PN/81,06,456 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,106,458) developed by Jin Cai, Mohegan Lake, N.Y., Wilfried E. Haensch, Somers, N.Y., and Tak H. Ning, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., for a "SOI CMOS circuits with substrate bias." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to methods and devices for reducing the threshold voltage difference between an n-type field effect transistor (n-FET) and a p-type field effect transistor (p-FET) in a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) circuit located on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. Specifically, a substrate bias voltage is applied to the CMOS circuit for differentially adjusting the threshold voltages of the n-FET and the p-FET. For example, a positive substrate bias voltage can be used to reduce the threshold voltage of the n-FET but increase that of the p-FET, while a negative substrate bias voltage can be used to increase the threshold voltage of the n-FET but reduce that of the p-FET. Further, two or more substrate bias voltages of different magnitudes and/or directions can be used for differentially adjusting the n-FET and p-FET threshold voltages in two or more different CMOS circuits or groups of CMOS circuits." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2009 (12/348,391). 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=81,06,458.PN.&OS=PN/81,06,458&RS=PN/81,06,458 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for CMOS Imager Photodiode With Enhanced Capacitance ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,106,432) developed by five co-inventors for a "CMOS imager photodiode with enhanced capacitance." The co-inventors are James W. Adkisson, Jericho, Vt., John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Grand Isle, Vt., Mark D. Jaffe, Shelburne, Vt., Dale J. Pearson, Bedford Hills, N.Y., and Dennis L. Rogers, Carmel, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A pixel sensor cell having a semiconductor substrate having a surface; a photosensitive element formed in a substrate having a non-laterally disposed charge collection region entirely isolated from a physical boundary including the substrate surface. The photosensitive element comprises a trench having sidewalls formed in the substrate of a first conductivity type material; a first doped layer of a second conductivity type material formed adjacent to at least one of the sidewalls; and a second doped layer of the first conductivity type material formed between the first doped layer and the at least one trench sidewall and formed at a surface of the substrate, the second doped layer isolating the first doped layer from the at least one trench sidewall and the substrate surface. In a further embodiment, an additional photosensitive element is provided that includes a laterally disposed charge collection region that contacts the non-laterally disposed charge collection region of the photosensitive element and underlies the doped layer formed at the substrate surface." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2009 (12/634,898). 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=81,06,432.PN.&OS=PN/81,06,432&RS=PN/81,06,432 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Apparatus for Controlling Alignment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,106,331) developed by Anthony F. Coneski, Newburgh, N.Y., Michael J. Domitrovits, New Paltz, N.Y., and David C. Long, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., for an "apparatus for controlling alignment between precision ground plates and method of controlling a desired alignment between opposing precision ground plates." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for maintaining alignment between precision ground plates includes a first plate including a main body portion having plurality of passages. The first plate also includes a first heating device mounted to heat the main body portion to a selected temperature. A second plate including a main body portion having a plurality of passages is positioned adjacent the first plate. The second plate includes a second heating device mounted to heat the main body portion to a selected temperature. A controller operatively connected to the first and second heating devices selectively establishes a desired temperature in each of the first and second plates to facilitate a desired alignment between the plurality of passages in the first plate and the plurality of passages in the second plate." The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2007 (11/866,470). 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=81,06,331.PN.&OS=PN/81,06,331&RS=PN/81,06,331 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Self-aligned Graphene Transistor ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,106,383) developed by Keith A. Jenkins, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Yu-Ming Lin, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Alberto Valdes-Garcia, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., for a self-aligned graphene transistor. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A graphene field effect transistor includes a gate stack, the gate stack including a seed layer, a gate oxide formed over the seed layer, and a gate metal formed over the gate oxide; an insulating layer; and a graphene sheet displaced between the seed layer and the insulating layer." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2009 (12/617,770). 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=81,06,383.PN.&OS=PN/81,06,383&RS=PN/81,06,383 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** OmniVision Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- OmniVision Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,106,427) developed by Christopher Parks, Rochester, N.Y., and John T. Compton, LeRoy, N.Y., for an "image sensor with well bounce correction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An image sensor includes a pixel array having photoactive pixels and dark reference pixels. The photoactive pixels can be configured in a sub-array within the pixel array. Well contacts are only placed along opposing sides or edges of the sub-array of photoactive pixels or along opposing sides or edges of the pixel array." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2009 (12/642,902). 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=81,06,427.PN.&OS=PN/81,06,427&RS=PN/81,06,427 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Carestream Health Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Carestream Health, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,106,363) developed by Kwok L. Yip, Webster, N.Y., for a "digital radiography panel with pressure-sensitive adhesive for optical coupling between scintillator screen and detector and method of manufacture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A digital radiography panel has a scintillator screen having a light-exiting surface from a material with a first index of refraction n.sub.1 and a photosensor array having a light-accepting surface from a material with a second index of refraction n.sub.2. A pressure-sensitive adhesive couples the light-exiting surface of the scintillator screen to the light-accepting surface of the photosensor array and has a third index of refraction that has a value n.sub.PSA that either lies in the range between n.sub.1 and n.sub.2, or substantially matches n.sub.1 or n.sub.2, or both." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2008 (12/104,780). 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=81,06,363.PN.&OS=PN/81,06,363&RS=PN/81,06,363 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,107,401) developed by Ajita John, Holmdel, N.J., Reinhard P. Klemm , Basking Ridge, N.J., and Doree D. Seligmann, New York, for a "method and apparatus for providing a virtual assistant to a communication participant." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus are disclosed for providing a virtual assistant to at least one party of a communication. The virtual assistant is injected into the communication, for example, by a VXML engine. The operation of the virtual assistant is controlled by one or more software modules that are obtained from a proxy node. The software modules allow commands received from or destined for the party to be interpreted. The virtual assistant may optionally be customized based on a selection of the one or more supported external applications. The proxy node provides at least one method for the party that allows the party to access functionality provided by at least one external application. The proxy node interprets signals from the virtual assistant; converts the signals from the virtual assistant into commands for the external application; and converts one or more of commands, messages and data from the external application into signals understood by the virtual assistant." The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2004 (10/989,105). 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=8,107,401&OS=8,107,401&RS=8,107,401 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Resistive Memory Devices Having a Not-and (NAND) Structure ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,107,276) developed by six co-inventors for "resistive memory devices having a not-and (NAND) structure." The co-inventors are Matthew J. Breitwisch, Essex Junction, Vt., Gary S. Ditlow, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Michele M. Franceschini, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Luis A. Lastras-Montano, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Robert K. Montoye, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Bipin Rajendran, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Resistive memories having a not-and (NAND) structure including a resistive memory cell. The resistive memory cell includes a resistive memory element for storing a resistance value and a memory element access device for controlling access to the resistive memory element. The memory element access device is connected in parallel to the resistive memory element." The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2009 (12/631,310). 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=8,107,276&OS=8,107,276&RS=8,107,276 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Brigham and Women's Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,106,037) developed by Mark Rubin, New York, Kirsten Mertz, Liestal, Switzerland, and Sunita Setlur, Ashland, Mass., for "identification and treatment of estrogen responsive prostate tumors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to specific chromosomal rearrangements that are associated with prostate tumors that respond to compounds acting at estrogen receptors. Patients having the TMPRSS2-ERG fusion, may be treated with agonists of the estrogen beta receptor or antagonists of the estrogen alpha receptor." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2008 (12/219,528). 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=8,106,037&OS=8,106,037&RS=8,106,037 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Temple University, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Temple University, Philadelphia, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, have been assigned a patent (8,106,033) developed by E. Premkumar Reddy, Villanova, Pa., and James F. Holland, Scarsdale, N.Y., for "composition and methods for the treatment of proliferative diseases." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and compositions are provided for treating proliferative disorders, wherein the composition comprises at least one compound according to Formula I: ##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of --OH, --NH.sub.2, --NH--CH.sub.2--CO.sub.2H, --NH--CH(CH.sub.3)--CO.sub.2H, and --NH--C(CH.sub.3).sub.2--CO.sub.2H, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of such a compound; and an anthracycline, e.g. doxorubicin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a platin, e.g. oxaliplatin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof." The patent application was filed on March 10, 2006 (11/885,770). 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=8,106,033&OS=8,106,033&RS=8,106,033 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Warner Chilcott Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Warner Chilcott, Rajardo, Puerto Rico, has been assigned a patent (8,106,078) developed by five co-inventors for "human protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors and methods of use." The co-inventors are Jeffrey Lyle Gray, Loveland, Ohio, Kande K.D. Amarasinghe, Latham, N.Y., Cynthia Monesa Clark, Concord, Mass., Ryan Matthew Nichols, Cincinnati, and Matthew B. Maier, Springboro, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure relates to compounds effective as human protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (HPTP-.beta.) inhibitors thereby regulating angiogenesis. The present disclosure further relates to compositions comprising said human protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (HPTP-.beta.) inhibitors, and to methods for regulating angiogenesis." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2010 (12/850,026). 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=8,106,078&OS=8,106,078&RS=8,106,078 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Merck Sharp & Dohme, Albany Molecular Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, N.J., and Albany Molecular Research, Albany, N.Y., have been assigned a patent (8,106,070) developed by eight co-inventors for "substituted imidazoles as bombesin receptor subtype-3 modulators." The co-inventors are David Chen, Singapore, Christopher L. Franklin, Keasbey, N.J., Peter R. Guzzo, Niskayuna, N.Y., Linus S. Lin, Westfield, N.J., Jian Liu, Edison, N.J., Michael M.-C. Lo, Edison, N.J., Ravi P. Nargund, East Brunswick, N.J., and Iyassu K. Sebhat, Jersey City, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Certain novel substituted imidazoles are ligands of the human bombesin receptor and, in particular, are selective ligands of the human bombesin receptor subtype-3 (BRS-3). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the modulation of BRS-3, such as obesity, and diabetes." The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2007 (12/311,541). 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=8,106,070&OS=8,106,070&RS=8,106,070 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,107,333) developed by four co-inventors for "coding for optical storage systems with multiple reader heads and multiple optical disks." The co-inventors are John Anderson Fergus Ross, Niskayuna, N.Y., John Erik Hershey, Ballston Lake, N.Y., Xiaolei Shi, Niskayuna, N.Y., and Xuefeng Wang, Schenectady, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided are methods and systems of encoding and decoding techniques in an optical storage system having a multi-head detector. In one embodiment, source data may be encoded using error correction coding (e.g., turbo coding) techniques, and the encoded data may be interleaved and distributed to more than one detector head of the multi-head detector. Data recorded in an optical disc may be retrieved by the multi-head detector, and a read data from more than one detector head may be concurrently decoded to retrieve estimates of the original information in the source data. Further, more than one encoder/decoder may be used, and each encoder/decoder may encode or decode data from multiple data heads. Some embodiments also include replicating multiple discs." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2010 (12/769,394). 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=8,107,333&OS=8,107,333&RS=8,107,333 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Read Direction for Spin-torque Based Memory Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,107,285) developed by Daniel C. Worledge, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., for a "read direction for spin-torque based memory device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A spin-torque based memory device includes a plurality of magnetic storage cells in an array, each magnetic storage cell includes at least one magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) element, and at least one bit line and at least one bit complement line corresponding to the plurality of magnetic storage cells. Each respective MTJ element is written by driving a write current in a first or second direction to program the respective MTJ element in a low resistance state or a high resistance state and each respective MTJ element is read by driving a read current through the respective MTJ element in a direction that tends to disturb the respective MTJ element into the high resistance state." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2010 (12/684,510). 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=8,107,285&OS=8,107,285&RS=8,107,285 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Memory Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Memory Pharmaceuticals, Montvale, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,106,066) developed by seven co-inventors for "indazoles, benzothiazoles, benzoisothiazoles, benzisoxazoles, pyrazolopyridines, isothiazolopyridines, and preparation and uses thereof." The co-inventors are Richard Schumacher, Monroe, N.Y., Mihaela Diana Danca, Mendham, N.J., Jianguo Ma, Natick, Mass., Brian Herbert, Stockholm, N.J., True Minh Nguyen, New York, Wenge Xie, Mahwah, N.J., and Ashok Tehim, Ridgewood, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nACh receptors), activation of nACh receptors, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (e.g., indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the .alpha.7 nACh receptor subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof." The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2006 (11/525,213). 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=8,106,066&OS=8,106,066&RS=8,106,066 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Albany Molecular Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Albany Molecular Research, Albany, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,106,244) developed by four co-inventors for a "process for production of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol." The co-inventors are David C. Burdick, Guilderland, N.Y., Steven J. Collier, Tanglin Park, Singapore, Betina Biolatto, Delmar, N.Y., and Harold Meckler, Delmar, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a process for preparation of a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol compound or derivative thereof involving treating a first intermediate compound with an organoaluminum-based Lewis acid catalyst, under conditions effective to produce the delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol compound or derivative thereof. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a process for preparation of a cannabidiol or cannabidiolate compound involving reacting a first starting compound with a second starting compound in the presence of a metal triflate catalyst, under conditions effective to form the cannabidiol or cannabidiolate compound. The present invention also relates to a compound of the formula: ##STR00001## where R.sub.8, R.sub.9, and R.sub.10 are the same or different and independently selected from the group consisting of H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, or halo, with R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 defined herein." The patent application was filed on May 16, 2011 (13/108,651). 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=8,106,244.PN.&OS=PN/8,106,244&RS=PN/8,106,244 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Assigned Patent for Process for Producing Cyclohexylbenzene ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- ExxonMobil Chemical Patents, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,106,243) developed by five co-inventors for a "process for producing cyclohexylbenzene." The co-inventors are Tan-Jen Chen, Kingwood, Texas, Jane C. Cheng, Bridgewater, N.J., Francisco M. Benitez, Houston, Terry E. Helton, Bethlehem, Pa., and Jon E. Stanat, Westhampton Beach, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a process for producing cyclohexylbenzene, benzene and hydrogen are contacted with a catalyst under hydroalkylation conditions to produce an effluent containing cyclohexylbenzene. The catalyst comprises a composite of a molecular sieve, an inorganic oxide different from said molecular sieve and at least one hydrogenation metal, wherein at least 50 wt % of said hydrogenation metal is supported on the inorganic oxide and the inorganic oxide has an average particle size less than 40 .mu.m (microns)." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2009 (12/933,709). 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=8,106,243.PN.&OS=PN/8,106,243&RS=PN/8,106,243 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines, Nanometrics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., and Nanometrics, Milpitas, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,107,079) developed by four co-inventors for a "multi layer alignment and overlay target and measurement method." The co-inventors are Christopher P. Ausschnitt, Lexington, Mass., Lewis A. Binns, York, United Kingdom, Jaime D. Morillo, Beacon, N.Y., and Nigel P. Smith, Hsinchu, Taiwan. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A target system for determining positioning error between lithographically produced integrated circuit fields on at least one lithographic level. The target system includes a first target pattern on a lithographic field containing an integrated circuit pattern, with the first target pattern comprising a plurality of sub-patterns symmetric about a first target pattern center and at a same first distance from the first target pattern center. The target system also includes a second target pattern on a different lithographic field, with the second target pattern comprising a plurality of sub-patterns symmetric about a second target pattern center and at a same second distance from the second target pattern center. The second target pattern center is intended to be at the same location as the first target pattern center. The centers of the first and second target patterns may be determined and compared to determine positioning error between the lithographic fields." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2010 (12/942,398). 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=8,107,079&OS=8,107,079&RS=8,107,079 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** 3M Innovative Properties Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- 3M Innovative Properties, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,107,168) developed by Andrew J. Murnan, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and Dean Faklis, Phoenix, for a "beam splitter apparatus and system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A beam splitter apparatus comprises a beam splitter and a plurality of prisms disposed about the beam splitter. The beam splitter apparatus is configured to split an incident laser beam into a plurality of beamlets exhibiting substantially equal energy and traversing substantially equal optical path lengths through the beam splitter apparatus." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2009 (12/431,517). 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=8,107,168.PN.&OS=PN/8,107,168&RS=PN/8,107,168 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Pfizer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Pfizer, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,106,197) developed by twenty two co-inventors for "aminoheteroaryl compounds as protein kinase inhibitors." The co-inventors are Jingrong Jean Cui, San Diego, Dilip Bhumralkar, San Diego, Iriny Botrous, San Diego, Ji Yu Chu, Fremont, Calif., Lee A. Funk, Oceanside, Calif., Cathleen Elizabeth Hanau, Chesterfield, Mo., G. Davis Harris, Chesterfield, Mo., Lei Jia, San Diego, Joanne Johnson, Guilderland, N.Y., Stephen A. Kolodziej, Ballwin, Mo., Pei-Pei Kung, San Diego, Xiaoyuan (Sharon) Li, Los Altas, Calif., Jason (Qishen) Lin, San Diego, Jerry Jialun Meng, San Diego, Mitchell David Nambu, San Diego, Christopher G. Nelson, Fresno, Calif., Mason Alan Pairish, San Diego, Hong Shen, San Diego, Michelle Tran-Dube, La Jolla, Calif., Allison Walter, Rexford, N.Y., Fang-Jie Zhang, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Jennifer Zhang, Foster City, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aminopyridine and aminopyrazine compounds of formula (1), compositions including these compounds, and methods of their use are provided. Preferred compounds of formula 1 have activity as protein kinase inhibitors, including as inhibitors of c-MET. ##STR00001##." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2006 (11/598,765). 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=8,106,197.PN.&OS=PN/8,106,197&RS=PN/8,106,197 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cornell University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,107,161) developed by four co-inventors for a "chirped pulse fiber amplifier." The co-inventors are Frank W. Wise, Ithaca, N.Y., Shian Zhou, Ithaca, N.Y., Lyuba Kuznetsova, Cambridge, Mass., and Chin Yu Chong, Ithaca, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A short-pulse fiber amplifier system (10) is designed so that nonlinear phase shifts and third-order dispersion are purposely introduced that compensate each other. In particular, the nonlinear phase shift accumulated in the amplifier is compensated by the third-order dispersion of the combination of a fiber stretcher (12) and a grating compressor (16). In the presence of third-order dispersion, an optimal nonlinear phase shift reduces the pulse duration, and enhances the peak power and pulse contrast compared to the pulse produced in linear propagation." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2006 (11/911,410). 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=8,107,161.PN.&OS=PN/8,107,161&RS=PN/8,107,161 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Watermarking ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,107,099) developed by Robert P. Loce, Webster, N.Y., and Shen-Ge Wang, Fairport, N.Y., for a watermarking. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A watermark is provided for use with images or image portions, such as saturated text. The watermark is provided as a modulation to the optical density of a public image or image portion wherein both modulated and unmodulated portions of the public image or image portion have an optical density that is beyond a threshold optical density beyond which the human visual system has a low sensitivity to optical density variations. Alternatively, the modulation is made at such a low amplitude as to be difficult to perceive by the human visual system. The modulation may be applied via an overprinting operation. Alternatively the modulation may be applied to image data prior to printing." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2005 (11/166,298). 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=8,107,099&OS=8,107,099&RS=8,107,099 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,107,115) developed by Javier A. Morales, Irondequoit, N.Y., and Michael E. Farrell, Ontario, N.Y., for a "method and system for queue synchronization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention relates to a methods and a printing system in which queues across one or more printing devices, such as printers, copiers, and the like, are automatically kept synchronized. The queues are placed into one or more pools. In some embodiments, one queue in a pool is designated as a master queue. Changes to the queues in the pool are then controlled and propagated from the master queue. In other embodiments, various queues in a pool are designated as peers. Any change to a queue, such as a change to a subset of print job parameters, in the pool is then propagated to its peers." The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2005 (11/212,723). 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=8,107,115&OS=8,107,115&RS=8,107,115 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Nupix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Nupix, Corning, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,106,853) developed by Chad B. Moore, Corning, N.Y., and Giacomo James Piazza, Elmira, N.Y., for a "wire-based flat panel displays." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An effective method to create very large electronic displays forms the structure using fiber or tube arrays or electroded sheets containing wire electrodes. The electroded sheets are formed by embedding wire electrodes into the surface of a polymer substrate and electrically connecting a patterned transparent conductive electrode lines to the wires. The wire electrodes are used to carry the bulk of the current and the transparent conductive electrode is used to spread the charge or voltage from the wire electrode across the line of pixels. In most display applications, the electroded surface of the electroded sheet has to be flattened. The electroded sheets may be used to form many different types of displays." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2006 (11/609,220). 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=8,106,853&OS=8,106,853&RS=8,106,853 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Virage Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Virage, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,107,015) developed by four co-inventors for a key frame selection. The co-inventors are Arun Hampapur, White Plains, N.Y., Mojgan Monika Gorkani, San Francisco, Chiao-Fe Shu, San Mateo, Calif., and Amarnath Gupta, Redwood City, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method that processes video to extract a keyframe-based adequate visual representation. The method utilizes a hierarchical processing technique. The first stage in the hierarchy extracts a chromatic difference metric from a pair of video frames. An initial set of frames is chosen based on the chromatic metric and a threshold. A structural difference measurement is extracted from this initial set of frames. A second threshold is used to select key frames from the initial set. The first and second thresholds are user selectable. The output of this process is the visual representation. The method is extensible to any number of metrics and any number of levels." The patent application was filed on June 6, 1997 (08/870,836). 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=8,107,015&OS=8,107,015&RS=8,107,015 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for System and Method for Improving Print Shop Operation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,107,106) developed by Sudhendu Rai, Fairport, N.Y., for a "system and method for improving print shop operation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is provided a system for a print production facility, with print job processing departments, in which a wait time interval is determined for each recorded instance in which an output, from a set of multiple outputs, is delivered from a first one of the print job processing departments to a second one of the print job processing departments. A statistical metric value, representative of a wait time interval for the set of multiple outputs, is computed, and either a workflow relationship between the print job processing departments or at least one processing capability associated with at least one of the print job processing departments is changed with both a total number of recorded instances and the statistical metric value." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2006 (11/540,799). 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=8,107,106&OS=8,107,106&RS=8,107,106 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of Rochester Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- The University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,107,156) developed by Nicholas George, Pittsford, N.Y., and Kedar Khare, Rochester, N.Y., for a "digital binary MEMS wavefront control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention are directed to a new type of phase screen, i.e., an opto-electronic device that can convert a distorted incoming optical wavefront into a plane wave or, conversely, transform a plane wave into a prescribed varying output wavefront. The basic concept involves novel binary all-digital MEMS interferometer configurations that can be used to create controlled and arbitrary optical wavefront using only 0,1 amplitude changes followed by differential propagation distances to convert these amplitude variations into controllable and/or continuous phase variations. Clustered pixel notions, such as Floyd-Steinberg, Stucki or other algorithms useful in digital half-tone printing, are simultaneously employed to create controllable grey-level variations as well as continuous phase variations. Desired grey-levels can be obtained wherein each pixel is formed by, e.g., a 3.times.3 or 5.times.5 cluster of mirrors. Both the filling-in of the outputs of the binary mirror (0,1) and the grey-levels are accomplished simply by spatial averaging over a short propagation distance." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2006 (12/304,025). 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=8,107,156&OS=8,107,156&RS=8,107,156 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Thermo Fisher Scientific Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,107,080) developed by four co-inventors for an "environmental control of fluid samples, calibration, and detection of concentration levels." The co-inventors are Jeffrey Socha, Boylston, Mass., Dieter Kita, Blackstone, Mass., Robert D. Bailey, Bellingham, Mass., and Yongquan Li, Schenectady, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to example configurations herein, a system includes an inertial filter, a temperature controller, and analyzer. The inertial filter has multiple ports including a first port, a second port, and a third port. A sample gas flows between the first port and the third port of the inertial filter. The second port of the inertial filter outputs a portion of the gas flowing between the first port and the second port. The temperature controller controls a temperature of the inertial filter and/or the gas flowing through the inertial filter. The analyzer receives the portion of the gas flow outputted by the second port of the inertial filter and produces a value indicative of a concentration of sulfur trioxide in the portion of the gas flow." The patent application was filed on May 11, 2009 (12/463,915). 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=8,107,080&OS=8,107,080&RS=8,107,080 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cornell University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,106,184) developed by Anthony Andrew Sauve, Bronx, N.Y., and Tianle Yang, Astoria, N.Y., for "nicotinoyl riboside compositions and methods of use." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to compositions of nicotinoyl ribosides and nicotinamide riboside derivatives and their methods of use. In some embodiments, the invention relates to methods of making nicotinoyl ribosides. In some embodiments, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and nutritional supplements containing a nicotinoyl riboside. In further embodiments, the invention relates to methods of using nicotinoyl ribosides and nicotinamide riboside derivatives that promote the increase of intracellular levels of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) in cells and tissues for improving cell and tissue survival." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2006 (11/601,714). 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=8,106,184.PN.&OS=PN/8,106,184&RS=PN/8,106,184 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,107,083) developed by five co-inventors for a "system aspects for a probe system that utilizes structured-light." The co-inventors are Clark Alexander Bendall, Syracuse, N.Y., Kevin George Harding, Niskayuna, N.Y., Thomas Karpen, Skaneateles, N.Y., Guiju Song, Shanghai, China, and Li Tao, ShangHai, China. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A probe system includes an imager and an inspection light source. The probe system is configured to operate in an inspection mode and a measurement mode. During inspection mode, the inspection light source is enabled. During measurement mode, the inspection light source is disabled, and a structured-light pattern is projected. The probe system is further configured to capture at least one measurement mode image. In the at least one measurement mode image, the structured-light pattern is projected onto an object. The probe system is configured to utilize pixel values from the at least one measurement mode image to determine at least one geometric dimension of the object. A probe system configured to detect relative movement between a probe and the object between captures of two or more of a plurality of images is also provided." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2008 (12/249,513). 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=8,107,083&OS=8,107,083&RS=8,107,083 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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. -1074977 (c) 2012 Targeted News Service |