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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Minnesota (March 9)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Minnesota.
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St. Jude Medical Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,122,594) developed by John M. Hastings, Minneapolis, Gary B. LaTraille, Maple Grove, Minn., and Elizabeth Younger, Columbia Heights, Minn., for a "method of manufacturing a deflectable electrophysiological catheter."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of manufacturing a deflectable electrophysiological catheter includes constructing a shaft having a distal end and at least one lumen. The method further includes inserting a component into the lumen, and processing at least a portion of the distal end to reduce the cross-sectional profile of the lumen to capture/confine the component. A catheter manufactured using this method includes a shaft having at least one lumen. The lumen comprises a longitudinally-extending trough defined by a longitudinally-extending recess, within which a component is disposed, and a longitudinally extending open edge. The lumen further comprises a longitudinally-extending channel defined by a longitudinally-extending cavity and by the open edge of the trough. A planarity wire is disposed within the cavity and is configured to close the open edge of the trough to within a pre-defined tolerance that is less than the size of the component to retain the component in the recess."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2007 (11/967,390). 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=8,122,594&OS=8,122,594&RS=8,122,594
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Medtronic Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,129,622) developed by William John Taylor, Anoka, Minn., and Brad C. Tischendorf, Minneapolis, for an insulator for feedthrough.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hermetically sealed microelectromechanical system (MEMS) package for an implantable medical device is presented. The MEMS comprises a first substrate that includes an aperture. A feedthrough assembly is coupled to the aperture; the feedthrough assembly comprises a conductive element housed in a glass insulating member. A second substrate is coupled to the first substrate."
The patent application was filed on May 21, 2009 (12/469,823). 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=8,129,622.PN.&OS=PN/8,129,622&RS=PN/8,129,622
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Seagate Technology Assigned Patent for BPM Recording with More Than One Dot Per Bit
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Seagate Technology, Scotts Valley, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,458) developed by Kaizhong Gao, Eden Prairie, Minn., and Housan Dakroub, Dearborn Heights, Mich., for a "BPM recording with more than one dot per bit."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Data storage systems are provided. Data storage systems illustratively include a recording head having a writing element and a bit patterned medium having a plurality of media dots. In some embodiments, the plurality of media dots pass the recording head at a media dot frequency. In some embodiments, the writing element writes data to the bit patterned media at a writing frequency that is less than the media dot frequency."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2009 (12/539,147). 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=8,130,458&OS=8,130,458&RS=8,130,458
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Lifetouch Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Lifetouch, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,130,276) developed by Jon A. Holmes, Eden Prairie, Minn., for a "photography system to organize digital photographs and information regarding the subjects therein."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A photographic processing system to organize one or more digital photographs and information regarding the subjects being photographed. The system includes a camera to capture digital images of one or more subjects, a user input to receive data related to the one or more subjects who are being photographed, and a database to link the photographs with the data related to the respective subjects."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2008 (12/284,410). 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=8,130,276.PN.&OS=PN/8,130,276&RS=PN/8,130,276
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Hutchinson Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Hutchinson Technology, Hutchinson, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,130,471) developed by Nole D. German, Hutchinson, Minn., and Michael E. Roen, Hutchinson, Minn., for "traces with reduced width portions for disk drive head suspensions."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: " An integrated lead flexure includes traces with windowed or reduced width portions. The flexure includes a metal base layer with a plurality of apertures, an insulating layer on the metal base layer, and one or more conductive traces formed on the insulating layer and extending over the metal base layer and the plurality of apertures. Backed portions of the one or more conductive traces that extend over the metal base layer have a first width, and unbacked portions of the one or more conductive traces that extend over the plurality of apertures have a second width that is less than the first width."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2009 (12/358,003). 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=8,130,471&OS=8,130,471&RS=8,130,471
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,130,129) developed by Eric Gregory Oettinger, Rochester, Minn., and Mark David Heminger, Rochester, Minn., for an analog-to-digital conversion.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the present invention includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) system. The system includes an ADC configured to generate digital samples that are digital versions of at least one analog signal at a sampling frequency and a memory configured to store data corresponding to an average value of the digital samples in at least one register. The system further includes a processor configured to access the data corresponding to the average value for processing at an access frequency that is less than the sampling frequency."
The patent application was filed on May 11, 2010 (12/777,734). 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=8130129.PN.&OS=PN/8130129&RS=PN/8130129
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,130,221) developed by Eric Jon Voth, Maplewood, Minn., for a "method and system for repairing triangulated surface meshes."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of repairing a three dimensional surface mesh model to be watertight and manifold generally includes identifying a plurality of hole edges in the surface mesh model, selecting one of the hole edges, creating a cycle of hole edges that defines a hole in the surface mesh model, converting the cycle of hole edges into two or more cycles of exactly three edges each, and adding a triangular facet to the surface mesh model for each of the cycles of exactly three edges. The process may be repeated until the model is substantially watertight. Non-manifold vertices may be repaired by selecting a vertex of the model, identifying a number of independent cycles of triangular facets sharing the selected vertex, and redefining the selected vertex for at least all but one of the number of independent cycles. This process may be repeated until the model is manifold."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2010 (12/917,229). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,130,221&OS=8,130,221&RS=8,130,221
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Rudolph Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Rudolph Technologies, Flanders, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,130,372) developed by four co-inventors for a "wafer holding mechanism." The co-inventors are Mark Harless, Plymouth, Minn., Cory Watkins, Eden Prairie, Minn., Pat Simpkins, Edina, Minn., and Kevin Barr, Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wafer holding mechanism for holding a wafer of the type used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices is herein described. The mechanism has a first plate having a number of offsets that define at least one lip that extends radially inward of the offsets. A second plate is positioned adjacent the first plate and generally between the first plate and the lip such that one or more fingers coupled to the second plate oppose the lip that depends from the first plate. When the second plate is moved to a closed position, the at least one lip and the one or more fingers cooperatively grasp an edge of a wafer therebetween. The wafer holding mechanism is coupled to a drive that rotates the wafer before an imaging mechanism for capturing images of the wafer as it rotates."
The patent application was filed on March 12, 2010 (12/722,780). 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=8,130,372&OS=8,130,372&RS=8,130,372
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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