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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (April 6)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Florida. *** Citrix Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Citrix Systems, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,149,431) developed by Gary Lee Barton, Boca Roca, Fla., and Ricardo Fernando Feijoo, Davie, Fla., for "systems and methods for managing printer settings in a networked computing environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for remotely managing printer settings that are associated with a remote printer connected to a client machine. A virtual printer driver, executing on a server, is used to generate and manage generate virtual printer queues associated with remote printers connected to the client machine. Each virtual printer queue intercepts print requests generated by one or more applications executing on the server, these print requests cause the virtual printer driver to either retrieve printer setting information from cache memory, or interrogate the remote printer for printer setting information. The virtual printer driver retrieves printer setting information and associates virtual printer queues with remote printers using the retrieved printer setting information. The virtual printer driver then responds to the print request by generating a graphical interface that incorporates the retrieved printer settings and user-defined printer settings." The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2008 (12/267,274). 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=8,149,431&OS=8,149,431&RS=8,149,431 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,149,417) developed by four co-inventors for a "synchronous radiation hardened fiber optic gyroscope." The co-inventors are Norman Gerard Tarleton, Glendale, Ariz., Stephan Enzone, Tempe, Ariz., David A. Doheny, Clearwater, Fla., and Derek Mead, Scottsdale, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A synchronous fiber optic gyroscope includes a light source, an optical coupler in optical communication with the light source, an optical modulator in optical communication with the coupler, and a fiber optic coil in optical communication with the modulator. A detector is configured to receive an optical signal from the coupler and convert the optical signal to an electrical signal. A loop closure signal processor has a first input configured to receive the electrical signal from the detector. A phase lock loop has an output operatively connected to a second input of the processor. A direct digital synthesizer is operatively coupled to an input of the phase lock loop, with the synthesizer configured to generate a low-frequency signal that is transmitted to the phase lock loop. The phase lock loop converts the low-frequency signal to a high-frequency signal that is transmitted to the second input of the processor, and the phase lock loop provides signal modulation that is synchronous with signal demodulation." The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2010 (12/694,744). 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=8,149,417&OS=8,149,417&RS=8,149,417 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** TDC Acquisition Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- TDC Acquisition Holdings, Huntsville, Ala., has been assigned a patent (8,149,107) developed by eight co-inventors for a "system and method for person or object position location utilizing impulse radio." The co-inventors are James L. Richards, Fayetteville, Tenn., Larry W. Fullerton, Brownsboro, Ala., David C. Meigs, Huntsville, Ala., William D. Welch Jr., Huntsville, Ala., Donald A. Kelly, Niceville, Fla., Timothy T. Payment, Huntsville, Ala., James S. Finn, Huntsville, Ala., and William J. Tucker, Dallas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A System and Method for Person or Object Position Location Utilizing Impulse Radio, comprising a plurality of reference impulse radios; an object or person to be tracked having a mobile impulse radio associated therewith; an architecture with an associated positioning algorithm associated with said plurality of impulse radio reference radios and said mobile impulse radio; and display means for displaying the position of the person or object whose position is to be determined." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2007 (11/907,510). 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=8,149,107&OS=8,149,107&RS=8,149,107 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sensormatic Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Sensormatic Electronics, Boca Raton, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,149,090) developed by Stewart E. Hall, Wellington, Fla., and Douglas A. Narlow, Coral Springs, Fla., for a "mobile wireless network for asset tracking and supply chain monitoring." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and mobile sensor node for monitoring a supply chain. A communication network is established which includes a plurality of mobile sensor nodes. Status information for each mobile sensor node is periodically transmitted. Each mobile sensor node receives status information for at least one other mobile sensor node in the communication network. A log file which includes the received status information is compiled and stored in the mobile sensor node that received the corresponding status information." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2008 (12/193,384). 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=8,149,090&OS=8,149,090&RS=8,149,090 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Monitoring Buoy System ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,149,275) developed by Michael Harper, Orlando, Fla., for a monitoring buoy system. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fixed-position buoy for observing and monitoring the surface of a predetermined area of water, including a flotation device; an imaging device operable for obtaining images of the surface of the predetermined area of water; memory for storing the images of the surface of the predetermined area of water; one or more communications devices operable for transmitting a signal representing the images of the surface of the predetermined area of water to a remote location; and a tether and a mooring attached to the flotation device, the tether and the mooring operable for securing the flotation device." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2009 (12/542,779). 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=8,149,275&OS=8,149,275&RS=8,149,275 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Arrangements for Controlling Activities of an Avatar ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,149,241) developed by Lydia M. Do, Raleigh, N.C., Pamela A. Nesbitt, Tampa, Fla., and Lisa A. Seacat, San Francisco, for "arrangements for controlling activities of an avatar." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems are disclosed herein that allow a participant to be associated with an avatar and receive a transmission from the participant in response to a participant activated transmission. The transmission can include a participant selectable and time delayed mood and/or activity command which can be associated with a user configurable command to avatar activity conversion table. The associated avatar activity table can provide control signal to the VU system controlling the participant's avatar for extended time periods, where the activity commands allow the avatar to exhibit a mood and to conduct an activity. The preconfigured time controlled activity commands allow the user to control their avatar without being actively engaged in a session with a virtual universe client or logged on and the control configuration can be set up such that a single mood/activity control signal can initiate moods and activities that occur over an extended period of time." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2007 (11/953,699). 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=8,149,241&OS=8,149,241&RS=8,149,241 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Beckman Coulter Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Beckman Coulter, Brea, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,041) developed by Valentin T. Quesada, Miami Lakes, Fla., and Bruce M. Weber, Cooper City, Fla., for a "high-resolution parametric signal restoration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided are high-resolution parametric signal restoration systems, and applications thereof. Such systems include a multi-output module and a parametric compensator. The multi-output module provides a reference gain output signal and one or more higher gain output signals based on a single input signal. The parametric compensator independently responds to functional parameters of the one or more higher gain output signals to provide a compensation error signal. The single input signal is modified based on the compensation error signal." The patent application was filed on April 4, 2011 (13/079,504). 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=8,149,041.PN.&OS=PN/8,149,041&RS=PN/8,149,041 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of Florida Research Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- The University of Florida Research Foundation, Gainesville, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,148,874) developed by Huikai Xie, Gainesville, Fla., and Shane T. Todd, Santa Barbara, Calif., for a "microactuator having multiple degrees of freedom." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A MEMS vertical displacement device for vertically displacing and tilting a vertically displaceable platform. The vertically displaceable platform may be displaced using a plurality of recurve actuators configured to provide vertical displacement without horizontal movement. The vertically displaceable platform may be tilted about two axes to yield tilting that is advantageous in numerous applications. The recurve actuators may be thermal, piezoelectric or formed from other appropriate materials." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2006 (11/817,378). 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=8,148,874&OS=8,148,874&RS=8,148,874 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,149,040) developed by Karthik Kadirel, Melbourne, Fla., Umar Jameer Lyles, Palm Bay, Fla., and John H. Carpenter Jr., Palm Bay, Fla., for an "apparatus for generating a plurality of different voltage level clock signals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system is provided for generating a plurality of different voltage level clock signals. The system comprises an electrical energy storage pack having a plurality of series coupled electrical energy storage cells that provide a plurality of different output voltage level, a reference oscillator that provides a reference clock signal and a plurality of voltage clamps that receive the plurality of different output voltage levels and output the plurality of different voltage level clock signals at respective output nodes. The plurality of voltage clamps are configured to clamp each of a given output node to a respective high-side voltage level in response to pulling up of the given output node toward a respective high output voltage level and to clamp each of the given output node to a respective low-side voltage level in response to pulling down of the output node toward a low output voltage level." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2010 (12/836,865). 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=8,149,040&OS=8,149,040&RS=8,149,040 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Arlington Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Arlington Industries, Scranton, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,148,635) developed by Thomas J. Gretz, Port St. Lucie, Fla., for a "camera mounting assembly including mounting bar and adapter plate for mounting a security camera or fixture to an electrical box." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A camera mounting assembly including a mounting bar and an adapter plate for mounting a security camera or an electrical fixture to an electrical box installed in a wall or ceiling. An elongated base portion on the mounting bar is adapted to mount to the face of a conventional electrical box and extend beyond the walls of the box. A pair of prongs extends from the base portion of the mounting bar and at least one aperture is provided on the end of the bar. The adapter plate includes an opening with an inner periphery and an inclined surface adapted for twist locking engagement with the prongs of the mounting bar. The camera mounting assembly enables the mounting of a wide range of conventional security camera housings or electrical fixtures to a conventional electrical box." The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2009 (12/592,811). 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=8,148,635&OS=8,148,635&RS=8,148,635 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intersil Americas Assigned Patent for Stacked Field Effect Transistor Configurations ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Intersil Americas, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,148,815) developed by Dev A. Girdhar, Indialantic, Fla., Thomas A. Jochum, Durham, N.C., and Bogdan M. Duduman, Raleigh, N.C, for a "stacked field effect transistor configurations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved organization for a MOSFET pair mounts first and second FET dies in an overlying or stacked relationship to reduce the surface area `footprint` of the MOSFET pair. The source and drain of a high side FET.sub.high and a low side FET.sub.low or the drains of the respective high side FET.sub.high and low side FET.sub.low are bonded together, either directly or through an intermediate conductive ribbon or clip, to establish a common source/drain or drain/drain node that functions as the switch or phase node of the device. The stacked organization allows for lower-cost packaging that results in a significant reduction in the surface area footprint of the device and reduces parasitic impedance relative to the prior side-by-side organization and allows for improved heat sinking." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2009 (12/424,686). 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=8,148,815&OS=8,148,815&RS=8,148,815 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Arlington Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Arlington Industries, Scranton, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,148,634) developed by Thomas J. Gretz, Port St. Lucie, Fla., for an "electrical box assembly for mounting and supporting a security camera or fixture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrical box assembly for mounting a security camera or electrical fixture on a wall or ceiling. The electrical box assembly includes an electrical box and a trim piece. A plurality of rotatable flags, adjustable from the front of the electrical box assembly, are tightened to secure the assembly to the wallboard in a ceiling or wall. Wall preparation for installation of the electrical box assembly requires only a round hole in the wallboard, which can be easily provided by a hole-saw. The flags can be rotated inward to enable easy insertion of the electrical box within the hole in the wallboard. The electrical box assembly includes a mounting bar and adapter plate that adapt the assembly for mounting a wide variety of security cameras and electrical fixtures. The electrical box assembly conforms to the electrical code in those areas that require a metallic box." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2009 (12/462,027). 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=8,148,634&OS=8,148,634&RS=8,148,634 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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