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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (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 California. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,149,405) developed by four co-inventors for a "color analysis system and method." The co-inventors are Jeffrey M. DiCarlo, Menlo Park, Calif., Melanie M. Gottwals, San Jose, Calif., Steven W. Trovinger, Los Altos, Calif., and Glen E. Montgomery, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A color analysis system includes a plurality of light sources configured to illuminate a test patch. A sensor is configured to receive light from the plurality of light sources reflected from the test patch. A controller is configured to determine the color of the test patch in response to light received by the sensor reflected from the first light source, and adjust the color determination in response to light received by the sensor reflected from the first and second light sources." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2009 (12/436,240). 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=8,149,405&OS=8,149,405&RS=8,149,405 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent for Method for Digital Noise Reduction in Low Light Video ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,149,336) developed by Kamini Kanta Mohanty, Bhubaneswar, India, Venkatagiri Subbaraya Rao, Bangalore, India, and Jeremy Craig Wilson, Delta, Calif., for a "method for digital noise reduction in low light video." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for filtering video noise is provided. Video generated under low lighting conditions is susceptible to increased noise and graininess, which increases the required storage space required for recording the noisy video. The provided system and method for filtering video noise reduces noise in low-light video by estimating the noise profile associated with at least one video frame; discriminating between chrominance noise and luminance noise in said noise profile; applying predetermined filter criteria to said chrominance noise to estimate the parameters for luminance noise filtering; applying said luminance noise filtering parameters to filter the luminance noise; and generating a first filtered output of a frame by logical combination of outputs obtained from luminance noise filter and chrominance noise filter." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2008 (12/116,769). 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=8,149,336&OS=8,149,336&RS=8,149,336 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,149,482) developed by Jon McElvain, Manhattan Beach, Calif., and Charles Michael Hains, Altadena, Calif., for a "system and method for characterizing color separation misregistration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method is provided for characterizing color separation misregistration associated with marking a substrate. The method includes providing an input image having a plurality of patches, each patch having a pattern using a first and second color; marking a substrate with a copy of the input image using a first and second color separation to correspond to the first and second colors, respectively; and measuring a color characteristic of markings of respective copied patches of the copied plurality of patches and generating corresponding colorimetric values. Misregistration of the first color separation markings relative to the second color separation markings is characterized based on the measured calorimetric values." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2006 (11/496,909). 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=8,149,482&OS=8,149,482&RS=8,149,482 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,332) developed by Mohit Singh, Irvine, Calif., and Thomas Spieker, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., for a "method and system for using a subset of receive operations for detecting digital and analog television signals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects of a method and system for processing signals in a television system using a subset of receive operations for detecting digital and analog television signals are provided. The system and method may be deployed in, for example, cable TV set-top boxes, cable TV modems, and television receivers, which may be coupled to a cable TV or over-the-air terrestrial network. Performing only a subset of receiver operations may allow detection of the type of signal; for example digital QAM, digital VSB, or analog; present in a television channel. In this regard, it is not necessary to generate and validate a bit stream in order to detect if a signal is present and/or the type of signal present." The patent application was filed on May 10, 2007 (11/746,775). 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=8,149,332&OS=8,149,332&RS=8,149,332 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,149,323) developed by Jingqiang Li, Austin, Texas, Ruben M. Velarde, Chula Vista, Calif., and Szepo R. Hung, Carlsbad, Calif., for a "system and method to autofocus assisted by autoexposure control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes comparing a frame rate of image capture by an image sensor to a frame rate threshold at an image capture device. The method also includes when the frame rate is less than the frame rate threshold, increasing the frame rate to a modified frame rate that is greater than or at least equal to the frame rate threshold. The method further includes performing an autofocus operation on an image to be captured at the modified frame rate." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2008 (12/338,147). 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=8,149,323&OS=8,149,323&RS=8,149,323 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** InterStellar Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- InterStellar Technologies, Monrovia, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,422) developed by Fabrizio Pinto, Monrovia, Calif., for a "system and method for dispersion-force-based actuation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for dispersion-force-based actuation are disclosed. In some embodiments, a light beam is used to change the dispersion force between two spaced apart surfaces. The change in the dispersion force causes a change in the gap between the surfaces. The actuation system can be used in conjunction with a deformable mirror to provide an improved adaptive optics system." The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2008 (12/212,470). 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=8,149,422&OS=8,149,422&RS=8,149,422 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Agilent Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,420) developed by Geraint Owen, Palo Alto, Calif., for an "interferometer calibration system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A metrology system is provided comprising a diffraction grating mounted on the object, and an interferometer head operable to direct at least one measurement light beam towards the grating at a non-zero angle of incidence. With a single first separation in the second direction between the object and the interferometer head, respective displacement measurements are made at known displacements of the object. From the displacement measurements are generated respective original calibration values, each pertaining to a respective one of the known displacements. With a second separation in the second direction between the object and the interferometer head, a displacement of the object is measured. The measured displacement is corrected using an offset calibration value derived from at least one of the original calibration values and pertaining to at least one offset displacement, offset from the measured displacement." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2008 (12/180,171). 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=8,149,420&OS=8,149,420&RS=8,149,420 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,397) developed by four co-inventors for a "metallic nanostructures adapted for electromagnetic field enhancement." The co-inventors are Luke P. Lee, Orinda, Calif., Yu Lu, Riverside, Calif., Gang L. Liu, Berkeley, Calif., and Jaeyoun Kim, Ames, Iowa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosure relates to metallic nanophotonic crescent structures, or "nanocrescent SERS probes," that enhance detectable signals to facilitate molecular detections. More particularly, the nanocrescent SERS probes of the disclosure possess specialized geometries, including an edge surrounding the opening that is capable of enhancing local electromagnetic fields. Nanosystems utilizing such structures are particularly useful in the medical field for detecting rare molecular targets, biomolecular cellular imaging, and in molecular medicine." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2006 (11/886,390). 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=8,149,397&OS=8,149,397&RS=8,149,397 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,149,485) developed by Jingjing Li, Sunnyvale, Calif., Philip J. Kuekes, Menlo Park, Calif., and Shih-Yuan Wang, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "dynamically reconfigurable holograms with electronically erasable programmable intermediate layers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Dynamically reconfigurable holograms with electronically erasable programmable intermediate layers are disclosed. An example apparatus includes first nanowires, each of the first nanowires having protuberances along a length thereof. The example apparatus also includes second nanowires arranged approximately perpendicular to the first nanowires, the protuberances of the first nanowires being approximately parallel to corresponding ones of the second nanowires. In addition, a layer is disposed between the first and second nanowires. The layer is to control refractive indices at nanowire intersections at intersecting ones of the first and second nanowires." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2008 (12/317,731). 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=8,149,485&OS=8,149,485&RS=8,149,485 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** BAE Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- BAE, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,149,392) developed by Armando Corella, Azusa, Calif., and John A. Carattini, Chino Hills, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for reducing handoff inaccuracies in a countermeasures system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for reducing handoff inaccuracies in a DIRCM countermeasures system comprising the step of adding a second on-axis camera to the DIRCM countermeasures system." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2008 (12/080,158). 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=8,149,392&OS=8,149,392&RS=8,149,392 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,449) developed by Ken Ota, Cupertino, Calif., for "systems and methods for print scheduling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In some embodiments of systems and methods for print scheduling, at least one of a plurality of entries in a request table associated with a printing device is updated with print job related information when a spool associated with a printing device is full. A priority is associated with the entries in the request table and an incoming print job is spooled at the time of a print job request, if the spool associated with the printing device is not full and the entry corresponding to the print job in the request table has the highest priority. Embodiments of the methods disclosed provide for the ordered processing of print jobs in a timely fashion with minimal alterations to existing protocols." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2007 (11/731,169). 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=8,149,449&OS=8,149,449&RS=8,149,449 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Pacific Biosciences of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,399) developed by five co-inventors for "methods and systems for simultaneous real-time monitoring of optical signals from multiple sources." The co-inventors are Paul Lundquist, San Jose, Calif., Denis Zaccarin, San Jose, Calif., Yves Lacroix, San Jose, Calif., Stephen Turner, Menlo Park, Calif., and John Dixon, Moss Beach, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for real-time monitoring of optical signals from arrays of signal sources, and particularly optical signal sources that have spectrally different signal components. Systems include signal source arrays in optical communication with optical trains that direct excitation radiation to and emitted signals from such arrays and image the signals onto detector arrays, from which such signals may be subjected to additional processing." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2011 (13/103,278). 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=8,149,399&OS=8,149,399&RS=8,149,399 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Micron Technology, Given Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, and Given Imaging, Yogneam, Israel, have been assigned a patent (8,149,326) developed by six co-inventors for a "real-time exposure control for automatic light control." The co-inventors are Alf Olsen, Oslo, Norway, Espen A. Olsen, Tustin, Calif., Jorgen Moholt, Moss, Norway, Steinar Iversen, Barum, Norway, Dov Avni, Haifa, Israel, and Arkady Glukhovsky, Santa Clarita, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An imager and a method for real-time, non-destructive monitoring of light incident on imager pixels during their exposure to light. Real-time or present pixel signals, which are indicative of present illumination on the pixels, are compared to a reference signal during the exposure. Adjustments, if necessary, are made to programmable parameters such as gain and/or exposure time to automatically control the imager's exposure to the light. In a preferred exemplary embodiment, only a selected number of pixels are monitored for exposure control as opposed to monitoring the entire pixel array." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2009 (12/560,135). 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=8,149,326&OS=8,149,326&RS=8,149,326 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Optech Ventures Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Optech Ventures, Torrance, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,421) developed by Marvin Klein, Pacific Palisades, Calif., and Konstantin Shcherbin, Kiev, Ukraine, for an optical homodyne interferometer. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Faults, dimensions and other characteristics of a material or structure are sensed by a coherent beam's reflection from the material when probed with ultrasonic waves or when vibrating at high frequencies. The reflected beam acquires a dynamic phase change substantially different from its original phase and from the phase of a reference beam split from the common source beam. The reflected beam and the reference beam are superimposed by diffraction in an adaptive holographic beam-splitter, and the superimposed beams are detected by a photodetector capable of detecting small phase changes from ultrasonic surface displacements or perturbations. An apparatus and method are disclosed defining an improved crystal homodyne interferometer with an energy source coupled to the crystal and operative to maintain the crystal in a condition for emptying unwanted traps in the crystal." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2008 (12/144,601). 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=8,149,421&OS=8,149,421&RS=8,149,421 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Methods of Fabricating Integrated Imager and Microcontroller ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,149,307) developed by Atif Sarwari, Saratoga, Calif., for "methods of fabricating integrated imager and microcontroller." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus providing a CMOS imager with an integrated controller on a common integrated circuit substrate. Also integrated on the common substrate are, a serializer circuit including a dynamic arbiter under the control of the microcontroller core and a set of extended special function registers through which data is passed to allow the microcontroller to control the CMOS imager and the serializer circuit." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2009 (12/611,349). 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=8,149,307&OS=8,149,307&RS=8,149,307 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Livescribe Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Livescribe, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,227) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "removing click and friction noise in a writing device." The co-inventors are Jim Marggraff, Lafayette, Calif., Marc Thomas, Redwood City, Calif., John Hartman, Oakland, Calif., John Carter, Menlo Park, Calif., Mauricio Greene, Berkeley, Calif., Mike Lehr, Mountain View, Calif., Allan Hessenflow, Los Gatos, Calif., Igor Feldman, San Francisco, Dan Keller, Danville, Calif., and Stuart Neubarth, Mountain View, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems for removing or attenuating friction and/or click noise generated during writing with a smart pen are disclosed. In a smart pen, the writing cartridge is biased towards a first side of the smart pen internal cavity by a low-force biasing system without affecting writing cartridge movement. For example, the writing cartridge is comprised of a magnetic material and a magnet is embedded into the first side of the smart pen internal cavity to bias the writing cartridge towards the first side. Alternatively, the material comprising the writing cartridge or smart pen internal cavity is modified, reducing friction between the components. As another alternative, a DSP method identifies analyzes one or more parameters of received audio data to differentiate click noise from audio data, and may receive data from a movement sensor indicating when the writing cartridge has moved to reduce power consumption for identifying click noise." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2009 (12/415,187). 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=8,149,227&OS=8,149,227&RS=8,149,227 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,217) developed by four co-inventors for a "creating responses for an electronic pen-computer multimedia interactive system." The co-inventors are Minerva M. Yeung, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Boon-Lock Yeo, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Dan Li, Shanghai, China, and Xing Tang, Shanghai, China. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for associating a selected object on any printed material to a valid response provided by a computer system includes a maker component to define an object on a page of printed material, and to link a position of the object on the page, the contents of the page, and the response to be performed by a computer system. The system also includes a pointing device to determine a position on the printed material, a communicating device to transmit the position to the computer system, and a player component to correlate the position to selected digital content associated with the printed materials, the selected digital content being accessible by the computer system; and to provide a valid response to a user based at least in part on the position and the correlated content, wherein the valid response includes at least one of rendering audio content, rendering video content, rendering image content, and performing an action by the computer system." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2003 (10/579,048). 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=8,149,217&OS=8,149,217&RS=8,149,217 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** MOSAID Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- MOSAID Technologies, Ottawa, has been assigned a patent (8,149,112) developed by Dan Schlager, Tiburon, Calif., and William B. Baringer, Oakland, Calif., for a "multi-hazard alarm system using selectable power-level transmission and localization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A personal alarm system includes a monitoring base station and one or more remote sensing units in two-way radio communication. An electronic handshake between the base station and each remote unit is used to assure system reliability. The remote units transmit at selectable power levels. In the absence of an emergency, a remote unit transmits at a power-conserving low power level. Received field strength is measured to determine whether a remote unit has moved beyond a predetermined distance from the base station. If the distance is exceeded, the remote unit transmits at a higher power level. The remote unit includes sensors for common hazards including water emersion, smoke, excessive heat, excessive carbon monoxide concentration, and electrical shock. The base station periodically polls the remote units and displays the status of the environmental sensors. The system is useful in child monitoring, for use with invalids, and with employees involved in activities which expose them to environmental risk. Alternative embodiments include a panic button on the remote unit for summoning help, and an audible beacon on the remote unit which can be activated from the base station and useful for locating strayed children. In another embodiment, the remote unit includes a Global Positioning System receiver providing location information for display by the base station." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2006 (11/493,935). 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=8,149,112&OS=8,149,112&RS=8,149,112 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** TruePosition Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- TruePosition, Berwyn, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,149,168) developed by Matthew Rabinowitz, Portola Valley, Calif., Todd Young, San Jose, Calif., and James J. Spilker Jr., Woodside, Calif., for a "position determination using wireless local area network signals and television signals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise a first receiver to receive a wireless television signal; a first measurement unit to generate a measurement of the wireless television signal; wherein a position of the apparatus is determined based on the measurement of the wireless television signal; a second receiver to receive a wireless local area network (WLAN) signal; and a second measurement unit to generate a measurement of the WLAN signal; wherein a position of a transmitter of the WLAN signal is determined based on the position of the apparatus and the measurement of the WLAN signal." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2007 (11/622,838). 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=8,149,168&OS=8,149,168&RS=8,149,168 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Clustering Methods for Radio-Frequency-identifier Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,149,094) developed by four co-inventors for a "clustering methods for radio-frequency-identifier networks." The co-inventors are Vinay Deoalikar, Mountain View, Calif., John Recker, Mountain View, Calif., Malena Mesarina, San Francisco, and Salil Pradhan, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems of the present invention are directed to clustering RFID-tag readers of a multi-RFID-tag-reader network in order to obtain a set of RFID-tag readers with high probability of detecting an event, but with low probability of collisions and with an acceptable cost. The cost may be determined by any of numerous cost functions of the RFID-tag readers in the set of RFID-tag readers, and may represent a cost in power, long-term reliability, and other such metrics that may be applied to an RFID-tag network." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2007 (11/799,146). 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=8,149,094&OS=8,149,094&RS=8,149,094 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent for Picture Processing Using a Hybrid System Configuration ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,234) developed by four co-inventors for a "picture processing using a hybrid system configuration." The co-inventors are Hassane S. Azar, San Francisco, Franck R. Diard, Mountain View, Calif., Amit Parikh, Santa Clara, Calif., and Xun Wang, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system is presented that is configured to reduce power consumption when performing processing tasks. The system includes a first processing entity capable of performing a set of operations, and a second processing entity configured to consume less power than the first processing entity and capable of performing a subset of operations that is part of the set of operations. During system operation, the second processing entity is configured to perform the subset of operations instead of the first processing entity." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2011 (13/280,769). 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=8,149,234&OS=8,149,234&RS=8,149,234 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Fovia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Fovia, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,238) developed by Georgiy Buyanovskiy, Cupertino, Calif., for a "method and system for adaptive maximum intensity projection ray casting." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The adaptive MIP ray casting system first fragments a 3-D dataset into multiple sub-volumes and constructs an octree data structure with each sub-volume being associated with one node of the octree data structure. The system then establishes a 2-D image plane and selectively launches a plurality of rays towards the 3-D dataset, each ray adaptively interacting with a subset of the sub-volumes and identifies the maximum data value along the ray path. The maximum data value is then converted into a pixel value on the 2-D image plane. Finally, the system interpolates pixel values at those locations where no pixel value is generated by ray casting and thereby generates a 2-D image of the 3-D dataset." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2004 (10/569,325). 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=8,149,238&OS=8,149,238&RS=8,149,238 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Integrated Device Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Integrated Device Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,224) developed by Ordin Kuo, Taipei, Taiwan, Ivan Hsiao, Sunnyvale, Calif., and John Hull, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "computing system with detachable touch screen device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computing system includes a computer device and a detachable touch screen device. The computer device receives input from a touch screen of a detachable touch screen device when the detachable touch screen device is attached to a touch screen port of the computer device and displays an image on a display device of the computer device based on the input. Further, the detachable touch screen device receives input from the touch screen when the detachable touch screen device is detached from the computer device and displays an image on the touch screen based on the input. In various embodiments, the detachable touch screen device performs a computing function, a communication function, or a media function based on the input to the touch screen when the detachable touch screen device is detached from the computer device." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2009 (12/431,693). 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=8,149,224&OS=8,149,224&RS=8,149,224 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,249) developed by Andrew Oplinger, Mountain View, Calif., for a "feedback during crossing of zoom levels." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects of this disclosure are directed to zooming into or out of image content. A user may request to zoom into or out of image content by inputting a multi-touch gesture. The request may reach one or more discrete zoom levels of a plurality of discrete zoom levels. Discrete zoom levels may indicate specific magnification factors for which a device may be able to clearly render image content. The device may output an indication when the request reaches the one or more discrete zoom levels." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/249,658). 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=8,149,249&OS=8,149,249&RS=8,149,249 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent for Adaptive Linear Contrast Method for Enhancement of Low-visibility Imagery ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (8,149,245) developed by David L. Buck, San Diego, and Brian T. Williams, San Diego, for an "adaptive linear contrast method for enhancement of low-visibility imagery." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method may include the steps of segmenting an image into a plurality of tiles, calculating an upper clip limit and a lower clip limit for each tile of the plurality of tiles based upon a user input standard deviation, generating a lookup table for each tile of the plurality of tiles by linearly mapping the pixels of the image based upon the calculated upper clip limit and lower clip limit, processing each tile of the plurality of tiles based upon the generated lookup table, and generating a processed image by combining each of the processed tiles. The method may include the steps of scaling the image between zero and one and/or scaling the image based upon the display type. The method may be stored on a computer readable medium and may be used in an image processing system having memory, a processor, and a display." The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2008 (12/336,300). 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=8,149,245&OS=8,149,245&RS=8,149,245 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Temporary Non-responsive State for RFID Tags ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,120) developed by Joshua D. Posamentier, Oakland, Calif., and Joshua R. Smith, Seattle, for a "temporary non-responsive state for RFID tags." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag may have a non-responsive mode, triggered by a command from an RFID reader, that temporarily prevents the RFID tag from responding to a query from any RFID reader for a period of time. In some embodiments this non-responsive mode may automatically end after a certain period of time without further action by the RFID reader. In other embodiments this non-responsive mode may end when directed to by another command addressed specifically to the RFID tag." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2007 (11/731,165). 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=8,149,120&OS=8,149,120&RS=8,149,120 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Producing Seamless Composite Images Without Requiring Overlap of Source images ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,149,260) developed by Henry Harlyn Baker, Palo Alto, Calif., for "methods and systems for producing seamless composite images without requiring overlap of source images." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for color blending seamless composite images without requiring overlap of source images is disclosed. A plurality of source images is acquired from a plurality of imagers and is combined to produce a seamless composite image. Moreover, a first reference location is selected in a first source image and a second reference location is selected in a second source image of the composite image. Color transform interpolation is then performed between the reference location in the first source image and the reference location in the second and other source images to produce a seamless color blended composite image without requiring overlap of image regions of the plurality of source images." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2006 (11/591,081). 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=8,149,260&OS=8,149,260&RS=8,149,260 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,149,179) developed by David D. Crouch, Corona, Calif., for a "low loss variable phase reflect array using dual resonance phase-shifting element." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is disclosed a reflect array including a dielectric substrate having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface may support an array of phase-shifting elements. The second surface may support a conductive layer. At least some of the phase-shifting elements may be dual resonance phase-shifting elements." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2009 (12/475,383). 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=8,149,179&OS=8,149,179&RS=8,149,179 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,103) developed by Martin J. Fennell, Concord, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for providing dynamic multi-stage amplification in a medical device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for providing multi-stage signal amplification in a medical telemetry system are provided." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2011 (13/114,029). 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=8,149,103&OS=8,149,103&RS=8,149,103 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hauck Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Lane T. Hauck, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,149,084) developed by Lane T. Hauck, San Diego, for an "appliance remote control apparatus and method of using same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A remote control apparatus and method of using are disclosed for controlling an electronic appliance such as a television set, radio, computer, or other. The remote control apparatus may include a hand held housing, a wireless transmitter for sending signals to the appliance, and a manually operated rotary controller for causing operation adjusting signals to be generated and supplied to the transmitter." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2007 (11/765,420). 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=8,149,084&OS=8,149,084&RS=8,149,084 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent for Method and System for Blending Rendered Images from Multiple Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,247) developed by Franck R. Diard, Mountain View, Calif., for a "method and system for blending rendered images from multiple applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method, which includes the steps of generating a first rendered image associated with a first application, independently generating a second rendered image associated with a second application, applying a first set of blending weights to the first rendered image to establish a first weighted image, applying a second set of blending weights to the second rendered image to establish a second weighted image, and blending the first weighted image and the second weighted image before scanning out a blended result to a first display device." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2007 (11/936,037). 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=8,149,247&OS=8,149,247&RS=8,149,247 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Universal Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Universal Electronics, Cypress, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,218) developed by Alejandro Garfio, Pico Rivera, Calif., and Cesar Alvarado, Orange, Calif., for a "controlling device with selectively illuminated user interfaces." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A controlling device using a source of energy, such as light energy, to provide the controlling device with a user interface having multiple, different visual appearances." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2004 (11/018,008). 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=8,149,218&OS=8,149,218&RS=8,149,218 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,170) developed by Peter J. Burke, Irvine, Calif., and Christopher Rutherglen, Tustin, Calif., for a "carbon nanotube based variable frequency patch-antenna." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A carbon nano-tube based variable frequency patch antennas which utilizes a dense network of semiconducting carbon nanotubes as the antenna patch is provided. In preferred embodiments, the resonant frequency of the antenna can be tuned electrically by adjusting appropriate sections of its back-gate, thus altering the effective size of the patch antenna and radiation beam direction can be formed and stirred. In one embodiment, a patch antenna comprises a dense network or thick layer of semiconducting carbon nanotubes grown or deposited on an oxide layer to form a carbon nanotube patch and a partitioned backgate is positioned below the oxide layer with a ground-plane formed from a thin layer of metal. In other embodiments, a patch antenna includes an array of carbon nanotube patches and the ground-plane doubles as the backgate." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2008 (12/337,473). 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=8,149,170&OS=8,149,170&RS=8,149,170 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Stryker Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Stryker, Kalamazoo, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,149,108) developed by Andrew J. Hamel, San Mateo, Calif., Michael G. Hilldoerfer, Mountain View, Calif., and Brannon P. Wells, San Jose, Calif., for a "system and method for automatically powering on and synchronizing a wireless remote console to a central control unit so as to allow remote control of a medical device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for controlling one or more medical devices by a remote console. The remote console communicates wirelessly with a central control unit that connects to one or more of the medical devices. To conserve battery power and simplify operation, the remote console is configured to automatically power on and initiate a wireless connection in response to being brought into proximity of the central control unit. According to another embodiment, the remote console automatically powers on and terminates any previously established wireless connections when brought into proximity of the central control unit." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2007 (11/985,339). 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=8,149,108&OS=8,149,108&RS=8,149,108 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Apple, Supertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,279) developed by Haitao Guo, San Jose, Calif., Ting Chen, Sunnyvale, Calif., and David Kuo, San Jose, Calif., for an "apparatus and method for compensating for variations in digital cameras." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of manufacturing a digital video camera is provided. The method comprises acquiring video images of colored light, and measuring a light intensity response of the video camera to the colored light. The method further comprises comparing the intensity of the measured response to a desired colored light intensity for determining a color intensity bias and storing the intensity bias for the colored light in the camera so that the bias can be applied when the camera is operating at an arbitrary lighting condition." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2008 (12/193,580). 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=8,149,279&OS=8,149,279&RS=8,149,279 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,117) developed by four co-inventors for "analyte monitoring system and methods." The co-inventors are Martin J. Fennell, Concord, Calif., Lei He, Moraga, Calif., Mark K. Sloan, Redwood City, Calif., and Gary Alan Hayter, Oakland, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for providing data communication in medical systems are disclosed." The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2009 (12/550,357). 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=8,149,117&OS=8,149,117&RS=8,149,117 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Cascaded Amplifiers with Transformer-based Bypass Mode ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,149,050) developed by Jose Cabanillas, San Diego, for a "cascaded amplifiers with transformer-based bypass mode." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Cascaded amplifiers with a transformer-based bypass mode are described. In an exemplary design, an apparatus includes first and second amplifiers and a circuit. The first amplifier (e.g., a driver amplifier) provides amplification in a high gain mode and a bypass mode. The second amplifier (e.g., a power amplifier) provides amplification in the high gain mode. The circuit is coupled between the first and second amplifiers and includes a transformer having (i) a primary coil coupled to the first amplifier and (ii) a secondary coil that provides an output signal in the bypass mode. The primary coil may be a load inductor for the first amplifier. The circuit may further include a series combination of a capacitor and a switch coupled in parallel with the primary coil, a switch coupled in series with the secondary coil, and/or a capacitor coupled in parallel with the secondary coil." The patent application was filed on May 19, 2010 (12/783,448). 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=8,149,050&OS=8,149,050&RS=8,149,050 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** OmniVision Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- OmniVision Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,292) developed by Weihua Xiong, Cupertino, Calif., and Jingtao Kuang, Sunnyvale, Calif., for an "automatic white balance using non-uniform averaging." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The specification disclosed embodiments of an apparatus comprising an automatic white balance (AWB) circuit coupled to a pixel array to transform red, green, and blue color data obtained from each pixel into x and y chromaticity values for each pixel, determine a distance between the Planckian locus and the x and y chromaticity values for each pixel, determine a weight for each pixel based on the distance between its x and y chromaticity values and the Planckian locus, determine red, green, and blue adjustments for each pixel using its weight, and apply a white balance adjustment to the red, green and blue values obtained from each pixel. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2008 (12/137,467). 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=8,149,292&OS=8,149,292&RS=8,149,292 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Integration of Audio Conference Bridge with Video Multipoint Control Unit ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,261) developed by Shantanu Sarkar, San Jose, Calif., Randall B. Baird, Austin, Texas, and Stuart Asbury Taylor, San Jose, Calif., for an "integration of audio conference bridge with video multipoint control unit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a system includes a video multipoint control unit (MCU) and an audio conferencing bridge, the audio conferencing bridge being operable to receive audio streams from audio-only and video endpoints, and to negotiate video sessions between each of the video endpoints and the video MCU. In response to detecting when one of the video endpoints is an active speaker, the audio conferencing bridge transmitting a dummy audio stream over a dummy audio channel from the audio conferencing bridge to the video MCU. The dummy audio stream causes the video MCU to switch an image in a video output stream. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure." The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2007 (11/652,433). 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=8,149,261&OS=8,149,261&RS=8,149,261 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. *** Bristol-Myers Squibb Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,148,332) developed by five co-inventors for a "method for treating a rheumatic disease using a soluble TLA4 molecule." The co-inventors are Robert Cohen, Newtown, Pa., Suzette Carr, Hopewell, N.J., David Hagerty, Cardiff by the Sea, Calif., Robert James Peach, San Diego, and Jean-Claude Becker, Princeton, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating rheumatic diseases, such as psoriasis arthropathica, by administering to a subject a CTLA4 molecule that block endogenous B7 molecules from binding their ligands." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2011 (13/191,923). 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=8,148,332.PN.&OS=PN/8,148,332&RS=PN/8,148,332 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Clorox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Clorox, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,148,312) developed by four co-inventors for a "method of treating a substrate with stable bleaches with coloring agents." The co-inventors are Thomas W. Kaaret, Alamo, Calif., Darin K. Griffith, Chattanooga, Tenn., Klein A. Rodrigues, Signal Mountain, Tenn., and William L. Smith, Pleasanton, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides an aqueous bleaching solution for substrate treatment comprising a source of oxidant and a suspended polymer matrix having a plurality of optically functional particles associated with one or more copolymers present in the polymer matrix. The plurality of optically functional particles are associated with the copolymer during polymerization of at least one hydrophobic and at least one hydrophilic monomer so as to form a polymer matrix useful to impart an aqueous bleaching solution with optically functional properties providing a benefit to the solutions during storage, use and application to substrates for treatment. In accordance with various embodiments of the invention, the suspended polymer matrix forms a substantially stable dispersion of the optically functional particles in the aqueous bleaching solution, and provides compositions, methods and kits for employing aqueous bleaching solutions having optically functional properties that are maintained over substantially long storage times." The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2011 (13/237,817). 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=8,148,312.PN.&OS=PN/8,148,312&RS=PN/8,148,312 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** TDK, Headway Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- TDK, Tokyo, and Headway Technologies, Milpitas, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,149,653) developed by ten co-inventors for a "light source unit for thermally-assisted magnetic recording capable of monitoring of light output." The co-inventors are Koji Shimazawa, Tokyo, Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, Tokyo, Seiichi Takayama, Tokyo, Nobuyuki Mori, Tokyo, Yasuhiro Ito, Tokyo, Kosuke Tanaka, Tokyo, Osamu Shindo, Tokyo, Ryuji Fujii, Shatin, China, Takashi Honda, Shatin, China, and Yoshitaka Sasaki, Milpitas, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided is a light source unit that is to be joined to a slider to form a thermally-assisted magnetic recording head. The light source unit comprises: a unit substrate having a source-installation surface; a light source provided in the source-installation surface and emitting thermal-assist light; and a photodetector bonded to a rear joining surface of the unit substrate in such a manner that a rear light-emission center of the light source is covered with a light-receiving surface of the photodetector. The photodetector can be sufficiently close to the light source; thus, constant feedback adjustment with high efficiency for the light output of the light source can be performed. This adjustment enables light output from the light source to be controlled in response to changes in light output due to surroundings and to changes with time to stabilize the intensity of light with which a magnetic recording medium is irradiated." The patent application was filed on March 22, 2010 (12/728,510). 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=8,149,653.PN.&OS=PN/8,149,653&RS=PN/8,149,653 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Applied Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,148,269) developed by eight co-inventors for a "boron nitride and boron-nitride derived materials deposition method." The co-inventors are Mihaela Balseanu, Sunnyvale, Calif., Christopher D. Bencher, San Jose, Calif., Yongmei Chen, San Jose, Calif., Li Yan Miao, San Francisco, Victor Nguyen, Novato, Calif., Isabelita Roflox, Union City, Calif., Li-Qun Xia, Cupertino, Calif., and Derek R. Witty, Fremont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus are provided to form spacer materials adjacent substrate structures. In one embodiment, a method is provided for processing a substrate including placing a substrate having a substrate structure adjacent a substrate surface in a deposition chamber, depositing a spacer layer on the substrate structure and substrate surface, and etching the spacer layer to expose the substrate structure and a portion of the substrate surface, wherein the spacer layer is disposed adjacent the substrate structure. The spacer layer may comprise a boron nitride material. The spacer layer may comprise a base spacer layer and a liner layer, and the spacer layer may be etched in a two-step etching process." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2009 (12/415,759). 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=8,148,269.PN.&OS=PN/8,148,269&RS=PN/8,148,269 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SanDisk 3D Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- SanDisk 3D, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,148,230) developed by Vance Dunton, San Jose, Calif., Raghuveer S. Makala, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Michael Chan, Mountain View, Calif., for a "method of making damascene diodes using selective etching methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of making a semiconductor device includes providing an insulating layer containing a plurality of openings, forming a first conductivity type semiconductor layer in the plurality of openings, forming a second conductivity type semiconductor layer over the first conductivity type semiconductor layer in the plurality of openings, and selectively etching the second conductivity type semiconductor layer using an upper surface of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer as a stop to form a recess in the plurality of openings." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2010 (12/656,306). 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=8,148,230.PN.&OS=PN/8,148,230&RS=PN/8,148,230 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Pfizer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6 -- Pfizer, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,148,331) developed by eight co-inventors for a "method for the preparation of growth hormone and antagonist thereof having lower levels of isoform impurities thereof." The co-inventors are Anurag S. Rathore, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Stephen B. Lyle, Marcellus, Mich., David E. Steinmeyer, Clarkson Valley, Mo., Scott I. Allen, St. Peters, Mo., John Meyer, Ellisville, Mo., Denis M. Boyle, Marthasville, Mo., John J. Buckley, Ofallon, Mo., and Gary V. Johnson, St. Charles, Mo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed generally to recombinant methods for making a desired polypeptide. These method(s) yield a polypeptide product containing reduced levels of isoform impurities thereof. In particular, the present invention is directed to (1) a recombinant method for preparing growth hormone with reduced isoform impurities thereof and (2) a recombinant method for preparing a growth hormone antagonist, such as pegvisomant, and its protein intermediate, also having reduced isoform impurities thereof. More specif 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. -1081477 (c) 2012 Targeted News Service |