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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (May 11)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado.
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Particle Measuring Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- Particle Measuring Systems, Boulder, Colo., has been Assigned a patent (8,174,697) developed by four co-inventors for "non-orthogonal particle detection systems and methods." The co-inventors are John Mitchell, Broomfield, Colo., Jon Sandberg, Erie, Colo., Karen R. Sandberg legal representative, Shelton, Wash., and Dwight A. Sehler, Longmont, Colo.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described herein is a particle detection system capable of spatially resolving the interaction of particles with a beam of electromagnetic radiation. Using a specific electromagnetic beam cross sectional shape and orientation, the detection sensitivity of a particle detection system can be improved. Also provided are methods for detecting and sizing particles in a manner that has low background signal and allows for spatially resolving the scattering or emission of electromagnetic radiation from particles."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2011 (13/245,366). 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=8,174,697&OS=8,174,697&RS=8,174,697
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Low Power, Single Poly EEPROM Cell with Voltage Divider
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been Assigned a patent (8,174,884) developed by Harvey J. Stiegler, Plano, Texas, Allan T. Mitchell, Heath, Texas, and Robert N. Rountree, Cotopaxi, Colo., for a "low power, single poly EEPROM cell with voltage divider."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM) memory array (FIGS. 7 and 8) is disclosed. The memory array includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in rows and columns. Each memory cell has a switch (806) coupled to receive a first program voltage (PGMDATA) and a first select signal (ROWSEL). A voltage divider (804) is coupled in series with the switch. A sense transistor (152) has a sense control terminal (156) and a current path coupled between an output terminal (108) and a reference terminal (110). A first capacitor (154) has a first terminal coupled to the switch and a second terminal coupled to the sense control terminal. An access transistor (716) has a control terminal coupled to receive a read signal (721), and a current path coupled between the output terminal and a bit line (718)."
The patent application was filed on July 20, 2010 (12/804,395). 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=8,174,884&OS=8,174,884&RS=8,174,884
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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LSI Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Circular Buffering Control in a Memory Device
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been Assigned a patent (8,174,912) developed by Robert W. Warren, Loveland, Colo., for "systems and methods for circular buffering control in a memory device."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and circuits for memories and utilization thereof. As one example, memory devices are disclosed that include a plurality of non-volatile memory blocks, and a memory write circuit. The memory write circuit is operable to write subsets of the plurality of non-volatile memory blocks at locations identified by a pointer, and to update the pointer to implement a circular buffer in the plurality of non-volatile memory blocks. In some cases, the non-volatile memory blocks are flash memory blocks."
The patent application was filed on May 5, 2010 (12/774,055). 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=8,174,912&OS=8,174,912&RS=8,174,912
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Wireless Enable/disable Locking System
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been Assigned a patent (8,174,837) developed by four co-inventors for a "wireless enable/disable locking system." The co-inventors are Mark S. Tracy, Tomball, Texas, Paul J. Doczy, Cypress, Texas, Jonathan R. Harris, Cypress, Texas, and L. Joy Griebenow, Windsor, Colo.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless enable/disable locking system comprises a locking element configured to physically cooperate with a switch, the switch for enabling/disabling a wireless communication capability of a device, to lock the wireless communication state of the switch to either enabled or disabled."
The patent application was filed on April 27, 2007 (11/796,251). 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=8,174,837&OS=8,174,837&RS=8,174,837
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Agere Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- Agere Systems, Allentown, Pa., has been Assigned a patent (8,174,784) developed by Jeffrey P. Grundvig, Loveland, Colo., Richard Rauschmayer, Longmont, Colo., and Timothy T. Ding, Saratoga, Calif., for "systems and methods for inter-location control of storage access."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for controlling access to a magnetic storage medium. As one example, a method for controlling access to a magnetic storage medium is disclosed that includes providing a location count indicating a location between a portion of a first servo data sector of a magnetic storage media and a portion of a second servo data sector of the magnetic storage media, and asserting an enable window signal based upon the location count."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2007 (12/527,311). 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=8,174,784&OS=8,174,784&RS=8,174,784
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Round Rock Research Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatuses to Secure Data Transmission in RFID Systems
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- Round Rock Research, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,174,362) developed by John R. Tuttle, Boulder, Colo., for "methods and apparatuses to secure data transmission in RFID systems."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatuses to secure data transmission in a radio frequency identification (RFID) system against eavesdropping, using multiple communication channels. In one embodiment, a method includes communicating key information and cipher text generated based on the key information, or plain text, using a plurality of different, distinct and separate communication channels connected to an RFID tag."
The patent application was filed on March 6, 2008 (12/043,771). 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=8174362.PN.&OS=PN/8174362&RS=PN/8174362
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Vivant Medical Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- Vivant Medical, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,174,267) developed by Joseph D. Brannan, Erie, Colo., and Joseph A. Paulus, Louisville, Colo., for an "intermittent microwave energy delivery system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An intermittent microwave energy delivery system for use in testing microwave energy systems and devices and for use in performing medical procedures including a microwave energy source configured to provide a continuous microwave energy signal, an energy delivery network configured to intermittently transmit a portion of the continuous microwave energy signal, a resistive load configured to dissipate the microwave energy signal; and a switching network configured to switch the continuous microwave energy signal between the microwave energy network and the resistive load. The continuous microwave energy signal is time proportioned between the energy delivery network and the resistive load."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/242,061). 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=8174267.PN.&OS=PN/8174267&RS=PN/8174267
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Veroscan Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- Veroscan, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,174,366) developed by four co-inventors for an "interrogator and interrogation system employing the same." The co-inventors are John P. Volpi, Garland, Texas, Logan Scott, Breckenridge, Colo., Wallace A. Kluck, Richardson, Texas, and David W. Hensley, Dallas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An interrogator, methods of discerning the presence of an object, and interrogation systems employing the same. In one embodiment, the interrogation systems include multiple interrogators that communicate with a base command unit to track a location of an object. In another embodiment wherein the object is an RFID object (e.g., an object with an RFID tag), the interrogators employ signal processing techniques such as precharging the RFID object, and correlating a reference code with a reply code from the RFID object using selected techniques to increase a sensitivity of the interrogator, especially for adverse environments. In other embodiments, the interrogation systems include variations of metal instruments and sponges employed therewith. In yet another embodiment, the interrogation system includes metal interrogators capable of discerning the presence of a metal object, especially in a presence of another metal object."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2007 (11/838,091). 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=8174366.PN.&OS=PN/8174366&RS=PN/8174366
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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NuVasive Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- NuVasive, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,172,750) developed by eight co-inventors for a "surgical access system and related methods." The co-inventors are Patrick Miles, San Diego, Scot Martinelli, San Diego, Eric Finley, San Diego, James Gharib, San Diego, Allen Farquhar, San Diego, Norbert Kaula, Arvada, Colo., Jeffrey Blewett, San Diego, and Goretti Medeiros, Plantsville, Conn.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue refraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site."
The patent application was filed on March 17, 2010 (12/725,685). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,172,750.PN.&OS=PN/8,172,750&RS=PN/8,172,750
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Avaya Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,175,254) developed by four co-inventors for a "prediction of threshold exceptions based on real time operating information." The co-inventors are Hongguang Li, Broomfield, Colo., Henry R. Paddock, Boulder, Colo., Lynn R. Smith, Westminster, Colo., and Katherine R. Sobus, Wilmington, Del.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A contact center includes a real time threshold prediction module that determines that a selected performance measure will, during a future time interval, likely cross a selected threshold and, in response, performs at least one of the following operations: (i) determines, for the likely crossing of the selected threshold, a consequence in a selected service level agreement and determines a set of corrective actions to reduce a likelihood that the selected performance measure will cross the selected threshold."
The patent application was filed on April 23, 2009 (12/429,032). 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=8,175,254&OS=8,175,254&RS=8,175,254
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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ALIO Industries Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- ALIO Industries, Wheat Ridge, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,174,154) developed by Clement William Hennessey, Golden, Colo., and Nathan Lyons Brown, Littleton, Colo., for an "air bushing linear stage system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A linear stage system is provided. The linear stage system includes a base, a carriage plate, a first shaft, a first air bushing coupled to the base, a first motor coupled to the base and the carriage plate, and a first position encoder. The first air bushing is configured to support the carriage plate via the first shaft, wherein the first air bushing utilizes the first shaft as a guide surface and is configured to support positioning of the carriage plate along an axis. The first motor is configured to create a linear motion parallel to the axis in a first motor element coupled to the carriage plate to position the carriage plate along the axis in response to a first control signal. The first position encoder is configured to determine a position of the carriage plate relative to the base."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2009 (12/604,062). 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=8,174,154&OS=8,174,154&RS=8,174,154
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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LSI Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,175,201) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for adaptive equalization in recording channels." The co-inventors are George Mathew, San Jose, Calif., Yuan Xing Lee, San Jose, Calif., Hongwei Song, Longmont, Colo., Liu Jingfeng, Longmont, Colo., and Jongseung Park, Allentown, Pa.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for performing adaptive equalization. For example, various embodiments of the present invention provide methods for adaptive equalization that include providing a data processing system with an equalizer circuit (210) and a target filter circuit (265). The equalizer circuit performs equalization based at least in part on an equalizer coefficient (215). The methods further include generating an error (285) based upon a first output from the equalizer circuit and a second output from the target filter circuit. An inter-symbol interference component (295) is extracted from the error (285) and used to calculate an equalizer gradient (226). Based at least in part on the equalizer gradient (226), the equalizer coefficient (215) is calculated."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2008 (12/663,325). 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=8,175,201&OS=8,175,201&RS=8,175,201
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Therapyzone Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- Therapyzone, Centennial, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,172,727) developed by David Berman, Golden, Colo., and Lee F. Spieker, Littleton, Colo., for an "exercise handle and methods of use."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An exercise handle for use with a cord and a method for the use thereof, the handle having a channel portion having at least two channel ends that are positioned non-diametrically relative to each other on the channel portion, the channel portion being rounded relative to a center point; a channel being fashioned on the channel portion, the channel being adapted to receive the cord; a grip portion being positioned between the at least two channel portion ends in an off-center relationship to the center point of the channel portion."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2010 (12/905,864). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,172,727.PN.&OS=PN/8,172,727&RS=PN/8,172,727
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Atmel Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- Atmel, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,174,099) developed by Ken Lam, Colorado Springs, Colo., for a "leadless package with internally extended package leads."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A DFN package includes internally extended package leads. One or more package pads are physically and electrically extended from a first edge of the package to a second, opposite edge of the package. These extended package leads can terminate at the edges of the leadframe. The package pads and the extended package leads where the IC die is attached can have full leadframe thickness. Other extended package lead features can have a reduced leadframe thickness (e.g., about half the leadframe thickness). Leadframe features can be physically and electrically connected to a tie-bar feature which can be an integral part of a leadframe matrix. The tie-bar can stabilize the leadframe features during assembly. The tie-bar can also provide electrical connectivity for post assembly leadframe plating. The tie-bar can be removed during package singulation by sawing or punching techniques to free the leadframe features both physically and electrically."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2008 (12/191,188). 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=8,174,099&OS=8,174,099&RS=8,174,099
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Alliance for Sustainable Energy Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Golden, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,174,136) developed by Kathryn E. Johnson, Boulder, Colo., and Lee Jay Fingersh, Westminster, Colo., for an "adaptive pitch control for variable speed wind turbines."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An adaptive method for adjusting blade pitch angle, and controllers implementing such a method, for achieving higher power coefficients. Average power coefficients are determined for first and second periods of operation for the wind turbine. When the average power coefficient for the second time period is larger than for the first, a pitch increment, which may be generated based on the power coefficients, is added (or the sign is retained) to the nominal pitch angle value for the wind turbine. When the average power coefficient for the second time period is less than for the first, the pitch increment is subtracted (or the sign is changed). A control signal is generated based on the adapted pitch angle value and sent to blade pitch actuators that act to change the pitch angle of the wind turbine to the new or modified pitch angle setting, and this process is iteratively performed."
The patent application was filed on April 26, 2006 (11/816,455). 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=8,174,136&OS=8,174,136&RS=8,174,136
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Zonit Structured Solutions Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 11 -- Zonit Structured Solutions, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,174,149) developed by Steve Chapel, Iliff, Colo., and William Pachoud, Boulder, Colo., for an auto-switching duplex module.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method ("utility") for providing power to an electrically powered device from alternate, redundant power sources via a single power cord. The utility is operable to provide redundant power to an electrical device having a power cord terminating in a standard plug. The utility is operable to sense a loss of power quality from one power source, and to switch a connection to another power source in response to the loss. The utility may be configured to match the form factor of a standard (e.g., NEMA or other electrical standard) duplex receptacle unit. The utility may be incorporated into a standard outlet box or may plug into a standard outlet box."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2009 (12/569,745). 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=8,174,149&OS=8,174,149&RS=8,174,149
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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