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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Oregon (Jan. 24)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Oregon. *** Sharp Laboratories of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,359,125) developed by Daniel J. Park, Beaverton, Ore., for an "energy management system to reduce the loss of excess energy generation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and devices for, and methods of, adaptive local energy storage capacity by changing operating set points of regulated energy load devices based on the presence, or absence, of an excess of available, generated energy." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2010 (12/817,468). 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=8,359,125&OS=8,359,125&RS=8,359,125 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Northwestern University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,359,173) developed by four co-inventors for "system and methods for dynamic power estimation for a digital circuit." The co-inventors are Khalil DiaaEldin, Portland, Ore., Ismail Yehea, Morton Grove, Ill., Sinha Debjit, Wappinger Falls, N.Y., and Zhou Hai, Glenview, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for dynamic timing-dependent power estimation for a digital circuit having coupled interconnects and at least two gates. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of capturing information on relative switching activities and timing dependence for the coupled interconnects in the digital circuit, estimating the probabilities associated with switching activities and timing dependence for each gate in the digital circuit from the captured information, and obtaining dynamic power estimation of the digital circuit from the estimations of the probabilities." The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2008 (12/267,472). 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=8,359,173&OS=8,359,173&RS=8,359,173 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Electro Scientific Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Electro Scientific Industries, Portland, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,358,671) developed by six co-inventors for a "photonic clock stabilized laser comb processing." The co-inventors are Brian W. Baird, Oregon City, Ore., Kelly J. Bruland, Portland, Ore., Clint R. Vandergiessen, Beaverton, Ore., Mark A. Unrath, Portland, Ore., Brady Nilsen, Beaverton, Ore., and Steve Swaringen, Rockwall, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Processing a workpiece with a laser includes generating laser pulses at a first pulse repetition frequency. The first pulse repetition frequency provides reference timing for coordination of a beam positioning system and one or more cooperating beam position compensation elements to align beam delivery coordinates relative to the workpiece. The method also includes, at a second pulse repetition frequency that is lower than the first pulse repetition frequency, selectively amplifying a subset of the laser pulses. The selection of the laser pulses included in the subset is based on the first pulse repetition frequency and position data received from the beam positioning system. The method further includes adjusting the beam delivery coordinates using the one or more cooperating beam position compensation elements so as to direct the amplified laser pulses to selected targets on the workpiece." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2011 (13/186,323). 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=83,58,671.PN.&OS=PN/83,58,671&RS=PN/83,58,671 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,359,037) developed by Shantidev Mohanty, Santa Clara, Calif., Muthaiah Venkatachalam, Beaverton, Ore., and Shailender Timiri, Vancouver, Wash., for an adaptive sleep area. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for determining a sleep area of a sleep group in a wireless communications network based on a value of a dynamically changing communication characteristic. In various embodiments, a sleep area may be determined to reduce resource use in a wireless communication network supporting a sleep mode of a mobile station. In one embodiment, the sleep area may be determined based on a speed of a mobile station." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2008 (12/165,438). 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=8,359,037.PN.&OS=PN/8,359,037&RS=PN/8,359,037 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** FEI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- FEI, Hillsboro, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,358,832) developed by Richard J. Young, Beaverton, Ore., Chad Rue, Portland, Ore., and Peter D. Carleson, Hillsboro, Ore., for a "high accuracy beam placement for local area navigation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved method of high accuracy beam placement for local area navigation in the field of semiconductor chip manufacturing. This invention demonstrates a method where high accuracy navigation to the site of interest within a relatively large local area (e.g. an area 200 .mu.m.times.200 .mu.m) is possible even where the stage/navigation system is not normally capable of such high accuracy navigation. The combination of large area, high-resolution scanning, digital zoom and registration of the image to an idealized coordinate system enables navigation around a local area without relying on stage movements. Once the image is acquired any sample or beam drift will not affect the alignment. Preferred embodiments thus allow accurate navigation to a site on a sample with sub-100 nm accuracy, even without a high-accuracy stage/navigation system." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2011 (13/285,229). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,358,832&OS=8,358,832&RS=8,358,832 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Bidirectional Power Management Techniques ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,358,107) developed by Don J. Nguyen, Portland, Ore., for a "bidirectional power management techniques." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Power management techniques are disclosed. For instance, an apparatus may include a bidirectional voltage converter circuit, and a control module that selectively operates the bidirectional voltage converter circuit in a charging mode and a delivery mode. The charging mode converts a voltage provided by an interface (e.g., a USB interface) into a charging voltage employed by an energy storage module (e.g., a rechargeable battery). Conversely, the delivery mode converts a voltage provided by the energy storage module into a voltage employed by the interface." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2007 (11/967,314). 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=8,358,107&OS=8,358,107&RS=8,358,107 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,358,112) developed by six co-inventors for a "multiphase transformer for a multiphase DC-DC converter." The co-inventors are Gerhard Schrom, Hillsboro, Ore., Peter Hazucha, Beaverton, Ore., Jaeseo Lee, Los Angeles, Fabrice Paillet, Hillsboro, Ore., Tanay Karnik, Portland, Ore., and Vivek De, Beaverton, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multiphase DC-DC converter is provided that includes a multiphase transformer, the multiphase transformer including a plurality of input voltage terminals and an transformer output voltage terminal, each input voltage terminal associated with a corresponding phase. Each phase is assigned to an input voltage terminal of the plurality of input voltage terminals to minimize a ripple current at the input voltage terminals of the multiphase transformer." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2009 (12/405,136). 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=8,358,112&OS=8,358,112&RS=8,358,112 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1111994 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |