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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Illinois (Feb. 8)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Illinois. *** Monsanto Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Monsanto Technology, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,367,907) developed by Donald L. Bockelman, Monmouth, Ill., for "plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH572389." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH572389. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH572389, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH572389 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH572389." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2010 (12/775,907). 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=8,367,907&OS=8,367,907&RS=8,367,907 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Monsanto Technology Assigned Patent for Plants and Seeds of Corn Variety CV774864 ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Monsanto Technology, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,367,906) developed by Donald Bockelman, Monmouth, Ill., for "plants and seeds of corn variety CV774864." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV774864. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV774864, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV774864 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV774864 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV774864." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2010 (12/775,682). 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=8,367,906&OS=8,367,906&RS=8,367,906 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Emerson Network Power Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Emerson Network Power, Warrenville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,369,679) developed by George I. Wakileh, Batavia, Ill., Eduardo Leon, Woodridge, Ill., and Simon Shen-Meng Chen, Palatine, Ill., for a switched grounding assemblies. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An assembly including a ground bar for coupling to a ground, a conductive contact for electrically connecting a wire to the ground bar, and a switch for selectively disconnecting the conductive contact from the ground bar to thereby selectively disconnect the wire from the ground bar when the wire is electrically connected to the conductive contact. The assembly may include a plurality of conductive contacts and a plurality of switches for selectively disconnecting an associated conductive contact from the ground bar. A method of using an assembly having a ground bar, a conductive contact, and a switch includes electrically connecting a wire to the conductive contact, and actuating the switch to selectively disconnect the conductive contact from the ground bar to thereby selectively disconnect the wire from the ground bar without electrically disconnecting the wire from the conductive contact." The patent application was filed on Sept. 4, 2009 (12/554,375). 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=8,369,679&OS=8,369,679&RS=8,369,679 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Ford Global Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,368,336) developed by Shailesh Shrikant Kozarekar, Novi, Mich., and Terri Wrobel, Naperville, Ill., for a "vehicle system for controlling motor torque." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A vehicle having a vehicle system is provided with a motor having a housing and a stator. The motor is configured to provide motor torque for vehicle propulsion. The vehicle system is also provided with at least one controller that is configured to receive input indicative of at least one of the housing temperature and the stator temperature, and control the motor torque based on a comparison of the input to predetermined thermal data." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2011 (13/329,635). 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=8,368,336&OS=8,368,336&RS=8,368,336 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Monsanto Technology Assigned Patent for Plants and Seeds of Corn Variety CV969822 ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Monsanto Technology, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,367,902) developed by Belgin Cukadar, Springfield, Ill., for "plants and seeds of corn variety CV969822." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV969822. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV969822, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV969822 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV969822 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV969822." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2010 (12/771,299). 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=8,367,902&OS=8,367,902&RS=8,367,902 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Monsanto Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Monsanto Technology, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,367,914) developed by Walter L. Trevisan, Dekalb, Ill., for "plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH694532." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH694532. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH694532, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH694532 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH694532." The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2011 (13/025,139). 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=8,367,914&OS=8,367,914&RS=8,367,914 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Monsanto Technology Assigned Patent for Plants and Seeds of Hybrid Corn Variety CH226366 ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Monsanto Technology, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,367,905) developed by Belgin Cukadar, Springfield, Ill., for "plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH226366." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH226366. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH226366, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH226366 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH226366." The patent application was filed on May 5, 2010 (12/774,630). 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=8,367,905&OS=8,367,905&RS=8,367,905 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Abbott Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,368,009) developed by five co-inventors for a "device for use in normalizing readings on a testing machine." The co-inventors are Paul A. Matuszewski, Wauconda, Ill., Omar S. Khalil, Chicago, Kurt M. Klosterman, Gurnee, Ill., James L. Dempski, Green Oaks, Ill., and Jose Pioquinto, Round Lake, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An example optic module verification device for use in periodic normalization of a testing machine used to test samples in wells is disclosed. The example testing machine includes a plurality of photon counters that each count photons emitted from different wells. The example verification device includes a plurality of verification wells located so as to each be associated with one of the photon counters when used in the testing machine. The example device also includes a photon emitter in each verification well, each photon emitter including a C.sub.14 source, a scintillator adjacent the C.sub.14 source, and a filter over the scintillator. The example photon emitters each have a determined initial base value for emitted photons, and each photon emitter is positioned in its verification well to emit photons through the filter to the associated photon counter when used in the testing machine." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2012 (13/465,408). 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=8,368,009&OS=8,368,009&RS=8,368,009 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Primex Wireless Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Primex Wireless, Lake Geneva, Wis., has been assigned a patent (8,369,186) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method of increasing battery life of a timekeeping device." The co-inventors are Derek J. Brykowski, Crystal Lake, Ill., Terrence J. O'Neill, Lake Geneva, Wis., Vince Guarna, Mundelein, Israel, and John Hill, Lake Villa, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems of extending battery life of remote battery-operated timekeeping devices by minimizing the number of required synchronizations per unit of time needed to maintain a predetermined accuracy of the devices. The number of synchronizations are minimized by first calculating a time error rate between the remote timekeeping device and a master device over a sample period. Then, a synchronization is delayed and the remote timekeeping device is compensated based on the time error rate. The compensation delays the need for a synchronization yet maintains the predetermined accuracy of the remote timekeeping device. In some embodiments, the remote timekeeping device is compensated and multiple synchronizations are delayed before a new synchronization is necessary to maintain the predetermined accuracy." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2011 (12/685,451). 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=8,369,186&OS=8,369,186&RS=8,369,186 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Skorpios Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Skorpios Technologies, Albuquerque, N.M., has been assigned a patent (8,368,995) developed by John Dallesasse, Geneva, Ill., Stephen B. Krasulick, Albuquerque, N.M., and William Kozlovsky, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "method and system for hybrid integration of an opto-electronic integrated circuit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An opto-electronic integrated circuit (OEIC) includes an SOI substrate, a set of composite optical transmitters, a set of composite optical receivers, and control electronics disposed in the substrate and electrically coupled to the set of composite optical transmitters and receivers. Each of the composite optical transmitters includes a gain medium including a compound semiconductor material and an optical modulator. Each of the composite optical receivers includes a waveguide disposed in the SOI substrate, an optical detector bonded to the SOI substrate, and a bonding region disposed between the SOI substrate and the optical detector. The bonding region includes a metal-assisted bond at a first portion of the bonding region and a direct semiconductor-semiconductor bond at a second portion of the bonding region. The OEIC also includes control electronics disposed in the SOI substrate and electrically coupled to the set of composite optical transmitters and the set of composite optical receivers." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2011 (13/076,205). 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=8,368,995&OS=8,368,995&RS=8,368,995 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intersil Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Intersil Americas, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,369,435) developed by Mark Fimoff, Hoffman Estates, Ill., Jinghua Jin, Palatine, Ill., and Jin H. Kim, Lake Zurich, Ill., for a "frame structure for a QAM system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A novel framing method for a variable net bit rate digital communications system that utilizes a set of different QAM constellations and punctured trellis code combinations, each combination designated as a mode. This frame structure has a variable integral number of QAM symbols per frame depending on the selected mode, but the number of bytes and Reed-Solomon packets per frame is constant. This is achieved even though the number of data bits per QAM symbol for some modes is fractional. Also the number of trellis coder puncture pattern cycles per frame is an integer for all modes. This arrangement simplifies the synchronization of receiver processing blocks such as the Viterbi decoder, de-randomizer, byte de-interleaver, and Reed-Solomon decoder." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2010 (12/698,037). 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=8,369,435.PN.&OS=PN/8,369,435&RS=PN/8,369,435 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Instrument Assigned Patent for Apparatus and System for Improving Image Quality ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- General Instrument, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,368,741) developed by Kevin W. Jelley, Lagrange, Ill., Ruei-Sung Lin, Schaumburg, Ill., and Bei Tang, Palatine, Ill., for an "apparatus and system for improving image quality." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and an apparatus for improving image quality of an object in video telephony are described. The apparatus comprises an image detection unit, an image alignment unit and an image fusion unit. A near infrared light source in the image detection unit illuminates the object, such that the object is front illuminated. An image sensor alongside the near infrared light source generates a near infrared image and a visible image. An image alignment unit aligns the near infrared image and the visible image. An image fusion unit fuses the aligned near infrared image and aligned visible image pair to form a composite image of the object. The composite image of the object has improved image quality, image detail, and a reduction in shadows." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2007 (11/769,002). 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=8,368,741&OS=8,368,741&RS=8,368,741 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hamilton Sundstrand Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Hamilton Sundstrand, Windsor Locks, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,368,497) developed by Debabrata Pal, Hoffman Estates, Ill., Mark W. Metzler, Davis, Ill., and Frank Z. Feng, Loves Park, Ill., for a "transformer assembly with enhanced air cooling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cooling system for a transformer comprises a fan duct and a housing which together enclose an interior space. A transformer located in the interior space is mounted on the fan duct, and has a plurality of core sections surrounded by windings and separated by gaps. An air channeling structure is located between the transformer and the fan duct. A cooling airflow path extends through the air channeling structure, and between core sections of the transformer." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2011 (13/050,509). 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=8,368,497.PN.&OS=PN/8,368,497&RS=PN/8,368,497 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Peregrine Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Peregrine Semiconductor, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,368,462) developed by four co-inventors for a "method, system, and apparatus for RF switching amplifier." The co-inventors are Vikas Sharma, Elgin, Ill., Jaroslaw Adamski, Streamwood, Ill., Neil Calanca, Crown Point, Ind., and Robert Broughton, Chester, N.H. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of RF switching amplifiers are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed." The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2010 (12/924,907). 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=8,368,462.PN.&OS=PN/8,368,462&RS=PN/8,368,462 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Chamberlain Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Chamberlain Group, Elmhurst, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,368,509) developed by James J. Fitzgibbon, Batavia, Ill., and Jeremy E. Jenkins, Bartlett, Ill., for an "apparatus and method for operating devices based upon vehicle detection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A movable barrier operator controls access to a secured area which houses vehicles. The movable barrier operator is operable to move a movable barrier from an open to a closed position. A sensor controls the operation of a service-providing device through the controller of a movable barrier operator or by direct communication to a controller for the service-providing device. The sensing device senses whether a vehicle is present in the secured area. The sensor is operatively connected to the moveable barrier operator and is used to control the operation of at least one service-providing device without necessarily effecting movement of a barrier by the movable barrier operator. Operation of the service-providing device is effected upon sensing whether a vehicle is present in the secured area to effect an operation of the service-providing device." The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2010 (12/703,530). 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=8,368,509.PN.&OS=PN/8,368,509&RS=PN/8,368,509 Written by Kusum Sangma; 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. -1113736 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |