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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (March 5)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Paintball Ejecting Apparatuses and Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Dong Thanh Nguyen, Rowlett, Texas, has developed a patent (8,381,710) for "paintball ejecting apparatuses and methods therefore." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Paintball ejecting apparatus having a body, a breech, and a barrel for ejecting paintballs through and out of the barrel is disclosed. There are included a paintball reservoir disposed in an other-than-top-of-body position and a paintball conduit coupling the paintball reservoir to the breech for facilitating transport of paintballs from the paintball reservoir to the breech. There is also included a paintball transport arrangement having an actuator to move paintballs toward the breech, the paintball transport arrangement automatically moves at least a first paintball from the paintball conduit into the breech if the breech is empty and open for receiving the at least first paintball, the paintball transport arrangement automatically ceasing moving another paintball into the breech after the at least first paintball is disposed in the breech." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2010 (12/962,400). 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=83,81,710.PN.&OS=PN/83,81,710&RS=PN/83,81,710 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Conceptual Mindworks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Conceptual Mindworks, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,383,036) developed by four co-inventors for "methods for neutralizing anthrax or anthrax spores." The co-inventors are Mark A. Sloan, Spring Branch, Texas, Jeevalatha Vivekananda, San Antonio, Eric A. Holwitt, San Antonio, and Johnathan L. Kiel, Universal City, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention concerns methods, compositions and apparatus for neutralizing bioagents, wherein bioagents comprise biowarfare agents, biohazardous agents, biological agents and/or infectious agents. The methods comprise exposing the bioagent to an organic semiconductor and exposing the bioagent and organic semiconductor to a source of energy. Although any source of energy is contemplated, in some embodiments the energy comprises visible light, ultraviolet, infrared, radiofrequency, microwave, laser radiation, pulsed corona discharge or electron beam radiation. Exemplary organic semiconductors include DAT and DALM. In certain embodiments, the organic semiconductor may be attached to one or more binding moieties, such as an antibody, antibody fragment, or nucleic acid ligand. Preferably, the binding moiety has a binding affinity for one or more bioagents to be neutralized. Other embodiments concern an apparatus comprising an organic semiconductor and an energy source. In preferred embodiments, the methods, compositions and apparatus are used for neutralizing anthrax spores." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2010 (12/973,681). 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=8,383,036&OS=8,383,036&RS=8,383,036 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Lennox Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Lennox Industries, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,382,003) developed by Wojciech Grohman, Little Elm, Texas, for a "method and system for controlling a modulating air conditioning system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for effecting cooperation between a modulating air conditioning system and a two-stage thermostat for satisfying an air conditioning load demand in a conditioned space includes: (a) operating the thermostat in a plurality of succeeding operating cycles to issue a first call signal or a second call signal indicating a first or second stage operation by the air conditioning system; the first and second stage operation being effected according to a first operating regimen to satisfy the air conditioning load demand; (b) operating the air conditioning system in response to the first and second call signals; the air conditioning system operating at a first power level when receiving the first call signal and operating at a predetermined second power level when receiving the second call signal; the first power level being established by the air conditioning system according a second operating regimen." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2007 (11/944,225). 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=8,382,003&OS=8,382,003&RS=8,382,003 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Packer with Non-extrusion Ring ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Max White, Arlington, Texas, has developed a patent (8,381,809) for a "packer with non-extrusion ring." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide a packer for use within a conduit, such as casing, having a non-extrusion ring. The non-extrusion ring is comprised of hard segments and an elastic matrix." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2012 (13/436,586). 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=83,81,809.PN.&OS=PN/83,81,809&RS=PN/83,81,809 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** DeviceFidelity Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- DeviceFidelity, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,381,999) developed by Deepak Jain, Garland, Texas, for a "selectively switching antennas of transaction cards." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for selectively switching antennas of transaction cards. In some implementations, a method includes physically interfacing a card with a mobile host device including a Graphical User Interface (GUI). The card executes wireless financial transactions independent of the mobile host device. User credentials used to execute financial transactions with retail terminals are stored. Information is presented through the GUI of the mobile host device. An antenna of the card is selectively switched between an activate state and an inactive state in response to at least an event." The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2012 (13/367,022). 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=8,381,999&OS=8,381,999&RS=8,381,999 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas Inventors Develop Patent for Medical Tubing Stabilization Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Jonathon Sedrick Jundt, Houston, and Cheryl Lewis Jundt, Houston, have developed a patent (8,381,731) for a "medical tubing stabilization device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A medical stabilization device that directs medical tubing onto a compressible foam block where it is attached and stabilized to the patient's body allowing it to be secured against excessive movement, tube dislodgement and positioned in a time efficient manner to prevent obstruction of patient treatment." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2010 (12/762,201). 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=83,81,731.PN.&OS=PN/83,81,731&RS=PN/83,81,731 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** R&T Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- R&T Enterprises, Springfield, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,382,001) developed by Kathryn M. Heiney, Wimberley, Texas, Desire DuBounet, Budapest, Hungary, and Melissa M. Rogers, Austin, Texas, for an "apparatus and method for repelling an undesired species from a subject species." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A pest management apparatus includes a machine readable storage medium such as a magnetic strip. The machine readable storage medium embeds trivector data indicative of a composite trivector signature. The composite trivector signature is derived from first and second trivector signatures. The first and second trivector signatures are indicative of first and second electromagnetic fields characteristic of first and second species respectively. The composite trivector signature may be derived by summing the first trivector signature and an inverse of the second trivector signature. The machine readable storage medium may have a plurality of tracks and one or more of the tracks may include a portion of the trivector data. The magnetic strip may include three tracks, each storing a component of the trivector data. The presence of each data component within its respective track generates a magnetic field and the cumulative effect of the three fields approximates the composite trivector field." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2010 (12/705,557). 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=8,382,001&OS=8,382,001&RS=8,382,001 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,381,844) developed by Oliver Matthews III, Spring, Texas, David A. Stockey, The Woodlands, Texas, and Redd H. Smith, The Woodlands, Texas, for an "earth-boring tools and components thereof and related methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Earth-boring drill bits include a bit body, an element having an attachment feature bonded to the bit body, and a shank assembly. Methods for assembling an earth-boring rotary drill bit include bonding a threaded element to the bit body of a drill bit and engaging the shank assembly to the threaded element. A nozzle assembly for an earth-boring rotary drill bit may include a cylindrical sleeve having a threaded surface and a threaded nozzle disposed at least partially in the cylindrical sleeve and engaged therewith. Methods of forming an earth-boring drill bit include providing a nozzle assembly including a tubular sleeve and nozzle at least partially within a nozzle port of a bit body." The patent application was filed on April 23, 2009 (12/429,059). 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=8,381,844&OS=8,381,844&RS=8,381,844 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Shell Oil Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Shell Oil, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,381,815) developed by John Michael Karanikas, Houston, and Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, Texas, for a "production from multiple zones of a tar sands formation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for treating a tar sands formation includes providing heat to at least part of a hydrocarbon layer in the formation from a plurality of heaters located in the formation. The heat is allowed to transfer from the heaters to at least a portion of the formation. Fluids are produced from the formation through at least one production well that is located in at least two zones in the formation. The first zone has an initial permeability of at least 1 darcy. The second zone has an initial of at most 0.1 darcy. The two zones are separated by a substantially impermeable barrier." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2008 (12/106,008). 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=8,381,815&OS=8,381,815&RS=8,381,815 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Hand Tool for Assembling and Disassembling Workpieces ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Kyle Roppolo, Long View, Texas, has developed a patent (8,381,622) for a "hand tool for assembling and disassembling workpieces." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hand tool for assembling and disassembling a plurality of workpieces is provided. The hand tool comprises a pair of handle members, a pair of intermediate members pivotally coupled to the pair of handle members, a pair of jaw members pivotally coupled to the pair of intermediate members, a spring member mounted between the pair of handle members, and a locking mechanism configured on the pair of handle members. Accordingly, upon applying a grasping force to the pair of handle members, the spring member is compressed and the pair of intermediate members converge towards each other thereby allowing the pair of jaw members to grasp the at least a portion of the workpiece therebetween for assembling and disassembling the plurality of workpieces. Further, upon grasping the at least a portion of the workpiece, the pair of handle members are held in a locked state by the locking mechanism." The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2009 (12/537,730). 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=83,81,622.PN.&OS=PN/83,81,622&RS=PN/83,81,622 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Shell Oil Assigned Patent for Joint Used for Coupling Long Heaters ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Shell Oil, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,381,806) developed by James Louis Menotti, Dickinson, Texas, for a "joint used for coupling long heaters." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems for coupling ends of elongated heaters and methods of using such systems to treat a subsurface formation are described herein. A system may include two elongated heaters with an end portion of one heater abutted or near to an end portion of the other heater and a core coupling material. The core coupling material may extend between the two elongated heaters. The elongated heaters may include cores and at least one conductor substantially concentrically surrounds the cores. The cores may have a lower melting point than the conductors. At least one end portion of the conductor may have a beveled edge. The gap formed by the beveled edge may be filled with a coupling material for coupling the one or more conductors. One end portion of at least one core may have a recessed opening and the core coupling material may be partially inside the recessed opening." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2007 (11/788,869). 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=8,381,806&OS=8,381,806&RS=8,381,806 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Smith International Assigned Patent for Flushing Procedure for Rotating Control Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Smith International, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,381,816) developed by four co-inventors for "flushing procedure for rotating control device." The co-inventors are Trung Leduc, Houston, Huward Paul Fontenot, Spring, Texas, Alberto Zubia, Houston, and Robert James Costo, The Woodlands, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of flushing a wellbore fluid from a downhole tool containing a bearing package includes pumping hydraulic oil through at least one of a hydraulic inlet line and at least one of a pneumatic inlet line connected to the main housing and into an annulus formed between the bearing package and a main housing of the downhole tool, wherein the hydraulic oil replaces the wellbore fluid in the annulus, removing the wellbore fluid from the annulus through at least one hydraulic outlet line and at least one pneumatic outlet line connected to the main housing, pumping air through the at least one pneumatic inlet line connected to the main housing and removing the hydraulic oil from the at least one pneumatic inlet line connected to the main housing, and removing the hydraulic oil through at least one pneumatic outlet line connected to the main housing." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2010 (12/716,921). 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=8,381,816&OS=8,381,816&RS=8,381,816 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Smith International Assigned Patent for Downhole Tool Deactivation and Re-activation ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Smith International, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,381,837) developed by Tommy Laird, Cypress, Texas, and Richard C. Davis, Houston, for a "downhole tool deactivation and re-activation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A downhole tool including a tubular body having an upper connection and a lower connection and an axial borehole therethrough, wherein the upper and lower connections are configured to connect to a drilling assembly, at least one expandable component coupled to the tubular body and configured to selectively extend radially therefrom, and an actuation assembly configured to selectively actuate, deactuate, and reactuate the at least one component. A method of selectively actuating a downhole tool, wherein the downhole tool comprises a tubular body with an axial borehole therethrough and at least one component, the method including circulating a drilling fluid in the axial borehole of the downhole tool, actuating the at least one component, deactuating the at least one component, and reactuating the at least one component. An actuation assembly including a mandrel having an actuation chamber port, at least one drop device, a piston disposed within the mandrel and configured to move to open the actuation chamber port, at least one dart, a sleeve disposed within the mandrel and configured to move to close the actuation chamber port; and at least one biasing member configured to exert a force on the sleeve in an upstream direction." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2010 (12/748,012). 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=8,381,837&OS=8,381,837&RS=8,381,837 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Shower Curtain Cornering Clip ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Kevin Betzen, Hereford, Texas, has developed a patent (8,381,327) for a "shower curtain cornering clip." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A shower curtain clip having a curved base member with a first open end, a second closed end opposite the first end, and a curved clamping rail connected to the second closed end of the curved base member. The clamping rail clamps a shower curtain between the clamping rail and the base member in a space created between the clamping rail and the base member at the first open end, causing the curtain to curve inward, eliminating the gap between the curtain and the wall and causing water that strikes the curtain to deflect downward." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2009 (12/629,151). 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=83,81,327.PN.&OS=PN/83,81,327&RS=PN/83,81,327 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Smith International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Smith International, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,381,845) developed by Gregory T. Lockwood, Pearland, Texas, for an "infiltrated carbide matrix bodies using metallic flakes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A matrix powder for forming a matrix bit body, wherein the matrix powder includes: a plurality of carbide particles; and a plurality of first metal binder particles having an aspect ratio of at least about 3. Drill bits formed from metal binder particles having an aspect ratio of at least about 3 and methods of forming such bits." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2010 (12/706,971). 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=8,381,845&OS=8,381,845&RS=8,381,845 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,381,822) developed by John H. Hales, Frisco, Texas, and John D. Burleson, Denton, Texas, for "managing pressurized fluid in a downhole tool." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wellbore apparatus includes a connector sub assembly having a body, the body having a first end adapted to couple to a first perforating sub component and a second, axially opposed end adapted to couple to a second perforating sub component. The connector sub body defines a cavity proximate the second end of the connector sub body; and a flow path in fluid communication with the cavity and a location exterior to the wellbore apparatus. The apparatus includes a valve residing in the flow path and actuatable to block or allow fluid flow from the cavity, through the flow path, to the location exterior to the wellbore apparatus." The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2009 (12/617,447). 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=8,381,822&OS=8,381,822&RS=8,381,822 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,381,821) developed by Jacob Hahn, Singapore, Jason Kamphaus, Missouri City, Texas, and Kevin T. Scarsdale, Pearland, Texas, for a gas lift valve. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A gas lift valve assembly includes a housing that includes a first passageway that is substantially concentric with the central passageway of a string to communicate well fluid and a second passageway that is eccentrically disposed with respect to the central passageway to communicate a second fluid to lift the well fluid. The gas lift valve assembly includes a valve that is disposed in the second passageway and includes a ball valve to regulate communication of the second fluid." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2009 (12/628,689). 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=8,381,821&OS=8,381,821&RS=8,381,821 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Summit Downhole Dynamics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Summit Downhole Dynamics, Midland, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,381,807) developed by Steve Jackson, Richmond, Texas, and Stan Wall, Richmond, Texas, for a "hydraulically-actuated propellant stimulation downhole tool." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hydraulically-actuated propellant stimulation downhole tool for hydrocarbon wells. According to one embodiment of the invention, the tool comprises a first section having an internal sidewall defining at least a portion of a flowpath, and a ported outer sidewall. A propellant volume having at least a portion within said first section. An annular portion has at least one pressure chamber having an end positioned adjacent to the propellant volume and an inlet providing a communication path to said flowpath. A detonator assembly is located within each pressure chamber proximal to the propellant volume such that detonation of the assembly causes detonation of the propellant volume. A firing pin is propelled toward the detonation assembly by providing communication between the pressure chamber and the flow path, causing a pressure differential between the pressure isolated ends of the firing pin." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2009 (12/637,225). 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=8,381,807&OS=8,381,807&RS=8,381,807 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** ConocoPhillips Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- ConocoPhillips, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,381,810) developed by Wayne R. Dreher Jr., Katy, Texas, and Partha S. Sarathi, Bartlesville, Okla., for a "fishbone well configuration for in situ combustion." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An underground reservoir is provided comprising an injection well and a production well. The production well has a horizontal section oriented generally perpendicularly to a generally linear and laterally extending, upright combustion front propagated from the injection well." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2010 (12/882,363). 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=8,381,810&OS=8,381,810&RS=8,381,810 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Polymer-Wood Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Polymer-Wood Technologies, Frisco, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,381,381) developed by Evan R. Daniels, Frisco, Texas, for a "system, method and apparatus for producing fire rated doors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for producing fire rated doors having added strength, better finishing and low cost manufacturing flexibility. The fire rated doors are made from two panels "sandwiched" together. An optional interior layer (e.g., fire resistant material, lead sheeting, steel or Kevlar) can be added between the door panels for various purposes. Splines, stiles or sticks are inserted in longitudinal channels in the door panels to provide assistance in aligning the door panels and greater hardware holding strength. An intumescent banding material concealed by a banding material around the perimeter of the door seals the door within its frame during a fire. The door design and the automated manufacturing process provide greater design choice, reduced cost and faster fabrication." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2010 (12/900,068). 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=8,381,381&OS=8,381,381&RS=8,381,381 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Crosby Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Crosby Group, Tulsa, Okla., has been assigned a patent (8,381,363) developed by Paul A. Boeckman, Tulsa, Okla., Roger E. Beall, Mounds, Okla., and Chris Whitehead, Spring, Texas, for a "securing mechanism for shackle." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A securing mechanism for a shackle having a pair of opposed legs with an opening at one end of each of the pair of opposed legs to form a pair of opposed openings. The securing mechanism includes a shackle bolt having a head at one end and a circumferential groove near an opposed end wherein the shackle bolt is received through the pair of opposed openings in the shackle. A two piece hinged clamp assembly is received in the circumferential groove in order to retain the shackle bolt in the shackle. A retainer pin is received in an opening in the two piece clamp assembly to hold the two piece clamp assembly in a closed position. A retainer clip surrounds the retainer pin. A lock pin through the two piece clamp assembly retains the retainer pin in the two piece clamp." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2010 (12/890,967). 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=8,381,363&OS=8,381,363&RS=8,381,363 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Inventors Develop Patent for High Carrying Capacity Temperature-stable Breakable Gel for Well Drilling, Completion, and Other Uses ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Conard E. Kaiser, Houston, Jock R. Collins, Houston, and James R. Collins, Houston, have developed a patent (8,383,556) for a "high carrying capacity temperature-stable breakable gel for well drilling, completion, and other uses." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A high carrying capacity temperature-stable breakable gel of selectable viscosity with exceptional lubricity and high-temperature stability for varied use as a carrier of solids and particulate matter, as well as semi-solids and liquids in water and petroleum well drilling, completion and production such as gravel pack fluid, drilling fluid, fracturing fluid, pigging fluid, sweep for coiled tubing, and other uses. A preferred formulation comprises a formulated "Base Concentrate" which is added to water or drilling fluids to be viscosified and an "Activator" which is added in amounts to develop the desired gel consistency. When breaking of the gel is desired a "Breaker" composition containing multivalent ions collapses the gel into a free-flowing liquid." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2011 (13/251,245). 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=8,383,556.PN.&OS=PN/8,383,556&RS=PN/8,383,556 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** California, Texas Inventors Develop Patent for Solar Powered Light and Alarm System ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Gordon Ko, Phillips Ranch, Calif., and Lance Dean, Colleyville, Texas, have developed a patent (8,384,556) for a "solar powered light and alarm system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An elliptically housed solar powered intrusion detection/notification device having a flashing LED light source and audible human voice alarm activated by a passive infrared (PIR) sensor motion detector in conjunction with a battery recharged via surface mounted photovoltaic cells, and a control circuit coupled to the light source/alarm, the PIR motion detector and the battery." The patent application was filed on April 21, 2010 (12/764,577). 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=83,84,556.PN.&OS=PN/83,84,556&RS=PN/83,84,556 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Samsung Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Samsung Electronics, Suwon-si, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (8,385,293) developed by Vijayasimman Rajasimman, Richardson, Texas, Nivedan Thadasina, Allen, Texas, and John C. Jubin, Richardson, Texas, for a "cell base station neighbor list self configuration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A code division multiple access telecommunications network including an underlay base station in a private premises and a plurality of overlay macro base stations. The underlay base station includes a GPS receiver and a mobile unit receiver. The underlay base station uses its geographic location to obtain information identifying macro base stations within a preselected distance of the underlay base station. It uses the mobile receiver to measure pilot signal strength of the macro base stations. It generates a neighbor list of the identified macro base stations ranked according to pilot signal strength." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2007 (11/848,711). 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=8,385,293.PN.&OS=PN/8,385,293&RS=PN/8,385,293 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Research In Motion Assigned Patent for Semi-persistent Scheduling and Discontinuous Reception Alignment ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Research In Motion, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has been assigned a patent (8,385,241) developed by Yi Yu, Irving, Texas, and Zhijun Cai, Irving, Texas, for a "semi-persistent scheduling and discontinuous reception alignment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for detection of an uplink grant for a user agent (UA). The method comprises detecting a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation/reconfiguration signaling over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) only during an SPS activation window, wherein the SPS activation window precedes a discontinuous reception (DRX) on-duration by a predetermined amount of time. Also included is a UA comprising a component configured to detect an SPS activation/reconfiguration signaling over a PDCCH only during an SPS activation window, wherein the SPS activation window precedes a DRX on-duration by a predetermined amount of time." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2009 (12/637,461). 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=83,85,241.PN.&OS=PN/83,85,241&RS=PN/83,85,241 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** MIE University, Takara Bio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- MIE University, Tsu-Shi, Japan, and Takara Bio, Otsu-Shi, Japan, have been assigned a patent (8,383,401) developed by five co-inventors for a "T-cell receptor and nucleic acid encoding the receptor." The co-inventors are Hiroshi Shiku, Tsu, Japan, Atsunori Hiasa, Tsu, Japan, Satoshi Okumura, Tsu, Japan, Hiroaki Naota, Tsu, Japan, and Yoshihiro Miyahara, Houston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A polypeptide comprising a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 of Sequence Listing or a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence having deletion, addition, insertion or substitution of one to several amino acid residues in the sequence, the polypeptide being capable of constituting an HLA-A24-restricted, MAGE-A4.sub.143-151-specific T cell receptor together with a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 of Sequence Listing." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2011 (13/167,414). 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=8,383,401.PN.&OS=PN/8,383,401&RS=PN/8,383,401 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Research In Motion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Research In Motion, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has been assigned a patent (8,385,267) developed by Wei Wu, Coppell, Texas, for a "client routing in a peer-to-peer overlay network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of client routing in a peer-to-peer ("P2P") overlay network is provided. In one embodiment, the method of client routing in a P2P overlay network comprises requesting communication with a client by a first peer using the P2P overlay network, wherein said first peer is directed to a second peer to which said client is registered in the P2P overlay network; determining that said client is not attached to said second peer in the P2P overlay network and said client has access to another network; providing said second peer with said client's location in the P2P overlay network using said other network, wherein said client's location is associated with a third peer to which said client is attached and not registered in the P2P overlay network; forwarding said client's location from said second peer to said first peer using the P2P overlay network, and using said client's location to communicate with said client by said first peer using the P2P overlay network." The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2010 (12/709,310). 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=83,85,267.PN.&OS=PN/83,85,267&RS=PN/83,85,267 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Marvell International Assigned Patent for System and Method for Peripheral Device Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Marvell International, Hamilton, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (8,386,666) developed by Ofer Bar-Shalom, Kiryat Ono, Ill., Mark N. Fullerton, Austin, Texas, and Alon Tsafrir, Hod Hasharon, Ill., for a "system and method for peripheral device communications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for operating a host device includes comparing a predetermined response of a peripheral device to a response token received from the peripheral device. The predetermined response and the response token are generated based on a first command transmitted from the host device to the peripheral device. The method further includes controlling a transfer of first data from a first memory to a peripheral control module based on the comparison between the predetermined response and the response token without interrupting a host control module, and selectively passing interrupts to the host control module when the predetermined response does not match the response token." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2012 (13/406,007). 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=8,386,666&OS=8,386,666&RS=8,386,666 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Research In Motion Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Managing Application Data in a Shared Cache of a Mobile Electronic Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Research In Motion, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has been assigned a patent (8,386,718) developed by Ankur Aggarwal, Redwood City, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for managing application data in a shared cache of a mobile electronic device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to embodiments described in the specification, a method and apparatus for managing memory in a mobile electronic device are provided. The method comprises: receiving a request to install an application; receiving at least one indication of data intended to be maintained in a shared cache; determining, based on the at least one indication, whether data corresponding to the intended data exists in the shared cache; upon a negative determination, writing the intended data to the shared cache; and repeating the receiving at least one indication, the determining and the writing for at least one additional application." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2009 (12/621,125). 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=8,386,718&OS=8,386,718&RS=8,386,718 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** VIA Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- VIA Technologies, New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (8,386,755) developed by Tom Elmer, Austin, Texas, and Terry Parks, Austin, Texas, for "non-atomic scheduling of micro-operations to perform round instruction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A microprocessor executes an instruction specifying a floating-point input operand having a predetermined size and that instructs the microprocessor to round the floating-point input operand to an integer value using a rounding mode and to return a floating-point result having the same predetermined size. An instruction translator translates the instruction into first and second microinstructions. An execution unit executes the first and second microinstructions. The first microinstruction receives as an input operand the instruction floating-point input operand and generates an intermediate result from the input operand. The second microinstruction receives as an input operand the intermediate result of the first microinstruction and generates the floating-point result of the instruction from the intermediate result. The intermediate result is the same predetermined size as the instruction floating-point input operand. The microprocessor executes the first and second microinstructions such that the commencement of their executions may have indeterminate separation in time." The patent application was filed on May 20, 2010 (12/783,769). 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=8,386,755&OS=8,386,755&RS=8,386,755 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** VIA Technologies Assigned Patent for System and Method of Using Common Adder Circuitry for Both a Horizontal Minimum Instruction and a Sum of Absolute Differences Instruction ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- VIA Technologies, New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (8,386,545) developed by Rochelle L. Stortz, Austin, Texas, and Raymond A. Bertram, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method of using common adder circuitry for both a horizontal minimum instruction and a sum of absolute differences instruction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system which uses common adder circuitry to perform either one of a horizontal minimum instruction and a sum of absolute differences instruction including multiple adders, a sum circuit, a compare circuit, and a routing circuit. The input operands include multiple digital values which are delivered by the routing circuit to the adders depending upon which instruction is indicated. Each adder determines a difference between a pair of digital values. The differences are grouped and summed together by the sum circuit for the sum of absolute differences instruction. The adders are paired together for the horizontal minimum instruction, in which each pair provides carry and propagate outputs. The upper portions of a pair of digital values are compared by the upper adder and the lower portions are compared by the lower adder, and the carry and propagate outputs are collectively used to determine the minimum value." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2009 (12/605,753). 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=8,386,545&OS=8,386,545&RS=8,386,545 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Samsung Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Samsung Electronics, Suwon-Si, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (8,386,878) developed by Zhouyue Pi, Richardson, Texas, and Farooq Khan, Allen, Texas, for "methods and apparatus to compute CRC for multiple code blocks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and a circuit for generating cyclic redundancy checks. The method calculates a plurality of cyclic redundancy checks for a transport block with a plurality of information bits. At least one cyclic redundancy check among the plurality of cyclic redundancy checks is calculated based on a subset of information bits, and at least one information bit among the plurality of information bits is not within said subset of the information bits. In addition, a transport block cyclic redundancy check may be calculated based on all the information bits." The patent application was filed on March 21, 2008 (12/076,777). 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=8,386,878&OS=8,386,878&RS=8,386,878 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Sparse Data Environmental Equipment Threshold Compliance Alarm System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Jerry L. McKinney, Silsbee, Texas, has developed a patent (8,386,303) for a "sparse data environmental equipment threshold compliance alarm system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sparse data system is provided for verifying operational compliance of a plurality of environmental systems. To reduce operational costs to a minimum, the quantity of data transmitted is minimized and the data is only transmitted at certain times. If systems are compliant, then information is preferably not sent. If systems are non-compliant, then notices are sent to parties of interest at effectively the same time as the noncompliance occurs. Subsequent alarm detection level may also be sent after detection of an operational threshold to provide notice for continued ongoing or severe noncompliance." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2006 (11/592,781). 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=8,386,303&OS=8,386,303&RS=8,386,303 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for system and Method for Real Time Tracking of Student Performance Based on State Educational Standards ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Norman J. Nolasco, Houston, has developed a patent (8,385,810) for a "system and method for real time tracking of student performance based on state educational standards." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for providing feedback on educational standards within schools includes an interface providing access to a plurality of established educational standards which may be downloaded into a database of the system. A plurality of control modules enables a user to establish educational programs specifically associated with at least one of the downloaded established educational standards and receive feedback on student performance. Real time reports on student performance are provided responsive to the received feedback on student performance." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2005 (11/323,229). 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=8,385,810&OS=8,385,810&RS=8,385,810 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Grip Attachment for a Mobile Phone ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- John Bishop, Plano, Texas, has developed a patent (8,385,974) for a "grip attachment for a mobile phone." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A grip attachment for an electronic device, such as a mobile phone, which enables a user to grasp and control a camera of the mobile phone with one hand. The grip attachment includes a main body and an enlarged grip extension attached to a first end of the main body. The enlarged grip extension is sized and shaped to enable a user's hand to hold the grip extension and attached mobile phone with one hand. The grip attachment also includes a locking mechanism for attaching the attachment grip to a portion of a mobile phone protective case. A second end of the grip extension includes a connector for interfacing with a connector of the mobile phone. The grip extension includes an external control located on an outer surface of the grip attachment for activating a camera control of the mobile phone." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2012 (13/572,627). 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=8,385,974&OS=8,385,974&RS=8,385,974 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nokia Siemens Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Nokia Siemens Networks, Espoo, Finland, has been assigned a patent (8,386,907) developed by Adrian Boariu, Irving, Texas, Shashikant Maheshwari, Irving, Texas, and Haihong Zheng, Coppell, Texas, for "multi-user packing techniques for wireless network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various example embodiments are disclosed herein. According to an example embodiment, a method may include transmitting a Media Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) via a wireless link to one or more mobile stations, the MAC PDU including a plurality of MAC management messages as a pay load, at least some of the MAC management messages directed to different mobile stations, the KIAC PDU including a MAC header having a connection ID field identifying a connection for all (or at least one, or a plurality) of the MAC management messages included in the MAC PDU." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2008 (12/739,086). 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=8,386,907&OS=8,386,907&RS=8,386,907 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Research In Motion Assigned Patent for System and Method for Inter-radio Access Technology Signal Measurement ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Research In Motion, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has been assigned a patent (8,385,303) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for inter-radio access technology signal measurement." The co-inventors are Zhijun Cai, Euless, Texas, Gordon Peter Young, Shipston-on-Stour, United Kingdom, Takashi Suzuki, Ichikawa, Japan, Wei Wu, Coppell, Texas, and James Earl Womack, Bedford, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-mode user equipment is provided. The multi-mode user equipment includes a processor configured to promote measurement of a signal strength of a microtechnology based communication during a portion of a macrotechnology based communication, wherein the portion is assigned by a macrotechnology based network component." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2011 (13/271,985). 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=8,385,303&OS=8,385,303&RS=8,385,303 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Accenture Global Services Assigned Patent for Multiple Simultaneous Session Support by a Remote Technician ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Accenture Global Services, Dublin, Ireland, has been assigned a patent (8,386,289) developed by four co-inventors for "multiple simultaneous session support by a remote technician." The co-inventors are Roy Vera, Houston, Michael P. Duffy, Highland Village, Texas, Frederick T. Lamming, Denver, and Colin M. Tuggle, Minneapolis. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a remote technical support system, a technical support controller receives an indication of a maximum number of support sessions to be serviced by a remote technician. Thereafter, the technical support controller receives a service request for a user device. The technical support controller determines if handling of the service request by the remote technician would cause the number of support sessions currently being handled by the remote technician to exceed the previously-indicated maximum number of support sessions. If not, the service request is added to a work queue for the remote technician. Each service request may be classified into categories such that only remote technicians associated with a given category can handle service requests for that category. Furthermore, the process of selecting a remote technician to handle a given service request can be completely automated or based on individual remote technicians selecting service requests from a preliminary queue." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2010 (12/705,702). 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=8,386,289&OS=8,386,289&RS=8,386,289 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Research In Motion Assigned Patent for System and Method for Uplink Timing Synchronization ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Research In Motion, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has been assigned a patent (8,385,320) developed by Zhijun Cai, Euless, Texas, James Earl Womack, Bedford, Texas, and Yongkang Jia, Kanata, Canada, for a "system and method for uplink timing synchronization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are disclosed for providing uplink timing synchronization in a wireless communication system. The uplink timing synchronization may be provided via a specific message sent from the user equipment to a network access device, or may be calculated based upon data received at the network access device from the user equipment." The patent application was filed on Dec 18, 2008 (12/338,299). 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=8,385,320&OS=8,385,320&RS=8,385,320 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent for Method and System for Synchronizing a Data Base at a Plurality of Nodes in an Ad Hoc Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,385,321) developed by Chien-Wen Tien, Plano, Texas, for a "method and system for synchronizing a data base at a plurality of nodes in an ad hoc network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for synchronizing a data base at a plurality of nodes in an ad hoc network including at least one authentication node group; each authentication node group including a leader node and at least one member node; the method includes: (a) in each respective authentication node group, comparing and identifying differences between the data base at the respective leader node and the data base at each respective member node; (b) for each comparing, if the differences are identified, exchanging data bases between the leader node and the member node; and (c) for each comparing, in no particular order: (1) merging the leader node data base with the member data base at the leader node to create a leader node merged data base; and (2) merging the member node data base with the leader data base at the member node to create a member node merged data base." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2009 (12/462,291). 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=8,385,321&OS=8,385,321&RS=8,385,321 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Advertising Device for an Improved Golf Ball Retriever ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Edna Bingham, Garland, Texas, has developed a patent (8,382,173) for an "advertising device for an improved golf ball retriever." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An advertising device for an improved golf ball retriever is provided. The golf ball retriever includes a hollow shaft made of a clear plastic material wherein an advertising slip can be placed into the hollow shaft by the use of a pole. The shaft may include a grip on one end for secure maneuvering of the golf ball retriever during retrieval. The shaft includes a suction cup with a hollow center on the opposite end where the grip may be located for retrieving a golf ball. The top end of the shaft also includes apertures in the shaft that allow a hanging device to be removably affixed to the shaft of the golf ball retriever. The top end of the shaft also has an end cap removably attached to the shaft to enclose the top end of the hollow shaft." The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2009 (12/350,088). 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=8,382,173&OS=8,382,173&RS=8,382,173 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Research In Motion Assigned Patent for Method and System for Handling HARQ Operations During Transmission Mode Changes ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Research In Motion, Waterloo, Canada, has been assigned a patent (8,386,875) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for handling HARQ operations during transmission mode changes." The co-inventors are Mark Earnshaw, Kanata, Calif., Takashi Suzuki, Tokyo, Zhijun Cai, Irving, Texas, and Youn Hyoung Heo, Waterloo, Canada. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and device for handling hybrid automatic repeat request (`HARQ`) operations during transmission mode changes, the method detecting a transmission mode change; and manipulating an HARQ process buffer based on the detecting. Further, a method and network element for handling hybrid automatic repeat request (`HARQ`) operations during transmission mode changes, the method checking when a user equipment is in a transmission mode uncertainty window; and blocking communications to the user equipment or utilizing a downlink control information format 1A for communications to the user equipment." The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2009 (12/538,016). 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=8,386,875&OS=8,386,875&RS=8,386,875 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Research In Motion Assigned Patent for System and Method for Communicating Using an In-vehicle System ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Research In Motion, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has been assigned a patent (8,385,947) developed by Sean Simmons, Waterloo, Canada, Stefan E. Janhunen, Waterloo, Canada, and David S. Furbeck, Irving, Texas, for a "system and method for communicating using an in-vehicle system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for communicating wirelessly from a mobile device to a remote receiver station is disclosed. The system includes a controller configured to monitor a status of the mobile device and, upon an initiation event, initiate a data transfer process to wirelessly communicate data to the remote receiver station. The system also includes a voice-band modem that, upon initiation of the data transfer process. The voice-band modem is configured to receive data for transfer to the remote receiver station, encode the data to form a series of encoded packets, and transmit the encoded packets to the remote receiver station using a first modulation scheme. Thereafter, unless an indication that the series of packets has been received by at the receiving station is provided, the voice-band modem automatically retransmit the encoded packets to the remote receiver station using a second modulation scheme." The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2009 (12/538,742). 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=8,385,947&OS=8,385,947&RS=8,385,947 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Hamilton H.N2 Laminar Flow Diskette Wing ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Terry Wayne Hamilton, Bulverde, Texas, has developed a patent (8,382,040) for a "hamilton H.N2 laminar flow diskette wing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wing assembly has a wing and one or more no-bias laminar flow oval diskettes that are fixed on a support structure along the C/L (center of lift) of an airfoil, of an aircraft wing. The benefit of an oval diskette with laminar flow is that it has no speed limitations and it allows an aircraft to clime at a speed that matches its Ground Effect Lift speed which is a 25% performance increase and a 40% reduction in vortex drag with a increase stability that eliminates inertia coupling of high-speed airfoils." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2011 (12/932,032). 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=8,382,040&OS=8,382,040&RS=8,382,040 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Tokyo Electron Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- Tokyo Electron, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (8,382,942) developed by Yasunori Hatamura, Richardson, Texas, and Kunihko Hinata, Yamanashi, Japan, for a "method and apparatus for reducing substrate backside deposition during processing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A focus ring assembly configured to be coupled to a substrate holder comprises a focus ring and a secondary focus ring coupled to the focus ring, wherein the secondary focus ring is configured to reduce the deposition of process residue on a backside surface of the substrate." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2004 (10/549,283). 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=8,382,942&OS=8,382,942&RS=8,382,942 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** PGS Geophysical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- PGS Geophysical, Lysaker, Norway, has been assigned a patent (8,382,383) developed by Nicholas Claude George, Richmond, Texas, and Greyson Orval Knapp, Houston, for a "structure for optical connector ferrule and method for making." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A ferrule structure for an optical connector includes a central member disposed in the ferrule. The central member is configured so that an exterior dimension of the central member can change between a smaller size and a larger size. A plurality of optical fibers are disposed in the ferrule externally to the central member. A method for assembling an optical connector ferrule includes providing a central member, whe 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. -1116524 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |