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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (April 12)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- ExxonMobil Chemical Patents, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,415,519) developed by Stephen N. Vaughn, Kingwood, Texas, Sebastien P. B. Kremer, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium, and Teng Xu, Hampton, N.J., for "methods for determining efficacy of metal oxide co-catalysts for oxygenates-to-olefins reactions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention involves a process for converting an oxygenate-containing feed into an olefin-containing product comprising: (a) providing a co-catalyst oxide of a metal from Groups 2-4 of the Periodic Table of Elements, Lanthanides, Actinides, and combinations thereof, (b) contacting the metal oxide with nitromethane under conditions sufficient for the nitromethane to adsorb onto the metal oxide; (c) analyzing the nitromethane-adsorbed metal oxide using NMR to determine a basic site density of the metal oxide; (d) providing a catalyst system comprising a primary catalyst comprising aluminosilicates, aluminophosphates, silicoaluminophosphates, and metal-containing derivatives and combinations thereof, and the co-catalyst metal oxide whose basic site density is .gtoreq.0.085 mmol/g and whose BET surface area is .gtoreq.20 m.sup.2/g; (e) contacting the oxygenate-containing feedstock with the catalyst system under conditions sufficient to form an olefin-containing product; and (f) separating the olefin-containing product into at least ethylene and/or propylene." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2008 (12/337,378). 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=84,15,519.PN.&OS=PN/84,15,519&RS=PN/84,15,519 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Assigned Patent for Production of Light Olefins ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- ExxonMobil Chemical Patents, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,415,518) developed by six co-inventors for a "production of light olefins." The co-inventors are Richard B. Hall, Whitehouse Station, N.J., Guang Cao, Branchburg, N.J., Christopher David William Jenkins, South Caulfield, Australia, James R. Lattner, LaPorte, Texas, Michael J. Veraa, Houston, and Thomas H. Colle, Houston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention is directed to a process for producing olefin product from an oxygenate feed that includes dimethyl ether (DME). The process uses an olefin forming catalyst that contains a porous crystalline material, preferably a porous crystalline aluminosilicate molecular sieve material. The process produces high quantities of light olefin (i.e., ethylene, propylene, and mixtures thereof)." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2007 (11/818,333). 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=84,15,518.PN.&OS=PN/84,15,518&RS=PN/84,15,518 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Southwest Research Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,415,491) developed by Benjamin R. Furman, San Antonio, Stephen T. Wellinghoff, San Antonio, and Michael J. Rubal, Lytle, Texas, for a "surface treatment and exchange of nanostructures from aqueous suspension into organic media and into polymer-matrix composites." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to a method of exchanging nanostructures from within aqueous liquid media into organic liquid media. The steps comprise first supplying solid nanostructures in an aqueous liquid media, adjusting the pH, incorporating an ionic surfactant sufficient to reduce nanostructure aggregation, followed by concentrating the nanostructures in the aqueous liquid media. The nanostructures may them be placed in organic liquid media followed by introduction of a coupling agent capable of covalent attachment to the nanostructure surface while providing a functional group capable of polymerization to covalently bond the nanostructures to a selected monomer and/or polymer resin." The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2010 (12/960,195). 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=84,15,491.PN.&OS=PN/84,15,491&RS=PN/84,15,491 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intersil Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Intersil Americas, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,416,553) developed by Xiaodong Zhan, Plano, Texas, Zhixiang Liang, San Ramon, Calif., and Xiangxu Yu, Shenzhen, China, for a "bias and discharge system for low power loss start up and input capacitance discharge." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A power supply including an AC input, a filter, a full wave rectifier, a converter, a second rectifier, and a bias system. The filter includes at least one differential capacitor coupled to the AC input. The full wave rectifier develops a DC bus voltage on a DC bus node. The converter includes a controller and operates to convert the DC bus voltage to a regulated output voltage. The second rectifier is coupled to the AC input for developing a DC bias voltage on a DC bias node. The bias system is coupled between the DC bias node and a reference node and provides at least one start-up voltage to the controller, such as a supply voltage or a sense voltage or the like. The bias circuit includes at least one current discharge path for discharging each differential capacitor within a predetermined time period when AC line voltage is removed." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2010 (12/788,096). 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=8,416,553&OS=8,416,553&RS=8,416,553 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,416,643) developed by David Patrick Magee, Allen, Texas, for a "receive beamformer for ultrasound having delay value sorting." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of processing ultrasound signals received from a plurality of data channels each associated with a transducer element. A sorted delay data table having sorted delay data is generated that includes a channel identifier, a fractional delay value, and integer delay value. The sorted delay data table clusters together channel groups including a first channel group having data channels with the first fractional delay value and a second channel group with data channels with the second fractional delay value. Control signals are generated based on the sorted delay data that implements data path combining by directing channel data from the first channel group for processing by a first interpolation filter that provides the first fractional delay value and channel data associated with the second channel group for processing by a second interpolation filter that provides the second fractional delay value. Summing signals output by the first and second interpolation filter forms the ultrasound beamformed signal." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2010 (12/726,514). 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=8,416,643&OS=8,416,643&RS=8,416,643 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Dow Global Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Dow Global Technologies, Midland, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,415,442) developed by 11 co-inventors for "high pressure low density polyethylene resins with improved optical properties produced through use of highly active chain transfer agents." The co-inventors are Teresa P. Karjala, Lake Jackson, Texas, Christopher R. Eddy, Lake Jackson, Texas, Mehmet Demirors, Pearland, Texas, Wallace W. Yau, Pearland, Texas, Sarat Munjal, Lake Jackson, Texas, Stefan Hinrichs, Terneuzen, The Netherlands, Jian Wang, Rosharon, Texas, Otto J. Berbee, Hulst, The Netherlands, Werner Zschoch, Naumburg, Germany, Cornelis J. Hosman, Ijzendijke, The Netherlands, and Lonnie G. Hazlitt, Lake Jackson, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is an ethylene-based polymer with a density from about 0.90 to about 0.94 in grams per cubic centimeter, with a molecular weight distribution (M.sub.w/M.sub.n) from about 2 to about 30, a melt index (I.sub.2) from about 0.1 to about 50 grams per 10 minutes, and further comprising sulfur from about 5 to about 4000 parts per million. The amount of sulfur is also determined based upon the total weight of the ethylene-based polymer. Also disclosed is process for making an ethylene-based polymer which includes the steps of splitting a process fluid for delivery into a tubular reactor; feeding an upstream process feed stream into a first reaction zone and at least one downstream process feed stream into at least one other reaction zone, where the process fluid has an average velocity of at least 10 meters per second; and initiating a free-radical polymerization reaction." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2009 (13/063,960). 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=8,415,442&OS=8,415,442&RS=8,415,442 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dow Global Technologies Assigned Patent for Catalytic Olefin Block Copolymers via Polymerizable Shuttling Agent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Dow Global Technologies, Midland, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,415,434) developed by eight co-inventors for "catalytic olefin block copolymers via polymerizable shuttling agent." The co-inventors are Daniel J. Arriola, Midland, Mich., Edmund M. Carnahan, Fresno, Texas, David D. Devore, Midland, Mich., Phillip D. Hustad, Manvel, Texas, Brian A. Jazdzewski, Midland, Mich., Roger L. Kuhlman, Lake Jackson, Texas, Francis J. Timmers, Midland, Mich., and Timothy T. Wenzel, Midland, Mich. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A polymerization process and the resulting polymer composition, said process comprising polymerizing one or more addition polymerizable monomers and a polymerizable shuttling agent in the presence of at least one addition polymerization catalyst comprising a metal compound or complex and a cocatalyst under conditions characterized by the formation of a branched polymer, preferably comprising pseudo-block molecular architecture." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2010 (12/978,006). 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=8,415,434&OS=8,415,434&RS=8,415,434 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Global Geophysical Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Global Geophysical Services, Missouri City, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,416,640) developed by Thomas J. Fleure, Missouri City, Texas, Richard Degner, Houston, and Jonathan Nelson, Missouri City, Texas, for "methods for optimizing offset distribution of cross spread 3-D seismic surveys using variable shot line length." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for acquiring three-dimensional seismic data for sub-surface geologic features wherein a seismic source array is moved along a survey pattern having a plurality of source lines of unequal lengths that are substantially parallel to each other and intersect a receiver line. The survey pattern can be repeated in an overlapping and interleaved fashion to survey a larger area." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2009 (12/426,233). 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=8,416,640&OS=8,416,640&RS=8,416,640 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Chervron Phillips Chemical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Chervron Phillips Chemical, The Woodlands, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,415,429) developed by five co-inventors for "styrene butadiene block copolymers for film applications." The co-inventors are John Mark Brown, Mooresville, N.C., Michael A. Smith, Bartlesville, Okla., Nathan E. Stacy, Houston, Carleton E. Stouffer, Bartlesville, Okla., and John D. Wilkey, Owasso, Okla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "We disclose a monovinylarene-conjugated diene block copolymer containing a plurality of monovinylarene-conjugated diene mixed blocks, wherein each mixed block contains conjugated diene units and monovinylarene units in a weight ratio of about 0.05 to about 0.33. We also disclose a composition containing (a) from about 50 parts by weight to about 95 parts by weight of the monovinylarene-conjugated diene block copolymer and (b) from about 5 parts by weight to about 50 parts by weight of polystyrene; wherein the monovinylarene-conjugated diene block copolymer and the polystyrene total 100 parts by weight. We further disclose a method of shrink-wrapping an object or a group of objects by wrapping the object or the group of objects with a film containing the composition, to yield a wrapped object or group of objects, and heating the wrapped object or group of objects to a temperature and for a duration sufficient to shrink the film in at least a first direction, to yield a shrink-wrapped object or group of objects." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2006 (11/609,159). 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=8,415,429&OS=8,415,429&RS=8,415,429 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.k *** Building Materials Investment Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Building Materials Investment, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,415,412) developed by Younger Ahluwalia, Desoto, Texas, for "asphalt emulsions, products made from asphalt emulsions, and processes for making fibrous mats from asphalt emulsions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to asphalt emulsions comprising an asphalt component selected from the group consisting of a solvent extracted asphalt, an oxidized asphalt, and combinations thereof. The invention also relates to products made therefrom, including fibrous mats comprising a fiber component, such as glass fibers, and a binder component comprising an asphalt emulsion. The invention further relates to wet-laid processes for manufacturing fibrous mats and that employ the use of an amphoteric surfactant, which is applied to a wet fiber web prepared from a dispersion of fiber components, such as glass fibers." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2012 (13/348,426). 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=8,415,412&OS=8,415,412&RS=8,415,412 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,416,409) developed by Michael I. Jones, Azle, Texas, for a "method of ellipsometric reconnaissance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of obtaining information about a target by using an ellipsometric technique of illuminating the target with coherent light beams from moveable light sources and recording reflections from the target. By analyzing the reflections, the surface material refractive index or dielectric tensors may be classified to yield information about the surface material properties. The beams can be emitted at different polarities and/or different frequencies. Ultra-coherent lasers can be used to produce beams that illuminate targets up to 100 kilometers from the beam source." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2010 (12/793,860). 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=8,416,409&OS=8,416,409&RS=8,416,409 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Behavioral Recognition Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Behavioral Recognition Systems, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,416,296) developed by Wesley Kenneth Cobb, The Woodlands, Texas, and Ming-Jung Seow, Houston, for a "mapper component for multiple art networks in a video analysis system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are disclosed for detecting the occurrence of unusual events in a sequence of video frames Importantly, what is determined as unusual need not be defined in advance, but can be determined over time by observing a stream of primitive events and a stream of context events. A mapper component may be configured to parse the event streams and supply input data sets to multiple adaptive resonance theory (ART) networks. Each individual ART network may generate clusters from the set of inputs data supplied to that ART network. Each cluster represents an observed statistical distribution of a particular thing or event being observed that ART network." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2009 (12/423,650). 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=8,416,296&OS=8,416,296&RS=8,416,296 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intersil Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Intersil Americas, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,416,584) developed by four co-inventors for a "power supply with low power consumption hiccup standby operation." The co-inventors are Xiaodong Zhan, Plano, Texas, David B. Bell, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Zhixiang Liang, San Ramon, Calif., and Xiangxu Yu, Shenzhen, China. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A power supply including a converter, a capacitance, and a hiccup control module. The converter converts an input voltage to both an output voltage and a preliminary standby voltage when in its active state. The capacitance stores the preliminary standby voltage which is charged to an upper voltage level when the converter is in its active state and which is discharged to a lower voltage level when the converter is in its inactive state. During the standby mode, the hiccup control module operates the converter in hiccup mode by toggling between placing the converter into its inactive state when the preliminary standby voltage is charged to the upper voltage level and placing the converter into its active state when the preliminary standby voltage is discharged to the lower voltage level. The hiccup mode of the power supply eliminates a need for a separate standby converter." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2010 (12/788,045). 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=8,416,584&OS=8,416,584&RS=8,416,584 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Differential Plate Line Screen Test for Ferroelectric Latch Circuits ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,416,598) developed by four co-inventors for a "differential plate line screen test for ferroelectric latch circuits." The co-inventors are Scott R. Summerfelt, Garland, Texas, John Anthony Rodriguez, Dallas, Hugh P. McAdams, McKinney, Texas, and Steven Craig Bartling, Plano, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Non-volatile latch circuits, such as in memory cells and flip-flops, that are constructed for reliability screening. The non-volatile latch circuits each include ferroelectric capacitors coupled to storage nodes, for example at the outputs of cross-coupled inverters. Separate plate lines are connected to the ferroelectric capacitors of the complementary storage nodes. A time-zero test of the latch stability margin is performed by setting a logic state at the storage nodes, then programming the state into the ferroelectric capacitors by polarization. After power-down, the plate lines are biased with a differential voltage relative to one another, and the latch is then powered up to attempt recall of the programmed state. The differential voltage disturbs the recall, and provides a measure of the cell margin and its later-life reliability." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2010 (12/781,601). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,416,598&OS=8,416,598&RS=8,416,598 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,416,572) developed by eight co-inventors for a "system and method for cooling information handling resources." The co-inventors are John Olsen, Austin, Texas, Bradley Jackson, Pflugerville, Texas, Eric Sendelbach, Austin, Texas, Gabriel Higham, Pflugerville, Texas, James Bryan, Austin, Texas, Jason Franz, Austin, Texas, Travis North, Pflugerville, Texas, and William Morris, Round Rock, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with traditional approaches to cooling information handling resources are provided. A method for cooling information handling resources, may include conveying a flowing fluid proximate to one or more information handling resources such that the flowing fluid is thermally coupled to the one or more information handling resources and heat generated by the one or more information handling resources is transferred to the flowing fluid. The method may also include conveying the flowing fluid to a cooling unit such that heat is transferred from the flowing fluid." The patent application was filed on Jan. 20, 2010 (12/690,626). 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=8,416,572&OS=8,416,572&RS=8,416,572 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** SkyBitz Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- SkyBitz, Herndon, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,416,075) developed by John McKethan, Coppell, Texas, for a "system and method for generating an alert for an asset." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for generating an alert signal for an asset. Proper truck/trailer matching is based on a proximity analysis between position reports for a truck and position reports for a trailer. In one embodiment, this proximity analysis is triggered by a detection of movement in a trailer. In the proximity analysis, unexpected deviations in proximity between a truck and a trailer would lead to a generation of an alert signal that is sent to the appropriate management system for investigation.." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2011 (13/183,153). 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=8,416,075.PN.&OS=PN/8,416,075&RS=PN/8,416,075 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,415,972) developed by Aaron S. Rogers, Pflugerville, Texas, Daniel W. Bailey, Austin, Texas, and Eric Quinnell, Austin, Texas, for a "variable-width power gating module." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A semiconductor device includes a primary voltage rail, a secondary voltage rail, a plurality of transistors coupled between the primary and secondary voltage rails, and control logic operable to enable a first subset of the plurality of transistors to couple the primary voltage rail to the secondary voltage rail. During a steady state condition, the first subset comprises less than all of the plurality of transistors." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2010 (12/948,596). 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=8,415,972.PN.&OS=PN/8,415,972&RS=PN/8,415,972 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent for Acoustic Communication Apparatus for Use with Downhole Tools ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,416,098) developed by Fernando Garcia-Osuna, Sugar Land, Texas, and Miguel Pabon, Sugar Land, Texas, for an "acoustic communication apparatus for use with downhole tools." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Acoustic communication apparatus for use with downhole tools are described. An example acoustic communication apparatus for use in a wellbore includes a first acoustic transducer to generate first acoustic signals. The first acoustic transducer is mounted in an interior of a first drill collar to transmit the first acoustic signals via at least a portion of a body of a drillstring or a mud channel within the drillstring to a second drill collar. Additionally, the example acoustic communication apparatus includes a first receiver mounted to the first drill collar to receive second acoustic signals transmitted from the second drill collar." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2009 (12/509,843). 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=8,416,098.PN.&OS=PN/8,416,098&RS=PN/8,416,098 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,417,289) developed by Peeyush Jaiswal, Boca Raton, Fla., and Naveen Narayan, Flower Mound, Texas, for an "embedded biometrics in telecommunication devices for feature extraction and context identification." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, a system and a computer program product for determining one or more characteristics of a caller, utilizing the biometric characteristics of the caller. One or more biometric characteristics are detected when a request to place an outgoing call to one or more destinations is received at a first telecommunication device. When the request to place an outgoing call is a verbal request, one or more biometric voice samples are obtained. The biometric voice samples comprise the biometric characteristics of the caller. The biometric characteristics are extracted from the biometric voice samples, encoded into a datagram, and transmitted from the first telecommunication device to the outgoing call destination (i.e. a second telecommunication device). When the biometric characteristics are analyzed at the second telecommunication device, a display is generated depicting the mood, gender, age, urgency or other characteristics of the caller associated with the incoming call." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2012 (13/467,194). 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=8,417,289.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,289&RS=PN/8,417,289 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,417,248) developed by Aris Papasakellariou, Athens, Greece, and Tarik Muharemovic, Dallas, for "methods and apparatus to schedule uplink transmissions in wireless communication systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus to schedule uplink transmissions in wireless communication systems, such as cellular communication systems, are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises measuring channel conditions for a plurality of equipment devices at a base transceiver station of a wireless communication system, dividing an operating bandwidth of the base transceiver station into two or more non-overlapping portions, and instructing a first of the plurality of user equipment devices to transmit a sounding reference signal in a first non-overlapping portion during a sounding reference signal transmission interval." The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2007 (11/838,746). 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=8,417,248.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,248&RS=PN/8,417,248 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of Texas System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,415,968) developed by Earl E. Swartzlander Jr., Austin, Texas, and Inwook Kong, Seoul, South Korea, for a "data tag control for quantum-dot cellular automata." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for data tag control for quantum dot cellular automata (QCA). An example method includes receiving data, associating a data tag with the data, communicating the data tag along a first wire-like element to a local tag decoder, reading instructions from the data tag using the local tag decoder, communicating the instructions to a processing element, communicating the data along a second wire-like element to the processing element, and processing the data with the processing element according to the instructions. A length of the first wire-like elements and a length of the second wire-like element are approximately the same such that communication of the instructions and the data to the processing element are synchronized." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2010 (12/847,571). 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=8,415,968&OS=8,415,968&RS=8,415,968 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Dresser-Rand Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Dresser-Rand, Olean, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,414,692) developed by William C. Maier, Almond, N.Y., and Gocha Chochua, Sugar Land, Texas, for a density-based compact separator. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and method for separating a fluid. The apparatus includes an inlet duct having an inlet flow entrance and an inlet flow exit, the inlet duct defining an inlet width that decreases between the inlet flow entrance and the inlet flow exit, and an inlet radius that increases between the inlet flow entrance and the inlet flow exit. The apparatus also includes a separating turn fluidly connected to the inlet flow exit of the inlet duct and including an outer surface defining an opening. The apparatus further includes a liquid outlet fluidly connected to the opening of the separating turn to allow a higher-density component of the flow to exit the separating turn, and an outlet duct having an outlet flow entrance connected to the separating turn, to allow a lower-density component of the flow to exit the separating turn." The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2010 (12/877,177). 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=8,414,692&OS=8,414,692&RS=8,414,692 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,414,681) developed by Raymond Douglas Steele, Cypress, Texas, for a "system and method for controlling an air separation unit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes an air separation unit configured to separate air into an oxygen rich stream and a nitrogen rich stream and a purity control system configured to receive input indicative of a target diluent level. The purity control system is configured to control the air separation unit to adjust an oxygen percentage and a nitrogen percentage of the oxygen rich stream based on the target diluent level." The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2010 (12/875,053). 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=8,414,681&OS=8,414,681&RS=8,414,681 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Exactech Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Exactech, Gainesville, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,414,653) developed by eight co-inventors for a "knee prosthesis system with at least a first tibial portion element (a tibial insert or tibial trial) and a second tibial portion element (a tibial insert or tibial trial), wherein each of the first tibial portion element and the second tibial portion element has a different slope." The co-inventors are Albert Burstein, Sarasota, Fla., Laurent Angibaud, Gainesville, Fla., Andrea Hayes, Gainesville, Fla., David Covall, Atlanta, Jay Mabrey, Dallas, Bernard Stulberg, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Gary Miller, Gainesville, Fla., and C. Michael Mauldin, Lake City, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the present invention relates to a knee prosthesis system with at least a first tibial portion element (a tibial insert or a tibial insert trial) and a second tibial portion element (a tibial insert or a tibial insert trial), wherein each of the first tibial portion element and the second tibial portion element has a different slope. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of implanting a knee prosthesis, wherein the method utilizes at least a first tibial portion element (a tibial insert or a tibial insert trial) and a second tibial portion element (a tibial insert or a tibial insert trial), wherein each of the first tibial portion element and the second tibial portion element has a different slope." The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2009 (12/368,861). 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=8,414,653&OS=8,414,653&RS=8,414,653 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Thermo Fisher Scientific Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,415,638) developed by Alexander Joseph Esin, Sugar Land, Texas, Alex Kulik, Sugar Land, Texas, and Nikolay Baturin, Sugar Land, Texas, for a "method for detecting high-energy radiation using low voltage optimized ion chamber." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for measuring high-energy radiation flux, comprising applying a low voltage to electrodes in an ion chamber filled with a fluid capable of forming ions through the interaction of the fluid with high energy radiation; measuring an ion current signal related to an ion current induced by the low voltage; determining a leakage current; determining a gain; determining a magnitude of the high-energy radiation flux based on the ion current signal, gain, and leakage current; and outputting the result of the magnitude of the high-energy radiation flux." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2010 (12/852,347). 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=8,415,638&OS=8,415,638&RS=8,415,638 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Aesculap Implant Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Aesculap Implant Systems, Center Valley, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,414,651) developed by Jeffrey Tyber, Bethlehem, Pa., Jeffrey Kozak, Houston, and Robert Narotzky, Casper, Wyo., for a dynamic interbody. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An intervertebral implant includes a body having an upper surface, a lower surface and a transverse fastener hole. The body includes a dynamic fixation mechanism for seating a fastener in the fastener hole and translating the fastener relative to the implant to accommodate subsidence of the implant. In one embodiment, an implant includes a transverse slot with an elongated seat for translating a seated fastener relative to the implant. In another embodiment, an implant includes a displaceable sliding member for translating a fastener relative to the implant." The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2008 (12/015,276). 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=8,414,651&OS=8,414,651&RS=8,414,651 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Harvard College Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,415,640) developed by six co-inventors for a diamond nanowires. The co-inventors are Thomas M. Babinec, Watertown, Mass., Birgit J.M. Hausmann, Watertown, Mass., Mughees Khan, Belmont, Mass., Yinan Zhang, Cambridge, Mass., Philip R. Hemmer, College Station, Texas, and Marko Loncar, Cambridge, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a general aspect, a system includes a plurality of diamond nanowires disposed on the surface of a diamond substrate, at least some of the nanowires including a color center. The system also includes a light source configured to illuminate at least one of the plurality of nanowires with excitation light at a wavelength corresponding to an excitation wavelength of the color center included in the illuminated nanowire; and an optical receiver configured to receive a fluorescence emitted from the color center included in the illuminated nanowire in response to the excitation light." The patent application was filed on April 19, 2011 (13/089,547). 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=8,415,640&OS=8,415,640&RS=8,415,640 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,415,937) developed by Richard K. Hester, McKinney, Texas, for "switching method to improve the efficiency of switched-mode power converters employing a bridge topology." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Traditionally, buck-boost switching regulators with bridge topologies have been avoided due to their inability to seamlessly transition between buck mode and boost mode. Here, however, a buck-boost switching regulator with a bridge topology has been provided, which has an improved controller. Namely, a processor (such as a digital signals processor or DSP) provides digital control for the bridge to enable it so substantially seamlessly transition between buck mode and boost mode." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2010 (12/872,896). 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=8,415,937&OS=8,415,937&RS=8,415,937 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. -1121196 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |