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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Hampshire (April 19)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Hampshire. *** Axcelis Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Axcelis Technologies, Beverly, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,422,193) developed by four co-inventors for "annulus clamping and backside gas cooled electrostatic chuck." The co-inventors are Teng Chao D. Tao, Saugus, Mass., William D. Lee, Boston, Marvin R. LaFontaine, Kingston, N.H., and Ashwin M. Purohit, Gloucester, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrostatic clamp (ESC), system, and method for clamping a workpiece is provided. A clamping plate of the ESC has central disk and an annulus encircling the central disk, wherein the central disk is recessed from the annulus by a gap distance, therein defining a volume. Backside gas delivery apertures are positioned proximate to an interface between the annulus and the central disk. A first voltage to a first electrode of the annulus clamps a peripheral region of the workpiece to a first layer. A second voltage to a second electrode of the central disk generally compensates for a pressure of a backside gas within the volume. The ESC can be formed of J-R- or Coulombic-type materials. A cooling plate associated with the clamping plate further provides cooling by one or more cooling channels configured to route a cooling fluid therethrough." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2006 (11/641,334). 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=8,422,193&OS=8,422,193&RS=8,422,193 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AMI Research & Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- AMI Research & Development, Windham, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,422,111) developed by John T. Apostolos, Lyndeborough, N.H., Judy Feng, Nashua, N.H., and William Mouyos, Windham, N.H., for "solar array with multiple substrate layers providing frequency selective surfaces." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A leaky travelling wave array of optical elements provide a solar wavelength rectenna." The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2012 (13/357,576). 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=8,422,111&OS=8,422,111&RS=8,422,111 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Veveo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Veveo, Andover, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,423,583) developed by five co-inventors for a "user interface methods and systems for selecting and presenting content based on user relationships." The co-inventors are Murali Aravamudan, Windham, N.H., Kajamalai G. Ramakrishnan, Nashua, N.H., Rakesh Barve, Bangalore, India, Sashikumar Venkataraman, Andover, Mass., and Ajit Rajasekharan, West Windsor, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A user-interface method of selecting and presenting a collection of content items based on user navigation and selection actions associated with the content is provided. The method includes associating a relevance weight on a per user basis with content items to indicate a relative measure of likelihood that the user desires the content item. The method includes receiving a user's navigation and selections actions for identifying desired content items, and in response, adjusting the associated relevance weight of the selected content item and group of content items containing the selected item. The method includes, in response to subsequent user input, selecting and presenting a subset of content items and content groups to the user ordered by the adjusted associated relevance weights assigned to the content items and content groups." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2012 (13/479,820). 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=8,423,583&OS=8,423,583&RS=8,423,583 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** FTC-Forward Threat Control Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- FTC-Forward Threat Control, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,421,621) developed by Francis S. Zajac, Mountain View, Calif., Tony Bachta, Goffstown, N.H., and James Peverill, Canton, Mass., for a "sensor and transmission control circuit in adaptive interface package." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A programmable interface module includes a linear power regulator to control and provide power to interfaced components on an as needed basis. The interface module is implemented in, for example, a sensor pack and multiplexed to a plurality of sensor modules. In a first mode, the linear voltage regulator provides a relatively small amount of power which allows a sensor module to output a signal responsive to detecting an environmental condition (e.g., gamma or x-ray radiation, extreme temperatures, etc.). The interface module can switch the linear voltage regulator to a second mode in which the linear voltage regulator ramps up the amount of power provided to a detecting sensor module. The sensor module can then provide a level indicative of a concentration or intensity of the environmental condition. If the level surpasses a predetermined threshold, the sensor pack can output an alert signal to security server." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2011 (13/294,838). 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=8,421,621&OS=8,421,621&RS=8,421,621 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Itaconix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Itaconix, Stratham, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,420,758) developed by Yvon Durant, Lee, N.H., and John Shaw, Hampton Falls, N.H., for a "regulated and continuous polymerization of polycarboxylic acid polymers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to methods and polymers based upon vinyl type monomers that contain pendant carboxylic acid groups and ester group functionality. The polymerization methods include regulation of heat flow such that parameters of monomer conversion, acid functionality, molecular weight, tacticity and/or copolymer composition may be adjusted to selected levels for a selected application." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2010 (12/722,182). 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=84,20,758.PN.&OS=PN/84,20,758&RS=PN/84,20,758 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1122043 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |