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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (April 26)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,426,724) developed by Kenta Nakayashiki, Sandvika, Norway, and Baomin Xu, San Jose, Calif., for "interdigitated back contact silicon solar cells with separating grooves." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells are produced by depositing spaced-apart parallel pads of a first dopant bearing material (e.g., boron) on a substrate, heating the substrate to both diffuse the first dopant into corresponding first (e.g., p+) diffusion regions and to form diffusion barriers (e.g., borosilicate glass) over the first diffusion regions, and then disposing the substrate in an atmosphere containing a second dopant (e.g., phosphorus) such that the second dopant diffuses through exposed surface areas of the substrate to form second (e.g., n+) diffusion regions between the first (p+) diffusion regions (the diffusion barriers prevent the second dopant from diffusion into the first (p+) diffusion regions). The substrate material along each interface between adjacent first (p+) and second (n+) diffusion regions is then removed (e.g., using laser ablation) such that elongated grooves, which extend deeper into the substrate than the diffused dopant, are formed between adjacent diffusion regions." The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2010 (12/954,234). 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=84,26,724.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,724&RS=PN/84,26,724 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Intelligent Keyboard Interface for Virtual Musical Instrument ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,426,716) developed by Alexander Harry Little, Woodside, Calif., and Eli T. Manjarrez, Sunnyvale, Calif., for an "intelligent keyboard interface for virtual musical instrument." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A user interface for a virtual musical instrument presents a number of chord touch regions, each corresponding to a chord of a diatonic key. Within each chord region a number of touch zones are provided, including treble clef zones and bass clef zones. Each treble clef touch zone within a region will sound a different chord voicing. Each bass clef touch zone will sound a bass note of the chord. Other user interactions can modify or mute the chords, and vary the bass notes being played together with the chords. A set of related chords and/or a set of rhythmic patterns can be generated based on a selected instrument and a selected style of music." The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2011 (12/986,998). 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=84,26,716.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,716&RS=PN/84,26,716 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Total Water Management Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Total Water Management, Salt Lake City, has been assigned a patent (8,425,668) developed by five co-inventors for a "wastewater pre-treatment and evaporation system." The co-inventors are Janos I. Lakatos, Mendon, Utah, Edward Clay Slade, North Logan, Utah, Clayton R. Carter, North Logan, Utah, Christopher Allen Jahn, Mission Viejo, Calif., and Neil William Richardson, Salt Lake City. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fluid evaporation system includes a housing bounding an airflow path. A misting system is positioned within the airflow path for spraying a wastewater into the airflow path. Water in the misted wastewater is evaporated, thereby concentrating minerals in the wastewater. A pretreatment system is positioned upstream from the fluid evaporator. The pretreatment system includes a gas induced separator. Separation of hydrocarbons and water are enhanced using a polymer and/or by lowering the pH of the wastewater." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2010 (12/965,621). 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=84,25,668.PN.&OS=PN/84,25,668&RS=PN/84,25,668 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Affymetrix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Affymetrix, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,426,578) developed by Yuling Luo, San Ramon, Calif., and Wen Yang, Mountain View, Calif., for "multiplex branched-chain DNA assays." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods of detecting two or more nucleic acids in a multiplex branched-chain DNA assay are provided. Different nucleic acids are captured through cooperative hybridization events on different, identifiable subsets of particles or at different selected positions on a spatially addressable solid support. Compositions, kits, and systems related to the methods are also described." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2010 (12/804,904). 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=84,26,578.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,578&RS=PN/84,26,578 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Electronic Devices with Parasitic Antenna Resonating Elements that Reduce Near Field Radiation ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,376) developed by nine co-inventors for an "electronic devices with parasitic antenna resonating elements that reduce near field radiation." The co-inventors are Robert W. Schlub, Campbell, Calif., David T. Amm, Sunnyvale, Calif., Omar S. Leung, Palo Alto, Calif., Brian M. King, Santa Cruz, Calif., Qingxiang Li, Mountain View, Calif., Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Watsonville, Calif., Rodney Andres Gomez Angulo, Sunnyvale, Calif., Yi Jiang, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Ruben Caballero, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Antennas are provided for electronic devices such as portable computers. An electronic device may have a housing in which an antenna is mounted. The housing may be formed of conductive materials. A dielectric antenna window may be mounted in the housing to allow radio-frequency signals to be transmitted from the antenna and to allow the antenna to receive radio-frequency signals. Near-field radiation limits may be satisfied by reducing transmit power when an external object is detected in the vicinity of the dielectric antenna window and the antenna. A proximity sensor may be used in detecting external objects. A parasitic antenna resonating element may be interposed between the antenna resonating element and the dielectric antenna window to minimize near-field radiation hotspots. The parasitic antenna resonating element may be formed using a capacitor electrode for the proximity sensor. A ferrite layer may be interposed between the parasitic element and the antenna window." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2009 (12/632,697). 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=8,427,376.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,376&RS=PN/8,427,376 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Xi, Sunshine Lake Pharma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Ning Xi, Newbury Park, Calif., and Sunshine Lake Pharma, Guangdong, China, have been assigned a patent (8,426,585) developed by Ning Xi, for "compounds comprising a spiro-ring." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides novel compounds useful in modulating the protein tyrosine kinase activity, and in modulating inter- and/or intra-cellular signaling. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders in mammals, especially humans." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2012 (13/587,936). 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=84,26,585.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,585&RS=PN/84,26,585 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Navcom Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Navcom Technology, Torrance, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,365) developed by Liwen Dai, Chino Hills, Calif., Chaochao Wang, Los Angeles, and Daniel J. Eslinger, Redondo Beach, Calif., for a "method and system for estimating position using dual real time kinematic engines." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for estimating the position comprises measuring a first carrier phase of a first carrier signal and a second carrier phase of a second carrier signal received by a location-determining receiver. A primary real time kinematic (RTK) engine or receiver data processing system estimates a primary integer ambiguity set associated with at least one of the measured first carrier phase and the measured second carrier phase. A quality evaluator determines if a primary integer ambiguity set is resolved correctly to the predefined reliability rate during an earlier evaluation period. A secondary real time kinematic (RTK) engine or receiver data processing system estimates a secondary integer ambiguity set associated with at least one of the measured first carrier phase and the measured second carrier phase during a later period following the earlier evaluation period." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2010 (12/767,897). 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=8,427,365.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,365&RS=PN/8,427,365 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Merck, Sharp & Dohme Assigned Patent for Nucleic Acids Encoding TNF.gamma. ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,426,573) developed by eleven co-inventors for "nucleic acids encoding TNF.gamma." The co-inventors are Christi L. Parham, Menlo Park, Calif., Daniel M. Gorman, Palo Alto, Calif., Hirokazu Kurata, Palo Alto, Calif., Naoko Arai, Palo Alto, Calif., Theodore R. Sana, Santa Clara, Calif., Jeanine D. Mattson, San Francisco, Erin E. Murphy, Palo Alto, Calif., Chetan Savkoor, San Jose, Calif., Jeffery Grein, Cupertino, Calif., Kathleen M. Smith, Palo Alto, Calif., and Terrill K. McClanahan, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Nucleic acids encoding mammalian, e.g., primate or rodent, genes, purified proteins and fragments thereof. Antibodies, both polyclonal and monoclonal, are also provided. Methods of using the compositions for both diagnostic and therapeutic utilities are provided." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2012 (13/414,496). 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=84,26,573.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,573&RS=PN/84,26,573 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** I3 Nanotec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- I3 Nanotec, Emeryville, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,425,734) developed by Manish Goel, Berkeley, Calif., and Chetan Prakash Mittal, Noida Up, India, for a "membrane-based hybrid process for separation of mixtures of organics, solids, and water." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and process that are a hybrid of distillation and membrane separations offers a highly efficient means of separating a fluid feed mixture into organic, solid, and aqueous components. The distillation section is followed by two membrane separation sections operated in parallel, with the distillation section separating the feed mixture into an organics-rich fraction and an organics-depleted and solids-rich fraction. One membrane section operates on the organics-rich fraction and separates it into a more organics-rich sub-fraction and a water-rich, organics-depleted sub-fraction, while the other membrane section operates on the organics-depleted, solids-rich fraction from the distillation section and separates it into a solids-rich sub-fraction and a solids-depleted, water-rich sub-fraction." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2008 (12/116,339). 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=84,25,734.PN.&OS=PN/84,25,734&RS=PN/84,25,734 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 3M Innovative Properties Assigned Patent for Detecting tampered with radio frequency identification tags ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- 3M Innovative Properties, Saint Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,427,316) developed by Wolf Bielas, Chula Vista, Calif., for "detecting tampered with radio frequency identification tags." 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 tracking tampered with RFID tags. In some implementations, an RFID tag includes a tearable substrate including at least a portion of an RFID circuit. The portion of the RFID circuit is substantially destroyable in response to at least an attempt to remove the tag from a surface. In addition, the RFID includes an adhesive layer adjacent at least a portion of the tearable substrate and configured to affix the tag to the surface." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2008 (12/052,544). 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=8,427,316.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,316&RS=PN/8,427,316 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Chevron Oronite Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Chevron Oronite, San Ramon, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,426,608) developed by four co-inventors for a "process for preparation of high molecular weight molybdenum succinimide complexes." The co-inventors are Kenneth D. Nelson, Napa, Calif., James J. Harrison, Novato, Calif., Paula Rogers, Pinole, Calif., and Mitra Hosseini, Dublin, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a process for preparing a molybdated succinimide complex, the process comprising: (a) reacting an alkyl or alkenyl mono- or bis-succinimide of a polyamine of formula I or formula II or mixtures thereof: ##STR00001## wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl group having a number average molecular weight of about 500 to about 5,000, R' is a straight or branched-chain alkylene group having 2 to 3 carbon atoms, x is 2 to 11, and y is 1 to 10, with an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated mono-carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid ester, in a charge mole ratio of the .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated mono-carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid ester to the succinimide of formula I or formula II or mixtures thereof of greater than 1.05:1 to about 6:1, and wherein the reaction temperature is in the range of from greater than 80.degree. C. to no greater than about 150.degree. C.; and (b) reacting the succinimide product of step (a) with an acidic molybdenum compound to provide the molybdated succinimide complex, wherein the molybdated succinimide complex is a liquid at room temperature." The patent application was filed on Jan. 21, 2011 (13/011,520). 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=84,26,608.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,608&RS=PN/84,26,608 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Power Integrations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Power Integrations, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,848) developed by Leif Lund, San Jose, Calif., for a "variable time clamp for a power supply controller." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An example integrated circuit for use in a power supply includes a feedback terminal and a controller having a variable time clamp (VTC). The feedback terminal is to be coupled to receive a feedback signal and the controller is to be coupled to enable or disable the conduction of a power switch during a switching cycle in response to the feedback signal. The controller includes a current limit comparator coupled to terminate the conduction of the power switch during an enabled switching cycle in response to a current through the power switch exceeding a variable current limit. The VTC is coupled to clamp the feedback terminal to a voltage for a clamp time that is responsive to the variable current limit." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2010 (12/976,771). 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=8,427,848&OS=8,427,848&RS=8,427,848 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Finisar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Finisar, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,837) developed by Long Van Nguyen, San Jose, Calif., for a "thumbscrew for pluggable modules." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one example, a pluggable module comprises a shell, a module connector, and one or more thumbscrews. The shell defines a cavity within which a PCB and one or more components are disposed and includes a front, back, first side, and second side. The module connector is operatively connected to the PCB near the back of the shell and extends from within the cavity to outside the shell through an opening defined in the back of the shell. The module connector is configured to operatively couple the pluggable module to a host device. The thumbscrews are housed within one or more portions of the shell and are configured to threadably secure the pluggable module to the host device. Each of the thumbscrews comprises a torque limiter. The pluggable module can further comprise protecting means for protecting a portion of the module connector extending outside the cavity from damage." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2011 (13/273,135). 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=8,427,837&OS=8,427,837&RS=8,427,837 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** FormFactor Assigned Patent for Probe Card Assembly having an Actuator for Bending the Probe Substrate ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- FormFactor, Livermore, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,183) developed by Gaetan L. Mathieu, Varennes, Canada, Benjamin N. Eldridge, Danville, Calif., and Gary W. Grube, Pleasanton, Calif., for a "probe card assembly having an actuator for bending the probe substrate." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A planarizer for a probe card assembly. A planarizer includes a first control member extending from a substrate in a probe card assembly. The first control member extends through at least one substrate in the probe card assembly and is accessible from an exposed side of an exterior substrate in the probe card assembly. Actuating the first control member causes a deflection of the substrate connected to the first control member." The patent application was filed on April 22, 2011 (13/092,709). 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=8,427,183.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,183&RS=PN/8,427,183 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** FormFactor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- FormFactor, Livermore, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,186) developed by Andrew W. McFarland, San Ramon, Calif., for a "probe element having a substantially zero stiffness and applications thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A microelectronic probe element can include a base, a tip, and a spring assembly coupled between the tip and the base. The spring assembly can include a first spring and a second spring, wherein the first spring has a negative stiffness over a predefined displacement range and the second spring has a positive stiffness over the predefined displacement range. The first spring and second spring can be coupled so that the negative stiffness and positive stiffness substantially cancel to produce a net stiffness of the tip relative to the base over the predefined displacement range." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2010 (12/686,196). 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=8,427,186.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,186&RS=PN/8,427,186 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Rambus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Rambus, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,891) developed by Scott C. Best, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "hybrid volatile and non-volatile memory device with a shared interface circuit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A composite, hybrid memory device including a first storage die having an array of volatile storage cells and a second storage die having an array of non-volatile storage cells disposed within an integrated circuit package. The hybrid memory device includes a shared interface circuit to receive memory access commands directed to the first storage die and the second storage die and to convey read and write data between an external data path and the first and second storage dice." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2008 (12/596,115). 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=8,427,891&OS=8,427,891&RS=8,427,891 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Maintaining Insulators in Power Transmission Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,426,736) developed by six co-inventors for "maintaining insulators in power transmission systems." The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, Calif., Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrical power transmission system includes electrical insulators arranged to electrically isolate live power lines. Surface reconditioning units are incorporated or integrated in the insulator structures. A sensor arrangement determines surface conditions of the electrical insulators in use to isolate live power lines. In response, the surface reconditioning units automatically recondition the surfaces of the in-service electrical insulators if appropriate for maintaining the electrical insulators in healthy state." The patent application was filed on July 17, 2009 (12/460,452). 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=84,26,736.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,736&RS=PN/84,26,736 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Theron Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Theron Pharmaceuticals, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,426,611) developed by four co-inventors for "7-azoniabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane derivatives, methods of production, and pharmaceutical uses thereof." The co-inventors are Jurg R. Pfister, Los Altos, Calif., Gwenaella Rescourio, San Mateo, Calif., Meenakshi S. Venkatraman, Fremont, Calif., and Xiaoming Zhang, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonists and methods of using them for the treatment of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated diseases, such as pulmonary diseases, are provided." The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2011 (13/015,496). 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=84,26,611.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,611&RS=PN/84,26,611 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** OpenTV Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- OpenTV, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,429,692) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "method and system to search viewable content." The co-inventors are Andrew Zeldis, San Francisco, Gina Terada, San Francisco, David A. Merkoski, San Francisco, Jared Marr, San Francisco, Benjamin A. Rottler, San Francisco, Jordan Kanarek, San Francisco, Matthew Huntington, Twickenham, United Kingdom, Celine Pering, Palo Alto, Calif., David Scott Nazarian, Seattle, and Joshua Wagner, San Francisco. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system to search to search viewable content in the context of television entertainment is provided. In one example embodiment, the system comprises a communications module to receive a request associated with one or more directional keys on a control device, a search term detector to determine a search term associated with the request, a search module to locate a content item associated with the search term; and a presentation module to present the content item associated with the search term." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2007 (12/377,653). 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=8,429,692&OS=8,429,692&RS=8,429,692 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,427,769) developed by Robert D. Stultz, Cypress, Calif., for a "multi-stage Lyot filter and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a multi-stage Lyot filter comprises a plurality of prisms, a polarizing block, and a non-rotating, single-adjustment birefringent element. Each of the prisms is configured to receive light and to reflect the light. The polarizing block is configured to provide polarization discrimination of the light. The birefringent element is configured to tune the Lyot filter. The prisms are further configured to pass the light through the birefringent element multiple times." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2011 (13/325,620). 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=8,427,769&OS=8,427,769&RS=8,427,769 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Mendel Biotechnology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Mendel Biotechnology, Hayward, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,426,685) developed by ten co-inventors for "yield-related polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants." The co-inventors are Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Oakland, Calif., Jose Luis Riechmann, Barcelona, Spain, Luc Adam, Hayward, Calif., Jacqueline E. Heard, Webster Groves, Mo., Marsha L. Pilgrim, Phoenixville, Pa., Cai-Zhong Jiang, Fremont, Calif., T. Lynne Reuber, San Mateo, Calif., Robert A. Creelman, Castro Valley, Calif., Omaira Pineda, Vero Beach, Fla., and Guo-Liang Yu, Berkeley, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to plant AP2 protein family polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties, including greater tolerance to freezing, as compared to a reference plant." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2009 (12/638,750). 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=84,26,685.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,685&RS=PN/84,26,685 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Monolithic 3D Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Monolithic 3D, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,200) developed by Zvi Or-Bach, San Jose, Calif., for a 3D semiconductor device. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A semiconductor device includes a first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer; and a second mono-crystallized semiconductor layer; wherein said first and second mono-crystallized semiconductor layers are overlaying one on top of the other, and wherein said first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer comprise repeating memory structure with sub structures defined by etching." The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2010 (12/941,073). 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=8,427,200.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,200&RS=PN/8,427,200 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,426,718) developed by Gerhard Lengeling, Los Altos, Calif., for "simulating several instruments using a single virtual instrument." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A media application for providing outputs (e.g., audio outputs) in response to inputs received from an input device is provided. The media application may connect input mechanisms of an input device with parameters of channel strips (e.g., which may define output sounds) using an intermediate screen object. The media application may first assign an input mechanism to a screen object, and separately map a screen object to a channel strip parameter. The media application may map a screen object to several channel strips simultaneously such that, based on the value of the screen object, the volume of each of the several channel strips changes. The media application may provide a graphical representation of available channel strips using layers. As the media application accesses a channel strip, the appearance of the portion of the layer associated with the channel strip may change." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2011 (13/169,764). 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=84,26,718.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,718&RS=PN/84,26,718 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent for Next Generation Automatically-deployed Communication Relay ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (8,427,383) developed by four co-inventors for a "next generation automatically-deployed communication relay." The co-inventors are Narek Pezeshkian, San Diego, Aaron Bruce Burmeister, San Diego, Hoa G. Nguyen, San Diego, and Kevin F. Holz, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A radio relay comprising: a housing configured to be released from a mobile platform onto a support surface; a radio mounted within the housing, wherein the radio is configured to relay radio frequency (RF) signals and to operate as a node in a telecommunications network; a first antenna mast having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is rotatably coupled to the housing; a first antenna element operatively coupled to the radio and mechanically coupled to the distal end; and an antenna mast rotation mechanism mounted within the housing and the proximal end such that the antenna mast rotation mechanism is configured to upwardly rotate the first antenna mast to a raised position such that the first antenna mast is substantially parallel to the ambient gravity vector." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2009 (12/503,170). 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=8,427,383.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,383&RS=PN/8,427,383 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Agensys Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Agensys, Santa Monica, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,426,571) developed by five co-inventors for "nucleic acids and corresponding proteins entitled 202P5A5 useful in treatment and detection of cancer." The co-inventors are Arthur B. Raitano, Los Alamitos, Calif., Mary Faris, Los Angeles, Pia M. Challita-Eid, Encino, Calif., Aya Jakobovits, Beverly Hills, Calif., and Wangmao Ge, Los Angeles. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A novel gene 202P5A5 and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 202P5A5 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 202P5A5 provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 202P5A5 gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with 202P5A5 can be used in active or passive immunization." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2011 (13/021,202). 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=84,26,571.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,571&RS=PN/84,26,571 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Immersion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Immersion, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,286) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for controlling haptic devices having multiple operational modes." The co-inventors are Danny A. Grant, Laval, Canada, Kollin M. Tierling, Milpitas, Calif., Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Montreal, and Alex S. Goldenberg, San Francisco. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A haptic device having a plurality of operational modes, including a first operational mode and a second operational mode is provided. The first operational mode is associated with a frequency range. The second operational mode is associated with a frequency range that is different from the frequency range of the first operational mode. A controller is coupled to the haptic device, and is configured to send the haptic device a plurality of control schemes. Each control scheme is uniquely associated with an operational mode from the plurality of operational modes. Another embodiment provides a method that includes providing power to a haptic device configured to cause the haptic device to provide a haptic sensation above a pre-determined sensation threshold. A voltage pulse that is configured to change the haptic sensation output by the haptic device by a pre-determined amount within a pre-determined time period is also applied to the haptic device." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2010 (12/818,618). 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=8,427,286.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,286&RS=PN/8,427,286 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Merck Sharp & Dohme Assigned Patent for RNA Interference Mediated Inhibition of the FC.epsilon.R1.alpha. Gene ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,426,581) developed by Vasant Jadhav, Harleysville, Pa., Victoria Pickering, Pacifica, Calif., and Walter Strapps, San Mateo, Calif., for a "RNA interference mediated inhibition of the FC.epsilon.R1.alpha. gene." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of FC.epsilon.R1.alpha. gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a FC.epsilon.R1.alpha. gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to doublestranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against FC.epsilon.R1.alpha. gene expression." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2010 (13/256,095). 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=84,26,581.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,581&RS=PN/84,26,581 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sensormatic Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Sensormatic Electronics, Boca Raton, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,427,373) developed by Bing Jiang, San Diego, Richard John Campero, San Clemente, Calif., and Steve Edward Trivelpiece, Irvine, Calif., for an "RFID patch antenna with coplanar reference ground and floating grounds." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, reader antennas are provided within storage fixtures for transporting RF signals between, for example, an RFID reader and an RFID tag. In a preferred embodiment, the RFID-enabled storage fixtures are implemented using an intelligent network, which may allow enhanced flexibility in controlling systems for interrogation of RFID antennas." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2008 (12/247,994). 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=8,427,373.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,373&RS=PN/8,427,373 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** WD Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- WD Media, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,770) developed by Thomas A. O'Dell, Sunnyvale, Calif., Balvinder Singh, Gilroy, Calif., and Daryl M. Shiraki, San Jose, Calif., for "discriminating between protrusion defects and recess defects on a disk recording medium." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus is disclosed comprising a thermal sensor operable to detect at least one protrusion defect and at least one recess defect on a disk, the thermal sensor operable to generate a sensor signal. An attack time of the sensor signal is measured when the thermal sensor passes over one of the protrusion defect and the recess defect, and the protrusion defect is discriminated from the recess defect based on the attack time." The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2011 (13/225,309). 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=8,427,770&OS=8,427,770&RS=8,427,770 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent for All-reflective Relayed Focal Telescope Derived from the First Two Mirrors of an Afocal Three-mirror Anastigmat ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,427,744) developed by Lacy G. Cook, El Segundo, Calif., for an "all-reflective relayed focal telescope derived from the first two mirrors of an afocal three-mirror anastigmat." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical system includes a primary mirror of a positive-powered concave substantially paraboloidal configuration configured to reflect light incident thereupon; a secondary mirror of a negative-powered convex hyperboloidal configuration facing the primary mirror configured to receive the light reflected from the primary mirror and redirect the light reflected from the primary mirror; a positive-powered tertiary mirror configured to substantially reimage and reflect divergent light rays incident from the secondary mirror; and a powered quaternary mirror configured to receive the reimaged light rays from the tertiary mirror, and to relay the received reimaged light rays to a focal point." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2009 (12/577,279). 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=8,427,744&OS=8,427,744&RS=8,427,744 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Vela Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Vela Technologies, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,426,800) developed by Michael W. Ingram, Austin, Texas, Joseph C. Stumpf, Hemet, Calif., and Jon P. Conway, San Diego, for "integrating optical systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Integrating optical systems and methods of use are described herein. In one embodiment, an integrating optical system comprises: a housing having a first and second portions; and a chamber having a diffuse reflective material and a volume formed within the portions when coupled together. The portions are separable to allow insertion and removal of at least one light treatable object in and out of the chamber. At least one aperture is formed in the chamber to couple to a light source and to direct light from the light source to at least a first portion of the diffuse reflective material. At least one holding structure supports the object within the volume at a location, wherein the diffuse reflective material, the aperture and the location ensure that the light is diffusely reflected to integrate the light and impact the object with substantially uniform light without movement of the object." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2011 (13/229,544). 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=84,26,800.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,800&RS=PN/84,26,800 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avalanche Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Avalanche Technology, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,863) developed by Rajiv Yadav Ranjan, San Jose, Calif., Roger Klaus Malmhall, San Jose, Calif., and Parviz Keshtbod, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "low current switching magnetic tunnel junction design for magnetic memory using domain wall motion." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-state low-current-switching magnetic memory element (magnetic memory element) comprising a free layer, two stacks, and a magnetic tunneling junction is disclosed. The stacks and magnetic tunneling junction are disposed upon surfaces of the free layer, with the magnetic tunneling junction located between the stacks. The stacks pin magnetic domains within the free layer, creating a free layer domain wall. A current passed from stack to stack pushes the domain wall, repositioning the domain wall within the free layer. The position of the domain wall relative to the magnetic tunnel junction corresponds to a unique resistance value, and passing current from a stack to the magnetic tunnel junction reads the magnetic memory element's resistance. Thus, unique memory states may be achieved by moving the domain wall." The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2011 (12/986,802). 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=8,427,863&OS=8,427,863&RS=8,427,863 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,426,842) developed by seven co-inventors for "doped graphene electronic materials." The co-inventors are Jeffrey A. Bowers, Kirkland, Wash., Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., Tatsushi Toyokuni, Paradise, Calif., and Richard N. Zare, Stanford, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A graphene substrate is doped with one or more functional groups to form an electronic device." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2010 (12/800,058). 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=84,26,842.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,842&RS=PN/84,26,842 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,429,721) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for performing a security check." The co-inventors are Theron Tock, Mountain View, Calif., Vadim Egorov, Palo Alto, Calif., Andrew R. Harding, Scotts Valley, Calif., and Sampath Srinivas, Santa Clara, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An access request is transmitted from a first device to a second device causing one or more security functions to be executed on the first device. Whether to grant the access request is based on a result of the executed one or more security functions." The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2009 (12/604,902). 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=8,429,721&OS=8,429,721&RS=8,429,721 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent for Computing Platform with Resource Constraint Negotiation ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,429,666) developed by four co-inventors for a "computing platform with resource constraint negotiation." The co-inventors are Daniel R. Bornstein, San Francisco, Carl S. Shapiro, Palo Alto, Calif., Jeffrey M. Brown, Mountain View, Calif., and Christopher Lynn Tate, Berkeley, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various techniques are described for resource management on a computing platform. A computing platform can receive a query message that specifies an amount of a resource proposed for allocation. The computing platform can select a selected recommendation level from a plurality of recommendation levels, based on an evaluation of a request for the amount of the resource proposed for allocation. The computing platform can generate a resource allocation recommendation that includes the selected recommendation level with respect to the amount of the resource proposed for allocation. The computing platform can send the resource allocation recommendation." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2012 (13/358,406). 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=8,429,666&OS=8,429,666&RS=8,429,666 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sony Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,429,713) developed by five co-inventors for "method and apparatus to speed transmission of CEC commands." The co-inventors are Brant Candelore, San Diego, Aravind Asam, San Diego, Peter R. Shintani, San Diego, Robert Blanchard, Escondido, Calif., and Takashi Hironaka, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and structure for establishing faster transmission of Consumer Electronic Control (CEC) commands between first and second HDMI-compatible devices. The first and second devices may transmit CEC commands via a shared alternate interface, a signaling path distinct from a standard HDMI CEC interface between the first and second devices. Authentication may furthermore be performed prior to use of the alternate interface to confirm that the communication is authorized." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2007 (11/695,359). 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=8,429,713&OS=8,429,713&RS=8,429,713 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent for Read Operation for Non-volatile Storage with Compensation for Coupling ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,427,873) developed by Nima Mokhlesi, Los Gatos, Calif., for a "read operation for non-volatile storage with compensation for coupling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Shifts in the apparent charge stored on a floating gate (or other charge storing element) of a non-volatile memory cell can occur because of the coupling of an electric field based on the charge stored in adjacent floating gates (or other adjacent charge storing elements). The problem occurs most pronouncedly between sets of adjacent memory cells that have been programmed at different times. To account for this coupling, the read process for a particular memory cell will provide compensation to an adjacent memory cell in order to reduce the coupling effect that the adjacent memory cell has on the particular memory cell." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2011 (13/113,312). 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=8,427,873&OS=8,427,873&RS=8,427,873 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** SanDisk 3D Assigned Patent for Large Array of Upward Pointinig P-I-N Diodes Having Large and Uniform Current ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- SanDisk 3D, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,858) developed by Scott Brad Herner, San Jose, Calif., for "large array of upward pointinig p-i-n diodes having large and uniform current." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A circuit is provided that includes a plurality of vertically oriented p-i-n diodes. Each p-i-n diode is coupled to a resistivity-switching element and includes a bottom heavily doped p-type region. When a voltage between about 1.5 volts and about 3.0 volts is applied across each p-i-n diode, a current of at least 1.5 microamps flows through 99 percent of the p-i-n diodes. Numerous other aspects are also provided." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2011 (13/294,224). 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=8,427,858&OS=8,427,858&RS=8,427,858 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Determining the Relative Positions of Connectors ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,296) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for determining the relative positions of connectors." The co-inventors are Aleksandar Pance, Saratoga, Calif., David Simon, San Francisco, Michael Sinclair, Pembroke, Bermuda, and Brett Bilbrey, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment, a system includes a plurality of ports and a proximity detection circuit to detect the presence of a connector relative to at least one port of the plurality of ports, prior to engagement of the connector with the port. Alternatives include a position sensor to determine the general distance of the connector from the port, and an orientation sensor to determine the orientation of the connector relative to the port. The system further includes a signal generator to provide at least one user-detectable signal representative of one or more of the proximity, position and orientation of the connector relative to the port to assist a user in engaging the connector with the port." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2009 (12/502,667). 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=8,427,296.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,296&RS=PN/8,427,296 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,425,728) developed by Xiaoqi Zhou, San Diego, Xulong Fu, San Diego, and Dave Edmondson, San Diego, for a "print media for high speed, digital inkjet printing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a print medium for high speed, digital inkjet printing, which has high brightness and is resistant to yellowing. The print medium includes a base paper formed from a fiber furnish containing at least 30% by weight of mechanical pulp, and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the base paper. The coating layer contains a metallic salt, a combination of two different binders at a predetermined ratio, and at least one inorganic pigment. A method of making the print medium is also disclosed." The patent application was filed on July 17, 2009 (13/259,599). 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=84,25,728.PN.&OS=PN/84,25,728&RS=PN/84,25,728 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Impinj Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Impinj, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,427,315) developed by Ali Aiouaz, Mission Viejo, Calif., David Ord, Aliso Viejo, Calif., and Omar Khwaja, Irvine, Calif., for an "ahead-of-time scheduling of commands in RFID reader systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "RFID reader systems, software and methods precompute one or more reader commands, before a tag actually responds to an earlier transmitted command. This way a system can result at a high data rate, while meeting specification requirements of responding within a preset time." The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2006 (11/509,290). 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=8,427,315.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,315&RS=PN/8,427,315 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AnaSpec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- AnaSpec, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,426,618) developed by Zhenjun Diwu, Sunnyvale, Calif., Jianheng Zhang, Santa Clara, Calif., and Yi Tang, Sunnyvale, Calif., for luminescence quenching compounds. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The quenching compounds of the invention are weakly luminescent cyanines that are substituted by one or more heteroaromatic quenching moieties. The quenching compounds of the invention exhibit little or no observable luminescence and efficiently quench a broad spectrum of luminescent compounds. The chemically reactive quenching compounds possess utility for labeling a wide variety of substances, including biomolecules. These labeled substances are highly useful for a variety of energy-transfer assays and applications." The patent application was filed on Jan. 9, 2012 (13/374,728). 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=84,26,618.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,618&RS=PN/84,26,618 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Themis Computer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Themis Computer, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,828) developed by William E. Kehret, Oakland, Calif., and Dennis Henry Smith, Fremont, Calif., for a "printed circuit board module enclosure and apparatus using same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A modular electronic component includes a circuit board having disposed thereon one or more electronic components and an enclosure for housing the circuit board. The enclosure comprises a thermally conductive shell having front and back surfaces being substantially parallel to the plane of the circuit board and being disposed on opposite sides of the circuit board from each other, left and right surfaces being substantially perpendicular to the plane of the circuit board and being disposed on opposite sides of the circuit board from each other, and top and bottom surfaces being substantially perpendicular to the left and right surfaces and substantially perpendicular to the top and bottom surfaces and being disposed on opposite sides of the circuit board from each other. A thermal shunt comprised of a thermally conductive material is disposed between the circuit board and the front surface of the enclosure and provides a thermally conductive path between at least some of the electronic components and the front surface of the enclosure, where the front surface of the enclosure conducts heat to at least one of the top, left, and right surfaces of the enclosure." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2010 (12/882,161). 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=8,427,828&OS=8,427,828&RS=8,427,828 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Advanced Analogic Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Advanced Analogic Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,235) developed by Richard K. Williams, Cupertino, Calif., for a "power-MOSFETs with improved efficiency for multi-channel class-D audio amplifiers and packaging thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A stereo class-D audio system includes a first die including four monolithically integrated NMOS high-side devices and a second a second die including four monolithically integrated PMOS low-side devices. The audio system also includes a set of electrical contacts for connecting the high and low-side devices to components within the a stereo class-D audio system, the set of electrical contacts including at least one supply contact for connecting the drains of the high-side devices to a supply voltage (V.sub.cc) and at least one ground contact for connecting the drains of the low-side devices to ground, the electrical contacts also including respective contacts for each source of the high and low-side devices allowing the source of each high-side device to be connected to the source of a respective low-side device to form two H-bridge circuits." The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2007 (11/874,182). 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=8,427,235.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,235&RS=PN/8,427,235 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,251) developed by Emmanuel P. Quevy, El Cerrito, Calif., and Roger T. Howe, Los Gatos, Calif., for a "temperature compensated oscillator including MEMS resonator for frequency control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is an oscillator that relies on redundancy of similar resonators integrated on chip in order to fulfill the requirement of one single quartz resonator. The immediate benefit of that approach compared to quartz technology is the monolithic integration of the reference signal function, implying smaller devices as well as cost and power savings." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2007 (11/691,330). 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=8,427,251.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,251&RS=PN/8,427,251 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Tessera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Tessera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,425,658) developed by Jim L. Lee, Penngrove, Calif., for "electrode cleaning in an electro-kinetic air mover." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electro-kinetic or electro-static apparatus for moving fluid includes an enlogated electrode energizable with respect to at least one other electrode to generate ions and thereby motivate fluid flow there between. A cleaning device is positioned to frictionally engage at least two opposing surfaces of the elongated electrode. The cleaning device is movable along a length of the elongated electrode to thereby remove detrimental material from the at least two opposing surfaces of the elongated electrode. The cleaning device can be substantially off-center relative to the elongated electrode to frictionally bind upon the elongated electrode during movement of the cleaning device." The patent application was filed on May 20, 2011 (13/112,873). 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=84,25,658.PN.&OS=PN/84,25,658&RS=PN/84,25,658 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,427,185) developed by six co-inventors for an "inline inspection of photovoltaics for electrical defects." The co-inventors are George H. Zapalac Jr., Santa Cruz, Calif., Kirk J. Bertsche, San Jose, Calif., David L. Brown, Sunnyvale, Calif., J. Kirkwood H. Rough, San Jose, Calif., David A. Soltz, San Jose, Calif., and Yehiel Gotkis, Fremont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of inline inspection of photovoltaic material for electrical anomalies. 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