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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Virginia (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 Virginia. *** M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Lowell, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,427,257) developed by Thomas A. Winslow, Salem, Va., for a "broadside-coupled transformers with improved bandwidth." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) compatible broadside-coupled transformer including (i) a first transmission line, (ii) a second transmission line, and (iii) a third transmission line. The first and the second transmission lines generally form the broadside-coupled transformer. The third transmission line is generally connected in series with the broadside-coupled transmission line forming a ground return path of the broadside-coupled transformer." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2011 (13/096,371). 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=8,427,257.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,257&RS=PN/8,427,257 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of Virginia Patent Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- The University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,426,568) developed by four co-inventors for "rhamnose substituents of SL0101 and therapeutic uses thereof." The co-inventors are Jeffrey A. Smith, Earlysville, Va., Sidney M. Hecht, Charlottesville, Va., Deborah A. Lannigan-Macara, Charlottesville, Va., and David J. Maloney, Point of Rocks, Md. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides compositions and methods useful for preparing and using analogs, derivatives, and modifications of kaempferols that have anti-neoplastic activity. More specifically, the compounds are analogs, derivatives, and modifications of SLO1O1. The invention further provides compounds that are inhibitors of rsk activity. The invention further provides compounds that selectively inhibit excessive rsk activity in cancers. The present invention further provides methods for treating cancer using compounds of the invention." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2007 (12/301,656). 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=84,26,568.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,568&RS=PN/84,26,568 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Scheduling Jobs Within a Cloud Computing Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,429,659) developed by four co-inventors for "scheduling jobs within a cloud computing environment." The co-inventors are Katalin K. Bartfai-Walcott, El Dorado Hills, Calif., Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, Mich., Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, Va., and Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach to prioritize jobs (e.g., within a cloud computing environment) so as to maximize positive financial impacts (or to minimize negative financial impacts) for cloud service providers, while not exceeding processing capacity or failing to meet terms of applicable Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Specifically, under the present invention a respective income (i.e., a cost to the customer), a processing need, and set of SLA terms (e.g., predetermined priorities, time constraints, etc.) will be determined for each of a plurality of jobs to be performed. The jobs will then be prioritized in a way that: maximizes cumulative/collective income; stays within the total processing capacity of the cloud computing environment; and meets the SLA terms." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2010 (12/907,094). 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=8,429,659&OS=8,429,659&RS=8,429,659 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,426,818) developed by four co-inventors for a post-supported microbolometer pixel. The co-inventors are Richard J. Blackwell Jr., Andover, Mass., Jeannie Geneczko, Carlisle, Mass., Tuyet Bach, Catharpin, Va., and Daniel J. O'Donnell, Manassas, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A post-supported bolometer pixel and a process for manufacturing it comprising the steps of depositing a sacrificial layer over a substrate with readout integrated circuit pads that connect to the integrated circuit; forming vias through the sacrificial layer to the metal pads connecting to the readout integrated circuit; filling the vias with metal and polishing said metal to the surface of the sacrificial layer; forming microbolometer pixel layers over the filled vias and sacrificial layer; and removing the sacrificial layer to leave a post-supported pixel." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2008 (12/303,125). 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=84,26,818.PN.&OS=PN/84,26,818&RS=PN/84,26,818 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Carbon Value Tracking and Labeling ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,427,318) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for carbon value tracking and labeling." The co-inventors are Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Paul A. Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, N.C., Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Keith R. Walker, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A solution for tracking the carbon footprint value of an object as the object is manufactured and/or transported. This value may be stored in a tag associated with the object. Thus, the object can track its own carbon footprint, e.g., using the tag. Alternatively, the values are stored in a database with an entry associated with a particular object. The final composite value, e.g., the sum of the intermediate values associated with manufacturing steps, components, transportation steps, and disposal, may be used, e.g., seen, by the consumer or retail store. The store may use such values to arrange objects by footprint value on a shelf or in a store, or for other purposes. Therefore, the disclosure enables manufactures of products to track the carbon footprint for their products as the products are being produced and transported." The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2008 (12/276,845). 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=8,427,318.PN.&OS=PN/8,427,318&RS=PN/8,427,318 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent for Nonlinear Frequency Conversion in Nanoslot Optical Waveguides ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (8,427,738) developed by five co-inventors for "nonlinear frequency conversion in nanoslot optical waveguides." The co-inventors are Todd H. Stievater, Arlington, Va., Jacob B. Khurgin, Pikesville, Md., Doewon Park, Herndon, Va., Marcel W. Pruessner, Silver Spring, Md., and William S. Rabinovich, Silver Spring, Md. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A waveguide device for frequency mixing or conversion through birefringent phase matching, having two suspended horizontal waveguides with an air-filled horizontal nanoslot between them. The waveguides are formed of a material with a high nonlinear susceptibility, and one waveguide can be n-doped with the other waveguide slab being p-doped. The system can be tuned to operate at different frequencies by varying the nanoslot gap distance by electrostatically actuating the suspended air-clad waveguides." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2010 (12/901,159). 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=8,427,738&OS=8,427,738&RS=8,427,738 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** SkyBitz Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- SkyBitz, Herndon, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,428,000) developed by Rich Battista, Ashburn, Va., Jay Brosius, Frederick, Md., and Uday Shankar, Herndon, Va., for multiple return link. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for improving efficiency of satellite communications is described. In one embodiment, multiple return links are associated with a single forward link to reduce communications costs." The patent application was filed on July 16, 2010 (12/837,800). 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=8,428,000&OS=8,428,000&RS=8,428,000 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Business Global Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Verizon Business Global, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,427,972) developed by Yang Wang, Vienna, Va., for "resource allocation in virtual routers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A router system implements a plurality of virtual routers. Various combinations of resources may be shared by the router system when implementing the virtual routers. In one embodiment, the particular combination of resources to share when implementing the virtual router is user programmable." The patent application was filed on July 20, 2010 (12/839,445). 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=8,427,972&OS=8,427,972&RS=8,427,972 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mobitrum Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 26 -- Mobitrum, McLean, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,427,979) developed by Ray Wang, McLean, Va., for a "method and system for dynamic information exchange on location aware mesh network devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for dynamic information exchange on mesh network devices. Mobile location aware mesh network devices automatically exchange information with other mobile location aware devices that are located at a pre-determined distance of each other at a desired physical location. A server network device compares electronic profiles that include stated interests of the mobile location aware devices. The server network device also provides additional information to the mobile location aware mesh network devices based on stated interests in the electronic profiles of the mobile location aware network devices." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2012 (13/668,621). 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=8,427,979&OS=8,427,979&RS=8,427,979 Written by Neha Bharti; 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. -1122870 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |