[May 10, 2013] U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (May 10) Tweet (Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Method and System for Adaptive Context-embedded Prediction ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,437,571) developed by Gadiel Seroussi, Cupertino, Calif., Erik Ordentlich, San Jose, Calif., and Marcelo Weinberger, San Jose, Calif., for a "method and system for adaptive context-embedded prediction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the present invention is directed to an adaptive context-based predictor that predicts a value {circumflex over (x)} from a context, stored in an electronic memory, corresponding to a noisy-dataset symbol z.sub.i of a noisy dataset corrupted with noise modeled as being introduced by a noise-introducing channel. The adaptive context-based predictor is adapted according to one or more parameters that specify adaptive context-based-predictor operation, at least one of which functionally depends, or partially functionally depends, on a level of noise represented by the noise-introducing channel. The adaptive context-based predictor computes a number of intermediate values from the context, computes the predicted value {circumflex over (x)} from the intermediate values, and stores the predicted value {circumflex over (x)} in the electronic memory." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (12/387,404). 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=8,437,571&OS=8,437,571&RS=8,437,571 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intuitive Surgical Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,629) developed by Ian E. McDowall, Woodside, Calif., for a "dual optical path prism and camera in a minimally invasive surgical system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a minimally invasive surgical system, a camera includes a prismatic element having a lens within the prismatic element. The lens corrects the resulting image focus for the non-visible light to make it substantially the same as the focus for the visible light. Alternatively, the lens corrects the resulting image focus for the visible light to make it substantially the same as the focus for the non-visible light." The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2012 (13/633,729). 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=8,437,629&OS=8,437,629&RS=8,437,629 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** HRL Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- HRL Laboratories, Malibu, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,590) developed by Oleg M. Efimov, Thousand Oaks, Calif., for a "high-speed self-adjusting photonic converter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device is disclosed. The device contains a first electro-optical waveguide comprising at least one first grating, a second electro-optical waveguide comprising at least one second grating, a plurality of electrodes disposed adjacent to the first grating and configured to impose an electric field through the first electro-optical waveguide to modify spectra of the first grating, a fiber amplifier configured to propagate a laser radiation between the first electro-optical waveguide and the second electro-optical waveguide, and at least two circulators associated with the fiber amplifier and the first electro-optical waveguide and the second electro-optical waveguide and configured to provide unidirectional propagation of the laser radiation along the fiber amplifier." The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2012 (13/610,708). 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=8,437,590&OS=8,437,590&RS=8,437,590 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Shutterfly Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Shutterfly, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,575) developed by four co-inventors for a "proactive creation of image-based products." The co-inventors are Eugene Chen, Belmont, Calif., Preeti Nathan, San Carlos, Calif., Trynne Anne Miller, San Francisco, and Wiley H. Wang, San Mateo, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for proactively creating a image-based product includes identifying a group of images and automatically creating a design for a image-based product without receiving a user's request if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. The image-based product incorporates a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the image-based product to a user for preview and making a physical manifestation of the image-based product based on the design." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2010 (12/821,369). 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=8,437,575&OS=8,437,575&RS=8,437,575 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** General Instrument Assigned Patent for Method and System for Interpolating Fractional Video Pixels ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- General Instrument, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,437,581) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for interpolating fractional video pixels." The co-inventors are Jian Lou, San Diego, David M. Baylon, San Diego, Koohyar Minoo, San Diego, Krit Panusopone, San Diego, and Limin Wang, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for interpolating video pixels is described, in which the value of a first fractional pixel is calculated based on the values of the first set of integer pixels, while the value of a second fractional pixel is calculated based on the values of the second set of integer pixels. The first set of integer pixels is not equal to the second set of integer pixels. For example, the first and second set may contain different integer pixels and may contain different numbers of integer pixels." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2012 (13/406,613). 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=8,437,581&OS=8,437,581&RS=8,437,581 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Wasinoski Procter Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Wasinoski Procter, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,437,561) developed by Kenneth Rose, Ojai, Calif., for a "scalable predictive coding method and apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A scalable predictive coder in which the current frame of data is predicted at the enhancement-layer by processing and combining the reconstructed signal at: (i) the current base-layer (or lower layers) frame; and (ii) the previous enhancement-layer frame. The combining rule takes into account the compressed prediction error of the base-layer, and the parameters used for its compression." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2007 (11/865,454). 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=8,437,561&OS=8,437,561&RS=8,437,561 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Optical Channel Tap Assembly ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,437,592) developed by Sagi Varghese Mathai, Palo Alto, Calif., Paul Kessler Rosenberg, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Wayne V. Sorin, Mountain View, Calif., for an "optical channel tap assembly." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical channel tap assembly comprises a first N by M waveguide array including a first set of optical channels to convey optical signals along a first set of conveyance paths. The optical channel tap assembly also comprises a second N by M waveguide array including a second set of optical channels to convey the optical signals along a second set of conveyance paths, the optical signals received from the first set of conveyance paths. Additionally, the optical channel tap assembly comprises a beam splitter, disposed between the first N by M waveguide array and the second N by M waveguide array, to divert a first portion of power from the optical signals away from the second N by M waveguide array while allowing a second portion of power from the optical signals to propagate into the second N by M waveguide array." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2010 (12/907,662). 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=8,437,592&OS=8,437,592&RS=8,437,592 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Low-cost Passive Optical Waveguide Using Si Substrate ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,585) developed by Yun-Chung N. Na, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "low-cost passive optical waveguide using Si substrate." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A passive optical waveguide is solely built on a Si substrate while still maintaining high optical quality. Two side-by-side diamond shaped cavities may be etched into the Si wafer and oxide grown on the inner walls of the cavities until the oxide meets at opposing inner vertices of the diamond shaped cavities. An optical waveguide is formed by the inverted, generally triangular cross-sectional, portion of silicon remaining between the top surface of the wafer and the opposing inner vertices." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2010 (12/962,223). 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=8,437,585&OS=8,437,585&RS=8,437,585 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,582) developed by Peter Kiesel, Palo Alto, Calif., and Oliver Schmidt, Aalen, Germany, for "transmitting light with lateral variation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Input light, such as from an optical sensor or stimulus-wavelength converter, includes one or more light or dark sub-bands. The input light is transmitted, such as through a transmissive layer or transmission component, to obtain effects due to transmission with lateral variation. A detector can, for example, obtain spectral information or other photon energy information about the sub-bands due to lateral variation. For each light or dark sub-band, a transmission component can, for example, provide a respective light or dark spot, and spot position can be used to obtain spectral information such as absolute wavelength or wavelength change. A photosensing component can sense or detect transmitted light or output photons, such as with a photosensor array or a position-sensitive detector. Circuitry can use photosensed quantities to obtain, e.g. a differential signal or information about time of wavelength change." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2009 (12/409,003). 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=8,437,582&OS=8,437,582&RS=8,437,582 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Pixelworks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Pixelworks, Portland, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,437,580) developed by Yue Ma, San Jose, Calif., and Hongmin Zhang, Santa Clara, Calif., for "artifacts measurement on video decomposable properties by dynamic fuzzy reasoning." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "To determine if a pixel exhibits artifacts, statistics are generated for the pixel and its neighbors. These statistics are compared with thresholds. If the comparison of the statistics and the thresholds suggests that the pixel exhibits a pixel artifact, then recourse can be taken, either to adjust the pixel value in some way, or to reject the angle of interpolation used in computing the value for the target pixel." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2010 (12/943,819). 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=8,437,580&OS=8,437,580&RS=8,437,580 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** ARRIS Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- ARRIS Group, Suwanee, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,437,624) developed by Geoff Chatterton, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "system and method for digital multimedia stream conversion." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method includes reading selected portions of video content from a digital versatile disk ("DVD"), said selected portions of video content separated by periods of time to provide a fast forward or rewind mode; generating a transport stream of transport stream packets containing said selected portions of video content; and in response to detecting said fast forward or rewind mode, causing a transport stream decoder to decode said transport stream packets without synchronization." The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2006 (11/526,110). 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=8,437,624&OS=8,437,624&RS=8,437,624 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (8,437,591) developed by four co-inventors for a "reusable biochemical agent sensor and method using optical micro-resonator grid arrays." The co-inventors are Ryan P. Lu, San Diego, Christopher K. Huynh, Rosemead, Calif., Ayax D. Ramirez, Chula Vista, Calif., and Joshua M. Kvavle, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes at least two optical fibers crossing to form a vertice. The optical fibers comprise a core, a cladding surrounding the core, and a conductive coating at least partially surrounding the length of the cladding. A portion of the core of each of the fibers is exposed proximate to the vertice. An optical microsphere whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonator is positioned to cover exposed core portion of each fiber and in contact with the conductive coating of each fiber. The optical fibers may be orthogonal to each other or offset by a non-orthogonal and non-zero angle. The WGM resonator may be positioned between each of the fibers. An optical energy source may be coupled to an end of the optical fibers, with an optical detector coupled to the other end. A voltage source may be connected to the conductive coating of each of the optical fibers." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2011 (13/165,330). 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=8,437,591&OS=8,437,591&RS=8,437,591 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** American Aerogel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- American Aerogel, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,436,061) developed by Donald F. Albert, Higganum, Conn., Greg R. Andrews, Monterey, Calif., and Joseph W. Bruno, Higganum, Conn., for "organic, open cell foam materials, their carbonized derivatives, and methods for producing same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Organic, small pore area materials ("SPMs") are provided comprising open cell foams in unlimited sizes and shapes. These SPMs exhibit minimal shrinkage and cracking. Processes for preparing SPMs are also provided that do not require supercritical extraction. These processes comprise sol-gel polymerization of a hydroxylated aromatic in the presence of at least one suitable electrophilic linking agent and at least one suitable solvent capable of strengthening the sol-gel. Also disclosed are the carbonized derivatives of the organic SPMs." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2011 (13/218,415). 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=8,436,061&OS=8,436,061&RS=8,436,061 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,436,062) developed by seven co-inventors for "nanoporous media templated from unsymmetrical amphiphilic porogens." The co-inventors are Jennifer Nam Cha, Union City, Calif., James Lupton Hedrick, Pleasanton, Calif., Ho-Cheol Kim, San Jose, Calif., Victor Yee-Way Lee, San Jose, Calif., Teddie Peregrino Magbitang, San Jose, Calif., Robert Dennis Miller, San Jose, Calif., and Willi Volksen, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Substantially or roughly spherical micellar structures useful in the formation of nanoporous materials by templating are disclosed. A roughly spherical micellar structure is formed by organization of one or more spatially unsymmetric organic amphiphilic molecules. Each of those molecules comprises a branched moiety and a second moiety. The branched moiety can form part of either the core or the surface of the spherical micellar structure, depending on the polarity of the environment. The roughly spherical micellar structures form in a thermosetting polymer matrix. They are employed in a templating process whereby the amphiphilic molecules are dispersed in the polymer matrix, the matrix is cured, and the porogens are then removed, leaving nanoscale pores." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2011 (13/101,017). 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=8,436,062&OS=8,436,062&RS=8,436,062 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,436,554) developed by six co-inventors for an LED solar illuminator. The co-inventors are Guoheng Zhao, Milpitas, Calif., Ady Levy, Sunnyvale, Calif., Alex Salnik, San Jose, Calif., Mehdi Vaez-Iravani, Los Gatos, Calif., Lena Nicolaides, Castro Valley, Calif., and Samuel S.H. Ngai, San Francisco. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for illuminating a target surface, the apparatus having a plurality of LED arrays, where each of the arrays has a plurality of individually addressable LEDs, and where at least one of the arrays is disposed at an angle of between about forty-five degrees and about ninety degrees relative to the target surface, where all of the arrays supply light into a light pipe, the light pipe having interior walls made of a reflective material, where light exiting the light pipe illuminates the target surface, and a controller for adjusting an intensity of the individually addressable light sources." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2011 (13/081,734). 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=8,436,554&OS=8,436,554&RS=8,436,554 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Bridgelux Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Bridgelux, Livermore, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,436,549) developed by Ghulam Hasnain, Livermore, Calif., for a "drive circuit for a color temperature tunable LED light source." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A drive circuit for a color temperature tunable LED light source. An apparatus includes a current driver configured to output a first drive current to drive a first group of LED chips of the light source to emit first color temperature light and to output a second drive current to drive a second group of LED chips of the light source to emit second color temperature light. The apparatus also includes a controller coupled to the current driver and configured to control the first and second drive currents so that the first color temperature light and the second color temperature light combine to produce a resulting light having a selected color temperature and a selected intensity value." The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2010 (12/856,009). 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=8,436,549&OS=8,436,549&RS=8,436,549 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Luxim Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Luxim, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,436,546) developed by four co-inventors for an "electrodeless lamps and methods." The co-inventors are Marc DeVincentis, Palo Alto, Calif., Abdeslam Hafidi, Cupertino, Calif., Richard Gilliard, Morgan Hill, Calif., and Dan O'Hare, Livermore, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrodeless plasma lamp and method of generating light are described. The lamp may comprise a lamp body, a source of radio frequency (RF) power and a bulb. The lamp body may comprise a solid dielectric material and at least one conductive element within the solid dielectric material. The source of RF power is configured to provide RF power and an RF feed configured to radiate the RF power from the RF source into the lamp body. The bulb is positioned proximate the lamp body and contains a fill that forms a plasma when the RF power is coupled to the fill from the lamp body. The at least one conductive element is configured to concentrate an electric field proximate the bulb." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2012 (13/402,078). 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=8,436,546&OS=8,436,546&RS=8,436,546 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** SRI International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,436,508) developed by four co-inventors for a mechanical meta-materials. The co-inventors are Roy D. Kornbluh, Palo Alto, Calif., Ronald E. Pelrine, Louisville, Colo., Harsha Prahlad, Cupertino, Calif., and Scott E. Stanford, Mountain View, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides meta-materials with an actively controllable mechanical property. The meta-material includes a deformable structure and a set of activation elements. The activation elements are controllable between multiple states. The meta-material includes a first value for a mechanical property when one or more of the activation elements is in the first activation state and includes a second value for the mechanical property when the activation elements have been activated to the second activation state. In one aspect, the meta-material resembles a composite material where the connectivity between the component materials or shape and arrangement of the component materials is dynamically controllable so as to affect a mechanical property of the meta-material." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2012 (13/408,996). 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=8,436,508&OS=8,436,508&RS=8,436,508 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,225) developed by William Bull, Campbell, Calif., Eric James Hope, Cupertino, Calif., and Alan Cannistraro, San Francisco, for "devices and systems for outputting contextual information about an event for which an alarm is set on an electronic device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention can permit an electronic device to output contextual information about an event when an alarm stored within the electronic device goes off. In one embodiment, an electronic device can permit a user to select an alarm template from a plurality of alarm templates and associate the selected alarm template with an alarm. When the alarm goes off at a later date, the electronic device can output the contextual information of the user-selected alarm template, thereby providing the user with contextual information relevant to the event for which the alarm was created. In another embodiment of the present invention, a receiving electronic device can automatically match alarm templates with alarms transferred from a transmitting electronic device. The present invention also can permit a user to create an alarm template, and customize alarm templates pre-populated by the manufacturer of an electronic device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2012 (13/620,590). 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=8,437,225&OS=8,437,225&RS=8,437,225 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Method for Automatic Exposure Control Within a Video Capture Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,436,914) developed by Adrian Proca, Santa Cruz, Calif., and John Louis Warpakowski Furlan, Belmont, Calif., for a "method for automatic exposure control within a video capture device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "On embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for automatically computing exposure parameters for a digital video camera (DVC) system. The exposure parameters include exposure gain, analog gain, and digital gain. Each frame is analyzed with respect to an image luma value. Exposure gain and analog gain are adjusted to reduce differences between a target image luma value and measured image luma values over sequential frames. Digital gain is adjusted with respect to each frame to reduce visually abrupt changes in sequentially captured video frames." The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2008 (12/267,504). 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=8,436,914&OS=8,436,914&RS=8,436,914 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,437,246) developed by Marian Croak, Fair Haven, N.J., and Hossein Eslambolchi, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for providing internet protocol call signaling network assurance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for alarming on all signaling protocol messages that fail in substantial numbers on any particular routes within an IP network are disclosed. For example, upon receiving these alarms, the network will attempt to identify, and to correct the error producing conditions to prevent further call signaling message failures." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2005 (11/323,025). 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=8,437,246&OS=8,437,246&RS=8,437,246 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for I/O Circuit with Phase Mixer for Slew Rate Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,437,202) developed by Chang-Ki Kwon, San Diego, for an "I/O circuit with phase mixer for slew rate control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus includes a terminal, a first plurality of driver lines, and a first phase mixer. The driver lines drive the terminal to a first logic state responsive to a first enable signal. The first phase mixer is coupled to a first one of the first plurality of driver lines. The first phase mixer is operable to receive the first enable signal and a first delayed enable signal derived from the first enable signal and generate a first signal on the first driver line having a first configurable delay with respect to the first enable signal by mixing the first enable signal and the first delayed enable signal." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2012 (13/564,616). 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=8,437,202&OS=8,437,202&RS=8,437,202 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sprint Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Sprint Communications, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,437,259) developed by Antonio Nucci, Burlingame, Calif., and Nina Taft, San Francisco, for a "method for estimating telecommunication network traffic using link weight changes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention comprises methods for increasing the rank of the routing matrix of an IP network by systematically altering link weights in the IP network. A full rank routing matrix may be used with further methods in accordance with the present invention to estimate the mean traffic of the IP network based upon the full rank routing matrix and measured link utilization values. Example methods in accordance with the present invention for estimating mean traffic and covariance of traffic are described for both stationary and non-stationary link utilization data." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2011 (13/090,461). 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=8,437,259&OS=8,437,259&RS=8,437,259 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Teledyne RD Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Teledyne RD Instruments, Poway, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,222) developed by Mark A. Vogt, San Diego, for a "system and method of range estimation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method of range estimation are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises transmitting beams through a medium towards a surface, receiving reflected signals from the surface, and estimating range to the surfaced based on the reflected signals and an estimate of sidelobe coupling of the beams." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2011 (13/076,168). 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=8,437,222&OS=8,437,222&RS=8,437,222 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** STEC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- STEC, Santa Ana, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,190) developed by Mark Moshayedi, Newport Coast, Calif., and Seyed Jalal Sadr, Irvine, Calif., for an "interleaved flash storage system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A flash storage system accesses data interleaved among flash storage devices. The flash storage system receives a data block including data portions, stores the data portions in a data buffer, and initiates data transfers for asynchronously writing the data portions into storage blocks interleaved among the flash storage devices. Additionally, the flash storage system may asynchronously read data portions of a data block interleaved among the storage blocks, store the data portions in the data buffer, and access the data portions from the data buffer." The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2011 (13/289,966). 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=8,437,190&OS=8,437,190&RS=8,437,190 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sandisk Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Sandisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,436,916) developed by Jason Patrick Hanlon, Scotts Valley, Calif., and Fabrice Jogand-Coulomb, San Carlos, Calif., for a "removable data storage device with interface to receive image content from a camera." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data storage device includes an interface removably connectable to a camera to receive from the camera image content in a first format, where the image content is received at the interface from the camera when the camera is operating in a print mode. The data storage device also includes a processor coupled to the interface. The processor processes the received image content in the first format to generate converted image content in a second format. The data storage device also includes a non-volatile memory to store the converted image content in the second format. The data storage device also includes a second interface to a second electronic device. The second interface selectively outputs the image content in the second format to the second electronic device. The data storage device emulates a printer via the interface." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2012 (13/614,801). 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=8,436,916&OS=8,436,916&RS=8,436,916 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Storing Operational Information in an Array of Memory Cells ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,437,217) developed by Theodore T. Pekny, Sunnyvale, Calif., for "storing operational information in an array of memory cells." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure includes methods, devices, modules, and systems for storing operational information in an array of memory cells. One method embodiment includes storing data units of operational information in memory cells of at least one row of a first block of memory cells. The method also includes using a column scramble to shift the order of the data units. The method includes storing the data units in memory cells of at least one row of a second block of memory cells, wherein an order of the data units stored in the at least one row of the second block is different than an order of the data units stored in memory cells of the at least one row of the first block." The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2011 (13/012,020). 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=8,437,217&OS=8,437,217&RS=8,437,217 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Stanford University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,005) developed by Michel J.F. Digonnet, Palo Alto, Calif., Shanhui Fan, Stanford, Calif., and Seth Lloyd, Stanford, Calif., for an "optical sensor having a non-negligible source coherence length." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical sensor, a method of configuring an optical sensor, and a method of using an optical sensor are provided. The optical sensor includes an optical waveguide having a length and a laser source optically coupled to the waveguide. The laser source has a coherence length. Light from the source is transmitted to the waveguide as a first signal propagating along the waveguide in a first direction and a second signal propagating along the waveguide in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The optical paths of the first signal and the second signal are substantially reciprocal with one another and the first signal and the second signal are combined together after propagating through the waveguide to generate a third signal. The coherence length is greater than 1 meter or is in a range between 200 microns and 10 centimeters." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2012 (13/493,844). 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=8,437,005&OS=8,437,005&RS=8,437,005 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent for Low Distortion Spectrometer ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,436,992) developed by Ian S. Robinson, Redondo Beach, Calif., Lacy G. Cook, El Segundo, Calif., and Yifal J. Shaham, Los Angeles, for a low distortion spectrometer. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An imaging assembly for a spectrometer includes a substrate with first and second modules thereon containing respective arrays of detector elements positioned so the arrays are elongated along a first axis with a gap therebetween. A third module including a third array of detector elements is also thereon, spaced from the first axis, at least as long as the gap, and smaller than the elongation of either of the first or second arrays. Further thereon are first and second slits elongated along a second axis spaced from and generally parallel to the first axis, each being at least as long as the respective arrays. A third slit at least as long as the gap is also therein, spaced from the first axis, second axis, and third array such that the gap, third slit, and third array are generally along a third axis generally perpendicular to the first and second axis." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2011 (13/191,782). 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=8,436,992&OS=8,436,992&RS=8,436,992 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Stacked Memory Device for a Configurable Bandwidth Memory Interface ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,164) developed by Patrick Y. Law, Cupertino, Calif., for a "stacked memory device for a configurable bandwidth memory interface." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A stacked memory device for a configurable bandwidth memory interface includes a first number of contact pads arranged in a pattern on a first surface of the memory device and a second number of contact pads arranged in the same pattern on a second surface. Each of the second contact pads may be electrically coupled to a corresponding contact pad on the first surface using a via. When the memory device is oriented in a first orientation and stacked in vertical alignment and electrical connection upon a second memory device having the same pattern of contact pads, each data signal of the memory bus is coupled to a corresponding data signal of both the memory devices. When the memory device is oriented in a second orientation, a given data signal of the memory bus is coupled to the corresponding data signal of only one of the memory devices." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2011 (13/191,624). 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=8,437,164&OS=8,437,164&RS=8,437,164 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Power Integrations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Power Integrations, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,154) developed by Stefan Baurle, San Jose, Calif., and Zhao-Jun Wang, San Jose, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for varying a duty cycle of a power supply controller responsive to multiple linear functions over a range of values of a feedforward signal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An example power supply controller includes a switch duty cycle controller coupled to receive a feedback signal and a duty cycle adjust signal. The switch duty cycle controller is coupled to generate a drive signal coupled to control switching of a switch, which is coupled to an energy transfer element, to regulate energy delivered from an input of a power supply to an output of the power supply. The power supply controller also includes a gain selector circuit coupled to receive an input voltage signal, which is representative of an input voltage to the power supply, to generate the duty cycle adjust signal received by the switch duty cycle controller. The duty cycle of the drive signal to be varied in response to a plurality of linear functions over a range of values of the input voltage signal." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2012 (13/404,972). 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=8,437,154&OS=8,437,154&RS=8,437,154 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** SiPix Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- SiPix Imaging, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,069) developed by Craig Lin, San Jose, Calif., for a "luminance enhancement structure for reflective display devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to luminance enhancement structure for reflective display devices. The luminance enhancement structure comprises grooves and columns, wherein said grooves have a triangular cross-section and a top angle, and said grooves and columns are in alternating order and in a continuous form in one direction. The luminance enhancement structure not only can reduce the total internal reflection, but also especially can enhance the on-axis brightness of a display device." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2010 (12/943,832). 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=8,437,069&OS=8,437,069&RS=8,437,069 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** MagIC Technologies, International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- MagIC Technologies, Milpitas, Calif., and International Business Machines, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., have been assigned a patent (8,437,181) developed by Hsu Kai Yang, Pleasanton, Calif., Yutaka Nakamura, Kyoto, Japan, and John Debrosse, Colchester, Vt., for a "shared bit line SMT MRAM array with shunting transistors between the bit lines." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An array of rows and columns of SMT MRAM cells has each of the columns associated with one of its adjacent columns. Each of the SMT MRAM cells of the column is connected to a true data bit line and each of the SMT MRAM cells of the associated pair of columns is connected to a shared complement data bit line. A shunting switch device is connected between each of the true data bit lines and the shared complement data bit line for selectively connecting one of the true data bit lines to the shared complement data bit line to effectively reduce the resistance of the complement data bit line and to eliminate program disturb effects in adjacent non-selected columns of the SMT MRAM cells." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2010 (12/803,523). 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=8,437,181&OS=8,437,181&RS=8,437,181 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Illumina Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Illumina, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,436,999) developed by Mark Pratt, Belmont, Calif., and Jason Bryant, Cambridge, United Kingdom, for a "fluorescence excitation and detection system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A detection system for separately detecting different wavelengths of emission light emitted from a sample. The system includes a detection assembly to receive the emission light emitted from the sample. The detection assembly includes a multi-band dichroic member and at least first and second detection cameras. The multi-band dichroic member has a transmission/reflection characteristic with at least two transmissive regions separated from each other along a wavelength spectrum and with at least one reflective region separated from the transmissive regions along the wavelength spectrum. The dichroic member transmits portions of the emission light that align with the at least two transmissive regions to the first detection camera. The dichroic member reflects a portion of the emission light that aligns with the reflective region to the second detection camera." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2008 (12/679,652). 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=8,436,999&OS=8,436,999&RS=8,436,999 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Reversible Low-energy Data Storage in Phase Change Memory ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,182) developed by Johannes A. Kalb, San Francisco, and Brett E. Klehn, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "reversible low-energy data storage in phase change memory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A phase change memory (PCM) device utilizes low energy pulses to write data to PCM storage elements (cells). Methods, devices and systems are described that use low energy reset pulses to reset cells that have been previously set using a method that keeps a portion of the PCM cells in an amorphous phase. The reset is reversible by utilizing a low energy set pulse." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2010 (12/958,502). 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=8,437,182&OS=8,437,182&RS=8,437,182 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Individually Addressable Nano-scale Mechanical Actuators ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,437,072) developed by Jianhua Yang, Palo Alto, Calif., R. Stanley Williams, Portola Valley, Calif., and William Tong, San Francisco, for "individually addressable nano-scale mechanical actuators." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An addressable nano-scale mechanical actuator is formed at the intersection of two nanowires. The actuator has an active region disposed between the two nanowires, which form the electrodes of the actuator. The active region contains an electrolytically decomposable material. When an activation voltage is applied to the electrodes, the material releases a gas that forms a bubble at one electrode, causing a bulging of a top surface of the actuator. The bulging may be used, via mechanical coupling, to provide mechanical actuation on a nanometer scale. The nanowires may be arranged in a two-dimensional array to provide an array of individually addressable actuators." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (13/256,256). 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=8,437,072&OS=8,437,072&RS=8,437,072 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,252) developed by Bruce Kwan, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Puneet Agarwal, Cupertino, Calif., for an "intelligent congestion feedback apparatus and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and methods for intelligent congestion feedback are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a data interface configured to receive data packets from a source endpoint via an intermediate node. The data packets include a field indicating whether data congestion for data being sent to the destination endpoint is occurring. The example apparatus also includes a timer. The example apparatus further includes a feedback loop interface configured to selectively enable a feedback loop to the source endpoint and to transmit congestion notification (CN) messages to the source endpoint over the feedback loop. Upon receiving a data packet indicating that congestion has occurred due to the data packets from the source endpoint to the destination endpoint, the destination endpoint is configured to set the timer to a preset time value; start the timer reverse counting from the preset time value to zero, enable the feedback loop and transmit the CN messages." The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2010 (12/945,699). 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=8,437,252&OS=8,437,252&RS=8,437,252 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,437,250) developed by Sung I. Park, Irvine, Calif., Denh T. Sy, Rosemead, Calif., and Erwin W. Bathrick, Yorba Linda, Calif., for "determining paths that satisfy a reliability requirement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods for determining paths that satisfy a reliability requirement are generally described herein. The methods may include receiving path information. A reliability requirement is established, and paths that satisfy the reliability requirement are determined. Each path comprises nodes. Configuration of the nodes of the paths according to the reliability requirement is facilitated. A code rate may be determined that corresponds to the reliability requirement. The code rate may indicate network coding to be performed by least a subset of the nodes. The method may also include sending the code rate to the nodes of the paths." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2010 (12/780,022). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,437,250&OS=8,437,250&RS=8,437,250 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** JDS Uniphase Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- JDS Uniphase, Milipitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,086) developed by five co-inventors for a "beam combining light source." The co-inventors are Jihua Du, Santa Clara, Calif., James Yonghong Guo, Fremont, Calif., Lei Xu, San Jose, Calif., Richard L. Duesterberg, Mountain View, Calif., and Jay A. Skidmore, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to sources of optical radiation wherein polarized radiation from first and second rows of light emitters is first collimated and combined into two combined beam using first and second rows of collimating and beam re-directing elements, respectively, and then polarization multiplexed to form a polarization-multiplexed output beam. In order to reduce the footprint, emitters of the first and second emitter rows are disposed in an interleaved, staggered arrangement, and the second row of collimating and beam re-directing elements is disposed in a space between the first emitter row and the first row of collimating and beam re-directing elements." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2011 (13/077,592). 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=8,437,086&OS=8,437,086&RS=8,437,086 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** DST Output Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- DST Output, El Dorado Hills, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,014) developed by six co-inventors for a "paper handling system for utilization with a lazy-portrait formatting document printing system." The co-inventors are Frank W. Delfer, Granite Bay, Calif., Charles B. Clupper, El Dorado Hills, Calif., Marc J. Fagan, Folsom, Calif., Brett Jay Flickner, Folsom, Calif., Matthew Thomas Leettola, El Dorado Hills, Calif., and John Lawrence Arndt, El Dorado Hills, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A printed sheet handling system and method for use with lazy-portrait narrow-end to narrow-end (LPEE) formatted pages web printed pages to produce document sets includes: a printer to print LPEE formatted paired document pages on a continuous web; a slitter that divides the LPEE formatted printed web into two streams of sheets; collecting each stream in separate rolls of continuous sheets; withdrawing the stream of continuous sheets from a top of one roll, rotating the second roll 180.degree., and withdrawing the stream of continuous sheets from a bottom of the second roll; transferring each of the unwound streams of continuous sheets to a cutter that cuts each stream into individual pages; and collating the individual pages into correctly aligned and page number-sequenced document sets." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2008 (12/112,744). 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=8,437,014&OS=8,437,014&RS=8,437,014 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** UTBK Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- UTBK, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,437,256) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods to provide communication connections." The co-inventors are Ebbe Altberg, Mill Valley, Calif., Scott Faber, San Francisco, Ron Hirson, San Francisco, Sean Van der Linden, Berkeley, Calif., and Paul G. Manca, Oakland, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatuses to provide communication connections for partners based on communication references assigned to entities maintained by the partners. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving from a partner contact information of an entity; providing the partner with a real-time communication reference usable to at least initiate a request for a communication connection; and in response to receiving a request initiated via the real-time communication reference, providing a real-time communication connection between a requester and the entity using the contact information received from the partner." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2007 (11/668,881). 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=8,437,256&OS=8,437,256&RS=8,437,256 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sony Assigned Patent for Method and System for Scanning Television Systems Using a First Quick Scan and a Second Slower Scan ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,436,946) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for scanning television systems using a first quick scan and a second slower scan." The co-inventors are Tonni Sandager Larsen, Escondido, Calif., Yuko Suzuki, Tokyo, Norifumi Takaya, San Diego, William Schupp, San Diego, Max Wu, San Diego, and Liviu Burciu, Loma Linda, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of scanning television channels at initial setup. The method includes at a first power mode, automatically scanning for channels using a first scanning setup procedure during which the television is unusable by a user. The first power mode is when the television is at a full power mode. The detected channels are automatically provided for use by the television upon completion of the first scanning setup procedure. The method further includes automatically scanning for channels using a second scanning setup procedure at a second power mode following the first power mode. The second power mode is at a lower power mode than the first power mode, and the second scanning setup procedure is more time consuming in comparison to the first scanning setup procedure. Additional channels not detected during the initial setup by the first scanning setup procedure are automatically detected at the second power mode." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2009 (12/352,522). 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=8,436,946&OS=8,436,946&RS=8,436,946 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent for User Interface and Method for Graphical Processing Analysis ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,436,870) developed by four co-inventors for an "user interface and method for graphical processing analysis." The co-inventors are Raul Aguaviva, London, Jeffrey T. Kiel, Raleigh, N.C., Sebastien Julien Domine, San Jose, Calif., and William Orville Ramey II, Santa Clara, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented user interface and method for graphical processing analysis. More specifically, embodiments provide a convenient and effective mechanism for presenting GPU performance information such that one or more bottlenecking and/or underutilized graphics pipeline units may be identified. The presentation of the information enables quick comparison of all graphical operations within a frame for analysis with increased granularity. Additionally, the performance of graphical operations with common state attributes may be compared to more effectively and efficiently enhance GPU performance." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2006 (11/498,207). 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=8,436,870&OS=8,436,870&RS=8,436,870 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Decoders Using Memristive Switches ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,437,172) developed by four co-inventors for "decoders using memristive switches." The co-inventors are Marco Fiorentino, Mountain View, Calif., William M. Tong, San Francisco, Philip J. Kuekes, Menlo Park, Calif., and Jianhua Yang, Palo Alto, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A decoding structure employs a main terminal (130), a first memristive switch (112) connected between the main terminal (130) and a first addressable terminal (132), and a second memristive switch (114) connected between the main terminal (130) and a second addressable terminal (134). The second memristive switch (114) is oriented so that a voltage polarity on the main terminal (130) that tends to turn the first memristive switch (112) on tends to turn the second memristive switch (114) off." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2009 (13/142,580). 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=8,437,172&OS=8,437,172&RS=8,437,172 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Circuits and Methods for Calibrating Actuator Displacement ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,436,936) developed by four co-inventors for "circuits and methods for calibrating actuator displacement." The co-inventors are Sang Ton Ngo, San Jose, Calif., Thomas O'Brien, Powell, Ohio, Sridhar Kotikalapoodi, Santa Clara, Calif., and M Abid Hussain, Los Altos, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention include circuits and methods for calibrating position displacement in a voltage controlled actuator. In one embodiment, a calibration circuit comprises an actuator having a control terminal for receiving a programmable control voltage to set a displacement, a switch that selectively decouples said programmable voltage from said control terminal and couples a reference current to said control terminal when the control terminal is decoupled from said control voltage, a comparator that senses a voltage difference between said control voltage and said control terminal, and a timer coupled to an output of the comparator. The timer measures a time period required to increase the control terminal voltage. The capacitance of the actuator may be determined and used to calibrate the position of the actuator." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2012 (13/547,958). 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=8,436,936&OS=8,436,936&RS=8,436,936 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Detectio 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. -1124442 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]