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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Pennsylvania (May 10)(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 Pennsylvania. *** General Instrument Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- General Instrument, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,437,619) developed by six co-inventors for a "method of processing a sequence of coded video frames." The co-inventors are Muralidharan Narayanan, Bangalore, India, Christopher S. Del Sordo, Souderton, Pa., Surya P. Maheswaram, Hydernagar, India, Krishna Prasad Panje, Bangalore, India, Ernest G. Schmitt, Maple Glen, Pa., and Yaxi Zhang, Wayne, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of modifying a digital data stream composed of a sequence of frames, where each frame represents an image and includes a data field specifying a presentation time stamp value for the frame. If there is a discontinuity in presentation time stamp value between a next frame and a first frame, a value representing a stream time stamp of interest is assigned to a variable for representing the value of the stream time stamp of interest at a point of discontinuity in presentation time stamp, and a value of the presentation time stamp is assigned to a variable for representing the first frame's clock time based on presentation time stamp, and the next frame is stored in a database using as an index the value representing a stream time stamp of interest." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2010 (12/973,257). 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=8,437,619&OS=8,437,619&RS=8,437,619 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** U.S. Coatings IP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- U.S. Coatings IP, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,436,081) developed by Ayumu Yokoyama, Wallingford, Pa., Hari Babu Sunkara, Hockessin, Del., and Rajesh Gopalan Saliya, Media, Pa., for a "high film build coating composition containing low molecular weight polytrimethylene ether glycol." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure is directed to a high film build coating composition that is capable of producing coatings being sag-free at high coating thicknesses and good appearance. This disclosure is further directed to a coating composition comprising components derived from renewable resources." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2011 (13/047,048). 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=8,436,081&OS=8,436,081&RS=8,436,081 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** E.I. du Pont de Nemours Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,436,053) developed by Kenneth Wayne Leffew, Kennett Square, Pa., Ralph Birchard Lloyd, Fayetteville, N.C., and Charles Joseph Noelke, Pinehurst, N.C., for "fluorinated ionomer produced by aqueous polymerization using dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process for making an aqueous dispersion of fluorinated ionomer particles by providing dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer in an aqueous polymerization medium and polymerizing at least one fluorinated monomer having an ionic group in the aqueous polymerization medium in the presence of the dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer and initiator to form the aqueous dispersion of particles of fluorinated ionomer." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2009 (12/641,386). 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=8,436,053&OS=8,436,053&RS=8,436,053 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** E I du Pont de Nemours Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- E I du Pont de Nemours, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,436,054) developed by four co-inventors for "fluorinated ionomer produced by aqueous polymerization using dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer produced in situ." The co-inventors are Ralph Munson Aten, Chadds Ford, Pa., Kenneth Wayne Leffew, Kennett Square, Pa., Ralph Birchard Lloyd, Fayetteville, N.C., and Charles Joseph Noelke, Pinehurst, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process for making an aqueous dispersion of fluorinated ionomer particles by polymerizing in a first polymerization step at least one fluorinated monomer having an ionic group in an aqueous polymerization medium in the presence of initiator, the polymerizing providing dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer, polymerizing in a second polymerization step at least one fluorinated monomer having an ionic group in the aqueous polymerization medium in the presence of the dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer and initiator to form the aqueous dispersion of particles of fluorinated ionomer, and suspending the first polymerization step prior to beginning the second polymerization step." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2009 (12/641,393). 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=8,436,054&OS=8,436,054&RS=8,436,054 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Delos Living Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Delos Living, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,436,556) developed by Eric Jon Eisele, Aston, Pa., Adam K. Fontecchio, Exton, Pa., and Donald Sheldon, Downingtown, Pa., for an LED lighting system. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method involving lighting fixtures, a control network, a controller and other devices such as light sensors, input devices and network adapters for coordinating precise brightness and color schedules among the lighting fixtures while maintaining a high color reliability including provisions for managing a plurality of lighting fixtures. The lighting fixtures contain lighting elements selected such that when controlled properly, operating along a daytime locus, the resultant light output closely resembles sunlight on a cloudless day in spectral characteristics, and wherein the total flux of blue light can be adjusted from a relative level of 1-100% the maximum blue flux of the lighting fixture by controlling individual lighting elements." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2010 (12/900,158). 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=8,436,556&OS=8,436,556&RS=8,436,556 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** ChemImage Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- ChemImage, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,436,987) developed by Jeffrey Beckstead, Valencia, Pa., Patrick Treado, Pittsburgh, and Matthew Nelson, Harrison City, Pa., for a "system and method for combined raman and LIBS detection with targeting." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for locating and identifying unknown samples. A targeting mode may be utilized to scan regions of interest for potential unknown materials. This targeting mode may interrogate regions of interest using SWIR and/or fluorescence spectroscopic and imaging techniques. Unknown samples detected in regions of interest may be further interrogated using a combination of Raman and LIBS techniques to identify the unknown samples. Structured illumination may be used to interrogate an unknown sample. Data sets generated during interrogation may be compared to a reference database comprising a plurality of reference data sets, each associated with a known material. The system and method may be used to identify a variety of materials including: biological, chemical, explosive, hazardous, concealment, and non-hazardous materials." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2011 (13/209,670). 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=8,436,987&OS=8,436,987&RS=8,436,987 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Inductotherm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Inductotherm, Rancocas, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,437,150) developed by Vladimir V. Nadot, Sicklerville, N.J., and Oleg S. Fishman, Maple Glen, Pa., for a "dual frequency heating, melting and stirring with electric induction power." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A dual frequency output is provided from a DC to AC inverter. An H-bridge inverter is provided with switching arranged to reconfigure the inverter from half-bridge to full bridge so that the inverter's output can be switched from high frequency to low frequency, respectively. A resonant load tuning capacitance is utilized across the input of the inverter subsequent to the DC link input (for example from an AC utility fed rectifier) to the inverter. The inductive load circuit at the output of the inverter may be one or more induction coils surrounding a crucible in which an electrically conductive material is placed, or susceptor, or one or more inductors used to heat treat an electrically conductive material. In an alternative arrangement an H-bridge inverter is utilized in both the high and low frequency modes while a tank capacitance is in the circuit, or shorted out of the circuit, respectively, in the high or low frequency modes." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2010 (12/834,600). 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=8,437,150&OS=8,437,150&RS=8,437,150 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Disney Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Disney Enterprises, Burbank, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,436,891) developed by Smadar Gefen, Yardley, Pa., Gregory House, Doylestown, Pa., and Jay Digiovanni, Voorhees, N.J., for "hyperlinked 3D video inserts for interactive television." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A viewer may directly interact with a 3D object that is virtually placed in a physical location in a video scene. Initially, the object appears as an integral part of the original video scene and does not interfere with the general viewer's experience of the program. A viewer may initiate interaction with the object using an input device. An interested viewer may navigate through the object's architecture based on the viewer's interest. For example, the viewer may drag the object to a new physical insertion point in the scene. The user may rotate the 3D object into different orientations and zoom in. Each orientation of the object, if selected by the viewer, may invoke a new linked object in the predefined architecture. For example, the viewer may walk through the linked objects in the predefined architecture or observe an object at an increasing level of detail." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2009 (12/561,105). 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=8,436,891&OS=8,436,891&RS=8,436,891 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Faro Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Faro Technologies, Lake Mary, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,437,011) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for using gestures to control a laser tracker." The co-inventors are Nils P. Steffensen, Kenneth Square, Pa., Todd P. Wilson, Parkesburg, Pa., Kenneth Steffey, Longwood, Fla., John M. Hoffer Jr., Bel Air, Md., and Robert E. Bridges, Kenneth Square, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for optically communicating, from a user to a laser tracker, a command to control operation of the tracker includes providing a rule of correspondence between a plurality of commands and a plurality of positions, each position being a 3-D coordinate; selecting by the user a first command from among the commands and moving by the user a retroreflector to a first position wherein the first position corresponds to the first command. Also, projecting a first light from the tracker to the retroreflector, reflecting a second light from the retroreflector, the second light being a portion of the first light and obtaining first sensed data by sensing a third light, the third light being a portion of the second light. Further, determining the first command based on processing the first sensed data according to the rule of correspondence and executing the first command with the tracker." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2012 (13/613,345). 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=8,437,011&OS=8,437,011&RS=8,437,011 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** E.I. du Pont de Nemours Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,436,341) developed by seven co-inventors for an "electronic device including phenanthroline derivative." The co-inventors are Norman Herron, Newark, Del., Mark A. Guidry, Wilmington, Del., Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Swarthmore, Pa., Weiying Gao, Landenberg, Pa., Ying Wang, Wilmington, Del., Yulong Shen, Wilmington, Del., and Jeffrey A. Merlo, Wilmington, Del. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is provided an organic electronic device having an anode, a hole injection layer, a photoactive layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode. At least one of the photoactive layer and the electron transport layer includes a compound having Formula I ##STR00001## where: R.sup.1 is the same or different and can be phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl, naphthylphenyl, triphenylamino, or carbazolylphenyl; and one of the following conditions is met: (i) R.sup.2.dbd.R.sup.3 and is H, phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl, naphthylphenyl, arylanthracenyl, phenanthryl, triphenylamino, or carbazolylphenyl; or (ii) R.sup.2 is H or phenyl; and R.sup.3 is phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl, naphthylphenyl, arylanthracenyl, phenanthryl, triphenylamino, and carbazolylphenyl; When both R.sup.1 are phenyl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 can be 2-naphthyl, naphthylphenyl, arylanthracenyl, 9-phenanthryl, triphenylamino, or m-carbazolylphenyl." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2009 (12/644,362). 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=8,436,341&OS=8,436,341&RS=8,436,341 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Eaton Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Eaton, Cleveland, has been assigned a patent (8,436,739) developed by Robert T. Elms, Monroeville, Pa., and William J. Murphy, Cranberry Township, Pa., for an "electrical switching apparatus including a trip coil open circuit test circuit and system including the same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A circuit breaker includes separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts, and a trip circuit including a trip coil and a fault detector. The fault detector energizes the trip coil to cause the operating mechanism to open the separable contacts. A test circuit is structured to test the trip coil and determine an open circuit condition thereof. An annunciation circuit is structured to annunciate the open circuit condition of the trip coil." The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2008 (12/206,194). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,436,739.PN.&OS=PN/8,436,739&RS=PN/8,436,739 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Caterpillar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Caterpillar, Peoria, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,436,704) developed by five co-inventors for a "protected powder metal stator core and solenoid actuator using same." The co-inventors are Jayaraman K. Venkataraghavan, Dunlap, Ill., Saboor Sheikh, Dunlap, Ill., Daniel Richard Ibrahim, Metamora, Ill., Michael C. Long, Metamora, Ill., and Nadeem N. Bunni, Cranberry Township, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A solenoid actuator includes a stator assembly with a stator core of formed powder metal received in a stator housing. A ferromagnetic protective sleeve is in contact with and covers a majority of an inner end face and a cylindrical wall of the stator core, while a flux ring is in contact with and covers an outer end face of the stator core. An armature assembly includes an armature attached to a stem that is movable in an air gap relative to the ferromagnetic protective sleeve. A spring is operably positioned in the ferromagnetic protective sleeve but electrically isolated from the stator housing. The stator core is encapsulated to protect against erosion and fragmentation. A magnetic flux line around a solenoid coil passes through the stator core, the ferromagnetic protective sleeve, the armature, the flux ring and back to the stator core." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2011 (13/292,163). 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=8,436,704.PN.&OS=PN/8,436,704&RS=PN/8,436,704 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,436,767) developed by M. Valerie Underwood, Mount Laurel, N.J., Lillian Andres, Hamilton, N.J., and Travis Lenhart, Bensalem, Pa., for an "apparatus and method for executing equipment inspection requirements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method executes inspections on equipment of a system. The method includes providing an equipment inspection location rule group for a piece of equipment in the system, the equipment rule group including one or more equipment inspection location rules about equipment inspection locations and expected values at said inspection locations, and actions to be commanded when sampled values match the expected values; selecting one or more of the equipment inspection location rules in a corresponding rule group, the selection being made according to a predetermined operating sequence of the equipment inspection location rules; determining if the selected one or more equipment inspection location rules has been satisfied; and executing one or more actions corresponding to the selected one or more equipment inspection location rules if the selected one or more equipment inspection location rules have been satisfied." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2010 (12/908,460). 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=8,436,767.PN.&OS=PN/8,436,767&RS=PN/8,436,767 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** TruePosition Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- TruePosition, Berwyn, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,436,768) developed by Jeffrey F. Bull, Chalfont, Pa., Benjamin H. Cohen, Malvern, Pa., and Adam W. Norgaard, Mount Joy, Pa., for a "diversity time and frequency location receiver." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Wide Area Sensor Network is disclosed that utilizes wideband software defined radios (SDRs) to provide a capability to monitor the airwaves over a wide frequency range, detect when critical frequencies are being jammed or otherwise interfered with, and locate the source of the interference so that the interference can be eliminated. In addition, a diversity receiver is disclosed. The diversity receiver generates position, time and frequency references for use in locating and synchronizing sensor platforms of a WLS. In an illustrative embodiment, the diversity receiver comprises a first receiver subsystem comprising a terrestrial broadcast receiver, and a common processor platform (CPP) coupled via first link means to the first receiver subsystem. The first receiver subsystem provides a stable time reference and position information to the CPP via the first link means. In addition, the diversity receiver includes second link means for coupling the diversity receiver to a sensor platform and providing time and frequency references and location data to the sensor platform." The patent application was filed on July 24, 2009 (12/509,391). 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=8,436,768.PN.&OS=PN/8,436,768&RS=PN/8,436,768 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1124471 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |