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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Oregon (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 Oregon. *** Tektronix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Tektronix, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,437,577) developed by Kevin M. Ferguson, Beaverton, Ore., for "methods and systems for image registration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects of the present invention are related to methods and systems for image processing, in particular, to methods and systems for computationally efficient and robust image alignment. Initially, larger image features may be used to approximate an alignment measurement. Results of the initial measurement may be used to narrow the search range used in conjunction with higher-resolution images in subsequent alignment measurements. The narrowed search range may insure that if the alignment measurement using the fine-detail images fails, then the measured results may have the accuracy as indicated by the prior, reduced-image-based measurement." The patent application was filed on March 5, 2009 (12/398,703). 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=8,437,577&OS=8,437,577&RS=8,437,577 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent for System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Custom Stream Generation ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,620) developed by four co-inventors for a "system, method, and computer program product for custom stream generation." The co-inventors are Tondra Schlieski, Hillsboro, Ore., Keith Bell, Hillsboro, Ore., Delia Grenville, Portland, Ore., and Wayne W. Waterman, Portland, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and computer program products that filter available content, produce a set of clean, discrete clips, and mix the clips to produce a package of content that matches a user's substantive preferences and conforms to a length and format specified by the user. Clips that do not match the user's preferences may be eliminated from use, as may be clips that have been viewed by the user previously. Moreover, the user can react to the received clips and judge them as to desirability and relevance to his or her preferences. These reactions may then become part of a user's set of preferences for generation of subsequent mixes." The patent application was filed on March 5, 2010 (12/718,057). 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=8,437,620&OS=8,437,620&RS=8,437,620 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of Oregon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- The University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,436,049) developed by five co-inventors for "uses of pentamidine and related compounds." The co-inventors are John Andrew Berglund, Eugene, Ore., M. Bryan Warf, Eugene, Ore., Catherine Matthys, Eugene, Ore., Michael M. Haley, Eugene, Ore., and Cameron L. Hilton, Eugene, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods are provided herein for treatment of myotonic dystrophy and other toxic RNA diseases in a subject. In some examples, the method comprises administration of a compound that binds a nucleotide repeat expansion in a ribonucleic acid molecule, thereby treating the disease. In additional examples, the method comprises administration of a compound that disrupts binding of muscleblind-like proteins to an RNA nucleotide repeat expansion. Compounds for use in the disclosed method include pentamidine or heptamidine or derivatives thereof. Representative compounds are described herein." The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2009 (12/918,696). 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=8,436,049&OS=8,436,049&RS=8,436,049 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Life Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,436,993) developed by Gregory Kaduchak, Eugene, Ore., Carleton Stewart, Jemez Springs, N.M., and Michael Ward, Eugene, Ore., for "methods and systems for controlling the flow of particles for detection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of focusing particles is provided. The method includes transiting a fluid containing particles therein through a channel at a flow rate and adjusting the flow rate for a desired transit time through an interrogation zone through which a light from an excitation source passes. The method further includes optically exciting the particles with the excitation source, detecting an optical signal from the particles, and analyzing the optical signal. The particles may be droplets. Further, the particles may transit the interrogation zone in single file. A system of focusing particles is also provided. The system includes a channel having an inlet for accepting a fluid containing particles. The system further includes a flow adjuster configured to adjust the flow rate for a desired transit time through an interrogation zone, a light source configured to optically excite the particles, and a detector configured to detect optical signals from the particles." The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2012 (13/365,375). 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=8,436,993&OS=8,436,993&RS=8,436,993 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Tektronix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Tektronix, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,436,939) developed by Daniel G. Baker, Beaverton, Ore., for an "AV delay measurement and correction via signature curves." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for non-invasive, "in-service" AV delay detection and correction. These systems and methods do not modify the audio signal or the video signal, nor do they rely on any metadata to be carried with the audio signal or the video signal via the distribution path. Instead, agents located at various points along the distribution path generate very small signature curves for the audio signal and the video signal and distribute them to a manager via a separate data path other than the distribution path. The manager calculates a measured AV delay caused by the distribution path based on these signature curves, and then optionally corrects the measured AV delay by adjusting an in-line delay in the distribution path." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2010 (12/892,836). 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=8,436,939&OS=8,436,939&RS=8,436,939 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sharp Laboratories of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,437,020) developed by Ronnie Neil Patton, Lake Oswego, Ore., and Tanna Marie Richardson, Happy Valley, Ore., for a "system and method for printer emulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for selectively emulating printer job processes. The method comprises: receiving a print job from a source; determining a match between received print job commands and default print job commands; mapping non-matching received print job commands to default print job commands; and, printing the print job using an modified set of received print job commands. The job may be printed using a combination of mapped default and received print job commands. The match between received print job commands and default print job commands may be determined by identifying a source print driver identity. The source print driver can be identified in response to parsing PJL commands received with the print job. Then, the method selects a table in response to determining the source print driver identity and accesses the selected table for default print job commands that have been cross-referenced to received print job commands." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2004 (10/845,438). 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=8,437,020&OS=8,437,020&RS=8,437,020 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Bitmapped Based Trapping Methods, Apparatus and System by Modifying Non-black Halftone Pixel Bitmap Plane Using Estimated Continuous Tone Value ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,437,045) developed by Meng Yao, West Linn, Ore., John A. Handwork, Clackamas, Ore., and Xing Li, Webster, N.Y., for "bitmapped based trapping methods, apparatus and system by modifying non-black halftone pixel bitmap plane using estimated continuous tone value." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided are bitmap based trapping methods, apparatus and systems. According to one exemplary method, black trapping color image data is performed by estimating the continuous tone values associated with non-black pixels near a qualified black pixel and subsequently, the estimated continuous tone values are halftoned at the qualified black pixel locations and ORed with the original bitmap data." The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2009 (12/548,783). 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=8,437,045&OS=8,437,045&RS=8,437,045 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsemi Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Microsemi, Bend, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,436,367) developed by Dumitru Sdrulla, Bend, Ore., Bruce Odekirk, Bend, Ore., and Marc Vandenberg, Bend, Ore., for a "SiC power vertical DMOS with increased safe operating area." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A SiC Power Semiconductor device of the Field Effect Type (MOSFET, IGBT or the like) with "muted" channel conduction, negative temperature coefficient of channel mobility, in situ "ballasted" source resistors and optimized thermal management of the cells for increased Safe Operating Area is described. Controlling the location of the Zero Temperature Crossover Point (ZTCP) in relationship to the drain current is achieved by the partition between the "active" and "inactive" channels and by adjusting the mobility of the carriers in the channel for the temperature range of interest. The "Thermal management" is realized by surrounding the "active" cells/fingers with "inactive" ones and the "negative" feedback of the drain/collector current due to local increase of the gate bias is achieved by implementing in-situ "ballast" resistors inside of each source contact." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2011 (13/231,877). 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=8,436,367&OS=8,436,367&RS=8,436,367 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Oregon State University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,436,337) developed by four co-inventors for an "amorphous multi-component metallic thin films for electronic devices." The co-inventors are E. William Cowell III, Corvallis, Ore., John F. Wager, Corvallis, Ore., Brady J. Gibbons, Corvallis, Ore., and Douglas A. Keszler, Corvallis, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic structure comprising: (a) a first metal layer; (b) a second metal layer; (c) and at least one insulator layer located between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, wherein at least one of the metal layers comprises an amorphous multi-component metallic film. In certain embodiments, the construct is a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diode." The patent application was filed on May 10, 2010 (12/777,194). 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=8,436,337&OS=8,436,337&RS=8,436,337 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Tektronix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Tektronix, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,436,624) developed by seven co-inventors for a "signal acquisition system having reduced probe loading of a device under test." The co-inventors are Josiah A. Bartlett, Forest Grove, Ore., Ira G. Pollock, Hillsboro, Ore., Daniel G. Knierim, Beaverton, Ore., Lester L. Larson, Portland, Ore., Scott R. Jansen, Beaverton, Ore., Kenneth P. Dobyns, Beaverton, Ore., and Michael Duane Stevens, Hillsboro, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A signal acquisition system has a signal acquisition probe having probe tip circuitry coupled to a resistive center conductor signal cable. The resistive center conductor signal cable of the signal acquisition probe is coupled to a compensation system in a signal processing instrument via an input node and input circuitry in the signal processing instrument. The signal acquisition probe and the signal processing instrument have mismatched time constants at the input node with the compensation system providing pole-zero pairs for maintaining flatness over the signal acquisition system frequency bandwidth." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2010 (12/846,721). 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=8,436,624.PN.&OS=PN/8,436,624&RS=PN/8,436,624 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Radar Engineers Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Radar Engineers, Portland, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,436,625) developed by John D. Sanderson, Portland, Ore., Forrest S. Seitz, Beaverton, Ore., and Jack C. Talmadge, Ridgefield, Wash., for an "identification of power system primary arcs based on pulse density." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A diagnostic instrument distinguishes primary arcs from other electrical discharges in an electric power system based on pulse time density of radio frequency noise caused by the discharges. The instrument counts a maximum number of noise pulses in any small time window over a period, and identifies the discharges as primary arcs if the pulse time density is in a range characteristics of primary arcs." The patent application was filed on Sept. 4, 2009 (12/554,695). 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=8,436,625.PN.&OS=PN/8,436,625&RS=PN/8,436,625 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. -1124470 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |