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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (May 13)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Classroom Seating Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Classroom Seating Solutions, Lake Zurich, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,434,824) developed by Kathy Spinabella, Mundelein, Ill., Ronald Spinabella Sr., Mundelein, Ill., and Roberta Singer, Newburyport, Mass., for a "physical activity apparatus and kit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides for a universal foot assembly having a foot pedal that may be attached to a desk or workstation that can be adjustably configured to allow for the foot pedal to vibrate, rotate, or move in a number of directions. The foot assembly comes as part of a kit and is configurable for retrofit attachment to existing desks and workstations. The foot assembly helps students having ADD or ADHD expend nervous energy. It also provides a valuable exercise mechanism for those trying to improve their physical health." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2011 (13/114,038). 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=8,434,824.PN.&OS=PN/8,434,824&RS=PN/8,434,824 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, Marlborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,434,667) developed by six co-inventors for a "polyamine, carboxylic acid flux composition and method of soldering." The co-inventors are Mark R. Winkle, Lansdale, Pa., Avin V. Dhoble, Waltham, Mass., Kim S. Ho, Richboro, Pa., Michael K. Gallagher, Hopkinton, Mass., Xiang-Qian Liu, Collegeville, Pa., and David Fleming, Northborough, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A flux composition is provided, comprising, as initial components: a carboxylic acid; and, a polyamine fluxing agent represented by formula I: ##STR00001## with the proviso that when the polyamine fluxing agent represented by formula I is according to formula Ia: ##STR00002## then zero to three of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is(are) a hydrogen. Also provided is a method of soldering an electrical contact using the flux composition." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/250,226). 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=8,434,667.PN.&OS=PN/8,434,667&RS=PN/8,434,667 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Assigned Patent for Flux composition and Method of Soldering ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, Marlborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,434,666) developed by six co-inventors for a "flux composition and method of soldering." The co-inventors are Kim S. Ho, Richboro, Pa., Michael K. Gallagher, Hopkinton, Mass., Avin V. Dhoble, Waltham, Mass., Mark R. Winkle, Lansdale, Pa., Xiang-Qian Liu, Collegeville, Pa., and David Fleming, Northborough, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A flux composition is provided, comprising, as an initial component: a carboxylic acid; and, a fluxing agent represented by formula I: ##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independently selected from a hydrogen, a substituted C.sub.1-80 alkyl group, an unsubstituted C.sub.1-80 alkyl group, a substituted C.sub.7-80 arylalkyl group and an unsubstituted C.sub.7-80 arylalkyl group; and wherein zero to three of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is(are) a hydrogen. Also provided is a method of soldering an electrical contact using the flux composition." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/250,007). 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=8,434,666.PN.&OS=PN/8,434,666&RS=PN/8,434,666 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Flex Lighting II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Flex Lighting II, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,434,909) developed by Anthony John Nichol, Boston, and Zane Coleman, Chicago, for a "light emitting display with light mixing within a film." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a light emitting device comprises an array of legs extending from a body of film with the bounding edges of the legs stacked, a first light source emitting light of a first color and a second light source emitting light of a second color into the stacked bounding edges where the light emitting region defined within the body is configured to extract light of a third color. In another embodiment, a light emitting device comprises three light sources positioned to direct light into a stacked array of bounding edges. In one embodiment, a method of generating light of adjustable color exiting a surface of a film is disclosed." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2011 (13/089,311). 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=8,434,909&OS=8,434,909&RS=8,434,909 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Brooks Automation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Brooks Automation, Chelmsford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,434,989) developed by Peter van der Meulen, Newburyport, Mass., for a batch wafer alignment. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Modular wafer transport and handling facilities are combined in a variety of ways deliver greater levels of flexibility, utility, efficiency, and functionality in a vacuum semiconductor processing system. Various processing and other modules may be interconnected with tunnel-and-cart transportation systems to extend the distance and versatility of the vacuum environment. Other improvements such as bypass thermal adjusters, buffering aligners, batch processing, multifunction modules, low particle vents, cluster processing cells, and the like are incorporated to expand functionality and improve processing efficiency." The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2008 (12/030,902). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,434,989&OS=8,434,989&RS=8,434,989 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AirBorn Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- AirBorn, Georgetown, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,435,074) developed by four co-inventors for a "low-profile right-angle electrical connector assembly." The co-inventors are John Grant, Sherborn, Mass., Emad Soubh, Camas, Wash., Jason Smith, Sartell, Minn., and Emillio Billi, Novara, Italy. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A low-profile, right angle connector assembly comprises six cable connectors and six board-mount connectors housed within a PCIe bracket and EMI shell. The PCIe bracket and EMI shell are braced to a low profile PCIe card. Each board-mount connector is designed to receive a cable connector and allows for the transmission and processing of high-speed data with lower latency." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2011 (13/296,166). 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=8,435,074&OS=8,435,074&RS=8,435,074 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Osram Sylvania Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Osram Sylvania, Danvers, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,434,914) developed by Ming Li, Acton, Mass., and Yi Yang, Peabody, Mass., for a "lens generating a batwing-shaped beam distribution, and method therefor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A lens to redirect light, having an angular distribution centered around a left-right symmetry plane (LRSP), from a light source. The lens includes an incident face, facing the light source, which includes an incident corner, which divides the incident face into incident inner and outer zones and is concave, forming an obtuse angle in air. The lens also includes an opposite exiting face, which similarly includes an exiting corner, which similarly divides the exiting face. Each ray striking the incident inner zone transmits through the lens, striking the exiting inner zone. Each ray striking the incident outer zone transmits through the lens, striking the exiting outer zone. Each ray striking the incident face, transmits through the lens, strikes the exiting face, and refracts out of the lens, has initial and final propagation angles with respect to the LRSP. The final propagation angle is greater than the initial propagation angle." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2011 (13/023,571). 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=8,434,914&OS=8,434,914&RS=8,434,914 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Aurora, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,434,276) developed by Katherine M. Sahlin, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, Marcel Dery, Westford, Mass., and Michael P. Cushman, Merrimack, N.H., for an "attachment of photovoltaic devices to substrates using slotted extrusion members." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention describes extruded member systems to which a photovoltaic device is secured to an architectural surface." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2012 (13/609,214). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=84,34,276.PN.&OS=PN/84,34,276&RS=PN/84,34,276 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hamilton Sundstrand Assigned Patent for Vertical Shaft Pumping System with Lubricant Impeller Arrangement ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Hamilton Sundstrand, Windsor Locks, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,435,016) developed by Robert Telakowski, Windsor Locks, Conn., Lino S. Italia, Rocky Hill, Conn., and James R. Morin, Wilbraham, Mass., for a "vertical shaft pumping system with lubricant impeller arrangement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A vertical shaft pumping system includes a hollow shaft with an inner bore, an inlet end and an outlet end, the outlet end with at least one liquid distribution hole. It further includes an impeller positioned at the lower inlet end of the shaft, with a cylindrical base portion with a lower end, a central hole for drawing fluid into the shaft, and a plurality of teeth extending upwards from the cylindrical base portion and extending radially from the central hole to the outer cylindrical circumference for increasing tractive force of liquid in the shaft when the impeller and shaft are rotating; and a motor for rotating the shaft with the impeller to centrifugally pump a liquid vertically in the shaft from the lower inlet end to the upper outlet end." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2010 (12/943,I). 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=8,435,016&OS=8,435,016&RS=8,435,016 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Saint-Gobain Abrasives Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Worcester, Mass., and Saint-Gobain Abrasifs, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France, have been assigned a patent (8,435,098) developed by Xiaorong You, Shrewsbury, Mass., for an "abrasive article with cured backsize layer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An abrasive article includes a backing having first and second major surfaces, an abrasive layer overlying the first major surface, and a backsize layer overlying the second major surface. The backsize layer is formed from a formulation including a cationically polymerizable component, a radically polymerizable component, and at least 5% by weight of a nano-sized filler based on the weight of the formulation." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2007 (11/962,002). 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=8,435,098&OS=8,435,098&RS=8,435,098 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nike Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Nike, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,435,135) developed by nine co-inventors for a "golf club head or other ball striking device having removable or interchangeable body member." The co-inventors are John T. Stites, Weatherford, Texas, Gary G. Tavares, Southbridge, Mass., Robert Boyd, Euless, Texas, David Anthony Chargin, Somerville, Mass., Aaron Barrett Size, Waltham, Mass., Mark J. Perry, Hilliard, Ohio, Timothy J. Lastrapes, Powell, Ohio, Robert E. Mora, Worthington, Ohio, and J. David Robbins, Worthington, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head with a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball, a main body member connected to the face and having an engagement surface located in the rear side, a removable body member removably connected to the main body member, and a connecting element removably connecting the removable body member to the main body member. The connecting element includes a moveable engaging member that is moveable between a locked position, where the engaging member engages the engagement surface to retain the removable body member to the main body member, and an unlocked position, where the engaging member does not engage the engagement surface and the removable body member is removable from the main body member." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (12/790,368). 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=8,435,135&OS=8,435,135&RS=8,435,135 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Innopad Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Innopad, Wilmington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,435,099) developed by six co-inventors for "chemical-mechanical planarization pad including patterned structural domains." The co-inventors are Paul Lefevre, Topsfield, Mass., Anoop Mathew, Peabody, Mass., Scott Xin Qiao, Lexington, Mass., Guangwei Wu, Sunnyvale, Calif., David Adam Wells, Hudson, N.H., and Oscar K. Hsu, Chelmsford, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a chemical mechanical planarization pad including a first domain and a second continuous domain wherein the first domain includes discrete elements regularly spaced within the second continuous domain. The pad may be formed by forming a plurality of openings for a first domain within a second continuous domain of the pad, wherein the openings are regularly spaced within the second domain, and forming the first domain within the plurality of openings in second continuous domain. In addition, the pad may be used in polishing a substrate with a polishing slurry." The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2010 (12/694,593). 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=8,435,099&OS=8,435,099&RS=8,435,099 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Velico Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Velico Medical, Beverly, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,434,242) developed by Dennis Brian Hubbard, Lancaster, Mass., and Michael Haley, Marlboro, Mass., for "spray dried human plasma." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The technology relates to spray dried plasma and methods of making the same. The method includes providing plasma to a spray drying apparatus, spray drying the plasma, at the spray drying apparatus, to form physiologically active plasma powder, the spray drying apparatus configured utilizing one or more parameters, and storing the physiologically active plasma powder." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2012 (13/680,283). 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=8,434,242&OS=8,434,242&RS=8,434,242 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sealed Air Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Sealed Air, Elmwood Park, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,434,536) developed by Vincent A. Piucci Jr., Southbridge, Mass., and Michael J. Schamel, Wilmot, N.H., for a heat-seal system and method. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A heat-seal device generally includes a heat source, a thermal conductor, which encapsulates at least a portion of the heat source and is capable of transferring heat from the heat source, and a thermal insulator, which substantially surrounds the thermal conductor but leaves a portion thereof exposed, the exposed portion of the thermal conductor providing a heat-seal contact surface, which is adapted to be brought into contact with a material to be sealed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2011 (13/313,494). 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=8,434,536&OS=8,434,536&RS=8,434,536 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Waters Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Waters Technologies, Milford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,436,298) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for grouping precursor and fragment ions using selected ion chromatograms." The co-inventors are Scott J. Geromanos, Middletown, N.J., Jeffrey Cruz Silva, Beverly, Mass., Guo-Zhong Li, Westborough, Mass., and Marc Victor Gorenstein, Needham, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "LC/MS data generated by an LC/MS system is analyzed to determine groupings of ions associated with originating molecules. Ions are grouped initially according to retention time, for example, using retention time or chromatographic peaks in mass chromatograms. After initial groupings are determined based on retention time, ion peak shapes are compared to determine whether ions should be excluded. Ions having peak shapes not matching other ions, or alternatively a reference peak shape, are excluded from the group." The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2010 (12/806,937). 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=8,436,298&OS=8,436,298&RS=8,436,298 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** EMD Millipore Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- EMD Millipore, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,436,297) developed by Tongbo Jiang, Bedford, Mass., Cheryl Follo, Billerica, Mass., and Maurice G. Phelan, Swampscott, Mass., for a "system and method for diversion of a liquid chromatography eluant." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method for reducing or eliminating matrix interfering components in a biopharmaceutical product in a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry system. The method comprises diverting to waste the entire flow of an eluant emerging from liquid chromatography of a sample, for a time period to remove contaminants that cause matrix interference to a degree sufficient to allow a desired accuracy in detection of an extractable; and, after the time period, directing the entire flow of the eluant to a mass spectrometer to detect the presence of the extractable." The patent application was filed on Aug. 22, 2008 (12/674,870). 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=8,436,297&OS=8,436,297&RS=8,436,297 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** MIW Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- MIW Associates, Havertown, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,434,187) developed by Marvin Weinberger, Havertown, Pa., and Tucker J. Marion, Holliston, Mass., for ice scraper. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hand held scraper tool adapted to remove debris from a surface. The scrapper tool includes a body, handle and a plurality of abraders. At least one of the abraders can be configured as a highly flexible cantilever structure." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2010 (12/872,211). 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=8,434,187&OS=8,434,187&RS=8,434,187 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1124670 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |