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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (May 14)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,434,167) developed by Wayne Gleason, West Greenwich, R.I., Raymond Curci, Smithfield, R.I., and Brett Pulito, Blackstone, Mass., for an "universal dual-pivot face shield assembly for a hard hat." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved face shield assembly universally fits to most hard hats and includes a dual-point pivot system which allows the face shield to be located in a "down" as-used position, an "up" as-used position and a "stowed" position above the hard hat. The improved face shield assembly includes three separate brackets, namely a main mounting bracket secured to the brim of a hard hat, a rotating bracket pivotably mounted to the main mounting bracket and a lens mounting bracket pivotably mounted to the rotating bracket. Spring-loaded struts stabilize and retain the lens mounting bracket in the as-used and stowed positions relative to the rotating bracket." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2011 (13/292,241). 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=8,434,167&OS=8,434,167&RS=8,434,167 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Open Text Assigned Patent for Delivery Expert System, Method and Computer Program Product ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Open Text, Luxembourg, has been assigned a patent (8,437,030) developed by six co-inventors for a "delivery expert system, method and computer program product." The co-inventors are Douglas J. Ranalli, Cambridge, Mass., Robert Huebner, Topsfield, Mass., Valerie Louise Johns, Wellesley, Mass., Shelley J. Ranalli, Cambridge, Mass., Lori Baumgartner, Burlington, Mass., and Diana Li, Woburn, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automated rule-based system for facilitating delivery of a fax document from a source to a destination over a network where an initial delivery attempt has been unsuccessful. Actions to be taken are based upon a time-variable set of input conditions which may be determined from one or more of the destination, the source, a database of past delivery attempts, and a human analyst. The actions may include one or more of resubmitting the fax document to the network for a next delivery attempt, cancelling the document, sending a request to the source or destination for additional delivery information, and identifying the destination as a technical problem. The input conditions may include an identification of non-business days and non-business hours." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2012 (13/437,612). 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=8,437,030&OS=8,437,030&RS=8,437,030 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Dialogic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Dialogic, Montreal, Quebec, has been assigned a patent (8,437,026) developed by Allan Ashmore, North Grafton, Mass., and Maciej Wasiel, Newton, Mass., for a "compensation for facsimile transmission in a packet switched network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Communication network components can be synchronized for facsimile transmissions in the communication network. The synchronization may compensate for variations in transmission rates among the different network components or different paths taken by portions of the facsimile transmission. The synchronization may involve modulating an adaptive jitter buffer or an effective packet rate to compensate for clock skew that may occur between network components. The compensation to obtain synchronization can be achieved to avoid causing interruptions or distortions in the facsimile transmission data. By applying the compensation at specific points or intervals in a facsimile transmission, synchronization can be achieved to obtain an overall quality improvement in facsimile transmissions in a packet switched network." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2010 (12/835,867). 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=8,437,026&OS=8,437,026&RS=8,437,026 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nokia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Nokia, Espoo, Finland, has been assigned a patent (8,437,368) developed by Govind Krishnamurthi, Arlington, Mass., and Hemant M. Chaskar, Woburn, Mass., for a "system and method for handing over a call from a packet-switched network to a circuit-switched network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communications system and method are provided for handing over a call from a packet-switched network (e.g., IP network) to a circuit-switched network (e.g., PLMN, PSTN, etc.). The system includes a first terminal capable of communicating via a packet-switched network and a circuit-switched network, and a second terminal capable of communicating via a circuit-switched network. The system also includes a gateway capable of mapping communications between a packet-switched network and at least one circuit-switched network. The gateway can support communication between the first terminal and the second terminal such that the first terminal has a packet-switched connection with the gateway and the second terminal has a circuit-switched connection with the gateway. The first terminal can then establish a circuit-switch connection with the gateway. Thereafter, the gateway can connect the circuit-switched connection established between the first terminal and the gateway with the circuit-switched connection between the gateway and the second terminal." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2003 (10/454,685). 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=8,437,368&OS=8,437,368&RS=8,437,368 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Washington University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Washington University, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,436,140) developed by four co-inventors for "natriuretic peptide-mediated imaging of atherosclerotic plaque." The co-inventors are Pamela K. Woodard, St. Louis, Michael J. Welch, Clayton, Mo., Geoffrey E. Woodard, Newton, Mass., and Rafaella Rossin, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Tracers comprising an oligopeptide comprising a fragment of a natriuretic peptide, wherein the fragment comprises the sequence Arg-Ile-Asp-Arg-Ile (SEQ ID NO.: 1), and a signaling moiety, are disclosed. Further disclosed are methods of imaging atherosclerotic plaque by PET scanning or MRI using a tracer." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2009 (12/454,810). 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=84,36,140.PN.&OS=PN/84,36,140&RS=PN/84,36,140 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microcontinumm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Microcontinumm, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,435,373) developed by W. Dennis Slafer, Arlington, Mass., for "systems and methods for roll-to-roll patterning." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are disclosed by which patterns of various materials can be formed on flexible substrates by a continuous roll-to-roll manufacturing process. The patterns may include metallic, transparent conductive, or non-metallic elements with lateral dimensions including in the range from below 100 nanometers to millimeters and with thickness dimensions including the range from tens of Angstroms to greater than 10,000 Angstroms. The substrate may be any material capable of sufficient flexibility for compatibility with roll-based processing equipment, including polymeric films, metallic foils, and thin glass, with polymeric films representing a particularly broad field of application. Methods may include the continuous roll-to-roll formation of a temporary polymeric structure with selected areas open to the underlying substrate, the continuous addition or subtraction of constituent materials, and the continuous removal, where necessary, of the polymeric structure and any excess material." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2006 (11/471,223). 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=8,435,373&OS=8,435,373&RS=8,435,373 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Kadant Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Kadant, Westford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,435,385) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for cleaning and conditioning a moving surface using cleaning apparatus with plate elements for mounting to doctor blade holders." The co-inventors are Royal Gauvin, Windham, Maine, Marcelo De Boni, Rio Claro, Brazil, Allen J. Brauns, Sturbridge, Mass., and Daire Kavanagh, West Boylston, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cleaning apparatus is disclosed for processing a moving surface. The cleaning apparatus includes at least one pad that is coupled to a support shoe. The support shoe is attached to a first end of a plate element, and the plate element includes a second end that is adapted to be received by a doctor blade holder." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2012 (13/526,776). 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=8,435,385&OS=8,435,385&RS=8,435,385 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Archemix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Archemix, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,436,164) developed by eight co-inventors for "aptamer therapeutics useful in the treatment of complement-related disorders." The co-inventors are Claude Benedict, Cambridge, Mass., David Epstein, Huntington, N.Y., Charles Wilson, Concord, Mass., Dilara McCauley, Cambridge, Mass., Jeffrey Kurz, Winchester, Mass., Markus Kurz, Basel, Switzerland, Thomas Greene McCauley, Cambridge, Mass., and James Rottman, Sudbury, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides nucleic acid therapeutics and methods for using these nucleic acid therapeutics in the treatment of complement-related disorders." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2012 (13/525,680). 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=84,36,164.PN.&OS=PN/84,36,164&RS=PN/84,36,164 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,436,106) developed by Huilin Tu, Cambridge, Mass., and Agathe Robisson, Cambridge, Mass., for "crosslinkers and materials produced using them." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Cross-linkers and polymers produced using them are provided. The cross-linked polymers are suitable for use in applications where a broad temperature range may be encountered. In some examples, at least a first and a second polyetheretherketone chain may be cross-linked to each other through two or more Schiff base linkages. Articles using the cross-linked polymers are also described." The patent application was filed on July 24, 2008 (12/179,135). 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=84,36,106.PN.&OS=PN/84,36,106&RS=PN/84,36,106 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Scientific Games Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Scientific Games Holdings, Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland, has been assigned a patent (8,435,119) developed by seven co-inventors for a user-controlled sweepstakes entries. The co-inventors are Dow K. Hardy, Marlborough, Mass., Mark E. Herrmann, Wellesley, Mass., Francis J. Lichtenberger, Winchester, Mass., Scott N. Weller, Windham, N.H., Michael C. Lightman, Easton, Conn., John E. Taylor Jr., Vero Beach, Fla., and Matthew S. Ross, Natick, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided are systems and methods for conducting sweepstakes, which can include a user controlled gaming award, wherein the user controlled gaming award includes entries in another game is provided. Entries into a sweepstakes game are associating with a unique identifier, which can be used to enter a plurality of sweepstakes games. A graphical user interface is configured to permit a player to assign awarded sweepstakes entries to at least one sweepstakes game, and further can be configured to permit the player to accumulate entries. The awarded entries can be configured as a form of currency redeemable for entry into at least one sweepstakes game. The methods and systems can permit the player to exchange any entry into a sweepstakes game. According to another embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises an act of permitting the player to exchange the custom currency. According to another embodiment, the method and systems are further configured to provide an exchange interface for trading of the custom currency." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2010 (12/836,813). 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=8,435,119&OS=8,435,119&RS=8,435,119 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,435,387) developed by Ryan L. Hartman, Arlington, Mass., Hemantkumar R. Sahoo, Houston, and Klavs F. Jensen, Lexington, Mass., for a "small-scale method and apparatus for separating mixtures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention generally relates to the small-scale separation of a mixture of two or more components with different boiling points into enriched fractions. In some embodiments, a first and second fluid (e.g., a liquid and a gas, a liquid and a liquid, etc.) are passed through a channel. The first fluid may include at least two components, each with a unique boiling point. Upon contacting the first and second fluids within the channel, at least a portion of the most volatile of the components in the first fluid (i.e., the component with the lowest boiling point) may be transferred from the first fluid to the second fluid. In some instances, the transfer of the volatile component(s) from the first fluid to the second fluid may be expedited by heating, in some cases above the boiling point(s) of the component(s) to be transferred from the first fluid to the second fluid. Contact between the first and second fluids may be maintained, for example, via segmented flow, bubbling flow, etc. In some instances, separation between the first and second fluids may be maintained in a channel that is essentially free of interior microchannel surface irregularities." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2009 (12/617,984). 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=8,435,387&OS=8,435,387&RS=8,435,387 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Massachusetts Inventor Develops Patent for Golf Tee ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Robert S. Whitehouse, Lexington, Mass., has developed a patent (8,435,139) for a golf tee. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to various embodiments, the present teachings comprise a golf tee. The golf tee can comprise a point section, a shaft section, and a head section. The shaft section can comprise four opposing arms configured to allow for improved ground penetration. The head section can comprise a circular dish having a rim with a number of raised points disposed on the rim. The head section can comprise opposing arms, each having a raised point." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2006 (12/086,208). 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=8,435,139&OS=8,435,139&RS=8,435,139 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Reebok International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Reebok International, London, has been assigned a patent (8,434,244) developed by five co-inventors for a "support and cushioning system for an article of footwear." The co-inventors are Paul E. Litchfield, Westborough, Mass., Matthew J. Montross, Quincy, Mass., Steven F. Smith, Taunton, Mass., J. Spencer White, N. Easton, Mass., and Alexander W. Jessiman, Scituate, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cushioning member for an article of footwear. The cushioning member is a flexible bladder having a fluidly interconnected heel chamber and forefoot chamber. The bladder is disposed above the sole and beneath the wearer's foot to provided added cushioning to the wearer. The bladder contains air at slightly above ambient pressure and can be formed by thermoforming or by welding two sheets of resilient, flexible material together. A connecting passage fluidly connects the heel chamber and the forefoot chamber. The connecting passage is narrow to control the flow of air between the two chambers." The patent application was filed on Jan. 9, 2009 (12/351,135). 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=84,34,244.PN.&OS=PN/84,34,244&RS=PN/84,34,244 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Inventor Develops Patent for Method and Apparatus for Controlling a Waterjet-driven Marine Vessel ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Robert A. Morvillo, Dover, Mass., has developed a patent (8,435,087) for a "method and apparatus for controlling a waterjet-driven marine vessel." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for controlling a marine vessel having first and second steering nozzles and corresponding first and second reversing buckets, comprises a processor configured to receive a first vessel control signal including at least a component corresponding to a translational thrust command in a port direction, and that is configured to provide a set of actuator control signals coupled to and control the first and second reversing buckets. The processor is configured to provide the set of actuator control signals so as to maintain the first reversing bucket substantially in a first discrete position and the second reversing bucket substantially in a second discrete position as long as the first vessel control signal includes a component corresponding to a translational thrust command in the port direction." The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2011 (13/206,176). 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=8,435,087&OS=8,435,087&RS=8,435,087 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** EMD Millipore Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- EMD Millipore, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,435,406) developed by five co-inventors for a "media for membrane ion exchange chromatography based on polymeric primary amines, sorption device containing that media, and chromatography scheme and purification method using the same." The co-inventors are Mikhail Kozlov, Belmont, Mass., Wilson Moya, Concord, Mass., Michael W. Phillips, Tyngsborough, Mass., Senthilkumar Ramaswamy, Nashua, N.H., and Brian Gagnon, Billerica, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Media and devices, such as anion exchangers including such media, wherein the media is a membrane having a surface coated with a polymer such as a polyallylamine. The resulting membrane offers stronger binding of protein impurities and superior removal of host cell proteins from biological samples than conventional ligands based on quaternary ammonium salts, including trimethylammonium ligands. Also described is a chromatography scheme and method for purifying monoclonal antibodies, wherein the anion exchange sorber is placed downstream of an affinity column (such as Protein A or Protein G affinity column) and optionally one or more polishing devices such as cationic exchange columns. Little or no dilution of the cation exchanger pool (or affinity column exchange pool where no cation exchanger is used) is necessary to lower the conductivity of the sample. The sorber functions well to strongly bind host cell proteins and other impurities even at high conductivities and pH." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2012 (13/363,397). 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=8,435,406&OS=8,435,406&RS=8,435,406 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,436,116) developed by Abhinav Akhoury, Cambridge, Mass., Lev E. Bromberg, Swampscott, Mass., and Trevor Alan Hatton, Cambridge, Mass., for "responsive materials for isolating organic compounds." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One aspect of the present invention relates to polymers containing redox-responsive moieties (such as, ferrocene). In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to in-situ continuous separation systems which use such redox-responsive polymers for low-molecular weight alcohol removal from an aqueous mixture; such systems enhance the production of low-molecular weight alcohols by reducing the product inhibition effects that plague their production from bio-mass by fermentation." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2009 (12/395,004). 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=84,36,116.PN.&OS=PN/84,36,116&RS=PN/84,36,116 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Georgia Inventors Develop Patent for Lottery Transaction Mechanisms ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Kenneth E. Irwin Jr., Dawsonville, Ga., Mather Lindsay, Milton, Ga., Gary R. Streeter, Andover, Mass., and Patricia M. Irwin, Dawsonville, Ga., have developed a patent (8,434,791) for a "lottery transaction mechanisms." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described are a number of mechanisms that can reduce transaction costs and increase the economic viability of a number of products. Included is a combination instant lottery ticket and debit card that makes it possible to issue prepaid debit cards having a relatively low monetary value. Also included is a combination on-line ticket/receipt and debit card that can automate the prize paying process, simplifying the retailer's responsibilities while reducing the potential for fraud. Various cash flow and authentication techniques such as age and location verification, nano payment methods and spam filters based on these mechanisms are also described. In addition, instant lottery tickets, and in particular, losing tickets can be provided with a small residual value by placing account information on the ticket. In another version, a lottery ticket can be combined with a payment card that operates as a closed payment system whereby the payment card can only be used with a specified vendor." The patent application was filed on Jan. 20, 2010 (12/657,407). 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=8,434,791&OS=8,434,791&RS=8,434,791 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Rambus International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Rambus International, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, has been assigned a patent (8,436,388) developed by six co-inventors for an "illumination assembly including wavelength converting material having spatially varying density." The co-inventors are Michael Lim, Cambridge, Mass., David Doyle, Somerville, Mass., Alexander L. Pokrovskiy, Burlington, Mass., Alexei A. Erchak, Cambridge, Mass., Gianni Taraschi, Somerville, Mass., and Nikolay I. Nemchuk, North Andover, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Illumination assemblies, components, and related methods are described. An illumination assembly can include at least one solid state light-emitting device, an emission surface through which light is emitted, and a wavelength converting material that wavelength converts at least some light emitted by the solid state light-emitting device. The wavelength converting material can have a first density per unit area of the emission surface at a first location and a second density per unit area of the emission surface at a second location, wherein the second density is substantially different from the first density, and wherein the density per unit area is defined with a 1.times.1 cm.sup.2 averaging area. Another illumination assembly can include a light guide configured to receive light emitted by a solid state light-emitting device. The light guide can have a length along which received light propagates and an emission surface substantially parallel to the length of the light guide and through which light is emitted. A wavelength converting material can have a density per unit area of the emission surface that substantially increases along the length of the light guide." The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2011 (13/216,837). 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=8,436,388.PN.&OS=PN/8,436,388&RS=PN/8,436,388 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Brenner Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Paolo Brenner, Neuried, Germany, has been assigned a patent (8,435,520) developed by eight co-inventors for "combinations of immunosuppressive agents for the treatment or prevention of graft rejections." The co-inventors are Hendrik J. Schuurman, Charlestown, Mass., Emanuele Luigi Maria Cozzi, Padua, Italy, Francoise Richard, Saint Louis, France, Guy Taccard, Hegenheim, France, David James Graham White, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Peter John Friend, Oxford, United Kingdom, John Wallwork, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Paolo Brenner, Neuried, Germany. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A pharmaceutical composition useful in the treatment or prevention of transgenic xenograft rejection comprising immunosuppressant compounds selected from the group consisting of an IL-2 transcription inhibitor and immunosuppressant compounds that immunosuppress for B-cell-mediated or antibody-mediated rejection of xenografts, and pharmaceutically acceptable diluents or carriers, and a method of preventing hyperacute rejection, reducing early graft damage, improving early xenograft function and promoting long term survival of said transgenic xenografts comprising the steps of i) contacting the body fluid removed from a human recipient with a xenoantigenic material which is bound to a biocompatible solid support, ii) reintroducing the treated body fluid into the recipient, and iii) treating the recipient with said pharmaceutical composition." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2011 (13/025,347). 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=8,435,520.PN.&OS=PN/8,435,520&RS=PN/8,435,520 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AbbVie Biotechnology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- AbbVie Biotechnology, Hamilton, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (8,436,149) developed by six co-inventors for a crystalline anti-hTNFalpha antibodies. The co-inventors are David W. Borhani, Hartsdale, N.Y., Wolfgang Fraunhofer, Newton, Mass., Hans-Juergen Krause, Gruenstadt, Germany, Anette Koenigsdorfer, Ilvesheim, Germany, Gerhard Winter, Penzberg, Germany, and Stefan Gottschalk, Grunwald, Germany. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a batch crystallization method for crystallizing an anti-hTNFalpha antibody which allows the production of said antibody on an industrial scale; antibody crystals as obtained according to said method; compositions containing said crystals as well as methods of use of said crystals and compositions." The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2011 (13/225,281). 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=8,436,149.PN.&OS=PN/8,436,149&RS=PN/8,436,149 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Knowaste International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Knowaste International, West Bromwich, West Midlands, United Kingdom, has been assigned a patent (8,436,058) developed by David Grimes, Greenfield, Mass., for "methods for separation and conditioning of products containing super absorbent polymers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method for separating a product comprising a super absorbent polymer, a fiber and a plastic to separate the product into components thereof, the method comprising adding water to the product, and pressing the product in order to separate the product into components comprising a plastics component and a super absorbent polymer and fiber component. Other methods of the present disclosure include a method for producing a reusable plastic, reusable paper fiber stream and a reusable super absorbent polymer from the treatment of a product comprising a super absorbent polymer, a fiber and a plastic. Still other embodiments of the present disclosure include a method for the treatment of wet super absorbent polymer, comprising salt assisted dehydration." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2010 (12/780,293). 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=8,436,058.PN.&OS=PN/8,436,058&RS=PN/8,436,058 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Novartis Assigned Patent for Organic Compounds ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Novartis, Basel, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (8,436,035) developed by four co-inventors for an organic compounds. The co-inventors are Christopher Adams, Somerville, Mass., Qi-Ying Hu, Needham, Mass., Gary Michael Ksander, Amherst, N.H., and Julien Papillon, Somerville, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a compound of formula I: ##STR00001## said compound is inhibitor of aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2), and/or 11 beta-hydroxylase (CYP11B1), and/or aromatase, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease mediated by aldosterone synthase, aromatase, or CYP11B1. Accordingly, the compound of formula I can be used in treatment of hypokalemia, hypertension, congestive heart failure, renal failure, in particular, chronic renal failure, restenosis, atherosclerosis, syndrome X, obesity, nephropathy, post-myocardial infarction, coronary heart diseases, increased formation of collagen, fibrosis and remodeling following hypertension and endothelial dysfunction. Finally, the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2007 (12/519,697). 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=8,436,035.PN.&OS=PN/8,436,035&RS=PN/8,436,035 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Novartis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Novartis, Basel, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (8,436,177) developed by Frank Stowasser, Murg, Germany, Markus Banziger, Bubendorf, Switzerland, and Sudhakar Devidasrao Garad, Malden, Mass., for "salts and crystall forms of 2-methyl-2-[4-(3-methyl-2-oxo-8-quinolin-3-yl-2,3-dihydro-imidazo[4,5-c]q- uinolin-1-yl)-phenyl]-propionitrile." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to particular crystalline forms of 2-methyl-2-[4-(3-methyl-2-oxo-8-quinolin-3-yl-2,3-dihydro-imidazo[4,5-c]q- uinolin-1-yl)-phenyl]-propionitrile, its hydrates and solvates, its salts and hydrates and solvates of its salts, certain processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these crystalline forms, and their use in diagnostic methods or, preferably, for the therapeutic treatment of warm-blooded animals, especially humans, and their use as an intermediate or for the preparation of pharmaceutical preparations for use in diagnostic methods or, preferably, for the therapeutic treatment of warm-blooded animals, especially humans." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2007 (12/514,976). 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=8,436,177.PN.&OS=PN/8,436,177&RS=PN/8,436,177 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. -1124801 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |