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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Minnesota (May 16)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Minnesota. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,442,657) developed by Arthur J. Foster, Centerville, Minn., for a "stimulation and sensing lead with non-coiled wire construction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cardiac rhythm management device that can comprise a lead and a pulse generator. The lead can comprise lead body, a composite conductor, a stylet guide, two or more electrodes and a proximal connector. The composite conductor can comprise two or more conductors which can electrically couple the electrodes to the proximal connector. The electrodes can be disposed on a distal portion of the lead body and can be longitudinally spaced from one another. The proximal connector can be configured to couple to the pulse generator." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2008 (12/189,454). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,442,657&OS=8,442,657&RS=8,442,657 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** SIMTIX Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- SIMTIX, Amman, Jordan, has been assigned a patent (8,432,253) developed by Robert Ainsbury, Woodbury, Minn., Immad Adawiya, Amman, Jordan, and Khalid Omar, Amman, Jordan, for a "zone determination by combining signal strength with topological factors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Active RFID technologies are used to tag assets and people within buildings or open areas, such as parking lots or military bases; and to identify, preferably within a few meters, the real-time location (RTL) of the tag, i.e. to create a real-time location system, known as an RTLS. A novel and complex algorithm is provided that combines signal strength computations with factors that incorporate physical realities, such as walls and floors, to determine a tag's real-time location more accurately." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2008(12/338,739). 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=8,432,253.PN.&OS=PN/8,432,253&RS=PN/8,432,253 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Cardiac Cycle Synchronized Sampling of Impedance Signal ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,442,633) developed by Jaeho Kim, Redmond, Wash., and Quan Ni, Shoreview, Minn., for a "cardiac cycle synchronized sampling of impedance signal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system comprising implantable device, the implantable medical device including an intrinsic cardiac signal sensor, an impedance measurement circuit configured to apply a specified current to a transthoracic region of a subject and to sample a transthoracic voltage resulting from the specified current, and a processor coupled to the intrinsic cardiac signal sensor and the impedance measurement circuit. The processor is configured to initiate sampling of a transthoracic voltage signal in a specified time relation to a fiducial marker in a sensed intrinsic cardiac signal, wherein the sampling attenuates or removes variation with cardiac stroke volume from the transthoracic voltage signal, and determine lung respiration using the sampled transthoracic voltage signal." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2012 (13/663,647). 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=8,442,633&OS=8,442,633&RS=8,442,633 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Adaptive Baroreflex Stimulation Therapy for Disordered Breathing ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,442,638) developed by Imad Libbus, St. Paul, Minn., Quan Ni, Shoreview, Minn., and Kent Lee, Shoreview, Minn., for an "adaptive baroreflex stimulation therapy for disordered breathing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An approach to providing disordered breathing therapy includes delivering electrical stimulation therapy modifying a patient's baroreflex response. Disordered breathing therapy may be delivered in response to prediction or detection of disordered breathing events. Various conditions affecting the patient may be evaluated and the baroreflex therapy modified. The therapy may be modified to improve therapy efficacy, to reduce an impact to the patient and/or to mitigate therapy interactions." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2010 (12/781,447). 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=8,442,638&OS=8,442,638&RS=8,442,638 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Neural Stimulation Modulation Based on Monitored Cardiovascular Parameter ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,442,640) developed by Imad Libbus, St. Paul, Minn., for a "neural stimulation modulation based on monitored cardiovascular parameter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An aspect relates to a system for providing baroreflex stimulation. An embodiment of the system comprises a heart rate monitor to sense a heart rate and provide a signal indicative of the heart rate, and a baroreflex stimulator. The stimulator includes a pulse generator to intermittently generate a stimulation signal to provide baroreflex stimulation for a baroreflex therapy, and further includes a modulator to adjust the stimulation signal based on the signal indicative of the heart rate such that the stimulation signal provides a desired baroreflex stimulation corresponding to a desired heart rate." The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2010 (12/651,515). 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=8,442,640&OS=8,442,640&RS=8,442,640 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Medtronic Assigned Patent for Medical Device with Self-healing Material ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,442,651) developed by Gonzalo Martinez, Mendota Heights, Minn., Jeffrey A. Wiser, Coon Rapids, Minn., and Gregory A. Boser, Richfield, Minn., for a "medical device with self-healing material." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrode assembly for a medical device system includes an electrode, a shunted lead circuit, and a self-healing material integrated into the shunted lead circuit. The shunted lead circuit is designed to shunt currents induced by relatively high frequency radiation, such as MRI radiation. The self-healing material has a conductive layer and a dielectric layer, where the dielectric layer includes at least one of an oxide, an organic coating, and a composite." The patent application was filed on March 5, 2010 (12/718,897). 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=8,442,651&OS=8,442,651&RS=8,442,651 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Medtronic Assigned Patent for Medical Device Programmer with Reduced-noise Power Supply ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,442,643) developed by Alex C. Toy, North St. Paul, Minn., and John W. Forsberg, St. Paul, Minn., for a "medical device programmer with reduced-noise power supply." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A programmer for a medical device, such as a neurostimulator, includes a reduced-noise power supply that converts dc power provided by a battery source to power for components within the programmer. The power supply includes a pulse-skipping dc-dc boost converter. The programmer provides an input circuit for selectively inhibiting pulse-skipping to reduce switching noise that could otherwise undermine wireless telemetry performance between the programmer and a medical device." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2003 (10/693,012). 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=8,442,643&OS=8,442,643&RS=8,442,643 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for System and Method for Determining the Origin of a Sensed Beat ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,442,631) developed by Bruce KenKnight, Maple Grove, Minn., and Steven D. Girouard, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for a "system and method for determining the origin of a sensed beat." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for monitoring a biological cardiac pacemaker. The method may include stimulating a heart at a region selected for implantation of a biological pacemaker and sensing at least one electrical signal indicative of a cardiac depolarization originating in the region selected for implantation of the biological pacemaker. The method may further include sensing at least one subsequent electrical signal produced by the heart and determining if the subsequent electrical signal originated in the region selected for the biological pacemaker or another region of the heart." The patent application was filed on May 8, 2007 (11/745,667). 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=8,442,631&OS=8,442,631&RS=8,442,631 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Medtronic Assigned Patent for Advanced Thoracic Fluid Monitoring Capability with Impedance ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,442,627) developed by Michael F. Hess, Minneapolis, for an "advanced thoracic fluid monitoring capability with impedance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An implantable medical device used for thoracic fluid monitoring by detection of changes in impedance in a patient. The device measures impedances of the patient in a supine position and in an upright position. The device determines impedance differences between the supine and upright positions which correspond to a diurnal delta value, which may in turn be employed as a diagnostic parameter." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2005 (11/322,700). 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=8,442,627&OS=8,442,627&RS=8,442,627 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Boston Scientific Assigned Patent for Device and Method for Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Boston Scientific, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,442,645) developed by Brian D. Zelickson, Minneapolis, and Robert A. Ganz, Minneapolis, for a "device and method for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A lower esophageal sphincter tightening device for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease which includes an insertion device, an energy source, and an energy transmitting device. The insertion device, by insertion through a body opening, positions the energy transmitting device in the proximity of the lower esophageal sphincter. The energy source generates and transmits energy via the insertion device to the energy transmitting device which directs the transmitted energy onto the lower esophageal sphincter which is comprised largely of collagen. The energy source transmits energy at a level sufficient to cause heating of the sphincter's collagen resulting in a shrinkage of the collagen and a tightening of the sphincter." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2011 (13/071,192). 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=8,442,645&OS=8,442,645&RS=8,442,645 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Medtronic Assigned Patent for Medical Electrical Lead with Backfilled Electrode Sub-assembly ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,442,650) developed by Kevin R. Seifert, Forest Lake, Minn., for a "medical electrical lead with backfilled electrode sub-assembly." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A medical electrical lead that includes a lead body and at least one tubular electrode sub-assembly positioned over and attached to the external surface of the lead body. The lead body includes at least one elongated conductive element, such as a cable, that is electrically connected to an electrode of the tubular electrode sub-assembly. The tubular electrode sub-assembly includes a tubular liner and an electrode embedded in the outer surface of the liner. In some embodiments, only a portion of the inner surface of the tubular liner is attached to the lead body which may potentially improve flexibility of the medical electrode lead in the area occupied by the tubular electrode sub-assembly." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2009 (12/627,100). 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=8,442,650&OS=8,442,650&RS=8,442,650 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,442,765) developed by Ryan Ingvalson, Saint Michael, Minn., for a "shared state selection and data exchange for collaborative navigation using conditionally independent parallel filters." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for collaborative navigation comprises initializing a conditionally independent filter on a local platform, propagating the conditionally independent filter forward in time, and when a local measurement has been made, updating the conditionally independent filter with the local measurement. When a common measurement has been made, the conditionally independent filter is updated with the common measurement, and a determination is made whether a remote conditioning node has arrived from a remote platform. If a remote conditioning node has arrived, a determination is made whether the remote conditioning node needs to be fused with a local conditioning node of the conditionally independent filter. If the remote conditioning node needs to be fused, a node-to-node fusion is performed in the conditionally independent filter to merge the remote conditioning node with the local conditioning node to produce a merged conditioning node. A conditional update of the conditionally independent filter is then performed." The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2012 (13/672,337). 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=8,442,765&OS=8,442,765&RS=8,442,765 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Seagate Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Seagate Technology, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,442,367) developed by William Albert Challener, Glenville, N.Y., and Michael Allen Seigler, Eden Prairie, Minn., for a "grating for VCSEL coupling to a heat assisted magnetic recording head." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus includes a waveguide including a core layer having curved edges shaped to reflect light to a focal point, and a grating positioned adjacent to or imbedded in the core layer, wherein at least a portion of the grating is positioned between the curved edges and adjacent to or imbedded in a portion of the core layer that is not traversed by light reflected from the curved edges. A data storage device that includes the apparatus is also provided." The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2010 (12/877,130). 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=8,442,367.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,367&RS=PN/8,442,367 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Displaying Image Based on Text in Image ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,442,324) developed by Cary L. Bates, Rochester, Minn., and Bo Tu, Beijing, for a "method and system for displaying image based on text in image." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and a system for displaying an image based on texts in the image are provided. The method of the invention for displaying the image includes: a text extracting step, extracting text regions in the image to be displayed; a text occupancy amount calculating step, calculating occupancy amount of the text in said image; a comparing step, comparing the calculated occupancy amount with a predetermined threshold; a display step, displaying the image in real size of the image if said occupancy amount exceeds said predetermined threshold. It is achieved to display the image to the user in a manner of satisfying the viewing aim of the user, and unnecessary load of the computer system is avoided." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2008 (12/257,671). 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=8,442,324.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,324&RS=PN/8,442,324 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Medtronic Assigned Patent for Forming Conductive Couplings in Medical Electrical Leads ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,442,646) developed by four co-inventors for "forming conductive couplings in medical electrical leads." The co-inventors are Kevin R. Seifert, Forest Lake, Minn., Gregory A. Boser, Richfield, Minn., Jonathan A. Hughes, Blaine, Minn., and Michael R. Dollimer, Lakeville, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An inner surface of a coupling component sidewall forms first and second portions of a cavity of the coupling component. A conductive coupling between an electrode and a conductor of a medical electrical lead may be formed by inserting a segment of the conductor into the first portion of the cavity, crimping the sidewall of the coupling component around the inserted segment, inserting a segment of the electrode into the second portion of the cavity, and welding an edge of the sidewall to the inserted electrode segment. The edge of the sidewall may define a slot, extending between first and second portions of the cavity, or a hole extending through the sidewall. The electrode may be part of an electrode assembly, mounted around an inner insulation layer of the lead, and the conductor may be part of a conductor assembly extending between inner and outer insulation layers of the lead." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2010 (12/781,181). 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=8,442,646&OS=8,442,646&RS=8,442,646 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** 3M Innovative Properties Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Evaluating Robustness of Saliency Predictions of Regions in a Scene ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- 3M Innovative Properties, Saint Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,442,328) developed by eight co-inventors for "systems and methods for evaluating robustness of saliency predictions of regions in a scene." The co-inventors are Brian J. Stankiewicz, Mahtomedi, Minn., Brian E. Brooks, Saint Paul, Minn., Brian L. Linzie, Stillwater, Minn., Nathan J. Anderson, Woodbury, Minn., Michael Kelly Canavan, Minneapolis, Glenn E. Casner, Woodbury, Minn., Timothy J. Gardner, Saint Paul, Minn., and David K. Misemer, Maplewood, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for evaluating the robustness of objects within a scene or a scene itself." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2009 (12/571,850). 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=8,442,328.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,328&RS=PN/8,442,328 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Electrical Stimulation of Blood Vessels ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,442,639) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for electrical stimulation of blood vessels." The co-inventors are Joseph Walker, Shoreview, Minn., Rodney W. Salo, Fridley, Minn., Anand Iyer, Lino Lakes, Minn., Joseph M. Pastore, Woodbury, Minn., and Eric Mokelke, White Bear Lake, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein, among other things, is a system for electrical stimulation of blood vessels. An embodiment of the system includes at least one electrode having electrical contact with a blood vessel. The embodiment also includes a stimulation circuit electrically connected to the electrode, the circuit adapted to provide stimulation to the vessel. The embodiment further includes a controller connected to the circuit, the controller adapted to select frequency and voltage parameters for the stimulation circuit to selectively affect vascular therapy, including constriction of the vessel and dilation of the vessel. According to various embodiments, the stimulation circuit and controller are contained within an implantable medical device (IMD). The system also includes a sensor connected to the controller, and the controller initiates and adjusts therapy based on a signal received from the sensor, in varying embodiments." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2007 (11/674,463). 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=8,442,639&OS=8,442,639&RS=8,442,639 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Automatic Electrode Integrity Management Systems and Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,442,635) developed by five co-inventors for "automatic electrode integrity management systems and methods." The co-inventors are Derek D. Bohn, Woodbury, Minn., M. Jason Brooke, Woodstock, Md., Rajesh K. Gandhi, Woodbury, Minn., Alok S. Sathaye, Boston, and Aaron R. McCabe, Minneapolis. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for automatic electrode integrity management. Interelectrode impedance is measured for various electrode combinations of an implantable cardiac function management device. The impedance data is processed, such as at an external remote server, to determine whether an electrode is failing or has failed, to select an alternate electrode configuration, to alert a physician or patient, to predict a time-to-failure such as by using population data, or to reprogram electrode configuration or other device parameters of the implantable cardiac function management device." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2011 (13/031,762). 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=8,442,635&OS=8,442,635&RS=8,442,635 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Trimble Navigation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Trimble Navigation, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,442,555) developed by James Russell Lowell, Lakeville, Minn., Ronald Edward Konezny, Shorewood, Minn., and Andy Johnson, Minnetonka, Minn., for a "fleet management system and method employing mobile device monitoring and research." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, apparatuses and methods for monitoring wireless communication performance. A fleet of moving vehicles equipped with communication devices communicate data call records, including a geographic location of the vehicle when the communication was attempted, to a central office. Indications of successful and unsuccessful call record communications attempts are aggregated by geographic area using the geographic location data from the vehicles. Call success rate levels for the geographic areas are determined based on the aggregated indications of successful and unsuccessful call record communication attempts. These levels may be presented on geographical maps or otherwise, and/or used for network analysis purposes." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2011 (13/341,295). 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=8,442,555&OS=8,442,555&RS=8,442,555 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** University of Minnesota, Medtronic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and Medtronic, Minneapolis, have been assigned a patent (8,442,625) developed by six co-inventors for "determining and illustrating tracking system members." The co-inventors are H. Toby Markowitz, Roseville, Minn., David Scanlon, Minneapolis, Ioana Fleming, Anchorage, Alaska, Mustafa Karamanoglu, Fridley, Minn., Karl Evan Nowak, Madison, Wis., and Chad Giese, St. Paul, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A volume of a patient can be mapped with a system operable to identify a plurality of locations and save a plurality of locations of a mapping instrument. The mapping instrument can include one or more electrodes that can sense a voltage that can be correlated to a three dimensional location of the electrode at the time of the sensing or measurement. Therefore, a map of a volume can be determined based upon the sensing of the plurality of points without the use of other imaging devices. An implantable medical device can then be navigated relative to the mapping data." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2009 (12/423,973). 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=8,442,625&OS=8,442,625&RS=8,442,625 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent for Vehicle System Monitoring and Communications Architecture ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,442,690) developed by four co-inventors for "vehicle system monitoring and communications architecture." The co-inventors are David B. Goldstein, Washington, N.J., George Daniel Hadden, Plymouth, Minn., Darryl Busch, Eden Prairie, Minn., and Sunil Menon, Scottsdale, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods and devices are provided that allow more efficient transfer and processing of sensor information in a hierarchical data system. The system provides for a plurality of component area managers (CAM), each of the CAMS being in operable communication with at least one of a plurality of transducers that monitors a phenomena of a component and in operable communication with a data bus. A CAM comprises a processor in operable communication with the at least one transducer of the plurality of transducers, wherein the first processor is configured to record data generated by the at least one transducer of the plurality of transducers, to reduce the recorded data, to place the reduced data on the data bus. The system also includes a transducer selection module controlled by the first processor by which the first processor selects one of the plurality of transducers to record and a rolling buffer in operable communication with the first processor and in operable communication with the at least one transducer by which to record the data generated by the at least one transducer of the plurality in a first-in-first-out manner." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2009 (12/493,750). 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=8,442,690&OS=8,442,690&RS=8,442,690 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Qlogic Assigned Patent for Method and System for Monitoring a Network Link in Network Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Qlogic, Aliso Viejo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,441,922) developed by Edward C. McGlaughlin, Minneapolis, Manoj Wadekar, San Jose, Calif., and Renae M. Weber, West Saint Paul, Minn., for a "method and system for monitoring a network link in network systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a network having a computing system interfacing with a storage system via a switch, an average transmit wait count value is compared with a first threshold value. The average transmit wait count value is updated when a switch port has a frame available for transmission but is unable to transmit the frame if a port of the storage system is unable to receive the frame or if another switch port is unable to receive the frame. A congestion message is generated for notifying a management module of congestion at the switch port when the average transmit wait count value reaches the first threshold value. Depending upon the characteristics of the congestion, a notification is sent to the computing system to either only reduce a rate of write operations to reduce congestion, or to reduce both the rate of write operations and a rate of read operations." The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2011 (13/216,598). 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=84,41,922.PN.&OS=PN/84,41,922&RS=PN/84,41,922 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Cardiac Lead Having Implantable Stiffening Structures for Fixation ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,442,656) developed by six co-inventors for "cardiac lead having implantable stiffening structures for fixation." The co-inventors are Bruce A. Tockman, Scandia, Minn., Brian D. Soltis, St. Paul, Minn., Eric T. Johnson, Temecula, Calif., Kent C.B. Stalker, San Marcos, Calif., Peter J. D'aquanni, Murrieta, Calif., and Paul E. Zarembo, Vadnais Heights, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cardiac lead adapted for fixation at least partially within a cardiac vessel. The lead includes, in one embodiment, an elongate lead body defining a proximal region and a distal region including a distal end region having at least one electrode and a distal tip. The distal end region is configured such that the electrode and the distal tip can be implanted in the cardiac vessel. Stiffening structures in the distal region of the lead are adapted to stiffen selected portions of the lead for fixation of the electrode within the cardiac vessel. In some embodiments, the stiffening structures include an implantable member adapted to be implanted in a lumen of the lead. In other embodiments, the stiffening structures include a sheath adapted to be deployed over the lead body. In still other embodiments, the stiffening structures are integral to the lead and/or the lead body." The patent application was filed on June 2, 2006 (11/422,014). 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=8,442,656&OS=8,442,656&RS=8,442,656 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Implantable Medical Lead Having Reduced Dimension Tubing Transition ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,442,648) developed by four co-inventors for an "implantable medical lead having reduced dimension tubing transition." The co-inventors are Devon N. Arnholt, Shoreview, Minn., Douglas D. Pagoria, Forest Lake, Minn., Raymond D. Gessler III, Roberts, Wis., and Duane T. Meyer, St. Paul, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Lead body designs for forming a fluid tight seal between a multilumen tube and other portions of a lead body are provided. One lead body design has a multilumen tube having a first portion defining a first number of lumens and a second reduced dimension portion defining a second number of lumens, the second number of lumens being smaller than the first number of lumens. The reduced dimension portion is attached to a distal tip portion of the lead body, forming a fluid tight passageway through the multilumen tube to the distal tip portion. Also provided are methods for forming such multilumen tubes and incorporating such multilumen tubes into a lead body." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2012 (13/526,071). 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=8,442,648&OS=8,442,648&RS=8,442,648 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Qlogic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Qlogic, Aliso Viejo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,441,929) developed by Frank R. Dropps, Maple Grove, Minn., and Bret E. Indrelee, Edina, Minn., for a "method and system for monitoring a network link in network systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method for reporting bandwidth loss on a network link that couples a switch element to a network is provided. The method includes determining if credit is unavailable to transmit a packet and a packet is available at a switch port for transmission; determining bandwidth loss due to lack of credit; and reporting the bandwidth loss to a processor of the network switch. The switch element includes a processor for executing firmware code; a port for receiving and transmitting network packets; and a bandwidth loss logic that determines bandwidth loss if credit is unavailable to transmit a packet and the packet is available at the port; and reports the bandwidth loss to the processor." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2011 (13/026,007). 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=84,41,929.PN.&OS=PN/84,41,929&RS=PN/84,41,929 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Implementing a Floating Point Weighted Average Function ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,443,027) developed by Adam James Muff, Rochester, Minn., and Matthew Ray Tubbs, Rochester, Minn., for "implementing a floating point weighted average function." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for implementing a floating point weighted average function. The method includes receiving an input containing 2.sup.N input values, 2.sup.N weights, and an opcode, where N is a positive integer number and each of the input values corresponds to one of the weights. Furthermore, the method also includes using existing dot product circuit function to generate 2.sup.N addends by multiplying each of the input values with the corresponding weight. In addition, the method includes generating a sum value by adding the 2.sup.N addends, where the sum value includes an exponent value, and generating the weighted average value based on the sum value by decreasing the exponent value by N. In this fashion, the same circuit area may be used to carry out both dot product and weighted average calculations, leading to greater circuit area savings and performance advantages." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2007 (11/861,518). 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=8,443,027&OS=8,443,027&RS=8,443,027 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Aerospace Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Aerospace, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,443,024) developed by Jason T. Chou, St. Paul, Minn., Todd S. Rose, Redondo Beach, Calif., and Josh A. Conway, Redondo Beach, Calif., for a "time-domain gated filter for RF communication systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A time domain filter receives a double sideband (DSB) input in the frequency domain and compresses this input into a time domain signal filtered by a time gate for providing a time filtered signal that is then expanded back into the frequency domain as a single sideband (SSB) output with one sideband being filtered by the time gate for translating DSB signals into SSB signals well suited for communicating chirped modulated signals as SSB signals along an electrical line or optical fiber without dispersive nulling of the communicated signal." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2007 (11/978,251). 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=8,443,024&OS=8,443,024&RS=8,443,024 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Mixed Mode (Mechanical Process and English Text) Query Building Support for Improving the Process of Building Queries Correctly ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,442,992) developed by Richard D. Dettinger, Rochester, Minn., Daniel P. Kolz, Rochester, Minn., and Richard J. Stevens, Rochester, Minn., for a "mixed mode (mechanical process and english text) query building support for improving the process of building queries correctly." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention allow verification of query language by providing a natural language description for the query language. A natural language description is generated for each query component along with selectable text representing the query component. Upon selection of the selectable text, the query component is rendered for editing." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2012 (13/535,784). 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=8,442,992&OS=8,442,992&RS=8,442,992 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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