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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Hampshire (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 New Hampshire. *** Ovonyx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Ovonyx, Sterling Heights, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,441,836) developed by Ward Parkinson, Boise, Idaho, and Thomas Trent, Nashua, N.H., for "sector array addressing for ECC management." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An addressing scheme for non-volatile memory arrays having short circuit defects that manages the demand for error correction. The scheme generally avoids simultaneous active driving of the row line and column line of the selected cell during write. Instead, only a single row or column line is actively driven at any one time and all other array lines are left floating. In addition, the number of memory cells accessed from a given row or column during a fetch may be limited. The benefits of the scheme include preventing short circuits from drawing excess currents through the array and limiting the frequency of read or write failures caused by short circuits to a manageable number. In one embodiment, the scheme maintains the demand for error correction to within the error correction capability of a flash controller. Exemplary embodiments include phase-change memory arrays." The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2010 (12/884,413). 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=84,41,836.PN.&OS=PN/84,41,836&RS=PN/84,41,836 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method for Measuring and Reporting Service Usage ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,442,485) developed by Kuntal Chowdhury, Plano, Texas, and Shaji E. Radhakrishnan, Nashua, N.H., for a "system and method for measuring and reporting service usage." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for measuring and reporting prepaid service usage are provided. More particularly, monitoring and reporting packet data session usage for purposes of charging for service usage are provided. In some embodiments, layer-3 data packet monitoring is used to determine usage. In other embodiments, the start and end of a packet data session are used to determine usage. The usage can be determined from the duration of the packet data session or from the size or amount of packets sent and received by a mobile node." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2006 (11/455,325). 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=8,442,485.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,485&RS=PN/8,442,485 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** MicroCHIPS Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- MicroCHIPS, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,442,611) developed by four co-inventors for "medical device with reservoir-based sensors." The co-inventors are John T. Santini Jr., North Chelmsford, Mass., Norman F. Sheppard Jr., New Ipswich, N.H., Chung Chang Young, Weston, Mass., and Robert S. Langer, Newton, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A medical device is provided which may include a reservoir which has an opening and contains a sensor; a reservoir cap closing off the opening to isolate the sensor from an environmental component outside the reservoirs, the reservoir cap being impermeable to the environmental component and adapted to selectively undergo a phase change to disintegrate the reservoir cap and thereby expose the sensor to the environmental component. A method of use may include (i) selectively disintegrating a reservoir cap to expose a sensor which is disposed inside a reservoir of a device implanted in a patient, the disintegrating comprising inducing a phase change in the reservoir cap; and (ii) using the sensor to generate an output signal, wherein the output signal is recorded and stored in a writeable computer memory chips, directed to a microprocessor for immediate analysis and processing, or sent to a remote location away from the device." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2010 (12/688,508). 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=8,442,611&OS=8,442,611&RS=8,442,611 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** General Electric Assigned Patent for System and Method for Detecting Errors in Position Tracking Systems Used for Medical Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,442,619) developed by Dun Alex Li, Salem, N.H., Joseph Casey Crager, Newton, Mass., Douglas Karl Johnson, Hampton, N.H., for a "system and method for detecting errors in position tracking systems used for medical applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for identifying errors while tracking instrument navigations is enclosed. The method may include assigning a plurality of virtual points to a plurality of sensors. At least one of the virtual points may be a non-fixed virtual point. The assignment of virtual points to sensors may be determined based on the medical instrument, or the medical instrument attachment, being used. Virtual point locations may be determined for the non-fixed virtual point. The locations of the non-fixed virtual point may be determined based on the medical instrument, or the medical instrument attachment, being used. The vector values for vectors terminating at the non-fixed virtual point may be adjusted. The field integrity values for the virtual points may be computed. If a field integrity value is greater than a threshold value, an error signal may be communicated." The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2006 (11/468,481). 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=8,442,619&OS=8,442,619&RS=8,442,619 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,441,988) developed by Greg Cheever, Hampstead, N.H., Sanil Kumar Puthiyandyil, Nashua, N.H., and Rajesh Ramankutty, Westford, Mass., for a "method for providing home agent geographic redundancy via a service redundancy protocol." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for providing redundancy in servicing packet data communications within wireless mobile data networks are disclosed. More particularly, the method and system provide a redundant Home Agent with the ability to assume the role of the primary Home Agent in the event of a primary Home Agent network, software, or other failure. The redundancy allows the Home Agent services to remain functional even in the event of a failure of one of the Home Agents in the redundant group, which may be composed of one or more Home Agents. The Home Agents can use a service redundancy protocol which is composed of messages that are sent between the redundant group of Home Agents. The messages allow the Home Agents to, for example, back up call session information, check on the status of one another, and share priority information." The patent application was filed on July 17, 2012 (13/551,112). 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=84,41,988.PN.&OS=PN/84,41,988&RS=PN/84,41,988 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United States Postal Service Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- United States Postal Service, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,443,010) developed by Gale R. Scott, Louisville, Ky., and Charles V. Fisher, Manchester, N.H., for a "delivery operations information system with route and unit maintenance feature and methods of use." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a system for managing information related to a delivery service provider and systems of using such a system. The system and systems provided herein allow a delivery service provider to coordinate with efficiency the volume of mail or packages to be delivered with the carrier resources available to deliver them. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the delivery operation information system tracks quantities of articles, schedules their distribution, and schedules and tracks the work force that distributes the articles." The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2005 (11/208,383). 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=8,443,010&OS=8,443,010&RS=8,443,010 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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