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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,442,708) developed by Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, Pa., and Glenn Robert Shaffer, Erie, Pa., for a "system and method for pacing a powered system traveling along a route." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system is provided for pacing a powered system traveling along a route separated into a plurality of block regions. Each block region has a respective signal. The system includes a controller configured to receive a status of the signal in an adjacent block region to a current block region of the powered system. The controller is configured to determine a time duration between a change in the status of the signal in an adjacent block region. The controller is further configured to determine an expected status of the signal to be experienced by the powered system in the plurality of block regions, based upon the time duration and a route parameter of the plurality of block regions." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2011 (13/083,842). 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=8,442,708&OS=8,442,708&RS=8,442,708 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Zealand Pharma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Zealand Pharma, Copenhagen, Denmark, has been assigned a patent (8,431,540) developed by seven co-inventors for a modified lysine-mimetic compounds. The co-inventors are Bjarne Due Larsen, Roskilde, Denmark, Jorgen Soberg Petersen, Hellebaek, Denmark, Ketil Jorgen Haugan, Slangerup, Denmark, John A. Butera, Clarksburg, N.J., James K. Hennan, Harleysville, Pa., Edward H. Kerns, Skillman, N.J., and Evgueni Lvovich Piatnitski, Conshohocken, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Lysine mimetic compounds having useful pharmacological activity such as antiarrhythmic activity and desirable bioavailability properties are disclosed." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2011 (13/234,956). 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=8,431,540.PN.&OS=PN/8,431,540&RS=PN/8,431,540 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of Pittsburgh Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,442,630) developed by Samir F. Saba, Pittsburgh, for an "automated assessment of atrioventricular and ventriculoatrial conduction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method discriminates between ventricular arrhythmia and supraventricular arrhythmia by determining the direction of an electrical signal conducted through the atrioventricular node. An implantable cardiac defibrillator provides atrioventricular and ventriculoatrial pacing bursts to determine if an arrhythmia with a 1:1 atrial to ventricular relationship is due to ventricular tachycardia or supraventricular tachycardia. This discrimination capability reduces the incidence of inappropriate shocks from dual-chamber implantable cardiac defibrillators to near zero and provides a method to differentially diagnose supraventricular tachycardia from ventricular tachycardia." The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2008 (12/244,367). 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=8,442,630&OS=8,442,630&RS=8,442,630 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Delphi Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Delphi Technologies, Troy, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,442,425) developed by four co-inventors for a "satellite receiver performance enhancements." The co-inventors are Glenn A. Walker, Greentown, Ind., Eric A. Dibiaso, Lebanon, Pa., Roger A. McDanell, Carmel, Ind., and Michael L. Hiatt Jr., Westfield, Ind. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Long time interleaver and listenable audio performance enhancements for a satellite receiver are presented. One enhancement includes comparing a correlation and a predetermined threshold value and blocking satellite signal data transmission from entry into long time interleaver (LTI) device circuitry and forward error correction (FEC) circuitry when the correlation value is the same as, or less than the predetermined threshold value. Another enhancement includes using Reed-Solomon codeword error checking to prevent erroneous baseband signal data from being accepted as good baseband signal data. A further enhancement includes storing symbol timing and frequency data during a strong signal condition of the satellite receiver and using this stored data when the satellite receiver encounters a weak signal condition. Another enhancement includes mitigating DC offset noise in a satellite receiver having a zero-IF tuner." The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2011 (13/267,505). 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=8,442,425.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,425&RS=PN/8,442,425 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** W.L. Gore & Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- W.L. Gore & Associates, Newark, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,442,612) developed by John Squeri, Downingtown, Pa., for an "implantable electrophysiology lead body." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention is an electrophysiology lead body comprising two or more longitudinal elements, each having an outer surface, the longitudinal elements comprising electrical insulation material, the electrical insulation material consisting essentially of fluoropolymer; at least one conductor disposed within at least one of the longitudinal elements; and a cover consisting essentially of fluoropolymer, wherein the cover surrounds the longitudinal elements." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2009 (12/603,650). 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=8,442,612&OS=8,442,612&RS=8,442,612 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** TruePosition Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- TruePosition, Berwyn, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,442,538) developed by Edward Joseph Segall, Narberth, Pa., Simon Issakov, Wayne, Pa., and Rashidus S. Mia, Phoenixville, Pa., for a "cooperating receiver selection for UMTS wireless location." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "For Wireless Communications Networks (WCNs) that support soft handover, cooperator receiver selection for a TDOA, AOA, TDOA/AOA, or hybrid network-based or network-overlay Wireless Location System (WLS) must contend with one or more network base stations as a serving cell. When the active set contains more than one member, two techniques for determining a set of cooperating and demodulating receivers to use in the signal collection for location estimation is disclosed. In one embodiment, the active set members are constructively reduced to a single member that is used as a proxy serving cell. In another embodiment, the information contained in the active set membership is retained and a new set of demodulating and cooperator receivers are generated based on the entire membership of the active set." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2009 (12/648,783). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,442,538&OS=8,442,538&RS=8,442,538 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** TTI Inventions C Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- TTI Inventions C, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,442,005) developed by nine co-inventors for "seamless handoff across heterogeneous access networks using a handoff controller in a service control point." The co-inventors are Ashutosh Dutta, Bridgewater, N.J., Subir Das, Kendall Park, N.J., Donald R. Lukacs, Red Bank, N.J., Tao Zhang, Fort Lee, N.J., David C. Shrader, New York, Raquel Morera Sempere, Morristown, N.J., Stephanie Demers, Westfield, N.J., Bryan J. Lyles, Bedminster, N.J., and James Alfieri, Palmer Township, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a telecommunications network in which a mobile handset is capable of communicating in both an IP domain and a non-IP domain, the handoff of an existing communications session between the mobile handset and a fixed user is facilitated by a handoff controller implemented in a service control point. The handoff controller implements different handoff methods depending on the status of the fixed user and the transition of the mobile user. Additionally 802.21 Media Independent Handover Function in conjunction with SIP is used to facilitate handover between IP and Non-IP points in the system." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2009 (12/638,765). 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=84,42,005.PN.&OS=PN/84,42,005&RS=PN/84,42,005 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Appearance Augmented 3-D Point Clouds for Trajectory and Camera Localization ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,442,307) developed by Roy Anati, Philadelphia, Dragomir D. Anguelov, San Francisco, and David Martin, San Francisco, for an "appearance augmented 3-D point clouds for trajectory and camera localization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system are provided for image matching using an appearance augmented 3-D point cloud that includes receiving a first and second posed image, extracting image features from the first and second posed image, and comparing the extracted image features from the first posed image with the extracted image features from the second posed image. Next, a comparison is done to identify one or more matched features of the first and second posed images based on a feature appearance, where a grouping of the matched features of the first and second posed images is performed where the grouped matched features are associated with a first three-dimensional point. A position of the first three-dimensional point is identified based on a positional triangulation of the grouped matched features associated with the first three-dimensional point, and the first three-dimensional point is then augmented with the grouped matched features." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2011 (13/100,699). 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=8,442,307.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,307&RS=PN/8,442,307 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,441,903) developed by Joseph Michael Freund, Fogelsville, Pa., for an "optical disk playback device with prescan functionality for early detection of surface imperfections." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical disk playback device comprises first and second lasers, an optical assembly, first and second optical detectors, and controller circuitry coupled to the optical detectors. The optical assembly is configured to direct incident light from the first and second lasers so as to form respective leading and trailing scanning spots on a surface of an optical disk, and is further configured to direct corresponding reflected light from the leading and trailing scanning spots on the surface of the optical disk to respective ones of the optical detectors. The controller circuitry is configured to identify a surface imperfection of the optical disk by processing the reflected light associated with the leading scanning spot prior to the trailing scanning spot reaching that surface imperfection." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2011 (13/211,869). 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=84,41,903.PN.&OS=PN/84,41,903&RS=PN/84,41,903 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Instrument Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- General Instrument, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,441,963) developed by four co-inventors for an "IP multicast management and service provision system and method." The co-inventors are Thomas J. Bahnck, Conshohocken, Pa., Arthur P. Jost, Mount Laurel, N.J., Robert E. Mack, Collegeville, Pa., and Lawrence D. Vince, Lansdale, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system (10), method (90) and apparatus (14) are provided for provisioning a multicast stream, such as an IP multicast stream, in a network. The system includes a first tier (12), such as a national backbone, with a first Multicast Address Discovery (MCAD) directory (34), and at least one second tier having a headend, such as a regional headend (14), with a second MCAD directory (36, 38). The system (10) includes a tiered MCAD directory network that allows the assignment of multicast addresses to multicast streams received from an upper tier MCAD directory. The tiered MCAD directory structure allows for requesting and storing stream descriptors and delivering stream descriptors on-demand to MCAD-enabled devices throughout the system. The system (10) also allows for stream provisioning maintenance and validation at lower tier headends via MCAD-enabled device queries or re-queries of upper tier MCAD directories." The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2005 (11/288,797). 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=84,41,963.PN.&OS=PN/84,41,963&RS=PN/84,41,963 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Website Quality Signal Generation ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,442,984) developed by Christopher C. Pennock, Brooklyn, N.Y., Jeremy Hylton, Easton, Pa., and Corinna Cortes, New York, for a "website quality signal generation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods relating to website quality rating are disclosed. Websites are rated, relationships between ratings and website signals are identified, models are generated and modeled ratings are assigned to unrated websites by applying the models to the website signals of the unrated websites." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2008 (12/059,352). 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=8,442,984&OS=8,442,984&RS=8,442,984 Written by Arpi Sharma; 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. -1125109 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |