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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (May 17)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Arrangements for Enhancing Multimedia Features in a Virtual Universe ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,441,475) developed by four co-inventors for an "arrangements for enhancing multimedia features in a virtual universe." The co-inventors are Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, N.C., Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Keith R. Walker, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method for operating a virtual environment is disclosed. The method can include receiving an interactive virtual universe feed from a network in coordinate format. The method can also include displaying an interactive virtual universe and providing a trigger to a client application responsive to a user interaction. The trigger can change a mode of a user's computer where the computer receives and displays video data or pixel data. Thus, the client machine can display higher quality video. Other embodiments are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2007 (11/877,875). 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=8,441,475&OS=8,441,475&RS=8,441,475 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent for Compression Tag State Interlock ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,441,495) developed by four co-inventors for a "compression tag state interlock." The co-inventors are James M. Van Dyke, Austin, Texas, John H. Edmondson, Arlington, Mass., Brian D. Hutsell, Fort Worth, Texas, and Michael F. Harris, Raleigh, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for determining a compression tag state prior to memory client arbitration may reduce the latency for memory accesses. A compression tag is associated with each portion of a surface stored in memory and indicates whether or not the data stored in each portion is compressed or not. A client uses the compression tags to construct memory access requests and the size of each request is based on whether or not the portion of the surface to be accessed is compressed or not. When multiple clients access the same surface the compression tag reads are interlocked with the pending memory access requests to ensure that the compression tags provided to each client are accurate. This mechanism allows for memory bandwidth optimizations including reordering memory access requests for efficient access." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2009 (12/649,196). 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=8,441,495&OS=8,441,495&RS=8,441,495 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent for Bandwidth Compression for Shader Engine Store Operations ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,441,487) developed by Cass W. Everitt, Round Rock, Texas, for a "bandwidth compression for shader engine store operations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems and methods for compressing thread group data written to frame buffer memory to increase overall memory performance. A compression/decompression engine within the frame buffer memory interface includes logic configured to identify situations where the threads of a thread group are writing similar scalar values to memory. Upon recognizing such a situation, the engine is configured to compress the scalar data into a form that allows all of the scalar data to be written to or read from the frame buffer memory in fewer clock cycles than would be required to transmit the data in uncompressed form to or from memory. Consequently, the disclosed systems and methods are able to effectively increase memory performance when executing thread group STORE and LOAD operations." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2007 (11/830,776). 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=8,441,487&OS=8,441,487&RS=8,441,487 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Applied Concepts Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Applied Concepts, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,441,622) developed by Robert S. Gammenthaler, Princeton, Texas, for a "lidar measurement device for vehicular traffic surveillance and method for use of same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Lidar measurement device for vehicular traffic surveillance and method for use of same are disclosed. In one embodiment, video circuitry acquires video of a field of view having a target therein. A steerable laser progressively transmits laser range-finding signals to the field of view in a horizontal and vertical step-wise manner and receives reflected laser range-finding signals from the target. A processing circuit portion determines target data of the target based upon range and time measurements associated with the reflected laser range-finding signals. The processing circuit then integrates the target data into the video such that the video may displayed with an image of the target and speed measurement associated therewith." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2009 (12/510,876). 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=8,441,622&OS=8,441,622&RS=8,441,622 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,442,187) developed by Peeyush Jaiswal, Boca Raton, Fla., and Naveen Narayan, Flower Mound, Texas, for a "secure voice transaction method and system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A security method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing system, a telephone call from a user. The computing system comprises an existing password/passphrase and a pre-recorded voice sample associated with the user. The computing system prompts the user to enter a password/passphrase using speech. The computing system receives speech data comprising a first password/passphrase from the user. The computing system converts the speech data to text data. The computing system first compares the text data to the first password/passphrase and determines a match. The computing system compares the speech data to the pre-recorded voice sample to determine a result indicating whether a frequency spectrum associated with the speech data matches a frequency spectrum associated with the pre-recorded voice sample. The computing system transmits the result to the user." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2012 (13/448,594). 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=8,442,187&OS=8,442,187&RS=8,442,187 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,442,207) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for observing a communication session." The co-inventors are Mayuresh Hegde, Irving, Texas, Parind Poi, Lewisville, Texas, Prashant Desai, Land O'Lakes, Fla., and Juan Vasquez, Gibsonton, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An approach is provided for initiating a service observing session by tracking a number of concurrent service observing sessions to an automatic call distributor, and selectively restricting the number of concurrent sessions based on a predetermined restriction criterion. Each of the service observing sessions is established for a user to monitor a voice call involving an agent." The patent application was filed on March 15, 2011 (13/048,605). 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=8,442,207&OS=8,442,207&RS=8,442,207 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** National Instruments Assigned Patent for Measurement of Transmitter Impairments Using Offset Local Oscillators ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- National Instruments, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,442,150) developed by Stephen L. Dark, Austin, Texas, and Christopher J. Behnke, Austin, Texas, for a "measurement of transmitter impairments using offset local oscillators." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for measuring transmitter and/or receiver I/Q impairments are disclosed, including iterative methods for measuring transmitter I/Q impairments using shared local oscillators, iterative methods for measuring transmitter I/Q impairments using intentionally-offset local oscillators, and methods for measuring receiver I/Q impairments. Also disclosed are methods for computing I/Q impairments from a sampled complex signal, methods for computing DC properties of a signal path between the transmitter and receiver, and methods for transforming I/Q impairments through a linear system." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2012 (13/404,896). 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=8,442,150&OS=8,442,150&RS=8,442,150 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,442,159) developed by seven co-inventors for a "multi-protocol communications receiver with shared analog front-end." The co-inventors are Vivek Telang, Austin, Texas, Hong Chen, Irvine, Calif., Vasudevan Parthasarathy, Irvine, Calif., Jun Cao, Irvine, Calif., Afshin Momtaz, Laguna Hills, Calif., Ali Ghiasi, Cupertino, Calif., and Chung-Jue Chen, Irvine, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to an example embodiment, a communications receiver may include a variable gain amplifier (VGA) configured to amplify received signals, a VGA controller configured to control the VGA, a plurality of analog to digital converter (ADC) circuits coupled to an output of the VGA, wherein the plurality of ADC circuits are operational when the communications receiver is configured to process signals of a first communications protocol, and wherein only a subset of the ADC circuits are operational when the communications receiver is configured to process signals of a second communications protocol." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2010 (12/883,842). 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=8,442,159&OS=8,442,159&RS=8,442,159 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Audiotoniq Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Audiotoniq, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,442,252) developed by Stephen Meosky, Austin, Texas, and Frederick Neumeyer, Austin, Texas, for a "behind-the-ear hearing aid with interchangeable ear hook and ear tube." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hearing aid includes a casing, an ear hook, and an ear tube. The casing includes a first connector on an upper portion of the casing and a second connector on a lower portion of the casing, wherein the first and second connectors are substantially identical. The ear hook includes a receptacle sized to fit the first and second connectors and adapted to releasably couple to one of the first connector and the second connector. The ear tube includes a receptacle sized to fit the first and second connectors and adapted to releasably couple to another of the first connector and the second connector." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2010 (12/895,212). 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=8,442,252&OS=8,442,252&RS=8,442,252 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method for Device Registration Replication in a Communication Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,442,037) developed by Christopher E. Pearce, Dallas, and Clint D. Entrop, Plano, Texas, for a "system and method for device registration replication in a communication network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for device registration replication in a packet-based network includes a first call manager and a second call manager that are coupled to the packet-based network. The first and second call managers each control one or more devices and store composite registration information associated with the devices. The first call manager communicates status information to the second call manager in response to a change in the control status of a device controlled by the first call manager. The second call manager updates the composite registration information stored by the second call manager in response to receiving status information from the first call manager." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2010 (12/782,297). 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=8,442,037&OS=8,442,037&RS=8,442,037 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,442,035) developed by Stephen Ballard, Plano, Texas, and Bill Kewin, Rowlett, Texas, for a "method and device for grandparent media realm for session border controllers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method may include receiving handshake signals to establish a media session between at least two endpoints, determining location information of the at least two endpoints based on the handshake signals, and releasing media exchanged between the at least two endpoints if it is determined that the location information of the at least two endpoints indicates that the at least two endpoints are in a same location." The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2007 (11/947,112). 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=8,442,035&OS=8,442,035&RS=8,442,035 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Shell Oil Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Shell Oil, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,441,256) developed by eight co-inventors for a "method for analyzing a multi-phase fluid." The co-inventors are Daniel Pusiol, Alta Gracia, Argentina, Mariela Carpinella, Cordoba, Argentina, Gabriela Albert, Cordoba, Argentina, Tristan Martin Osan, Cordoba, Argentina, Juan Manuel Olle, Cordoba, Argentina, John Justin Freeman, Brookshire, Texas, Matthias Appel, Houston, and Irene Silvina Espejo Lopez Gamundi, Bellaire, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A magnetic resonance based apparatus capable of measuring, without using time-of-flight measurements, flow regimes of multi-phase fluids in a pipe, comprises a magnetic resonance module through which the fluid phases flow, wherein the magnetic resonance module includes a radiofrequency coil for transmitting and detecting a signal and means for generating inside the module a homogenous constant magnetic field Bx that is thermally compensated and a transverse magnetic field gradient Gx that is superposed on Bx; and at least one pre-polarization module through which the fluid phases flow before entering the magnetic resonance module." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2012 (13/540,399). 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=8,441,256.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,256&RS=PN/8,441,256 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Univation Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Univation Technologies, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,441,250) developed by Eric J. Markel, Kingwood, Texas, and Timothy R. Lynn, Glen Gardner, N.J., for a "method and apparatus for monitoring electrical properties of polymerization reactor wall film." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a method for using at least one static probe during polymerization in a fluid bed polymerization reactor system to monitor a coating on a surface of the reactor system and a distal portion of each static probe, wherein the coating is exposed to flowing fluid within the reactor system during the reaction. The surface may be a reactor bed wall (exposed to the reactor's fluid bed) and the coating is exposed to flowing, bubbling fluid within the fluid bed during the reaction. The method may include steps of: during the polymerization reaction, operating the static probe to generate a sequence of data values ("high speed data") indicative of fluid flow variation (e.g., bubbling or turbulence), and determining from the high speed data at least one electrical property of the coating (e.g., of a portion of the coating on the distal portion of the static probe)." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2010 (12/780,088). 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=8,441,250.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,250&RS=PN/8,441,250 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Integrated Designs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Integrated Designs, Carrollton, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,441,222) developed by Donovan Keith Manzarek, Sanger, Texas, John Laessle, Plano, Texas, and John Charles Vines, Dallas, for a "system and method for determining pump pressure based on motor current." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for measuring current in an H-Bridge motor drive circuit and using that current to determine the output of a device powered by the motor. A particular embodiment is disclosed for a motor-driven fluid pump. Motor current is measured at predetermined pump pressures and flow rates to create calibration tables relating motor current to pump pressure. Once calibrated, the system determines pump pressure based on motor current by referring to the calibration tables. In an embodiment, the pump is driven to achieve a predetermined fluid dispense profile. The system monitors pump pressure by measuring motor current and determines if the dispense profile is being achieved and sets alarms if predetermined thresholds are not maintained. The system also detects pump wear based on the current measurements and issues warnings to the user in such conditions." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2010 (12/836,038). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,441,222.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,222&RS=PN/8,441,222 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Reata Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Reata Pharmaceuticals, Irving, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,440,820) developed by four co-inventors for "antioxidant inflammation modulators: oleanolic acid derivatives with saturation in the C-ring." The co-inventors are Eric Anderson, Southlake, Texas, Xin Jiang, Dallas, Xiaofeng Liu, Dallas, and Melean Visnick, Irving, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention provides, but is not limited to, novel oleanolic acid derivatives having the formula: ##STR00001## wherein the variables are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds, methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2012 (13/348,500). 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=84,40,820.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,820&RS=PN/84,40,820 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Performing Data Conversion with Non-uniform Quantization ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,441,380) developed by Arthur J. Redfern, Plano, Texas, and Patrick Satarzadeh, Addison, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for performing data conversion with non-uniform quantization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for converting a sampled analog signal into digital is provided. An input signal is sampled at a sampling instant to generate a sample voltage. A first current is then applied to a node to change a voltage on the node, and a first interval to change the voltage on the node to a reference voltage from the sample voltage using the first current is determined. A second current is then applied to the node to change a voltage on the node prior to a subsequent sampling instant, and a determination of a second interval to change the voltage on the node to the reference voltage from the sample voltage using the second current is made." The patent application was filed on May 20, 2011 (13/112,925). 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=8,441,380.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,380&RS=PN/8,441,380 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,441,269) developed by Chanh Cao Minh, Katy, Texas, and Ahmad Madjidi, Vancouver, Canada, for "determining formation properties while drilling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure relates to a method to determine a characteristic of a subsurface formation using a downhole logging tool. A downhole logging tool having the ability to make substantially concurrent disparate measurements on the subsurface formation is provided and substantially concurrent disparate measurements on the formation using the downhole logging tool are made. Those measurements are used to solve a system of equations simultaneously and the solution to the system of equations is used to determine the characteristic of the subsurface formation." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2010 (12/721,845). 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=8,441,269.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,269&RS=PN/8,441,269 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** HRD Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- HRD, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,440,818) developed by Abbass Hassan, Sugar Land, Texas, Rayford G. Anthony, College Station, Texas, and Aziz Hassan, Sugar Land, Texas, for a "system and method for gas reaction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Herein disclosed is an apparatus having a first porous rotor positioned about an axis of rotation, wherein the first porous rotor comprises a first catalyst; an outer casing, wherein the outer casing and the first porous rotor are separated by an annular space; and a motor configured for rotating the first porous rotor about the axis of rotation." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2012 (13/446,780). 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=84,40,818.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,818&RS=PN/84,40,818 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent for Broadband Linearization by Elimination of Harmonics and Intermodulation in Amplifiers ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,441,322) developed by Mikel J. White, Murphy, Texas, for a "broadband linearization by elimination of harmonics and intermodulation in amplifiers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An amplifier device includes an initial amplifier stage configured to receive a differential input signal at a first leg and a second leg; a final amplifier stage coupled to outputs of the initial amplifier stage, the final amplifier stage including a primary signal amplifier and an error amplifier in each of the first and second legs; and wherein an output of the error amplifier of the first leg is combined with an output of the primary signal amplifier in the second leg, and an output of the error amplifier of the second leg is combined with an output of the primary signal amplifier in the first leg." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2011 (13/307,207). 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=8,441,322.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,322&RS=PN/8,441,322 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of North Texas System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- The University of North Texas System, Denton, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,441,347) developed by Kenneth Adam Marlowe, Royse City, Texas, Bryan Cotanch, Watauga, Texas, and James Parker, Arlington, Texas, for a "system, method and apparatus for energizing vehicle brake lights." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides system, method and apparatus for energizing one or more brake lights on a vehicle without an operator of the vehicle applying a brake of the vehicle by determining an acceleration of the vehicle, energizing the brake lights on the vehicle whenever the acceleration of the vehicle equals or exceeds a braking threshold, and deenergizing the brake lights on the vehicle whenever: (a) the brake lights are energized, (b) the acceleration of the vehicle is less than the braking threshold, (c) a specified period of time has elapsed since the brake lights were energized, and (d) the operator is not applying the brake of the vehicle." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2010 (12/860,642). 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=8,441,347.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,347&RS=PN/8,441,347 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,441,370) developed by Clovis S. Bonavides, Houston, and Donald L. Crawford, Spring, Texas, for an "actuating downhole devices in a wellbore." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A downhole tool system includes a first downhole tool and a second downhole tool. The first downhole tool includes a first controller operable to receive an actuation signal including a tone. The first controller actuates the first downhole tool if the tone is a first specified frequency and changes the first downhole tool to communicate the actuation signal to the second downhole tool if first downhole tool is not actuated in response to the actuation signal. A second downhole tool includes a second controller operable to receive the actuation signal. The second controller actuates the second downhole tool if the tone is a second specified frequency. The second frequency is different from the first frequency." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/616,326). 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=8,441,370.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,370&RS=PN/8,441,370 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,441,291) developed by four co-inventors for a "PLL using interpolative divider as digitally controlled oscillator." The co-inventors are Susumu Hara, Austin, Texas, Adam B. Eldredge, Austin, Texas, Zhuo Fu, Taipei, Taiwan, and James E. Wilson, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One or more PLLs are formed on an integrated circuit. Each PLL includes an interpolative divider configured as a digitally controlled oscillator, which receives a reference clock signal and supplies an output signal divided according to a divide ratio. A feedback divider is coupled to the output signal of the interpolative divider and supplies a divided output signal as a feedback signal. A phase detector receives the feedback signal and a clock signal to which the PLL locks. The phase detector supplies a phase error corresponding to a difference between the clock signal and the feedback signal and the divide ratio is adjusted according to the phase error." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2011 (13/243,149). 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=8,441,291.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,291&RS=PN/8,441,291 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Yale University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Yale University, New Haven, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,440,810) developed by seven co-inventors for "riboswitches, methods for their use, and compositions for use with riboswitches." The co-inventors are Ronald R. Breaker, Guilford, Conn., Ali Nahvi, New Haven, Conn., Narasimhan Sudarsan, New Haven, Conn., Margaret S. Ebert, Hopewell, N.J., Wade Winkler, Dallas, Jeffrey E. Barrick, Lansing, Mich., and John K. Wickiser, Cornwall on Hudson, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "It has been discovered that certain natural mRNAs serve as metabolite-sensitive genetic switches wherein the RNA directly binds a small organic molecule. This binding process changes the conformation of the mRNA, which causes a change in gene expression by a variety of different mechanisms. Modified versions of these natural "riboswitches" (created by using various nucleic acid engineering strategies) can be employed as designer genetic switches that are controlled by specific effector compounds. Such effector compounds that activate a riboswitch are referred to herein as trigger molecules. The natural switches are targets for antibiotics and other small molecule therapies. In addition, the architecture of riboswitches allows actual pieces of the natural switches to be used to construct new non-immunogenic genetic control elements, for example the aptamer (molecular recognition) domain can be swapped with other non-natural aptamers (or otherwise modified) such that the new recognition domain causes genetic modulation with user-defined effector compounds. The changed switches become part of a therapy regimen--turning on, or off, or regulating protein synthesis. Newly constructed genetic regulation networks can be applied in such areas as living biosensors, metabolic engineering of organisms, and in advanced forms of gene therapy treatments." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2011 (13/033,174). 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=84,40,810.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,810&RS=PN/84,40,810 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Four Logic State Voltage to Two Output Decompressor IC ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,441,286) developed by Lee D. Whetsel, Parker, Texas, for a "four logic state voltage to two output decompressor IC." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Quad-state logic elements and quad-state memory elements are used to reduce the wiring density of integrated circuits. The resulting reduction in wiring interconnects between memories and logic elements results in higher speed, higher density, and lower power integrated circuit designs." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2011 (13/273,748). 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=8,441,286.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,286&RS=PN/8,441,286 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,441,325) developed by seven co-inventors for an "isolator with complementary configurable memory." The co-inventors are Phil A. Callahan, Austin, Texas, Ahsan Javed, Austin, Texas, Zhiwei Dong, Austin, Texas, Axel Thomsen, Austin, Texas, Donald E. Alfano, Austin, Texas, Timothy Dupuis, Austin, Texas, and Ka Y. Leung, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An isolator that includes first and second substantially identical circuitry galvanically isolated from each other and each having at least one communications channel thereon for communicating signals across an isolation boundary therebetween and each of said first and second circuitry having configurable functionality associated with the operation thereof. A coupling device is provided for coupling signal across the isolation boundary between the at least one communication channels of the first and second circuitry. First and second configuration memories are provided, each associated with a respective one of the first and second circuitry. First and second configuration control devices are provided, each associated with a respective one of the first and second circuitry and each configuring the functionality of the associated one of the first and second circuitry. The first and second configurable memories have stored therein complementary configuration information to control each of the functionalities of the first and second circuitry to operate in a complementary manner for communication of signals across the isolation boundary." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/494,618). 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=8,441,325.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,325&RS=PN/8,441,325 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Latching Control Buffer between Functional Logic and Tri-state Output Buffer ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,441,285) developed by Lee D. Whetsel, Parker, Texas, for a "latching control buffer between functional logic and tri-state output buffer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic integrated circuit includes a signal path connected between the functional logic (15) thereof and an external output terminal. The signal path includes a switch (S), a bus holder circuit (121B), and an output buffer (19)." The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2011 (13/286,423). 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=8,441,285.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,285&RS=PN/8,441,285 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent for Determination of Conductive Formation Orientation by Making Wellbore Sonde Error Correction ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,441,261) developed by four co-inventors for a "determination of conductive formation orientation by making wellbore sonde error correction." The co-inventors are Dean Homan, Sugar Land, Texas, Wich Wichers, Westbeemster, The Netherlands, Hanming Wang, Sugar Land, Texas, and Robert Leveridge, Worcester Park, United Kingdom. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for determining orientation of an electrically conductive formation proximate an electrically substantially non-conductive formation includes measuring multiaxial electromagnetic induction response within the substantially non-conductive formation using an instrument disposed in a wellbore drilled through the formations. A difference from zero conductivity is determined for each component measurement of the multiaxial electromagnetic induction response. The differences are used to correct the measured response of each component measurement in the electrically conductive response. The corrected component measurements are used to determine the orientation of the conductive formation." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2010 (12/817,060). 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=8,441,261.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,261&RS=PN/8,441,261 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, The Woodlands, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,440,652) developed by ten co-inventors for "MST1 kinase inhibitors and methods of their use." The co-inventors are David John Augeri, Princeton, N.J., Jeffrey Thomas Bagdanoff, Martinez, Calif., Simon David Peter Baugh, Ringoes, N.J., Marianne Carlsen, Yardley, Pa., Kenneth Gordon Carson, Princeton, N.J., John Anthony Gilleran, Bridgewater, N.J., Wei He, Lawrenceville, N.J., Tamas Oravecz, The Woodlands, Texas, Konstantin Salojin, Conroe, Texas, and Leonard Sung, Hopewell, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Compounds for the inhibition of mammalian Ste20-like kinase 1 (MST1) are disclosed, along with compositions comprising them and methods of their use in the treatment, management or prevention of an inflammatory or autoimmune diseases or disorders. Particular compounds are of the formula: ##STR00001##." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2012 (13/410,407). 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=84,40,652.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,652&RS=PN/84,40,652 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Texas System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,440,832) developed by Mohamed Naguib Attala, Houston, and Philippe Diaz, Missoula, Mont., for a "heterocyclic modulators of cannabinoid receptors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Heterocyclic compounds which modulate cannabinoid receptors are presented. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, methods of using these compounds as modulators of cannabinoid receptors and processes for synthesizing these compounds are also described herein. ##STR00001##." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2008 (12/668,840). 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=8,440,832&OS=8,440,832&RS=8,440,832 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas Research International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Texas Research International, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,440,778) developed by Rock Austin Rushing, Spicewood, Texas, George Phillip Hansen, Austin, Texas, and John Werner Bulluck, Spicewood, Texas, for a polyureasulfone polymer. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A polyureasulfone polymer having a high cohesive energy density and tensile strength, and method of making." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2011 (13/151,026). 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=84,40,778.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,778&RS=PN/84,40,778 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Reata Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Reata Pharmaceuticals, Irving, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,440,854) developed by Eric Anderson, Southlake, Texas, Xin Jiang, Dallas, and Melean Visnick, Irving, Texas, for an "antioxidant inflammation modulators: oleanolic acid derivatives with amino acid and other modifications at C-17." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention provides, but is not limited to, novel oleanolic acid derivatives having the formula: ##STR00001## wherein the variables are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds, methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions." The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2012 (13/356,455). 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=8,440,854&OS=8,440,854&RS=8,440,854 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hospital for Special Surgery, Princeton University, Texas A&M University System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., and Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas, have been assigned a patent (8,440,618) developed by five co-inventors for a "composition for the attachment of implants to collagen or other components of biological tissue." The co-inventors are Suzanne A. Maher, Highland Lakes, N.J., Jeffrey Schwartz, Princeton, N.J., Axel Oscar Magnus Hook, Houston, Brooke Hageman Russell, Pearland, Texas, and Casey Marie Jones, Portland, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a novel composition comprising an implant, scaffold or construct bound to a biological or chemical moiety. The bound moiety has the ability to bind to a component of the extracellular matrix of biological tissue, allowing the implant to be bound to the biological tissue in a short period of time after implantation. The invention also relates to the use and manufacture of this novel composition, as well as a novel use for the protein CNA." The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2012 (13/353,952). 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=84,40,618.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,618&RS=PN/84,40,618 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Texas System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,440,636) developed by Eric Olson, Dallas, and Eva Van Rooij, Boulder, Colo., for a "micro-RNA family that modulates fibrosis and uses thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to the identification of a microRNA family, designated miR-29a-c, that is a key regulator of fibrosis in cardiac tissue. The inventors show that members of the miR-29 family are down-regulated in the heart tissue in response to stress, and are up-regulated in heart tissue of mice that are resistant to both stress and fibrosis. Also provided are methods of modulating expression and activity of the miR-29 family of miRNAs as a treatment for fibrotic disease, including cardiac hypertrophy, skeletal muscle fibrosis other fibrosis related diseases and collagen loss-related disease." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2008 (12/671,445). 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=84,40,636.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,636&RS=PN/84,40,636 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,441,078) developed by James Joseph Chambers, Dallas, Hiroaki Niimi, Dallas, and Brian Keith Kirkpatrick, Allen, Texas, for a "semiconductor device including SiON gate dielectric with portions having different nitrogen concentrations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated circuit (IC) includes a substrate having a top semiconductor surface including at least one MOS device including a source and a drain region spaced apart to define a channel region. A SiON gate dielectric layer that has a plurality of different N concentration portions is formed on the top semiconductor surface. A gate electrode is on the SiON layer. The plurality of different N concentration portions include (i) a bottom portion extending to the semiconductor interface having an average N concentration of <2 atomic %, (ii) a bulk portion having an average N concentration >10 atomic %, and (iii) a top portion on the bulk portion extending to a gate electrode interface having an average N concentration that is .gtoreq.2 atomic % less than a peak N concentration of the bulk portion." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2010 (12/710,709). 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=8,441,078&OS=8,441,078&RS=8,441,078 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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