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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Maryland (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 Maryland. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,441,691) developed by Lalit Keshav Mestha, Fairport, N.Y., and Prudhvi Krishna Gurram, Silver Spring, Md., for a "reducing the size of a high resolution profile lookup table." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "What is disclosed is a system and method for generating a destination profile LUT. In a manner more fully described herein, a high resolution LUT (e.g., 100-cube LUT) is received. Regions of high curvature of the gamut of an image output device are identified. A non-parametric dynamic optimization node selection method is utilized to select a subset of nodes from the high resolution profile LUT which captures these nonlinearities. Down-sampling the high resolution LUT produces a low resolution LUT. The low resolution LUT is up-sampled to a size of the high resolution LUT to obtain a reconstructed LUT. An error is then calculated between the reconstructed LUT and high resolution LUT. The process of node selection is iteratively repeated until all the subsets of nodes are considered. A destination profile LUT is then generated from the subset of nodes with the least error." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2010 (12/793,864). 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=8,441,691&OS=8,441,691&RS=8,441,691 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Service Level View of Audiovisual Conference Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,441,516) developed by Ottalingam Satyanarayanan, Fremont, Calif., Sachin Saswade, Milpitas, Calif., and Todd Lizambri, Frederick, Md., for a "service level view of audiovisual conference systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment, a machine-readable volatile or non-volatile storage medium stores one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform monitoring a plurality of video conference locations, each of the locations comprising one or more video conference rooms, resulting in creating and storing monitored data; generating service level view data which when displayed on a video display unit concurrently comprises graphical representations of all the locations and all the rooms, and graphical representations of faults associated with each of the rooms. Rooms can include coder-decoders (codecs), cameras, video monitors, and network packet data routing or switching elements. Embodiments provide a holistic view of all video conference rooms in a deployment, with aggregated call usage, quality and fault data, with highly useful graphical management displays." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2008 (12/246,895). 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=8,441,516&OS=8,441,516&RS=8,441,516 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** iBiquity Digital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- iBiquity Digital, Columbia, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,442,170) developed by Brian William Kroeger, Sykesville, Md., and Kun Wang, New Providence, N.J., for an "equalizer for AM in-band on-channel radio receivers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for equalizing OFDM symbol vectors received on AM in-band on-channel radio signal including a main carrier and first and second BPSK modulated subcarriers. The method comprises the steps of: computing a BPSK magnitude signal; filtering the BPSK magnitude signal; filtering complex samples received on the main carrier; using the filtered BPSK magnitude signal and the filtered complex samples received on the main carrier to compute a plurality of flat fade equalization coefficients; and multiplying the OFDM symbol vectors by the flat fade equalization coefficients. A receiver that includes an equalizer, which operates in accordance with the method is also provided." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2010 (12/710,534). 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=8,442,170&OS=8,442,170&RS=8,442,170 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 (8,441,344) developed by Randal S. Milch, Bethesda, Md., for a "vehicle alarm customization systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Vehicle alarm customization systems and methods are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a vehicle alarm customization system providing a user interface configured to facilitate end-user customization of a vehicle alarm, receiving an end-user selection of an audio content instance via the user interface, accessing data representative of the audio content instance, and customizing the vehicle alarm to sound at least part of the audio content instance in response to a vehicle alarm trigger event." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2009 (12/510,352). 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=8,441,344.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,344&RS=PN/8,441,344 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Rockwell Collins Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been assigned a patent (8,441,383) developed by Peter J. Morgan, Glenelg, Md., for a "photonic digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) based on RSOAs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to a photonic digital-to-analog converter (pDAC) system. The system may include a mode locked laser, an optical splitter connected to the laser, and a plurality of reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers connected to the splitter. The mode locked laser transmits a digital optical pulse train to the splitter. The splitter splits an optical pulse of the digital pulse train into multiple optical pulses and provides the multiple optical pulses to the amplifiers via a plurality of optical paths, at least two of the optical paths having different path lengths. The amplifiers amplify the multiple optical pulses and provide the amplified multiple optical pulses to the splitter. The splitter outputs an analog optical pulse train derived from the amplified multiple optical pulses. The system provides for faster sampling rate and lower jitter than Electrical Digital-to-Analog converter (eDAC) systems." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2011 (13/046,293). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,441,383.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,383&RS=PN/8,441,383 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent for Search and Rescue Using Ultraviolet Radiation ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,441,360) developed by John George Witzel, Alexandria, Va., Emmanuel Menilik Negatu, Alexandria, Va., and Theodore John Vornbrock, Stevensville, Md., for a "search and rescue using ultraviolet radiation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes an ultraviolet c-band radiation detector to enable detection of radiation during search and rescue operations, at least a portion of the radiation including ultraviolet c-band radiation, and a stimulus generator configured to generate a stimulus in response to detected ultraviolet c-band radiation. Further embodiments may include multiple synchronized ultraviolet c-band detectors to enhance system sensitivity and facilitate detection of relatively weak radiation sources, relatively distant sources, and/or radiation scattered about an environment." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2010 (12/902,438). 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=8,441,360.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,360&RS=PN/8,441,360 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Applied Sensor Research & Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Applied Sensor Research & Development, Arnold, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,441,168) developed by Jacqueline H. Hines, Annapolis, Md., and Leland P. Solie, Chetek, Wis., for a "saw sensor tags with enhanced performance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The subject of the present invention is a set of SAW (surface acoustic wave) based sensor tag device embodiments system for remotely sensing and/or providing identification information. These sensor/tag devices would operate in a system which consists of one or more uniquely identifiable sensor/tag devices and a wireless interrogator. The sensor device incorporates an antenna for receiving incident RF energy and re-radiating the tag identification number and the sensor measured parameter(s). Since there is no power source in or connected to the sensor, it is a passive sensor. As such the device is elegantly simple, low-cost, and rugged. The device is wirelessly interrogated by the interrogator which is described elsewhere." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2009 (12/537,006). 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=8,441,168.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,168&RS=PN/8,441,168 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Erimos Pharmaceuticals, University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Erimos Pharmaceuticals, Houston, the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, have been assigned a patent (8,440,648) developed by seven co-inventors for "methods and compositions for treatment of intraepithelial neoplasia." The co-inventors are Neil Frazer, Cary, N.C., Jonathan Heller, Raleigh, N.C., Rocio Lopez, Durham, N.C., Melissa Rhodes, Raleigh, N.C., Ru Chih C. Huang, Baltimore, Richard Dalby, Timonium, Md., and Niharika Khanna, Ellicott City, Md. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides for compositions, kits and methods for treatment of intraepithelial neoplasia, where the compositions include catecholic butanes, which include NDGA derivatives." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2005 (11/572,349). 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=84,40,648.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,648&RS=PN/84,40,648 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Pennsylvania Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,440,617) developed by Omaida C. Velazquez, Bryn Mawr, Pa., and Katherine A. Gallagher, Ellicott City, Md., for a "hyperbaric treatment in wound healing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention relates to methods for treating chronic dermal ulcers using hyperbaric treatment in combination with progenitor cells and chemokine homing factors. Specifically, the invention relates to treatment of chronic wounds resulting from diabetes mellitus using compositions comprising EPC and SDF-1A, under hyperbaric condition to accelerate wound healing." The patent application was filed on March 21, 2008 (12/532,422). 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=84,40,617.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,617&RS=PN/84,40,617 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. 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