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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (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 New York. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Between-segment Discontinuity Reduction for Text Vectorization Using Dominant Point Classification ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,441,684) developed by five co-inventors for a "between-segment discontinuity reduction for text vectorization using dominant point classification." The co-inventors are Zhigang Fan, Webster, N.Y., Francis Kapo Tse, Rochester, N.Y., Bingfeng Zhou, Beijing, Yadong Mu, Beijing, and He Tao, Beijing. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "What is disclosed is a novel system and method for text vectorization for bitmap images with reduced artificial discontinuities. Dominant points are identified in a bitmap character image. An initial curve is fitted to edge points of the character image in a vicinity of a selected dominant point. A set of boundary parameters in a vicinity of the selected dominant point are estimated based upon the initial curve. The selected dominant point is then classified as one of a sharp dominant point and a smooth dominant point based upon the boundary parameters or alternatively upon predefined classifications produced by an optical character recognition process. Curves are fitted between the selected dominant point and adjacent dominant points. The fitted curves maintain the estimated boundary parameters in the vicinity of smooth dominant points. A vectorized representation of the text character image based upon the fitted curves is produced as output." The patent application was filed on July 7, 2009 (12/498,387). 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=8,441,684&OS=8,441,684&RS=8,441,684 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Semrock Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Semrock, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,441,710) developed by Ligang Wang, Penfield, N.Y., and Turan Erdogan, Spencerport, N.Y., for a tunable thin-film filter. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical filter is provided, including a first plurality and second plurality of alternating first and second material layers, where the first plurality of layers is at a first angle to incident light and has a cut-on edge, and the second plurality of layers is at a second angle to the incident light and a cut-off edge; where polarization splitting of the first plurality of layers at the cut-on edge and polarization splitting of the second plurality of layers at the cut-off edge do not exceed approximately 1 percent for any first and second angle between approximately 0 and 40 degrees; and the s-stopband wavelength of the second plurality of layers is approximately less than or equal to the cut-on edge wavelength, which is less than the cut-off edge wavelength, which is approximately less than or equal to the s-stopband wavelength of the first plurality of layers." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2010 (12/684,871). 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=8,441,710&OS=8,441,710&RS=8,441,710 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Print Job Redirection ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,441,660) developed by David Salgado, Victor, N.Y., for an "apparatus and method for print job redirection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for print job redirection is disclosed. The method can include providing print job forwarding preference options. The print job forwarding preference options can include options for print job preferences based on printing device capabilities. The method can include receiving print job forwarding preferences at a printing device. The print job forwarding preferences can include at least one mandatory print job preference that specifies a mandatory printing device capability for a specific print job and at least one desirable print job preference that specifies a desirable printing device capability for the specific print job. The method can include determining whether the specific print job requires forwarding from the printing device to another printing device. The method can include forwarding the specific print job for printing if the specific print job requires forwarding." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2010 (12/748,940). 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=8,441,660&OS=8,441,660&RS=8,441,660 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Black Point Compensation in a TIPP Architecture ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,441,680) developed by Yao Rong Wang, Webster, N.Y., and Lalit Keshav Mestha, Fairport, N.Y., for a "black point compensation in a TIPP architecture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for calibrating an image printing system that includes a plurality of parallel printers, where each of the printers has a minimum luminance value. The method includes determining a minimum luminance value profile for the plurality of printers in the image printing system based on the minimum luminance values of each of the printers in the image printing system, determining a black point compensation function based on the determined minimum luminance value profile, adjusting luminance values for input image data using the determined black point compensation function, and rendering, with the parallel printers, images on substrates based on the input image data with adjusted luminance levels." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2009 (12/507,515). 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=8,441,680&OS=8,441,680&RS=8,441,680 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Dynamic Module Configuration in a Controller Area Network (CAN) with Fixed Sub-module Board Identification and Plug-n-play Support ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,441,671) developed by Michael William Elliot, Macedon, N.Y., Timothy James Garwood, Rochester, N.Y., and Michael Joseph Dahrea, Rochester, N.Y., for a "dynamic module configuration in a controller area network (CAN) with fixed sub-module board identification and plug-N-play support." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided methods and systems for configuring modules and sub-modules in a control area network (CAN) of a printer system using machine data and network protocols. The machine data includes a file that describes the board types and application types for possible modules and sub-modules of a printer system. The machine data facilitates the process of identifying modules and the process of differentiating sub-module boards from other modules. Customization of printer configurations is enhanced through plug-and-play support allowing for dynamic sub-module re-configuration for the disconnection and reconnection of boards that may form part of replaceable units. A configuration process allows non-configured boards to be placed, when the printer system is idle, properly into the network and to be associated with the proper module." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2010 (12/771,123). 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=8,441,671&OS=8,441,671&RS=8,441,671 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Corning Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Corning, Corning, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,441,532) developed by Sergey Potapenko, Painted Post, N.Y., for a "shape measurement of specular reflective surface." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of measuring a shape of a specular reflective surface is provided. A pattern displayed on a surface of a target positioned at a target plane is produced from a specular reflective surface positioned at a measurement plane. An image of the reflection is recorded at an imaging plane. Positions of a plurality of points on the specular reflective surface relative to the imaging plane are determined. A first relation between feature positions on the image of the reflection and feature positions on the pattern is determined. The shape of the specular reflective surface is determined from a second relation involving a surface profile of the specular reflective surface and the first relation using the positions of the plurality of points as an initial condition." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2009 (12/391,585). 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=8,441,532&OS=8,441,532&RS=8,441,532 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Norcon Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Norcon Communications, Inwood, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,441,533) developed by Steven Schlaff, Woodmere, N.Y., for "two-way communication system with integral camera lens." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A bi-directional communication system is provided for mounting to a partition (e.g., a glass partition or a partition formed of a bullet-resistive material). The system is a self-contained system and is formed of several parts that mount together to form the assembled system. The system is not only a two-way, hands-free audio system that includes working audio components that deliver high-quality audio communication between people separated by the partition (i.e., a security or isolation barrier) but also the system provides high-quality video communication. The video communication is provided by a micro video camera that can be disposed on either or both sides of the partition." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2002 (10/185,395). 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=8,441,533&OS=8,441,533&RS=8,441,533 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** 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. *** Sportvision Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Sportvision, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,441,476) developed by James R. Gloudemans, San Mateo, Calif., Walter Hsiao, Mountain View, Calif., and Felicia Yue, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., for an "image repair interface for providing virtual viewpoints." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for repairing an object in image data of an event. An image of the event is obtained from a camera, and an object is detected in the image. For example, the event may be a sporting event in which the object is a participant. Moreover, a portion of the object is occluded in a viewpoint of the camera. For instance, a limb of the participant may be occluded by another participant. The object is repaired by providing a substitute for the occluded portion. A user may perform the repair via a user interface by selecting part of an image from an image library and positioning the selected portion relative to the object. A textured 3d model of the event is combined with data from the repaired object, to depict a realistic virtual viewpoint of the event which differs from a viewpoint of the camera." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2008 (12/121,660). 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=8,441,476&OS=8,441,476&RS=8,441,476 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Optimal Spot Color Recipes Using Variable GCR Profiles ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,441,685) developed by four co-inventors for "optimal spot color recipes using variable GCR profiles." The co-inventors are Wencheng Wu, Webster, N.Y., Edul N. Dalal, Webster, N.Y., Alvaro Enrique Gil, Rochester, N.Y., and Lalit Keshav Mestha, Fairport, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "What is disclosed is a novel system and method for obtaining optimum CMYK values for spot colors, with significantly lower computational effort, by using a set of printer profiles with different pre-computed GCR strategies. Various versions are discussed on how to utilize and/or choose among these profiles for each spot color. The present invention is applicable to spot color emulation for CMYK as well as N-color printing, and can be used to optimize one or more image quality attributes, including graininess, mottle, color stability, ink cost, etc. Various embodiments are disclosed." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2010 (12/902,669). 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=8,441,685&OS=8,441,685&RS=8,441,685 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Perceptive Pixel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Perceptive Pixel, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,441,467) developed by Jefferson Y. Han, Holliswood, N.Y., for a "multi-touch sensing display through frustrated total internal reflection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "High-resolution, scalable multi-touch sensing display systems and processes based on frustrated total internal reflection employ an optical waveguide that receives light, such as infrared light, that undergoes total internal reflection and an imaging sensor that detects light that escapes the optical waveguide caused by frustration of the total internal reflection due to contact by a user. The optical waveguide may be fitted with a compliant surface overlay to greatly improve sensing performance, minimize the affect of contaminants on and damage to the contact surface, to generally extend system life and to provide other benefits. The systems and processes provide true multi-touch (multi-input) and high-spatial and temporal resolution capability due to the continuous imaging of the frustrated total internal reflection that escapes the entire optical waveguide. Among other features and benefits, the systems and processes are scalable to large installations and are well suited for use with rear-projection and other display devices." The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2007 (11/833,908). 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=8,441,467&OS=8,441,467&RS=8,441,467 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** New York University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- New York University, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,441,481) developed by Davi Geiger, New York, and Hiroshi Ishikawa, New York, for a "method and apparatus for segmenting an image in order to locate a part thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is disclosed to automatically segment 3D and higher-dimensional images into two subsets without user intervention, with no topological restriction on the solution, and in such a way that the solution is an optimal in a precisely defined optimization criterion, including an exactly defined degree of smoothness. A minimum-cut algorithm is used on a graph devised so that the optimization criterion translates into the minimization of the graph cut. The minimum cut thus found is interpreted as the segmentation with desired property." The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2011 (13/007,449). 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=8,441,481&OS=8,441,481&RS=8,441,481 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** 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. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for In-line System for the Validation of a Page Description Language Within a Print Data Stream ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,441,670) developed by Elton T. Ray, Livonia, N.Y., and David Mensing, Hilton, N.Y., for a "in-line system for the validation of a page description language within a print data stream." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present specification discloses a printer in which the printer performs a first analysis of a print job data to identify a page description language and if no page description language is identified by the first analysis, performs additional processing activities, including but not limited to spooling and parsing, concurrent to a second analysis of the entire print job data to identify a page description language." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2010 (12/753,250). 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=8,441,670&OS=8,441,670&RS=8,441,670 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,442,279) developed by four co-inventors for "assessing biometric sample quality using wavelets and a boosted classifier." The co-inventors are Weizhong Yan, Clifton Park, N.Y., Frederick W. Wheeler, Niskayuna, N.Y., Peter H. Tu, Niskayuna, N.Y., and Xiaoming Liu, Schenectady, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A biometric sample training device, a biometric sample quality assessment device, a biometric fusion recognition device, an integrated biometric fusion recognition system and example processes in which each may be used are described. Wavelets and a boosted classifier are used to assess the quality of biometric samples, such as facial images. The described biometric sample quality assessment approach provides accurate and reliable quality assessment values that are robust to various degradation factors, e.g., such as pose, illumination, and lighting in facial image biometric samples. The quality assessment values allow biometric samples of different sample types to be combined to support complex recognition techniques used by, for example, biometric fusion devices, resulting in improved accuracy and robustness in both biometric authentication and biometric recognition." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2009 (12/457,959). 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=8,442,279&OS=8,442,279&RS=8,442,279 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Crestron Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Crestron Electronics, Rockledge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,442,215) developed by Daniel Jackson, Lyndhurst, N.J., Yun Mao, Paramus, N.J., and Robert Carter, New York, for "determining HDCP source KSV support." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Presented is a method for determining the maximum number of key selection vectors (KSVs) supported by an HDCP source. The method includes providing a number of KSVs to the HDCP source, determining whether the HDCP source has entered a failure mode in response to the provided number of KSVs, increasing or decreasing the number of KSVs in response to the HDCP source not entering or entering the failure mode, providing the increased or decreased number of KSVs to the HDCP source, determining whether the HDCP source has entered the failure mode in response to the provided increased or decreased number of KSVs, and repeating the increasing, decreasing, and determining steps until the difference between a lowest number of provided KSVs resulting in the HDCP source entering the failure mode and a highest number of provided KSVs resulting in the HDCP source not entering the failure mode is one." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2010 (12/833,091). 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=8,442,215&OS=8,442,215&RS=8,442,215 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Vidyo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Vidyo, Hackensack, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,442,120) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for thinning of scalable video coding bit-streams." The co-inventors are Danny Hong, New York, Thomas Wiegand, Berlin, Alexandros Eleftheriadis, New York, and Ofer Shapiro, Fair Lawn, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for videoconferencing that offers, among other features, extremely low end-to-end delay as well as very high scalability. The system accommodates heterogeneous receivers and networks, as well as the best-effort nature of networks such as those based on the Internet Protocol. The system relies on scalable video coding to provide a coded representation of a source video signal at multiple temporal, quality, and spatial resolutions. These resolutions are represented by distinct bitstream components that are created at each end-user encoder. System architecture and processes called SVC Thinning allow the separation of data into data used for prediction in other pictures and data not used for prediction in other pictures. SVC Thinning processes, which can be performed at video conferencing endpoints or at MCUs, can selectively remove or replace with fewer bits the data not used for prediction in other pictures from transmitted bit streams. This separation and selective removal or replacement of data for transmission allows a trade-off between scalability support (i.e. number of decodable video resolutions), error resiliency and coding efficiency." The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2011 (13/197,352). 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=8,442,120&OS=8,442,120&RS=8,442,120 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cornell Center for Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Cornell Center for Technology, Ithaca, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,442,172) developed by Rajeev K. Dokania, Ithaca, N.Y., Xiao Y. Wang, Ithaca, N.Y., and Alyssa B. Apsel, Ithaca, N.Y., for "methods for PCO based UWB impulse radio with localized synchronization detection and retention." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a communications system, node and method of operation for forming a wireless network from independently operating nodes that have the ability to self-synchronize with each other, independently determine master and slave modes of operation to cooperate as a network, and independently vary those functions to adjust to changes in the network." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2012 (13/560,501). 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=8,442,172&OS=8,442,172&RS=8,442,172 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,440,807) developed by four co-inventors for an "A34 and A33-like 3 DNA protein, antibodies thereto and methods of treatment using same." The co-inventors are Matthew Scanlan, Princeton Junction, N.J., Gerd Ritter, New York, Lloyd Old, New York, and Achim Jungbluth, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Polynucleotide molecules and polypeptide molecules A34 and A33-like 3 are described, as well as antibodies to polypeptide molecules A34 and A33-like 3. Also described are methods of detecting cancers expressing these polypeptides, and methods and kits for diagnosing said cancers, and methods of inhibiting effects of a cancer in a patient." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2011 (13/233,086). 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=84,40,807.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,807&RS=PN/84,40,807 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bayer HealthCare Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Bayer HealthCare, Tarrytown, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,441,363) developed by Igor Gofman, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., and Jun Chen, Warren, N.J., for a "rapid charging and power management of a battery-powered fluid analyte meter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method is described for rapid charging and power management of a battery for a meter. A charger component is operably associated with the meter and is capable of executing a rapid charge algorithm for a rechargeable battery. The algorithm includes monitoring for a connection to an external power source and implementing a charging routine of a battery at a first charge rate and then at a second charge rate. The second charge rate is lower than the first charge rate. A temperature rise in the rechargeable battery due to the first charge rate has a negligible heat transfer effect on the fluid sample. The meter can also include a power switch for controlling current flow to a battery fuel gauge. The power switch is open when the meter enters into a sleep mode. The state of battery charge is determined after the meter exits the sleep mode." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2012 (13/436,416). 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=8,441,363.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,363&RS=PN/8,441,363 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Columbia University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Columbia University, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,441,287) developed by Shouri Chatterjee, New York, and Peter R. Kinget, Summit, N.J., for a "low voltage track and hold circuits." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Circuits that operate with power supplies of less than 1 Volt are presented. More particularly, circuits that operate with supply voltages near or lower than the threshold voltage of the transistors in those circuits are presented. Various circuits and embodiments such as operational transconductance amplifiers, biasing circuits, integrators, continuous-time sigma delta modulators, track-and-hold circuits, and others are presented. The techniques and circuits can be used in a wide range of applications and various transistors from metal-oxide-semiconductor to bipolar junction transistors may implement the techniques presented herein." The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2005 (11/663,373). 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=8,441,287.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,287&RS=PN/8,441,287 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Somerset, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,440,640) developed by Stephen F. Vatner, New York, for "methods and compositions for treating obesity and related disorders." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides methods for, and compositions effective for, treating obesity, inhibiting weight gain, treating diabetes mellitus, inhibiting atherosclerosis and treating related disorders and conditions comprising administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of at least one compound capable of inhibiting AC5 to a patient. The compound capable of inhibiting AC5 may be administered singly or in combination with another agent. In some embodiments, the AC5 inhibiting compound is 9-.beta.-D-arabinofuranosyladenine (AraAde). The compounds may be administered in an amount of about 1 to about 200 mg/kg/day, about 1 to about 100 mg/kg/day, about 10 to about 80 mg/kg/day, about 12 to about 40 mg/kg/day or about 15 to about 25 mg/kg/day. In some embodiments, the compound is administered orally." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2009 (13/129,586). 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=84,40,640.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,640&RS=PN/84,40,640 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 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. *** Acorda Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Acorda Therapeutics, Ardsley, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,440,703) developed by Andrew R. Blight, Mahopac, N.Y., and Ron Cohen, Irvington, N.Y., for "methods of using sustained release aminopyridine compositions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A pharmaceutical composition which comprises a therapeutically effective amount of a aminopyridine dispersed in a release matrix, including, for example, a composition that can be formulated into a stable, sustained-release oral dosage formulation, such as a tablet which provides, upon administration to a patient, a therapeutically effective plasma level of the aminopyridine for a period of at about 12 hours and the use of the composition to treat various neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis. A method of selecting individuals based on responsiveness to a treatment, including, for example, identifying individuals who responded to treatment with a sustained release fampridine composition." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2011 (13/299,969). 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=84,40,703.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,703&RS=PN/84,40,703 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hoffmann-La Roche Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,440,710) developed by eight co-inventors for "HSL inhibitors useful in the treatment of diabetes." The co-inventors are Jean Ackermann, Riehen, Switzerland, Stephan Brugger, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany, Aurelia Conte, Basel, Switzerland, Daniel Hunziker, Moehlin, Switzerland, Werner Neidhart, Haganthal-le-Bas, France, Matthias Nettekoven, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany, Tanja Schulz-Gasch, Ziefen, Switzerland, and Stanley Wertheimer, Croton, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) ##STR00001## as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The are useful as HSL inhibitors and may, for example, be used in treatment of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, and obesity." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2010 (12/900,621). 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=84,40,710.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,710&RS=PN/84,40,710 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Gilead Connecticut Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Gilead Connecticut, Foster City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,440,667) developed by seven co-inventors for imidazopyrazine Syk inhibitors. The co-inventors are Scott A. Mitchell, East Haven, Conn., Kevin S. Currie, North Branford, Conn., Peter A. Blomgren, North Branford, Conn., Jeffrey E. Kropf, Branford, Conn., Seung H. Lee, Branford, Conn., Jianjun Xu, Branford, Conn., and Douglas G. Stafford, Niskayuna, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Certain imidazopyrazines of Formula (I): ##STR00001## and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are provided herein. Methods of treating patients responsive to the inhibition of Syk activity, which comprises administering to such patients an amount of at least one chemical entity of Formula (I) effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder are provided. Also provided are methods for determining the presence or absence of Syk kinase in a sample." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2009 (12/632,151). 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=84,40,667.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,667&RS=PN/84,40,667 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Exelixis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Exelixis, South San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,440,663) developed by twenty seven co-inventors for "4-aryl-2-amino-pyrimidines or 4-aryl-2-aminoalkyl-pyrimidines as JAK-2 modulators and methods of use." The co-inventors are Grace Mann, San Mateo, Calif., Naing Aay, San Mateo, Calif., Arlyn Arcalas, South San Francisco, Calif., S. David Brown, San Carlos, Calif., Wai Ki Vicky Chan, San Francisco, Jeff Chen, San Francisco, Hongwang Du, Millbrae, Calif., Sergey Epshteyn, Fremont, Calif., Timothy Patrick Forsyth, Hayward, Calif., Adam A. Galan, Alameda, Calif., Tai Phat Huynh, New York City, N.Y., Mohamed Abdulkader Ibrahim, Mountain View, Calif., Henry William Beecroft Johnson, San Bruno, Calif., Brian Kane, Lynchburg, Va., Patrick Kearney, San Francisco, Byung Gyu Kim, San Mateo, Calif., Elena S. Koltun, Foster City, Calif., James W. Leahy, San Leandro, Calif., Matthew Sangyup Lee, San Bruno, Calif., Gary L. Lewis, San Francisco, Lisa E. Meyr, Seattle, Robin Tammie Noguchi, San Bruno, Calif., Michael Pack, San Francisco, Brian Hugh Ridgway, Belmont, Calif., Xian Shi, San Bruno, Calif., John Woolfrey, Los Altos, Calif., and Peiwen Zhou, Palo Alto, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention relates to certain pyrimidine derivative inhibitors of JAK-2, having Formula (I): wherein D, E, L, Z, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.25, and n1 are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2007 (11/992,224). 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=84,40,663.PN.&OS=PN/84,40,663&RS=PN/84,40,663 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** HandHold Adaptive Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- HandHold Adaptive, Shelton, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,441,356) developed by Daniel Tedesco, Shelton, Conn., Robert C. Tedesco, Trumbull, Conn., and James A. Jorasch, New York, for "methods for remote assistance of disabled persons." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile terminal is used to assist individuals with disabilities. A mobile terminal such as a "smartphone" or other commercially available wireless handheld device may be loaded with software. The software may be configured to: (i) store criteria for managing communications between a disabled user of the mobile terminal and a remote caregiver, (ii) determine whether a criterion is satisfied, and if so (iii) initiate a communication from the mobile terminal to the remote caregiver, and (iv) receive a response from the remote caregiver. Thus, through this software, the mobile terminal may dynamically facilitate communications with specific remote caregivers based on specific situations that may confront disabled individuals." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2010 (12/703,156). 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=8,441,356.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,356&RS=PN/8,441,356 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Body Contacted Transistor with Reduced Parasitic Capacitance ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,441,071) developed by Antonio L.P. Rotondaro, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., for a "body contacted transistor with reduced parasitic capacitance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A body contacted semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) metal gate containing transistor that has a reduced parasitic gate capacitance is provided in which a metal portion of a gate stack is removed over the body contact region and a silicon-containing material is formed that contacts the gate dielectric in the body contact region of an SOI substrate. This causes an increase of the effective gate dielectric thickness on the body contact region by greater than 5 angstroms (.ANG.). This results in a lower parasitic capacitance at the body contact region." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2010 (12/652,364). 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=8,441,071&OS=8,441,071&RS=8,441,071 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Horizontal Polysilicon-germanium Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,441,084) developed by four co-inventors for a "horizontal polysilicon-germanium heterojunction bipolar transistor." The co-inventors are Jin Cai, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Kevin K. Chan, Staten Island, N.Y., Wilfried E. Haensch, Somers, N.Y., and Tak H. Ning, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A horizontal heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) includes doped single crystalline Ge having a doping of the first conductivity type as the base having an energy bandgap of about 0.66 eV, and doped polysilicon having a doping of a second conductivity type as a wide-gap-emitter having an energy bandgap of about 1.12 eV. In one embodiment, doped polysilicon having a doping of the second conductivity type is employed as the collector. In other embodiments, a single crystalline Ge having a doping of the second conductivity type is employed as the collector. In such embodiments, because the base and the collector include the same semiconductor material, i.e., Ge, having the same lattice constant, there is no lattice mismatch issue between the collector and the base. In both embodiments, because the emitter is polycrystalline and the base is single crystalline, there is no lattice mismatch issue between the base and the emitter." The patent application was filed on March 15, 2011 (13/048,342). 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=8,441,084&OS=8,441,084&RS=8,441,084 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. -1125262 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |