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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Missouri (May 18)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Missouri. *** Pioneer Hi Bred International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 18 -- Pioneer Hi Bred International, Johnston, Iowa, has been assigned a patent (8,440,888) developed by five co-inventors for a "maize variety hybrid 10084890." The co-inventors are Gary Edward Henke, Marshall, Mo., David Bernard Fischer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, David Walter Whitaker, Narvon, Pa., Robert Alan Guse, Evansville, Ind., and Terrill E. Williams, Princeton, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A novel maize variety designated 10084890 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 10084890 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 10084890 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 10084890, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 10084890. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 10084890." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2010 (12/820,210). 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=8,440,888&OS=8,440,888&RS=8,440,888 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Monsanto Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 18 -- Monsanto Technology, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,440,880) developed by eight co-inventors for an "xenorhabdus sp. genome sequences and uses thereof." The co-inventors are David R. Corbin, Chesterfield, Mo., Barry S. Goldman, Acton, Mass., Gregory J. Hinkle, Plymouth, Mass., Joseph E. Huesing, Chesterfield, Mo., Thomas M. Malvar, Troy, Mo., Karina C. Krasomil-Osterfeld, Ellisville, Mo., Steven C. Slater, Acton, Mass., and Sergei Spiridonov, Moscow. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a nucleic acid sequences from Xenorhabdus that encodes a GroEL protein. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules present in non-coding regions as well as nucleic acid molecules that encode proteins, fragments of proteins, tRNA's, fragments of tRNA's, rRNA's and fragments of rRNA's. In addition, protein and fragments of proteins so encoded and antibodies capable of binding the proteins are encompassed by the present invention. The invention also relates to methods of using the disclosed nucleic acid molecules, proteins, fragments of proteins, RNA'S, and antibodies, for example, for gene identification and analysis, and preparation of constructs." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2012 (13/436,027). 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=8,440,880&OS=8,440,880&RS=8,440,880 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 18 -- The Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,439,896) developed by nine co-inventors for a "device, system, and method for targeted delivery of anti-inflammatory medicaments to a mammalian subject." The co-inventors are Philip A. Eckhoff, Bellevue, Wash., Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Dennis J. Rivet, Portsmouth, Va., Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device, a system, or a method is described for treating a disease or a condition of one or more joints of articulating bone in a mammalian subject. The device provides one or more medicaments to one or more joints of the mammalian subject. A device is described that includes an enclosure including one or more sensors, a controller, and one or more applicators configured to surround one or more joints of articulating bone of a mammalian subject, wherein the one or more sensors are configured to detect one or more physiological conditions of the one or more joints of the mammalian subject, and the controller, configured to communicate with the one or more sensors, is configured to activate the one or more applicators, and wherein the one or more applicators are configured to inject one or more medicaments to one or more joint tissues of the mammalian subject." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2009 (12/590,857). 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=84,39,896.PN.&OS=PN/84,39,896&RS=PN/84,39,896 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bausch & Lomb Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 18 -- Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,439,874) developed by David Hertweck, Valley Park, Mo., for an "apparatus and method for controlling a vacuum source to establish fluid flow." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A flow control system that includes a vacuum device configured to control the level of vacuum applied for urging the flow of aspirated fluid from a surgical site, and a vacuum sensor configured to communicate a signal representative of the sensed vacuum level. A flow sensor control is configured to generate a signal indicative of the rate of aspirated fluid flow. A flow controller monitors the vacuum sensor and the flow measurement device, and communicates a requested vacuum level to the vacuum device for establishing a desired vacuum level. The flow controller employs a first feed back loop that compares the actual sensed vacuum level with the requested vacuum level and adjusts the requested vacuum level as needed. The flow controller implements a second feedback loop that compares the actual flow rate of aspirated fluid with a desired flow rate, and adjusts the requested vacuum level to achieve the desired flow rate." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2008 (12/275,875). 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=84,39,874.PN.&OS=PN/84,39,874&RS=PN/84,39,874 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cepia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 18 -- Cepia, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,439,757) developed by six co-inventors for "interactive entertainment devices interchangeably arrangable in adjacent manner." The co-inventors are James Russell Hornsby, Tampa, Fla., Joseph L. McGowan, St. Charles, Mo., Michael C. Reynolds, St. Louis, Steven Fink, Cincinnati, Robert W. Jeffway Jr., South Deerfield, Mass., and Steven R. Casino, Fort Thomas, Ky. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An entertainment device is configured to receive a limited range wireless signal from at least one other entertainment device when adjacently arranged in close physical proximity to at least one other entertainment device, and to responsively operate in a first mode or a second mode based on whether the other entertainment device is adjacent a first side or second side. In the first mode, the entertainment device initiates one or more wireless activation signals to control an audio/visual element of another entertainment device. In the second mode, the entertainment device receives wireless activation signals from another entertainment device to control activation of an audio/visual element of the receiving entertainment device. Each device is interchangeable between operation in the first mode of controlling at least one other entertainment device and the second mode of being controlled by another entertainment device based on position of one entertainment device relative to the other." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2011 (13/271,660). 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=84,39,757.PN.&OS=PN/84,39,757&RS=PN/84,39,757 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mallinckrodt Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 18 -- Mallinckrodt, Hazelwood, Mo., has been assigned a patent (8,439,863) developed by Frank M. Fago, Mason, Ohio, and James E. Knipfer, O'Fallon, Mo., for "methods for controlling medical fluid injections." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to control of medical fluid injection systems. For instance, in some embodiments, an injection protocol may be initiated, and an actual flow rate of the medical fluid utilized in the injection protocol may be adjusted based, at least in part, on an inherent system elasticity of the injection system." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2008 (12/445,501). 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=84,39,863.PN.&OS=PN/84,39,863&RS=PN/84,39,863 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bausch & Lomb Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 18 -- Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,439,903) developed by Lutz Andersohn, Glencoe, Mo., for "systems and methods for delivering light to a surgical site." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An ophthalmic surgery system for delivering light to a surgical site includes an ophthalmic surgical console including a light source to generate light and a processor operably coupled to the light source and a surgical handpiece operably coupled to the ophthalmic surgical console via an optical fiber for delivering light from the from the light source to a surgical site. The processor is configured to adjust the light source to ensure an output light level at the surgical site is substantially consistent over a period of time." The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2010 (12/897,035). 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=84,39,903.PN.&OS=PN/84,39,903&RS=PN/84,39,903 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MEMC Electronic Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 18 -- MEMC Electronic Materials, St. Peters, Mo., has been assigned a patent (8,440,541) developed by John A. Pitney, St. Peters, Mo., Ichiro Yoshimura, Utsunomiya, Japan, and Lu Fei, St. Louis, for "methods for reducing the width of the unbonded region in SOI structures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosure relates to preparation of silicon on insulator structures with reduced unbonded regions and to methods for producing such wafers by minimizing the roll-off amount (ROA) of the handle and donor wafers. Methods for polishing wafers are also provided." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2011 (13/021,467). 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=8,440,541&OS=8,440,541&RS=8,440,541 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** DOE Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy has been assigned a patent (8,440,423) developed by Frank Fanqing Chen, Moraga, Calif., Jay D. Keasling, Berkeley, Calif., and Yinjie J. Tang, St Louis, for bioremediation of nanomaterials. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a method comprising the use of microorganisms for nanotoxicity study and bioremediation. In some embodiment, the microorganisms are bacterial organisms such as Gram negative bacteria, which are used as model organisms to study the nanotoxicity of the fullerene compounds: E. coli W3110, a human related enterobacterium and Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, an environmentally important bacterium with versatile metabolism." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2008 (12/525,875). 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=8,440,423&OS=8,440,423&RS=8,440,423 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Eaglepicher Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 18 -- Eaglepicher Technologies, Joplin, Mo., has been assigned a patent (8,440,342) developed by Geoffrey Swift, Joplin, Mo., and Charles Lamb, Carthage, Mo., for a "thermal battery cathode materials and batteries including same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Cathode materials for use in thermal batteries are disclosed. The cathode material includes a primary active material and an amount of a bi-metal sulfide such as CuFeS.sub.2. Batteries (e.g., thermal batteries) that contain such cathode materials are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on April 5, 2010 (12/754,417). 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=8,440,342.PN.&OS=PN/8,440,342&RS=PN/8,440,342 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Land O'Lakes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 18 -- Land O'Lakes, Arden Hills, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,440,218) developed by Cindie M. Luhman, Webster Groves, Mo., for a "method for enhancing milk production." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: " The present invention concerns a method of enhancing milk production by a ruminant that includes providing a feed that contains sorbitol and at least one additional feed component, and orally feeding the feed to the ruminant, the ruminant ingesting about 100 grams, or less, of sorbitol per day." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2005 (11/256,495). 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=8,440,218.PN.&OS=PN/8,440,218&RS=PN/8,440,218 Written by Kusum Sangma; 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. -1125380 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |