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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (June 4)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Lam Research Assigned Patent for Temperature Controlled Hot Edge Ring Assembly ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Lam Research, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,449,679) developed by Rajinder Dhindsa, San Jose, Calif., for a "temperature controlled hot edge ring assembly." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A temperature-controlled hot edge ring assembly adapted to surround a semiconductor substrate supported in a plasma reaction chamber is provided. A substrate support with an annular support surface surrounds a substrate support surface. A radio-frequency (RF) coupling ring overlies the annular support surface. A lower gasket is between the annular support surface and the RF coupling ring. The lower gasket is thermally and electrically conductive. A hot edge ring overlies the RF coupling ring. The substrate support is adapted to support a substrate such that an outer edge of the substrate overhangs the hot edge ring. An upper thermally conductive medium is between the hot edge ring and the RF coupling ring. The hot edge ring, RF coupling ring and annular support surface can be mechanically clamped. A heating element can be embedded in the RF coupling ring." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2008 (12/222,789). 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=8,449,679&OS=8,449,679&RS=8,449,679 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intermolecular Assigned Patent for Combinatorial Process System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Intermolecular, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,449,678) developed by six co-inventors for a combinatorial process system. The co-inventors are Rick Endo, San Carlos, Calif., Kurt Weiner, San Jose, Calif., Indranil De, Mountain View, Calif., James Tsung, Milpitas, Calif., Maosheng Zhao, San Jose, Calif., and Jeremy Cheng, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A combinatorial processing chamber is provided. The combinatorial processing chamber is configured to isolate a radial portion of a rotatable substrate support, which in turn is configured to support a substrate. The chamber includes a plurality of clusters process heads in one embodiment. An insert having a base plate disposed between the substrate support and the process heads defines a confinement region for a deposition process in one embodiment. The base plate has an opening to enable access of the deposition material to the substrate. Through rotation of the substrate and movement of the opening, multiple regions of the substrate are accessible for performing combinatorial processing on a single substrate." The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2008 (12/028,643). 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=8,449,678&OS=8,449,678&RS=8,449,678 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Automatic Bar Controls Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Automatic Bar Controls, Vacaville, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,448,821) developed by Thomas R. Hecht, Winters, Calif., for a "sanitary collection device for use with a beverage dispenser." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sanitary collection device for a beverage dispenser that provides an improved and larger collection area as compared to a cylindrical holster; and separation between the dispensing nozzle of the beverage dispenser and collection surfaces of the sanitary collection device such that the dispensing nozzle is prevented from contacting a possibly contaminated surface of the sanitary collection device. The present invention also provides for easy cleaning of the sanitary collection device and its drip cup, since the drip cup can be easily removed without the use of tools to facilitate cleaning and/or replacement." The patent application was filed on March 5, 2008 (12/043,073). 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=8,448,821&OS=8,448,821&RS=8,448,821 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Lionel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Lionel, Chesterfield, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,448,795) developed by Tim Wagner, San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Yoo Chan Yang, Gainesville, Va., for "articulating pilots on model trains." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method is provided for pivoting a pilot on a model train, thereby allowing the model train to maneuver around a section of a model train track having a relatively small radius. In one embodiment of the present invention, the model train includes a frame, a shell connected to the frame, at least one truck assembly, at least one pilot and at least one coupler, wherein the coupler includes a coupler assembly and a coupler arm. The pilot is connected to a pilot arm, and the pilot arm, the coupler arm and the truck assembly are pivotally attached to the frame (e.g., via common or different pivots). In another embodiment of the present invention, the model train shell includes an aperture configured to receive a pilot arm. The pilot arm is connected to the pilot, which includes an aperture adapted to receive a coupler arm. The shell aperture is sized to allow the pilot arm to pivot from side to side, and the pilot aperture is sized to allow the coupler arm to pivot from side to side. By allowing the pilot to horizontally pivot, a model train track can be constructed using tighter curves, or curves with smaller radii." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2010 (12/761,298). 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=8,448,795&OS=8,448,795&RS=8,448,795 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Ropak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Ropak, Fountain Valley, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,448,804) developed by Frano Luburic, Anaheim, Calif., for "pivoting cover with a fastening device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cover for a container, in accordance with one embodiment that allows quick and easy access to products within the container. The cover for a container includes a pivot score line transversing the cover thereby forming a front cover portion and a back cover portion. The pivot score line pivotally connects the front cover portion and the back cover portion. The cover also includes a fastening device. The fastening device includes a first fastening component mounted on the front cover portion and a second fastening component mounted on the back cover portion. The first fastening component engages the second fastening component upon pivoting the cover at the pivot score line. Using the present embodiment, products may be repeatedly dispensed from a container quickly and easily." The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2006 (11/538,773). 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=8,448,804&OS=8,448,804&RS=8,448,804 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Tandem Diabetes Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Tandem Diabetes Care, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,448,824) developed by Paul M. DiPerna, San Clemente, Calif., for a "slideable flow metering devices and related methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A novel enhanced flow metering device is disclosed, as well as related methods, that safely controls and meters the flow of a flow material. A pump fills a flow metering device with a flow material, which then dispenses the flow material to a target. The flow material charges the device by moving into at least one chamber when an actuation shaft is in a charging position. Flow materials are dispensed from the chambers of the flow metering device when the actuation shaft is moved into at least one dispensing positions." The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2009 (12/393,973). 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=8,448,824&OS=8,448,824&RS=8,448,824 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Fair Oaks Farms Brands Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Fair Oaks Farms Brands, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,448,827) developed by Timothy Peter Doelman, Boise, Idaho, and Vincent A. Baxter, Temecula, Calif., for a "liquid food dispenser system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An embodiment of a nozzle comprising a nozzle adapter, a nozzle tip, and a plunger is provided. The nozzle adapter comprises an inner and outer surface, the inner surface having a helical groove, and a top end rotatably coupled to the nozzle adapter inner surface. The plunger comprises an outer surface, a top end, and a lower end that mates with the nozzle tip inner surface. At least one projection is along the body outer surface between the top end and the lower end keyed to fit within the helical groove of the nozzle tip, wherein the plunger and the nozzle tip are configured so that rotational motion of the nozzle tip causes axial motion of the plunger relative to the nozzle adapter without appreciable axial motion of the nozzle tip relative to the nozzle adapter." The patent application was filed on April 23, 2012 (13/453,996). 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=8,448,827&OS=8,448,827&RS=8,448,827 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** California Inventors Develop Patent for Universal Payment Processing ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Arnold N. Birenbaum, San Jose, Calif., and Michael Milan Radlovic, Claremont, Calif., have developed a patent (8,452,708) for an universal payment processing. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computerized universal payment method to allow merchants with differing risk tolerance, transaction fee tolerance, and payment time tolerance to optimize customer payment transactions that have different risks, transaction fees, and transaction times. Here customer payments are converted to a synthetic financial account (a universal payment account) that acts somewhat like a financial marketplace between a plurality of merchants and customers. The method adjusts for the risks, transaction fee, and payment times associated with a customer's particular mode of payment, as well as adjusting for the merchant's tolerance for risks, transaction fees, and payment times, as well as optionally the merchant's knowledge about the customer. Thus, given permission, a customer paying by a high commission credit card, may upon merchant election have this payment converted to a low commission electronic check, and vice versa. Various electronic transaction headers, point-of-service, electronic market, and customer permission factors are also discussed." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2011 (13/225,437). 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=8,452,708&OS=8,452,708&RS=8,452,708 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Method and System for Distributed Data Management of Personal Data in a Social Networking Context ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Samir Ghosh, San Francisco, has developed a patent (8,452,803) for a "method and system for distributed data management of personal data in a social networking context." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A receiving user receives an electronic message from an originating user such that the electronic message contains a data directive that requests a data transfer to/from the receiving user and the originating user. In response to receiving the electronic message, access privileges for the originating user are determined at the receiving computer with respect to access privilege parameters that have been specified by the receiving user. One or more remote and/or local datastores are accessed in order to read and/or write data in accordance with the determined access privileges and the requested data transfer. A response message may be returned to the originating user. One or more new request messages may be sent by the receiving user to other users, wherein each new request message includes the data directive." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2009 (12/386,435). 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=8,452,803&OS=8,452,803&RS=8,452,803 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** California, Virginia, Florida Inventors Develop Patent for Method, Device and System for Secure Transactions ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Jerome Svigals, Redwood City, Calif., Howard M. Svigals, Vienna, Va., and Geoff Ingalls, Crestview, Fla., have developed a patent (8,453,223) for a "method, device and system for secure transactions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for operating a security device comprises receiving a request for a transaction from a programmable device executing an application obtained from an application controlling institute, and verifying a validity of the transaction. A user is alerted, in which the user indicates an acceptance of the request. A one-time identifier is generated. The one-time identifier comprises a security device identification, a transaction number, a date and a time. The one-time identifier is communicated to the programmable device, in which the application verifies a validity of the security device identification and instructs the programmable device to communicate the one-time identifier and transaction to the application controlling institute for processing. The application controlling institute verifies validity of the one-time identifier and processes the transaction, wherein said security device, application programmable device and application controlling institute securely processes the transaction." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2012 (13/444,551). 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=8,453,223&OS=8,453,223&RS=8,453,223 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Canada, California Inventors Develop Patent for Systems and Methods of Assessing Permissions in Virtual Worlds ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Brian Shuster, Vancouver, Canada, Aaron Burch, Vancouver, Canada, Dirk Herling, Vancouver, Canada, and Gary Shuster, Fresno, Calif., have developed a patent (8,453,219) for "systems and methods of assessing permissions in virtual worlds." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods of virtual world interaction, operation, implementation, instantiation, creation, and other functions related to virtual worlds (note that where the term "virtual world" is used herein, it is to be understood as referring to virtual world systems, virtual environments reflecting real, simulated, fantasy, or other structures, and includes information systems that utilize interaction within a 3D environment). Various embodiments facilitate interoperation between and within virtual worlds, and may provide consistent structures for operating virtual worlds. The disclosed embodiments may further enable individuals to build new virtual worlds within a framework, and allow third party users to better interact with those worlds." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2012 (13/590,173). 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=8,453,219&OS=8,453,219&RS=8,453,219 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** California Inventors Develop Patent for Apparatus, System and Method for a Brand Affinity Engine Using Positive and Negative Mentions and Indexing ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Ryan Steelberg, Irvine, Calif., and Chad Steelberg, Newport Beach, Calif., have developed a patent (8,452,764) for an "apparatus, system and method for a brand affinity engine using positive and negative mentions and indexing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-based search engine for performing a search for a keyword, comprising a result responsive to a search, a database comprising a plurality of terms organized by categories wherein at least one of the categories includes the keyword, and relational ones of the plurality of terms to the keyword; a heuristic engine comprising a plurality of rules which, when executed by a processor, applies the rules in accordance with the relational ones of the plurality of terms to a networked site to assess the keyword as a primary subject of the networked site." The patent application was filed on March 12, 2010 (12/722,690). 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=8,452,764&OS=8,452,764&RS=8,452,764 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Ricoh Assigned Patent for Automated Multi-operating System Testing with Virtualization ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Ricoh, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (8,453,118) developed by Yue Liu, San Jose, Calif., for an "automated multi-operating system testing with virtualization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are provided for testing one or more applications across multiple operating systems (OSs) using virtualization. A device includes a virtualization application and a dispatcher. The virtualization application allows a plurality of guest OSs to execute on a device. The dispatcher is configured to cause a particular file to be stored in a particular location. Each guest OS includes a listener that detects when a file is stored in the particular location. When the listener of each guest OS detects that the particular file is stored in the particular location, the guest OS is configured to perform one or more tasks associated with the particular file. Each guest OS is configured to generate output in response to performing the one or more tasks. The dispatcher is further configured to analyze the output from each of the guest OSs." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2009 (12/367,901). 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=8,453,118&OS=8,453,118&RS=8,453,118 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hitachi Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Hitachi, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (8,452,930) developed by Yasuyuki Mimatsu, Cupertino, Calif., for "methods and apparatus for backup and restore of thin provisioning volume." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatuses for backing up virtual volumes effectively by eliminating transfer and preservation of parts of virtual volumes, which contain no data. By representing virtual volumes as virtual files in a virtual file system, it is thereby possible to avoid needlessly backing up empty data space in the virtual volume. In one implementation, a storage system includes multiple virtual volumes and a virtual file system as well as a storage system control module. Each virtual volume in the multiple virtual volumes is represented as a virtual file within the virtual file system with each virtual file representing data actually stored within the virtual volume; and the storage system control module facilitates backing up a selected virtual volume, the operations involving accessing the virtual file system on the storage system; and reading the virtual file corresponding to the selected virtual volume." The patent application was filed on March 27, 2009 (12/413,406). 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=8,452,930&OS=8,452,930&RS=8,452,930 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Optical Multiplexer ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Peiliang Gao, Alviso, Calif., has developed a patent (8,452,180) for an optical multiplexer. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A scalable reconfigurable (or tunable) optical add/drop multiplexer (SROADM) is disclosed. The SROADM includes a pair of acoustic optic tunable filters (AOTF) and a wavelength blocker (WB). A first input port receives an initial wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) optical signal including to-be-dropped optical signal(s). A second input port(s) receives optical signal(s) to be added, which has the same wavelength(s) as that optical signal(s) to be dropped. In one embodiment, the WB is connected to the AOTFs through free space coupling. In another embodiment, the coupling is achieved by optical fiber fusion splicing. The latter method has advantage of using commercially available products and easier assembly while a more compact size is achievable by the free space coupling. The device is scalable in terms of number of add/drop ports and capacity to process any number of wavelength channels." The patent application was filed on May 5, 2009 (12/436,103). 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=8,452,180&OS=8,452,180&RS=8,452,180 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Ricoh Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Ricoh, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (8,453,164) developed by Yao-Tian Wang, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Lifen Tian, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for reduction of event notification within a web service application of a multi-functional peripheral." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are provided for reducing the amount of event notifications within a Web Service Application (WSA) of a device such as a multi-functional peripheral (MFP). In one technique, a Subscription ID is linked with a Job ID within a reduced notification table. When an event occurs related to a specific job, an event notification is sent only to the subscriber associated with that job." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2007 (11/863,153). 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=8,453,164&OS=8,453,164&RS=8,453,164 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Fuji Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Fuji Xerox, Kanagawa, Japan, has been assigned a patent (8,452,800) developed by Jeremy Pickens, Milpitas, Calif., and Maribeth Back, Woodside, Calif., for "systems and methods for collaborative exploratory search." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described is a new framework that combines the best of both exploratory search and social search: Collaborative exploratory search. This system allows a small group of focused information seekers to search through a collection of information in concert. The system provides exploratory feedback not only based on the individual's search behavior, but on the current, active search behavior of one's fellow search allies. The assumption is that the users who have gotten together to search collaboratively have the same information need, but differing perspectives and insights as to how to best express the queries to meet that need. The collaborative exploratory search system will therefore provide tools and algorithmic support to focus, enhance, and augment searcher activities. Searchers can, by interacting with each other through system-mediated information displays, help each other find all relevant information more efficiently and effectively." The patent application was filed on July 20, 2007 (11/781,191). 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=8,452,800&OS=8,452,800&RS=8,452,800 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** SureFire Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- SureFire, Fountain Valley, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,448,373) developed by John W. Matthews, Newport Beach, Calif., Mark Buczek, Oceanside, Calif., and Mark Squire, San Diego, for a gun sight. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various gun sights for firearms and related methods of use are provided. In one embodiment, the sight includes an apparatus adapted to be mounted at a rear end of a firearm and arranged to occlude one eye of a user of the firearm and to generate an illuminated dot that is disposed such that it is generally centered on the longitudinal axis of the barrel of the firearm. The gun sight produces a collimated beam of light that creates an image of an illuminated dot by either a refractive method or a reflective method. In use, a dominant eye of the user is occluded by the sight and the other eye of the user is focused on the target. The user then adjusts the position of the gun relative to the target such that the user perceives the illuminated dot of the sight to be positioned on the target." The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2012 (13/359,925). 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=8,448,373&OS=8,448,373&RS=8,448,373 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** ARM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- ARM, Cambridge, United Kingdom, has been assigned a patent (8,453,073) developed by ShriSagar Dwivedi, San Jose, Calif., and Puneet Sawhney, San Jose, Calif., for a "method of mask generation for integrated circuit fabrication." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of generating a mask for fabrication of a physical layer of an integrated circuit is provided. Multiple design layers are provided which comprise a programmable subcomponent configuration layer defining logical configurations of programmable subcomponents. A mask generation procedure transforms a selected design layer into a mask for fabrication of a physical layer. A mask modification procedure amends the mask to ensure that the physical layer will be reliably fabricated when using the mask. A non-functional design layer which does not represent one of said multiple physical layers represents further possible positions for said set of physical structures in said selected physical layer, which are not represented in said programmable subcomponent configuration layer. The mask modification procedure treats the non-functional design layer as a programmable subcomponent configuration layer. This enables the programmable subcomponent configuration layer to be modified without affecting the masks previously generated for other physical layers." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2012 (13/418,480). 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=8,453,073&OS=8,453,073&RS=8,453,073 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Ricoh Assigned Patent for Dynamic Presentation of Targeted Information in a Mixed Media Reality Recognition System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Ricoh, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (8,452,780) developed by Jamey Graham, San Jose, Calif., and Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, Calif., for a "dynamic presentation of targeted information in a mixed media reality recognition system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A context-aware targeted information delivery system comprises a mobile device, an MMR matching unit, a plurality of databases for user profiles, user context and advertising information, a plurality of comparison engines and a plurality of weight adjusters. The mobile device is coupled to deliver an image patch to the MMR matching unit which in turn performs recognition to produce recognize text. The recognized text is provided to a first and second comparison engines to produce relevant topics and relevant ads. The relevant topics and relevant ads are adjusted with information from a user context database including information such as location, date, time, and other information from a user profile. The third comparison engine compares the relevant topics and relevant ads to produce a set of final ads that are most related to the topics of interest for the user and delivered for display on to the mobile device." The patent application was filed on March 8, 2012 (13/415,756). 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=8,452,780&OS=8,452,780&RS=8,452,780 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Syngenta Crop Protection Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Syngenta Crop Protection, Basel, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (PP23,644) developed by Mitchell E. Hanes, Gilroy, Calif., for a "petunia plant named 'PEHY0003'." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A new Petunia plant named `PEHY0003` particularly distinguished by the fairly large size, brilliant red-purple colored flowers with a weak pattern of dark veining, medium green foliage, good branching, early flowering, and is more floriferous throughout the season." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2011 (13/317,533). 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=PP23,644&OS=PP23,644&RS=PP23,644 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Mobile Microphone System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Kenneth N. Sherman, Santa Barbara, Calif., has developed a patent (8,452,026) for a "mobile microphone system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method centrally controls communication at a single venue. A central communications point with a moderator is provided. User information, at least at the venue, is provided to users for transmitting electronic signals to the central communication point. The moderator enables at least one electronic communication transmission from a user who has access to the central communication point to have at least part of the transmission broadcast at the venue or allow open communication from the user to be broadcast at the venue." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2012 (13/430,618). 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=8,452,026&OS=8,452,026&RS=8,452,026 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NTT DoCoMo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- NTT DoCoMo, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (8,452,720) developed by Dong Zhou, San Jose, Calif., Ajay Chander, San Francisco, and Hiroshi Inamura, Kanagawa, Japan, for "system and methods for optimizing user interaction in web-related activites." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for facilitating user interaction in web-related activities. In one embodiment, the method comprises monitoring a user's current interaction with a browser, predicting a task a user is likely to take based on a current interaction context associated with the user's current interaction and one or more rules previously generated based on one or more previously recorded browser interactions, and generating, based on the prediction, and displaying a user interface component with the browser, the user interface component selectable by the user and representing an interaction (or a sequence of interactions) that the user can select to occur." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2010 (12/692,442). 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=8,452,720&OS=8,452,720&RS=8,452,720 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Globalfoundries Singapore Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Globalfoundries Singapore, Singapore, has been assigned a patent (8,453,089) developed by Kah Ching Edward Teoh, Singapore, and Vito Dai, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for pattern adjusted timing via pattern matching." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An approach is provided for pattern adjusted timing via pattern matching. Embodiments include receiving data corresponding to a problematic layout pattern associated with at least one performance characteristic and data corresponding to an integrated circuit layout design, scanning the integrated circuit layout design for the problematic layout pattern, identifying at least one portion of the integrated circuit layout design substantially matching the problematic layout pattern, and modifying a netlist associated with the integrated circuit layout design, the modification being based on the at least one performance characteristic." The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2011 (13/251,437). 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=8,453,089&OS=8,453,089&RS=8,453,089 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Systems and Methods for Patient Records Manipulation ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- James W. Soong, Redondo Beach, Calif., has developed a patent (8,452,616) for "systems and methods for patient records manipulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A site computer includes a database for manipulating and handling health care records. A communication device, coupled to the site computer and the database, receives commands, which are provided to the site computer and the database to perform various functions, including creating, displaying, modifying, and initiating organization of the health care records. The health records can be automatically transmitted to interested persons upon creation of the health records. Upon detection of the occurrence of threshold events as indicated in the health records, the site computer automatically transmits notifications to interested persons." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2010 (12/798,897). 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=8,452,616&OS=8,452,616&RS=8,452,616 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Access Assigned Patent for Data Exchange Between a Handheld Device and Another Computer System Using an Exchange Manager Via Synchronization ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Access, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (8,452,836) developed by Gavin Peacock, Walnut Creek, Calif., for a "data exchange between a handheld device and another computer system using an exchange manager via synchronization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and electronic system for exchanging data between a handheld device and another computer system are described. A data file is transferred to the handheld device using the install application of a synchronization manager. The transferred file is stored as a digital stream file with its native data encoding. After synchronization, a message is sent to notify the exchange manager about the data file. The exchange manager then uses an application registry to identify the application program that corresponds to the file stream based on the extension of the stream file. The pertinent application program is then invoked and the stream file is dispatched to the application for processing. During processing, the pertinent application then formats the stream file such that the data file becomes a record within the database file that is associated with the pertinent application." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2010 (12/711,246). 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=8,452,836&OS=8,452,836&RS=8,452,836 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Honda Motor Assigned Patent for Method for Differentiating Traffic Data Obtained from Probe Vehicles ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Honda Motor, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (8,452,771) developed by Maja Kurciska, Sherman Oaks, Calif., and Pedram Vaghefinazari, Los Angeles, for a "method for differentiating traffic data obtained from probe vehicles." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A remote server receives traffic data from a plurality of probe vehicles traveling on roadways. The remote server stores the received traffic data in a regular lane database and/or a carpool lane database. The remote server differentiates the received traffic data for storage in the appropriate database based on the number of probe vehicles associated with each speed pattern observed within the received traffic data." The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2011 (12/983,357). 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=8,452,771&OS=8,452,771&RS=8,452,771 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for System and Method for Making a Synthetic Cash Advance Using a Purchase Payment Exchange ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Anthony Jeremiah Bayne, Lomita, Calif., has developed a patent (8,452,683) for a "system and method for making a synthetic cash advance using a purchase payment exchange." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method provide for making a synthetic cash advance to a credit cardholder via a purchase-payment exchange. A second person selects an item to be purchased by a cardholder for the second person, and in exchange for the cardholder's credit card purchase, the second person pays the cardholder an amount of money that is less than the amount charged to the cardholder's credit card. Using this invention, the second person receives the selected item (or has a payment made) at a discount, and the cardholder is able to transform a credit card purchase into a synthetic cash advance at the credit card's purchase interest rate. Two or more cardholders may bid in an online auction to complete the second person's financial transaction in exchange for the second person's money. A cardholder who submits a conforming bid, that is willing to accept the least amount of money, may be selected as the auction winner." The patent application was filed on March 12, 2012 (13/418,325). 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=8,452,683&OS=8,452,683&RS=8,452,683 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Samsung Electronics Assigned Patent for Method and System for Authentication Between Electronic Devices with Minimal User Intervention ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Samsung Electronics, Suwon, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (8,452,961) developed by Yu Song, Pleasanton, Calif., Doreen Cheng, San Jose, Calif., and Alan Messer, Los Gatos, Calif., for a "method and system for authentication between electronic devices with minimal user intervention." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for authentication between electronic devices with reduced user intervention is provided. An authentication process for electronic devices (e.g., CE devices) establishes ownership for secure communication, with reduced user involvement. Device ownership trust establishment allows secured/authenticated communication between electronic devices. The process binds a device to an owner such that the authentication only verifies the authenticity of a device, and verifies the ownership of the device to ensure authentication. This ensures that a device is a valid device that has not been tampered with, and ensures a device has a trusted owner. Ownership binding to a device can be verified and established by trusted third parties without user intervention." The patent application was filed on March 1, 2007 (11/713,522). 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=8,452,961&OS=8,452,961&RS=8,452,961 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** 5.11 Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- 5.11 Inc., Modesto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,448,264) developed by Chris Ellsworth, Modesto, Calif., for a "rapid opening feature on tactical jacket." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A jacket for tactical use by police, for example, has a side opening just below the arm to the bottom of the jacket, with a quick-opening feature for fast access to a weapon secured under the jacket. The side opening is closed by a zipper pulled downwardly, concealed by a flap when closed. A small gripping tab extends out at the exterior of the jacket near the bottom edge, at the end of a rip cord secured to a buckle or clip positioned along the inside surface of the jacket. The clip snaps together to hold the jacket opening secured at bottom. When the rip cord is pulled, this has the effect of releasing the buckle and opening the zipper to separate the jacket along the opening line. The wearer can thus quickly reach a weapon or other implement by a rapid one-handed pull of the rip cord." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2010 (12/804,564). 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=8,448,264&OS=8,448,264&RS=8,448,264 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Brian Dell Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Brian Dell Enterprises, Calabasas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,448,262) developed by Brian Dell, Calabasas, Calif., and Kimiyo Nishio, Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., for "devices for isolating a portion of a user's body." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A barrier device is adapted to be worn by a user and provide isolation between the user and an object that is to be contacted by the user. The barrier device comprises a first pocket having a first top surface and a first bottom surface and an opening providing access to a cavity between the first top and bottom surfaces. The barrier device also includes a second pocket having a second top surface and a second bottom surface and an opening providing access to a cavity between the second top and bottom surfaces. A panel interconnects the first bottom surface and the second top surface to connect the first and second pockets, the panel having an adjustable length such that when a user wears the barrier device with one or more fingers in the first pocket and thumb in the second pocket, the panel provides a barrier for the user's palm that is adjustable to accommodate different hand sizes of different users. Furthermore, the barrier device is adapted to be wearable on either the right or left hand of a user. Dispensers for such barrier devices are also provided having a contoured portion adapted to facilitate the application of a barrier device to a user's hand." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2008 (12/256,293). 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=8,448,262&OS=8,448,262&RS=8,448,262 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Advantest Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Advantest, Singapore, has been assigned a patent (8,453,026) developed by Gerald S. Chan, Saratoga, Calif., and Richard C. Dokken, San Ramon, Calif., for a "process for improving design limited yield by efficiently capturing and storing production test data for analysis using checksums, hash values, or digital fault signatures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process for conserving storage space and time while recording not only a pass or fail result per die but also additional failure test pattern data by computing and comparing digital fault signatures or hash values on a tester." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2006 (11/565,616). 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=8,453,026&OS=8,453,026&RS=8,453,026 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Worldwide Pro Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Worldwide Pro, Hong Kong, has been assigned a patent (8,453,102) developed by Robert C. Pack, Morgan Hill, Calif., and William Wai Yan Ho, San Jose, Calif., for "hierarchical variation analysis of integrated circuits." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Technique assesses the impact of physical circuit variations, specification parameter variation, or process variations on clock, signal, and power network performance and through a hierarchical modeling and hierarchical Monte Carlo simulation method." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2011 (13/049,744). 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=8,453,102&OS=8,453,102&RS=8,453,102 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NTT DoCoMo Assigned Patent for Methods for Enhancing Performance of Open-access and Closed-access Femtocells ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- NTT DoCoMo, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (8,452,293) developed by Ismail Guvenc, Santa Clara, Calif., and Fujio Watanabe, Union City, Calif., for "methods for enhancing performance of open-access and closed-access femtocells." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a system including one or more femtocells within a service area of a macrocell, a method includes: (a) receiving from a base station information regarding available resources at each femtocell; (b) measuring a signal-interference-to-noise ratio (SINR) at a mobile station relative to the macrocell and each femtocell; and (c) selecting for the mobile station one of the femtocells for a hand-off, wherein the femtostation is selected based on the combined capacity of the macrocell and the femtocells after the hand-off." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2012 (13/563,449). 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=8,452,293&OS=8,452,293&RS=8,452,293 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Zamtec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Zamtec, Dublin, Ireland, has been assigned a patent (8,449,073) developed by eighteen co-inventors for a "wide format printer with printhead carriage connected to ink supply from a single side." The co-inventors are Robert Rosati, San Diego, David Petch, San Diego, David Burney, San Diego, Jim Sykora, San Diego, Kenneth A. Regas, San Diego, Andy Bound, San Diego, Neil Doherty, San Diego, Scott Dennis, San Diego, Ben Jones, San Diego, Oksana Buyda, San Diego, Locson Tonthat, San Diego, Andrew Buyda, San Diego, Patrick Kirk, San Diego, Loren Hunt, San Diego, Jason Dewey, San Diego, Jim Trinchera, San Diego, Bill Cressman, San Diego, and Ron Zech, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wide format printer that has a print zone, a media path more than 432 mm (17 inches) wide and extending through the print zone along a paper axis, a printhead carriage with a plurality of printhead mounting sites for mounting a plurality of printhead modules adjacent the print zone such that the printhead modules collectively span the media path, the printhead carriage having a long side extending transverse to the paper axis, the long side having access formations for ink conduits and a plurality of interfaces for connection to the ink conduits to supply ink to each of the printhead modules respectively. All ink for the plurality of printhead modules is supplied by ink conduits extending through the access formations on the long side of the printhead carriage." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2010 (12/845,772). 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=84,49,073.PN.&OS=PN/84,49,073&RS=PN/84,49,073 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Solid Forming Quick Release Bicycle Axel ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- J. Leonard Ashman, Folsom, Calif., has developed a patent (8,449,045) for a "solid forming quick release bicycle axel." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention teaches a novel axle apparatus for a driven bicycle hub that when used in conjunction with contemporary hubs eliminates the need for a user to become involved in any way with the cogset or chain. The axle of the apparatus is comprised of three main sub-assemblies: a non-driven side lever and shaft, a non-driven side hub insert and a driven side freewheel insert. The design of the present invention is such that it may be adapted for use with most of the contemporary hubs/freewheels available. The three sub-assemblies act in concert to form a solid axle in a two stage action. The mating action is such that misalignment of the wheel is impossible." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2010 (12/927,624). 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=84,49,045.PN.&OS=PN/84,49,045&RS=PN/84,49,045 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Headrest-mounted Entertainment Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Chung Lung Chang, Diamond Bar, Calif., has developed a patent (8,449,031) for headrest-mounted entertainment systems. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In certain embodiments, a mobile entertainment system includes a screen assembly with a display and a signal generating device. A housing pivotally coupled to the screen assembly can have a lower portion, an upper portion, and a housing cavity sized and shaped to receive the screen assembly. The upper portion can receive at least a portion of the signal generating device. At least a portion of the screen assembly can rotate through an opening in the lower portion. A shell can receive substantially the housing." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2010 (12/830,223). 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=84,49,031.PN.&OS=PN/84,49,031&RS=PN/84,49,031 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Greenwave Reality Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Greenwave Reality, Singapore, has been assigned a patent (8,452,554) developed by Karl Jonsson, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., for a "networked device with power usage estimation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various methods and apparatus report energy usage status by a networked device. In response to a request, a set of power usage data is retrieved from a non-volatile memory located within the networked device, the power usage data having been previously stored in the non-volatile memory in advance of positioning the networked device for normal use. The set of power usage data includes information related to energy usage of the networked device. The networked device calculates a best estimate of the energy usage status of the networked device based on the set of power usage data retrieved from the non-volatile memory, without measuring electrical parameters of a power source of the networked device during normal use. The best estimate of the energy usage status by the networked device is then sent over the network as a reply to the energy usage status request." The patent application was filed on June 7, 2010 (12/795,417). 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=8,452,554&OS=8,452,554&RS=8,452,554 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Pirelli Tyre Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Pirelli Tyre, Milan, Italy, has been assigned a patent (8,452,477) developed by Sinem Coleri Ergen, Berkeley, Calif., and Xuening Sun, Berkeley, Calif., for a "method and system for managing data transmission from a plurality of sensor devices included in a tyre." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Wireless transmission from sensor devices included in tires is coordinated by a receiving unit associated with the tire, or transmission coordinator. In more detail, every sensor device is made aware of an overall time window available for transmission, and based on at least this information, it calculates a dedicated timeslot for the transmission of its data within such time window. This coordinated transmission makes possible a strong reduction of the probability of collisions and transmission errors, and reduces the number of transmissions, so as to comply with the limited power resources available at each sensor device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2007 (12/809,537). 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=8,452,477&OS=8,452,477&RS=8,452,477 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Drink Caddy ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Anhua Chin, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has developed a patent (8,448,782) for a drink caddy. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A drink caddy has an assembled mode and a deployed mode and includes a lower bucket, a sealed beverage held within the lower bucket, a liner having a liner upper edge and a liner lower edge, a lid connected to the liner upper edge and a lid handle disposed on the lid. The liner is held to the lower bucket at a liner lower edge. The liner separates from the bucket when a user deploys the product in a deployed mode. An intermediate separator can be fitted inside the liner and a pair of glassware retained on the intermediate separator. The sealed beverage can be a bottle of alcoholic beverage. The lower bucket is preferably made of a clear transparent plastic to allow viewing of the bottle." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2010 (12/938,637). 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=84,48,782.PN.&OS=PN/84,48,782&RS=PN/84,48,782 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sony Assigned Patent for System and Method for Effectively Performing an Image Identification Procedure ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Sony, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (8,452,089) developed by Liangyin Yu, Fremont, Calif., and Ming-Chang Liu, San Jose, Calif., for a "system and method for effectively performing an image identification procedure." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for effectively performing an image identification procedure includes an image matching manager that derives source characteristics for a source image and target characteristics for target images. The image matching manager compares the source characteristics and the target characteristics to determine whether the source image matches any of the target images. The source characteristics and the target characteristics may include color-space characteristics and curve-space characteristics from the respective images. A processor of an electronic device typically controls the image matching manager to effectively perform the image identification procedure." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2011 (13/065,874). 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=8,452,089&OS=8,452,089&RS=8,452,089 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Ericsson Assigned Patent for Blind Frequency-offset Estimation for Spatially Correlated Signal ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, has been assigned a patent (8,451,959) developed by Dennis Hui, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "blind frequency-offset estimation for spatially correlated signal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An iterative, blind, frequency-offset estimation process that does not require any training signal or demodulated information symbols is disclosed. Receivers embodying the disclosed processes can produce periodic frequency-offset estimates, without running computationally intensive equalization or demodulation algorithms, by exploiting the temporal correlation of the received signal in the time domain, as well as the received signal's correlation across in-phase and quadrature dimensions, in some embodiments, to find a frequency-offset estimate that best fits the received signal in a maximum-likelihood sense. In an exemplary method of estimating receiver frequency offset, a spatially stacked signal block is formed from multi-branch signal samples corresponding to each of two or more time-separated samples of the received signal. The spatially stacked signal block is used in computing a maximum-likelihood joint estimate of the receiver frequency offset and the spatial covariance of the spatially stacked signal block de-rotated by the receiver frequency offset." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2012 (13/457,903). 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=8,451,959&OS=8,451,959&RS=8,451,959 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** California Inventors Develop Patent for Preparation Tray ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Mark Gross, Downey, Calif., Brett Gross, Tarzana, Calif., and Eric Gross, Los Angeles, have developed a patent (8,448,811) for a preparation tray. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A durable preparation tray for preparing and serving food items. The preparation tray, which is constructed from a microwaveable plastic material, includes a bottom wall provided with an upstanding food support structure, a catch basin for catching liquids associated with the food and a pour channel for pouring liquid from the catch basin." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2010 (12/928,895). 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=84,48,811.PN.&OS=PN/84,48,811&RS=PN/84,48,811 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SAP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- SAP, Walldorf, Germany, has been assigned a patent (8,452,671) developed by Martin C. Zieger, Mountain View, Calif., for a load builder. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention include a system for simulating the loading of a shipment of a set of products. The shipment may be loaded into a set of transports. The simulation may include attempts to fill each transport. The simulation may include evaluating a set of constraints on the shipment. The constraints may include a complex logical statement." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2003 (10/676,401). 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=8,452,671&OS=8,452,671&RS=8,452,671 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Skype Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- Skype, Dublin, Ireland, has been assigned a patent (8,452,606) developed by Koen Bernard Vos, San Francisco, and Soren Skak Jensen, Malmo, Sweden, for "speech encoding using multiple bit rates." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method system and program for encoding and decoding a speech signal including error correction data. The method comprises: receiving a speech signal comprising successive frames, for each of a plurality of frames of the speech signal, analysing the speech signal to determine side information and a residual signal, encoding the residual signal at a first bit rate, and generating an output bitstream based on the residual signal encoded at the first bit rate, and for at least one of the plurality of frames of the speech signal, encoding the residual signal at a second bit rate that is lower than the first bit rate; and generating error correction data based on the residual signal encoded at the second bit rate." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2009 (12/586,915). 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