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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Pennsylvania (June 7)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. *** Ocean Power Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Ocean Power Technologies, Pennington, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,456,030) developed by Wei-Ming Chi, Feasterville, Pa., for a "power take off apparatus for a WEC." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wave energy converter (WEC) includes a float which moves generally in phase with the waves and whose up and down motion is guided by and along a spar having an upper portion and a lower portion. A power take off (PTO) device is coupled between the float and the spar for converting their relative motion into useful energy. In some embodiments, the PTO includes (a) a drum having an axis of rotation rotatably mounted within one of the float and spar; and (b) cabling means connected between the drum and the other one of the float and spar for causing the drum to rotate as a function of the up and down motion of the float. In other embodiments, the PTO system is formed using a pre-tensioned roller chain wound around sprocket wheels located within one of the spar and float with the opposite ends of the chain connected to the other one of the spar and float to cause rotation of the sprocket wheels in response to movement of the float relative to the spar." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2010 (12/798,054). 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=8,456,030.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,030&RS=PN/8,456,030 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** E. I. du Pont de Nemours Assigned Patent for Microwave Field Director Structure having Vanes with Inner Ends Wrapped with a Conductive Wrapper ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,455,802) developed by Mehrdad Mehdizadeh, Avondale, Pa., and William R. Corcoran Jr., Kennett Square, Pa., for a "microwave field director structure having vanes with inner ends wrapped with a conductive wrapper." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A reusable self-supporting field director for use in a microwave oven is characterized by a plurality of vanes, each extending radially outwardly from a central axis. The vanes are supported in a slotted central support member. Each vane has a predetermined thickness dimension. Each vane comprises a substrate formed from an electrically non-conductive material having a predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion and an electrically conductive wrapper having a predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from the coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate. The wrapper wraps the substrate so that a portion of the first and second major surfaces are covered and the radially inner end of each vane is wrapped by an electrically conductive material. The wrapper and the substrate are arranged in a laterally symmetric fashion so that thermal expansion effects due to heating are equalized across the thickness of each vane." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2008 (12/249,124). 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=8,455,802.PN.&OS=PN/8,455,802&RS=PN/8,455,802 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** US Beverage Net Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- US Beverage Net, Syracuse, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,458,312) developed by Prabhu R. Raghunathan, Pittsburgh, Patrick J. Danial, Syracuse, N.Y., and Mark E. Young, Syracuse, N.Y., for a "distributed intelligent systems and methods therefor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A distributed intelligent system. The distributed network includes at least one gateway server configured for receiving meter data from one or more nodes of a distributed meter network and at least one subscriber station in communication with the at least one gateway server via a communication network. The at least one gateway server is further configured to selectively distribute the received meter data to the at least one subscriber station in accordance with a policy." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2010 (12/827,969). 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=8,458,312&OS=8,458,312&RS=8,458,312 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Conviva Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Conviva, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,458,333) developed by five co-inventors for a "centrally coordinated peer assignment." The co-inventors are Ion Stoica, Piedmont, Calif., Hui Zhang, Pittsburgh, Steven R. McCanne, Berkeley, Calif., Jibin Zhan, Pittsburgh, and Aditya R. Ganjam, Mountain View, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Delivering information over a distribution network using a distribution manager is disclosed. A first source peer is designated at the distribution manager to function as a first content source for a first destination peer. A second source peer is designated at the distribution manager to function as a second content source for a second destination peer. The designation at the distribution manager of the second source peer to function as a second content source for the second destination peer is dependent on an anticipated effect of the designation at the distribution manager of the first content source for the first destination peer." The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2007 (11/897,953). 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=8,458,333&OS=8,458,333&RS=8,458,333 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Metrologic Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Metrologic Instruments, Blackwood, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,457,013) developed by seven co-inventors for a "wireless dual-function network device dynamically switching and reconfiguring from a wireless network router state of operation into a wireless network coordinator state of operation in a wireless communication network." The co-inventors are Steven Essinger, Philadelphia, Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, N.J., Michael Schnee, Aston, Pa., JiBin Liu, Suzhou, China, Xin Shen, Jiangsu, China, LiangLiang Chen, Jiangsu, China, and Jun Lu, Jiangsu, China. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various wireless network components that offer increased flexibility, ease of use, functionality and performance in many demanding applications in diverse fields of use, namely: a wireless multi-function network device for use on a wireless communication network, that can serve multiple functions and dynamically switch and reconfigure from a network router into a network coordinator in the event that the originally designated network coordinator is permanently or temporally disabled; a wireless mesh-type communication network, including a plurality of wireless network router devices, each capable of performing the functions of a network controller/coordinator; a wireless network router device for use on a wireless communication network, and employing an integrated phased-array antenna structure, supporting the spatial isolation of multi-regions, and utilizing beam steering principles of operation, for illuminating multiple wireless network end-devices over separate regions; a network gateway device that supports a USB-type communication interface and RF-based wireless communication interface; a network protocol translation (NPT) based gateway device for use in a wireless communication network; and wireless network coordinator device for automatically establishing a Personal Area Network (PAN) on a wireless communication network, and having a compact housing with an electrical wall plug integrated therein having electrical prongs for plugging into a standard electrical wall socket." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2009 (12/319,905). 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=8,457,013&OS=8,457,013&RS=8,457,013 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Infinera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Infinera, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,017) developed by six co-inventors for a multi-chassis interconnect. The co-inventors are Biao Lu, Cupertino, Calif., Vinay Ravuri, Santa Clara, Calif., How Tung Lim, San Jose, Calif., Kamran Farshchi, Wexford, Pa., Yatindra Chugh, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Sharfuddin Syed, Cupertino, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a system, apparatus and method for providing point-to-point inter-chassis connections within chassis systems and/or network nodes. Multi-chassis systems within a network employ a protocol wherein a peer discovery process is initiated and the discovered neighbors are authentically verified before establishing an active state between point-to-point inter-chassis links." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2006 (11/426,576). 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=8,457,017&OS=8,457,017&RS=8,457,017 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- LSI, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,775) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for detecting a reference pattern." The co-inventors are Jeffery Grundvig, Loveland, Colo., Viswanath Annampedu, Schnecksville, Pa., Jason Byrne, Lyons, Colo., and Keith Bloss, Schnecksville, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for locating a reference pattern on a storage medium. For example, various embodiments of the present invention provide systems for locating a reference pattern on a storage medium. Such systems include a sliding window phase calculator circuit, a delay circuit and a mark detector circuit." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2009 (12/651,280). 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=8,456,775&OS=8,456,775&RS=8,456,775 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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