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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (June 13)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,463,585) developed by Kai Sun, Missouri City, Texas, Jesse Constantine, Kingwood, Texas, and Craig Coull, Hundvag, Norway, for an "apparatus and method for modeling well designs and well performance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one aspect, a method of estimating fluid flow contribution from each producing zone of multi-zone production well is provided, which method may include: defining a wellhead pressure; determining a first inflow performance relation (IPR1) between pressure and fluid inflow rate at a first producing zone and a second inflow performance relation (IPR2) between pressure and fluid inflow rate at a second producing zone; determining a combined performance relation (IPRc) between pressure and fluid inflow rate at a commingle point; defining an initial fluid flow rate into the well from the first zone and an initial fluid flow rate from the second zone; generating a first fluid lift performance relation (TPR1) between pressure and total fluid flow corresponding to the commingle point using the initial fluid flow rates from the first and second production zones and at least one fluid property; and determining contribution of the fluid from the first zone and the second zone at the commingle point using IPRc and TPR1." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2009 (12/470,869). 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=8,463,585&OS=8,463,585&RS=8,463,585 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Advanced Assigned Patent for System and Method for Programming an Implantable Spinal Cord Stimulation System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Advanced, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,463,400) developed by Peter B. Hegi, Dallas, and Jonathan Ruais, McKinney, Texas, for a "system and method for programming an implantable spinal cord stimulation system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method for facilitating programming of an implantable pulse generator (IPG) by an external programming device, the method comprises: receiving input from a user by the external programming device to calibrate electrode combinations at a plurality of locations along one or more stimulation leads implanted within the epidural space of a patient; controlling the IPG by the external programmer to apply stimulation to the patient via the electrode combinations; receiving input from a user by the external programming device that indicates values of a respective perception stimulation threshold at each location of the plurality of locations; receiving input from a user by the external programming device that indicates values of a respective bilateral stimulation threshold at each location of the plurality of locations; calculating positions by the external programming device of each of the plurality of locations using the perception stimulation thresholds and the bilateral stimulation thresholds; and displaying calculated positions of the plurality of locations relative to a physiological midline of the patient by the external programming device." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (12/789,921). 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=8,463,400&OS=8,463,400&RS=8,463,400 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Selman and Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Selman and Associates, Midland, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,463,549) developed by Thomas H. Selman, Midland, Texas, and Matthew J. Jennings, Midland, Texas, for a "method for geosteering directional drilling apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for geosteering during directional drilling of a wellbore including a processor, a data storage, and client devices in communication with the processor through a network. The processor can receive data from directional drilling equipment and can present that data to users in an executive dashboard. Users can send data and/or commands to the directional drilling equipment. The executive dashboard can present a portion of interest in a stratigraphic cross section for user identification of the drill bit in the stratigraphic cross section, formations in the stratigraphic cross section, and other formation data. The method can be used to identify a projected path for the drill bit, import data, compute wellbore profiles and stratigraphic cross sections, plot actual drilling paths, overlay the actual drilling path onto the projected path, and present control buttons to the user." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2010 (12/879,708). 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=8,463,549&OS=8,463,549&RS=8,463,549 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cornerstone Automation Systems, Robotica Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Cornerstone Automation Systems, Frisco, Texas, and Robotica, Spring, Texas, have been assigned a patent (8,463,428) developed by Michael J. Doke, Prosper, Texas, and Jay Dugat, Spring, Texas, for an "automated box opening apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus includes a conveyor, a programmable motion device, and a controller. The conveyor preferably includes actuatable rollers, and the programmable motion device is preferably a robotic arm. The controller operates the conveyor, a stopping rail, and a positioning rail to move and position a box in a cutting position relative to the robotic arm. The controller determines three dimension of the box and translates a programmed cut pattern to those determined dimensions. Based on the determined dimensions, the controller then operates the robotic arm to perform the programmed cut pattern in the box with the cutting element. The cutting element preferably has square blade so that each of the four blades can be used to cut a side of the box without having to rotate the cutting element during operation." The patent application was filed on April 26, 2010 (12/767,024). 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=8,463,428&OS=8,463,428&RS=8,463,428 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Lennox Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Lennox Industries, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,463,442) developed by Jimmie Curry, Allen, Texas, Jacob Jennings, Irving, Texas, and Wojciech Grohman, Little Elm, Texas, for "alarm and diagnostics system and method for a distributed architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosure includes an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. One embodiment of the network includes a subnet controller, a system device and a system status display. The subnet controller is configured to communicate via a data bus. The first system device is configured to communicate via a data bus. The system status display is associated with the first system device and configured to produce a visual signal when the first device detects an error or alarm condition." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2009 (12/603,499). 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=8,463,442&OS=8,463,442&RS=8,463,442 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Selman and Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Selman and Associates, Midland, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,463,550) developed by Thomas H. Selman, Midland, Texas, and Matthew J. Jennings, Midland, Texas, for a "system for geosteering directional drilling apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for geosteering during directional drilling of a wellbore including a processor, a data storage, and client devices in communication with the processor through a network. The processor can receive data from directional drilling equipment and can present that data to users in an executive dashboard. Users can send data and/or commands to the directional drilling equipment. The executive dashboard can present: a portion of interest in a stratigraphic cross section for user identification of: the drill bit in the stratigraphic cross section, formations in the stratigraphic cross section, and other formation data. The system can be used to: identify a projected path for the drill bit, import data, compute wellbore profiles and stratigraphic cross sections, plot actual drilling paths, overlay the actual drilling path onto the projected path, and present control buttons to the user." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2010 (12/879,732). 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=8,463,550&OS=8,463,550&RS=8,463,550 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Rockwell Automation Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Rockwell Automation Technologies, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,463,411) developed by Brian Kent Stephenson, Georgetown, Texas, and Lina M. Rueda Velandia, Austin, Texas, for a "model predictive control with variable trajectory sharing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One or more techniques are provided for the sharing of variable trajectories between multiple controllers in a control system. In general, the present technique is based upon the sharing of predicted desired variable trajectories between multiple controllers requiring a common input variable. In one embodiment, a common input variable is shared between two controllers, wherein one controller is tuned to have dominant control with regard to the shared variable. Each controller determines and communicates their own desired trajectory for the shared variable to the other controller and in doing so, the constraints associated with each controller are shared and honored by the other controller. Based on the communicated trajectories, the dominant controller may exercise control over the shared variable, thus improving overall process control." The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2011 (13/316,135). 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=8,463,411&OS=8,463,411&RS=8,463,411 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** General Electric Assigned Patent for Automatic Primary Frequency Response Contribution Monitoring System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,463,451) developed by Mario Joao Kumula, Houston, and Adnan Fareed Zafar, Houston, for an "automatic primary frequency response contribution monitoring system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for monitoring power generation are provided. For example, such a system may include a gas turbine, an electrical generator coupled to the drive, a controller coupled to the gas turbine, and a compliance monitor. The gas turbine may generate a torque, and the electrical generator may provide power to a power grid based on the torque. The controller may cause the gas turbine to vary the torque in response to a frequency disturbance occurring on the power grid. The compliance monitor may determine whether the response to the frequency disturbance complies with a specification for the response." The patent application was filed on April 19, 2010 (12/763,119). 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=8,463,451&OS=8,463,451&RS=8,463,451 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Electromedical Products International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Electromedical Products International, Mineral Wells, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,463,406) developed by Daniel L. Kirsch, Mineral Wells, Texas, and Sai Cheong Chan, West Kowloon, Hong Kong, for a "probe electrode pad and probe electrode pad storage box." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to a unique, user-friendly, disposable electrode to be used on metallic probes which are used in electromedical devices, such as transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators (TENS) and microcurrent electrical therapy (MET) devices and other electrical simulators for applying electricity through the skin to the human or animal body. Additionally, the present invention describes a box for the storage and retrieval of the probe." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2011 (13/247,332). 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=8,463,406&OS=8,463,406&RS=8,463,406 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Lennox Industries Assigned Patent for Memory Recovery Scheme and Data Structure in a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Lennox Industries, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,463,443) developed by Wojciech Grohman, Little Elm, Texas, and Darko Hadzidedic, Plano, Texas, for a "memory recovery scheme and data structure in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Memory recovery scheme and data structure in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning network" The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2009 (12/603,528). 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=8,463,443&OS=8,463,443&RS=8,463,443 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hudson Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Hudson Technologies, Pearl River, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,463,441) developed by Kevin Zugibe, New City, N.Y., and Riyaz Papar, The Woodlands, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for optimizing refrigeration systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A control system for controlling a refrigeration system having an operating point, comprising: a memory configured to store a relationship of at least an evaporator efficiency, an evaporator heat load, a refrigerant amount in the evaporator, and a variable dependent on a non-volatile liquid mixed with refrigerant in the evaporator an input port configured to receive a signal corresponding to at least a measured evaporator heat load during operation; an output port configured to present an output to selectively alter an operating point of the evaporator, by altering the refrigerant amount in the evaporator and thereby changing the variable; and a processor, configured to receive the signal, access the memory; and generate the output to selectively move toward an optimum operating point. A corresponding method and refrigeration system are provided." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2011 (13/280,302). 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=8,463,441&OS=8,463,441&RS=8,463,441 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** University of Texas System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,464,002) developed by Doug Burger, Redmond, Wash., and Haiming Liu, Austin, Texas, for a "burst-based cache dead block prediction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure generally relates to cache memory systems and/or techniques to identify dead cache blocks in cache memory systems. Example systems may include a cache memory that is accessible by a cache client. The cache memory may include a plurality of storage locations for a first cache block, with a most recently used position location in the cache memory. A cache controller may be configured to predict whether the first cache block stored in the cache memory is identified as a dead cache block based on a cache burst of the first cache block. The cache burst may comprise a first access of the first cache block by a cache client and any subsequent contiguous accesses of the first cache block following the first access by the cache client while the first cache block is in a most recently used position of the cache set." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2009 (12/579,183). 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=8,464,002.PN.&OS=PN/8,464,002&RS=PN/8,464,002 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,463,351) developed by eight co-inventors for an electrochemical analyte sensor. The co-inventors are James Say, Alameda, Calif., Michael F. Tomasco, Cupertino, Calif., Adam Heller, Austin, Texas, Yoram Gal, Kibbutz Yagur, Ill., Behrad Aria, Alameda, Calif., Ephraim Heller, Oakland, Calif., Phillip John Plante, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Mark S. Vreeke, Alameda, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrochemical analyte sensor formed using conductive traces on a substrate can be used for determining and/or monitoring a level of analyte in in vitro or in vivo analyte-containing fluids. For example, an implantable sensor may be used for the continuous or automatic monitoring of a level of an analyte, such as glucose, lactate, or oxygen, in a patient. The electrochemical analyte sensor includes a substrate and conductive material disposed on the substrate, the conductive material forming a working electrode. In some sensors, the conductive material is disposed in recessed channels formed in a surface of the sensor. An electron transfer agent and/or catalyst may be provided to facilitate the electrolysis of the analyte or of a second compound whose level depends on the level of the analyte. A potential is formed between the working electrode and a reference electrode or counter/reference electrode and the resulting current is a function of the concentration of the analyte in the body fluid." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2010 (12/852,432). 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=8,463,351&OS=8,463,351&RS=8,463,351 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Advanced Assigned Patent for Apparatus for Implanting an Electrical Stimulation Lead ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Advanced, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,463,401) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus for implanting an electrical stimulation lead." The co-inventors are Timothy S. Jones, Carrollton, Texas, Terry Daglow, Allen, Texas, Peter B. Hegi, Dallas, Texas, and Thomas K. Hickman, Plano, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, an introducer is provided for implanting an electrical stimulation lead to enable electrical stimulation of nerve tissue. The introducer includes an outer sheath and an inner penetrator. The outer sheath may accommodate insertion of the electrical stimulation lead and may be inserted into a human body near the nerve tissue. The inner penetrator is removably housed within the outer sheath and includes an inner channel configured to accommodate a guide wire, a tip end having a shape and size substantially conforming to that of the guide wire, a body region having a shape and size substantially conforming to that of the outer sheath, and one or more transition regions substantially connecting the tip end with the body region. At least a portion of the transition regions of the inner penetrator may flex to substantially follow flexures in the guide wire during advancement of the inner penetrator." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2012 (13/486,395). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,463,401&OS=8,463,401&RS=8,463,401 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent for Enabling Access to Peripheral Resources at a Processor ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,463,957) developed by Roy W. Stedman, Austin, Texas, Andrew T. Sultenfuss, Leander, Texas, and David Loadman, Austin, Texas, for an "enabling access to peripheral resources at a processor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of enabling access to resources includes detecting an input to access a resource of a multi-mode processing module coupled to a host processor and a control module. The method can further include detecting an operating mode of the host processor and the control module and an availability of independent peripheral resources of the multi-mode processing module. Additionally, the method can enable the multi-mode processing module in response to the detecting the operating mode and the availability of the independent peripheral resources." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2012 (13/557,851). 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=8,463,957.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,957&RS=PN/8,463,957 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verisign Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Verisign, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,463,928) developed by John Kenneth Gallant, Plano, Texas, and Karl Henderson, Dallas, for an "efficient multiple filter packet statistics generation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Incoming data streams are managed by receiving a data stream on at least one network interface card (NIC) and performing operations on the data stream using a first process running several first threads for each network interface card and at least one group of second multiple processes each with an optional group of second threads. The first process and the one or more groups of second multiple processes are independent and communicate via the shared memory. The first threads for each network interface card are different than the group of second threads. The system includes at least one network interface card that receives a data stream, a first processor that runs a first process that uses a plurality of first threads for each network interface card and a second processor that runs at least one group of second multiple processes each with an optional group of second threads. The first process and the one or more groups of second multiple processes are independent and communicate via the shared memory." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2009 (12/606,840). 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=8,463,928.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,928&RS=PN/8,463,928 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,464,000) developed by Ajay Anant Ingle, Austin, Texas, Erich James Plondke, Austin, Texas, and Lucian Codrescu, Austin, Texas, for "systems and methods for cache line replacements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for determining a cache line to replace is described. In one embodiment, the system includes a cache comprising a plurality of cache lines. The system further includes an identifier configured to identify a cache line for replacement. The system also includes a control logic configured to determine a value of the identifier selected from an incrementer, a cache maintenance instruction, or remains the same." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2008 (12/039,954). 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=8,464,000.PN.&OS=PN/8,464,000&RS=PN/8,464,000 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Optimal Compression Process Selection Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,463,944) developed by four co-inventors for an "optimal compression process selection methods." The co-inventors are Ravi P. Bansal, Tampa, Fla., Andrew R. Jones, Round Rock, Texas, Brian M. O'Connell, Research Triangle Park, N.C., and Keith R. Walker, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mechanism for determining an optimal compression technique for each data file when creating a computer archive file from a set of data files. A local archiving application receives an instruction to archive a set of data files and determines the file type and size of a data file in the set of data files. An optimal compression method for the data file is selected based on the file type and size of the data file. The archiving application compresses the data file using the optimal compression method. The archiving application updates meta data associated with the compressed file to include a meta compression format identifier of the optimal compression method used to compress the data file. The archiving application then repeats the determining, selecting, compressing, and updating for each data file in the set of data files to create an archive of the set of data files." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2010 (12/652,361). 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=8,463,944.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,944&RS=PN/8,463,944 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Spansion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,464,021) developed by Walter Allen, Wellington, Colo., Sunil Atri, Austin, Texas, and Robert France, Austin, Texas., for an "address caching stored translation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and/or methods that facilitate logical block address (LBA) to physical block address (PBA) translations associated with a memory component(s) are presented. The disclosed subject matter employs an optimized block address (BA) component that can facilitate caching the LBA to PBA translations within a memory controller component based in part on a predetermined optimization criteria to facilitate improving the access of data associated with the memory component. The predetermined optimization criteria can relate to a length of time since an LBA has been accessed, a number of times the LBA has been access, a data size of data related to an LBA, and/or other factors. The LBA to PBA translations can be utilized to facilitate accessing the LBA and/or associated data using the cached translation, instead of performing various functions to determine the translation." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2008 (12/127,919). 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=8,464,021.PN.&OS=PN/8,464,021&RS=PN/8,464,021 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** USAF Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- The U.S. Air Force has been assigned a patent (8,455,184) developed by Daniel H. Atchley, Colorado Springs, Colo., Craig T. Narasaki, Colorado Springs, Colo., and John R. Hickman, Helotes, Texas, for a "differential multiplexing with pattern recognition." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This novel form of multiplexing allows the user to probe for multiple targets and simultaneously identify a specific target. An example of solutions provided here comprises: providing one or more assay mixes for a number of targets (the number of assay mixes is less than the number of targets); providing a number of reference patterns (each of the reference patterns is associated with one of the targets); contacting each of a number of aliquots with one of the assay mixes; generating a result pattern, based on positive or negative results; and selecting the reference pattern most similar to the result pattern, to thereby detect the target. Differential multiplexing with pattern recognition may involve molecular or immunological techniques to identify one of many indicators of drug use, illness, disease, or medical condition." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2007 (11/786,260). 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=8,455,184.PN.&OS=PN/8,455,184&RS=PN/8,455,184 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Anue Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Anue Systems, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,462,781) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for in-line removal of duplicate network packets." The co-inventors are David W. McGhee, Austin, Texas, Stefan Johansson, Round Rock, Texas, Shardendu Pandey, Cedar Park, Texas, Keith E. Chaney, Austin, Texas, and Charles A. Webb III, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are disclosed for in-line removal of duplicate network packets in network packet streams operating at high speeds (e.g., 1-10 Gbps and above). A hash generator applies at least one hash algorithm to incoming packets to form one or more different hash values. The packet deduplication systems and methods then use the one or more hash values for each incoming packet to identify data stored for previously received backs and use the identified data to determine if incoming packets are duplicate packets. Duplicate packets are then removed from the output packet stream thereby reducing duplicate packets for downstream processing. A deduplication window can further be utilized to limit the amount of data stored for previous packets based upon one or more parameters, such as an amount of time that has passed and/or a number of packets for which data has been stored. These parameters can also be selected, configured and/or adjusted to achieve desired operational objectives." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2011 (13/080,906). 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=84,62,781.PN.&OS=PN/84,62,781&RS=PN/84,62,781 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,463,256) developed by Frederick A. Rush, Austin, Texas, for a "system including a communication apparatus having a digital audio interface for audio testing with radio isolation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes a communication apparatus coupled to a test subsystem through a converter. The test subsystem may be configured to initiate an audio test of the communication apparatus and receive in response a set of audio test data at a predetermined constant data rate. The communication apparatus may be configured to enable output of audio test data during inactive periods of operation of an RF circuit of the communication apparatus and to disable output of audio test data during active periods of operation of the RF circuit. The converter may be configured to receive the set of audio test data from the communication apparatus and provide the set of audio test data to the test subsystem at the predetermined constant data rate during the active and the inactive periods of operation of the RF circuit." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2009 (12/348,668). 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=8,463,256.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,256&RS=PN/8,463,256 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Optimization of Storage Device Operating Parameters ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,464,041) developed by Walter A. Gaspard, Magnolia, Texas, and Scotty M. Wiginton, Tomball, Texas, for an "optimization of storage device operating parameters." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Example embodiments relate to storage devices, computing devices, and machine-readable storage media that optimize storage device operating parameters for desktop and notebook computing devices. Example embodiments allow for optimization of operating parameters of a storage device for one of a desktop computing device and a notebook computing devices based on provision of a command to the storage device. In example embodiments, upon receipt of such a command, the storage device may reconfigure its operating parameters to be optimized for the particular type of system." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2010 (12/788,126). 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=8,464,041.PN.&OS=PN/8,464,041&RS=PN/8,464,041 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Minimizing Aggregate Cooling and Leakage Power ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,463,456) developed by four co-inventors for a "minimizing aggregate cooling and leakage power." The co-inventors are John B. Carter, Austin, Texas, Elmootazbellah N. Elnozahy, Austin, Texas, Malcolm S. Ware, Austin, Texas, and Wei Huang, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mechanism is provided for minimizing system power in a data processing system. A management control unit determines whether a convergence has been reached in the data processing system. If convergence fails to be reached, the management control unit determines whether a maximum fan flag is set to indicate that a fan is operating at a maximum speed. Responsive to the maximum fan flag failing to be set, a thermal threshold of the data processing system is either increased or decreased and thereby a fan speed of the data processing system is either increased or decreased based on whether the system power of the data processing system has either increased or decreased and based on whether a temperature of the data processing system has either increased or decreased. Thus, a new thermal threshold and a new fan speed are formed. The process is then repeated until convergence has been met." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2010 (12/726,792). 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=8,463,456&OS=8,463,456&RS=8,463,456 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Instruction Cracking and Issue Shortening Based on Instruction Base Fields, Index Fields, Operand Fields, and Various Other Instruction Text Bits ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,464,030) developed by five co-inventors for an "instruction cracking and issue shortening based on instruction base fields, index fields, operand fields, and various other instruction text bits." The co-inventors are Fadi Busaba, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Brian Curran, Saugerties, N.Y., Lee Eisen, Round Rock, Texas, Bruce Giamei, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and David Hutton, Tallahassee, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, information processing system, and computer program product crack and/or shorten computer executable instructions. At least one instruction is received. The at least on instruction is analyzed. An instruction type associated with the at least one instruction is identified. At least one of a base field, an index field, one or more operands, and a mask field of the instruction are analyzed. At least one of the following is then performed: the at least one instruction is organized into a set of unit of operation; and the at least one instruction is shortened. The set of unit of operations is then executed." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2010 (12/757,330). 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=8,464,030.PN.&OS=PN/8,464,030&RS=PN/8,464,030 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent for Radio Frequency (RF) Receiver with Dynamic Frequency Planning and Method therefor ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,463,223) developed by Terry Dickey, Pflugerville, Texas, Gerald Champagne, Buda, Texas, and Brian Mirkin, Austin, Texas, for a "radio frequency (RF) receiver with dynamic frequency planning and method therefor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A radio frequency (RF) receiver comprises an analog receiver, a digital processor, a clock synthesizer, and a microcontroller. The analog receiver has an input for receiving an RF input signal, and an output for providing a digital intermediate frequency (IF) signal. The digital signal processor has a first input for receiving the digital IF signal, a second input for receiving a clock signal, and a signal output for providing an IF output signal. The clock synthesizer has an input for receiving a clock control signal, and an output for providing the clock signal. The a microcontroller has an input for receiving a channel selection signal, wherein the microcontroller provides the clock control signal to control a frequency of the clock signal dynamically in response to a channel selection input to reduce interference of sub-harmonics created by the clock signal on the analog receiver." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2012 (13/524,909). 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=8,463,223.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,223&RS=PN/8,463,223 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,462,542) developed by Xiaowei Deng, Plano, Texas, for a "bit-by-bit write assist for solid-state memory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A solid-state memory in which write assist circuitry is implemented within each memory cell. Each memory cell includes a storage element, such as a pair of cross-coupled inverters, that is connected in series with a pair of power switch transistors between a power supply node and ground. One of the power switch transistors is gated by a word line indicating selection of the row containing the cell, and the other is gated by a column select signal indicating selection of the column containing the cell in a write cycle. Upon a write to the cell, both power switch transistors are turned off, removing bias from the inverter that assists its change of state in a write operation. In other embodiments, a single power switch transistor gated by either a word line or a column select signal may be used." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2010 (12/822,706). 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=84,62,542.PN.&OS=PN/84,62,542&RS=PN/84,62,542 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SolarBridge Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- SolarBridge Technologies, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,462,518) developed by four co-inventors for a "power inverter docking system for photovoltaic modules." The co-inventors are Marco A. Marroquin, Austin, Texas, Stephen P. Wurmlinger, Scurry, Texas, Thomas Paul Parker, Dallas, and Robert S. Balog, College Station, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronics module docking system includes docking member removably coupled to a photovoltaic module. The docking system includes a first connector port electrically coupled to one or more photovoltaic cells of the photovoltaic module. The photovoltaic module is selectively coupleable to the docking member. The docking system includes a housing to enclose an electronics module. The housing may include second connector port that is selectively engageable to the power electronics module. The power electronics module and the photovoltaic cells are electrically coupled to one another upon selective engagement of the connector ports. The inverter housing is receivable by and removably coupleable to the docking member allowing the inverter housing to be removably coupleable to the photovoltaic module." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2009 (12/609,742). 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=84,62,518.PN.&OS=PN/84,62,518&RS=PN/84,62,518 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United Services Automobile Association Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,463,626) developed by James E. Goral, San Antonio, for "systems and methods of automating reconsideration of cardiac risk." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, and computer-readable media to automate reconsideration of a cardiac risk category associated with issuance of a life insurance policy may provide an indication of a best potential risk category or rate class that would be available if at least one action is completed by a life insurance applicant." The patent application was filed on April 5, 2011 (13/079,873). 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=84,63,626.PN.&OS=PN/84,63,626&RS=PN/84,63,626 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,462,597) developed by David A. Hayner, Austin, Texas, and Maureen A. Stengler, Austin, Texas, for a "decoupling technique for optical disk drive optical pickup units." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A low-cost technique to improve the performance of optical disk drives is presented. An algorithm is used to decouple electro-mechanical actuators thus compensating for inaccuracies in the control of the actuators. A similar method can be used to decouple the position sensors. Prior art methods treated cross-coupling between focus, tracking and sled control loops as noise and therefore increased the bandwidth of the system, also increasing the cost of the optical disk drive. The present disclosure actively decouples the control loops using a software algorithm to provide better performing optical disk drives. The cross-coupling effects are measured, a decoupling matrix is determined, and the output of the control laws is modified so as to decouple the actuators." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2003 (10/600,637). 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=84,62,597.PN.&OS=PN/84,62,597&RS=PN/84,62,597 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for providing Fault Detection and Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,462,619) developed by Joseph R. Clemens, Coppell, Texas, and David L. Woodling, Denton, Texas, for "systems and methods for providing fault detection and management." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for providing fault detection and management are disclosed. A system includes a web-based interface that allows a user to access all elements of a customer service network, which spans multiple networks, departments, and external partners. The system, and thereby the user, is able to manage almost all aspects of the network, thereby giving the user end-to-end customer experience issue management. Real time and archived events are utilized, in some embodiments, for root cause analysis and/or process and/or performance improvement. Events from differing transport, platform, technology and OSI model levels are correlated for optimal customer experience monitoring alarming and analysis." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2009 (12/635,372). 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=84,62,619.PN.&OS=PN/84,62,619&RS=PN/84,62,619 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,463,601) developed by Krishnasamy Anandakumar, San Diego, Vishu R. Viswanathan, Plano, Texas, and Alan V. McCree, Acton, Mass., for "sending speech packets with same and complementary subsets of fixed codebook pulses." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Packets of real-time information are sent with a source rate greater than zero kilobits per second, and a time or path or combined time/path diversity rate initially being zero kilobits per second. This results in a quality of service QoS, optionally measured at the sender or the receiver. When the QoS is on an unacceptable side of a threshold of acceptability, the sender sends diversity packets at an increased rate. Increasing the diversity rate while either reducing or maintaining the overall transmission rate is new. CELP-based multiple-description data partitioning sends the base or important information plus a subset of fixed excitation in one packet and sends the base or important information plus the complementary subset of fixed excitation in another packet. Reconstruction produces acceptable quality when only one of the two packets is received and better quality when both packets are received. Reconstruction provides for single and multiple lost packets." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2012 (13/493,548). 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=84,63,601.PN.&OS=PN/84,63,601&RS=PN/84,63,601 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,461,520) developed by Loren P. Roberts, Humble, Texas, for a "sourceless gamma ray production system and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for performing an operation in a borehole penetrating the earth includes a carrier and a neutron source that emits neutrons and is disposed in the carrier. The apparatus also includes a target disposed in the carrier and that produces gamma rays as a result of interactions between neutrons produced by the neutron source and at least one material forming the target. The apparatus also includes a gamma ray detector that detects the gamma rays produced by the target and is disposed in the carrier." The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2010 (12/853,756). 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=8,461,520&OS=8,461,520&RS=8,461,520 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Weatherford/Lamb Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Weatherford/Lamb, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,461,519) developed by John Lievois, Houston, Espen S. Johansen, Humble, Texas, and Babajide Adejuyigbe, Porter, Texas, for a "water detection and 3-phase fraction measurement systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus enable monitoring a hydrocarbon well for water within a flow stream of the well. A water detector includes a light source for emitting into a flow stream infrared light that includes a water absorbent wavelength band. A detector detects attenuation of the water absorbent wavelength band upon the infrared radiation passing through at least a portion of the flow stream. The water detector outputs a presence of water and/or a phase fraction or quantification of water as determined based on the attenuation. Detecting attenuation of a substantially transmissive wavelength band with respect to water simultaneously with detection of the attenuation of the water absorbent wavelength band can enable correction for non-wavelength dependent attenuation." The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2012 (13/593,844). 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=8,461,519&OS=8,461,519&RS=8,461,519 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,461,513) developed by Matthew Dean Kroese, Melissa, Texas, and Todd Shannon Bishop, Denton, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for device with minimized optical cross-talk." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved method and apparatus for a device with minimized optical cross-talk are provided. In one example, the device includes a filtering material selected to maximize the attenuation of signals causing cross-talk while minimizing the attenuation of desired signals." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2010 (12/892,256). 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=8,461,513&OS=8,461,513&RS=8,461,513 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hubbell Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Hubbell, Shelton, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,461,510) developed by four co-inventors for an "occupancy sensor and ambient light control." The co-inventors are Jonathan D. Williams, Austin, Texas, Thomas J. Hartnagel, Taylor, Texas, Robert A. Martin, Pflugerville, Texas, and R. Kurt Bender, Dripping Springs, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An occupancy sensor is provided with a separable override unit which can selectively override the operation of the occupancy sensor at designated times and for selected time intervals. The occupancy sensor includes a light sensor for actuating the occupancy sensor and a light assembly when the ambient light is below a predetermined level and to deactivate the occupancy sensor when the ambient light is above a threshold level to prevent the light assembly from being actuated when the light level is sufficient to avoid the need for actuating the light assembly. The override unit is removably attached to the occupancy sensor and is provided with a light source, such as an LED. The override unit is coupled to the occupancy sensor to emit light to actuate the light sensor of the occupancy sensor, thereby controlling the operation of the occupancy sensor, such as by preventing the occupancy sensor from being actuated regardless of the light level in the surrounding areas. The occupancy sensor includes a cavity on a top surface for receiving the override unit. The light sensor of the occupancy sensor is positioned in the cavity. The LED on the override unit in on an end that is inserted into the cavity to align with the light sensor. A control unit is operatively connected to one or more override units for selectively controlling the normal operation of the occupancy sensor." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2012 (13/361,118). 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=8,461,510&OS=8,461,510&RS=8,461,510 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1128169 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |