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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Oregon (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 Oregon. *** Leviton Manufacturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Leviton Manufacturing, Melville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,463,453) developed by Kevin Parsons Jr., Wilsonville, Ore., for an "intelligent metering demand response." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for real-time power management are provided. The system can include one or more lights, one or more light controllers, one or more meters to detect power demand of a building, and a central controller to modify the light output of the lights responsive to the detected power demand. The system can interface with other utility controls to manage the total power demand of the building on a real-time basis. The light controllers can provide individual metering of the lights for use by the central controller." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2009 (12/618,497). 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=8,463,453&OS=8,463,453&RS=8,463,453 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Assigned Patent for Spinal Cord Stimulation Paddle Lead and Method of Making the Same ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,463,403) developed by John Swanson, Lake Oswego, Ore., for a "spinal cord stimulation paddle lead and method of making the same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an implantable stimulation paddle comprises: providing a sheet of conductive material coupled to a first insulative layer; laser removing portions of the conductive material to form a pattern of conductive material, the pattern of conductive material including a plurality of isolated metal traces; providing a second insulative layer over the pattern of conductive material so that the pattern of conductive material is interposed between the first and second insulative layers; and exposing portions of the metal traces to form electrodes on the paddle for delivering electrical stimulation." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2012 (13/708,263). 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=8,463,403&OS=8,463,403&RS=8,463,403 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Method, Apparatus and System for Determining an Identifier of a Volume of Memory ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,463,948) developed by Shekoufeh Qawami, El Dorado Hills, Calif., and Robert W. Faber, Hillsboro, Ore., for a "method, apparatus and system for determining an identifier of a volume of memory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for determining an identifier for a volume of memory in a memory device of a computer system. In an embodiment, the memory device detects an indication of an initialization event of the computer system and receives command information after the detecting of the indication. In certain embodiments, the memory device stores an identifier value for association with the volume of memory, wherein the storing is based on whether the received command information specifies that the volume of memory is to be assigned an identifier." The patent application was filed on July 1, 2011 (13/175,721). 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=8,463,948.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,948&RS=PN/8,463,948 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Instruction for Enabling a Processor Wait State ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,464,035) developed by six co-inventors for an "instruction for enabling a processor wait state." The co-inventors are Martin G. Dixon, Portland, Ore., Scott D. Rodgers, Hillsboro, Ore., Taraneh Bahrami, San Jose, Calif., Stephen H. Gunther, Beaverton, Ore., Prashant Sethi, Folsom, Calif., and Per Hammarlund, Hillsboro, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: " In one embodiment, the present invention includes a processor having a core with decode logic to decode an instruction prescribing an identification of a location to be monitored and a timer value, and a timer coupled to the decode logic to perform a count with respect to the timer value. The processor may further include a power management unit coupled to the core to determine a type of a low power state based at least in part on the timer value and cause the processor to enter the low power state responsive to the determination. Other embodiments are described and claimed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2009 (12/641,534). 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=8,464,035.PN.&OS=PN/8,464,035&RS=PN/8,464,035 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Tektronix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Tektronix, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,463,224) developed by John J. Pickerd, Hillsboro, Ore., and Kan Tan, Portland, Ore., for an "arbitrary multiband overlay mixer apparatus and method for bandwidth multiplication." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for splitting a wide band input signal and overlaying multiple frequency bands on each path associated with one or more digitizers. All frequencies from the split signal on each path can be fed to a mixer. The local oscillator of each mixer receives a sum of signals, which can each be set to any arbitrary frequency, as long as an associated matrix determinant of coefficients is non-zero. Each oscillator signal is multiplied by a coefficient, which can represent phase and magnitude, prior to summing the oscillator signals together. Each mixer mixes a combined signal with the input, thereby generating a set of multiple overlaid frequency bands. The digitized signals are processed to substantially reconstruct the original input signal. Thus, the wide band input signal is digitized using multiple individual digitizers. In particular, a system can support two wide band signals using four digitizers of narrower bandwidth." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2011 (13/271,923). 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=8,463,224.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,224&RS=PN/8,463,224 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Digimarc Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Digimarc, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,463,290) developed by Goeffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, Ore., for a "mobile device positioning in dynamic groupings of communication devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile device positioning system determines ranges between a plurality of communication devices, including at least one mobile communication device. A method includes receiving receive messages transmitted from a plurality of other communication devices. Each receive message includes a transmit count stamp corresponding to a remote counter value. A first communication device generates a receive count stamp for each receive message. The method includes dynamically associating and disassociating the mobile communication device with a plurality of sub-groups of the plurality of other communication devices. The associating and disassociating are based at least in part on receiving receive messages from a predetermined number of other communication devices for each sub-group. For each sub-group currently associated with the mobile communication device, the method includes generating range estimates between the mobile communication device and the other communication devices in the particular sub-group. The range estimates are based on a combination of the transmit count stamps and the receive count stamps." The patent application was filed on July 11, 2011 (13/179,807). 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=8,463,290.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,290&RS=PN/8,463,290 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Scalable Schedulers for Memory Controllers ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,463,987) developed by Philip Abraham, Hillsboro, Ore., Stanley S. Kulick, Portland, Ore., and Randy B. Osborne, Beaverton, Ore., for a "scalable schedulers for memory controllers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus to improve throughput and efficiency in memory devices are described. In one embodiment, a memory controller may include scheduler logic to issue read or write requests to a memory device in an optimal fashion, e.g., to maximize bandwidth and/or reduce latency. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2008 (12/236,453). 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=8,463,987.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,987&RS=PN/8,463,987 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Integrating Non-peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Resources into a Personal Computer System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,463,975) developed by six co-inventors for "integrating non-peripheral component interconnect (PCI) resources into a personal computer system." The co-inventors are Arvind Mandhani, San Francisco, Woojong Han, Phoenix, Ken Shoemaker, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Madhu Athreya, Saratoga, Calif., Mahesh Wagh, Portland, Ore., and Shreekant S. Thakkar, Portland, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having an adapter to communicate according to a personal computer (PC) protocol and a second protocol. A first interface coupled to the adapter is to perform address translation and ordering of transactions received from upstream of the adapter. The first interface is coupled in turn to heterogeneous resources, each of which includes an intellectual property (IP) core and a shim, where the shim is to implement a header of the PC protocol for the IP core to enable its incorporation into the apparatus without modification. Other embodiments are described and claimed." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2012 (13/477,631). 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=8,463,975.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,975&RS=PN/8,463,975 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,464,048) developed by nine co-inventors for "launching a secure kernel in a multiprocessor system." The co-inventors are John H. Wilson, Woodinville, Wash., Ioannis T. Schoinas, Portland, Ore., Mazin S. Yousif, Portland, Ore., Linda J. Rankin, Portland, Ore., David W. Grawrock, Aloha, Ore., Robert J. Greiner, Beaverton, Ore., James A. Sutton, Portland, Ore., and Kushagra Vaid, San Jose, Calif., and Willard M. Wiseman, Vernonia, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes verifying a master processor of a system; validating a trusted agent with the master processor if the master processor is verified; and launching the trusted agent on a plurality of processors of the system if the trusted agent is validated. After execution of such a trusted agent, a secure kernel may then be launched, in certain embodiments. The system may be a multiprocessor server system having a partially or fully connected topology with arbitrary point-to-point interconnects, for example." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2012 (13/422,786). 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=8,464,048.PN.&OS=PN/8,464,048&RS=PN/8,464,048 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Circuits and Methods for Reducing Minimum Supply for Register File Cells ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,462,541) developed by five co-inventors for "circuits and methods for reducing minimum supply for register file cells." The co-inventors are Vivek De, Beaverton, Ore., DiaaEldin S. Khalil, Portland, Ore., Muhammad Khellah, Tigard, Ore., Moty Mehalel, Haifa, Israel, and George Shchupak, Haifa, Israel. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A register file employing a shared supply structure to improve the minimum supply voltage." The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2012 (13/347,213). 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=84,62,541.PN.&OS=PN/84,62,541&RS=PN/84,62,541 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Citrix Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Citrix Systems, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,462,631) developed by Robert Plamondon, Blodgett, Ore., for "systems and methods for providing quality of service precedence in TCP congestion control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for dynamically controlling bandwidth of connections are described. In some embodiments, a proxy for one or more connections may allocate, distribute, or generate indications of network congestion via one or more connections in order to induce the senders of the connections to reduce their rates of transmission. The proxy may allocate, distribute, or generate these indications in such a way as to provide quality of service to one or more connections, or to ensure that a number of connections transmit within an accepted bandwidth limit. In other embodiments, a sender of a transport layer connection may have a method for determining a response to congestion indications which accounts for a priority of the connection. In these embodiments, a sender may reduce or increase parameters related to transmission rate at different rates according to a priority of the connection." The patent application was filed on May 21, 2010 (12/784,872). 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=84,62,631.PN.&OS=PN/84,62,631&RS=PN/84,62,631 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Frame Structure for Support of Large Delay Spread Deployment Scenarios ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,462,676) developed by Sassan Ahmadi, Portland, Ore., for a "frame structure for support of large delay spread deployment scenarios." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A frame structure for support of large delay spread deployment scenarios (e.g., cellular system operation in large cell sizes or low frequency bands) is generally presented. In this regard a method is introduced comprising partitioning a radio frame into a plurality of equal-sized (or non-equal-sized) sub-frames to simplify system implementation. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2009 (12/611,487). 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=84,62,676.PN.&OS=PN/84,62,676&RS=PN/84,62,676 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Combined Device and Service Discovery Technique in Stations Supporting Tunneled Direct Link Setup ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,462,667) developed by Xiaohoag Gong, Sunnyvale, Calif., Victor B. Lortz, Beaverton, Ore., and Tsung-Yuan Charles Tai, Portland, Ore., for a "combined device and service discovery technique in stations supporting tunneled direct link setup (TDLS)." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A tunneled direct link set-up (TDLS) capable wireless network may comprise a router such as an access point (AP) and a plurality of stations (STA) including service consumer and service provider station. A service consumer station may generate and send a layer-2 query frame to the plurality of stations. A service provider station may generate a layer-2 service frame in response to receiving the layer-2 query frame. The service consumer station may discover the service provider station and the services offered by the service provider station based on the layer-2 service frame. Also, the service consumer may discover the service provider station using layer-2 query frame and may discover the services offered by the service provider station using higher layer service discovery procedure." The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2012 (13/584,124). 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=84,62,667.PN.&OS=PN/84,62,667&RS=PN/84,62,667 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1128164 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |