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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (June 14)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Colorado State University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,462,040) developed by Chandrasekaran Venkatachalam, Fort Collins, Colo., and Nitin Bharadwaj, Richland, Wash., for a "resolution enhancement system (RES) for networked radars." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments provide methods, systems, and/or devices that can provide measurements of the inherent reflectivity distribution from different look angles using N radar nodes. Doppler weather radars generally operate with very good spatial resolution in range and poor cross range resolution at farther ranges. Embodiments provide methodologies to retrieve higher resolution reflectivity data from a network of radars. In a networked radar environment, each radar may observe a common reflectivity distribution with different spreading function. The principle that the underlying reflectivity distribution should remain identical for all the nodes may be used to solve the inverse problem to determine intrinsic reflectivities." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2010 (12/908,599). 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=8,462,040&OS=8,462,040&RS=8,462,040 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,463,215) developed by five co-inventors for an "integrating components in a radio tuner integrated circuit (IC) for a tracking filter." The co-inventors are Dan B. Kasha, Seattle, Jing Li, Austin, Texas, Russell Croman, Austin, Texas, Michael Johnson, Austin, Texas, and Scott D. Willingham, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for configuring a single chip radio tuner having a configurable front end, which may be adapted within an integrated circuit (IC). The method may include setting a controller of the tuner with configuration information for a radio in which the tuner is located. Then, control signals responsive to the configuration information can be sent to the configurable front end to configure the tuner." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2009 (12/649,011). 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=8,463,215.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,215&RS=PN/8,463,215 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Automatic Suppression of Images of a Video Feed in a Video Call or Videoconferencing System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,462,191) developed by Brad DeGrazia, Seattle, Steve Olivier, Seattle, and Alan D. Gatzke, Bainbridge Island, Wash., for "automatic suppression of images of a video feed in a video call or videoconferencing system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method for determining whether to suppress images of a video feed in a video call or videoconference is provided. A communications server receives a first video feed from a first client and determines whether a face is present in images of the first video feed. The communication server determines whether to suppress images of the first video feed from a second video feed based on whether a face is detected in images of the first video feed. The communication server suppresses images of the first video feed from the second video feed in response to determining to suppress images of the first video feed and disseminates the second video feed to a second client." The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2010 (12/961,220). 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=8,462,191&OS=8,462,191&RS=8,462,191 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft, University of Washington Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., and the University of Washington, Seattle, have been assigned a patent (8,463,071) developed by Keith Noah Snavely, Seattle, Steven Maxwell Seitz, Seattle, and Richard Szeliski, Bellevue, Wash., for "navigating images using image based geometric alignment and object based controls." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Over the past few years there has been a dramatic proliferation of digital cameras, and it has become increasingly easy to share large numbers of photographs with many other people. These trends have contributed to the availability of large databases of photographs. Effectively organizing, browsing, and visualizing such .seas. of images, as well as finding a particular image, can be difficult tasks. In this paper, we demonstrate that knowledge of where images were taken and where they were pointed makes it possible to visualize large sets of photographs in powerful, intuitive new ways. We present and evaluate a set of novel tools that use location and orientation information, derived semi-automatically using structure from motion, to enhance the experience of exploring such large collections of images." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2012 (13/418,774). 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=8,463,071.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,071&RS=PN/8,463,071 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Personal Telecommunication Device with Target-based Exposure Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,462,002) developed by eight co-inventors for a "personal telecommunication device with target-based exposure control." The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Thomas J. Nugent Jr., Bellevue, Wash., Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., Thomas A. Weaver, San Mateo, Calif., Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Exemplary methods, systems and components enable detection and/or monitoring and/or control of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) exposure of target body-related portions of a user operating a telecommunication device. In some embodiments a risk-assessment output is provided based on a safety threshold or predetermined intrusion level of EMR exposure." The patent application was filed on July 18, 2010 (12/803,142). 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=8,462,002&OS=8,462,002&RS=8,462,002 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent for Constrained Keyboard Organization ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,462,123) developed by Nickolas Jay Sears, Renton, Wash., for a constrained keyboard organization. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method for generating a keypad layout. The method may include determining a frequency distribution of characters for a text sample and generating character groupings using the frequency distribution. The method may further comprise assigning the character groupings to keys on the keypad so that characters that appear most frequently in the text sample can be selected with a single keystroke." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2008 (12/255,493). 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=8,462,123&OS=8,462,123&RS=8,462,123 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,462,206) developed by Jonathan G. McGuire, Seattle, Jeremy David Sawatzky, Seattle, and Jules Cook Graybill, Seattle, for an image acquisition system. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for acquiring images includes a photographing machine. The photographing machine includes a base, a carrier coupled to the base, a camera coupled to the carrier, a camera positioning system, and a background panel coupled to the carrier. The camera can take photographs of an object when the object is in a target zone. The camera positioning system moves the carrier to position the camera and to point the camera at the target zone. When the carrier is moved to position the camera, at least a portion of the background panel moves such that at least a portion of the background panel maintains a position opposite the camera relative to the target zone." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2010 (12/712,998). 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=8,462,206&OS=8,462,206&RS=8,462,206 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intermec IP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Intermec IP, Everett, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,463,079) developed by H. Sprague Ackley, Seattle, and Christophe Lopez, Munich, Germany, for a "method and apparatus for geometrical measurement using an optical device such as a barcode and/or RFID scanner." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are described for determining the dimensions of items using an optical device, such as a barcode and/or RFID tag reader, for example. The dimensions of the field of view of the optical device are established, indexed by distance, and the dimensions of items in the field of view of the optical device are determined as a percentage of the full field of view of the optical device at the appropriate distance." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2009 (12/638,616). 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=8,463,079.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,079&RS=PN/8,463,079 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Micrososft Assigned Patent for Saturation Contrast Image Enhancement ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Micrososft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,462,171) developed by five co-inventors for a "saturation contrast image enhancement." The co-inventors are Bradley Lawrence Hinkel, Kirkland, Wash., Eric Paul Bennett, Kirkland, Wash., Morgan Avery Conbere, Menlo Park, Calif., Ellen Towle Kephart, Lafayette, Calif., and Matthew Nicholas McKnett, Bellevue, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A digital imaging tool and a method for enhancing, or adjusting, a saturation contrast of a digital image is provided. The digital imaging tool may convert an original color space of a digital image to a second color space having a saturation channel. The digital imaging tool may define a function based, at least partially, on one or more user-provided parameters. Saturation values of pixels of the digital image, in the second color space, may be adjusted, or enhanced, by applying each of the saturation values to the defined function to produce corresponding enhanced saturation values. The second color space then may be converted back to the original color space and a saturation-enhanced version of the digital image may be presented and/or saved." The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2009 (12/366,821). 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=8,462,171&OS=8,462,171&RS=8,462,171 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for E-paper Display Control Based on Conformation Sequence Status ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,462,104) developed by six co-inventors for a "E-paper display control based on conformation sequence status." The co-inventors are Alexander J. Cohen, Mill Valley, Calif., Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, and John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers includes, but is not limited to: obtaining information associated with one or more changes in one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly and controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information in response to the information associated with the one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2008 (12/288,010). 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=8,462,104&OS=8,462,104&RS=8,462,104 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Devices and Methods for Controlling a Change of Status of Traffic Light at a Crosswalk ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,462,017) developed by DeWayne Sennett, Redmond, Wash., and Brian Daly, Seattle, for "devices and methods for controlling a change of status of traffic light at a crosswalk." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The change of the status of a traffic light at a crosswalk is controlled based on an impaired individual's location with respect to the crosswalk. An appropriate alert indicating the status of the traffic light is determined based at least on the location of the impaired individual. The type of impairment may also be used in determining the appropriate alert. The appropriate alert is generated to inform the impaired individual of the status of the traffic light." The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2012 (13/604,119). 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=8,462,017&OS=8,462,017&RS=8,462,017 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** RDPA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- RDPA, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,462,048) developed by four co-inventors for a "satellite positioning system and method for determining the demographics of individuals passing retail locations." The co-inventors are Roger D. Percy, Seattle, Kay S. Burke, Seattle, James W. Baker, Seattle, and R Cameron Percy, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to utilizing monitoring devices (200) for determining the demographics of individuals passing a particular retail location. The monitoring devices (200) are distributed to a number of study respondents. The monitoring devices (200) track the movements of the respondents whose demographics are known. While various technologies may be used to track the movements of the respondents, at least some of the location tracking of the monitoring devices (200) utilize a satellite (105) location system such as the global positioning system ("GPS"). Geo data (movement data) collected by the monitoring devices is analyzed by a post-processing server (400) that determines the demographics of the study respondents that pass a chosen retail location." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/271,789). 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=8,462,048&OS=8,462,048&RS=8,462,048 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Tap Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Tap Development, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,463,116) developed by Edwin Hirahara, Federal Way, Wash., and David L. Lee, Tacoma, Wash., for "systems for curing deposited material using feedback control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems are provided for curing a deposited curable material film using a light source and feedback system for monitoring the degree of curing using detected optical properties of the film. Operational parameters of the light source (e.g., power) are adjusted by a control system in response to the detected optical properties of the film. In certain embodiments, the curing system includes at least one light source in optical communication with an uncured material, a detector for monitoring an optical property of the curing material, and a feedback system for controlling the light emitted from the light source in response to the detector." The patent application was filed on July 1, 2008 (12/165,892). 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=8,463,116.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,116&RS=PN/8,463,116 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Automated Identification of Image Outliers ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,463,026) developed by six co-inventors for an "automated identification of image outliers." The co-inventors are Marcelo De Barros, Redmond, Wash., Satya Pradeep Kanduri, Bellevue, Wash., Nabeel Kaushal, Seattle, Mikhail Parakhin, Redmond, Wash., Manish Mittal, Redmond, Wash., and Adam Edlavitch, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Outlier images--those images that differ substantially from other images in a set--can be automatically identified. One or more penalty values can be assigned to each image that quantifies how different that image is from others in the set. A threshold can be determined based on the set of penalty values. Each image whose penalty values are above the threshold is an outlier image. The penalty values can be the sum of per-pixel penalty values multiplied by the number of pixels with nonzero penalty values. A per-pixel penalty value can be the difference between a color value for that pixel and a predetermined range of color values, based on corresponding pixels in other images. The per-pixel penalty value can be determined for each component color and then optionally summed together. The threshold penalty values can be adjusted to provide for greater, or less, sensitivity to differences among the images." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2010 (12/975,684). 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=8,463,026.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,026&RS=PN/8,463,026 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Feature Design for Character Recognition ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,463,043) developed by five co-inventors for a "feature design for character recognition." The co-inventors are Yu Zou, Beijing, Ming Chang, Beijing, Shi Han, Beijing, Dongmei Zhang, Redmond, Wash., and Jian Wang, Beijing. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An exemplary method for online character recognition of characters includes acquiring time sequential, online ink data for a handwritten character, conditioning the ink data to produce conditioned ink data where the conditioned ink data includes information as to writing sequence of the handwritten character and extracting features from the conditioned ink data where the features include a tangent feature, a curvature feature, a local length feature, a connection point feature and an imaginary stroke feature. Such a method may determine neighborhoods for ink data and extract features for each neighborhood. An exemplary character recognition system may use various exemplary methods for training and character recognition." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2012 (13/526,236). 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=8,463,043.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,043&RS=PN/8,463,043 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Weyerhaeuser N.R. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Weyerhaeuser N.R., Federal Way, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,461,233) developed by S. Ananda Weerawarna, Seattle, and Harshadkumar M. Shah, Bonney Lake, Wash., for a "fiber for fiber cement and resulting product." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fiber-cement product which includes a treated cellulose wood pulp fiber. The fiber is treated with fibrillated carboxymethyl cellulose or a carboxyethyl cellulose and poly(diallyldimethyl ammonium)chloride. The fiber can be bleached or partially bleached, refined or unrefined or a mixture of refined and unrefined fiber." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2012 (13/495,692). 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=84,61,233.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,233&RS=PN/84,61,233 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,463,024) developed by four co-inventors for "combining narrow-baseline and wide-baseline stereo for three-dimensional modeling." The co-inventors are David Gallup, Lynnwood, Wash., Aleksey Golovinskiy, Mountain View, Calif., Michael Hongmai Lin, Mountain View, Calif., and Tilman Reinhardt, Woodside, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment, a method determines a three-dimensional model from a plurality of images taken of a geographic region by one or more cameras from different perspectives. The method includes determining, using a first stereo reconstruction technique: (i) a plurality of three-dimensional candidate surface points from the plurality of images, and (ii) which of the images in the plurality of images view each of the plurality of candidate surface points. The method also includes identifying an empty space between each of the plurality of candidate surface points and each camera model for the respective images determined to view the candidate surface point. The method further includes for each of a plurality of pairs of images from the plurality of images, determining, using a second stereo reconstruction technique, a surface estimate for the pair of images. The method also includes merging the surface estimates to identify a final surface." The patent application was filed on May 25, 2012 (13/480,875). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,463,024.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,024&RS=PN/8,463,024 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,463,041) developed by Kave Eshghi, Los Altos, Calif., George Forman, Port Orchard, Wash., and Prakash Reddy, Fremont, Calif., for a "word-based document image compression." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Locations of word images corresponding to words in a document image are ascertained. The word images are grouped into clusters. For each of multiple of the clusters, a respective compressed word image cluster is determined based on a joint compression of respective ones of the word images that are grouped into the cluster. The positions of the word images in the document image are associated with the respective ones of the compressed word image clusters corresponding to the clusters respectively containing the word images." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2010 (12/693,828). 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=8,463,041.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,041&RS=PN/8,463,041 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Boeing Assigned Patent for Portable Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Reader ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,461,965) developed by Ming Chen, Bellevue, Wash., Fong Shi, Clyde Hill, Wash., and Kenneth G. Voyce, Bellevue, Wash., for a "portable radio frequency identification (RFID) reader." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A particular portable radio frequency identification (RFID) reader includes an active antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements to receive RFID signals from RFID devices. The antenna elements include control circuitry to control a beam pattern generated by the active antenna array. The portable RFID reader further includes sum circuitry and difference circuitry. The sum circuitry is operable to determine a sum signal by summing the RFID signals received by at least two of the plurality of antenna elements. The difference circuitry is operable to determine a difference signal between the RFID signals received by at least two of the plurality of antenna elements. The portable RFID reader also includes a controller to electronically steer the beam pattern and to determine a direction from the RFID reader to a particular RFID device." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2010 (12/686,922). 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=8,461,965.PN.&OS=PN/8,461,965&RS=PN/8,461,965 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Medarex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Medarex, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,461,308) developed by four co-inventors for "monoclonal antibodies against prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) lacking in fucosyl residues." The co-inventors are Josephine M. Cardarelli, San Carlos, Calif., David B. Passmore, San Carlos, Calif., Jenny Albanese, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., and Lei Zhu, Bellevue, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention pertains to anti-PSMA antibodies that lack fucosyl residues. The antibodies of the invention exhibit increased antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity as compared to the fucosylated form of the antibodies. The invention also provides host cells that express the anti-PSMA antibodies that lack fucosyl residues, wherein the host cells are deficient for a fucosyl transferase. Methods of using the antibodies to inhibit the growth of PSMA.sup.+ cells, such as tumor cells, are also provided." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2010 (12/903,853). 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=84,61,308.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,308&RS=PN/84,61,308 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Zymogenetics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Zymogenetics, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,461,302) developed by seven co-inventors for a "purification of recombinant human factor XIII." The co-inventors are Carol Jewell, Redmond, Wash., Hardarshan Cheema, Durham, United Kingdom, Deborah Hogg, Warrington, United Kingdom, Wenmao Meng, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Ray O'Donnell, North Stainley North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, Ewan Robertson, Fairfield Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom, and Andrew Topping, Milford, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides improved methods for the purification of factor XIII. In particular, the methods provide compositions containing 5% or less contaminating proteins. In particular embodiments of the present invention the methods provide purified factor XIII compositions comprising less than 1% activated factor XIII, less than 2% protein aggregates, and/or less than 5% charge isomers of factor XIII. The methods do not require the use a precipitation or crystallization step common to prior methods of isolating factor XIII. Instead, the method uses immobilized metal affinity chromatography to remove various contaminants common to recombinant expression of factor XIII. Further, a combination of various chromatography methods including ion exchange chromatography, hydrophobic affinity chromatography, and immobilized metal affinity chromatography comprise a simple and less expensive method to produce a pharmaceutical grade factor XIII product at high yield." The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2005 (11/720,032). 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=84,61,302.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,302&RS=PN/84,61,302 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,463,918) developed by four co-inventors for a "loss tolerant protocol for remoting desktop graphics." The co-inventors are Wilhelm R. Schmieder, Snoqualmie, Wash., Tong L. Wynn, Redmond, Wash., Nadim Y. Abdo, Bellevue, Wash., and Graham Edward Fagg, Monroe, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In various embodiments, remote presentation encoding techniques may be modified in such a way that the data can be transmitted over transports without guaranteed packet delivery. In one embodiment, the desktop graphics data may be encoded in individual frames, each frame comprising self-contained graphics elements that fit in a small number of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) protocol data units (PDUs). The PDUs may then be sent to the client on a separate lossy link instead of the lossless link. On the client side, the client may detect which graphic elements within a frame were "lost" as a result of dropped UDP packets and request a refresh from the server through the lossless channel." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2010 (12/691,979). 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=8,463,918&OS=8,463,918&RS=8,463,918 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Teamon Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Teamon Systems, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,463,864) developed by Shaibal Roy, Sammamish, Wash., and Darren L. Gardner, Sammamish, Wash., for "communications system including protocol interface device providing enhanced operating protocol selection features and related methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communications system may include data storage devices each using at least one of a plurality of different operating protocols. Further, at least one of the data storage devices may operate using multiple operating protocols. The system may also include mobile wireless communications devices for accessing the at least one data storage device, and each may use at least one of the plurality of operating protocols. Moreover, the system may further include a protocol interface device. The protocol interface device may include a front-end proxy module for communicating with the plurality of mobile wireless communications devices using respective operating protocols. The protocol interface may also include a protocol engine module for communicating with the data storage devices using respective operating protocols. The protocol engine module may also select a desired operating protocol for communicating with the at least one data storage device from the multiple operating protocols." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2012 (13/607,952). 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=8,463,864&OS=8,463,864&RS=8,463,864 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,463,877) developed by David R. Richardson, Seattle, Bradley E. Marshall, Bainbridge Island, Wash., and Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Seattle, for a "dynamically translating resource identifiers for request routing using popularitiy information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method and computer-readable medium for request routing based on content popularity information are provided. A client computer transmits a request for content from a content provider. The content provider utilizes executable code, such as translation request code, for facilitating request routing utilizing popularity information. The translation request code, may direct a client computing device to request further translation request code and/or translation information. Thereafter, the client issues a DNS query with the translated information including popularity information. The content delivery network service provider can then either resolve the DNS query with an IP address of a cache component or transmit another alternative resource identifier that will resolve to the content delivery network service provider. The process can repeat until a DNS nameserver resolves a DNS query from the client computing device." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2012 (13/621,062). 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=8,463,877&OS=8,463,877&RS=8,463,877 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** F5 Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- F5 Networks, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,463,909) developed by Paul I. Szabo, Shoreline, Wash., Nat Thirasuttakorn, Seattle, and Benn Bollay, Seattle, for "systems and methods for managing server resources." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computer readable medium, and apparatus for managing server resources includes receiving at a traffic management device one or more requests in a message based protocol. The traffic management device determines a difference between a level of utilization of resources maintained by a server that handles the one or more received requests and a threshold level of utilization of resources that can be maintained by the server; and randomly delays the one or more requests based upon the determined difference." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2010 (12/882,836). 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=8,463,909&OS=8,463,909&RS=8,463,909 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Synchronization of Mobile Device with Application Server ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,463,884) developed by Nathaniel Clinton, Sammamish, Wash., John Bruno, Snoqualmie, Wash., and Michael Christopher Connolly, Seattle, for a "synchronization of mobile device with application server." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments related to synchronizing a state of a mobile device with a state stored of a mobile device application server are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method of synchronizing a state on a mobile device and a state on a mobile device application server comprising receiving a state change at the application server that changes a state relative to a state stored on one or more mobile devices, and storing the state change. Next, the method comprises receiving a request from a mobile device for information regarding any state changes that have occurred, sending a response notifying the mobile device of the state change, receiving from the mobile device an application manifest that gives a current state of the mobile device, updating the application manifest to form an updated application manifest that reflects the state change, and sending the updated application manifest to the mobile device." The patent application was filed on April 8, 2009 (12/420,420). 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=8,463,884&OS=8,463,884&RS=8,463,884 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Pure Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Pure Networks, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,463,890) developed by eight co-inventors for a network management. The co-inventors are Steven M. Bush, Redmond, Wash., Thomas C. Butcher, Seattle, Matthew Tebbs, Seattle, Justin Ferrari, Seattle, Brett Marl, Seattle, Ron Gery, Kirkland, Wash., Kristin Acker, Seattle, and Joshua Hinds, Duvall, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A tool for managing a computer network includes a gateway service module that identifies a gateway for a network and a network information service module. The network information service module identifies devices in the network, determines at least one property for each of the identified devices, and creates a network information data structure for storing device properties. A communication agent service module transmits at least one determined device property to other agent service modules associated with the network, receives at least one device property from another agent service module associated with the network, and provides the received at least one property device to the network information service module. A method of monitoring a computer network is also provided. The method includes identifying devices in a network, determining at least one property for each of the identified devices, receiving at least one determined device property from another device the network, and creating a network information data structure for storing the determined device properties." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2011 (13/029,335). 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=8,463,890&OS=8,463,890&RS=8,463,890 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,463,888) developed by Mark James Boyer, Placentia, Calif., and Vivienne S. Janssen, Issaquah, Wash., for "methods and systems for managing automated identification technologies information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Computer-readable storage media and methods are described in relation to management, control, and distribution of automated identification technology (AIT) information and data associated with sensors and tags utilized for asset identification and tracking. The method includes generating a gateway for at least one of read and write access to deployed identification sensors and tags associated with a set of assets, the sensors and tags incorporating a plurality of disparate native solution formats, providing data storage and management with hierarchical functionality in a common data format for information passing through the generated gateway, the information related to the assets as provided by the deployed identification sensors and tags, executing a service framework for data delivery to and from the deployed sensors and tags via a publish and subscribe middleware service layer that provides access to the gateway through a common middleware interface, and providing a user interface through which commands to the common middleware interface are generated." The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2010 (12/961,119). 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=8,463,888&OS=8,463,888&RS=8,463,888 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. -1128315 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |