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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (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 New Jersey. *** Kulite Semiconductor Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Kulite Semiconductor Products, Leonia, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,463,084) developed by Anthony D. Kurtz, Saddle River, N.J., Boaz Kochman, New York, and Joseph VanDeWeert, Maywood, N.J., for an "optical micromachined pressure sensor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "It is an objective of the present invention to provide a highly sensitive optical pressure sensor that uses a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer to measure pressure. The pressure sensor comprises a deflectable diaphragm including a substantially central boss and channel and an optical waveguide having a first arm and a second arm, wherein the first arm is substantially aligned with an edge of the boss and the second arm is substantially aligned with an edge of the channel, and further wherein the first and second arms contain a periodic array of etched holes to improve the overall sensitivity of the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor further comprises a light source coupled to the optical waveguide for introducing light to the waveguide and a light detector coupled to the waveguide for detecting changes in the intensity of light. The change in light intensity is then correlated to an applied pressure." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2010 (12/774,971). 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=8,463,084.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,084&RS=PN/8,463,084 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** NEC Laboratories America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,463,121) developed by four co-inventors for an "ultra wide-range frequency offset estimation for digital coherent optical receivers." The co-inventors are Lei Xu, Princeton Junction, N.J., Shaoliang Zhang, Anhui Province, China, Jianjun Yu, Princeton, N.J., and Ting Wang, Princeton, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for receiving an optical signal using cascaded frequency offset estimation. Coherently detecting an optical signal includes compensating for a coarse laser frequency offset between a transmitting laser and a local oscillator laser by determining a maximum phase error (MPE) in the optical signal, compensating for a residual laser frequency offset between the transmitting laser and the local oscillator laser, and decoding data stored in the optical signal." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2010 (12/902,801). 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=8,463,121.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,121&RS=PN/8,463,121 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Telcordia Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,462,392) developed by Shoshana K. Loeb, Philadelphia, and Euthimios Panagos, Madison, N.J., for a "system and method for multi-resolution information filtering." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for ranking a plurality of documents relevant to a user profile comprises determining a high resolution representation for the user profile, computing a high resolution representation for each document, calculating a rank for each document based on the high resolution representation of the document and the high resolution representation of the user profile, recalculating the rank for each document based on a lower resolution representation of the document and/or a lower resolution representation of the user profile when the rank of each document is not satisfactory, and outputting a number of the plurality of documents sorted by the rank of each document, when the rank is satisfactory. The high resolution representation can be a discrete wavelet transform. The lower resolution representation can be recalculated by averaging the values of the discrete wavelet transform. Outputting the number of documents can comprise displaying the documents on a device." The patent application was filed on April 8, 2010 (12/756,568). 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=8,462,392&OS=8,462,392&RS=8,462,392 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** MKS Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- MKS Instruments, Andover, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,462,347) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for siloxane measurements in a biogas." The co-inventors are Charles Mark Phillips, Sicklerville, N.J., Barbara Marshik-Geurts, Methuen, Mass., Leonard I. Kamlet, Andover, Mass., Martin L. Spartz, Ellington, Conn., and Vidi Saptari, Cambridge, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for monitoring of siloxane compounds in a biogas includes the step of generating a first absorption spectrum based on a ratio of a first spectral measurement and a second spectral measurement. The first spectral measurement is from a non-absorptive gas having substantially no infrared absorptions in a specified wavelength range of interest and the second spectral measurement is from a sample gas comprising the biogas. The method also includes the step of calculating a concentration of at least one siloxane compound in the biogas using a second absorption spectrum based on, at least, a first individual absorption spectrum for a known concentration of the at least one siloxane compound." The patent application was filed on March 9, 2010 (12/720,542). 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=8,462,347&OS=8,462,347&RS=8,462,347 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Chiral Photonics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Chiral Photonics, Pine Brook, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,463,094) developed by five co-inventors for a chiral fiber polarizer. The co-inventors are Victor Il'ich Kopp, Fair Lawn, N.J., Victor M. Churikov, Wyckoff, N.J., Guoyin Zhang, Clifton, N.J., Sheng Zhang, Hackensack, N.J., and Jonathan Singer, New Hope, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A chiral optical fiber polarizer is provided that is capable of being fabricated in-line along a conventional polarization maintaining fiber having external structural element(s), positioned between two optical fiber portions, and includes a modified central portion with altered fiber cladding interface elements on each side thereof. The modified central portion includes at least one diameter reduced sub-section that allows a light signal to propagate simultaneously in the core and in at least one external structure element, and at least one diameter expanded sub-section that allows the light signal to propagate substantially in the core, where the modified central portion is configured to be operable to serve as a polarizer for light signals with linear polarization components." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2009 (12/502,717). 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=8,463,094.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,094&RS=PN/8,463,094 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** JDS Uniphase Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- JDS Uniphase, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,462,430) developed by Maxim Bolshtyansky, East Windsor, N.J., and Gregory Cowle, Red Bank, N.J., for an "optical fiber amplifier and a control method therefor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical amplifier having two erbium doped fiber coils and a pump laser diode is described. A tunable optical power splitter is used for variably splitting the optical pump power for the laser diode between the two erbium doped fiber coils, and variable tilters can be used for correcting the gain tilt of the amplifier. The variable splitter and the tilters can include thermally tunable Mach-Zehnder interferometers." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2012 (13/533,878). 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=8,462,430&OS=8,462,430&RS=8,462,430 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent for Using Images to Identify Incorrect or Invalid Business Listings ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,462,991) developed by Melanie Clements, Jersey City, N.J., for "using images to identify incorrect or invalid business listings." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates generally to identifying incorrect or fraudulent business listings. More specifically, business listings may be validated by comparing the listing information to information identified from images at or near the location of the business. For example, a plurality of geolocated street level images of various locations may be categorized using computer vision techniques. A particular business listing may include, among other information, a location (address, etc.) as well as a business category. The pre-categorized images are then selected based on the location of the particular business listing. The categories of the selected images are then compared to the category of the particular business listing to validate the business listing." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2011 (13/088,521). 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=8,462,991.PN.&OS=PN/8,462,991&RS=PN/8,462,991 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cyclos Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Cyclos Semiconductor, Berkeley, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,461,873) developed by Alexander T. Ishii, Princeton, N.J., and Marios C. Papaefthymiou, Ann Arbor, Mich., for a "resonant clock and interconnect architecture for digital devices with multiple clock networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A clock and data distribution network is proposed that distributes clock and data signals without buffers, thus achieving very low jitter, skew, loose timing requirements, and energy consumption. Such network uses resonant drivers and is generally applicable to architectures for programmable logic devices (PLDs) such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), as well as other semiconductor devices with multiple clock networks operating at various clock frequencies, and high-performance and low-power clocking requirements such as microprocessors, applications specific integrated circuits (ASICs), and Systems-on-a-Chip (SOCs)." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2011 (13/103,985). 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=8,461,873.PN.&OS=PN/8,461,873&RS=PN/8,461,873 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- ExxonMobil Chemical Patents, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,461,398) developed by Jihad M. Dakka, Whitehouse Station, N.J., Stephen Zushma, Clinton, N.J., and Jon E. R. Stanat, Westhampton Beach, N.Y., for an "oxidation of alkylaromatic compounds." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a process for oxidizing an alkylaromatic compound to the corresponding hydroperoxide, a feed comprising an alkylaromatic compound is contacted with an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising a cyclic imide. The contacting is conducted at a temperature of about 90.degree. C. to about 150.degree. C., with the cyclic imide being present in an amount between about 0.05 wt % and about 5 wt % of the alkylaromatic compound in the feed and the catalyst being substantially free of alkali metal compounds. The contacting oxidizes at least part of the alkylaromatic compound in said feed to the corresponding hydroperoxide." The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2009 (13/122,608). 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=8,461,398.PN.&OS=PN/8,461,398&RS=PN/8,461,398 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** HRD Assigned Patent for Method of Making Alcohols ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- HRD, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,461,400) developed by five co-inventors for a "method of making alcohols." The co-inventors are Abbas Hassan, Sugar Land, Texas, Ebrahim Bagherzadeh, Houston, Rayford G. Anthony, College Station, Texas, Gregory G. Borsinger, Chatham, N.J., and Aziz Hassan, Sugar Land, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for the synthesis of alcohol are described herein. The methods and systems include a method of hydrating an olefin that may include emulsifying an olefin gas in a water stream in a high shear device under high shear conditions to produce a dispersion; and contacting the dispersion with a catalyst to hydrate the olefin gas and form an alcohol." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2012 (13/670,214). 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=84,61,400.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,400&RS=PN/84,61,400 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NEC Laboratories America Assigned Patent for Distributed Artificial Intelligence Services on a Cell Phone ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,463,025) developed by four co-inventors for a "distributed artificial intelligence services on a cell phone." The co-inventors are Iain Melvin, Rocky Hill, N.J., Koray Kavukcuoglu, Princeton, N.J., Akshat Aranya, Jersey City, N.J., and Bing Bai, Princeton Junction, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cell phone having distributed artificial intelligence services is provided. The cell phone includes a neural network for performing a first pass of object recognition on an image to identify objects of interest therein based on one or more criterion. The cell phone also includes a patch generator for deriving patches from the objects of interest. Each of the patches includes a portion of a respective one of the objects of interest. The cell phone additionally includes a transmitter for transmitting the patches to a server for further processing in place of an entirety of the image to reduce network traffic." The patent application was filed on April 26, 2011 (13/094,284). 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=8,463,025.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,025&RS=PN/8,463,025 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** State University of New Jersey Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,461,289) developed by Joachim B. Kohn, Piscataway, N.J., and Durgadas Bolikal, Edison, N.J., for "bioresorbable polymers synthesized from monomer analogs of natural metabolites." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "New bioresorbable polymers are synthesized from monomer analogs of natural metabolites In particular, polymers are polymerized from analogs of amino acids that contribute advantageous synthesis, processing and material properties to the polymers prepared therefrom, including particularly advantageous degradation profiles. ##STR00001##." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2012 (13/482,667). 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=84,61,289.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,289&RS=PN/84,61,289 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Anadigics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Anadigics, Warren, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,461,931) developed by Robert J. Bayruns, Marietta, Ga., and John VanSaders, Asbury, N.J., for a "wideband RF power amplifier for multi-mode multi-band applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Multi-Mode Multi-Band (MMMB) radio frequency (RF) power amplifier circuit operating at multiple frequency bands. The power amplifier circuit comprises a single wideband power amplifier having high output impedance which is configured to be equal to a load impedance of the load connected to the power amplifier circuit. A bias voltage applied to the wideband power amplifier is changed from a first value to a second value to provide a predetermined output power of the wideband power amplifier to the load with the output impedance of wideband power amplifier being equal to the load impedance. The power amplifier circuit also includes an individual harmonic filter for filtering each frequency band independently." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2011 (13/284,290). 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=8,461,931.PN.&OS=PN/8,461,931&RS=PN/8,461,931 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** HRD Assigned Patent for High Shear Process for Aspirin Production ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- HRD, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,461,377) developed by five co-inventors for a "high shear process for aspirin production." The co-inventors are Abbas Hassan, Sugar Land, Texas, Ebrahim Bagherzadeh, Sugar Land, Texas, Rayford G. Anthony, College Station, Texas, Gregory Borsinger, Chatham, N.J., and Aziz Hassan, Sugar Land, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Use of a high shear mechanical device in a process for production of acetyl salicylic acid, by contacting acetic anhydride with salicylic acid in a high shear device. The disclosed process makes possible a decrease in mass transfer limitations, thereby enhancing production of acetyl salicylic acid. A system for production of acetyl salicylic acid is also provided in which a reactor is configured to receive the output from a high shear device, which is configured to receive, via one or more inlets, acetic anhydride, and salicylic acid and generate a fine dispersion or emulsion of reactants." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2008 (12/144,327). 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=84,61,377.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,377&RS=PN/84,61,377 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,461,343) developed by four co-inventors for a synthesis of thiohydantoins. The co-inventors are Ouathek Ouerfelli, Fort Lee, N.J., Anna Dilhas, Roosevelt Island, N.Y., Guangbin Yang, Forest Hills, N.Y., and Hong Zhao, Rego Park, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A novel synthesis of the anti-androgen, A52, which has been found to be useful in the treatment of prostate cancer, is provided. A52 as well as structurally related analogs may be prepared via the inventive route. This new synthetic scheme may be used to prepare kilogram scale quantities of pure A52." The patent application was filed on March 27, 2008 (12/450,423). 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=84,61,343.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,343&RS=PN/84,61,343 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** HRD Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- HRD, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,461,408) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and process for alkylation." The co-inventors are Abbas Hassan, Sugar Land, Texas, Ebrahim Bagherzadeh, Sugar Land, Texas, Rayford G. Anthony, College Station, Texas, Gregory Borsinger, Chatham, N.J., and Aziz Hassan, Sugar Land, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for alkylating a hydrocarbon comprising at least one isoparaffin and at least one olefin that includes introducing a liquid catalyst and the hydrocarbon into a high shear device; processing the liquid catalyst and the hydrocarbon in the high shear device to form an emulsion comprising droplets of hydrocarbon dispersed in the liquid catalyst; introducing the emulsion into a vessel operating under suitable alkylation conditions whereby at least a portion of the isoparaffin is alkylated with the olefin to form alkylate, wherein suitable alkylation conditions comprise a bulk reaction temperature of from about 38.degree. C. to about 90.degree. C. and a bulk reaction pressure in the range of from about 1379 kPa to about 34 MPa; and removing a product stream comprising alkylate from the vessel." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2012 (13/586,283). 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=84,61,408.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,408&RS=PN/84,61,408 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- ExxonMobil Chemical Patents, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,461,397) developed by eight co-inventors for an oxidation of hydrocarbons. The co-inventors are James R. Lattner, Laporte, Texas, Mark Hagemeister, Houston, Jon E. R. Stanat, Westhampton Beach, N.Y., John S. Buchanan, Lambertville, N.J., Jihad M. Dakka, Whitehouse Station, N.J., and Stephen Zushma, Clinton, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a process for oxidizing a hydrocarbon to the corresponding hydroperoxide, alcohol, ketone, carboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid, a reaction medium comprising a hydrocarbon is contacted with an oxygen-containing gas in a reaction zone and in the presence of a catalyst comprising a cyclic imide. During the oxidation process, a portion of the reaction medium is continuously or intermittently removed from the reaction zone, is stripped of water and organic acid impurities and then returned to the reaction zone." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2009 (13/060,805). 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=84,61,397.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,397&RS=PN/84,61,397 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Assigned Patent for Purification of Fluoroalkanesulfonate Salts ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- E.I. Du Pont de Nemours, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,461,378) developed by four co-inventors for a "purification of fluoroalkanesulfonate salts." The co-inventors are Allen Capron Sievert, Elkton, Md., Lee Grant Sprague, Augusta, Ga., James A. Schultz, Swedesboro, N.J., and Katelyn Rae Walck, West Chester, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process for the purification of fluoroalkanesulfonate salt comprising (a) contacting a mixture of said salt and an inorganic salt contaminant with a solvent to selectively dissolve said fluoroalkanesulfonate salt in solution, and (b) isolating the solution, to yield a fluoroalkanesulfonate salt containing less than 500 micrograms of inorganic salt contaminant per gram of fluoroalkanesulfonate salt, or containing less than a maximum of 0.3% by weight of individual solvent." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2010 (12/879,553). 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=84,61,378.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,378&RS=PN/84,61,378 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bristol-Myers Squibb Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,461,333) developed by fourteen co-inventors for "salts of prodrugs of piperazine and substituted piperidine antiviral agents." The co-inventors are Yasutsugu Ueda, Clinton, Conn., Timothy P. Connolly, Portland, Conn., John F. Kadow, Wallingford, Conn., Nicholas A. Meanwell, East Hampton, Conn., Tao Wang, Farmington, Conn., Chung-Pin H. Chen, Madison, Conn., Kap-Sun Yeung, Madison, Conn., Zhongxing Zhang, Madison, Conn., David Kenneth Leahy, Hightstown, N.J., Shawn K. Pack, Plainsboro, N.J., Nachimuthu Soundararajan, Kendall Park, N.J., Pierre Sirard, St. Jean sur Richelieu, Canada, Kathia Levesque, Ste-Catherine, Canada, and Dominique Thoraval, Candiac, Canada. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention provides for prodrug Compounds I, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their use in treating HIV infection. ##STR00001## wherein: X is C or N with the proviso that when X is N, R.sup.1 does not exist; W is C or N with the proviso that when W is N, R.sup.2 does not exist; V is C; E is hydrogen or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and Y is selected from the group consisting of ##STR00002## Also, this invention provides for intermediate Compounds II useful in making prodrug Compounds I. ##STR00003## wherein: L and M are independently selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, trialkylsilyl, -2,2,2-trichloroethoxy and 2-trimethylsilylethoxy." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2012 (13/429,838). 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=84,61,333.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,333&RS=PN/84,61,333 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Genentech Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,461,328) developed by eighteen co-inventors for "tricyclic heterocyclic compounds, compositions and methods of use thereof." The co-inventors are Srinivasan Babu, San Diego, Phillippe Bergeron, Oakland, Calif., Peter Dragovich, San Diego, Hazel Joan Dyke, Storrington, United Kingdom, Paul Gibbons, San Francisco, Stefan Gradl, Princeton, N.J., Emily Hanan, Redwood City, Calif., Christopher Hurley, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, Tony Johnson, Soham, United Kingdom, Michael Koehler, Palo Alto, Calif., Janusz Kulagowski, Sawbridgeworth, United Kingdom, Sharada Labadie, Sunnyvale, Calif., Joseph Lyssikatos, Piedmont, Calif., Rohan Mendonca, Pleasanton, Calif., Rebecca Pulk, San Francisco, Stuart Ward, Royston, United Kingdom, Bohdan Waszkowycz, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, and Mark Zak, San Mateo, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides novel compounds of formula I having the general formula: ##STR00001## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, X and Y are as described herein. Accordingly, the compounds may be provided in pharmaceutically acceptable compositions and used for the treatment of immunological or hyperproliferative disorders." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2011 (13/004,808). 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=84,61,328.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,328&RS=PN/84,61,328 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Signum Biosciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Signum Biosciences, Monmouth Junction, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,461,204) developed by eight co-inventors for "cysteinyl compounds, compositions and methods of use." The co-inventors are Jeffry B. Stock, Princeton, N.J., Maxwell Stock, Rocky Hill, N.J., Keshava Rapole, Edison, N.J., Seung-Yub Lee, Princeton, N.J., Michael Voronkov, Pennington, N.J., Eduardo Perez, Somerset, N.J., Joel Gordon, Princeton Junction, N.J., and Shuyi Chen, Somerset, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Among other things, the present invention provides novel compounds capable of effectively inhibiting inflammatory responses that are mediated by G-proteins or GPCRs in neutrophils, macrophages and platelets. In particular, the compounds of the present invention act as inhibitors of edema, inhibitors of erythema and inhibitors of MPO (myeloperoxidase), pharmaceutical compositions containing the same compounds and the use thereof for the treatment of diseases that may benefit from edema, erythema and MPO inhibition, such as inflammation (acute or chronic), asthma, autoimmune diseases, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (e.g., emphysema, chronic bronchitis and small airways disease, etc.), inflammatory responses of the immune system, skin diseases (e.g., reducing acute skin irritation for patients suffering from rosacea, atopic dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis), irritable bowel syndrome (e.g., Chron's disease and ulcerative colitis, etc.), and central nervous system disorders (e.g., Parkinson's disease)." The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2012 (13/566,839). 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=84,61,204.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,204&RS=PN/84,61,204 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** State University of New Jersey Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,461,314) developed by Richard H. Ebright, North Brunswick, N.J., and Konstantin Severinov, Piscataway, N.J., for "nucleic acid sequences for biosynthesis of non-MccJ25-related lariat peptides." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A nucleic acid sequence is provided, encoding at least one of a precursor of a lariat peptide, a processing factor of a lariat peptide, and an export factor of a lariat peptide, wherein the lariat peptide is a non-MccJ25 lariat peptide according to general structural formula (I) Also provided are biosynthesis systems useful for the synthesis of peptides according to formula (I), and methods of detecting and identifying nucleic acid sequences encoding the disclosed proteins. ##STR00001##." The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2007 (12/594,152). 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=84,61,314.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,314&RS=PN/84,61,314 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GlaxoSmithKline Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,461,210) developed by Hemant H. Alur, Parsippany, N.J., for "fast release paracetamol tablets." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A pharmaceutical composition such as a swallow tablet or capsule formulation is described comprising paracetamol, calcium carbonate, at least one binding agent and at least one disintegrating agent in the form of a granulate, optionally combined with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable extragranular components." The patent application was filed on April 3, 2007 (12/295,941). 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=84,61,210.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,210&RS=PN/84,61,210 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,463,906) developed by Graham Cormode, Summit, N.J., and Ke Yi, Hong Kong, for a "method and apparatus for monitoring functions of distributed data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system of monitoring computer network activity including determining a first phase frequency estimate, associated with a first frequency vector, determined in response to receiving first bits from a first plurality of remote computer network devices. The first bits received from the first plurality of remote devices in response to satisfying a first activity threshold. Also, determining a second phase frequency estimate associated with a second frequency vector and determined in response to receiving second bits from a second plurality of remote devices. The second bits received from the second plurality of remote devices in response to a second activity threshold being satisfied. The second phase frequency estimate determined in response to the first phase frequency estimate exceeding a global threshold. Further, providing a frequency moment F.sub.p in response to the second phase frequency estimate exceeding a refined threshold." The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2012 (13/646,175). 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=8,463,906&OS=8,463,906&RS=8,463,906 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Music Choice Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Music Choice, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,463,870) developed by Jeremy C. Rosenberg, Havre de Grace, Md., and Ronald M. Yurman, Short Hills, N.J., for a "personalized audio system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A personalized audio system and method that overcomes many of the broadcast-type disadvantages associated with conventional radio stations." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2011 (13/296,039). 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=8,463,870&OS=8,463,870&RS=8,463,870 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Global Information Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Global Information Solutions, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,463,854) developed by George Basil Karkanias, Irvington, N.J., for "facilitating interaction between web browsers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Users browsing the same website may join in a single communication forum by navigating to a predefined communication web server or website. Navigating to the predefined communication web server includes transmitting an access request to the web server. The access request includes various information including identification information associated with the referring website. Based on the identity of the referring website, the web server joins users into an appropriate communication forum. If a pre-existing communication forum corresponding to the referring website is unavailable, a new communication forum corresponding to the referring website may be created. The communication forum allows users viewing the same referring website to interact and communicate in a variety of ways." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2011 (13/181,483). 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=8,463,854&OS=8,463,854&RS=8,463,854 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. -1128300 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |