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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (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 Massachusetts. *** Stoplift Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Stoplift, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,462,212) developed by four co-inventors for "correlating detected events with image data." The co-inventors are Malay Kundu, Lexington, Mass., Joshua Migdal, Wayland, Mass., Vikram Srinivasan, Billerica, Mass., and Matthew Farrow, Canton, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to one configuration, a computer environment includes a first monitoring system, a second monitoring system, and an analyzer. The first monitoring system produces video of an item being entered into a point of sale system. The second monitoring system monitors events associated with entering of the item into the point of sale system. The analyzer detects, via a communication from the second monitoring system, an occurrence of at least one event associated with entering of the item. Based on communication, the analyzer correlates the at least one event to a particular time in the video when the at least one event occurred." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2010 (12/685,517). 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=8,462,212&OS=8,462,212&RS=8,462,212 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,462,118) developed by Santosh Sharan, Acton, Mass., and Graham Dodgson, Liverpool, United Kingdom, for a "data entry system and method of entering data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for entering words into a computer system. Letters contained in a desired word are entered by giving approximate location and directional information relative to any specified keyboard layout. The inputs need not correspond to specific keys on the keyboard, a sequence of ambiguous key-entries corresponding to individual words can be used to retrieve a word from the dictionary. The system tracks directional information of movement relative to a/the specific keyboard layout, reducing it to predetermined primary directions and translates this seemingly ambiguous information into accurate words from the dictionary. The system may also capture the user's intention (with regard to text entry) by observing the movements on the keyboard." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2007 (12/091,700). 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=8,462,118&OS=8,462,118&RS=8,462,118 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Polycom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Polycom, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,462,193) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for processing audio signals." The co-inventors are Kwan Truong, Alpharetta, Ga., Peter Chu, Lexington, Mass., Michael Pocino, Marietta, Ga., and John Allen, Dripping Springs, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multimedia conferencing system includes a loud speaker system, one or more microphones for receiving a local audio signal and a remote audio signal, a state machine and an echo canceller that operates in conjunction with two reference signals to remove substantially all of a feedback signal component in the local audio signal that results from reinforcing and playing the local audio signal over the loud speaker system. The state machine operates to detect that only the local audio is active, and if so controls the operation of the echo canceller such that only the feedback component of the local audio signal is removed and the local audio signal is not suppressed." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2010 (12/684,717). 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=8,462,193&OS=8,462,193&RS=8,462,193 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** MathWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- MathWorks, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,462,146) developed by Michael Patrick Garrity, Lexington, Mass., for a "parallel processing of object subtrees for multiprocessor systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method implemented by one or more computers may include receiving data for graphical rendering and distributing a first portion of the data to a first computation process. The method may further include distributing a second portion of the data to a second computation process, where the second computation process is different than the first computation process, creating a first object subtree via the first computation process based on the first portion of the data, and creating a second object subtree via the second computation process based on the second portion of the data. The method may further also include assembling an object tree via a third computation process based on the first object subtree and the second object subtree and rendering a graphical scene based on the assembled object tree." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2012 (13/629,772). 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=8,462,146&OS=8,462,146&RS=8,462,146 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,462,495) developed by Stephen J. Keefe, Boylston, Mass., Joseph L. and Brigham Jr., North Attleborough, Mass., for a "disk drive carrier and disk drive enclosure cooling system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cooling system having a enclosure, a plurality of disk drives stored in the enclosure, a first portion of the disk drives having housings with a first form factor and a second portion of the disk drives having housings with a second form factor smaller than the first form factor, and an air baffle system for directing a flow of air internal the enclosure over portions of the housing of the second portion of the disk drives while at the same time creating a wall to maintain the flow of air over neighboring ones of the first portion of the disk drives (the external flow)." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2009 (12/568,978). 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=8,462,495&OS=8,462,495&RS=8,462,495 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. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dynamically Resizing Text Area on a Display Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,463,075) developed by Paul R. Bastide, Boxford, Mass., Matthew E. Broomhall, South Burlington, Vt., and Robert E. Loredo, North Miami Beach, Fla., for a "dynamically resizing text area on a display device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Dynamically resizing a text area in which text is displayed on a display device. A camera device periodically captures snapshots of a user's gaze point and head position while reading text, and the captured snapshots are used to detect movement of the user's head. Head movement suggests that the text area is too wide for comfortable viewing. Accordingly, the width of the text area is automatically resized, responsive to detecting head movement. Preferably, the resized width is set to the position of the user's gaze point prior to the detected head movement. The text is then preferably reflowed within the resized text area. Optionally, the user may be prompted to confirm whether the resizing will be performed." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2010 (12/854,728). 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=8,463,075.PN.&OS=PN/8,463,075&RS=PN/8,463,075 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** 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. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for In-line Image Geometrics Measurement Via Local Sampling on Sheets in a Printing System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,462,380) developed by Steven R. Moore, Pittsford, N.Y., and Chetan Keny, Billerica, Mass., for "in-line image geometrics measurement via local sampling on sheets in a printing system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention generally relates to accurately measuring image geometries in-line within a printing system. One or more two-dimensional array sensors may be located adjacent to a sheet of media printed with a predefined array of indicia marks so that the sensor field of view is contained within the plane of sheet transport. As the sheet is transported by the sensor, the sensors continuously record the locations of the indicia marks within its field of view. The spatial frequency of the indicia marks is arranged so that at least two indicia marks are within the field of view of the sensor at any instant for each of the process and cross-process directions. The two-dimensional array sensor can thus measure the absolute spacing between adjacent local indicia marks within the precision of the sensor construction. The cumulative spacing along each direction may then calculated to determine the overall dimensions of the indicia marks array. A measurement procedure is also provided to accurately measure image geometries, even in the presence of significant sheet velocity variations." The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2008 (12/252,532). 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=8,462,380&OS=8,462,380&RS=8,462,380 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Analog Devices Assigned Patent for Hybrid Digital-analog Phase Locked Loops ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,461,885) developed by Khiem Quang Nguyen, Tewksbury, Mass., Jie Fu, Shanghai, China, and Xiaoting Zhu, Shanghai, China, for a "hybrid digital-analog phase locked loops." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A digital PLL may be combined with an analog PLL so that the output of the digital PLL is at a frequency high enough to maintain stability in the analog PLL when an initial reference clock signal is too low to maintain stability in the analog PLL. The digital PLL may include a scaling circuit, such as a frequency divider in the feedback path of the PLL, to generate the higher frequency output signal from the lower frequency reference input signal. The digital PLL may also use an on-chip free run ring oscillator as the clock for the digital PLL engine." The patent application was filed on June 8, 2011 (13/155,561). 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=8,461,885.PN.&OS=PN/8,461,885&RS=PN/8,461,885 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,461,403) developed by Ramesh Jasti, Boston, and Carolyn Bertozzi, Berkeley, Calif., for "carbon nanohoops and methods of making." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides cycloparaphenylene compounds, their macrocyclic precursors, and methods for making the compounds. The cycloparaphenylene compounds can be used to prepare armchair carbon nanotubes." The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2010 (12/955,211). 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=84,61,403.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,403&RS=PN/84,61,403 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., Columbia, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,461,245) developed by Lawrence L. Kuo, Acton, Mass., and Ying Chen, Arlington, Mass., for "copolymers for treating construction aggregates." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides methods, admixture compositions for treating clay-bearing aggregates used for construction purposes, and aggregate compositions for construction purposes. The clay-bearing aggregates are treated with a cationic copolymer made from two and preferably three different monomer components. Cementitious compositions containing the treated aggregates are also described." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2011 (13/027,590). 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=84,61,245.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,245&RS=PN/84,61,245 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Aspen Aerogels Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Aspen Aerogels, Northborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,461,223) developed by Je Kyun Lee, Brookline, Mass., and George L. Gould, Mendon, Mass., for microporous polycyclopentadiene-based aerogels. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Microporous polyolefin and microporous polydicyclopentadiene (polyDCPD) based aerogels and methods for preparing and using the same are provided. The aerogels are produced by forming a polymer gel structure within a solvent from a olefin or dicyclopentadiene monomer via Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) reactions, followed by supercritical drying to remove the solvent from the aerogel. Other aerogels are prepared by sequentially (1) mixing at least one dicyclopentadiene monomer, at least one solvent at least one catalyst and at least one inorganic and/or organic reinforcing material, (2) gelling the mixture, (3) aging, and (4) supercritical drying. Aerogels provided herein are inexpensive to prepare, possess desirable thermal, mechanical, acoustic, chemical, and physical properties and are hydrophobic. The aerogels provided herein are suitable for use in various applications, including but not limited to thermal and acoustic insulation, radiation shielding, and vibrational damping applications." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2006 (11/278,940). 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=84,61,223.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,223&RS=PN/84,61,223 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Vertex Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent for Processes for Producing Phenyl-6-(1-(phenyl)ureido)nicotinamides) ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,461,345) developed by six co-inventors for "processes for producing phenyl-6-(1-(phenyl)ureido)nicotinamides)." The co-inventors are Stefanie Roeper, Medford, Mass., Adam R. Looker, Cambridge, Mass., Theodore A. Martinot, Jamaica Plain, Mass., Bobbianna Neubert-Langille, Sudbury, Mass., Michael P. Ryan, Roxbury, Mass., and John R. Snoonian, Bolton, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of compounds useful as inhibitors of p38 kinase. The processes of the present invention are amenable for large scale preparation and produce stable phenyl-6-(1-(phenyl)ureido)nicotinamides in high purity and yields." The patent application was filed on Aug. 22, 2012 (13/591,380). 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=84,61,345.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,345&RS=PN/84,61,345 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- General Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,461,225) developed by Orhun K. Muratoglu, Cambridge, Mass., and Ebru Oral, Charlestown, Mass., for an "oxidation resistant homogenized polymeric material." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to methods for making oxidation resistant homogenized polymeric materials and medical implants that comprise polymeric materials, for example, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The invention also provides methods of making antioxidant-doped medical implants, for example, doping of medical devices containing cross-linked UHMWPE with vitamin E by diffusion and annealing the antioxidant doped UHMWPE in a super critical fluid, and materials used therein." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2006 (11/465,544). 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=84,61,225.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,225&RS=PN/84,61,225 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Harvard College Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,461,684) developed by Roy Gerald Gordon, Cambridge, Mass., Hoon Kim, Cambridge, Mass., and Harish Bhandari, Boston, for a "cobalt nitride layers for copper interconnects and methods for forming them." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An interconnect structure for integrated circuits incorporates a layer of cobalt nitride that facilitates the nucleation, growth and adhesion of copper wires. The cobalt nitride may deposited on a refractory metal nitride or carbide layer, such as tungsten nitride or tantalum nitride, that serves as a diffusion barrier for copper and also increases the adhesion between the cobalt nitride and the underlying insulator. The cobalt nitride may be formed by chemical vapor deposition from a novel cobalt amidinate precursor. Copper layers deposited on the cobalt nitride show high electrical conductivity and can serve as seed layers for electrochemical deposition of copper conductors for microelectronics." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2011 (13/150,992). 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=8,461,684.PN.&OS=PN/8,461,684&RS=PN/8,461,684 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cambridge Research & Instrumentation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Woburn, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,462,981) developed by Scott Determan, North Andover, Mass., and Peter J. Miller, Cambridge, Mass., for a "spectral unmixing for visualization of samples." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed methods include: acquiring a first sequence of multiple images of a sample, with each image in the first sequence corresponding to a different spectral weighting function; unmixing the first sequence of images into data corresponding to a first set of unmixed images, where each unmixed image in the first set corresponds to a spatial distribution in the sample of a different one of multiple components at a first time; acquiring one or more additional images of the sample and combining the additional images with one or more of the images in the first sequence to form a second sequence of images; unmixing the second sequence of images into data corresponding to a second set of unmixed images; and displaying information about the sample as a function of time based on the data corresponding to the first and second sets of unmixed images." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2010 (12/755,831). 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=8,462,981.PN.&OS=PN/8,462,981&RS=PN/8,462,981 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,461,901) developed by Matthew A. Morton, Reading, Mass., Jonathan P. Comeau, Winchester, Mass., and Edward Wade Thoenes, Cambridge, Mass., for a "harmonic reject mixer with active phase mismatch compensation in the local oscillator path." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A harmonic rejection mixer having a phase rotator fed by a local oscillator signal. The local oscillator signal has a reference frequency. The phase rotator produces a plurality of output signals, each one of the signals having a common frequency related to the reference frequency and having different relative phase shifts. A plurality of mixer sections, each one of the sections being fed an input signal and a corresponding one of the plurality of output signals mixes the local oscillator signal with the corresponding one of the plurality of output signals fed thereto. A combiner combines the mixer signal from the plurality of mixer sections into a composite output signal. A detector detects energy in a harmonic of the composite signal and for adjusting the output signal of the phase rotator to reduce the selected harmonic of the composite signal." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2012 (13/399,221). 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=8,461,901.PN.&OS=PN/8,461,901&RS=PN/8,461,901 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** 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. *** 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. *** Infinity Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,461,191) developed by six co-inventors for "compounds and methods for inhibiting the interaction of BCL proteins with binding partners." The co-inventors are Alfredo C. Castro, Winchester, Mass., Edward B. Holson, Newton Highlands, Mass., Brian T. Hopkins, Newton, Mass., Nii O. Koney, New York, Daniel A. Snyder, Somerville, Mass., and Thomas T. Tibbitts, Westford, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds that bind to bcl proteins and inhibit Bcl function. Another aspect of the present invention relates to compositions comprising a heterocyclic compound of the invention. The present invention provides methods for treating and modulating disorders associated with hyperproliferation, such as cancer." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2010 (12/956,969). 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=84,61,191.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,191&RS=PN/84,61,191 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Curis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Curis, Lexington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,461,157) developed by four co-inventors for "phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitors with a zinc binding moiety." The co-inventors are Xiong Cai, Bedford, Mass., Haixiao Zhai, Bedford, Mass., Chengjung Lai, Belmont, Mass., and Changgeng Qian, Wayland, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The instant application relates to deazapurines, thienopyrimidines and furopyrimidines with zinc-binding moiety based derivatives and their use in the treatment of phosphoinositide 3-kinase related diseases and disorders such as cancer. The instant application further relates to the treatment of histone deacetylase related disorders and diseases related to both histone deacetylase and phosphoinositide 3-kinase." The patent application was filed on April 1, 2011 (13/078,769). 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=84,61,157.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,157&RS=PN/84,61,157 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, have been assigned a patent (8,461,319) developed by four co-inventors for "poly-n-acetyl glucosamine (PNAG/dPNAG)-binding peptides and methods of use thereof." The co-inventors are Gerald B. Pier, Brookline, Mass., Casie Anne Kelly-Quintos, Jamaica Plain, Mass., Lisa Cavacini, Natick, Mass., and Marshall R. Posner, Medfield, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to peptides, particularly human monoclonal antibodies, that bind specifically to poly-N-acetyl glucosamine (PNAG), such as Staphylococcal PNAG, in acetylated, partially acetylated and/or fully deacetylated form. The invention further provides methods for using these peptides in the diagnosis, prophylaxis and therapy of infections by bacteria that express PNAG such as but not limited to Staphylococci and E. coli. Some antibodies of the invention enhance opsonophagocytic killing and in vivo protection against bacteria that express PNAG such as but not limited to Staphylococci and E. coli. Compositions of these peptides, including pharmaceutical compositions, are also provided, as are functionally equivalent variants of such peptides." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2011 (13/334,840). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=84,61,319.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,319&RS=PN/84,61,319 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Synta Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Synta Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,461,199) developed by Nagai Masazumi, Lexington, Mass., and Jianhua Shen, Andover, Mass., for "transition metal complexes of a bis[thio-hydrazide amide] compound." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to a compound comprising a bis[thiohydrazide amide] or a deprotonated form thereof, complexed to a transition metal cation, wherein the bis[thiohydrazide amide] is represented by Structural Formula (I): or a prodrug, isomer, ester, salt, hydrate, solvate, polymorph or a deprotonated form thereof. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention and method of use thereof. ##STR00001##." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2009 (13/125,016). 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=84,61,199.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,199&RS=PN/84,61,199 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Concert Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Concert Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,461,197) developed by Roger D. Tung, Lexington, Mass., for 4-hydroxybutyric acid analogs. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention relates to novel derivatives of 4-hydroxybutyric acid and prodrugs thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the foregoing. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating narcolepsy, fibromyalgia, other disorders or conditions that are beneficially treated by improving nocturnal sleep or by administering sodium oxybate." The patent application was filed on April 22, 2010 (13/265,609). 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=84,61,197.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,197&RS=PN/84,61,197 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Merck Sharp & Dohme Assigned Patent for Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine Derivatives ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,461,162) developed by five co-inventors for pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives. The co-inventors are Matthew G. Stanton, Medfield, Mass., Njamkou Noucti, Cambridge, Mass., David L. Sloman, Boston, Jongwon Lim, Lexington, Mass., and Benito Munoz, Newton, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Compounds of the following formula (I) are inhibitors of microtubule affinity regulating kinase, and hence find use in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases associated with hyperphosphorylation of tau. ##STR00001##." The patent application was filed on July 16, 2008 (12/669,843). 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=84,61,162.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,162&RS=PN/84,61,162 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Merck Sharp & Dohme Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,461,189) developed by four co-inventors for "pyridyl derivatives as histone deacetylase inhibitors." The co-inventors are Richard W. Heidebrecht Jr., Brookline, Mass., Thomas A. Miller, Brookline, Mass., Matthew G. Stanton, Medfield, Mass., and David J. Witter, Norfolk, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a novel class of pyridyl and pyrimidinyl derivatives. The pyridyl and pyrimidinyl compounds can be used to treat cancer. The pyridyl and pyrimidinyl compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the pyridyl and pyrimidinyl derivatives and safe dosing regimens of these pharmaceutical compositions, which are easy to follow, and which result in a therapeutically effective amount of the pyridyl and pyrimidinyl derivatives in vivo." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2008 (12/666,415). 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=84,61,189.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,189&RS=PN/84,61,189 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Baxter Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Baxter International, Deerfield, Ill., and Baxter Healthcare, Glattpark (Opfikon), Switzerland, have been assigned a patent (8,461,318) developed by seven co-inventors for "aptamers to tissue factor pathway inhibitor and their use as bleeding disorder thereapeutics." The co-inventors are Robert Schaub, Pelham, N.H., Kathleen McGinness, Cambridge, Mass., Jennifer Nelson, Boston, Ryan Genga, Somerville, Mass., Emily Waters, Jamaica Plain, Mass., Jeffrey Kurz, Winchester, Mass., and John Diener, Cambridge, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates generally to the field of nucleic acids and more particularly to aptamers that bind to TFPI, which are useful as therapeutics in and diagnostics of bleeding disorders and/or other diseases or disorders in which TFPI has been implicated. In addition, the TFPI aptamers may be used before, during and/or after medical procedures to reduce complications or side effects thereof. The invention further relates to materials and methods for the administration of aptamers that bind to TFPI." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2011 (13/288,634). 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=84,61,318.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,318&RS=PN/84,61,318 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Antigenics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Antigenics, Lexington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,461,323) developed by four co-inventors for a "characterization of granulocytic ehrlichia and methods of use." The co-inventors are Cheryl Murphy, Hopkinton, Mass., James Storey, Lynwood, Mass., Gerald A. Beltz, Lexington, Mass., and Richard T. Coughlin, Portland, Maine. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates, in general, to polypeptides having antigenic epitopes from granulocytic ehrlichia (GE) proteins and methods of use thereof." The patent application was filed on Jan. 9, 2012 (13/346,088). 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=84,61,323.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,323&RS=PN/84,61,323 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Synta Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Synta Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,461,208) developed by nine co-inventors for "bis(thio-hydrazide amide) salts for treatment of cancers." The co-inventors are Keizo Koya, Chestnut Hill, Mass., Lijun Sun, Harvard, Mass., Elena Kostik, Arlington, Mass., Farid Vaghefi, Watertown, Mass., Shoujun Chen, Bedford, Mass., Noriaki Tatsuta, Lexington, Mass., Guiqing Liang, Concord, Mass., Takayo Inoue, Malden, Mass., and Zhi-Qiang Xia, Acton, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalts and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also disclosed are methods of using bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalts to treat cancer." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2011 (13/273,807). 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=84,61,208.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,208&RS=PN/84,61,208 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ariad Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,461,167) developed by twelve co-inventors for acetylenic heteroaryl compounds. The co-inventors are Yihan Wang, Newton, Mass., Xiaotian Zhu, Newton, Mass., Rajeswari Sundaramoorthi, Watertown, Mass., Wei-Sheng Huang, Acton, Mass., Dong Zou, Concord, Mass., R. Mathew Thomas, Sharon, Mass., Jiwei Qi, West Roxbury, Mass., Jan Antoinette C. Romero, Somerville, Mass., David C. Dalgarno, Brookline, Mass., William C. Shakespeare, Southborough, Mass., Tomi K. Sawyer, Southborough, Mass., and Chester A. Metcalf III, Needham, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention relates to compounds of the general formula: ##STR00001## in which the variable groups are as defined herein, and to their preparation and use." The patent application was filed on May 8, 2007 (12/227,002). 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=84,61,167.PN.&OS=PN/84,61,167&RS=PN/84,61,167 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Eliza Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Eliza, Danvers, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,463,914) developed by Oleg Boulanov, Beverly, Mass., for "facilitating rapid establishment of human/machine voice communication links over an IP network using last-known call-host endpoint states." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system are provided that enhance human/machine communication so as to more closely approximate natural human/human communication by more effectively establishing communications links for human-interactive media. Specifically, the speed and quality of the connection are improved by the method and system, resulting in a more natural user experience. The method includes a communication system receiving a call request from a requestor. The communication system has a Connection Proxy (CP) and a plurality of Endpoints (EPs). The CP has an endpoint state table (EST) configured to store state information associated with each of the plurality of endpoints (EPs). Based on the call request, the CP selects an EP using the EST. If the selected EP accepts the requested communications link, the CP establishes a communications link that excludes the CP itself. The CP also updates the EST based on a response to the call request from the selected EP." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2010 (12/697,213). 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=8,463,914&OS=8,463,914&RS=8,463,914 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Red Hat Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,463,893) developed by Bryan Clark, Westford, Mass., for an "automatic playlist generation in correlation with local events." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for content providers, such as musicians, to register upcoming events, such as concert events, upload songs, etc. Users of a social network service may then browse venues and content providers. Upon selecting one of the providers, the social network service retrieves the songs registered by the content providers into a playlist for the user. In some embodiments, users may search an area to find and create a playlists of multiple content providers. The user could thus create a playlist by venue, by day, etc. In addition, each of these created playlists can be shared with others on the social network service. The social network service may also auto-generate playlists based on genre, date, artist, etc. A stream of the songs may then be delivered to the user according to the playlist they choose and the various music services that they subscribe." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2006 (11/565,386). 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=8,463,893&OS=8,463,893&RS=8,463,893 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,463,922) developed by Deborah C. June, Groton, Mass., and Brian Chesebro, Londonderry, N.H., for a "method for storing credentials in a J2EE connector architecture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A connector architecture implementation that is J2EE compliant and provides improved connection management capabilities. The connector architecture implementation provides a connector leak detection mechanism that detects connection leaks both automatically and manually. The connector architecture implementation pre-configures and manages the growth and reduction of a connection pool. The connector architecture implementation may be pre-configured by pre-populating the connection pool. Connection pool growth may be managed by generating connections in response to connection requests. A connection pool may also be configured to reduce the number of connections in the pool. The number of connections may be reduced if the connection demand decreases. Password credentials allowing access to services are used to provide additional connection management." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2008 (12/030,660). 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=8,463,922&OS=8,463,922&RS=8,463,922 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** F5 Networks Assigned Patent for System and Method of Algorithmically Generating a Server Side Transaction Identifier ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- F5 Networks, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,463,850) developed by Benjamin E. McCann, Lowell, Mass., for a "system and method of algorithmically generating a server side transaction identifier." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, medium and method for generating a server side transaction ID (XID') is disclosed. A request is received from a client device to access a server. The request includes a source port, source IP address, protocol information and a client generated transaction ID (XID). An endian'ness of the client of determined and classified. A Client ID unique to the client request is then generated using the source port, source IP address, protocol information, and a Masked XID generated from the endian'ness determination and the XID. A server side transaction ID (XID') is then synthesized by combining the Client ID and an XID halfword containing least significant bits (LSB) identified from the endian'ness determination. The XID' is then transmitted to the file server, wherein the XID' is associated with the XID for the corresponding client request." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2011 (13/282,307). 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=8,463,850&OS=8,463,850&RS=8,463,850 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Automated Correlation Discovery for Semi-structured Processes ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,463,811) developed by Geetika T. Lakshmanan, Cambridge, Mass., Szabolcs Rozsnyai, Hawthorne, N.Y., and Aleksander Slominski, Hawthorne, N.Y., for an "automated correlation discovery for semi-structured processes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method, system, and article of manufacture for determining a set of correlated data among heterogeneous computer applications. The method includes providing a computer system having software modules, receiving statistics on data relating to a first event and a second event, generating a confidence score for an attribute set, where the attribute set includes an attribute from the first event data and an attribute from the second event data, and selecting the attribute set as a set of correlated data if the confidence score is within a threshold value." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2011 (13/083,832). 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=8,463,811&OS=8,463,811&RS=8,463,811 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Data Services, Idearc Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Verizon Data Services, Temple Terrace, Fla., and Idearc Media, DFW Airport, Texas, have been assigned a patent (8,463,817) developed by four co-inventors for a "user-defined classifieds." The co-inventors are Alfred L. Chow, Plano, Texas, Sivakumar Chinnasamy, Billerica, Mass., Douglas G. Heatherly, Coppell, Texas, and Eric Daniel Chandler, Grapevine, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for creating and classifying listings within user-defined marketplaces. An information database in communication with an information application comprises a plurality of marketplaces and a plurality of listings respectively classified within the plurality of marketplaces. The marketplaces stored in the information database may be either pre-defined or user-defined. User-defined marketplaces are created based at least in part on information supplied by an access device in communication with the information database." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2012 (13/460,126). 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=8,463,817&OS=8,463,817&RS=8,463,817 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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