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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (June 17)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Brooks Automation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Brooks Automation, Chelmsford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,459,922) developed by Martin Hosek, Lowell, Mass., for a "manipulator auto-teach and position correction system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A substrate processing system including a housing for housing at least part of a processing device, at least one target affixed to the processing device, the processing device having a first processing device reference point in a known relationship with the at least one target, at least one transmitter located within the housing and configured to transmit an identification signal identifying the at least one transmitter to the at least one target and a controller operably connected to the at least one target and the at least one transmitter, the controller being configured to receive data signals, based on the identification signal, from one of the at least one target and the at least one transmitter and control an operational characteristic of the processing device, based on the data signals." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2009 (12/651,160). 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=8,459,922&OS=8,459,922&RS=8,459,922 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Acushnet Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,460,126) developed by Michael J. Sullivan, Barrington, R.I., Steven Aoyama, Marion, Mass., and Edmund A. Hebert, Mattapoisett, Mass., for "golf ball surface patterns comprising variable width/depth multiple channels." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A golf ball having an improved surface pattern is disclosed. The golf ball has one or more bands on its surface. These bands may be either channels or raised beads. The bands have variable widths and/or heights/depths, either within the same band or between bands. These bands may decrease drag, or may increase lift. These bands may be linear, or may be curved, and may or may not fully circumscribe the golf ball. These channels or ridges may also be combined with traditional or non-traditional dimples." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2011 (13/269,137). 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=8,460,126&OS=8,460,126&RS=8,460,126 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Eaton Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Eaton, Cleveland, has been assigned a patent (8,459,756) developed by Manuel D. Linhares Jr., Coventry, R.I., and Carl Cotulli, Franklin, Mass., for an adjustable blanking panel. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Adjustable blanking panels for use with equipment racks and enclosures to cover or fill in vacant sections of the rack or enclosure, to prevent the circular flow and reentry of high temperature air into the intake of electrical and computer equipment. The adjustable blanking panels include a generally rectangular base frame that defines opposing left and right side channels, and a generally rectangular shield that is adapted to be inserted into the side channels and slide relative to the base frame, to adjust the height of the panel to the size of the vacant section. The adjustable blanking panel may further include a lip that may be used to raise or lower the shield." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2011 (13/005,811). 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=8,459,756&OS=8,459,756&RS=8,459,756 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** IGT Assigned Patent for Single Outcome Game of Chance with Differing Wagers Varying Among Multiple Paytables ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- IGT, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,460,093) developed by Kathleen Nylund Jackson, Scituate, Mass., for a "single outcome game of chance with differing wagers varying among multiple paytables." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of playing a wagering game that comprises the player making multiple wagers to play a single-outcome game, the multiple wagers being made on multiple predetermined paytables for said game. One single-outcome game and at least two differing paytables for said game are offered to the player. The paytables may be for different game versions or for a single game version with differing risk levels. The payback percentage of each of the said differing paytables may vary according to the amount of the wager. The player makes one wager for each predetermined paytable to be utilized in the resolve of the wagers. Multiple same paytables, multiple differing paytables or combinations thereof may be wagered for the play of a single game having a single outcome. The said single outcome is then compared to each wagered predetermined paytable, and each wager is resolved according to that same wagered predetermined paytable." The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2010 (12/906,602). 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=8,460,093&OS=8,460,093&RS=8,460,093 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Columbia Insurance Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Columbia Insurance, Omaha, Neb., has been assigned a patent (8,458,927) developed by Kenneth Daniel Santos, Randolph, Mass., for a "shoe with interchangeable foreparts and heels." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A bowling footwear kit includes a left shoe and a right shoe, each having a midsole with a toe region and a heel region, wherein the toe region covers the entire area from the front of the shoe to a selected line in front of the heel region, and the peripheral shapes of the toe region of the left shoe and of the toe region of the right shoe are substantially identical. The kit further includes two or more foreparts having different traction characteristics for removable attachment to the toe region of either the left or right shoe, and having the peripheral shapes substantially identical to each other and to the peripheral shape of the toe regions of the left and right shoe." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/271,396). 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=84,58,927.PN.&OS=PN/84,58,927&RS=PN/84,58,927 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rose Displays Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Rose Displays, Salem, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,458,942) developed by five co-inventors for an "alignment guide for an overhead track support arrangement." The co-inventors are David E. Pitcher, Swampscott, Mass., Rebecca C. Suciu, Lynn, Mass., Thomas P. Burrous, Haverhill, Mass., Alan L. Stenfors, Scituate, Mass., and Sidney Rose, Marblehead, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An alignment guide for maintaining perpendicularity between an elongated anchor rail secured to an overhead support and a sign supporting elongated adjustment rail, comprising: a guide housing having an anchor rail receiving channel arranged across an upper surface thereof; an adjustment rail receiving channel arranged across a lower side of the guide housing, wherein the anchor rail receiving channel and the adjustment rail receiving channel are perpendicular to one another." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2010 (12/803,525). 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=84,58,942.PN.&OS=PN/84,58,942&RS=PN/84,58,942 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Smith & Nephew Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Smith & Nephew, Andover, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,459,155) developed by Eduardo Antonio Canizares Jr., Worcester, Mass., and Graham Smith, Newburyport, Mass., for a "modified fastener and insertion tool." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to example configurations, a modified screw head includes one or more slots or grooved channels. A screwdriver device includes a tip that can be inserted into a cavity in the head of the screw to torque the modified screw into an object. The screwdriver device includes a sleeve. The sleeve slides along a shaft of the screwdriver. The sleeve includes inward protruding posts (e.g., pins, fingers, etc.). Sliding of the sleeve over the screw's head requires that inward protruding posts in the sleeve be aligned with the grooves on the sidewall of the screw's head. Subsequent to aligning and sliding the sleeve into the grooved channels of the screw's head, the user twists the sleeve to secure the screw head to the screwdriver's tip. The sleeve can be spring-loaded to pull the head of the screw toward a handle end of the screwdriver after a user releases the sleeve." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2010 (12/875,244). 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=84,59,155.PN.&OS=PN/84,59,155&RS=PN/84,59,155 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Covaris Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Covaris, Woburn, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,459,121) developed by James A. Laugharn Jr., Winchester, Mass., and Carl Beckett, Harvard, Mass., for a "method and system for acoustically treating material." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for acoustically treating material using a continuous process in which material may be caused to flow in a continuous or intermittent fashion into/out of an acoustic treatment chamber where the material is exposed to focused acoustic energy. The methods and systems may be arranged to permit continuous processing for extended periods while an acoustic energy source operates at a relatively high power output. Treatment chambers may include features such as an acoustic window, a heat exchanger, inlet/outlet flow arrangements, an inspection window, insert elements that define a treatment volume size or shape, etc. Treatment system configurations relating to arrangements of a treatment chamber relative to an acoustic source and coupling medium, material flow paths, and others are provided." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2010 (12/914,370). 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=84,59,121.PN.&OS=PN/84,59,121&RS=PN/84,59,121 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,459,164) developed by five co-inventors for an "atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same." The co-inventors are Steve Lilburn, Princeton, Mass., Paul K. Norton, Lunenburg, Mass., Glenn D. Harding, Sutton, Mass., Louis Bedard, Leominster, Mass., and Michael Zupkofska, Rockland, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2012 (13/441,649). 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=84,59,164.PN.&OS=PN/84,59,164&RS=PN/84,59,164 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nxstage Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Nxstage Medical, Lawrence, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,460,558) developed by James M. Brugger, Newburyport, Mass., Jeffrey H. Burbank, Boxford, Mass., and Brian C. Green, Westford, Mass., for a "batch filtration system for preparation of sterile fluid for renal replacement therapy." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A first connector of a connector assembly of a sterile batch container can be unsealed. The connector assembly can be attached to a filling port of the sterile batch container and can have a sterile filter arranged between the filling port and the first connector. The first connector can be coupled so as to receive produced purified water. A transmembrane pressure can be monitored across the sterile filter while flowing the purified water through the connector assembly into the sterile batch container so as to provide a sterile fluid stored therein. The connector assembly can be detached from the filling port of the sterile batch container. After the detaching, the sterile batch container can be coupled to the blood treatment system. In response to a change in the transmembrane pressure exceeding a predefined level, an alarm signal can be generated." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2012 (13/526,145). 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=8,460,558.PN.&OS=PN/8,460,558&RS=PN/8,460,558 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,460,569) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for post-etch treatment of patterned substrate features." The co-inventors are Ludovic Godet, Boston, Christopher R. Hatem, Salisbury, Mass., Patrick M. Martin, Ipswich, Mass., and Timothy J. Miller, Ipswich, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of patterning a substrate, comprises providing a set of patterned features on the substrate, exposing the set of patterned features to a dose of ions incident on the substrate over multiple angles, and selectively etching exposed portions of the patterned features." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2011 (13/081,692). 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=8,460,569.PN.&OS=PN/8,460,569&RS=PN/8,460,569 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Genzyme Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Genzyme, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,460,695) developed by Keith E. Greenawalt, Milton, Mass., for "making a soft tissue prosthesis for repairing a defect of an abdominal wall or a pelvic cavity wall." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Surgical prostheses and methods of using and making surgical prostheses are disclosed." The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2012 (13/658,385). 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=8,460,695.PN.&OS=PN/8,460,695&RS=PN/8,460,695 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Savage Arms Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Savage Arms, Westfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,459,651) developed by Charles Edward Nester, Pittsfield, Mass., Christopher John Killoy, Hampden, Mass., and Ronald Coburn, Spofford, N.H., for an "open throat projectile trap and shooting range." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A shooting range including at least one shooting station and a projectile trap. The projectile trap includes at least two projectile trap subassemblies each having at least one end plate and joined together along adjacent end plates and a trap chamber in each of the projectile trap subassemblies, wherein a portion of the front edge of the joint between the projectile trap subassemblies is transposed into the trap chambers substantially out of view from the shooting station. In a preferred embodiment, the shooting range further includes at least one range auxiliary system." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2010 (12/726,996). 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=8,459,651.PN.&OS=PN/8,459,651&RS=PN/8,459,651 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Pioneer Pet Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Pioneer Pet Products, Cedarburg, Wis., has been assigned a patent (8,459,707) developed by John M. Lipscomb, Cedarburg, Wis., and Qing He, North Andover, Mass., for a "sifting pet waste scoop." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A pet waste scoop, e.g., cat litter scoop, having a relatively large mouth opening includes body having an open end opposite a closed end and defining an interior therebetween for receiving pet waste for easy disposal thereof. A handle is integrally formed with the body and extends downwardly toward the closed end a predetermined distance such that the user may easily grasp the handle for manipulating the pet waste scoop while maintaining his or her hand a safe distance from the pet waste to be scooped. A plurality of elongate slot-shaped apertures that can be curvilinear are formed within a front surface opposite the handle for sifting the litter scooped with the pet waste scoop. The apertures are defined by a number of rounded elongate sifting bars that also can be of curvilinear construction and configured to prevent pet waste and/or litter build up within the apertures." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2010 (13/068,843). 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=8,459,707.PN.&OS=PN/8,459,707&RS=PN/8,459,707 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Oasys Water Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Oasys Water, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,460,554) developed by Robert McGinnis, Cambridge, Mass., and Gary McGurgan, Belmont, Mass., for a forward osmosis membranes. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Forward osmosis membranes include an active layer and a thin support layer. A bilayer substrate including a removable backing layer may allow forward osmosis membranes with reduced supporting layer thickness to be processed on existing manufacturing lines." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2012 (13/448,962). 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=8,460,554.PN.&OS=PN/8,460,554&RS=PN/8,460,554 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Infinium Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Infinium, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,460,535) developed by Adam C. Powell IV, Newton, Mass., and Steve J. Derezinski III, Wellesley, Mass., for a "primary production of elements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Electrowinning methods and apparatus are suitable for producing elemental deposits of high quality, purity, and volume. Respective cathodes are used during electrowinning for bearing the elemental product, segregating impurities, dissolving morphologically undesirable material, and augmenting productivity. Silicon suitable for use in photovoltaic devices may be electrodeposited in solid form from silicon dioxide dissolved in a molten salt." The patent application was filed on April 21, 2010 (12/764,637). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,460,535.PN.&OS=PN/8,460,535&RS=PN/8,460,535 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,460,546) developed by Eli Weinberg, Needham, Mass., and Jeffrey T. Borenstein, Newton, Mass., for "systems, methods and devices relating to a cellularized nephron unit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to bioartificial devices and systems that mimic kidney or nephron function and methods of making them." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2011 (13/161,963). 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=8,460,546.PN.&OS=PN/8,460,546&RS=PN/8,460,546 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Soundbite Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Soundbite Communications, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,462,918) developed by Timothy R. Segall, Lexington, Mass., and Boris Greenberg, Stoneham, Mass., for a "method and system for managing interactive communications campaigns with text messaging." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A messaging platform includes a text messaging subsystem that includes a suite of enhancements that facilitate implementation of a multi-channel communications strategy with high level and fine-grained control over outbound message creation or inbound message handling." The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2009 (12/626,312). 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=8,462,918&OS=8,462,918&RS=8,462,918 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Personics Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Personics Holdings, Boca Raton, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,462,956) developed by four co-inventors for an "earhealth monitoring system and method IV." The co-inventors are Steven W. Goldstein, Delray Beach, Fla., John Usher, Montreal, Brian Fligor, Mansfield, Mass., and John P. Keady, Boca Raton, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for monitoring sound pressure levels at the ear includes an ambient sound microphone (ASM) for receiving ambient sounds and an ear canal microphone (ECM) for producing audio signals as a function of ambient sound received at the ambient sound microphone and a sound signal received from an associated personal audio device. A logic circuit is operatively associated with the ASM and ECM calculates a total SPL_Dose experienced by the ear at a time t. The total SPL_Dose is calculated by determining SPL_Dose for periods .DELTA.t as measured at the ECM. The logic circuit may select an action parameter in response to the Total SPL_Dose." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/931,252). 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=8,462,956&OS=8,462,956&RS=8,462,956 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent for Method and System for Securing Packetized Voice Transmissions ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,462,942) developed by David E. Berggren, Arlington, Mass., and Steven E. Belczyk, Waltham, Mass., for a "method and system for securing packetized voice transmissions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An approach is provided for providing secure packetized voice transmissions. A public/private key pair is generated at a call device (or endpoint). An encrypted voice stream is received from another call device, where the encrypted voice stream was encrypted using a public key of the public/private key pair. This encrypted voice stream when received at the call device is decrypted using a private key of the public/private key pair." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2009 (12/542,127). 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=8,462,942&OS=8,462,942&RS=8,462,942 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Analogic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Analogic, Peabody, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,462,912) developed by John P. O'Connor, Andover, Mass., and Charles Shaughnessy, Hamilton, Mass., for a "computed tomography examination and particle therapy treatment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An operation room may comprise both an object scanning apparatus for examining an object using x-ray radiation and an irradiation component for treating an object using particle radiation. A support article upon which the object may reside during (both) the examination and treatment may be configured to rotate about an axis substantially perpendicular to a plane through which x-ray radiation travels, may be configured to tilt with respect to the axis, and/or may be configured to yaw with respect to the axis. In this way, the relative orientation of the support article and the object remain substantially constant during the examination and treatment to facilitate treating a desired area of the object." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2009 (12/551,024). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,462,912&OS=8,462,912&RS=8,462,912 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intuit Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Intuit, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,459,560) developed by Jason David Mineo-Goggin, Chelsea, Mass., for "converting digital wallet credential from displayed code into audio code." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method to submit a payment using a mobile device, including receiving, from a user of the mobile device, input to change a first code to a second code, where the first code includes a payment account number stored in the mobile device, obtaining, in response to the input of the user, the first code from a first output buffer storing data for transmission in a first transmission mode, converting the first code stored in the first output buffer into the second code, storing the second code in a second output buffer for transmission in a second transmission mode, and transmitting the second code to the POS device in the second transmission mode, wherein the payment account number is extracted from the second code by the POS device for completing the payment." The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2011 (13/306,795). 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=8,459,560.PN.&OS=PN/8,459,560&RS=PN/8,459,560 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Analog Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,462,834) developed by Shrenik Deliwala, Andover, Mass., for "methods and apparatus for generating and processing transmitter signals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Transmitter signals are modulated with one or more codes which may represent a pulse even though the code(s) are not shaped as pulses. The code(s) may be generated by defining a pulse by its Fourier components, and then adding random phases to the Fourier components. A time-domain signal may then be created, which may serve as the code to be modulated on a carrier wave. Upon reflection of the transmitter signal, the received signal may be processed by a receiver to recover the pulse. The time-of-flight of the transmitter signal can then be determined, enabling distance measurements to be made." The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2008 (12/269,615). 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=8,462,834&OS=8,462,834&RS=8,462,834 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Emcore Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Emcore, Albuquerque, N.M., has been assigned a patent (8,462,823) developed by Andrew John Daiber, Emerald Hills, Calif., Shengbo Xu, Newark, Calif., and Yinan Wu, Westborough, Mass., for a "small packaged tunable laser with beam splitter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to one embodiment, the present application includes a tunable laser configured in a small package. The tunable laser includes a housing with a volume formed by exterior walls. An electrical input interface is positioned at the first end of the housing and configured to receive an information-containing electrical signal. An optical output interface is positioned at the second end of the housing and configured to transmit a continuous wave optical beam. A tunable semiconductor laser is positioned in the interior space and operable to emit a laser beam having a selectable wavelength. A focusing lens assembly is positioned in the interior space along an optical path of the laser beam to operatively couple the laser beam to the optical output interface." The patent application was filed on April 5, 2011 (13/080,519). 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=8,462,823&OS=8,462,823&RS=8,462,823 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- LSI, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,462,819) developed by P. Stephan Bedrosian, Andover, Mass., for an "adaptive clock recovery with step-delay pre-compensation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An adaptive clock recovery (ACR) subsystem processes an input phase signal indicative of jittery packet arrival times to generate a relatively smooth and bounded output phase signal that can be used to generate a relatively stable recovered clock signal. The input phase signal is also processed to detect and measure step-delays corresponding, for example, to path changes in the network routing of the packets. Step-delay pre-compensation is performed, in which the input phase signal is phase-adjusted, upstream of the ACR subsystem, based on the sign and magnitude of each detected step-delay. As a result, the ACR subsystem is substantially oblivious to the existence of such step-delays." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2010 (12/729,606). 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=8,462,819&OS=8,462,819&RS=8,462,819 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (8,462,828) developed by Lee E. Estes, Mattapoisett, Mass., for a "system for generating coherent single-frequency single transverse mode light pulses." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system is provided to generate coherent single-frequency and single transverse mode light pulses. A laser produces a linearly-polarized continuous wave beam defined by a single longitudinal and transverse mode. A first rotator processes the beam such that optical polarization is rotated during a first time period and not rotated during a second and third time period. A second rotator is operated during the first period to rotate optical polarization of the beam, during the second period to not rotate the beam, and during the third period to rotate the beam. An optical loop amplifies the beam during the first and second periods. An amplifier device can be added to the loop for amplification. A first beam splitter allows the beam to enter the loop and a second splitter directs the beam along the loop during the first and second periods and out of the loop during the third period." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2011 (13/040,995). 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=8,462,828&OS=8,462,828&RS=8,462,828 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. -1128600 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |