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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (June 18)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** Oiltool Engineering Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Oiltool Engineering Services, Willis, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,459,347) developed by Gregg W. Stout, Montgomery, Texas, for a "subterranean well ultra-short slip and packing element system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A subterranean well tool seals along a section of a wall of the well and is carried on a conduit into the well. A plurality of anchoring elements and seals are provided for respective anchoring and sealing engagement along the wall of the well in concert and substantially concurrently with one another when the tool is shifted to the set position. When the well tool moves to the set position, a portion of the mandrel separates and is retrieved from the well bore, allowing the well tool to be reduced in overall length. The anchoring elements are sandwiched in between first and second, or upper and lower, sets of seals." The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2009 (12/653,155). 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=8,459,347&OS=8,459,347&RS=8,459,347 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Shell Oil Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Shell Oil, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,459,368) developed by Ayca Sivrikoz, Houston, and William E. Hickman, Bellaire, Texas, for "systems and methods for producing oil and/or gas." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system comprising a carbon disulfide formulation storage; a mechanism for releasing at least a portion of the carbon disulfide formulation into a formation; and a mechanism for creating a pulse in the carbon disulfide formulation in the formation." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2007 (11/740,053). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/net *** University of Texas System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,459,360) developed by four co-inventors for a "di-functional surfactants for enhanced oil recovery." The co-inventors are Gary A. Pope, Cedar Park, Texas, Upali P. Weerasooriya, Austin, Texas, Quoc P. Nguyen, Austin, Texas, and Larry N. Britton, Spicewood, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention describes the synthesis and use of cleavable di-functional anionic surfactants for enhanced oil recovery applications and/or the use of sacrificial surfactants." The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2010 (12/874,920). 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=8,459,360&OS=8,459,360&RS=8,459,360 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Smith International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Smith International, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,459,357) developed by Charles H. Dewey, Houston, and Praful C. Desai, Kingwood, Texas, for "milling system and method of milling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mill for milling a window through metal casing in a well bore that includes a body having a plurality of blades; a plurality of cylindrically bodied cutting elements on said blades; and a plurality of diamond enhanced elements having a non-planar diamond working surface on said blades; wherein said cutting elements initiate cutting into said casing and mill said window into said well bore." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2010 (12/772,781). 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=8,459,357&OS=8,459,357&RS=8,459,357 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent for Tools for Use in Drilling or Enlarging Well Bores having Expandable Structures and Methods of Making and Using Such Tools ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,459,375) developed by Steven R. Radford, The Woodlands, Texas, for "tools for use in drilling or enlarging well bores having expandable structures and methods of making and using such tools." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Expandable reamers for enlarging boreholes in subterranean formations include a tubular body and at least one member positioned in openings in the tubular body. The at least one member is configured to move between retracted and extended positions. A push sleeve is disposed at least partially within the tubular body and coupled to the at least one member. The push sleeve moves axially upward to move the at least one member to the extended position in response to a pressure of drilling fluid passing through a drilling fluid flow path in the tubular body. The push sleeve moves axially downward to move the at least one member to the retracted position in response to a pressure of drilling fluid upon a restrictive element disposed within the fluid passageway. The restrictive element disposed within the fluid passageway may be discarded from the fluid passageway by increasing the flow rate through the drilling fluid flow path." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2010 (12/895,166). 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=8,459,375&OS=8,459,375&RS=8,459,375 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Magnum Oil Tools International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Magnum Oil Tools International, Corpus Christi, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,459,346) developed by W. Lynn Frazier, Corpus Christi, Texas, for a "bottom set downhole plug." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A plug for isolating a wellbore. The plug can include a body having a first end and a second end, wherein the body is formed from one or more composite materials and adapted to receive a setting tool through the first end thereof, at least one malleable element disposed about the body, at least one slip disposed about the body, at least one conical member disposed about the body, and one or more shearable threads disposed on an inner surface of the body, adjacent the second end thereof, wherein the one or more shearable threads are adapted to receive at least a portion of a setting tool that enters the body through the first end thereof, and wherein the one or more shearable threads are adapted to engage the setting tool when disposed through the body and adapted to release the setting tool when exposed to a predetermined axial force." The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2011 (13/329,077). 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=8,459,346&OS=8,459,346&RS=8,459,346 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Thru Tubing Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Thru Tubing Solutions, Oklahoma City, has been assigned a patent (8,459,365) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus for creating bidirectional rotary force or motion in a downhole device and method for using same." The co-inventors are Roger L. Schultz, Ninnekah, Okla., Brock Watson, Oklahoma City, Andrew Ferguson, Moore, Okla., and Stanley W. Loving, Port Aransas, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A downhole bidirectional apparatus, including a first engagement section; a second engagement section having a rotary device; a third engagement section; and a rotary source having a first rotary member and a second rotary member, the first rotary member disposed about the second rotary member, the first rotary member connected to a first gripping member and the second rotary member connected with a second gripping member, wherein the rotary device is rotatable in a first rotational direction when the second gripping member is engaged with the third engagement section and the first gripping member is rotatably engaged with the second engagement section, and wherein the rotary device is rotatable in a second rotational direction when the second gripping member is engaged with the second engagement section and the first gripping member is engaged with the first engagement section." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2012 (13/591,183). 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=8,459,365&OS=8,459,365&RS=8,459,365 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,459,352) developed by Mark D. Kalman, Luthersville, Ga., Eldon D. Dalrymple, Pearland, Texas, and Larry Eoff, Duncan, Okla., for a "selective placement of conformance treatments in multi-zone well completions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Selective placement of conformance treatments in multi-zone well completions. A method includes injecting a relative permeability modifier into a zone and optimizing a ratio of desired fluid to undesired fluid produced from the zone, including adjusting at least one flow control device between fully open and fully closed configurations. Another method includes injecting a relative permeability modifier into multiple zones, one at a time, via respective flow control devices, and then producing fluid from each of the zones. Another method includes identifying which of the zones to treat by, for each of the zones: a) closing flow control devices corresponding to the other zones, and b) evaluating fluid produced from the zone; and injecting a conformance treatment into the zones identified as the zones to treat." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2012 (13/709,257). 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=8,459,352&OS=8,459,352&RS=8,459,352 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** TMCo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- TMCo, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,459,305) developed by four co-inventors for a "dual chamber orifice fitting." The co-inventors are Eric M. Sutliff, Seminole, Okla., Kernek E. McDonald, Holdenville, Okla., David M. Bartley, Holdenville, Okla., and Billy R. Breeden, Montgomery, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A dual chamber orifice fitting including a first chamber maintained in fluid communication with a pipeline and a second chamber maintained in fluid communication with the first chamber. The fitting includes sealing member formed as an eccentric plug member that is selectively rotatable from a first position wherein the sealing member seals the first chamber from the second chamber, and a second position wherein the sealing member permits the first chamber to be placed in fluid communication with the second chamber. The sealing member includes a curved sealing surface having a pocket recessed therein for containing a non-metallic insert seat. The non-metallic insert seat sealingly engages a seat plate when the sealing member is in the first position. A retainer plate retains the insert seat in the recessed pocket." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2006 (11/278,927). 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=8,459,305&OS=8,459,305&RS=8,459,305 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,459,379) developed by Ping C. Sui, The Woodlands, Texas, and Gary E. Weaver, Conroe, Texas, for "bearing contact pressure reduction in well tools." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of reducing contact pressure between bearing surfaces of a well tool can include constructing a structure which supports one bearing surface in contact with the other bearing surface, and reducing contact pressure between the bearing surfaces by relieving strain energy in the structure. A well tool can include one bearing surface which contacts another bearing surface. There is a transition between contact and lack of contact between the bearing surfaces. A structure supporting one of the bearing surfaces can have a reduced stiffness, whereby a contact pressure between the bearing surfaces is reduced at the transition. The bearing surfaces can be formed on a thrust bearing, plain bearing, or other type of bearing between components of the well tool." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2010 (12/685,821). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,459,379&OS=8,459,379&RS=8,459,379 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent for Hybrid Drill Bit ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,459,378) developed by nine co-inventors for a hybrid drill bit. The co-inventors are Anton F. Zahradnik, Sugar Land, Texas, Ron D. McCormick, Magnolia, Texas, Rudolf C. Pessier, The Woodlands, Texas, Jack T. Oldham, Conroe, Texas, Michael S. Damschen, Houston, Don Q. Nguyen, Houston, Matt Meiners, Conroe, Texas, Karlos B. Cepeda, Fort Worth, Texas, and Mark P. Blackman, Conroe, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A bit body is configured at its upper extent for connection into a drillstring. At least one fixed blade extends downwardly from the bit body, and has a radially outermost gage surface. A plurality of fixed cutting elements is secured to the fixed blade, preferably in a row at its rotationally leading edge. At least one bit leg is secured to the bit body and a rolling cutter is mounted for rotation on the bit leg. At least one stabilizer pad is disposed between the bit leg and the fixed blade, the stabilizer pad extending radially outward to substantially the gage surface. The radially outermost gage surface of each blade can extend axially downward parallel to the bit axis or angled (non-parallel), spirally or helically, relative to the bit axis." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2009 (12/465,377). 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=8,459,378&OS=8,459,378&RS=8,459,378 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,459,353) developed by six co-inventors for a "delivery of particulate material below ground." The co-inventors are Trevor Hughes, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Evgeny Barmatov, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Jill Geddes, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Michael Fuller, Houston, Bruno Drochon, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Sergey Makarychev-Mikhailov, St. Petersburg, Russia. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wellbore fluid is an aqueous carrier liquid with first and second hydrophobic particulate materials suspended therein. The first hydrophobic particles have a higher specific gravity than the second hydrophobic particles and the fluid also comprises a gas to wet the surface of the particles and bind them together as agglomerates. The fluid may be a fracturing fluid or gravel packing fluid and the first particulate material may be proppant or gravel. The lighter second particulate material and the gas both reduce the density of the agglomerates which form so that they settle more slowly from the fluid, or are buoyant and do not settle. This facilitates transport and placement in a hydraulic fracture or gravel pack. One application of this is when fracturing a gas-shale with slickwater. The benefit of reduced settling is better placement of proppant so that a greater amount of the fracture is propped open." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2010 (12/868,165). 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=8,459,353&OS=8,459,353&RS=8,459,353 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent for Downhole Line Tool Assembly and Method for Use ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,459,348) developed by Richard Mineo, Richardson, Texas, and Jerry Clinton Foster, Lewisville, Texas, for a "downhole line tool assembly and method for use thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A downhole line tool assembly (200) for use in a wellbore. The downhole line tool assembly (200) includes a downhole power unit (206) having a moveable shaft (240) and a line motivator tool (208) having a drive assembly (246, 247) adapted to contact a line (204) passing through the line motivator tool (200) in the wellbore. The drive assembly (246, 247) is operably associated with the moveable shaft (240) such that rotation of the moveable shaft (240) rotates the drive assembly (246, 247), thereby moving the line (204) relative to the line motivator tool (208)." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2012 (13/539,672). 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=8,459,348&OS=8,459,348&RS=8,459,348 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Shell Oil Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Shell Oil, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,459,359) developed by Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, Texas, for "treating nahcolite containing formations and saline zones." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for treating a nahcolite containing subsurface formation includes removing water from a saline zone in or near the formation. The removed water is heated using a steam and electricity cogeneration facility. The heated water is provided to the nahcolite containing formation. A fluid is produced from the nahcolite containing formation. The fluid includes at least some dissolved nahcolite. At least some of the fluid is provided to the saline zone." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2008 (12/106,086). 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=8,459,359&OS=8,459,359&RS=8,459,359 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** TDY Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- TDY Industries, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,459,380) developed by four co-inventors for an "earth-boring bits and other parts including cemented carbide." The co-inventors are Prakash K. Mirchandani, Houston, Michale E. Waller, Huntsville, Ala., Morris E. Chandler, Santa Fe, Texas, and Heath C. Coleman, Union Grove, Ala. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An article of manufacture includes a cemented carbide piece, and a joining phase that binds the cemented carbide piece into the article. The joining phase comprises a eutectic alloy material. The article of manufacture further includes a non-cemented carbide piece bound into the article of manufacture by the joining phase. An article of manufacture includes a fixed-cutter earth-boring bit body, a roller cone, and a part for an earth-boring bit." The patent application was filed on June 8, 2012 (13/491,638). 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=8,459,380&OS=8,459,380&RS=8,459,380 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,459,366) developed by Alf K. Sevre, Houston, for a "temperature dependent swelling of a swellable material." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A swellable packer can include a material which swells when contacted with a swelling fluid, and a barrier comprising a highly crystalline polymer which is substantially impermeable to the swelling fluid. A method of controlling swelling of a material can include positioning the material and a barrier in a well, the barrier preventing contact between the material and a swelling fluid, the barrier comprising a polymer, and increasing a permeability of the barrier to the swelling fluid in response to the barrier polymer being heated to its crystallization temperature. A well system can include a material which swells in response to contact with a hydrocarbon gas, and a barrier which comprises a crystalline polymer, the polymer being substantially impermeable to the hydrocarbon gas, whereby the polymer initially prevents swelling of the material, but the polymer becomes increasingly permeable to the hydrocarbon gas when heated to its crystallization temperature." The patent application was filed on March 8, 2011 (13/043,030). 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=8,459,366&OS=8,459,366&RS=8,459,366 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent for Cutting Dart and Method of Using the Cutting Dart ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,459,358) developed by John G. Misselbrook, Calgary, Canada, Manfred Sach, Calgary, Canada, and Jason M. Skufca, Houston, for a "cutting dart and method of using the cutting dart." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure is directed to a cutting dart. The cutting dart comprises a dart body including a first pathway. The first pathway is configured to redirect cutting fluid flowing through a coiled tubing so that the cutting fluid flows radially to impinge against an inner surface of the coiled tubing. A seal is positioned around an outer circumference of the dart body. The present disclosure is also directed to an anchor dart. The anchor dart comprises a dart body and a swellable elastomer positioned around an outer circumference of the dart body. Methods of employing the cutting dart and anchor dart are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on May 20, 2010 (12/784,311). 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=8,459,358&OS=8,459,358&RS=8,459,358 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,459,355) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "radiation-induced triggering for set-on-command compositions and methods of use." The co-inventors are Samuel J. Lewis, Duncan, Okla., James Lynn Davis, Holly Springs, N.C., Vijay Gupta, Morrisville, N.C., Michele Ostraat, Durham, N.C., David F. Myers, Cary, N.C., Mike Lamvik, Durham, N.C., Andrew K. Dummer, Chapel Hill, N.C., Vikram Rao, Chapel Hill, N.C., Lawrence Roberts, Acton, Mass., and Anthony Badalamenti, Katy, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods of isolating a portion of a wellbore comprising placing a sealant composition into a subterranean formation after drilling of the wellbore therein and subjecting the sealant composition to ionizing radiation wherein subjecting the sealant composition to the ionizing radiation alters the set modifier. The sealant composition comprises a set modifier selected from the group consisting of an accelerator, an oxidizing agent, a set retarder, and combinations thereof. And the sealant composition comprises a polymeric component." The patent application was filed on July 3, 2012 (13/541,267). 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=8,459,355&OS=8,459,355&RS=8,459,355 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,460,525) developed by Adam Heller, Austin, Texas, for a "device for the determination of glycated hemoglobin." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrochemical device for determining the percentage of glycated hemoglobin in a blood sample is provided. The device includes a cathode and anode and one or more cells. The device may include an enzyme capable of reducing oxygen to water for determining the total amount of hemoglobin in a sample by electrochemically measuring, in an oxygen electroreduction reaction at a cathode, the amount of oxygen in the sample. The device may also be used to determine the amount of glycated hemoglobin in the sample (e.g., spectrometrically or electrochemically). Also provided are devices that include glycated hemoglobin hydrolysis agents or glycated hemoglobin separating agents." The patent application was filed on May 21, 2012 (13/476,625). 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=8,460,525&OS=8,460,525&RS=8,460,525 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** GTC Technology US Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- GTC Technology US, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,460,517) developed by Mircea Cretoiu, Sugar Land, Texas, and Andrei Cimpeanu, Houston, for "methods and apparatuses for steam addition to a reboiler coupled to an extractive distillation column for improved extractive distillation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatuses for extractive distillation using internal addition of steam to an extractive distillation column from a reboiler are described herein. The apparatuses include an extractive distillation column, a reboiler (for example, a kettle reboiler) coupled to the extractive distillation column, and a steam input line. The steam input line is coupled to an internal steam sparger device of the reboiler. Methods utilizing the apparatuses to perform extractive distillation of a hydrocarbon feed stream are also described herein." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2010 (12/706,937). 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=8,460,517&OS=8,460,517&RS=8,460,517 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Jet Flow Dynamics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Jet Flow Dynamics, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,460,443) developed by Michael W. Seitz, Houston, for a portable dust collector. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A portable dust collector comprises a rectangular box-shaped housing containing a rectangular box shaped filter chamber having a dust collection volume in a lower portion thereof and providing plenums for operative gas circulation in a compact environment. The filter chamber shares a portion of the floor with the housing and has a pair of internal parallel sidewalls spaced inwardly from the outside sidewalls of the housing. The internal sidewalls define a plurality of filter chamber dirty gas inlets located just under an apertured cell plate from which the filters hang. The system is provided with a pulse jet cleaning system located in the clean air plenum above the cell plate." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2009 (12/998,476). 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=8,460,443&OS=8,460,443&RS=8,460,443 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** VIA Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- VIA Technologies, New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (8,464,032) developed by G. Glenn Henry, Austin, Texas, and Jui-Shuan Chen, Austin, Texas, for a "microprocessor integrated circuit with first processor that outputs debug information in response to reset by second processor of the integrated circuit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A microprocessor integrated circuit includes first and second processors. The first processor is configured to detect that the second processor has not retired an instruction for a predetermined amount of clock cycles and to responsively reset the second processor. The microprocessor integrated circuit also includes microcode. The second processor is configured to execute the microcode in response to a reset of the second processor. The microcode is configured to read debug information within the microprocessor integrated circuit and to output the debug information external to the microprocessor integrated circuit in response to determining that the reset was performed by the first processor." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2010 (12/748,846). 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=8,464,032&OS=8,464,032&RS=8,464,032 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Fujitsu Assigned Patent for System and Method for Displaying Information Regarding an Unengaged Plug-in Unit ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Fujitsu, Kawasaki-shi, Japan, has been assigned a patent (8,463,974) developed by David Paul Petton, Garland, Texas, for a "system and method for displaying information regarding an unengaged plug-in unit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, methods and systems for displaying information regarding an unengaged plug-in unit are provided. A plug-in unit may include a processor and an information verification module communicatively coupled to the processor. The information verification module may include a non-volatile memory, a controller communicatively coupled to the non-volatile memory, and display communicatively coupled to the controller. The a non-volatile memory may store information. The controller may be configured to, when the plug-in unit is unengaged: (i) read the information from the non-volatile memory, and (ii) communicate control signals based at least in part on the read information. The display may be configured to, when the plug-in unit is unengaged, display graphic images or alphanumeric characters based at least in part on the control signals." The patent application was filed on Nov. 22, 2010 (12/952,028). 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=8,463,974&OS=8,463,974&RS=8,463,974 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Research In Motion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Research In Motion, Waterloo, Canada, has been assigned a patent (8,463,913) developed by Jan John-Luc Bakker, Keller, Texas, Andrew Allen, Mundelein, Ill., and Adrian Buckley, Tracy, Calif., for a "system and method of responding to a request in a network environment including IMS." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for facilitating responding to a request in a network environment including IMS. A component associated with a recipient is configured to receive an incoming message from a sender, wherein the incoming message is substantially free of an indication of acceptance by the sender of a body of a particular content type. A component associated with the recipient is configured to provide an outgoing message including at least one body of the particular content type." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2008 (12/240,381). 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=8,463,913&OS=8,463,913&RS=8,463,913 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Open Text Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Open Text, Luxembourg, has been assigned a patent (8,463,998) developed by Mark R. Scheevel, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method for managing page variations in a page delivery cache." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments disclosed herein provide a high performance content delivery system in which versions of content are cached for servicing web site requests containing the same uniform resource locator (URL). When a page is cached, certain metadata is also stored along with the page. That metadata includes a description of what extra attributes, if any, must be consulted to determine what version of content to serve in response to a request. When a request is fielded, a cache reader consults this metadata at a primary cache address, then extracts the values of attributes, if any are specified, and uses them in conjunction with the URL to search for an appropriate response at a secondary cache address. These attributes may include HTTP request headers, cookies, query string, and session variables. If no entry exists at the secondary address, the request is forwarded to a page generator at the back-end." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2008 (12/208,072). 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=8,463,998&OS=8,463,998&RS=8,463,998 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** ARM Assigned Patent for Floating Point Multiplier with First and Second Partial Product Shifting Circuitry for Result Alignment ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- ARM, Cambridge, United Kingdom, has been assigned a patent (8,463,834) developed by David Raymond Lutz, Austin, Texas, for a "floating point multiplier with first and second partial product shifting circuitry for result alignment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A floating point multiplier includes a data path in which a plurality of partial products are calculated and then reduced to a first partial product and a second partial product. Shift amount determining circuitry 100 analyzes the exponents of the input operands A and B as well as counting the leading zeros in the fractional portions of these operands to determine an amount of left shift or right shift to be applied by shifting circuitry 200, 202 within the multiplier data path. This shift amount is applied so as to align the partial products so that when they are added they will produce the result C without requiring this to be further shifted. Furthermore, shifting the partial products to the correct alignment in this way in advance of adding these partial products permits injection rounding combined with the adding of the partial products to be employed for cases including subnormal values." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2009 (12/588,962). 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=8,463,834&OS=8,463,834&RS=8,463,834 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Flextronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Flextronics, Broomfield, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,458,893) developed by Antony Brinlee, Plano, Texas, and Arturo Silva, Allen, Texas, for a "method for assembling a magnetic component." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Generally, methods and processes for assembling magnetic components are presented herein. More specifically, conductors are wound around a substantially hollow bobbin. Portions of the conductors may be temporarily positioned outside the bobbin through slots in the flanges of the bobbin during the assembly process. Insulating layers may be wrapped around the conductors. The center legs of a pair of magnetic core halves may be inserted into the bobbin. The base of the magnetic core halves may have a passage to allow a conductor to pass therethrough at a height less than the height of the base." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2011 (13/157,186). 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=8,458,893&OS=8,458,893&RS=8,458,893 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** VIA Technologies Assigned Patent for Out-of-order Execution Microprocessor with Reduced Store Collision Load Replay Reduction ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- VIA Technologies, New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (8,464,029) developed by Matthew Daniel Day, Austin, Texas, and Rodney E. Hooker, Austin, Texas, for an "out-of-order execution microprocessor with reduced store collision load replay reduction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An out-of-order execution microprocessor for reducing load instruction replay likelihood due to store collisions. A register alias table (RAT) is coupled to first and second queues of entries and generates dependencies used to determine when instructions may execute out of order. The RAT allocates an entry of the first queue and populates the allocated entry with an instruction pointer of a load instruction, when it determines that the load instruction must be replayed. The RAT allocates an entry of the second queue when it encounters a store instruction and populates the allocated entry with a dependency that identifies an instruction upon which the store instruction depends for its data. The RAT causes a subsequent instance of the load instruction to share the dependency when it encounters the subsequent instance of the load instruction and determines that its instruction pointer matches the instruction pointer of an entry of the first queue." The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2009 (12/604,930). 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=8,464,029&OS=8,464,029&RS=8,464,029 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** ADCO Industries-Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- ADCO Industries-Technologies, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,458,857) developed by Raymond E. Davis, Heath, Texas, and Clifton Glenn Hampton, Burleson, Texas, for a "blocking closure of a passageway." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device includes a base attachable to a first side of a door; a swing arm coupled to the base, the swing arm including a bracket flange configured to extend across an edge of the door between the first side of the door and a second side of the door opposite the first side of the door; and a biasing member coupled between the swing arm and the base and configured to urge the swing arm from a retracted position in which the bracket flange is adjacent the edge to an extended position in which the bracket flange is apart from the edge." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2012 (13/358,709). 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=8,458,857&OS=8,458,857&RS=8,458,857 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent for System and Method for Determining a Cache Arrangement ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,464,303) developed by Lev B. Sofman, Allen, Texas, Bill Krogfoss, Frisco, Texas, and Anshul Agrawal, Plano, Texas, for a "system and method for determining a cache arrangement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an IPTV network, one or more caches may be provided at the network nodes for storing video content in order to reduce bandwidth requirements. Video content titles may be stored in the cache in accordance with a calculated cache arrangement that minimizes the total incremental transport cost of the content traffic." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2008 (12/284,079). 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=8,464,303&OS=8,464,303&RS=8,464,303 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** ARM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- ARM, Cambridge, United Kingdom, has been assigned a patent (8,463,960) developed by four co-inventors for "synchronisation of data processing systems." The co-inventors are Phanindra Kumar Mannava, Austin, Texas, Jamshed Jalal, Austin, Texas, Ramamoorthy Guru Prasadh, Austin, Texas, and Michael Alan Filippo, Driftwood, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A centralised synchronizing device for determining progress of at least a subset of transaction requests that are transmitted through a data processing system. A system synchronizing request is a request generated by one of the plurality of transaction generating devices and queries progress of a subset of the transaction requests. The synchronizing device includes: at least one port to and from the data processing system; a multicast circuitry configured to output a plurality of synchronizing requests for multicast to at least some of the devices within the data processing system where the requests query the progress of the subset of the transaction requests. Gather circuitry collects responses to the requests confirming that the queried progress has occurred at the respective devices. The gather circuitry determines when responses to all of the requests have been received and outputs a response to the system synchronizing request." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2011 (13/137,358). 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=8,463,960&OS=8,463,960&RS=8,463,960 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Alstom Technology, Dow Global Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Alstom Technology, Baden, Switzerland, and Dow Global Technologies, Midland, Mich., have been assigned a patent (8,460,436) developed by Barath Baburao, Knoxville, Tenn., and Craig Schubert, Lake Jackson, Texas, for an "advanced intercooling and recycling in CO.sub.2 absorption." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates processes of removal of acidic gases from a gas stream, comprising the steps of a) contacting a wash solution stream with said gas stream containing acidic gases to be removed to allow absorption of the acidic gases into the wash solution stream; b) withdrawing wash solution enriched with acidic gases from said wash solution stream at a first withdrawal level; c) cooling said withdrawn wash solution; and d) reintroducing said cooled wash solution to the wash solution stream at a first reintroduction level to form a mixed wash solution stream, said first reintroduction level being upstream of said first withdrawal level. The present invention also relates to systems for removal of acidic gases from a gas stream." The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2009 (12/625,051). 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=8,460,436&OS=8,460,436&RS=8,460,436 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** William Marsh Rice University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- William Marsh Rice University, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,460,428) developed by Jun Lou, Houston, and Yongjie Zhan, Houston, for a "single-crystalline metal nanorings and methods for synthesis thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In various embodiments, methods for synthesizing single-crystalline zero-valent metal nanorings, such as single-crystalline copper nanorings, are described herein. The methods include providing a solution containing a metal cation, a complexing agent bound to the metal cation, thereby forming a metal complex that is at least partially soluble in the solution, and a reducing agent operable for reducing the metal complex to a zero-valent metal and then heating the solution for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature until zero-valent metal nanorings form. The solution may be an aqueous solution in an embodiment. Single-crystalline metal nanorings produced by the methods described herein may have a diameter less than about 100 .mu.m and a wall thickness between about 10 nm and about 500 nm." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2010 (12/771,629). 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=8,460,428&OS=8,460,428&RS=8,460,428 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Celanese International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Celanese International, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,460,405) developed by six co-inventors for ethanol compositions. The co-inventors are Trinity Horton, Houston, Radmila Jevtic, Houston, Victor J. Johnston, Houston, Lincoln Sarager, Houston, R. Jay Warner, Houston, and Heiko Weiner, Pasadena, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, the present invention is to an ethanol composition comprising at least 92 wt. % ethanol and from 95 wppm to 1,000 wppm isopropanol." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2010 (12/852,290). 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=8,460,405&OS=8,460,405&RS=8,460,405 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Phillips 66 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Phillips 66, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,460,410) developed by four co-inventors for a "two stage entrained gasification system and process." The co-inventors are Albert C. Tsang, Sugar Land, Texas, Chancelor L. Williams, Katy, Texas, Max W. Thompson, Sugar Land, Texas, and David L. Breton, Houston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a system and process for gasifying feedstock such as carbonaceous materials. The invention includes partial combustion of dry solids and pyrolysis of carbonaceous material slurry in two separate reactor sections and produce mixture products comprising synthesis gas. The invention employs one or more catalytic or sorbent bed for removing tar from the synthesis gas. The inventive system and process allow a gasification to be carried out under higher slurry feeding rate and lower temperature with the provision to manage the tar being produced, therefore to increase the conversion efficiency of the overall gasification." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2008 (12/192,471). 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=8,460,410&OS=8,460,410&RS=8,460,410 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Biomet Manufacturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Biomet Manufacturing, Warsaw, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,460,393) developed by seven co-inventors for a "modular lateral hip augments." The co-inventors are Aaron P. Smith, Warsaw, Ind., Tyler D. Witt, Fond du Lac, Wis., Hugh Apthorp, East Sussex, United Kingdom, Keith R. Berend, Columbus, Ohio, Andrew Freiberg, Weston, Mass., John Barrington, Plano, Texas, and David R. Brown, Warsaw, Ind. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An implant for a hip can include a lateral augment adapted to be coupled to a lateral side of a femoral body implant. The lateral augment can include a body portion having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a protrusion extending from the second surface. The protrusion can have a shape adapted to mate with a complimentary shaped recess formed in the lateral side of the femoral body implant. An aperture can be positioned in the body portion and extend through the protrusion. A fastener can be received through the aperture and adapted to be threadably secured to the lateral bore. The fastener can be configured to have a length sufficient to pass through a portion of a greater trochanter for securing the portion of the greater trochanter and the lateral augment to the femoral body implant." The patent application was filed on March 5, 2010 (12/718,230). 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=8,460,393&OS=8,460,393&RS=8,460,393 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** ARM Assigned Patent for Dynamic Resource Allocation for Transaction Requests Issued by Initiator Devices to Recipient Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- ARM, Cambridge, United Kingdom, has been assigned a patent (8,463,958) developed by six co-inventors for a "dynamic resource allocation for transaction requests issued by initiator devices to recipient devices." The co-inventors are Phanindra Kumar Mannava, Austin, Texas, Jamshed Jalal, Austin, Texas, Ramamoorthy Guru Prasadh, Austin, Texas, Michael Alan Filippo, Driftwood, Texas, Bruce James Mathewson, Papworth Everard, United Kingdom, and Timothy Charles Mace, Haverhill, United Kingdom. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Initiator devices for generating transaction requests and recipient devices for receiving them are disclosed. The recipient devices accept transaction requests where there is available buffer storage for the transaction request. If there is no storage space available an acknowledgement signal generator generates and outputs a reject acknowledgement signal indicating a request has been received but has not been accepted by the recipient device. A credit generator can reserve at least one available storage location in the buffer and generate a credit grant for an initiator device that sent one of the transaction requests that was not accepted by the recipient device. The credit grant indicates to the initiator device that there is at least one reserved storage location, such that a subsequent transaction request from the initiator device will be accepted by the recipient device. Thus, the initiator device may not transmit the transaction request again until it has received the credit grant, whereupon it may transmit it along with a credit grant indicator such that it is sure that it will be accepted." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2011 (13/137,363). 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=8,463,958&OS=8,463,958&RS=8,463,958 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent for Cache and Associated Method with Frame Buffer Managed Dirty Data Pull and High-priority Clean Mechanism ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,464,001) developed by six co-inventors for a "cache and associated method with frame buffer managed dirty data pull and high-priority clean mechanism." The co-inventors are John H. Edmondson, Arlington, Mass., David B. Glasco, Austin, Texas, Peter B. Holmqvist, Cary, N.C., George R. Lynch, Raleigh, N.C., Patrick R. Marchand, Apex, N.C., and James Roberts, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are disclosed for managing the number of affirmatively associated cache lines related to the different sets of a data cache unit. A tag look-up unit implements two thresholds, which may be configurable thresholds, to manage the number of cache lines related to a given set that store dirty data or are reserved for in-flight read requests. If the number of affirmatively associated cache lines in a given set is equal to a maximum threshold, the tag look-up unit stalls future requests that require an available cache line within that set to be affirmatively associated. To reduce the number of stalled requests, the tag look-up unit transmits a high priority clean notification to a frame buffer logic when the number of affirmatively associated cache lines in a given set approaches the maximum threshold. The frame buffer logic then processes requests associated with that set preemptively." The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2008 (12/331,305). 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=8,464,001&OS=8,464,001&RS=8,464,001 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Velocys Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Velocys, Plain City, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,460,411) developed by eight co-inventors for a microchannel compression reactor. The co-inventors are William Allen Rogers Jr., Marysville, Ohio, Christopher Paul Weil, Pickerington, Ohio, Robert Dwayne Litt, Westerville, Ohio, Ronald Chester Pasadyn, Missouri City, Texas, George Bradley Smith, Rock Hill, S.C., Charles Robert Miele, Columbus, Ohio, Thomas Peter Forte, Columbus, Ohio, and Jimmy Glen Pelham, Bartlesville, Okla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process unit comprising: (a) a first microchannel module comprising: (i) a first unit operation including microchannels, in which at least a portion of a unit operation takes place, adapted to be in fluid communication with a first inlet stream and a first outlet stream, and (ii) a second unit operation including microchannels adapted to be in thermal communication with the first unit operation, the second unit operation adapted to be in fluid communication with a second inlet stream and a second outlet stream; and (b) a pressurized vessel at least partially containing the first microchannel module adapted to be concurrently occupied by a compressive medium in thermal communication with the first microchannel module." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2010 (12/819,427). 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=8,460,411&OS=8,460,411&RS=8,460,411 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Spinal Supporting Chair Attachment ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Brenda Brotsch, Sweetwater, Texas, has developed a patent (8,459,737) for a "spinal supporting chair attachment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A portable back support device is provided for increasing the spinal support experienced by a user of a low-back chair. The present invention comprises a winged headrest, a back support, a pair of removably attachable armrests, and an adjustable chair strap. The winged head rest and back support may be separatable and removably secured to one another, or alternatively may be may be one piece. The device has cushions of varying contour and firmness and is covered with an upholstery material. Cushioned armrests may be attached at the sides of the back support according to the preference of a user. The device is removably secured to a chair by means of an adjustable strap that fits around the back of a chair and may be tightened or loosened as necessary to affix the device." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2011 (13/118,996). 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=84,59,737.PN.&OS=PN/84,59,737&RS=PN/84,59,737 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Bouyant Hull Extension Providing Lateral and Longitudinal Control for Lightweight Hulls ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Scott Armstrong Kilgore, Grapevine, Texas, has developed a patent (8,459,198) for a "bouyant hull extension providing lateral and longitudinal control for lightweight hulls." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved stern design for many types of small watercraft to eliminate "tail dragging", porpoising, oversteer and "slide out", improve longitudinal tracking, and provide faster planing at lower speeds. This hull extension, consisting of two buoyant sponsons extending astern of the motor output, supports the weight of the entire motor propulsion unit, extends the planing surface, shifts the center of buoyancy rearward, resulting in an ability to maintain an even fore-aft keel in a very lightweight hull. Under acceleration and cruising, high pressure under the extensions along with an improved center of gravity keeps the boat from tail dragging. Interior chines formed as part of the inner lower surface of the sponsons provide straight tracking under power, even without other hydrodynamic aids, and provide resistance to oversteer or "slideout" in turns. The long sponson extensions protect an outdrive system from contact at the stern or sides of the boat." The patent application was filed on Jan. 20, 2011 (13/010,628). 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=84,59,198.PN.&OS=PN/84,59,198&RS=PN/84,59,198 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** J&M Shuler Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- J&M Shuler Medical, Athens, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,460,273) developed by Brett Freedman, Apo, AE, and Robert L. Pauly, Friendswood, Texas, for a "sub-atmospheric wound care system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems are provided for a sub-atmospheric wound-care (SAWS) system for treating an open wound. The SAWS system includes a regulated vacuum source for developing a negative pressure, a flow rate meter configured to measure a flow rate of liquid removed from the wound, a primary pressure regulating sensor located proximate the wound for directly measuring the negative pressure at the wound, a backup pressure regulating sensor located vacuum tube, a porous dressing suitable to be sealed airtight which is positioned within a wound interface chamber, a collection canister configured to collect said liquid removed from the wound, and an adapter configured to use wall suction a primary regulated vacuum source." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2011 (13/118,544). 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=84,60,273.PN.&OS=PN/84,60,273&RS=PN/84,60,273 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Adjustable-height Support Member ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Revis Jimmy Massey, Boyd, Texas, has developed a patent (8,459,740) for an adjustable-height support member. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An adjustable-height support member, also referred to as a chair, provides support in a panel assembly having an inner wall and an outer wall. The chair includes a base configured for attachment to an interior surface of the inner wall. A shaft extends from the base. An optional cap covers the shaft such that the total length of the chair corresponds with a desired thickness between the inner wall and the outer wall of the panel assembly. During assembly, the chair prevents sagging between the inner wall and the outer wall. The chair also allows the insulating foam to be applied so as to substantially fill the void between the inner and outer wall." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2010 (12/860,488). 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=84,59,740.PN.&OS=PN/84,59,740&RS=PN/84,59,740 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Insulation Work Apparatus ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Luis Hernandez, Odessa, Texas, has developed a patent (8,458,921) for an insulation work apparatus. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An insulation work tool is disclosed that is marked for measurement and comparison with charts thereon for different ratios and grades of pipes, clamps, and insulation as used in the insulation industry, and includes other devices for determination of the proper relationships of dimensions of the insulation, pipes, clamps, and sheet metal, as well as other functions." The patent application was filed on April 5, 2011 (13/080,182). 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=84,58,921.PN.&OS=PN/84,58,921&RS=PN/84,58,921 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for System for Drilling Under Balanced Wells ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- Danny T. Williams, Katy, Texas, has developed a patent (8,459,376) for a "system for drilling under balanced wells." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for drilling a well bore with an under-balanced hydrostatic pressure. The system includes a tubular member containing a first port, a compression member disposed about the outer portion of the tubular member and having an internal sliding mandrel extending therefrom with a second port, an external sliding sleeve having a third port and 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. -1128687 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |