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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (Jan. 3)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Ericsson Evdo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Ericsson Evdo, Dover, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,619,702) developed by Deepak Garg, Nashua, N.H., and Prasasth R. Palnati, Westford, Mass., for a radio network control. The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2005 (11/305,286). 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=38&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/DE Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** EverLift Wind Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- EverLift Wind Technology, Lewes, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,618,682) developed by George J. Syrovy, Centerville, Mass., for a "looped airfoil wind turbine." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2010 (13/203,745). 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=44&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/DE Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent for Sensor Assembly for Use in Medical Position and Orientation Tracking ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,618,795) developed by Kaustubh Ravindra Nagarkar, Clifton Park, N.Y., William Hullinger Huber, Niskayuna, N.Y., and Daniel Eduardo Groszmann, Belmont, Mass., for a "sensor assembly for use in medical position and orientation tracking." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2012 (13/538,573). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=149&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Rochester, MIT, California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Cornell University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- The University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, Calif., and Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., have been assigned a patent (8,619,358) developed by nine co-inventors for an "electrically pumped extrinsic semiconductor optical amplifier with slot waveguide." The co-inventors are Lionel C. Kimerling, Concord, Mass., Harry Atwater, South Pasadena, Calif., Mark L. Brongersma, Redwood City, Calif., Luca Dal Negro, Cambridge, Mass., Thomas L. Koch, Califon, N.J., Philippe Fauchet, Pittsford, N.Y., Michal Lipson, Ithaca, N.Y., Jurgen Michel, Arlington, Mass., and Carlos Angulo Barrios, Madrid, Spain. The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2009 (12/611,435). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=127&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dynamic Adaptive Process Discovery and Compliance ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,619,084) developed by four co-inventors for a "dynamic adaptive process discovery and compliance." The co-inventors are Francisco Phelan Curbera, Hawthorne, N.Y., Paul T. Keyser, Hawthorne, N.Y., Rania Khalaf, Cambridge, Mass., and Geetika Tewari Lakshmanan, Cambridge, Mass. The patent application was filed on May 3, 2010 (12/772,629). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=136&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Utilizing Sense Amplifier to Select Suitable Circuit ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,618,839) developed by four co-inventors for "utilizing a sense amplifier to select a suitable circuit." The co-inventors are Howard H. Chi, Littleton, Mass., Haitao O. Dai, Boston, Kai D. Feng, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., and Donald J. Papae, Hopewell Junction, N.Y. The patent application was filed on March 13, 2012 (13/418,961). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=145&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Air Products and Chemicals, BTU International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Air Products and Chemicals, Allentown, Pa., and BTU International, North Billerica, Mass., have been assigned a patent (8,617,352) developed by seven co-inventors for an "electrode assembly for the removal of surface oxides by electron attachment." The co-inventors are Chun Christine Dong, Macungie, Pa., Wayne Thomas McDermott, Fogelsville, Pa., Alexander Schwarz, Bethlehem, Pa., Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Pipersville, Pa., Richard E. Patrick, Tamaqua, Pa., Gary A. Orbeck, Windham, N.H., and Donald A. Seccombe Jr., Gloucester, Mass. The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2010 (12/968,607). 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=40&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28PA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/PA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/PA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** A123 Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- A123 Systems, Livonia, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,617,745) developed by six co-inventors for a "lithium secondary cell with high charge and discharge rate capability and low impedance growth." The co-inventors are Antoni S. Gozdz, Marlborough, Mass., Andrew C. Chu, Cambridge, Mass., Ricardo Fulop, Brookline, Mass., Yet-Ming Chiang, Framingham, Mass., Gilbert N. Riley Jr., Marlborough, Mass., and Roger Lin, Northborough, Mass. The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2006 (11/518,974). 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=86,17,745.PN.&OS=PN/86,17,745&RS=PN/86,17,745 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** A123 Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- A123 Systems, Livonia, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,617,430) developed by Yet-Ming Chiang, Framingham, Mass., Anthony E. Pullen, Belmont, Mass., and Nonglak Meethong, Cambridge, Mass., for the "amorphous and partially amorphous nanoscale ion storage materials." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2012 (13/446,694). 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=86,17,430.PN.&OS=PN/86,17,430&RS=PN/86,17,430 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Biogen Idec Assigned Patent for Binding Molecules and Methods of Use ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,618,042) developed by four co-inventors for "binding molecules and methods of use thereof." The co-inventors are Julio H. Cuervo, Arlington, Mass., Russell C. Petter, Stow, Mass., Daniel Scott, Weston, Mass., and Kathryn Strauch, Bedford, Mass. The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2007 (11/698,299). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=78&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,617,955) developed by Andrew Waite, Beverly, Mass., Yuri Erokhin, Georgetown, Mass., and Stanislav Todorov, Topsfield, Mass., for a "method and system for forming low contact resistance device." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2011 (13/181,175). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=79&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Massachusetts Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- The University of Massachusetts, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,617,838) developed by Eicke Latz, Worcester, Mass., Brian G. Monks, Sudbury, Mass., and Douglas T. Golenbock, Wellesley, Mass., for a "fluorescent proteins and related methods and compounds." The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2005 (11/575,363). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=82&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Children's Medical Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Children's Medical Center, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,618,055) developed by Avner Adini, Brookline, Mass., and Robert D'Amato, Lexington, Mass., for a "prominin-1 peptide fragments and uses thereof." The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2011 (13/015,376). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=77&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Immunexcite Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Immunexcite, Watertown, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,617,823) developed by Ifat Rubin-Bejerano, Belmont, Mass., and Gerald R. Fink, Chestnut Hill, Mass., for an "immunomodulating compositions and methods of use thereof." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2009 (12/990,066). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=83&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MIT Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,617,819) developed by four co-inventors for "polymers for analyte detection." The co-inventors are Timothy M. Swager, Newton, Mass., Peter H. Seeberger, Zurich, Switzerland, Juan Zheng, Cambridge, Mass., and Matthew D. Disney, Williamsville, N.Y. The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2005 (11/230,308). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=84&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ChemGenes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- ChemGenes, Wilmington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,618,279) developed by Andrei Laikhter, Lexington, Mass., Suresh Chandra Srivastava, Burlington, Mass., and Naveen Srivastava, Burlington, Mass., for a "synthesis of 2',3'-- and 3',5'--cyclic phosphate mono-and oligonucleotides." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2010 (12/657,227). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=65&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Acushnet Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,618,197) developed by Michael J. Sullivan, Barrington, R.I., Derek A. Ladd, Acushnet, Mass., and Michael D. Jordan, Waxhaw, N.C., for a "highly-neutralized thermoplastic copolymer center for improved multi-layer core golf ball." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2010 (12/969,096). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=70&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,617,810) developed by Stefan Heller, Menlo Park, Calif., and Albert Edge, Brookline, Mass., for "screening method for compounds that promote differentiation of inner ear progenitor cells." The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2008 (12/187,543). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=86&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Brandeis University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,617,634) developed by Daniel Perlman, Arlington, Mass., and Kenneth C. Hayes, Wellesley, Mass., for a "Sn-2 myristate-containing edible oil." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2009 (13/060,586). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=88&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Excelimmune Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Excelimmune, Woburn, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,617,881) developed by five co-inventors for "methods for producing recombinant proteins." The co-inventors are Vincent W. Coljee, Watertown, Mass., Gwendolyn M. Wilmes, Belmont, Mass., Stuart Hicks, North Andover, Mass., Kimberly L. Carey, Winchester, Mass., and Elizabeth R. Reczek, Weston, Mass. The patent application was filed on June 13, 2012 (13/495,993). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=81&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., and Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,619,575) developed by five co-inventors for the "multiband, multimode selection and simultaneous use." The co-inventors are Iftekhar Rahman, Billerica, Mass., Andrew Youtz, Rocky Hill, N.J., Kyriaki Konstantinou, New York, Pingping Zong, Randolph, N.J., and Zheng Zhao, Plainsboro, N.J. The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2011 (13/025,387). 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=86,19,575.PN.&OS=PN/86,19,575&RS=PN/86,19,575 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Vertex Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,618,152) developed by four co-inventors for "inhibitors of serine proteases, particularly HCV NS3-NS4A proteases." The co-inventors are Luc J. Farmer, Foxboro, Mass., Robert B. Perni, Marlborough, Mass., Govinda Rao Bhisetti, Lexington, Mass., and Keith P. Wilson, San Diego. The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2011 (13/238,386). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=73&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,617,885) developed by Chengcheng Zhang, Arlington, Mass., and Harvey Lodish, Brookline, Mass., for a "cultured hematopoietic stem cells and method for expansion and analysis thereof." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2010 (12/830,709). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=80&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tufts Medical Center, Harvard College Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Tufts Medical Center, Boston, and Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., have been assigned a patent (8,617,818) developed by Philip N. Tsichlis, Winchester, Mass., Christos Polytarchou, Boston, and Dimitrios Iliopoulos, Brighton, Mass., for "compositions and methods for diagnosis and prognosis of cancer and progression, and for screening anti-cancer agents." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/249,477). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=85&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cell Signaling Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,618,260) developed by four co-inventors for a "tyrosine, serine and threonine phosphorylation sites." The co-inventors are Peter Hornbeck, Magnolia, Mass., Albrecht Moritz, Salem, Mass., John Rush, Beverly, Mass., and Steven Gygi, Boston. The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2007 (12/310,852). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=66&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cerulean Pharma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Cerulean Pharma, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,618,240) developed by John Podobinski, Boston, J. Michael Ramstack, Lunenburg, Mass., and David S. Dickey, Dayton, Ohio, for "methods and systems for generating nanoparticles." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2013 (13/793,727). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=69&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Biogen Idec MA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Biogen Idec MA, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,618,252) developed by five co-inventors for a "neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn)-binding polypeptide variants, dimeric Fc binding proteins and methods related thereto." The co-inventors are Graham K. Farrington, Acton, Mass., Alexey Alexandrovich Lugovskoy, Woburn, Mass., Werner Meier, Burlington, Mass., John K. Eldredge, South Chatham, Mass., and Ellen Garber, Cambridge, Mass. The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2010 (12/966,541). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=67&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston University, Hemaquest Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Boston University, Boston, and Hemaquest Pharmaceuticals, Seattle, have been assigned a patent (8,618,068) developed by Susan P. Perrine, Weston, Mass., Douglas V. Faller, Weston, Mass., and Ronald J. Berenson, Mercer Island, Wash., for "methods and low dose regimens for treating red blood cell disorders." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2010 (12/963,490). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=76&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Harvard College Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,618,248) developed by Steven P. Gygi, Foxborough, Mass., Judit Villen, Boston, and Sean Beausoleil, Merrimack, N.H., for a "phosphopeptide compositions and anti-phosphopeptide antibody compositions and methods of detecting phosphorylated peptides." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2007 (11/980,279). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=68&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Synta Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Synta Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,618,170) developed by Noriaki Tatsuta, Lexington, Mass., Takayo Inoue, Malden, Mass., and Keizo Koya, Chestnut Hill, Mass., for "oral formulations of bis(thiohydrazide amides)." The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2008 (12/741,486). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=72&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Genzyme Assigned Patent for Anti-human CD52 Immunoglobulins ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Genzyme, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,617,554) developed by four co-inventors for anti-human CD52 immunoglobulins. The co-inventors are Bruce L. Roberts, Southborough, Mass., Srinivas Shankara, Shrewsbury, Mass., William Harold Brondyk, Mansfield, Mass., and William M. Siders, Franklin, Mass. The patent application was filed on May 13, 2010 (13/320,019). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=91&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** BIND Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- BIND Therapeutics, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,617,608) developed by five co-inventors for a "drug loaded polymeric nanoparticles and methods of making and using same." The co-inventors are Stephen E. Zale, Hopkinton, Mass., Greg Troiano, Pembroke, Mass., Mir Mukkaram Ali, Woburn, Mass., Jeff Hrkach, Lexington, Mass., and James Wright, Lexington, Mass. The patent application was filed on May 28, 2013 (13/903,549). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=89&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Biogen Idec, Genentech Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Mass., and Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,617,545) developed by six co-inventors for "methods for use with BAFF antagonists." The co-inventors are Yen-Ming Hsu, Lexington, Mass., Leonid Gorelik, Quincy, Mass., Tatiana Novobrantseva, Wellesley, Mass., Joanne Quan, San Francisco, Flavius Martin, Hayward, Calif., and Susan L. Kalled, Concord, Mass. The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2006 (12/083,614). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=92&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Genocea Biosciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Genocea Biosciences, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,617,564) developed by four co-inventors for "vaccines against herpes simplex virus type 2: compositions and methods for eliciting an immune response." The co-inventors are Deborah Long, Monroe, N.Y., Jessica Flechtner, Maynard, Mass., Mojca Skoberne, Cambridge, Mass., and George R. Siber, New York. The patent application was filed on May 24, 2010 (12/786,425). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=90&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131231.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/12/31/2013+AND+AS/MA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Yahoo Assigned Patent for Data Signals Comparison ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Yahoo, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,620,626) developed by three co-inventors for a "comparison of data signals using characteristic electronic thumbprints extracted therefrom." The co-inventors are Jeffrey L. Caruso, Carlisle, Mass., Nicholas Seet, Los Angeles, and William Shawn Yeager, Carlsbad, Calif. The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/619,694). 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=8620626.PN.&OS=PN/8620626&RS=PN/8620626 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** NetApp Assigned Patent for Remote Direct Memory Access ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,621,029) developed by five co-inventors for a system and method "for providing remote direct memory access over a transport medium that does not natively support remote direct memory access operations." The co-inventors are James R. Grier, Gronton, Mass., Abhijeet Gole, Campbell, Calif., David W. Mitchell, Portsmouth, N.H., Jeffrey S. Kimmel, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Arthur F. Lent, Cambridge, Mass. The patent application was filed on April 28, 2004 (10/833,405). 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=8621029.PN.&OS=PN/8621029&RS=PN/8621029 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** NetApp Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,621,274) developed by four co-inventors for techniques and/or systems "for hosting a virtual machine from a snapshot." The co-inventors are Eric Paul Forgette, Mechanicsville, Va., Deepak Kenchammana-Hosekote, Mountain View, Calif., Shravan Gaonkar, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Arthur Franklin Lent, Newton, Mass. The patent application was filed on May 18, 2011 (13/110,582). 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=8621274.PN.&OS=PN/8621274&RS=PN/8621274 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,621,285) developed by eight co-inventors for "systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with event logging." The co-inventors are Parthiban Thilagar, Hollis, N.H., Richard J. Anderson Jr., Nashua, N.H., William A. Wright, Bedford, N.H., Joseph E. Errede, Londonderry, N.H., Patrick H. Fry, Brookline, N.H., Raymond L. Pfau, Bolton, Mass., Michael J. Skarpelos, San Jose, Calif., and Shu Ling, Redwood City, Calif. The patent application was filed on July 12, 2010 (12/834,161). 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=8621285.PN.&OS=PN/8621285&RS=PN/8621285 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,621,226) developed by seven co-inventors for a "computer-implemented method for signing computer applications." The co-inventors are Dianne K. Hackborn, Santa Clara, Calif., David P. Bort, Palo Alto, Calif., Joseph M. Onorato, Cambridge, Mass., Dan Bornstein, San Francisco, Andrew T. McFadden, Sunnyvale, Calif., Brian J. Swetland, Mountain View, Calif., and Richard G. Cannings, Santa Cruz, Calif. The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/249,652). 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=8621226.PN.&OS=PN/8621226&RS=PN/8621226 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Hitachi Data Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,621,270) developed by four co-inventors for a system and method "for transparent recovery of damaged or unavailable objects in a replicated object storage system." The co-inventors are Benjamin Isherwood, Tewksbury, Mass., Donald P. Pannese, Westford, Mass., Richard Rogers, Stoughton, Mass., and Vitaly Zolutusky, Arlington, Mass. The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2010 (12/889,641). 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=8621270.PN.&OS=PN/8621270&RS=PN/8621270 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,621,143) developed by three co-inventors for techniques "to seamlessly store data across both RAM and flash based memory." The co-inventors are Cameron Purdy, Lexington, Mass., Christer Fahlgren, San Francisco, and Gene Gleyzer, Lexington, Mass. The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2011 (13/239,238). 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=8621143.PN.&OS=PN/8621143&RS=PN/8621143 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Conexant Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Conexant Systems, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,621,194) developed by five co-inventors for a system and method "for booting a processor from NAND flash, comprising a NAND agnostic boot controller and a NAND flash device, wherein the NAND flash device further comprises a boot wrapper storing boot code in a predetermined format." The co-inventors are James A. Duda, Waltham, Mass., Andre M. Hassan, Windham, N.H., Nathan J. Dohm, Natick, Mass., Robert Swope Fleming, Arlington, Mass., and Michael Joseph Schaffstein, Waltham, Mass. The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2010 (12/872,733). 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=8621194.PN.&OS=PN/8621194&RS=PN/8621194 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** NetApp Assigned Patent for Flow Based Reply Cache ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,621,154) developed by three co-inventors for a "flow based reply cache of a storage system is illustratively organized into one or more microcaches, each having a plurality of reply cache entries." The co-inventors are Jason L. Goldschmidt, Brookline, Mass., Peter D. Shah, Waltham, Mass., and Thomas M. Talpey, Stow, Mass. The patent application was filed on April 18, 2008 (12/105,914). 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=8621154.PN.&OS=PN/8621154&RS=PN/8621154 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** NetApp Assigned Patent for Mass Storage Subsystem Data Object Allocation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,621,176) developed by Jiri Schindler, Jamaica Plain, Mass., for a method and system "for allocating data objects for efficient reads in a mass storage subsystem." The patent application was filed on Jan. 20, 2010 (12/690,849). 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=8621176.PN.&OS=PN/8621176&RS=PN/8621176 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** VMware Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- VMware, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,621,136) developed by four co-inventors for methods "for providing shadow page tables that virtualize processor memory protection." The co-inventors are Harvey Tuch, Cambridge, Mass., Prashanth P. Bungale, Cambridge, Mass., Scott W. Devine, Katonah, N.Y., and Lawrence S. Rogel, Brookline, Mass. The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2010 (12/966,782). 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=8621136.PN.&OS=PN/8621136&RS=PN/8621136 Written by Marlyn Vitin. 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