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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (Feb. 13)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** Charles Schwab Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- Charles Schwab, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,645,262) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for displaying security information." The co-inventors are Erik Cottrell, Cedar Park, Texas, Mindy P. Gardner, Austin, Texas, and Carolyn Cobbledick-Ridley, Piedmont, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2011 (13/341,177). 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=8645262.PN.&OS=PN/8645262&RS=PN/8645262 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Content-Based Billing Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,644,797) developed by four co-inventors for a method of "allowing content-based billing to a prepaid subscriber or subscribers." The co-inventors are Ian MacLean, Dallas, Donald Keeler, McKinney, Texas, Richard J. Bianconi, Rowlett, Texas, and Douglas J. Reeder, McKinney, Texas. The patent application was filed on Dec. 26, 2001 (10/027,777). 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=8644797.PN.&OS=PN/8644797&RS=PN/8644797 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,645,408) developed by two co-inventors for the "discovery of an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an application server associated with an IP network." The co-inventors are Kuntal Chowdhury, Plano, Texas, and Marvin Bienn, Dallas. The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2004 (10/780,007). 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=8645408.PN.&OS=PN/8645408&RS=PN/8645408 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Yahoo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- Yahoo, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,644,808) developed by six co-inventors for a system "for providing mobile advertisement actions." The co-inventors are Arvind Gupta, San Carlos, Calif., Ashutosh Tiwari, Studio City, Calif., Gopalakrishnan Venkatraman, Campbell, Calif., Dominic Cheung, South Pasadena, Calif., Stacy R. Bennett, Pasadena, Calif., and Douglas B. Koen, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on March 31, 2008 (12/059,460). 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=8644808.PN.&OS=PN/8644808&RS=PN/8644808 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,648,621) developed by Harold B. Noyes, Boise, Idaho, David R. Brown, Lucas, Texas, and Paul Glendenning, Woodside, Calif., for a "counter operation in a state machine lattice." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2011 (13/327,499). 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=86,48,621.PN.&OS=PN/86,48,621&RS=PN/86,48,621 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United Sevices Automobile Association Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- United Sevices Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,650,106) developed by John Chandler Hopkins III, San Antonio, for "systems and methods for processing overhead imagery." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2012 (13/529,883). 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=36&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Baker Hughes Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Baker Hughes Inc., Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,650,006) developed by Gregory C. Prevost, Spring, Texas, Lance A. Endres, Spring, Texas, and Tyler R. Reynolds, The Woodlands, Texas, for "methods of designing earth-boring tools using a plurality of depth of cut values and related methods of forming earth-boring tools." The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2011 (13/204,422). 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=42&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amplisine Labs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Amplisine Labs, Lubbock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,649,909) developed by Aaron Phillips, Lubbock, Texas, for a "remote control of fluid-handling devices." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2012 (13/708,557). 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=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Atmos Energy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Atmos Energy, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,650,061) developed by Brian L. Jackson, Mansfield, Texas, and Craig E. Bingham, Arlington, Texas, for a "compliance management system and method." The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2010 (12/708,255). 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=39&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** American Airlines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- American Airlines, Fort Worth, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,650,058) developed by Remi Salam, Irving, Texas, and Abhinav Sharma, Irving, Texas, for a "system and method for manpower planning for operating vehicles such as airplanes." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2009 (12/509,896). 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=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,650,092) developed by Shree Dandekar, Round Rock, Texas, and Bogdan Odulinski, Austin, Texas, for a "point of sale personalization of an information handling system." The patent application was filed on May 21, 2012 (13/476,778). 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=37&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Telsco Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Telsco Industries, Garland, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,650,069) developed by five co-inventors for an "irrigation water management system." The co-inventors are Lex M. Mason Sr., Dallas, Matthew E. Piper, Dallas, Michael B. Bruner, Wylie, Texas, Donald L. Cooper, Rowlett, Texas, and William L. Savelle, Osprey, Fla. The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2010 (12/807,185). 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=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United Services Automobile Association (USAA) Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,650,048) developed by John C. Hopkins III, San Antonio, and Arthur Quentin Smith, Fredericksburg, Texas, for a "method and system for insuring real property in wildfire prone areas." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2010 (12/769,563). 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=41&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Memory Bit Redundant Vias ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,649,211) developed by Mark A. Dexter, McKinney, Texas, and Sarma S. Gunturi, Plano, Texas, for a "memory bit redundant vias." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2012 (13/528,528). 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=63&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Audiotoniq Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Audiotoniq, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,649,538) developed by Russell J. Apfel, Austin, Texas and David Matthew Landry, Austin, Texas, for a "hearing aid having multiple sound inputs and methods therefor." The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2011 (13/023,084). 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=49&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** uFollowit Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- uFollowit, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,649,775) developed by Eduardo Alessio, Austin, Texas, and Pedro Landa, Austin, Texas, for an "acquisition of a voice signature for status tracking and proof of delivery of shipped goods." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2008 (12/344,587). 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=48&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for OFDM-lite Architecture for HomePlug ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,649,443) developed by four co-inventors for an "OFDM-lite architecture for HomePlug." The co-inventors are Badri Varadarajan, Dallas, Anand Dabak, Plano, Texas, Shu Du, Richardson, Texas, and Il Han Kim, Dallas. The patent application was filed on April 27, 2010 (12/768,676). 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=53&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Prodea Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Prodea Systems, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,649,386) developed by eight co-inventors for a "multi-interface wireless adapter and network bridge." The co-inventors are Amir Ansari, Plano, Texas, Allen Y. Tong, Plano, Texas, George A. Cowgill, Farmersville, Texas, Leon E. Nicholls, Plano, Texas, Jude P. Ramayya, Wylie, Texas, Ramprakash Masina, Wylie, Texas, Atousa Raissyan, Potomac, Md., and Alvin R. McQuarters, Euless, Texas. The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2007 (11/900,368). 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=56&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,649,446) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for channel classification." The co-inventors are Taejoon Kim, Berkeley, Calif., Timothy M. Schmidl, Dallas, Tarkesh Pande, Dallas, Anuj Batra, Dallas, and June Chul Roh, Allen, Texas. The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2011 (13/284,745). 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=52&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,650,130) developed by Theodore B. Pasquale, Austin, Robert R. Bushey, Cedar Park, Texas, and Benjamin A. Knott, Round Rock, Texas, for a "system and method for automated customer feedback." The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2011 (12/983,789). 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=14&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/GA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Methods for Determining the Location of Control Channels in the Uplink of Communication Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,649,362) developed by Aris Papasakellariou, Dallas, for "methods for determining the location of control channels in the uplink of communication systems." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2006 (11/554,679). 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=57&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Texas System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,649,849) developed by Hanli Liu, Arlington, Texas, Jeffrey A. Cadeddu, Dallas, and Disha L. Peswani, Kalamazoo, Mich., for "optical methods to intraoperatively detect positive prostate and kidney cancer margins." The patent application was filed on May 21, 2008 (12/600,975). 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=47&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Input Signal Offset Compensation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,649,419) developed by Robert F. Payne, Lucas, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for input signal offset compensation." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2011 (13/323,492). 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=55&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ShowingTime Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- ShowingTime, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,649,486) developed by five co-inventors for a "method for providing text messaging confirmation." The co-inventors are William Kellogg, Austin, Andrew Ofisher, Chicago, Timothy Perry, Aurora, Ill., Robert Overman, Naperville, Ill., and Scott Woodard, Clarendon Hills, Ill. The patent application was filed on June 9, 2012 (13/492,816). 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=34&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent for End-loaded Topology for D-plane Polarization Improvement ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,648,757) developed by Richard T. Remski, Grand Prairie, Texas, Kevin W. Ommodt, Allen, Texas, and James M. Irion II, Allen, Texas, for the "end-loaded topology for D-plane polarization improvement." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2010 (12/771,933). 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=86,48,757.PN.&OS=PN/86,48,757&RS=PN/86,48,757 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent for Wideband Cavity-backed Slot Antenna ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,648,758) developed by Richard S. Johnson, Melissa, Texas, for a "wideband cavity-backed slot antenna." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2010 (12/776,305). 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=86,48,758.PN.&OS=PN/86,48,758&RS=PN/86,48,758 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for System and Method for Tool-less Mounting of Bezel with Electronic Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,649,180) developed by John R. Grady, Cypress, Texas, and John P. Franz, Houston, for a "system and method for tool-less mounting of a bezel with an electronic device." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2007 (11/656,170). 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=64&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Akron Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,648,205) developed by Wiley J. Youngs, Akron, Ohio, Matthew J. Panzner, Akron, Ohhio, and Carolyn L. Cannon, Coppell, Texas, for "metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2011 (13/021,337). 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=22&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28OH.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/OH&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/OH Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Akron Assigned Patent for Metal Complexes of N-heterocyclic Carbenes ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,648,064) developed by Wiley J. Youngs, Akron, Ohio, Matthew J. Panzner, Akron, Ohio, and Carolyn L. Cannon, Coppell, Texas, for a "metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2010 (12/902,807). 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=23&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28OH.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/OH&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/OH Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** TSN Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- TSN, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,650,101) developed by Robert Glustrom, Atlanta, and Richard Schafer, Sachse, Texas, for an "internal material system for facilitating material and asset movement within organizational infrastructures." The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2011 (13/252,086). 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=15&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/GA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods to Provide Personal Information Assistance ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,649,776) developed by Mostafa Tofighbakhsh, Cupertino, Calif., and Kaveh Hushyar, San Antonio, Texas, for "systems and methods to provide personal information assistance." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2009 (12/353,133). 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=19&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/GA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** George Mason Intellectual Properties Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- George Mason Intellectual Properties, Fairfax, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,649,576) developed by Ruggero Scorcioni, Arlington, Va., Giorgio Ascoli, Fairfax Station, Va., and Bonnie Lasher, Lorena, Texas, for an arborization reconstruction. The patent application was filed on June 15, 2007 (11/763,758). 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=6&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28VA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/VA&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/VA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Brewer Science Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Brewer Science, Rolla, Mo., has been assigned a patent (8,647,809) developed by four co-inventors for "metal-oxide films from small molecules for lithographic applications." The co-inventors are Daniel M. Sullivan, Vichy, Mo., Charles J. Neef, Bastrop, Texas, Yubao Wang, Rolla, Mo., and Tantiboro Ouattara, Eureka, Mo. The patent application was filed on July 7, 2011 (13/178,301). 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=13&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28MO.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/MO&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/MO Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siemens Energy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Siemens Energy, Orlando, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,650,261) developed by Mark Zimmer, Katy, Texas, for a "system and method for updating software using updated data from external sources." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2008 (12/254,100). 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=11&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28FL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/FL&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/FL Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Emerson Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Emerson Electric, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,648,729) developed by Amr E. Gado, Creve Coeur, Mo., Thomas J. Fredricks, McKinney, Texas, and Thomas B. Lorenz, St. Louis, for a "refrigerant charge level detection." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2013 (13/917,781). 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=11&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28MO.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/MO&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/MO Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,649,496) developed by Timothy M. Dwight, Richardson, Texas, and Paul Schneeloch, Gettysburg, Pa., for "call classification and forwarding." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2009 (12/636,812). 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=22&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NJ Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for User-browser Interaction-based Fraud Detection System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,650,080) developed by Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, N.C., and Keith R. Walker, Austin, Texas, for a "user-browser interaction-based fraud detection system." The patent application was filed on April 10, 2006 (11/279,202). 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=97&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,649,683) developed by Glenn A. Wellbrock, Wylie, Texas, and Tiejun J. Xia, Richardson, Texas, for a "light path characterization, traffic protection, and wavelength defragmentation." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2011 (13/160,828). 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=18&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NJ Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** KIP CR P1 LP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- KIP CR P1 LP, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,650,241) developed by William H. Moody II, Austin, Texas, Robert C. Sims, Round Rock, Texas, and Brian J. Bianchi, Cedar Park, Texas, for a "system and method for identifying failing drives or media in media library." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2010 (12/692,403). 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=74&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for File Cloning Across Different Filesets ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,650,158) developed by five co-inventors for "file cloning across different filesets." The co-inventors are Janet E. Adkins, Austin, Texas, Joon Chang, Austin, Texas, David J. Craft, Wimberley, Texas, Manoj N. Kumar, Austin, Texas, and Ninad S. Palsule, Beaverton, Ore. The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2010 (12/879,882). 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=20140211.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Business Global Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Verizon Business Global, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,649,642) developed by John A. Fee, Garland, Texas, for "methods and systems for predicting an optical fiber performance parameter." The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2011 (13/306,427). 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=19&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NJ Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Providing Popular Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) Routes ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,649,970) developed by Kulvir S. Bhogal, Pflugerville, Texas, Robert Ross Peterson, Austin, Texas, and Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, for "providing popular global positioning satellite (GPS) routes." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2008 (12/265,915). 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=100&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140211.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/11/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Spansion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,643,083) developed by five co-inventors for devices and systems "for insulating integrated circuits from ultraviolet ("UV") light." The co-inventors are Bryon K. Hance, Austin, Texas, William Brennan, Austin, Texas, Joseph W. Wiseman, Austin, Texas, Allen Evans, Dripping Springs, Texas, and Brian D. White, Kyle, Texas. The patent application was filed on May 7, 2012 (13/465,600). 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=8643083.PN.&OS=PN/8643083&RS=PN/8643083 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Maxim Integrated Products, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,643,150) developed by four co-inventors for "wafer-level package device having solder bump assemblies that include an inner pillar structure." The co-inventors are Yi-Sheng A. Sun, San Jose, Calif., Arkadii Samoilov, Saratoga, Calif., Viren Khandekar, Flower Mound, Texas, and Yong L. Xu, Plano, Texas. The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2012 (13/396,804). 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=8643150.PN.&OS=PN/8643150&RS=PN/8643150 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Sony Computer Entertainment America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Sony Computer Entertainment America, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,645,992) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for delivering content over a network." The co-inventors are Gary Zalewski, Oakland, Calif., Riley R. Russell, San Mateo, Calif., and Glen van Datta, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2008 (12/190,323). 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