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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Feb. 25)
[February 25, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Feb. 25)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** Visa International Service Association Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Visa International Service Association, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,653,941) developed by three co-inventors for a "device including authentication glyph." The co-inventors are Patrick Faith, Pleasanton, Calif., Ayman Hammad, Pleasanton, Calif., and Mark Carlson, Half Moon Bay, Calif.



The patent application was filed on March 5, 2012 (13/412,447). 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=8653941.PN.&OS=PN/8653941&RS=PN/8653941 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,844) developed by two co-inventors for "calibrating device performance within an integrated circuit." The co-inventors are Sharmin Sadoughi, Menlo Park, Calif., and Jae-Gyung Ahn, Pleasanton, Calif.


The patent application was filed on March 7, 2011 (13/042,122). 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=8653844.PN.&OS=PN/8653844&RS=PN/8653844 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Semtech Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Semtech, Camarillo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,741) developed by Pascal Monney, San Diego, for a "multiple capacitive sensor with reduced pinout." The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2012 (13/353,171). 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=8653741.PN.&OS=PN/8653741&RS=PN/8653741 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Optim Microwave Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Optim Microwave, Camarillo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,906) developed by two co-inventors for an "opposed port ortho-mode transducer with ridged branch waveguide." The co-inventors are John P. Mahon, Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Cynthia P. Espino, Carlsbad, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 1, 2011 (13/150,551). 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=8653906.PN.&OS=PN/8653906&RS=PN/8653906 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** California Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,819) developed by two co-inventors for a technique "for performing dielectric property measurements at microwave frequencies." The co-inventors are Martin B. Barmatz, La Crescenta, Calif., and Henry W. Jackson, La Verne, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2010 (12/874,484). 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=8653819.PN.&OS=PN/8653819&RS=PN/8653819 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Advanced Ion Beam Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Advanced Ion Beam Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,807) developed by two co-inventors for techniques "for ion beam current measurement." The co-inventors are Peter M. Kopalidis, Fremont, Calif., and Zhimin Wan, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 22, 2010 (12/841,833). 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=8653807.PN.&OS=PN/8653807&RS=PN/8653807 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** SuVolta Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- SuVolta, Los Gatos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,604) developed by four co-inventors for "multiple transistor types formed in a common epitaxial layer by differential out-diffusion from a doped underlayer." The co-inventors are Thomas Hoffmann, San Jose, Calif., Pushkar Ranade, Los Gatos, Calif., Lucian Shifren, San Jose, Calif., and Scott E. Thompson, Gainesville, Fla.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2012 (13/624,449). 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=8653604.PN.&OS=PN/8653604&RS=PN/8653604 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** I.P. Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- I.P. Holdings, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,966) developed by two co-inventors for a system "for seamless and secure networking of implantable medical devices, electronic patch devices and wearable devices." The co-inventors are Raman K. Rao, Palo Alto, Calif., and Sanjay K. Rao, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2012 (13/665,065). 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=8653966.PN.&OS=PN/8653966&RS=PN/8653966 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Headway Technologies, Magnetics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Headway Technologies, Milpitas, Calif., and SAE Magnetics, Hong Kong, have been assigned a patent (8,653,639) developed by four co-inventors for a "layered chip package and method of manufacturing same." The co-inventors are Yoshitaka Sasaki, Santa Clara, Calif., Hiroyuki Ito, Milpitas, Calif., Hiroshi Ikejima, Hong Kong, and Atsushi Iijima, Hong Kong.

The patent application was filed on June 9, 2011 (13/156,808). 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=8653639.PN.&OS=PN/8653639&RS=PN/8653639 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Spansion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,581) developed by five co-inventors for "high temperature oxide offset for long effective, better device performance." The co-inventors are Ning Cheng, San Jose, Calif., Huaqiang Wu, Burlingame, Calif., Hiro Kinoshita, San Jose, Calif., Jihwan Choi, San Mateo, Calif., and Angela Hui, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2008 (12/342,016). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8653581.PN.&OS=PN/8653581&RS=PN/8653581 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Altera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,853) developed by three co-inventors for techniques "for transmitting signals through a differential interface between circuits in different power supply domains." The co-inventors are Sergey Shumarayev, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Tim Tri Hoang, San Jose, Calif., and Lawrence David Smith, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2006 (11/618,828). 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=8653853.PN.&OS=PN/8653853&RS=PN/8653853 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Essai Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Essai, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,842) developed by five co-inventors for systems and methods "for thermal control of integrated circuits during testing." The co-inventors are Nasser Barabi, Lafayette, Calif., Chee Wah Ho, Fremont, Calif., Joven R. Tienzo, Fremont, Calif., Oksana Kryachek, San Francisco, and Elena V. Nazarov, San Mateo, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 6, 2011 (13/081,439). 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=8653842.PN.&OS=PN/8653842&RS=PN/8653842 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Western Digital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Western Digital, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,824) developed by two co-inventors for a method "for quasi-static testing a magnetic recording head read sensor." The co-inventors are Feng Liu, San Ramon, Calif., and Mehran Zargari, Campbell, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2009 (12/639,896). 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=8653824.PN.&OS=PN/8653824&RS=PN/8653824 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Invensas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Invensas, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,646) developed by four co-inventors for "stub minimization using duplicate sets of terminals for wirebond assemblies without windows." The co-inventors are Richard Dewitt Crisp, Hornitos, Calif., Wael Zohni, San Jose, Calif., Belgacem Haba, Saratoga, Calif., and Frank Lambrecht, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 5, 2012 (13/440,199). 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=8653646.PN.&OS=PN/8653646&RS=PN/8653646 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,882) developed by two co-inventors for "controlling over voltage on a charge pump power supply node." The co-inventors are Taif A. Syed, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Sang Y. Youn, Cupertino, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 29, 2012 (13/433,768). 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=8653882.PN.&OS=PN/8653882&RS=PN/8653882 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Tela Innovations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Tela Innovations, Los Gatos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,857) developed by Scott T. Becker, Scotts Valley, Calif., for "circuitry and layouts for exclusive-or and exclusive-nor logic." The patent application was filed on May 5, 2009 (12/435,672). 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=8653857.PN.&OS=PN/8653857&RS=PN/8653857 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,653,852) developed by two co-inventors for a "voltage level shifter with dynamic circuit structure having discharge delay tracking." The co-inventors are Jentsung Lin, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif., and Paul Douglas Bassett, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on March 14, 2011 (13/047,331). 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=8653852.PN.&OS=PN/8653852&RS=PN/8653852 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** John Gibson Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- John Gibson Enterprises, San Luis Obispo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,942) developed by four co-inventors for a "portable biometric lighter." The co-inventors are John Gibson, Los Osos, Calif., Adam Olcott, Paso Robles, Calif., Mark Zand, Camarillo, Calif., and Chan Leung, Hong Kong.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2008 (12/195,348). 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=8653942.PN.&OS=PN/8653942&RS=PN/8653942 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Headway Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Headway Technologies, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,615) developed by five co-inventors for a "magneto-resistive device with synthetic free layer structure." The co-inventors are Tong Zhao, Fremont, Calif., Hui-Chuan Wang, Pleasanton, Calif., Yu-Chen Zhou, San Jose, Calif., Min Li, Dublin, Calif., and Kunliang Zhang, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2008 (12/313,351). 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=8653615.PN.&OS=PN/8653615&RS=PN/8653615 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Bridgelux Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Bridgelux, Livermore, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,554) developed by two co-inventors for "phosphor placement in white light emitting diode assemblies." The co-inventors are Tao Xu, Fremont, Calif., and Zhengqing Gan, Clayton, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2013 (14/012,901). 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=8653554.PN.&OS=PN/8653554&RS=PN/8653554 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** University of Southern California, UT-Battelle Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge, Tenn., have been assigned a patent (8,655,452) developed by two co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for treating ischemic diseases." The co-inventors are Elias Greenbaum, Knoxville, Tenn., and Mark S. Humayun, Glendale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 4, 2012 (13/488,302). 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=8655452.PN.&OS=PN/8655452&RS=PN/8655452 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Synaptics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Synaptics, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,834) developed by Joseph Kurth Reynolds, Mountain View, Calif., for an "input device with floating electrodes having at least one aperture." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2011 (13/006,019). 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=8653834.PN.&OS=PN/8653834&RS=PN/8653834 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Light Brightness Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,745) developed by Bryan Hoover, San Jose, Calif., for an apparatus and method "for controlling the brightness and luminance of a light." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2010 (12/819,351). 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=8653745.PN.&OS=PN/8653745&RS=PN/8653745 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Power Integrations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Power Integrations, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,600) developed by Vijay Parthasarathy, Mountain View, Calif., for a "high-voltage monolithic schottky device structure." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2012 (13/487,025). 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=8653600.PN.&OS=PN/8653600&RS=PN/8653600 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,977) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for providing data management in data monitoring system." The co-inventors are Christopher V. Reggiardo, Castro Valley, Calif., and Mark Kent Sloan, Redwood City, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 21, 2013 (13/924,527). 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=8653977.PN.&OS=PN/8653977&RS=PN/8653977 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Zilog Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Zilog, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,746) developed by two co-inventors for a "fluorescent lamp starter unit having a hot socket insert capability." The co-inventors are Quyen Tran, Morgan Hill, Calif., and Yefim Gluzman, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2010 (12/925,106). 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=8653746.PN.&OS=PN/8653746&RS=PN/8653746 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Power Integrations Assigned Patent for Field-Effect Transistor Sensing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Power Integrations, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,583) developed by three co-inventors for a "sensing field-effect transistor integrated with a high-voltage transistor." The co-inventors are Vijay Parthasarathy, Palo Alto, Calif., Sujit Banerjee, Campbell, Calif., and Martin H. Manley, Saratoga, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2007 (11/707,586). 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=8653583.PN.&OS=PN/8653583&RS=PN/8653583 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Life Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,567) developed by Keith Fife, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "chemically sensitive sensor with lightly doped drains." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2011 (13/173,793). 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=8653567.PN.&OS=PN/8653567&RS=PN/8653567 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** HRL Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- HRL Laboratories, Malibu, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,559) developed by six co-inventors for a "field effect transistor." The co-inventors are Andrea Corrion, Oak Park, Calif., Karim S. Boutros, Moorpark, Calif., Mary Y. Chen, Oak Park, Calif., Samuel J. Kim, Torrance, Calif., Rongming Chu, Newbury Park, Calif., and Shawn D. Burnham, Oxnard, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 29, 2011 (13/171,798). 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=8653559.PN.&OS=PN/8653559&RS=PN/8653559 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** MagIC Technologies, International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- MagIC Technologies, Milpitas, Calif., and International Business Machines, Yorktown Heghts, N.Y., have been assigned a patent (8,654,577) developed by three co-inventors for a "shared bit line spin moment transfer magnetic random access memory array with shunting transistors between bit lines." The co-inventors are Hsu-Kai Yang, Pleasanton, Calif., Yutaka Nakamura, Kyoto, Japan, and John Debrosse, Colchester, Vt.

The patent application was filed on May 4, 2013 (13/887,291). 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=8654577.PN.&OS=PN/8654577&RS=PN/8654577 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** LifeWave Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- LifeWave, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,653,925) developed by David G. Schmidt, Poway, Calif., for a "double helix conductor." The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2011 (13/213,604). 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=8653925.PN.&OS=PN/8653925&RS=PN/8653925 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Portable Electronic Device Power Manager ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,796) developed by Ching Yu John Tam, Los Gatos, Calif., for a "portable electronic device power manager with current Limit feedback control loop modification for stabilizing an external power supply." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2013 (13/757,033). 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=8653796.PN.&OS=PN/8653796&RS=PN/8653796 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Superior Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Superior Communications, Irwindale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,789) developed by four co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for recharging batteries in a more efficient manner." The co-inventors are George Chen, Chatsworth, Calif., Harry Mkhitarian, Altadena, Calif., Samuel Sentosa, Chino, Calif., and David P. Su, Montebello, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2012 (13/649,004). 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=8653789.PN.&OS=PN/8653789&RS=PN/8653789 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Power Distribution Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,653,785) developed by four co-inventors for a method of "managing power distribution between a portable computing device and a PCD docking station." The co-inventors are Thomas Kevin Collopy, Cary, N.C., Manjit Singh Gill, San Diego, Ronald J. Tessitore, Raleigh, N.C., and Luis Pineda, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2009 (12/645,077). 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=8653785.PN.&OS=PN/8653785&RS=PN/8653785 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Tigo Energy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Tigo Energy, Los Gatos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,689) developed by Leonid Rozenboim, Los Gatos, Calif., for a method and system "for current-mode power line communications." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2009 (12/467,117). 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=8653689.PN.&OS=PN/8653689&RS=PN/8653689 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Tessera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Tessera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,653,644) developed by four co-inventors for "packaged semiconductor chips with array." The co-inventors are Andrey Grinman, Jerusalem, David Ovrutsky, San Jose, Calif., Charles Rosenstein, Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel, and Vage Oganesian, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2012 (13/407,085). 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=8653644.PN.&OS=PN/8653644&RS=PN/8653644 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Zazzle.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Zazzle.com, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,120) developed by three co-inventors for techniques "for visualizing a product at the actual location in the environment at which the product is to be used or displayed." The co-inventors are Robert Irven Beaver III, San Francisco, Leslie Young Harvill, Half Moon Bay, Calif., and Richard Harold Bean, Cupertino, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2012 (13/604,059). 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=8654120.PN.&OS=PN/8654120&RS=PN/8654120 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Orthohub Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Orthohub, Burlingame, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,150) developed by Andrew Haskell, Burlingame, Calif., for systems and methods "for planning and optimizing bone deformity correction treatments using external fixators." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2013 (13/758,814). 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=8654150.PN.&OS=PN/8654150&RS=PN/8654150 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,654,008) developed by two co-inventors for a method of providing "automatic frequency control pull-in for efficient receipt of GLONASS bits." The co-inventors are Hao Zhou, Mountain View, Calif., and Qinfang Sun, Cupertino, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2010 (12/894,067). 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=8654008.PN.&OS=PN/8654008&RS=PN/8654008 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,192) developed by Lars U. Borg, Saratoga, Calif., for an "[i]nter-image effect array for previewing digital motion picture content." The patent application was filed on Aug.t 21, 2007 (11/842,630). 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=8654192.PN.&OS=PN/8654192&RS=PN/8654192 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,124) developed by John H. Rohlf, Truckee, Calif., for systems and methods "for providing smooth level of detail ('LOD') transition for textures in a graphics applications." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2012 (13/412,796). 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=8654124.PN.&OS=PN/8654124&RS=PN/8654124 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,083) developed by nine co-inventors for a "liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry." The co-inventors are Steve Porter Hotelling, San Jose, Calif., Wei Chen, Palo Alto, Calif., Christoph Horst Krah, Los Altos, Calif., John Greer Elias, Townsend, Del., Wei Hsin Yao, Fremont, Calif., John Z. Zhong, Cupertino, Calif., Andrew Bert Hodge, Palo Alto, Calif., Brian Richards Land, Redwood City, Calif., and Willem den Boer, Brighton, Mass.

The patent application was filed on June 8, 2007 (11/760,080). 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=8654083.PN.&OS=PN/8654083&RS=PN/8654083 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** The Regents of the University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,441) developed by two co-inventors for a "[d]ifferential interference contrast serial time encoded amplified microscopy." The co-inventors are Bahram Jalali, Los Angeles, and Ali Motafakker-Fard, Revere, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2012 (13/668,239). 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=8654441.PN.&OS=PN/8654441&RS=PN/8654441 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Qualcomm MEMS Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,654,061) developed by five co-inventors for anintegrated illumination apparatus that includes "a light injection portion having a first end for receiving light from a light source." The co-inventors are Marek Mienko, San Jose, Calif., Gang Xu, Cupertino, Calif., Ion Bita, San Jose, Calif., Lai Wang, Milpitas, Calif., and Russell W. Gruhlke, Milpitas, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2008 (12/343,279). 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=8654061.PN.&OS=PN/8654061&RS=PN/8654061 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** IQ-Analog Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- IQ-Analog, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,654,000) developed by Mikko Waltari, Escondido, Calif., for a "time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter for signals in any Nyquist zone." The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2012 (13/603,495). 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=8654000.PN.&OS=PN/8654000&RS=PN/8654000 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Magnecomp Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Magnecomp, Murrieta, Calif,. has been assigned a patent (8,654,482) developed by four co-inventors for a "[d]ual stage actuator suspension having a single microactuator and employing pseudo symmetry to achieve suspension balance." The co-inventors are Peter Hahn, Wildomar, Calif., Wei Keat Chai, San Jose, Calif., Kuen Chee Ee, Chino, Calif., and Brett Holaway, Wangnoi, Thailand.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2013 (13/957,211). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8654482.PN.&OS=PN/8654482&RS=PN/8654482 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Intuit Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Intuit, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,397) developed by three co-inventors for a method and system "for applying pagination to a report." The co-inventors are Patanjali Bhatt, Cupertino, Calif., Lisa S. Jorgensen, Los Gatos, Calif., and Daniel B. Steinberg, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 28, 2011 (13/096,947). 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=8654397.PN.&OS=PN/8654397&RS=PN/8654397 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Meld Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Meld Technology, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,262) developed by two co-inventors for "[c]ontent delivery to a digital TV using a low-power frequency converted RF signal." The co-inventors are Jordan Du Val, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Herbert Kniess, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2011 (13/224,272). 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=8654262.PN.&OS=PN/8654262&RS=PN/8654262 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,474) developed by four co-inventors for a method for the "[i]initialization of decoder-based filter calibration, and in particular to initially using either a detector output or unconverged data from the decoder to train filter coefficients in a noise predictive calibration engine until data sectors converge in the decoder and can be used to train filter coefficients." The co-inventors are Yang Han, Sunnyvale, Calif., Madhusudan Kalluri, Sunnyvale, Calif., Shaohua Yang, San Jose, Calif., and Weijun Tan, Longmont, Colo.

The patent application was filed on June 15, 2012 (13/525,188). 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=8654474.PN.&OS=PN/8654474&RS=PN/8654474 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,466) developed by James P. R. McFadyen, Redwood City, Calif., for a method of calculating "head media separation (HMS) from servo preamble in a hard disk drive." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2011 (13/300,991). 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=8654466.PN.&OS=PN/8654466&RS=PN/8654466 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,143) developed by three co-inventors for systems and methods "for non-uniform loading of digital paint brushes." The co-inventors are Aravind Krishnaswamy, San Jose, Calif., Stephen J. DiVerdi, San Francisco, and Sunil Hadap, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2010 (12/862,913). 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=8654143.PN.&OS=PN/8654143&RS=PN/8654143 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** NVIDIA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,132) developed by two co-inventors for system, method and computer program product "for adjusting a refresh rate of a display." The co-inventors are Gabriele Gorla, Santa Clara, Calif., and Manish Modi, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 23, 2013 (13/868,958). 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=8654132.PN.&OS=PN/8654132&RS=PN/8654132 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Palm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Palm, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,086) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for changing the power state of a portable electronic device." The co-inventors are Regis Nicolas, Jacou, France, and Neal Osborn, Milpitas, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2009 (12/606,953). 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=8654086.PN.&OS=PN/8654086&RS=PN/8654086 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** NVIDIA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,530) developed by Zhihai Zack Yu, Petaluma, Calif., for "heat transfer apparatus and method for transferring heat between integrated circuits." The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2007 (11/873,246). 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=8654530.PN.&OS=PN/8654530&RS=PN/8654530 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,467) developed by five co-inventors for a "[d]isk drive increasing bandwidth of cutoff filter while reading servo sector preamble." The co-inventors are Wai Ee Wong, Singapore, Xiaotian Xu, Singapore, Jinchuan Zheng, Melbourne, Australia, Guoxiao Guo, Irvine, Calif., and Jie Yu, Irvine, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 16, 2012 (13/448,023). 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=8654467.PN.&OS=PN/8654467&RS=PN/8654467 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,068) developed by Andrew P. Aitken, Sunnyvale, Calif., for an "[e]nhanced resolution of luminance levels in a backlight unit of a display device." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2011 (13/184,206). 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=8654068.PN.&OS=PN/8654068&RS=PN/8654068 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Imperial Toy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Imperial Toy, North Hills, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,422) developed by two co-inventors for an optical effect bubble generating system that "includes an optical effect viewing device including one or more desired holographic images." The co-inventors are Peter A. Sgromo, Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada, and James C. Parr, Los Angeles.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2010 (12/898,539). 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=8654422.PN.&OS=PN/8654422&RS=PN/8654422 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Teledyne Scientific & Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, Thousand Oaks, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,332) developed by two co-inventors for a method "for manufacturing a chip-scale optics module for an optical interrogator." The co-inventors are Robert L. Borwick, Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Jeffrey F. DeNatale, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 22, 2011 (13/166,746). 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=8654332.PN.&OS=PN/8654332&RS=PN/8654332 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** California State University-Sacramento Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- California State University-Sacramento, Calif., and Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,654,281) developed by three co-inventors for "[p]hoto-patterned pre-tilt liquid crystal cells, lenses and methods." The co-inventors are Philip Bos, Hudson, Ohio, Vassili V. Sergan, Carmichael, Calif., and Tatiana A. Sergan, Carmichael, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2010 (12/807,326). 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=8654281.PN.&OS=PN/8654281&RS=PN/8654281 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,141) developed by three co-inventors for techniques "for adapting a color gamut." The co-inventors are Yanli Zhang, San Jose, Calif., Akihiro Takagi, San Mateo, Calif., and Sunil Jain, Portland, Ore.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2009 (12/655,354). 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=8654141.PN.&OS=PN/8654141&RS=PN/8654141 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,524) developed by four co-inventors for systems, devices and methods "for operating a housing for an electronic device as an input/output (I/O) device." The co-inventors are Aleksandar Pance, Saratoga, Calif., Nicholas Vincent King, San Jose, Calif., Duncan Kerr, San Francisco, and Brett Bilbrey, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2009 (12/542,471). 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=8654524.PN.&OS=PN/8654524&RS=PN/8654524 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Newport Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Newport Media, Lake Forest, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,490) developed by Dejun Wang, Irvine, Calif., for a "[h]igh voltage electrostatic discharge clamp using deep submicron CMOS technology." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2012 (13/398,638). 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=8654490.PN.&OS=PN/8654490&RS=PN/8654490 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Los Gatos Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Los Gatos Research, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,334) developed by three co-inventors for an "[i]ncoherent cavity ringdown spectroscopy gas analyzer coupled with periodic chemical scrubbing." The co-inventors are Manish Gupta, Mountain View, Calif., J. Brian Leen, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Douglas Steven Baer, Menlo Park, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2012 (13/347,440). 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=8654334.PN.&OS=PN/8654334&RS=PN/8654334 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Jonathan Spangler Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Jonathan Spangler, Del Mar, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,189) developed by two co-inventors for the "[a]nchor surveillance for maritime vessels involving the use of an underwater video camera and a remote video display to enable indirect inspection of an anchor during and/or after the process of deploying and/or setting the anchor." The co-inventors are Jonathan David Spangler, Del Mar, Calif., and Wayne Elbert Spangler, Rice Lake, Wis.

The patent application was filed on April 18, 2012 (13/449,674). 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=8654189.PN.&OS=PN/8654189&RS=PN/8654189 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cymer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Cymer, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,654,438) developed by five co-inventors for a "[m]aster oscillator-power amplifier drive laser with pre-pulse for EUV light source." The co-inventors are Kai-Chung Hou, San Diego, Richard L. Sandstrom, Encinitas, Calif., William N. Partlo, Poway, Calif., Daniel J. W. Brown, San Diego, and Igor V. Fomenkov, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on March 31, 2011 (13/077,236). 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=8654438.PN.&OS=PN/8654438&RS=PN/8654438 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Pixar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Pixar, Emeryville, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,654,121) developed by two co-inventors for an interactive multi-mesh modeling system that "may allow users to employ a variety of modeling techniques to interactively create one or more objects for a variety of different tasks or tools." The co-inventors are Meng Yu, San Francisco, and David Baraff, Oakland, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2010 (12/893,353). 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=8654121.PN.&OS=PN/8654121&RS=PN/8654121 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,654,009) developed by three co-inventors for systems, methods and devices "for using ephemeris data in GNSS receivers and systems." The co-inventors are Lionel Garin, Palo Alto, Calif., Pramod Gupta, San Jose, Calif., and Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 29, 2013 (13/904,152). 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=8654009.PN.&OS=PN/8654009&RS=PN/8654009 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Graphics Switching Color Correction ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,648,868) developed by two co-inventors for "color correction to facilitate switching between graphics-processing units." The co-inventors are Steve Swen, Cupertino, Calif., and Gabriel G. Marcu, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2010 (12/683,138). 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=8648868.PN.&OS=PN/8648868&RS=PN/8648868 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Baxano Surgical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Baxano Surgical, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,652,138) developed by Jeffery L. Bleich, Palo alto, Calif., and Edwin J. Hlavka, Minneapolis, for a flexible tissue rasp.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2011 (13/243,095). 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=35&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140218.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/NC Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Onboard Performance Monitoring of Exhaust Gas Particulate Filter ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,650,857) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for onboard performance monitoring of exhaust gas particulate filter." The co-inventors are Eugene V. Gonze, Pinckney, Mich., Kevin W. Kirby, Calabasas, Calif., Amanda Phelps, Malibu, Calif., and Daniel J. Gregoire, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

The patent application was filed on January 16, 2009 (12/354,837). 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=20140218.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Printer ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,651,655) developed by four co-inventors for a printer. The co-inventors are Allan G. Olson, Bremerton, Wash., Anyee J. Worley, Escondido, Calif., Michael L. Gustafson, Escondido, Calif., and Michael J. Allison, Brush Prairie, Wash.

The patent application was filed on June 29, 2011 (13/171,777). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=187&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140218.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Image Forming Apparatus and Methods Thereof ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,651,613) developed by Robert J. Lockwood, San Diego, for an "image forming apparatus and methods thereof." The patent application was filed on July 13, 2012 (13/548,416). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=196&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140218.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, Wilmington, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,650,734) developed by Grant Clark Jensen, Morgan Hill, Calif., for a "method for repairing a core spray line elbow weld joint." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2011 (13/105,946). 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=43&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140218.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/NC Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Connecting Devices Displaying Indicia ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,650,786) developed by Larry Trigg, Santa Clara, Calif., Pamela Chew, Singapore, and Peter Gysling, New Plymouth, Idaho, for "connecting devices displaying indicia." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2007 (11/796,905). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=5&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=226&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140218.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent for Solar Collector Frame ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,650,811) developed by Robert Erik Grip, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., for a solar collector frame.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2011 (13/021,646). 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=86,50,811.PN.&OS=PN/86,50,811&RS=PN/86,50,811 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Channel Estimation and Timing Synchronization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,644,214) developed by six co-inventors for systems and methods "for channel estimation and timing synchronization in a wireless network." The co-inventors are Bojan Vrcelj, San Deigo, Ashok Mantravadi, San Diego, Fuyun Ling, San Diego, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, San Diego, Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi, San Diego, and Michael Mao Wang, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2010 (12/862,740). 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=8644214.PN.&OS=PN/8644214&RS=PN/8644214 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Karl StorzEndovision Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Karl StorzEndovision, Charlton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,652,033) developed by George Berci, Los Angeles, and James P. Barry, Charlton, Mass., for a "video stylet with directable tip." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2010 (12/889,095). 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=144&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140218.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,651,046) developed by Angelica Davancens, Reseda, Calif., and Branko Sarh, Huntington Beach, Calif., for a "robotic sealant and end effector." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2010 (12/842,247). 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=86,51,046.PN.&OS=PN/86,51,046&RS=PN/86,51,046 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent for Time Domain Switched Gyroscope ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (8,650,955) developed by Paul D. Swanson, Santee, Calif., and Richard L. Waters, San Diego, for a "time domain switched gyroscope." The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2012 (13/353,205). 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=86,50,955.PN.&OS=PN/86,50,955&RS=PN/86,50,955 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Smiths Detection Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Smiths Detection, Germantown, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,650,932) developed by Shou-Hua Zhang, Arcadia, Calif., for a "sensor system with close-loop-adsorption circulation." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2009 (13/122,997). 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=28&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140218.PD.&s2=%28MD.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/MD&RS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/MD Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, U.S. Army, HHS Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Md., the U.S. Army and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, have been assigned a patent (8,652,458) developed by Wesley M. Jackson, Albany, Calif., Leon J. Nesti, Silver Spring, Md., and Rocky S. Tuan, Pittsburgh, for a "tissue graft with non-aligned fiber matrix retains mesenchymal progenitor cells on the non-injury-facing side." The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2009 (13/129,636). 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=20140218.PD.&s2=%28MD.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/MD&RS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/MD Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** EcoloBlue Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- EcoloBlue Inc., Miami, has been assigned a patent (8,650,892) developed by Wayne Ferreira, Lafayette, Calif., and Henri-James Tieleman, Miami, for "apparatus and methods for creating purified portable water from the atmosphere." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2012 (13/657,469). 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=43&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140218.PD.&s2=%28FL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/FL&RS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/FL Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sartorius Stedim North America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Sartorius Stedim North America, Bohemia, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,651,327) developed by Jonathan Cutting, Fairfield, Calif., and Oscar Werner Reif, Hannover, Germany, for "systems and methods for use in storing biopharmaceutical materials." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2011 (13/024,085). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=7&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=301&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140218.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Rotary Apparatus for Use with Gasifier System and Methods of using Same ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y. has been assigned a patent (8,651,772) developed by four co-inventors for a "rotary apparatus for use with a gasifier system and methods of using the same." The co-inventors are Jyung-Hoon Kim, Kingwood, Texas, John Saunders Stevenson, Yorba Linda, Calif., Steven Craig Russell, Houston, and Aaron John Avagliano, Houston.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2007 (11/961,222). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=6&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=286&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140218.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Electronic Card and Method for Generating Magnetic Field from Swiping Electronic Card Through Card Reader ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,651,386) developed by David F. Hepner, San Jose, Calif., Wayne I. Imaino, San Jose, Calif., and Pierre-Olivier Jubert, San Jose, Calif., for an "electronic card and method for generating a magnetic field from swiping the electronic card through a card reader." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2009 (12/613,751). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=6&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=297&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140218.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/18/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ethertronics Assigned Patent for Antenna and Steering Beam Direction ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Ethertronics, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,648,755) developed by three co-inventors for an "antenna and method for steering antenna beam direction." The co-inventors are Sebastian Rowson, San Diego, Jeffrey Shamblin, San Diego, and Laurent Desclos, San Marcos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 24, 2012 (13/726,477). 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=8648755.PN.&OS=PN/8648755&RS=PN/8648755 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** eBay Assigned Patent for Enhancing Data Integrity in Database ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- eBay, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,655,904) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "to enhance data integrity in a database." The co-inventors are Daniel Silver, Los Altos, Calif., and Anselm Baird-Smith, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 15, 2004 (10/869,416). 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=8655904.PN.&OS=PN/8655904&RS=PN/8655904 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Reducing Wasted Circuit Board Panel Material ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,650,744) developed by two co-inventors for a technique "for reducing wasted material on a printed circuit board panel." The co-inventors are Michael N. Rosenblatt, Campbell, Calif., and Amir Salehi, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2010(12/707,412). 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=8650744.PN.&OS=PN/8650744&RS=PN/8650744 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** NVIDIA Assigned Patent for Omnidirectional Shadow Texture Mapping ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,648,856) developed by two co-inventors for an "omnidirectional shadow texture mapping." The co-inventors are William P. Newhall Jr., San Francisco, and Mark J. Kilgard, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2007 (12/004,540). 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=8648856.PN.&OS=PN/8648856&RS=PN/8648856 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Writing Data to Sub-Pixels ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,648,845) developed by four co-inventors for "writing data to sub-pixels using different write sequences." The co-inventors are Cheng Ho Yu, Cupertino, Calif., Shih Chang Chang, San Jose, Calif., Zhibing Ge, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Hopil Bae, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 24, 2011 (13/143,187). 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=8648845.PN.&OS=PN/8648845&RS=PN/8648845 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Allergan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Allergan, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,648,853) developed by two co-inventors for methods, techniques or modules "for anatomical recognition, orientation and display of an upper torso to assist breast surgery." The co-inventors are David H. Mordaunt, Los Gatos, Calif., and G. Patrick Maxwell, Nashville, Tenn.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2012 (13/644,744). 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=8648853.PN.&OS=PN/8648853&RS=PN/8648853 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Skyfire Labs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Skyfire Labs, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,648,858) developed by two co-inventors for "hybrid text and image based encoding." The co-inventors are Erik R. Swenson, San Jose, Calif., and Vijay Kumar, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 25, 2010 (12/731,866). 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=8648858.PN.&OS=PN/8648858&RS=PN/8648858 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Immersion Assigned Patent for Haptic Cues ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- Immersion, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,648,829) developed by two co-inventors for systems and methods "for providing haptic cues to a touch-sensitive input device having a rotary degree of freedom." The co-inventors are Alexander Jasso, San Jose, Calif., and Erik J. Shahoian, San Ramon, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2011 (13/335,231). 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=8648829.PN.&OS=PN/8648829&RS=PN/8648829 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** California Institute of Technology Assigned Patent for Acquiring and Decoding Signals ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,648,742) developed by three co-inventors for systems and methods "for acquiring and decoding signals using compressed sensing." The co-inventors are Mohammad A. Khajehnejad, Pasadena, Calif., Juhwan Yoo, Pasadena, Calif., and Babak Hassibi, San Marino, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2012 (13/406,509). 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= 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.

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