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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (March 14)
[March 14, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (March 14)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** Qualcomm MEMS Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,670,171) developed by two co-inventors for "display having an embedded microlens array." The co-inventors are Koorosh Aflatooni, Cupertino, Calif., and Russel Allyn Martin, Menlo Park, Calif.



The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2010 (12/906,433). 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=8670171.PN.&OS=PN/8670171&RS=PN/8670171 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Dynamic Lightweight Remote Management of Hybrid Femtocell Gateways ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,670,388) developed by Hua Jiao, Milpitas, Calif., Raghvendra Savoor, Walnut Creek, Calif., and Kapil Shrikhande, Berkeley, Calif., for a "dynamic lightweight remote management of hybrid femtocell gateways." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2013 (13/862,303). 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=32&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/GA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.


*** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,670,633) developed by 13 co-inventors for distortion compensated imaging. The co-inventors are Edward S. Boyden, Chestnut Hill, Mass., Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Edward K.Y. Jung, Las Vegas, Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, Wash., Dennis J. Rivet, Chesapeake, Va., Michael A. Smith, Phoenix, Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, Wash., Thomas A. Weaver, San Mateo, Calif., Charles Whitmer, North Bend, Wash., Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2012 (13/645,359). 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=20140311.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Warsaw Orthopedic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Warsaw Orthopedic, Warsaw, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,668,741) developed by Gary K. Michelson, Venice, Calif., for an "implant with openings adapted to receive bone screws." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2012 (13/461,032). 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=20140311.PD.&s2=%28IN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/IN&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/IN Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** OmniVision Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- OmniVision Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,052) developed by four co-inventors for an "image sensor with dual element color filter array and three channel color output." The co-inventors are Vincent Venezia, Los Gatos, Calif., Yin Qian, Milpitas, Calif., Hsin-Chih Tai, San Jose, Calif., and Duli Mao, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 27, 2012 (13/686,788). 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=8670052.PN.&OS=PN/8670052&RS=PN/8670052 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Efficient Software-based Private VLAN Solution for Distributed Virtual Switches ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,670,450) developed by six co-inventors for an "efficient software-based private VLAN solution for distributed virtual switches." The co-inventors are Amitabha Biswas, San Francisco, John Buswell, Athens, Ohio, Dayavanti G. Kamath, Santa Clara, Calif., Jayakrishna Kidambi, San Jose, Calif., Vijoy Pandey, Santa Clara, Calif., and Dorit Rond, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 13, 2011 (13/107,554). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=78&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** SiPix Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- SiPix Imaging, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,174) developed by two co-inventors for an "electrophoretic display fluid." The co-inventors are Xiaojia Wang, Fremont, Calif., and Robert A. Sprague, Saratoga, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2011 (13/300,178). 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=8670174.PN.&OS=PN/8670174&RS=PN/8670174 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Logic Circuits Using Neuristors ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,669,785) developed by Matthew D. Pickett, San Francisco, for "logic circuits using neuristors." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2012 (13/563,167). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=82&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Western Digital Assigned Patent for High Magnetic Flux Saturation Cofe Films ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Western Digital, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,211) developed by four co-inventors for method and system "for providing high magnetic flux saturation CoFe films." The co-inventors are Ming Sun, Pleasanton, Calif., Jose A. Medina, Pleasanton, Calif., Keith Y. Sasaki, San Jose, Calif., and Ming Jiang, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 21, 2011 (13/164,991). 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=8670211.PN.&OS=PN/8670211&RS=PN/8670211 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Optical Display System ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,000) developed by four co-inventors for an "optical display system and method with virtual image contrast control." The co-inventors are Adrian Wong, Mountain View, Calif., Babak Amirparviz, Mountain View, Calif., Max Braun, San Francisco, and Xiaoyu Miao, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2011 (13/230,276). 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=8670000.PN.&OS=PN/8670000&RS=PN/8670000 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Analog Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,669,818) developed by Gregoire Le Grand De Mercey, Menlo Park, Calif., for a "wave reversing system and method for a rotary traveling wave oscillator." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2012 (13/460,552). 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=20140311.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent for Method for Temperature Compensation in MEMS Resonators with Isolated Regions of Distinct Material ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,669,831) developed by Emmanuel P. Quevy, El Cerrito, Calif., and David H. Bernstein, Oakland, Calif., for a "method for temperature compensation in MEMS resonators with isolated regions of distinct material." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2010 (12/950,519). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=80&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cargill, Branhaven Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Cargill, Wayzata, Minn., and Branhaven, Canton, Ohio, have been assigned a patent (8,669,056) developed by five co-inventors for "compositions, methods, and systems for inferring bovine breed." The co-inventors are Sue K. DeNise, Davis, Calif., Paul Charteris, Davis, Calif., David Rosenfeld, Sacramento, Calif., Tom Holm, Salt Lake City, and Stephen Bates, Davis, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2011 (13/220,174). 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=86,69,056.PN.&OS=PN/86,69,056&RS=PN/86,69,056 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Image Capturing Device with Touch Screen ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,060) developed by three co-inventors for an "image capturing device with touch screen for adjusting camera settings." The co-inventors are Ralph Brunner, Cupertino, Calif., Nikhil Bhogal, San Francisco, and Jeremy Jones, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 17, 2012 (13/551,360). 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=8670060.PN.&OS=PN/8670060&RS=PN/8670060 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Eigent Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Eigent Technologies, Holmdel, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,669,846) developed by Robert Warner, Holmdel, N.J., James Wang, San Marino, Calif., and Jack Winters, Middletown, N.J., for "wireless devices for process automation and verification." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2009 (12/581,231). 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=31&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NJ Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Magnetic Writer Having Multiple Gaps with More Uniform Magnetic Fields across Gaps ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,670,210) developed by Robert G. Biskeborn, Hollister, Calif., Philipp Herget, San Jose, Calif., and Bucknell C. Webb, Ossining, N.Y., for a "magnetic writer having multiple gaps with more uniform magnetic fields across the gaps." The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2013 (13/734,838). 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=20140311.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent for Variable Length Imaging ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,172) developed by three co-inventors for a "variable length imaging method using electronically registered and stitched single-pass imaging." The co-inventors are Timothy David Stowe, Alameda, Calif., Patrick Y. Maeda, Mountain View, Calif., and Douglas N. Curry, San Mateo, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2011 (13/216,637). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8670172.PN.&OS=PN/8670172&RS=PN/8670172 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Dow AgroSciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,669,207) developed by Richard Martin Jacobson, Chalfont, Pa., Daniel Maclean, Woodland, Calif., and Esther Gachango, Davis, Calif., for compounds and compositions.

The patent application was filed on July 18, 2013 (13/945,577). 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=20140311.PD.&s2=%28IN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/IN&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/IN Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Pixel Qi Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Pixel Qi, San Bruno, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,004) developed by two co-inventors for "driving liquid crystal displays." The co-inventors are Carlin J. Vieri, Menlo Park, Calif., and Michael Bolotski, Seattle.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2009 (12/630,800). 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=8670004.PN.&OS=PN/8670004&RS=PN/8670004 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Automated DSL Performance Adjustment ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,670,525) developed by four co-inventors for an "automated DSL performance adjustment." The co-inventors are Baofeng Frank Jiang, Pleasanton, Calif., Xidong Wu, San Ramon, Calif., Jim Tidashi Otsuka, San Jose, Calif., and John Porter Van Slyke, Lafayette, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 13, 2013 (13/800,449). 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=20140311.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/GA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent for Cargo Restraint System and Method for Restraining Cargo ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,668,417) developed by five co-inventors for a "cargo restraint system and method for restraining cargo." The co-inventors are William Ryan Harrigan, Hacienda Heights, Calif., Thomas Reiner, Sherman Oaks, Calif., Myles A. Rohrlick, San Diego, Michael Patterson Johnson, Huntington Beach, Calif., and Anibal J. Garcia, Chino, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 1, 2013 (13/932,530). 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=20140311.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Energized Glass Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Energized Glass, Fort Collins, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,669,503) developed by Steven X. Johnson, Alameda, Calif., and Dave B. Lundahl, Fort Collins, Colo., for a "warm window buss bar system and safety mechanism." The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2013 (14/019,336). 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=86,69,503.PN.&OS=PN/86,69,503&RS=PN/86,69,503 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of Michigan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,668,702) developed by seven co-inventors for a minimal access tool. The co-inventors are Shorya Awtar, Ann Arbor, Mich., Jens Nielsen, Traverse City, Mich., Tristan Trutna, Atherton, Calif., Andrew Mansfield, New Orleans, Rosa Abani, Ann Arbor, Mich., James Geiger, Toledo, Ohio, and Patrick Quigley, Cassopolis, Mich.

The patent application was filed on April 13, 2009 (12/937,523). 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=86,68,702.PN.&OS=PN/86,68,702&RS=PN/86,68,702 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Western Digital Assigned Patent for Disk Drive Enhanced Thermal Expansion ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Western Digital, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,214) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for providing enhanced thermal expansion for hard disk drives." The co-inventors are Neil Knutson, Fremont, Calif., and Yu Lo, Foster City, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2011 (13/332,241). 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=8670214.PN.&OS=PN/8670214&RS=PN/8670214 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Marlborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,669,291) developed by 13 co-inventors for "phenyl substituted cycloalkylamines as monoamine reuptake inhibitors." The co-inventors are Liming Shao, Lincoln, Mass., Fengjiang Wang, Northborough, Mass., Scott Christopher Malcolm, Southborough, Mass., Michael Charles Hewitt, Somerville, Mass., Jianguo Ma, Natick, Mass., Seth Ribe, Worcester, Mass., Mark A. Varney, Laguna Niguel, Calif., Una Campbell, Marlborough, Mass., Sharon Rae Engel, Hudson, Mass., Larry Wendell Hardy, Sturbridge, Mass., Patrick Koch, Marlborough, Mass., Rudy Schreiber, Watertown, Mass., and Kerry L. Spear, Concord, Mass.

The patent application was filed on June 2, 2008 (12/131,845). 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=20140311.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent for Disk Drive Repeatable Runout ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,206) developed by three co-inventors for "disk drive estimating repeatable runout of reference pattern based on repeatable runout of phase error." The co-inventors are Siri S. Weerasooriya, Campbell, Calif., Yilin Cai, Fremont, Calif., and Jiangang Liang, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 27, 2012 (13/431,691). 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=8670206.PN.&OS=PN/8670206&RS=PN/8670206 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Apparatus Having Surface-enhanced Spectroscopy Modules ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,670,119) developed by Alexandre M. Bratkovski, Mountain View, Calif., Zhiyong Li, Foster City, Calif., and Gary Gibson, Palo Alto, Calif., for an "apparatus having surface-enhanced spectroscopy modules." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2013 (13/754,456). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=76&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,669,588) developed by Edward Peter Gordon Smith, Santa Barbara, Calif., Gregory Mark Venzor, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Eric J. Beuville, Goleta, Calif., for an "epitaxially-grown position sensitive detector." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2009 (12/497,878). 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=20140311.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intouch Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Intouch Technologies, Goleta, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,670,017) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "remote presence system including a cart that supports a robot face and an overhead camera." The co-inventors are Fuji Lai, Goleta, Calif., Amante Mangaser, Goleta, Calif., Derek Walters, Goleta, Calif., David Stuart, Santa Barbara, Calif., Kevin Hanrahan; Santa Barbara, Calif., Charles S. Jordan, Santa Barbara, Calif., David Roe, Santa Barbara, Calif., James Rosenthal, Santa Barbara, Calif., Blair Whitney, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Daniel Steven Sanchez, Summerland, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 4, 2010 (12/717,806). 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=8670017.PN.&OS=PN/8670017&RS=PN/8670017 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Globus Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Globus Medical, Audubon, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,668,740) developed by William Rhoda, Media, Pa., Noah Hansell, King of Prussia, Pa., and Andrew Lee, Santa Rosa, Calif., for an expandable vertebral prosthesis.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 9, 2012 (13/648,078). 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=20140311.PD.&s2=%28PA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/PA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/PA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Automatic Switching Electronic Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,222) developed by Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Los Altos, Calif., for an "electronic device with automatic mode switching." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2013 (13/775,969). 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=8670222.PN.&OS=PN/8670222&RS=PN/8670222 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Western Digital Assigned Patent for Tunable Plating Seed Step Coverage ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Western Digital, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,213) developed by four co-inventors for methods "for tunable plating seed step coverage." The co-inventors are Ying Hong, Los Gatos, Calif., Zhigang Bai, Milpitas, Calif., Wanxue Zeng, Pleasanton, Calif., and Weimin Si, San Ramon, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 16, 2012 (13/422,997). 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=8670213.PN.&OS=PN/8670213&RS=PN/8670213 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Greatbatch Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Greatbatch, Clarence, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,670,841) developed by seven co-inventors for an "implantable lead having a shielded bandstop filter comprising a self-resonant inductor for an active medical device." The co-inventors are Warren S. Dabney, Lake Oswego, Ore., Robert Shawn Johnson, North Tonawanda, N.Y., Holly Noelle Moschiano, Lancaster, N.Y., Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, Calif., Henry R. Halperin, Pikesville, Md., Albert C. Lardo, Baldwin, Md., and Kishore Kumar Kondabatni, Arcadia, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 10, 2013 (13/860,191). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=69&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** NVIDIA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,999) developed by five co-inventors for an "alpha-to-coverage value determination using virtual samples." The co-inventors are Robert Ohannessian, Austin, Texas, Steven E. Molnar, Chapel Hill, N.C., Christian Amsinck, Durham, N.C., Emmett M. Kilgariff, San Jose, Calif., and Walter E. Donovan, Saratoga, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2010 (12/904,935). 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=8669999.PN.&OS=PN/8669999&RS=PN/8669999 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Sprint Spectrum Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Sprint Spectrum, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,670,788) developed by four co-inventors for a dynamic paging concatenation. The co-inventors are Sachin R. Vargantwar, Overland Park, Kan., Siddharth S. Oroskar, Overland Park, Kan., Deveshkumar N. Rai, Overland Park, Kan., and Debasish Sarkar, Irvine, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 20, 2010 (12/690,629). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28KS.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/KS&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/KS Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,670,385) developed by five co-inventors for a "dynamic allocation of network resources for provisioning services to user devices." The co-inventors are Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Concord, Calif., Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, Calif., Sergio Aguirre, Southlake, Texas, David Chiang, Fremont, Calif., and Vijay Tulsidas Madhav, Walnut Creek, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2011 (13/215,758). 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=28&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NJ Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** LSI Assigned Patent for Data Sequence Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- LSI, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,198) developed by three co-inventors for a "data sequence detection in band-limited channels based on equalization interpolation." The co-inventors are Yu Liao, Longmont, Colo., Hongwei Song, Longmont, Colo., and Haitao Xia, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2013 (13/766,182). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8670198.PN.&OS=PN/8670198&RS=PN/8670198 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,671,007) developed by five co-inventors for a "work packet enabled active project management schedule" The co-inventors are Jarir K. Chaar, Ardsley, N.Y., Joseph P. Huchel, Morgan Hill, Calif., Thomas A. Jobson Jr., New Paltz, N.Y., Daniel V. Oppenheim, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., and Krishna C. Ratakonda, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on March 5, 2013 (13/785,780). 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=20140311.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Colorado School of Mines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,669,488) developed by five co-inventors for "spatially chirped pulses for femtosecond laser ablation through transparent materials." The co-inventors are Jeffrey Squier, Golden, Colo., Dawn Vitek, Lakewood, Colo., Charles Durfee, Golden, Colo., Daniel Adams, Golden, Colo., and David Kleinfeld, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on March 30, 2011 (13/065,778). 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=86,69,488.PN.&OS=PN/86,69,488&RS=PN/86,69,488 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Communication Circuit for Driving Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,670,245) developed by Quang Nguyen, San Diego, for a "communication circuit for driving a plurality of devices." The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2011 (13/208,514). 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=8670245.PN.&OS=PN/8670245&RS=PN/8670245 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Headway Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Headway Technologies, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,212) developed by four co-inventors for "PMR writer device with multi-level tapered write pole." The co-inventors are Yan Wu, Cupertino, Calif., Kowang Liu, Fremont, Calif., Zhigang Bai, Milpitas, Calif., and Moris Dovek, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2012 (13/608,321). 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=8670212.PN.&OS=PN/8670212&RS=PN/8670212 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Monolithic Power Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Monolithic Power Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,219) developed by Donald R. Disney, Cupertino, Calif., for "high-voltage devices with integrated over-voltage protection and associated methods." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2011 (13/162,512). 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=8670219.PN.&OS=PN/8670219&RS=PN/8670219 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Monitoring of Access Network Status in Communication Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,670,323) developed by Marian Croak, Fair Haven, N.J., and Hossein Eslambolchi, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for monitoring of access network status in communication networks." The patent application was filed on April 19, 2005 (11/109,103). 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=20140311.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/GA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Search and Social Media Partners Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Search and Social Media Partners, Beverly Hills, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,168) developed by Shelton E. Harrison Jr., Culver City, Calif., for a "polychromatic encoding system, method and device." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2012 (13/441,577). 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=8670168.PN.&OS=PN/8670168&RS=PN/8670168 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Through-wafer Interconnects for Photoimager and Memory Wafers ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,669,179) developed by 12 co-inventors for "through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers." The co-inventors are Salman Akram, Boise, Idaho, Charles M. Watkins, Eagle, Idaho, William M. Hiatt, Eagle, Idaho, David R. Hembree, Boise, Idaho, James M. Wark, Boise, Idaho, Warren M. Farnworth, Nampa, Idaho, Mark E. Tuttle, Boise, Idaho, Sidney B. Rigg, Meridian, Idaho, Steven D. Oliver, San Jose, Calif., Kyle K. Kirby, Eagle, Idaho, Alan G. Wood, Boise, Idaho, and Lu Velicky, Boise, Idaho.

The patent application was filed on July 11, 2013 (13/940,034). 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=20140311.PD.&s2=%28ID.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/ID&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/ID Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Identifying Ink ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,669,536) developed by Zeying Ma, San Diego, Gary William Larson, San Diego, and Lufei Lin, San Diego, for "methods and systems for identifying ink." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2013 (13/765,131). 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=95&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Del Monte Corp. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Del Monte Corp., San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,668,948) developed by five co-inventors for "apparatus, systems and methods for manufacturing food products." The co-inventors are Davor Juravic, San Pedro, Calif., Yomayra Alvarez, Long Beach, Calif., Oscar Ortiz, Hawthorne, Calif., Dwayne P. McDowell II, San Pedro, Calif., and Geoffrey Chase Thornhill, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on July 10, 2013 (13/938,542). 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=12&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28AZ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/AZ&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/AZ Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lawrence Livermore National Security Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Lawrence Livermore National Security, Livermore, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,175) developed by Alvin Charles Erlandson, Livermore, Calif., for a method and system "for compact and efficient high energy pulsed laser amplifier." The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2010 (12/875,038). 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=8670175.PN.&OS=PN/8670175&RS=PN/8670175 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent for Hybrid Drive Changing Power Mode ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,205) developed by two co-inventors for "hybrid drive changing power mode of disk channel when frequency of write data exceeds a threshold." The co-inventors are James N. Malina, Irvine, Calif., and William B. Boyle, Lake Forest, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2010 (12/894,058). 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=8670205.PN.&OS=PN/8670205&RS=PN/8670205 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Hamilton Sundstrand Assigned Patent for Shaft with Shoulder and Groove ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Hamilton Sundstrand, Windsor Locks, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,668,593) developed by Jay M. Francisco, Chula Vista, Calif., Jang Y. Jo, Chula Vista, Calif., and Matthew Gorajski, San Diego, for a "shaft with shoulder and groove." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2012 (13/446,349). 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=27&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/CT Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Fusion-io Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Fusion-io Inc., Salt Lake City, has been assigned a patent (8,671,249) developed by Nisha Talagala, Livermore, Calif., and James Peterson, San Jose, Calif., for an "apparatus, system, and method for managing storage capacity recovery." The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2011 (13/267,811). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28UT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/UT&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/UT Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Abbott Medical Optics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Abbott Medical Optics, Santa Ana, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,665) developed by two co-inventors for systems and methods "for power and flow rate control." The co-inventors are James Gerg, Lake Forest, Calif., and Carina R. Reisin, Tustin, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2011 (13/243,721). 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=8668665.PN.&OS=PN/8668665&RS=PN/8668665 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Allergan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Allergan, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,676) developed by James N. Chang, Newport Beach, Calif., for apparatus and methods "for implanting particulate ocular implants." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/495,314). 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=8668676.PN.&OS=PN/8668676&RS=PN/8668676 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Sanovas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Sanovas, Sausalito, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,654) developed by two co-inventors for a system "for gathering biological material in a biological cavity comprising a catheter having a first lumen, a balloon, and a second lumen in fluid communication with said balloon." The co-inventors are Lawrence J. Gerrans, San Anselmo, Calif., and Erhan H. Gunday, Great Neck, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on March 13, 2013 (13/800,623). 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=8668654.PN.&OS=PN/8668654&RS=PN/8668654 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Broncus Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Broncus Medical, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,652) developed by four co-inventors for systems and methods "for site selection and placement of extra-anatomic passages altering gaseous flow in a diseased lung." The co-inventors are Henky Wibowo, Cupertino, Calif., Edmund J. Roschak, Mission Viejo, Calif., Thomas Keast, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Cary Cole, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2010 (12/856,268). 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=8668652.PN.&OS=PN/8668652&RS=PN/8668652 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,645) developed by three co-inventors for "[a]nalyte monitoring device and methods of use." The co-inventors are Steven H. Drucker, Oakland, Calif., Robert Y. Jin, Irvine, Calif., and Jeffery V. Funderburk, Stevenson Ranch, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2003 (10/336,195). 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=8668645.PN.&OS=PN/8668645&RS=PN/8668645 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Medtronic Minimed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Medtronic Minimed, Northridge, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,672) developed by three co-inventors for methods and apparatuses "for detecting occlusions in an ambulatory infusion pump." The co-inventors are Sheldon B. Moberg, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Ian B. Hanson, Northridge, Calif., and Cary D. Talbot, Santa Clarita, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 18, 2012 (13/450,059). 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=8668672.PN.&OS=PN/8668672&RS=PN/8668672 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Carefusion 303 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Carefusion 303, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,668,671) developed by Gregg Kirkpatrick, Fallbrook, Calif., for an "intravenous (IV) pump system." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2010 (12/869,577). 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=8668671.PN.&OS=PN/8668671&RS=PN/8668671 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Callaway Golf Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Callaway Golf, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,599) developed by two co-inventors for method of manufacturing a "[g]olf club iron with high density leading edge." The co-inventors are Matthew T. Cackett, San Diego, and Brandon T. Vincent, Tega Cay, S.C.

The patent application was filed on May 15, 2012 (13/472,228). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&S1=8668599&OS=8668599&RS=8668599 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent for Workflow Management Bridging Virtual ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,140) developed by two co-inventors for a "workflow management bridging virtual and transient-paper documents." The co-inventors are Eric J. Shrader, Belmont, Calif., and Victoria Mary Elizabeth Bellotti, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on April 8, 2009 (12/420,765). 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=8670140.PN.&OS=PN/8670140&RS=PN/8670140 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Dynamic Sector Creation ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,670,778) developed by three co-inventors for a method for "dynamic sector creation." The co-inventors are Jie Si, San Diego, Rilun Tang, San Diego, and Syed Nadeem Ahsan, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2009 (12/561,042). 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=8670778.PN.&OS=PN/8670778&RS=PN/8670778 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Callaway Golf Assigned Patent for Wood-Type Golf Club Head ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Callaway Golf, Carlsbad, Calif.,, has been assigned a patent (8,668,596) developed by three co-inventors for methods of manufacturing a "[w]ood-type golf club head with adjustable sole contour." The co-inventors are Matthew T. Cackett, San Diego, Evans D. Clayton, San Marcos, Calif., and Alan Hocknell, Carlsbad, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 17, 2013 (13/944,464). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&S1=8668596&OS=8668596&RS=8668596 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Symantec Assigned Patent for Using Bit Arrays ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,146) developed by David Van Couvering, San Francisco, for "using bit arrays in incremental scanning of content for sensitive data." The patent application was filed on April 24, 2013 (13/869,740). 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=8670146.PN.&OS=PN/8670146&RS=PN/8670146 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** MaxLinear Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- MaxLinear, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,736) developed by Sheng Ye, Carlsbad, Calif., for a "crystal control scheme to improve performance of a receiver." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2010 (12/944,679). 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=8670736.PN.&OS=PN/8670736&RS=PN/8670736 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Reference Sequence Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,670,734) developed by four co-inventors for methods and apparatus for "determining a reference sequence and timing based on normalized correlations." The co-inventors are Shivratna Giri Srinivasan, San Diego, Raghu Narayan Challa, San Diego, Supratik Bhattacharjee, San Diego, and Brian Clarke Banister, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2012 (13/670,580). 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=8670734.PN.&OS=PN/8670734&RS=PN/8670734 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Onset Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Onset Medical, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,668) developed by five co-inventors for an "[e]xpandable iliac sheath and method of use." The co-inventors are Joseph Bishop, Menifee, Calif., Edward J. Nance, Corona, Calif., Huan T. Nguyen, Santa Ana, Calif., and Mark T. Jones, Garden Grove, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2008 (12/258,233). 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=8668668.PN.&OS=PN/8668668&RS=PN/8668668 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Intuitive Surgical Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,638) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for automatically maintaining an operator selected roll orientation at a distal tip of a robotic endoscope." The co-inventors are Caitlin Q. Donhowe, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Giuseppe Maria Prisco, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2011 (13/013,918). 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=8668638.PN.&OS=PN/8668638&RS=PN/8668638 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Callaway Golf Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Callaway Golf, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,601) developed by two co-inventors for methods of manufacturing "a golf club head composed of a face component and an aft body composed of a long fiber material." The co-inventors are Martin Peralta, Oceanside, Calif., and William C. Watson, Temecula, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 6, 2013 (14/019,852). 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=8668601.PN.&OS=PN/8668601&RS=PN/8668601 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Digital Delta Sigma Modulator ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,737) developed by Henrik T. Jensen, Long Beach, Calif., for a "digital delta Sigma modulator and applications thereof." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2013 (13/907,354). 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=8670737.PN.&OS=PN/8670737&RS=PN/8670737 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Fast Serving Cell Change ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,670,762) developed by six co-inventors for "fast serving cell change." The co-inventors are Bibhu P. Mohanty, San Diego, Aziz Gholmieh, Del Mar, Calif., Mehmet Yavuz, San Diego, Peter Rauber, Del Mar, Calif., Rohit Kapoor, San Diego, and Sharad Sambhwani, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on (12/100,853). 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=8670762.PN.&OS=PN/8670762&RS=PN/8670762 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Cygnus Broadband Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Cygnus Broadband, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,670,772) developed by four co-inventors for a "communications base station with decision function for distributing traffic across multiple backhauls." The co-inventors are Warren Roddy, Temecula, Calif., Haibo Xu, San Diego, David Gell, San Diego, and Kenneth L. Stanwood, Vista, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 9, 2013 (13/937,457). 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=8670772.PN.&OS=PN/8670772&RS=PN/8670772 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,748) developed by four co-inventors for methods, systems and apparatus for "processing a remote lock command message." The co-inventors are Stuart Slack, San Jose, Calif., Brendan A. McCarthy, San Francisco, Carsten Guenther, San Francisco, and Christopher Brooke Sharp, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 30, 2010 (12/750,600). 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=8670748.PN.&OS=PN/8670748&RS=PN/8670748 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Zynga Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Zynga, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,668,588) developed by five co-inventors for a "target map area system for an online game." The co-inventors are Hans C. Yang, Hawthorne, Calif., Cathy Beaupain, Hawthorne, Calif., Jeffrey Chow, Anaheim, Calif., Nathaniel Yun, Los Angeles, and Michael John Goodwin, Bellflower, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2011 (13/244,832). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&S1=8668588&OS=8668588&RS=8668588 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Video Noise Filtering ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,073) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for video noise filtering." The co-inventors are Alexander MacInnis, Los Altos, Calif., and Sheng Zhong, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 28, 2011 (13/073,839). 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=8670073.PN.&OS=PN/8670073&RS=PN/8670073 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,791) developed by seven co-inventors for techniques for "sending communications with automatic address or device selection and content conversion." The co-inventors are Zhou Ye, Fremont, Calif., Thomas Wilsher, San Francisco, Jibin Xiang, San Jose, Calif., Xiaolin Zang, Campbell, Calif., Jimmy Shi, Santa Clara, Calif., Ali Shah, Solna, Sweden, and Kalpak Dilip Kothari, Chicago.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2009 (12/365,028). 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=8670791.PN.&OS=PN/8670791&RS=PN/8670791 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Communication Node Identification ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,670,774) developed by four co-inventors for systems and methods of "uniquely identifying communication nodes in a wireless communication system." The co-inventors are Kapil Bhattad, San Diego, Juan Montojo, San Diego, Ravi Palanki, San Diego, and Amir Farajidana, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2009 (12/560,624). 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=8670774.PN.&OS=PN/8670774&RS=PN/8670774 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Direct Digital Conversion Tuner ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,740) developed by Leonard Dauphinee, Irvine, Calif., for a "direct digital conversion tuner." The patent application was filed on May 19, 2011 (13/111,056). 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=8670740.PN.&OS=PN/8670740&RS=PN/8670740 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Interference and Communication Resource Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,670,777) developed by five co-inventors for systems and methods to "facilitate management of interference and communication resources." The co-inventors are Mohammad Jaber Borran, San Diego, Alexei Gorokhov, San Diego, Aamod Khandekar, San Diego, Tingfang Ji, San Diego, and Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 4, 2007 (11/849,595). 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=8670777.PN.&OS=PN/8670777&RS=PN/8670777 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Frequency-Translational Bandpass Filter ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,739) developed by two co-inventors for a "frequency-translational bandpass filter with harmonic rejection." The co-inventors are David Murphy, Costa Mesa, Calif., and Hooman Darabi, Laguna Niguel, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2013 (13/736,915). 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=8670739.PN.&OS=PN/8670739&RS=PN/8670739 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Multimode Communication Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,733) developed by two co-inventors for a "multimode communication device with shared signal path programmable filter." The co-inventors are Arya Behzad, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Newport Coast, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2012 (13/355,739). 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=8670733.PN.&OS=PN/8670733&RS=PN/8670733 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** PineBrook Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- PineBrook Imaging, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,106) developed by two co-inventors for an "optical imaging writer system." The co-inventors are Jang Fung Chen, Cupertino, Calif., and Thomas Laidig, Richmond, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 29, 2009 (12/475,114). 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=8670106.PN.&OS=PN/8670106&RS=PN/8670106 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Level Detector Calibration ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,729) developed by Arya Behzad, Poway, Calif., for methods and systems for "level detector calibration." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2010 (12/725,185). 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=8670729.PN.&OS=PN/8670729&RS=PN/8670729 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Multihop Relay Support Techniques ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,670,704) developed by two co-inventors for techniques "to support multihop relay in a wireless communication system." The co-inventors are Pranav Dayal, San Diego, and Tingfang Ji, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on March 5, 2008 (12/042,864). 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=8670704.PN.&OS=PN/8670704&RS=PN/8670704 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Ruckus Wireless Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Ruckus Wireless, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,725) developed by William S. Kish, Saratoga, Calif., for a system and method for "improving radio performance through automatic channel selection utilizing a closed-channel model." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2007 (11/841,619). 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=8670725.PN.&OS=PN/8670725&RS=PN/8670725 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,671) developed by three co-inventors for an "energy-efficient optical source." The co-inventors are Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy, San Diego, Xuezhe Zheng, San Diego, and John E. Cunningham, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2012 (13/361,866). 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=8670671.PN.&OS=PN/8670671&RS=PN/8670671 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Reconfigurable Optical Add and Drop Mesh Node ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,669) developed by three co-inventors for a "directionless reconfigurable optical add and drop mesh node." The co-inventors are Maurizio Gazzola, Milan, Ronald Johnson, Petaluma, Calif., and Lorenzo Ghioni, Tavazzano con Villavesco, Italy.

The patent application was filed on July 31, 2007 (11/831,545). 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=8670669.PN.&OS=PN/8670669&RS=PN/8670669 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Antenna Selection Diversity ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,718) developed by three co-inventors for a method and system "for antenna selection diversity with biasing." The co-inventors are Rajendra Tushar Moorti, Mountain View, Calif., Min Chuin Hoo, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Jason Alexander Trachewsky, Menlo Park, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 18, 2013 (13/865,442). 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=8670718.PN.&OS=PN/8670718&RS=PN/8670718 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

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