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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Illinois (March 19)
[March 19, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Illinois (March 19)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Illinois.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,677,463) developed by David Piepenbrink, Chicago, James Y. Sofos, Aurora, Ill., and Lee M. Chow, Naperville, Ill., for a "system and method for managing multiple sub accounts within a subcriber main account in a data distribution system." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2008 (12/329,490). 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=9&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/GA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.



*** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,675,936) developed by Alexander Hans Vija, Evanston, Ill., and Amos Yahil, Stony Brook, N.Y., for the multimodal image reconstruction.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2013 (14/042,949). 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=86,75,936.PN.&OS=PN/86,75,936&RS=PN/86,75,936 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.


*** Zanni Assets Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Zanni Assets, Dover, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,676,665) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and medium for universal shopping cart order injection and payment determination." The co-inventors are Martin K. Tarvydas, Bellevue, Wash., Mark I. Sandori, Bellevue, Wash., Eric S. Maple, Browns Point, Wash., Timothy P. Byerly, Mercer Island, Wash., and Matthew A. Markus, La Grange, Ill.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 11, 2011 (13/270,517). 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=86,76,665.PN.&OS=PN/86,76,665&RS=PN/86,76,665 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, Bloomington, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,676,613) developed by five co-inventors for "methods for grid-based insurance rating." The co-inventors are Curt A. Stewart, Bloomington, Ill., Matthew T. Frank, Bloomington, Ill., Neale E. McCormick, Bloomington, Ill., Matthew W. Baughman, Normal, Ill., and Rama Duvvuri, Bloomington, Ill.

The patent application was filed on March 27, 2013 (13/851,285). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=22&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** King Koil Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- King Koil Licensing, Willowbrook, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,676,662) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for selecting a bedding mattress." The co-inventors are David J. Roberts, Tinley Park, Ill., Ross Olinski, Bloomingdale, Ill., Ken Swinarski, Darien, Ill., and Owen Shoemaker, Alpin, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 14, 2013 (13/826,621). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=19&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent for System and Method for Risk Management Using Average Expiration Times ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,676,693) developed by Jens-Uwe Schluetter, Evanston, Ill., for "system and method for risk management using average expiration times." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2010 (12/758,791). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=18&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Rockwell Automation Technologies Assigned Patent for Presentation of Industrial Automation Data as Function of Relevance to User ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Rockwell Automation Technologies, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,677,262) developed by nine co-inventors for a "presentation of industrial automation data as a function of relevance to user." The co-inventors are John Joseph aier, Mentor, Ohio, Clifton Harold Bromley, Westminster, Canada, Mark Hobbs, Hartford, Wis., Teunis Hendrik Schouten, Langley, Canada, Douglas James Reichard, Fairview Park, Ohio, Kevin George Gordon, Vancouver, Canada, Taryl Jon Jasper, Taryl Jon, South Euclid, Ohio, Robert Joseph McGreevy, Oswego, Ill., and Bruce Gordan Fuller, Alberta, Canada.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2007 (11/863,183). 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=86,77,262.PN.&OS=PN/86,77,262&RS=PN/86,77,262 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Caterpillar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Caterpillar, Peoria, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,676,630) developed by Anthony James Grichnik, Eureka, Ill., Stephen James Forret, Morton, Ill., and Scott Edward Taylor, Peoria, Ill., for "systems and methods for selectively updating forecast data." The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2012 (13/367,721). 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=21&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Red Hat Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,677,454) developed by Greg DeKoenigsberg, Durham, N.C., and Mike McGrath, Schaumburg, Ill., for the "utilization of virtual machines by a community cloud." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2010 (12/782,462). 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=86,77,454.PN.&OS=PN/86,77,454&RS=PN/86,77,454 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Monsanto Technology Assigned Patent for Plants and Seeds of Hybrid Corn Variety CH685922 ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Monsanto Technology, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,674,201) developed by seven co-inventors for "plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH685922." The co-inventors are Michael Dragonuk, Steward, Ill., Chris Eichhorn, Williamsburg, Iowa, Peter Guzman, Sioux Falls, S.D., Gregory J. Holland, Troy, Ohio, Laron L. Peters, Gothenburg, Neb., de Hector Ramirez Leon, O'Fallon, Mo., and Christopher L. Souder, Spencer, Iowa.

The patent application was filed on April 27, 2012 (13/459,044). 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=86,74,201.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,201&RS=PN/86,74,201 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Walgreen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Walgreen, Deerfield, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,676,606) developed by Gyula J. Nadas, Wauconda, Ill., Michael R. Johnson, Hobart, Ind., and Anthony James Fields, Menomonee Falls, Wis., for "systems and methods for providing comprehensive pharmaceutical consultations." The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2010 (12/917,061). 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=20140318.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cleversafe Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Cleversafe, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,677,214) developed by Gary W. Grube, Barrington Hills, Ill., and Timothy W. Markison, Mesa, Ariz., for "encoding data utilizing a zero information gain function." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2012 (13/611,962). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=12&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sears Brands Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Sears Brands, Hoffman Estates, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,676,660) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for providing a streamlined checkout process." The co-inventors are James Yu, Glenview, Ill., Greg Franczyk, Carpentersville, Ill., Jason Ruud, South Elgin, Ill., Brian Jordan, West Dundee, Ill., Robert Richard Roy, Glen Allen, Va., Eric J. Klondnick, Chicago, and Mahesh Bommireddy, Palatine, Ill.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2011 (13/004,331). 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=20&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,676,344) developed by five co-inventors for a "polyisobutylene urethane, urea and urethane/urea copolymers and medical leads containing the same." The co-inventors are Shrojalkmar Desai, Lake Bluff, Ill., Mark W. Boden, Harrisville, R.I., Stephen E. DeRoche, St. Paul, Minn., Arthur J. Foster, Blaine, Minn., and G. Shantanu Reddy, Minneapolis.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2013 (13/744,832). 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=5&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/MN Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Walgreen Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Medication Prescription Consultation ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Walgreen, Deerfield, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,676,604) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for medication prescription consultation." The co-inventors are Casey L. Kozlowski, Barrington, Ill., Gowri Selka, Buffalo Grove, Ill., Natasha Polster, Long Grove, Ill., and Sam Libo, Deerfield, Ill.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2007 (11/839,306). 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=24&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,676,697) developed by Gary Allan Kemp II, Winnetka, Ill., Joan Ebersole, Glen Ellyn, Ill., and Jens-Uwe Schluetter, Evanston, Ill., for a "method and interface for presenting last traded quantity information." The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2013 (13/767,104). 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=17&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for System and Method for Consolidating Middleware Functionality ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,677,379) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for consolidating middleware functionality." The co-inventors are Jonathan Chester Gathman, Arnold, Mo., William Scott Bertrand, Belleville, Ill., Robert William Gulledge, St. Charles, Mo., and Bhanu Ramesh, Fenton, Mo.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2012 (13/601,328). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=19&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/GA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Mosaic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Mosaic, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,677,320) developed by Peter B. Wilson, Chicago, and Karen B. Johns, Chicago, for a "software testing supporting high reuse of test data." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2011 (13/081,046). 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=20140318.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Fenwal Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Fenwal, Lake Zurich, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,676,600) developed by four co-inventors for "mobile applications for blood centers." The co-inventors are Brian C. Case, Lake Villa, Ill., Jonathan Prendergast, Palatine, Ill., John W. Barry Jr., Mount Prospect, Ill., and Christopher D. Gassman, Crystal Lake, Ill.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2011 (13/209,151). 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=25&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm MEMS Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,674,616) developed by three co-inventors for a "[d]istributed illumination system." The co-inventors are Robert L. Holman, Evanston, Ill., Matthew B. Sampsell, Chicago, and Jeffrey B. Sampsell, Pueblo West, Colo.

The patent application was filed on March 29, 2011 (13/074,927). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sec2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674616.PN.&OS=PN/8674616&RS=PN/8674616 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

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