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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (March 20)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** University of California Assigned Patent for Polynucleotide Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,055) developed by two co-inventors for methods "and articles for strand-specific polynucleotide detection with conjugated polymers." The co-inventors are Guillermo C. Bazan, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Bin Liu, Singapore. The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2010 (12/903,176). 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=8669055.PN.&OS=PN/8669055&RS=PN/8669055 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Theranos Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Theranos, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,047) developed by two co-inventors for a "real-time detection of influenza virus." The co-inventors are Elizabeth A. Holmes, Palo Alto, Calif., and Ian Gibbons, Portola Valley, Calif. The patent application was filed on July 21, 2011 (13/187,960). 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=8669047.PN.&OS=PN/8669047&RS=PN/8669047 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Wireless Device with N-phase Transmitter ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,666,335) developed by two co-inventors for methods and systems "for an N-phase transmitter utilizing a leaky wave antenna (LWA) are disclosed and may include transmitting an n-phase wireless signal at a first frequency via the LWA utilizing a plurality of second frequency signals from one or more signal sources, and the second frequency may be lower than the first frequency." The co-inventors are Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Newport Coast, Calif., and Maryam Rofougaran, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2012 (13/655,868). 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=8666335.PN.&OS=PN/8666335&RS=PN/8666335 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Fishrock Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Fishrock Laboratories, Davis, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,942) developed by Le Thuy Vuong, Petaluma, Calif., for a "skin anti-oxidant enhancing formulation and associated method." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2013 (13/897,297). 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=8668942.PN.&OS=PN/8668942&RS=PN/8668942 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Altera Assigned Patent for Partial Reconfiguration Modules Placement and Routing ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,377) developed by four co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for placement and routing of partial reconfiguration modules." The co-inventors are David Samuel Goldman, Washington, Mark Bourgeault, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Vaughn Betz, Toronto, and Alan Louis Herrmann, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on March 3, 2011 (13/040,255). 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=8671377.PN.&OS=PN/8671377&RS=PN/8671377 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Scripps Research Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,073) developed by four co-inventors for "compositions of orthogonal lysyl-tRNA and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase pairs and uses thereof." The co-inventors are Ning Wu, Brookline, Mass., Stephen Santoro, Cambridge, Mass., Peter G. Schultz, La Jolla, Calif., and J. Christopher Anderson, San Francisco. The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2011 (13/246,490). 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=8669073.PN.&OS=PN/8669073&RS=PN/8669073 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent for Automatic Reconciliation of Discrepancies ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,122) developed by three co-inventors for an "automatic reconciliation of discrepancies in asset attribute values." The co-inventors are Jason Aron Alonzo, Fair Oaks, Calif., John Leong Yee, San Mateo, Calif., and Umesh Madhav Apte, San Ramon, Calif. The patent application was filed on Jan. 9, 2012 (13/346,143). 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=8671122.PN.&OS=PN/8671122&RS=PN/8671122 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Axure Software Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Axure Software Solutions, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,671,352) developed by four co-inventors for computer-implemented methods "for allowing users to specify interactive graphical designs." The co-inventors are Victor Hsu, San Diego, Martin Smith, San Diego, Ian Gardner, San Diego, and Ben Fraser, Encinitas, Calif. The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2013 (14/025,745). 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=8671352.PN.&OS=PN/8671352&RS=PN/8671352 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Reflection-type Variable Attenuators ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,666,342) developed by two co-inventors for "[r]eflection-type variable attenuators." The co-inventors are Tirdad Sowlati, Irvine, Calif., and Adabi, Newport Beach, Calif. The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2013 (13/763,556). 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=8666342.PN.&OS=PN/8666342&RS=PN/8666342 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for On-chip Impedance Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,666,340) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for on-chip impedance control to impedance match a configurable front end." The co-inventors are Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Newport Coast, Calif., and Maryam Rofougaran, Palos Verdes, Calif. The patent application was filed on March 3, 2009 (12/397,040). 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=8666340.PN.&OS=PN/8666340&RS=PN/8666340 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Parkinson's Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Parkinson's Institute, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,048) developed by four co-inventors for "pluripotent cell lines and methods of use thereof." The co-inventors are Renee Ann Reijo Pera, Los Altos, Calif., J. William Langston, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Birgitt Schule, Menlo Park, Calif., and Theodore D. Palmer, Stanford, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 24, 2009 (12/459,019). 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=8669048.PN.&OS=PN/8669048&RS=PN/8669048 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Eventbrite Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Eventbrite, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,671,001) developed by two co-inventors for a "real-time attendance reporting." The co-inventors are Julie Ann Thompson, San Francisco, and Renaud Gilbert Visage, San Francisco. The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2010 (12/982,222). 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=8671001.PN.&OS=PN/8671001&RS=PN/8671001 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** S.K. Hynix Memory Solutions Assigned Patent for Soft Output Viterbi Detector ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- S.K. Hynix Memory Solutions, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,335) developed by two co-inventors for a "[s]oft output Viterbi detector with error event output." The co-inventors are Kwok W. Yeung, Milpitas, Calif., and Shih-Ming Shih, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on Jan. 2, 2013 (13/733,004). 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=8671335.PN.&OS=PN/8671335&RS=PN/8671335 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** University of California Assigned Patent for Chimeric Phosphorylation Indicator ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,074) developed by four co-inventors for a "chimeric phosphorylation indicator." The co-inventors are Jin Zhang, Baltimore, Jonathan D. Violin, Durham, N.C., Roger Y. Tsien, La Jolla, Calif., and Alexandra C. Newton, San Diego. The patent application was filed on May 28, 2004 (10/857,622). 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=8669074.PN.&OS=PN/8669074&RS=PN/8669074 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Veracyte Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Veracyte, South San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,057) developed by eight co-inventors for methods "and compositions for diagnosis of thyroid conditions." The co-inventors are Jonathan I. Wilde, Burlingame, Calif., Bonnie H. Anderson, Half Moon Bay, Calif., Eric T. Wang, Milpitas, Calif., Hui Wang, San Bruno, Calif., Giulia C. Kennedy, San Francisco, Moraima Pagan, San Francisco, Nusrat Rabbee, San Francisco, and Darya I. Chudova, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on May 7, 2010 (13/318,751). 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=8669057.PN.&OS=PN/8669057&RS=PN/8669057 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Palo Alto Research Center, Xerox Assigned Patent for Parking Reservations ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., and Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., have been assigned a patent (8,671,002) developed by eight co-inventors for a computer-implemented system and method "for offering merchant and shopper-friendly parking reservations through validated parking." The co-inventors are Craig Eldershaw, Belmont, Calif., Alan G. Bell, Los Altos, Calif., Serdar Uckun, Palo Alto, Calif., Mark Jeffrey Stefik, Portola Valley, Calif., Francisco Eduardo Torres, San Jose, Calif., Daniel H. Greene, Sunnyvale, Calif., David Preston Cummins, Washington, and Lance E. Good, Gaithersburg, Md. The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2011 (13/217,208). 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=8671002.PN.&OS=PN/8671002&RS=PN/8671002 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Palo Alto Research Center, Xerox Assigned Patent for Residential Parking Reservation ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., and Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., have been assigned a patent (8,671,014) developed by 10 co-inventors for a computer-implemented system and method "for offering residential parking reservations." The co-inventors are Craig Eldershaw, Belmont, Calif., Alan G. Bell, Los Altos, Calif., Serdar Uckun, Palo Alto, Calif., Mark Jeffrey Stefik, Portola Valley, Calif., Roger Phylos Hoover, San Bruno, Calif., Francisco Eduardo Torres, San Jose, Calif., Robert Thomas Krivacic, San Jose, Calif., Daniel H. Greene, Sunnyvale, Calif., David Preston Cummins, Washington, and Lance E. Good, Gaithersburg, Md. The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2011 (13/217,205). 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=8671014.PN.&OS=PN/8671014&RS=PN/8671014 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Senomyx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Senomyx, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,669,066) developed by eight co-inventors for a "rationale, methods, and assays for identifying human and non-human primate taste specific genes and use thereof in taste modulator and therapeutic screening assays." The co-inventors are Peter Hevezi, Encinitas, Calif., Dalia Kalabat, El Cajon, Calif., Evan Carl White, Fair Oaks, Calif., Bryan Moyer, San Diego, Albert Zlotnik, San Diego, Hortensia Soto, San Diego, Min Lu, San Diego, and Na Gao, San Diego. The patent application was filed on April 20, 2011 (13/090,335). 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=8669066.PN.&OS=PN/8669066&RS=PN/8669066 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Western Digital Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Western Digital Media, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,953) developed by Dorothea Buechel-Rimmel, San Jose, Calif., for an "annealing process for electroless coated disks for high temperature applications." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2010 (12/979,623). 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=8668953.PN.&OS=PN/8668953&RS=PN/8668953 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Controlling Clock Signal Frequency ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,380) developed by two co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for controlling the frequency of a clock signal using a clock-gating circuit." The co-inventors are James Wang, Vista, Calif., and Patrick Y. Law, Cupertino, Calif. The patent application was filed on March 26, 2012 (13/429,800). 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=8671380.PN.&OS=PN/8671380&RS=PN/8671380 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Yahoo Assigned Patent for Aggregated Contextual Targeting Advertisements ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Yahoo, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,022) developed by two co-inventors for an "aggregated contextual targeting advertisements using instant messaging clients." The co-inventors are Richard Sinn, Milpitas, Calif., and Takchun Tse, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on March 2, 2011 (13/039,256). 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=8671022.PN.&OS=PN/8671022&RS=PN/8671022 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,379) developed by eight co-inventors for a "[m]ulti-threaded deterministic router." The co-inventors are Jitu Jain, Los Gatos, Calif., Vinay Verma, Fremont, Calif., Sandor S. Kalman, Santa Clara, Calif., Sanjeev Kwatra, Cupertino, Calif., Christopher H. Kingsley, Longmont, Colo., Satyaki Das, San Jose, Calif., Jason H. Anderson, Toronto, and Taneem Ahmed, Toronto. The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2012 (13/656,628). 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=8671379.PN.&OS=PN/8671379&RS=PN/8671379 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Enki Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Enki Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,960) developed by six co-inventors for a "flow coating apparatus and method of coating." The co-inventors are Ramasubrahmaniam Hanumanthu, San Jose, Calif., Patrick Neyman, San Jose, Calif., Niles MacDonald, San Jose, Calif., Brenor Brophy, San Jose, Calif., Vinod Nair, San Jose, Calif., and Kevin Kopczynski, Woodside, Calif. The patent application was filed on March 15, 2013 (13/835,253). 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=8668960.PN.&OS=PN/8668960&RS=PN/8668960 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent for Double Pattering Lithography ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,368) developed by two co-inventors for a method, apparatus, and computer program product "to implement routing for double patterning lithography." The co-inventors are Jeffrey Scott Salowe, Los Gatos, Calif., and Satish Samuel Raj, Saratoga, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2010 (12/980,744). 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=8671368.PN.&OS=PN/8671368&RS=PN/8671368 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Linguastat Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Linguastat, Pacifica, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,341) developed by three co-inventors for systems and methods "for identifying claims associated with electronic text." The co-inventors are John Hellwig, Penn Valley, Calif., John M. Pierre, Pacifica, Calif., and Mark H. Butler, Moraga, Calif. The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2008 (12/006,716). 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=8671341.PN.&OS=PN/8671341&RS=PN/8671341 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Lawrence Livermore National Security Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Lawrence Livermore National Security, Livermore, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,115) developed by seven co-inventors for a "spot test kit for explosives detection." The co-inventors are Peter J. Nunes, Danville, Calif., Robin R. Miles, Danville, Calif., Philip F. Pagoria, Livermore, Calif., Richard E. Whipple, Livermore, Calif., Joel Del Eckels, Livermore, Calif., Marina L. Chiarappa-Zucca, Livermore, Calif., and John G. Reynolds, San Ramon, Calif. The patent application was filed on May 21, 2010 (12/785,299). 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=8669115.PN.&OS=PN/8669115&RS=PN/8669115 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** UT-Battelle Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (8,673,455) developed by seven co-inventors for an "in-situ composite formation of damage tolerant coatings utilizing laser." The co-inventors are Craig A. Blue, Knoxville, Tenn., Frank Wong, Livermore, Calif., Louis F. Aprigliano, Berlin, M.D., Peter G. Engleman, Knoxville, Tenn., William H. Peter, Knoxville, Tenn., Tibor G. Rozgonyi, Golden, Colo., and Levent Ozdemir, Golden, Colo. The patent application was filed on April 18, 2011 (13/089,163). 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=86,73,455.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,455&RS=PN/86,73,455 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,351) developed by four co-inventors for "[a]pplication modification based on feed content." The co-inventors are Brian Riggs, San Francisco, George Craig Barberich, San Anselmo, Calif., Daniel J. Cooley, San Francisco, and Joel Huff, San Francisco. The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2009 (12/605,446). 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=8671351.PN.&OS=PN/8671351&RS=PN/8671351 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Art.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Art.com, Emeryville, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,025) developed by three co-inventors for a method and system "for image discovery using a graphical user interface (GUI) tool to navigate through a collection of art images." The co-inventors are Madhav Mehra, Oakland, Calif., Geoffroy Martin, Emeryville, Calif., and Thanigai Vellore, San Ramon, Calif. The patent application was filed on April 21, 2011 (13/091,545). 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=8671025.PN.&OS=PN/8671025&RS=PN/8671025 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Scripps Research Institute, Sapphire Energy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., and Sapphire Energy, San Diego, have been assigned a patent (8,669,059) developed by five co-inventors for a "high throughput screening of genetically modified photosynthetic organisms." The co-inventors are Stephen Mayfield, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif., Bryan O'Neill, San Diego, Michael Mendez, San Diego, Kari Mikkelson, San Diego, and Yan Poon, San Diego. The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2012 (13/585,758). 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=8669059.PN.&OS=PN/8669059&RS=PN/8669059 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** D2S Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- D2S Inc., San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,023) developed by Akira Fujimura, Saratoga, Calif., for a method "for optical proximity correction of a reticle to be manufactured using shaped beam lithography." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2013 (13/923,368). 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=8669023.PN.&OS=PN/8669023&RS=PN/8669023 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Enhanced Emergency Broadcast Alert Messages ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,666,358) developed by two co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for delivering and receiving enhanced emergency broadcast alert messages." The co-inventors are Carl Qu, San Diego, and Ravindra M. Patwardhan, San Diego. The patent application was filed on March 17, 2009 (12/406,002). 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=8666358.PN.&OS=PN/8666358&RS=PN/8666358 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Yahoo Assigned Patent for Contextual Addressing of Network Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Yahoo, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,154) developed by seven co-inventors for a system and method "for contextual addressing of communications on a network." The co-inventors are Robert Carter Trout, Burlingame, Calif., Marco Boerries, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Joseph James O'Sullivan, Oakland, Calif., Julie Herendeen, Palo Alto, Calif., Marc Eliot Davis, San Francisco, Ronald Martinez, San Francisco, and Christopher William Higgins, Portland, Ore. The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2007 (11/953,454). 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=8671154.PN.&OS=PN/8671154&RS=PN/8671154 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Loma Linda University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,104) developed by three co-inventors for agents and method "for treating inflammation-related conditions and diseases." The co-inventors are Xuezhong Qin, Loma Linda, Calif., David J. Baylink, Redlands, Calif., and Kin-Hing William Lau, Redlands, Calif. The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2013 (14/076,055). 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=8669104.PN.&OS=PN/8669104&RS=PN/8669104 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Illumina Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Illumina, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,669,053) developed by two co-inventors for compositions and methods "for preparing oligonucleotide solutions." The co-inventors are Mark S. Chee, Del Mar, Calif., and John R. Stuelpnagel, Encinitas, Calif. The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2009 (12/558,440). 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=8669053.PN.&OS=PN/8669053&RS=PN/8669053 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Leland Stanford Junior University, Samsung Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- The Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, Calif., and Samsung Electronics, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, have been assigned a patent (8,669,015) developed by four co-inventors for a "solid-state fuel cell including anode and cathode chemical electrolyte protection layers and a hydrogen ion conductive solid oxide dense film." The co-inventors are Joonhyung Shim, Mountain View, Calif., Turgut M. Gur, Palo Alto, Calif., Friedrich B. Prinz, Woodside, Calif., and SangKyun Kang, Seoul, Korea. The patent application was filed on April 2, 2009 (12/417,095). 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=8669015.PN.&OS=PN/8669015&RS=PN/8669015 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Multi-mode Bypass Driver Amplifier ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,666,338) developed by two co-inventors for "[m]ulti-mode bypass driver amplifier with tunable load matching." The co-inventors are Yu Zhao, San Diego, and Nathan M. Pletcher, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2012 (13/356,492). 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=8666338.PN.&OS=PN/8666338&RS=PN/8666338 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Clean Energy Fuels Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Clean Energy Fuels, Newport Beach, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,095) developed by Jeffrey J. Grill, Long Beach, Calif., for a method "for the treatment of process gas for biological H.sub.2S removal." The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2012 (13/684,829). 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=8669095.PN.&OS=PN/8669095&RS=PN/8669095 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Safeway Assigned Patent for Adaptable Retail Pricing Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Safeway, Pleasanton, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,018) developed by six co-inventors for an "adaptable retail pricing environment and electronic exchange, delivering customized buyer promotion rewards and discounts." The co-inventors are David Edward Thomas, Dublin, Calif., Jonathan G. Quinn, San Mateo, Calif., Michael Robert Minasi, Burlingame, Calif., Michelle Marian, San Ramon, Calif., Mir Mohammad Aamir, Danville, Calif., and Tamara Ruth Pattison, Berkeley, Calif. The patent application was filed on March 25, 2011 (13/072,590). 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=8671018.PN.&OS=PN/8671018&RS=PN/8671018 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Applied Materials Assigned Patent for Nucleation and Growth of Tin Particles ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,011) developed by four co-inventors for a "nucleation and growth of tin particles into three dimensional composite active anode for lithium high capacity energy storage device." The co-inventors are Robert Z. Bachrach, Burlingame, Calif., Sergey D. Lopatin, Morgan Hill, Calif., Connie P. Wang, Mountain View, Calif., and Dmitri A. Brevnov, Santa Clara, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 3, 2013 (13/908,798). 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=8669011.PN.&OS=PN/8669011&RS=PN/8669011 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Multiple Band Saw-less Receiver ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,666,351) developed by two co-inventors for "[m]ultiple band saw-less receiver including a frequency translated BPF." The co-inventors are Hooman Darabi, Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Ahmad Mirzaei, San Diego. The patent application was filed on March 30, 2011 (13/076,202). 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=8666351.PN.&OS=PN/8666351&RS=PN/8666351 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Roche Molecular Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,061) developed by four co-inventors for a method "for the prevention of carryover contamination in nucleic acid amplification technologies." The co-inventors are Amar Gupta, Danville, Calif., Janine Montiel, Fremont, Calif., Roy Bohenzky, Mountain View, Calif., and Stephen Gordon Will, Oakland, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 16, 2009 (12/485,569). 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=8669061.PN.&OS=PN/8669061&RS=PN/8669061 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,666,353) developed by six co-inventors for "[m]ultiple frequency band information signal universal front end with adjustable ADC(s)." The co-inventors are Vinko Erceg, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif., Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, Calif., David Rosmann, Irvine, Calif., John Walley, Ladera Ranch, Calif., Brima B. Ibrahim, Laguna Hills, Calif., and Arya Reza Behzad, Poway, Calif. The patent application was filed on March 29, 2013 (13/853,515). 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=8666353.PN.&OS=PN/8666353&RS=PN/8666353 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** John Nicholas and Kristin Gross Assigned Patent for Promoting Data Samples ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- John Nicholas and Kristin Gross, Berkeley, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,012) developed by John Nicholas Gross, Berkeley, Calif., for methods and systems "for promoting items based on event sampling data." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2012 (13/651,171). 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=8671012.PN.&OS=PN/8671012&RS=PN/8671012 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** S.K. Hynix Memory Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- S.K. Hynix Memory Solutions, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,326) developed by three co-inventors for "[c]oncatenated codes for recovering stored data." The co-inventors are Xiangyu Tang, San Jose, Calif., Yu Kou, San Jose, Calif., and Lingqi Zeng, Turlock, Calif. The patent application was filed on May 15, 2012 (13/471,747). 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=8671326.PN.&OS=PN/8671326&RS=PN/8671326 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Ikanos Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Ikanos Communications, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,128) developed by three co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for a finite impulse response filter." The co-inventors are Karl Kowk Ho Yick, Alameda, Calif., Hossein Dehghan, Danville, Calif., and Sam Heidari, Menlo Park, Calif. The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2007 (11/981,847). 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=8671128.PN.&OS=PN/8671128&RS=PN/8671128 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Visa USA Assigned Patent for Providing Spending Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Visa USA, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,671,004) developed by four co-inventors for a system and method "for providing spending information by foreign visitors using transaction records of financial presentation devices." The co-inventors are Jeffrey Rolland Olives, Danville, Calif., John Chivers, Fremont, Calif., Laura Tallman DiGioacchino, San Mateo, Calif., and John W. Chandler, Sausalito, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 7, 2010 (12/795,401). 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=8671004.PN.&OS=PN/8671004&RS=PN/8671004 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,671,378) developed by three co-inventors for a method and system "for distributing clock signals on non manhattan semiconductor integrated circuits." The co-inventors are Steven Teig, Menlo Park, Calif., Raghu Chalasani, San Jose, Calif., and Akira Fujimura, Saratoga, Calif. The patent application was filed on May 3, 2010 (12/772,967). 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=8671378.PN.&OS=PN/8671378&RS=PN/8671378 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Isis Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,669,102) developed by four co-inventors for a "modulation of prion expression" The co-inventors are C. Frank Bennett, Carlsbad, Calif., Kenneth W. Dobie, Del Mar, Calif., Gene Hung, San Diego, and Susan M. Freier, San Diego. The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2009 (13/059,058). 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=8669102.PN.&OS=PN/8669102&RS=PN/8669102 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Rambus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Rambus, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,477) developed by three co-inventors for a "[s]emiconductor package with embedded spiral inductor." The co-inventors are Hao Shi, Mountain View, Calif., Jung-Hoon Chun, Mountain View, Calif., and Xingchao Yuan, Palo Alto, Calif. The patent application was filed on July 5, 2012 (13/542,444). 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=8674477.PN.&OS=PN/8674477&RS=PN/8674477 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,674,465) developed by three co-inventors for a "semiconductor device [that] includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) storage element configured to be disposed in a common interlayer metal dielectric (IMD) layer with a logic element." The co-inventors are Xia Li, San Diego, Xiaochun Zhu, San Diego, and Seung H. Kang, San Diego. The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2010 (12/850,860). 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=8674465.PN.&OS=PN/8674465&RS=PN/8674465 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** MaxPower Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- MaxPower Semiconductor, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,403) developed by two co-inventors for a "lateral device [that] includes a gate region connected to a drain region by a drift layer." The co-inventors are Mohamed N. Darwish, Campbell, Calif., and Amit Paul, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2012 (13/693,637). 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=8674403.PN.&OS=PN/8674403&RS=PN/8674403 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** General Motors Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- General Motors, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,676,199) developed by Sethu K. Madhavan, Canton, Mich., and Ki Hak Yi, Windsor, Calif., for a "tertiary connection strategy for vehicle originated cellular communication to a call center." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2008 (12/345,256). 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=86,76,199.PN.&OS=PN/86,76,199&RS=PN/86,76,199 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,106) developed by four co-inventors for a mechanism for "managing thread divergence in a thread group executing a multithreaded processor." The co-inventors are John R. Nickolls, Los Altos, Calif., Richard Craig Johnson, Cary, N.C., Robert Steven Glanville, Cupertino, Calif., and Guillermo Juan Rozas, Los Gatos, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 14, 2010 (12/815,226). 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=8677106.PN.&OS=PN/8677106&RS=PN/8677106 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag. *** Covidien Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,676,285) developed by four co-inventors for "methods for validating patient identity." The co-inventors are Peter Doyle, Vista, Calif., Joseph Douglas Vandine, Manteca, Calif., Warren Sanborn, Escondido, Calif., and Dan Graboi, Encinitas, Calif. The patent application was filed on July 28, 2010 (12/844,942). 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=86,76,285.PN.&OS=PN/86,76,285&RS=PN/86,76,285 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avalance Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Avalance Technology, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,097) developed by two co-inventors for a method of "configuring a computer memory system." The co-inventors are Siamack Nemazie, Los Altos Hills, Calif., and Ngon Van Le, Fremont, Calif. The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2012 (13/654,361). 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=8677097.PN.&OS=PN/8677097&RS=PN/8677097 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,676,501) developed by Jonathan A. Tekawy, Newport Beach, Calif., Raymond S. DiEsposti, Lakewood, Calif., and Clifford W. Kelley, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., for "satellite navigation using long-term navigation information." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2006 (11/615,259). 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=29&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. *** National Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,418) developed by four co-inventors for method and apparatus "for achieving galvanic isolation in package having integral isolation medium." The co-inventors are Anindya Poddar, Sunnyvale, Calif., Vijaylaxmi Khanolkar, Santa Clara, Calif., Ashok S. Prabhu, San Jose, Calif., and Peter Johnson, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2011 (13/214,069). 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=8674418.PN.&OS=PN/8674418&RS=PN/8674418 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** ZTE Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- ZTE, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,675,621) developed by four co-inventors for "using identification sequences in wireless communication systems." The co-inventors are Yonggang Fang, San Diego, Wenfeng Zhang, San Diego, Rajesh Bhalla, Westmont, Ill., and Xiaowu Zhao, Shenzhen, China. The patent application was filed on June 17, 2009 (12/486,715). 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=45&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/NJ Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Chamberlain Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Chamberlain Group, Elmhurst, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,675,838) developed by William G. Gioia, Winfield, Ill., and Robert Rainey, Riverside, Calif., for an "intercom unit for providing a status alert for a movable barrier." The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2006 (11/537,863). 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=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. *** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (8,675,448) developed by Cherry Y. Wakayama, San Diego, and Douglas J. Grimmett, Rosemead, Calif., for an "adaptive ping control method for track-holding in multi-static active sonar networks." The patent application was filed on June 7, 2011 (13/155,231). 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=86,75,448.PN.&OS=PN/86,75,448&RS=PN/86,75,448 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alexion Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,674,082) developed by Katherine S. Bowdish, Del Mar, Calif., Shana Frederickson, Solana Beach, Calif., and Mark Renshaw, San Diego, for rationally designed antibodies. The patent application was filed on July 1, 2008 (12/217,216). 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=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/CT Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Motors Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- General Motors, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,675,629) developed by Ki Hak Yi, Windsor, Calif., and Eray Yasan, Canton, Mich., for "timing adjustment for extending the wireless range of a vehicle telematics unit." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2011 (13/169,313). 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=86,75,629.PN.&OS=PN/86,75,629&RS=PN/86,75,629 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** VMware Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- VMware, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,085) developed by five co-inventors for "virtual machine snapshotting in object storage system." The co-inventors are Satyam B. Vaghani, San Jose, Calif., Komal Desai, Fremont, Calif., Ilia Sokolinski, Brighton, Mass., Sanjay Acharya, Fremont, Calif., and Chiao-Chuan Shih, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2011 (13/219,919). 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=8677085.PN.&OS=PN/8677085&RS=PN/8677085 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag. *** Riverbed Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Riverbed Technology, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,677,111) developed by four co-inventors for "booting devices using virtual storage arrays over wide-area networks." The co-inventors are David Tze-Si Wu, Fremont, Calif., Steven McCanne, Berkeley, Calif., Michael J. Demmer, San Francisco, and Nitin ad Gupta, Fremont, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 22, 2011 (13/166,321). 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=8677111.PN.&OS=PN/8677111&RS=PN/8677111 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Generating Bill in Packet Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,676,702) developed by Marian Croak, Fair Haven, N.J., and Hossein Eslambolchi, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for generating a bill in a packet network." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2005 (11/195,119). 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=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. *** Globalstar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Globalstar, Covington, La., has been assigned a patent (8,676,121) developed by Paul A. Monte, San Jose, Calif., Alfonso Bravo, Sterling, Va., and Johnathan Beech, San Jose, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for transmitting message from short-range wireless device over a satellite network." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2011 (13/205,350). 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=86,76,121.PN.&OS=PN/86,76,121&RS=PN/86,76,121 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Synchronizing the Playing and Displaying of Digital Content ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,676,585) developed by six co-inventors for "synchronizing the playing and displaying of digital content." The co-inventors are Laurent Ah Minh Nguyen, Los Altos, Calif., Sailesh Rachabathuni, Santa Clara, Calif., Dennis Paul Fleming, Belmont, Calif., Robert Wai-Chi Chu, Santa Clara, Calif., Edward J. Gayles, Tracy, Calif., and David Berbessou, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2012 (13/653,204). 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=%28NV.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/NV&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/NV Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intellectual Ventures I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Intellectual Ventures I, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,676,158) developed by Gary Stephen Shuster, Fresno, Calif., for "verifying geographical location of wide area network users." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2011 (13/170,122). 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=86,76,158.PN.&OS=PN/86,76,158&RS=PN/86,76,158 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boeing Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Targeting Directed Energy Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,675,186) developed by Richard W. Guthrie, Moorpark, Calif., for "systems and methods for targeting directed energy devices." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2011 (13/117,360). 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=45&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. *** Wal-Mart Stores Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., has been assigned a patent (8,676,653) developed by Stuart Argue, Palo Alto, Calif., and Anthony Emile Marcar, San Francisco, for the "use of optical images to authenticate and enable a return with an electronic receipt." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2012 (13/563,371). 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=86,76,653.PN.&OS=PN/86,76,653&RS=PN/86,76,653 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Soraa Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Soraa, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,395) developed by Frank Tin Chung Shum, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a system and method "for LED packaging." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2012 (13/482,956). 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=8674395.PN.&OS=PN/8674395&RS=PN/8674395 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Citrix Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Citrix Systems, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,675,674) developed by Ashoke Saha, Bangalore, India, Rajesh Joshi, Bangalore, India, and Tushar Kanekar, Santa Clara, Calif., for "systems and methods for queue level SSL card mapping to multi-core packet engine." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2009 (12/645,869). 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=%28FL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/FL&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/FL Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cree Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Cree, Goleta, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,375) developed by three co-inventors for a "[l]ight emitting diode (LED) [that] includes a p-type layer of material, an n-type layer of material and an active layer between the p-type layer and the n-type layer." The co-inventors are Steven P. Denbaars, Goleta, Calif., James Ibbetson, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Shuji Nakamura, Santa Barbara, Calif. The patent application was filed on July 21, 2005 (11/187,075). 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=8674375.PN.&OS=PN/8674375&RS=PN/8674375 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,676,713) developed by Timothy Bucher, Los Altos, Calif., Timothy T. Sullivan, Portola Valley, Calif., and Mark Andrew Ross, San Carlos, Calif., for "dynamic constraints for content rights." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2007 (11/754,850). 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=20140318.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent for Multi-media Raman Resonators ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,675,694) developed by Vladimir V. Shkunov, San Pedro, Calif., and David A. Rockwell, Culver City, Calif., for "multi-media raman resonators and related system and method." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2012 (13/397,987). 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=86,75,694.PN.&OS=PN/86,75,694&RS=PN/86,75,694 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Element Six Technologies U.S. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Element Six Technologies U.S., Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,405) developed by five co-inventors for methods "for integrating wide-gap semiconductors, and specifically, gallium nitride epilayers with synthetic diamond substrates." The co-inventors are Dubravko Babi, Santa Clara, Calif., Firooz Faili, Los Gatos, Calif, Daniel Francis, Oakland, Calif., Quentin Diduck, Ithaca, N.Y., and Felix Ejeckam, San Francisco. The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2012 (13/407,588). 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=8674405.PN.&OS=PN/8674405&RS=PN/8674405 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Monolithic 3D Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Monolithic 3D, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,470) developed by two co-inventors for a "[s]emiconductor device and structure." The co-inventors are Zvi Or-Bach, San Jose, Calif., and Brian Cronquist, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2012 (13/726,091). 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=8674470.PN.&OS=PN/8674470&RS=PN/8674470 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Multimedia Enhanced Services ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,676,237) developed by four co-inventors for multimedia enhanced services. The co-inventors are Diwakar Gupta, Seattle, Chih-Jen Huang, Kirkland, Wash., Gerald Yuen, Pasadena, Calif., and Philip Yuen, Bellevue, Wash. The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2012 (13/595,408). 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=20140318.PD.&s2=%28NV.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/NV&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/NV Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,675,989) developed by Ian S. Robinson, Redondo Beach, Calif., and Bradley Flanders, Whittier, Calif., for an "optimized orthonormal system and method for reducing dimensionality of hyperspectral images." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2011 (13/085,883). 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=86,75,989.PN.&OS=PN/86,75,989&RS=PN/86,75,989 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NthDegree Technologies Worldwide Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- NthDegree Technologies Worldwide, Tempe, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,674,593) developed by five co-inventors for a "diode for a printable composition." The co-inventors are Mark D. Lowenthal, Gilbert, Ariz., William Johnstone Ray, Fountain Hills, Ariz., Neil O. Shotton, Tempe, Ariz., Richard A. Blanchard, Los Altos, Calif., and Brad Oraw, Mesa, Ariz. The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2011 (13/223,294). 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=86,74,593.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,593&RS=PN/86,74,593 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent for IPv6 VLAN Tag Packet Transport Optimization ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,675,662) developed by Samir Ait-Ameur, Fremont, Calif., Emerando M. Delos Reyes, Pleasant Hill, Calif., and Benjamin J. Parker, Danville, Calif., for an "IPv6 VLAN tag packet transport optimization." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2009 (12/637,963). 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=20140318.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/NJ Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- International Business Machines, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,497) developed by three co-inventors for a "[s]tacked half-bridge package with a current carrying layer." The co-inventors are Eung San Cho, Torrance, Calif., Chuan Cheah, Torrance, Calif., and Andrew N. Sawle, East Grinstead, United Kingdom. The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2011 (13/278,968). 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=8674497.PN.&OS=PN/8674497&RS=PN/8674497 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Intermolecular Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Intermolecular, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,479) developed by two co-inventors for a method "for producing MIM capacitors with high K dielectric materials and non-noble electrodes." The co-inventors are Hanhong Chen, Milpitas, Calif., and Pragati Kumar, Santa Clara, Calif. The patent application was filed on May 24, 2013 (13/902,679). 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=8674479.PN.&OS=PN/8674479&RS=PN/8674479 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** DigitalOptics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- DigitalOptics, Arcadia, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,460) developed by two co-inventors for "[m]echanical isolation for MEMS electrical contacts." The co-inventors are Roman C. Gutierrez, Arcadia, Calif., and Robert J. Calvet, Pasadena, Calif. The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (12/790,646). 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=8674460.PN.&OS=PN/8674460&RS=PN/8674460 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** SiPhoton Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- SiPhoton, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,383) developed by Shaoher X. Pan, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "[s]olid state lighting device on a conductive substrate." The patent application was filed on Jan. 21, 2010 (12/691,269). 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=8674383.PN.&OS=PN/8674383&RS=PN/8674383 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Soft Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Soft Machines, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,105) developed by Mohammad A. Abdallah, San Jose, Calif., for a "unified architecture for dynamic generation, execution, synchronization and parallelization of complex instructions formats." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2007 (12/514,303). 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=8677105.PN.&OS=PN/8677105&RS=PN/8677105 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag. *** Tellabs Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Tellabs Operations, Naperville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,675,479) developed by Sasha Cirkovic, San Francisco, Pawan K. Singal, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Gowri Kuthanur, San Jose, Calif., for "methods and apparatus for improving network communication using ethernet switching protection." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2011 (13/180,864). 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=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. *** NASA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- NASA has been assigned a patent (8,675,922) developed by Andrew B. Watson, Los Gatos, Calif., and Albert J. Ahumada, Mountain View, Calif., for a visible motion blur. The patent application was filed on April 11, 2012 (13/444,777). 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