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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (March 21)
[March 21, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (March 21)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** Synopsys Assigned Patent for Low-overhead Multi-patterning Design ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Synopsys, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,297) developed by four co-inventors for a "low-overhead multi-patterning design rule check." The co-inventors are Scott I. Chase, Pleasanton, Calif., Dick Liu, Saratoga, Calif., Ming Su, Nepean, Ontario, Canada, and Zuo Dai, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.



The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2012 (13/675,970). 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=8677297.PN.&OS=PN/8677297&RS=PN/8677297 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Centrally Coordinated Firmware Upgrade ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,343) developed by five co-inventors for a "centrally coordinated firmware upgrade model across network for minimizing uptime loss and firmware compatibility." The co-inventors are Aaron H. Averbuch, Seattle, Siddhartha Dattagupta, Irvine, Calif., Mark Chekhanovskiy, San Jose, Calif., David Davis, San Jose, Calif., and Edward W. James, San Jose, Calif.


The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2011 (13/235,035). 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=8677343.PN.&OS=PN/8677343&RS=PN/8677343 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent for Self-Ionized and Inductively-Coupled Plasma ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,816) developed by 13 co-inventors for a "self-ionized and inductively-coupled plasma for sputtering and resputtering." The co-inventors are Zheng Xu, Foster City, Calif., Michael A. Miller, Mountain View, Calif., Jianming Fu, Palo Alto, Calif., Roderick C. Mosely, Pleasanton, Calif., John C. Forster, San Francisco, Rong Tao, San Jose, Calif., Daniel C. Lubben, San Jose, Calif., Suraj Rengarajan, San Jose, Calif., Xianmin Tang, San Jose, Calif., Praburam Gopalraja, San Jose, Calif., Arvind Sundarrajan, Santa Clara, Calif., Peijun Ding, Saratoga, Calif., and Fusen Chen, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/933,157). 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=8668816.PN.&OS=PN/8668816&RS=PN/8668816 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Ubiquity Broadcasting Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Ubiquity Broadcasting, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,280) developed by two co-inventors for a "sprocket shaped user interface for navigating a dynamic collection of information." The co-inventors are Christopher Carmichael, Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Connie Jordan, Laguna Niguel, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2011 (13/205,422). 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=8677280.PN.&OS=PN/8677280&RS=PN/8677280 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** WIMM Labs Assigned Patent for Small Touch Sensitive Display Interface ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- WIMM Labs, Los Altos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,285) developed by two co-inventors for "user interface of a small touch sensitive display for an electronic data and communication device." The co-inventors are Ely Tsern, Los Altos, Calif., and Dave Mooring, Los Altos Hills, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2009 (12/360,030). 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=8677285.PN.&OS=PN/8677285&RS=PN/8677285 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** FutureWei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- FutureWei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,675,627) developed by Pengfei Xia, San Diego, Yang Tang, San Diego, and Zhigang Rong, San Diego, for "adaptive precoding codebooks for wireless communications." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2009 (12/621,288). 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=67&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.

*** Oracle America Assigned Patent for Static Profitability Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Oracle America, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,337) developed by three co-inventors for "static profitability control for speculative automatic parallelization." The co-inventors are Yonghong Song, Palo Alto, Calif., Spiros Kalogeropulos, Los Gatos, Calif., and Partha P. Tirumalai, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 1, 2008 (12/113,716). 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=8677337.PN.&OS=PN/8677337&RS=PN/8677337 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Compiler Server ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,329) developed by five co-inventors for methods and apparatuses "for a compiler server." The co-inventors are Robert Beretta, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Nicholas William Burns, Cupertino, Calif., Nathaniel Begeman, Cupertino, Calif., Phillip Kent Miller, Norman, Okla., and Geoffrey Grant Stahl, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 3, 2009 (12/477,859). 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=8677329.PN.&OS=PN/8677329&RS=PN/8677329 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Packet Processing with Adjusted Access Control List ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,675,652) developed by Bruce E. LaVigne, Roseville, Calif., Alan R. Albrecht, Granite Bay, Calif., and Mauricio Sanchez, Roseville, Calif., for a "packet processing with adjusted access control list." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2012 (13/679,483). 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=65&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.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Optimized Spanning Tree Construction Based on Parameter Selection ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,675,523) developed by Byung Kyu Choi, Roseville, Calif., for an "optimized spanning tree construction based on parameter selection." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2012 (13/483,498). 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=73&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.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent for Etching Substrate ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,837) developed by two co-inventors for a method "for etching substrate." The co-inventors are Kenny Linh Doan, San Jose, Calif., and Jong Mun Kim, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 25, 2012 (13/455,354). 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=8668837.PN.&OS=PN/8668837&RS=PN/8668837 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** TriSep Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- TriSep, Goleta, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,828) developed by two co-inventors for a "sanitary spiral wound filtration cartridge." The co-inventors are Peter H. Knappe, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Matthew Tanner, Ventura, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2008 (12/324,518). 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=8668828.PN.&OS=PN/8668828&RS=PN/8668828 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent for Expanded Container View ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,255) developed by four co-inventors for an "expanded container view for graphical editing environment." The co-inventors are Victor Mitnick, San Carlos, Calif., Dexter Reid, San Francisco, Gabriel Chua, San Francisco, and Alain M. Dumesny, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2004 (10/927,963). 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=8677255.PN.&OS=PN/8677255&RS=PN/8677255 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** MaxLinear Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- MaxLinear, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,666,350) developed by Ari Vauhkonenm, Carlsbad, Calif., for "[a]nalog front end circuit for cable and wireless systems." The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2010 (12/954,598). 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=8666350.PN.&OS=PN/8666350&RS=PN/8666350 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent for Abstraction-aware Window Configurations ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,260) developed by Don O'Riordan, Santa Clara, Calif., for an "abstraction-aware distributed window configurations in complex graphical user interfaces." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2011 (13/245,193). 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=8677260.PN.&OS=PN/8677260&RS=PN/8677260 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Solarwinds Worldwide Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Solarwinds Worldwide, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,675,517) developed by Michael Jon Swan, Lafayette, Calif., for "filtering of map topology based on network discovery characteristics." The patent application was filed on May 20, 2008 (12/153,536). 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=75&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.

*** Synopsys Assigned Patent for Routing Nets ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Synopsys, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,302) developed by Tong Gao, Cupertino, Calif., for techniques and systems "for routing nets in a circuit design in parallel." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2010 (12/695,452). 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=8677302.PN.&OS=PN/8677302&RS=PN/8677302 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Depomed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Depomed, Newark, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,929) developed by three co-inventors for a "gastric retentive extended-release dosage forms comprising combinations of a non-opioid analgesic and an opioid analgesic." The co-inventors are Sui Yuen Eddie Hou, Foster City, Calif., Monica L. Reid, San Mateo, Calif., and Chien-Hsuan Han, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 21, 2012 (13/529,960). 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=8668929.PN.&OS=PN/8668929&RS=PN/8668929 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Xilinx Assigned Patent for Digital Pre-distortion ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,666,336) developed by Christopher H. Dick, San Jose, Calif., for "[d]igital pre-distortion with model-based order estimation." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2012 (13/587,804). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8666336.PN.&OS=PN/8666336&RS=PN/8666336 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Highlighting Search Results Items ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,274) developed by five co-inventors for "highlighting items for search results." The co-inventors are Kevin Tiene, Cupertino, Calif., Bas Ording, San Francisco, Steve Ko, San Francisco, Gregory N. Christie, San Jose, Calif., and Maxym I. Runov, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2004 (10/985,630). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8677274.PN.&OS=PN/8677274&RS=PN/8677274 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent for RF Physical Vapor Process Kit ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,815) developed by two co-inventors for a "process kit for RF physical vapor deposition." The co-inventors are Donny Young, San Jose, Calif., and Lara Hawrylchak, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 26, 2012 (13/457,438). 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=8668815.PN.&OS=PN/8668815&RS=PN/8668815 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** eASIC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- eASIC, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,306) developed by four co-inventors for a "microcontroller controlled or direct mode controlled network-fabric on a structured ASIC." The co-inventors are Massimo Verita, Pleasanton, Calif., Alexander Andreev, San Jose, Calif., Marian Serbian, Santa Clara, Calif., and Andrey Nikitin, Moscow.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 11, 2012 (13/649,551). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8677306.PN.&OS=PN/8677306&RS=PN/8677306 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent for Smart Abatement Using Improved Fuel Circuit ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,868) developed by six co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for smart abatement using an improved fuel circuit." The co-inventors are Robbert M. Vermeulen, Pleasant Hill, Calif., Daniel O. Clark, Pleasanton, Calif., Ho-Man Rodney Chiu, San Jose, Calif., Shaun W. Crawford, San Ramon, Calif., Jay J. Jung, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Youssef A. Loldj, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2008 (12/258,395). 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=8668868.PN.&OS=PN/8668868&RS=PN/8668868 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Modifying Source Code File ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,314) developed by two co-inventors for "modifying a source code file to reduce dependencies included therein." The co-inventors are Craig Silverstein, Mountain View, Calif., and Zhanyong Wan, Redmond, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2011 (13/213,036). 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=8677314.PN.&OS=PN/8677314&RS=PN/8677314 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Lam Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Lam Research, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,835) developed by two co-inventors for a method "for etching self-aligned vias and trenches in a multi-layer film stack." The co-inventors are Bhaskar Nagabhirava, Albany, N.Y. and Ananth Indrakanti, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2013 (13/748,249). 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=8668835.PN.&OS=PN/8668835&RS=PN/8668835 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Autodesk Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Autodesk, San Rafael, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,278) developed by Olivier Paugam, San Francisco, for a method, apparatus and data structure "to provide the ability to author and maintain assets in a computer system." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2008 (12/184,928). 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=8677278.PN.&OS=PN/8677278&RS=PN/8677278 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Oracle International Assigned Patent for Automated Generation of Deployment Plans ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,309) developed by seven co-inventors for techniques "for automated generation of deployment plans in an SOA development lifecycle." The co-inventors are Annaji Garimella, Cupertino, Calif., Mark James Glenn Craig, Redwood City, Calif., Nan Xie, San Ramon, Calif., Thirupathi Reddy Annadi, Sunnyvale, Calif., Ravindran Sankaran, Union City, Calif., Arvind Srinivasamoorthy, Hyderabad, India, and Purushotham Kola, Secunderabad, India.

The patent application was filed on April 28, 2010 (12/769,006). 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=8677309.PN.&OS=PN/8677309&RS=PN/8677309 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Symantec Assigned Patent for Installer Package Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,346) developed by five co-inventors for "providing installer package information to a user in response to an attempted installation of an application on an endpoint." The co-inventors are Kent Griffin, Santa Monica, Calif., Sourabh Satish, Fremont, Calif., Vijay Seshadri, Milpitas, Calif., Abubakar Wawda, Los Angeles, and Jing Zhou, Marina del Rey, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2011 (13/246,794). 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=8677346.PN.&OS=PN/8677346&RS=PN/8677346 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent for Integrated Circuit Design and Layout ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,301) developed by seven co-inventors for a method and system "for model-based design and layout of an integrated circuit." The co-inventors are Srinivas Doddi, Fremont, Calif., Weiping Fang, Fremont, Calif., Kuanghao Lay, Mountain View, Calif., Frank Gennari, San Jose, Calif., Matthew, Moskewicz, San Mateo, Calif., Ya-Chieh Lai, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Junjiang Lei, Bellevue, Wash.

The patent application was filed on June 27, 2012 (13/535,225). 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=8677301.PN.&OS=PN/8677301&RS=PN/8677301 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Executing Multiple Child Code Blocks ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,332) developed by two co-inventors for "executing multiple child code blocks via a single compiled parent code block." The co-inventors are John Hjelmstad, San Francisco, and Malte Ubl, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on July 24, 2012 (13/556,984). 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=8677332.PN.&OS=PN/8677332&RS=PN/8677332 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,668,919) developed by three co-inventors for a "polymer for creating hemocompatible surface." The co-inventors are John Stankus, Campbell, Calif., Mikael Trollsas, San Jose, Calif., and Florian N. Ludwig, Zurich.

The patent application was filed on March 3, 2009 (12/397,154). 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=8668919.PN.&OS=PN/8668919&RS=PN/8668919 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Resizing Objects ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,268) developed by four co-inventors for a device, method and graphical user interface "for resizing objects." The co-inventors are Charles J. Migos, San Bruno, Calif., Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, San Carlos, Calif., Jay Christopher Capela, Santa Cruz, Calif., and William John Thimbleby, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (12/790,508). 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=8677268.PN.&OS=PN/8677268&RS=PN/8677268 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Stipple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Stipple, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,677,259) developed by six co-inventors for a system and method "for annotating multimedia objects." The co-inventors are Rey Flemings, San Francisco, Aubrey B. Anderson, San Francisco, Jose Ericson R. de Jesus, San Francisco, Cole J. Poelker, San Francisco, Bruce D. McFarlane, San Francisco, and Michael Patrick Dungan, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on April 28, 2010 (12/769,549). 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=8677259.PN.&OS=PN/8677259&RS=PN/8677259 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent for Implementing Die Size ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,307) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for implementing die size adjustment and visualization." The co-inventors are Joseph P. Jarosz, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Thaddeus C. McCracken, Portland, Ore.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2011 (13/219,534). 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=8677307.PN.&OS=PN/8677307&RS=PN/8677307 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Intel Assigned Patent for Data Dependence Testing ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,338) developed by three co-inventors for "data dependence testing for loop fusion with code replication, array contraction, and loop interchange." The co-inventors are John L. Ng, San Jose, Calif., Rakesh Krishnaiyer, Milpitas, Calif., and Alexander Y. Ostanevich, Moscow.

The patent application was filed on June 4, 2008 (12/133,285). 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=8677338.PN.&OS=PN/8677338&RS=PN/8677338 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Atrenta Assigned Patent for Sequential Clock Gating ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Atrenta, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,295) developed by two co-inventors for a "sequential clock gating using net activity and xor technique on semiconductor designs including already gated pipeline design." The co-inventors are Solaiman Rahim, San Jose, Calif., and Mohammad H. Movahed-Ezazi, Saratoga, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2013 (14/083,109). 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=8677295.PN.&OS=PN/8677295&RS=PN/8677295 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Granular Graphical User Interface Element ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,257) developed by two co-inventors for a "granular graphical user interface element." The co-inventors are Hans-Werner Neubrand, Cupertino, Calif., and Frank Doepke, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2006 (11/462,683). 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=8677257.PN.&OS=PN/8677257&RS=PN/8677257 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Elan Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Elan Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,673,593) developed by Tamie Chilcote, San Francisco, and Robin Barbour, Walnut Creek, Calif., for "antibodies to alpha-synuclein." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2011 (13/051,592). 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=86,73,593.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,593&RS=PN/86,73,593 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of Illinois Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- The University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,674,461) developed by Paul A. Tchertchian, Mission Viejo, Calif., Clark J. Wagner, Rowland Heights, Calif., and J. Gary Eden, Champaign, Ill., for "hybrid plasma-semiconductor electronic and optical devices." The patent application was filed on July 16, 2013 (13/943,339). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=52&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=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.

*** University of Florida Research Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- The University of Florida Research Foundation, Gainesville, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,674,551) developed by Zhen Ning Low, La Jolla, Calif., Jenshan Lin, Gainesville, Fla., and Raul Andres Chinga, Gainesville, Fla., for a "method and apparatus for contactless power transfer." The patent application was filed on June 8, 2009 (12/994,478). 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=%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.

*** Kontek Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Kontek Industries, Kannapolis, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,674,831) developed by four co-inventors for "security systems with adaptive subsystems networked through barrier modules and armored building modules." The co-inventors are Charles Merrill, Cornelius, N.C., Kevin Charles Kriegel, Highland Park, Ill., Roger Allen Nolte, Concord, N.C., and Barclay J. Tullis, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2010 (12/877,728). 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=86,74,831.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,831&RS=PN/86,74,831 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,675,391) developed by Gregory Stuart Snider, Los Altos, Calif., for refreshing memristive systems.

The patent application was filed on April 19, 2010 (13/383,599). 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=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.

*** Quonsil PL. 3 LLC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Quonsil PL. 3 LLC, Dover, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,674,996) developed by Charles J. Kulas, San Francisco, for a "script control for lip animation in a scene generated by a computer rendering engine." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2008 (12/259,292). 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=86,74,996.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,996&RS=PN/86,74,996 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Scripps Research Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., and Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,673,591) developed by six co-inventors for the "genetic incorporation of 3-aminotyrosine into reductases." The co-inventors are Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost, Newton, Mass., Jianming Xie, Mountain View, Calif., Clement Tsz Chan, Cambridge, Mass., Lital Alfonta, San Diego, Peter G. Schultz, La Jolla, Calif., and Joanne Stubbe, Arlington, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2008 (12/734,226). 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=86,73,591.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,591&RS=PN/86,73,591 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** OpenDNS Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- OpenDNS, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,676,989) developed by three co-inventors for a "recursive domain name system and related domain name resolution techniques." The co-inventors are Noah Treuhaft, Oakland, Calif., David Ulevitch, San Francisco, and Michael Damm, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on March 12, 2010 (12/723,447). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8676989.PN.&OS=PN/8676989&RS=PN/8676989 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Warsaw Orthopedic Assigned Patent for Spine Distraction Implant and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Warsaw Orthopedic, Warsaw, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,672,975) developed by four co-inventors for a "spine distraction implant and method." The co-inventors are James F. Zucherman, San Francisco, Ken Y. Hsu, San Francisco, T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, Utah, and Henry A. Klyce, Piedmont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2007 (11/924,874). 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=86,72,975.PN.&OS=PN/86,72,975&RS=PN/86,72,975 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Enabling Customized and Selectable Network Announcements ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,675,857) developed by Marian Croak, Fair Haven, N.J., and Hossein Eslambolchi, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for enabling customized and selectable network announcements." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2004 (11/019,487). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=44&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=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.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Integrated Circuit Packaging with Ball Grid Array Having Differential Pitch to Enhance Thermal Performance ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,674,505) developed by Kenneth R. Rhyner, Rockwall, Texas, and Peter Harper, Gilroy, Calif., for an "integrated circuit packaging with ball grid array having differential pitch to enhance thermal performance." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2012 (13/343,880). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=104&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.

*** Packet Design Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Packet Design, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,016) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method for "identifying network topology information." The co-inventors are Van Jacobson, Woodside, Calif., Cengiz Alaettinoglu, Sherman Oaks, Calif., and Chia-Chee Kuan, Los Altos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2006 (11/583,326). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8677016.PN.&OS=PN/8677016&RS=PN/8677016 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Warsaw Orthopedic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Warsaw Orthopedic, Warsaw, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,673,004) developed by Gary K. Michelson, Venice, Calif., for a "method for inserting an interbody spinal fusion implant having an anatomically conformed trailing end." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2003 (10/674,971). 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=86,73,004.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,004&RS=PN/86,73,004 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Assigned Patent for Soft Tissue Tunneling Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Neenah, Wis., has been assigned a patent (8,672,889) developed by Roger Massengale, Mission Viejo, Calif., and Steve Khalaj, Laguna Hills, Calif., for a "soft tissue tunneling device." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2008 (12/146,397). 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=86,72,889.PN.&OS=PN/86,72,889&RS=PN/86,72,889 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,675,252) developed by Matthew Stainer, Goleta, Calif., and Nugent Truong, Ventura, Calif., for "multicolor electronic devices and processes of forming the same by printing." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2009 (13/122,215). 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=86,75,252.PN.&OS=PN/86,75,252&RS=PN/86,75,252 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,674,406) developed by Jeffrey W. Scott, Carpinteria, Calif., and George Paloczi, Goleta, Calif., for an "extended wavelength digital alloy NBN detector." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2010 (12/837,444). 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=86,74,406.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,406&RS=PN/86,74,406 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Grifiti Assigned Patent for Multiuse Device Mounting System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Grifiti, Jackson, Wyo., has been assigned a patent (8,672,278) developed by Philip G. Wessells, Mill Valley, Calif., Andrew Lee Choy, San Francisco, and Michael E. Woods, Brisbane, Calif., for a "multiuse device mounting system and method." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2012 (13/493,720). 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=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28WY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/WY&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/WY Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Toad Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Toad Medical, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,672,865) developed by Hans G. Franke, Incline Village, Nev., David Salinger, Olympic Valley, Calif., and Jeff Dodd, Truckee, Calif., for "weight-bearing lower extremity brace." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2011 (13/247,738). 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=%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.

*** STMicroelectronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- STMicroelectronics, Coppell, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,675,080) developed by Yu Tian, Palo Alto, Calif., and Peter Dean Swartz, San Jose, Calif., for "motion estimation in imaging systems." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2011 (13/156,994). 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=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.

*** Salesforce.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Salesforce.com, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,676,979) developed by two co-inventors for methods and systems for "efficient application programming interface integrated login in a multi-tenant database environment." The co-inventors are Simon Z. Fell, Corte Madera, Calif., and Vinod Mehra, Pleasanton, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2011 (13/027,992). 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=8676979.PN.&OS=PN/8676979&RS=PN/8676979 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Idenix Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Mass., and the Universita Degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, have been assigned a patent (8,674,085) developed by five co-inventors for "2'-branched nucleosides and Flaviviridae mutation." The co-inventors are Jean-Pierre Sommadossi, Boston, Paolo LaColla, Capoterra, Italy, David N. Standring, Milton, Mass., Vadim Bichko, San Diego, and Lin Qu, Webster, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2010 (12/914,914). 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=86,74,085.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,085&RS=PN/86,74,085 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,676,994) developed by two co-inventors for a "load balancing scheme for a server cluster." The co-inventors are Srinivas Manapragada, Fremont, Calif., and Pritham Shetty, Los Altos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 29, 2011 (13/194,807). 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=8676994.PN.&OS=PN/8676994&RS=PN/8676994 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Stryker Assigned Patent for Method for Adjusting Source Impedance and Maximizing Output By RF Generator ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Stryker, Kalamazoo, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,672,934) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for adjusting source impedance and maximizing output by RF generator." The co-inventors are Steffan A. Benamou, San Jose, Calif., Andrew J. Hamel, San Mateo, Calif., David Hoffman, Santa Cruz, Calif., and David I. Brubaker, San Carlos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 16, 2010 (12/661,340). 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=86,72,934.PN.&OS=PN/86,72,934&RS=PN/86,72,934 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** EMD Millipore Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- EMD Millipore, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,673,625) developed by Paul Ju-Sung Hung, Fremont, Calif., and Philip Janmin Lee, Alameda, Calif., for a "valved, microwell cell-culture device and method." The patent application was filed on Sept. 4, 2012 (13/602,328). 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=86,73,625.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,625&RS=PN/86,73,625 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Essen Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Essen Instruments, Ann Arbor, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,673,628) developed by Kirk S. Schroeder, Carmel, Calif., and Bradley D. Neagle, Ann Arbor, Mich., for "methods and apparatus for improving in vitro measurements using boyden chambers." The patent application was filed on June 10, 2011 (13/157,873). 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=86,73,628.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,628&RS=PN/86,73,628 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,674,434) developed by Venkatesan Ananthan, Santa Clara, Calif., for impact ionization devices.

The patent application was filed on March 24, 2008 (12/053,977). 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=10&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28ID.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/ID&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/ID Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Athenaeum Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Athenaeum, Zephyr Cove, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,673,752) developed by Eric Ting-Shan Pan, Fremont, Calif., for a "method of forming epitaxial based integrated circuit." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2012 (13/487,772). 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=%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.

*** Pioneer Hi Bred International Assigned Patent for Maize Hybrid X95C442 ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Pioneer Hi Bred International, Johnston, Iowa, has been assigned a patent (8,674,173) developed by 10 co-inventors for a maize hybrid X95C442. The co-inventors are Edwin Michael Grote, Milton, Wis., Todd Elliott Piper, Mankato, Minn., Jay Robert Hotchkiss, Brookings, S.D., Julie Ho, Davis, Calif., Thomas Craig Kevern, Milton, Wis., Michael Adam Chandler, Stoughton, Wis., Julia Xiuling Zhang, Mankato, Minn., David B. Fischer, Robins, Iowa, Dean William Christensen, Northfield, Minn., and Michael Joseph O'Leary, Eau Claire, Wis.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2012 (13/396,790). 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=86,74,173.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,173&RS=PN/86,74,173 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** TerraGo Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- TerraGo Technologies, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,675,995) developed by four co-inventors for "precisely locating features on geospatial imagery." The co-inventors are Ching-Chien Chen, Temple City, Calif., Dipsy Kapoor, Redondo Beach, Calif., Craig A. Knoblock, El Segundo, Calif., and Cyrus Shahabi, Irvine, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 10, 2009 (12/501,242). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=41&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=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.

*** Facebook Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Facebook, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,676,978) developed by two co-inventors for the "efficient storage and retrieval of resources for rendering structured documents." The co-inventors are Changhao Jiang, San Jose, Calif., and Erling Alf Ellingsen, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2010 (12/849,646). 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=8676978.PN.&OS=PN/8676978&RS=PN/8676978 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Bristol-Myers Squibb Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,674,076) developed by Glen Eugene Mikesell, Pacifica, Calif., Han Chang, Princeton Junction, N.J., and Robert James Peach, San Diego, for BSL2vcvc-lg polypeptides.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2012 (13/711,855). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=56&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=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.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Fine Granularity Exchange Level Load Balancing ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,014) developed by four co-inventors for "fine granularity exchange level load balancing in a multiprocessor storage area network." The co-inventors are Maurilio Cometto, Fremont, Calif., Jeevan Kamisetty, San Jose, Calif., Arindam Paul, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Varagur V. Chandrasekaran, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2006 (11/605,618). 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=8677014.PN.&OS=PN/8677014&RS=PN/8677014 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Disney Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Disney Enterprises, Burbank, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,676,997) developed by Andrew Rapo, Studio City, Calif., for a system and method for "facilitating unitized maneuvers for a shared environment to mitigate the effects of network latency." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2009 (12/586,691). 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=8676997.PN.&OS=PN/8676997&RS=PN/8676997 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Empire Technology Development Assigned Patent for Wireless One-to-one Communication Using Multicast ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Empire Technology Development, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,675,538) developed by Miodrag Potkonjak, Los Angeles, for a "wireless one-to-one communication using multicast." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (12/433,706). 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=86,75,538.PN.&OS=PN/86,75,538&RS=PN/86,75,538 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Conditional Message Forwarding Functions ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,676,155) developed by James Fan, San Ramon, Calif., Thomas Barrett, San Ramon, Calif., and Jennifer K. Lam, Fremont, Calif., for "conditional message forwarding functions." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2010 (12/889,953). 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=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.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Bundled Transmission Control Protocol Connections ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,676,993) developed by Fan Zhao, Campbell, Calif., for "bundled transmission control protocol connections." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2011 (13/165,444). 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=8676993.PN.&OS=PN/8676993&RS=PN/8676993 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Cook Medical Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Cook Medical Technologies, Bloomington, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,672,993) developed by Timothy A. Chuter, San Francisco, David Ernest Hartley, Wannanup, Australia, and Blayne A. Roeder, Lafayette, Ind., for a pararenal stent graft.

The patent application was filed on March 26, 2010 (12/732,542). 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=86,72,993.PN.&OS=PN/86,72,993&RS=PN/86,72,993 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Merck Sharp & Dohme, Pharmacopeia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, N.J., and Pharmacopeia, San Diego, have been assigned a patent (8,673,924) developed by 21 co-inventors for "substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines as cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors." The co-inventors are Timothy J. Guzi, Chatham, N.J., Kamil Paruch, Garwood, N.J., Michael P. Dwyer, Scotch Plains, N.J., Ronald J. Doll, Convent Station, N.J., Viyyoor M. Girijavallabhan, Parsippany, N.J., Alan Mallams, Hackettstown, N.J., Carmen S. Alvarez, Livingston, N.J., Kartik M. Keertikar, East Windsor, N.J., Jocelyn Rivera, Monmouth Junction, N.J., Tin-Yau Chan, Edison, N.J., Vincent S. Madison, Mountain Lakes, N.J., Thierry O. Fischmann, Scotch Plains, N.J., Lawrence W. Dillard, Skillman, N.J., Vinh D. Tran, Fountain Valley, Calif., Zhenmin He, Shanghai, China, Ray Anthony James, Bensalem, Pa., Haengsoon Park, Plainsboro, N.J., Vidyadhar M. Paradkar, Somerville, N.J., Douglas Walsh Hobbs, Yardley, Pa., Paul Kirschmeier, Basking Ridge, N.J., and Rajat Bannerji, Morristown, N.J.

The patent application was filed on April 20, 2007 (11/788,847). 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=65&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.

*** Blackfire Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Blackfire Research, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,677,002) developed by Ravi Rajapakse, San Francisco, for a system and method for "streaming media on a wireless network." The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2007 (11/627,957). 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=8677002.PN.&OS=PN/8677002&RS=PN/8677002 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Thermal Conductors in Electronic Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,675,363) developed by Wilhelmus Crooijmans, San Jose, Calif., and Joshua Een, Hayward, Calif., for "thermal conductors in electronic devices." The patent application was filed on July 26, 2011 (13/191,071). 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=79&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.

*** IGT Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- IGT, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,672,762) developed by five co-inventors for a "gaming system and method providing a selection game associated with selectable visually unblocked objects and unselectable visually blocked objects." The co-inventors are Leandro Basallo, San Francisco, Scott A. Caputo, Santa Clara, Calif., Thomas A. Uster, San Francsico, Bryan D. Wolf, Reno, Nev., and Christmas C. Parker, Reno, Nev.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2012 (13/626,380). 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=%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.

*** Overstock.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Overstock.com, Salt Lake City, has been assigned a patent (8,676,632) developed by five co-inventors for pricing and forecasting. The co-inventors are Angela Watson, Draper, Utah, Rebecca Richardson, Holladay, Utah, Anshu Jalora, Salt Lake City, Wendy Liu, San Diego, and Ryan Hofmann, Sandy, Utah.

The patent application was filed on July 16, 2009 (12/504,550). 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=10&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28UT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/UT&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/UT Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Warsaw Orthopedic Assigned Patent for Spine Distraction Implant and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Warsaw Orthopedic, Warsaw, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,672,974) developed by five co-inventors for a "spine distraction implant and method." The co-inventors are James F. Zucherman, San Francisco, Ken Y. Hsu, San Francisco, T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, Utah, Charles J. Winslow, Walnut Creek, Calif., and Henry A. Klyce, Piedmont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2007 (11/677,195). 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=86,72,974.PN.&OS=PN/86,72,974&RS=PN/86,72,974 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Grifiti Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Grifiti, Jackson, Wyo., has been assigned a patent (8,675,352) developed by Philip G. Wessells, Mill Valley, Calif., and Michael E. Woods, San Rafael, Calif., for a "flexible mounting system storage modality." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2010 (12/970,941). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140318.PD.&s2=%28WY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/WY&RS=ISD/03/18/2014+AND+AS/WY Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sunlighten Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Sunlighten, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,676,044) developed by five co-inventors for a dynamic sauna. The co-inventors are James T. O'Keeffe, Mountain View, Calif., Aaron Michael Zack, Overland Park, Kan., Martin C. Ku, Kansas City, Mo., Ian Richard Kuklenski, Kansas City, Mo., and Steven J. Murray, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on April 20, 2009 (12/426,762). 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=86,76,044.PN.&OS=PN/86,76,044&RS=PN/86,76,044 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Device Specific Content Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,676,970) developed by two co-inventors for methods and systems for "managing device specific content." The co-inventors are Mark R. Boyns, Alpine, Calif., and Jonathan K. Kies, Encinitas, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2011 (13/327,435). 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=8676970.PN.&OS=PN/8676970&RS=PN/8676970 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Harvard College, University of California, Agilent Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., the University of California, Oakland, Calif., and Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,673,556) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for characterizing polynucleotides." The co-inventors are Mark Akeson, Santa Cruz, Calif., Daniel Branton, Lexington, Mass., David W. Deamer, Santa Cruz, Calif., and Jeffrey R. Sampson, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on May 18, 2011 (13/110,536). 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=86,73,556.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,556&RS=PN/86,73,556 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Disney Enterprises Assigned Patent for Time Scale Facilitation ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Disney Enterprises, Burbank, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,676,996) developed by Andrew Rapo, Studio City, Calif., for a system and method for "facilitating variations in a time scale for a shared environment." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2009 (12/586,690). 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=8676996.PN.&OS=PN/8676996&RS=PN/8676996 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Electronic Arts Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Electronic Arts, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,021) developed by two co-inventors for systems and methods for "providing a persistable data decompression stream." The co-inventors are Alex Zvenigorodsky, Redwood City, Calif., and Alex Pomeranz, Foster City, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 22, 2011 (13/214,568). 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=8677021.PN.&OS=PN/8677021&RS=PN/8677021 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** CDC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been assigned a patent (8,673,629) developed by four co-inventors for "recombinant Rift Valley fever (RVF) viruses and methods of use." The co-inventors are Brian H. Bird, Woodland, Calif., Cesar G. Albarino, Atlanta, Stuart T. Nichol, Atlanta, and Thomas G. Ksiazek, Lilburn, Ga.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2008 (12/809,561). 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=86,73,629.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,629&RS=PN/86,73,629 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,010) developed by four co-inventors for a system and method for "transmission control protocol offload." The co-inventors are Uri Elzur, Irvine, Calif., Frankie Fan, Diamond Bar, Calif., Steven B. Lindsay, Mission Viejo, Calif., and Scott S. McDaniel, Villa Park, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 25, 2011 (13/115,274). 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=8677010.PN.&OS=PN/8677010&RS=PN/8677010 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Mobile Device Feature Transmission ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,676,991) developed by six co-inventors for signaling mechanisms and systems for "enabling, transmitting and maintaining interactivity features on mobile devices in a mobile broadcast communication system." The co-inventors are Binita Gupta, San Diego, Suryanarayana C. Chittuluri, San Diego, Rajkumar Pitchaimani, San Diego, Eitan Pilipski, San Diego, Utkarsh A. Mehta, San Diego, and Amnon Silberger, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2011 (13/004,832). 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=8676991.PN.&OS=PN/8676991&RS=PN/8676991 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

*** Pioneer Hi Bred International Assigned Patent for Maize Hybrid X00C219 ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Pioneer Hi Bred International, Johnston, Iowa, has been assigned a patent (8,674,174) developed by 11 co-inventor For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com.

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