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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (March 24)

[March 24, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (March 24)

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Updating Browser Extensions ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,480) developed by five co-inventors for "[a]utomatically updating browser extensions, and applications thereof." The co-inventors are Johann Tomas Sigurdsson, Westmount, Quebec, Canada, Sigurdur Asgeirsson, Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada, Roger Tawa, Brossard, Quebec, Canada, Jeffrey Bailey, Montreal, and Adam Barth, Stanford, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 19, 2011 (13/089,964). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8667480.PN.&OS=PN/8667480&RS=PN/8667480 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Tiza Lab Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Tiza Lab, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,321) developed by two co-inventors for a "microplasma ion source for focused ion beam applications." The co-inventors are Vladimir V. Makarov, Fremont, Calif., and Sergey Macheret, Palmdale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 22, 2012 (13/478,012). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674321.PN.&OS=PN/8674321&RS=PN/8674321 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Danisco U.S. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Danisco U.S., Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,062) developed by four co-inventors for "cell culture compositions." The co-inventors are Nigel Dunn-Coleman, Los Gatos, Calif., Frits Goedegebuur, Vlaardingen, Netherlands, Michael Ward, San Francisco, and Jian Yiao, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2007 (11/938,954). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674062.PN.&OS=PN/8674062&RS=PN/8674062 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,257) developed by Jiping Li, Palo Alto, Calif., for "automatic focus and emissivity measurements for a substrate system." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2008 (12/029,403). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674257.PN.&OS=PN/8674257&RS=PN/8674257 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,086) developed by three co-inventors for "nucleotides and oligonucleotides for nucleic acid sequencing." The co-inventors are Jianquan Liu, Fremont, Calif., Xing Su, Cupertino, Calif., and Kai Wu, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 25, 2010 (12/823,995). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674086.PN.&OS=PN/8674086&RS=PN/8674086 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Gilead Sciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Gilead Sciences, Foster City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,673,966) developed by three co-inventors for "ALDH-2 inhibitors in the treatment of addiction." The co-inventors are Michael Graupe, Pacifica, Calif., Chandrasekar Venkataramani, Redwood City, Calif., and Jeff Zablocki, Los Altos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2012 (13/599,368). 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=8673966.PN.&OS=PN/8673966&RS=PN/8673966 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Tyco Electronics Assigned Patent for Connector Assembly ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Tyco Electronics, Berwyn, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,672,707) developed by Robert Paul Nichols, Vacaville, Calif., Neil Franklin Schroll, Mount Joy, Pa., and Alex M. Sharf, Harrisburg, Pa., for a "connector assembly configured to align communication connectors during a mating operation." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2012 (13/402,402). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,72,707.PN.&OS=PN/86,72,707&RS=PN/86,72,707 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Innovational Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Innovational Holdings, New Brunswick, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,673,336) developed by five co-inventors for a "composition, system, and method for modulating release kinetics in implantable drug delivery devices by modifying drug solubility." The co-inventors are Theodore L. Parker, Danville, Calif., Stephen Hunter Diaz, Palo Alto, Calif., John F. Shanley, Redwood City, Calif., Diane Mai Huong Dang, Palo Alto, Calif., and Thai Minh Nguyen, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2010 (12/972,342). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=80&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=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.

*** Chevron USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Chevron USA, San Ramon, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,159) developed by Sven Ivar Hommeltoft, Pleasant Hill, Calif., for a "hydroconversion process with alkyl halide comprising at least 55 wt% halide." The patent application was filed on May 19, 2009 (12/468,750). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674159.PN.&OS=PN/8674159&RS=PN/8674159 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,486) developed by four co-inventors for a method "for automatically provisioning a platform implementation package to a client device." The co-inventors are Gabriel Cohen, Mountain View, Calif., Attila Bodis, Mountain View, Calif., Ficus Kirkpatrick, Mountain View, Calif., and Hiroshi Lockheimer, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2012 (13/672,005). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8667486.PN.&OS=PN/8667486&RS=PN/8667486 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Solyndra Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Solyndra, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,213) developed by two co-inventors for devices "for converting light into electric current." The co-inventors are Markus E. Beck, San Jose, Calif., and Brian Cumpston, Pleasanton, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 6, 2011 (13/153,588). 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=8674213.PN.&OS=PN/8674213&RS=PN/8674213 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Ipsyrng Capital Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Ipsyrng Capital Development, Denver, has been assigned a patent (8,672,918) developed by Jennifer Barbour, Denver, and Martin D. Fisher, Lake Forest, Calif., for "methods for identifying areas of a subject's skin that appear to lack volume." The patent application was filed on June 8, 2007 (12/600,468). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,672,918.PN.&OS=PN/8,672,918&RS=PN/8,672,918 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,675,638) developed by Marian Croak, Fair Haven, N.J., and Hossein Eslambolchi, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for enabling dual tone multi-frequency signal processing in the core voice over internet protocol network." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2011 (13/084,311). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,675,638.PN.&OS=PN/8,675,638&RS=PN/8,675,638 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Encrip Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Encrip, San Ramon, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,450) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for validating integrated circuit designs that are built with encrypted silicon IP blocks." The co-inventors are Tongsheng Wang, Milpitas, Calif., and Weidong Zhang, San Ramon, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 14, 2012 (13/470,653). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8667450.PN.&OS=PN/8667450&RS=PN/8667450 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** FIS Design Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- FIS Design, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,674,266) developed by Arturo A. Fis-Menache, Los Angeles, for "heater covers and methods of use." The patent application was filed on Aug. 22, 2008 (12/197,152). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674266.PN.&OS=PN/8674266&RS=PN/8674266 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Method and System to Reduce Stray Light Reflection Error in Time-of-flight Sensor Arrays ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,675,182) developed by Cyrus Bamji, Fremont, Calif., for a "method and system to reduce stray light reflection error in time-of-flight sensor arrays ." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2012 (13/461,443). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,75,182.PN.&OS=PN/86,75,182&RS=PN/86,75,182 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** The Regents of the University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,101) developed by two co-inventors for "nucleophilic fluorination of aromatic compounds." The co-inventors are Nagichettiar Satyamurthy, Los Angeles, and Jorge R. Barrio, Agoura Hills, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 13, 2009 (13/054,458). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674101.PN.&OS=PN/8674101&RS=PN/8674101 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Symantec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,489) developed by two co-inventors for systems and methods "for sharing the results of analyses among virtual machines." The co-inventors are William E. Sobel, Jamul, Calif., and Bruce McCorkendale, Manhattan Beach, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 29, 2010 (12/826,122). 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=8667489.PN.&OS=PN/8667489&RS=PN/8667489 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Mankind Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Mankind, Valencia, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,081) developed by two co-inventors for methods and compositions "to elicit multivalent immune responses against dominant and subdominant epitopes, expressed on cancer cells and tumor stroma." The co-inventors are Zhiyong Qiu, Los Angeles, and Adrian Ion Bot, Valencia, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 8, 2011 (13/179,042). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674081.PN.&OS=PN/8674081&RS=PN/8674081 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Embedded Chip Tape Head ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,675,310) developed by Robert Glenn Biskeborn, Hollister, Calif., and James Howard Eaton, Morgan Hill, Calif., for an "embedded chip tape head." The patent application was filed on July 24, 2012 (13/557,087). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,75,310.PN.&OS=PN/86,75,310&RS=PN/86,75,310 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Afraxis Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Afraxis Holdings, La Jolla, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,095) developed by four co-inventors for "compounds for treating neuropsychiatric conditions." The co-inventors are David Campbell, San Diego, Sergio G. Duron, San Diego, Benedikt Vollrath, San Diego, and Warren Wade, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2009 (13/140,694). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674095.PN.&OS=PN/8674095&RS=PN/8674095 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Solazyme Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Solazyme, South San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,180) developed by five co-inventors for "nucleic acids useful in the manufacture of oil." The co-inventors are Scott Franklin, La Jolla, Calif., Aravind Somanchi, Redwood City, Calif., Karen Espina, San Francisco, George Rudenko, Mountain View, Calif., and Penelope Chua, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2012 (13/621,722). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674180.PN.&OS=PN/8674180&RS=PN/8674180 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Insmed Assigned Patent for Lipid-based Compositions of Antiinfectives for Treating Pulmonary Infections and Methods of Use Thereof ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Insmed, Monmouth Junction, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,673,348) developed by Jeff Weers, Belmont, Calif., for "lipid-based compositions of antiinfectives for treating pulmonary infections and methods of use thereof." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2012 (13/675,559). 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=%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 for Shallow Trench Isolation Structures ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,673,738) developed by seven co-inventors for "shallow trench isolation structures." The co-inventors are Bruce B. Doris, Brewster, N.Y., Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady, N.Y., Balasubramanian S. Haran, Watervliet, N.Y., Ali Khakifirooz, Mountain View, Calif., Pranita Kulkarni, Slingerlands, N.Y., Arvind Kumar, Chappaqua, N.Y., and Shom Ponoth, Clifton Park, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on June 25, 2012 (13/531,780). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,673,738.PN.&OS=PN/8,673,738&RS=PN/8,673,738 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Creating Identical Copy of Tape Cartridge ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,675,296) developed by Arnon Amir, Saratoga, Calif., Rainer Richter, San Jose, Calif., and Harald Seipp, Mainz, Germany, for "creating an identical copy of a tape cartridge." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2012 (13/447,547). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,675,296.PN.&OS=PN/8,675,296&RS=PN/8,675,296 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** VMware Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- VMware, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,459) developed by three co-inventors for systems and methods of "executing an application in an application specific runtime environment." The co-inventors are Stevan Vlaovic, San Carlos, Calif., Richard Offer, San Francisco, and Lynn Leblanc, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 31, 2011 (13/149,289). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8667459.PN.&OS=PN/8667459&RS=PN/8667459 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Retrophin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Retrophin, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,673,883) developed by Andrew Vaino, San Diego, Marek Biestek, East Rockaway, N.Y., and Martin Shkreli, New York, for "pantothenate derivatives for the treatment of neurologic disorders." The patent application was filed on April 26, 2013 (13/871,691). 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=8,673,883.PN.&OS=PN/8,673,883&RS=PN/8,673,883 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Transistor with Improved Sigma-shaped Embedded Stressor and Method of Formation ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,674,447) developed by four co-inventors for a "transistor with improved sigma-shaped embedded stressor and method of formation." The co-inventors are Thomas N. Adam, Slingerlands, N.Y., Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady, N.Y., Ali Khakifirooz, Mountain View, Calif., and Alexander Reznicek, Troy, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on April 27, 2012 (13/457,980). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,674,447.PN.&OS=PN/8,674,447&RS=PN/8,674,447 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Next Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Next Software, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,508) developed by four co-inventors for a method "for providing stand-in objects." The co-inventors are Richard Williamson, San Francisco, Linus Upson, Half Moon Bay, Calif., Daniel Willhite, San Francisco, and Jack Greenfield, Reston, Va.

The patent application was filed on May 2, 2012 (13/462,551). 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=8667508.PN.&OS=PN/8667508&RS=PN/8667508 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** The Regents of the University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,178) developed by four co-inventors for methods "for producing proteins, such as enzymes, by agrofiltration." The co-inventors are Karen A. McDonald, Davis, Calif., Benjamin E. Lindenmuth, Davis, Calif., Abhaya M. Dandekar, Davis, Calif., and Bryce W. Falk, Davis, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2009 (12/544,195). 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=8674178.PN.&OS=PN/8674178&RS=PN/8674178 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Alta Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Alta Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,214) developed by seven co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for converting electromagnetic radiation, such as solar energy, into electric energy with increased efficiency when compared to conventional solar cells." The co-inventors are Isik C. Kizilyalli, San Francisco, Melissa Archer, Mountain View, Calif., Harry Atwater, South Pasadena, Calif., Thomas J. Gmitter, Sunnyvale, Calif., Gang He, Cupertino, Calif., Andreas Hegedus, Burlingame, Calif., and Gregg Higashi, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2009 (12/605,129). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674214.PN.&OS=PN/8674214&RS=PN/8674214 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Genentech Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,083) developed by Leonard Presta, South San Francisco, Calif., for "polypeptide variants with altered effector function." The patent application was filed on March 1, 2012 (13/410,245). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674083.PN.&OS=PN/8674083&RS=PN/8674083 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Biosearch Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Biosearch Technologies, Petaluma, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,094) developed by two co-inventors for "stabilized nucleic acid dark quencher-fluorophore probes." The co-inventors are Ronald M. Cook, Novato, Calif., and Matt Lyttle, Fairfax, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 28, 2011 (13/193,517). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674094.PN.&OS=PN/8674094&RS=PN/8674094 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** IGT Assigned Patent for State-based Power-ups ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- IGT, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,672,740) developed by Mark C. Nicely, Daly City, Calif., for a state-based power-ups.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/250,788). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,672,740.PN.&OS=PN/8,672,740&RS=PN/8,672,740 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Quest Diagnostics Investments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Quest Diagnostics Investments, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,674,291) developed by Amit Ghoshal, Ladera Ranch, Calif., Nigel J. Clarke, Oceanside, Calif., and Mildred M. Goldman, Laguna Niguel, Calif., for a "mass spectrometry assay for congenital adrenal hyperplasia." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2013 (14/026,793). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,74,291.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,291&RS=PN/86,74,291 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Cloud-based Indexing Services ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,456) developed by Herbert Karl Czymontek, Mountain View, Calif., for systems, methods, and devices "for providing cloud-based indexing services to cloud-based and client-based software development environments." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2011 (13/091,029). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8667456.PN.&OS=PN/8667456&RS=PN/8667456 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,281) developed by two co-inventors for a "solar energy harvesting system using luminescent solar concentrator with distributed outcoupling structures and microoptical elements." The co-inventors are Philipp H. Schmaelzle, Los Altos, Calif., and Robert A. Street, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2010 (12/853,270). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674281.PN.&OS=PN/8674281&RS=PN/8674281 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** ARRIS Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- ARRIS Enterprises, Suwanee, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,675,675) developed by Stephen G. Perlman, Palo Alto, Calif., and Michael Sleator, Woodside, Calif., for a "system and method for processing multiple broadcast multimedia streams." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2011 (13/338,067). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,675,675.PN.&OS=PN/8,675,675&RS=PN/8,675,675 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Covidien Assigned Patent for Microwave Antenna ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,672,933) developed by Brian Shiu, Sunnyvale, Calif., Joseph D. Brannan, Erie, Colo., and Mani N. Prakash, Boulder, Colo., for a "microwave antenna having a reactively-loaded loop configuration." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2010 (12/826,902). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,72,933.PN.&OS=PN/86,72,933&RS=PN/86,72,933 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** VMware Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- VMware, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,500) developed by three co-inventors for "[u]se of dynamic entitlement and adaptive threshold for cluster process balancing." The co-inventors are Minwen Ji, Sunnyvale, Calif., Carl A. Waldspurger, Palo Alto, Calif., and John R. Zedlewski, Cambridge, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2006 (11/582,936). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8667500.PN.&OS=PN/8667500&RS=PN/8667500 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Hybrid Concentrated Solar Combined Cycle Power Plant and Solar Reformer for Use Therein ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,674,532) developed by Wei Wei, Tustin, Calif., Lingzhi Zhang, Mission Viejo, Calif., and Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Niskayuna, N.Y., for a "hybrid concentrated solar combined cycle power plant and solar reformer for use therein." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2011 (13/096,418). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,674,532.PN.&OS=PN/8,674,532&RS=PN/8,674,532 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** NetApp Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,504) developed by four co-inventors for a system and method "for achieving high performance data flow among user space processes in storage system." The co-inventors are Randy Thelen, Mountain View, Calif., Garth Goodson, Fremont, Calif., Kiran Srinivasan, Cupertino, Calif., and Sai Susarla, Bangalore, India.

The patent application was filed on June 20, 2008 (12/143,592). 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=8667504.PN.&OS=PN/8667504&RS=PN/8667504 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Penn State Research Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,672,836) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for continuous guidance of endoscopy." The co-inventors are William E. Higgins, State College, Pa., Scott A. Merritt, Ridgecrest, Calif., Lav Rai, State College, Pa., Jason D. Gibbs, State College, Pa., and Kun-Chang Yu, State College, Pa.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2008 (12/022,620). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,72,836.PN.&OS=PN/86,72,836&RS=PN/86,72,836 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,667,512) developed by Michael Mager, San Diego, for "[f]lexible hierarchical settings registry for operating systems." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2009 (12/551,498). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8667512.PN.&OS=PN/8667512&RS=PN/8667512 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Public Access Point ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,675,559) developed by Dennis Michael Volpano, Salinas, Calif., for a public access point.

The patent application was filed on July 26, 2011 (13/191,198). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,75,559.PN.&OS=PN/86,75,559&RS=PN/86,75,559 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Gilead Sciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Gilead Sciences, Foster City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,088) developed by ten co-inventors for "antiviral phosphinate compounds." The co-inventors are Anthony Casarez, Princeton, N.J., Kleem Chaudhary, Concord, Mass., Aesop Cho, Mountain View, Calif., Michael Clarke, Redwood City, Calif., Edward Doerffler, Union City, Calif., Maria Fardis, San Carlos, Calif., Choung U. Kim, San Carlos, Calif., Hyungjung Pyun, Fremont, Calif., Xiaoning C. Sheng, Foster City, Calif., and Jianying Wang, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2010 (12/913,692). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674088.PN.&OS=PN/8674088&RS=PN/8674088 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Low-cost High-fidelity Asset Tracking in Data Center Facilities ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,674,822) developed by five co-inventors for "low-cost high-fidelity asset tracking in data center facilities." The co-inventors are Nissanka Arachchige Bodhi Priyantha, Redmond, Wash., Jie Liu, Medina, Wash., Dimitrios Lymberopoulos, Bellevue, Wash., Mari Hern, Manassas, Va., and Kevin Timmons, Saratoga, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 4, 2010 (12/793,696). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,74,822.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,822&RS=PN/86,74,822 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,487) developed by five co-inventors for "[w]eb browser extensions." The co-inventors are Aaron Boodman, San Francisco, Erik Kay, Belmont, Calif., Rafael Weinstein, San Francisco, Matthew Perry, Mountain View, Calif., and Antony John Sargent, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 18, 2011 (13/110,885). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8667487.PN.&OS=PN/8667487&RS=PN/8667487 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Immunex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Immunex, Thousand Oaks, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,078) developed by three co-inventors for "methods of using BTL-II proteins." The co-inventors are Peter R. Baum, Seattle, Sabine S. Escobar, Sammamish, Wash., and Joanne L. Viney, Westlake Village, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 10, 2012 (13/443,652). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674078.PN.&OS=PN/8674078&RS=PN/8674078 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** The Regents of the University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,134) developed by three co-inventors for "oligomer functionalized nanotubes and composites formed therewith." The co-inventors are Alexander K. Zettl, Kensington, Calif., Toby Sainsbury, Dublin, and Jean M. J. Frechet, Oakland, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 16, 2011 (13/162,422). 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=8674134.PN.&OS=PN/8674134&RS=PN/8674134 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Symphony Advanced Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Symphony Advanced Media, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,667,520) developed by four co-inventors for "[m]obile content tracking platform methods." The co-inventors are Manish Bhatia, Cranbury, N.J., Michael Scott Saxon, Westfield, N.J., Nigel Stephen Pratt, Los Altos, Calif.., and Pyeush Gurha, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2011 (13/341,217). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8667520.PN.&OS=PN/8667520&RS=PN/8667520 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Neodyne Bioscience Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Neodyne Bioscience, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,164) developed by five co-inventors for "segmented skin treatment systems and methods." The co-inventors are John A. Zepeda, Los Altos, Calif., Jasper Jackson, Newark, Calif., William R. Beasley, Los Altos, Calif., Darren G. Doud, San Jose, Calif., and Brett A. Follmer, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 18, 2011 (13/089,129). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674164.PN.&OS=PN/8674164&RS=PN/8674164 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Taylor Made Golf Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Taylor Made Golf, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,023) developed by two co-inventors for a method of manufacturing "ionomer compositions for golf balls." The co-inventors are Hyun J. Kim, Carlsbad, Calif., and Honnd G. Jeong, Carlsbad, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2010 (12/974,983). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674023.PN.&OS=PN/8674023&RS=PN/8674023 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Covidien Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,673,332) developed by Eugene T. Michal, San Francisco, Daniel J. Lerner, Scarsdale, N.Y., and Matthew J. Pollman, San Francisco, for the "local delivery of water-soluble or water-insoluble therapeutic agents to the surface of body lumens." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2012 (13/560,538). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,73,332.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,332&RS=PN/86,73,332 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lam Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Lam Research, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674, ) developed by four co-inventors for an apparatus and method "for controlling etch uniformity." The co-inventors are Eric Lenz, Pleasanton, Calif.,, Raj Dhindsa, San Jose, Calif., Dave Trussell, Fremont, Calif., and Lumin Li, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2005 (11/298,804). 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=8674255.PN.&OS=PN/8674255&RS=PN/8674255 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** IGT Assigned Patent for State-based Power-ups ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- IGT, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,672,741) developed by Mark C. Nicely, Daly City, Calif., for state-based power-ups.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/250,808). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,672,741.PN.&OS=PN/8,672,741&RS=PN/8,672,741 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Insmed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Insmed, Monmouth Junction, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,673,349) developed by Jeff Weers, Belmont, Calif., for "lipid-based compositions of antiinfectives for treating pulmonary infections and methods of use thereof." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2012 (13/675,587). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=78&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=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.

*** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,454) developed by four co-inventors for system, method, and computer program product "for optimizing pins." The co-inventors are Narasimha Murthy Palla Subrahmanya, Secunderabad, India, Srinivasa Ravi Vedula, Hyderabad, India, Nishitkumar Manharbhai Patel, Dlst-Kheda, India, and Nagesh C. Gupta, Saratoga, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 15, 2011 (13/160,992). 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=8667454.PN.&OS=PN/8667454&RS=PN/8667454 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Advanced Rail Energy Storage Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Advanced Rail Energy Storage, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,674,541) developed by William R. Peitzke, Montecito, Calif., and Matthew B. Brown, San Diego, for "rail based potential energy storage for utility grid ancillary services." The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2012 (13/571,231). 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=86,74,541.PN.&OS=PN/86,74,541&RS=PN/86,74,541 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Syntest Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Syntest Technologies, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,451) developed by Laung-Terng Wang, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a method and apparatus "for broadcasting scan patterns in a scan-based integrated circuit." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2012 (13/527,137). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8667451.PN.&OS=PN/8667451&RS=PN/8667451 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Sensor Using Plasmon Resonance ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,673,217) developed by four co-inventors for a "sensor using plasmon resonance." The co-inventors are Raymond G. Beausoleil, Redmond, Wash., Wei Wu, Mountain View, Calif., David A. Fattal, Mountain View, Calif., and Marco Fiorentino, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2007 (11/975,538). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,673,217.PN.&OS=PN/8,673,217&RS=PN/8,673,217 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** W.D. Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- W.D. Media, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,327) developed by four co-inventors for systems and methods "for uniformly implanting materials on substrates using directed magnetic fields." The co-inventors are Chin Yim Poon, Santa Clara, Calif., Yew Ming Chiong, San Jose, Calif., Paul C. Dorsey, Los Altos, Calif., and Tatsuru Tanaka, Campbell, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 10, 2012 (13/468,919). 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=8674327.PN.&OS=PN/8674327&RS=PN/8674327 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** The Regents of the University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,128) developed by two co-inventors for "organometallic frameworks, catalysts and sensors." The co-inventors are Omar M. Yaghi, Los Angeles, and Eunwoo Choi, Los Angeles.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2010 (13/144,905). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674128.PN.&OS=PN/8674128&RS=PN/8674128 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Substrate-mask Alignment ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,673,791) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for substrate-mask alignment." The co-inventors are David J. Altknecht, San Jose, Calif., Robert E. Erickson, San Jose, Calif., Christopher O. Lada, Los Gatos, Calif., Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin, San Jose, Calif., and Mahesh Samant, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 25, 2012 (13/480,831). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,673,791.PN.&OS=PN/8,673,791&RS=PN/8,673,791 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,493) developed by two co-inventors for "[m]emory-controller-parallelism-aware scheduling for multiple memory controllers." The co-inventors are Jaewoong Chung, Bellevue, Wash., and Debarshi Chatterjee, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 7, 2010 (12/775,643). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8667493.PN.&OS=PN/8667493&RS=PN/8667493 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,673,794) developed by Gautham Ramachandran, Fremont, Calif., Scott W. Smith, San Jose, Calif., and Sanjay Prasad, Mountain View, Calif., for multiphase eutectic ceramics.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2010 (12/871,358). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,73,794.PN.&OS=PN/86,73,794&RS=PN/86,73,794 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Medtronic MiniMed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Medtronic MiniMed, Northridge, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,674,288) developed by four co-inventors for "motor assembly sensor capture systems and methods." The co-inventors are Ian B. Hanson, Granada Hills, Calif., Paul F. Bente IV, South Pasadena, Calif., Jacques L. Favreau, Pasadena, Calif., and Lothar Westerweck, Alameda, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 16, 2011 (13/049,803). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8674288.PN.&OS=PN/8674288&RS=PN/8674288 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,674,001) developed by Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Los Altos, Calif., Howard S. Tom, San Jose, Calif., and Laurie S. Mittelstadt, Belmont, Calif., for "encapsulated pigments containing cross-linking agent." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2009 (13/384,586). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,674,001.PN.&OS=PN/8,674,001&RS=PN/8,674,001 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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