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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Michigan (March 26)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Michigan. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Operating Network Using Relational Database Methodology ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,682,940) developed by four co-inventors for "operating a network using relational database methodology." The co-inventors are Jacobus E. Van de Merwe, New Providence, N.J., Xu Chen, Ann Arbor, Mich., Yun Mao, Jersey City, N.J., and Zhuoqing M. Mao, Ann Arbor, Mich. The patent application was filed on July 2, 2010 (12/830,154). 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=8682940.PN.&OS=PN/8682940&RS=PN/8682940 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ford Global Technologies Assigned Patent for Driving Behavior Feedback Interface ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,682,557) developed by five co-inventors for "driving behavior feedback interface." The co-inventors are Fazal Urrahman Syed, Canton, Mich., Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, Mich., Venkatapathi Raju Nallapa, Dearborn, Mich., Paul Stephen Bryan, Belleville, Mich., and Ryan J. Skaff, Farmington Hills, Mich. The patent application was filed on April 10, 2012 (13/443,247). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=25&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Denso International America, GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Denso International America, Southfield, Mich., and GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, have been assigned a patent (8,682,527) developed by four co-inventors for a "cooling system compressor with variable operating range." The co-inventors are Sudha Senthil, West Bloomfield, Mich., Robert Wunsche, Clarkston, Mich., Curtis G. Vincent, Rochester Hills, Mich., and James R. Reed, Swartz Creek, Mich. The patent application was filed on March 30, 2011 (13/076,213). 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=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ford Global Technologies Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Dynamic Embedded Object Handling ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,682,529) developed by Zachary Church, Dearborn, Mich., and David Marvin Gersabeck, Commerce Township, Mich., for "methods and apparatus for dynamic embedded object handling." The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2013 (13/735,788). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=28&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ford Global Technologies Assigned Patent for Method and System for Implementing Ultrasonic Sensor Signal Strength Calibrations ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,682,523) developed by Wilford Trent Yopp, Canton, Mich., Wangdong Luo, Auburn Hills, Mich., and Stephen Varghese Samuel, Troy, Mich., for a "method and system for implementing ultrasonic sensor signal strength calibrations." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2012 (13/563,150). 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=30&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ford Global Technologies Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Engine Starting ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,682,565) developed by six co-inventors for "methods and systems for engine starting." The co-inventors are Alex O'Connor Gibson, Ann Arbor, Mich., Ross Pursifull, Dearborn, Mich., John D. Russell, Portland, Ore., Joseph N. Ulrey, Dearborn, Mich., Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, Mich., and Donald James Lewis, Bath Springs, Tenn. The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2013 (13/735,962). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=22&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** CTS Corp. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- CTS Corp., Elkhart, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,680,727) developed by four co-inventors for a "brushless direct current actuator with clip for retaining bobbins." The co-inventors are Douglas Edward Cors, Elkhart, Ind., Patrick B. Blakesley, Bristol, Ind., Ryan P. Garver, Bristol, Ind., and Derek L. Crites, Niles, Mich. The patent application was filed on May 24, 2010 (12/785,844). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8680727.PN.&OS=PN/8680727&RS=PN/8680727 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ford Global Technologies Assigned Patent for Damping Oscillations during Gear Ratio Change of Dual Clutch Powershift Transmission ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,682,545) developed by Hong Jiang, Canton, Mich., Zhengyu Dai, Canton, Mich., and Matthew J. Shelton, Grosse Ile, Mich., for "damping oscillations during a gear ratio change of a dual clutch powershift transmission." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2010 (12/815,849). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=27&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Determining Recommended Media Content for Exchange between Vehicles ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,682,956) developed by Fan Bai, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Donald K. Grimm, Utica, Mich., for "systems and methods for determining recommended media content for exchange between vehicles." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2011 (13/156,381). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=14&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Truven Health Analytics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Truven Health Analytics, Ann Arbor, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,682,688) developed by Barbara Coluni, Ann Arbor, Mich., Doug Schneider, Cincinnati, and Mark Gillespie, Northville, Mich., for "systems, methods, and software for supporting consumer healthcare decisions." The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2009 (12/321,129). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=18&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus to Protect Powertrain Components from Excessive Force Damage Due to Wheel Lockup ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,682,551) developed by Ali K. Naqvi, White Lake, Mich., and Pinaki Gupta, Wixom, Mich., for a "method and apparatus to protect powertrain components from excessive force damage due to wheel lockup." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2010 (12/971,657). 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=26&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Whirlpool Assigned Patent for System for Product Demonstration ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Whirlpool, Benton Harbor, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,682,733) developed by Matthew P. Ebrom, Holland, Mich., Mark E. Glotzbach, Granger, Ind., and Philip A. Molloy, Marion, Ohio, for a "system for product demonstration." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2006 (11/617,797). 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=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Motors Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- General Motors, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,682,364) developed by Jin Tang, Madison Heights, Mich., Ki Hak Yi, Windsor, Canada, and Sethu K. Madhavan, Erie, Pa., for "vehicle telematics communication using text encoding of binary data." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2011 (13/287,520). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=31&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Delphi Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Delphi Technologies, Troy, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,682,564) developed by Daniel G. Gauthier, Clarkston, Mich., Sebastien Stoltz-Douchet, Basse-Ham, France, and Jeffrey M. Pfeiffer, Frankenmuth, Mich., for a "camshaft position sensing in engines with electric variable cam phasers." The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2011 (13/215,547). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=23&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Gentex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Gentex, Zeeland, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,682,005) developed by Alan R. Watson, Buchanan, Mich., and G. Bruce Poe, Hamilton, Mich., for a vehicle accessory microphone. The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2008 (12/250,245). 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=33&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Adaptation for Clear Path Detection with Additional Classifiers ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,681,222) developed by Wende Zhang, Troy, Mich., and Jinsong Wang, Troy, Mich., for an "adaptation for clear path detection with additional classifiers." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2010 (12/963,426). 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=35&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Whirlpool Assigned Patentq ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Whirlpool, Benton Harbor, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,682,735) developed by Matthew P. Ebrom, Holland, Mich., Mark E. Glotzbach, Granger, Ind., and Richard A. McCoy, Stevensville, Mich., for a "method for product demonstration." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/931,226). 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=16&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for System and Method of Authenticating Multiple Files Using Detached Digital Signature ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,683,206) developed by Susanta P. Sarkar, Rochester Hills, Mich., Ansaf I. Alrabady, Livonia, Mich., and Thomas M.P. Catsburg, Rochester, Mich., for a "system and method of authenticating multiple files using a detached digital signature." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2011 (13/235,763). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=13&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/M Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Northwestern University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,683,242) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for leveraging human physiological traits to control microprocessor frequency." The co-inventors are Alex Shye, Evanston, Ill., Yan Pan, Evanston, Ill., Benjamin Scholbrock, Evanston, Ill., J. Scott Miller, Chicago, Gokhan Memik, Evanston, Ill., Peter A. Dinda, Evanston, Ill., and Robert P. Dick, Chelsea, Mich. The patent application was filed on June 9, 2010 (12/796,887). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,83,242.PN.&OS=PN/86,83,242&RS=PN/86,83,242 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Motors Assigned Patent for Device-interoperability Notification Method and System ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- General Motors, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,682,307) developed by Christopher L. Oesterling, Troy, Mich., and David P. Pop, Garden City, Mich., for a "device-interoperability notification method and system, and method for assessing an interoperability of an electronic device with a vehicle." The patent application was filed on Sept. 6, 2011 (13/226,458). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=32&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ford Global Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,682,566) developed by Tobias John Pallett, Farmington, Mich., Eric Matthew Storhok, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, Mich., for an "engine idle speed and turbocharger speed control." The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2013 (13/741,161). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=21&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ford Global Technologies Assigned Patent for Vehicle Stability Control System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,682,560) developed by five co-inventors for a "vehicle stability control system and method." The co-inventors are Joseph Carr Meyers, Farmington Hills, Mich., Daniel Domek Eisele, Ann Arbor, Mich., Todd Allen Brown, Dearborn, Mich., Li Xu, Novi, Mich., and Albert Chenouda Salib, Troy, Mich. The patent application was filed on March 29, 2012 (13/434,278). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=24&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Blaupunkt Antenna Systems USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- Blaupunkt Antenna Systems USA, Rochester Hills, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,681,052) developed by Andreas D. Fuchs, Lake Orion, Mich., and Elias H. Ghafari, Rochester Hills, Mich., for a "low profile wideband antenna." The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2011 (13/252,566). 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=36&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/MI Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1155684 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |