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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (March 28)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Novellus Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Novellus Systems, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,673,080) developed by five co-inventors for a "[t]emperature controlled showerhead." The co-inventors are Henner Meinhold, Fremont, Calif., Dan M. Doble, Brookline, Mass., Stephen Lau, Lake Oswego, Ore., Vince Wilson, Beaverton, Ore., and Easwar Srinivasan, Beaverton, Ore. The patent application was filed on July 29, 2008 (12/181,927). 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=8673080.PN.&OS=PN/8673080&RS=PN/8673080 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** NIH, HHS Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- The U.S. Department of National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Samsung Electronics, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea, have been assigned a patent (8,679,984) developed by eight co-inventors for a "method of manufacturing electric device, array of electric devices, and manufacturing method therefor." The co-inventors are Jong Won Chung, Hwaseong-si, South Korea, Christopher J. Bettinger, Boston, Zhenan Bao, Stanford, Calif., Do Hwan Kim, Anyang-si, South Korea, Bang Lin Lee, Suwon-si, South Korea, Jeong Il Park, Seongnam-si, South Korea, Yong Wan Jin, Seoul, South Korea, and Sang Yoon Lee, Seoul, South Korea. The patent application was filed on June 30, 2011 (13/173,986). 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=%28DC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/DC&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/DC Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Device Including Altered Microorganisms, and Methods and Systems of Use ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,682,619) developed by 19 co-inventors for a "device including altered microorganisms, and methods and systems of use." The co-inventors are Dario G. Amodei, Princeton, N.J., Mahalaxmi Gita Bangera, Renton, Wash., Xiaoyan Robert Bao, Cambridge, Mass., Anna Bershteyn, Somerville, Mass., Brett Bethke, Arlington, Mass., Philip A. Eckhoff, Bellevue, Wash., Kevin Michael Esvelt, Cambridge, Mass., Kyle B. Gustafson, Lausanne, Switzerland, Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., William Michael Kaminsky, Alexandria, Va., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Lily Yvonne Kim, Brookline, Mass., Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Erez Lieberman, Cambridge, Mass., Ankur Moitra, Cambridge, Mass., Christopher Somogyi, Woodinville, Wash., Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Jeremiah James Zartman, Montgomery, Ala. The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (12/802,149). 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=8,682,619.PN.&OS=PN/8,682,619&RS=PN/8,682,619 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,682,687) developed by nine co-inventors for "methods and systems for presenting a combination treatment." The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif. The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2008 (12/315,072). 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=8,682,687.PN.&OS=PN/8,682,687&RS=PN/8,682,687 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Genzyme Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Genzyme, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,680,073) developed by four co-inventors for a "stable hyaluronan/steroid formulation." The co-inventors are Grace Chang, Brookline, Mass., Elizabeth Voschin, Needham, Mass., Li-Ping Yu, Ashland, Mass., and Eugene Skrabut, Rockport, Mass. The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2012 (13/593,026). 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=8680073.PN.&OS=PN/8680073&RS=PN/8680073 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Analog Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,680,620) developed by Javier A. Salcedo, North Billerica, Mass., Michael Lynch, Limerick, Ireland, and Brian Moane, Limerick, Ireland, for "bi-directional blocking voltage protection devices and methods of forming the same." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2011 (13/198,208). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8680620.PN.&OS=PN/8680620&RS=PN/8680620 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Waters Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Waters Technologies, Milford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,680,311) developed by four co-inventors for a "monolithic electrokinetic pump fabrication." The co-inventors are Moon Chul Jung, Marlborough, Mass., Edouard S.P. Bouvier, Stow, Mass., Steven A. Cohen, Hopkinton, Mass., and Hua Yang, Franklin, Mass. The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2007 (12/447,477). 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=8680311.PN.&OS=PN/8680311&RS=PN/8680311 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,679,059) developed by Ronald A. Sahatjian, Lexington, Mass., Arthur Madenjian, Winchester, Mass., and William R. Little, Medway, Mass., for an "immobilizing objects in the body." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2013 (13/764,314). 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=8679059.PN.&OS=PN/8679059&RS=PN/8679059 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sionyx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Sionyx, Beverly, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,679,959) developed by James E. Carey, Waltham, Mass., Xia Li, Beverly, Mass., and Nathaniel J. McCaffrey, Hampton Falls, N.H., for "high sensitivity photodetectors, imaging arrays, and high efficiency photovoltaic devices produced using ion implantation and femtosecond laser irradiation." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2009 (12/553,861). 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=8679959.PN.&OS=PN/8679959&RS=PN/8679959 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cytovera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Cytovera, Chestnut Hill, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,679,751) developed by Lotien Huang, Chestnut Hill, Mass., for a "system and method for particle filtration." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2010 (13/518,514). 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=8679751.PN.&OS=PN/8679751&RS=PN/8679751 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Anadigics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Anadigics, Warren, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,680,885) developed by Valter Karavanic, Nashua, N.H., and Gary Hau, Westford, Mass., for a "low leakage logic circuit." The patent application was filed on Nov. 27, 2012 (13/686,002). 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=57&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/NJ Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Thoratec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Thoratec, Pleasanton, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,679,177) developed by Kevin Bourque, Reading, Mass., for a method of "implanting a blood pump system." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2012 (13/414,041). 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=8679177.PN.&OS=PN/8679177&RS=PN/8679177 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Infraegis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Infraegis, Elk Grove Village, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,679,752) developed by Robert E. Levin, Amherst, Mass., for "compositions and methods for detecting food-borne pathogens." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2012 (13/606,340). 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=86,79,752.PN.&OS=PN/86,79,752&RS=PN/86,79,752 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Moderna Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Moderna Therapeutics, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,680,069) developed by four co-inventors for a "modified polynucleotides for the production of G-CSF." The co-inventors are Antonin de Fougerolles, Brookline, Mass., Kristy M. Wood, Cambridge, Mass., Sayda M. Elbashir, Cambridge, Mass., and Jason P. Schrum, Philadelphia. The patent application was filed on May 18, 2013 (13/897,367). 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=8680069.PN.&OS=PN/8680069&RS=PN/8680069 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston-Power Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Boston-Power, Westborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,679,670) developed by five co-inventors for a "CID retention device for Li-ion cell." The co-inventors are Per Onnerud, Framingham, Mass., Phillip E. Partin, Grafton, Mass., Richard V. Chamberlain II, Fairfax Station, Va., Jan-Roger B. Linna, Boston, and Mimmo Elia, Belmont, Mass. The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2011 (13/296,863). 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=8679670.PN.&OS=PN/8679670&RS=PN/8679670 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent for Bifacial Solar Cell Using Ion Implantation ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,679,868) developed by Atul Gupta, Beverly, Mass., and Nicholas P.T. Bateman, Reading, Mass., for a "bifacial solar cell using ion implantation." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2013 (14/043,115). 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=8679868.PN.&OS=PN/8679868&RS=PN/8679868 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Massachusetts Assigned Patent for Activatable Dyes ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- The University of Massachusetts, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,679,776) developed by Stephen C. Miller, Cambridge, Mass., for activatable dyes. The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2008 (12/677,962). 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=8679776.PN.&OS=PN/8679776&RS=PN/8679776 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** American Superconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- American Superconductor, Devens, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,680,015) developed by 11 co-inventors for "mitigating the effects of defects in high temperature semiconductor wires." The co-inventors are Henry C. Valcour III, Upton, Mass., Peter D. Antaya, Sutton, Mass., John Gannon, Sudbury, Mass., Eric R. Podtburg, Natick, Mass., Subramaniam Anandakugan, Acton, Mass., William L. Carter, Chelmsford, Mass., Hong Cai, Ayer, Mass., Michael A. Tanner, Westborough, Mass., David Crotzer, Merrimack, N.H., Alexander Otto, Chelmsford, Mass., and Dana Krause, Waltham, Mass. The patent application was filed on March 8, 2012 (13/414,811). 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=8680015.PN.&OS=PN/8680015&RS=PN/8680015 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MIT Assigned Patent for Production of Triacylglycerides, Fatty Acids, and Their Derivatives ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,679,782) developed by five co-inventors for "production of triacylglycerides, fatty acids, and their derivatives." The co-inventors are Anthony John Sinskey, Boston, Daniel MacEachran, Cambridge, Mass., Kazuhiko Kurosawa, Somerville, Mass., Paolo Boccazzi, Cambridge, Mass., and Jason W. Holder, Brookline, Mass. The patent application was filed on June 15, 2010 (13/378,479). 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=8679782.PN.&OS=PN/8679782&RS=PN/8679782 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Botulinum Toxin Research Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Botulinum Toxin Research Associates, Quincy, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,679,486) developed by Gary E. Borodic, Canton, Mass., for "high-potency botulinum toxin formulations." The patent application was filed on April 5, 2010 (12/662,186). 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=8679486.PN.&OS=PN/8679486&RS=PN/8679486 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent for NMR Logging of Miscible Displacement ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,680,858) developed by four co-inventors for a "NMR logging of miscible displacement." The co-inventors are Edmund Fordham, Kedington, United Kingdom, Denise Freed, Newton Highlands, Mass., Yuesheng Cheng, Edmonton, Canada, and John Edwards, Medinat Al Alam, Oman. The patent application was filed on June 29, 2009 (13/002,415). 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=8680858.PN.&OS=PN/8680858&RS=PN/8680858 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Event Detection Through Pattern Discovery ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,682,032) developed by six co-inventors for an "event detection through pattern discovery." The co-inventors are Quanfu Fan, Somerville, Mass., Prasad Gabbur, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., Sachiko Miyazawa, Bronx, N.Y., Jiyan Pan, Pittsburgh, Sharathchandra U. Pankanti, Darien, Conn., and Hoang Trinh, Mount Vernon, N.Y. The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2011 (13/213,262). 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=8,682,032.PN.&OS=PN/8,682,032&RS=PN/8,682,032 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Array Biopharma, Genentech Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Array Biopharma, Boulder, Colo., and Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,680,114) developed by 16 co-inventors for "AKT protein kinase inhibitors." The co-inventors are Ian S. Mitchell, Lafayette, Colo., Keith L. Spencer, Lyons, Colo., Peter Stengel, Longmont, Colo., Yongxin Han, Longmont, Colo., Nicholas C. Kallan, Boulder, Colo., Mark Munson, Louisville, Colo., Guy P.A. Vigers, Boulder, Colo., James Blake, Longmont, Colo., Anthony Piscopio, Longmont, Colo., John Josey, Longmont, Colo., Scott Miller, Longmont, Colo., Dengming Xiao, Longmont, Colo., Rui Xu, Longmont, Colo., Chang Rao, Waltham, Mass., Bing Wang, Longmont, Colo., and April L. Bernacki, Longmont, Colo. The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2009 (12/567,258). 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=8680114.PN.&OS=PN/8680114&RS=PN/8680114 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nike Assigned Patent for Golf Club Assembly and Golf Club with Aerodynamic Features ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Nike, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,678,946) developed by Robert Boyd, Euless, Texas, John T. Stites, Weatherford, Texas, and Gary G. Tavares, Southbridge, Mass., for a "golf club assembly and golf club with aerodynamic features." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2011 (13/159,913). 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=8678946.PN.&OS=PN/8678946&RS=PN/8678946 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sionyx Assigned Patent for Highly-depleted Laser Doped Semiconductor Volume ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Sionyx, Beverly, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,680,642) developed by Nathaniel J. McCaffrey, Hampton Falls, N.H., and James E. Carey, Waltham, Mass., for a "highly-depleted laser doped semiconductor volume." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2012 (13/430,508). 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=8680642.PN.&OS=PN/8680642&RS=PN/8680642 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MIT Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,680,303) developed by Timothy F. Jamison, Somerville, Mass., and Yutaka Ikeuchi, Brookline, Mass., for epoxidation catalysts. The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2011 (13/037,060). 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=8680303.PN.&OS=PN/8680303&RS=PN/8680303 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Treating Tissue ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,679,112) developed by Kurt A.E. Geitz, Sudbury, Mass., Katie L. Krueger, Rochester Hills, Mich., and Joseph A. Levendusky, Groton, Mass., for "apparatus and method for treating tissue." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2012 (13/588,007). 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=8679112.PN.&OS=PN/8679112&RS=PN/8679112 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Synta Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Synta Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,680,100) developed by seven co-inventors for "sulfonylhydrazide compounds for treating proliferative disorders." The co-inventors are Jun Jiang, Norwood, Mass., Teresa Kowalczyk-Przewloka, Tewksbury, Mass., Stefan M. Schweizer, Memphis, Tenn., Zhi-Qiang Xia, Acton, Mass., Shoujun Chen, Bedford, Mass., Christopher Borella., Bedford, Mass., and Lijun Sun, Harvard, Mass. The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2009 (13/132,106). 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=8680100.PN.&OS=PN/8680100&RS=PN/8680100 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Vertex Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent for Methods for Amplifying Hepatitis C Virus Nucleic Acids ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,679,740) developed by 11 co-inventors for "methods for amplifying hepatitis C virus nucleic acids." The co-inventors are Ann Dak-Yee Kwong, Cambridge, Mass., James Daniel Frantz, Belmont, Mass., Douglas John Bartels, North Liberty, Iowa, Chao Lin, Winchester, Mass., Benjamin Shames, Arlington, Mass., Sheila Seepersaud, Acton, Mass., Judith A. Lippke, Chestnut Hill, Mass., Tara Lynn Kieffer, Brookline, Mass., Yi Zhou, Lexington, Mass., Eileen Z. Zhang, Andover, Mass., and James C. Sullivan, Sudbury, Mass. The patent application was filed on July 20, 2011 (13/186,985). 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=8,679,740.PN.&OS=PN/8,679,740&RS=PN/8,679,740 *** Massachusetts General Hospital, Metabolon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and Metabolon, Durham, N.C., have been assigned a patent (8,679,457) developed by four co-inventors for "metabolite biomarkers to distinguish Crohn's disease from ulcerative colitis and methods using the same." The co-inventors are Danny Alexander, Cary, N.C., Jeffrey Shuster, Chapel Hill, N.C., Joshua Korzenik, Dover, Mass., and Garrett Zella, Newton, Mass. The patent application was filed on April 8, 2011 (13/082,843). 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=8679457.PN.&OS=PN/8679457&RS=PN/8679457 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Method of Treating Tissue with Radio Frequency Vascular Electrode Array ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,679,111) developed by Arnold E. Oyola, Northborough, Mass., and Erin McKenna, Boston, for a "method of treating tissue with radio frequency vascular electrode array." The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2013 (14/014,514). 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=8679111.PN.&OS=PN/8679111&RS=PN/8679111 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Massachusetts Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- The University of Massachusetts, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,680,063) developed by Neil Aronin, Newtonville, Mass., and Phillip D. Zamore, Northborough, Mass., for a "RNA interference for the treatment of gain-of-function disorders." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2010 (12/966,525). 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=8680063.PN.&OS=PN/8680063&RS=PN/8680063 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rhode Island Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, R.I., has been assigned a patent (8,680,057) developed by Gregory D. Jay, Norfolk, Mass., for tribonectins. The patent application was filed on May 14, 2012 (13/470,831). 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=8680057.PN.&OS=PN/8680057&RS=PN/8680057 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,679,960) developed by five co-inventors for a "technique for processing a substrate having a non-planar surface." The co-inventors are George D. Papasouliotis, North Andover, Mass., Vikram Singh, North Andover, Mass., Heyun Yin, Saugus, Mass., Helen L. Maynard, North Reading, Mass., and Ludovic Godet, North Reading, Mass. The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2010 (12/902,250). 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=8679960.PN.&OS=PN/8679960&RS=PN/8679960 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Instrument Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Instrument Associates, Hudson, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,680,429) developed by Brian Patrick Stokes, Windham, N.H., Robert T. Milkowski Jr., Shirley, Mass., and Carl Brian Candiloro, Hudson, Mass., for a "laser beam scribing system." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2010 (12/942,493). 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=8680429.PN.&OS=PN/8680429&RS=PN/8680429 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Illinois Assigned Patent for Materials and Methods for Autonomous Restoration of Electrical Conductivity ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- The University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,679,621) developed by 12 co-inventors for "materials and methods for autonomous restoration of electrical conductivity." The co-inventors are Benjamin J. Blaiszik, Urbana, Ill., Susan A. Odom, Champaign, Ill., Mary M. Caruso, Urbana, Ill., Aaron C. Jackson, Urbana, Ill., Marta B. Baginska, Urbana, Ill., Joshua A. Ritchey, Cambridge, Mass., Aaron D. Finke, Urbana, Ill., Scott R. White, Champaign, Ill., Jeffrey S. Moore, Savoy, Ill., Nancy R. Sottos, Champaign, Ill., Paul V. Braun, Savoy, Ill., and Khalil Amine, Oak Brook, Ill. The patent application was filed on June 20, 2011 (13/164,144). 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=86,79,621.PN.&OS=PN/86,79,621&RS=PN/86,79,621 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Thermo Fisher Scientific Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,679,435) developed by four co-inventors for a "generation of sulfur trioxide and sulfuric acid." The co-inventors are Dieter Kita, Blackstone, Mass., Yongquan Li, Schenectady, N.Y., Jeffrey Socha, Boylston, Mass., and Bryan A. Marcotte, Blackstone, Mass. The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2011 (13/251,754). 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=8679435.PN.&OS=PN/8679435&RS=PN/8679435 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Automated Tracker-driven Image Selection ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,682,413) developed by Charles Frederick Lloyd, Reading, Mass., for "systems and methods for automated tracker-driven image selection." The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2006 (11/599,958). 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=8,682,413.PN.&OS=PN/8,682,413&RS=PN/8,682,413 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Merck Sharp & Dohme Assigned Patent for Quinolinone PDE2 Inhibitors ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,680,116) developed by five co-inventors for quinolinone PDE2 inhibitors. The co-inventors are Pablo DeLeon, Philadelphia, Melissa Egbertson, Ambler, Pa., Ivory D. Hills, Harleysville, Pa., Adam Wayne Johnson, North Wales, Pa., and Michelle Machacek, Brookline, Mass. The patent application was filed on July 19, 2010 (13/384,946). 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=66&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140325.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/03/25/2014+AND+AS/NJ Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tepha Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Tepha Inc., Lexington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,680,228) developed by Kai Guo, Brookline, Mass., and David P. Martin, Arlington, Mass., for "controlled hydrolysis of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate and copolymers." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2012 (13/627,545). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8680228.PN.&OS=PN/8680228&RS=PN/8680228 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GeneSys Research Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- GeneSys Research Institute, Brighton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,679,835) developed by Lynn Hlatky, Boston, for "tumor-initiating cells and methods of use." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/495,417). 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=8679835.PN.&OS=PN/8679835&RS=PN/8679835 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Scripps Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Scripps Research, La Jolla, Calif., and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., have been assigned a patent (8,673,591) developed by six co-inventors for "genetic incorporation of 3-aminotyrosine into reductases." The co-inventors are Peter G. Schultz, La Jolla, Calif., Jianming Xie, Mountain View, Calif., Lital Alfonta, San Diego, Joanne Stubbe, Arlington, Mass., Clement Tsz Chan, Cambridge, Mass., and Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost, Newton, 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=8673591.PN.&OS=PN/8673591&RS=PN/8673591 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin. 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. -1155997 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |