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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (March 28)
[March 28, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (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 California.

*** Tessera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Tessera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,662) developed by four co-inventors for "wafer level edge stacking." The co-inventors are Ilyas Mohammed, Santa Clara, Calif., Belgacem Haba, Saratoga, Calif., Laura Mirkarimi, Sunol, Calif., and Moshe Kriman, Tel Aviv, Israel.



The patent application was filed on June 15, 2009 (12/456,349). 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=8680662.PN.&OS=PN/8680662&RS=PN/8680662 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Invensas Assigned Patent for Stackable Microelectronic Package Structures ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Invensas, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,684) developed by two co-inventors for "stackable microelectronic package structures." The co-inventors are Kyong-Mo Bang, Fremont, Calif., and Belgacem Haba, Saratoga, Calif.


The patent application was filed on Jan. 9, 2012 (13/346,167). 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=8680684.PN.&OS=PN/8680684&RS=PN/8680684 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Maxim Integrated Products, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,784) developed by Suresh Hariharan, Livermore, Calif., for "dimmable offline LED driver." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2011 (13/161,278). 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=8680784.PN.&OS=PN/8680784&RS=PN/8680784 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Rectifier Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- International Rectifier, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,666) developed by Henning M. Hauenstein, Redondo Beach, Calif., for a "bond wireless power module with double-sided single device cooling and immersion bath cooling." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2007 (11/751,936). 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=8680666.PN.&OS=PN/8680666&RS=PN/8680666 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Bounce Composites Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Bounce Composites, Oceanside, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,673,106) developed by two co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for forming molded thermal plastic polymer components." The co-inventors are Mark W. Jolley, Smithfield, Utah, and James Hedgecock, Carlsbad, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2010 (12/946,816). 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=8673106.PN.&OS=PN/8673106&RS=PN/8673106 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** UAB Research Foundation, University of Washington Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- The UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, Ala., and the University of Washington, Seattle, have been assigned a patent (8,673,550) developed by seven co-inventors for "mycobacterium smegmatis porin nanopores and related methods." The co-inventors are Jens H. Gundlach, Seattle, Michael Niederweis, Homewood, Ala., Thomas Z. Butler, Seattle, Mikhail Pavlenok, Birmingham, Ala., Mark A. Troll, Seattle, Suja Sukumaran, Dublin, Calif., and Bertil Hille, Seattle.

The patent application was filed on March 22, 2011 (13/069,187). 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=8673550.PN.&OS=PN/8673550&RS=PN/8673550 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Synvasive Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Synvasive Technology, El Dorado Hills, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,672,943) developed by two co-inventors for "[s]urgical saw blade device and system." The co-inventors are Michael Fisher, Folsom, Calif., and Barjinder Chana, Rancho Cordova, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 12, 2009 (12/464,825). 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=8672943.PN.&OS=PN/8672943&RS=PN/8672943 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Agilent Technologies Assigned Patent for Reducing Memory Effect ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,915) developed by two co-inventors for "techniques to reduce memory effect or inter-symbol interference (ISI) in circuits using op-amp sharing." The co-inventors are Ken A. Nishimura, Fremont, Calif., and Cheongyuen Tsang, Union City, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2011 (13/306,019). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8680915.PN.&OS=PN/8680915&RS=PN/8680915 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Topcon Medical Laser Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Topcon Medical Laser Systems, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,672,924) developed by two co-inventors for a system and method "for determining dosimetry in ophthalmic photomedicine." The co-inventors are Daniel V. Palanker, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Dan Andersen, Menlo Park, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2012 (13/691,691). 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=8672924.PN.&OS=PN/8672924&RS=PN/8672924 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Silicon Image Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Silicon Image, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,712) developed by four co-inventors for a "power delivery over digital interaction interface for video and audio (DiiVA)." The co-inventors are John Hahn, Los Altos, Calif., Edward Pak, Saratoga, Calif., Dongyun Lee, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Mayank Gupta, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2009 (12/636,063). 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=8680712.PN.&OS=PN/8680712&RS=PN/8680712 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Spansion Assigned Patent for Self-Aligned Double Device Patterning ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,671) developed by Tzu-Yen Hsieh, Saratoga, Calif., for a "self-aligned double patterning for memory and other microelectronic devices." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2009 (12/322,105). 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=8680671.PN.&OS=PN/8680671&RS=PN/8680671 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Altera Assigned Patent for Digital PVT Compensation for Delay Chain ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,905) developed by five co-inventors for a "digital PVT compensation for delay chain." The co-inventors are Chiakang Sung, Milpitas, Calif., Joseph Huang, Morgan Hill, Calif., Yan Chong, San Jose, Calif., Sean Shau-Tu Lu, San Jose, Calif., and Pradeep Nagarajan, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 1, 2012 (13/486,670). 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=8680905.PN.&OS=PN/8680905&RS=PN/8680905 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Altera Assigned Patent for Configurable Electronic Circuitry ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,886) developed by Sean R. Atsatt, Santa Cruz, Calif., for an apparatus "for configurable electronic circuitry and associated methods." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2011 (13/105,976). 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=8680886.PN.&OS=PN/8680886&RS=PN/8680886 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Pivot Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Pivot Medical, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,672,947) developed by James Flom, San Carlos, Calif., for a method and apparatus "for distracting a joint, including the provision and use of a novel fluid joint spacer." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2010 (12/958,844). 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=8672947.PN.&OS=PN/8672947&RS=PN/8672947 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Endologix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Endologix, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,672,989) developed by three co-inventors for apparatus and method of "placement of a graft or graft system ." The co-inventors are Stefan G. Schreck, Fallbrook, Calif., Joshua Benjamin, Aliso Viejo, Calif., and Kevin Mayberry, Mission Viejo, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 11, 2012 (13/546,950). 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=8672989.PN.&OS=PN/8672989&RS=PN/8672989 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Volterra Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Volterra Semiconductor, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,676) developed by two co-inventors for a "semiconductor package with under bump metallization routing." The co-inventors are Efren M. Lacap, Fremont, Calif., and Ilija Jergovic, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2013 (13/758,871). 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=8680676.PN.&OS=PN/8680676&RS=PN/8680676 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Parallel Synthesis Technologies ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Parallel Synthesis Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,673,107) developed by Robert C. Haushalter, Los Gatos, Calif., for methods "for fabricating optically encoded particles and methods for optically encoding objects with such particle." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2006 (12/091,900). 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=8673107.PN.&OS=PN/8673107&RS=PN/8673107 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Assigned Patent Medical Device Delivery Sheaths ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,672,991) developed by seven co-inventors for "delivery and recovery sheaths for medical devices." The co-inventors are William J. Boyle, Fallbrook, Calif., Benjamin C. Huter, Murrieta, Calif., Charles R. Peterson, Murrieta, Kent C. B. Stalker, San Marcos, Calif., Andy E. Denison, Temecula, Calif., Scott J. Huter, Temecula, Calif., and John E. Papp, Temecula. Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 15, 2010 (12/724,140). 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=8672991.PN.&OS=PN/8672991&RS=PN/8672991 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Tensorcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Tensorcom, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,899) developed by Zaw Soe, Encinitas, Calif., for a "high performance divider using feed forward, clock amplification and series peaking inductors." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2011 (13/243,908). 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=8680899.PN.&OS=PN/8680899&RS=PN/8680899 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** 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.

*** Xicato Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Xicato, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,785) developed by two co-inventors for a "variable master current mirror." The co-inventors are Pieter Johannes Kerstens, Gilroy, Calif., and Barry Mark Loveridge, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 15, 2013 (13/895,103). 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=8680785.PN.&OS=PN/8680785&RS=PN/8680785 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Transmute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Transmute, Los Gatos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,792) developed by two co-inventors for an "accelerator having acceleration channels formed between covalently bonded chips." The co-inventors are Robert O. Conn, Hakalau, Hawaii, and Kim L. Hailey, Los Gatos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2013 (13/960,887). 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=8680792.PN.&OS=PN/8680792&RS=PN/8680792 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Altera Assigned Patent for Programmable Logic Configurable Clock Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,913) developed by three co-inventors for a "configurable clock network for programmable logic device." The co-inventors are Richard Y. Chang, Bloomfield, N.J., Gregory Starr, Boulder, Colo., and Kang Wei Lai, Milpitas, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 13, 2013 (13/892,690). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8680913.PN.&OS=PN/8680913&RS=PN/8680913 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for High Voltage Tolerant Differential Receiver ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,680,891) developed by three co-inventors for a "high voltage tolerant differential receiver." The co-inventors are Ankit Srivastava, San Diego, Xuhao Huang, San Diego, and Xiaohong Quan, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2011 (13/014,738). 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=8680891.PN.&OS=PN/8680891&RS=PN/8680891 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Medtronic 3F Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Medtronic 3F Therapeutics, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,672,999) developed by two co-inventors for "[p]rosthetic heart valve assemblies." The co-inventors are Douglas S. Cali, Mission Viejo, Calif., and Keith E. Myers, Lake Forest, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2011 (13/279,754). 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=8672999.PN.&OS=PN/8672999&RS=PN/8672999 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Tri Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Tri Electronics, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,673,126) developed by two co-inventors for a "[d]ynamic precious metal assay device." The co-inventors are Leonid Radomyshelsky, San Diego, and Boris Loginov, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2012 (13/405,370). 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=8673126.PN.&OS=PN/8673126&RS=PN/8673126 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Invensas Assigned Patent for Die Stacked Electrical Interconnect ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Invensas, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,687) developed by four co-inventors for an "electrical interconnect for die stacked in zig-zag configuration." The co-inventors are Reynaldo Co, Scotts Valley, Calif., Grant Villavicencio, Scotts Valley, Calif., Jeffrey S. Leal, Scotts Valley, Calif., and Simon J.S. McElrea, Scotts Valley, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 23, 2010 (12/821,454). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8680687.PN.&OS=PN/8680687&RS=PN/8680687 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Crystal Solar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Crystal Solar, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,673,081) developed by five co-inventors for a "[h]igh throughput multi-wafer epitaxial reactor." The co-inventors are Visweswaren Sivaramakrishnan, Cupertino, Calif., Kedarnath Sangam, Sunnyvale, Calif., Tirunelveli S. Ravi, San Jose, Calif., Andrzej Kaszuba, San Jose, Calif., and Quoc Vinh Truong, San Leandro, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2010 (12/713,116). 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=8673081.PN.&OS=PN/8673081&RS=PN/8673081 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Calient Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Calient Technologies, Goleta, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,894) developed by Michael Inbar, Santa Barbara, Calif., for "precision driver circuits for micro-electro-mechanical system." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2013 (13/787,621). 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=8680894.PN.&OS=PN/8680894&RS=PN/8680894 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Chargepoint Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Chargepoint, Campbell, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,813) developed by four co-inventors for "detecting and responding to unexpected electric vehicle charging disconnections." The co-inventors are Richard Lowenthal, Cupertino, Calif., Milton Tormey, Los Altos, Calif., David Baxter, Monte Sereno, Calif., and James Solomon, Saratoga, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2009 (12/372,724). 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=8680813.PN.&OS=PN/8680813&RS=PN/8680813 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Ostendo Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Ostendo Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,673,074) developed by eight co-inventors for a method of "growing planar non-polar m-plane or semi-polar III-Nitride material." The co-inventors are Alexander Usikov, Rockville, Md., Alexander Syrkin, Montgomery Village, Md., Robert G.W. Brown, Tustin, Calif., Hussein S. El-Ghoroury, Carlsbad, Calif., Philippe Spiberg, Laguna Beach, Calif., Vladimir Ivantsov, Adelphi, Md., Oleg Kovalenkov, Montgomery Village, Md., and Lisa Shapovalova, Gaithersburg, Md.

The patent application was filed on July 15, 2009 (12/503,656). 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=8673074.PN.&OS=PN/8673074&RS=PN/8673074 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** enLighted Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- enLighted, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,789) developed by two co-inventors for "controlling a parameter of a device through qualified motion sensing." The co-inventors are Tanuj Mohan, Mountain View, Calif., and Premal Ashar, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 13, 2013 (13/862,391). 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=8680789.PN.&OS=PN/8680789&RS=PN/8680789 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for On-Chip Coarse Delay Calibration ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,680,908) developed by two co-inventors for an "on-chip coarse delay calibration." The co-inventors are Wilson J. Chen, San Diego, and Chiew-Guan Tan, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2012 (13/368,906). 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=8680908.PN.&OS=PN/8680908&RS=PN/8680908 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Spansion Assigned Patent for Thin Multi Chip Stack Package with Film on Wire and Copper Wire ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,686) developed by six co-inventors for a method and system "for thin multi chip stack package with film on wire and copper wire." The co-inventors are Sally Foong, Milpitas, Calif., Kevin Guan, Richmond, Calif., Lai Nguk Chin, Penang, Malaysia, Foong Yue Ho, Penang, Malaysia, Wong Kwet Nam, Penang, Malaysia, and Thor Lee Lee, Penang, Malaysia.

The patent application was filed on June 29, 2010 (12/826,366). 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=8680686.PN.&OS=PN/8680686&RS=PN/8680686 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Rambus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Rambus, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,903) developed by Jade M. Kizer, Mountain View, Calif., for a "locked loop circuit with clock hold function." The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2012 (13/367,197). 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=8680903.PN.&OS=PN/8680903&RS=PN/8680903 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** NuVasive Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- NuVasive, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,673,005) developed by five co-inventors for a system and method "for spinal fusion." The co-inventors are Luiz Pimenta, Sao Paulo, Jared Arambula, San Diego, Benjamin VerHage, San Diego, Troy Woolley, San Diego, and Patrick Miles, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on March 7, 2008 (12/044,917). 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=8673005.PN.&OS=PN/8673005&RS=PN/8673005 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Abela Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Abela Pharmaceuticals, Lake Forest, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,673,061) developed by four co-inventors for methods "for removing compositions comprising dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or related compounds, or odors associated with same." The co-inventors are Jesse Cozean, Lake Forest, Calif., Colette Cozean, Lake Forest, Calif., Efrain Gonzales, Mission Viejo, Calif., and Stanley W. Jacob, Portland, Ore.

The patent application was filed on May 2, 2011 (13/098,941). 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=8673061.PN.&OS=PN/8673061&RS=PN/8673061 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Lam Research Assigned Patent for Plasma Processing Chambers ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Lam Research, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,673,111) developed by two co-inventors for a "[p]lasma processing chamber for bevel edge processing." The co-inventors are Andrew D. Bailey III, Pleasanton, Calif., and Yunsang Kim, Monte Sereno, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 25, 2013 (13/870,917). 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=8673111.PN.&OS=PN/8673111&RS=PN/8673111 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** SeaSpine Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- SeaSpine, Vista, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,673,012) developed by two co-inventors for an "[i]ntervertebral spacer and insertion tool providing multiple angles of insertion." The co-inventors are Colin M. Smith, Dana Point, Calif., and Leah Schermerhorn, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on July 6, 2012 (13/543,672). 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=8673012.PN.&OS=PN/8673012&RS=PN/8673012 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cavitation Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Cavitation Technologies, Chatsworth, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,673,129) developed by three co-inventors for "[h]igh-throughput cavitation and electrocoagulation apparatus." The co-inventors are Roman Gordon, Studio City, Calif., Igor Gorodnitsky, Marina del Rey, Calif., and Maxim A. Promtov, Tambov, Russia.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2010 (12/976,253). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8673129.PN.&OS=PN/8673129&RS=PN/8673129 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Integrated Device Technology Assigned Patent for Periodic Signal Generators ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Integrated Device Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,680,931) developed by Wanling Pan, San Jose, Calif., for "periodic signal generators having micro electromechanical resonators therein that support surface wave and bulk acoustic wave modes of operation with different temperature coefficients of frequency." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2012 (13/435,817). 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=8680931.PN.&OS=PN/8680931&RS=PN/8680931 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; 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.

*** Theranos Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Theranos, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,679,407) developed by six co-inventors for systems and methods "for improving medical treatments." The co-inventors are Elizabeth A. Holmes, Palo Alto, Calif., Ian Gibbons, Portola Valley, Calif., John Howard, Saratoga, Calif., Shaunak Roy, San Mateo, Calif., Chengwang Wang, Palo Alto, Calif., and Timothy M. Kemp, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 24, 2006 (11/388,415). 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=8679407.PN.&OS=PN/8679407&RS=PN/8679407 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** 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.

*** University of Pennsylvania Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,680,244) developed by eight co-inventors for a "method for the production of antibodies that bind to multiple membrane spanning proteins." The co-inventors are Robert Doms, Berwyn, Pa., Joseph Rucker, Philadelphia, Trevor L. Hoffman, Irvine, Calif., Paul Bates, Swarthmore, Pa., James A. Hoxie, Berwyn, Pa., Michael J. Endres, Painesville, Ohio, John Balliet, Norristown, Pa., and Dennis L. Kolson, Secane, Pa.

The patent application was filed on March 15, 2012 (13/421,559). 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=86,80,244.PN.&OS=PN/86,80,244&RS=PN/86,80,244 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,679,396) developed by Lothar W. Kleiner, Los Altos, Calif., for a method of "making a stent formed from crosslinked bioabsorbable polymer." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2012 (13/399,137). 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=8679396.PN.&OS=PN/8679396&RS=PN/8679396 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Edwards Lifesciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,679,404) developed by two co-inventors for a "dry prosthetic heart valve packaging system." The co-inventors are Gregory G. Liburd, Riverside, Calif., and Abhishek Gautam, Irvine, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 2, 2011 (13/039,166). 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=8679404.PN.&OS=PN/8679404&RS=PN/8679404 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** STMicroelectronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- STMicroelectronics, Coppell, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,681,164) developed by Jefferson Eugene Owen, Fremont, Calif., Raul Zegers Diaz, Palo Alto, Calif., and Osvaldo Colavin, Tucker, Ga., for an "electronic system and method for selectively allowing access to a shared memory." The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2012 (13/655,152). 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=8681164.PN.&OS=PN/8681164&RS=PN/8681164 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,681,026) developed by four co-inventors for a "digital to analog converter." The co-inventors are Jinwen Xiao, Austin, Texas, Pavel Konecny, San Jose, Calif., Axel Thomsen, Austin, Texas, and Ka Y. Leung, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2012 (13/408,173). 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=8681026.PN.&OS=PN/8681026&RS=PN/8681026 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Brainpool Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Brainpool, Newport Beach, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,682,838) developed by Robert Hairman, Los Angeles, for methods "for conducting a virtual simulation." The patent application was filed on July 1, 2011 (13/175,809). 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=8682838.PN.&OS=PN/8682838&RS=PN/8682838 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Incyte Assigned Patent for Piperazinylpiperidine Derivatives as Chemokine Receptor Antagonists ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Incyte, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,680,104) developed by 10 co-inventors for "piperazinylpiperidine derivatives as chemokine receptor antagonists." The co-inventors are Chu-Biao Xue, Hockessin, Del., Genfeng Cao, Bear, Del., Taisheng Huang, Wilmington, Del., Lihua Chen, Boothwyn, Pa., Ke Zhang, Wilmington, Del., Anlai Wang, Wilmington, Del., David J. Meloni, Bear, Del., Rajan Anand, Wilmington, Del., Joseph Glenn, Mount Royal, N.J., and Brian W. Metcalf, Moraga, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2012 (13/564,434). 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=8680104.PN.&OS=PN/8680104&RS=PN/8680104 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,681,423) developed by Gary Gibson, Palo Alto, Calif., and David A. Fattal, Mountain View, Calif., for a "light modulation employing fluid movement." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2013 (13/753,464). 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=8681423.PN.&OS=PN/8681423&RS=PN/8681423 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Danisco U.S. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Danisco U.S., Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,673,611) developed by four co-inventors for "variant Humicola grisea CBH1.1." The co-inventors are Colin Mitchinson, Half Moon Bay, Calif., Edmund Larenas, Moss Beach, Calif., Peter Gualfetti, San Francisco, and Frits Goedegebuur, Vlaardingen, Holland.

The patent application was filed on July 5, 2012 (13/542,482). 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=8673611.PN.&OS=PN/8673611&RS=PN/8673611 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Vapotherm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Vapotherm, Exeter, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,677,993) developed by six co-inventors for a "humidifier for breathing gas heating and humidification system." The co-inventors are Felino V. Cortez Jr., Bowie, Md., William F. Niland, Arnold, Md., George McGarrity, Centreville, Md., Carl Buyer, Denton, Md., Kenneth Miller, Costa Mesa, Calif., and Peter Boyd, Charlottesville, Va.

The patent application was filed on July 18, 2008 (12/175,888). 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=8677993.PN.&OS=PN/8677993&RS=PN/8677993 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of Illinois Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- The University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,679,888) developed by five co-inventors for "arrays of ultrathin silicon solar microcells." The co-inventors are John A. Rogers, Champaign, Ill., Angus A. Rockett, Urbana, Ill., Ralph Nuzzo, Champaign, Ill., Jongseung Yoon, Los Angeles, and Alfred Baca, Urbana, Ill.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2009 (13/120,486). 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=86,79,888.PN.&OS=PN/86,79,888&RS=PN/86,79,888 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Atomics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- General Atomics, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,673,646) developed by five co-inventors for "electrochemical biosensor for direct determination of percentage of glycated hemoglobin." The co-inventors are Abhijit Datta, Carlsbad, Calif., Neal K. Blue, Del Mar, Calif., Lei Fang, Poway, Calif., Chong-Sheng Yuan, San Diego, and Limin Liu, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on May 13, 2009 (12/465,143). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8673646.PN.&OS=PN/8673646&RS=PN/8673646 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Wal-Mart Stores Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., has been assigned a patent (8,682,731) developed by Stuart Argue, Palo Alto, Calif., and Anthony Emile Marcar, San Francisco, for a "real-time, paper-savings-reporting apparatus and method." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2012 (13/665,897). 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=8682731.PN.&OS=PN/8682731&RS=PN/8682731 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Fluor Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Fluor Technologies, Aliso Viejo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,679,448) developed by four co-inventors for configurations and methods of "treatment of sulfur-containing vent gases." The co-inventors are Thomas Chow, Irvine, Calif., Theresa Flood, Mission Viejo, Calif., Elmo Nasato, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, and Uday Navin Parekh, Allentown, Pa.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2012 (13/624,566). 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=8679448.PN.&OS=PN/8679448&RS=PN/8679448 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for System and Method to Provision MPLS/VPN Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,681,658) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method to provision an MPLS/VPN network." The co-inventors are Wenge Chen, Austin, Texas, Holly Chen, San Ramon, Calif., Kuo-Hui Liu, San Ramon, Calif., Shih Chung Soon, Dublin, Calif., and Bei Zhou, Pleasanton, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2012 (13/658,000). 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=8681658.PN.&OS=PN/8681658&RS=PN/8681658 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Micron Technologies Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Routing in State Machine ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Micron Technologies, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,680,888) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and systems for routing in a state machine." The co-inventors are David R. Brown, Lucas, Texas, Harold B. Noyes, Boise, Idaho, Irene Junjuan Xu, San Jose, Calif., and Paul Glendenning, Woodside, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2011 (13/327,623). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8680888.PN.&OS=PN/8680888&RS=PN/8680888 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,679,201) developed by three co-inventors for the "manufacture of a battery cell." The co-inventors are Ramesh C. Bhardwaj, Fremont, Calif., Sheba Devan, Santa Clara, Calif., and Taisup Hwang, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2011 (13/273,113). 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=8679201.PN.&OS=PN/8679201&RS=PN/8679201 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Collection Represents Combined Intent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,682,736) developed by 11 co-inventors for "collection represents combined intent." The co-inventors are Gary W. Flake, Bellevue, Wash., Karim Farouki, Seattle, Blaise Aguera Y. Arcas, Seattle, Brett D. Brewer, Sammamish, Wash., Steven Drucker, Bellevue, Wash., Tomasz Kasperkiewicz, Redmond, Wash., Stephen L. Lawler, Redmond, Wash., Donald James Lindsay, Mountain View, Calif., Adam P. Sheppard, Seattle, Richard Stephen Szeliski, Bellevue, Wash., and Jeffrey Jon Weir, Seattle.

The patent application was filed on June 24, 2008 (12/144,706). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,682,736.PN.&OS=PN/8,682,736&RS=PN/8,682,736 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, Calif., and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C., have been assigned a patent (8,679,190) developed by six co-inventors for a "[h]ydrogel arthroplasty device." The co-inventors are David Myung, Santa Clara, Calif., Lampros Kourtis, San Francisco, Laura Hartmann, Berlin, Del., Curtis W. Frank, Cupertino, Calif., Stuart B. Goodman, Los Altos, Calif., and Dennis R. Carter, Stanford, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 12, 2012 (13/418,294). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8679190.PN.&OS=PN/8679190&RS=PN/8679190 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Neuralight HD Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Neuralight HD, Phoenix, has been assigned a patent (8,680,088) developed by Edson Conrad Hicks Jr., Phoenix, and Constance T. Dutton, San Diego, for "methods for chronic pain management and treatment using HCG." The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2012 (13/633,739). 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=8680088.PN.&OS=PN/8680088&RS=PN/8680088 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,679,311) developed by three co-inventors for a "small volume test strips with large sample fill ports, supported test strips, and methods of making and using same." The co-inventors are Yi Wang, San Ramon, Calif., Shridhara Alva Karinka, Pleasanton, Calif., and Benjamin J. Feldman, Oakland, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2013 (13/738,585). 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=8679311.PN.&OS=PN/8679311&RS=PN/8679311 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Allergan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Allergan, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,679,279) developed by three co-inventors for methods "for creating foam-like texture." The co-inventors are Jordan M. Thompson, Scotts Valley, Calif., Alexei Goraltchouk, Rensselaer, N.Y., and Kevin A. Ma, Scotts Valley, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2011 (13/297,120). 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=8679279.PN.&OS=PN/8679279&RS=PN/8679279 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Lam Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Lam Research, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,679,252) developed by three co-inventors for an "actively heated aluminum baffle component having improved particle performance and methods of use and manufacture thereof." The co-inventors are Hong Shih, Walnut, Calif., G. Grant Peng, Fremont, Calif., and Daxing Ren, Pleasanton, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2005 (11/232,991). 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=8679252.PN.&OS=PN/8679252&RS=PN/8679252 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Bruker Daltonics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Bruker Daltonics, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,680,462) developed by four co-inventors for "curved heated ion transfer optics." The co-inventors are Stephen Zanon, Campbell, Calif., Roy P. Moeller, San Leandro, Calif., Urs Steiner, Branford, Conn., and Felician Muntean, Danville, Calif..

The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2012 (13/370,513). 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=8680462.PN.&OS=PN/8680462&RS=PN/8680462 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Empire Technology Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Empire Technology Development, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,680,992) developed by Ezekiel Kruglick, Poway, Calif., for "measuring and improving the quality of a user experience." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2010 (13/260,120). 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=8680992.PN.&OS=PN/8680992&RS=PN/8680992 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Air Products and Chemicals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Air Products and Chemicals, Allentown, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,680,289) developed by six co-inventors for "complexes of imidazole ligands." The co-inventors are John Anthony Thomas Norman, Encinitas, Calif., Melanie K. Perez, San Diego, Xinjian Lei, Vista, Calif., Daniel P. Spence, Carlsbad, Calif., Sergei Vladimirovich Ivanov, Schnecksville, Pa., and Wade Hampton Bailey III, Emmaus, Pa.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2012 (13/363,918). 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=86,80,289.PN.&OS=PN/86,80,289&RS=PN/86,80,289 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cerulean Pharma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Cerulean Pharma, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,680,202) developed by Jianjun Cheng, Arcadia, Calif., Mark E. Davis, Pasadena, Calif., and Kay T. Khin, San Gabriel, Calif., for "cyclodextrin-based polymers for therapeutics delivery." The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2012 (13/572,294). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8680202.PN.&OS=PN/8680202&RS=PN/8680202 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Moximed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Moximed, Hayward, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,679,178) developed by four co-inventors for "[e]xtra-articular implantable mechanical energy absorbing assemblies having two deflecting members and compliance member." The co-inventors are Clinton N. Slone, San Francisco, Anton G. Clifford, Mountain View, Calif., Toru Mino, and Alan C. Regala, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2009 (12/582,178). 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=8679178.PN.&OS=PN/8679178&RS=PN/8679178 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent for Tunable Variable Emissivity Materials ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,679,582) developed by Robert Cumberland, Malibu, Calif., William B. Barvose-Carter, Ventura, Calif., and Adam F. Gross, Los Angeles, for "tunable variable emissivity materials and methods for controlling the temperature of spacecraft using tunable variable emissivity materials." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2010 (12/705,782). 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=86,79,582.PN.&OS=PN/86,79,582&RS=PN/86,79,582 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lam Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Lam Research, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,679,288) developed by two co-inventors for "showerhead electrode assemblies for plasma processing apparatuses." The co-inventors are Tom Stevenson, Morgan Hill, Calif., and Rajinder Dhindsa, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 9, 2008 (12/155,739). 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=8679288.PN.&OS=PN/8679288&RS=PN/8679288 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** KeyMe Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- KeyMe, Long Island City, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,682,468) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for duplicating keys." The co-inventors are Gregory Marsh, Granite Bay, Calif., Kristopher Borer, New York, Zachary Salzbank, Port Washington, N.Y., Jayeon Kim, Bayside, N.Y., and Paige Pruitt, Half moon Bay, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2013 (13/734,032). 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=86,82,468.PN.&OS=PN/86,82,468&RS=PN/86,82,468 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Warsaw Orthopedic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Warsaw Orthopedic, Warsaw, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,679,161) developed by Hugues F. Malandain, Mountain View, Calif., Janna G. Clark, Belmont, Calif., and Andrew C. Kohm, Burlingame, Calif., for "percutaneous spinal implants and methods." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2007 (11/929,165). 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=8679161.PN.&OS=PN/8679161&RS=PN/8679161 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Memory Cell Coupling Compensation ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,681,547) developed by Zhenlei Shen, Boise, Idaho, William H. Radke, Los Gatos, Calif., and Peter Feeley, Boise, Idaho, for a "memory cell coupling compensation." The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2011 (13/215,348). 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=8681547.PN.&OS=PN/8681547&RS=PN/8681547 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Crucible Intellectual Property Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Crucible Intellectual Property, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,679,266) developed by three co-inventors for "objects made of bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys and method of making same." The co-inventors are Atakan Peker, Aliso Viejo, Calif., Choongnyun Paul Kim, Northridge, Calif., and Tranquoc Thebao Nguyen, Anaheim, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 18, 2011 (13/185,080). 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=8679266.PN.&OS=PN/8679266&RS=PN/8679266 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Raytheon, HRL Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Raytheon, Lexington, Mass., and HRL Laboratories, Malibu, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,679,908) developed by four co-inventors for the "use of silicide block process to camouflage a false transistor." The co-inventors are Lap-Wai Chow, South Pasadena, Calif., William M. Clark Jr., Camarillo, Calif., Gavin J. Harbison, Marina del Rey, Calif., and James P. Baukus, Westlake Village, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/932,169). 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=8679908.PN.&OS=PN/8679908&RS=PN/8679908 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Aerospace Corp., Amendia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, Calif., and Amendia, Marietta, Ga., have been assigned a patent (8,679,189) developed by two co-inventors for a "[b]one growth enhancing implant." The co-inventors are Timothy Ganey, Tampa, Fla., and Frank Edward Livingston, Redondo Beach, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2013 (13/767,055). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8679189.PN.&OS=PN/8679189&RS=PN/8679189 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,680,187) developed by Luke M. Flaherty, Long Beach, Calif., Randal E. Knar, Westminster, Calif., and Tiffanie T. Masumoto, San Pedro, Calif., for a "water immiscible rosin mildly activated flux." The patent application was filed on June 6, 2011 (13/154,065). 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=8680187.PN.&OS=PN/8680187&RS=PN/8680187 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Luciano Processing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Luciano Processing, Dover, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,680,902) developed by David G. Wright, San Diego, for a programmable power supervisor.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2012 (13/610,623). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8680902.PN.&OS=PN/8680902&RS=PN/8680902 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Eli Lilly Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,679,497) developed by five co-inventors for an "anti-ferroportin 1 monoclonal antibodies and uses thereof." The co-inventors are Donmienne Doen Mun Leung, San Diego, Peng Luan, Livermore, Calif., Joseph Vincent Manetta, Indianapolis, Ying Tang, San Diego, and Derrick Ryan Witcher, Fishers, Ind.

The patent application was filed on May 7, 2012 (13/465,462). 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=8679497.PN.&OS=PN/8679497&RS=PN/8679497 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,679,394) developed by five co-inventors for a "laser system and processing conditions for manufacturing bioabsorbable stents." The co-inventors are Joel Harrington, Redwood City, Calif., Ryan Vaughan, Mountain View, Calif., Kevin Jow, San Mateo, Calif., William Pippey, San Jose, Calif., and Yung-Ming Chen, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 10, 2010 (12/797,950). 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=8679394.PN.&OS=PN/8679394&RS=PN/8679394 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Merck Sharp & Dohme Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,680,294) developed by 21 co-inventors for "enantio- and stereo specific synthesis of .beta.-amino-.alpha.-hydroxy amides." The co-inventors are John Traverse, Roselle Park, N.J., William M. Leong, Westfield, N.J., Steven P. Miller, Monroe Township, N.J., Jennifer Albaneze-Walker, Westfield, N.J., Thomas J. Hunter, Middleton, Wis., Lijun Wang, Dayton, N.J., Hongbiao Liao, Bridgewater, N.J., Ashok Arasappan, Bridgewater, N.J., Scott T. Trzaska, Raritan, N.J., Randi M. Smith, Burlingame, Calif., Azzeddine Lekhal, Highland Park, N.J., Stephane L. Bogen, Somerset, N.J., Jianshe Kong, Franklin Park, N.J., Frank Bennett, Cranford, N.J., F. George Njoroge, Carmel, Ind., Marc Poirier, Stewartsville, N.J., Shen-Chun Kuo, Union, N.J., Yonggang Chen, Westfield, N.J., Kenneth S. Matthews, San Francisco, Patrice Demonchaux, Mitterrand, France, and Amadeo Ferreira, Maiaux, France.

The patent application was filed on July 27, 2010 (13/387,619). 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=61&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.

*** F5 Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- F5 Networks, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,682,916) developed by Thomas K. Wong, Pleasanton, Calif., and Ron S. Vogel, San Jose, Calif., for "remote file virtualization in a switched file system." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2008 (12/126,129). 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=8,682,916.PN.&OS=PN/8,682,916&RS=PN/8,682,916 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Semiconductor GMI Magnetometer ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,680,854) developed by Terry Dyer, Largs, United Kingdom, Anuraag Mohan, Fremont, Calif., and Peter J. Hopper, San Jose, Calif., for a semiconductor GMI magnetometer.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2011 (13/309,443). 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=8680854.PN.&OS=PN/8680854&RS=PN/8680854 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Neuralight HD Assigned Patent for Methods for Chronic Pain Management and Treatment Using HCG ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Neuralight HD, Phoenix, has been assigned a patent (8,680,086) developed by Edson Conrad Hicks Jr., Phoenix, and Constance T. Dutton, San Diego, for "methods for chronic pain management and treatment using HCG." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2011 (13/211,101). 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=8680086.PN.&OS=PN/8680086&RS=PN/8680086 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Positional Audio in Vehicle-to-vehicle Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,682,004) developed by four co-inventors for "positional audio in a vehicle-to-vehicle network." The co-inventors are Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, Texas, William Wood Harter Jr., Aliso Viejo, Calif., Steven Michael Miller, Cary, N.C., and Theodore Spencer Tederoff, Edmonton, Canada.

The patent application was filed on March 7, 2008 (12/044,290). 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=8,682,004.PN.&OS=PN/8,682,004&RS=PN/8,682,004 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Pull Based Computer Output Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 28 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,681,352) developed by Rajesh K. Shenoy, San Jose, Calif., Keith E. Moore, Santa Clara, Calif., and Emiliano Bartolome, Palo Alto, Calif., for "pull based computer output devices." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2002 (10/125,804). 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=8681352.PN.&OS=PN/8681352&RS=PN/8681352 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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