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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (March 31)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Covidien Assigned Patent for Expandable Vein Ligator Catheter Having Multiple Electrode Leads and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,679,110) developed by six co-inventors for an "expandable vein ligator catheter having multiple electrode leads, and method ." The co-inventors are Arthur W. Zikorus, San Jose, Calif., Mark P. Parker, San Jose, Calif., Christopher S. Jones, Sunnyvale, Calif., Douglas M. Petty, Pleasanton, Calif., Brian E. Farley, Los Altos, Calif., and Joseph M. Tartaglia, Morgan Hill, Calif. The patent application was filed on July 28, 2008 (12/181,277). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8679110.PN.&OS=PN/8679110&RS=PN/8679110 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Visual Target Tracking ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,682,028) developed by Ryan M. Geiss, San Jose, Calif., for visual target tracking. The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2009 (12/632,645). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,82,028.PN.&OS=PN/86,82,028&RS=PN/86,82,028 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Warsaw Orthopedic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Warsaw Orthopedic, Warsaw, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,679,118) developed by Gary Karlin Michelson, Venice, Calif., for spinal implants. The patent application was filed on July 23, 2012 (13/555,935). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8679118.PN.&OS=PN/8679118&RS=PN/8679118 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,683,582) developed by Sean Scott Rogers, San Diego, for a method and system "for graphical passcode security." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2008 (12/139,692). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683582.PN.&OS=PN/8683582&RS=PN/8683582 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Lookout Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Lookout, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,683,593) developed by Kevin Patrick Mahaffey, San Francisco, for "[s]erver-assisted analysis of data for a mobile device." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2013 (13/742,173). 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=8683593.PN.&OS=PN/8683593&RS=PN/8683593 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,605) developed by four co-inventors for "[l]ong-term validation of a digital signature status indicator." The co-inventors are Isak Tenenboym, San Jose, Calif., Philip Levy, Los Altos, Calif., Marc Kaufman, Woodside, Calif., and John Landwehr, Vienna, Va. The patent application was filed on March 27, 2012 (13/431,803). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683605.PN.&OS=PN/8683605&RS=PN/8683605 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Sandisk Enterprise I.P. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Sandisk Enterprise I.P., Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,667,001) developed by six co-inventors for a "scalable database management software on a cluster of nodes using a shared-distributed flash memory." The co-inventors are Darpan Dinker, Union City, Calif., Andrew David Eckhardt, Menlo Park, Calif., Darryl Manabu Ouye, Aptos, Calif., Brian Walter O'Krafka, Austin, Texas, Earl T. Cohen, Oakland, Calif., and Thomas M. McWilliams, Oakland, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 20, 2012 (13/528,064). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8667001.PN.&OS=PN/8667001&RS=PN/8667001 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** LiveOps Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- LiveOps, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,547) developed by four co-inventors for a system and method "for implementing adaptive security zones." The co-inventors are Vidur Apparao, San Mateo, Calif., Niall Browne, Redwood City, Calif., Scott Bailey, Scotts Valley, Calif., and Jeremy King, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2009 (12/589,832). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683547.PN.&OS=PN/8683547&RS=PN/8683547 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,681,633) developed by Marian Croak, Fair Haven, N.J., and Hossein Eslambolchi, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for managing calls in a packet network." The patent application was filed on April 5, 2005 (11/098,815). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8681633.PN.&OS=PN/8681633&RS=PN/8681633 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Methods for Screening and Arraying Microrganisms Such as Viruses Using Subtractive Contact Printing Background ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,680,024) developed by Sean R. Coyer, Atlanta, Emmanuel Delamarche, Rueschlikon, Switzerland, and Daniel J. Solis, San Diego, for "methods for screening and arraying microrganisms such as viruses using subtractive contact printing background." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2012 (13/429,929). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,680,024.PN.&OS=PN/8,680,024&RS=PN/8,680,024 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,680,400) developed by Robert Charles Hermes, San Francisco, for a visual cable identification. The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2009 (12/619,891). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8680400.PN.&OS=PN/8680400&RS=PN/8680400 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** St. Jude Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,678,646) developed by Gleb V. Klimovitch, Santa Clara, Calif., Timothy E. Ciciarelli, San Jose, Calif., and Shena H. Park., San Francisco, for a "method and system for using common subchannel to assess the operating characteristics of transducers." The patent application was filed on May 25, 2012 (13/481,172). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8678646.PN.&OS=PN/8678646&RS=PN/8678646 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Symantec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,598) developed by Timothy Cashin, Santa Monica, Calif., for a mechanism "for evaluating the security posture of a computer system." The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2012 (13/364,462). 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=8683598.PN.&OS=PN/8683598&RS=PN/8683598 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** IGT Assigned Patent for Gaming System, Gaming Device, and Method Providing Modifiers for Symbol Display Areas ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- IGT, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,678,908) developed by Mark C. Nicely, Daly City, Calif., for a "gaming system, gaming device, and method providing modifiers for symbol display areas." The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2011 (13/237,448). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,678,908.PN.&OS=PN/8,678,908&RS=PN/8,678,908 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fair Isaac Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Fair Isaac, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,586) developed by Theodore J. Crooks, San Diego, for "[c]omprehensive online fraud detection system and method." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2011 (13/211,268). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683586.PN.&OS=PN/8683586&RS=PN/8683586 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Pfizer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Pfizer, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,680,111) developed by 15 co-inventors for "macrocyclic derivatives for the treatment of diseases." The co-inventors are Simon Bailey, San Diego, Benjamin Joseph Burke, San Diego, Michael Raymond Collins, San Diego, Jingrong Jean Cui, San Diego, Judith Gail Deal, Wildomar, Calif., Robert Louis Hoffman, San Marcos, Calif., Qinhua Huang, San Diego, Ted William Johnson, Carlsbad, Calif., Robert Steven Kania, San Diego, John Charles Kath, La Mesa, Calif., Phuong Thi Quy Le, San Diego, Michele Ann McTigue, Encinitas, Calif., Cynthia Louise Palmer, La Mesa, Calif., Paul Francis Richardson, San Diego, and Neal William Sach, San Diego. The patent application was filed on March 5, 2013 (13/786,106). 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=8,680,111.PN.&OS=PN/8,680,111&RS=PN/8,680,111 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Vertex Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,679,406) developed by six co-inventors for an "automated developer for immuno-stained biological samples." The co-inventors are Michael P. Emery, Santee, Calif., Matthew C. Wallace, Carlsbad, Calif., James E. Sinclair, Carlsbad, Calif., Raymond J. Gonzales, Chula Vista, Calif., Brian Grot, San Diego, and Sanjay Shivayogi Magavi, Cambridge, Mass. The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2012 (13/693,492). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8679406.PN.&OS=PN/8679406&RS=PN/8679406 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,677,023) developed by seven co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for virtualizing port adapter resources such as network interface cards used to connect servers to packet based networks." The co-inventors are Vikram Venkataraghavan, Sunnyvale, Calif., Ming Wong, San Jose, Calif., Vipul Jain, Sunnyvale, Calif., Cheng Tang, Saratoga, Calif., Shreyas Shah, San Jose, Calif., Jonathan Davar, Los Altos Hills, Calif., and Mike Dvorkin, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 3, 2005 (11/145,698). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8677023.PN.&OS=PN/8677023&RS=PN/8677023 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Sony Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., and Sony, Tokyo, have been assigned a patent (8,680,008) developed by Christopher D. Russo, San Diego, Jerry J. Kim, San Diego, and Jonathan D. Hood, San Marcos, Calif., for a "custom decorating configure-to-order system and custom decorating process." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2007 (11/693,413). 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=74&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. *** Symantec Assigned Patent for Detecting Process to Establish Backdoor Connection ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,576) developed by James Yun, Hacienda Heights, Calif., for systems and methods "for detecting a process to establish a backdoor connection with a computing device." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2009 (12/571,121). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683576.PN.&OS=PN/8683576&RS=PN/8683576 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent for Determining Conditions within Computer Application ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,575) developed by Deneb Meketa, Berkeley, Calif., for a security application "for determining conditions within a computer application." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2011 (13/162,177). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683575.PN.&OS=PN/8683575&RS=PN/8683575 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Alignment Correction System and Method of Use ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,680,871) developed by five co-inventors for an "alignment correction system and method of use." The co-inventors are Robert J. Foster, Brooklyn, N.Y., Lin Zhou, LaGrangeville, N.Y., Shahin Zangooie, San Jose, Calif., Roger M. Young, Warwick, N.Y., and Clemente Bottini, Marlboro, N.Y. The patent application was filed on April 24, 2013 (13/869,662). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,680,871.PN.&OS=PN/8,680,871&RS=PN/8,680,871 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** WaveMarket Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- WaveMarket, Emeryville, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,554) developed by five co-inventors for a system and method "for managing third party application program access to user information via a native application program interface (API)." The co-inventors are Brian Martin, Moraga, Calif., Joseph Augst, Alameda, Calif., Jesse Myers, San Francisco, Todd Hodes, Emeryville, Calif., and Scott Hotes, Berkeley, Calif. The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2010 (12/689,769). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683554.PN.&OS=PN/8683554&RS=PN/8683554 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Symantec Assigned Patent for Using File Reputations ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,585) developed by two co-inventors for "[u]sing file reputations to identify malicious file sources in real time." The co-inventors are Joseph H. Chen, Los Angeles, and Brendon V. Woirhaye, North Whittier, Calif. The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2011 (13/025,109). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683585.PN.&OS=PN/8683585&RS=PN/8683585 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Insmed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Insmed, Monmouth Junction, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,679,532) developed by Jeff Weers, Belmont, Calif., for "lipid-based compositions of antiinfectives for treating pulmonary infections and methods of use thereof." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2012 (13/664,181). 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=81&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. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,556) developed by two co-inventors for "[e]lectronic devices having adaptive security profiles and methods for selecting the same." The co-inventors are Michael I. Ingrassia Jr., San Jose, Calif., and Jeffery T. Lee, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on May 4, 2011 (13/100,851). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683556.PN.&OS=PN/8683556&RS=PN/8683556 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Methods for Screening and Arraying Microrganisms Such as Viruses Using Subtractive Contact Printing Background ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,680,023) developed by Sean R. Coyer, Atlanta, Emmanuel Delamarche, Thalwil, Switzerland, and Daniel J. Solis, San Diego, for "methods for screening and arraying microrganisms such as viruses using subtractive contact printing background." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2008 (12/195,577). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,680,023.PN.&OS=PN/8,680,023&RS=PN/8,680,023 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus Providing Imager Module with Permanent Carrier ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,680,634) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus providing an imager module with a permanent carrier." The co-inventors are Swarnal Borthakur, Boise, Idaho, Rick Lake, Meridian, Idaho, Andy Perkins, Boise, Idaho, Scott Churchwell, Boise, Idaho, and Steve Oliver, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on April 29, 2011 (13/097,085). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8680634.PN.&OS=PN/8680634&RS=PN/8680634 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Errcive Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Errcive, Boalsburg, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,679,418) developed by Charles E. Ramberg, Los Altos Hills, Calif., and Stephen A. Dynan, Boalsburg, Pa., for the substrate fabrication. The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2012 (13/593,564). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,79,418.PN.&OS=PN/86,79,418&RS=PN/86,79,418 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Belkin International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Belkin International, Playa Vista, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,567) developed by three co-inventors for a method of "distributing information regarding one or more electrical devices and system for the same." The co-inventors are Ryan Yong Kim, Torrance, Calif., Naga Yerramsetti, Houston, and Ricardo Federico Maurino, El Segundo, Calif. The patent application was filed on March 31, 2011 (13/077,782). 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=8683567.PN.&OS=PN/8683567&RS=PN/8683567 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Dasient Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Dasient, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,584) developed by three co-inventors for "[p]erforming a risk assessment of a website." The co-inventors are Neilkumar Murli Daswani, San Jose, Calif., Ameet Ranadive, San Francisco, and Shariq Rizvi, Mountain View, Calif. The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2011 (13/018,161). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683584.PN.&OS=PN/8683584&RS=PN/8683584 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Driscoll Strawberry Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Watsonville, Calif., has been assigned a patent (PP24,333) developed by three co-inventors for a "new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named 'DrisStrawThirtyTwo'." The co-inventors are Matthias D. Vitten, Aptos, Calif., Carlos D. Fear, West Malling, Kent, and Bruce D. Mowrey, Watsonville, Calif. The patent application was filed on July 20, 2012 (13/507,687). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=PP24,333.PN.&OS=PN/PP24,333&RS=PN/PP24,333 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** IGT Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- IGT, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,678,921) developed by Mark C. Nicely, Daly City, Calif., for a "gaming system, gaming device, and method providing player-selectable card dealing attributes." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/249,542). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,678,921.PN.&OS=PN/8,678,921&RS=PN/8,678,921 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fortemedia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Fortemedia, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,670,572) developed by five co-inventors for an "analog-to-digital converter and analog-to-digital conversion method." The co-inventors are Min-Yung Shih, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Jui-Te Chiu, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Yann-Ming Way, Sunnyvale, Calif, Ching-Tzung Lin, Nantou, Taiwan, and Kuo-Hsuan Chang, Taipei, Taiwan. The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2010 (12/950,021). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8670572.PN.&OS=PN/8670572&RS=PN/8670572 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,601) developed by Reza P. Rassool, Stevenson Ranch, Calif., for "[a]udio/video identification watermarking." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2007 (11/695,507). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683601.PN.&OS=PN/8683601&RS=PN/8683601 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** T.P. Lab Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- T.P. Lab, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,536) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system to "combine broadcast television and internet television." The co-inventors are Chi Fai Ho, Palo Alto, Calif., and Shin Cheung Simon Chiu, Palo Alto, Calif. The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2012 (13/586,192). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683536.PN.&OS=PN/8683536&RS=PN/8683536 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Becton, Dickinson & Co. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Becton, Dickinson & Co., Franklin Lakes, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,679,764) developed by Hrair Kirakossian, San Jose, Calif., for a "density-based cell detection system." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2009 (12/380,877). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=79&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=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. *** Google Assigned Patent for Using Delegation ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., and has been assigned a patent (8,683,557) developed by two co-inventors for a system, method and computer program product "for using delegation as a mechanism to manage business activity by taking on a shared identity." The co-inventors are Pavan K. Desikan, Palo Alto, Calif., and Michael Nestler, Menlo Park, Calif. The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2012 (13/366,233). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683557.PN.&OS=PN/8683557&RS=PN/8683557 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Abbott Point of Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Abbott Point of Care, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,679,827) developed by four co-inventors for "apparatus and methods for analyte measurement and immunoassay." The co-inventors are Graham Davis, Princeton, N.J., Imants Lauks, Ottawa, Chao Lin, San Diego, and Cary James Miller, Ottawa. The patent application was filed on June 13, 2012 (13/495,224). 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=77&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. *** Columbia University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Columbia University, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,681,146) developed by Blaine A. Bell, New York, Steven K. Feiner, New York, and Tobias H. Hoellerer, Santa Barbara, Calif., for a "system and method for view management in three dimensional space." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2009 (12/496,882). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,681,146.PN.&OS=PN/8,681,146&RS=PN/8,681,146 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Covidien Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,679,142) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for flow restoration." The co-inventors are Earl Howard Slee, Laguna Niguel, Calif., Thomas Wilder III, Newport Beach, Calif., Thomas McCarthy, San Clemente, Calif., and Mark Philip Ashby, Laguna Niguel, Calif. The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2012 (13/678,464). 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=8679142.PN.&OS=PN/8679142&RS=PN/8679142 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nfusion Vascular Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Nfusion Vascular Systems, Grand Junction, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,679,057) developed by Richard Eustis Fulton III, Grand Junction, Colo., and Richard Lotti, Santa Cruz, Calif., for a recovery catheter assembly. The patent application was filed on March 4, 2011 (13/041,102). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8679057.PN.&OS=PN/8679057&RS=PN/8679057 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bristol-Myers Squibb Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,680,103) developed by four co-inventors for a "process for preparing 2-aminothiazole-5-aromatic carboxamides as kinase inhibitors." The co-inventors are Jean Lajeunesse, Candiac, Canada, John D. DiMarco, East Brunswick, N.J., Michael Galella, Kendall Park, N.J., and Ramakrishnan Chidambaram, Santa Clara, Calif. The patent application was filed on July 31, 2012 (13/562,399). 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=68&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. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,679,651) developed by Gautham Ramachandran, Fremont, Calif., Scott W. Smith, San Jose, Calif., and Sanjay Prasad, Mountain View, Calif., for "structures utilizing phase change for heat management applications." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2010 (12/914,392). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8679651.PN.&OS=PN/8679651&RS=PN/8679651 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent for Print Policy Commands ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,600) developed by John Landwehr, San Mateo, Calif., for "[p]rint policy commands." The patent application was filed on Oct. 11, 2006 (11/546,712). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8683600.PN.&OS=PN/8683600&RS=PN/8683600 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** STMicroelectronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- STMicroelectronics, Coppell, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,679,903) developed by Richard A. Blanchard, Los Altos, Calif., for a "vertical quadruple conduction channel insulated gate transistor." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2007 (11/829,514). 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=8679903.PN.&OS=PN/8679903&RS=PN/8679903 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Palmaz Scientific Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Palmaz Scientific, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,679,517) developed by Julio C. Palmaz, Napa, Calif., for "implantable materials having engineered surfaces made by vacuum deposition and method of making same." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2011 (13/107,510). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8679517.PN.&OS=PN/8679517&RS=PN/8679517 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcon Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Alcon Research, Fort Worth, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,679,064) developed by Jose Luis Lopez, Cypress, Calif., Michael M. Martin, Newport Beach, Calif., and Anil K. Patnala, Irvine, Calif., for an "ophthalmic valved trocar cannula." The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2012 (13/584,045). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8679064.PN.&OS=PN/8679064&RS=PN/8679064 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apollo Endosurgery Assigned Patent for Remotely Adjustable Gastric Banding System ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- Apollo Endosurgery, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,678,993) developed by Dimitrios Stroumpoulis, Goleta, Calif., for a "remotely adjustable gastric banding system." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2010 (12/705,343). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8678993.PN.&OS=PN/8678993&RS=PN/8678993 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. 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