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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (April 5)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Post-Render Graphics Scaling ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,681,180) developed by four co-inventors for an apparatus, method and computer program product "for scaling a rendered surface." The co-inventors are Brian Ellis, San Diego, Steven Todd Weybrew, Portland, Ore., Simon Wilson, Dacono, Colo., and Baback Elmieh, Carlsbad, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2007 (11/955,253). 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=8681180.PN.&OS=PN/8681180&RS=PN/8681180 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** MaxLinear Assigned Patent for Processing Multichannel Signals ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- MaxLinear, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,900) developed by two co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for processing multichannel signals in a multichannel receiver." The co-inventors are Curtis Ling, Carlsbad, Calif., and Timothy Gallagher, Carlsbad, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2010 (12/979,270). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8681900.PN.&OS=PN/8681900&RS=PN/8681900 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** HRL Laboratories Assigned Patent for Molecular Gas-Filled Follow Core ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- HRL Laboratories, Malibu, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,421) developed by three co-inventors for "[m]olecular gas-filled hollow core photonic crystal fiber laser at infra-red wavelengths." The co-inventors are Bryan Fong, Los Angeles, Calif., David M. Pepper, Malibu, Calif., and Hans Bruesselbach, Monte Nido, Calif. The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2010 (12/885,309). 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=8681421.PN.&OS=PN/8681421&RS=PN/8681421 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Transmitter I/Q and Carrier Leak Calibration ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,681,896) developed by two co-inventors for "[t]ransmitter I/Q and carrier leak calibration." The co-inventors are Ning Zhang, Saratoga, Calif., and Chin-Hung Chen, Tainan, Taiwan. The patent application was filed on May 13, 2010 (12/779,595). 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=8681896.PN.&OS=PN/8681896&RS=PN/8681896 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** PaymentOne Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- PaymentOne, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,956) developed by four co-inventors for method and apparatus "to validate a subscriber line." The co-inventors are Jennifer R. Truitt, Campbell, Calif., Joseph M. Lynam, Cupertino, Calif., M. Brendan Philbin, Morgan Hill, Calif., and Ken R. Dawson, Pleasanton, Calif. The patent application was filed on April 1, 2011 (13/078,371). 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=8681956.PN.&OS=PN/8681956&RS=PN/8681956 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Medimmune Assigned Patent for Influenza Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase Variants ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Medimmune, Gaithersburg, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,685,410) developed by three co-inventors for "influenza hemagglutinin and neuraminidase variants." The co-inventors are Chin-Fen Yang, San Jose, Calif., George Kemble, Saratoga, Calif., and Chongguang Liu, Fremont, Calif. The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2013 (13/767,749). 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=8685410.PN.&OS=PN/8685410&RS=PN/8685410 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Cymer Assigned Patent for Separating Main Pulse ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Cymer, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,681,427) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for separating a main pulse and a pre-pulse beam from a laser source." The co-inventors are Robert A. Bergstedt, Carlsbad, Calif., Christopher Paul Pate, San Diego, and Jason Michael Arcand, San Diego. The patent application was filed on June 27, 2012 (13/535,148). 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=8681427.PN.&OS=PN/8681427&RS=PN/8681427 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Rosendin Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Rosendin Electric, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,479) developed by three co-inventors for various methods and apparatuses "for an integrated power distribution platform." The co-inventors are Jeffrey David Rose, San Jose, Calif., John Manual Loera, San Jose, Calif., and Matthew John Englert, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2009 (12/549,963). 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=8681479.PN.&OS=PN/8681479&RS=PN/8681479 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Magnetic Tunnel Junction ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,681,536) developed by six co-inventors for "[m]agnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) on planarized electrode." The co-inventors are Kangho Lee, San Diego, Seung H. Kang, San Diego, Wah Nam Hsu, San Diego, Wei-Chuan Chen, San Diego, Xia Li, San Diego, and Xiaochun Zhu, San Diego. The patent application was filed on May 11, 2010 (12/777,529). 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=8681536.PN.&OS=PN/8681536&RS=PN/8681536 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Purdue Research Foundation Assigned Patent for Azaindenoisoquinoline Topoisomerase I Inhibitors ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,686,146) developed by three co-inventors for "azaindenoisoquinoline topoisomerase I inhibitors." The co-inventors are Andrew E. Morrell, San Diego, Mark S. Cushman, West Lafayette, Ind., and Evgeny A. Kiselev, West Lafayette, Ind. The patent application was filed on July 13, 2012 (13/548,579). 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=8686146.PN.&OS=PN/8686146&RS=PN/8686146 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Tesla Motors Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Tesla Motors, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,672,398) developed by two co-inventors for "[i]n-line outer sliding panorama sunroof tracks." The co-inventors are Matthew Paul Gruss, San Francisco, and Marcus Christensen, Davisburg, Alberta, Canada. The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2012 (13/628,980). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8672398.PN.&OS=PN/8672398&RS=PN/8672398 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Authenticating Printers ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,361) developed by three co-inventors for "[a]uthenticating printers prior to pairing with portable electronic devices." The co-inventors are Michael R. Sweet, Morgan Hill, Calif., Tito Thomas, San Jose, Calif., and Howard A. Miller, Saratoga, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2011 (13/310,266). 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=8681361.PN.&OS=PN/8681361&RS=PN/8681361 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** ZymoGenetics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- ZymoGenetics, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,685,395) developed by two co-inventors for methods "for antagonizing signal transduction in dorsal root ganglion cells." The co-inventors are Yue Yao, Issaquah, Wash., and Janine Bilsborough, Simi Valley, Calif. The patent application was filed on March 7, 2013 (13/788,454). 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=8685395.PN.&OS=PN/8685395&RS=PN/8685395 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** LSI Assigned Patent for Generating Predictable Degradation Bias ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- LSI, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,441) developed by five co-inventors for systems and methods "for generating predictable degradation bias." The co-inventors are Fan Zhang, Milpitas, Calif., Zongwang Li, San Jose, Calif., Shaohua Yang, Santa Clara, Calif., Yang Han, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Weijun Tan, Longmont, Colo. The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2011 (13/227,544). 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=8681441.PN.&OS=PN/8681441&RS=PN/8681441 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Multimodal Augmented Reality for Location Mobile Information Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,688,443) developed by three co-inventors for a "multimodal augmented reality for location mobile information service." The co-inventors are Michael Johnston, New York, Remi Zajac, Pasadena, Calif., and Patrick Ehlen, San Francisco. The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2009 (12/645,589). 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=8688443.PN.&OS=PN/8688443&RS=PN/8688443 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Perception of Continuous Surface ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,204) developed by five co-inventors for a system and method "for providing a perception of a continuous surface in a telepresence system." The co-inventors are Ashok T. Desai, Fremont, Calif., Randy K. Harrell, Los Gatos, Calif., Marthinus F. De Beer, Los Gatos, Calif., Philip R. Graham, Milpitas, Calif., and Richard T. Wales, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2012 (13/621,587). 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=8681204.PN.&OS=PN/8681204&RS=PN/8681204 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Electronic Device with Two Image Sensors ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,250) developed by two co-inventors for an electronic device "for producing an image of an object." The co-inventors are Michael F. Culbert, Monte Sereno, Calif., and Chris Ligtenberg, San Carlos, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2011 (13/331,543). 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=8681250.PN.&OS=PN/8681250&RS=PN/8681250 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Oewaves Assigned Patent for Generating of Single Optical Tone ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Oewaves, Pasadena, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,827) developed by two co-inventors for "[g]eneration of single optical tone, RF oscillation signal and optical comb in a triple-oscillator device based on nonlinear optical resonator." The co-inventors are Andrey B. Matsko, Pasadena, Calif., and Lute Maleki, Pasadena, Calif. The patent application was filed on May 15, 2012 (13/472,420). 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=8681827.PN.&OS=PN/8681827&RS=PN/8681827 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Vizio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Vizio, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,278) developed by two co-inventors for an application and system "for controlling speaker volume of externally amplified speakers connected to a television." The co-inventors are Matthew Blake McRae, Laguna Beach, Calif., and John Schindler, Lader Ranch, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 28, 2010 (12/824,304). 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=8681278.PN.&OS=PN/8681278&RS=PN/8681278 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Multiple Directions to Destination ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,688,371) developed by three co-inventors for a "multiple directions to a destination without providing a specific origin." The co-inventors are Matthew Cheung, Redmond, Wash., Jeffrey D. Couckuyt, San Jose, Calif., and Markus Jansen, Sammamish, Wash. The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2011 (13/241,226). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8688371.PN.&OS=PN/8688371&RS=PN/8688371 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** LSI Assigned Patent for Handling Sector Gaps ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- LSI, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,439) developed by five co-inventors for systems and methods "for handling sector gaps in inter-track interference compensation." The co-inventors are Ming Jin, Fremont, Calif., George Mathew, San Jose, Calif., Shaohua Yang, San Jose, Calif., Jongseung Park, Allentown, Pa., and Erich F. Haratsch, Bethlehem, Pa. The patent application was filed on July 19, 2011 13/186,197. 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=8681439.PN.&OS=PN/8681439&RS=PN/8681439 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Cradle IP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Cradle IP, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,526) developed by three co-inventors for "[s]ize and retry programmable multi-synchronous FIFO." The co-inventors are Mark Longley, Livermore, Calif., Erik P. Machnicki, San Jose, Calif., and Moshe B. Simon, San Ramon, Calif. The patent application was filed on July 2, 2008 (12/167,064). 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=8681526.PN.&OS=PN/8681526&RS=PN/8681526 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Daly City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,970) developed by three co-inventors for a method "for providing continuity over a series of transactions." The co-inventors are Mikhail Gilula, Foster City, Calif., Sergey Fedorov, Moraga, Calif., and Derek Barnes, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2010 (12/701,906). 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=8681970.PN.&OS=PN/8681970&RS=PN/8681970 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Ingenio Assigned Patent for Selectively Provide Telephonic Connections ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Ingenio, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,681,952) developed by five co-inventors for systems and methods "to selectively provide telephonic connections." The co-inventors are Sean Van Der Linden, Berkeley, Calif., Ebbe Altberg, Mill Valley, Calif., Anuj Agarwal, San Francisco, Ron Hirson, San Francisco, and Scott Faber, San Francisco. The patent application was filed on May 30, 2008 (12/130,966). 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=8681952.PN.&OS=PN/8681952&RS=PN/8681952 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent for Heat Shield Module ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,493) developed by two co-inventors for "[h]eat shield module for substrate-like metrology device." The co-inventors are Vaibhaw Vishal, Fremont, Calif., and Mei Sun, Los Altos, Calf. The patent application was filed on May 10, 2011 (13/104,874). 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=8681493.PN.&OS=PN/8681493&RS=PN/8681493 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Anycast Routing Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,802) developed by four co-inventors for "[p]roxy FHRP for anycast routing service." The co-inventors are Chandan Mishra, Campbell, Calif., Sanjay Sane, Fremont, Calif., Smita Rai, Mountain View, Calif., and Gayatri Ramachandran, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2011 (13/209,839). 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=8681802.PN.&OS=PN/8681802&RS=PN/8681802 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Video Insertion Information Insertion ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,874) developed by three co-inventors for "[v]ideo insertion information insertion in a compressed bitstream," The co-inventors are Michael Pereira, Milpitas, Calif., Gary Fujen Cheng, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Wen-Hsiung Chen, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on March 13, 2008 (12/047,996). 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=8681874.PN.&OS=PN/8681874&RS=PN/8681874 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Oversight Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Oversight Technologies, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,688,507) developed by eight co-inventors for methods and systems "for monitoring transaction entity versions for policy compliance." The co-inventors are Jeffrey Z. Johnson, Alpharetta, Ga., Charles A. Coombs, Atlanta, Patrick J. D. Taylor, Atlanta, Michael E. Lortz, Atlanta, Andrew T. Otwell, Douglasville, Ga., Stayton D. Addison, Dunwoody, Ga., Peter H. Kennis, Marietta, Ga., and Daniel R. Kuokka, Palo Alto, Calif. The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2006 (11/307,309). 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=8688507.PN.&OS=PN/8688507&RS=PN/8688507 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Dynamic Enabling and Disabling of CLTD Operation ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,681,809) developed by two co-inventors for "[d]ynamic enabling and disabling of CLTD operation via HS SCCH orders." The co-inventors are Jilei Hou, Carlsbad, Calif., and Sharad Deepak Sambhwani, San Diego. The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2011 (13/285,185). 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=8681809.PN.&OS=PN/8681809&RS=PN/8681809 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Synchronizing Media Presentation ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,822) developed by two co-inventors for a system and method "for synchronizing media presentation at multiple recipients." The co-inventors are Bob Bradley, Foster City, Calif., and Robert Dale Newberry Jr., San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on April 4, 2007 (11/696,679). 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=8681822.PN.&OS=PN/8681822&RS=PN/8681822 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Avistar Communications Assigned Patent for Facilitating Scalable 2-way Mobile ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Avistar Communications, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,969) developed by two co-inventors for "[f]acilitating scalable 2-way mobile AV communications." The co-inventors are Lester F. Ludwig, Belmont, Calif., and Anton F. Rodde, Santa Fe, N.M. The patent application was filed on June 30, 2011 (13/174,757). 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=8681969.PN.&OS=PN/8681969&RS=PN/8681969 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** SiPix Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- SiPix Imaging, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,191) developed by four co-inventors for "[t]hree dimensional driving scheme for electrophoretic display devices." The co-inventors are Craig Lin, San Jose, Calif., Bo-Ru Yang, Banqiao, Taiwan, Ying-Tsang Liu, Taipei, Taiwan, and Chun-An Wei, Pan-Chiao, Taiwan. The patent application was filed on July 8, 2011 (13/178,987). 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=8681191.PN.&OS=PN/8681191&RS=PN/8681191 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** W.R. Grace & Co. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., Columbia, M.D., has been assigned a patent (8,685,156) developed by three co-inventors for "modifying clay activity and slump retention in cementitious compositions." The co-inventors are Hideo Koyata, Kanagawa, Japan, Shuqiang Zhang, Singapore, and Byong-wa Chun, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. The patent application was filed on July 10, 2009 (12/997,723). 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=8685156.PN.&OS=PN/8685156&RS=PN/8685156 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,295) developed by three co-inventors for "[h]ybrid drive writing extended error correction code symbols to disk for data sectors stored in non-volatile semiconductor memory." The co-inventors are Mei-Man L. Syu, Fremont, Calif., Virgil V. Wilkins, Perris, Calif., and Alan T. Meyer, Anaheim Hills, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 22, 2011 (13/166,728). 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=8683295.PN.&OS=PN/8683295&RS=PN/8683295 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Elwha Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Elwha, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,689,350) developed by 11 co-inventors for "[b]ehavioral fingerprint controlled theft detection and recovery." The co-inventors are Marc E.ADavis, San Francisco, Royce A.ALevien, Lexington, Mass., Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., Matthew G.ADyor, Bellevue, Wash., XuedongAHuang, Bellevue, Wash., Nathan P.AMyhrvold, Bellevue, Wash., Roderick A.AHyde, Redmond, Wash., Daniel A.AGerrity, Seattle, Robert W.ALord, Seattle, Mark A.AMalamud, Seattle, Richard T.ALord, Tacoma, Wash. The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2011 (13/373,680). 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=8689350.PN.&OS=PN/8689350&RS=PN/8689350 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** nComputing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- nComputing, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,811) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for obtaining cross compatibility with a plurality of thin-client platforms." The co-inventors are Gabriele Sartori, Fremont, Calif., Klaus A. Maier, Pleinfeld, Germany, and Sergey Kipnis, Pleinfeld, Germany. The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2009 (12/360,400). 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=8681811.PN.&OS=PN/8681811&RS=PN/8681811 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Wyse Technology Assigned Patent for Bandwidth Optimization ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Wyse Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,813) developed by three co-inventors for "[b]andwidth optimization for remote desktop protocol." The co-inventors are Paramtap Desai, Santa Clara, Calif., Khader Basha P. R., Bangalore, India, and Goutham Vastimal Jain, Bangalore, India. The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2011 (13/306,804). 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=8681813.PN.&OS=PN/8681813&RS=PN/8681813 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Newport Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Newport Media, Lake Forest, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,908) developed by three co-inventors for "[l]ow power, multi-chip diversity architecture." The co-inventors are James Carwana, Aliso Viejo, Calif., Tracy Denk, Aliso Viejo, Calif., and Chaoliang T. Chen, Tustin, Calif. The patent application was filed on May 21, 2013 (13/899,388). 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=8681908.PN.&OS=PN/8681908&RS=PN/8681908 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent for Disk Drive Detecting Head Touchdown ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,445) developed by two co-inventors for "[d]isk drive detecting head touchdown by computing anti-correlation in sensor signal." The co-inventors are Noureddine Kermiche, Dana Point, Calif., and Xianghui Xiao, Irvine, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 28, 2012 (13/536,305). 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=8681445.PN.&OS=PN/8681445&RS=PN/8681445 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Remapping Inoperatble Memory Blocks ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,688,954) developed by John D. Davis, San Francisco, for "[r]emapping inoperable memory blocks using pointers." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2011 (13/218,480). 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=8688954.PN.&OS=PN/8688954&RS=PN/8688954 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Floating Gate Transistors ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,686,487) developed by three co-inventors for "semiconductor devices and electronic systems comprising floating gate transistors." The co-inventors are Gurtej Sandhu, Boise, Idaho, Chandra Mouli, Boise, Idaho, and Di Li, Highland, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 14, 2007 (11/763,335). 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=8686487.PN.&OS=PN/8686487&RS=PN/8686487 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Efficient Matching of Multiple Packet ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,794) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for efficient matching of regular expression patterns across multiple packets." The co-inventors are Nate Hill, Milpitas, Calif., Joseph Tardo, Palo Alto, Calif., and Stanislas Wolski, Santa Clara, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2011 (13/330,642). 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=8681794.PN.&OS=PN/8681794&RS=PN/8681794 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent for Sparse Texture ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,169) developed by four co-inventors for systems and methods "for texture processing." The co-inventors are Jesse D. Hall, Santa Clara, Calif., Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Palo Alto, Calif., Andrew Tao, San Francisco, and Henry Moreton, Woodside, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2009 (12/651,228). 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=8681169.PN.&OS=PN/8681169&RS=PN/8681169 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Outbound Transmission of Packet ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,791) developed by three co-inventors for "[o]utbound transmission of packet based on routing search key constructed from packet destination address and outbound interface." The co-inventors are Vincent Lubet, Los Altos, Calif., Cahya Masputra, San Jose, Calif., and Dieter Siegmund, Santa Cruz, Calif. The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2011 (13/294,148). 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=8681791.PN.&OS=PN/8681791&RS=PN/8681791 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Leland Stanford Junior University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- The Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,897) developed by four co-inventors for "[d]ynamic digital communication system control." The co-inventors are John M. Cioffi, Atherton, Calif., Chaohuang Zeng, Palo Alto, Calif., Georgios Ginis, Stanford, Calif., and Wei Yu, Stanford, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 19, 2012 (13/527,074). 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=8681897.PN.&OS=PN/8681897&RS=PN/8681897 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** LSI Assigned Patent for Adjusting Input Samples ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- LSI, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,683,299) developed by three co-inventors for "[a]djusting input samples in turbo equalization schemes to break trapping sets." The co-inventors are Kiran Gunnam, San Jose, Calif., Shaohua Yang, San Jose, Calif., and Changyou Xu, Fremont, Calif. The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2009 (12/540,035). 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=8683299.PN.&OS=PN/8683299&RS=PN/8683299 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** SanDisk 3D, Intermolecular, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- SanDisk 3D, Milpitas, Calif., Intermolecular, San Jose, Calif., and Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, have been assigned a patent (8,681,530) developed by three co-inventors for "[n]onvolatile memory device having a current limiting element." The co-inventors are Tony Chiang, Campbell, Calif., Yu Wang, San Jose, Calif., and Imran Hashim, Saratoga, Calif. The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2012 (13/353,000). 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=8681530.PN.&OS=PN/8681530&RS=PN/8681530 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Generating and Implementing Signal Protocol ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,681,817) developed by four co-inventors for "[g]enerating and implementing a signal protocol and interface for higher data rates." The co-inventors are George Alan Wiley, San Diego, Jon James Anderson, Boulder, Colo., Shashank Shekhar, Erie, Colo., and Brian Steele, Lafayette, Colo. The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2008 (12/259,547). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8681817.PN.&OS=PN/8681817&RS=PN/8681817 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Leland Stanford Junior University Assigned Patent for Optical Sensor ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- The Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,339) developed by three co-inventors for "[o]ptical sensor having a non-negligible source coherence length." The co-inventors are Michael J.F. Digonnet, Palo Alto, Calif., Shanhui Fan, Stanford, Calif., and Seth Lloyd, Stanford, Calif. The patent application was filed on March 25, 2013 (13/850,222). 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=8681339.PN.&OS=PN/8681339&RS=PN/8681339 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Aruba Networks Assigned Patent for Network Device Heat Dissipation Unit ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Aruba Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,501) developed by four co-inventors for "[h]eat dissipation unit for a wireless network device." The co-inventors are David Fraticelli, Fremont, Calif., Thomas Nguyen, Fremont, Calif., Gururaj Govindasamy, San Ramon, Calif., and Hogan Lew, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2010 (12/971,962). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8681501.PN.&OS=PN/8681501&RS=PN/8681501 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Adaptive Dithering During Image Processing ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,880) developed by two co-inventors for "[a]daptive dithering during image processing." The co-inventors are Nick Burns, Cupertino, Calif., and Alex Eddy, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2012 (13/669,338). 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=8681880.PN.&OS=PN/8681880&RS=PN/8681880 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Elwha Assigned Patent for Trust Verification Schema ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Elwha, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,688,980) developed by 11 co-inventors for "[t]rust verification schema based transaction authorization." The co-inventors are Marc E. Davis, San Francisco, Matthew G. Dyor, Bellevue, Wash., Daniel A. Gerrity, Seattle, Xuedong, Huang, Bellevue, Wash., Roderick A. Huang, Redmond, Wash., Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Richard T. Lord, Tacoma, Wash., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, Wash., and Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash. The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2011 (13/373,677). 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=8688980.PN.&OS=PN/8688980&RS=PN/8688980 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Dynamic Carrier Sensing Thresholds ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,681,810) developed by two co-inventors for "[d]ynamic carrier sensing thresholds." The co-inventors are Saishankar Nandagopalan, San Diego, and Santosh Abraham, San Diego. The patent application was filed on April 12, 2007 (11/734,785). 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=8681810.PN.&OS=PN/8681810&RS=PN/8681810 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Elwha Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Elwha, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,686,578) developed by 10 co-inventors for method and apparatus "for storing energy." The co-inventors are Alistar K. Chan, Bainbridge Island, Wash., Geoffrey F. Deane, Bellevue, Wash., Aaron Fyke, Pasadena, Calif., William Gross, Pasadena, Calif., Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Nathan B. Myhrvold, Medina, Wash., Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, Wash., and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash. The patent application was filed on May 8, 2013 (13/889,658). 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=8686578.PN.&OS=PN/8686578&RS=PN/8686578 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** LSI Assigned Patent for Multi-Zone Servo Processor ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,444) developed by three co-inventors for systems and methods "for transferring information to and from a storage medium, and more particularly to systems and methods for positioning a sensor in relation to a storage medium." The co-inventors are Haitao Xia, San Jose, Calif., Xun Zhang, Westford, Mass., and Dahua Qin, Allentown Pa. The patent application was filed on June 7, 2012 (13/491,135). 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=8681444.PN.&OS=PN/8681444&RS=PN/8681444 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Operating System Virtual Memory Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,688,951) developed by nine co-inventors for "[o]perating system virtual memory management for hardware transactional memory." The co-inventors are Koichi Yamada, Los Gatos, Calif., Gad Sheaffer, Haifa, Israel, Ali-Reza Adl-Tabatabai, San Jose, Calif., Landy Wang, Kirkland, Wash., Martin Taillefer, Redmond, Wash., Arun Kishan, Bellevue, Wash., David Callahan, Seattle, Jan Gray, Bellevue, and Vadim Bassin, Raanana, Israel The patent application was filed on July 20, 2012 (13/554,558). 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=8688951.PN.&OS=PN/8688951&RS=PN/8688951 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent for Fixed Network Latency Priority Classifier ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,795) developed by three co-inventors for "[f]ixed latency priority classifier for network data." The co-inventors are Jean Marc Frailong, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Eric M. Verwillow, Palo Alto, Calif., and Avanindra Godbole, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2011 (13/338,595). 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=8681795.PN.&OS=PN/8681795&RS=PN/8681795 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,796) developed by nine co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for switching a data packet between a source and destination in a network." The co-inventors are Rasoul Mirzazadeh Oskouy, Fremont, Calif., Pradeep S. Sindhu, Mountain View, Calif., Dennis C. Ferguson, Mountain View, Calif., Raymond Marcelino Manese Lim, Mountain View, Calif., Bjorn O. Liencres, Palo Alto, Calif., Hann-Hwan Ju, San Jose, Calif., Kireeti Kompella, Sunnyvale, Calif., Nalini Agarwal, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Sreeram Veeragandham, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on May 7, 2012 (13/465,566). 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=8681796.PN.&OS=PN/8681796&RS=PN/8681796 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Google Assigned Patent for Adding Multi-Device Video Communication Session ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,954) developed by two co-inventors for a method "for adding a computing device to a multi-device video communication session." The co-inventors are Glen Shires, Danville, Calif., and Maryam Garrett, Boston. The patent application was filed on April 16, 2012 (13/447,488). 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=8681954.PN.&OS=PN/8681954&RS=PN/8681954 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Translating Paralinguistic Indicators ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,688,611) developed by David S. Bill, San Francisco, for "translating paralinguistic indicators." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2013 (13/915,359). 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=8688611.PN.&OS=PN/8688611&RS=PN/8688611 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Entropic Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Entropic Communications, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,683,256) developed by Saga Jogadhenu, San Diego, for a method and system "for interference detection and mitigation." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2010 (12/822,578). 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=8683256.PN.&OS=PN/8683256&RS=PN/8683256 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Improving Processing Efficiency ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,173) developed by five co-inventors for a system and method "for generating a single compressed vector including two or more predetermined attribute values." The co-inventors are Robert Cavin, San Francisco, Eric Sprangle, Austin, Texas, Anwar Rohillah, Austin, Texas, Tom Forsyth, Kirkland, Wash, and Michael Abrash, West Kirkland, Wash. The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2007 (11/967,492). 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=8681173.PN.&OS=PN/8681173&RS=PN/8681173 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Seagate Technology Assigned Patent for Composite Free Magnetic Element ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Seagate Technology, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,681,539) developed by seven co-inventors for "[s]TRAM with composite free magnetic element." The co-inventors are Wenzhong Zhu, Apple Valley, Minn., Yuankai Zheng, Bloomington, Minn., Dexin Wang, Eden Prairie, Minn., Kaizhong Gao, Eden Prairie, Minn., Olle Heinonen, Eden Prairie, Minn., Dimitar V. Dimitrov, Edina, Minn., and Haiwen Xi, Prior Lake, Minn. The patent application was filed on April 25, 2013 (13/862,611). 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=8681539.PN.&OS=PN/8681539&RS=PN/8681539 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Blind Decoding of Downlink Signals ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,681,906) developed by three co-inventors for methods and systems "for efficiently performing the blind decoding of downlink signals." The co-inventors are Durga Prasad Malladi, San Diego, Sandip Sarkar, San Diego, and Juan Montojo, Nuremberg, Germany. The patent application was filed on June 21, 2012 (13/529,900). 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=8681906.PN.&OS=PN/8681906&RS=PN/8681906 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. 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