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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (April 7)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,712) developed by Shalabh Gupta, Los Angeles, Bahram Jalali, Los Angeles, and Ali Motafakker-Fard, Revere, Mass., for a "time stretch enhanced recording scope." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2013 (13/855,564). 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=86,86,712.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,712&RS=PN/86,86,712 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of California Assigned Patent for DRAM Cell Utilizing Doubly Gated Vertical Channel ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,497) developed by WookHyun Kwon, Albany, Calif., and Tsu-Jae King Liu, Fremont, Calif., for a "DRAM cell utilizing a doubly gated vertical channel." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2012 (13/412,822). 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=86,86,497.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,497&RS=PN/86,86,497 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., and Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, have been assigned a patent (8,686,466) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "technique for the growth and fabrication of semipolar (Ga,Al,In,B)N thin films, heterostructures, and devices." The co-inventors are Robert M. Farrell Jr., Goleta, Calif., Troy J. Baker, Santa Barbara, Calif., Arpan Chakraborty, Goleta, Calif., Benjamin A. Haskell, Santa Barbara, Calif., P. Morgan Pattison, Morgantown, W.Va., Rajat Sharma, Goleta, Calif., Umesh K. Mishra, Montecito, Calif., Steven P. DenBaars, Goleta, Calif., James S. Speck, Goleta, Calif., and Shuji Nakamura, Santa Barbara, Calif. The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2010 (12/953,029). 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=8,686,466.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,466&RS=PN/8,686,466 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MEPS Real-Time Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- MEPS Real-Time, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,859) developed by Shariq Hussain, Vista, Calif., and Jeffrey Shamblin, San Marcos, Calif., for a "method of identifying tagged articles." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2013 (13/776,613). 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=86,86,859.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,859&RS=PN/86,86,859 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Finisar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Finisar, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,765) developed by Jason Y. Miao, Sunnyvale, Calif., Georgios Kalogerakis, Mountain View, Calif., and The'linh Nguyen, San Jose, Calif., for a driver circuit. The patent application was filed on July 9, 2012 (13/544,327). 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=86,86,765.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,765&RS=PN/86,86,765 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cymer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Cymer, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,686,370) developed by Norbert R. Bowering, Bielefeld, United Kingdom, and Oleh V. Khodykin, San Diego, for "EUV light source components and methods for producing, using and refurbishing same." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2012 (13/675,972). 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=8,686,370.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,370&RS=PN/8,686,370 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ArthroCare Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- ArthroCare, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,685,060) developed by Seth A. Foerster, San Clemente, Calif., for "methods and devices for attaching connective tissues to bone using a knotless suture anchoring device." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2009 (12/464,229). 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=8,685,060.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,060&RS=PN/8,685,060 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,921) developed by Kenton M. Lyons, San Jose, Calif., Roy Want, Los Altos, Calif., and Trevor A. Pering, San Francisco, for a "dynamic geometry management of virtual frame buffer for appendable logical displays." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2008 (12/347,878). 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=86,86,921.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,921&RS=PN/86,86,921 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Rectifier Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- International Rectifier, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,562) developed by Sadiki Jordan, Torrance, Calif., for a "refractory metal nitride capped electrical contact and method for frabricating same." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2009 (12/583,809). 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=86,86,562.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,562&RS=PN/86,86,562 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tesla Motors Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Tesla Motors, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,288) developed by six co-inventors for "power electronics interconnection for electric motor drives." The co-inventors are Nicholas Robert Kalayjian, San Carlos, Calif., Joshua Willard Ferguson, Alameda, Calif., Benjamin David Dettmann, San Francisco, Ryan Carter Kroeze, San Jose, Calif., Michael Raj Kubba, Mountain View, Calif., and William Thomas Chi, Mountain View, Calif. The patent application was filed on May 31, 2011 (13/149,532). 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=8,686,288.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,288&RS=PN/8,686,288 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** STEC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- STEC, Santa Ana, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,572) developed by Mark Moshayedi, Newport Coast, Calif., for "apparatus for stacking integrated circuits." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2012 (13/720,849). 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=86,86,572.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,572&RS=PN/86,86,572 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent for Wafer-level Chip-scale Package Device Having Bump Assemblies Configured to Mitigate Failures Due to Stress ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Maxim Integrated Products, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,560) developed by four co-inventors for a "wafer-level chip-scale package device having bump assemblies configured to mitigate failures due to stress." The co-inventors are Pirooz Parvarandeh, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Reynante Alvarado, San Jose, Calif., Chiung C. Lo, Campbell, Calif., and Arkadii V. Samoilov, Saratoga, Calif. The patent application was filed on April 7, 2010 (12/755,929). 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=86,86,560.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,560&RS=PN/86,86,560 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cogenra Solar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Cogenra Solar, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,279) developed by six co-inventors for a "concentrating solar energy collector." The co-inventors are Gilad Almogy, Palo Alto, Calif., Ratson Morad, Palo Alto, Calif., Amir Bar, Sunnyvale, Calif., Amir Arie Weiss, Sunnyvale, Calif., Ofer Ricklis, Kfar-Sava, Israel, and Andrey Bochkariov, Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel. The patent application was filed on May 17, 2010 (12/781,706). 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=8,686,279.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,279&RS=PN/8,686,279 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,924) developed by five co-inventors for a "determining whether a wearable device is in use." The co-inventors are Max Braun, San Francisco, Ryan Geiss, San Jose, Calif., Harvey Ho, Mountain View, Calif., Thad Eugene Starner, Mountain View, Calif., and Gabriel Taubman, Brooklyn, N.Y. The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2013 (13/769,784). 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=86,86,924.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,924&RS=PN/86,86,924 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Maxim Integrated Products, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,780) developed by Robert G. Meyer, Berkeley, Calif., and Joel D. Birkeland, North Plains, Ore., for a "low distortion MOS attenuator." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2013 (13/766,440). 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=86,86,780.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,780&RS=PN/86,86,780 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Trice Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Trice Imaging, Del Mar, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,687,641) developed by Martin Westin, Stockholm, Sweden, Johanna Wollert Melin, Stockholm, Sweden, and Asa Sjoblom Nordgren, San Diego, for "systems and methods for converting and delivering nondestructive evaluation images to mobile devices and remote communications systems." The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2010 (12/954,359). 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=86,87,641.PN.&OS=PN/86,87,641&RS=PN/86,87,641 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Channell Commercial Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Channell Commercial, Temecula, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,289) developed by Edward J. Burke, Temecula, Calif., and Robert H. Gwillim, Temecula, Calif., for a "sealing mechanism and method for drop cable splice enclosures." The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2012 (13/370,931). 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=8,686,289.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,289&RS=PN/8,686,289 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Stanford University, VA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., and The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have been assigned a patent (8,685,938) developed by Jorg J. Goronzy, Palo Alto, Calif., Cornelia Weyand, Palo Alto, Calif., and Mingcan Yu, Palo Alto, Calif., for "methods to enhance T-cell mediated immune response." The patent application was filed on April 8, 2011 (13/082,790). 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=8,685,938.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,938&RS=PN/8,685,938 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Genentech Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,893) developed by Sachdev S. Sidhu, Toronto, Gregory A. Weiss, Irvine, Calif., and James A. Wells, Burlingame, Calif., for a phage display. The patent application was filed on July 28, 2008 (12/181,222). 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=8,685,893.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,893&RS=PN/8,685,893 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tessera Assigned Patent for Substrate for Microelectronic Package and Method of Fabricating Thereof ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Tessera, San Jose, Calif. has been assigned a patent (8,686,551) developed by Belgacem Haba, Saratoga, Calif., Craig S. Mitchell, San Jose, Calif., and Apolinar Alvarez Jr., Fremont, Calif., for a "substrate for a microelectronic package and method of fabricating thereof." The patent application was filed on June 5, 2012 (13/488,828). 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=86,86,551.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,551&RS=PN/86,86,551 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of California Assigned Patent for Low Droop Light Emitting Diode Structure on Gallium Nitride Semipolar Substrates ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,397) developed by six co-inventors for a "low droop light emitting diode structure on gallium nitride semipolar substrates." The co-inventors are Shuji Nakamura, Santa Barbara, Calif., Steven P. DenBaars, Goleta, Calif., Shinichi Tanaka, Santa Barbara, Calif., Daniel F. Feezell, Santa Barbara, Calif., Yuji Zhao, Goleta, Calif., and Chih-Chien Pan, Goleta, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 11, 2012 (13/493,430). 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=8,686,397.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,397&RS=PN/8,686,397 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** CoDa Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- CoDa Therapeutics, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,685,940) developed by David Laurence Becker, Langley, United Kingdom, Colin Richard Green, Auckland, New Zealand, and Bradford J. Duft, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., for an "impaired wound healing compositions and treatments." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2011 (13/295,020). 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=8,685,940.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,940&RS=PN/8,685,940 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,952) developed by Bobby Burrough, Cupertino, Calif., and Benjamin J. Pope, Newton, Mass., for "multi touch with multi haptics." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2009 (12/419,174). 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=86,86,952.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,952&RS=PN/86,86,952 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** OSI Optoelectronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- OSI Optoelectronics, Hawthorne, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,529) developed by Peter Steven Bui, Cerritos, Calif., Narayan Dass Taneja, Long Beach, Calif., and Manoocher Mansouri Aliabadi, Studio City, Calif., for "wavelength sensitive sensor photodiodes." The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2010 (12/689,349). 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=86,86,529.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,529&RS=PN/86,86,529 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** IXYS Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- IXYS, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,513) developed by Kyoung Wook Seok, Milpitas, Calif., for a "IGBT assembly having circuitry for injecting/extracting current into/from an auxiliary P well." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2012 (13/662,395). 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=86,86,513.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,513&RS=PN/86,86,513 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Autonomic Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Autonomic Technologies, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,858) developed by Benjamin Pless, Atherton, Calif., for a patient identification system. The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2012 (13/717,451). 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=86,86,858.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,858&RS=PN/86,86,858 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Transient Signal Suppression for Class-D Audio Amplifier Arrangement ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,789) developed by Xicheng Jiang, Irvine, Calif., and Minsheng Wang, Irvine, Calif., for a "transient signal suppression for a class-D audio amplifier arrangement." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2011 (13/329,699). 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=86,86,789.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,789&RS=PN/86,86,789 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Allergan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Allergan, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,930) developed by four co-inventors for "methods of providing therapeutic effects using cyclosporin components." The co-inventors are Andrew Acheampong, Irvine, Calif., Diane D. Tang-Liu, Las Vegas, James N. Chang, Newport Beach, Calif., and David F. Power, Hubert, N.C. The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2013 (13/961,828). 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=8,685,930.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,930&RS=PN/8,685,930 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bally Gaming Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Bally Gaming, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,684,838) developed by six co-inventors for a "video switcher and touch router method for a gaming machine." The co-inventors are Bryan M. Kelly, Alamo, Calif., Stephen Patton, Reno, Nev., Kiran Brahmandam, Fremont, Calif., Robert W. Crowder Jr., Las Vegas, Vijay Kompella, Las Vegas, and Jeffrey Lee Allen, Pleasanton, Calif. The patent application was filed on June 19, 2012 (13/527,405). 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=86,84,838.PN.&OS=PN/86,84,838&RS=PN/86,84,838 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ruckus Wireless Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Ruckus Wireless, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,905) developed by Victor Shtrom, Los Altos, Calif., for "pattern shaping of RF emission patterns." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2012 (13/731,273). 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=86,86,905.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,905&RS=PN/86,86,905 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Duncan Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Duncan Solutions, Milwaukee, has been assigned a patent (8,684,158) developed by Gavin Jones, Carlsbad, Calif., Balu Subramanya, Darnestown, Md., and Mike Nickolaus, Milwaukee, for "multifunctional electronic parking meter." The patent application was filed on May 10, 2012 (13/468,867). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=32&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140401.PD.&s2=%28WI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/01/2014+AND+AS/WI&RS=ISD/04/01/2014+AND+AS/WI Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Supertex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Supertex, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,651) developed by Scott Lynch, Half Moon Bay, Calif., and Benedict C.K. Choy, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "multiple stage sequential current regulator." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2011 (13/210,155). 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=86,86,651.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,651&RS=PN/86,86,651 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Orthodyne Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Orthodyne Electronics, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,791) developed by Christoph B. Luechinger, Irvine, Calif., for a "ribbon bonding in an electronic package." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2013 (13/750,741). 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=8,685,791.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,791&RS=PN/8,685,791 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of California, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, VA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C., and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have been assigned a patent (8,686,045) developed by Frank M. Longo, Menlo Park, Calif., and Stephen M. Massa, Burlingame, Calif., for "methods of facilitating neural cell survival using non-peptide and peptide BDNF neurotrophin mimetics." The patent application was filed on June 8, 2006 (11/449,381). 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=8,686,045.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,045&RS=PN/8,686,045 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Altera Assigned Patent for Partial Reconfiguration and In-system Debugging ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,753) developed by Alan Louis Herrmann, Sunnyvale, Calif., and David W. Mendel, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "partial reconfiguration and in-system debugging." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2012 (13/441,566). 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=86,86,753.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,753&RS=PN/86,86,753 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intematix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Intematix, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,449) developed by Yi-Qun Li, Danville, Calif., for a "light emitting device with phosphor wavelength conversion." The patent application was filed on May 25, 2012 (13/481,565). 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=8,686,449.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,449&RS=PN/8,686,449 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tessera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Tessera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,793) developed by four co-inventors for a "chip assembly having via interconnects joined by plating." The co-inventors are Vage Oganesian, Palo Alto, Calif., Belgacem Haba, Saratoga, Calif., Ilyas Mohammed, Santa Clara, Calif., Craig Mitchell, San Jose, Calif., and Piyush Savalia, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2010 (12/883,421). 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=8,685,793.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,793&RS=PN/8,685,793 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of California Assigned Patent for Real-time, Single-step Bioassay Using Nanoplasmonic Resonator with Ultra-high Sensitivity ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,743) developed by six co-inventors for a "real-time, single-step bioassay using nanoplasmonic resonator with ultra-high sensitivity." The co-inventors are Xiang Zhang, Alamo, Calif., Jonathan A. Ellman, Guilford, Conn., Fanqing Frank Chen, Moraga, Calif., Kai-Hang Su, Seoul, South Korea, Qi-Huo Wei, Kent, Ohio, and Cheng Sun, Evanston, Ill. The patent application was filed on April 30, 2010 (12/772,118). 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=8,685,743.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,743&RS=PN/8,685,743 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of New Jersey Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- The University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,685,367) developed by five co-inventors for "inherently radiopaque polymeric products for embolotherapy." The co-inventors are Donald K. Brandom, San Diego, Eric Schmid, San Diego, Joan Zeltinger, Encinitas, Calif., Durgadas Bolikal, Edison, N.J., and Joachim B. Kohn, Plainfield, N.J. The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2004 (10/952,274). 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=8,685,367.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,367&RS=PN/8,685,367 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for NFC Transceiver with Current Converter ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,686,887) developed by Jafar Savoj, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "NFC transceiver with current converter." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2011 (13/282,336). 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=86,86,887.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,887&RS=PN/86,86,887 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amgen Assigned Patent for Inhibitors of 11-.beta.-hydroxy Steroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Amgen, Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Biovitrum AB, Stockholm, Sweden, have been assigned a patent (8,686,011) developed by 19 co-inventors for "inhibitors of 11-.beta.-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase type 1." The co-inventors are Martin Henriksson, Uppsala, Sweden, Evert Homan, Sollentuna, Sweden, Lars Johansson, Stockholm, Sweden, Jerk Vallgarda, Uppsala, Sweden, Meredith Williams, Uppsala, Sweden, Eric A. Bercot, Moorpark, Calif., Christopher H. Fotsch, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Aiwen Li, Westlake Village, Calif., Guolin Cai, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Randall W. Hungate, Camarillo, Calif., Chester Chenguang Yuan, Newbury Park, Calif., Christopher Tegley, Thousand Oaks, Calif., David J. St. Jean Jr., Camarillo, Calif., Nianhe Han, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Qi Huang, Moorpark, Calif., Qingyian Liu, Camarillo, Calif., Michael D. Bartberger, Sherman Oaks, Calif., George A. Moniz, Cambridge, Mass., and Matthew J. Frizzle, Arlington, Mass. The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2011 (13/233,699). 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=8,686,011.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,011&RS=PN/8,686,011 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Golba Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Golba, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,685) developed by Mehran Moshfeghi, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., for a "secure apparatus for wirelessly transferring power and communicating with one or more slave devices." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2010 (12/979,254). 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=86,86,685.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,685&RS=PN/86,86,685 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invensense Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Invensense, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,555) developed by Goksen G. Yaralioglu, Mountain View, Calif., and Martin Lim, San Mateo, Calif., for an "integrated heater on MEMS cap for wafer scale packaged MEMS sensors." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2012 (13/527,497). 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=86,86,555.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,555&RS=PN/86,86,555 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amyris Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Amyris, Emeryville, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,737) developed by Zach Serber, Emeryville, Calif., and Andrew Horwitz, Emeryville, Calif., for "methods for genomic modification." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2012 (13/459,034). 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=8,685,737.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,737&RS=PN/8,685,737 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Immersion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Immersion, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,941) developed by Stephen D. Rank, San Jose, Calif., for "haptic feedback sensations based on audio output from computer devices." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2012 (13/719,755). 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=86,86,941.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,941&RS=PN/86,86,941 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alta Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Alta Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,284) developed by seven co-inventors for a "photovoltaic device with increased light trapping." The co-inventors are Isik C. Kizilyalli, San Francisco, Melissa Archer, Mountain View, Calif., Harry Atwater, South Pasadena, Calif., Thomas J. Gmitter, Sunnyvale, Calif., Gang He, Cupertino, Calif., Andreas Hegedus, Burlingame, Calif., and Gregg Higashi, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2009 (12/605,140). 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=8,686,284.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,284&RS=PN/8,686,284 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Corinthian Ophthalmic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Corinthian Ophthalmic, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,684,980) developed by 16 co-inventors for a drop generating device. The co-inventors are Charles Eric Hunter, Boone, N.C., Bernard L. Ballou Jr., Raleigh, N.C., Jurgen Klaus Vollrath, Indian Trail, N.C., Arthur H. Tew, Pinehurst, N.C., Joshua Richard Brown, Hickory, N.C., James Thornhill Leath, Burlington, N.C., Nathan R. Faulks, Boone, N.C., Bradley G. Johnson, Boone, N.C., J. Sid Clements, Boone, N.C., Phillip E. Russell, Boone, N.C., John H. Hebrank, Durham, N.C., Tsontcho Inachulev, San Mateo, Calif., Mark Packer, Eugene, Ore., Troy Elliott, Raleigh, N.C., Walter M. Fierson, Arcadia, Calif., and Thomas J. Lindner, Corvallis, Ore. The patent application was filed on July 15, 2011 (13/184,484). 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=8,684,980.PN.&OS=PN/8,684,980&RS=PN/8,684,980 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Oracle America, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,778) developed by Jason M. Hart, Hayden, Idaho, and Robert P. Masleid, Sereno, Calif., for an "integrated pulse-control and enable latch circuit." The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2009 (12/546,529). 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=86,86,778.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,778&RS=PN/86,86,778 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SanDisk Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- SanDisk, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,490) developed by Jian Chen, Sunnyvale, Calif., for an "electron blocking layers for electronic devices." The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2009 (12/390,275). 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=86,86,490.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,490&RS=PN/86,86,490 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Imimtek Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Imimtek, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,943) developed by Abbas Rafii, Palo Alto, Calif., for "two-dimensional method and system enabling three-dimensional user interaction with a device." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2012 (13/506,743). 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=86,86,943.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,943&RS=PN/86,86,943 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** OmniVision Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- OmniVision Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,342) developed by Xiao Ying Hong, San Jose, Calif., and Dominic Massetti, San Jose, Calif., for a "double-sided image sensor formed on a single semiconductor wafer die." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2012 (13/442,562). 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=8,686,342.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,342&RS=PN/8,686,342 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hexcel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Hexcel, Dublin, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,069) developed by Yen-Seine Wang, San Ramon, Calif., for "solvent resistance of epoxy resins toughened with polyethersulfone." The patent application was filed on Oct.12, 2010 (12/902,312). 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=8,686,069.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,069&RS=PN/8,686,069 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,539) developed by Vassili Kireev, Sunnyvale, Calif., Parag Upadhyaya, San Jose, Calif., and Toan D. Tran, San Jose, Calif., for an "inductor having a deep-well noise isolation shield." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2010 (12/906,026). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,86,539.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,539&RS=PN/86,86,539 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Vidacare Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Vidacare, Shavano Park, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,684,978) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and method to inject fluids into bone marrow and other target sites." The co-inventors are Larry J. Miller, Spring Branch, Texas, David S. Bolleter, San Antonio, Charles M. Schwimmer, Los Gatos, Claif., and Robert A. Wilk, Sierra Village, Calif. The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2010 (12/899,696). 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=8,684,978.PN.&OS=PN/8,684,978&RS=PN/8,684,978 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Acea Biosciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Acea Biosciences, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,685,988) developed by four co-inventors for "EGFR modulators and uses thereof." The co-inventors are Xiao Xu, San Diego, Xiaobo Wang, San Diego, Long Mao, San Diego, Li Zhao, San Diego, and Biao Xi, San Diego. The patent application was filed on June 13, 2013 (13/917,514). 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=8,685,988.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,988&RS=PN/8,685,988 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Synaptics Assigned Patent for Input Device Receiver Path and Transmitter Path Error Diagnosis ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Synaptics, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,735) developed by four co-inventors for "input device receiver path and transmitter path error diagnosis." The co-inventors are John Weinerth, San Jose, Calif., Shahrooz Shahparnia, Campbell, Calif., Vivek Pant, San Jose, Calif., and Joseph Kurth Reynolds, Alviso, Calif. The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2011 (13/028,876). 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=86,86,735.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,735&RS=PN/86,86,735 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of California Assigned Patent for Colorimetric Bioassay for Perchlorate ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,892) developed by John D. Coates, Walnut Creek, Calif., and Mark L. Heinnickel, Berkeley, Calif., for a "colorimetric bioassay for perchlorate." The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2009 (13/062,052). 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=8,685,892.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,892&RS=PN/8,685,892 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent for Efficiency Regulation for LED Illumination ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Maxim Integrated Products, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,654) developed by Stephen W. Hawley, Redwood City, Calif., for an "efficiency regulation for LED illumination." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2011 (13/325,707). 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=86,86,654.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,654&RS=PN/86,86,654 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Smule Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Smule, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,686,276) developed by Spencer Salazar, San Francisco, Ge Wang, Palo Alto, Calif., and Perry Cook, Applegate, Ore., for a "system and method for capture and rendering of performance on synthetic musical instrument." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2012 (13/532,321). 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=8,686,276.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,276&RS=PN/8,686,276 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Designer Molecules Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Designer Molecules, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,686,162) developed by Stephen M. Dershem, San Diego, for "maleimide-functional monomers in amorphous form." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2011 (13/218,406). 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=8,686,162.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,162&RS=PN/8,686,162 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,929) developed by five co-inventors for a "detecting CYP24 expression level as a marker for predisposition to cancer." The co-inventors are Donna G. Albertson, Lafayette, Calif., Daniel Pinkel, Walnut Creek, Calif., Colin Collins, San Rafael, Calif., Joe W. Gray, San Francisco, and Bauke Ylstra, San Francisco. The patent application was filed on April 10, 2012 (13/443,639). 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=8,685,929.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,929&RS=PN/8,685,929 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,686,067) developed by Dheya M. Alfekri, San Diego, and Ronald J. Selensky, Poway, Calif., for a "method of making a dispersion of polymer binder-encapsulated silica pigments and coated media including such dispersion." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (13/264,248). 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=8,686,067.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,067&RS=PN/8,686,067 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ronin Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Ronin Licensing, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,686,832) developed by Alexandre H. Oliveira, San Diego, for a "device and system for providing current information for a geographic point of interest." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2011 (13/087,273). 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=86,86,832.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,832&RS=PN/86,86,832 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Synopsy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Synopsys, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,512) developed by Victor Moroz, Saratoga, Calif., Dipankar Pramanik, Saratoga, Calif., and Xi-Wei Lin, Fremont, Calif., for "elevation of transistor channels to reduce impact of shallow trench isolation on transistor performance." The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2011 (13/221,747). 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=86,86,512.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,512&RS=PN/86,86,512 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SanDisk 3D Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- SanDisk 3D, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,476) developed by four co-inventors for a "resistance-switching memory cells adapted for use at low voltage." The co-inventors are Xiaoyu Yang, Saratoga, Calif., Roy E. Scheuerlein, Cupertino, Calif., Feng Li, San Jose, Calif., and Albert T. Meeks, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2013 (13/734,517). 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=86,86,476.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,476&RS=PN/86,86,476 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Orthodyne Electronics Assigned Patent for Ribbon Bonding in Electronic Package ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Orthodyne Electronics, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,789) developed by Christoph B. Luechinger, Irvine, Calif., for a "ribbon bonding in an electronic package." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2010 (12/776,199). 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=8,685,789.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,789&RS=PN/8,685,789 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Signature Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Signature Therapeutics, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,916) developed by Thomas E. Jenkins, San Carlos, Calif., and Craig O. Husfeld, San Carlos, Calif., for "opioid prodrugs with heterocyclic linkers." The patent application was filed on March 8, 2012 (13/415,790). 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=8,685,916.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,916&RS=PN/8,685,916 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Spansion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,492) developed by Chun Chen, San Jose, Calif., and Shenqing Fang, Fremont, Calif., for a "non-volatile FINFET memory device and manufacturing method thereof." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2010 (12/722,083). 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=86,86,492.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,492&RS=PN/86,86,492 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Soraa Assigned Patent for Gallium and Nitrogen Containing Trilateral Configuration for Optical Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Soraa, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,431) developed by Max Batres, Fremount, Calif., and Aurelien David, Fremont, Calif., for "gallium and nitrogen containing trilateral configuration for optical devices." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2011 (13/281,221). 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=8,686,431.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,431&RS=PN/8,686,431 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SanDisk 3D Assigned Patent for Nonvolatile Memory Device Using Varistor as Current Limiter Element ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- SanDisk 3D, Milpitas, Calif., and Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, have been assigned a patent (8,686,386) developed by Mihir Tendulkar, Mountain View, Calif., Imran Hashim, Saratoga, Calif., and Yun Wang, San Jose, Calif., for a "nonvolatile memory device using a varistor as a current limiter element." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2012 (13/399,815). 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=8,686,386.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,386&RS=PN/8,686,386 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Novellus Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Novellus Systems, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,867) developed by four co-inventors for a "premetal dielectric integration process." The co-inventors are Michal Danek, Cupertino, Calif., Bart van Schravendijk, Sunnyvale, Calif., Nerissa Draeger, Fremont, Calif., and Lakshminarayana Nittala, Sunnyvale, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2011 (13/315,123). 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=8,685,867.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,867&RS=PN/8,685,867 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** E/G Electro-Graph Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- E/G Electro-Graph, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,640) developed by Michael Vella, San Leandro, Calif., for a "magnetic field reduction apparatus and magnetic plasma flood system for ion beam processing." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2012 (13/672,871). 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=86,86,640.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,640&RS=PN/86,86,640 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,331) developed by J. Joseph Armstrong, Fremont, Calif., for a "dynamic wavefront control of a frequency converted laser system." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2011 (13/194,335). 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=8,686,331.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,331&RS=PN/8,686,331 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Double Data Rate Clock Gating ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,755) developed by Anatoly Gelman, San Diego, for "double data rate clock gating." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/250,042). 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=86,86,755.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,755&RS=PN/86,86,755 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Techniques for Configuring Contacts of Connector ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,600) developed by four co-inventors for "techniques for configuring contacts of a connector." The co-inventors are Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, San Francisco, Scott Mullins, Gilroy, Calif., Alexei Kosut, Mountain View, Calif., and Jahan Minoo, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2012 (13/721,522). 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=86,86,600.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,600&RS=PN/86,86,600 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cytokinetics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,007) developed by 10 co-inventors for "certain heterocycles, compositions thereof, and methods for their use." The co-inventors are Luke W. Ashcraft, San Francisco, Gustave Bergnes, Pacifica, Calif., Chihyuan Chuang, Millbrae, Calif., Scott Collibee, San Carlos, Calif., Pu-Ping Lu, Foster City, Calif., Bradley Morgan, Moraga, Calif., Alex Muci, San Francisco, Xiangping Qian, Foster City, Calif., Jeffrey Warrington, San Mateo, Calif., and Zhe Yang, Daly City, Calif. The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2012 (13/612,715). 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=8,686,007.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,007&RS=PN/8,686,007 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,003) developed by Jose Luis Millan, La Jolla, Calif., and Eduard Sergienko, La Jolla, Calif., for a "tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase inhibitors and uses thereof for treating vascular calcification." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2011 (13/313,756). 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=8,686,003.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,003&RS=PN/8,686,003 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Paper with Surface Treatment ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,685,503) developed by Xiaoqi Zhou, San Diego, Gracy Wingkono, San Diego, and Dave Edmondson, San Diego, for a "paper with surface treatment." The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2010 (13/387,483). 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=8,685,503.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,503&RS=PN/8,685,503 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,888) developed by Wei-Te Chou, Irivne, Calif., Jiangfeng Wu, Irvine, Calif., and Wenbo Liu, Costa Mesa, Calif., for a "complementary switched capacitor amplifier for pipelined ADCs and other applications." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2012 (13/543,386). 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=86,86,888.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,888&RS=PN/86,86,888 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Calabazas Creek Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Calabazas Creek Research, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,910) developed by R. Lawrence Ives, San Mateo, Calif., and Yosuke M. Mizuhara, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "low reflectance radio frequency load." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2010 (12/758,614). 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=86,86,910.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,910&RS=PN/86,86,910 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent for 3D Chip Package with Shielded Structures ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,543) developed by five co-inventors for "3D chip package with shielded structures." The co-inventors are Albert Bergemont, Palo Alto, Calif., Uppili Sridhar, Cupertino, Calif., Joseph Ellul, San Jose, Calif., Yi-Sheng Anthony Sun, San Jose, Calif., and Elliott Simons, Southborough, Mass. The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2011 (13/284,116). 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=86,86,543.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,543&RS=PN/86,86,543 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Novozymes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Novozymes, Davis, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,738) developed by four co-inventors for "methods of obtaining genetic competence in bacillus cells." The co-inventors are Randy Berka, Davis, Calif., Michelle Maranta, Davis, Calif., Maria Tang, Fairfield, Calif., and Barbara Cherry, Winters, Calif. The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2013 (13/760,763). 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=8,685,738.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,738&RS=PN/8,685,738 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** National Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,722) developed by Anuraag Mohan, Fremont, Calif., and Peter J. Hopper, San Jose, Calif., for a semiconductor fluxgate magnetometer. The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2011 (13/218,772). 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=86,86,722.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,722&RS=PN/86,86,722 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Chembridge Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Chembridge, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,686,005) developed by Vlad Edward Gregor, Del Mar, Calif., for "tricyclic compound derivatives useful in the treatment of neoplastic diseases, inflammatory disorders and immunomodulatory disorders." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2011 (13/242,272). 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=8,686,005.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,005&RS=PN/8,686,005 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amgen Assigned Patent for Method of Treating Cancer with Substituted Amide Derivatives ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Amgen, Thousand Oaks, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,983) developed by 20 co-inventors for a "method of treating cancer with substituted amide derivatives." The co-inventors are Tae-Seong Kim, Thousand Oaks, Calif., David Bauer, Sudbury, Mass., Steven Bellon, Wellesley, Mass., Alessadro Boezio, Somerville, Mass., Shon Booker, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Deborah Choquette, Medford, Mass., Derin C. D'Amico, Newbury Park, Calif., Noel D'Angelo, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Celia Dominguez, Los Angeles, Ingrid M. Fellows, Fresno, Calif., Julie Germain, Medford, Mass., Russell Graceffa, Hampton, N.H., Jean-Christophe Harmange, Andover, Mass., Satoko Hirai, Cambridge, Mass., Daniel La, Brookline, Mass., Matthew Lee, Calabasas, Calif., Longbin Liu, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Mark H. Norman, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Michele Potashman, Cambridge, Mass., Philip Roveto, San Francisco, Aaron C. Siegmund, Ventura, Calif., Ning Xi, Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Kevin Yang, San Gabriel, Calif. The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2011 (13/308,310). 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=8,685,983.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,983&RS=PN/8,685,983 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Volterra Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Volterra Semiconductor, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,693) developed by Shibashis Bhowmik, Fremont, Calif., and Eric Macris, San Francisco, for "systems and methods for scalable configurations of intelligent energy storage packs." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2010 (12/716,203). 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=86,86,693.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,693&RS=PN/86,86,693 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Digital Phase Locked Loop with Feedback Loops ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,770) developed by six co-inventors for "digital phase locked loop with feedback loops." The co-inventors are Emmanouil Frantzeskakis, Ilioupolis, Greece, Georgios Sfikas, Glyfada, Greece, Stephen Wu, Fountain Valley, Calif., Radha Srinivasan, Irvine, Calif., Henrik Tholstrup Jensen, Long Beach, Calif., and Brima Ibrahim, Laguna Hills, Calif. The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2013 (13/962,325). 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=86,86,770.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,770&RS=PN/86,86,770 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intermolecular Assigned Patent for Method for Forming MOS Capacitor ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Intermolecular, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,829) developed by Amol Joshi, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "method for forming MOS capacitor." The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2012 (13/706,680). 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=8,685,829.PN.&OS=PN/8,685,829&RS=PN/8,685,829 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Synerdyne Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Synerdyne, Santa Monica, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,948) developed by four co-inventors for "highly mobile keyboard in separable components." The co-inventors are Mark S. Knighton, Santa Monica, Calif., Mydul R. Islam, Van Nuys, Calif., Tzyy-Woei R. Sung, Buena Park, Calif., and Kevin H. Vuong, Baldwin Park, Calif. The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2012 (13/366,218). 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=86,86,948.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,948&RS=PN/86,86,948 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Allergan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Allergan, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,025) developed by David W. Old, Irvine, Calif., and Robert M. Burk, Laguna Beach, Calif., for therapeutic lactams. The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2008 (12/334,704). 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=8,686,025.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,025&RS=PN/8,686,025 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SuVolta Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- SuVolta, Los Gatos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,511) developed by Pushkar Ranade, Los Gatos, Calif., Lucian Shifren, San Jose, Calif., and Sachin R. Sonkusale, Los Gatos, Calif., for "source/drain extension control for advanced transistors." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2013 (14/030,471). 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=86,86,511.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,511&RS=PN/86,86,511 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micrel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Micrel, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,686,802) developed by five co-inventors for a "bias voltage tuning of MEMS resonator operation point." The co-inventors are Andrew Robert Brown, Northville, Mich., John Ryan Clark, Howell, Mich., Wan-Thai Hsu, Saline, Mich., Graham Yorke Mostyn, Saratoga, Calif., and William Cochrane Ingle, Mountain View, Calif. The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2012 (13/351,215). 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=86,86,802.PN.&OS=PN/86,86,802&RS=PN/86,86,802 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Five Prime Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Five Prime Therapeutics, South San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,685,931) developed by four co-inventors for "hair growth methods using FGFR3 extracellular domains." The co-inventors are Thomas Brennan, Saratoga, Calif., Robert Dean, Alameda, Calif., W. Michael Kav For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1157327 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |