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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (April 11)
[April 11, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (April 11)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina.

*** Scenera Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Scenera Technologies, Portsmouth, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,694,921) developed by David B. Lection, Raleigh, N.C., for "methods, systems, and computer readable media for controlling presentation and selection of objects that are digital images depicting subjects." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2011 (13/246,215). 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=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140408.PD.&s2=%28NH.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/08/2014+AND+AS/NH&RS=ISD/04/08/2014+AND+AS/NH Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.



*** Affinergy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Affinergy, Durham, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,691,946) developed by nine co-inventors for "methods and compositions for soft tissue repair." The co-inventors are Isaac Gilliam Sanford, Durham, N.C., Martyn Kerry Darby, Chapel Hill, N.C., Jonathan Allen Hodges, Durham, N.C., Shrikumar Ambujakshan Nair, Cary, N.C., Yuchen Chen, Chapel Hill, N.C., Paul Theodore Hamilton, Cary, N.C., Ganesan Sathya, Cary, N.C., Hanne Gron, Durham, N.C., and Michelle Steffen Jansen, Durham, N.C.

The patent application was filed on May 17, 2011 (13/109,802). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,946.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,946&RS=PN/8,691,946 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.


*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Structural Configuration of Heat Exchanger Door for Electronics Rack ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,693,198) developed by six co-inventors for a "structural configuration of a heat exchanger door for an electronics rack." The co-inventors are Eric A. Eckberg, Rochester, Minn., Howard V. Mahaney Jr., Cedar Park, Texas, William M. Megarity, Roxboro, N.C., Roger R. Schmidt, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Tejas Shah, Austin, Texas, and Scott A. Shurson, Mantorville, Minn.

The patent application was filed on April 10, 2012 (13/443,084). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,693,198.PN.&OS=PN/8,693,198&RS=PN/8,693,198 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Distributed Routing with Centralized Quality of Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,693,470) developed by Larus B. Maxwell, Raleigh, N.C., and Chirag K. Shroff, Apex, N.C., for a "distributed routing with centralized quality of service." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2010 (12/772,643). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=8&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=376&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140408.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/08/2014+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/04/08/2014+AND+AS/CA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Iowa Corn Promotion Board Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Iowa Corn Promotion Board, Johnston, Iowa, has been assigned a patent (8,692,070) developed by five co-inventors for "plants with improved nitrogen utilization and stress tolerance." The co-inventors are James McLaren, Chesterfield, Mo., Nicholas Duck, Research Triangle Park, N.C., Brian Vande Berg, Research Triangle Park, N.C., Philip Hammer, Research Triangle Park, N.C., and Laura Schouten, Research Triangle Park, N.C.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2010 (12/916,854). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,692,070.PN.&OS=PN/8,692,070&RS=PN/8,692,070 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Structural Configuration of Heat Exchanger Door for Electronics Rack ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,693,199) developed by six co-inventors for a "structural configuration of a heat exchanger door for an electronics rack." The co-inventors are Eric A. Eckberg, Rochester, Minn., Howard V. Mahaney, Cedar Park, Texas, William M. Megarity, Roxboro, N.C., Roger R. Schmidt, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Tejas Shah, Austin, Texas, and Scott A. Shurson, Mantorville, Minn.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2013 (13/775,610). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,693,199.PN.&OS=PN/8,693,199&RS=PN/8,693,199 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Linear Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Linear Technology, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,693,215) developed by William Hall Coley, Cary, N.C., Charles Edward Hawkes, Cary, N.C., and Kurk David Mathews, Menlo Park, Calif., for a "DC/DC converter with magnetic flux density limits." The patent application was filed on June 2, 2011 (13/151,689). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,93,215.PN.&OS=PN/86,93,215&RS=PN/86,93,215 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Duke University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Duke University, Durham, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,691,960) developed by four co-inventors for "oxidoreductases for enantioselective reactions." The co-inventors are Zachary James Reitman, Durham, N.C., Hai Yan, Chapel Hill, N.C., Bryan Daehahn Choi, Durham, N.C., and John Howard Sampson, Durham, N.C.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2013 (13/778,167). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,960.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,960&RS=PN/8,691,960 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Nuclear Fuel Pellet Inspection ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,693,613) developed by four co-inventors for a "nuclear fuel pellet inspection." The co-inventors are Clifford Bueno, Clifton Park, N.Y., Patrick Kenneth Hogan, Hampstead, N.C., Mark John Osterlitz, Schenectady, N.Y., and William Robert Ross, Rotterdam, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2010 (12/687,704). 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=8,693,613.PN.&OS=PN/8,693,613&RS=PN/8,693,613 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System, Method, and Apparatus for Proximity-based Authentication for Managing Personal Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,693,988) developed by four co-inventors for a "system, method, and apparatus for proximity-based authentication for managing personal data." The co-inventors are Michael D. Facemire, Pittsboro, N.C., Frank L. Jania, Chapel Hill, N.C., Tracy L. Rankin, Raleigh, N.C., and Michael Wanderski, Durham, N.C.

The patent application was filed on June 16, 2009 (12/485,736). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,693,988.PN.&OS=PN/8,693,988&RS=PN/8,693,988 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Fail to Wire Removable Module for Network Communication Link ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,693,309) developed by five co-inventors for a "fail to wire removable module for network communication link." The co-inventors are Raymond F. Babcock, Stewartville, Minn., Ronald L. Billau, Rochester, Minn., Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Rochester, Minn., Philip E. Grady, Kannapolis, N.C., and George W. Van Leeuwen, Rochester, Minn.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2012 (13/676,918). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,693,309.PN.&OS=PN/8,693,309&RS=PN/8,693,309 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** ViiV Healthcare Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- ViiV Healthcare, Research Triangle Park, N.C., and Shionogi, Osaka, Japan, have been assigned a patent (8,691,991) developed by eight co-inventors for "2-oxonaphthyridine-3-carboxamides HIV integrase inhibitors." The co-inventors are Brian Alvin Johns, Durham, N.C., Eric Eugene Boros, Durham, N.C., Takshi Kawasuji, Osaka, Japan, Cecilia S. Koble, Durham, N.C., Noriyuki Kurose, Osaka, Japan, Hitoshi Murai, Osaka, Japan, Ronald George Sherrill, Durham, N.C., and Jason Gordon Weatherhead, Durham, N.C.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2005 (10/597,902). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,991.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,991&RS=PN/8,691,991 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** ViiV Healthcare Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- ViiV Healthcare, Research Triangle Park, N.C., and Shionogi, Osaka, Japan, have been assigned a patent (8,691,823) developed by five co-inventors for "prodrugs of (4aS, 13ar)-N-[(2,4-difluorophenyl)methyl]-10-hydroxy-9-11-dioxo-2,3,4a,5,9,11,- 13,13a-octahydro-1H-pyrido[1,2 a]pyrrolo[1',2':3:4]imidazo[1,2-d]pyrazine-- 8-carboxamide and their use in the treatment of HIV infection." The co-inventors are Brian A. Johns, Research Triangle Park, N.C., Jason G. Weatherhead, Research Triangle Park, N.C., Yasunori Aoyama, Osaka, Japan, Hiroshi Yoshida, Osaka, Japan, and Yoshiyuki Taoda, Osaka, Japan.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2013 (13/770,336). 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=8,691,823.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,823&RS=PN/8,691,823 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System, Method, and Apparatus for Proximity-based Authentication for Managing Personal Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,693,990) developed by four co-inventors for a "system, method, and apparatus for proximity-based authentication for managing personal data." The co-inventors are Michael D. Facemire, Pittsboro, N.C., Frank L. Jania, Chapel Hill, N.C., Tracy L. Rankin, Raleigh, N.C., and Michael Wanderski, Durham, N.C.

The patent application was filed on March 12, 2012 (13/417,580). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,693,990.PN.&OS=PN/8,693,990&RS=PN/8,693,990 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** G1 Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- G1 Therapeutics, Chapel Hill, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,691,830) developed by Francis X. Tavares, Durham, N.C., and Jay C. Strum, Hillsborough, N.C., for CDK inhibitors.

The patent application was filed on April 24, 2013 (13/869,594). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,830.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,830&RS=PN/8,691,830 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cree Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Cree, Durham, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,692,277) developed by seven co-inventors for "light emitting diodes including optically matched substrates." The co-inventors are David B. Slater Jr., Raleigh, N.C., Robert C. Glass, Chapel Hill, N.C., Charles M. Swoboda, Morrisville, N.C., Bernd Keller, Goleta, Calif., James Ibbetson, Goleta, Calif., Brian Thibeault, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Eric J. Tarsa, Goleta, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 13, 2010 (12/835,366). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,692,277.PN.&OS=PN/8,692,277&RS=PN/8,692,277 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Altera Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Motion Search Refinement in SIMD Array Processor ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,693,548) developed by Mihailo M. Stojancic, San Jose, Calif., and Gerald George Pechanek, Cary, N.C., for "methods and apparatus for motion search refinement in a SIMD array processor." The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2013 (13/747,925). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=8&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=355&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140408.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/08/2014+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/04/08/2014+AND+AS/CA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for High Efficiency Group Iii Nitride Led with Lenticular Surface ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Cree, Durham, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,692,267) developed by four co-inventors for a "high efficiency Group III nitride LED with lenticular surface." The co-inventors are John Adam Edmond, Cary, N.C., David Beardsley Slater Jr., Durham, N.C., Jayesh Bharathan, Cary, N.C., and Matthew Donofrio, Raleigh, N.C.

The patent application was filed on July 21, 2011 (13/188,361). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,692,267.PN.&OS=PN/8,692,267&RS=PN/8,692,267 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Erimos Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Erimos Pharmaceuticals, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,691,845) developed by four co-inventors for a "tetra-O-substituted butane-bridge modified NDGA derivatives, their synthesis and pharmaceutical use." The co-inventors are Jonathan Daniel Heller, San Francisco, Qingqi Chen, Chapel Hill, N.C., Rocio Alejandra Lopez, Raleigh, N.C., and Amanda Jean Morris, Graham, N.C.

The patent application was filed on July 30, 2012 (13/561,517). 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=86,91,845.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,845&RS=PN/86,91,845 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microelectronics Assembly Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Microelectronics Assembly Technologies, Research Triangle Park, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,692,124) developed by James E. Clayton, Raleigh, N.C., and Zakaryae Fathi, Raleigh, N.C., for an "electrical connector and method of making." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2010 (12/927,544). 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=8,692,124.PN.&OS=PN/8,692,124&RS=PN/8,692,124 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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