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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (April 14)
[April 14, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (April 14)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** Monsanto Technology Assigned Patent for Soybean Transgenic Event MON87705 ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Monsanto Technology, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,678,080) developed by four co-inventors for "[s]oybean transgenic event MON87705 and methods for detection thereof." The co-inventors are Nicholas Wagner, Sacramento, Calif., Wen C. Burns, Chesterfield, Mo., Eric J. Godsy, Millstadt, Ill., and Peter D. Roberts, Benicia, Calif.



The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2012 (13/670,136). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8692080.PN.&OS=PN/8692080&RS=PN/8692080 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Federal Home Loan Mortgage Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Federal Home Loan Mortgage, McLean, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,678,421) developed by seven co-inventors for a system and method of "structuring a supplemental interest mortgage is disclosed. A principal debt obligation and a supplemental debt obligation based on the principal debt loan are secured by a single security instrument." The co-inventors are John P. McMurray, Woodland Hills, Calif., Jacqueline M. Doty, Olney, Md., Richard P. Nespola Jr., Washington, D.C., Morgan C. Snyder, Clifton, Va., Lynne S. Mayo, Annandale, Va., Daniel W. Kelly, Reston, Va., and Paul Alan Thomas, Ashburn, Va.


The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2013 (13/779,521). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8694421.PN.&OS=PN/8694421&RS=PN/8694421 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Monsanto Technology Assigned Patent for Soybean Plant and Seeds ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Monsanto Technology, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,678,076) developed by three co-inventors for a "s]oybean plant and seed corresponding to transgenic event MON87769 and methods for detection thereof." The co-inventors are Byron Froman, Davis, Calif., Can Duong, St. Louis, and Jennifer Listello, O'Fallon, Mo.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2009 (12/865,844). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8692076.PN.&OS=PN/8692076&RS=PN/8692076 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Monsanto Technology Assigned Patent for Promoter Molecules for Plants ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Monsanto Technology, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,678,068) developed by three co-inventors for "[p]romoter molecules for use in plants." The co-inventors are Diane M. Ruezinsky, Grover, Mo., Crystal L. Hewitt, Canton, Mass., and Wei Zheng, Davis, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2011 (13/174,745). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8692068.PN.&OS=PN/8692068&RS=PN/8692068 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,678,654) developed by six co-inventors for an apparatus that includes "a first network control entity associated with at least a portion of multiple physical ports at a first access switch that are operatively coupled to a peripheral processing device and a switch fabric." The co-inventors are Vijayabhaskar Annamalai Kalusivalingam, San Jose, Calif., Jaihari Loganathan, Sunnyvale, Calif., Sreekanth Reddy, San Jose, Calif., Ravi Shekhar, Sunnyvale, Calif., Jeelani Syed, Bangalore, India, and Quaizar Vohra, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2010 (12/968,846). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8694654.PN.&OS=PN/8694654&RS=PN/8694654 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,500) developed by William P. Laceky, Georgetown, Texas, and Izya Kremerman, Los Gatos, Calif., for "systems, apparatus and methods for making an electrical connection to a robot." The patent application was filed on Aug. 22, 2012 (13/592,005). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=514&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.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Brushing Tools for Digital Image Adjustments ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,847) developed by Nikhil Bhatt, Cupertino, Calif., and Mark Lee Kawano, San Mateo, Calif., for "brushing tools for digital image adjustments." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2012 (13/664,009). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=463&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.

*** Lam Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Lam Research, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,467) developed by Neil Martin Paul Benjamin, East Palo Alto, Calif., and Arthur H. Sato, San Jose, Calif., for a "synchronized and shortened master-slave RF pulsing in a plasma processing chamber." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2011 (13/177,486). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=518&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.

*** Integrated DNA Technologies, City of Hope Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Integrated DNA Technologies, Coralville, Iowa, and City of Hope, Duarte, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,691,786) developed by John J. Rossi, Alta Loma, CA, Calif., Mark A. Behlke, Coralville, Iowa, and Dongho Kim, Los Angeles, for "methods and compositions for the specific inhibition of gene expression by double-stranded RNA." The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2013 (13/749,110). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,786.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,786&RS=PN/8,691,786 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** City of Hope, Integrated DNA Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- City of Hope, Duarte, Calif., and Integrated DNA Technologies, Coralville, Iowa, have been assigned a patent (8,691,786) developed by John J. Rossi, Alta Loma, Calif., Mark A. Behlke, Coralville, Iowa, and Dongho Kim, Los Angeles, for "methods and compositions for the specific inhibition of gene expression by double-stranded RNA." The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2013 (13/749,110). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,786.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,786&RS=PN/86,91,786 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,878) developed by Hong Chen, San Ramon, Calif., and Jason Z. Lin, Saratoga, Calif., for "methods and apparatus for simultaneously inspecting multiple array regions having different pitches." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2010 (13/062,934). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=456&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.

*** Tessera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Tessera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,118) developed by Cyprian Uzoh, San Jose, Calif., and Craig Mitchell, San Jose, Calif., for the "reliable wire structure and method." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2011 (13/168,675). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,92,118.PN.&OS=PN/86,92,118&RS=PN/86,92,118 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Rambus Assigned Patent for Signal Lines with Internal and External Termination ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Rambus, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,573) developed by four co-inventors for "signal lines with internal and external termination." The co-inventors are Kyung Suk Oh, Cupertino, Calif., Woopoung Kim, Dallas, Huy M. Nguyen, San Jose, Calif., and Eugene C. Ho, Saratoga, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2011 (13/316,046). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=508&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.

*** Pacesetter Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Pacesetter, Sylmar, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,559) developed by five co-inventors for "connector sleeve for a lead of an internal pulse generator." The co-inventors are Li Jin, Cupertino, Calif., Hanson Chang, Arcadia, Calif., Keith Victorine, Santa Clarita, Calif., Tyler Strang, Valencia, Calif., and Armando M. Cappa, Granada Hills, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 21, 2011 (13/188,116). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=510&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.

*** Agilent Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,581) developed by Minjae Lee, Mountain View, Calif., for a "constant switching current flip-flop." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2011 (13/170,402). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=505&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.

*** Linear Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Linear Technology, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,576) developed by Jeffrey Lynn Heath, Santa Barbara, Calif., for "circuit and methodology for high-speed, low-power level shifting." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2006 (11/522,408). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=506&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.

*** Dolby Laboratories Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Dolby Laboratories Licensing, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,692,855) developed by Chun Chi Wan, Mountain View, Calif., and Henry Ip, Richmond, Canada, for a "compact arrangement of 3D filters and other apparatus/methods of lighting, recycling, and display." The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2011 (13/518,755). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=459&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.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Bounding Box Gesture Recognition on Touch Detecting Interactive Display ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,692,792) developed by W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, Calif., for "bounding box gesture recognition on a touch detecting interactive display." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2012 (13/413,594). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=483&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.

*** Disney Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Disney Enterprises, Burbank, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,738) developed by Quinn Smithwick, Pasadena, Calif., Lanny S. Smoot, Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Daniel Reetz, North Hollywood, Calif., for an "advanced Pepper's ghost projection system with a multiview and multiplanar display." The patent application was filed on June 10, 2011 (13/157,432). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=489&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.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Vehicle Context Awareness by Detecting Engine RPM Using Motion Sensor ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,692,689) developed by Joseph Czompo, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "vehicle context awareness by detecting engine RPM using a motion sensor." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2011 (13/106,786). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=494&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.

*** Mati Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Mati Therapeutics, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,691,265) developed by five co-inventors for "drug delivery methods, structures, and compositions for nasolacrimal system." The co-inventors are Eugene de Juan Jr., San Francisco, Stephen Boyd, Murrieta, Calif., Hanson S. Gifford III, Woodside, Calif., Mark Deem, Mountain View, Calif., and Cary J. Reich, Los Gatos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2012 (3/645,261). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,265.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,265&RS=PN/86,91,265 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Isis Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,785) developed by six co-inventors for "compositions and methods for non-parenteral delivery of oligonucleotides." The co-inventors are Ching-Leou Teng, San Diego, Phillip Dan Cook, Cardiff, Calif., Lloyd Tillman, Encinitas, Calif., Gregory E. Hardee, Del Mar, Calif., David J. Ecker, Encinitas, Calif., and Muthiah Manoharan, Weston, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2013 (13/735,229). 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=86,91,785.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,785&RS=PN/86,91,785 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Automatic Avatar Creation ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,830) developed by six co-inventors for an automatic avatar creation. The co-inventors are Alex Tremain Nelson, Portland, Ore., Cedric Bray, Vincennes, France, Thomas Goossens, Paris, Rudolph van der Merwe, Portland, Ore., Richard E. Crandall, Portland, Ore., and Bertrand Serlet, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 1, 2010 (12/791,707). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=472&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.

*** Headway Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Headway Technologies, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,343) developed by Kunliang Zhang, Fremont, Calif., Min Li, Dublin, Calif., and Yuchen Zhou, San Jose, Calif., for the "MR enhancing layer (MREL) for spintronic devices." The patent application was filed on April 26, 2010 (12/799,468). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,92,343.PN.&OS=PN/86,92,343&RS=PN/86,92,343 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,691,861) developed by four co-inventors for "prodrugs of inhibitors of plasma kallikrein." The co-inventors are Sukanto Sinha, San Francisco, Tamie Jo Chilcote, San Francisco, Joghee Raju Suresh, Bangalore, India, and Sriram Narasimhan, Bangalore, India.

The patent application was filed on April 12, 2012 (13/445,614). 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=86,91,861.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,861&RS=PN/86,91,861 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nordson Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Nordson, Westlake, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,690,009) developed by four co-inventors for an "automated vacuum assisted valve priming system and methods of use." The co-inventors are Cutler Crowell, San Diego, Erik Fiske, Carlsbad, Calif., Horatio Quinones, San Marcos, Calif., and Brian Sawatzky, Carlsbad, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2009 (13/063,796). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,690,009.PN.&OS=PN/8,690,009&RS=PN/8,690,009 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Altera Assigned Patent for Transceiver Circuitry with Multiple Phase-locked Loops ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,595) developed by David W. Mendel, Sunnyvale, Calif., Sergey Shumarayev, Los Altos Hills, Calif., and Ramanand Venkata, Fremont, Calif., for "transceiver circuitry with multiple phase-locked loops." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2013 (13/829,995). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=502&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.

*** Rambus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Rambus, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,574) developed by Kyung Suk Oh, Cupertino, Calif., for "methods and systems for reducing supply and termination noise." The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2010 (13/498,874). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=507&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.

*** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent for Coherent Image Formation for Dynamic Transmit Beamformation ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,690,781) developed by Rickard C. Loftman, Menlo Park, Calif., Kutay F. Ustuner, Mountain View, Calif., and Charles E. Bradley, Berkeley, Calif., for a "coherent image formation for dynamic transmit beamformation." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2012 (13/538,744). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,690,781.PN.&OS=PN/8,690,781&RS=PN/8,690,781 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Gilead Calistoga Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Gilead Calistoga, Foster City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,829) developed by Roger G. Ulrich, Foster City, Calif., for the "treatment of liver disorders with PI3K inhibitors." The patent application was filed on July 21, 2010 (13/386,387). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,829.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,829&RS=PN/86,91,829 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,851) developed by Bas Ording, San Francisco, Joshua H. Shaffer, San Jose, Calif., and Eliza Carey Block, San Francisco, for a "device, method, and graphical user interface with grid transformations during device rotation." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (12/790,490). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=460&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.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Electron-transporting Materials and Processes for Making the Same ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,691,399) developed by Kelly Scott Chichak, Clifton Park, N.Y., and Qing Ye, Los Gatos, Calif., for "electron-transporting materials and processes for making the same." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2009 (12/350,594). 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=8,691,399.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,399&RS=PN/8,691,399 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Alverix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Alverix, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,873) developed by Stephan Hengstler, Campbell, Calif., for a "video-frame data receiver with low frame capture rate." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2009 (12/354,134). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=457&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.

*** Mag Instrument Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Mag Instrument, Ontario, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,473) developed by Stacey West, Temecula, Calif., for a portable lighting device.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2011 (13/216,092). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=517&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.

*** Silicon Turbine Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Silicon Turbine Systems, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,437) developed by Richard Adams, Grass Valley, Calif., for vortex flux generator.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2009 (13/121,472). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=520&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.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for User-Centric Gesture Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,693,724) developed by three co-inventors for a method and system "for implementing user-centric gesture control." The co-inventors are Abdelrehim Ahmed, Santa Clara, Calif., Colin Tracy, San Jose, Calif., and Abbas Rafii, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (12/802,052). 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=8693724.PN.&OS=PN/8693724&RS=PN/8693724 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Altos Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Altos Therapeutics, Los Altos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,836) developed by five co-inventors for "D.sub.2 antagonists, methods of synthesis and methods of use." The co-inventors are Gary W. Luehr, Hayward, Calif., Arathi Sundaram, Fremont, Calif., Priyadarshini Jaishankar, Newark, Calif., Philip W. Payne, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Pascal Druzgala, Santa Rosa, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 17, 2011 (13/163,592). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,836.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,836&RS=PN/86,91,836 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,692,368) developed by four co-inventors for an "integrated voltage regulator method with embedded passive device(s)." The co-inventors are Yuancheng Christopher Pan, San Diego, Lew G. Chua-Eoan, San Diego, Zhi Zhu, San Diego, and Junmou Zhang, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2012 (13/367,932). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,92,368.PN.&OS=PN/86,92,368&RS=PN/86,92,368 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Multidimensional Conferencing ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,693,713) developed by three co-inventors for "virtual audio environment for multidimensional conferencing." The co-inventors are Wash Yoomi Hur, Sunnyvale, Calif., Zhengyou Zhang, Bellevue, Wash., and Wei-ge Chen, Sammamish, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2010 (12/970,964). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8693713.PN.&OS=PN/8693713&RS=PN/8693713 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for System and Method to Obtain Signal Acquisition Assistance Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,692,711) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method to obtain signal acquisition assistance data." The co-inventors are Peter Gaal, San Diego, Leonid Sheynblat, Hillsborough, Calif., Christopher Patrick, San Diego, and Wyatt Thomas Riley, Wayne, Pa.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2011 (13/214,047). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=492&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.

*** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,204) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and methods for electron beam detection." The co-inventors are Shinichi Kojima, Cupertino, Calif., Christopher F. Bevis, Los Gatos, Calif., Joseph Maurino, San Mateo, Calif., and William M. Tong, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on April 23, 2012 (13/453,902). 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=86,92,204.PN.&OS=PN/86,92,204&RS=PN/86,92,204 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Allelogic Biosciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Allelogic Biosciences, Hayward, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,968) developed by Fei Mao, Fremont, Calif., Xing Xin, Foster City, Calif., and Wai-Yee Leung, San Ramon, Calif., for "compositions and methods for the protection of nucleophilic groups." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2009 (13/001,735). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,968.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,968&RS=PN/86,91,968 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Varian Medical Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,503) developed by Robert T. Wiggers, Belmont, Calif., for "homing and establishing reference frames for motion axes in radiation systems." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2009 (12/641,538). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=513&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.

*** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,671) developed by eight co-inventors for "planar nonpolar group-III nitride films grown on miscut substrates." The co-inventors are Asako Hirai, Santa Barbara, Calif., Zhongyuan Jia, Goleta, Calif., Makoto Saito, Ibaraki, Japan, Hisashi Yamada, Ibaraki, Japan, Kenji Iso, Kanagawa, Japan, Steven P. Denbaars, Goleta, Calif., Shuji Nakamura, Santa Barbara, Calif., and James S. Speck, Goleta, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 22, 2012 (13/427,590). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,671.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,671&RS=PN/86,91,671 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Elo Touch Solutions Assigned Patent for Auto-gain Switching Module for Acoustic Touch Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Elo Touch Solutions, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,809) developed by Henry M. D'souza, San Diego, for "auto-gain switching module for acoustic touch systems." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2006 (11/481,630). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=477&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.

*** Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif., and ATI Technologies, Markham, Ontario, Canada, have been assigned a patent (8,692,594) developed by seven co-inventors for "phase-locked loop frequency stepping." The co-inventors are Michael R. Foxcroft, Toronto, Shirley Pui Shan Lam, Richmond Hill, Canada, George A.W. Guthrie, Mississauga, Canada, Alexander Shternshain, Richmond Hill, Canada, Jeffrey Herman, Sunnyvale, Calif., Mihir S. Doctor, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Krishna Sitaraman, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2011 (13/330,283). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=503&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.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Dual Mode Inductive Touch Screen ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,793) developed by Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Newport Coast, Calif., for "dual mode inductive touch screen for use in a configurable communication device and methods for use therewith." The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2013 (13/769,412). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=482&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.

*** Allergan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Allergan, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,802) developed by Robert T. Lyons, Laguna Hills, Calif., and Robert S. Jordan, Trabuco Canyon, Calif., for "stabilized compositions comprising a therapeutically active agent and an oxidizing preservative." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2012 (13/690,863). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,802.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,802&RS=PN/86,91,802 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,748) developed by four co-inventors for "edible and biocompatible metal-organic frameworks." The co-inventors are Omar M. Yaghi, Los Angeles, Oussama M. El-Kadri, Mississauga, Canada, Qianrong Fang, Riverside, Calif., and Qiaowei Li, Los Angeles.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2008 (12/680,141). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,748.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,748&RS=PN/86,91,748 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Philips Lumileds Lighting Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Philips Lumileds Lighting, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,286) developed by five co-inventors for a "light emitting device with bonded interface." The co-inventors are Patrick N. Grillot, San Jose, Calif., Rafael I. Aldaz, Santa Clara, Calif., Deborah L. Coblentz, Sunnyvale, Calif., Anneli Munkholm, Mountain View, Calif., and Hanmin Zhao, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2007 (11/957,031). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,92,286.PN.&OS=PN/86,92,286&RS=PN/86,92,286 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Seminis Vegetable Seeds Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Woodland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,082) developed by Douglas William Heath, Rocklin, Calif., for the sweet grape tomato.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2011 (13/280,235). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,92,082.PN.&OS=PN/86,92,082&RS=PN/86,92,082 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** CHDI Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- CHDI Foundation, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,691,824) developed by eight co-inventors for "certain kynurenine-3-monooxygenase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use thereof." The co-inventors are John Wityak, Carlsbad, Calif., Leticia M. Toledo-Sherman, Santa Monica, Calif., Celia Dominguez, Los Angeles, Stephen Martin Courtney, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Christopher John Yarnold, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Paula C. De Aguiar Pena, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Andreas Scheel, Halstenbek, Germany, and Dirk Winkler, Hamburg, Germany.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2009 (13/056,919). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,824.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,824&RS=PN/8,691,824 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Low-power GPU States for Reducing Power Consumption ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,833) developed by Ian C. Hendry, San Jose, Calif., and Rajabali M. Koduri, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "low-power GPU states for reducing power consumption." The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2011 (13/206,374). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=471&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.

*** Transphorm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Transphorm, Goleta, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,294) developed by Rongming Chu, Goleta, Calif., and Robert Coffie, Camarillo, Calif., for "semiconductor devices with field plates." The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2013 (13/748,907). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,92,294.PN.&OS=PN/86,92,294&RS=PN/86,92,294 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,849) developed by John W. Peterson, Menlo Park, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for layer-based panorama adjustment and editing." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2013 (13/757,364). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=461&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.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,692,839) developed by George Alan Wiley, San Diego, and Brian Steele, Denver, for "methods and systems for updating a buffer." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2008 (12/020,415). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=465&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.

*** Synaptics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Synaptics, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,794) developed by Wen Fang, Fremont, Calif., for an "input device transmitter path error diagnosis." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2011 (13/012,943). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=481&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.

*** Amgen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Amgen, Thousand Oaks, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,986) developed by 10 co-inventors for "azetidine and piperidine compounds useful as PDE10 inhibitors." The co-inventors are Jennifer R. Allen, Newbury Park, Calif., Jian J. Chen, Camarillo, Calif., Michael J. Frohn, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Matthew R. Kaller, Ventura, Calif., Qingyian Liu, Camarillo, Calif., Thomas T. Nguyen, Newbury Park, Calif., Alexander J. Pickrell, Westlake Village, Calif., Wenyuan Qian, Newbury Park, Calif., Robert M. Rzasa, Ventura, Calif., and Wenge Zhong, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 14, 2013 (13/917,699). 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=86,91,986.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,986&RS=PN/86,91,986 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Method for Rapidly Testing Capacitance Sensing Array Fault Conditions Using Floating Conductor ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,777) developed by Kenneth Lawrence Staton, San Carlos, Calif., and Richard Wei Kwang Lim, Cupertino, Calif., for a "method for rapidly testing capacitance sensing array fault conditions using a floating conductor." The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2008 (12/238,326). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=485&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.

*** Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. Assigned Patent for Inhibitors of AKT Activity ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,691,825) developed by 12 co-inventors for "inhibitors of AKT activity." The co-inventors are Qi Chen, Nanjing, China, Mingxiang Cui, Shanghai, China, Bin Hu, Shanghai, China, Shuangxi Hu, Shanghai, China, Zhifa Pu, Shanghai, China, Philip E. Sanderson, Valley Forge, Pa., Richard Soll, San Diego, Xue Tang, Shanghai, China, Jiabing Wang, Chalfont, Pa., Yongjin Yan, Shanghai, China, Jinfeng Yao, Shanghai, China, and Hongjie Zhang, Shanghai, China.

The patent application was filed on March 29, 2010 (13/262,096). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,825.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,825&RS=PN/8,691,825 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** BioMarker Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- BioMarker Pharmaceuticals, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,051) developed by Xi Zhao-Wilson, Los Gatos, Calif., for "methods for testing for caloric restriction (CR) mimetics." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2013 (13/872,922). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,92,051.PN.&OS=PN/86,92,051&RS=PN/86,92,051 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Federal-Mogul Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Federal-Mogul Products, Southfield, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,689,421) developed by three co-inventors for a method of "making disc brake pads." The co-inventors are Weiming Liu, Windsor, Calif., Rodney G. Silvey, Cookeville, Tenn., and Jason Heath Mahan, Lafayette, Tenn.

The patent application was filed on March 15, 2012 (13/421,218). 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=8689421.PN.&OS=PN/8689421&RS=PN/8689421 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Infinilux Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Infinilux, Commerce, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,444) developed by Jitendra Patel, Rolling Hills Estate, Calif., and Anthony W. Vilgiate, Colorado Springs, Colo., for a "solid state low bay light with integrated and sealed thermal management." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2011 (13/049,760). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=519&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.

*** University of Southern California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,692,230) developed by four co-inventors for "high performance field-effect transistors." The co-inventors are Chongwu Zhou, Arcadia, Calif., Alexander Badmaev, Hillsboro, Ore., Chuan Wang, Albany, Calif., and Yuchi Che, Los Angeles.

The patent application was filed on March 26, 2012 (13/430,457). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,92,230.PN.&OS=PN/86,92,230&RS=PN/86,92,230 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,693,993) developed by Lisa Stifelman, Palo Alto, Calif., for "personalized cloud of mobile tasks." The patent application as filed on Dec. 24, 2008 (12/343,929). 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=8693993.PN.&OS=PN/8693993&RS=PN/8693993 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,768) developed by Howard L. Fields, Berkeley, Calif., Jennifer M. Mitchell, Berkeley, Calif., and Elyssa B. Margolis, Berkeley, Calif., for "methods of determining delta opioid receptor subtypes." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2009 (12/990,487). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,768.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,768&RS=PN/86,91,768 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Caustic Graphics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Caustic Graphics, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,692,834) developed by four co-inventors for "graphics processor with non-blocking concurrent architecture." The co-inventors are Luke Tilman Peterson, San Francisco, James Alexander McCombe, San Francisco, Steven John Clohset, San Francisco, and Jason Rupert Redgrave, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2012 (13/567,091). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=470&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.

*** Cebix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Cebix, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,691,755) developed by Sheri Barrack, Corte Madera, Calif., James Callaway, San Diego, and Michelle Mazzoni, San Diego, for the pegylated C-peptide.

The patent application was filed on May 4, 2012 (13/463,887). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,755.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,755&RS=PN/86,91,755 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,862) developed by Sylvia Olayinka Aya Manfa N'guessan, San Jose, Calif., for a "system and method for selection of video data in a video conference environment." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2011 (13/036,925). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=458&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.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Voltage Switchable Dielectric ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,691,707) developed by Shiqun Gu, San Diego, Ratibor Radojcic, San Diego, and Yiming Li, Cupertino, Calif., for the "voltage switchable dielectric for die-level electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2013 (13/956,703). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,707.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,707&RS=PN/86,91,707 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Clarkson University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,691,520) developed by four co-inventors for a "reagentless ceria-based colorimetric sensor." The co-inventors are Emanuela Silvana Andreescu, Potsdam, N.Y., Maryna Ornatska, Potsdam, N.Y., Cristina R. Ispas, Brea, Calif., and Daniel Andreescu, Potsdam, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on June 9, 2011 (13/156,755). 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=8,691,520.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,520&RS=PN/8,691,520 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ambrx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Ambrx, La Jolla, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,940) developed by six co-inventors for "relaxin polypeptides comprising non-naturally encoded amino acids." The co-inventors are Vadim Kraynov, San Diego, Nick Knudsen, San Diego, Ahma Hewet, Chula Vista, Calif., Kristine De Dios, San Diego, Jason Pinkstaff, Encinitas, Calif., and Lorraine Sullivan, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2011 (13/212,101). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,940.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,940&RS=PN/86,91,940 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Spansion Assigned Patent for Memory Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,647) developed by four co-inventors for "memory devices containing a high-K dielectric layer." The co-inventors are Wei Zheng, Santa Clara, Calif., Arvind Halliyal, Cupertino, Calif., Mark T. Ramsbey, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Jack F. Thomas, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2004 (10/927,692). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,647.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,647&RS=PN/86,91,647 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Spansion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,310) developed by four co-inventors for the "gate fringing effect based channel formation for semiconductor device." The co-inventors are YouSeok Suh, Cupertino, Calif., Sung-Yong Chung, Davis, Calif., Ya-Fen Lin, Saratoga, Calif., and Yi-Ching Wu, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2009 (12/368,023). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,92,310.PN.&OS=PN/86,92,310&RS=PN/86,92,310 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Pelican Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Pelican Imaging, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,893) developed by Andrew Kenneth John McMahon, Menlo Park, Calif., for "systems and methods for transmitting and receiving array camera image data." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2012 (13/668,057). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=453&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.

*** The Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- The Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,694,092) developed by ten co-inventors for "lumen-traveling biological interface device and method of use." The co-inventors are Bran Ferren, Beverly Hills, Calif., W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, Calif., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, Calif., Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, Wash., and Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash.

The patent application was filed on July 12, 2011 (13/135,694). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8694092.PN.&OS=PN/8694092&RS=PN/8694092 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Correction of Parasitic Capacitance Effect in Touch Sensor Panels ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,776) developed by Marduke Yousefpor, San Jose, Calif., Sean O'Connor, Palo Alto, Calif., and Wayne Westerman, San Francisco, for "correction of parasitic capacitance effect in touch sensor panels." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2008 (12/234,520). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=486&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.

*** Palo Alto Investors Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Palo Alto Investors, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,877) developed by Anthony Joonkyoo Yun, Palo Alto, Calif., and Patrick Yuarn-Bor Lee, Menlo Park, Calif., for "methods and compositions for treating a disease condition in a subject." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2005 (11/251,629). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,91,877.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,877&RS=PN/86,91,877 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Gamma-correction Technique for Video Playback ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,755) developed by five co-inventors for "gamma-correction technique for video playback." The co-inventors are Ulrich T. Barnhoefer, Sunnyvale, Calif., Wei H. Yao, Fremont, Calif., Wei Chen, Palo Alto, Calif., Barry J. Corlett, Brisbane, Calif., and Jean-Didier Allegrucci, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 24, 2008 (12/145,176). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=488&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.

*** Lam Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Lam Research, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,701) developed by four co-inventors for a "strip with reduced low-K dielectric damage." The co-inventors are Bing Ji, Pleasanton, Calif., Andrew D. Bailey III, Pleasanton, Calif., Maryam Moravej, Mountain View, Calif., and Stephen M. Sirard, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 8, 2009 (12/463,155). 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=86,91,701.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,701&RS=PN/86,91,701 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,381) developed by Michael J. Hart, Palo Alto, Calif., for "integrated circuits with a resistance to single event upset occurrence and methods for providing the same." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2011 (12/985,918). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,92,381.PN.&OS=PN/86,92,381&RS=PN/86,92,381 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Optiz Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Optiz, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,344) developed by Vage Oganesian, Sunnyvale, Calif., for the "back side illuminated image sensor architecture, and method of making same." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2012 (13/423,045). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,92,344.PN.&OS=PN/86,92,344&RS=PN/86,92,344 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Synopsys Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Synopsys, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,297) developed by Iu-Meng Tom Ho, Milpitas, Calif., for the "power and ground shield mesh to remove both capacitive and inductive signal coupling effects of routing in integrated circuit device." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2010 (12/848,979). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,92,297.PN.&OS=PN/86,92,297&RS=PN/86,92,297 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nvidia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,844) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for efficient antialiased rendering." The co-inventors are Steven E. Molnar, Chapel Hill, N.C., David B. Kirk, Santa Clara, Calif., John Stephen Montrym, Los Altos, Calif., and Douglas A. Voorhies, Menlo Park, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2000 (09/675,099). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=464&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.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Updating Buffer ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,692,838) developed by George Alan Wiley, San Diego, and Brian Steele, Lafayette, Colo., for "methods and systems for updating a buffer." The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2005 (11/285,399). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=466&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.

*** Kato Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Kato Pharmaceuticals, Laguna Hills, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,874) developed by Vicken H. Karageozian, Laguna Beach, Calif., David Castillejos, Irvine, Calif., and John Park, Santa Ana, Calif., for the "treatment of ophthalmic disorders using urea." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2012 (13/445,822). 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=86,91,874.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,874&RS=PN/86,91,874 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Yale University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, N.Y., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., and Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland, have been assigned a patent (8,692,052) developed by nine co-inventors for a "genetically modified mice and engraftment." The co-inventors are Sean Stevens, San Diego, Andrew J. Murphy, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., Richard Flavell, Guilford, Conn., Elizabeth Eynon, New Haven, Conn., Jorge Galan, New Haven, Conn., Tim Willinger, New Haven, Conn., Markus Manz, Zurich, Switzerland, Anthony Rongvaux, New Haven, Conn., and George D. Yancopoulos, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/617,472). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,692,052.PN.&OS=PN/8,692,052&RS=PN/8,692,052 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. Assigned Patent for Nucleic Acids Encoding Engineered Anti-Il-23r Antibodies ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,691,532) developed by Leonard G. Presta, San Francisco, for "nucleic acids encoding engineered anti-IL-23R antibodies." The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2012 (13/671,371). 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=8,691,532.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,532&RS=PN/8,691,532 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Linear Technology Assigned Patent for Dimmer-controlled LEDs Using Flyback Converter ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Linear Technology, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,481) developed by Michael George Negrete, Mountain View, Calif., Wei Gu, Santa Clara, Calif., and Zhen Li, Fremont, Calif., for "dimmer-controlled LEDs using flyback converter with high power factor." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2008 (12/332,299). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=11&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=515&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.

*** Progeny Advanced Genetics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Progeny Advanced Genetics, Salinas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,073) developed by G. Darryn Gibson, Prunedale, Calif., for the crispers lettuce variety.

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