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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (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 North Carolina. *** Curators of the University of Missouri Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 -- The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., has been assigned a patent (8,678,064) developed by five co-inventors for a "[q]uantitative trait loci associated with soybean cyst nematode resistance and methods of their use." The co-inventors are Henry T. Nguyen, Columbia, Mo., David A. Sleper, Columbia, Mo., James G. Shannon, Kennett, Mo., Tri D. Vuong, Columbia, Mo., and Xiaolei Wu, Cary, N.C. The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2010 (12/896,864). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8692064.PN.&OS=PN/8692064&RS=PN/8692064 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Syngenta Crop Protection Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Syngenta Crop Protection, Greensboro, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,691,727) developed by Ronald Zeun, Stein, Switzerland, Clifford George Watrin, Greensboro, N.C., Michael Oostendorp, Basel, Switzerland, and Franz Brandl, Basel, Switzerland, for pesticidal compositions. The patent application was filed on Nov. 27, 2006 (11/563,240). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,727.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,727&RS=PN/8,691,727 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Medical Devices and Related Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,690,824) developed by Thomas J. Holman, Princeton, Minn., James Lee Shippy III, Wilmington, N.C., and Afsar Ali, Maple Grove, Minn., for "medical devices and related methods." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2012 (13/441,664). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,690,824.PN.&OS=PN/8,690,824&RS=PN/8,690,824 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hand Held Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Hand Held Products, Fort Mill, S.C., has been assigned a patent (8,678,927) developed by three co-inventors for an "i]maging terminal having focus control." The co-inventors are Michael Pease, Charlotte, N.C., Scott Garmon, Wesley Chapel, N.C., and Jeffrey Baker, Gastonia, N.C. The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2011 (13/009,323). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8692927.PN.&OS=PN/8692927&RS=PN/8692927 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Locating Device in Given State ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,692,673) developed by six co-inventors for "locating a device in a given state." The co-inventors are Christian Lee Hunt, Cary, N.C., Vincent Mitchel Padua, Chapel Hill, N.C., Robin Radez, Westport, Conn., William Alexander Reichert III, Buda, Texas, Gregory Covert Smith, Raleigh, N.C., and Oriana Jeannette Williams, Dallas. The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2008 (12/259,217). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,692,673.PN.&OS=PN/8,692,673&RS=PN/8,692,673 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cooper Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Cooper Technologies, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,690,198) developed by Michael John Saber, Carmel, Ind., and Joseph Edward Parrish, Goldsboro, N.C., for "locking device for connectors." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2012 (13/708,442). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,90,198.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,198&RS=PN/86,90,198 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Eaton Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Eaton, Cleveland, has been assigned a patent (8,689,961) developed by five co-inventors for an "optimized clutch bearing lubrication path for preloaded hydraulic linkage applications." The co-inventors are Mark Kingston Jennings, Vancouver, Wash., Mahesh Shashidhar Nesari, Charlotte, N.C., Clinton Lee McClellan, Fort Wayne, Ind., Daniel Vern Gochenour, Auburn, Ind., and Chad Louis Davis, Garrett, Ind. The patent application was filed on May 25, 2011 (13/068,981). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,689,961.PN.&OS=PN/8,689,961&RS=PN/8,689,961 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Celgene Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Celgene, Summit, N.J., and Sandoz GmbH, Kundl, Austria, have been assigned a patent (8,691,534) developed by Gregory L. Verdine, Newton, Mass., Nicholas H. Vrolijk, Durham, N.C., and Stephan Bertel, Kundl, Austria, for a "preparation of romidepsin." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2007 (11/966,258). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,534.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,534&RS=PN/8,691,534 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Wake Forest University Health Sciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,691,274) developed by four co-inventors for "inkjet printing of tissues and cells." The co-inventors are Tao Xu, El Paso, Texas, James J. Yoo, Winston-Salem, N.C., Anthony Atala, Winston-Salem, N.C., and Dennis Dice, Yadkinville, N.C. The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2009 (12/370,921). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,274.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,274&RS=PN/8,691,274 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of North Carolina Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,691,579) developed by Hiroshi Kubota, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Lola M. Reid, Chapel Hill, N.C., for "methods of isolating bipotent hepatic progenitor cells." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2008 (12/326,514). 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=8,691,579.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,579&RS=PN/8,691,579 Written by Deviprasad Jena; 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. *** University of North Carolina, Vesta Therapeautics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Vesta Therapeautics, Bethesda, Md., have been assigned a patent (8,691,523) developed by five co-inventors for "primitive and proximal hepatic stem cells." The co-inventors are Lola M. Reid, Chapel Hill, N.C., Nicholas Moss, Carrboro, N.C., Mark E. Furth, Chapel Hill, N.C., John W. Ludlow, Carrboro, N.C., Andrew T. Bruce, Holly Springs, N.C. The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2006 (11/609,729). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,523.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,523&RS=PN/8,691,523 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of New York Assigned Patent for Inhibitors of NF-.kappa.B Activity ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- The University of New York, Albany, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,691,764) developed by Zhiquan Zhang, Durham, N.C., and Basil Rigas, Old Field, N.Y., for "inhibitors of NF-.kappa.B activity." The patent application was filed on March 28, 2008 (12/593,550). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,764.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,764&RS=PN/8,691,764 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Capstone Metering Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Capstone Metering, Carrollton, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,690,117) developed by six co-inventors for a water meter. The co-inventors are David James Carlos Dunn, Ontario, Canada, Kevin Peter Kowalchuk, Ontario, Canada, Stephen Williams Smith, Raleigh, N.C., Jack Ryan Williamson, Lewisville, Texas, James Scott Williamson, Denton, Texas, and Walter Scott Williamson, Lewisville, Texas. The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2012 (13/359,920). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,90,117.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,117&RS=PN/86,90,117 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tietex International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Tietex International, Spartanburg, S.C., has been assigned a patent (8,678,850) developed by Michelis Hardegree, Columbus, N.C., for a "[s]titch bonded fabric with directional stretch character and diaper formed therefrom." The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2009 (12/552,902). 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=8690850.PN.&OS=PN/8690850&RS=PN/8690850 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Activision Publishing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Activision Publishing, Santa Monica, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,692,835) developed by four co-inventors for "spawning projected avatars in a virtual universe." The co-inventors are Rick Allen Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Brian Marshall O'Connell, Research Triangle Park, N.C., Clifford Alan Pickover, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Keith Raymond Walker, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/618,850). 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=469&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. *** Celgard Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Celgard, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,690,994) developed by four co-inventors for "liquid degassing membrane contactors, components, systems and related methods." The co-inventors are Gareth P. Taylor, Indian Trail, N.C., Elmer Wayne Bouldin Jr., Fort Mill, S.C., Timothy D. Price, Monroe, N.C., and Tony R. Vido, Mount Holly, N.C. The patent application was filed on May 16, 2013 (13/895,432). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,690,994.PN.&OS=PN/8,690,994&RS=PN/8,690,994 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cytex Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Cytex Therapeutics, Durham, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,691,542) developed by Farshid Guilak, Durham, N.C., Bradley T. Estes, Durham, N.C., and Franklin Thomas Moutos, Raleigh, N.C., for "tissue engineering methods and compositions." The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2006 (12/083,619). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,542.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,542&RS=PN/8,691,542 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Research Triangle Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, N.C., and BASF, Germany, have been assigned a patent (8,691,171) developed by six co-inventors for "removing sulphur oxides from a fluid stream." The co-inventors are Torsten Katz, Neustadt, Germany, Christian Riemann, Altrip, Germany, Karsten Bartling, Neustadt, Germany, Sean Taylor Rigby, Houston, Luke James Ivor Coleman, Durham, N.C., and Marty Alan Lail, Raleigh, N.C. The patent application was filed on March 1, 2013 (13/782,290). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,171.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,171&RS=PN/8,691,171 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** E I du Pont de Nemours and Co. Assigned Patent for Thick Film Paste ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- E I du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,691,119) developed by Kenneth Warren Hang, Cary, N.C., and Yueli Wang, Cary, N.C., for a "tick film paste containing lead-tellurium-lithium-titanium-oxide and its use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices." The patent application was filed on July 24, 2012 (13/556,645). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,119.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,119&RS=PN/8,691,119 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. 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