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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (April 15)
[April 15, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (April 15)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** Concurrent Computer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Concurrent Computer, Duluth, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,695,031) developed by three co-inventors for a system, device and method "for delivering multimedia." The co-inventors are Avigdor L. Steinberg, Menlo Park, Calif., Debraj Paul, San Francisco, and Kshitij Kumar, San Jose, Calif.



The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2007 (12/376,119). 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=8695031.PN.&OS=PN/8695031&RS=PN/8695031 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Sandia Assigned Patent for Ignition Engine Operation ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Sandia, Albuquerque, N.M., has been assigned a patent (8,678,767) developed by three co-inventors for a method "for operating homogeneous charge compression ignition engines using conventional gasoline." The co-inventors are John E. Dec, Livermore, Calif., Yi Yang, Livermore, Caif., and Nicolas Dronniou, San Francisco.


The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2011 (13/230,320). 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=8689767.PN.&OS=PN/8689767&RS=PN/8689767 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Presenting Advertisements ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,694,377) developed by 11 co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for presenting advertisements." The co-inventors are Canhui Ou, Danville, Calif., Stephen A. Sposato, Lafayette, Calif., Alexandre Gerber, Madison, N.J., Jerold D. Osato, Pinole, Calif., Oliver Spatscheck, Randolph, N.J., J. Bradley Bridges, San Antonio, Zhi Li, San Ramon, Calif., Charles R. Kalmanek Jr., Short Hills, N.J., Albert Greenberg, Summit, N.J., Sun-Uk Park, Union City, Calif., and Raghvendra G. Savoor, Walnut Creek, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 3, 2009 (12/418,430). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8694377.PN.&OS=PN/8694377&RS=PN/8694377 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Kambix Innovations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Kambix Innovations, Albuquerque, N.M., has been assigned a patent (8,678,073) developed by two co-inventors for the "control of flow rate and thermal conditions using two-layered thin films separated by flexible seals and rotatable pivot." The co-inventors are Kambiz Vafai, Mission Viejo, Calif., and Abdul-Rahim Assaad Khaled, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2011 (13/032,049). 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=8690073.PN.&OS=PN/8690073&RS=PN/8690073 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Purdue Pharmaceutical Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Purdue Pharmaceutical Products, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,685,071) developed by 10 co-inventors for a method "of manufacture and medical apparatus that provides an apparatus useful in illuminating at least a portion of a lumen of a body." The co-inventors are Hugh Narciso, Santa Barbara, Calif., David B. Shine, Littleton, Colo., Zihong Guo, Bellevue, Wash., James C. Chen, Clyde Hill, Wash., Jean Bishop, Issaquah, Wash., Jennifer K. Matson, Renton, Wash., Steven R. Daly, Sammamish, Wash., Phillip Burwell, Snohomish, Wash., Gary Lichttenegger, Woodinville, Wash., and Nick Yeo, Horsham, Sussex, United Kingdom.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2012 (13/401,747). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8685071.PN.&OS=PN/8685071&RS=PN/8685071 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Oversight Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Oversight Technologies, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,694,347) developed by eight co-inventors for an "extraction of transaction data for compliance monitoring." The co-inventors are Jeffrey Z. Johnson, Alpharetta, Ga., Charles A. Coombs, Atlanta, Patrick J. D. Taylor, Atlanta, Michael E. Lortz, Atlanta, Andrew T. Otwell, Douglasville, Ga., Stayton D. Addison, Dunwoody, Ga., Peter H. Kennis, Marietta, Ga., and Daniel R. Kuokka, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 29, 2011 (13/097,482). 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=8694347.PN.&OS=PN/8694347&RS=PN/8694347 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Algenol Biofuels Switzerland Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Algenol Biofuels Switzerland, Fort Myers, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,691,538) developed by eight co-inventors for a "biofilm photobioreactor system and method of use." The co-inventors are Benjamin Moll, Davis, Calif., William Drake, Fort Myers, Fla., William Porubsky, Fort Myers, Fla., Ryan Adams, Fort Myers, Fla., Benjamin McCool, Naples, Fla., Heike Enke, Berlin, Germany, Juliane Metzner, Berlin, Germany, and Karola Knuth, Berlin, Germany.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2012 (13/631,478). 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=8691538.PN.&OS=PN/8691538&RS=PN/8691538 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** University of South Florida Assigned Patent for Cancer Treatment ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,691,799) developed by two co-inventors for materials and methods "for treatment of cancer and identification of anti-cancer compounds." The co-inventors are Said M. Sebti, Tampa, Fla., and Richard Jove, Duarte, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2011 (13/209,937). 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=8691799.PN.&OS=PN/8691799&RS=PN/8691799 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Multiple Transmit Antennas Data Transmission ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,694,876) developed by four co-inventors for method and apparatus "for data transmission using multiple transmit antennas." The co-inventors are Vahid Tarokh, Cambridge, Mass., Arthur Robert Calderbank, Durham, N.C., Nambirajan Seshadri, Irvine, Calif., and Ayman F. Naguib, New Providence, N.J.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2013 (13/776,445). 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=8694876.PN.&OS=PN/8694876&RS=PN/8694876 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Neupharma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Neupharma, Foster City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,977) developed by Xiangping Qian, Foster City, Calif., and Yong-Liang Zhu, Fremont, Calif., for "certain chemical entities, compositions, and methods." The patent application was filed on Aug. 22, 2011 (13/215,120). 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=86,91,977.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,977&RS=PN/86,91,977 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Terminating Calls Over Distinct Access Links ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,693,665) developed by two co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for dynamically terminating calls over distinct access links." The co-inventors are Marian Croak, Fair Haven, N.J., and Hossein Eslambolchi, Los Altos Hills, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2005 (11/238,275). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8693665.PN.&OS=PN/8693665&RS=PN/8693665 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Array BioPharma, VentiRx Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Array BioPharma, Boulder, Colo., and VentiRx Pharmaceuticals, Seattle, have been assigned a patent (8,691,809) developed by seven co-inventors for "substituted benzoazepines as toll-like receptor modulators." The co-inventors are Laurence E. Burgess, Boulder, Colo., Brad Newhouse, Boulder, Colo., Hong Woon Yang, Boulder, Colo., Joseph P. Lyssikatos, Piedmont, Calif., James Jeffry Howbert, Redmond, Wash., Robert Hershberg, Seattle, and Gregory Dietsch, Snohomish, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2010 (12/859,178). 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=8691809.PN.&OS=PN/8691809&RS=PN/8691809 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Children's Medical Center, Leland Stanford Junior University Dept. of Health and Human Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Children's Medical Center, Boston, the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, Calif., National Institutes of Health, Washington, and Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, have been assigned a patent (8,685,411) developed by four co-inventors for "rotavirus antigens." The co-inventors are Philip R. Dormitzer, Cambridge, Mass., Stephen C. Harrison, Cambridge, Mass., Joshua Yoder, Newtown, Mass., and Harry B. Greenberg, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2007 (11/649,191). 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=8685411.PN.&OS=PN/8685411&RS=PN/8685411 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Stanford University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,780) developed by Chih Jian Lih, Palo Alto, Calif., and Stanley N. Cohen, Stanford, Calif., for the synthesis of 2,4-pyrimidinediamines.

The patent application was filed on June 7, 2013 (13/912,856). 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=86,91,798.PN.&OS=PN/86,91,798&RS=PN/86,91,798 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tyratech Assigned Patent for Pest Control Compositions ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Tyratech, Melbourne, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,691,256) developed by Essam Enan, Davis, Calif., for "pest control compositions and methods." The patent application was filed on March 19, 2009 (12/936,039). 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=8691256.PN.&OS=PN/8691256&RS=PN/8691256 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Sandia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 -- Sandia, Albuquerque, N.M., has been assigned a patent (8,678,004) developed by two co-inventors for a "[d]ual-etalon cavity ring-down frequency-comb spectroscopy with broad band light source." The co-inventors are David W. Chandler, Livermore, Calif., and Kevin E. Strecker, Oakland, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 17, 2011 (13/050,430). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8693004.PN.&OS=PN/8693004&RS=PN/8693004 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,204) developed by five co-inventors for "synthetic diblock copolypeptide hydrogels for use in the central nervous system." The co-inventors are Timothy J. Deming, Los Angeles, Michael V. Sofroniew, Los Angeles, Chu-Ya Yang, Changhua, Taiwan, BingBing Song, Los Angeles, and Yan Ao, Harbor City, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2010 (13/201,974). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=621&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.

*** Tropitone Furniture Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Tropitone Furniture, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,247) developed by Richard Rivera, Corona, Calif., for a "reclinable seating apparatus and method." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2013 (13/942,347). 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=86,90,247.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,247&RS=PN/86,90,247 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Reiter Affiliated Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Reiter Affiliated, Oxnard, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,689,527) developed by five co-inventors for a harvest aid machine. The co-inventors are Robert Johnson, Watsonville, Calif., Manuel Mercado, Watsonville, Calif., Gary Grossen, Gervais, Ore., Jeff Mathews, Fremont, Calif., and Michael Christensen, Camarillo, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 11, 2010 (12/813,725). 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=86,89,527.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,527&RS=PN/86,89,527 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Scripps Research Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,573) developed by Yue Xu, San Diego, and Sheng Ding, La Jolla, Calif., for stem cell cultures.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2009 (13/132,379). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=12&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=594&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 for Self-sealing Shell for Inflatable Prostheses ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Allergan, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,943) developed by David J. Schuessler, Ventura, Calif., for "self-sealing shell for inflatable prostheses." The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2009 (12/543,795). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=635&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 Vascular Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Integrated Vascular Systems, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,910) developed by seven co-inventors for a "closure device and methods for making and using them." The co-inventors are Michael T. Carley, San Jose, Calif., Javier Sagastegui, Castro Valley, Calif., Richard S. Ginn, Gilroy, Calif., William N. Aldrich, Napa, Calif., W. Martin Belef, San Jose, Calif., Steven N. Roe, San Mateo, Calif., and Ronald J. Jabba, Redwood City, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 31, 2006 (11/396,141). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=640&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.

*** Artelier Studio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Artelier Studio, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,689,717) developed by Richard Joseph Benveniste, Valencia, Calif., Henry Goldman, Valencia, Calif., and Joseph Fitzgerald, Bellingham, Wash., for the "emergency repair plug to slow down water inflow through an opening." The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2009 (12/591,662). 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=86,89,717.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,717&RS=PN/86,89,717 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hermes Innovations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Hermes Innovations, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,873) developed by Csaba Truckai, Saratoga, Calif., and Akos Toth, Tata, Hungary, for "endometrial ablation devices and systems." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2013 (13/938,032). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=647&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.

*** Electronvault Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Electronvault, Woodside, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,422) developed by Robert R. Ferber Jr., Woodside, Calif., for a modular interconnection system.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2012 (13/688,089). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=610&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 for Controlled Placement and Orientation of Nanostructures ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,180) developed by Alex K. Zettl, Kensington, Calif., Thomas D. Yuzvinsky, Berkeley, Calif., and Adam M. Fennimore, Berkeley, Calif., for "controlled placement and orientation of nanostructures." The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2006 (11/466,528). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=622&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.

*** Zynga Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Zynga, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,690,684) developed by six co-inventors for the "player recruitment for online game rewards." The co-inventors are Erik Francis Vanbragt, San Francisco, William Henry Kelly Mooney, San Francisco, Matthew Adam Ocko, Palo Alto, Calif., Carl Eric Schiermeyer, Burlingame, Calif., Jonathan Chang Tien, San Francisco, and Roger F. Dickey, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2011 (13/244,755). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,90,684.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,684&RS=PN/86,90,684 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Applied Medical Resources Assigned Patent for Method of Making Medical Tubing ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Applied Medical Resources, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,035) developed by five co-inventors for a "method of making medical tubing having variable characteristics using thermal winding." The co-inventors are Edward D. Pingleton, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Matthew N. Petrime, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Ghassan Sakakine, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Jeremy J. Albrecht, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., and Nabil Hilal, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2013 (13/965,405). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=630&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.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,689,812) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and loadport for purging a substrate carrier." The co-inventors are Vinay K. Shah, San Mateo, Calif., Eric Englhardt, Palo Alto, Calif., Jeffrey C. Hudgens, San Francisco, and Martin R. Elliott, Pepperell, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 6, 2012 (13/605,927). 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=86,89,812.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,812&RS=PN/86,89,812 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nitroworks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Nitroworks, Buena Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,633) developed by Steven M. Greenthal, Buena Park, Calif., for the "sanitary beehive honeycomb suspending frame." The patent application was filed on April 26, 2011 (13/066,834). 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=86,90,633.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,633&RS=PN/86,90,633 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Edwards Lifesciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,936) developed by Duy Nguyen, Corona, Calif., and Kim Nguyen, Irvine, Calif., for an "expandable sheath for introducing an endovascular delivery device into a body." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2008 (12/249,867). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=636&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.

*** Clean Energy Renewable Fuels Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Clean Energy Renewable Fuels, Newport Beach, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,993) developed by Jeffrey J. Grill, Long Beach, Calif., for a "caustic scrubber system and method for biogas treatment." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2013 (13/969,458). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=633&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 Magnetic Connector for Electronic Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,582) developed by six co-inventors for a "magnetic connector for electronic device." The co-inventors are Matthew Dean Rohrbach, San Francisco, Mark Edward Doutt, San Jose, Calif., Bartley K. Andre, Menlo Park, Calif., Kanye Lim, Sunnyvale, Calif., John C. DiFonzo, Emerald Hills, Calif., and Jean-Marc Gery, Playa Del Rey, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/615,623). 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=86,90,582.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,582&RS=PN/86,90,582 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sequenta Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Sequenta, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,691,510) developed by Malek Faham, Pacifica, Calif., Martin Moorhead, San Mateo, Calif., and Thomas Willis, San Francisco, for "sequence analysis of complex amplicons." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2011 (13/100,389). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=602&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.

*** West View Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- West View Research, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,690,050) developed by Robert F. Gazdzinski, San Diego, for a "computerized information and display apparatus." The patent application was filed on Jan. 2, 2013 (13/733,102). 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=86,90,050.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,050&RS=PN/86,90,050 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** DexCom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- DexCom, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,690,775) developed by Mark Brister, Encinitas, Calif., Paul V. Neale, San Diego, and James H. Brauker, Cement City, Mich., for a transcutaneous analyte sensor.

The patent application was filed on April 11, 2008 (12/101,806). 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=86,90,775.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,775&RS=PN/86,90,775 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Jakks Pacific Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Jakks Pacific, Malibu, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,689,480) developed by four co-inventors for a collapsing trap. The co-inventors are Jim McCafferty, San Clemente, Calif., Greg Leong, Irvine, Calif., Richard Ferrin, Anaheim, Calif., and Steven Douglas DeLacy, Santa Ana, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2011 (13/341,530). 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=86,89,480.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,480&RS=PN/86,89,480 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Headway Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Headway Technologies, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,102) developed by six co-inventors for a "method of manufacturing plasmon generator." The co-inventors are Hironori Araki, Milpitas, Calif., Yoshitaka Sasaki, Santa Clara, Calif., Hiroyuki Ito, Milpitas, Calif., Yukinori Ikegawa, Milpitas, Calif., Seiichiro Tomita, Milpitas, Calif., and Shigeki Tanemura, Milpitas, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2012 (13/731,754). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=626&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.

*** AccessClosure Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- AccessClosure, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,912) developed by Puneet K. Khanna, Rancho Mirage, Calif., and Farhad Khosravi, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for an "apparatus and methods for facilitating hemostasis within a vascular puncture." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2012 (13/732,091). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=639&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.

*** Optimedica Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Optimedica, Santa Ana, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,862) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus for patterned plasma-mediated laser trephination of the lens capsule and three dimensional phaco-segmentation." The co-inventors are Daniel V. Palanker, Sunnyvale, Calif., Mark S. Blumenkranz, Portola Valley, Calif., Dan E. Andersen, Menlo Park, Calif., and David H. Mordaunt, Los Gatos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 13, 2013 (13/801,482). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=649&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.

*** Masimo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Masimo, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,799) developed by five co-inventors for an "acoustic respiratory monitoring sensor having multiple sensing elements." The co-inventors are Valery G. Telfort, Montreal, Dimitar Dimitrov, Saint-Laurent, Canada, Phi Trang, Montreal, Massi Joe E. Kiani, Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Anand Sampath, Corona, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2010 (12/904,931). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,90,799.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,799&RS=PN/86,90,799 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Onpharma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Onpharma, Los Gatos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,853) developed by Matthew J. Stepovich, Santa Cruz, Calif., and Michael I. Falkel, Carmel Highlands, Calif., for "methods and apparatus for buffering parenteral solutions." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2012 (13/631,241). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=14&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=654&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.

*** Mattel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Mattel, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,632) developed by Stacy L. O'Connor, Long Beach, Calif., Michael Nuttall, South Pasadena, Calif., and Brendon Vetuskey, Long Beach, Calif., for the "toy track set and relay segments." The patent application was filed on April 23, 2010 (12/766,808). 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=86,90,632.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,632&RS=PN/86,90,632 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Palo Alto Research Center, Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., and Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., have been assigned a patent (8,690,310) developed by Philipp Schmaelzle, Los Altos, Calif., Bruce E. Thayer, Spencerport, N.Y., and Palghat S. Ramesh, Pittsford, N.Y., for a "composite drum for solid ink marking system." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2013 (13/759,569). 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=86,90,310.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,310&RS=PN/86,90,310 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Bird-B-Gone Assigned Patent for Adjustable Bird Slope ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Bird-B-Gone, Mission Viejo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,689,497) developed by Bruce Donoho, Mission Viejo, Calif., for an adjustable bird slope.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2013 (14/045,664). 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=86,89,497.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,497&RS=PN/86,89,497 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Honeywell International Assigned Patent for Low-noise Ported-shroud Compressor for Turbocharger ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,690,524) developed by Junfei Yin, Bedford, United Kingdom, Romil Tanna, Torrance, Calif., and Stephane Pees, Ceintrey, France, for a "low-noise ported-shroud compressor for a turbocharger." The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2010 (12/899,023). 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=8,690,524.PN.&OS=PN/8,690,524&RS=PN/8,690,524 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** United Pet Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United Pet Group, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (8,689,739) developed by five co-inventors for a reptile vertical display. The co-inventors are Stanley J. Owens, Oak Park, Calif., Chad W. Robbins, Simi Valley, Calif., Joseph M. Flora, Simi Valley, Calif., Douglas R. Carr, Oxnard, Calif., and John Von Buelow, Oak Park, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2010 (12/900,302). 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=8,689,739.PN.&OS=PN/8,689,739&RS=PN/8,689,739 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Bloom Energy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,474) developed by Tad Armstrong, Burlingame, Calif., Deepak Bose, Fremont, Calif., and Matthias Gottmann, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "fuel cell stack components and materials." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2007 (12/225,915). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=606&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.

*** Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,689,729) developed by six co-inventors for an "apparatus for coating stents." The co-inventors are Thomas D. Esbeck, Murrieta, Calif., Andrew McNiven, Temecula, Calif., Boyd Knott, Temecula, Calif., Todd Thessen, San Marcos, Calif., Kara Carter, Vista, Calif., and Joycelyn Amick, Temecula, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2008 (11/969,835). 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=86,89,729.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,729&RS=PN/86,89,729 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** BAROnova Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- BAROnova, Goleta, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,271) developed by Daniel R. Burnett, Menlo Park, Calif., and Peter G. Edelman, Mukilteo, Wash., for "ingestible formulations for transient, noninvasive reduction of gastric volume." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2008 (12/148,702). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=617&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.

*** GeneFluidics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- GeneFluidics, Irwindale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,065) developed by Jen-Jr Gau, Los Angeles, for an "efficient interface between electrochemical sensor and computer." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2004 (10/954,078). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=627&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.

*** Aradigm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Aradigm, Hayward, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,689,803) developed by Igor Gonda, San Francisco, for "systems and methods for effecting cessation of tobacco use." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2012 (13/562,786). 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=86,89,803.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,803&RS=PN/86,89,803 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Insera Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Insera Therapeutics, Sacramento, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,907) developed by Vallabh Janardhan, Dallas, and Vikram Janardhan, Sacramento, Calif., for vascular treatment methods.

The patent application was filed on July 29, 2013 (13/953,556). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=642&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.

*** Callaway Golf Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Callaway Golf, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,708) developed by Steven M. Ehlers, Poway, Calif., for the "CG height adjustability by conformal crown weighting." The patent application was filed on Oct. 9, 2013 (14/050,194). 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=86,90,708.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,708&RS=PN/86,90,708 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Zoll Circulation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Zoll Circulation, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,826) developed by Wayne A. Noda, Mission Viejo, Calif., and Stelica Stelea, Yorba Linda, Calif., for "heating/cooling system for indwelling heat exchange catheter." The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2012 (13/666,233). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=14&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=656&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.

*** Danisco US Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Danisco US, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,541) developed by Joseph C. McAuliffe, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Rachel E. Muir, Redwood City, Calif., for "biological production of pentose sugars using recombinant cells." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2011 (13/335,792). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=12&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=597&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.

*** Restoration Robotics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Restoration Robotics, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,895) developed by Clifford A. Oostman Jr., Hansville, Wash., and Miguel G. Canales, Los Altos, Calif., for "methods of use of follicular unit harvesting tools for severing connective tissue." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2013 (13/942,538). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=644&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.

*** California Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,104) developed by Harold F. Greer, Pasadena, Calif., and Julia R. Greer, Pasadena, Calif., for "nanotextured surfaces and related methods, systems, and uses." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2012 (13/350,734). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=625&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 15 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,331) developed by seven co-inventors for a "corneal hydration sensing system." The co-inventors are Martin Culjat, Los Angeles, Priyamvada Tewari, Los Angeles, Jean L. Bourges, Paris, Jean P. Hubschman, Los Angeles, Rahul S. Singh, Palo Alto, Calif., Zachary Taylor, Poway, Calif., and Warren S. Grundfest, Los Angeles.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2012 (13/597,947). 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=86,90,331.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,331&RS=PN/86,90,331 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Arch Day Design Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Arch Day Design, Ventura, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,932) developed by Stephen Morris, Chico, Calif., Tom Weisel, Ventura, Calif., and Roger Pisarnwongs, Valencia, Calif., for a "collapsible bone screw apparatus." The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2012 (13/653,851). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=637&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.

*** Xylem IP Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Xylem IP Holdings, White Plains, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,690,554) developed by Manuel Villagomez, Corona, Calif., Humberto V. Meza, Tustin, Calif., and David L. Phillips, Santa Ana, Calif., for a "diaphragm pump using duckbill and other types of valves." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2011 (13/183,866). 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=8,690,554.PN.&OS=PN/8,690,554&RS=PN/8,690,554 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** HMX Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- HMX, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,690,104) developed by Gary C. Hudson, Redwood City, Calif., for a "capsule spacecraft emergency landing system." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2011 (13/323,699). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,690,104.PN.&OS=PN/8,690,104&RS=PN/8,690,104 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** CareFusion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- CareFusion, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,690,860) developed by Daniel Abal, San Diego, for "intravenous infusion tubing fitment and set." The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2011 (12/987,318). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=650&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.

*** Life Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,384) developed by Edward William Adams, San Francisco, and Marcel Pierre Bruchez, Pittsburgh, for "metallic nanoparticles having enhanced dispersibility in aqueous media comprising a polymer having alkyl acrylamide side chains." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2012 (13/423,055). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=611&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.

*** Munchkin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Munchkin, Van Nuys, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,017) developed by Steven B. Dunn, Beverly Hills, Pa., Mark A. Hatherill, Beverly Hills, Calif., and Kevin D. Johnson, Tarzana, Calif., for a "powder dispensing assembly for a waste container." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2009 (12/609,136). 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=86,90,017.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,017&RS=PN/86,90,017 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Aerojet Rocketdyne of De Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Aerojet Rocketdyne of De, Sacramento, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,689,764) developed by Mark David Horn, Granada Hills, Calif., Glenn L. Havskjold, Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Calvin Q. Morrison Jr., Thousand Oaks, Calif., for a "rotary engine with exhaust gas supplemental compounding." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2009 (13/120,468). 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=86,89,764.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,764&RS=PN/86,89,764 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** PrivaSys Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- PrivaSys, Tiburon, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,055) developed by Roy L. Anderson, Glendale, Calif., Jacob Y. Wong, Goleta, Calif., and Larry Routhenstein, Orlando, Fla., for an electronic card.

The patent application was filed on April 3, 2012 (13/438,710). 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=86,90,055.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,055&RS=PN/86,90,055 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Think Tank Photo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Think Tank Photo, Santa Rosa, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,029) developed by Douglas Harland Murdoch, Santa Rosa, Calif., and Michael Sturm, Redding, Calif., for a "backpack and waist bag carrying system." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2006 (11/667,582). 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=86,90,029.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,029&RS=PN/86,90,029 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,823) developed by five co-inventors for a "drug coated balloon catheter." The co-inventors are Travis R. Yribarren, San Mateo, Calif., Randolf von Oepen, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Kevin J. Ehrenreich, San Francisco, William E. Webler Jr., San Jose, Calif., and Richard R. Newhauser, Redwood City, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 10, 2008 (12/171,134). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=14&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=657&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.

*** Bloom Energy Assigned Patent for Seal Compositions, Methods, and Structures for Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cells ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,470) developed by four co-inventors for "seal compositions, methods, and structures for planar solid oxide fuel cells." The co-inventors are Ananda H. Kumar, Fremont, Calif., Dien Nguyen, San Jose, Calif., Martin Janousek, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Tad Armstrong, Burlingame, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2008 (12/292,078). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=607&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.

*** Python Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Python Medical, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,959) developed by Mir A. Imran, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for an "implantable digestive tract organ." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2011 (13/270,179). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=634&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 Display Element ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,410) developed by Aleksandar Pance, Saratoga, Calif., and Gregory L. Tice, Los Altos, Calif., for the "display element including microperforations." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2012 (13/670,061). 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=86,90,410.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,410&RS=PN/86,90,410 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Wells Fargo Bank Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,690,051) developed by Jonathan George Velline, Oakland, Calif., Alicia Yi-Ping Moore, San Ramon, Calif., and Elizabeth Schrag, Walnut Creek, Calif., for a "system and method for receiving ATM deposits." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2012 (13/441,794). 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=86,90,051.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,051&RS=PN/86,90,051 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intuitive Surgical Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,908) developed by Thomas G. Cooper, Menlo Park, Calif., and S. Christopher Anderson, San Francisco, for a "flexible wrist for surgical tool." The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2012 (13/692,024). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=641&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 Research Center Assigned Patent for Bubble Removal for Ink Jet Printing ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,302) developed by John Steven Paschkewitz, San Carlos, Calif., and Eric J. Shrader, Belmont, Calif., for the "bubble removal for ink jet printing." The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2010 (12/961,148). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,90,302.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,302&RS=PN/86,90,302 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Calera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Calera, Los Gatos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,175) developed by four co-inventors for a "calcium sulfate and CO.sub.2 sequestration." The co-inventors are Teavor Kendall, Menlo Park, Calif., William Bourcier, Livermore, Calif., Peng Lu, Bloomington, Ind., and Geoffrey Garrison, Seattle.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2012 (13/566,213). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=623&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.

*** HWJ Designs for Agribusiness Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- HWJ Designs for Agribusiness, Clovis, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,689,683) developed by Bradley P. Actis, Clovis, Calif., for an "opening assembly for pressing chambers." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2011 (13/035,526). 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=86,89,683.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,683&RS=PN/86,89,683 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Onike Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Onike Technologies, Dana Point, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,918) developed by Lytton Ade-Kunle Williams, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., for a "spinous process fusion reduction plate for lumbar spine." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2011 (13/311,542). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=638&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.

*** Sonowise Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Sonowise, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,777) developed by Shengtz Lin, Cupertino, Calif., for an "apparatus and method for real time 3D body object scanning without touching or applying pressure to the body object." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2010 (12/729,620). 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=86,90,777.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,777&RS=PN/86,90,777 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Abbott Medical Optics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Abbott Medical Optics, Santa Ana, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,287) developed by Stanley W. Huth, Newport Beach, Calif., Simon Kilvington, Tustin, Calif., and Simon Cheung, Irvine, Calif., for an "ophthalmic system with synergistic properties." The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2011 (13/240,916). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=615&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.

*** Pharmacyclics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Pharmacyclics, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,546) developed by Lee Honigberg, San Francisco, Erik Verner, Belmont, Calif., and Zhengying Pan, Austin, Texas, for "inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2012 (13/472,292). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=12&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=596&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.

*** Fluidigm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Fluidigm, South San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,509) developed by five co-inventors for "multi-primer amplification method for barcoding of target nucleic acids." The co-inventors are Andrew May, San Francisco, Peilin Chen, Richmond, Calif., Jun Wang, Palo Alto, Calif., Fiona Kaper, San Mateo, Calif., and Megan Anderson, Washington.

The patent application was filed on April 2, 2010 (12/753,703). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=603&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.

*** United Surgical Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United Surgical Associates, Solvang, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,812) developed by four co-inventors for a "post operative knee brace with uniform symmetrical lateral adjustment." The co-inventors are Russell S. Moir, Solvang, Calif., Bryan K. Bowman, Roann, Ind., Andrew M. Oplinger, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Robert A. Rosenberry, Solvang, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2012 (13/344,547). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=14&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=660&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.

*** S.A. Recycling Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- S.A. Recycling, Orange, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,512) developed by George Adams, Orange, Calif., Terry Scot Adams, Villa Park, Calif., and Michael J. Adams, Yorba Linda, Calif., for an "apparatus for freight container loading." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2013 (13/788,465). 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=86,90,512.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,512&RS=PN/86,90,512 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** SimpliPure Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- SimpliPure, Aliso Viejo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,028) developed by Tareq Risheq, Laguna Niguel, Calif., for a "portable water container with pump and filter." The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2011 (13/291,763). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,90,028.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,028&RS=PN/86,90,028 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Worldwide Integrated Resources Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Worldwide Integrated Resources, Montebello, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,689,388) developed by Fred I. Morad, Toluca Lake, Calif., and William P. Camp Jr., Vanlue, Ohio, for an "apparatus to remove a disposable sponge from a hand operated squeeze sponge mop without having to touch the sponge." The patent application was filed on July 1, 2013 (13/933,037). 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=86,89,388.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,388&RS=PN/86,89,388 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** PhiloMetron Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- PhiloMetron, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,690,769) developed by Carl Frederick Edman, San Diego, Naresh Chandra Bhavaraju, San Diego, and Darrel Dean Drinan, San Diego, for a "metabolic energy monitoring system." The patent application was filed on April 21, 2009 (12/386,614). 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=86,90,769.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,769&RS=PN/86,90,769 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** MVRx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- MVRx, Moss Beach, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,858) developed by five co-inventors for "devices, systems, and methods for reshaping a heart valve annulus, including the use of magnetic tools." The co-inventors are Timothy R. Machold, Moss Beach, Calif., Robert T. Chang, Belmont, Calif., David A. Rahdert, San Francisco, David Scott, Redwood City, Calif., and David R. Tholfsen, San Leandro, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 29, 2012 (13/482,586). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=14&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=651&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 for Method for Removing Material from Semiconductor Wafer ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Lam Research, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,027) developed by five co-inventors for a "method for removing material from semiconductor wafer and apparatus for performing the same." The co-inventors are Mikhail Korolik, San Jose, Calif., Michael Ravkin, Sunnyvale, Calif., John de Larios, Palo Alto, Calif., Fritz C. Redeker, Fremont, Calif., and John M. Boyd, Hillsboro, Ore.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2012 (13/670,305). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,691,027.PN.&OS=PN/8,691,027&RS=PN/8,691,027 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Backlight Structures and Backlight Assemblies ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,690,412) developed by Jeremy C. Franklin, San Francisco, Derek Wright, San Francisco, and Wenyong Zhu, Campbell, Calif., for "backlight structures and backlight assemblies for electronic device displays." The patent application was filed on March 15, 2012 (13/421,703). 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=86,90,412.PN.&OS=PN/86,90,412&RS=PN/86,90,412 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Enovix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Enovix, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,691,450) developed by Venkat Srinivasan, Fremont, Calif., and Robert Spotnitz, Pleasanton, Calif., for "three-dimensional batteries and methods of manufacturing the same." The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2009 (12/536,154). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=13&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=608&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.

*** Genentech Assigned Patent for NLRR-1 Antagonists and Uses ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com.

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