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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (April 21)
[April 21, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (April 21)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 20 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,400) developed by three co-inventors for a "subspace speech adaptation." The co-inventors are Daniel Povey, Redmond, Wash., Kaisheng Yao, Newcastle, Wash., and Yifan Gong, Sammamish, Wash.



The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2010 (12/982,401). 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=8700400.PN.&OS=PN/8700400&RS=PN/8700400 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 20 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,592) developed by five co-inventors for a "web search system [that] uses humans to rank the relevance of results returned for various sample search queries." The co-inventors are Satya Pradeep Kanduri, Redmond, Wash., Marcelo De Barros, Redmond, Wash., Mikhail Parakhin, Redmond, Wash., Cynthia Yu, Redmond, Wash., and Qiang Wu, Redmond, Wash.


The patent application was filed on April 9, 2010 (12/757,095). 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=8700592.PN.&OS=PN/8700592&RS=PN/8700592 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Grouping Metadata Search Results ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 20 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,590) developed by Aram Christian Abajian, Seattle, co-inventors for a method and system "for grouping metadata search results associated with media on a computer network, such as multimedia and streaming media include binning and iterative masking." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2012 (13/507,306). 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=8700590.PN.&OS=PN/8700590&RS=PN/8700590 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Deep Neural Network Training Techniques ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 20 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,552) developed by four co-inventors for "Deep Neural Network (DNN) training technique embodiments are presented that train a DNN while exploiting the sparseness of non-zero hidden layer interconnection weight values." The co-inventors are Dong Yu, Bothell, Wash., Li Deng, Redmond, Wash., Frank Torsten Bernd Seide, Beijing, and Gang Li, Beijing.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2011 (13/305,741). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8700552.PN.&OS=PN/8700552&RS=PN/8700552 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Vulcan I.P. Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 20 -- Vulcan I.P. Holdings, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,700,451) developed by Prasantha Jayakody, Seattle, for a system and method "for tracking a consumer." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2008 (12/260,889). 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=8700451.PN.&OS=PN/8700451&RS=PN/8700451 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Functionality for Personalizing Search Results ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 20 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,544) developed by five co-inventors for a "[f]unctionality for personalizing search results." The co-inventors are David A. Sontag, Cambridge, Mass., Kevyn B. Collins-Thompson, Seattle, Paul N. Bennett, Kirkland, Wash., Ryen W. White, Woodinville, Wash., and Susan T. Dumais, Kirkland, Wash.

The patent application was filed on June 17, 2011 (13/162,906). 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=8700544.PN.&OS=PN/8700544&RS=PN/8700544 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Amazon.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 20 -- Amazon.com, Seattle, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,485) developed by five co-inventors for a method and system "for authenticating users while conducting an auction via a computer system." The co-inventors are Neil Roseman, Seattle, Josh Petersen, Seattle, Greg Linden, Seattle, Ryan Snodgrass, Kirkland, Wash., and Gus Lopez, Seattle.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2010 (12/857,557). 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=8700485.PN.&OS=PN/8700485&RS=PN/8700485 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 20 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,535) developed by eight co-inventors for "[i]ssuing a publisher use license off-line in a digital rights management (DRM) system." The co-inventors are Steve Bourne, Seattle, Blair Brewster Dillaway, Clyde Hill, Wash., Pierre Jacomet, Sammamish, Wash., Rushmi U. Malviarachchi, Bellevue, Wash., Kumar B Parambir, Bellevue, Wash., Yevgeniy Eugene Rozenfeld, Bellevue, Wash., Chandramouli Venkatesh, Sammamish, Wash., and Charles F Rose III, Redmond, Wash.

The patent application was filed on March 21, 2008 (12/053,090). 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=8700535.PN.&OS=PN/8700535&RS=PN/8700535 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 20 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,394) developed by three co-inventors for "[a]coustic model adaptation using splines." The co-inventors are Michael Lewis Seltzer, Seattle, Kaustubh Prakash Kalgaonkar, Atlanta, and Alejandro Acero, Bellevue, Wash.

The patent application was filed on March 24, 2010 (12/730,270). 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=8700394.PN.&OS=PN/8700394&RS=PN/8700394 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,385) developed by eight co-inventors for "providing a task description name space map for the information worker." The co-inventors are Susan T. Dumais, Kirkland, Wash., William H. Gates III, Medina, Wash., Srikanth Shoroff, Sammamish, Wash., Michael Ehrenberg, Seattle, Jensen M. Harris, Bellevue, Wash., Richard J. Wolf, Seattle, Joshua T. Goodman, Redmond, Wash., and Eran Megiddo, Bellevue, Wash.

The patent application was filed on April 4, 2008 (Megiddo). 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=8700385.PN.&OS=PN/8700385&RS=PN/8700385 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,696,843) developed by Thomas Andrew Dean, Maple Valley, Wash., for the "repair of acoustically treated structures." The patent application was filed on Sept. 6, 2012 (13/604,923). 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=8,696,843.PN.&OS=PN/8,696,843&RS=PN/8,696,843 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,302) developed by three co-inventors for "mobile computing devices, architecture and user interfaces based on dynamic direction information." The co-inventors are Moe Khosravy, Bellevue, Wash., Lev Novik, Bellevue, Wash., and Darryl E. Rubin, Duvall, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2009 (12/536,889). 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=8700302.PN.&OS=PN/8700302&RS=PN/8700302 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Medtronic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,696,743) developed by eight co-inventors for "tissue attachment devices and methods for prosthetic heart valves." The co-inventors are Arin N. Holecek, Liberty Lake, Wash., Carolyn Majkrzak, San Clemente, Calif., Carol E. Eberhardt, Fullerton, Calif., Billie J. Millwee, Fullerton, Calif., Thao M. Nguyen, Cypress, Calif., Janice L. Shay, Lake Forest, Calif., Cynthia H. Chiu, Tustin, Calif., and Tara S. Kupumbati, Irvine, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 16, 2009 (12/424,768). 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=8,696,743.PN.&OS=PN/8,696,743&RS=PN/8,696,743 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Wireless Networks Performance Improvement ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,699,424) developed by five co-inventors for "[a]dapting channel width for improving the performance of wireless networks." The co-inventors are Ranveer Chandra, Kirkland, Wash., Ratul Mahajan, Seattle,, Thomas Moscibroda, Redmond, Wash., Paramvir Bahl, Sammamish, Wash., and Ramya Raghavendra, Goleta, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 27, 2008 (12/163,187). 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=8699424.PN.&OS=PN/8699424&RS=PN/8699424 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cypress Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,760) developed by Patrick Prendergast, Clinton, Wash., and Erik Anderson, Lynnwood, Wash., for a "method and apparatus for identification of touch panels." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2010 (12/753,757). 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=86,98,760.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,760&RS=PN/86,98,760 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** PTC Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- PTC Therapeutics, South Plainfield, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,697,662) developed by six co-inventors for "methods for treating Kaposi sarcoma." The co-inventors are Liangxian Cao, Parlin, N.J., Thomas W. Davis, South Orange, N.J., Samit Hirawat, Chatham, N.J., Harry H. Miao, Wellesley, Mass., Langdon Miller, Seattle, and Marla L. Weetall, Morristown, N.J.

The patent application was filed on May 27, 2010 (13/321,233). 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=8,697,662.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,662&RS=PN/8,697,662 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- The Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,699,944) developed by six co-inventors for a system that "includes a first device, a second device, and logic to enable the first and second devices to pair as a result of at least one sound." The co-inventors are Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Alexander J. Cohen, Mill Valley, Calif., and John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash.

The patent application was filed on June 10, 2005 (11/150,858). 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=8699944.PN.&OS=PN/8699944&RS=PN/8699944 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent for Tongue Imaging in Medical Diagnostic Ultrasound ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,696,577) developed by Paul Donald Freiburger, Seattle, for a "tongue imaging in medical diagnostic ultrasound." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2012 (13/452,546). 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=8,696,577.PN.&OS=PN/8,696,577&RS=PN/8,696,577 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Anti-Shake Correction System ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,699,868) developed by two co-inventors for "[a]nti-shake correction system for curved optical sensor." The co-inventors are Brian K. Guenter, Redmond, Wash., and Neel S. Joshi, Seattle.

The patent application was filed on (13/829,944). 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=8699868.PN.&OS=PN/8699868&RS=PN/8699868 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Mobile Computing Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,301) developed by three co-inventors for "mobile computing devices, architecture and user interfaces based on dynamic direction information." The co-inventors are Moe Khosravy, Bellevue, Wash., Lev Novik, Bellevue, Wash., and Darryl E. Rubin, Duvall, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2009 (12/362,093). 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=8700301.PN.&OS=PN/8700301&RS=PN/8700301 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Inrix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Inrix, Kirkland, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,294) developed by three co-inventors for "[r]epresentative road traffic flow information based on historical data." The co-inventors are Oliver B. Downs, Redmond, Wash., Jesse S. Hersch, Bellevue, Wash., and Craig H. Chapman, Redmond, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2007 (12/377,592). 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=8700294.PN.&OS=PN/8700294&RS=PN/8700294 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Voice Enabling Mobile Services ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,008) developed by two co-inventors for "voice enabling mobile services leverage existing PTT infrastructure. Initiation of a service request and navigation through PTT service functions is accomplished by voice direction, rather than by reading choices and texting or clicking through options." The co-inventors are Nagareddy S. Reddy, Sammamish, Wash., and Vikram Khandpur, Kirkland, Wash.

The patent application was filed on June 27, 2008 (12/163,243). 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=8700008.PN.&OS=PN/8700008&RS=PN/8700008 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Inrix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Inrix, Kirkland, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,296) developed by two co-inventors for techniques for "[d]ynamic prediction of road traffic conditions." The co-inventors are Craig H. Chapman, Redmond, Wash., and Christopher L. Scofield, Seattle.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2011 (13/211,177). 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=8700296.PN.&OS=PN/8700296&RS=PN/8700296 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cisco Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Cisco Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,997) developed by five co-inventors for a "cable with integrated cable-management system." The co-inventors are Stephen Thomas Kelly, Redmond, Wash., Ariel Braunstein, San Francisco, Kyle Nathen Swen, San Carlos, Calif., Greg P. McNamara, San Francisco, and Brian Patrick Bjelovuk, Cincinnati.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2010 (12/889,278). 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=8,697,997.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,997&RS=PN/8,697,997 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Quest Diagnostics Investments, U.S. Genomics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Quest Diagnostics Investments, Wilmington, Del., and U.S. Genomics, Woburn, Mass., have been assigned a patent (8,697,399) developed by four co-inventors for a "nucleic acid size detection method." The co-inventors are Donghui Huang, San Ramon, Calif., Charles M. Strom, San Clemente, Calif., Steven J. Potts, Flagstaff, Ariz., and Jenny Ellen Rooke, Seattle.

The patent application was filed on April 11, 2007 (12/444,361). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,697,399.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,399&RS=PN/8,697,399 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,696,107) developed by Kevin Lo, Vancouver, Wash., Paul Coffin, Battle Ground, Wash., and Pierre J. Kaiser, Portland, Ore., for a "print media jam clearance assembly." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2011 (13/223,050). 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=8,696,107.PN.&OS=PN/8,696,107&RS=PN/8,696,107 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Battelle Memorial Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,225) developed by four co-inventors for "grid regulation services for energy storage devices based on grid frequency." The co-inventors are Richard M. Pratt, Richland, Wash., Donald J. Hammerstrom, West Richland, Wash., Michael C. W. Kintner-Meyer, Richland, Wash., and Francis K. Tuffner, Richland, Wash.

The patent application was filed on April 10, 2012 (13/443,620). 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=8700225.PN.&OS=PN/8700225&RS=PN/8700225 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Optional Re-Routing ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,316) developed by four co-inventors for tools and techniques "for providing optional re-routing." The co-inventors are Chien-Wen Danny Su, Richmond Hill, Canada, Aarti Bharathan, Sunnyvale, Calif., Adrian Solis, Bellevue, Wash., and Jonathan Aroner, Seattle.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2011 (13/328,964). 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=8700316.PN.&OS=PN/8700316&RS=PN/8700316 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

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