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

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (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 California.

*** N.I. Investments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 20 -- N.I. Investments, Port Townsend, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,700,496) developed by John Poisson, San Francisco, for "[g]ift giving using a custom catalog of gifts." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2011 (13/234,939). 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=8700496.PN.&OS=PN/8700496&RS=PN/8700496 Written by Marlyn Vitin.



*** Apple Assigned Patent for Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating and Displaying Content in Context ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,762) developed by Oliver P. Wagner, San Francisco, and Michael Matas, San Francisco, for a "device, method, and graphical user interface for navigating and displaying content in context." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2010 (12/789,441). 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=86,98,762.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,762&RS=PN/86,98,762 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Invensas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Invensas, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,323) developed by Ilyas Mohammed, Santa Clara, Calif., and Belgacem Haba, Saratoga, Calif., for a "microelectronic assembly tolerant to misplacement of microelectronic elements therein." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2012 (13/525,514). 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=86,98,323.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,323&RS=PN/86,98,323 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.


*** Intermolecular Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Intermolecular, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,121) developed by four co-inventors for a "resistive switching memory element including doped silicon electrode." The co-inventors are Prashant B. Phatak, San Jose, Calif., Tony P. Chiang, Campbell, Calif., Michael Miller, San Jose, Calif., and Wen Wu, Pleasanton, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 3, 2013 (13/935,388). 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=8,698,121.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,121&RS=PN/8,698,121 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Gilead Sciences Assigned Patent for Antiviral Compounds ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Gilead Sciences, Foster City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,861) developed by seven co-inventors for antiviral compounds. The co-inventors are Constantine G. Boojamra, San Francisco, Kuei-Ying Lin, Sunnyvale, Calif., Richard L. Mackman, Millbrae, Calif., David Y. Markevitch, Los Angeles, Calif., Oleg V. Petrakovsky, San Mateo, Calif., Adrian S. Ray, Redwood City, Calif., and Lijun Zhang, Los Altos Hills, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2012 (13/626,687). 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=8,697,861.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,861&RS=PN/8,697,861 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Allergan Assigned Patent for Pyridine Derivatives as Sphingosine 1-Phosphate (S1P) Receptor Modulators ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Allergan, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,733) developed by five co-inventors for "pyridine derivatives as sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulators." The co-inventors are Wenkui K. Fang, Irvine, Calif., Liming Wang, Irvine, Calif., Evelyn G. Corpuz, Irvine, Calif., Ken Chow, Newport Coast, Calif., and Wha-Bin Im, Irvine, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 20, 2013 (13/923,196). 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=8,697,733.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,733&RS=PN/8,697,733 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Regulus Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Regulus Therapeutics, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,663) developed by C. Frank Bennett, Carlsbad, Calif., Susan M. Freier, San Diego, and Richard H. Griffey, Vista, Calif., for "oligomeric compounds and compositions for use in modulation of small non-coding RNAs." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2008 (12/345,725). 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=8,697,663.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,663&RS=PN/8,697,663 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,520) developed by Yeeheng Lee, San Jose, Calif., Yongping Ding, San Jose, Calif., and Xiaobin Wang, San Jose, Calif., for a "method of forming an asymmetric poly gate for optimum termination design in trench power MOSFETS." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2012 (13/411,422). 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=8,697,520.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,520&RS=PN/8,697,520 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,645) developed by Jurgen H. Daniel, San Francisco, and Tse Hga Ng, Mountain View, Calif., for a "method for event sensing employing a printed event sensor." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2010 (12/907,891). 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=86,98,645.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,645&RS=PN/86,98,645 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent for High Temperature Vacuum Chuck Assembly ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,048) developed by Alexander N. Lerner, San Jose, Calif., Blake Koelmel, Palo Alto, Calif., and Mehran Behdjat, San Jose, Calif., for a "high temperature vacuum chuck assembly." The patent application was filed on April 26, 2012 (13/456,455). 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=8,698,048.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,048&RS=PN/8,698,048 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nanosys Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Nanosys, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,471) developed by Robert S. Dubrow, San Carlos, Calif., for "methods for encapsulating nanocrystals and resulting compositions." The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2012 (13/684,782). 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=8,697,471.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,471&RS=PN/8,697,471 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Motiv Power Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Motiv Power Systems, Foster City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,351) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for managing a power system with multiple power components." The co-inventors are Jim Michael Castelaz, San Francisco, Jessica Riley, Mountain View, Calif., Steven Diamond, San Mateo, Calif., Sam Chang, San Jose, Calif., Vishal Parikh, Palo Alto, Calif., and Benson Tsai, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2010 (12/908,816). 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=86,98,351.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,351&RS=PN/86,98,351 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,698,671) developed by five co-inventors for "binning venues into categories based on propagation characteristics." The co-inventors are Vinay Sridhara, Santa Clara, Calif., Saumitra Mohan Das, San Jose, Calif., Ayman Fawzy Naguib, Santa Clara, Calif., Manasi Deepak Navare, Boulder, Colo., and Alok Aggarwal, Foster City, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2010 (12/904,896). 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=86,98,671.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,671&RS=PN/86,98,671 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Empower Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Empower Electronics, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,698,412) developed by Paul Srimuang, San Diego, and Shawn W. DeKalb, San Diego, for a "high intensity discharge ballast configured to accommodate wide range of input and output characteristics." The patent application was filed on July 11, 2011 (13/180,104). 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=86,98,412.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,412&RS=PN/86,98,412 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Delay Line Calibration ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,698,572) developed by Chong U. Lee, San Diego, David Jonathan Julian, San Diego, and Amal Ekbal, San Diego, for a delay line calibration.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2010 (12/967,216). 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=86,98,572.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,572&RS=PN/86,98,572 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cytec Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Cytec Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,696,965) developed by Christopher Lee Bongiovanni, Anaheim, Calif., and Jack Douglas Boyd, Silverado, Calif., for "prepregs with improved processing." The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2009 (12/581,053). 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=8,696,965.PN.&OS=PN/8,696,965&RS=PN/8,696,965 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lawrence Livermore National Security Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Lawrence Livermore National Security, Livermore, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,086) developed by five co-inventors for "high effective atomic number polymer scintillators for gamma ray spectroscopy." The co-inventors are Nerine Jane Cherepy, Oakland, Calif., Robert Dean Sanner, Livermore, Calif., Stephen Anthony Payne, Castro Valley, Calif., Benjamin Lee Rupert, Berkeley, Calif., and Benjamin Walter Sturm, Pleasanton, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 16, 2011 (13/162,503). 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=8,698,086.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,086&RS=PN/8,698,086 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AtheroNova Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- AtheroNova Operations, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,633) developed by Filiberto Zadini, Camarillo, Calif., and Giorgio Zadini, Camarillo, Calif., for a "dissolution of arterial plaque." The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2012 (13/633,704). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,697,633.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,633&RS=PN/8,697,633 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** 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.

*** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent for Objective Lens with Deflector Plates Immersed in Electrostatic Lens Field ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,093) developed by Alexander J. Gubbens, Redwood City, Calif., and Ye Yang, Fremont, Calif., for an "objective lens with deflector plates immersed in electrostatic lens field." The patent application was filed on March 12, 2007 (11/716,768). 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=8,698,093.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,093&RS=PN/8,698,093 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ruckus Wireless Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Ruckus Wireless, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,675) developed by Victor Shtrom, Los Altos, Calif., and Bernard Baron, Mountain View, Calif., for "mountable antenna elements for dual band antenna." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2009 (12/545,758). 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=86,98,675.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,675&RS=PN/86,98,675 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of California Assigned Patent for Fused Ring Heteroaryl Kinase Inhibitors ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,709) developed by Arvin Dar, San Francisco, and Kevan M. Shokat, San Francisco, for "fused ring heteroaryl kinase inhibitors." The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2009 (13/124,657). 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=8,697,709.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,709&RS=PN/8,697,709 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Volterra Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Volterra Semiconductor, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,242) developed by Budong You, Fremont, Calif., and Marco A. Zuniga, Palo Alto, Calif., for a lateral double-diffused MOSFET.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2013 (13/740,612). 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=86,98,242.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,242&RS=PN/86,98,242 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Rectifier Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- International Rectifier, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,232) developed by Aram Arzumanyan, Burbank, Calif., Timothy D. Henson, Torrance, Calif., and Ling Ma, Redondo Beach, Calif., for a "semiconductor device including a voltage controlled termination structure and method for fabricating same." The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2010 (12/655,668). 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=86,98,232.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,232&RS=PN/86,98,232 Written by Deviprasad Jena; 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.

*** University of California Assigned Patent for Surface and Gas Phase Doping of Iii-V Semiconductors ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,467) developed by Ali Javey, Fremont, Calif., Alexandra C. Ford, Albany, Calif., and Johnny C. Ho, Hong Kong, for a "surface and gas phase doping of III-V semiconductors." The patent application was filed on July 26, 2010 (12/843,271). 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=8,697,467.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,467&RS=PN/8,697,467 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,836) developed by Maurizio Zanetti, La Jolla, Calif., for a "composition and method for inducing and enhancing a telomerase reverse transcriptase-reactive cytotoxic T lymphocyte response." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2008 (12/150,164). 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=8,697,836.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,836&RS=PN/8,697,836 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of Southern California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,697,729) developed by four co-inventors for "small molecules modulator of epigenetic regulation and their therapeutic applications." The co-inventors are Lin Chen, La Canada, Calif., Nimanthi Jayathilaka, Los Angeles, Aidong Han, Los Angeles, and Nicos Petasis, Hacienda Heights, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2009 (12/613,521). The full-text of the patent can be found at 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=8,697,729.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,729&RS=PN/8,697,729 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tabula Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Tabula, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,518) developed by Jason Redgrave, Mountain View, Calif., for "storage elements for a configurable IC and method and apparatus for accessing data stored in the storage elements." The patent application was filed on March 19, 2012 (13/424,364). 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=86,98,518.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,518&RS=PN/86,98,518 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** OSI Optoelectronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- OSI Optoelectronics, Hawthorne, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,197) developed by Peter Steven Bui, Cerritos, Calif., and Narayan Dass Taneja, Long Beach, Calif., for a "tetra-lateral position sensing detector." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2013 (13/766,680). 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=86,98,197.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,197&RS=PN/86,98,197 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nvidia Assigned Patent for Multi-configuration GPU Interface Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,305) developed by four co-inventors for a "multi-configuration GPU interface device." The co-inventors are Thomas E. Dewey, Menlo Park, Calif., James K. Dobbins, Santa Clara, Calif., Joseph S. Minacapelli, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Simon A. Thomas, Campbell, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2004 (10/912,393). 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=86,98,305.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,305&RS=PN/86,98,305 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Dynamic Connections Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Dynamic Connections, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,698,031) developed by four co-inventors for "separation and manipulation of a chiral object." The co-inventors are Osman Kibar, San Diego, Mirianas Chachisvilis, La Jolla, Calif., Eugene Tu, San Diego, and Thomas H. Marsilje, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on June 19, 2008 (12/142,545). 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=8,698,031.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,031&RS=PN/8,698,031 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Providing Multi-region Instrument Support in Audio Player ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,697,978) developed by Kulkarni Prajakt, San Diego, and Suresh Devalapalli, San Diego, for "systems and methods for providing multi-region instrument support in an audio player." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2009 (12/358,037). 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=8,697,978.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,978&RS=PN/8,697,978 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Allergan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Allergan, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,414) developed by six co-inventors for degradable clostridial toxins. The co-inventors are Lance E. Steward, Irvine, Calif., Sanjiv Ghanshani, Irvine, Calif., Ester Fernandez-Salas, Ann Arbor, Mich., Marcella A. Gilmore, Santa Ana, Calif., Joseph Francis, Aliso Viejo, Calif., and Kei Roger Aoki, Coto de Caza, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2013 (13/969,174). 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=8,697,414.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,414&RS=PN/8,697,414 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Isis Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,860) developed by four co-inventors for a "diagnosis and treatment of disease." The co-inventors are Brett P. Monia, Encinitas, Calif., Susan M. Freier, San Diego, Andrew M. Siwkowski, Carlsbad, Calif., and Shuling Guo, Carlsbad, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 17, 2013 (13/944,786). 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=8,697,860.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,860&RS=PN/8,697,860 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Protelica Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Protelica, Hayward, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,608) developed by six co-inventors for a "universal fibronectin type III binding-domain libraries." The co-inventors are Guido Cappuccilli, San Mateo, Calif., Roberto Crea, San Mateo, Calif., Randy Shen, Sunnyvale, Calif., Craig A. Hokanson, Pleasanton, Calif., Peter B. Kirk, San Mateo, Calif., and David R. Liston, San Mateo, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2010 (12/850,219). 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=8,697,608.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,608&RS=PN/8,697,608 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,696,579) developed by four co-inventors for a "cardiac flow quantification with volumetric imaging data." The co-inventors are Yang Wang, Plainsboro, N.J., Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, N.J., Saurabh Datta, Cupertino, Calif., and Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, N.J.

The patent application was filed on June 2, 2011 (13/151,803). 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=8,696,579.PN.&OS=PN/8,696,579&RS=PN/8,696,579 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ubiquiti Networks Assigned Patent for Antenna System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Ubiquiti Networks, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,684) developed by John R. Sanford, Encinitas, Calif., for an "antenna system and method." The patent application was filed on March 8, 2013 (13/790,616). 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=86,98,684.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,684&RS=PN/86,98,684 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Avogy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Avogy, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,164) developed by four co-inventors for a "vertical GaN JFET with gate source electrodes on regrown gate." The co-inventors are Donald R. Disney, Cupertino, Calif., Hui Nie, Cupertino, Calif., Isik C. Kizilyalli, San Francisco, and Richard J. Brown, Los Gatos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2011 (13/315,720). 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=86,98,164.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,164&RS=PN/86,98,164 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Genentech, Array BioPharma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif., and Array BioPharma, Boulder, Colo., have been assigned a patent (8,697,715) developed by 12 co-inventors for serine/threonine kinase inhibitors. The co-inventors are James F. Blake, Boulder, Colo., Mark Joseph Chicarelli, Boulder, Colo., Rustam Ferdinand Garrey, Boulder, Colo., John Gaudino, Boulder, Colo., Jonas Grina, Boulder, Colo., David A. Moreno, Boulder, Colo., Peter J. Mohr, Boulder, Colo., Li Ren, Boulder, Colo., Jacob Schwarz, South San Francisco, Calif., Huifen Chen, South San Francisco, Calif., Kirk Robarge, South San Francisco, Calif., and Aihe Zhou, South San Francisco, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 1, 2013 (13/782,513). 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=8,697,715.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,715&RS=PN/8,697,715 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intermolecular Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Intermolecular, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,606) developed by four co-inventors for "methods for discretized processing and process sequence integration of regions of a substrate." The co-inventors are Tony P. Chiang, San Jose, Calif., David E. Lazovsky, San Jose, Calif., Thomas R. Boussie, Santa Clara, Calif., and Alexander Gorer, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2011 (13/311,855). 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=8,697,606.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,606&RS=PN/8,697,606 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Counteracting Expansion Effects of Moisture on Media Within Fluid-ejection Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,696,082) developed by four co-inventors for "counteracting expansion effects of moisture on media within fluid-ejection device." The co-inventors are Whitney Elaine Loper, Corvallis, Ore., Timothy Jay Bouma, Corvallis, Ore., Ryan Newman, San Diego, and Joseph W. Stellbrink, Corvallis, Ore.

The patent application was filed on April 15, 2009 (13/260,216). 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=8,696,082.PN.&OS=PN/8,696,082&RS=PN/8,696,082 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** HRL Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- HRL Laboratories, Malibu, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,201) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "gate metallization methods for self-aligned sidewall gate GaN HEMT." The co-inventors are Dean C. Regan, Moorprk, Calif., Keisuke Shinohara, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Andrea Corrion, Oak Park, Calif., Ivan Milosavljevic, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Miroslav Micovic, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Peter J. Willadsen, Acton, Calif., Colleen M. Butler, Camarillo, Calif., Hector L. Bracamontes, Lawndale, Calif., Bruce T. Holden, Torrance, Calif., and David T. Chang, Calabasas, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2013 (13/968,185). 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=86,98,201.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,201&RS=PN/86,98,201 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Rectifier Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- International Rectifier, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,581) developed by Robert Beach, Altadena, Calif., and Paul Bridger, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., for a "III-nitride semiconductor device with trench structure." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2008 (12/217,830). 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=8,697,581.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,581&RS=PN/8,697,581 Written by Deviprasad Jena; 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.

*** OmniVision Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- OmniVision Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,666) developed by Guangbin Zhang, Cupertino, Calif., and Jiangtao Kuang, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "random estimation analog-to-digital converter." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2012 (13/633,017). 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=86,98,666.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,666&RS=PN/86,98,666 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Vertically Stackable Dies Having Chip Identifier Structures ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,698,321) developed by Jungwon Suh, San Diego, for "vertically stackable dies having chip identifier structures." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2009 (12/574,919). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,98,321.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,321&RS=PN/86,98,321 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Suncore Photovoltaics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Suncore Photovoltaics, Irwindale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,983) developed by eight co-inventors for "concentrating photovoltaic solar panel." The co-inventors are Steven A. Cashion, San Diego, Michael R. Bowser, Los Angeles, Mark B. Farrelly, Carlsbad, Calif., Braden E. Hines, Pasadena, Calif., Howard C. Holmes, Boulder Creek, Calif., Richard L. Johnson Jr., Suffolk, Va., Richard J. Russell, La Crescenta, Calif., and Michael F. Turk, Los Angeles.

The patent application was filed on June 29, 2012 (13/538,938). 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=8,697,983.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,983&RS=PN/8,697,983 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Solar Junction Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Solar Junction, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,481) developed by nine co-inventors for "high efficiency multijunction solar cells." The co-inventors are Rebecca Elizabeth Jones-Albertus, Mountain View, Calif., Pranob Misra, Santa Clara, Calif., Michael J. Sheldon, Cortaro, Ariz., Homan B. Yuen, Santa Clara, Calif., Ting Liu, San Jose, Calif., Daniel Derkacs, Sunnyvale, Calif., Vijit Sabnis, Cupertino, Calif., Micahel West Wiemer, Campbell, Calif., and Ferran Suarez, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2012 (13/708,763). 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=8,697,481.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,481&RS=PN/8,697,481 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,399) developed by five co-inventors for a "multi-wavelength pumping to sustain hot plasma." The co-inventors are Ilya V. Bezel, Sunnyvale, Calif., Anatoly Shchemelinin, Pleasanton, Calif., Eugene Shifrin, Sunnyvale, Calif., Matthew W. Derstine, Los Gatos, Calif., and Richard W. Solarz, Danville, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2010 (13/119,491). 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=86,98,399.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,399&RS=PN/86,98,399 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Theravance Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Theravance, South San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,724) developed by Miroslav Rapta, Sunnyvale, Calif., Venkat R. Thalladi, Foster City, Calif., and Robert S. Chao, Santa Clara, Calif., for "crystalline oxalate salts of a diamide compound." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2011 (13/248,840). 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=8,697,724.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,724&RS=PN/8,697,724 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Circle Biologics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Circle Biologics, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,696,905) developed by Thomas Coull, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Matthew R. Kyle, Plymouth, Minn., and Louis S. Kidder, Edina, Minn., for a fluid concentrator.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2011 (13/219,193). 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=8,696,905.PN.&OS=PN/8,696,905&RS=PN/8,696,905 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,698,139) developed by Seyfollah Seyfollahi Bazarjani, San Diego, and Reza Jalilizeinali, Oceanside, Calif., for a "die-to-die power consumption optimization." The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2008 (12/277,614). 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=8,698,139.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,139&RS=PN/8,698,139 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Backlight and Ambient Light Sensor System ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,727) developed by four co-inventors for a "backlight and ambient light sensor system." The co-inventors are Scott M. Herz, Santa Clara, Calif., Roberto G. Yepez, San Francisco, Scott Forstall, Mountain View, Calif., and Patrick L. Coffman, Menlo Park, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 28, 2007 (11/770,614). 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=86,98,727.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,727&RS=PN/86,98,727 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Angstrom Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Angstrom Pharmaceuticals, Solana Beach, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,629) developed by Malcolm Finlayson, Solana Beach, Calif., and Bassam B. Damaj, San Diego, for a "modulation of intracellular signaling." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2011 (13/041,198). 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=8,697,629.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,629&RS=PN/8,697,629 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tessera Assigned Patent for No Flow Underfill ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Tessera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,492) developed by five co-inventors for no flow underfill. The co-inventors are Belgacem Haba, Saratoga, Calif., Ilyas Mohammed, Santa Clara, Calif., Ellis Chau, San Jose, Calif., Sang Il Lee, San Jose, Calif., and Kishor Desai, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2010 (12/938,068). 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=8,697,492.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,492&RS=PN/8,697,492 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Headway Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Headway Technologies, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,261) developed by Guenole Jan, San Jose, Calif., Ru-Ying Tong, Los Gatos, Calif., and Yu-Jen Wang, San Jose, Calif., for "co/Ni multilayers with improved out-of-plane anisotropy for magnetic device applications." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2013 (13/955,039). 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=86,98,261.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,261&RS=PN/86,98,261 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,697,506) developed by five co-inventors for a "heterostructure device and associated method." The co-inventors are Vinayak Tilak, Niskayuna, N.Y., Alexei Vertiatchikh, Schenectady, N.Y., Kevin Sean Matocha, Rexford, N.Y., Peter Micah Sandvik, Clifton Park, N.Y., and Siddharth Rajan, Goleta, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 13, 2012 (13/418,566). 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=8,697,506.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,506&RS=PN/8,697,506 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,196) developed by five co-inventors for a "low capacitance transient voltage suppressor (TVS) with reduced clamping voltage." The co-inventors are Lingpeng Guan, San Jose, Calif., Madhur Bobde, Sunnyvale, Calif., Anup Bhalla, Santa Clara, Calif., Jun Hu, San Bruno, Calif., and Wayne F. Eng, Danville, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 28, 2011 (13/170,965). 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=86,98,196.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,196&RS=PN/86,98,196 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,049) developed by four co-inventors for a "rapid thermal processing lamphead with improved cooling." The co-inventors are Joseph M. Ranish, San Jose, Calif., Khurshed Sorabji, San Jose, Calif., Kedarnath Sangam, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Alexander Lerner, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2012 (13/657,935). 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=8,698,049.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,049&RS=PN/8,698,049 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** LucasFilm Entertainment Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- LucasFilm Entertainment, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,698,735) developed by Steve Sullivan, San Francisco, for a "constrained virtual camera control." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2006 (11/532,475). 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=86,98,735.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,735&RS=PN/86,98,735 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ezero Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Ezero Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,656) developed by David L. Henty, Newport Beach, Calif., for an "enhanced range passive wireless controller." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2009 (12/430,822). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,98,656.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,656&RS=PN/86,98,656 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Allergan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Allergan, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,763) developed by Alexei Goraltchouk, Rensselaer, N.Y., Jordan Thompson, Chino Hills, Calif., and Dennis Van Epps, Goleta, Calif., for "processes for making porous implantable materials." The patent application was filed on March 27, 2013 (13/851,877). 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=8,697,763.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,763&RS=PN/8,697,763 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Pharmacyclics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Pharmacyclics, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,711) 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 23, 2012 (13/479,053). 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=8,697,711.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,711&RS=PN/8,697,711 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** K2M Assigned Patent for Minimally Open Retraction Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- K2M, Leesburg, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,696,560) developed by four co-inventors for "[m]inimally open retraction device." The co-inventors are Josef Gorek, Ross, Calif., John Kostuik, Baltimore, Kevin R. Strauss, Columbia, Md., and Larry McClintock, Gore, Va.

The patent application was filed on May 2, 2007 (11/799,576). 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=8696560.PN.&OS=PN/8696560&RS=PN/8696560 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Onyx Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Onyx Therapeutics, South San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,837) developed by Francesco Parlati, San Francisco, Monette Aujay, San Francisco, and Mark K. Bennett, Moraga, Calif., for a "substrate for Rpn 11 enzymatic activity." The patent application was filed on July 20, 2009 (12/505,984). 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=8,697,837.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,837&RS=PN/8,697,837 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intevac Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Intevac, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,553) developed by Babak Adibi, Los Altos, Calif., and Edward S. Murrer, Aptos, Calif., for a "solar cell fabrication with faceting and ion implantation." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2009 (12/482,685). 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=8,697,553.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,553&RS=PN/8,697,553 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Mems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- General Mems, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,470) developed by Yunlong Wang, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "miniature MEMS condenser microphone packages and fabrication method thereof." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2012 (13/664,449). 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=8,697,470.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,470&RS=PN/8,697,470 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Pulse Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Pulse Holdings, Payson, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,697,156) developed by Jeffrey L. Tate, North Port, Fla., James A. Rehkopf, San Rafael, Calif., and David A. Mirko, Payson, Ariz., for "methods and apparatus for drying condensed distiller's solubles (CDS) to produce dried distiller's solubles (DDS)." The patent application was filed on April 4, 2011 (13/079,213). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=14&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140415.PD.&s2=%28AZ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/15/2014+AND+AS/AZ&RS=ISD/04/15/2014+AND+AS/AZ Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Life Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,452) developed by 11 co-inventors for a "thermal cycling assay apparatus and method." The co-inventors are John Linton, Lincoln, Mass., Arrin Katz, Cambridge, Mass., Colin Brenan, Marblehead, Mass., Karl Yoder, Stoneham, Mass., Robert Hess, Arlington, Mass., Leila Hasan, San Francisco, Robert Ellis, Half Moon Bay, Calif., Tanya Kanigan, Winchester, Mass., Kristine Friesen, Cambridge, Mass., Thomas Morrison, Wilmington, N.C., and Javier Garcia, Lexington, Mass.

The patent application was filed on June 8, 2012 (13/491,989). 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=8,697,452.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,452&RS=PN/8,697,452 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,799) developed by Gavin S.P. Miller, Los Altos, Calif., and Nathan A. Carr, San Jose, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for rendering graphics using soft occlusion." The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2010 (12/689,919). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,98,799.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,799&RS=PN/86,98,799 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** ArthroCare Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- ArthroCare, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,696,659) developed by Duane W. Marion, Santa Clara, Calif., for an "electrosurgical system and method having enhanced temperature measurement." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2010 (12/771,129). 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=8,696,659.PN.&OS=PN/8,696,659&RS=PN/8,696,659 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Maxim Integrated Products, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,766) developed by five co-inventors for a "system integration of tactile feedback and touchscreen controller for near-zero latency haptics playout." The co-inventors are Yassir Ali, Sunnyvale, Calif., Bart DeCanne, Sunnyvale, Calif., Timothy Lance Blankenship, Austin, Texas, Paul Nickson, Newtown, United Kingdom, and Lee Coleman, Kintbury, United Kingdom.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2011 (12/986,991). 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=86,98,766.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,766&RS=PN/86,98,766 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Solarmer Energy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Solarmer Energy, El Monte, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,833) developed by Jianhui Hou, El Monte, Calif., and Shaoqing Zhang, El Monte, Calif., for "conjugated polymers with carbonyl-substituted thieno [3,4-B] thiophene units for polymer solar cell active layer materials." The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2013 (13/735,989). 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=8,697,833.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,833&RS=PN/8,697,833 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** UOP LLC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- UOP LLC, Des Plaines, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,696,886) developed by four co-inventors for "silicometallophosphate molecular sieves, method of preparation and use." The co-inventors are Gregory J. Lewis, Santa Cruz, Calif., Lisa M. Knight, Chicago, Paulina Jakubczak, Elk Grove Village, Ill., and Justin E. Stanczyk, Arlington Heights, Ill.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2013 (14/054,980). 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=8,696,886.PN.&OS=PN/8,696,886&RS=PN/8,696,886 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Altera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,516) developed by five co-inventors for an "apparatus for improving performance of field programmable gate arrays and associated methods." The co-inventors are Irfan Rahim, Milpitas, Calif., Jeffrey T. Watt, Palo Alto, Calif., Richard G. Cliff, Los Altos, Calif., Andy L. Lee, San Jose, Calif., and Ping-Chen Liu, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2011 (13/214,144). 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=86,98,516.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,516&RS=PN/86,98,516 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Gilead Sciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Gilead Sciences, Foster City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,675) developed by four co-inventors for a tenofovir alafenamide hemifumarate. The co-inventors are Dazhan Liu, Alberta, Canada, Bing Shi, Foster City, Calif., Fang Wang, Foster City, Calif., and Richard Hung Chiu Yu, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2012 (13/586,358). 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=8,697,675.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,675&RS=PN/8,697,675 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Teledyne Scientific & Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, Thousand Oaks, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,499) developed by Jonathan B. Hacker, Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Christopher E. Hillman, Newbury Park, Calif., for a "system of dynamic and end-user configurable electrical interconnects." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2013 (13/906,180). 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=8,697,499.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,499&RS=PN/8,697,499 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cofan USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Cofan USA, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,186) developed by Lac Nguyen, Markham, Canada., and Chang Han, Pleasanton, Calif., for a "circuit board with thermo-conductive pillar." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2011 (13/186,461). 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=86,98,186.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,186&RS=PN/86,98,186 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Low-voltage Power-efficient Envelope Tracker ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,698,558) developed by Lennart K. Mathe, San Diego, Thomas Domenick Marra, San Diego, and Todd R. Sutton, Del Mar, Calif., for a "low-voltage power-efficient envelope tracker." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2011 (13/167,659). 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=86,98,558.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,558&RS=PN/86,98,558 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,615) developed by Martin J. Fennell, Concord, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for providing dynamic multi-stage signal amplification in a medical device." The patent application was filed on April 22, 2013 (13/867,948). 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=86,98,615.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,615&RS=PN/86,98,615 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Bio-Rad Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,410) developed by Man Cheng, Danville, Calif., for "SSO7-polymerase conjugates with decreased non-specific activity." The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2012 (13/371,126). 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=8,697,410.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,410&RS=PN/8,697,410 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Neilsen-Kuljian Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Neilsen-Kuljian, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,426) developed by Huy D. Nguyen, Tracy, Calif., and Tom Lik-Chung Lee, San Jose, Calif., for a "self-powered current sensing switch with digital setpoint." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2013 (14/073,811). 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=86,98,426.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,426&RS=PN/86,98,426 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,322) developed by Robert J. Drost, Los Altos, Calif., Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy, San Diego, and John E. Cunningham, San Diego, for an "adhesive-bonded substrates in a multi-chip module." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2010 (12/730,823). 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=86,98,322.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,322&RS=PN/86,98,322 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Arena Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,697,686) developed by five co-inventors for "crystalline forms of (R)-8-chloro-1-methyl-2,3,4,5-thtrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine hydrochloride." The co-inventors are Rajesh K. Agarwal, San Diego, William L. Betts III, San Diego, James A. Henshilwood, Carlsbad, Calif., Yuan-Hon Kiang, Newbury Park, Calif., and Noah Post, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on March 21, 2012 (13/425,669). 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=8,697,686.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,686&RS=PN/8,697,686 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intevac Assigned Patent for Method for Ion Implant Using Grid Assembly ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Intevac, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,552) developed by Babak Adibi, Los Altos, Calif., and Moon Chun, San Jose, Calif., for a "method for ion implant using grid assembly." The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2012 (13/363,347). 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=8,697,552.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,552&RS=PN/8,697,552 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,697,940) developed by Lynn Macdonald, White Plains, N.Y., Sean Stevens, San Francisco, and Andrew J. Murphy, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., for a ADAM6 mice.

The patent application was filed on May 9, 2013 (13/890,519). 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=8,697,940.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,940&RS=PN/8,697,940 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Pixel Qi Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Pixel Qi, San Bruno, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,716) developed by Ruibo Lu, San Bruno, Calif., and Mary Lou Jepsen, Sausalito, Calif., for a "low power consumption transflective liquid crystal displays." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2010 (12/782,574). 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=86,98,716.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,716&RS=PN/86,98,716 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,696,589) developed by eight co-inventors for a "method and system for heart failure status evaluation based on a disordered breathing index." The co-inventors are Jonathan T. Kwok, Holmdel, N.J., Marina Brockway, Shoreview, Minn., Kent Lee, Shoreview, Minn., Quan Ni, Shoreview, Minn., Yachuan Pu, San Diego, Jeffrey E. Stahmann, Ramsey, Minn., Yi Zhang, Plymouth, Minn., and Jesse W. Hartley, White Bear Lake, Minn.

The patent application was filed on July 30, 2010 (12/847,698). 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=8,696,589.PN.&OS=PN/8,696,589&RS=PN/8,696,589 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** LSI Corp. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- LSI Corp., San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,658) developed by Kalyan Ghatak, San Jose, Calif., for an "apparatus, method and system for cancelling an input-referred offset in a pipeline ADC." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2012 (October 24, 2012). 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=86,98,658.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,658&RS=PN/86,98,658 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cree Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Cree, Goleta, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,171) developed by five co-inventors for a "solid state lighting component." The co-inventors are Thomas Yuan, Ventura, Calif., Bernd Keller, Santa Barbara, Calif., James Ibbetson, Santa Barbara, Calif., Eric Tarsa, Goleta, Calif., and Gerald Negley, Durham, N.C.

The patent application was filed on June 5, 2012 (13/489,035). 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=86,98,171.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,171&RS=PN/86,98,171 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Gilead Sciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- Gilead Sciences, Foster City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,697,863) developed by five co-inventors for "fused heterocyclic compounds as ion channel modulators." The co-inventors are Elfatih Elzein, Fremont, Calif., Dmitry Koltun, Foster City, Calif., Xiaofen Li, Mountain View, Calif., Jeff Zablocki, Los Altos, Calif., and Chandrasekar Venkataramani, Redwood City, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 7, 2013 (13/789,469). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOF 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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