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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (April 24)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 24 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Rohm & Haas Electronic Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Rohm & Haas Electronic Materials, Marlborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,810) developed by six co-inventors for "block copolymer and methods relating thereto." The co-inventors are Erin B. Vogel, Midland, Mich., Valeriy V. Ginzburg, Midland, Mich., Shih-Wei Chang, Natick, Mass., Daniel J. Murray, Midland, Mich., Phillip D. Hustad, Manvel, Texas, and Peter Trefonas, Medway, Mass. The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2012 (13/370,588). 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=8697810.PN.&OS=PN/8697810&RS=PN/8697810 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, University of Connecticut, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, The University of Connecticut, Farmington, Conn., and Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Mass., have been assigned a patent (8,697,950) developed by three co-inventors for a "transgenic plant which is tolerant to a salt." The co-inventors are Roberto A. Gaxiola, Tempe, Ariz., Gerald R. Fink, Chestnut Hill, Mass., and Seth L. Alper, Boston. The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2007 (11/890,795). 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=8697950.PN.&OS=PN/8697950&RS=PN/8697950 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent for Film Delamination Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,698,106) developed by two co-inventors for an apparatus "for detecting film delamination and a method thereof." The co-inventors are Helen Maynard, North Reading, Mass., and George D. Papasouliotis, North Andover, Mass. The patent application was filed on April 23, 2009 (12/428,527). 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=8698106.PN.&OS=PN/8698106&RS=PN/8698106 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Osram Sylvania Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Osram Sylvania, Danvers, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,698,428) developed by four co-inventors for a "three light level electronic ballast and methods of operating lamps at three light levels." The co-inventors are Nitin Kumar, Burlington, Mass., Shashank Bakre, Woburn, Mass., Driss Baba, Swampscott, Mass., and Thomas Schalton, Beverly, Mass. The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2011 (13/226,922). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8698428.PN.&OS=PN/8698428&RS=PN/8698428 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Nano-C, Plextronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Nano-C, Westwood, Mass., and Plextronics, Pittsburgh, have been assigned a patent (8,697,988) developed by six co-inventors for "organic photovoltaic devices comprising fullerenes and derivatives thereof." The co-inventors are Darin W. Laird, Pittsburgh, Reza Stegamat, Blawnox, Pa., Henning Richter, Newton, Mass., Viktor Vejins, Concord, Mass., Larry Scott, Newton, Mass., and Thomas A. Lada, Brighton, Mass. The patent application was filed on June 18, 2012 (13/526,414). 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=8697988.PN.&OS=PN/8697988&RS=PN/8697988 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Enanta Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Watertown, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,704) developed by four co-inventors for "hepatitis C virus inhibitors." The co-inventors are Yao-Ling Qiu, Andover, Mass., Xiaowen Peng, Cambridge, Mass., Ce Wang, Beijing, and Yat Sun Or, Watertown, Mass. The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2011 (13/207,910). 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=8697704.PN.&OS=PN/8697704&RS=PN/8697704 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent for Ion Beam Current Measurement ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,698,108) developed by seven co-inventors for a system of "measuring ion beam current in a process chamber using conductive liners." The co-inventors are Joseph P. Dzengeleski, Hampton, N.H., Eric Hermanson, Georgetown, Mass., Robert J. Mitchell, Winchester, Mass., Tyler Rockwell, Wakefield, Mass., James W. Wilkinson, Topsfield, Mass., James Paul Buonodono, Amesbury, Mass., and Frank Sinclair, Quincy, Mass. The patent application was filed on March 8, 2013 (13/790,791). 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=8698108.PN.&OS=PN/8698108&RS=PN/8698108 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,698,161) developed by three co-inventors for "semiconductor structures having directly bonded diamond heat sinks and methods for making such structures." The co-inventors are Ralph Korenstein, Framingham, Mass., Mary K. Herndon, Littleton, Mass., and Chae Doek Lee, Acton, Mass. The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2010 (12/971,224). 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=8698161.PN.&OS=PN/8698161&RS=PN/8698161 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** 1366 Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- 1366 Technologies, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,696,810) developed by six co-inventors for methods "for efficiently making thin semiconductor bodies from molten material for solar cells and the like." The co-inventors are Eerik T. Hantsoo, Atlanta, G. D. Stephen Hudelson, Lexington, Mass., Ralf Jonczyk, Concord, Mass., Adam M. Lorenz, Arlington, Mass., Emanuel M. Sachs, Newton, Mass., and Richard L. Wallace, Acton, Mass. The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2012 (13/654,638). 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=8696810.PN.&OS=PN/8696810&RS=PN/8696810 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent for Ion Mass Monitoring Techniques ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,698,107) developed by four co-inventors for a technique and apparatus "for monitoring ion mass, energy, and angle in processing systems." The co-inventors are Ludovic Godet, Boston, Christopher J. Leavitt, Gloucester, Mass., Bon-Woong Koo, Andover, Mass., and Anthony Renau, West Newbury, Mass. The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2011 (12/987,950). 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=8698107.PN.&OS=PN/8698107&RS=PN/8698107 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Spectral Science Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Spectral Sciences, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,449) developed by three co-inventors for an "optical blood coagulation monitor and method." The co-inventors are Brian Gregor, Sudbury, Mass., Rama Bansil, Dover, Mass., and Julian D. Spring, Allston, Mass. The patent application was filed on March 30, 2012 (13/435,052). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8697449.PN.&OS=PN/8697449&RS=PN/8697449 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** New England Biolabs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,408) developed by two co-inventors for compositions and methods "for enhancing enzymatic ligation." The co-inventors are Rebecca Kucera, Hamilton, Mass., and Thomas C. Evans Jr., Topsfield, Mass. The patent application was filed on May 4, 2012 (13/464,548). 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=8697408.PN.&OS=PN/8697408&RS=PN/8697408 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Bionevia Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Bionevia Pharmaceuticals,Cambridge , Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,735) developed by six co-inventors for "solid forms of epalrestat." The co-inventors are Isabel Kalofonos, Cambridge, Mass., Patrick G. Stahly, West Lafayette, Ind., William Martin-Doyle, Cambridge, Mass., Dimitris Kalofonos, Cambridge, Mass., Jeffrey S. Stults, West Lafayette, Ind., and Travis L. Houston, Lafayette, Ind. The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2011 (13/013,786). 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=8697735.PN.&OS=PN/8697735&RS=PN/8697735 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** SiOnyx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- SiOnyx, Beverly, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,698,272) developed by three co-inventors for "optoelectronic devices, materials and associated methods having increased operating performance." The co-inventors are Christopher Vineis, Watertown, Mass., James Carey, Waltham, Mass., and Xia Li, Beverly, Mass. The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2011 (13/333,482). 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=8698272.PN.&OS=PN/8698272&RS=PN/8698272 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** SmartCells Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- SmartCells, Beverly, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,643) developed by three co-inventors for a method "for controllably releasing a drug conjugate within subcutaneous tissue in response to the local concentration of an indicator." The co-inventors are Thomas M. Lancaster, Stoneham, Mass., Matthew Nalewanski, Angleton, Texas, and Todd C. Zion, Marblehead, Mass. The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2012 (13/366,744). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8697643.PN.&OS=PN/8697643&RS=PN/8697643 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent for Liquid Crystal Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,698,200) developed by two co-inventors for a "liquid crystal device having Gallium Nitride HEMT electrodes." The co-inventors are Daniel P. Resler, Carlisle, Mass., and William E. Hoke, Wayland, Mass. The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2012 (13/572,157). 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=8698200.PN.&OS=PN/8698200&RS=PN/8698200 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** President & Fellows of Harvard College Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- President & Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,698,481) developed by four co-inventors for a "solid state molecular sensor." The co-inventors are Charles M. Lieber, Lexington, Mass., Qihua Xiong, Somerville, Mass., Ping Xie, Somermille, Mass., and Ying Fang, Beijing. The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2008 (12/677,573). 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=8698481.PN.&OS=PN/8698481&RS=PN/8698481 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Seahorse Bioscience Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Seahorse Bioscience, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,431) developed by four co-inventors for a method and device "for measuring multiple physiological properties of cells." The co-inventors are Jay S. Teich, Berlin, Mass., Andy C. Neilson, Groton, Mass., Michael R. Sweeney, Pelham, N.H., and Geoff Uhl, Littleton, Colo. The patent application was filed on May 19, 2010 (12/782,806). 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=8697431.PN.&OS=PN/8697431&RS=PN/8697431 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Broad Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Broad Institute, Cambridge, Mass., and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,359) developed by Feng Zhang, Cambridge, Mass., for systems, methods and compositions "for altering expression of target gene sequences and related gene products." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2013 (14/054,414). 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=8697359.PN.&OS=PN/8697359&RS=PN/8697359 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Waters Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Waters Technologies, Milford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,696,903) developed by two co-inventors for a method "for making conduits." The co-inventors are John Buchanan, Attleboro, Mass., and Dennis DellaRovere, Mendon, Mass. The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2006 (12/067,216). 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=8696903.PN.&OS=PN/8696903&RS=PN/8696903 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Waters Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Waters Technologies, Milford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,765) developed by two co-inventors for "porous carbon-heteroatom-silicon inorganic and organic homogenous copolymeric hybrid materials, methods for their preparation and uses thereof." The co-inventors are Kevin D. Wyndham, Douglas, Mass., and John E. O'Gara, Ashland, Mass. The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2007 (12/446,871). 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=8697765.PN.&OS=PN/8697765&RS=PN/8697765 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** PerkinElmer Health Sciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,450) developed by two co-inventors for methods "for determining an amount of an analyte in a test sample." The co-inventors are Blas Cerda, Milford, Mass., and Alex Cherkasskiy, West Roxbury, Mass. The patent application was filed on March 5, 2013 (13/785,655). 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=8697450.PN.&OS=PN/8697450&RS=PN/8697450 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent for Thermoelectric Material Creation ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,549) developed by four co-inventors for a method of "creating thermoelectric materials which have high electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity." The co-inventors are Xianfeng Lu, Beverly, Mass., Ludovic Godet, Boston, Christopher Hatem, Hampton, N.H., and John Hautala, Beverly, Mass. The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2012 (13/587,325). 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=8697549.PN.&OS=PN/8697549&RS=PN/8697549 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Sand 9 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Sand 9, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,698,376) developed by seven co-inventors for "microelectromechanical systems resonators and related apparatus and methods." The co-inventors are David M. Chen, Brookline, Mass., Jan H. Kuypers, Cambridge, Mass., Pritiraj Mohanty, Los Angeles, Klaus Juergen Schoepf, Chandler, Ariz., Guiti Zolfagharkhani, Brighton, Mass., Jason Goodelle, Boston, and Reimund Rebel, Maricopa, Ariz. The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2012 (13/681,904). 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=8698376.PN.&OS=PN/8698376&RS=PN/8698376 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Rohm & Haas Electronics Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Rohm & Haas Electronics Materials, Marlborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,338) developed by four co-inventors for "photolithographic methods." The co-inventors are Young Cheol Bae, Weston, Mass., Rosemary Bell, Wayland, Mass., Jong Keun Park, Hudson, Mass., and Seung-Hyun Lee, Marlborough, Mass. The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2012 (13/607,729). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8697338.PN.&OS=PN/8697338&RS=PN/8697338 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Cabot Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Cabot, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,697,778) developed by two co-inventors for "high resistivity compositions." The co-inventors are Eugene N. Step, Newton, Mass., and Agathagelos Kyrlidis, Malden, Mass. The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2010 (12/886,018). 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=8697778.PN.&OS=PN/8697778&RS=PN/8697778 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Thales Visionix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Thales Visionix, Clarksburg, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,696,458) developed by four co-inventors for systems and methods "for tracking the motion of a game controller and a player's body part." The co-inventors are Eric Foxlin, Lexington, Mass., Thomas C. Browne, North Andover, Mass., Michael Donfrancesco, Westborough, Mass., and Dean Wormell, Westford, Mass. The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2008 (12/032,079). 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=8696458.PN.&OS=PN/8696458&RS=PN/8696458 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Velico Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Velico Medical, Beverly, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,411) developed by four co-inventors for "enzymatic removal of type A and B antigens from blood group A, B, and AB reactive cells in blood products." The co-inventors are Henrik Clausen, Holte, Denmark, Humberto de la Vega, Salem, Mass., Cheryl Hill, North Andover, Mass., and Qiyong Peter Liu, Newton, Mass. The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2011 (13/205,588). 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=8697411.PN.&OS=PN/8697411&RS=PN/8697411 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Z.S. Genetics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Z.S. Genetics, Wakefield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,432) developed by William Roy Glover III, North Reading, Mass., for systems and methods of "analyzing nucleic acid polymers and related components." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2005 (11/181,392). 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=8697432.PN.&OS=PN/8697432&RS=PN/8697432 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Premium Power Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Premium Power, North Reading, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,267) developed by two co-inventors for methods and systems "to control energy storage units in flowing electrolyte batteries. ." The co-inventors are Gary M. Colello, North Andover, Mass., and Dennis M. Darcy, Tyngsboro, Mass. The patent application was filed on April 1, 2010 (12/752,997). 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=8697267.PN.&OS=PN/8697267&RS=PN/8697267 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** WM Healthcare Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- WM Healthcare Solutions, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,706,574) developed by Charlotte A. Smith, Wauwatosa, Wis., and James R. McCauley, Orleans, Mass., for a "pharmaceutical waste identification system." The patent application was filed on March 19, 2008 (12/051,281). 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=87,06,574.PN.&OS=PN/87,06,574&RS=PN/87,06,574 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** TBS Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- TBS Technologies, Holliston, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,696,981) developed by three co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for disinfecting a space." The co-inventors are William W. Carson, Hopkinton, Mass., Paul Sabin, Needham, Mass., and Thomas J. Dee, Holliston, Mass. The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2012 (13/595,278). 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=8696981.PN.&OS=PN/8696981&RS=PN/8696981 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by . *** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,559) developed by four co-inventors for the "use of ion beam tails to manufacture a workpiece." The co-inventors are Nicholas P. T. Bateman, Reading, Mass., Peter L. Kurunczi, Cambridge, Mass., Benjamin B. Riordon, Newburyport, Mass., and John W. Graff, Swampscott, Mass. The patent application was filed on July 7, 2011 (13/178,118). 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=8697559.PN.&OS=PN/8697559&RS=PN/8697559 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Lucidity Lights Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Lucidity Lights, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,698,413) developed by three co-inventors for a "radio frequency induction lamp with reduced electromagnetic interference." The co-inventors are Valery A. Godyak, Brookline, Mass., Jakob Maya, Brookline, Mass., and James N. Lester, Essex, Mass. The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2012 (13/684,665). 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=8698413.PN.&OS=PN/8698413&RS=PN/8698413 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brigham & Women's Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, have been assigned a patent (8,698,496) developed by six co-inventors for methods "for low-power in vivo localized multi-dimensional correlated magnetic resonance spectroscopy." The co-inventors are Alma Gregory Sorensen, Belmont, Mass., Ovidiu Cristian Andronesi, Melrose, Mass., Carolyn Mountford, East Ryde, Australia, Saadallah Ramadan, Bexley, Australia, Borjan Aleksandar Gagoski, Cambridge, Mass., and Elfar Adalsteinsson, Belmont, Mass. The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2011 (13/237,799). 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=8698496.PN.&OS=PN/8698496&RS=PN/8698496 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** EIP Pharma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- EIP Pharma, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,627) developed by John Jahangir Alam, Cambridge, Mass., for compositions and methods "for treating alzheimer's disease." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2012 (13/467,519). 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=8697627.PN.&OS=PN/8697627&RS=PN/8697627 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Brigham & Women's Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,697,072) developed by three co-inventors for methods "for treating a subject by manipulating ABCB5 on a cell as well as related products." The co-inventors are Markus H. Frank, Cambridge, Mass., Natasha Y. Frank, Cambridge, Mass., and Mohamed H. Sayegh, Westwood, Mass. The patent application was filed on March 10, 2011 (13/044,854). 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=8697072.PN.&OS=PN/8697072&RS=PN/8697072 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Inner-Tite Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Inner-Tite, Holden, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,989) developed by Lee Holovnia, Northborough, Mass., for a "meter box cover." The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2012 (13/372,662). 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=8697989.PN.&OS=PN/8697989&RS=PN/8697989 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham & Women's Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,697,069) developed by six co-inventors for compositions and methods "for promoting or reducing T-cell trafficking to a target tissue." The co-inventors are Vijay K. Kuchroo, Newton Centre, Mass., Laurent Monney, Bulle, Switzerland, Jason L. Gaglia, Boston, Edward A. Greenfield, Stoughton, Mass., Gordon J. Freeman, Brookline, Mass., and Hanspeter Waldner, Lemoyne, Pa. The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2011 (13/331,387). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8697069.PN.&OS=PN/8697069&RS=PN/8697069 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Ray & Terry's Health Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Ray & Terry's Health Products, Wellesley Hills, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,157) developed by two co-inventors for "meal replacement compositions." The co-inventors are Terry Grossman, Denver, and Raymond C. Kurzweil, Newton, Mass. The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2010 (12/848,467). 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=8697157.PN.&OS=PN/8697157&RS=PN/8697157 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,698,338) developed by three co-inventors for a system "for harvesting, storing, and generating energy." The co-inventors are Alexander H. Slocum, Bow, N.H., Gregory E. Fennell, Bedford, Mass., and Alison S. Greenlee, Seabrook, Texas. The patent application was filed on March 3, 2011 (13/039,364). 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=8698338.PN.&OS=PN/8698338&RS=PN/8698338 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** General Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- General Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,697,077) developed by Denise L. Faustman, Boston, for methods and compositions "for treating autoimmune diseases." The patent application was filed on May 2, 2012 (13/462,160). 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=8697077.PN.&OS=PN/8697077&RS=PN/8697077 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Cubist Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,697,638) developed by four co-inventors for methods "for preparing purified lipopeptides." The co-inventors are Dennis Keith, Montclair, N.J., Jan-Ji Lai, Westborough, Mass., Chandrika Govardhan, Lexington, Mass., and Nazer Khalaf, Worcester, Mass. The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2008 (12/198,666). 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=8697638.PN.&OS=PN/8697638&RS=PN/8697638 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent for Critical Dimension Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,698,109) developed by four co-inventors for a method and system "for controlling critical dimension and roughness in resist features." The co-inventors are Ludovic Godet, Boston, Christopher J. Leavitt, Gloucester, Mass, Joseph C. Olson, Beverly, Mass., and Patrick M. Martin, Ipswich, Mass. The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2013 (13/740,663). 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=8698109.PN.&OS=PN/8698109&RS=PN/8698109 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent for Correcting Client Device Inputs to Virtual Machine ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 24 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,704,764) developed by Zhiyuan Zhang, Woburn, Mass., Michael J. Matczynski, Waltham, Mass., and Seshubabu Pasam, Westford, Mass., for "correcting client device inputs to a virtual machine." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2011 (13/284,247). 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=87,04,764.PN.&OS=PN/87,04,764&RS=PN/87,04,764 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent for Statistical Prioritization and Detection of Potential Financial Crime Events ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 24 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,706,587) developed by five co-inventors for a "statistical prioritization and detection of potential financial crime events." The co-inventors are Rogelio Olarte Bautista Jr., St. Louis, Daniel Clifton Kern, Charlotte, N.C., Joan F. Pilsmaker, Milton, Mass., Matthew R. Quinn, Wilmington, Mass., and Peter C. Richards, Pembroke, Mass. The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2008 (12/039,411). 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=8,706,587.PN.&OS=PN/8,706,587&RS=PN/8,706,587 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Synopsys Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 24 -- Synopsys, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,706,467) developed by Alexander Rabinovitch, Shrewsbury, Mass., and Manish Shroff, Marlborough, Mass., for a compact circuit-simulation output. The patent application was filed on April 2, 2008 (12/060,984). 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=8,706,467.PN.&OS=PN/8,706,467&RS=PN/8,706,467 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Room 77 Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 24 -- Room 77 Inc., Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,706,718) developed by four co-inventors for "searching a database that stores information about individual habitable units." The co-inventors are Brad Gerstner, Boston, Calvin Yang, Foster City, Calif., Kevin Fliess, Mountain View, Calif., and Roger Wong, San Francisco. The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2011 (13/208,153). 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=87,06,718.PN.&OS=PN/87,06,718&RS=PN/87,06,718 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Interworking Function for Communication Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 24 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,706,113) developed by Rajat Ghai, Sandwich, Mass., and Kuntal Chowdhury, Andover, Mass., for an "interworking function for communication networks." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2010 (12/760,009). 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=8,706,113.PN.&OS=PN/8,706,113&RS=PN/8,706,113 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lit Motors Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 24 -- Lit Motors, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,706,390) developed by Daniel Kee Young Kim, San Francisco, Kevin Bretney, San Diego, and Andrew L. Tsang, Medford, Mass., for a gyroscopic stabilized vehicle. The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2010 (12/875,041). 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=8,706,390.PN.&OS=PN/8,706,390&RS=PN/8,706,390 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Assessing Social Risk Due to Exposure from Linked Contacts ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,706,648) developed by five co-inventors for "assessing social risk due to exposure from linked contacts." The co-inventors are Saurabh Bhola, Drogheda, Ireland, Mark Crosbie, Malahide, Ireland, Gary Denner, Longwood, Ireland, Daniel C. Gurney, Worcester, Mass., and Rohit Jain, Dublin, Ireland. The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2011 (13/252,188). 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=8,706,648.PN.&OS=PN/8,706,648&RS=PN/8,706,648 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ITG Software Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 24 -- ITG Software Solutions, Culver City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,706,608) developed by Tomas Bok, Concord, Mass., Jose E. Gutierrez, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Sam Shteingart, Brooklyn, N.Y., for a "dynamic aggressive/passive pegged trading." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2012 (13/361,071). 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=87,06,608.PN.&OS=PN/87,06,608&RS=PN/87,06,608 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. 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