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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (May 1)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Kopin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Kopin, Westborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,706,170) developed by three co-inventors for a head mounted display (HMD) system "[i]ncluding a number of separately and uniquely packaged components." The co-inventors are Stephen A. Pombo, Campbell, Calif., Jeffrey J. Jacobsen, Hollister, Calif., and Christopher Parkinson, Richland, Wash. The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2011 (13/235,944). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8706170.PN.&OS=PN/8706170&RS=PN/8706170 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Capital One Financial Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Capital One Financial, McLean, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,706,617) developed by eight co-inventors for systems and methods "for providing starter credit card accounts." The co-inventors are Keira Brooke Bard, Drexel Hill, Pa., Jeremy Paul Clifford, Watertown, Conn., Scott Dalla Valle, Glen Allen, Va., Nathan Tad Czyzeswki, Washington, D.C., Baskaran Nadarajah, Henrico, Va., Peter Lackey, Fairfax, Va., Wayne Thomas Sanchez, Bainbridge Island, Wash., and Brian George Pilko, New York. The patent application was filed on March 25, 2013 (13/850,156). 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=8706617.PN.&OS=PN/8706617&RS=PN/8706617 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Colorado School of Mines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,702,925) developed by four co-inventors for a system "for measuring hydrogen." The co-inventors are Devin Karns, Seattle, Jonathan Meuser, Golden, Colo., Matthew Posewitz, Golden, Colo., and Edward Dempsey, Littleton, Colo. The patent application was filed on May 16, 2011 (13/108,960). 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=8702925.PN.&OS=PN/8702925&RS=PN/8702925 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Distributed File System ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,706,755) developed by three co-inventors for "a distributed file system for intelligently managing the storing and retrieval of data." The co-inventors are Sujal M. Patel, Seattle, Paul A. Mikesell, Seattle, and Darren P. Schack, Seattle. The patent application was filed on March 19, 2010 (12/728,081). 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=8706755.PN.&OS=PN/8706755&RS=PN/8706755 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,705,166) developed by Matthias P. Savage-Leuchs, Woodinville, Wash., for an apparatus and method "for amplifying laser signals using segments of fibers of differing core diameters and/or differing cladding diameters." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2012 (13/729,018). 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=8705166.PN.&OS=PN/8705166&RS=PN/8705166 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Boeing Assigned Patent for High Performance Actuator Motor ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,710,786) developed by five co-inventors for a "high performance actuator motor." The co-inventors are Leila Parsa, Green Island, N.Y., Jeffrey M. Roach, St. Charles, Mich., Kamiar J. Karimi, Kirkland, Wash., Shengyi Liu, Sammamish, Wash., and Suman Dwari, Manchester, Conn. The patent application was filed on May 20, 2013 (13/898,068). 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=8,710,786.PN.&OS=PN/8,710,786&RS=PN/8,710,786 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** VMware Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- VMware, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,960) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for parallelizing data copy in a distributed file system." The co-inventors are Christopher Frost, Los Angeles, Jinyuan Li, Bellevue, Wash., Mayank Rawat, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Murali Vilayannur, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on May 19, 2011 (13/111,387). 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=87,12,960.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,960&RS=PN/87,12,960 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Active Tags ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif, has been assigned a patent (8,713,053) developed by four co-inventors for active tags. The co-inventors are Cullen F. Jennings, Santa Cruz, Calif., Joseph Brian Burton, Livermore, Calif., Thomas M. Wesselman, Issaquah, Wash., and Shantanu Sarkar, San Jose, Calif. The patent application was filed on March 9, 2010 (12/720,463). 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=8,713,053.PN.&OS=PN/8,713,053&RS=PN/8,713,053 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** National Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,741) developed by eight co-inventors for a "power supply architecture system designer." The co-inventors are Jeffrey Robert Perry, Cupertino, Calif., Martin Garrison, San Jose, Calif., Dien Mac, San Jose, Calif., Khang Nguyen, Bellevue, Wash., Ajay Padgaonkar, San Jose, Calif., Phil Gibson, Sunnyvale, Calif., Scott Hung, Los Altos, Calif., and Werner Berns, Grasbrunn, Germany. The patent application was filed on June 27, 2011 (13/169,464). 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=8,712,741.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,741&RS=PN/8,712,741 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intellectual Ventures Holding 79 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Intellectual Ventures Holding 79, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,712,864) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for enhancing buyer and seller interaction during a group-buying sale." The co-inventors are Tom Van Horn, Bellevue, Wash., Dale A. Woodford, Redmond, Wash., Richard A. Halbert, Redmond, Wash., and Kevin Dean Wampler, Bellevue, Wash. The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2011 (13/227,814). 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=8,712,864.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,864&RS=PN/8,712,864 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Adaptive Input Interface ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,712,931) developed by Christopher J. Wahlen, Seattle, for an adaptive input interface. The patent application was filed on June 29, 2011 (13/172,656). 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=8,712,931.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,931&RS=PN/8,712,931 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for System and Method for Document Orientation Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,712,188) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for document orientation detection." The co-inventors are Vandana Roy, Karnantaka, India, Kadagattur Gopinatha Srinidhi, Karnataka, India, Yifeng Wu, Vancouver, Wash., and Peter Bauer, Boise, Idaho. The patent application was filed on April 28, 2011 (13/096,342). 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=8,712,188.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,188&RS=PN/8,712,188 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Method and System for Migrating Object Update Messages through Synchronous Data Propagation ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,713,098) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for migrating object update messages through synchronous data propagation." The co-inventors are Atul Adya, Bellevue, Wash., Gregory H. Cooper, Seattle, Daniel Sumers Myers, Seattle, and Arunabha Ghosh, Redmond, Wash. The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/251,000). 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=8,713,098.PN.&OS=PN/8,713,098&RS=PN/8,713,098 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,711,008) developed by Donald E. Cook, Lynnwood, Wash., and Michael P. Feider, Arlington, Wash., for "methods and systems for detecting icing conditions." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2003 (10/568,793). 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=8,711,008.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,008&RS=PN/8,711,008 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boeing Assigned Patent for Perspective Runway System ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,711,007) developed by six co-inventors for a perspective runway system. The co-inventors are Sherwin S. Chen, Issaquah, Wash., Jean M. Crane, Seattle, Steven L. Fleiger-Holmes, Edmonds, Wash., Wayne R. Jones, Bellevue, Wash., Bruce P. Samuels, Shoreline, Wash., and Bechara J. Mallouk, Mukilteo, Wash. The patent application was filed on June 15, 2010 (12/815,747). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,711,007.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,007&RS=PN/8,711,007 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Identifying Media Content in Queries ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,713,002) developed by seven co-inventors for an "identifying media content in queries." The co-inventors are Mehran Sahami, Palo Alto, Calif., Richard C. Gossweiler III, Sunnyvale, Calif., Manish G. Patel, Mountain View, Calif., John Blackburn, Newcastle, Wash., David A. Brown, Mountain View, Calif., Neha Gupta, San Jose, Calif., and Thomas H. Taylor, Redmond, Wash. The patent application was filed on April 19, 2011 (13/090,139). 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=87,13,002.PN.&OS=PN/87,13,002&RS=PN/87,13,002 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,713,060) developed by five co-inventors for a "control service for relational data management." The co-inventors are Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Seattle, Grant A.M. McAlister, Seattle, Paul David Franklin, Seattle, Rajesh Sudhakar Sheth, Bellevue, Wash., and James Horsley, Bainbridge Island, Wash. The patent application was filed on March 31, 2009 (12/415,958). 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=8,713,060.PN.&OS=PN/8,713,060&RS=PN/8,713,060 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Belkin International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Belkin International, Playa Vista, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,732) developed by four co-inventors for an "electrical event detection device and method of detecting and classifying electrical power usage." The co-inventors are Shwetak N. Patel, Seattle, Matthew S. Reynolds, Durham, N.C., Sidhant Gupta, Seattle, and Karthik Yogeeswaran, Santa Monica, Calif. The patent application was filed on April 26, 2011 (13/392,313). 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=8,712,732.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,732&RS=PN/8,712,732 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Predicting Popularity of Electronic Publications ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,712,937) developed by Michael Patrick Bacus, Seattle, and Sandesh S. Singh, Stony Brook, N.Y., for "predicting popularity of electronic publications." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2011 (13/231,709). 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=8,712,937.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,937&RS=PN/8,712,937 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method for Transferring Inventory Between Virtual Universes ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,713,181) developed by five co-inventors for a "method for transferring inventory between virtual universes." The co-inventors are Rick Allen Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Steven Mark Harrison, Bremerton, Wash., Brian Marshall O'Connell, Cary, N.C., Clifford Alan Pickover, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Keith Raymond Walker, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2007 (11/833,426). 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=8,713,181.PN.&OS=PN/8,713,181&RS=PN/8,713,181 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Facebook Assigned Patent for Simplifying Lexicon Creation in Hybrid Duplicate Detection and Inductive Classifier Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Facebook, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,713,014) developed by Joshua Alspector, Chantilly, Va., Abdur R. Chowdhury, Oakton, Va., and Aleksander Kolcz, Kirkland, Wash., for a "simplifying lexicon creation in hybrid duplicate detection and inductive classifier systems." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2010 (12/780,500). 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=87,13,014.PN.&OS=PN/87,13,014&RS=PN/87,13,014 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent for Wideband Multi-channel Receiver ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,711,993) developed by four co-inventors for a "wideband multi-channel receiver with fixed-frequency notch filter for interference rejection." The co-inventors are Alfonso Malaga, Sammamish, Wash., Timothy P. Gibson, Overland Park, Kan., Jeffrey K. Hunter, Olathe, Kan., and Gregory Triplett, Olathe, Kan. The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2010 (12/965,444). 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=8,711,993.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,993&RS=PN/8,711,993 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Semiconductor Components Industries Assigned Patent for Method for Inhibiting Thermal Run-away ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Semiconductor Components Industries, Phoenix, has been assigned a patent (8,710,821) developed by five co-inventors for a "method for inhibiting thermal run-away." The co-inventors are Ole P. Moyer, Chandler, Ariz., Paul Jay Harriman, Belfair, Wash., Benjamin M. Rice, Cumberland, R.I., Christopher J. Gass, Tempe, Ariz., and Michael A. Stapleton, Scottsdale, Ariz. The patent application was filed on July 15, 2010 (12/837,382). 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=87,10,821.PN.&OS=PN/87,10,821&RS=PN/87,10,821 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Physiologic Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,710,841) developed by Scott R. Stubbs, Maple Grove, Minn., Yingbo Li, Woodbury, Minn., and Joseph M. Bocek, Seattle, for the "sensing during magnetic resonance imaging." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2010 (12/966,526). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,10,841.PN.&OS=PN/87,10,841&RS=PN/87,10,841 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Method and System for Prioritizing Points of Interest for Display in Map Using Category Score ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,713,004) developed by Brent Alexander Hands, Seattle, and Nicholas John Lee, Bothell, Wash., for a "method and system for prioritizing points of interest for display in a map using category score." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2011 (13/219,535). 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=87,13,004.PN.&OS=PN/87,13,004&RS=PN/87,13,004 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Symantec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,971) developed by six co-inventors for a "restore software with aggregated view of content databases." The co-inventors are Lijo J. Abraham, Lake Mary, Fla., Ynn-Pyng Tsaur, Oviedo, Fla., Baishen Zhu, Sanford, Fla., Lee M. Doucette, Deltona, Fla., Deepak Saraf, Windermere, Fla., and Steven R. Devos, Mercer Island, Wash. The patent application was filed on July 13, 2012 (13/549,072). 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=87,12,971.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,971&RS=PN/87,12,971 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Grid Computing Accounting and Statistics Management System ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,713,179) developed by four co-inventors for "grid computing accounting and statistics management system." The co-inventors are Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, Va., Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Joshy Joseph, Redmond, Wash., and James W. Seaman, Falls Church, Va. The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2005 (11/243,658). 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=8,713,179.PN.&OS=PN/8,713,179&RS=PN/8,713,179 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Sensing External Magnetic Fields in Implantable Medical Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,710,826) developed by six co-inventors for "systems and methods for sensing external magnetic fields in implantable medical devices." The co-inventors are Karl Gauglitz, Snohomish, Wash., Thomas M. Bocek, Seattle, Mark Rutzer, Seattle, Lorin W. Matthews, Brier, Wash., William E. Reagor, Bellevue, Wash., and Blair Erbstoeszer, Kirkland, Wash. The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2011 (13/282,968). 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=87,10,826.PN.&OS=PN/87,10,826&RS=PN/87,10,826 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1160196 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |