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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (May 2)
[May 02, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (May 2)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Curtiss-Wright Flow Control, Falls Church, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,701,693) developed by two co-inventors for a "check valve includes a valve body having a valve seat, a diffuser, a disc coupled to the diffuser, and a compression spring." The co-inventors are Abraham Shelcoviz, Irvine, Calif., and Haykaz Mkrtchyan, Northridge, Calif.



The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2010 (12/977,357). 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=8701693.PN.&OS=PN/8701693&RS=PN/8701693 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,711,639) developed by Lee Eric, Santa Clara, Calif., for "[d]ata paths, memories, and methods for providing data from memory." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2010 (12/938,130). 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=8711639.PN.&OS=PN/8711639&RS=PN/8711639 Written by Marlyn Vitin.


*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Dynamic Data Caches ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho has been assigned a patent (8,711,633) developed by Chang Wan Ha, San Ramon, Calif., for "[d]ynamic data caches, decoders and decoding methods ." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2011 (13/106,287). 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=8711633.PN.&OS=PN/8711633&RS=PN/8711633 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Memory Device Program Window Adjustment ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,713,246) developed by four co-inventors for "[m]emory device program window adjustment." The co-inventors are Vishal Sarin, Cupertino, Calif., Frankie F. Roohparvar, Monte Sereno, Calif., Jonathan Pabustan, San Lorenzo, Calif., and Jung-Sheng Hoei, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2012 (13/606,471). 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=8713246.PN.&OS=PN/8713246&RS=PN/8713246 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,710,566) developed by two co-inventors for techniques "for forming a contact to a buried diffusion layer in a semiconductor memory device." The co-inventors are Wayne Ellis, Los Gatos, Calif., and John Kim, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 4, 2010 (12/717,776). 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=8710566.PN.&OS=PN/8710566&RS=PN/8710566 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,711,628) developed by Ramin Ghodsi, Cupertino, Calif., for memory devices and methods of using "emerging non-volatile memory elements with flash memory." The patent application was filed on May 8, 2013 (13/889,615). 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=8711628.PN.&OS=PN/8711628&RS=PN/8711628 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Memory Kink Checking ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,711,615) developed by two co-inventors for "memory kink checking." The co-inventors are Uday Chandrasekhar, San Jose, Calif., and Mark A. Helm, Santa Cruz, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 9, 2013 (13/938,078). 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=8711615.PN.&OS=PN/8711615&RS=PN/8711615 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent for Enhanced Boiler ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,701,426) developed by Frank E. Mills, Altadena, Calif., for a method and apparatus "for preventing loss of a cooling fluid from a boiler in an aircraft by incorporating an absorber material." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2011 (13/097,037). 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=8701426.PN.&OS=PN/8701426&RS=PN/8701426 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Error Scanning ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,713,385) developed by three co-inventors for methods, apparatus and systems "[e]rror scanning in flash memory." The co-inventors are William Henry Radke, Los Gatos, Calif., Peter Sean Feeley, Boise, Idaho, and Siamack Nemazie, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2013 (13/741,148). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8713385.PN.&OS=PN/8713385&RS=PN/8713385 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,711,617) developed by two co-inventors for methods, devices and systems "for data modulation for groups of memory cells. Data modulation for groups of memory cells can include modulating N units of data to a combination of programmed states." The co-inventors are Zhenlei Shen, Boise, Idaho, and William H. Radke, Los Gatos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 3, 2011 (13/152,637). 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=8711617.PN.&OS=PN/8711617&RS=PN/8711617 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Single Check Memory Devices and Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,711,616) developed by three co-inventors for "[s]ingle check memory devices and methods." The co-inventors are Vishal Sarin, Cupertino, Calif., Aaron Yip, Santa Clara, Calif., and Tomoharu Tanaka, Kanagawa, Japan.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2010 (12/975,494). 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=8711616.PN.&OS=PN/8711616&RS=PN/8711616 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Innovative Dispensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Innovative Dispensing, Miami Beach, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,712,583) developed by three co-inventors for an "[a]utomatic pill dispenser." The co-inventors are Travis Cochran, Fountain Valley, Calif., and Bert Centala, Fountain Valley, Calif., and Russell Madris, Miami Beach, Fla.

The patent application was filed on March 22, 2013 (13/848,948). 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=8712583.PN.&OS=PN/8712583&RS=PN/8712583 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Emerging Markets Communications Assigned Patent for Satellite Communication Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Emerging Markets Communications, Miami, has been assigned a patent (8,712,322) developed by three co-inventors for "[s]atellite communication network." The co-inventors are Emil Youssefzadeh, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., Richard Rebert Forberg, Windham, N.H, and Hans Peter Lexow, Oslo, Norway.

The patent application was filed on May 31, 2012 (13/485,449). 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=8712322.PN.&OS=PN/8712322&RS=PN/8712322 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Fairchild Semiconductor Assigned Patent for Trench-To-Trench Lateral Current Flow ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Fairchild Semiconductor, South Portland, Maine, has been assigned a patent (8,704,301) developed by Richard A. Blanchard, Los Altos, Calif., for devices, methods and systems "for MOS-gated trench-to-trench lateral current flow." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2012 (13/710,006). 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=8704301.PN.&OS=PN/8704301&RS=PN/8704301 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Biomet Manufacturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Biomet Manufacturing, Warsaw, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,707,963) developed by five co-inventors for a method "for performing implant surgery." The co-inventors are Todd O. Davis, Leesburg, Ind., Charles David Fargason Jr., Houston, Texas, Onkarr Singh Narula, San Francisco, Craig Kessler, New York, and Jon C. Serbousek, Winona Lake, Ind.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2011 (13/204,192). 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=8707963.PN.&OS=PN/8707963&RS=PN/8707963 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,713,401) developed by William H. Radke, Los Gatos, Calif., for apparatus and methods "store error recovery data in different dimensions of a memory array." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2013 (13/919,982). 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=8713401.PN.&OS=PN/8713401&RS=PN/8713401 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Social Networked Collaboration ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,707,246) developed by four co-inventors for "engineering project event-driven social networked collaboration." The co-inventors are Lamar Damata, San Diego, (Jason) JingcunWang, Shanghai, China, Min Li, Shanghai, China, and Xiaozheng Chen, Shanghai, China.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2011 (13/017,010). 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=8707246.PN.&OS=PN/8707246&RS=PN/8707246 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Entropic Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Entropic Communications, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,711,848) developed by Arndt Mueller, San Diego, for "high-efficiency preambles for communications systems over pseudo-stationary communication channels." The patent application was filed on May 8, 2012 (13/466,582). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,11,848.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,848&RS=PN/87,11,848 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Danisco U.S., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Danisco U.S., Palo Alto, Calif., and Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Akron, Ohio, have been assigned a patent (8,709,785) developed by 11 co-inventors for "compositions and methods for producing isoprene." The co-inventors are Marguerite A. Cervin, Redwood City, Calif., Gopal K. Chotani, Cupertino, Calif., Frank J. Feher, Copley, Ohio, Richard La Duca, Pleasanton, Calif., Joseph C. McAuliffe, Sunnyvale, Calif., Andrei Miasnikov, Mountain View, Calif., Caroline M. Peres, Palo Alto, Calif., Aaron S. Puhala, Kent, Ohio, Karl J. Sanford, Cupertino, Calif., Fernando Valle, Burlingame, Calif., and Gregory M. Whited, Belmont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2012 (13/600,109). 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=8,709,785.PN.&OS=PN/8,709,785&RS=PN/8,709,785 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cavium Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Cavium, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,861) developed by Rajan Goyal, Saratoga, Calif., and Gregg A. Bouchard, Georgetown, Texas, for a "lookup front end packet input processor." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2012 (13/565,727). 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=87,11,861.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,861&RS=PN/87,11,861 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Verifone Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Verifone Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,656) developed by Brett Paulson, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "sonic fast-sync system and method for bluetooth." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2010 (12/942,996). 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=8,711,656.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,656&RS=PN/8,711,656 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Inguran Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Sorting Particles ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Inguran, Navasota, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,709,817) developed by six co-inventors for "systems and methods for sorting particles." The co-inventors are Gary Durack, Urbana, Ill., Jeffrey D. Wallace, Rantoul, Ill., Gary P. Vandre, Mahomet, Ill., Lon A. Westfall, Mahomet, Ill., Jeremy T. Hatcher, Urbana, Ill., and Niraj V. Nayak, Redondo Beach, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2013 (13/762,014). 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=8,709,817.PN.&OS=PN/8,709,817&RS=PN/8,709,817 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Scalable Header Extension ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,711,771) developed by five co-inventors for a scalable header extension. The co-inventors are Soumya Das, San Diego, Kaushik Chakroborty, San Diego, Krishnan Rajamani, San Diego, Ozgur Dural, San Diego, and Samir Salib Soliman, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on March 2, 2010 (12/716,041). 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=8,711,771.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,771&RS=PN/8,711,771 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Prioritizing Application Data for Transmission in Wireless User Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,711,699) developed by Kiran K. Edara, Cupertino, Calif., and Rama Krishna Kamarajugadda, Cupertino, Calif., for "prioritizing application data for transmission in a wireless user device." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2011 (13/285,339). 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=8,711,699.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,699&RS=PN/8,711,699 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Performance Metrics Processing for Anticipating Unavailability ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,712,370) developed by Thomas A. Ryan, Los Gatos, Calif., for "performance metrics processing for anticipating unavailability." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2012 (13/532,678). 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=8,712,370.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,370&RS=PN/8,712,370 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Remec Broadband Wireless Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Remec Broadband Wireless, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,711,888) developed by four co-inventors for a "digital microwave radio link with adaptive data rate." The co-inventors are Idan Bar-Sade, Sunnyvale, Calif., Eliezer Pasternak, Palo Alto, Calif., Bin Zhang, Fremont, Calif., and Gregg Levin, Los Altos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2005 (11/322,972). 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=87,11,888.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,888&RS=PN/87,11,888 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sonics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Sonics, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,867) developed by Liping Guo, Palo Alto, Calif., Doddaballapur N. Jayasimha, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Jeremy Chan, San Jose, Calif., for a "credit flow control scheme in a router with flexible link widths utilizing minimal storage." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2011 (13/219,339). 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=87,11,867.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,867&RS=PN/87,11,867 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Stanford University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,363) developed by four co-inventors for a "gyroscope utilizing torsional springs and optical sensing." The co-inventors are Onur Kilic, Mountain View, Calif., Michel J.F. Digonnet, Palo Alto, Calif., Gordon Kino, Stanford, Calif., and Olav Solgaard, Stanford, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2012 (13/570,793). 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=8,711,363.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,363&RS=PN/8,711,363 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** OL2 Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- OL2 Inc., Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,923) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for selecting a video encoding format based on feedback data." The co-inventors are Stephen G. Perlman, Palo Alto, Calif., Roger van der Laan, Menlo Park, Calif., Timothy Cotter, Sunnyvale, Calif., Scott Furman, Menlo Park, Calif., Robert McCool, Menlo Park, Calif., and Ian Buckley, San Carlos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2009 (12/538,090). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,11,923.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,923&RS=PN/87,11,923 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Transport of Multiple Asynchronous Data Streams Using Higher Order Modulation ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,251) developed by Bikash Koley, Sunnyvale, Calif., Vijayanand Vusirikala, Palo Alto, Calif., and Hong Liu, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "transport of multiple asynchronous data streams using higher order modulation." The patent application was filed on April 19, 2011 (13/089,437). 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=87,12,251.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,251&RS=PN/87,12,251 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Methods for Determining Decoding Order in MIMO System with Successive Interference Cancellation ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,711,994) developed by Gokhan Mergen, San Jose, Calif., Subramanya P. Rao, Cupertino, Calif., and Jonathan Sidi, San Francisco, for "methods for determining decoding order in a MIMO system with successive interference cancellation." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2012 (13/719,210). 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=87,11,994.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,994&RS=PN/87,11,994 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent for Disk Drive Increasing Capacity by Adjusting Servo Gate During Write Operations ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,506) developed by eight co-inventors for a "disk drive increasing capacity by adjusting a servo gate during write operations." The co-inventors are Davide Giovenzana, Longmont, Colo., John W. Vanlaanen, Louisville, Colo., Prakash Balasubramaniam, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Teik Ee Yeo, Trabuco Canyon, Calif., Guoxiao Guo, Irvine, Calif., Honge Wang, Irvine, Calif., Jie Yu, Irvine, Calif., and Philip S. Gordon, Santa Ana, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 31, 2012 (13/485,373). 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=8,711,506.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,506&RS=PN/8,711,506 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,752) developed by five co-inventors for a "distributed multicast packet replication with centralized quality of service." The co-inventors are Tong Liu, Acton, Mass., Yie-Fong Dan, Cupertino, Calif., Pawel Sowinski, Northborough, Mass., Chad Mikkelson, Arlington, Mass., and William Beebee, Lowell, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2010 (12/686,314). 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=8,711,752.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,752&RS=PN/8,711,752 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Inguran Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Inguran, Navasota, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,709,825) developed by six co-inventors for a "flow cytometer method and apparatus." The co-inventors are Gary Durack, Urbana, Ill., Jeffrey D. Wallace, Rantoul, Ill., Gary P. Vandre, Mahomet, Ill., Lon A. Westfall, Mahomet, Ill., Jeremy T. Hatcher, Urbana, Ill., and Niraj V. Nayak, Redondo Beach, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 1, 2013 (13/782,459). 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=8,709,825.PN.&OS=PN/8,709,825&RS=PN/8,709,825 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent for Using Network Labels Without Standard-defined Syntax and Semantics ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,838) developed by four co-inventors for "using network labels without standard-defined syntax and semantics." The co-inventors are James Guichard, New Boston, N.H., David Ward, Los Gatos, Calif., Jan Medved, Pleasanton, Calif., and Maciek Konstantynowicz, Haddenham, United Kingdom.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2011 (13/243,310). 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=87,11,838.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,838&RS=PN/87,11,838 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Avalanche Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Avalanche Technology, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,631) developed by Mehdi Asnaashai, Danville, Calif., for the "management of memory array with magnetic random access memory (MRAM)." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2013 (13/902,650). 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=8,711,631.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,631&RS=PN/8,711,631 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** LSI Corp. Assigned Patent for Preamplifier-to-channel Communication in Storage Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- LSI Corp., San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,502) developed by Ross S. Wilson, Menlo Park, Calif., and Jason S. Goldberg, St. Paul, Minn., for "preamplifier-to-channel communication in a storage device." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2012 (13/650,474). 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=8,711,502.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,502&RS=PN/8,711,502 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Distributed Mobile Access Point Acquisition ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,711,767) developed by four co-inventors for a "distributed mobile access point acquisition." The co-inventors are Srinivasan Balasubramanian, San Diego, Manoj M. Deshpande, San Diego, Sanjiv Nanda, Ramona, Calif., and Jen Mei Chen, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2008 (12/243,814). 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=8,711,767.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,767&RS=PN/8,711,767 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sandisk 3D Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Sandisk 3D, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,596) developed by Tianhong Yan, San Jose, Calif., and Luca Fasoli, Campbell, Calif., for a "memory system with data line switching scheme." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2012 (13/601,869). 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=8,711,596.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,596&RS=PN/8,711,596 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Paging of User Equipment (UE) Within Wireless Communications System ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,711,772) developed by Yih-Hao Lin, San Diego, and Bongyong Song, San Diego, for "paging of a user equipment (UE) within a wireless communications system." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2010 (12/782,585). 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=8,711,772.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,772&RS=PN/8,711,772 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Non-zero Rounding and Prediction Mode Selection Techniques in Video Encoding ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,711,930) developed by Marta Karczewicz, San Diego, Peisong Chen, San Diego, and Yan Ye, San Diego, for "non-zero rounding and prediction mode selection techniques in video encoding." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2009 (12/499,998). 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=87,11,930.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,930&RS=PN/87,11,930 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Bank of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,712,143) developed by Sylvan Tran, Corona, Calif., for processing financial documents.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2010 (12/714,247). 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=8,712,143.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,143&RS=PN/8,712,143 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Interconnecting Virtual Domains ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,859) developed by Patrice Bellagamba, Saint Raphael, France, and Victor M. Moreno, Carlsbad, Calif., for interconnecting virtual domains.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2010 (12/956,027). 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=87,11,859.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,859&RS=PN/87,11,859 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent for Inspection Systems and Methods for Detecting Defects on Extreme Ultraviolet Mask Blanks ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,346) developed by Stanley E. Stokowski, Danville, Calif., for "inspection systems and methods for detecting defects on extreme ultraviolet mask blanks." The patent application was filed on June 10, 2010 (12/811,200). 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=8,711,346.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,346&RS=PN/8,711,346 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,328) developed by Momchil Filev, Novi, Mich., and Martin Brandt Freund, Mountain View, Calif., for "surround sound effects provided by cell phones." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2012 (13/629,204). 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=87,12,328.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,328&RS=PN/87,12,328 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ikanos Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Ikanos Communications, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,741) developed by Sam Heidari, Menlo Park, Calif., Hossein Dehghan, Danville, Calif., and Sigurd Schelstraete, Mountain View, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for networked modems." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2007 (11/807,006). 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=8,711,741.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,741&RS=PN/8,711,741 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** LSI Corp. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- LSI Corp., San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,645) developed by Sreejit Chakravarty, Mountain View, Calif., for a "victim port-based design for test area overhead reduction in multiport latch-based memories." The patent application was filed on March 27, 2012 (13/431,614). 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=8,711,645.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,645&RS=PN/8,711,645 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cisco Technolog Assigned Patent for System and Method for Providing Path Avoidance Feature in Network Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,853) developed by Yiqun Cai, Cupertino, Calif., and Heidi Ou, Saratoga, Calif., for a "system and method for providing a path avoidance feature in a network environment." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2010 (12/823,753). 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=87,11,853.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,853&RS=PN/87,11,853 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Decoding and Presentation Time Stamps for MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,934) developed by Sherman (Xuemin) Chen, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., for "decoding and presentation time stamps for MPEG-4 advanced video coding." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2013 (13/776,023). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,11,934.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,934&RS=PN/87,11,934 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** MaxLinear Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- MaxLinear, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,750) developed by Curtis Ling, Carlsbad, Calif., Timothy Gallagher, Encinitas, Calif., and Sridhar Ramesh, Carlsbad, Calif., for a "method and system for a low-power client in a wide area network." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2012 (13/553,175). 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=8,711,750.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,750&RS=PN/8,711,750 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Audio Processing in Multi-participant Conference ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,736) developed by five co-inventors for an "audio processing in a multi-participant conference." The co-inventors are Roberto Garcia Jr., Sunnyvale, Calif., Hyeonkuk Jeong, Saratoga, Calif., Nirav Patel, Sunnyvale, Calif., Berkat S. Tung, Rancho Cordova, Calif., and Joe S. Abuan, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2010 (12/884,129). 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=8,711,736.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,736&RS=PN/8,711,736 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Multi-radio Coexistence ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,711,740) developed by Brian Clarke Banister, San Diego, Jibing Wang, San Diego, and Joel Benjamin Linsky, San Diego, for multi-radio coexistence.

The patent application was filed on March 19, 2012 (13/423,497). 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=8,711,740.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,740&RS=PN/8,711,740 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Shape Based Similarity of Continuous Wave Doppler Images ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,712,122) developed by Tanveer F. Syeda-Mahmood, San Jose, Calif., and David James Beymer, San Jose, Calif., for "shape based similarity of continuous wave doppler images." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2011 (13/076,981). 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=87,12,122.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,122&RS=PN/87,12,122 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,236) developed by Klaus D. Giessler, Menlo Park, Calif., and Christine M. Krause, Boulder Creek, Calif., for "power management implementation in an optical link." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2010 (12/974,654). 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=87,12,236.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,236&RS=PN/87,12,236 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Yahoo! Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,047) developed by Athellina R. Ahmad Athsani, Santa Clara, Calif., and Chris T. Kalaboukis, San Jose, Calif., for "visual universal decryption apparatus and methods." The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2013 (13/773,080). 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=87,12,047.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,047&RS=PN/87,12,047 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** ViaSat Assigned Patent for Traffic Flow Analysis Mitigation Using Cover Signal ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- ViaSat, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,688) developed by Edward Smith, Escondido, Calif., Donald Wilcoxson, Carlsbad, Calif., and Shay Har-Noy, San Diego, for "traffic flow analysis mitigation using a cover signal." The patent application was filed on April 22, 2011 (13/092,859). 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=8,711,688.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,688&RS=PN/8,711,688 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for MEMS Autofocus Actuator ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,495) developed by Richard J. Topliss, Campbell, Calif., for a MEMS autofocus actuator.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2012 (13/632,965). 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=8,711,495.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,495&RS=PN/8,711,495 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intel Assigned Patent for Aggregating Completion Messages in Sideband Interface ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,875) developed by nine co-inventors for "aggregating completion messages in a sideband interface." The co-inventors are Sridhar Lakshmanamurthy, Sunnyvale, Calif., Mikal C. Hunsaker, El Dorado Hills, Calif., Michael T. Klinglesmith, Portland, Ore., Blaise Fanning, Folsom, Calif., Mohan K. Nair, Portland, Ore., Joseph Murray, Scottsdale, Ariz., Rohit R. Verma, Fremont, Calif., Gary J. Lavelle, Newtown, Pa., and Robert P. Adler, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2011 (13/248,243). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,11,875.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,875&RS=PN/87,11,875 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nant Holdings IP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Nant Holdings IP, Culver City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,193) developed by Wayne C. Boncyk, Evergreen, Colo., and Ronald H. Cohen, Pasadena, Calif., for an "image capture and identification system and process." The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2012 (13/693,983). 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=87,12,193.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,193&RS=PN/87,12,193 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent for High Throughput Thin Film Characterization and Defect Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,349) developed by seven co-inventors for a "high throughput thin film characterization and defect detection." The co-inventors are Xiang Gao, San Jose, Calif., Philip D. Flanner III, Union City, Calif., Leonid Poslavsky, Belmont, Calif., Zhiming Jiang, Pleasanton, Calif., Jun-Jie Ye, Shanghai, China, Torsten Kaack, Los Altos, Calif., and Qiang Zhao, Milpitas, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2012 (13/626,023). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,711,349.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,349&RS=PN/8,711,349 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Rambus Assigned Patent for Partial Response Decision Feedback Equalizer with Distributed Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Rambus, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,922) developed by Jie Shen, Fremont, Calif., Ting Wu, Fremont, Calif., and Kun-Yang (Ken) Chang, Los Altos, Calif., for a "partial response decision feedback equalizer with distributed control." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2011 (13/641,656). 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=87,11,922.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,922&RS=PN/87,11,922 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,330) developed by Prasanna Desai, Elfin Forest, Calif., and Brima Ibrahim, Aliso Viejo, Calif., for a "method and system for Bluetooth low power link layer connection setup." The patent application was filed on June 12, 2009 (12/483,958). 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=87,12,330.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,330&RS=PN/87,12,330 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,710,914) developed by five co-inventors for "voltage regulators with improved wake-up response." The co-inventors are Shankar Guhados, Fremont, Calif., Sung-En Wang, San Jose, Calif., Feng Pan, Fremont, Calif., Sagar Magia, Milpitas, Calif., and Jonathan H. Huynh, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2013 (13/762,627). 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=87,10,914.PN.&OS=PN/87,10,914&RS=PN/87,10,914 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of Pennsylvania Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,710,068) developed by four co-inventors for a "method of treating cancer using a survivin inhibitor." The co-inventors are Alan Berezov, West Hollywood, Calif., Qiang Wang, North Hollywood, Calif., Ramachandran Murali, Los Angeles, and Mark I. Greene, Penn Valley, Pa.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2010 (13/142,731). 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=8,710,068.PN.&OS=PN/8,710,068&RS=PN/8,710,068 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Preventative Traffic Congestion Social Networking Improvement System Within Community ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,712,675) developed by Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, Texas, Frank L. Jania, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Lisa A. Seacat, San Francisco, for a "preventative traffic congestion social networking improvement system within a community." The patent application was filed on June 2, 2008 (12/131,762). 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=87,12,675.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,675&RS=PN/87,12,675 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Silicon Storage Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Silicon Storage Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,636) developed by five co-inventors for a "method of operating a split gate flash memory cell with coupling gate." The co-inventors are Nhan Do, Saratoga, Calif., Elizabeth A. Cuevas, Los Gatos, Calif., Yuri Tkachev, Sunnyvale, Calif., Mandana Tadayoni, Cupertino, Calif., and Henry A. Om'Mani, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 3, 2012 (13/463,558). 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=8,711,636.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,636&RS=PN/8,711,636 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sonitus Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Sonitus Medical, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,078) developed by Amir A. Abolfathi, Woodside, Calif., for "headset systems and methods." The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2012 (13/572,189). 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=87,12,078.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,078&RS=PN/87,12,078 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Skyfire Labs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Skyfire Labs, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,929) developed by Erik R. Swenson, San Jose, Calif., and Nitin Bhandari, Fremont, Calif., for network-based dynamic encoding.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2007 (11/929,760). 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=87,11,929.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,929&RS=PN/87,11,929 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,233) developed by eight co-inventors for electronic device assemblies. The co-inventors are Kevin D. Gibbs, San Carlos, Calif., Carl R. Peterson, Santa Clara, Calif., Erik A. Uttermann, San Francisco, Conor P. Lenahan, Cupertino, Calif., John P. Ternus, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Justin R. Wodrich, Saratoga, Calif., Elvis M. Kibiti, San Francisco, and Derek Wright, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on March 6, 2012 (13/413,525). 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=87,12,233.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,233&RS=PN/87,12,233 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Rambus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Rambus, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,996) developed by Kun-Yung Chang, Los Altos, Calif., for "methods and apparatus for determining a phase error in signals." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2011 (13/171,363). 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=87,11,996.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,996&RS=PN/87,11,996 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,711,110) developed by Lawrence Scott Barras, San Jose, Calif., Kenneth James Albanowski, Fremont, Calif., and Thomas David Hughes, Champaign, Ill., for a "touchscreen with Z-velocity enhancement." The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2010 (12/877,776). 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=87,11,110.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,110&RS=PN/87,11,110 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Host Route Convergence Based on Sequence Values ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,729) developed by four co-inventors for "host route convergence based on sequence values." The co-inventors are Suresh Katukam, San Jose, Calif., Navindra Yadav, San Jose, Calif., Venkata Tanikella, San Jose, Calif., and Abhay Roy, Cupertino, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2008 (12/013,176). 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=8,711,729.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,729&RS=PN/8,711,729 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,712,324) developed by six co-inventors for an "inductive signal transfer system for computing devices." The co-inventors are Mark Corbridge, Weymouth Dorset, United Kingdom, Manjirnath Chatterjee, San Francisco, Michael Lehr, Sunnyvale, Calif., Allan Hessenflow, Los Gatos, Calif., Stuart Neubarth, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Jacob Rasco, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 4, 2009 (12/478,766). 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=87,12,324.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,324&RS=PN/87,12,324 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Western Digital Assigned Patent for System and Method for Deposition in High Aspect Ratio Magnetic Writer Heads ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Western Digital, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,518) developed by Wanxue Zeng, Pleasanton, Calif., Weimin Si, San Ramon, Calif., and Ying Hong, Los Gatos, Calif., for a "system and method for deposition in high aspect ratio magnetic writer heads." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2012 (13/628,793). 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=8,711,518.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,518&RS=PN/8,711,518 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Altera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,614) developed by five co-inventors for "memory elements with increased write margin and soft error upset immunity." The co-inventors are Andy L. Lee, San Jose, Calif., Irfan Rahim, Milpitas, Calif., Lu Zhou, Santa Clara, Calif., Madhuri Mailavaram, Milpitas, Calif., and Srinivas Perisetty, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 21, 2011 (13/052,374). 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=8,711,614.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,614&RS=PN/8,711,614 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** NetLogic Microsystems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- NetLogic Microsystems, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,849) developed by Kai-Yeung (Sunny) Siu, San Jose, Calif., Brian Hang Wai Yang, Monterey Park, Calif., and Mizanur M. Rahman, Cupertino, Calif., for an "output queued switch with a parallel shared memory, and method of operating same." The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2010 (12/946,780). 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=87,11,849.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,849&RS=PN/87,11,849 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Multi-port, Gigabit SERDES Transceiver Capable of Automatic Fail Switchover ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,677) developed by Hoang Tran, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., for "multi-port, gigabit SERDES transceiver capable of automatic fail switchover." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2012 (13/731,409). 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=8,711,677.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,677&RS=PN/8,711,677 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Method and System for Integrated Host PCI I/O Bridge and Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,874) developed by Sagar W. Kenkare, Milpitas, Calif., for a "method and system for an integrated host PCI I/O bridge and dual port gigabit ethernet controller." The patent application was filed on May 21, 2012 (13/476,294). 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=87,11,874.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,874&RS=PN/87,11,874 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Aerospace Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Aerospace, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,675) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for reducing narrow bandwidth interference contained in broad bandwidth signals." The co-inventors are Robert Bernhard Dybdal, Palos Verdes, Calif., Christopher Joseph Clark, Hermosa Beach, Calif., Samuel Joseph Curry, Redondo Beach, Calif., and Lan Xu, Cerritos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2013 (14/010,390). 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=8,711,675.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,675&RS=PN/8,711,675 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nvidia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,183) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for performing image correction." The co-inventors are Brian Cabral, San Jose, Calif., Hu He, Santa Clara, Calif., Elena Ing, Santa Clara, Calif., and Sohei Takemoto, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 2, 2010 (12/753,775). 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=87,12,183.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,183&RS=PN/87,12,183 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intel Assigned Patent for Tap Initialization of Equalizer Based on Estimated Channel Impulse Response ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,916) developed by Jie Zhu, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "tap initialization of equalizer based on estimated channel impulse response." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2007 (11/829,445). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,11,916.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,916&RS=PN/87,11,916 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,712,940) developed by Dharmendra S. Modha, San Jose, Calif., for "structural plasticity in spiking neural networks with symmetric dual of an electronic neuron." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2011 (13/149,733). 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=87,12,940.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,940&RS=PN/87,12,940 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Directv Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Directv Group, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,318) developed by John L. Norin, Redondo Beach, Calif., for an "integrated multi-sat LNB and frequency translation module." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2008 (12/127,718). 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=87,12,318.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,318&RS=PN/87,12,318 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** OProbe Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- OProbe, Pasadena, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,364) developed by Jeffrey Brennan, Los Angeles, Mark Humayun, Glendale, Calif., and Sean Caffey, Manhattan Beach, Calif., for an "optical coherence tomography with multiple sample arms." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2011 (13/106,388). 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=8,711,364.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,364&RS=PN/8,711,364 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** DR Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- DR Systems, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,712,120) developed by Murray A. Reicher, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and Evan K. Fram, Paradise Valley, Ariz., for "rules-based approach to transferring and/or viewing medical images." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2010 (12/891,543). 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=87,12,120.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,120&RS=PN/87,12,120 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Freedom Photonics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Freedom Photonics, Santa Barbara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,256) developed by Jonathon Barton, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Milan Mashanovitch, Santa Barbara, Calif., for a "monolithic widely-tunable coherent receiver." The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2013 (13/761,973). 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=87,12,256.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,256&RS=PN/87,12,256 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Zeno Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Zeno Semiconductor, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,622) developed by Yuniarto Widjaja, San Jose, Calif., for a "compact semiconductor memory device having reduced number of contacts, methods of operating and methods of making." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2013 (13/941,227). 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=8,711,622.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,622&RS=PN/8,711,622 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** LSI Corp. Assigned Patent for Tracking Data Eye Operating Margin for Steady State Adaptation ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- LSI Corp., Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,906) developed by Mohammad Mobin, Orefield, Pa., Ye Liu, San Jose, Calif., and Amaresh Malipatil, San Jose, Calif., for a "tracking data eye operating margin for steady state adaptation." The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2010 (12/941,217). 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=87,11,906.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,906&RS=PN/87,11,906 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intellectual Ventures Holding 73 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Intellectual Ventures Holding 73, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,711,898) developed by John Santhoff, San Diego, and Steven Moore, San Diego, for an "ultra-wideband communication system and method." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2012 (13/621,921). 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=8,711,898.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,898&RS=PN/8,711,898 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Flexible Circuit Routing ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,711,570) developed by five co-inventors for a flexible circuit routing. The co-inventors are Steven Porter Hotelling, Los Gatos, Calif., Joshua G. Wurzel, Sunnyvale, Calif., Steven J. Martisauskas, San Francisco, Thayne M. Miller, San Jose, Calif., and Kuo-Hua Sung, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 21, 2011 (13/165,748). 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=8,711,570.PN.&OS=PN/8,711,570&RS=PN/8,711,570 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Vermillion, Stanford University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Vermillion, Austin, Texas, and Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,709,735) developed by John P. Cooke, Palo Alto, Calif., Eric T. Fung, Los Altos, Calif., and Elichiro Kimura, Nakano-ku, Japan, for ".beta.-2 microglobulin as a biomarker for peripheral artery disease." The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2013 (13/743,114). 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=8,709,735.PN.&OS=PN/8,709,735&RS=PN/8,709,735 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Highly Detectable Pilot Structure ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,711,973) developed by Michael M. Wang, San Diego, and Ravi Palanki, Cupertino, Calif., for a "highly detectable pilot structure." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2013 (13/784,651). 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=87,11,973.PN.&OS=PN/87,11,973&RS=PN/87,11,973 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Traffic Signal Mapping and Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,712,104) developed by Nathaniel Fairfield, Mountain View, Calif., Christopher Paul Urmson, Mountain View, Calif., and Sebastian Thrun, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for "traffic signal mapping and detection." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2013 (14/030,397). 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=87,12,104.PN.&OS=PN/87,12,104&RS=PN/87,12,104 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Performing Lawful Intercept in Group Calls ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,712,019) developed by Kirankumar Anchan, San Diego, Arvind V. Santhanam, San Diego, and Hamsini Bhaskaran, San Diego, for an "apparatus and method for performing lawful intercept in group calls." The patent application was filed on N 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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