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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (June 10)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Amphenol Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Amphenol, Wallingford, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,734,185) developed by Mark W. Gailus, Concord, Massachusetts, for an "electrical connector incorporating circuit elements." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2013 (13/863,118). 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=8734185.PN.&OS=PN/8734185&RS=PN/8734185 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Verizon Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Verizon Services, Ashburn, Virginia, has been assigned a patent (8,737,242) developed by Kevin A. DeMartino, Orleans, Massachusetts, for systems and methods "for providing multiple communication services over existing twisted pair access lines." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2010 (12/844,129). 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=8737242.PN.&OS=PN/8737242&RS=PN/8737242 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Medical Center, Harvard College Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, Children's Medical Center, Boston, and President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, have been assigned a patent (8,741,310) developed by three co-inventors for "fusion-intermediate state of HIV-1 gp41 targeted by broadly neutralizing antibodies." The co-inventors are Stephen C. Harrison, Brighton, Massachusetts, Bing Chen, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and Gary H. Frey, Nashua, New Hampshire. The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2010 (12/869,967). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8741310.PN.&OS=PN/8741310&RS=PN/8741310 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Otis Elevator Assigned Patent for Elevator Load Bearing Member ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Otis Elevator, Farmington, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,734,203) developed by nine co-inventors for an "elevator load bearing member having a jacket with at least one rough exterior surface." The co-inventors are John T. Pitts, Avon, Connecticut, Bill Perron, Bristol, Connecticut, Douglas E. Logan, Bristol, Connecticut, Kathryn Rauss Sherrick, Bristol, Connecticut, Ary O. Mello, Farmington, Connecticut, William A. Veronesi, Hartford, Connecticut, John P. Wesson, West Hartford, Connecticut, Mark Steven Thompson, Tolland, Connecticut, and Hugh J. O'Donnell, Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on May 3, 2013 (13/886,391). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8734203.PN.&OS=PN/8734203&RS=PN/8734203 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** CooperSurgical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- CooperSurgical, Trumbull, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,740,916) developed by six co-inventors for "[u]terine manipulator assemblies and related components and methods." The co-inventors are Robert Williams, Norwalk, Connecticut, Kerry Blair, Overland Park, Kansas, Eric Sugalski, Arlington, Massachusetts, Tyson Lawrence, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Michael Susi, Marlborough, Massachusetts, and Michael Long, Wayland, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2013 (14/013,216). 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=8740916.PN.&OS=PN/8740916&RS=PN/8740916 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems Assigned Patent for Multi-Stage Centrifugal Fan ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,734,087) developed by David G. Converse, Hampden, Massachusetts, for a "multi-stage centrifugal fan." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2010 (12/824,905). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8734087.PN.&OS=PN/8734087&RS=PN/8734087 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** MathWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,745,557) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method that "optimizes hardware description code generated from a graphical program or model automatically." The co-inventors are Girish Venkataramani, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Kiran Kintali, Ashland, Massachusetts, and Pieter J. Mosterman, Framingham, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2010 (12/963,433). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8745557.PN.&OS=PN/8745557&RS=PN/8745557 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Phylonix Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Phylonix Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,741,592) developed by two co-inventors for methods of "screening an agent for an activity in an isolated eye of a teleost." The co-inventors are Patricia McGrath, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Wen Lin Seng, Westborough, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2013 (13/734,271). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8741592.PN.&OS=PN/8741592&RS=PN/8741592 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Symbotic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Symbotic, Wilmington, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,538) developed by four co-inventors for a "storage and retrieval system." The co-inventors are John Lert, Wakefield, Massachusetts, Stephen Toebes, Sunderland, Massachusetts, Robert Sullivan, Wilmington, Massachusetts, and Foster D. Hinshaw, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on April 9, 2010 (12/757,381). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740538.PN.&OS=PN/8740538&RS=PN/8740538 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Chrono Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Chrono Therapeutics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,741,336) developed by two co-inventors for systems and methods "for longevity, anti-aging, fatigue management, obesity, weight loss, weight management, delivery of nutraceuticals, and treating hyperglycemia, Alzheimer's disease, sleep disorders, Parkinson's disease, Attention Deficit Disorder and nicotine addiction involve synchronizing and tailoring the administration of nutraceuticals, medications and other substances in accordance with the body's natural circadian rhythms, meal times and other factors." The co-inventors are Guy DiPierro, Hamilton, New Jersey, Steven A. Giannos, Quincy, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on June 4, 2012 (13/488,195). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8741336.PN.&OS=PN/8741336&RS=PN/8741336 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Worcester, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,741,797) developed by four co-inventors for a "composite body including a nitride material, a carbide material and an amorphous phase material." The co-inventors are Christopher J. Reilly, Whitinsville, Massachusetts, Vimal K. Pujari, Northborough, Massachusetts, Edmund A. Cortellini, North Brookfield, Massachusetts, and David M. McElwee, Newark, Delaware. The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2012 (13/628,684). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8741797.PN.&OS=PN/8741797&RS=PN/8741797 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** University of Massachusetts Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- The University of Massachusetts, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,741,258) developed by three co-inventors for the "production of hydrogen, liquid fuels, and chemicals from catalytic processing of bio-oils." The co-inventors are George W. Huber, Belchertown, Massachusetts, Tushar P. Vispute, Tonawanda, New York, and Kamalakanta Routray, Paducah, Kentucky. The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2009 (13/119,750). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8741258.PN.&OS=PN/8741258&RS=PN/8741258 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,745,693) developed by three co-inventors for a "computer program product for use with dictated medical patient information resides on a computer-readable medium and comprises computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to analyze the dictated information, identify likely confidential information in the dictated medical patient information, and treat the likely confidential information disparately from likely non-confidential information in the dictated medical patient information." The co-inventors are Roger S. Zimmerman, Wellesley, Massachusetts, Paul Egerman, Weston, Massachusetts, and Benjamin Chigier, Wellesley, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2010 (12/688,745). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8745693.PN.&OS=PN/8745693&RS=PN/8745693 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Vecna Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Vecna Technologies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,739,820) developed by two co-inventors for a "pressure relief valve." The co-inventors are Daniel Theobald, Somerville, Massachusetts, and Michael Kokko, Arlington, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on March 23, 2010 (12/729,456). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8739820.PN.&OS=PN/8739820&RS=PN/8739820 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** iRobot Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- iRobot, Bedford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,739,355) developed by four co-inventors for an "autonomous surface cleaning robot for dry cleaning." The co-inventors are Christopher J. Morse, Malden, Massachusetts, Andrew Ziegler, Arlington, Massachusetts, Duane Gilbert, Goffstown, New Hampshire, and Andrew Jones, Roslindale, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2007 (11/835,356). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8739355.PN.&OS=PN/8739355&RS=PN/8739355 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Acushnet Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,726) developed by four co-inventors for "golf balls having at least two core layers formed from HNP compositions." The co-inventors are Michael J. Sullivan, Barrington, Rhode Island, Derek A. Ladd, Acushnet, Massachusetts, Edmund A. Hebert, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, and Douglas E. Jones, Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2012 (13/692,583). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740726.PN.&OS=PN/8740726&RS=PN/8740726 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,739,396) developed by Paul J. Murphy, Reading, Massachusetts, for a novel technique "for limiting transmission of fault current." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2011 (13/161,068). 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=8739396.PN.&OS=PN/8739396&RS=PN/8739396 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** MathWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,745,537) developed by four co-inventors for a "graphical interface for managing and monitoring the status of a graphical model." The co-inventors are Mojdeh Shakeri, Southborough, Massachusetts, Michael David Tocci, Medway, Massachusetts, John Ciolfi, Wellesley, Massachusetts, and Pieter J. Mosterman, Framingham, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on June 11, 2008 (12/136,997). 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=8745537.PN.&OS=PN/8745537&RS=PN/8745537 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Visible Measures Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Visible Measures, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,745,647) developed by six co-inventors for a method and system "for internet video and rich media behavioral measurement." The co-inventors are Brian J. Shin, Boston, Gary C. Griffin, Medford, Massachusetts, Jason T. Tunney, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Trevor B. Rundell, Honeoye Falls, New York, Rishi I. Dean, Boston, and Raymond Yong-Taik Chun, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Dec. 26, 2007 (11/964,479). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8745647.PN.&OS=PN/8745647&RS=PN/8745647 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Bee Visual Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Bee Visual, Southborough, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,623) developed by three co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for developing a person's behavior." The co-inventors are Michele A. Walker, Southborough, Massachusetts, Jeffrey M. Walker, Southborough, Massachusetts, and Daniel J. Reilly, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Oct.20, 2006 (11/584,246). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740623.PN.&OS=PN/8740623&RS=PN/8740623 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** MathWorks Assigned Patent for Coding Standard Testing ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,745,586) developed by David M. Boissy, Harvard, Massachusetts, for a system and method "for coding standard testing." The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2012 (13/682,026). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8745586.PN.&OS=PN/8745586&RS=PN/8745586 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Althea Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Althea Technologies, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,741,284) developed by eight co-inventors for "crystallized oxalate decarboxylase and methods of use." The co-inventors are Bhami C. Shenoy, South Grafton, Massachusetts, Teresa G. Cachero, Quincy, Massachusetts, John Shin, Somerville, Massachusetts, Lekai Zhang, Watertown, Massachusetts, Aftab Rashid, Natick, Massachusetts, Danica Grujic, Boston, Reena J. Patel, Woburn, Massachusetts, and Margaret Ellen McGrath, Somerville, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2012 (13/372,274). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,741,284.PN.&OS=PN/8,741,284&RS=PN/8,741,284 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Gamblit Gaming Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Gamblit Gaming, Glendale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,740,690) developed by Miles Arnone, Sherborn, Massachusetts, and Eric Meyerhofer, Pasadena, California, for an "enhanced slot-machine for casino applications." The patent application was filed on April 1, 2013 (13/854,658). 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=8,740,690.PN.&OS=PN/8,740,690&RS=PN/8,740,690 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Phase One Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Phase One Medical, Hingham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,874) developed by Adrian C. Ravenscroft, Cohasset, Massachusetts, for a "catheter device." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2011 (13/218,266). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740874.PN.&OS=PN/8740874&RS=PN/8740874 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,739,727) developed by eight co-inventors for a "coated medical device and method for manufacturing the same." The co-inventors are Michael Austin, Tuam, Ireland, Don Robinson, Framingham, Massachusetts, Dennis R. Boulais, Danielson, Connecticut, Praveen Kulkarni, Worcester, Massachusetts, Toby Freyman, Waltham, Massachusetts, Samuel J. Epstein, Marlborough, Massachusetts, Wendy Naimark, Boston, and Marlene Schwarz, Auburndale, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2012 (13/646,916). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,739,727.PN.&OS=PN/8,739,727&RS=PN/8,739,727 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,739,390) developed by five co-inventors for a method "for microcontact printing of microelectro-mechanical systems." The co-inventors are Vladimir Bulovic, Lexington, Massachusetts, Corinne Evelyn Packard, Somerville, Massachusetts, Jennifer Jong-Hua Yu, Palo Alto, California, Apoorva Murarka, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and LeeAnn Kim, Somerville, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2009 (12/636,757). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8739390.PN.&OS=PN/8739390&RS=PN/8739390 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Blu Homes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Blu Homes, Waltham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,739,475) developed by five co-inventors for a "foldable building units." The co-inventors are Dennis Michaud, Waltham, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Rothwell, Waltham, Massachusetts, Everett Morton, Waltham, Massachusetts, Steven Eason, Waltham, Massachusetts, and Paul Kassabian, Waltham, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on March 23, 2011 (13/814,326). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8739475.PN.&OS=PN/8739475&RS=PN/8739475 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Worcester, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,670) developed by six co-inventors for "sapphire substrates and methods of making same." The co-inventors are Brahmanandam V. Tanikella, Northborough, Massachusetts, Palaniappan Chinnakaruppan, Springboro, Ohio, Robert A. Rizzuto, Worcester, Massachusetts, Isaac K. Cherian, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Ramanujam Vedantham, Worcester, Massachusetts, and Matthew A. Simpson, Evergreen, Colorado. The patent application was filed on May 15, 2012 (13/472,179). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740670.PN.&OS=PN/8740670&RS=PN/8740670 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Intelligent Bio Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Intelligent Bio Systems, Waltham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,741,815) developed by two co-inventors for methods and devices "for amplification of nucleic acid." The co-inventors are Steven Gordon, Weston, Massachusetts, and Daniel Stetson, Stow, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2009 (12/370,154). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8741815.PN.&OS=PN/8741815&RS=PN/8741815 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Cognex Technology and Investment Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Cognex Technology and Investment, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,740,078) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for providing omnidirectional lighting in a scanning device." The co-inventors are Carl W. Gerst III, Clifton Park, New York, William H. Equitz, Brookline, Massachusetts, Justin Testa, Wellesley, Massachusetts, and Sateesha Nadabar, Framingham, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2012 (13/623,344). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,740,078.PN.&OS=PN/8,740,078&RS=PN/8,740,078 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Carpe Diem Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Carpe Diem Technologies, Franklin, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,461) developed by two co-inventors for a "fluid bearing assembly." The co-inventors are Dimitar B. Bentchev, Norwood, Massachusetts, and John S. Berg, Franklin, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on April 17, 2012 (13/448,502). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740461.PN.&OS=PN/8740461&RS=PN/8740461 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** iRobot Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- iRobot, Bedford, Massachusetts, Bedford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,741,013) developed by two co-inventors for a "dust bin for a robotic vacuum." The co-inventors are David Orrin Swett, Waltham, Massachusetts, and Mark Steven Schnittman, Somerville, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2011 (13/341,334). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8741013.PN.&OS=PN/8741013&RS=PN/8741013 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Maryland, has been assigned a patent (8,744,570) developed by two co-inventors for an apparatus and method "for optical- or optical-and-electrical stimulation of midbrain and/or brainstem tissue." The co-inventors are Daniel J. Lee, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Jonathon D. Wells, Seattle. The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2010 (12/693,427). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8744570.PN.&OS=PN/8744570&RS=PN/8744570 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** D.C. Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- D.C. Devices, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,962) developed by four co-inventors for devices and methods "for implanting a prosthesis into a heart of a mammal, such as a person." The co-inventors are Matthew J. Finch, Amherst, New Hampshire, Edward McNamara, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Stephen J. Forcucci, Winchester, Massachusetts, and Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2010 (12/954,541). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740962.PN.&OS=PN/8740962&RS=PN/8740962 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Covidien Assigned Patent for Medical Skin Applicator Apparatus ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,488) developed by three co-inventors for a "medical skin applicator apparatus." The co-inventors are Frank A. Cable, Amherst, Massachusetts, Mark Tauer, Belchertown, Massachusetts, and Andrew Fetterroll, Springfield, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2013 (13/736,718). 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=8740488.PN.&OS=PN/8740488&RS=PN/8740488 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Dynamet Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Dynamet Technology, Burlington, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,741,077) developed by four co-inventors for "homogeneous titanium tungsten alloys produced by powder metal technology." The co-inventors are Stanley Abkowitz, Lexington, Massachusetts, Susan M. Abkowitz, Burlington, Massachusetts, Harvey Fisher, Lexington, Massachusetts, and Patricia J. Schwartz, Andover, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2011 (13/032,374). 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=8741077.PN.&OS=PN/8741077&RS=PN/8741077 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Catheter Robotics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Catheter Robotics, Budd Lake, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,740,840) developed by Stephen T. Foley, Kerrville, Texas, Robert C. Royce Jr., Marlborough, Massachusetts, and Benjamin Piecuch, Providence, Rhode Island, for a "remotely controlled catheter insertion system." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2010 (12/903,397). 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=8,740,840.PN.&OS=PN/8,740,840&RS=PN/8,740,840 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been as"signed a patent (8,740,838) developed by five co-inventors for a method "for injecting a substance through a biological body surface." The co-inventors are Brian D. Hemond, Lexington, Massachusetts, Ian W. Hunter, Lincoln, Massachusetts, Andrew J. Taberner, Auckland, New Zealand, Dawn M. Wendell, Farmington, Connecticut, and N. Catherine Hogan, Boston, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2011 (13/269,421). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740838.PN.&OS=PN/8740838&RS=PN/8740838 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Invensys Systems Assigned Patent for Fault Tolerant Computing ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Invensys Systems, Foxborough, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,745,467) developed by seven co-inventors for a system and method "for fault tolerant computing using generic hardware." The co-inventors are Alan A. Gale, Windham, Maine, Andrew L. Kling, Foxboro, Massachusetts, Mark E. Timperley, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Lawrence T. Bass, Coventry, Rhode Island, John J. Lavallee, Wrentham, Massachusetts, George W. Cranshaw, Assonet, Massachusetts, and Alan M. Foskett, Mansfield, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2012 (13/396,198). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8745467.PN.&OS=PN/8745467&RS=PN/8745467 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Acushnet Assigned Patent for Dual Core Golf Ball ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,725) developed by two co-inventors for a "dual core golf ball having positive-hardness-gradient thermoplastic inner core and shallow negative-hardness-gradient outer core layer." The co-inventors are Michael J. Sullivan, Old Lyme, Connecticut, and Brian Comeau, Berkley, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on May 9, 2011 (13/103,280). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740725.PN.&OS=PN/8740725&RS=PN/8740725 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, and Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, have been assigned a patent (8,741,557) developed by three co-inventors for "predicting graft rejection." The co-inventors are Terry B. Strom, Brookline, Massachusetts, Towia Libermann, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and Asher Schachter, Needham, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2004 (10/545,198). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8741557.PN.&OS=PN/8741557&RS=PN/8741557 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Covidien Assigned Patent for Compression Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,828) developed by three co-inventors for a "compression device with improved moisture evaporation." The co-inventors are Jennie Brown, Providence, Rhode Island, Malcolm G. Bock, Medfield, Massachusetts, and Raymond Avitable, Westborough, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2011 (13/292,308). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740828.PN.&OS=PN/8740828&RS=PN/8740828 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Allergan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Allergan, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,741,281) developed by seven co-inventors for the "compositions and soft tissue replacement methods." The co-inventors are Dennis E. Van Epps, Goleta, California, Guang-Liang Jiang, Irvine, California, Adam L. Collette, Westminster, Massachusetts, Rebecca L. Horan, Arlington, Massachusetts, Jingsong Chen, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Gregory H. Altman, Arlington, Massachusetts, and Wha Bin Im, Irvine, California. The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2012 (13/398,661). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,741,281.PN.&OS=PN/8,741,281&RS=PN/8,741,281 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MathWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,745,624) developed by two co-inventors for a "distributed computing system [that] includes a device that creates a job to be performed by one or more workers, where the job includes a group of tasks." The co-inventors are Jocelyn Luke Martin, Burwell, United Kingdom, and Loren Dean, Natick, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2007 (11/891,539). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8745624.PN.&OS=PN/8745624&RS=PN/8745624 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Hong Gao Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Hong Gao, Newton, Massachusetts, and Zhenglun Zhu, Newton, Massachusetts, have been assigned a patent (8,741,640) developed by two co-inventors for a method of "expanding hematopoietic stem cells." The co-inventors are Hong Gao, Allston, Massachusetts, and Zhenglun Zhu, Allston, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2011 (13/303,675). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8741640.PN.&OS=PN/8741640&RS=PN/8741640 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Valeritas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Valeritas, Bridgewater, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,740,847) developed by five co-inventors for "fluid delivery device needle retraction mechanisms, cartridges and expandable hydraulic fluid seals." The co-inventors are Steven F. Levesque, North Pembroke, Massachusetts, Geoffrey H. Jenkins, Wayland, Massachusetts, Robert L. Standley, Acton, Massachusetts, Matthew P. Johnson, Boylston, Massachusetts, and Daniel A. Dube Jr., Putnam, Connecticut. The patent application was filed on June 9, 2011 (13/156,839). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,740,847.PN.&OS=PN/8,740,847&RS=PN/8,740,847 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lahey Clinic Foundation, Burlington, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,819) developed by two co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for measuring representational motions in a medical context." The co-inventors are Randall Davis, Weston, Massachusetts, Dana L. Penney, Weston, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on March 20, 2008 (12/077,730). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740819.PN.&OS=PN/8740819&RS=PN/8740819 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, and Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,820) developed by four co-inventors for "multi-axis tilt estimation and fall remediation ." The co-inventors are Marc S. Weinberg, Needham, Massachusetts, Conrad Wall III, Boston, Kathleen H. Sienko, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Edward W. O'Neil, Concord, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Nov.22, 2011 (13/303,011). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740820.PN.&OS=PN/8740820&RS=PN/8740820 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,745,604) developed by Anant Agarwal, Weston, Massachusetts, for "[t]ransferring data in a parallel processing environment." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2008 (12/036,573). 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=8745604.PN.&OS=PN/8745604&RS=PN/8745604 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Cognex Assigned Patent for Contact Lens Tracking ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Cognex, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,382) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for automatically tracking a contact lens in a wearer's eye." The co-inventors are Gang Liu, Natick, Massachusetts, Lei Wang, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and Lowell Jacobson, Grafton, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/250,328). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740382.PN.&OS=PN/8740382&RS=PN/8740382 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Children's Medical Center, Fellows of Harvard College, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Children's Medical Center, Boston, President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, have been assigned a patent (8,741,310) developed by three co-inventors for "fusion-intermediate state of HIV-1 gp41 targeted by broadly neutralizing antibodies." The co-inventors are Bing Chen, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Gary H. Frey, Nashua, New Hampshire, and Stephen C. Harrison, Brighton, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2010 (12/869,967). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8741310.PN.&OS=PN/8741310&RS=PN/8741310 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Illinois Tool Works Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Illinois Tool Works, Glenview, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,739,699) developed by Dennis G. Doyle, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, for the "combination stencil printer and dispenser and related methods." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2010 (12/963,453). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,739,699.PN.&OS=PN/8,739,699&RS=PN/8,739,699 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Metabolix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Metabolix, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,741,624) developed by two co-inventors for the "production of polyhydroxyalkanoates from polyols." The co-inventors are Frank A. Skraly, Watertown, Massachusetts, and Martha Sholl, Haverhill, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2009 (12/539,079). 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=8741624.PN.&OS=PN/8741624&RS=PN/8741624 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,958) developed by five co-inventors for an apparatus and method "for laser treatment with spectroscopic feedback." The co-inventors are Richard Rox Anderson, Boston, Ian W. Hunter, Lincoln, Massachusetts, Colin J. H. Brenan, Woburn, Massachusetts, Keng Hui Lim, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Sebem, Cincinnati. The patent application was filed on June 27, 2011 (13/170,117). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740958.PN.&OS=PN/8740958&RS=PN/8740958 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Acushnet Assigned Patent for Golf Balls ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,724) developed by four co-inventors for "golf balls having a low modulus HNP layer and a high modulus HNP layer." The co-inventors are Michael J. Sullivan, Barrington, Rhode Island, Derek A. Ladd, Acushnet, Massachusetts, Edmund A. Hebert, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, and Douglas E. Jones, Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2013 (13/758,041). 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=8740724.PN.&OS=PN/8740724&RS=PN/8740724 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Cognex Assigned Patent for Decoding Codes ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Cognex, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,740,081) developed by three co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for decoding codes applied to objects for use with a camera and a conveyor system." The co-inventors are James Negro, Arlington, Massachusetts, John F. Keating, Medway, Massachusetts, and Michael C. Moed, Hopkinton, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2011 (13/288,104). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8740081.PN.&OS=PN/8740081&RS=PN/8740081 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. 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. -1164664 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |