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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (June 23)

[June 23, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (June 23)

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** RTI Surgical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 22 -- RTI Surgical, Alachua, Florida, has been assigned a patent (8,747,467) developed by six co-inventors for a "composition comprising a matrix suitable for implantation in humans, comprising defatted, shredded, allogeneic human muscle tissue that has been combined with an aqueous carrier and dried in a predetermined shape." The co-inventors are C. Randal Mills, Tioga, Florida, John R. Bianchi, Gainesville, Florida, Michael R. Roberts, Gainesville, Florida, David T. Cheung, Arcadia, California, Chandrasekaran Nataraj, Gainesville, Florida, and John W. Howell, Gainesville, Florida.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2013 (13/815,184). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8747467.PN.&OS=PN/8747467&RS=PN/8747467 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,354) developed by Alpesh Patel, Santa Clara, California, and Kent K. Leung, Mountain View, California, for "methods and apparatus for broadcast optimization in mobile IP." The patent application was filed on July 13, 2012 (13/549,094). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,55,354.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,354&RS=PN/87,55,354 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- The University of California, Oakland, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,118) developed by five co-inventors for "planar, high NA, low loss transmitting or reflecting lenses using sub-wavelength high contrast grating." The co-inventors are Connie Chang-Hasnain, Palo Alto, California, Christopher Chase, Kensington, California, Fanglu Lu, Berkeley, California, Forrest G. Sedgwick, Berkeley, California, and Vadim Karagodsky, Berkeley, California.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2012 (13/593,382). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,55,118.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,118&RS=PN/87,55,118 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Range of Focus in Augmented Reality Application ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,907) developed by Erick Tseng, San Francisco, for a "range of focus in an augmented reality application." The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2013 (14/010,598). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,907.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,907&RS=PN/87,54,907 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Switch Bulb Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Switch Bulb, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,594) developed by Ronald J. Lenk, Woodstock, Georgia, and John D. Grainger, Fremont, California, for a "thermal protection circuit for an LED bulb." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2012 (13/647,324). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,594.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,594&RS=PN/87,54,594 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nate Terry & Michael Edward Breede Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Nate Terry & Michael Edward Breede, Ridgefield, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,746,240) developed by two co-inventors for a "personal vapor inhaling unit is disclosed." The co-inventors are Nathan Andrew Terry, San Francisco, and Noah Mark Minskoff, Salt Lake City.

The patent application was filed on May 15, 2010 (12/780,872). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8746240.PN.&OS=PN/8746240&RS=PN/8746240 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Intermune Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Intermune, Brisbane, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,109) developed by Williamson Z. Bradford, Ross, California, and Javier Szwarcberg, San Francisco, for "pirfenidone therapy and inducers of cytochrome P450." The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2010 (13/513,472). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,109.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,109&RS=PN/87,54,109 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Gilead Sciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,087) developed by five co-inventors for a "method of treating atrial fibrillation." The co-inventors are Charles Antzelevitch, New Hartford, New York, Luiz Belardinelli, Palo Alto, California, Alexander Burashnikov, New Hartford, New York, John Shryock, East Palo Alto, California, and Dewan Zeng, Palo Alto, California.

The patent application was filed on May 31, 2013 (13/907,349). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,087.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,087&RS=PN/87,54,087 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Danisco U.S. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Danisco U.S., Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,753,866) developed by five co-inventors for the "increased production of secreted proteins by recombinant eukaryotic cells." The co-inventors are Merja E. Penttila, Helsinki, Michael Ward, San Francisco, Huaming Wang, Fremont, California, Mari J. Valkonen, Helsinki, and Markku La Saloheimo, Helsinki.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2009 (12/639,921). 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=87,53,866.PN.&OS=PN/87,53,866&RS=PN/87,53,866 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Pharmacyclics Assigned Patent for Use of Inhibitors of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Pharmacyclics, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,090) developed by Joseph J. Buggy, Mountain View, California, Gwen Fyfe, San Francisco, and David J. Loury, San Jose, California, for the "use of inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk)." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2011 (13/340,522). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,090.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,090&RS=PN/87,54,090 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Luxtera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Luxtera, Carlsbad, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,711) developed by Brian Welch, San Diego, for a "method and system for a feedback transimpedance amplifier with sub-40khz low-frequency cutoff." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2013 (13/926,851). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,711.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,711&RS=PN/8,754,711 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Calcimedica Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Calcimedica, La Jolla, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,219) developed by seven co-inventors for "compounds that modulate intracellular calcium." The co-inventors are Jeffrey P. Whitten, Santee, California, Yazhong Pei, San Diego, Jianguo Cao, San Diego, Zhijun Wang, San Diego, Evan Rogers, San Diego, Brian Dyck, San Diego, and Jonathan Grey, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on April 27, 2011 (13/643,537). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,219.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,219&RS=PN/87,54,219 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pennsylvania, has been assigned a patent (8,753,278) developed by Jeffrey Stoll, San Mateo, California, for a "pressure control in medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2010 (12/895,616). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,753,278.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,278&RS=PN/8,753,278 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Mechanisms for Session Border Control of VOIP Communication from Non-symmetric Port Address Translation Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,370) developed by four co-inventors for "mechanisms for session border control of VOIP communication from non-symmetric port address translation device." The co-inventors are Kaushik P. Biswas, San Jose, California, Vinay Jayant Pande, Sunnyvale, California, Jayesh Chokshi, Cupertino, California, and Tuan Q. Le, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/864,520). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,370.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,370&RS=PN/8,755,370 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Master Synchronization for Multiple Displays ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,828) developed by Wolfgang Roethig, San Jose, California, and Michael Frank, Sunnyvale, California, for "master synchronization for multiple displays." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2014 (14/153,275). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,828.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,828&RS=PN/8,754,828 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Yahoo! Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,848) developed by Michael Holzer, San Francisco, and Jeffrey Bonforte, San Francisco, for "presenting information to a user based on the current state of a user device." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2011 (13/117,020). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,848.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,848&RS=PN/8,754,848 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for System and Method for Predicting User Route and Destination ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,777) developed by Charles Mendis, Mountain View, California, for a "system and method for predicting user route and destination." The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2010 (12/856,119). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,777.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,777&RS=PN/8,754,777 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tria Beauty Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Tria Beauty, Pleasanton, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,420) developed by four co-inventors for a "failure protection apparatus and system." The co-inventors are Robert E. Grove, Pleasanton, California, Mark V. Weckwerth, Pleasanton, California, Tobin C. Island, Oakland, California, and Harvey I. Liu, Fremont, California.

The patent application was filed on June 11, 2008 (12/137,452). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,420.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,420&RS=PN/8,755,420 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Twilio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Twilio, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,755,376) developed by Jeffrey G. Lawson, San Francisco, John Wolthuis, San Francisco, and Evan Cooke, San Francisco, for a "system and method for processing telephony sessions." The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2013 (13/743,078). 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=8,755,376.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,376&RS=PN/8,755,376 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Assigned Patent for High Frequency Switching MOSFETs with Low Output Capacitance using Depletable P-shield ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,753,935) developed by four co-inventors for "high frequency switching MOSFETs with low output capacitance using a depletable P-shield." The co-inventors are Madhur Bobde, Sunnyvale, California, Hamza Yilmaz, Saratoga, California, Sik Lui, Sunnyvale, California, and Daniel Ng, Campbell, California.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2012 (13/724,093). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,53,935.PN.&OS=PN/87,53,935&RS=PN/87,53,935 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Antenna Switching Diversity in OFDM System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,755,476) developed by Linbo Li, San Diego, and Ashok Mantravadi, San Diego, for an "apparatus and method for antenna switching diversity in an OFDM system." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2010 (12/695,921). 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=8,755,476.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,476&RS=PN/8,755,476 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Time of Arrival Based Positioning for Wireless Communication Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,755,304) developed by Xiaoxin Zhang, Sunnyvale, California, and Ning Zhang, Saratoga, California, for the "time of arrival based positioning for wireless communication systems." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2011 (13/278,642). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,55,304.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,304&RS=PN/87,55,304 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Novellus Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Novellus Systems, Fremont, California, has been assigned a patent (8,753,978) developed by six co-inventors for "metal and silicon containing capping layers for interconnects." The co-inventors are Jengyi Yu, San Ramon, California, Gengwei Jiang, Lake Oswego, Oregon, Pramod Subramonium, Beaverton, Oregon, Roey Shaviv, Palo Alto, California, Hui-Jung Wu, Fremont, California, and Nagraj Shankar, Tualatin, Oregon.

The patent application was filed on June 1, 2012 (13/486,272). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,53,978.PN.&OS=PN/87,53,978&RS=PN/87,53,978 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Dynamic Memory Bandwidth Allocation ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Broadcom, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,271) developed by Brad Matthews, San Jose, California, Bruce Kwan, Sunnyvale, California, and Puneet Agarwal, Cupertino, California, for a "dynamic memory bandwidth allocation." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2011 (13/016,947). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,55,271.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,271&RS=PN/87,55,271 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Theravance Assigned Patent for Crystalline Form of Biphenyl Compound ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Theravance, South San Francisco, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,223) developed by Robert S. Chao, Santa Clara, California, Miroslav Rapta, San Carlos, California, and Pierre-Jean Colson, San Francisco, for the "crystalline form of a biphenyl compound." The patent application was filed on June 5, 2013 (13/910,708). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,223.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,223&RS=PN/87,54,223 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** EMC Assigned Patent for Network Security ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,756,684) developed by seven co-inventors for a system and method "for network security including detection of attacks through partner websites." The co-inventors are Mike Eynon, Mountain View, California, Laura Mather, Mountain View, California, James Schumacher, Oakland, California, Matt Frantz, San Francisco, Jim Lloyd, San Francisco, Duane Murphy, Vacaville, California, and Andreas Wittenstein, Woodacre, California.

The patent application was filed on May 5, 2011 (13/101,959). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8756684.PN.&OS=PN/8756684&RS=PN/8756684 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Western Digital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Western Digital, Fremont, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,152) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for providing an improved sensor stack for a recording head." The co-inventors are Chando Park, Palo Alto, California, Qunwen Leng, Palo Alto, California, Min Zhou, Fremont, California, Sangmun Oh, Fremont, California, and Mahendra Pakala, Fremont, California.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2008 (12/236,833). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,55,152.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,152&RS=PN/87,55,152 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Fairchild Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Fairchild Semiconductor, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,509) developed by David Grey, Santa Clara, California, for a "package with multiple dies." The patent application was filed on July 11, 2012 (13/546,431). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,509.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,509&RS=PN/87,54,509 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Life Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Life Technologies, Carlsbad, California, has been assigned a patent (8,753,845) developed by six co-inventors for "thermostable reverse transcriptases and uses thereof." The co-inventors are Gulshan Dhariwal, Potomac, Maryland, Gary Gerard, Frederick, Maryland, Jun Lee, San Diego, Robert Potter, San Marcos, California, Kim Rosenthal, Laytonsville, Maryland, and Michael D. Smith, Rockville, Maryland.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2010 (12/979,899). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,53,845.PN.&OS=PN/87,53,845&RS=PN/87,53,845 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Boost Converter Control for Envelope Tracking ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,754,707) developed by Lennart Karl-Axel Mathe, San Diego, Song S. Shi, San Diego, and Yunfei Shi, San Diego, for "boost converter control for envelope tracking." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2012 (13/659,667). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,707.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,707&RS=PN/8,754,707 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Danisco U.S. Assigned Patent for Protease Comprising One or More Combinable Mutations ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Danisco U.S., Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,753,861) developed by Luis G. Cascao-Pereira, Redwood City, California, David A. Estell, San Francisco, and James T. Kellis Jr., San Carlos, California, for "protease comprising one or more combinable mutations." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2009 (13/128,854). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,53,861.PN.&OS=PN/87,53,861&RS=PN/87,53,861 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Disney Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Disney Enterprises, Burbank, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,430) developed by Samuel E. Corona, Los Angeles, for a "system and method for audio video pattern sequence diagnostic tool." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2010 (12/928,990). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,430.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,430&RS=PN/8,755,430 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** NASA, NthDegree Technologies Worldwide Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- NASA, and NthDegree Technologies Worldwide, Tempe, Arizona have been assigned a patent (8,753,947) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method of manufacturing a light emitting, photovoltaic or other electronic apparatus and system." The co-inventors are William Johnstone Ray, Fountain Hills, Arizona, Mark David Lowenthal, Gilbert, Arizona, Neil O. Shotton, Tempe, Arizona, Richard A. Blanchard, Los Altos, California, Mark Allan Lewandowski, North Port, Florida, Kirk A. Fuller, Madison, Alabama, and Donald Odell Frazier, Huntsville, Alabama.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2012 (13/366,281). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,753,947.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,947&RS=PN/8,753,947 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Silicon Image Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Silicon Image, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,431) developed by four co-inventors for "transmission and detection of multi-channel signals in reduced channel format." The co-inventors are Hoon Choi, Mountain View, California, Daekyeung Kim, Palo Alto, California, Wooseung Yang, Santa Clara, California, and Young Il Kim, Sunnyvale, California.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2011 (13/004,359). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,431.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,431&RS=PN/8,755,431 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ulthera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Ulthera, Mesa, Arizona, has been assigned a patent (8,753,339) developed by four co-inventors for a "dissection handpiece and method for reducing the appearance of cellulite." The co-inventors are Robert L. Clark III, Hayward, California, James E. Chomas, Boulder, Colorado, Adnan I. Merchant, Fremont, California, and Ben F. Brian, Menlo Park, California.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2013 (13/772,718). 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=8,753,339.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,339&RS=PN/8,753,339 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amgen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Amgen, Thousand Oaks, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,089) developed by four co-inventors for "heterocyclic compounds and their uses." The co-inventors are Timothy David Cushing, Pacifica, California, Xiaolin Hao, Foster City, California, Julia Winslow Lohman, San Francisco, and Youngsook Shin, Emeryville, California.

The patent application was filed on June 25, 2010 (13/377,229). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,089.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,089&RS=PN/87,54,089 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Transforming Uncompressed Video Traffic to Network-aware Ethernet Traffic with A/V Bridging Capabilities and A/V Bridging Extensions ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Broadcom, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,433) developed by Wael William Diab, San Francisco, for "transforming uncompressed video traffic to network-aware ethernet traffic with A/V bridging capabilities and A/V bridging extensions." The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2013 (13/754,953). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,433.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,433&RS=PN/8,755,433 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Physical Layer Signaling of Control Parameters ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,755,363) developed by Hemanth Sampath, San Diego, Didier Johannes Richard Van Nee, De Meern, The Netherlands, and Sameer Vermani, San Diego, for "physical layer signaling of control parameters." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2010 (12/881,395). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,363.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,363&RS=PN/8,755,363 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,044) developed by four co-inventors for a "large particle detection for multi-spot surface scanning inspection systems." The co-inventors are Juergen Reich, Campbell, California, Charles Amsden, Mountain View, California, Jiayao Zhang, Sunnyvale, California, and Christian Wolters, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2012 (13/565,702). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,55,044.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,044&RS=PN/87,55,044 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for system and Method for Dynamic Bearer Selection for Immersive Video Vollaboration in Mobile Wireless Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,342) developed by Jayaraman Iyer, San Jose, California, and Laurent Andriantsiferana, Valbonne, France, for a "system and method for dynamic bearer selection for immersive video collaboration in mobile wireless networks." The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2011 (13/253,730). 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=87,55,342.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,342&RS=PN/87,55,342 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Model Based Tempering Air Control and Enhancement of Exhaust for Select Catalytic Reduction ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- General Electric, Schenectady, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,755,941) developed by five co-inventors for "model based tempering air control and enhancement of exhaust for select catalytic reduction." The co-inventors are Larry William Swanson, Laguna Hills, California, Douglas Frank Beadie, Greer, South Carolina, Neil Colin Widmer, San Clemente, California, Hua Zhang, Greer, South Carolina, and Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, South Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2010 (12/874,333). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,941.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,941&RS=PN/8,755,941 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Friction Engaged Tilting Roller Bearing Tape Guidance ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,755,151) developed by four co-inventors for "friction engaged tilting roller bearing tape guidance." The co-inventors are Armando Jesus Argumedo, Tucson, Arizona, William Marvin Dyer, San Jose, California, Wayne Isami Imaino, San Jose, California, and Kevin Bruce Judd, Tucson, Arizona.

The patent application was filed on May 4, 2012 (13/464,319). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,151.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,151&RS=PN/8,755,151 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent for Integrated Multi-channel Analog Front End and Digitizer for High Speed Imaging Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,972) developed by nine co-inventors for an "integrated multi-channel analog front end and digitizer for high speed imaging applications." The co-inventors are David L. Brown, Los Gatos, California, Mansour Kermat, San Jose, California, Lance Glasser, Saratoga, California, Henrik Nielsen, San Jose, California, Guowu Zheng, Cupertino, California, Kurt Lehman, Menlo Park, California, Kenneth F. Hatch, Sunol, California, Alex Chuang, Cupertino, California, and Venkatraman Iyer, Sunnyvale, California.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2012 (13/364,308). 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=87,54,972.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,972&RS=PN/87,54,972 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Soft Keyboards ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,860) developed by four co-inventors for a "device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulating soft keyboards." The co-inventors are Jonathan Koch, Saratoga, California, B. Michael Victor, Castro Valley, California, Avi E. Cieplinski, San Francisco, and Julian Missig, Redwood City, California.

The patent application was filed on March 30, 2011 (13/076,397). 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=8,754,860.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,860&RS=PN/8,754,860 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Avalanche Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Avalanche Technology, Fremont, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,221) developed by four co-inventors for the "emulation of static random access memory (SRAM) by magnetic random access memory (MRAM)." The co-inventors are Petro Estakhri, Danville, California, Ebrahim Abedifard, Sunnyvale, California, Frederick Jaffin, Gilroy, California, and Siamack Nemazie, Los Altos Hills, California.

The patent application was filed on July 20, 2011 (13/187,402). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,55,221.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,221&RS=PN/87,55,221 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Spatio-temporal Processing for Communication ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,458) developed by Gregory G. Raleigh, El Granada, California, Vincent K. Jones IV, Redwood Shores, California, and Michael A. Pollack, Cupertino, California, for a "spatio-temporal processing for communication." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2013 (13/798,323). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,458.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,458&RS=PN/8,755,458 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Using DTX and DRX in Wireless Communication System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,755,313) developed by Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Del Mar, California, and Nathan Edward Tenny, Poway, California, for "using DTX and DRX in a wireless communication system." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2008 (12/013,305). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,55,313.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,313&RS=PN/87,55,313 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Managing Nodes of Synchronous Communication Conference ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,926) developed by Rich Gossweiler, Sunnyvale, California, and Ullas Gargi, Sunnyvale, California, for "managing nodes of a synchronous communication conference." The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2011 (13/306,771). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,926.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,926&RS=PN/87,54,926 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** ShoreTel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- ShoreTel, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,495) developed by Mike S.W. Tovino, Bend, Oregon, Pramod Madabhushi, Schaumburg, Illinois, and Dale Tonogai, Los Altos, California, for "multiple extension and line appearance for IP telephony." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2011 (13/072,611). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,495.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,495&RS=PN/8,755,495 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tabula Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Tabula, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,484) developed by four co-inventors for "trigger circuits and event counters for an IC." The co-inventors are Brad L. Hutchings, Provo, Utah, Jason Redgrave, Mountain View, California, Dai Huang, Cupertino, California, and Steven Teig, Menlo Park, California.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2012 (13/645,314). 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=8,755,484.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,484&RS=PN/8,755,484 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Method and System for Dynamically Allocating Video Multiplexing Buffer Based on Queuing Theory ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Broadcom, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,413) developed by Xuemin Chen, San Diego, for a "method and system for dynamically allocating video multiplexing buffer based on queuing theory." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2012 (13/459,909). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,413.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,413&RS=PN/8,755,413 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Pericom Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Pericom Semiconductor, Milpitas, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,474) developed by Tony Yeung, Milpitas, California, and Michael Yimin Zhang, Palo Alto, California, for "signal conditioning by combining precursor, main, and post cursor signals without a clock signal." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2011 (13/326,020). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,474.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,474&RS=PN/8,755,474 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intellectual Inspiration Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Intellectual Inspiration, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,753,290) developed by seven co-inventors for a "fluid transfer system and method." The co-inventors are Daniel Bloom, Alameda, California, Nicholas A. Nelson, San Francisco, Morten J. Jensen, San Francisco, Laurence R. Shea, San Francisco, Ed Donlon, San Jose, California, Joe Vivolo, San Francisco, and Stuart Taylor, Santa Clara, California.

The patent application was filed on March 24, 2010 (12/731,010). 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=87,53,290.PN.&OS=PN/87,53,290&RS=PN/87,53,290 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** DCG Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- DCG Systems, Fremont, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,633) developed by Yin Shyang Ng, San Jose, California, and Dmitry Skvortsov, Sunnyvale, California, for "systems and method for laser voltage imaging state mapping." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2010 (12/772,899). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,633.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,633&RS=PN/8,754,633 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Aruba Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Aruba Networks, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,272) developed by Partha Narasimhan, Saratoga, California, for determining WLAN edges.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2011 (13/023,395). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,55,272.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,272&RS=PN/87,55,272 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Waveform Scaling in Wireless Transmitters ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,755,456) developed by Vinod V. Panikkath, San Diego, Vijay K. Chellappa, San Diego, and Bhushan Shanti Asuri, San Diego, for "waveform scaling in wireless transmitters." The patent application was filed on March 8, 2012 (13/415,572). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,456.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,456&RS=PN/8,755,456 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Diffusion-limited Adaptive Battery Charging ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,611) developed by Thomas C. Greening, San Jose, California, P. Jeffrey Ungar, Sunnyvale, California, and William C. Athas, San Jose, California, for "diffusion-limited adaptive battery charging." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/242,641). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,611.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,611&RS=PN/8,754,611 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Broadcom, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,746) developed by eight co-inventors for a "hand-held gaming device that identifies user based upon input from touch sensitive panel." The co-inventors are Bob Lukas, Delta, Canada, David A. Sobel, Los Altos, California, Monika Gupta, Irvine, California, Qiang Fu, Irvine, California, Sumant Ranganathan, Saratoga, California, Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, California, Tom W. Kwan, Cupertino, California, and Xinyu Yu, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2010 (12/912,458). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,746.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,746&RS=PN/8,754,746 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Power Based Feedback for Improved Power Amplifier (PA) Efficiency ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,754,706) developed by four co-inventors for a "power based feedback for improved power amplifier (PA) efficiency." The co-inventors are Prasad Srinivasa Siva Gudem, San Diego, Ketan Humnabadkar, San Diego, Vijay K. Chellappa, San Diego, and Sumit Verma, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on June 7, 2012 (13/490,707). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,706.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,706&RS=PN/8,754,706 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Oracle International, Redwood City, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,392) developed by nine co-inventors for peer-to-peer communication pipes. The co-inventors are Bernard A. Traversat, San Francisco, Mohamed M. Abdelaziz, Santa Clara, California, Michael J. Duigou, Fremont, California, Eric Pouyoul, San Francisco, Jean-Christophe Hugly, Palo Alto, California, Li Gong, Los Altos, California, William J. Yeager, Menlo Park, California, William N. Joy, Aspen, Colorado, and Michael J. Clary, Monte Sereno, California.

The patent application was filed on April 5, 2012 (13/439,966). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,392.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,392&RS=PN/8,755,392 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Volcano Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Volcano, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,754,865) developed by five co-inventors for a "medical measuring system and method." The co-inventors are Fergus Merritt, El Dorado Hills, California, Asher Cohen, Sacramento, California, Duane De Jong, Elk Grove, California, Gerald Lea Litzza, Sacramento, California, and Aaron Cheline, Sacramento, California.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2012 (13/679,776). 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=8,754,865.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,865&RS=PN/8,754,865 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Headway Technologies Assigned Patent for Magnetic Recording Assisted by Spin Torque Oscillator with Radio Frequency Current Bias ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Headway Technologies, Milpitas, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,150) developed by Wenyu Chen, San Jose, California, and Joe Smyth, Aptos, California, for "magnetic recording assisted by spin torque oscillator with a radio frequency current bias." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2013 (14/077,164). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,55,150.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,150&RS=PN/87,55,150 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apollo Endosurgery Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Apollo Endosurgery, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,753,369) developed by four co-inventors for "intragastric balloon retrieval mechanisms." The co-inventors are Diego Murature, Santa Fe, Argentina, Janel A. Birk, Oxnard, California, Frederick L. Coe, Santa Barbara, California, and Robert E. Hoyt Jr., Santa Barbara, California.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2010 (12/712,112). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,53,369.PN.&OS=PN/87,53,369&RS=PN/87,53,369 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Semi-centralized Multiple Path Routing ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,389) developed by five co-inventors for "semi-centralized multiple path routing." The co-inventors are Leon Poutievski, Santa Clara, California, Subhasree Mandal, San Jose, California, Subbaiah Venkata, Sunnyvale, California, Amit Gupta, San Jose, California, and Joon Ong, Cupertino, California.

The patent application was filed on April 4, 2012 (13/439,748). 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=8,755,389.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,389&RS=PN/8,755,389 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,887) developed by five co-inventors for "determining three-dimensional (3D) object data models based on object movement." The co-inventors are James J. Kuffner Jr., Mountain View, California, Anthony Gerald Francis Jr., San Jose, California, Arshan Poursohi, Berkeley, California, James R. Bruce, Sunnyvale, California, and Ryan Hickman, Mountain View, California.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2012 (13/595,766). 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=8,754,887.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,887&RS=PN/8,754,887 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,343) developed by Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Sunnyvale, California, and Samuel Bruce Weiss, Boston, for rotary slide switches.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2009 (12/571,268). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,343.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,343&RS=PN/87,54,343 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadley-James Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Broadley-James, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,753,871) developed by Larry Eugene West, San Clemente, California, for an "integrated bio-reactor monitor and control system." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2013 (13/892,947). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,53,871.PN.&OS=PN/87,53,871&RS=PN/87,53,871 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Merck Sharp & Dohme Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,753,843) developed by Leonard G. Presta, San Francisco, and Edward P. Bowman, Redwood City, California, for antibodies to IL-17A.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2010 (12/913,457). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,753,843.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,843&RS=PN/8,753,843 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Allergan Assigned Patent for Phenoxy Derivatives as Sphingosine 1-Phosphate (S1P) Receptor Modulators ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Allergan, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,066) developed by five co-inventors for "phenoxy derivatives as sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulators." The co-inventors are Wenkui K. Fang, Irvine, California, Liming Wang, Irvine, California, Ken Chow, Newport Coast, California, Evelyn G. Corpuz, Irvine, California, and Wha-Bin Im, Irvine, California.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2013 (13/771,854). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,066.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,066&RS=PN/87,54,066 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** EMC Assigned Patent for Index Searching ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,756,238) developed by Ying Xie, Cupertino, California, for "[i]ndex searching using a bloom filter." The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2013 (13/762,650). 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=8756238.PN.&OS=PN/8756238&RS=PN/8756238 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Microsemi Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Microsemi, Aliso Viejo, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,581) developed by Xiaoping Jin, Orange, California, and Ting-Hui Lin, Taipei, Taiwan, for a "high efficiency LED driving method for odd number of LED strings." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2012 (13/717,755). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,581.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,581&RS=PN/87,54,581 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Prolynx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Prolynx, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,754,190) developed by Gary Ashley, Alameda, California, and Daniel V. Santi, San Francisco, for "controlled release from macromolecular conjugates." The patent application was filed on May 5, 2011 (13/696,299). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,190.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,190&RS=PN/87,54,190 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Crossbar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Crossbar, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,671) developed by Hagop Nazarian, San Jose, California, Sang Thanh Nguyen, Union City, California, and Tanmay Kumar, Pleasanton, California, for a "field programmable gate array utilizing two-terminal non-volatile memory." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2011 (13/194,479). 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=8,754,671.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,671&RS=PN/8,754,671 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Veetle Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Veetle, Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,197) developed by Evan Pedro Greenberg, Palo Alto, California, Robert Louis Segalla, Mountain View, California, and Bo Yang, Menlo Park, California, for "high-density, low-power computer cluster for video streaming." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2011 (13/340,473). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,55,197.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,197&RS=PN/87,55,197 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Spacer Isolation in Deep Trench ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,754,461) developed by five co-inventors for "spacer isolation in deep trench." The co-inventors are Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady, New York, Joseph Ervin, Wappingers Falls, New York, Chengwen Pei, Danbury, Connecticut, Ravi M. Todi, San Diego, and Geng Wang, Stormville, New York.

The patent application was filed on May 30, 2013 (13/905,204). 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=8,754,461.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,461&RS=PN/8,754,461 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Altera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Altera, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,794) developed by Wei Li, Fremont, California, Weiqi Ding, Fremont, California, and Wilson Wong, San Francisco, for "methods and apparatus for calibrating pipeline analog-to-digital converters." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2012 (13/558,136). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,794.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,794&RS=PN/8,754,794 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, and Central Glass, Tokyo, have been assigned a patent (8,754,139) developed by five co-inventors for "polyamide membranes with fluoroalcohol functionality." The co-inventors are Robert David Allen, San Jose, California, Na Young-Hye, San Jose, California, Ratnam Sooriyakumaran, San Jose, California, Masaki Fujiwara, Cupertino, California, and Kazuhiro Yamanaka, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2009 (12/390,127). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,139.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,139&RS=PN/8,754,139 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Altera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Altera, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,218) developed by four co-inventors for "multiport memory element circuitry." The co-inventors are Shih-Lin S. Lee, San Jose, California, Peter J. McElheny, Morgan Hill, California, Preminder Singh, Fremont, California, and Shankar Sinha, Redwood City, California.

The patent application was filed on May 31, 2011 (13/149,249). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,55,218.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,218&RS=PN/87,55,218 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Golba Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Golba, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,812) developed by Mehran Moshfeghi, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, for a "method and system for determining the location of an electronic device using multi-tone frequency signals." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2013 (13/859,682). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,812.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,812&RS=PN/8,754,812 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** National Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- National Instruments, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,754,725) developed by Ron Jay Barnett, Santa Rosa, California, for an "integrated lossy low-pass filter." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2011 (13/025,692). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,725.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,725&RS=PN/87,54,725 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Endoshield Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Endoshield, New Hope, Pennsylvania, has been assigned a patent (8,753,407) developed by Ninh T. Nguyen, Huntington Beach, California, for a "temporary protective gastrointestinal device." The patent application was filed on June 6, 2011 (13/154,342). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,753,407.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,407&RS=PN/8,753,407 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for System and Method for Acknowledgement Packet Transmitting and Receiving ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,755,388) developed by Zhanfeng Jia, Belmont, California, Qingjiang Tian, San Diego, and David Jonathan Julian, San Diego, for a "system and method for acknowledgement packet transmitting and receiving." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2008 (12/247,935). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,388.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,388&RS=PN/8,755,388 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Monolithic 3D Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Monolithic 3D, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,533) developed by five co-inventors for a "monolithic three-dimensional semiconductor device and structure." The co-inventors are Zvi Or-Bach, San Jose, California, Brian Cronquist, San Jose, California, Israel Beinglass, Sunnyvale, California, Jan Lodewijk de Jong, Cupertino, California, and Deepak C. Sekar, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2010 (12/949,617). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,54,533.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,533&RS=PN/87,54,533 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Silver Spring Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Silver Spring Networks, Redwood City, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,303) developed by four co-inventors for a "powerline carrier zero-crossing transformer mapping with asymmetric RF return path." The co-inventors are Sterling Hughes, San Francisco, James Pace, San Francisco, Jana van Greunen, Redwood City, California, and William E. San Filippo III, Los Altos Hills, California.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2010 (12/954,136). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,55,303.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,303&RS=PN/87,55,303 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** UOP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- UOP, Des Plaines, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,753,450) developed by Ralph Charles Norton, Mission Viejo, California, Dana K. Sullivan, Mount Prospect, Illinois, and Jocelyn C. Daguio, Chicago, for a "treatment process for an isomerization unit." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2013 (13/922,283). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,753,450.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,450&RS=PN/8,753,450 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Directv Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Directv Group, El Segundo, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,475) developed by Matthew C. Bromberg, Leominster, Massachusetts, Dale A. Branlund, Portola Valley, California, and Weimin Sun, Boxborough, Massachusetts, for "maintaining linear beamforming weights in communications systems." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2012 (13/411,507). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,755,475.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,475&RS=PN/8,755,475 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,754,208) developed by James L. Hedrick, Pleasanton, California, Alshakim Nelson, Fremont, California, and Daniel P. Sanders, San Jose, California, for a "method of preparing cyclic carbonates, cyclic carbamates, cyclic ureas, cyclic thiocarbonates, cyclic thiocarbamates, and cyclic dithiocarbonates." The patent application was filed on April 24, 2013 (13/869,060). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,208.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,208&RS=PN/8,754,208 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,417) developed by Vladimir L. Dribinski, San Jose, California, for "coherent light generation below about two-hundred nanometers." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2007 (11/735,967). 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=8,755,417.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,417&RS=PN/8,755,417 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Method and System for Monitoring Silicon Process Properties for Power and Performance Optimization ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Broadcom, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,702) developed by John Walley, Ladera Ranch, California, for a "method and system for monitoring silicon process properties for power and performance optimization." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2009 (12/363,143). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,754,702.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,702&RS=PN/8,754,702 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Multiple Function Inline Controller with Buttons Extending Along Different Axes ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,340) developed by five co-inventors for "multiple function inline controller with buttons extending along different axes." The co-inventors are Ch 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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