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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (July 7)
[July 07, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (July 7)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Automatic Convergence ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,768,044) developed by two co-inventors for "[a]utomatic convergence of stereoscopic images based on disparity maps." The co-inventors are Wei Hong, Sunnyvale, California, and Aziz Umit Batur, Dallas.



The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2011 (13/224,324). 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=8768044.PN.&OS=PN/8768044&RS=PN/8768044 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Owen Oil Tools Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Owen Oil Tools, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,763,532) developed by three co-inventors for devices and methods "for perforating a wellbore." The co-inventors are Zeping Wang, Katy, Texas, Dan Pratt, Benbrook, Texas, and Paul Noe, Benbrook, Texas.


The patent application was filed on June 11, 2013 (13/915,083). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8763532.PN.&OS=PN/8763532&RS=PN/8763532 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Identifying Teaser Surfers ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,768,818) developed by three co-inventors for "identifying teaser surfers with time series credit history." The co-inventors are James Richard Kraemer, Dallas, Shiping Liu, Castro Valley, California, and Edgar Leroy Murphy Jr., Southlake, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2008 (12/193,591). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8768818.PN.&OS=PN/8768818&RS=PN/8768818 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cinsay Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Cinsay, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,769,053) developed by three co-inventors for a "containerized software for virally copying from one endpoint to another." The co-inventors areRobert K. Spitz, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, Sergey L. Sundukovskiy, Redondo Beach, California, and Christian Briggs, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2012 (13/598,443). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8769053.PN.&OS=PN/8769053&RS=PN/8769053 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Futurewei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Futurewei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,767,622) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for managing address prefix information associated with handover in networks." The co-inventors are Yangsong Xia, Cupertino, California, and Behcet Sarikaya, Wylie, Texas.

The patent application was filed on September 6, 2011 (13/226,166). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8767622.PN.&OS=PN/8767622&RS=PN/8767622 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Howard K. Schmidt Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Howard K. Schmidt, Cypress, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,763,387) developed by Howard K. Schmidt, Cypress, Texas, for a "hydraulic geofracture energy storage system." The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2010 (12/853,066). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8763387.PN.&OS=PN/8763387&RS=PN/8763387 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** WhatsBusy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- WhatsBusy, The Woodlands, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,768,867) developed by two co-inventors for systems and methods "for crowed prediction and attendance forecasting." The co-inventors are John Jordan Thaeler, The Woodlands, Texas, and Avkash Piyush Patel, Springdale, Arkansas.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2012 (13/404,802). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8768867.PN.&OS=PN/8768867&RS=PN/8768867 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Rent A Toll Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Rent A Toll, Carrollton, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,768,753) developed by three co-inventors for a system, method and computer readable medium "for billing tolls." The co-inventors are Benjamin P. Robinson, Plano, Texas, Debbie Lemon, Carrollton, Texas, and Sarath K. Balachandran, Irving, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 6, 2006 (11/516,380). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8768753.PN.&OS=PN/8768753&RS=PN/8768753 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** THL Holding Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- THL Holding, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,768,381) developed by three co-inventors for a "wireless device and methods for use in a paging network." The co-inventors are John W. Howard, Cedar Park, Texas, Richard Cutler, Leander, Texas, and Robert M. Kennard, Dallas.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2013 (14/044,202). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8768381.PN.&OS=PN/8768381&RS=PN/8768381 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** NanoLite Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- NanoLite Systems, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,767,279) developed by three co-inventors for a "[h]andheld imaging probe." The co-inventors are Xiaojing Zhang, Austin, Texas, Youmin Wang, Austin, Texas, and Ting Shen, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on May 7, 2012 (13/465,494). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8767279.PN.&OS=PN/8767279&RS=PN/8767279 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Futurewei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Futurewei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,767,849) developed by four co-inventors for a method and device "for inter-chip and inter-antenna interference cancellation." The co-inventors are Yuanbin Guo, Allen, Texas, Bei Yin, Houston, Joseph R. Cavallaro, Pearland, Texas, and Kiarash Amiri, Bellevue, Washington.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2012 (13/405,134). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8767849.PN.&OS=PN/8767849&RS=PN/8767849 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cyberonics, Flint Hills Scientific Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Cyberonics, Houston, and Flint Hills Scientific Lawrence, Kansas, have been assigned a patent (8,768,471) developed by three co-inventors for a method of "treating a medical condition in a patient using an implantable medical device." The co-inventors are John C. Colborn, League City, Texas, Mark G. Frei, Oviedo, Florida, and Ivan Osorio, Leawood, Kansas.

The patent application was filed on (13/783,391). 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=8768471.PN.&OS=PN/8768471&RS=PN/8768471 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,768,096) developed by four co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for stereo misalignment estimation using modified affine or perspective model." The co-inventors are Wei Hong, Allen, Texas, Ibrahim Ethem Pekkucuksen, Dallas, Aziz Umit Batur, Dallas, and Buyue Zhang, Plano, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2011 (13/298,936). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8768096.PN.&OS=PN/8768096&RS=PN/8768096 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,768,671) developed by five co-inventors for a system and method "for optimizing a drilling operation." The co-inventors are Donald W. Lee, Houston, Jose Ignacio Adachi, Houston, Texas, John R. Waggoner, Katy, Texas, Carmen Elena Alvarez, Missouri City, Texas, and Jorge Aurelio Santa Cruz Pastor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2010 (12/885,925). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8768671.PN.&OS=PN/8768671&RS=PN/8768671 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Semiconductor Nanostructures ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,765,539) developed by three co-inventors for "[s]emiconductor nanostructures, semiconductor devices, and methods of making same." The co-inventors are Joerg Appenzeller, West Lafayette, Indiana, Supratik Guha, Chappaqua, New York, and Emanuel Tutuc, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2014 (14/155,972). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8765539.PN.&OS=PN/8765539&RS=PN/8765539 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Walter P. Moore & Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Walter P. Moore & Associates, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,763,309) developed by two co-inventors for a "deployable and inflatable roof, wall or other structure for stadiums and other venues." The co-inventors are Lawrence Glen Griffis, Austin, Texas, and Mark Clinton Waggoner, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on June 5, 2013 (13/910,803). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8763309.PN.&OS=PN/8763309&RS=PN/8763309 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** SolarBridge Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- SolarBridge Technologies, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,767,421) developed by Patrick L. Chapman, Austin, Texas, for "[p]ower converter bus control method, system, and article of manufacture." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2011 (13/162,532). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8767421.PN.&OS=PN/8767421&RS=PN/8767421 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Futurewei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Futurewei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,769,686) developed by two co-inventors for a system and method "for securing wireless transmissions." The co-inventors are Tie Liu, College Station, Texas, and Yufei Blankenship, Kildeer, Illinois.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2010 (12/714,095). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8769686.PN.&OS=PN/8769686&RS=PN/8769686 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** ExxonMobil Upstream Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- ExxonMobil Upstream Research, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,767,508) developed by three co-inventors for a method "for estimating a model of seismic velocity in a subsurface region from seismic data (31) recorded on 3-component instruments." The co-inventors are Garrett M. Leahy, Houston, Rebecca L. Saltzer, Houston, and Christopher J. Dicaprio, Houston.

The patent application was filed on June 29, 2011 (13/172,530). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8767508.PN.&OS=PN/8767508&RS=PN/8767508 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,769,358) developed by two co-inventors for a method of "adapting conventional scan architectures into a low power scan architecture." The co-inventors are Jayashree Saxena, Richardson, Texas, and Lee D. Whetsel, Parker, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2013 (13/969,063). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8769358.PN.&OS=PN/8769358&RS=PN/8769358 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Carrier Indication ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,767,641) developed by three co-inventors for "[c]arrier indication in a bandwidth aggregated wireless communications systems." The co-inventors are Eko N. Onggosanusi, Allen, Texas, Runhua Chen, Dallas, and Anthony Ekpenyong, Farmers Branch, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2010 (12/947,229). 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=8767641.PN.&OS=PN/8767641&RS=PN/8767641 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Securus Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Securus Technologies, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,767,923) developed by Adam Christopher Edwards, Fort Worth, Texas, for systems and methods "for providing emergency communications within controlled-environment facilities." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2011 (13/273,441). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8767923.PN.&OS=PN/8767923&RS=PN/8767923 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Unwired Nation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Unwired Nation, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,768,756) developed by Charles Eric Smith, Austin, Texas, for a system and method of "delivering audio communications." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/932,758). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8768756.PN.&OS=PN/8768756&RS=PN/8768756 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Crossover Determination ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,769,469) developed by four co-inventors for a system and method of "crossover determination in differential pair and bondwire pairs to minimize crosstalk." The co-inventors are Gregory Eric Howard, Plano, Texas, Andy Quang Tran, Grand Prairie, Texas, Yanli Fan, Allen, Texas, and Kartheinz Muth, Richardson, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2012 (13/728,196). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8769469.PN.&OS=PN/8769469&RS=PN/8769469 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 6 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,767,820) developed by Bruce C. Montag, Austin, Texas, for "[a]daptive display compression for wireless transmission of rendered pixel data." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2009 (12/616,716). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8767820.PN.&OS=PN/8767820&RS=PN/8767820 Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Smith International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Smith International, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,763,729) developed by four co-inventors for a "percussion drilling assembly and hammer bit with gage and outer row reinforcement." The co-inventors are Shantanu Swadi, Cypress, Texas, Angelo Spedale, Cypress, Texas, Charles Dewey, Houston, and Alan J. Marshall, Lost Creek, West Virginia.

The patent application was filed on March 4, 2013 (13/784,175). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,763,729.PN.&OS=PN/8,763,729&RS=PN/8,763,729 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Rule-based Locale Definition Generation for New or Customized Locale Support ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,769,404) developed by Steven Edward Atkin, Tampa, Florida, Su Liu, Round Rock, Texas, and Keiichi Yamamoto, Austin, Texas, for a "rule-based locale definition generation for a new or customized locale support." The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2012 (13/342,744). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,769,404.PN.&OS=PN/8,769,404&RS=PN/8,769,404 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Futurewei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Futurewei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,767,729) developed by Young Lee, Plano, Texas, for a "system of path computation element protocol support for large-scale concurrent path computation." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2011 (13/193,151). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,67,729.PN.&OS=PN/87,67,729&RS=PN/87,67,729 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Bulldog Chemicals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Bulldog Chemicals, Huffman, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,763,842) developed by Tommy Rex Johnson, Grand Coteau, Louisiana, and Dustin O'Neal, Huffman, Texas, for "well fluid additive systems, well fluids therefrom, and methods of making using such systems." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2009 (12/415,983). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,763,842.PN.&OS=PN/8,763,842&RS=PN/8,763,842 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Drs Rsta Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Drs Rsta, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,768,092) developed by Harry C. Lee, Dallas, Teresa L. Pace, Dallas, and Marlon J. Fuentes, Dallas, for a "method for minimizing scintillation in dynamic images." The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2013 (13/975,173). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,768,092.PN.&OS=PN/8,768,092&RS=PN/8,768,092 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** L-3 Unmanned Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- L-3 Unmanned Systems, Carrollton, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,768,555) developed by six co-inventors for the "autonomous control of unmanned aerial vehicles." The co-inventors are David S. Duggan, Lewisville, Texas, David A. Felio, Flower Mound, Texas, Billy B. Pate, Frisco, Texas, Vince R. Longhi, Dallas, Jerry L. Petersen, Southlake, Texas, and Mark J. Bergee, Southlake, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2012 (13/693,751). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,768,555.PN.&OS=PN/8,768,555&RS=PN/8,768,555 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** RF Code Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- RF Code, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,766,780) developed by Ronald Graczyk, Cedar Park, Texas, and Ryan Joy, Austin, Texas, for an "asset tracking system including a tag controller." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2010 (12/957,880). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,66,780.PN.&OS=PN/87,66,780&RS=PN/87,66,780 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Dell Products Assigned Patent for System and Method for Self-decaying Digital Media Files and for Validated Playback of Same ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,767,960) developed by Ryan M. Garcia, Austin, Texas, and Anthony E. Peterman, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method for self-decaying digital media files and for validated playback of same." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2012 (13/452,072). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,767,960.PN.&OS=PN/8,767,960&RS=PN/8,767,960 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,769,328) developed by Roy W. Stedman, Austin, Texas, Andrew T. Sultenfuss, Leander, Texas, and David Loadman, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method of utilizing resources within an information handling system." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2012 (13/567,494). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,769,328.PN.&OS=PN/8,769,328&RS=PN/8,769,328 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Rent-A-Toll Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Rent-A-Toll, Carrollton, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,768,754) developed by Benjamin P. Robinson, Plano, Texas, and Sarath K. Balachandran, Irving, Texas, for "billing a rented third party transport including an on-board unit." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2006 (11/644,261). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,768,754.PN.&OS=PN/8,768,754&RS=PN/8,768,754 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,763,707) developed by four co-inventors for a "downhole circulating valve having a metal-to-metal seal." The co-inventors are Jimmie Robert Williamson, Carrollton, Texas, Leo G. Collins, Farmers Branch, Texas, David L. Reesing, Irving, Texas, and Russell Irving Bayh III, Carrollton, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 20, 2013 (13/745,815). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,763,707.PN.&OS=PN/8,763,707&RS=PN/8,763,707 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, and VeriSilicon Holdings, George Town, Cayman Islands, have been assigned a patent (8,766,675) developed by four co-inventors for an overvoltage protection circuit. The co-inventors are Daniel M. Dreps, Georgetown, Texas, Jian Guan, Shanghai, Yi Xiao, Shanghai, and WuQuan Zhang, Shanghai.

The patent application was filed on March 15, 2013 (13/839,926). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,766,675.PN.&OS=PN/8,766,675&RS=PN/8,766,675 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Syndiant Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Syndiant, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,766,887) developed by Karl M. Guttag, Plano, Texas, for "allocating registers on a spatial light modulator." The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2013 (14/012,292). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,66,887.PN.&OS=PN/87,66,887&RS=PN/87,66,887 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,766,475) developed by Zachary A. Cravens, Round Rock, Texas, and Jason M. Lau, Cedar Park, Texas, for a "system and method for a redundant and keyed power solution." The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2011 (13/020,274). 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=87,66,475.PN.&OS=PN/87,66,475&RS=PN/87,66,475 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Erasable Programmable Memory ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,765,550) developed by three co-inventors for "[n]-channel erasable programmable non-volatile memory." The co-inventors are Shanjen Pan, Allen, Texas, Alan T. Mitchell, Heath, Texas, and Jack G. Qian, Plano, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2012 (13/366,668). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8765550.PN.&OS=PN/8765550&RS=PN/8765550 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,767,848) developed by Taejoon Kim, Berkeley, California, and Timothy M. Schmidl, Dallas, for a "channel estimation based on long training symbol with doubled cyclic prefix." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2011 (13/335,705). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,67,848.PN.&OS=PN/87,67,848&RS=PN/87,67,848 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,768,281) developed by Aslamali A. Rafi, Austin, Texas, and Alessandro Piovaccari, Austin, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for controlling a harmonic rejection mixer." The patent application was filed on Sept. 6, 2013 (14/020,426). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,768,281.PN.&OS=PN/8,768,281&RS=PN/8,768,281 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** William David Hand Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- William David Hand, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,764,591) developed by William David Hand, Houston, for "[b]allistic arrow." The patent application was filed on April 8, 2013 (13/858,160). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8764591.PN.&OS=PN/8764591&RS=PN/8764591 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Cloud Computing Security ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,769,622) developed by four co-inventors for authentication and authorization methods "for cloud computing security." The co-inventors are David Yu Chang, Austin, Texas, Messaoud Benantar, Austin, Texas, John Yow-Chun Chang, Austin, Texas, and Vishwanath Venkataramappa, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2011 (13/173,563). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8769622.PN.&OS=PN/8769622&RS=PN/8769622 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Applied Optical Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Applied Optical Systems, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,764,309) developed by Vincent A. Wouters, McKinney, Texas, for a quick release connection.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2012 (13/622,257). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,64,309.PN.&OS=PN/87,64,309&RS=PN/87,64,309 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,765,020) developed by five co-inventors for "[m]ethod for reducing metal corrosion." The co-inventors are Ksenija Ksenija-Samard, Katy, Texas, David J. Poelker, Missouri City, Texas, Vladimir Jovancicevic, Richmond, Texas, Sunder Ramachandran, Sugar Land, Texas, and Lawrence N. Kremer, The Woodlands, Texas.

The patent application was filed on May 17, 2010 (12/781,098). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8765020.PN.&OS=PN/8765020&RS=PN/8765020 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,769,539) developed by Daniel Hopper, Austin, Texas, Suzanne Plummer, Austin, Texas, and Christopher D. Bryant, Austin, Texas, for "scheduling scheme for load/store operations." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2010 (12/947,715). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,769,539.PN.&OS=PN/8,769,539&RS=PN/8,769,539 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Use of Systems Management Tool to Manage Integrated Solution Appliance ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,769,075) developed by four co-inventors for the "use of a systems management tool to manage an integrated solution appliance." The co-inventors are Sandip Amin, Austin, Texas, Rishika Kedia, Bangalore, India, Anbazhagan Mani, Bangalore, India, and Vasu Vallabhaneni, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2012 (13/353,189). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,769,075.PN.&OS=PN/8,769,075&RS=PN/8,769,075 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,769,018) developed by Simon G. Canning, Upper Coomera, Australia, Craig R.W. Forster, Austin, Texas, and Neil I. Readshaw, Parkwood, Australia, for the "formation of special interest groups." The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2012 (13/688,751). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,69,018.PN.&OS=PN/87,69,018&RS=PN/87,69,018 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Performing Constraint Compliant Crossovers in Population-based Optimization ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,768,872) developed by Jason F. Cantin, Round Rock, Texas, for "performing constraint compliant crossovers in population-based optimization." The patent application was filed on April 23, 2013 (13/868,762). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,68,872.PN.&OS=PN/87,68,872&RS=PN/87,68,872 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent for Packaged Integrated Circuit Having Large Solder Pads and Method for Forming ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,766,453) developed by Trent S. Uehling, New Braunfels, Texas, and Brett P. Wilkerson, Austin, Texas, for a "packaged integrated circuit having large solder pads and method for forming." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2012 (13/660,243). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,66,453.PN.&OS=PN/87,66,453&RS=PN/87,66,453 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of Texas System Assigned Patent for Foot, Ankle and Lower Extremity Compression ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,764,750) developed by four co-inventors for "[f]oot, ankle and lower extremity compression and fixation system and related uses." The co-inventors are Thomas Zgonis, San Antonio, Heather Hanson, San Antonio, George Lamberson, San Antonio, and Jeffrey Harris, San Antonio.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2009 (13/063,241). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8764750.PN.&OS=PN/8764750&RS=PN/8764750 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** National Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- National Instruments, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,769,159) developed by Jason D. Tongen, Austin, Texas, Jonathan W. Hearn, Austin, Texas, and Daniel P. Marcotte, Round Rock, Texas, for "resource reservation for an external device that is not available at startup of a host computer." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2011 (13/325,288). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,769,159.PN.&OS=PN/8,769,159&RS=PN/8,769,159 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Chevron Phillips Chemical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Chevron Phillips Chemical, The Woodlands, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,765,884) developed by 12 co-inventors for an "energy efficient polyolefin process." The co-inventors are Robert R. McElvain, Kingwood, Texas, John D. Hottovy, Kingwood, Texas, Ralph W. Romig, Kingwood, Texas, Donald W. Verser, Houston, David H. Burns, Houston, John H. Tait, Stafford, Texas, Richard Peacock, Missouri City, Texas, James E. Hein, Houston, Scott E. Kufeld, Houston, Carl W. Fenderson, Oklahoma City, Anurag Gupta, Sugar land, Texas, and Dale A. Zellers, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2013 (14/033,405). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,65,884.PN.&OS=PN/87,65,884&RS=PN/87,65,884 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,766,703) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for sensing on-chip characteristics." The co-inventors are Jianan Yang, Austin, Texas, James D. Burnett, Austin, Texas, Mark W. Jetton, Austin, Texas, and Thomas W. Liston, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on March 15, 2013 (13/835,690). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,66,703.PN.&OS=PN/87,66,703&RS=PN/87,66,703 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Trinity Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Trinity Laboratories, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,765,807) developed by Chandra Ulagaraj Singh, San Antonio, and Jagaveerabhadra Rao Nulu, Austin, Texas, for the "esters of capsaicin for treating pain." The patent application was filed on May 16, 2011 (13/108,419). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,65,807.PN.&OS=PN/87,65,807&RS=PN/87,65,807 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** IDEV Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- IDEV Technologies, Webster, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,764,817) developed by Jeffery J. Sheldon, Friendswood, Texas, for methods "for securing the intersection formed by two or more crossed strands." The patent application was filed on March 5, 2002 (10/092,385). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8764817.PN.&OS=PN/8764817&RS=PN/8764817 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Tango Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Tango Networks, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,768,367) developed by Patricia A. Landgren, Plano, Texas, and Andrew Silver, Frisco, Texas, for a "method and apparatus of supporting wireless femtocell communications." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2013 (13/900,880). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,768,367.PN.&OS=PN/8,768,367&RS=PN/8,768,367 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Texas A & M University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- The Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,765,429) developed by six co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for treating biomass that may include introducing a biomass to a chamber; exposing the biomass in the chamber to a shock event to produce a shocked biomass; and transferring the shocked biomass from the chamber." The co-inventors are Matthew Falls, Whippany, New Jersey, Mark A. Deimund, Oklahoma City, Mark T. Holtzapple, College Station, Texas, Maxine Jones Holtzapple, Houston, John J. Dunkleman, Somerville, Texas, and Rocio Sierra Ramirez, Bogota, Colombia.

The patent application was filed on March 28, 2012 (13/433,089). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8765429.PN.&OS=PN/8765429&RS=PN/8765429 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Lateral Superjunction Extended Drain MOS Transistor ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,766,359) developed by Marie Denison, Plano, Texas, and Sameer Pendharkar, Allen, Texas, for a "lateral superjunction extended drain MOS transistor." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2013 (14/073,472). 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=87,66,359.PN.&OS=PN/87,66,359&RS=PN/87,66,359 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent for Compositions and Methods for Cleaning Wellbore Prior to Cementing ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,763,705) developed by Syed Ali, Sugar Land, Texas, Juan Carrasquilla, Le Plessis Robinson, France, and Bruno Drochon, Cambridge, United Kingdom, for "compositions and methods for cleaning a wellbore prior to cementing." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2011 (13/071,867). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,763,705.PN.&OS=PN/8,763,705&RS=PN/8,763,705 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Futurewei Technologies Assigned Patent for Hierarchical Processing and Propagation of Partial Faults in Packet Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Futurewei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,767,530) developed by Lucy Yong, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Linda Dunbar, Plano, Texas, and Robert Sultan, Somers, New York, for "hierarchical processing and propagation of partial faults in a packet network." The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2007 (11/672,214). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,67,530.PN.&OS=PN/87,67,530&RS=PN/87,67,530 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Multimedia Games Assigned Patent for Gaming System ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Multimedia Games, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,764,539) developed by Jefferson C. Lind, Austin, Texas, for "[g]aming system, apparatus and method with a player decision field for providing interactive game results." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2010 (12/772,870). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8764539.PN.&OS=PN/8764539&RS=PN/8764539 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Landmark Graphics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Landmark Graphics, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,768,627) developed by Martin D. Paulk, Houston, for "methods and systems of estimating formation parameters." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2011 (13/995,604). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,768,627.PN.&OS=PN/8,768,627&RS=PN/8,768,627 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tailgate Crew Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Tailgate Crew, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,764,017) developed by Kevin Edward Manner, Boerne, Texas, and Brooks Christopher Bennett, Baltimore, for recreational amusement.

The patent application was filed on July 31, 2012 (13/563,436). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,64,017.PN.&OS=PN/87,64,017&RS=PN/87,64,017 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,765,646) developed by seven co-inventors for "high solids content slurries and methods." The co-inventors are Mohan K.R. Panga, Novosibirsk, Russia, Philip F. Sullivan, Bellaire, Texas, Balkrishna Gadiyar, Katy, Texas, Ryan Hartman, Northport, Alabama, Bruno Drochon, Cambridge, United Kingdom, John W. Still, Katy, Texas, and Bryan Stamm, Houston.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2012 (13/372,589). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,65,646.PN.&OS=PN/87,65,646&RS=PN/87,65,646 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,765,607) developed by five co-inventors for an "active tiling placement for improved latch-up immunity." The co-inventors are Robert S. Ruth, Austin, Texas, Mark A. Kearney, Austin, Texas, Bernard J. Pappert, Austin, Texas, Juxiang Ren, Austin, Texas, and Jeff L. Warner, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on June 1, 2011 (13/150,924). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,65,607.PN.&OS=PN/87,65,607&RS=PN/87,65,607 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sirius XM Connected Vehicle Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Sirius XM Connected Vehicle Services, Irving, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,768,345) developed by Tod Farrell, Coppell, Texas, and Robert Orson Ellingson, Grapevine, Texas, for a "flexible telematics system and method for providing telematics to a vehicle." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2011 (13/033,185). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,768,345.PN.&OS=PN/8,768,345&RS=PN/8,768,345 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Refocus Ocular Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Refocus Ocular, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,764,780) developed by five co-inventors for "apparatuses and methods for forming incisions in ocular tissue." The co-inventors are Mark A. Cox, Dallas, Douglas C. Williamson, Coppell, Texas, Andrew J. Scherer, Trabuco Canyon, California, Timothy J. Payne, Santa Ana, California, and Rex O. Bare, Preston, Connecticut.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2011 (13/313,789). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,64,780.PN.&OS=PN/87,64,780&RS=PN/87,64,780 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Kellogg Brown & Root Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Kellogg Brown & Root, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,764,883) developed by Kenneth L. Blanchard, Houston, for an apparatus and methods "for saturating and purifying syngas." The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2011 (13/267,185). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8764883.PN.&OS=PN/8764883&RS=PN/8764883 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,765,061) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for inspecting and monitoring a pipeline." The co-inventors are Ola Tunheim, Bryne, United Kingdom, Robert P. Freese, Pittsboro, North Carolina, Laurence James Abney, Sandnes, Norway, Christopher M. Jones, Houston, and James Robert MacLennan, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/617,625). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,65,061.PN.&OS=PN/87,65,061&RS=PN/87,65,061 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Distributing Group of Images Associated with Web Page Via Number of Data Connections Less Than Number of Images in Group ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,769,114) developed by Hung T. Dinh, Austin, Texas, Mansoor A. Lakhdhir, Austin, Texas, and Phong A. Pham, Austin, Texas, for "distributing group of images associated with web page via number of data connections less than number of images in group." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2012 (13/372,200). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,769,114.PN.&OS=PN/8,769,114&RS=PN/8,769,114 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,763,731) developed by Danny E. Scott, Montgomery, Texas, and Anthony A. DiGiovanni, Houston, for "polycrystalline compacts having differing regions therein, cutting elements and earth-boring tools including such compacts, and methods of forming such compacts." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2011 (13/162,864). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,763,731.PN.&OS=PN/8,763,731&RS=PN/8,763,731 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Atlas Copco Secoroc Assigned Patent for Percussion Assisted Rotary Earth Bit ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Atlas Copco Secoroc, Grand Prairie, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,763,728) developed by two co-inventors for a "percussion assisted rotary earth bit and method of operating the same." The co-inventors are Allan W. Rainey, Mansfield, Texas, and James W. Langford, Granbury, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2010 (12/973,337). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8763728.PN.&OS=PN/8763728&RS=PN/8763728 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Multi-source Consumer Behavior Tracking System ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,768,943) developed by five co-inventors for a "multi-source consumer behavior tracking system." The co-inventors are Hemanth Puttaswamy, Fremont, California, Travis Woodruff, Roanoke, Texas, Srinivasa Ogireddy, San Carlos, California, Nipun Batra, Foster City, California, and Steve Howard, Irving, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2010 (12/873,597). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,68,943.PN.&OS=PN/87,68,943&RS=PN/87,68,943 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Base4 Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Base4 Group, Carrollton, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,763,193) developed by Joseph Charles Thompson, Coppell, Texas, and Jonathan B. Filipski, Carrollton, Texas, for interlocking brushes.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2013 (13/773,133). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,63,193.PN.&OS=PN/87,63,193&RS=PN/87,63,193 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Smith International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Smith International, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,763,881) developed by four co-inventors for a method "for applying a wear reducing material to a tool used in a wellbore operation that includes welding a hardfacing alloy to a surface of the tool, wherein the welding comprises friction stirring the alloy into the tool's surface." The co-inventors are Shelton W. Alsup, Houston, Cary A. Roth, Spring, Texas, Madapusi K. Keshavan, The Woodlands, Texas, and Russell J. Steel, Salem, Utah.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2009 (12/541,651). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8763881.PN.&OS=PN/8763881&RS=PN/8763881 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** OPI Testing Equipment Assigned Patent for Viscometer Bob Shaft Coupler ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- OPI Testing Equipment, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,763,776) developed by two co-inventors for a "coupler for viscometer bob shaft." The co-inventors are Richard Lukay, Houston, and John Norwood, Houston.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2009 (13/124,371). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8763776.PN.&OS=PN/8763776&RS=PN/8763776 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Through-hole-vias in Multi-layer Printed Circuit Boards ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,766,107) developed by four co-inventors for "through-hole-vias in multi-layer printed circuit boards." The co-inventors are Moises Cases, Austin, Texas, Tae Hong Kim, Round Rock, Texas, Rohan U. Mandrekar, Austin, Texas, and Nusrat I. Sherali, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on April 13, 2012 (13/446,727). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,766,107.PN.&OS=PN/8,766,107&RS=PN/8,766,107 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,763,726) developed by Ashley Bernard Johnson, Milton, United Kingdom, Michael Charles Sheppard, Hadstock, United Kingdom, and Geoff Downton, Sugar Land, Texas, for a "drill bit gauge pad control." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2008 (12/116,390). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,763,726.PN.&OS=PN/8,763,726&RS=PN/8,763,726 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,763,703) developed by two co-inventors for "nanohybrid phase interfaces for altering wettability in oil field applications." The co-inventors are Rajesh Kumar Saini, Cypress, Texas, and Lewis R. Norman, Duncan, Oklahoma.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2012 (13/364,770). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8763703.PN.&OS=PN/8763703&RS=PN/8763703 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Random Access Design for High Doppler in Wireless Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,767,653) developed by Pierre Bertrand, Antibes, France, Tarik Muharemovic, Dallas, and Jing Jiang, Allen, Texas, for a "random access design for high doppler in wireless network." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2012 (13/404,104). 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=87,67,653.PN.&OS=PN/87,67,653&RS=PN/87,67,653 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** National Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- National Instruments, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,769,549) developed by J. Adam Kemp, Austin, Texas, Neil S. Feiereisel, Cedar Park, Texas, and Brent C. Schwan, Austin, Texas, for a "graphical programming system enabling data sharing from a producer to a consumer via a memory buffer." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2012 (13/460,437). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,769,549.PN.&OS=PN/8,769,549&RS=PN/8,769,549 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Correlates Audit Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,769,701) developed by four co-inventors for a method "correlates audit information in a multi-tenant computing infrastructure." The co-inventors are Heather Maria Hinton, Round Rock, Texas, Neil Ian Readshaw, Parkwood, Australia, Naohiko Uramoto, Aoba-ku, Japan, and Katsumi Ohnishi, Nara, Japan.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2012 (13/604,474). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,769,701.PN.&OS=PN/8,769,701&RS=PN/8,769,701 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Asuragen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Asuragen, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,765,709) developed by eight co-inventors for "methods and compositions involving miRNA and miRNA inhibitor molecules." The co-inventors are David Brown, Austin, Texas, Lance Ford, Austin, Texas, Angie Cheng, Austin, Texas, Rich Jarvis, Austin, Texas, Mike Byrom, Austin, Texas, Dmitriy Ovcharenko, Austin, Texas, Eric Devroe, Pflugerville, Texas, and Kevin Kelnar, Kyle, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2013 (14/012,302). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,65,709.PN.&OS=PN/87,65,709&RS=PN/87,65,709 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method for Communicating with Network Adapter Using Queue Data Structure and Cached Address Translations ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,769,168) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for communicating with a network adapter using a queue data structure and cached address translations." The co-inventors are Daniel F. Moertl, Rochester, Minnesota, Renato J. Recio, Austin, Texas, Claudia A. Salzberg, Austin, Texas, and Steven M. Thurber, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2006 (11/550,191). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,769,168.PN.&OS=PN/8,769,168&RS=PN/8,769,168 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** ExxonMobil Chemical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- ExxonMobil Chemical, Baytown, Texas, and Michelin Recherche et Technique, Grange-Paccot, Switzerland, have been assigned a patent (8,765,863) developed by six co-inventors for "triethylamine functionalized elastomer in barrier applications." The co-inventors are Brian Bergman, Clermont-Ferrand, France, Anthony Jay Dias, Houston, Caiguo Gong, Shanghai, Thomas C. Hodge, Simpsonville, South Carolina, David John Lohse, Bridgewater, New Jersey, and Weiqing Weng, Houston.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2007 (12/680,885). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,65,863.PN.&OS=PN/87,65,863&RS=PN/87,65,863 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent for Voltage Translation Circuit ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,766,680) developed by Xinghai Tang, Cedar Park, Texas, Gayathri A. Bhagavatheeswaran, Austin, Texas, and Hector Sanchez, Cedar Park, Texas, for a voltage translation circuit.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2012 (13/627,327). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,66,680.PN.&OS=PN/87,66,680&RS=PN/87,66,680 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of North Texas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- The University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,766,177) developed by Guido Fridolin Verbeck IV, Plano, Texas, for a "nanomanipulation coupled nanospray mass spectrometry (NMS)." The patent application was filed on Oct. 11, 2011 (13/270,962). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,66,177.PN.&OS=PN/87,66,177&RS=PN/87,66,177 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent for Element Containing Thermally Stable Polycrystalline Diamond Material and Methods and Assemblies for Formation Thereof ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,764,862) developed by 12 co-inventors for the "element containing thermally stable polycrystalline diamond material and methods and assemblies for formation thereof." The co-inventors are Brian Atkins, Houston, Seth G. Anderle, Spring, Texas, Robert W. Arfele, Magnolia, Texas, Ram L. Ladi, Tomball, Texas, Brandon Paul Linford, Draper, Utah, Jason Keith Wiggins, Draper, Utah, Kevin Duy Nguyen, Riverton, Utah, Jiang Qian, Cedar Hills, Utah, Kenneth Eugene Bertagnolli, Riverton, Utah, Shawn Casey Scott, Payson, Utah, Debkumar Mukhopadhyay, Sandy, Utah, and Michael Alexander Vail, Genola, Utah.

The patent application was filed on April 26, 2012 (13/457,088). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,64,862.PN.&OS=PN/87,64,862&RS=PN/87,64,862 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Shell Oil Assigned Patent for Producing Crude Product ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Shell Oil, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,764,972) developed by two co-inventors for "[s]ystems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product." The co-inventors are Scott Lee Wellington, Bellaire, Texas, and Opinder Kishan Bhan, Katy, Texas.

The patent application was filed on July 30, 2009 (12/512,673). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8764972.PN.&OS=PN/8764972&RS=PN/8764972 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Consumer Representation Rendering with Selected Merchandise ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- International B 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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