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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (July 18)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Activity Stream Based Alert Processing for Information Technology Infrastructure ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,782,218) developed by Stephen G. Graham, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Thomas R. Maguire, Brewster, New York, and Salvatore DeSimone III, Woodbury, Connecticut, for an "activity stream based alert processing for information technology infrastructure." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2011 (13/334,749). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,82,218.PN.&OS=PN/87,82,218&RS=PN/87,82,218 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Verifying Integrity of Data Written by Mainframe to Virtual Tape ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,756) developed by three co-inventors for a method "of verifying integrity of data written by a mainframe to a virtual tape and providing feedback of errors." The co-inventors are Bruce Offhaus, Waldoboro, Maine, Larry W. McCloskey, Burlington, Massachusetts, and Eric M. Vaughn, Raleigh, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on March 29, 2012 (13/433,477). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8775756.PN.&OS=PN/8775756&RS=PN/8775756 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Schneider Electric USA Assigned Patent for Motorized Control Circuit ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Schneider Electric USA, Palatine, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,772,983) developed by two co-inventors for a "control circuit for motorized circuit breaker." The co-inventors are Alexander Filippenko, Cary, North Carolina, and Scott Brown, Wake Forest, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2011 (13/228,253). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8772983.PN.&OS=PN/8772983&RS=PN/8772983 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** iRobot Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- iRobot, Bedford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,774,966) developed by seven co-inventors for an "autonomous surface cleaning robot for wet and dry cleanin." The co-inventors are Andrew Ziegler, Arlington, Massachusetts, Duane Gilbert, Goffstown, New Hampshire, Christopher John Morse, Malden, Massachusetts, Scott Pratt, Cary, North Carolina, Paul Sandin, Brookline, New Hampshire, Nancy Dussault, Weymouth, Massachusetts, and Andrew Jones, Roslindale, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2011 (13/023,444). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8774966.PN.&OS=PN/8774966&RS=PN/8774966 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Deere & Co. Assigned Patent for Cutting Unit Mounting Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Deere & Co., Moline, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,777,508) developed by four co-inventors for a "cutting unit mounting device." The co-inventors are David Lawrence Phillips, Willow Spring, North Carolina, Michael Joseph Buchheit, Apex, North Carolina, Jennifer Lynn Jaramillo, Apex, North Carolina, and Paul Robert Heide, Cary, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on June 23, 2011 (13/167,265). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,77,508.PN.&OS=PN/87,77,508&RS=PN/87,77,508 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Checkpoint Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Checkpoint Systems, Thorofare, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,773,267) developed by two co-inventors for a "cable wrap security device." The co-inventors are Brian V. Conti, Matthews, North Carolina, and Ningsheng Zhang, Charlotte, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2011 (13/315,077). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8773267.PN.&OS=PN/8773267&RS=PN/8773267 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Selecting Iteration Schemes for Deduplication ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,388) developed by six co-inventors for "selecting iteration schemes for deduplication." The co-inventors are Richard Ruef, Santa Cruz, California, Joseph B. Shiimkus Jr., Framingham, Massachusetts, Xiangping Chen, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Matthew Long, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, Miles A. de Forest, Bahama, North Carolina, and Karl Owen, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2010 (12/893,865). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8775388.PN.&OS=PN/8775388&RS=PN/8775388 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Non-Disruptive Storage Device Migration in Failover Cluster ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,861) developed by four co-inventors for a "non-disruptive storage device migration in failover cluster environment." The co-inventors are Michael E. Bappe, Loveland, Colorado, Helen S. Raizen, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Cesareo Contreras, Northbridge, Massachusetts, and Edward L. Thigpen, Raleigh, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on June 28, 2012 (13/535,740). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8775861.PN.&OS=PN/8775861&RS=PN/8775861 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Analog Devices Assigned Patent for High Frequency Signal Comparator ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,773,169) developed by three co-inventors for a "[h]igh frequency signal comparator for SHA-less analog-to-digital converters." The co-inventors are Huseyin Dinc, Greensboro, North Carolina, Michael Elliot, Summerfield, North Carolina, and William Thomas Boles, Greensboro, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2010 (12/910,662). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8773169.PN.&OS=PN/8773169&RS=PN/8773169 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Ethicon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Ethicon, Somerville, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,777,989) developed by four co-inventors for "subcutaneous sinusoidal wound closure utilizing one-way suture." The co-inventors are Jeffrey C. Leung, Raleigh, North Carolina, Matthew A. Megaro, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Gregory Ruff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Andrew Kaplan, Hillsborough, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2010 (12/850,336). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,777,989.PN.&OS=PN/8,777,989&RS=PN/8,777,989 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ethicon Assigned Patent for Methods for Using Self-retaining Sutures in Endoscopic Procedures ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Ethicon, Somerville, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,777,988) developed by four co-inventors for "methods for using self-retaining sutures in endoscopic procedures." The co-inventors are Jeffrey C. Leung, Raleigh, North Carolina, Matthew A. Megaro, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Gregory Ruff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Andrew Kaplan, Hillsborough, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2010 (12/850,263). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,777,988.PN.&OS=PN/8,777,988&RS=PN/8,777,988 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Allegro Microsystems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Allegro Microsystems, Worcester, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,773,123) developed by three co-inventors for a "[t]wo-terminal linear sensor." The co-inventors are Michael C. Doogue, Manchester, New Hampshire, Jonathan Lamarre, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Monica J. Thomas, Farmington, Maine. The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2011 (13/239,587). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8773123.PN.&OS=PN/8773123&RS=PN/8773123 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Computer Program Products for Automatically Adjusting Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,549) developed by Jason Taylor, Apex, North Carolina, for methods, systems, and "computer program products for automatically adjusting a data replication rate based on a specified quality of service (QoS) level." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2007 (11/904,359). 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=8775549.PN.&OS=PN/8775549&RS=PN/8775549 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Becton, Dickinson & Co. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Becton, Dickinson & Co., Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,778,635) developed by Terry J. Amiss, Raleigh, North Carolina, Erin M. Gill, Madison, Wisconsin, and Douglas Byron Sherman, Durham, North Carolina, for "thermostable proteins and methods making and using thereof." The patent application was filed on July 24, 2013 (13/950,089). 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=8,778,635.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,635&RS=PN/8,778,635 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Core Programs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Core Programs, Morristown, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,775,220) developed by Sean Maher, Morrisville, North Carolina, for a method and system "for estimating economic losses from wind storms." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2012 (13/659,335). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8775220.PN.&OS=PN/8775220&RS=PN/8775220 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Schneider Electric USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Schneider Electric USA, Palatine, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,780,534) developed by Donald Gibbons, Wake Forest, North Carolina, for a swing out mount. The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2011 (13/238,650). 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=87,80,534.PN.&OS=PN/87,80,534&RS=PN/87,80,534 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. 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