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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (Aug. 8)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Verizon Patent & Licensing Assigned Patent for Tabbed Content View on Touch-screen Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Verizon Patent & Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,799,806) developed by four co-inventors for a "tabbed content view on a touch-screen device." The co-inventors are Heath Stallings, Colleyville, Texas, Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, Donald H. Relyea Jr., Dallas, and Daniel Spurgeon Dunnam, Brooklyn, New York. The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2008 (12/347,640). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,799,806.PN.&OS=PN/8,799,806&RS=PN/8,799,806 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Covidien Assigned Patent for Transparent Catheter Securement System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,795,237) developed by five co-inventors for a "transparent catheter securement system." The co-inventors are Ronald F. Vitaris, Worcester, Massachusetts, Anthony Trupiano, Lakeville, Massachusetts, Steven D. King, Bridgewater, New York, Brian Dowd, Dedham, Massachusetts, and David Parsons, Mansfield, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2009 (12/568,789). 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=8,795,237.PN.&OS=PN/8,795,237&RS=PN/8,795,237 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** G.M. Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Crown Ether Containing PEM Electrode ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- G.M. Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,795,924) developed by four co-inventors for a "crown ether containing PEM electrode." The co-inventors are James Mitchell, Bloomfield, New York, Timothy J. Fuller, Pittsford, New York, Lijun Zou, Rochester, New York, and Michael R. Schoeneweiss, West Henrietta, New York. The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2012 (13/611,046). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8795924.PN.&OS=PN/8795924&RS=PN/8795924 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** AbbVie Assigned Patent for Crystalline Pharmaceutical ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- AbbVie, North Chicago, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,796,451) developed by seven co-inventors for a crystalline pharmaceutical. The co-inventors are Daniel A. Dickman, Longmont, Colorado, Sanjay Chemburkar, Gurnee, Illinois, James J. Fort, Midlothian, Virginia, Rodger F. Henry, Park City, Illinois, David Lechuga-Ballesteros, Santa Clara, California, Yuping Niu, Nyack, New York, and William Porter, Vernon Hills, Illinois. The patent application was filed on May 13, 2011 (13/107,780). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,796,451.PN.&OS=PN/8,796,451&RS=PN/8,796,451 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** G.M. Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Repeating and Non-Repeating Units ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- G.M. Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,795,921) developed by six co-inventors for an "aligning method for repeating and non-repeating units in a fuel cell stack." The co-inventors are Mark W. Keyser, Bloomfield, New York, Jeffrey A. Rock, Fairport, New York, Benno Andreas-Schott, Pittsford, New York, Thomas P. Migliore, Rochester, New York, Ivan D. Chapman, Victor, New York, and Matthew J. Beutel, Webster, New York. The patent application was filed on June 29, 2010 (12/825,713). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8795921.PN.&OS=PN/8795921&RS=PN/8795921 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Vidyo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Vidyo, Hackensack, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,798,165) developed by Danny Hong, New York, and Jill Boyce, Manalapan, New Jersey, for "techniques for prediction of unavailable samples in inter-layer predicted video coding." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2014 (14/147,909). 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=8,798,165.PN.&OS=PN/8,798,165&RS=PN/8,798,165 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** C & P Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- C & P Technologies, Closter, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,797,206) developed by Faruk Uysal, Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, Vinay Mudinoor Murthy, Elmont, New York, and Unnikrishna Sreedharan Pillai, Harrington Park, New Jersey, for a "method and apparatus for simultaneous multi-mode processing performing target detection and tracking using along track interferometry (ATI) and space-time adaptive processing (STAP)." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2012 (13/495,639). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,797,206.PN.&OS=PN/8,797,206&RS=PN/8,797,206 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Groupon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Groupon, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,799,100) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "retail system for selling products based on a flexible product description." The co-inventors are Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, Connecticut, Peter Kim, Stamford, Connecticut, James A. Jorasch, Stamford, Connecticut, Magdalena Mik, Greenwich, Connecticut, Daniel E. Tedesco, Westport, Connecticut, Russell Pratt Sammon, Stamford, Connecticut, Andrew P. Golden, New York, Raymod J. Mueller, Weston, Connecticut, Keith Bemer, New York, and Kathleen Van Luchene, Norwalk, Connecticut. The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/619,579). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,99,100.PN.&OS=PN/87,99,100&RS=PN/87,99,100 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Abbott Point of Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Abbott Point of Care, Princeton, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,797,527) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "biologic fluid sample analysis cartridge." The co-inventors are Kyle Hukari, Ewing, New Jersey, Igor Nikonorov, Whitestone, New York, Ralph W. Dowdell, Trenton, New Jersey, Douglas Olson, Pipersville, Pennsylvania, Niten V. Lalpuria, Mumbai, India, Darryn Unfricht, Princeton, New Jersey, Benjamin Ports, Hamden, Connecticut, Vu Phan, Princeton, New Jersey, Robin A. Levy, Southampton, Pennsylvania, and John W. Roche, Scarborough, Maine. The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2012 (13/594,439). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,797,527.PN.&OS=PN/8,797,527&RS=PN/8,797,527 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Washington Mills Management Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Washington Mills Management, North Grafton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,795,400) developed by Robert Seider, Ransomville, New York, and Angelo R. Angelone, Niagara Falls, Canada, for a "method for abrading a product using very low packing density ceramic abrasive grits." The patent application was filed on June 5, 2013 (13/910,403). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,795,400.PN.&OS=PN/8,795,400&RS=PN/8,795,400 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dun & Bradstreet Corp. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Dun & Bradstreet Corp., Short Hills, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,799,116) developed by four co-inventors for a "process and system for automated collection of business information from a business entity's accounting system." The co-inventors are Guy P. Lehman, Randolph, New Jersey, Neel Chauhan, Montclair, New Jersey, Andres Benvenuto, Morristown, New Jersey, and Perry Ziff, Dix Hills, New York. The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/904,737). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,799,116.PN.&OS=PN/8,799,116&RS=PN/8,799,116 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent for Methods to Separate Halogentated Olefins from 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane Using Solid Adsorbent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,796,493) developed by Daniel C. Merkel, West Seneca, New York, Konstantin A. Pokrovski, Orchard Park, New York, and Hsueh Sung Tung, Getzville, New York, for "methods to separate halogentated olefins from 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane using a solid adsorbent." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/249,342). 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=8,796,493.PN.&OS=PN/8,796,493&RS=PN/8,796,493 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Magnolia Broadband Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Magnolia Broadband, Englewood, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,797,969) developed by four co-inventors for "implementing multi user multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) base station using single-user (SU) MIMO co-located base stations." The co-inventors are Haim Harel, New York, Kenneth Kludt, San Jose, California, Phil F. Chen, Denville, New Jersey, and Sherwin J. Wang, Towaco, New Jersey. The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2014 (14/172,500). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,797,969.PN.&OS=PN/8,797,969&RS=PN/8,797,969 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** G.M. Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Vehicle Sensor Visibility Improvement ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- G.M. Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,798,841) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for improving sensor visibility of vehicle in autonomous driving mode." The co-inventors are James N. Nickolaou, Clarkston, Michigan, Joel Pazhayampallil, Bellerose, New York, and Michael P. Turski, Rochester Hills, Michigan. The patent application was filed on March 14, 2013 (13/827,745). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8798841.PN.&OS=PN/8798841&RS=PN/8798841 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Chicago Mercantile Exchange Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,799,136) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for providing option spread indicative quotes." The co-inventors are Neal Brady, Evanston, Illinois, Tom Paronis, New York, Christopher S. Whittington, Streamwood, Illinois, Paul A. Schmid, Chicago, and Jon Dahl, Plainfield, Illinois. The patent application was filed on April 16, 2013 (13/863,862). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=87,99,136.PN.&OS=PN/87,99,136&RS=PN/87,99,136 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Software Protection Through Interdependent Parameter Cloud ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,800,048) developed by six co-inventors for a "software protection through interdependent parameter cloud constrained software execution." The co-inventors are Aaron Payne Goldsmid, New York, Andrey Lelikov, Bellevue, Washington, Nathan Ide, Bothell, Washington, Karan Singh Dhillon, Renton, Washington, Matthias Wollnik, Seattle, and John Richard McDowell, Seattle. The patent application was filed on May 20, 2008 (12/123,471). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8800048.PN.&OS=PN/8800048&RS=PN/8800048 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Mindray DS USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Mindray DS USA, Mahwah, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,797,714) developed by Jack Balji, Mahwah, New Jersey, Cadathur Rajagopalan, Dumont, New Jersey, and Scott Eaton, Briarcliff Manor, New York, for "cables for patient monitoring and related systems with integrated front end." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2009 (12/645,304). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,797,714.PN.&OS=PN/8,797,714&RS=PN/8,797,714 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Patent & Licensing Assigned Patent for Network Routing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Verizon Patent & Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,798,253) developed by 11 co-inventors for network routing. The co-inventors are Curtis E. Allen, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Phillip D. Crable, Falcon, Colorado, Mariafranca Gregorat, Dallas, Steven L. Lass, Allen, Texas, Richard L. McClain, Frisco, Texas, Sandra A. Paiement, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Timothy Dwight, Richardson, Texas, James L. Verlare, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Yung-Hwa Tai, Holmdel, New Jersey, Gregory Welch, Somerset, New Jersey, and Yaron Raps, Brooklyn, New York. The patent application was filed on July 28, 2006 (11/460,750). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,798,253.PN.&OS=PN/8,798,253&RS=PN/8,798,253 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Compiler Support for Optimizing Decomposed Software ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,799,882) developed by four co-inventors for a "compiler support for optimizing decomposed software transactional memory operations." The co-inventors are Avraham E. Shinnar, New Rochelle, New York, David Read Tarditi Jr., Kirkland, Washington, Mark Ronald Plesko, Kirkland, Washington, and Timothy Lawrence Harris, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. The patent application was filed on March 23, 2006 (11/389,451). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8799882.PN.&OS=PN/8799882&RS=PN/8799882 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Covidien Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,747,402) developed by four co-inventors for a system "for sensing attributes of tissue in at least one direction." The co-inventors are Ronald J. Podhajsky, Boulder, Colorado, Hrishikesh V. Panchawagh, Rochester, New York, Roop L. Mahajan, Blacksburg, Virginia, and Ming Yi, Beijing. The patent application was filed on Jan. 17, 2012 (13/351,553). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8747402.PN.&OS=PN/8747402&RS=PN/8747402 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Massachusetts Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften, Munich, have been assigned a patent (8,796,016) developed by Thomas Tuschl, Brooklyn, New York, Sayda Mahgoub Elbashir, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Winfried Lendeckel, Hohengandern, Germany, for "RNA interference mediating small RNA molecules." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2010 (12/819,444). 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=8,796,016.PN.&OS=PN/8,796,016&RS=PN/8,796,016 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** G.M. Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Freewheeling Expander Compressor System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- G.M. Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,795,907) developed by three co-inventors for a "compressor system with a freewheeling expander." The co-inventors are Thomas W. Tighe, Bloomfield, New York, Marc Becker, Idstein, Germany, and Remy Fontaine, Wiesbaden, Germany. The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2010 (12/708,935). 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=8795907.PN.&OS=PN/8795907&RS=PN/8795907 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Merck Sharp & Dohme Assigned Patent for Cyclic Azabenzimidazole Derivatives Useful as Anti-diabetic Agents ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,796,258) developed by 19 co-inventors for "cyclic azabenzimidazole derivatives useful as anti-diabetic agents." The co-inventors are Rajan Anand, Fanwood, New Jersey, James M. Apgar, Highland Park, New Jersey, Tesfaye Biftu, Freehold, New Jersey, Ping Chen, Edison, New Jersey, Lin Chu, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Vincent J. Colandrea, North Brunswick, New Jersey, Guizhen Dong, Dayton, New Jersey, James F. Dropinski, Colts Neck, New Jersey, Danqing Feng, Green Brook, New Jersey, Jacqueline D. Hicks, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Jinlong Jiang, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Alexander J. Kim, Morganville, New Jersey, Kenneth J. Leavitt, Plainsboro, New Jersey, Bing Li, Towaco, New Jersey, Xiaoxia Qian, New York, Iyassu Sebhat, Jersey City, New Jersey, Lan Wei, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, Robert R. Wilkening, Maplewood, New Jersey, and Zhicai Wu, Montvale, New Jersey. The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2012 (13/812,536). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,796,258.PN.&OS=PN/8,796,258&RS=PN/8,796,258 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,799,264) developed by three co-inventors for a method "for improving search engine efficiency." The co-inventors are Johannes Gehrke, Heidelberg, Germany, Robbert Van Renesse, Ithaca, New York, and Fred Schneider, Ithaca, New York. The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2008 (12/332,979). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8799264.PN.&OS=PN/8799264&RS=PN/8799264 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,799,190) developed by five co-inventors for a "[g]raph-based malware classification based on file relationships." The co-inventors are Jack W. Stokes, North Bend, Washington, Nikos Karampatziakis, Ithaca, New York, John C. Platt, Bellevue, Washington, Anil Francis Thomas, Redmond, Washington, and Adrian M. Marinescu, Sammamish, Washington. The patent application was filed on June 17, 2011 (13/163,010). 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=8799190.PN.&OS=PN/8799190&RS=PN/8799190 Written by Marlyn Vitin. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1171762 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |