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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (Aug. 26)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,803,891) developed by eight co-inventors for a method "for preempting graphics tasks to accommodate compute tasks in an accelerated processing device (APD)." The co-inventors are Mark Leather, Los Gatos, California, Ralph Clay Taylor, Deland, Florida, Michael Mantor, Orlando, Florida, Rex McCrary, Oviedo, Florida, Robert Scott Hartog, Windermere, Florida, Sebastien Nussbaum, Lexington, Massachusetts, Philip J. Rogers, Pepperell, Massachusetts, and Thomas R. Woller, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2011 (13/307,904). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8803891.PN.&OS=PN/8803891&RS=PN/8803891 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,803,879) developed by two co-inventors for "[o]mnidirectional shadow texture mapping." The co-inventors are William P. Newhall Jr., San Francisco, and Mark J. Kilgard, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on March 4, 2005 (11/073,142). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8803879.PN.&OS=PN/8803879&RS=PN/8803879 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Spansion Assigned Patent for Radiation Detecting Imaging Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,803,066) developed by four co-inventors for a "imaging device having a radiation detecting structure sensitive to neutron radiation." The co-inventors are Timothy Z. Hossain, Austin, Texas, Patrick Mark Clopton, Austin, Texas, Clayton Fullwood, Austin, Texas, and Dan E. Posey, Granite Shoals, Texas. The patent application was filed on July 24, 2012 (13/556,819). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8803066.PN.&OS=PN/8803066&RS=PN/8803066 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** American Air Liquide Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- American Air Liquide, Fremont, California, has been assigned a patent (8,809,849) developed by three co-inventors for methods and compositions "for depositing rare earth metal-containing layers." The co-inventors are Venkateswara R. Pallem, Hockessin, Delaware, Christian Dussarrat, Houston, and Wontae Noh, Houston. The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2013 (14/039,692). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8809849.PN.&OS=PN/8809849&RS=PN/8809849 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin *** Insera Therapeutics Assigned Patent for Slag REmoval ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Insera Therapeutics, Sacramento, California, has been assigned a patent (8,803,030) developed by two co-inventors for a system "for removal of slag during laser cutting of a hypotube by a laser cutting system may include a cooling system and a cooling fluid inlet regulator." The co-inventors are Vikram Janardhan, Sacramento, California, and Vallabh Janardhan, Dallas. The patent application was filed on March 25, 2014 (14/224,576). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8803030.PN.&OS=PN/8803030&RS=PN/8803030 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Byogy Renewables, Texas A&M University System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Byogy Renewables, San Jose, California, and Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas, have been assigned a patent (8,802,905) developed by three co-inventors for a "unique, integrated non-obvious pathway to convert biomass to biofuels using integration of chemical processes is described herein." The co-inventors are Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi, College Station, Texas, Kenneth R. Hall, College Station, Texas, and Harold Dennis Spriggs, Leesburg, Virginia. The patent application was filed on June 18, 2010 (13/378,602). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8802905.PN.&OS=PN/8802905&RS=PN/8802905 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Venti Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Venti Group, Laguna Hills, California, has been assigned a patent (8,803,755) developed by two co-inventors for "[l]ow passive intermodulation chokes for electrical cables." The co-inventors are William Ernest Payne, Dallas, and Richard Smith, Dallas. The patent application was filed on June 5, 2013 (13/910,939). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8803755.PN.&OS=PN/8803755&RS=PN/8803755 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Finisar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Finisar, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,809,125) developed by three co-inventors for methods of "[r]educing thermal expansion effects in semiconductor packages." The co-inventors are Jose Joaquin Aizpuru, Murphy, Texas, Christopher William Johnson, Sasche, Texas, and Bobby Marion Hawkins, Wylie, Texas. The patent application was filed on May 27, 2011 (13/118,107). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8809125.PN.&OS=PN/8809125&RS=PN/8809125 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Dolby Laboratories Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Dolby Laboratories Licensing, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,811,490) developed by five co-inventors for a "multiple color channel multiple regression predictor." The co-inventors are Guan-Ming Su, Fremont, California, Sheng Qu, San Jose, California, Hubert Koepfer, Milpitas, California, Yufei Yuan, Austin, Texas, and Samir Hulyalkar, Los Gatos, California. The patent application was filed on April 13, 2012 (14/110,694). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,811,490.PN.&OS=PN/8,811,490&RS=PN/8,811,490 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Cache Line Replacement ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,812,789) developed by Ajay Anant Ingle, Austin, Texas, Erich James Plondke, Austin, Texas, and Lucian Codrescu, Austin, Texas, for "systems and methods for cache line replacement." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2013 (13/894,545). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,812,789.PN.&OS=PN/8,812,789&RS=PN/8,812,789 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cinova Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Cinova Media, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,811,736) developed by Asad Islam, Richardson, Texas, for an "efficient content compression and decompression system and method." The patent application was filed on June 10, 2013 (13/914,587). 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=8,811,736.PN.&OS=PN/8,811,736&RS=PN/8,811,736 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Carefusion 2200 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Carefusion 2200, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,801,312) developed by three co-inventors for an "antiseptic applicator." The co-inventors are Manuel Guzman, El Paso, Texas, Kyle W. Boone, El Paso, Texas, and Miguel Rivera, El Paso, Texas. The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2011 (13/328,460). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8801312.PN.&OS=PN/8801312&RS=PN/8801312 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Google Assigned Patent for Transferring Application State Across Devices with Checkpoints ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,812,601) developed by six co-inventors for "transferring application state across devices with checkpoints." The co-inventors are Cheng-Hsueh Andrew Hsieh, Taipei, Taiwan, Chinyue Chen, New Taipei, Taiwan, Yung-Chieh Lo, Taipei, Taiwan, Jason Parks, Austin, Texas, Nicholas Julian Pelly, San Francisco, and Jeffrey William Hamilton, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2011 (13/247,725). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,812,601.PN.&OS=PN/8,812,601&RS=PN/8,812,601 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Memory Power Manager ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Broadcom, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,812,889) developed by four co-inventors for a memory power manager. The co-inventors are Mark N. Fullerton, Austin, Texas, Sathish Kumar Radhakrishnan, Irvine, California, Brent Mulholland, Boulder, Colorado, and Ravi S. Setty, Santa Clara, California. The patent application was filed on May 5, 2010 (12/774,479). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,812,889.PN.&OS=PN/8,812,889&RS=PN/8,812,889 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent for User Equipment Buffer Management in Multiple-input Multiple-output Communication Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,812,814) developed by Jayesh H. Kotecha, Austin, Texas, Ning Chen, Austin, Texas, and Ian C. Wong, Austin, Texas, for a "user equipment buffer management in multiple-input multiple-output communication systems." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2013 (13/873,098). 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=8,812,814.PN.&OS=PN/8,812,814&RS=PN/8,812,814 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent for Small Volume in Vitro Analyte Sensor ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, California, has been assigned a patent (8,808,531) developed by four co-inventors for "[s]mall volume in vitro analyte sensor." The co-inventors are Mark S. Vreeke, Alameda, California, Benjamin J. Feldman, Oakland, California, James Say, Breckenridge, Colorado, and Adam Heller, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2005 (11/035,131). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8808531.PN.&OS=PN/8808531&RS=PN/8808531 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Magnecomp Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Magnecomp, Murrieta, California, has been assigned a patent (8,810,972) developed by Christopher G. Dunn, Austin, Texas, for an "electrical interconnect from disk drive suspension flexure to PZT motor." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2013 (14/102,123). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,810,972.PN.&OS=PN/8,810,972&RS=PN/8,810,972 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Determining Top N or Bottom N Data Values and Positions ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,812,516) developed by Ajay Anant Ingle, Austin, Texas, and Mao Zeng, Austin, Texas, for "determining top N or bottom N data values and positions." The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2011 (13/275,351). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,812,516.PN.&OS=PN/8,812,516&RS=PN/8,812,516 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Method and System for Wireless Communications Between Base and Mobile Stations ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,811,932) developed by Leo G. Dehner, Austin, Texas, James W. McCoy, Austin, Texas, and Kevin B. Traylor, Austin, Texas, for a "method and system for wireless communications between base and mobile stations." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2012 (13/730,658). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,811,932.PN.&OS=PN/8,811,932&RS=PN/8,811,932 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Conner Investments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Conner Investments, Carmel, California, has been assigned a patent (8,811,959) developed by Finis Conner, La Quinta, California, An Van Le, Austin, Texas, and Anil Nigam, Saratoga, California, for a "bluetooth enabled credit card with a large data storage volume." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2012 (13/418,641). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,811,959.PN.&OS=PN/8,811,959&RS=PN/8,811,959 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Spansion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,793,992) developed by two co-inventors for a "thermoelectric device for use with Stirling engine." The co-inventors are Crispin Thomas Schamp, Austin, Texas, and Lee Tran, Sugarland, Texas. The patent application was filed on July 28, 2008 (12/180,910). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8793992.PN.&OS=PN/8793992&RS=PN/8793992 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Google Assigned Patent for Firmware Verified Boot ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,812,854) developed by six co-inventors for a firmware verified boot. The co-inventors are Gaurav Shah, Mountain View, California, William Drewry, Austin, Texas, Randall Spangler, San Jose, California, Ryan Tabone, San Francisco, Sumit Gwalani, Sunnyvale, California, and Luigi Semenzato, Oakland, California. The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2010 (12/903,202). 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=8,812,854.PN.&OS=PN/8,812,854&RS=PN/8,812,854 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Chevron USA Assigned Patent for Offshore Export and Offloading of LPG ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Chevron USA, San Ramon, California, has been assigned a patent (8,800,607) developed by four co-inventors for a method and system "for offshore export and offloading of LPG." The co-inventors are Rick Marshall, Houston, Miguel Ruiz, Houston, Ahmed F. Omar, Katy, Texas, and Arif Shipchandler, Katy, Texas. The patent application was filed on June 4, 2010 (12/794,378). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8800607.PN.&OS=PN/8800607&RS=PN/8800607 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Network Communication Entity ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,811,302) developed by six co-inventors for network communication entity. The co-inventors are Arvind V. Santhanam, San Diego, Hamsini Bhaskaran, San Diego, Harleen K. Gill, San Diego, Mark A. Maggenti, San Diego, Beth A. Brewer, Canyon Lake, Texas, and Bongyong Song, San Diego. The patent application was filed on March 19, 2010 (12/727,986). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,11,302.PN.&OS=PN/88,11,302&RS=PN/88,11,302 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Applied Biosystems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Applied Biosystems, Carlsbad, California, has been assigned a patent (8,809,513) developed by three co-inventors for "[r]everse transcription primers and methods of design." The co-inventors are Xiaowei Wang, Austin, Texas, Xiaohui Wang, Austin, Texas, and Robert Setterquist, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on Aug. 22, 2012 (13/592,278). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8809513.PN.&OS=PN/8809513&RS=PN/8809513 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Wireless Seismic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Wireless Seismic, Grass Valley, California, has been assigned a patent (8,811,117) developed by seven co-inventors for a "wireless exploration seismic system." The co-inventors are Keith Elder, Richmond, Texas, Steven Kooper, Richmond, Texas, Kevin Rose, Santa Fe, Texas, Calvin Day, Lake Jackson, Texas, David Elam, Richmond, Texas, Kip Ingram, Katy, Texas, and Douglas B. Crice, Grass Valley, California. The patent application was filed on July 5, 2012 (13/541,928). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,11,117.PN.&OS=PN/88,11,117&RS=PN/88,11,117 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1173483 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |