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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Sept. 5)
[September 05, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Sept. 5)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** Lam Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Lam Research, Fremont, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,639) developed by Anthony J. Ricci, Sunnyvale, California, Keith Comendant, Fremont, California, and James Tappan, Fremont, California, for an "apparatus for spatial and temporal control of temperature on a substrate." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2011 (13/235,961). 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=88,21,639.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,639&RS=PN/88,21,639 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.



*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Mobile Device Workload Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,731) developed by four co-inventors for a "mobile device workload management for cloud computing using SIP and presence to control workload and method thereof." The co-inventors are Sandeep R. Patil, Somers, New York, Sri Ramanathan, Lutz, Florida, Susan L. Sylvia, El Dorado Hills, California, and Matthew B. Trevathan, Kennesaw, Georgia.

The patent application was filed on May 18, 2010 (12/782,142). 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=8,825,731.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,731&RS=PN/8,825,731 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.


*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,259) developed by four co-inventors for "methods for enhancing light absorption during PV applications." The co-inventors are Kaushal K. Singh, Santa Clara, California, Robert Visser, Menlo Park, California, Vijay Parihar, Fremont, California, and Randhir P.S. Thakur, Fremont, California.

The patent application was filed on April 15, 2011 (13/087,823). 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=8,822,259.PN.&OS=PN/8,822,259&RS=PN/8,822,259 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intermolecular Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Intermolecular, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,795) developed by six co-inventors for a "combinatorial screening method and apparatus." The co-inventors are Imran Hashim, Saratoga, California, Sandra Malhotra, San Jose, California, Ryan Clarke, San Jose, California, Sunil Shanker, Santa Clara, California, Yun Wang, San Jose, California, and Yoram Schwarz, Santa Clara, California.

The patent application was filed on July 16, 2009 (12/504,232). 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=88,21,795.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,795&RS=PN/88,21,795 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Mobile Device Workload Management for Cloud Computing Using SIP and Presence to Control Workload and Method Thereof ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,733) developed by four co-inventors for "mobile device workload management for cloud computing using SIP and presence to control workload and method thereof." The co-inventors are Sandeep R. Patil, Vimannagar, India, Sri Ramanathan, Lutz, Florida, Susan L. Sylvia, El Dorado Hills, California, and Matthew B. Trevathan, Kennesaw, Georgia.

The patent application was filed on June 6, 2012 (13/489,846). 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=8,825,733.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,733&RS=PN/8,825,733 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** National Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,266) developed by four co-inventors for an integrated circuit micro-module. The co-inventors are Peter Smeys, Mountain View, California, Peter Johnson, Sunnyvale, California, Peter Deane, Moss Beach, California, and Reda R. Razouk, Sunnyvale, California.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2011 (13/013,563). 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=88,22,266.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,266&RS=PN/88,22,266 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ultratech Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Ultratech, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,353) developed by Serguei Anikitchev, Belmont, California, James T. McWhirter, San Jose, California, and Joseph E. Gortych, Sarasota, Florida, for "systems and methods for forming a time-averaged line image." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2011 (13/199,016). 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=88,22,353.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,353&RS=PN/88,22,353 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,438) developed by Kevin J. Ehrenreich, San Francisco, and Jesus Magana, Redwood City, California, for a "catheter system having a fluid circuit." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2010 (12/771,968). 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=88,21,438.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,438&RS=PN/88,21,438 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** BAROnova Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- BAROnova, Goleta, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,521) developed by Daniel R. Burnett, San Francisco, for a "gastro-intestinal device and method for treating addiction." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2007 (11/702,888). 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=88,21,521.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,521&RS=PN/88,21,521 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- The University of California, Oakland, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,884) developed by Theo N. Kirkland III, La Jolla, California, and Sunganya Viriyakosol, San Diego, for "compositions and methods using MD-2 mutants and chimeric proteins." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2005 (11/572,799). 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=88,21,884.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,884&RS=PN/88,21,884 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Stanford University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,583) developed by five co-inventors for "interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel." The co-inventors are David Myung, Santa Clara, California, Laura Hartmann, San Francisco, Jean Noolandi, Palo Alto, California, Christopher N. Ta, Saratoga, California, and Curtis W. Frank, Cupertino, California.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2008 (12/070,336). 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=88,21,583.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,583&RS=PN/88,21,583 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,314) developed by six co-inventors for a "method of growing epitaxial layers on a substrate." The co-inventors are Christopher L. Chua, San Jose, California, Mark R. Teepe, Menlo Park, California, Thomas Wunderer, Palo Alto, California, Zhihong Yang, San Jose, California, Noble M. Johnson, Menlo Park, California, and Clifford Knollenberg, San Bruno, California.

The patent application was filed on June 14, 2012 (13/523,670). 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=88,22,314.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,314&RS=PN/88,22,314 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,473) developed by eight co-inventors for "methods and compositions to treat myocardial conditions." The co-inventors are Eugene T. Michal, San Francisco, Evgenia Mandrusov, Campbell, California, Charles D. Claude, Santa Clara, California, Ni Ding, San Jose, California, Murthy Simhambhatla, San Jose, California, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy, Fremont, California, Srinivasan Sridharan, Morgan Hill, California, and Paul Consigny, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2009 (12/632,612). 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=88,21,473.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,473&RS=PN/88,21,473 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,792) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system for managing treatment of a particular health condition." The co-inventors are Steven Drucker, Oakland, California, Charles T. Liamos, Pleasanton, California, Fredric C. Colman, Oakland, California, W. Mark Lortz, Pleasanton, California, Kelley Lipman, Livermore, California, Feng Jiang, Union City, California, and Henrik Bacho, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2013 (14/022,154). 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=88,21,792.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,792&RS=PN/88,21,792 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Methods of Directed Self-assembly and Layered Structures Formed ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,821,978) developed by nine co-inventors for "methods of directed self-assembly and layered structures formed therefrom." The co-inventors are Joy Cheng, San Jose, California, William D. Hinsberg, Fremont, California, Hiroshi Ito, San Jose, California, Ho-Cheol Kim, San Jose, California, Young-Hye Na, San Jose, California, Daniel Paul Sanders, San Jose, California, Linda Karin Sundberg, Los Gatos, California, Hoa D. Truong, San Jose, California, and Gregory Michael Wallraff, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2009 (12/641,959). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,21,978.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,978&RS=PN/88,21,978 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lawrence Livermore National Security Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Lawrence Livermore National Security, Livermore, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,860) developed by four co-inventors for "targeted antimicrobials and related compositions, methods and systems." The co-inventors are Paul J. Jackson, Livermore, California, Brian E. Souza, Livermore, California, Feliza A. Bourguet, Livermore, California, and Matthew A. Coleman, Oakland, California.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2010 (12/852,358). 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=88,21,860.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,860&RS=PN/88,21,860 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Allergan Assigned Patent for Method for Treating Atrophic Age Related Macular Degeneration ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Allergan, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,870) developed by five co-inventors for a "method for treating atrophic age related macular degeneration." The co-inventors are Michael R. Robinson, Irvine, California, Wendy M. Blanda, Tustin, California, Patrick M. Hughes, Aliso Viejo, California, James A. Burke, Santa Ana, California, and Scott M. Whitcup, Laguna Hills, California.

The patent application was filed on July 18, 2008 (12/176,238). 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=88,21,870.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,870&RS=PN/88,21,870 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Bloom Energy Assigned Patent for Fuel Cell System Operated on Liquid Fuels ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale, California, has assigned a patent (8,822,094) developed by Swaminathan Venkataraman, Cupertino, California, Arne Watson Ballantine, Menlo Park, California, and David Weingaertner, Sunnyvale, California, for "fuel cell system operated on liquid fuels." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2007 (11/730,540). 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=8822094.PN.&OS=PN/8822094&RS=PN/8822094 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Client and Database Problem Determination and Monitoring ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,634) developed by six co-inventors for "client and database problem determination and monitoring." The co-inventors are Stephen Andrew Brodsky, Los Gatos, California, Zeus Orion Courtois, San Jose, California, Anshul Dawra, San Jose, California, Tom William Jacopi, San Jose, California, Tony Kai-chi Leung, San Jose, California, and Sonali Surange, San Rafael, California.

The patent application was filed on March 6, 2013 (13/787,189). 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=8,825,634.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,634&RS=PN/8,825,634 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Invensense Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Invensense, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,252) developed by five co-inventors for an "internal electrical contact for enclosed MEMS devices." The co-inventors are Kegang Huang, Fremont, California, Jongwoo Shin, Pleasanton, California, Martin Lim, San Mateo, California, Michael Julian Daneman, Campbell, California, and Joseph Seeger, Menlo Park, California.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2013 (14/033,366). 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=8,822,252.PN.&OS=PN/8,822,252&RS=PN/8,822,252 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Marrone Bio Innovations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Marrone Bio Innovations, Davis, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,193) developed by five co-inventors for an "isolated bacterial strain of the genus Burkholderia and pesticidal metabolites therefrom." The co-inventors are Ratnakar Asolkar, Davis, California, Marja Koivunen, Davis, California, Pamela Marrone, Davis, California, Ana Lucia Cordova-Krevlos, Davis, California, and Huazhang Huang, Durham, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 15, 2013 (13/843,971). 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=8,822,193.PN.&OS=PN/8,822,193&RS=PN/8,822,193 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ceterix Orthopaedics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Ceterix Orthopaedics, Menlo Park, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,518) developed by Justin D. Saliman, Los Angeles, and Erik Shahoian, Sonoma, California, for a "suture passing instrument and method." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2008 (12/291,159). 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=88,21,518.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,518&RS=PN/88,21,518 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Bioquiddity Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Bioquiddity, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,821,454) developed by six co-inventors for an "apparatus for dispensing medicinal fluids and method of making same." The co-inventors are Marshall S. Kriesel, St. Paul, Richard P. Watts, Morro Bay, California, Donald B. Bivin, Oakland, California, Phillip C. Trenholme, Santa Cruz, California, Joshua W. Kriesel, San Francisco, and Alan D. Langerud, Plymouth, Minnesota.

The patent application was filed on May 12, 2010 (12/800,356). 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=88,21,454.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,454&RS=PN/88,21,454 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lam Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Lam Research, Fremont, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,345) developed by Rajinder Dhindsa, San Jose, California, and Eric Lenz, Pleasanton, California, for an "apparatus including gas distribution member supplying process gas and radio frequency (RF) power for plasma processing." The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2012 (13/671,177). 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=88,22,345.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,345&RS=PN/88,22,345 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sienna Labs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Sienna Labs, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,821,941) developed by Todd James Harris, San Clemente, California, and Alice Ann Chen Kim, San Francisco, for a "hair removal with nanoparticles." The patent application was filed on Sept. 6, 2013 (14/020,481). 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=88,21,941.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,941&RS=PN/88,21,941 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Chevron USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Chevron USA, San Ramon, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,393) developed by Nathan Knotts, San Mateo, California, and Allan George Hee, Orinda, California, for a "lubricant for percussion equipment." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2011 (13/298,631). 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=88,22,393.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,393&RS=PN/88,22,393 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** MiCardia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- MiCardia, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,570) developed by eight co-inventors for an "adjustable annuloplasty ring with subcutaneous activation port." The co-inventors are Jeffrey P. DuMontelle, Irvine, California, Maurice Buchbinder, La Jolla, California, Samuel M. Shaolian, Newport Beach, California, Ninh H. Dang, Trabuco Canyon, California, Paul A. Molloy, San Clemente, California, Ross Tsukashima, San Diego, Brian C. Gray, Lake Forest, California, and Daniel C. Anderson, Pomona, California.

The patent application was filed on July 20, 2010 (13/386,331). 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=88,21,570.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,570&RS=PN/88,21,570 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, Elyria, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,823,799) developed by Andreas Kuehnle, Villa Park, California, and Cathy Boon, Orange, California, for a "method and system for evaluating brightness values in sensor images of image-evaluating adaptive cruise control systems, especially with respect to day/night distinction." The patent application was filed on May 20, 2013 (13/897,535). 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=8,823,799.PN.&OS=PN/8,823,799&RS=PN/8,823,799 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Corium International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Corium International, Menlo Park, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,446) developed by six co-inventors for applicators for microneedles. The co-inventors are Joseph C. Trautman, Sunnyvale, California, Robert Wade Worsham, Cupertino, California, Danir F. Bayramov, Sunnyvale, California, Danny Lee Bowers, Lake Odessa, Michigan, Steven Richard Klemm, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Parminder Singh, Union City, California.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2008 (12/009,954). 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=88,21,446.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,446&RS=PN/88,21,446 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Corium International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Corium International, Menlo Park, California, and A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Moscow, have been assigned a patent (8,821,901) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method of preparing polymeric adhesive compositions utilizing the mechanism of interaction between the polymer components." The co-inventors are Mikhail M. Feldstein, Moscow, Danir F. Bairamov, Moscow, Nicolai A. Plate, Moscow, Valery G. Kulichikhin, Moscow, Anatoly E. Chalykh, Moscow, Gary W. Cleary, Los Altos Hills, California, and Parminder Singh, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on April 5, 2010 (12/754,331). 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=88,21,901.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,901&RS=PN/88,21,901 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** IBIS Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- IBIS Medical, Redwood City, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,429) developed by Jaime Vargas, Redwood City, California, for the intragastric implant devices.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2009 (12/568,899). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,21,429.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,429&RS=PN/88,21,429 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,643) developed by seven co-inventors for "in-situ chamber cleaning for an RTP chamber." The co-inventors are Balasubramanian Ramachandran, Santa Clara, California, Tae Jung Kim, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Jung Hoon Sun, Kyung-Gi do, South Korea, Joung Woo Lee, Singapore, Hwa Joong Lim, Kyunggi-Do, South Korea, Sang Phil Lee, Kyounggi-Do, China, and Joseph M. Ranish, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2012 (13/674,737). 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=88,21,643.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,643&RS=PN/88,21,643 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** MetaBank Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- MetaBank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has been assigned a patent (8,818,887) developed by five co-inventors for computer-implemented methods, program product, and system "for micro-loan product management." The co-inventors are Rebecca Ahlers, Cincinnati, Eric Miller, San Mateo, California, Scott Galit, New York, Trent Sorbe, Brookings, South Dakota, and Troy Larson, Brandon, South Dakota.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2008 (12/338,684). 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=8818887.PN.&OS=PN/8818887&RS=PN/8818887 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Gilead Pharmasset Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Gilead Pharmasset, Foster City, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,430) developed by 29 co-inventors for antiviral compounds. The co-inventors are Elizabeth M. Bacon, Burlingame, California, Eda Canales, San Mateo, California, Aesop Cho, Mountain View, California, Jeromy J. Cottell, Redwood City, California, Manoj C. Desai, Pleasant Hill, California, Michael Graupe, Pacifica, California, Hongyan Guo, San Mateo, California, Randall L. Halcomb, Foster City, California, Darryl Kato, San Francisco, Choung U. Kim, San Carlos, California, Thorsten A. Kirschberg, Redwood City, California, Evan S. Krygowski, Belmont, California, Scott E. Lazerwith, San Francisco, John O. Link, San Francisco, Hongtao Liu, Foster City, California, Qi Liu, Union City, California, Richard L. Mackman, Millbrae, California, Michael L. Mitchell, Hayward, California, Jay P. Parrish, Redwood City, California, Hyung-Jung Pyun, Fremont, California, Joseph H. Saugier, Livermore, California, Scott D. Schroeder, Foster City, California, Jianyu Sun, Surrey, Canada, James G. Taylor, San Mateo, California, James D. Trenkle, Oakland, California, Winston C. Tse, Redwood City, California, Randall W. Vivian, San Mateo, California, William J. Watkins, Saratoga, California, and Lianhong Xu, Palo Alto, California.

The patent application was filed on July 31, 2013 (13/956,195). 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=88,22,430.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,430&RS=PN/88,22,430 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Abraxis BioScience Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Abraxis BioScience, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,821,836) developed by Vuong Trieu, Agoura Hills, California, for "SPARC binding peptides and uses thereof." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2013 (13/896,973). 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=88,21,836.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,836&RS=PN/88,21,836 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intermolecular Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Intermolecular, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,346) developed by Kurt Weiner, San Jose, California, for a "method and apparatus for self-aligned layer removal." The patent application was filed on June 10, 2008 (12/136,184). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,22,346.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,346&RS=PN/88,22,346 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ganeden Biotech Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Ganeden Biotech, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,821,854) developed by Sean Farmer, La Jolla, California, and Andrew R. Lefkowitz, La Jolla, California, for "methods for inhibiting microbial infections associated with sanitary products and for enhancing sanitary product degradation." The patent application was filed on April 10, 2006 (11/401,701). 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=8,821,854.PN.&OS=PN/8,821,854&RS=PN/8,821,854 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Safety Syringes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Safety Syringes, Carlsbad, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,453) developed by four co-inventors for a "folding panel needle guard." The co-inventors are Mark Christopher Doyle, Del Mar, California, Philip E. Dowds, San Diego, James M. Verespej, San Marcos, California, and Frederic P. Field, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on July 25, 2011 (13/189,704). 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=88,21,453.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,453&RS=PN/88,21,453 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Santarus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Santarus, Raleigh, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,815,916) developed by two co-inventors for "[p]harmaceutical formulations useful for inhibiting acid secretion and methods for making and using them." The co-inventors are Warren Hall, Del Mar, California, Gerald T. Proehl, San Diego, and Kay Olmstead, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2005 (11/287,888). 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=8815916.PN.&OS=PN/8815916&RS=PN/8815916 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Intermolecular Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Intermolecular, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,313) developed by Chi-I Lang, Cupertino, California, and Sandip Niyogi, San Jose, California, for "surface treatment methods and systems for substrate processing." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2012 (13/722,820). 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=88,22,313.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,313&RS=PN/88,22,313 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Vishay-Siliconix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Vishay-Siliconix, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,273) developed by Frank Kuo, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and Suresh Belani, Los Altos, California, for a "dual lead frame semiconductor package and method of manufacture." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2011 (13/229,667). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,22,273.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,273&RS=PN/88,22,273 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Escape Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Escape Therapeutics, East Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,215) developed by Basil M. Hantash, East Palo Alto, California, for the "differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into fibroblasts, compositions comprising mesenchymal stem cell-derived fibroblasts, and methods of using the same." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2012 (13/725,472). 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=8,822,215.PN.&OS=PN/8,822,215&RS=PN/8,822,215 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,799) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system implementing spatially modulated excitation or emission for particle characterization with enhanced sensitivity." The co-inventors are Michael Bassler, Menlo Park, California, Peter Kiesel, Palo Alto, California, Oliver Schmidt, Palo Alto, California, and Noble M. Johnson, Menlo Park, California.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2007 (11/698,409). 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=88,21,799.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,799&RS=PN/88,21,799 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,637) developed by 10 co-inventors for "temperature controlled lid assembly for tungsten nitride deposition." The co-inventors are Avgerinos V. Gelatos, Redwood City, California, Sang-Hyeob Lee, Fremont, California, Xiaoxiong Yuan, San Jose, California, Salvador P. Umotoy, Antioch, California, Yu Chang, San Jose, California, Gwo-Chuan Tzu, Sunnyvale, California, Emily Renuart, Santa Clara, California, Jing Lin, Mountain View, California, Wing-Cheong Lai, Santa Clara, California, and Sang Q. Le, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2008 (12/021,825). 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=88,21,637.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,637&RS=PN/88,21,637 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** California Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,856) developed by David Baltimore, Pasadena, California, Pin Wang, Pasadena, California, and Lili Yang, Pasadena, California, for a "method of targeted gene delivery using viral vectors." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2011 (13/041,115). 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=88,21,856.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,856&RS=PN/88,21,856 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of Southern California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,822,042) developed by Mark E. Thompson, Anaheim, California, Alberto Bossi, Gallorate, Italy, and Peter Ivan Djurovich, Los Angeles, for "luminescent cyclometallated iridium(III) complexes having acetylide ligands." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2011 (13/161,296). 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=8822042.PN.&OS=PN/8822042&RS=PN/8822042 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,300) developed by five co-inventors for a "low capacitance transient voltage suppressor (TVS) with reduced clamping voltage." The co-inventors are Lingpeng Guan, San Jose, California, Madhur Bobde, Sunnyvale, California, Anup Bhalla, Santa Clara, California, Jun Hu, San Bruno, California, and Wayne F. Eng, Danville, California.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2014 (14/157,416). 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=88,22,300.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,300&RS=PN/88,22,300 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Xoma Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Xoma Technology, Berkeley, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,879) developed by Susan Joyce Babuka, Berkeley, California, and Mingxiang Li, Berkeley, California, for anti-botulism antibody coformulations.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2010 (12/875,065). 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=88,21,879.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,879&RS=PN/88,21,879 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Butterfly Health Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Butterfly Health, Los Gatos, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,466) developed by four co-inventors for "devices and methods for treating accidental bowel leakage." The co-inventors are Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Los Gatos, California, Karl Patrick Ronn, Palo Alto, California, Kelly Lewis Brezoczky, Los Gatos, California, Elizabeth Hodge Ronn, Palo Alto, California, and Steven B. Gold, Longboat Key, Florida.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2013 (14/089,578). 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=88,21,466.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,466&RS=PN/88,21,466 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ibis Biosciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Ibis Biosciences, Carlsbad, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,156) developed by nine co-inventors for "methods for rapid identification of pathogens in humans and animals." The co-inventors are David J. Ecker, Encinitas, California, Richard H. Griffey, Vista, California, Rangarajan Sampath, San Diego, Steven A. Hofstadler, Oceanside, California, John McNeil, La Jolla, California, Stanley T. Crooke, Carlsbad, California, Lawrence B. Blyn, Mission Viejo, California, Raymond Ranken, Encinitas, California, and Thomas A. Hall, Oceanside, California.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2011 (13/243,960). 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=8822156.PN.&OS=PN/8822156&RS=PN/8822156 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intermolecular Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Intermolecular, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,987) developed by four co-inventors for "combinatorial processing using a remote plasma source." The co-inventors are Sunil Shanker, Santa Clara, California, Tony P. Chiang, Campbell, California, Chi-I Lang, Cupertino, California, and Sandip Niyogi, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2012 (13/717,478). 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=8821987.PN.&OS=PN/8821987&RS=PN/8821987 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Disney Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Disney Enterprises, Burbank, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,781) developed by Gilles J. Martin, North Hollywood, California, for "fabricating objects with integral and contoured rear projection." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2011 (13/166,983). 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=88,21,781.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,781&RS=PN/88,21,781 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Endologix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Endologix, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,564) developed by Stefan Schreck, Fallbrook, California, and Daniel Hawkins, Coto De Caza, California, for a stent graft.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2012 (13/397,952). 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=88,21,564.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,564&RS=PN/88,21,564 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,493) developed by four co-inventors for "SNS-595 and methods of using the same." The co-inventors are Michelle Arkin, San Francisco, Jennifer Hyde, San Francisco, Duncan Walker, Moss Beach, California, and Jasmin Wright, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on March 11, 2013 (13/794,583). 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=8,822,493.PN.&OS=PN/8,822,493&RS=PN/8,822,493 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Janssen Oncology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Janssen Oncology, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,822,438) developed by Alan H. Auerbach, Hermosa Beach, California, and Arie S. Belldegrum, Los Angeles, for "methods and compositions for treating cancer." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2011 (13/034,340). 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=88,22,438.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,438&RS=PN/88,22,438 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Avogy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Avogy, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,311) developed by five co-inventors for a "method of fabricating a GaN P-i-N diode using implantation." The co-inventors are Isik C. Kizilyalli, San Francisco, Hui Nie, Cupertino, California, Andrew P. Edwards, San Jose, California, Richard J. Brown, Los Gatos, California, and Donald R. Disney, Cupertino, California.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2011 (13/335,329). 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=88,22,311.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,311&RS=PN/88,22,311 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** SunPower Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- SunPower, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,262) developed by Paul Loscutoff, Castro Valley, California, Steve Molesa, San Jose, California, and Taeseok Kim, Pleasanton, California, for "fabricating solar cells with silicon nanoparticles." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2011 (13/335,550). 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=88,22,262.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,262&RS=PN/88,22,262 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amgen Fremont, Pfizer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Amgen Fremont, Thousand Oaks, California, and Pfizer, New York, have been assigned a patent (8,821,869) developed by seven co-inventors for "treatment methods using c-Met antibodies." The co-inventors are Neil R. Michaud, Pawcatuck, Connecticut, Shama Kajiji, Mystic, Connecticut, Gary Borzillo, Old Lyme, Connecticut, Vahe Bedian, Framingham, Massachusetts, Kevin G. Coleman, Old Lyme, Connecticut, Larry L. Green, San Francisco, and Xiao-Chi Jia, Los Angeles.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2013 (14/056,716). 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=88,21,869.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,869&RS=PN/88,21,869 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amgen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Amgen, Thousand Oaks, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,485) developed by nine co-inventors for "amino heteroaryl compounds as beta-secretase modulators and methods of use." The co-inventors are Nick A. Paras, San Francisco, Yuan Cheng, Newbury Park, California, Timothy Powers, Malibu, California, James Brown, Moorpark, California, Stephen A. Hitchcock, Jupiter, Florida, Ted Judd, Simi Valley, California, Patricia Lopez, West Hills, California, Qiufen Xue, Newbury Park, California, and Bryant Yang, Simi Valley, California.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2010 (13/511,360). 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=8,822,485.PN.&OS=PN/8,822,485&RS=PN/8,822,485 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Corning Assigned Patent for Phosphor Containing Glass Frit Materials ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Corning, Corning, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,032) developed by four co-inventors for "phosphor containing glass frit materials for LED lighting applications." The co-inventors are Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Elmira, New York, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Painted Post, New York, Robert Michael Morena, Lindley, New York, and William R. Trutna, Atherton, California.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2011 (13/281,671). 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=88,22,032.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,032&RS=PN/88,22,032 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Chevron USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Chevron USA, San Ramon, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,805) developed by four co-inventors for a "process unit with improved reactant feeding for the production of alkylate gasoline." The co-inventors are Huping Luo, Richmond, California, Moinuddin Ahmed, Hercules, California, Krishniah Parimi, Alamo, California, and Bong-Kyu Chang, Novato, California.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2012 (13/611,937). 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=88,21,805.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,805&RS=PN/88,21,805 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** J.J. Acquisition Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- J.J. Acquisition, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,821,421) developed by four co-inventors for a "massage device with flexible substructure." The co-inventors are Ethan F. Imboden, San Francisco, Yves Behar, San Francisco, Josh Morenstein, San Francisco, and Jeff Wyatt, Bozeman, Montana.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2010 (12/868,498). 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=88,21,421.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,421&RS=PN/88,21,421 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Children's Hospital and Research Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Children's Hospital and Research Center, Oakland, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,939) developed by Robert O. Ryan, El Cerrito, California, and Michael N. Oda, Fairfield, California, for "bioactive agent delivery particles." The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2012 (13/585,598). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,21,939.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,939&RS=PN/88,21,939 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Manutius IP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Manutius IP, Los Altos, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,243) developed by Li Yan, Pleasanton, California, Chao-kun Lin, San Jose, California, and Chih-Wei Chuang, Albany, California, for "light emitting devices having light coupling layers with recessed electrodes." The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2014 (14/155,090). 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=8,822,243.PN.&OS=PN/8,822,243&RS=PN/8,822,243 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Stion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Stion, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,964) developed by Jinman Huang, Fremont, California, and Howard W.H. Lee, Saratoga, California, for a "method for manufacture of semiconductor bearing thin film material." The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2012 (13/610,477). 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=88,21,964.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,964&RS=PN/88,21,964 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Advanced Bifurcation Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Advanced Bifurcation Systems, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,821,562) developed by Henry Bourang, Turlock, California, and Mehran Khorsandi, Los Angeles, for partially crimped stent.

The patent application was filed on March 24, 2011 (13/071,149). 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=88,21,562.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,562&RS=PN/88,21,562 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Masimo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Masimo, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,415) developed by Ammar Al-Ali, San Juan Capistrano, California, and Sung Uk Lee, Irvine, California, for a "physiological acoustic monitoring system." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2010 (12/905,036). 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=88,21,415.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,415&RS=PN/88,21,415 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,958) developed by Cameron K. Kerrigan, Burlingame, California, and Stephen D. Pacetti, San Jose, California, for a "method for electrostatic coating of a stent." The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2012 (13/600,125). 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=88,21,958.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,958&RS=PN/88,21,958 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Kambix Innovations Assigned Patent for Minimizing Flow Disturbances ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Kambix Innovations, Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been assigned a patent (8,814,057) developed by two co-inventors for methods "[m]inimizing flow disturbances in fluidic cells utilizing soft seals." The co-inventors are Kambiz Vafai, Mission Viejo, California, and Abdul Rahim A. Khaled, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The patent application was filed on March 3, 2011 (13/039,417). 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=8814057.PN.&OS=PN/8814057&RS=PN/8814057 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Bloom Energy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,101) developed by 11 co-inventors for "fuel cell mechanical components." The co-inventors are Gilbert Richards, San Jose, California, David Trevisan, San Jose, California, Michael Lee, Vancouver, Washington, Jessica Mahler, Mountain View, California, Ross Parker, Santa Clara, California, Alex Clarabut, Sunnyvale, California, Chad Pearson, Mountain View, California, Arne Ballantine, Palo Alto, California, David Weingaertner, Sunnyvale, California, Jason Hixson, San Jose, California, and Fred Mitlitsky, Livermore, California.

The patent application was filed on March 18, 2013 (13/845,685). 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=8822101.PN.&OS=PN/8822101&RS=PN/8822101 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Archiving Data in Database Management Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,604) developed by eight co-inventors for "archiving data in database management systems." The co-inventors are Oliver Draese, Holzgerlingen, Germany, Namik Hrle, Boeblingen, Germany, Claus Kempfert, Altdorf, Germany, Oliver Koeth, Stuttgart, Germany, Ruiping Li, Cupertino, California, Robert S. Muse, Decatur, Georgia, Knut Stolze, Jena, Germany, and Guogen Zhang, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2012 (13/630,288). 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=8,825,604.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,604&RS=PN/8,825,604 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hermes Innovations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Hermes Innovations, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,486) developed by Akos Toth, Cupertino, California, and Csaba Truckai, Saratoga, California, for "tissue ablation systems and methods." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2010 (12/944,466). 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=88,21,486.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,486&RS=PN/88,21,486 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Wintec Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Wintec Industries, Milpitas, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,238) developed by Kong-Chen Chen, San Jose, California, for an "apparatus and method for predetermined component placement to a target platform." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2011 (13/049,302). 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=8,822,238.PN.&OS=PN/8,822,238&RS=PN/8,822,238 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Samumed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Samumed, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,822,478) developed by John Hood, San Diego, David Mark Wallace, San Diego, and Sunil Kumar K.C., San Diego, for "indazole inhibitors of the WNT signal pathway and therapeutic uses thereof." The patent application was filed on July 18, 2012 (13/552,188). 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=8,822,478.PN.&OS=PN/8,822,478&RS=PN/8,822,478 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Vical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Vical, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,821,890) developed by six co-inventors for "influenza virus vaccine composition and methods of use." The co-inventors are Catherine J. Luke, Frederick, Maryland, Adrian Vilalta, San Diego, Mary K. Wloch, San Diego, Thomas G. Evans, San Diego, Andrew J. Geall, San Marcos, California, and Gretchen S. Jimenez, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 40, 2011 (13/250,508). 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=88,21,890.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,890&RS=PN/88,21,890 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Bank of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,818,868) developed by five co-inventors for a "[f]oreign currency solution." The co-inventors are Yvette Marie Bohanan, San Jose, California, Sherin Bahig Elwy, Wellesly, Massachusetts, Jennifer Moore Lucas, Charlotte, North Carolina, Jason Philip Typrin, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Elizabeth Barnes Faires, Gastonia, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 6, 2012 (13/413,207). 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=8818868.PN.&OS=PN/8818868&RS=PN/8818868 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,986) developed by four co-inventors for the "activated silicon precursors for low temperature deposition." The co-inventors are Timothy W. Weidman, Sunnyvale, California, Todd Schroeder, Toledo, Ohio, David Thompson, San Jose, California, and Jeffrey W. Anthis, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2012 (13/609,551). 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=8821986.PN.&OS=PN/8821986&RS=PN/8821986 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Danisco U.S. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Danisco U.S., Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,400) developed by six co-inventors for polyol oxidases. The co-inventors are Manoj Kumar, Fremont, California, Susan M. Madrid, South San Francisco, California, Hugh C. McDonald, Carlsbad, California, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Belmont, California, Thomas Rand, Brondby, Denmark, and Huaming Wang, Fremont, California.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2013 (13/745,541). 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=88,22,400.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,400&RS=PN/88,22,400 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Stanford University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,704) developed by Juan G. Santiago, Stanford, California, and Alexandre Persat, Metuchen, New Jersey, for the "control of chemical reactions using isotachophoresis." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2013 (13/764,376). 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=88,21,704.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,704&RS=PN/88,21,704 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Theranos Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Theranos, Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,167) developed by five co-inventors for "modular point-of-care devices, systems, and uses thereof." The co-inventors are Tammy Burd, San Jose, California, Ian Gibbons, Portola Valley, California, Elizabeth A. Holmes, Palo Alto, California, Gary Frenzel, Mountain View, California, and Anthony Joseph Nugent, Dublin, California.

The patent application was filed on May 8, 2013 (13/889,674). 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=88,22,167.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,167&RS=PN/88,22,167 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Selective Display of Past Instant Messages ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,778) developed by Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, Albert DeLucca, Wantagh, New York, and Soobaek Jang, Hamden, Connecticut, for the "selective display of past instant messages." The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2012 (13/352,519). 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=8,825,778.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,778&RS=PN/8,825,778 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cypress Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,349) developed by Jeong Soo Byun, Cupertino, California, and Krishnaswamy Ramkumar, San Jose, California, for "oxide formation in a plasma process." The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2012 (13/401,712). 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=88,22,349.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,349&RS=PN/88,22,349 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Broadcom, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,286) developed by Wei Xia, Irvine, California, Xiangdong Chen, Irvine, California, and Frank Hui, Irvine, California, for a "method of fabricating a flash memory comprising a high-K dielectric and a metal gate." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2013 (14/050,748). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,22,286.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,286&RS=PN/88,22,286 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Execution of Database Queries Including Filtering ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,616) developed by four co-inventors for the "execution of database queries including filtering." The co-inventors are Paul C. Huffman, Sharon, California, Kathy A. McKnight, Sharon, California, David C. Sharpe, Toronto, and Daniel C. Zilio, Toronto.

The patent application was filed on July 20, 2007 (11/780,777). 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=8,825,616.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,616&RS=PN/8,825,616 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Self-aligned III-V MOSFET Diffusion Regions and Silicide-like Alloy Contact ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,317) developed by five co-inventors for "self-aligned III-V MOSFET diffusion regions and silicide-like alloy contact." The co-inventors are Cheng-Wei Cheng, White Plains, New York, Augustin J. Hong, White Plains, New York, Jeehwan Kim, Los Angeles, Devendra K. Sadana, Pleasantville, New York, and Kuen-Ting Shiu, White Plains, New York.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2012 (13/603,739). 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=88,22,317.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,317&RS=PN/88,22,317 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Integrated Vascular Systems Assigned Patent fpr Clip Applier Having Improved Hemostasis and Methods of Use ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Integrated Vascular Systems, Redwood City, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,534) developed by Laveille Kao Voss, Belmont, California, for a "clip applier having improved hemostasis and methods of use." The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2010 (12/961,331). The full-text of the patent can be 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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