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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (Sept. 11)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Advanced Cardiovascular Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,828,433) developed by five co-inventors for "hydrogel bioscaffoldings and biomedical device coatings." The co-inventors are Charles Claude, Flagstaff, Arizona, Connie Kwok, Shoreline, Washington, Gene Michal, San Francisco, Jihong Qu, Maple Grove, Minnesota, and Sophia Liao, Irvine, California. The patent application was filed on April 19, 2005 (11/110,223). 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=8,828,433.PN.&OS=PN/8,828,433&RS=PN/8,828,433 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** TP Solar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- TP Solar, Paramount, California, has been assigned a patent (8,828,776) developed by Richard W. Parks, Port Angeles, Washington, Luis Alejandro Rey Garcia, Long Beach, California, and Peter G. Ragay, Anaheim, California, for "diffusion furnaces employing ultra low mass transport systems and methods of wafer rapid diffusion processing." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2012 (13/540,482). 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=88,28,776.PN.&OS=PN/88,28,776&RS=PN/88,28,776 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,829,264) developed by six co-inventors for "methods and compositions for RNA interference." The co-inventors are Gregory J. Hannon, Huntington, New York, Patrick Paddison, Seattle, Emily Bernstein, New York, Amy Caudy, Toronto, Douglas Conklin, Niskayuna, New York, and Scott Hammond, Pittsboro, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on June 18, 2012 (13/526,335). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,29,264.PN.&OS=PN/88,29,264&RS=PN/88,29,264 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Immunex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- Immunex, Thousand Oaks, California, has been assigned a patent (8,828,947) developed by Wayne Richard Gombotz, Kenmore, Washington, and Richard Louis Remmele Jr., Mountain View, California, for polypeptide formulation. The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2012 (13/401,496). 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=88,28,947.PN.&OS=PN/88,28,947&RS=PN/88,28,947 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Vical, University of Washington Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- Vical, San Diego, and the University of Washington, Seattle, have been assigned a patent (8,828,408) developed by four co-inventors for "compositions and methods for vaccinating against HSV-2." The co-inventors are Adrian Vilalta, San Diego, Michal Margalith, Solana Beach, California, Lichun Dong, Seattle, and David M. Koelle, Seattle. The patent application was filed on March 15, 2013 (13/843,176). 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=8,828,408.PN.&OS=PN/8,828,408&RS=PN/8,828,408 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** TP Solar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- TP Solar, Paramount, California, has been assigned a patent (8,829,396) developed by Luis Alejandro Rey Garcia, Long Beach, California, Richard W. Parks, Port Angeles, Washington, and Peter G. Ragay, Anaheim, California, for "finger drives for IR wafer processing equipment conveyors and lateral differential temperature profile methods." The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2011 (13/303,949). 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=88,29,396.PN.&OS=PN/88,29,396&RS=PN/88,29,396 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Asthmatx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- Asthmatx, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,828,945) developed by five co-inventors for the "inactivation of smooth muscle tissue." The co-inventors are Michael D. Laufer, Menlo Park, California, David C. Auth, Kirkland, Washington, Christopher J. Danek, Santa Clara, California, William J. Wizeman, Menlo Park, California, and Gary S. Kaplan, San Francisco. The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2011 (13/018,713). 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=88,28,945.PN.&OS=PN/88,28,945&RS=PN/88,28,945 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amgen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- Amgen, Thousand Oaks, California, has been assigned a patent (8,829,165) developed by eight co-inventors for "antigen binding proteins to proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9)." The co-inventors are Simon Mark Jackson, San Carlos, California, Nigel Pelham Clinton Walker, Burlingame, California, Derek Evan Piper, Santa Clara, California, Wenyan Shen, Palo Alto, California, Chadwick Terence King, North Vancouver, Canada, Randal Robert Ketchem, Snohomish, Washington, Christopher Mehlin, Seattle, and Teresa Arazas Carabeo, New York. The patent application was filed on April 10, 2013 (13/860,016). 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=88,29,165.PN.&OS=PN/88,29,165&RS=PN/88,29,165 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fluor Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- Fluor Technologies, Aliso Viejo, California, has been assigned a patent (8,827,139) developed by Christopher J. Obaditch, Corona del Mar, California, Glenn Grant, Benton City, Washington, and Charles Freman, Richland, Washington, for "friction stir welding using a sacrificial anvil." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2013 (13/968,230). 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=8,827,139.PN.&OS=PN/8,827,139&RS=PN/8,827,139 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** DePuy Synthes Products Assigned Patent for Spinal Fixation Element ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- DePuy Synthes Products, Raynham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,828,005) developed by four co-inventors for a "spinal fixation element." The co-inventors are Paul Birkmeyer, Marshfield, Massachusetts, Michael Zajack, Marshfield, Massachusetts, Ramon Alberto Ruberte, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Erasmo Lopez, Seattle. The patent was filed on May 11, 2009 (12/463,578). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8828005&OS=8828005&RS=8828005 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent for Fiber-Laser System Improvement ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, MD, has been assigned a patent (8,830,568) developed by two co-inventors for an apparatus, method and use "for improving and merging two existing techniques to enable high-power fiber-laser systems having excellent beam quality." The co-inventors are Matthias P. Savage-Leuchs, Woodinville, Washington, and Christian E. Dilley, Everett, Washington. The patent application was filed on April 12, 2011 (13/085,411). 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=8830568.PN.&OS=PN/8830568&RS=PN/8830568 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** TeleCommunication Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- TeleCommunication Systems, Annapolis, Maryland, has been assigned a patent (8,831,556) developed by seven co-inventors for a "unique global identifier header for minimizing prank emergency 911 calls." The co-inventors are Bhavesh Goswami, Seattle, Victor Burton, Seattle, Gerhard Geldenbott, Seattle, Salman Ali, Issaquah, Washington, Arpita Saha, Redmond, Washington, and Yi-Min Flora Chua, Issaquah, Washington, and Andy Hazzard, Seattle. The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2012 (13/632,313). 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=8831556.PN.&OS=PN/8831556&RS=PN/8831556 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Ciena Assigned Patent for Packet Switch Modeling ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- Ciena, Hanover, Maryland, has been assigned a patent (8,830,845) developed by two co-inventors for "packet switch modeling and using a packet switch model to test a packet switch." The co-inventors are Bruce T. Jorgens, Spokane, Washington, and Brian R. Town, Spokane, Washington. The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2008 (12/185,634). 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=8830845.PN.&OS=PN/8830845&RS=PN/8830845 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Synopsys Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 -- Synopsys, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,829,588) developed by Andrew E. Horch, Seattle, for "NVM bitcell with a replacement control gate and additional floating gate." The patent application was filed on July 26, 2011 (13/191,223). 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=8,829,588.PN.&OS=PN/8,829,588&RS=PN/8,829,588 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. 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