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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Maryland (Sept. 18)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Maryland. *** University of Maryland College Park Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland and Samsung Electronics, Suwon-si, Korea, have been assigned a patent (8,838,103) developed by five co-inventors for a method "for performing handoff in wireless network." The co-inventors are In-Sun Lee, Seoul, Kyung-Hun Jang, Suwon-si, Korea, Min-Ho Shin, Laurel, Maryland, William Albert Arbaugh, Ellicott City, Maryland, and Arunesh Mishra, Greenbelt, Maryland. The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2003 (10/703,516). 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=8838103.PN.&OS=PN/8838103&RS=PN/8838103 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** iBiquity Digital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept 18 -- iBiquity Digital, Columbia, Maryland, has been assigned a patent (8,817,917) developed by two co-inventors for a method and apparatus"for implementing signal quality metrics and antenna diversity switching control." The co-inventors are Paul J. Peyla, Elkridge, Maryland, and Brian W. Kroeger, Sykesville, Maryland. The patent application was filed on June 21, 2011 (13/165,325). 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=8817917.PN.&OS=PN/8817917&RS=PN/8817917 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Conditional Write Processing for Cache Structure of Coupling Facility ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,838,888) developed by six co-inventors for "conditional write processing for a cache structure of a coupling facility." The co-inventors are Riaz Ahmad, Gaithersburg, Maryland, David A. Elko, Austin, Texas, Jeffrey W. Josten, San Jose, California, Georgette Kurdt, Wappingers Falls, New York, Scott F. Schiffer, Poughkeepsie, New York, and David H. Surman, Milton, New York. The patent application was filed on March 19, 2012 (13/423,640). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,838,888.PN.&OS=PN/8,838,888&RS=PN/8,838,888 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Columbia University in the City of New York Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,835,617) developed by Jeremy Luban, New York, and Martha Neagu, Gaithersburg, Maryland, for "polynucleotides encoding a human TRIM-Cyp fusion polypeptide, compositions thereof, and methods of using same." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2009 (13/128,143). 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=88,35,617.PN.&OS=PN/88,35,617&RS=PN/88,35,617 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** WEMTEC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept 18 -- WEMTEC, Fulton, Maryland, has been assigned a patent (8,816,798) developed by William E. McKinzie III, Fulton, Maryland, for an apparatus and method "for electromagnetic mode suppression in microwave and millimeterwave packages." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2010 (12/711,923). 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=8816798.PN.&OS=PN/8816798&RS=PN/8816798 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Ciena Assigned Patent for Photonic Link Information Collection ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept 18 -- Ciena, Hanover, Maryland, has been assigned a patent (8,818,198) developed by five co-inventors for "[p]hotonic link information collection and advertisement systems and methods." The co-inventors are Lyndon Y. Ong, Sunnyvale, California, Marian Trnkus, Chevy Chase, Maryland, Loudon T. Blair, Severna Park, Maryland, Anurag Prakash, Noida, India, and Mohit Chhillar, Delhi, India. The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2012 (13/399,276). 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=8818198.PN.&OS=PN/8818198&RS=PN/8818198 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Ciena Assigned Patent for High-Powered Optical Module ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept 18 -- Ciena, Hanover, Maryland, has been assigned a patent (8,817,245) developed by two co-inventors for "[h]igh-powered optical module safety systems and methods." The co-inventors are Jun Bao, Ellicott City, Maryland, and Jean-Luc Archambault, Severna Park, Maryland. The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2012 (13/593,212). 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=8817245.PN.&OS=PN/8817245&RS=PN/8817245 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Johns Hopkins University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept 18 -- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, has been assigned a patent (8,817,875) developed by two co-inventors for methods and systems "to encode and decode sequences of images." The co-inventors are Kenneth M. Fischer, New Market, Maryland, and David J. Orlin, Westminster, Maryland. The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2009 (12/540,740). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8817875.PN.&OS=PN/8817875&RS=PN/8817875 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Ciena Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept 18 -- Ciena, Hanover, Maryland, has been assigned a patent (8,818,206) developed by Michael Y. Frankel, Baltimore, for "[e]lectrical domain suppression of linear crosstalk in optical communication systems." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2009 (12/490,606). 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=8818206.PN.&OS=PN/8818206&RS=PN/8818206 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Johns Hopkins University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept 18 -- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, has been assigned a patent (8,817,927) developed by three co-inventors for "[a]daptive interference canceller in a digital phase array." The co-inventors are Matthew D. Sharp, Elkridge, Maryland, Cesar A. Lugo, Rockville, Maryland, and Minhtri T. Ho, Rockville, Maryland. The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2012 (13/655,544). 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=8817927.PN.&OS=PN/8817927&RS=PN/8817927 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Data Design Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Data Design, Gaithersburg, Maryland, has been assigned a patent (8,838,873) developed by seven co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for data access by a reprogrammable circuit module." The co-inventors are John J. Giganti, Damascus, Maryland, Andrew Huo, Rockville, Maryland, Richard A. Baum, Rockville, Maryland, John M. Cavallo, Beltsville, Maryland, Timothy P. Bresnan, Finksburg, Maryland, Charles A. Moses, West Friendship, Maryland, and Madhu Siddalingaiah, Clarksburg, Maryland. The patent application was filed on June 25, 2012 (13/532,319). 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=8838873.PN.&OS=PN/8838873&RS=PN/8838873 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** University of North Carolina, Department of Health and Human Services, Progeria Research Foundation, University of Michigan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, Progeria Research Foundation, Peabody, Massachusetts, and Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, have been assigned a patent (8,828,356) developed by seven co-inventors for "farnesyltransferase inhibitors for treatment of laminopathies, cellular aging and atherosclerosis." The co-inventors are Michael W. Glynn, Darien, Connecticut, Francis S. Collins, Rockville, Maryland, Leslie B. Gordon, Foxboro, Massachusetts, Thomas Glover, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Channing J. Der, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Adrienne D. Cox, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Brian C. Capell, Philadelphia. The patent application was filed on April 4, 2013 (13/857,052). 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=8828356.PN.&OS=PN/8828356&RS=PN/8828356 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Johns Hopkins University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, has been assigned a patent (8,838,201) developed by four co-inventors for a "non-invasive imaging system." The co-inventors are Susumu Mori, Ellicott City, Maryland, Andreia V. Faria, Columbia, Maryland, Michael I. Miller, Towson, Maryland, and Kenichi Oishi, Lutherville Timonium, Maryland. The patent application was filed on June 22, 2011 (13/703,859). 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=8838201.PN.&OS=PN/8838201&RS=PN/8838201 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** WellDoc Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- WellDoc, Baltimore, has been assigned a patent (8,838,513) developed by Bharath Sudharsan, Baltimore, for systems and methods "for providing an Adaptive Analytical Behavioral and Health Assistant." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2012 (13/428,763). 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=8838513.PN.&OS=PN/8838513&RS=PN/8838513 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Dynamically Tracking User Interests Based on Personal Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,838,588) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for dynamically tracking user interests based on personal information." The co-inventors are Joann Ruvolo, San Jose, California, Stefan Bengt Edlund, San Jose, California, Vikas Krishna, San Jose, California, Justin Thomas Lessler, Baltimore, and Carl J. Kraenzel, Boston. The patent application was filed on March 30, 2005 (11/094,031). 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=8,838,588.PN.&OS=PN/8,838,588&RS=PN/8,838,588 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** TeleCommunication Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept 18 -- TeleCommunication Systems, Annapolis, Maryland, has been assigned a patent (8,818,330) developed by two co-inventors for "[p]repaid short message services revenue capture." The co-inventors are Donghong Gao, Clarksville, Maryland, and Lewis Tuttle, Stevesville, Maryland. The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2013 (14/018,795). 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=8818330.PN.&OS=PN/8818330&RS=PN/8818330 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Symbol Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Symbol Technologies, Holtsville, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,836,512) developed by Wayne E. Shanks, Pasadena, Maryland, for self tuning RFID. The patent application was filed on July 28, 2008 (12/181,067). 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=88,36,512.PN.&OS=PN/88,36,512&RS=PN/88,36,512 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent for Labeled Molecular Imaging Agents, Methods of Making and Methods of Use ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- General Electric, Schenectady, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,834,839) developed by seven co-inventors for the "labeled molecular imaging agents, methods of making and methods of use." The co-inventors are Paul Schaffer, Richmond, Canada, Brian Duh-Lan Lee, Rexford, New York, Kande Kankanamalage Dayarathna Amarasinghe, Ellicott City, Maryland, Faisal Ahmed Syud, Clifton Park, New York, Rong Zhang, Niskayuna, New York, Jack Mathew Webster, Niskayuna, New York, and Jennifer Lynne Huntington, Saratoga Springs, New York. The patent application was filed on April 27, 2009 (12/430,573). 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=8,834,839.PN.&OS=PN/8,834,839&RS=PN/8,834,839 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Integrated Circuits and Methods for Fabricating Integrated Circuits ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, and GlobalFoundries, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, have been assigned a patent (8,835,244) developed by Ruilong Xie, Niskayuna, New York, Chanro Park, Clifton Park, New York, and Shom Ponoth, Gaithersburg, Maryland, for "integrated circuits and methods for fabricating integrated circuits having metal gate electrodes." The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2013 (13/773,397). 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=88,35,244.PN.&OS=PN/88,35,244&RS=PN/88,35,244 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Weinberg Medical Physics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept 18 -- Weinberg Medical Physics, Bethesda, Maryland, has been assigned a patent (8,816,287) developed by three co-inventors for structures "for radiation detection and energy conversion using quantum dots." The co-inventors are Irving N. Weinberg, Bethesda, Maryland, Mario G. Urdaneta, Berwyn Heights, Maryland, and Pavel Stepanov, North Potomac, Maryland. The patent application was filed on July 11, 2011 (13/179,681). 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=8816287.PN.&OS=PN/8816287&RS=PN/8816287 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,838,510) developed by Aaron K. Baughman, Silver Spring, Maryland, Michael Perlitz, Ashburn, Virginia, and Stefan A.G. Van Der Stockt, Johannesburg, South Africa, for "choosing pattern recognition algorithms and data features using a genetic algorithm." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2011 (13/234,234). 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=88,38,510.PN.&OS=PN/88,38,510&RS=PN/88,38,510 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. -1176000 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |