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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (Sept. 18)
[September 18, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (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 North Carolina.

*** University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,821,897) developed by two co-inventors for "viral adjuvants for enhancing an immune response to an immunogen." The co-inventors are Robert E. Johnston, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Joseph M. Thompson, Raleigh, North Carolina.



The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2010 (12/954,021). 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=8821897.PN.&OS=PN/8821897&RS=PN/8821897 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for Silicon Carbide Substrate Treatment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,822,315) developed by four co-inventors for methods of "treating a silicon carbide substrate for improved epitaxial deposition and resulting structures and devices." The co-inventors are Davis Andrew McClure, Cary, North Carolina, Alexander Suvorov, Durham, North Carolina, John Adam Edmond, Cary, North Carolina, and David Beardsley Slater Jr., Raleigh, North Carolina.


The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2004 (11/022,496). 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=8822315.PN.&OS=PN/8822315&RS=PN/8822315 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** North Carolina State University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,822,045) developed by three co-inventors for "[p]assivation of aluminum nitride substrates." The co-inventors are Ramon R. Collazo, Raleigh, North Carolina, Zlatko Sitar, Apex, North Carolina, and Rafael Dalmau, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 9, 2012 (13/416,182). 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=8822045.PN.&OS=PN/8822045&RS=PN/8822045 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Yukon Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- Yukon Medical, Morrisville, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,821,436) developed by four co-inventors for a "[d]ual container fluid transfer device." The co-inventors are Theodore J. Mosler, Raleigh, North Carolina, Bryan J. Peters, Raleigh, North Carolina, David L. Foshee, Apex, North Carolina, and Nathan R. Snell, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2010 (12/896,393). 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=8821436.PN.&OS=PN/8821436&RS=PN/8821436 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Argos Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- Argos Therapeutics, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,822,223) developed by three co-inventors for "[m]ature dendritic cell compositions and methods for culturing same." The co-inventors are Don Healey, Rougemont, North Carolina, Irina Tcherepanova, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Melissa Adams, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2005 (11/246,387). 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=8822223.PN.&OS=PN/8822223&RS=PN/8822223 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Duke University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,821,876) developed by six co-inventors for methods of "identifying infectious disease and assays for identifying infectious disease." The co-inventors are Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, Durham, North Carolina, Joseph Lucas, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Christopher W. Woods, Durham, North Carolina, Lawrence Carin, Durham, North Carolina, Aimee K. Zaas, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Alfred Hero, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The patent application was filed on May 26, 2010 (13/322,232). 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=8821876.PN.&OS=PN/8821876&RS=PN/8821876 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Assigned Patent for Jet Pump Restrainer Assembly Repair ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, Wilmington, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,819,911) developed by three co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for jet pump restrainer assembly repair." The co-inventors are Robin D. Sprague, Wilmington, North Carolina, Michael S. Defilippis, Wilmington, North Carolina, and Mark O. Lenz, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on March 30, 2009 (12/385,041). 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=8819911.PN.&OS=PN/8819911&RS=PN/8819911 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** International Textile Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- International Textile Group, Greensboro, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,819,866) developed by three co-inventors for "[f]lame resistant fabric and garments made therefrom." The co-inventors are Joey K. Underwood, Greenville, South Carolina, Jacques A. Cantin, Greenville, South Carolina, and Guy Connors Lucas, Charlotte, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 30, 2012 (13/436,081). 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=8819866.PN.&OS=PN/8819866&RS=PN/8819866 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,821,897) developed by two co-inventors for "viral adjuvants for enhancing an immune response to an immunogen." The co-inventors are Robert E. Johnston, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Joseph M. Thompson, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2010 (12/954,021). 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=8821897.PN.&OS=PN/8821897&RS=PN/8821897 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** BSH Home Appliances Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- BSH Home Appliances, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,836,257) developed by George Savitz, New Bern, North Carolina, for a "household appliance including a fan speed controller." The patent application was filed on Oct. 9, 2008 (12/248,417). 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=8,836,257.PN.&OS=PN/8,836,257&RS=PN/8,836,257 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, Wilmington, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,822,963) developed by two co-inventors for a "[v]apor forming apparatus, system and method for producing vapor from radioactive decay material." The co-inventors are Eric P. Loewen, Wilmington, North Carolina, and Jordan E. Hagaman, Wilmington, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2011 (13/340,145). 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=8822963.PN.&OS=PN/8822963&RS=PN/8822963 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** G1 Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- G1 Therapeutics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,822,683) developed by two co-inventors for "CDK inhibitors." The co-inventors are Francis X. Tavares, Durham, North Carolina, and Jay C. Strum, Hillsborough, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2014 (14/162,649). 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=8822683.PN.&OS=PN/8822683&RS=PN/8822683 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for Packaging Semiconductor Light Emitting Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,822,245) developed by Nicholas W. Medendorp Jr., Raleigh, North Carolina, for methods of "packaging a semiconductor light emitting device include providing a substrate having the semiconductor light emitting device on a front face thereof." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2012 (13/486,223). 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=8822245.PN.&OS=PN/8822245&RS=PN/8822245 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for Lighting Fixtures ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,820,971) developed by five co-inventors for "[d]ecorative and functional light-emitting device lighting fixtures." The co-inventors are Joshua J. Markle, Raleigh, North Carolina, Robert Higley, Cary, North Carolina, Shawn Keeney, Durham, North Carolina, Greg Bibee, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Donald G. Hirsh, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 31, 2010 (12/751,477). 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=8820971.PN.&OS=PN/8820971&RS=PN/8820971 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for Solid-State Lighting Apparatus ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,823,271) developed by two co-inventors for a "[s]olid-state lighting apparatus including an energy storage module for applying power to a light source element during low power intervals and methods of operating the same." The co-inventors are Antony P. van de Ven, Sai Kung, Hong Kong, and Liqin Ni, Morrisville, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2011 (13/338,095). 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=8823271.PN.&OS=PN/8823271&RS=PN/8823271 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Danamed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- Danamed, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,821,509) developed by Dana P. Piasecki, Charlotte, North Carolina, for a "[s]urgical instrument and method of using same." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2012 (13/662,475). 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=8821509.PN.&OS=PN/8821509&RS=PN/8821509 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for Semiconductor Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,823,057) developed by two co-inventors for "[s]emiconductor devices including implanted regions for providing low-resistance contact to buried layers and related devices." The co-inventors are Scott T. Sheppard, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Alexander V. Suvorov, Durham, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2006 (11/556,871). 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=8823057.PN.&OS=PN/8823057&RS=PN/8823057 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Remediating Resource Overload ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,839,243) developed by eight co-inventors for remediating resource overload. The co-inventors are Salman A. Baset, New York, Rafah A. Hosn, New York, Ruchi Mahindru, Elmsford, New York, Harigovind V. Ramasamy, Ossining, New York, Soumitra Sarkar, Cary, North Carolina, Chunqiang Tang, Ossining, New York, Norbert G. Vogl, Mahopac, New York, and Long Wang, White Plains, New York.

The patent application was filed on April 23, 2012 (13/453,019). 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=8,839,243.PN.&OS=PN/8,839,243&RS=PN/8,839,243 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Red Hat Assigned Patent for Managing Cloud Consumption ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,832,219) developed by Christopher Edwin Morgan, Raleigh, North Carolina, for a system and method "for managing cloud consumption." The patent application was filed on March 1, 2011 (13/037,359). 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=8832219.PN.&OS=PN/8832219&RS=PN/8832219 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Context Based Script Generation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,839,107) developed by Allen O. Corville, Morrisville, North Carolina, and Jian De Wang, Beijing, for a "context based script generation." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2008 (12/119,908). 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=8,839,107.PN.&OS=PN/8,839,107&RS=PN/8,839,107 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Salix Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Salix Pharmaceuticals, Raleigh, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,829,017) developed by two co-inventors for methods "of treating traveler's diarrhea and hepatic encephalopathy." The co-inventors are Enoch Bortey, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and William Forbes, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 31, 2011 (13/076,967). 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=8829017.PN.&OS=PN/8829017&RS=PN/8829017 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Hurricane Fabric Assigned Patent for Weather Protection System Clip ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Hurricane Fabric, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,833,034) developed by three co-inventors for a "weather protection systems clip." The co-inventors are Robert Gorman, Boca Raton, Florida, Yehuda Ozari, Belmont, North Carolina, and Aaron Feinberg, Belmont, North Carolina.

The patent was filed on July 9, 2012 (13/544,645). 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=8833034&OS=8833034&RS=8833034 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Management of Rotating Browser Content ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,839,096) developed by four co-inventors for the "management of rotating browser content." The co-inventors are James E. Bostick, Cedar Park, Texas, John M. Ganci Jr., Cary, North Carolina, John P. Kaemmerer, Pflugerville, Texas, and David S. Wenk, Byron Center, Michigan.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2009 (12/353,605). 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=8,839,096.PN.&OS=PN/8,839,096&RS=PN/8,839,096 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for LED Chip Submount ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,835,952) developed by four co-inventors for a "submount for mounting an LED chip." The co-inventors are Bernd P. Keller, Santa Barbara, California, Peter S. Andrews, Durham, North Carolina, Ban P. Loh, Durham, North Carolina, and Nicholas W. Medendorp Jr., Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent was filed on May 31, 2011 (13/149,197). 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=8835952&OS=8835952&RS=8835952 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin *** Advanced Liquid Logic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Advanced Liquid Logic, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,828,655) developed by four co-inventors for a method "of conducting a droplet based enzymatic assay." The co-inventors are Vamsee K. Pamula, Durham, North Carolina, Allen E. Eckhardt, Durham, North Carolina, Vijay Srinivasan, Durham, North Carolina, and Jeremy Rouse, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on April 15, 2013 (13/862,587). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8828655.PN.&OS=PN/8828655&RS=PN/8828655 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for High-Efficiency LED Lamp ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,833,980) developed by three co-inventors for a "high-efficiency LED lamp." The co-inventors are Gerald H. Negley, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Morrisville, North Carolina, and Mark Edmond, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on May 9, 2011 (13/103,303). 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=8833980.PN.&OS=PN/8833980&RS=PN/8833980 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Red Hat Assigned Patent for Providing Software Rescue Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,832,256) developed by three co-inventors for "[p]roviding a rescue environment in a software provisioning environment." The co-inventors are Adrian Karstan Likins, Durham, North Carolina, Seth Kelby Likins, Durham, North Carolina, and Michael Paul DeHaan, Morrisville, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2008 (12/325,007). 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=8832256.PN.&OS=PN/8832256&RS=PN/8832256 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** BSH Home Appliances Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- BSH Home Appliances, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,833,877) developed by Suad Elkasevic, Winterville, North Carolina, and George May, New Bern, North Carolina, for a "hinge assembly for domestic appliance." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2012 (13/470,535). 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=8,833,877.PN.&OS=PN/8,833,877&RS=PN/8,833,877 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** R.F. Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- R.F. Micro Devices, Greensboro, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,829,981) developed by two co-inventors for a "local voltage control for isolated transistor arrays." The co-inventors are Nathaniel Peachey, Oak Ridge, North Carolina, and Ralph Christopher Nieri, Summerfield, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on May 8, 2013 (13/889,583). 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=8829981.PN.&OS=PN/8829981&RS=PN/8829981 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Premitec Assigned Patent for Flexible Electronic Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Premitec, Raleigh, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,836,125) developed by two co-inventors for a "flexible electronic device." The co-inventors are Helmut Eckhardt, Cary, North Carolina, and Stefan Ufer, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent was filed on July 24, 2013 (13/950,118). 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=8836125&OS=8836125&RS=8836125 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Envicor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Envicor, Smithfield, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,831,413) developed by two co-inventors for a "[s]torage tank assembly and system for storing waste cooking oil." The co-inventors are Stephen Butts, Holly Springs, North Carolina, and Gary Steven Arnold, Smithfield, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 20, 2011 (13/009,912). 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=8831413.PN.&OS=PN/8831413&RS=PN/8831413 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Allen Innovations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Allen Innovations, Cary, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,832,949) developed by two co-inventors for apparatuses and methods "for squaring, positioning, and leveling a door frame." The co-inventors are James S. Ketcham, Garner, North Carolina, and Brian C. Allen, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 2, 2012 (13/410,750). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8832949.PN.&OS=PN/8832949&RS=PN/8832949 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,839,048) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for ranking analysis tools." The co-inventors are Diane C. Chalmers, Rochester, Minnesota, Nixon Cheaz, Cary, North Carolina, James Y. McVea Jr., Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and David M. Stecher, Durham, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 7, 2012 (13/413,993). 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=8,839,048.PN.&OS=PN/8,839,048&RS=PN/8,839,048 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for Modularized LED Lamp ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,836,231) developed by Everett Bradford, Durham, North Carolina, for a "modularized LED lamp." The patent was filed on Aug. 26, 2011 (13/218,557). 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=8836231&OS=8836231&RS=8836231 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Wake Forest University Assigned Patent for Spinal Cord Tissue Treatment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,834,520) developed by seven co-inventors for devices and methods "for treating damaged spinal cord tissue." The co-inventors are Jie Liu, Woodbury, Minnesota, William D. Wagner, Clemmons, North Carolina, Louis C. Argenta, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, David L. Carroll, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Nicole H. Levi, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Michael J. Morykwas, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Stephen Tatter, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The patent was filed on Oct. 9, 2008 (12/248,346). 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=8834520&OS=8834520&RS=8834520 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** InnerOptic Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- InnerOptic Technology, Hillsborough, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,831,310) developed by two co-inventors for systems and methods "for displaying guidance data based on updated deformable imaging data." The co-inventors are Sharif Razzaque, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Andrei State, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2012 (13/723,705). 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=8831310.PN.&OS=PN/8831310&RS=PN/8831310 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Greenology Products Assigned Patent for Organic Cleaning Composition ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Greenology Products, Raleigh, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,835,370) developed by two co-inventors for an "organic cleaning composition." The co-inventors are David Andrew Gordon, Lafayette, Louisiana, and Adam McCarthy, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent was filed on Oct. 4, 2013 (14/046,692). 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=8835370&OS=8835370&RS=8835370 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Battelle Memorial Institute Assigned Patent for Medical Implant Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,834,913) developed by six co-inventors for a "medical implant device." The co-inventors are Doug Taylor, Franklinton, North Carolina, James B. McClain, Raleigh, North Carolina, Clement R. Yonker, Kennewick, Washington, John L. Fulton, Richland, Washington, Barbara J. Tarasevich, Richland, Washington, and Wendy J. Shaw, Richland, Washington.

The patent was filed on Dec. 28, 2009 (12/648,106). 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=8834913&OS=8834913&RS=8834913 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Parata Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Parata Systems, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,833,604) developed by seven co-inventors for an apparatus "for dispensing solid articles includes a housing and a gate system." The co-inventors are Jennifer Ann Mauger, Durham, North Carolina, Dennis Vaders, Elkin, North Carolina, Edward Joseph Karwacki Jr., Garner, North Carolina, John Richard Sink, Raleigh, North Carolina, Bryan Patrick Farnsworth, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Daniel Gardiner, Wake Forest, North Carolina, and Jody DuMond, Fairfax, Virginia.

The patent application was filed on May 21, 2013 (13/899,375). 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=8833604.PN.&OS=PN/8833604&RS=PN/8833604 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Location Based Wireless Tower Caching ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,838,148) developed by five co-inventors for the "location based wireless tower caching." The co-inventors are Aaron K. Shook, Raleigh, North Carolina, Erik J. Burckart, Raleigh, North Carolina, Gennaro A. Cuomo, Cary, North Carolina, Andrew Ivory, Wake Forest, North Carolina, and Victor S. Moore, Lake City, Florida.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2012 (13/407,329). 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=88,38,148.PN.&OS=PN/88,38,148&RS=PN/88,38,148 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Protochips Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Protochips, Raleigh, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,829,469) developed by three co-inventors for an "electron microscope sample holder for forming a gas or liquid cell with two semiconductor devices." The co-inventors are John Damiano Jr., Apex, North Carolina, David P. Nackashi, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Stephen E. Mick, Weimar, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2011 (13/813,818). 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=8829469.PN.&OS=PN/8829469&RS=PN/8829469 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Ultra-Mek Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Ultra-Mek, Denton, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,833,845) developed by two co-inventors for a "reclining seating unit with high legs and T-shaped seat cushion." The co-inventors are D. Stephen Hoffman, High Point, North Carolina, and Marcus L. Murphy, Lexington, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2010 (12/827,208). 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=8833845.PN.&OS=PN/8833845&RS=PN/8833845 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dynamic Initial Cache Line Coherency State Assignment in Multi-processor Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,838,909) developed by four co-inventors for "dynamic initial cache line coherency state assignment in multi-processor systems." The co-inventors are Daniel J. Colglazier, Cary, North Carolina, Marcus L. Kornegay, Durham, North Carolina, Ngan N. Pham, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Cristian G. Rojas, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on July 9, 2007 (11/775,085). 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=8,838,909.PN.&OS=PN/8,838,909&RS=PN/8,838,909 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for Lighting Component with Independent DC-DC Converters ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,829,800) developed by Michael J. Harris, Cary, North Carolina, for a "lighting component with independent DC-DC converters." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2012 (13/606,713). 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=8829800.PN.&OS=PN/8829800&RS=PN/8829800 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Arranging Data Handling in a Computer-implemented System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,839,046) developed by James Gordon McLean, Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, Clifford Alan Pickover, Yorktown Heights, New York, and Daniel James Winarski, Tucson, Arizona, for "arranging data handling in a computer-implemented system in accordance with reliability ratings based on reverse predictive failure analysis in response to changes." The patent application was filed on July 10, 2012 (13/545,823). 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=8,839,046.PN.&OS=PN/8,839,046&RS=PN/8,839,046 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tekelec Assigned Patent for Communicating Calling Name Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Tekelec, Morrisville, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,831,200) developed by two co-inventors for systems, methods, and computer readable media "for communicating calling name information between signaling system 7 (SS7) and non-SS7 networks." The co-inventors are Amrit P. S. Wadhwa, Cary, North Carolina, and Peter J. Marsico, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2009 (12/534,754). 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=8831200.PN.&OS=PN/8831200&RS=PN/8831200 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Selecting Image or Video Files for Cloud Storage ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,839,392) developed by four co-inventors for "selecting image or video files for cloud storage." The co-inventors are Al Chakra, Apex, North Carolina, John A. Feller, Cary, North Carolina, Trudy L. Hewitt, Cary, North Carolina, and Francesco C. Schembari, Durham, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2013 (13/761,659). 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=8,839,392.PN.&OS=PN/8,839,392&RS=PN/8,839,392 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** SAS Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,832,015) developed by two co-inventors for "[f]ast binary rule extraction for large scale text data." The co-inventors are James Allen Cox, Cary, North Carolina, and Zheng Zhao, Cary, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2012 (13/624,052). 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=8832015.PN.&OS=PN/8832015&RS=PN/8832015 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** R.F. Micro Devices Assigned Patent for Electrostatic Discharge Power Supply Clamp ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- R.F. Micro Devices, Greensboro, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,830,767) developed by three co-inventors for an "electrostatic discharge power supply clamp with disablement latch." The co-inventors are Joseph Hubert Colles, Bonsall, California, Nathaniel Peachey, Oak Ridge, North Carolina, and Jeffrey D. Potts, Mocksville, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on June 28, 2013 (13/929,933). 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=8830767.PN.&OS=PN/8830767&RS=PN/8830767 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Duke University Assigned Patent for Anti-MRP3 Antibodies ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,835,608) developed by two co-inventors for an "anti-MRP3 antibodies and methods of use." The co-inventors are Chien-Tsun Kuan, Cary, North Carolina, and Darell D. Bigner, Mebane, North Carolina.

The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2007 (12/516,942). 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=8835608&OS=8835608&RS=8835608 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Bank of America Assigned Patent for ATM User's Identity Authentication ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,836,473) developed by Rustam N. Wadia, Charlotte, North Carolina, for systems and methods "for authenticating ATM user's identity." The patent was filed on April 5, 2012 (13/440,236). 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=8836473&OS=8836473&RS=8836473 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Duke University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,830,377) developed by two co-inventors for a "monocentric lens-based multi-scale imaging system." The co-inventors are Daniel Marks, Durham, North Carolina, and David Jones Brady, Durham, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on April 27, 2011 (13/095,407). 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=8830377.PN.&OS=PN/8830377&RS=PN/8830377 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Automated Viewable Selectable Change History Manipulation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,838,557) developed by four co-inventors for an "automated viewable selectable change history manipulation." The co-inventors are Kulvir S. Bhogal, Pflugerville, Texas, Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, Texas, and Frank L. Jania, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on July 7, 2009 (12/498,706). 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=8,838,557.PN.&OS=PN/8,838,557&RS=PN/8,838,557 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Time Warner Cable Enterprises Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Providing Multi-source Bandwidth Sharing Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Time Warner Cable Enterprises, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,839,317) developed by Remi F. Rieger, Broomfield, Colorado, Tom Gonder, Tega Cay, South Carolina, and Paul D. Brooks, Weddington, North Carolina, for "methods and apparatus for providing multi-source bandwidth sharing management." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2012 (13/480,292). 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=8,839,317.PN.&OS=PN/8,839,317&RS=PN/8,839,317 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tekelec Assigned Patent for Configurable Diameter Address Resolution ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Tekelec, Morrisville, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,831,016) developed by five co-inventors for methods, systems, and computer readable media "for configurable diameter address resolution." The co-inventors are Donald E. Wallace, Evergreen, Colorado, Mark E. Kanode, Apex, North Carolina, Thomas M. McCann, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Sridhar Karuturi, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Kedar K. Karmarkar, Pune, India.

The patent application was filed on March 19, 2012 (13/424,001). 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=8831016.PN.&OS=PN/8831016&RS=PN/8831016 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Generating and Navigating Binary XML Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,838,642) developed by four co-inventors for "generating and navigating binary XML data." The co-inventors are Xiao Ming Gao, Beijing, Peter F. Haggar, Raleigh, North Carolina, Chang Sheng Liu, Beijing, and Robert Van Der Linden, Scotts Valley, California.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2012 (13/402,162). 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=8,838,642.PN.&OS=PN/8,838,642&RS=PN/8,838,642 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tekelec Assigned Patent for Providing Geo-location Proximity Updates ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Tekelec, Morrisville, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,831,645) developed by two co-inventors for methods, systems, and computer readable media "for providing geo-location proximity updates to a presence system." The co-inventors are Peter Joseph Marsico, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Devesh Agarwal, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2009 (12/624,974). 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=8831645.PN.&OS=PN/8831645&RS=PN/8831645 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** 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.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for Low Noise Amplifiers ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,829,999) developed by Jeremy Fisher, Raleigh, North Carolina, for "[l]ow noise amplifiers including group III nitride based high electron mobility transistors." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2011 (13/110,584). 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=8829999.PN.&OS=PN/8829999&RS=PN/8829999 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** G1 Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- G1 Therapeutics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,829,012) developed by two co-inventors for "CDK inhibitors." The co-inventors are Francis X. Tavares, Durham, North Carolina, and Jay C. Strum, Hillsborough, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2014 (14/162,637). 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=8829012.PN.&OS=PN/8829012&RS=PN/8829012 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Parata Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Parata Systems, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,827,113) developed by two co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for dispensing solid articles." The co-inventors are Andrew Kirk Dummer, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Richard D. Michelli, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on May 28, 2009 (12/473,757). 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=8827113.PN.&OS=PN/8827113&RS=PN/8827113 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** R.F. Micro Devices Assigned Patent for Conductive Vertical Interconnect Access Structure Connector ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- R.F. Micro Devices, Greensboro, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,835,226) developed by three co-inventors for a "connection using conductive vertical interconnect access structure." The co-inventors are Ulrik Riis Madsen, Herning, Denmark, Donald Joseph Leahy, Kernersville, North Carolina, and Thomas Scott Morris, Lewisville, North Carolina.

The patent was filed on Feb. 25, 2011 (13/034,787). 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=8835226&OS=8835226&RS=8835226 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Goscope Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Goscope, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,830,391) developed by Kyle Scarola, Charlotte, North Carolina, for a "[t]elescoping monopod camera holding apparatus and method." The patent application was filed on July 5, 2012 (13/542,206). 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=8830391.PN.&OS=PN/8830391&RS=PN/8830391 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** LORD Corp. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- LORD Corp., Cary, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,828,263) developed by two co-inventors for "high durability magnetorheological fluids." The co-inventors are Daniel E. Barber, Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, and Teresa L. Forehand, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (13/263,763). 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=8828263.PN.&OS=PN/8828263&RS=PN/8828263 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Bank of America Assigned Patent for Monitoring Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,832,049) developed by two co-inventors for "[m]onitoring communications." The co-inventors are Zachary Lynn Gillette, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Amanda Sorensen, Huntersville, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on July 9, 2010 (12/833,505). 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=8832049.PN.&OS=PN/8832049&RS=PN/8832049 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Tekelec Global Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Tekelec Global, Morrisville, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,831,648) developed by Apirux Bantukul, Cary, North Carolina, for methods, systems and computer program products "for routing a short message service (SMS) message from a 2G network to a session initiation protocol (SIP)-based network." The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2008 (12/016,314). 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=8831648.PN.&OS=PN/8831648&RS=PN/8831648 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patentn for Using Social Networking Thresholds in Access Control Decisions ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,838,646) developed by four co-inventors for "using social networking thresholds in access control decisions." The co-inventors are David Gerard Kuehr-McLaren, Apex, North Carolina, Ranjan Kumar, Durham, North Carolina, Kwabena Mireku, Durham, North Carolina, and Govindaraj Sampathkumar, Cary, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 5, 2008 (12/042,945). 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=8,838,646.PN.&OS=PN/8,838,646&RS=PN/8,838,646 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Progress Solar Solutions Assigned Patent for Mobile Lighting Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Progress Solar Solutions, Apex, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,833,985) developed by three co-inventors for a "mobile solar-powered light tower." The co-inventors are Richard Warren Orff Jr., Apex, North Carolina, Daniel Lee Robertson, Raleigh, North Carolina, Earl Randolph Wingo Jr., Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent was filed on Feb. 4, 2011 (13/021,306). 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=8833985&OS=8833985&RS=8833985 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,835,987) developed by Qingchun Zhang, Cary, North Carolina, for an "insulated gate bipolar transistor." The patent was filed on Feb. 27, 2007 (11/711,383). 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=8835987&OS=8835987&RS=8835987 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,839,260) developed by Ronald P. Doyle, Raleigh, North Carolina, and David L. Kaminsky, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for an "automated cloud workload management in a map-reduce environment." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2012 (13/434,768). 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=8,839,260.PN.&OS=PN/8,839,260&RS=PN/8,839,260 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Verification of Transactional Integrity ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,838,988) developed by Jose F. Bravo, Mamaroneck, New York, and Jeffery L. Crume, Raleigh, North Carolina, for the "verification of transactional integrity." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2011 (13/084,823). 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=8,838,988.PN.&OS=PN/8,838,988&RS=PN/8,838,988 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Automated Feed Reader Indexing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, has been assigned a patent (8,838,778) developed by five co-inventors for the "automated feed reader indexing." The co-inventors are Bernadette Alexia Carter, Cary, North Carolina, Belinda Ying-Chieh Chang, Pittsburgh, Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, FuYi Li, Sudbury, Massachusetts, and Pamela Ann Nesbitt, Ridgefield, Connecticut.

The patent application was filed on April 28, 2009 (12/431,200). 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=8,838,778.PN.&OS=PN/8,838,778&RS=PN/8,838,778 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** InstroTek Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- InstroTek, Raleigh, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,826,564) developed by four co-inventors for a device and methods "for rapid drying of porous materials." The co-inventors are Tianqing He, Cary, North Carolina, Peter D. Muse, Durham, North Carolina, Ali Regimand, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Lawrence H. James, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on June 26, 2012 (13/533,153). 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=8826564.PN.&OS=PN/8826564&RS=PN/8826564 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Tipper Tie Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Tipper Tie, Apex, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,833,041) developed by two co-inventors for apparatus, systems, devices, methods and computer program products "configured to package products using automated movement of components that fill." The co-inventors are Matthew D. Lowder, Durham, North Carolina, and Dennis J. May, Pittsboro, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2013 (13/742,848). 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=8833041.PN.&OS=PN/8833041&RS=PN/8833041 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,831,764) developed by seven co-inventors for a "package coding system for a cigarette manufacturing process." The co-inventors are Hung Phan, Clemmons, North Carolina, Chris Campbell, Jonesville, North Carolina, David Hall, Kernersville, North Carolina, Gary Wood, Rural Hall, North Carolina, Reggie Thomas, Tobaccoville, North Carolina, Hugh Gates, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Frank Brantley, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2011 (13/275,016). 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=8831764.PN.&OS=PN/8831764&RS=PN/8831764 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Invitrox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Invitrox, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,828,737) developed by Don Gabriel, Carrboro, North Carolina, for "use of focused light scattering techniques in biological applications." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2009 (12/502,941). 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=8828737.PN.&OS=PN/8828737&RS=PN/8828737 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Corning Cable Systems Assigned Patent for Fiber Optic Connector Adapter ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Corning Cable Systems, Hickory, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,827,568) developed by three co-inventors for a "fiber optic connector adapter module assemblies and methods." The co-inventors are Dennis Michael Knecht, Hickory, North Carolina, James Phillip Luther, Hickory, North Carolina, and Micah Colen Isenhour, Lincolnton, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 11, 2013 (13/792,895). 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=8827568.PN.&OS=PN/8827568&RS=PN/8827568 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** R.F. Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- R.F. Micro Devices, Greensboro, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,831,544) developed by six co-inventors for a "[d]ynamic device switching (DDS) of an in-phase RF PA stage and a quadrature-phase RF PA stage." The co-inventors are Chris Levesque, Fountain Valley, California, William David, San Diego, David E. Jones, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Terry J. Stockert, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Gregg A. Walker, Robins, Iowa, and Scott Yoder, Fuquay Varina, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2011 (13/288,273). 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=8831544.PN.&OS=PN/8831544&RS=PN/8831544 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,836,624) developed by two co-inventors for a "liquid crystal display device." The co-inventors are John Roberts, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Chenhua You, Cary, North Carolina.

The patent was filed on Aug. 30, 2007 (11/847,882). 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=8836624&OS=8836624&RS=8836624 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Athenix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Athenix, Morrisville, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,829,279) developed by eight co-inventors for a "family of pesticidal proteins and methods for their use." The co-inventors are Rebekah Deter, Urbana, Illinois, Nicholas Duck, Apex, North Carolina, Daniel John Tomso, Bahama, North Carolina, Rong Guo, Cary, North Carolina, Nalini M. Desai, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Tracy Hargiss, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Nadine Carozzi, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Michael G. Koziel, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on June 24, 2011 (13/168,454). 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=8829279.PN.&OS=PN/8829279&RS=PN/8829279 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Managing and Controlling Administrator Access to Managed Computer Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,839,400) developed by four co-inventors for "managing and controlling administrator access to managed computer systems." The co-inventors are Eric Anderson, Friendswood, Texas, Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, Virginia, Leslie A. Nelson, Benson, North Carolina, and Brett W. Singletary, Clayton, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2012 (13/628,537). 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=8,839,400.PN.&OS=PN/8,839,400&RS=PN/8,839,400 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sarda Technologies Assigned Patent for Multiple Switch FET Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Sarda Technologies, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,835,239) developed by James L. Vorhaus, Chapel Hill, North Carolina for a "control and sync FET devices." The patent was filed on Jan. 28, 2014 (14/166,795). 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=8835239&OS=8835239&RS=8835239 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Blade Center KVM Distribution ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,839,339) developed by Gerhard N. Buckler, Orefield, Pennsylvania, Eric Kern, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Johnny Nieves, Yonkers, New York, for a "blade center KVM distribution." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2008 (12/103,219). 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=8,839,339.PN.&OS=PN/8,839,339&RS=PN/8,839,339 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Kingsdown Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Kingsdown, Mebane, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,826,479) developed by two co-inventors for apparatuses and methods "providing variable support and variable comfort control of a sleep system and automatic adjustment thereof." The co-inventors are Robert D. Oexman, Carthage, Missouri, and David B. Scott, Hurdle Mills, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2012 (13/712,213). 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=8826479.PN.&OS=PN/8826479&RS=PN/8826479 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Boat R&D Shed Assigned Patent for Cleat ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- R&D Shed, Clearwater, Florida, has been assigned a patent (8,833,285) developed by John Czipri, Boone, North Carolina, for a "boat cleat." The patent was filed on Oct. 31, 2013 (14/068,326). 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=8833285&OS=8833285&RS=8833285 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for String Cache File for Optimizing Memory Usage in Java Virtual Machine ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,839,215) developed by four co-inventors for a "string cache file for optimizing memory usage in a java virtual machine." The co-inventors are Curtis E. Hrischuk, Holly Springs, North Carolina, Andrew Russell Low, Stittsville, Canada, Peter Duncan Shipton, Ottawa, Canada, and John Joseph Stecher, Rochester, Minnesota.

The patent application was filed on July 19, 2010 (12/839,330). 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=8,839,215.PN.&OS=PN/8,839,215&RS=PN/8,839,215 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cree Assigned Patent for Auto Commissioning Lighting Fixture ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Cree, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,829,821) developed by two co-inventors for an "auto commissioning lighting fixture." The co-inventors are John J. Trainor, Durham, North Carolina, and Joseph P. Chobot, Morrisville, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 1, 2013 (13/782,078). 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=8829821.PN.&OS=PN/8829821&RS=PN/8829821 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,829,033) developed by three co-inventors for "N-benzylamide substituted derivatives of 2-(acylamido)acetic acid and 2-(acylamido)propionic acids: potent neurological agents." The co-inventors are Harold L. Kohn, C 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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