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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (Oct. 4)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Napo Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 2 -- Napo Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, has been assigned a patent (8,846,113) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for treatment of diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome." The co-inventors are Barry Quart, Encinitas, California, David Rosenbaum, Newton, Massachusetts, Thomas Neenan, Lexington, Massachusetts, and Robert Blanks, Auburndale, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2011 (13/304,604). 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=88,46,113.PN.&OS=PN/88,46,113&RS=PN/88,46,113 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Spectra Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Spectra Systems, Providence, Rhode Island, has been assigned a patent (8,840,029) developed by four co-inventors for a system and method "for authentication of secure products." The co-inventors are Nabil Lawandy, Saunderstown, Rhode Island, Andrei Smuk, Smithfield, Rhode Island, Leif Olson, Riverside, Rhode Island, and Charles Zepp, Hardwick, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2012 (13/352,953). 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=8840029.PN.&OS=PN/8840029&RS=PN/8840029 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** FerroKin Biosciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- FerroKin Biosciences, Wayne, Pennsylvania, has been assigned a patent (8,846,731) developed by six co-inventors for "salts and polymorphs of desazadesferrithiocin polyether analogues as metal chelation agents." The co-inventors are Amy E. Tapper, Boston, Hugh Y. Rienhoff Jr., San Carlos, California, Stephan D. Parent, West Lafayette, Indiana, Patricia Andres, West Lafayette, Indiana, Jason A. Hanko, West Lafayette, Indiana, and Huamin Zhang, West Lafayette, Indiana. The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2011 (13/267,285). 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=8,846,731.PN.&OS=PN/8,846,731&RS=PN/8,846,731 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Concrete Countertop Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Concrete Countertop Solutions, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, has been assigned a patent (8,844,238) developed by Edwin Joseph Baldoni, Union Dale, Pennsylvania, and Dario Joseph Baldoni, Boston, for "reinforcement support member and kit." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2013 (14/063,467). 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=8,844,238.PN.&OS=PN/8,844,238&RS=PN/8,844,238 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Plexxi Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Plexxi, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (8,842,988) developed by five co-inventors for an "optical junction nodes for use in data center networks." The co-inventors are Richard A. Barry, Los Angeles, Derek E. Spock, Boston, Ruoding Li, Carlisle, Massachusetts, Peter B. Everdell, Littleton, Massachusetts, and David J. Husak, Windham, New Hampshire. The patent application was filed on June 20, 2012 (13/528,211). 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=8842988.PN.&OS=PN/8842988&RS=PN/8842988 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,845,522) developed by four co-inventors for a "medical instrument with a deflectable distal portion." The co-inventors are Jon T. McIntyre, Newton, Massachusetts, Jessica Hixon, Watertown, Massachusetts, Isaac Ostrovsky, Wellesley, Massachusetts, and Jozef Slanda, Milford, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2008 (12/191,485). 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=8,845,522.PN.&OS=PN/8,845,522&RS=PN/8,845,522 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rock-Tenn Shared Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Rock-Tenn Shared Services, Norcross, Georgia, has been assigned a patent (8,844,728) developed by Jeffrey Scott James, Elmhurst, Illinois, Matthew Kiev Swenson, Wood Dale, Illinois, and Paul Michael Connolly Jr., Westfield, Massachusetts, for "shipping and display container and blank for forming same." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2012 (13/422,503). 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=8,844,728.PN.&OS=PN/8,844,728&RS=PN/8,844,728 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Medtronic Ablation Frontiers Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Medtronic Ablation Frontiers, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,845,631) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods of performing medical procedures." The co-inventors are Randell L. Werneth, San Diego, Marshall Sherman, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, Mark T. Stewart, Lino Lakes, Minnesota, and J. Christopher Flaherty, Topsfield, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on April 28, 2010 (12/769,350). 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=8,845,631.PN.&OS=PN/8,845,631&RS=PN/8,845,631 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Janine E. Gawryl Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Janine E. Gawryl, Auburn, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (8,840,285) developed by Robert G. Forant, Boston, for an "underwater light apparatus." The patent application was filed on May 10, 2012 (13/468,448). 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=8840285.PN.&OS=PN/8840285&RS=PN/8840285 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** American Megatrends Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- American Megatrends, Norcross, Georgia, has been assigned a patent (8,850,124) developed by four co-inventors for a "method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for implementing caching in a storage system." The co-inventors are Paresh Chatterjee, Fremont, California, Srikumar Subramanian, Newark, California, Srinivasa Rao Vempati, Milford, Massachusetts, and Suresh Grandhi, Fremont, California. The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2013 (14/041,349). 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=88,50,124.PN.&OS=PN/88,50,124&RS=PN/88,50,124 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Medical Instrument with Controlled Torque Transmission ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,845,552) developed by John A. Griego, Blackstone, Massachusetts, and Patrice A. Weststrate, Norwood, Massachusetts, for a "medical instrument with controlled torque transmission." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/617,117). 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=8,845,552.PN.&OS=PN/8,845,552&RS=PN/8,845,552 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** DEKA Products Limited Partnership Assigned Patent for Disposable Components for Fluid Line ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (8,840,581) developed by five co-inventors for "disposable components for fluid line autoconnect systems and methods." The co-inventors are David W. McGill, Alpharetta, Georgia, Simon C. Helmore, Somerville, Massachusetts, Jacob W. Scarpaci, Manchester, New Hampshire, Jason A. Demers, Manchester, New Hampshire, and James D. Dale, Nashua, New Hampshire. The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2009 (12/864,322). 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=8840581.PN.&OS=PN/8840581&RS=PN/8840581 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** University of Pittsburgh, University of Chicago, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, the University of Chicago, Chicago, and Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas, Mexico City, have been assigned a patent (8,846,341) developed by nine co-inventors for "marker panels for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis and evaluation." The co-inventors are Naftali Kaminski, Pittsburgh, Kevin F. Gibson, Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, Bernadette R. Gochuico, Potomac, Maryland, Thomas J. Richards, Pittsburgh, Ivan Rosas, Boston, Kazuhisa Konishi, Kyoto, Japan, Moises Selman, Mexico City, Jose David Herazo-Maya, Pittsburgh, and Imre Noth, Chicago. The patent application was filed on March 3, 2011 (13/039,989). 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=8,846,341.PN.&OS=PN/8,846,341&RS=PN/8,846,341 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Configuring Ablation Source of Catheter ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,845,558) developed by David MacAdam, Millbury, Massachusetts, and Timothy Collins, Mendham, New Jersey, for "methods and apparatus for configuring an ablation source of a catheter." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2006 (11/885,214). 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=8,845,558.PN.&OS=PN/8,845,558&RS=PN/8,845,558 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mentor Graphics Assigned Patent for Third Party Component Debugging ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Mentor Graphics, Wilsonville, Oregon, has been assigned a patent (8,843,861) developed by Charles W. Selvidge, Wellesley, Massachusetts, for a "third party component debugging for integrated circuit design." The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2013 (13/771,057). 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=8843861.PN.&OS=PN/8843861&RS=PN/8843861 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Physicians Choice Laboratory Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Physicians Choice Laboratory Services, Rock Hill, South Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,841,095) developed by Anthony P. Shuber, Northbridge, Massachusetts, for methods "for detecting a target nucleic acid and a target protein in a single assay." The patent application was filed on April 23, 2013 (13/868,666). 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=8841095.PN.&OS=PN/8841095&RS=PN/8841095 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Delivering Medical Implant to Anatomical Location in Patient ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,845,511) developed by Barry N. Gellman, North Easton, Massachusetts, for "systems and methods for delivering a medical implant to an anatomical location in a patient." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2011 (13/243,585). 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=8,845,511.PN.&OS=PN/8,845,511&RS=PN/8,845,511 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,849,081) developed by four co-inventors for a "side fire laser assembly." The co-inventors are Ty Fairneny, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Isaac Ostrovsky, Wellesley, Massachusetts, Michael O'Brien, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and William Asselin, Lunenburg, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on April 7, 2014 (14/246,467). 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=8,849,081.PN.&OS=PN/8,849,081&RS=PN/8,849,081 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mentor Graphics Assigned Patent for Profiling-Based Scan Chain Diagnosis ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Mentor Graphics, Wilsonville, Oregon, has been assigned a patent (8,843,796) developed by two co-inventors for "profiling-based scan chain diagnosis." The co-inventors are Yu Huang, Sudbury, Massachusetts, and Wu-Tung Cheng, Lake Oswego, Oregon. The patent application was filed on June 13, 2011 (13/158,743). 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=8843796.PN.&OS=PN/8843796&RS=PN/8843796 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Ureteral Stent for Improved Patient Comfort ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,845,752) developed by John O. McWeeney, Brighton, Massachusetts, Willet F. Whitmore III, Sarasota, Florida, and Stephani Rubin, Falls Church, Virginia, for a "ureteral stent for improved patient comfort." The patent application was filed on July 26, 2012 (13/559,224). 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=8,845,752.PN.&OS=PN/8,845,752&RS=PN/8,845,752 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Medtronic Ablation Frontiers Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Medtronic Ablation Frontiers, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,849,367) developed by 13 co-inventors for "RF energy delivery system and method." The co-inventors are Randell L. Werneth, San Diego, Ricardo D. Roman, Chula Vista, California, Christopher G. Kunis, Escondido, California, Alexander J. Asconeguy, Murrieta, California, Sadaf Soleymani, Reseda, California, Jeffrey Trinidad, San Diego, Martin Chambers, Stillwater, Minnesota, Hakan Oral, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Fred Morady, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jerald L. Cox, Carlsbad, California, Guillermo W. Moratorio, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, Samuel Fu, Carlsbad, California, and J. Christopher Flaherty, Topsfield, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on May 31, 2013 (13/906,762). 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=8,849,367.PN.&OS=PN/8,849,367&RS=PN/8,849,367 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Acushnet Assigned Patent for Golf Ball ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,845,456) developed by four co-inventors for a "multi-piece golf ball comprising low hardness gradient core." The co-inventors are Derek A. Ladd, Acushnet, Massachusetts, Brian Comeau, Berkley, Massachusetts, Douglas E. Jones, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and Michael J. Sullivan, Barrington, Rhode Island. The patent was filed on Dec. 21, 2012 (13/723,469). 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=8845456&OS=8845456&RS=8845456 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** EMD Millipore Assigned Patent for Interfacing Non-sterile Sensors ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- EMD Millipore, Billerica, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,844,388) developed by Aaron Burke, Hamilton, Massachusetts, for a system and method "for interfacing non-sterile sensors to sterile flow stream." The patent was filed on Nov. 14, 2013 (14/080,466). 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=8844388&OS=8844388&RS=8844388 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Allen Medical Systems Assigned Patent for Distractor Straps ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Allen Medical Systems, Batesville, Indiana, has been assigned a patent (8,845,568) developed by three co-inventors for a "distractor straps." The co-inventors are Andrew Clark, Arlington, Massachusetts, David Chella, Brighton, Massachusetts, and Jesse Drake, Westborough, Massachusetts. The patent was filed on March 30, 2012 (13/435,040). 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=8845568&OS=8845568&RS=8845568 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Multilayer Material ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- The Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,845,969) developed by 13 co-inventors for a "multilayer material with one signaling layer configured to transmit one electromagnetic signal change." The co-inventors are Michael A. Smith, Phoenix, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, California, Michael H. Baym, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Erez Lieberman, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dennis J. Rivet, Chesapeake, Virginia, Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Washington, Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, Washington, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, Washington, Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Washington, Mahalaxmi Gita Bangera, Renton, Washington, Roy P. Diaz, Seattle, Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, and Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle. The patent was filed on June 30, 2011 (13/135,369). 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=8845969&OS=8845969&RS=8845969 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** AVGI Engineering Assigned Patent for Vortex Flow Meter ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- AVGI Engineering, Millis, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,844,372) developed by George E. Sgourakes, Millis, Massachusetts, for a "vortex flow meter." The patent was filed on March 18, 2011 (13/583,080). 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=8844372&OS=8844372&RS=8844372 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Newell Window Furnishings Assigned Patent for Sealed Slatted Blind ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Newell Window Furnishings, High Point, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,844,603) developed by six co-inventors for a "sealed slatted blind." The co-inventors are Michael Defenbaugh, Dunwoody, Georgia, Joshua Maust, Roswell, Georgia, Teresa Williamson, Marietta, Georgia, Peter Bates, Framingham, Massachusetts, Alexandra Unger, West Newbury, Massachusetts, and Victor Anti, Centreville, Virginia. The patent was filed on April 27, 2012 (13/458,099). 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=8844603&OS=8844603&RS=8844603 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Computationally Implemented Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,850,044) developed by eight co-inventors for a "computationally implemented method." The co-inventors are Alexander J. Cohen, Mill Valley, California, Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Massachusetts, Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, Washington, John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Washington, Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Washington, William H. Mangione-Smith, Kirkland, Washington, Robert W. Lord, Seattle, and Mark A. Malamud, Seattle. The patent was filed on May 28, 2010 (12/802,136). 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=8850044&OS=8850044&RS=8850044 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Mirabilis Medica Assigned Patent for HIFU Tissue treatment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Mirabilis Medica, Bothell, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,845,559) developed by six co-inventors for a method "for treating desired volume of tissue using HIFU." The co-inventors are Roland Horth, Newburyport, Massachusetts, Michael J. Connolly, Bothell, Washington, Jessica E. Parsons, Kirkland, Washington, Justin A. Reed, Seattle, John Murkowski, Seattle, and Gregory P. Darlington, Snohomish, Washington. The patent was filed on Oct. 5, 2009 (12/573,840). 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=8845559&OS=8845559&RS=8845559 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Vision Sciences Assigned Patent for Endoscope Sheath Inflatable Member ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Vision Sciences, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,845,518) developed by three co-inventors for apparatus and methods "for attaching and forming enclosed inflatable members in endoscope assembly with disposable sheath." The co-inventors are Edward Paul Harhen, Duxbury, Massachusetts, Mark S. Landman, Sharon, Massachusetts, and Katsumi Oneda, Alpine, New Jersey. The patent was filed on March 9, 2006 (11/373,453). 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=8845518&OS=8845518&RS=8845518 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Aqua-Leisure Industries Assigned Patent for Floating Toy Construction ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Aqua-Leisure Industries, Avon, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,845,377) developed by Steven M. Berenson, Canton, Massachusetts, for a "floating toy construction with improved safety features." The patent was filed on May 31, 2012 (13/484,398). 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=8845377&OS=8845377&RS=8845377 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Vision Sciences Assigned Patent for Endoscope Sheath Inflatable Member ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Vision Sciences, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,845,518) developed by three co-inventors for apparatus and methods "for attaching and forming enclosed inflatable members in endoscope assembly with disposable sheath." The co-inventors are Edward Paul Harhen, Duxbury, Massachusetts, Mark S. Landman, Sharon, Massachusetts, and Katsumi Oneda, Alpine, New Jersey. The patent was filed on March 9, 2006 (11/373,453). 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=8845518&OS=8845518&RS=8845518 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Global Research Innovation and Technology L3C Assigned Patent for Lever Drivetrain Wheelchair ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Global Research Innovation and Technology L3C, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,844,959) developed by 12 co-inventors for a "manually powered wheelchair with lever drivetrain." The co-inventors are Danielle Hicks, Modesto, California, Natasha K. Scolnik, Washington, Natasha K. Scolnik, Washington, Gwyndaf M. Jones, Carlisle, Massachusetts, Harrison F. O'Hanley, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Daniel D. Frey, Natick, Massachusetts, Benjamin H. Gallup, Norfolk, Massachusetts, Benjamin Judge, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, Danielle M. DeLatte, Ellicott City, Maryland, Mario A. Bollini, Sterling Heights, Michigan, Amos G. Winter V, Chesterfield, New Hampshire, Nydia Ruleman, Germantown, Tennessee, and Xuefeng Chen, Burke, Virginia. The patent was filed on June 10, 2011 (13/158,183). 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=8844959&OS=8844959&RS=8844959 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Cleats Assigned Patent for Traction Cleat Attachment System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Cleats, Marlborough, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,844,169) developed by Armand J. Savoie, Gardner, Massachusetts, for a "traction cleat attachment system for footwear." The patent was filed on Jan. 24, 2011 (13/011,978). 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=8844169&OS=8844169&RS=8844169 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** University of Washington, University of Massachusetts Assigned Patent for Transporting Therapeutic and Diagnostic Agents ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- University of Washington, Seattle, and University of Massachusetts, Boston, have been assigned a patent (8,846,106) developed by nine co-inventors for compositions and methods "for transporting therapeutic and diagnostic agents or metabolites from cells." The co-inventors are Chantal Lackey Reed, Del Mar, California, David Tirrell, Pasadena, California, Niren Murthy, Atlanta, Tyrone M. Porter, Boston, Lawrence A. Crum, Bellevue, Washington, Allan S. Hoffman, Seattle, Patrick Stayton, Seattle, Oliver W. Press, Seattle, and Pierre D. Mourad, Seattle. The patent was filed on July 14, 2011 (13/182,756). 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=8846106&OS=8846106&RS=8846106 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Elwha Assigned Patent for Prosthetic Artificial Joints ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Elwha, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,845,739) developed by 12 co-inventors for a "prosthetic artificial joints." The co-inventors are Michael A. Smith, Phoenix, Edward S. Boyden, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Robert Langer, Newton, Massachusetts, Gregory J. Della Rocca, Columbia, Missouri, Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Terence Myckatyn, St. Louis, Parag Jitendra Parikh, St. Louis, Joshua S. Shimony, St. Louis, Dennis J. Rivet, Chesapeake, Virginia, Daniel Hawkins, Bellevue, Washington, Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, Washington, and Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Washington. The patent was filed on Oct. 24, 2012 (13/658,982). 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=8845739&OS=8845739&RS=8845739 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Jeffco Fibres Assigned Patent for Furniture Assembly ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Jeffco Fibres, Webster, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,844,105) developed by John LaRoche, Gardner, Massachusetts, for a device and method "for furniture assembly." The patent was filed on April 22, 2011 (13/092,623). 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=8844105&OS=8844105&RS=8844105 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Entegris Assigned Patent for Gasification Systems and Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Entegris, Billerica, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,844,909) developed by four co-inventors for systems and methods "for making bubble free solutions of gas in liquid." The co-inventors are Yanan Annie Xia, Lynnfield, Massachusetts, J. Karl Niermeyer, Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, Rosario Mollica, Wilmington, Massachusetts, and Gregg T. Conner, Camas, Washington. The patent was filed on May 18, 2009 (12/993,791). 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=8844909&OS=8844909&RS=8844909 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Seavete Assigned Patent for Prosthetic Artificial Joints ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Seavete, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,845,741) developed by 12 co-inventors for a "prosthetic artificial joints." The co-inventors are Michael A. Smith, Phoenix, Edward S. Boyden, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Robert Langer, Newton, Massachusetts, Gregory J. Della Rocca, Columbia, Missouri, Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Terence Myckatyn, St. Louis, Joshua S. Shimony, St. Louis, Parag Jitendra Parikh, St. Louis, Dennis J. Rivet, Chesapeake, Virginia, Daniel Hawkins, Bellevue, Washington, Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, Washington, and Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Washington. The patent was filed on Nov. 13, 2012 (13/675,068). 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=8845741&OS=8845741&RS=8845741 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent for Integrated Otoscope and Three Dimensional Scanning System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,845,526) developed by five co-inventors for an "integrated otoscope and three dimensional scanning system." The co-inventors are Manas C. Menon, Boston, Daniel Vlasic, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Douglas P. Hart, Charlestown, Massachusetts, Federico Frigerio, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and Douglas M. Johnston, Winchester, Massachusetts. The patent was filed on June 27, 2012 (13/534,892). 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=8845526&OS=8845526&RS=8845526 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** K2M Assigned Patent for Bony Fixation, Disk Repair and Replacement Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- K2M, Leesburg, Virginia, has been assigned a patent (8,845,642) developed by eight co-inventors for methods, apparatuses and devices "for fixing adjacent bone segments." The co-inventors are Josef K. Winkler, Wayland, Massachusetts, Allen Carl, Slingerlands, New York, Daniel Stephen Savage, Brecksville, Ohio, Jason John Gromek, Brecksville, Ohio, Carl Michael Nilsson, Moreland Hills, Ohio, Spanky Allen Raymond, Uniontown, Ohio, Robert Floyd Beisel, Robesonia, Pennsylvania, and Nathan Jeffrey Pierce, Millville, Utah. The patent was filed on June 26, 2013 (13/928,027). 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=8845642&OS=8845642&RS=8845642 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Elwha Assigned Patent for Prosthetic Artificial Joints ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Elwha, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,845,740) developed by 12 co-inventors for a "prosthetic artificial joints." The co-inventors are Michael A. Smith, Phoenix, Edward S. Boyden, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Robert Langer, Newton, Massachusetts, Gregory J. Della Rocca, Columbia, Missouri, Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Terence Myckatyn, St. Louis, Parag Jitendra Parikh, St. Louis, Joshua S. Shimony, St. Louis, Dennis J. Rivet, Chesapeake, Virginia, Daniel Hawkins, Bellevue, Washington, Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, Washington, and Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Washington. The patent was filed on Oct. 24, 2012 (13/659,020). 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=8845740&OS=8845740&RS=8845740 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Scvngr Inc. Assigned Patent for Scanning Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Scvngr Inc., Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,844,812) developed by five co-inventors for methods "for point-of-sale token scanner." The co-inventors are Harald Prokop, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Seth Priebatsch, Boston, Steve Rivera, Brookline, Massachusetts, John Jannetty, Quincy, Massachusetts, and Jonathan Fisher, Somerville, Massachusetts. The patent was filed on Sept. 10, 2013 (14/022,480). 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=8844812&OS=8844812&RS=8844812 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Acushnet Assigned Patent for Polyalkenamer Rubber Core Golf Ball ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,845,457) developed by six co-inventors for a "golf ball having core comprising polyalkenamer rubber composition." The co-inventors are Brian Comeau, Berkley, Massachusetts, David A. Bulpett, Boston, Mark L. Binette, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, Douglas S. Goguen, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Michael J. Sullivan, Barrington, Rhode Island, and Robert Blink, Newport, Rhode Island. The patent was filed on Aug. 12, 2010 (12/855,319). 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=8845457&OS=8845457&RS=8845457 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Cook Medical Technologies Assigned Patent for Retrievable Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Cook Medical Technologies, Bloomington, Indiana, has been assigned a patent (8,845,677) developed by Dharmendra Pal, Wilmington, Massachusetts, for a "retrievable device for treatment of stenotic lesion in body vessel." The patent was filed on Dec. 23, 2011 (13/336,031). 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=8845677&OS=8845677&RS=8845677 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. 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