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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Oct. 15)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,860,635) developed by five co-inventors for a "self assembling display with substrate." The co-inventors are W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, California, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, Washington, Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Washington, Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, California, and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Livermore, California. The patent application was filed on April 4, 2005 (11/099,409). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,860,635.PN.&OS=PN/8,860,635&RS=PN/8,860,635 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** FLIR Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- FLIR Systems, Wilsonville, Oregon, has been assigned a patent (8,860,800) developed by five co-inventors for a boresight alignment station. The co-inventors are Marco A. Scussat, Goleta, California, Richard M. Goeden, Goleta, California, Jeffrey S. Scott, Goleta, California, Richard G. Lane, Goleta, California, and Gary B. Hughes, Santa Maria, California. The patent application was filed on March 31, 2011 (13/077,676). 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=8,860,800.PN.&OS=PN/8,860,800&RS=PN/8,860,800 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** VCVC III Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- VCVC III, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,862,579) developed by James M. Wissner, San Francisco, and Nova Spivack, San Francisco, for "search and search optimization using a pattern of a location identifier." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2010 (12/760,387). 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=8,862,579.PN.&OS=PN/8,862,579&RS=PN/8,862,579 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sharp Laboratories of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,861,597) developed by Xiaoqing Zhu, Stanford, California, and Petrus J.L. van Beek, Camas, Washington, for the "distributed channel time allocation for video streaming over wireless networks." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2007 (11/726,349). 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=8,861,597.PN.&OS=PN/8,861,597&RS=PN/8,861,597 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Resonant Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Resonant Systems, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,860,337) developed by Robin Elenga, Seattle, Brian Marc Pepin, Oakland, California, and Glen Tompkins, Woodinville, Washington, for "linear vibration modules and linear-resonant vibration modules." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2012 (13/345,607). 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=8,860,337.PN.&OS=PN/8,860,337&RS=PN/8,860,337 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Specialized Media Presentation Via Electronic Program Guide (EPG) ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,863,163) developed by Peter T. Barrett, Palo Alto, California, for "specialized media presentation via an electronic program guide (EPG)." The patent application was filed on May 2, 2011 (13/099,275). 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=8,863,163.PN.&OS=PN/8,863,163&RS=PN/8,863,163 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Elwha Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Elwha, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,857,539) developed by 14 co-inventors for a "mining drill with gradient sensing." The co-inventors are Michael H. Baym, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Terry Briggs, Lone Tree, Colorado, Clark J. Gilbert, Denver, W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, California, Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Washington, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, California, Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Conor L. Myhrvold, Bellevue, Washington, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, Washington, Tony S. Pan, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Washington, Charles Whitmer, North Bend, Washington, Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Washington, and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, California. The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2012 (13/631,601). 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=8,857,539.PN.&OS=PN/8,857,539&RS=PN/8,857,539 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Hybrid Propulsive Engine Including at Least One Independently Rotatable Propeller/fan ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,857,191) developed by nine co-inventors for a "hybrid propulsive engine including at least one independently rotatable propeller/fan." The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Washington, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, California, Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Washington, Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, Washington, Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Washington, Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, California, Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Washington, and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, California. The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2009 (12/590,043). 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=8,857,191.PN.&OS=PN/8,857,191&RS=PN/8,857,191 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AOL Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- AOL, Dulles, Virginia, has been assigned a patent (8,862,735) developed by six co-inventors for "IP address management of multiple DHCP and DNS servers." The co-inventors are Jasdip Singh, Ashburn, Virginia, Kasper Van Benten, Potomac Falls, Virginia, Markus Baur, Redwood City, California, Jeff Isaksen, Syracuse, Utah, Paul Roach, Thompson's Station, Tennessee, and Christos Liacouras, Arlington, Virginia. The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2007 (11/941,901). 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=8,862,735.PN.&OS=PN/8,862,735&RS=PN/8,862,735 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Leidos Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Leidos, Reston, Virginia, has been assigned a patent (8,859,981) developed by Adrian Stoian, Vista, California, and Gregory Alan Greenwood, Vista, California, for a "method for autonomous self-blanking by radiation portal monitors to minimize the interference from pulsed X-rays radiation." The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2012 (13/672,379). 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=8,859,981.PN.&OS=PN/8,859,981&RS=PN/8,859,981 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Remote Sign-out of Web Based Service Sessions ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,863,265) developed by Johnny Liu, Fremont, California, Keith Senzel, Seattle, and Ye Gu, Seattle, for a "remote sign-out of web based service sessions." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2008 (12/143,848). 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=8,863,265.PN.&OS=PN/8,863,265&RS=PN/8,863,265 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Human Tracking System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,861,839) developed by five co-inventors for human tracking system. The co-inventors are Tommer Leyvand, Seattle, Johnny Chung Lee, Mountain View, California, Szymon Stachniak, Kirkland, Washington, Craig Peeper, Kirkland, Washington, and Shao Liu, Urbana, Illinois. The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2013 (14/034,484). 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=8,861,839.PN.&OS=PN/8,861,839&RS=PN/8,861,839 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Precor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Precor, Woodinville, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,858,373) developed by four co-inventors for a "ball bat having improved structure to allow for detection of rolling." The co-inventors are Sean S. Epling, Portland, Oregon, Brian S. Hayes, Benicia, California, Mark A. Fritzke, Portland, Oregon, and Bradley L. Gaff, Woodridge, Illinois. The patent application was filed on June 28, 2012 (13/535,444). 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=8,858,373.PN.&OS=PN/8,858,373&RS=PN/8,858,373 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Pose Tracking Pipeline ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,860,663) developed by 10 co-inventors for a pose tracking pipeline. The co-inventors are Robert Matthew Craig, Bellevue, Washington, Tommer Leyvand, Seattle, Craig Peeper, Kirkland, Washington, Momin M. Al-Ghosien, Sammamish, Washington, Matt Bronder, Bellevue, Washington, Oliver Williams, San Francisco, Ryan M. Geiss, San Jose, California, Jamie Daniel Joseph Shotton, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Johnny Lee, Redmond, Washington, and Mark Finocchio, Redmond, Washington. The patent application was filed on Nov. 22, 2013 (14/088,184). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,860,663.PN.&OS=PN/8,860,663&RS=PN/8,860,663 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Flash Storage Partial Page Caching ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,862,860) developed by Viet Ly, San Jose, California, and Michael Murray, Mountain View, California, for "flash storage partial page caching." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2011 (13/116,626). 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=8,862,860.PN.&OS=PN/8,862,860&RS=PN/8,862,860 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Pixelworks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Pixelworks, Portland, Oregon, has been assigned a patent (8,861,793) developed by Tao Chen, Shanghai, Neil D. Woodall, Newport Beach, California, and Bob Zhang, Santa Clara, California, for a "depth map generation based on vanishing lines and vanishing points." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2012 (13/669,345). 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=8,861,793.PN.&OS=PN/8,861,793&RS=PN/8,861,793 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tableau Software Assigned Patent for Computer Systems and Methods for Automatic Generation of Models for Dataset ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Tableau Software, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,860,727) developed by four co-inventors for "computer systems and methods for automatic generation of models for a dataset." The co-inventors are Andrew C. Beers, San Francisco, Matthew W. Eldridge, Seattle, Patrick M. Hanrahan, Portola Valley, California, and Jonathan E. Taylor, Stanford, California. The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2011 (13/211,048). 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=8,860,727.PN.&OS=PN/8,860,727&RS=PN/8,860,727 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Configuration Finalization on First Valid NAND Command ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,862,788) developed by Frankie F. Roohparvar, Monte Sereno, California, for "configuration finalization on first valid NAND command." The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2012 (13/353,452). 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=8,862,788.PN.&OS=PN/8,862,788&RS=PN/8,862,788 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rentrak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Rentrak, Portland, Oregon, has been assigned a patent (8,863,166) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for detecting non-powered video playback devices." The co-inventors are Aaron Harsh, Portland, Oregon, Amir Yazdani, Portland, Oregon, Michael Vinson, Piedmont, California, and Bruce Goerlich, Forest Hills, New York. The patent application was filed on April 6, 2011 (13/081,437). 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=8,863,166.PN.&OS=PN/8,863,166&RS=PN/8,863,166 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mentor Graphics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Mentor Graphics, Wilsonville, Oregon, has been assigned a patent (8,861,302) developed by Esin Terzioglu, Aliso Viejo, California, and Gil I. Winograd, Aliso Viejo, California, for a NOR-OR decoder. The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2013 (13/961,722). 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=8,861,302.PN.&OS=PN/8,861,302&RS=PN/8,861,302 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Techniques for Providing Direct Injection Semiconductor Memory Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,861,247) developed by Yogesh Luthra, San Jose, California, Serguei Okhonin, Lausanne, Switzerland, and Mikhail Nagoga, Lausanne, Switzerland, for "techniques for providing a direct injection semiconductor memory device." The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2013 (13/964,927). 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=8,861,247.PN.&OS=PN/8,861,247&RS=PN/8,861,247 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Providing Search-result Filters Toolbar ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,862,574) developed by Stephen M. Yolleck, Sunnyvale, California, and Jay C. Jacobs, Danville, California, for "providing a search-result filters toolbar." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (12/432,846). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,862,574.PN.&OS=PN/8,862,574&RS=PN/8,862,574 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Methods for Receiving and Transmitting Voltage ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,860,496) developed by Mostafa Naguib Abdulla, Rancho Cordova, California, and Steven Eskildsen, Folsom, California, for "methods for receiving and transmitting voltage through the use of supply voltage or ground connections including bond pad interconnects for integrated circuit devices." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2013 (14/021,268). 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=8,860,496.PN.&OS=PN/8,860,496&RS=PN/8,860,496 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,863,285) developed by six co-inventors for "virus immunization using prioritized routing." The co-inventors are Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Washington, Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Massachusetts, Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Washington, and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Livermore, California. The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2006 (11/526,213). 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=8,863,285.PN.&OS=PN/8,863,285&RS=PN/8,863,285 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Apparatuses and Method for Shifting Voltage Level ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,860,488) developed by Daniel Chu, Folsom, California, for "apparatuses and method for shifting a voltage level." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2013 (13/787,475). 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=8,860,488.PN.&OS=PN/8,860,488&RS=PN/8,860,488 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Pioneer Hi Bred International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Pioneer Hi Bred International, Johnston, Iowa, has been assigned a patent (8,853,490) developed by three co-inventors for compositions and methods "for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen." The co-inventors are Azalea S. Ong, Castro Valley, California, James J. English, San Ramon, California, and Nasser Yalpani, Johnston, Iowa. The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2011 (13/240,410). 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