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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (Nov. 11)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Marlborough, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,755) developed by Timothy J. Barberich, Concord, Massachusetts, for "[d]opamine-agonist combination therapy for improving sleep quality." The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2009 (12/541,686). 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=8877755.PN.&OS=PN/8877755&RS=PN/8877755 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Topokine Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Topokine Therapeutics, Newton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,807) developed by four co-inventors for "compositions and methods for reducing body fat." The co-inventors are Michael S. Singer, Newton Center, Massachusetts, Louis R. Pasquale, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, Cynthia L. Grosskreutz, Swampscott, Massachusetts, and Murat V. Kalayoglu, Silver Spring, Maryland. The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2014 (14/180,074). 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=8877807.PN.&OS=PN/8877807&RS=PN/8877807 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Hollingsworth & Vose Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Hollingsworth & Vose, East Walpole, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,011) developed by four co-inventors for systems and methods "for making fiber webs." The co-inventors are Mark S. Millar, Bolton, Connecticut, Douglas M. Guimond, Pepperell, Massachusetts, David Vallery, Exeter, New Hampshire, and Milind Godsay, Nashua, New Hampshire. The patent application was filed on May 11, 2012 (13/469,352). 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=8877011.PN.&OS=PN/8877011&RS=PN/8877011 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Marlborough, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,975) developed by 12 co-inventors for "Cycloalkylamines as monoamine reuptake inhibitors." The co-inventors are Mark A. Varney, Laguna Niguel, California, John E. Campbell, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sharon Rae Engel, Hudson, Massachusetts, Liming Shao, Lincoln, Massachusetts, Una Campbell, Marlborough, Massachusetts, Patrick Koch, Marlborough, Massachusetts, Jianguo Ma, Natick, Massachusetts, Fengjiang Wang, Northborough, Massachusetts, Michael Charles Hewitt, Somerville, Massachusetts, Scott Christopher Malcolm, Southborough, Massachusetts, Larry Wendell Hardy, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and Larry R. Bush, Worcester, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2010 (12/688,474). 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=8877975.PN.&OS=PN/8877975&RS=PN/8877975 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov 11 -- Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Worcester, Massachusetts, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, have been assigned a patent (8,877,093) developed by seven co-inventors for "[c]eramic scintillator body and scintillation device." The co-inventors are Brian C. LaCourse, Pepperell, Massachusetts, Morteza Zandi, Webster, Massachusetts, Qiwei Chen, Shanghai, Xiaofeng Peng, Shanghai, Helene Loetitia Retot, Avignon, France, BrunoViana, Montgeron, France, and Anne B. Hardy, Paris. The patent application was filed on Dec. 24, 2009 (13/142,756). 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=8877093.PN.&OS=PN/8877093&RS=PN/8877093 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Raytheon, Waltham, Massachusetts, have been assigned a patent (8,878,138) developed by three co-inventors for a "multi-sensor neutron source location system." The co-inventors are Peter Fisher, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Susan N. Gottschlich, Marlborough, Massachusetts, and Timothy J. Imholt, Methuen, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on March 16, 2012 (13/422,689). 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=8878138.PN.&OS=PN/8878138&RS=PN/8878138 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Analog Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,878,344) developed by three co-inventors for a "compound semiconductor lateral PNP bipolar transistors." The co-inventors are Srivatsan Parthasarathy, Acton, Massachusetts, Shuyun Zhang, Allston, Massachusetts, and Javier Alejandro Salcedo, North Billerica, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2012 (13/655,026). 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=8878344.PN.&OS=PN/8878344&RS=PN/8878344 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Covidien Assigned Patent for Meniscal Repair Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,876,842) developed by two co-inventors for "[m]eniscal repair device." The co-inventors are Peter Marshall, Bolton, Massachusetts, and Dennis Hubbard, Lancaster, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on March 16, 2010 (12/724,866). 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=8876842.PN.&OS=PN/8876842&RS=PN/8876842 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Visterra Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Visterra, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,200) developed by four co-inventors for "[h]A binding agents." The co-inventors are Zachary Shriver, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sasisekharan Raguram, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Vidya Subramanian, Somerville, Massachusetts, and Karthik Viswanathan, Waltham, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2013 (14/051,405). 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=8877200.PN.&OS=PN/8877200&RS=PN/8877200 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Data Storage Configuration Reliability ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,880,801) developed by five co-inventors for techniques "for reliability and availability assessment of data storage configurations." The co-inventors are Edward S. Robins, Winchester, Massachusetts, Sergey Rytenkov, St. Petersburg, Russia, Hagay Dagan, Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel, Dan Aharoni, Brookline, Massachusetts, and Kevin E. Granlund, Sutton, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2011 (13/200,658). 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=8880801.PN.&OS=PN/8880801&RS=PN/8880801 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** DePuy Synthes Products Assigned Patent for Minimally Invasive Corpectomy Cage and Instrument ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- DePuy Synthes Products, Raynham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,876,905) developed by William Frasier, New Bedford, Massachusetts, for "[m]inimally invasive corpectomy cage and instrument." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2009 (12/432,117). 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=8876905.PN.&OS=PN/8876905&RS=PN/8876905 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Confluent Surgical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Confluent Surgical, Bedford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,876,021) developed by three co-inventors for a "[s]ilicone spray tip." The co-inventors are Les Hull, Attleboro, Massachusetts, Jason Fortier, Concord, Massachusetts, and Art Driscoll, Reading, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2013 (13/758,198). 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=8876021.PN.&OS=PN/8876021&RS=PN/8876021 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** iRobot Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- iRobot, Bedford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,875,816) developed by four co-inventors for a "[h]igh travel suspension for small ground mobile robots." The co-inventors are Annan Michael Mozeika, Groton, Massachusetts, Erik E. Steltz, Melrose, Massachusetts, Jeffrey L. Weeks, South Easton, Massachusetts, and Lee Sword, Hollis, New Hamsphire. The patent application was filed on March 14, 2013 (13/828,484). 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=8875816.PN.&OS=PN/8875816&RS=PN/8875816 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Smiths Medical ASD Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Smiths Medical ASD, Rockland, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,876,798) developed by two co-inventors for "[c]atheter adapter." The co-inventors are Christian Schlerf, Keene, New Hampshire, and Geoff Clark, Lempster, New Hampshire. The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2010 (12/659,020). 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=8876798.PN.&OS=PN/8876798&RS=PN/8876798 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** University of Texas System, Brigham & Women's Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas, and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, have been assigned a patent (8,877,188) developed by Sandeep K. Agarwal, Houston, and Michael B. Brenner, Newton, Massachusetts, for the "detection and treatment of non-dermal fibrosis." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2011 (13/100,528). 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=8,877,188.PN.&OS=PN/8,877,188&RS=PN/8,877,188 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MathWorks Assigned Patent for Multi-Instantiable State Templates ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,881,097) developed by two co-inventors for a method of "providing multi-instantiable state templates to a statechart environment." The co-inventors are Vijay Raghavan, Framingham, Massachusetts, and Beth Cockerham, Melrose, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on June 11, 2012 (13/493,386). 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=8881097.PN.&OS=PN/8881097&RS=PN/8881097 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Inotek Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Inotek Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,732) developed by four co-inventors for "[c]ombination, kit and method of reducing intraocular pressure." The co-inventors are Thomas G. McCauley, Cambridge, Massachusetts, William K. McVicar, Sudbury, Massachusetts, Rudolf A. Baumgartner, Sudbury, Massachusetts, and Norman N. Kim, Westford, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2011 (13/004,380). 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=8877732.PN.&OS=PN/8877732&RS=PN/8877732 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,930) developed by four co-inventors for a "continuous flow synthesis of amino alcohols using microreactors." The co-inventors are Nikolay Zaborenko, Indianapolis, Klavs F. Jensen, Lexington, Massachusetts, Timothy F. Jamison, Somerville, Massachusetts, and Matthew W. Bedore, Portage, Michigan. The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2010 (12/939,516). The full text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8877930.PN.&OS=PN/8877930&RS=PN/8877930 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,880,821) developed by three co-inventors for "determining whether to migrate from a source storage device to a target storage device." The co-inventors are Weiqun Li, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Subin George, Framingham, Massachusetts, and Arieh Don, Newton, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on June 28, 2012 (13/536,474). 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=8880821.PN.&OS=PN/8880821&RS=PN/8880821 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Covidien Assigned Patent for Dissolvable Valve Member ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,876,801) developed by Kurt E. Green, Wrentham, Massachusetts, for an apparatus, system and method "for a dissolvable valve member." The patent application was filed on July 1, 2013 (13/932,349). 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=8876801.PN.&OS=PN/8876801&RS=PN/8876801 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Code Debugging ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,880,952) developed by three co-inventors for techniques "for debugging code of a provider using a debug interface." The co-inventors are Kevin S. Labonte, Upton, Massachusetts, Deene Dafoe, Northborough, Massachusetts, and Daniel A. Lottero, Milford, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on March 14, 2012 (13/419,910). 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=8880952.PN.&OS=PN/8880952&RS=PN/8880952 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Children's Medical Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Children's Medical Center, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,877,893) developed by two co-inventors for a "stabilized low affinity conformation of integrins for drug discovery." The co-inventors are Bing Hao Luo, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Timothy A. Springer, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2009 (12/645,958). 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=8877893.PN.&OS=PN/8877893&RS=PN/8877893 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** MathWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,881,178) developed by five co-inventors for "calling of late bound functions from an external program environment." The co-inventors are Peter Hartwell Webb, Newton, Massachusetts, Barry Simon, Sudbury, Massachusetts, Charles G. Nylander, Merrimack, New Hampshire, John Micco, Waltham, Massachusetts, and Marc Ullman, Framingham, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2011 (13/277,844). 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=8881178.PN.&OS=PN/8881178&RS=PN/8881178 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Teledyne Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Teledyne Instruments, Thousand Oaks, California, has been assigned a patent (8,875,645) developed by 17 co-inventors for "variable bouyancy profiling float." The co-inventors are Douglas C. Webb, Falmouth, Massachusetts, Mark Belcher, East Falmouth, Massachusetts, Lawrence Bovie, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Robert Correllus, Attleboro, Massachusetts, Andrew Elskamp, Cataumet, Massachusetts, Hugh E. Fargher, Forestdale, Massachusetts, Thomas Patterson, Bourne, Massachusetts, Ernest Petzrick, Mashpee, Massachusetts, David Pingal, East Falmouth, Massachusetts, Daniel Ryan, Carver, Massachusetts, Andrew Sealey, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Clyde Streeter, West Barnstable, Massachusetts, James Truman, East Falmouth, Massachusetts, William Wallace, Duxbury, Massachusetts, Steven Arruda, Westport, Massachusetts, Robert G. Melvin II, Sandwich, Massachusetts, and Thomas W. Altshuler, North Falmouth, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2013 (14/079,352). 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=8,875,645.PN.&OS=PN/8,875,645&RS=PN/8,875,645 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Vivonics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Vivonics, Waltham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,876,743) developed by three co-inventors for "[c]onformable material for an orthotic device and method of making same." The co-inventors are Kristen LeRoy, Somerville, Massachusetts, Anna M. Galea, Stow, Massachusetts, and John Player, Wayland, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on April 18, 2012 (13/506,428). 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=8876743.PN.&OS=PN/8876743&RS=PN/8876743 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Q.D. Vision Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Q.D. Vision, Lexington, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,876,272) developed by four co-inventors for "[c]ompositions and methods including depositing nanomaterial." The co-inventors are Seth Coe-Sullivan, Redondo Beach, California, John R. Linton, Concord, Massachusetts, Craig Breen, Somerville, Massachusetts, and Peter T. Kazlas, Sudbury, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2009 (12/655,074). 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=8876272.PN.&OS=PN/8876272&RS=PN/8876272 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** TEL Epion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- TEL Epion, Billerica, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,299) developed by three co-inventors for a method "for enhancing a substrate using gas cluster ion beam processing." The co-inventors are Nathan E. Baxter, Arlington, Massachusetts, John J. Hautala, Beverly, Massachusetts, and Koji Yamashita, Burlington, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on March 31, 2009 (12/415,867). 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=8877299.PN.&OS=PN/8877299&RS=PN/8877299 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Sanofi Pasteur Biologics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Sanofi Pasteur Biologics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,492) developed by three co-inventors for compositions and methods "for the production of alpha-herpesviruses." The co-inventors are Simon Delagrave, Stoneham, Massachusetts, John Hamberger, Milford, New Jersey, and Rachid Oubelaid, Vitry-sur-Seine, France. The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2009 (13/057,788). 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=8877492.PN.&OS=PN/8877492&RS=PN/8877492 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** La Jolla Pharmaceutical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- La Jolla Pharmaceutical, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,877,263) developed by Mark Staples, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and James Rolke, Woburn, Massachusetts, for "modified pectins, compositions and methods related thereto." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2014 (14/254,510). 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=88,77,263.PN.&OS=PN/88,77,263&RS=PN/88,77,263 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cytosignet Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Cytosignet, North Andover, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,451) developed by Nathan L. Smith, North Andover, Massachusetts, for compositions and methods "for detection of hematophagous ectoparasitic activity in an enclosure or area." The patent application was filed on March 12, 2013 (13/795,941). 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=8877451.PN.&OS=PN/8877451&RS=PN/8877451 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Boston Biomedical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Boston Biomedical, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,803) developed by four co-inventors for a "stat3 pathway inhibitors and cancer stem cell inhibitors." The co-inventors are Chiang Jia Li, Cambridge, Massachusetts, David Leggett, Milton, Massachusetts, Zhiwei Jiang, Stow, Massachusetts, and Wei Li, Wayland, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2008 (12/677,511). 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=8877803.PN.&OS=PN/8877803&RS=PN/8877803 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Intelligent Medical Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Intelligent Medical Devices, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,909) developed by five co-inventors for "optimized oligonucleotides and methods of using same for the detection, isolation, amplification, quantitation, monitoring, screening, and sequencing of group B Streptococcus." The co-inventors are Chesley Leslin, Boston, Alice A. Jacobs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, David Dolinger, Medway, Massachusetts, Damien Slater, Roslindale, Massachusetts, and Juan Anzola, Bogota, Colombia. The patent application was filed on March 19, 2012 (13/424,022). 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=8877909.PN.&OS=PN/8877909&RS=PN/8877909 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Agrivida Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Agrivida, Medford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,878,004) developed by R. Michael Raab, Arlington, Massachusetts, for "transgenic plants expressing CIVPS or intein modified proteins and related method." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2013 (13/962,520). 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=8878004.PN.&OS=PN/8878004&RS=PN/8878004 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** DePuy Synthes Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- DePuy Synthes Products, Raynham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,193) developed by six co-inventors for "[t]ransdiscal administration of anti-TNF.alpha. antibodies and growth differentiation factors." The co-inventors are Sudhakar Kadiyala, Newton, Massachusetts, Thomas M. DiMauro, Southboro, Massachusetts, Hassan Serhan, South Easton, Massachusetts, Scott Bruder, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Mohamed Attawia, Holmdell, New Jersey, and David Urbahns, Barrington, Rhode Island. The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2008 (12/290,998). 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=8877193.PN.&OS=PN/8877193&RS=PN/8877193 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Skyworks Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Skyworks Solutions, Woburn, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,878,362) developed by Kezia Cheng, Lowell, Massachusetts, for a "copper interconnects having a titanium--titanium nitride assembly between copper and compound semiconductor." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2013 (13/774,421). 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=8878362.PN.&OS=PN/8878362&RS=PN/8878362 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,687) developed by three co-inventors for methods and kits "for detecting antibodies (e.g., anti-drug antibodies) specific for abundant body fluid components." The co-inventors are Arthur J. Kudla, Andover, Massachusetts, Mark David Moody, Concord, Massachusetts, and Sam Shenghua Song, Walpole, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on April 26, 2011 (13/643,634). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8877687.PN.&OS=PN/8877687&RS=PN/8877687 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Xyleco Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Xyleco, Woburn, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,472) developed by Marshall Medoff, Brookline, Massachusetts, for "[e]lectron beam irradiation processing of biomass and saccharification thereof." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2013 (13/902,246). 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=8877472.PN.&OS=PN/8877472&RS=PN/8877472 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Integrated High Voltage Divider ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,878,330) developed by six co-inventors for an "integrated high voltage divider." The co-inventors are Hideaki Kawahara, Tokyo, Marie Denison, Plano, Texas, Sameer Pendharkar, Allen, Texas, Philip L. Hower, Concord, Massachusetts, John Lin, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and Robert A. Neidorff, Bedford, New Hampshire. The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2012 (13/567,456). 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=8,878,330.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,330&RS=PN/8,878,330 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lantheus Medical Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Lantheus Medical Imaging, North Billerica, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,157) developed by seven co-inventors for "[n]-alkoxyamide conjugates as imaging agents." The co-inventors are David S. Casebier, Carlisle, Massachusetts, Edward H. Cheesman, Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Richard R. Cesati, Pepperell, Massachusetts, Richard J. Looby, Reading, Massachusetts, Simon P. Robinson, Stow, Massachusetts, Thomas D. Harris, Salem, New Hampshire, and Padmaja Yalamanchili, Princeton, New Jersey. The patent application was filed on July 8, 2010 (13/382,689). 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=8877157.PN.&OS=PN/8877157&RS=PN/8877157 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** ExxonMobil Chemical, Technip Process Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- ExxonMobil Chemical, Houston, and Technip Process Technology, Houston, have been assigned a patent (8,877,996) developed by five co-inventors for alkylated aromatics production. The co-inventors are Matthew J. Vincent, Kingwood, Texas, Vijay Nanda, Houston, Maruti Bhandarkar, Kingwood, Texas, Brian Maerz, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and Terry E. Helton, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2013 (14/075,218). 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=8,877,996.PN.&OS=PN/8,877,996&RS=PN/8,877,996 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** IDev Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- IDev Technologies, Webster, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,876,881) developed by six co-inventors for "devices for stent advancement." The co-inventors are Jeffery Sheldon, League City, Texas, Richard Booth, Friendswood, Texas, Gary Boseck, Boxford, Massachusetts, Richard Wisdom, Hyde park, Massachusetts, Ken Bueche, Friendswood, Texas, and Bruce Dannecker, Tyler, Texas. The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2007 (11/876,764). 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=8,876,881.PN.&OS=PN/8,876,881&RS=PN/8,876,881 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xyleco Assigned Patent for Processing Biomass ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Xyleco, Woburn, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,467) developed by two co-inventors for "[p]rocessing biomass." The co-inventors are Marshall Medoff, Brookline, Massachusetts, and Thomas Craig Masterman, Brookline, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on March 6, 2013 (13/786,920). 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=8877467.PN.&OS=PN/8877467&RS=PN/8877467 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,654) developed by four co-inventors for "[p]ulsed plasma to affect conformal processing." The co-inventors are Harold Persing, Westbrook, Maine, Svetlana Radovanov, Marblehead, Massachusetts, Vikram Singh, North Andover, Massachusetts, and Helen Maynard, North Reading, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on April 15, 2010 (12/760,847). 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=8877654.PN.&OS=PN/8877654&RS=PN/8877654 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Transmission in Network with Active and Sleeping Clients ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,879,458) developed by Anil Gupta, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and Sung-Ju Lee, Redwood City, California, for "transmission in a network with active and sleeping clients." The patent application was filed on April 23, 2012 (13/453,664). 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=8,879,458.PN.&OS=PN/8,879,458&RS=PN/8,879,458 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lasermax Roll Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Lasermax Roll Systems, Billerica, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,875,608) developed by two co-inventors for a "[s]heet slitting mechanism with automated size adjustment." The co-inventors are Steven P. Lewalski, Melrose, Massachusetts, and Bruce J. Taylor, Manchester, New Hampshire. The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2011 (13/291,062). 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=8875608.PN.&OS=PN/8875608&RS=PN/8875608 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** RememberIN Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- RememberIN, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,881,251) developed by Stuart Hilger, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, for "electronic authentication using pictures and images." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2013 (13/774,949). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8881251.PN.&OS=PN/8881251&RS=PN/8881251 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** California Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, has been assigned a patent (8,877,438) developed by Peng Yin, Brookline, Massachusetts, for a self-assembled polynucleotide structure. The patent application was filed on July 19, 2011 (13/186,331). 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=88,77,438.PN.&OS=PN/88,77,438&RS=PN/88,77,438 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Idera Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent for Inhibiting Gene Expression ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Idera Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,722) developed by eight co-inventors for compositions "for inhibiting gene expression and uses thereof." The co-inventors are Ireneusz Nowak, Allston, Massachusetts, Mallikarjuna Putta, Burlington, Massachusetts, Weiwen Jiang, Burlington, Massachusetts, Ekambar Kandimalla, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Nicola LaMonica, Natick, Massachusetts, Sudhir Agrawal, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Michael Reardon, Westwood, Massachusetts, and Tao Lan, Winchester, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on March 25, 2011 (13/072,017). 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=8877722.PN.&OS=PN/8877722&RS=PN/8877722 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Fusion Optix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Fusion Optix, Woburn, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,876,348) developed by two co-inventors for "[l]ight fixture comprising a multi-functional non-imaging opitical component." The co-inventors are Timothy Kelly, Brookline, Massachusetts, and Matthew Sherman, Sharon, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on July 30, 2012 (13/562,304). 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=8876348.PN.&OS=PN/8876348&RS=PN/8876348 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,877,791) developed by three co-inventors for "inhibitors of pyruvate kinase and methods of treating disease." The co-inventors are Heather R. Christofk, Carlsbad, California, Lewis Cantley, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Somerville, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2007 (12/376,285). 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=8877791.PN.&OS=PN/8877791&RS=PN/8877791 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Navolta Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Navolta, Somerville, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,875,981) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for a microreactor." The co-inventors are Rick Bryan Woodruff, Boulder, Colorado, David M. King, Canton, Massachusetts, and Brian Neltner, Somerville, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on June 7, 2012 (13/490,717). 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=8875981.PN.&OS=PN/8875981&RS=PN/8875981 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent for Thermo-mechanical Process ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,876,990) developed by two co-inventors for "[t]hermo-mechanical process to enhance the quality of grain boundary networks." The co-inventors are Koichi Kita, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Christopher A. Schuh, Marlborough, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2009 (12/544,568). 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=8876990.PN.&OS=PN/8876990&RS=PN/8876990 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** MathWorks Assigned Patent for Graphical Interface Binding ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,881,022) developed by four co-inventors for a method and system "for binding graphical interfaces to textual code." The co-inventors are Jay R. Torgerson, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Stephen Curtis, Natick, Massachusetts, Thomas Walsh, Somerville, Massachusetts, and Stanley Pensak, Foxboro, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2010 (12/895,287). 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=8881022.PN.&OS=PN/8881022&RS=PN/8881022 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Cellay, Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Cellay, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,877,441) developed by three co-inventors for methods and kits "for performing in situ hybridization." The co-inventors are Michael Gildea, Boston, Joan Aurich-Costa, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Ewen, Lynn, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2013 (14/055,681). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8877441.PN.&OS=PN/8877441&RS=PN/8877441 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** NxStage Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- NxStage Medical, Lawrence, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,876,777) developed by four co-inventors for "[s]afe needle methods, apparatus, and systems." The co-inventors are William Schnell, Libertyville, Illinois, James M. Brugger, Newburyport, Massachusetts, Mark Florence, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and Steven C. Alford, Marysville, Washington. The patent application was filed on July 10, 2013 (13/939,150). 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=8876777.PN.&OS=PN/8876777&RS=PN/8876777 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** General Hospital, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- General Hospital, Boston, and Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Quebec, Canada, have been assigned a patent (8,877,940) developed by four co-inventors for "antibiotic tolerance inhibitors." The co-inventors are Laurence Rahme, Brookline, Massachusetts, Melissa Starkey, Philadelphia, Francois Lepine, Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada, and Biliana Lesic-Arsic, Paris. The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2012 (14/000,600). 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=8877940.PN.&OS=PN/8877940&RS=PN/8877940 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for System and Method for Update of Firmware of Storage Array Controller in Storage Area Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,881,132) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for update of firmware of a storage array controller in a storage area network." The co-inventors are Satish Kumar Mopur, Bangalore, India, Vivek Mehrotra, Bangalore, India, Saikat Mukherjee, Bangalore, India, Satyaprakash Rao, Marlborough, Massachusetts, and Sushil Kumar Singh, Bangalore, India. The patent application was filed on March 5, 2009 (12/398,185). 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=8,881,132.PN.&OS=PN/8,881,132&RS=PN/8,881,132 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov 11 -- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, and Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Masachusetts, have been assigned a patent (8,876,795) developed by eight co-inventors for "[d]rug delivery apparatus." The co-inventors are Sharon G. Kujawa, Bedford, Massachusetts, Jason O. Fiering, Boston, Ernest S. Kim, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jeffrey T. Borenstein, Newton, Massachusetts, William F. Sewell, Sherborn, Massachusetts, Michael J. McKenna, Southborough, Massachusetts, Erin E. Pararas, Swampscott, Massachusetts, and Mark J. Mescher, West Newton, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2012 (13/364,583). 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=8876795.PN.&OS=PN/8876795&RS=PN/8876795 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Tufts University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- Tufts University, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,877,896) developed by three co-inventors for "compositions, methods and kits for modeling, diagnosing, and treating complement disorders." The co-inventors are Rajendra Kumar-Singh, Boston, Siobhan M. Cashman, Boston, and John Harry Sweigard, Dorchester, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2012 (13/692,734). 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=8877896.PN.&OS=PN/8877896&RS=PN/8877896 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. 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. -1181325 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |