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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Maine (April 3)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Maine. *** U.S. Patents Assigned to Companies Based in New York ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued the following patents to companies based in New York. Albany International, Albany, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,223) developed by Lynn Faye Kroll, Sherwood, Wis., Jeffrey B. Herman, Bala Cynwyd, Pa., and Ronald Bain, Ourimbah, Australia, for a "through air-drying fabric." The patent application was filed on April 19, 2006 (11/406,588). American Express Travel Related Services , New York, has been assigned a patent (7,882,027) developed by five co-inventors for a "consumer behaviors at lender level." The co-inventors are Kathleen Haggerty, Staten Island, N.Y., Aashish Prakash, Doranda, India, Prasanta Sahu, Jersey City, N.J., Di Xu, Edison, N.J., Chao Yuan, Montclair, N.J. The patent application was filed on March 28, 2008 (12/058,378). American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,881,997) developed by nine co-inventors for a "system and method for quantitative peer travel and expense benchmarking analysis." The co-inventors are Toni Elizabeth Scanlan, London, Great Britain, Nhan T. Pham, Stanmore, Australia, Srinivas Kumandan, Scottsdale, Ariz., Jeffrey J. Raible, Glendale, Ariz., Matthew J. B. Davis, London, Keith R. Janian, Danvers, Mass., Sivagini Ahamparam, Scottsdale, Ariz., Lori Jean Cales, Peoria, Ariz., and Orville A. Williams, Glendale, Ariz. The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2005 (11/261,376). Angion Biomedica, Garden City, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,898) developed by Yanchun He, Manhasset, N.Y., for a "hepatocyte growth factor pathway activators in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2007 (11/705,202). Angion Biomedica, Garden City, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,898) developed by Yanchun He, Manhasset, N.Y., for a "hepatocyte growth factor pathway activators in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2007 (11/705,202). AT&T Intellectual Property II, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,882,357) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method of retrieving a watermark within a signal." The co-inventors are James David Johnston, Morristown, N.J., Shyh-Shiaw Kuo, Basking Ridge, N.J., Schuyler Reynier Quackenbush, Basking Ridge, N.J., and William Turin, East Brunswick, N.J. The patent application was filed on April 4, 2006 (11/278,673). AT&T Intellectual Property II, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,881,328) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for controlling access to a communication channel." The co-inventors are Herman Chien, Redmond, Wash., Jin-Meng Ho, Plano, Texas, Liang A. Hong, Redmond, Wash., Elliott Hoole, Redmond, Wash., and Kin K. Leung, Edison, N.J. The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2008 (12/267,258). AT&T Intellectual Property II, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,881,328) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for controlling access to a communication channel." The co-inventors are Herman Chien, Redmond, Wash., Jin-Meng Ho, Plano, Texas, Liang A. Hong, Redmond, Wash., Elliott Hoole, Redmond, Wash., and Kin K. Leung, Edison, N.J. The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2008 (12/267,258). Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,090) developed by Joel Pynson, Toulouse, France, for an "intraocular lens injector apparatus and methods of use." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2006 (11/610,056). Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,090) developed by Joel Pynson, Toulouse, France, for an "intraocular lens injector apparatus and methods of use." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2006 (11/610,056). BigSky Technologies, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,743) developed by Joseph F. Bringley, Rochester, N.Y., Tiecheng Qiao, Webster, N.Y., and Suresh Sunderrajan, Rochester, N.Y., for a "stain and soil resistant textile article." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2007 (11/859,308). BigSky Technologies, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,743) developed by Joseph F. Bringley, Rochester, N.Y., Tiecheng Qiao, Webster, N.Y., and Suresh Sunderrajan, Rochester, N.Y., for a "stain and soil resistant textile article." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2007 (11/859,308). Bion Technologies, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,879,589) developed by James W. Morris, Standish, Maine, and Jere Northrop, Amherst, N.Y., for a "micro-electron acceptor phosphorus accumulating organisms." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2009 (12/542,122). Bion Technologies, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,879,589) developed by James W. Morris, Standish, Maine, and Jere Northrop, Amherst, N.Y., for a "micro-electron acceptor phosphorus accumulating organisms." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2009 (12/542,122). Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,338) developed by four co-inventors for "vectors and methods for immunization against norovirus using transgenic plants." The co-inventors are William D.O. Hamilton, Herts, United Kingdom, Koen Hellendoorn, Suffolk, United Kingdom, Timothy D. Jones, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, Dwayne D. Kirk, Mesa, Ariz., Hugh S. Mason, Phoenix, Ariz, Xiuren Zhang, New York, and Charles J. Arntzen, Superstition Mountain, Ariz. The patent application was filed on July 21, 2004 (10/895,791). Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,338) developed by four co-inventors for "vectors and methods for immunization against norovirus using transgenic plants." The co-inventors are William D.O. Hamilton, Herts, United Kingdom, Koen Hellendoorn, Suffolk, United Kingdom, Timothy D. Jones, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, Dwayne D. Kirk, Mesa, Ariz., Hugh S. Mason, Phoenix, Xiuren Zhang, New York, and Charles J. Arntzen, Superstition Mountain, Ariz. The patent application was filed on July 21, 2004 (10/895,791). Capitol Cups, Amsterdam, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (No. D631,693) developed by Jean-Pierre Giraud, Paris, France, Michel Zbirka, Jouy-sur-Morin, France, and Tina Belfance, Auburn, Ala., for an ornamental design for a cup. The patent application was filed on April 1, 2010 (D/358,904). Carestream Health, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,516) developed by Shoupu Chen, Rochester, N.Y., and Richard Alan Simon, Rochester, N.Y., for a "method and system of image fusion for radiation therapy." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2007 (11/956,632). Chembio Diagnostic Systems, Medford, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,597) developed by Javanbakhsh Esfandiari, Stony Brook, N.Y., for a "dual path immunoassay device." The patent application was filed on March 10, 2006 (11/908,071). Chembio Diagnostic Systems, Medford, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,597) developed by Javanbakhsh Esfandiari, Stony Brook, N.Y., for a "dual path immunoassay device." The patent application was filed on March 10, 2006 (11/908,071). Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Tarrytown, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,928) developed by Chin Siong Goh, Singapore, Kerstin Schrinner, Shanghai, China, and Pascal Xanthopoulos, New Rochelle, N.Y., for a "polyether polyols, polyester polyols and polyurethanes of low residual aldehyde content." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2006 (11/918,623). Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Tarrytown, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,928) developed by Chin Siong Goh, Singapore, Kerstin Schrinner, Shanghai, China, and Pascal Xanthopoulos, New Rochelle, N.Y., for a "polyether polyols, polyester polyols and polyurethanes of low residual aldehyde content." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2006 (11/918,623). Citicorp Credit Services, Long Island City, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,394) developed by William Johnson, Marietta, Ga., for "methods and systems for managing transaction card accounts enabled for use with particular categories of providers and/or goods/services." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2008 (12/289,673). Citicorp Credit Services, Long Island City, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,394) developed by William Johnson, Marietta, Ga., for "methods and systems for managing transaction card accounts enabled for use with particular categories of providers and/or goods/services." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2008 (12/289,673). Coby Electronics, Lake Success, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (No. D631,865) developed by Johann Lee, Whitestone, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a portable media player. The patent application was filed on June 28, 2010 (D/364,713). Colgate-Palmolive, New York, has been assigned two patents (D631,750, D631,749), developed by six inventors for an ornamental design for a container. The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009. The patented item was co-designed by Kiat Cheong Toh, Forest Hills, N.Y., John Lamb, Pewsey, Great Britain, Will Maskell, Marlborough, Great Britain, Alan Whiting, Penrith, Great Britain, Tom Walton, Shipston-on-Stour, Great Britain, and Corinne Elstow, Marlborough, Great Britain. Columbia University-Trustees of New York, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,879,840) developed by Andrew Robert Marks, Larchmont, N.Y., Donald W. Landry, New York, and Shixian Deng, White Plains, N.Y., for "agents for preventing and treating disorders involving modulation of the RyR receptors." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2006 (11/506,285). Columbia University-Trustees of New York, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,879,365) developed by four co-inventors for a "zinc salt compositions for the prevention of dermal and mucosal irritation." The co-inventors are Shanta M. Modak, River Edge, N.J., Trupti Gaonkar, New York, Milind Shintre, New York, and Lauserpina Caraos, New York. The patent application was filed on July 15, 2004 (10/892,034). Columbia University-Trustees of New York, N.Y., have been assigned a patent (7,880,551) developed by Steven Chan, Yonkers, N.Y., Kenneth L. Shepard, Ossining, N.Y., and Zheng Xu, Staten Island, N.Y., for "systems and methods for distributing a clock signal." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2006 (12/159,750). Columbia University-Trustees of New York, N.Y., have been assigned a patent (7,880,551) developed by Steven Chan, Yonkers, N.Y., Kenneth L. Shepard, Ossining, N.Y., and Zheng Xu, Staten Island, N.Y., for "systems and methods for distributing a clock signal." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2006 (12/159,750). Columbia University-Trustees of New York, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,879,840) developed by Andrew Robert Marks, Larchmont, N.Y., Donald W. Landry, New York, and Shixian Deng, White Plains, N.Y., for "agents for preventing and treating disorders involving modulation of the RyR receptors." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2006 (11/506,285). Columbia University-Trustees of New York, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,879,365) developed by four co-inventors for a "zinc salt compositions for the prevention of dermal and mucosal irritation." The co-inventors are Shanta M. Modak, River Edge, N.J., Trupti Gaonkar, New York, Milind Shintre, New York, and Lauserpina Caraos, New York. The patent application was filed on July 15, 2004 (10/892,034). Core Jewelry, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,878,024) developed by Kyung-Hak Baik, Euiwang, South Korea, for an earring. The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/339,586). Core Jewelry, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,878,024) developed by Kyung-Hak Baik, Euiwang, South Korea, for an earring. The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/339,586). Cornell Research Foundation, Ithaca, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,579) developed by six co-inventors for "detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using the ligase detection reaction with addressable arrays." The co-inventors are Francis Barany, New York, George Barany, Falcon Heights, Minn., Robert P. Hammer, Baton Rouge, La., Maria Kempe, Malmo, Sweden, Herman Blok, Wemeldinge, The Netherlands, and Monib Zirvi, New York. The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2001 (09/963,698). Cornell Research Foundation, Ithaca, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,579) developed by six co-inventors for "detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using the ligase detection reaction with addressable arrays." The co-inventors are Francis Barany, New York, George Barany, Falcon Heights, Minn., Robert P. Hammer, Baton Rouge, La., Maria Kempe, Malmo, Sweden, Herman Blok, Wemeldinge, The Netherlands, and Monib Zirvi, New York, N.Y. The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2001 (09/963,698). Credit Suisse Securities (USA), New York, has been assigned a patent (7,881,998) developed by Brian Finn, Brookville, N.Y., Sean Brady, New York, and Susan Mink, Summit, N.J., for a "system and method for a performance incentive plan." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2005 (11/294,034). Data-Pac Mailing Systems, Webster, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,036) developed by Richard A. Yankloski, Webster, N.Y., Kenneth M. Yankloski, Webster, N.Y., and John A. Keirsbilck, Rochester, N.Y., for a "system and method for postal indicia printing evidencing and accounting." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2007 (11/799,359). Data-Pac Mailing Systems, Webster, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,099) developed by Richard A. Yankloski, Webster, N.Y., for a "shape based postage rate measurement system." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2008 (12/157,457). Data-Pac Mailing Systems, Webster, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,099) developed by Richard A. Yankloski, Webster, N.Y., for a "shape based postage rate measurement system." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2008 (12/157,457). Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,442) developed by five co-inventors for a "multi-frame display system with perspective based image arrangement." The co-inventors are Joel S. Lawther, East Rochester, N.Y., Dale F. McIntyre, Honeoye Falls, N.Y., Joseph A. Manico, Rochester, N.Y., Michael J. Telek, Pittsford, N.Y., and John R. Fredlund, Rochester, N.Y. The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2007 (11/649,972). Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,782) developed by Christopher Parks, Rochester, N.Y., for an "image sensor clocking method." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2008 (12/130,107). Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,691) developed by Roger S. Kerr, Brockport, N.Y., Timothy J. Tredwell, Fairport, N.Y., and Seung-Ho Baek, Pittsford, N.Y., for a "low cost die placement." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2008 (12/236,972). Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,782) developed by Christopher Parks, Rochester, N.Y., for an "image sensor clocking method." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2008 (12/130,107). Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,691) developed by Roger S. Kerr, Brockport, N.Y., Timothy J. Tredwell, Fairport, N.Y., and Seung-Ho Baek, Pittsford, N.Y., for a "low cost die placement." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2008 (12/236,972). Ellman International, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,032) developed by Jon C. Garito, Oceanside, N.Y., and Alan G. Ellman, Oceanside, N.Y., for a disposable electrosurgical handpiece. The patent application was filed on April 16, 2007 (11/787,245). Ellman International, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,032) developed by Jon C. Garito, Oceanside, N.Y., and Alan G. Ellman, Oceanside, N.Y., for a disposable electirosurgical handpiece. The patent application was filed on April 16, 2007 (11/787,245). Enview Designs, West Coxsackie, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,973) developed by Monica P. Manley, Clifton Park, N.Y., for a "method, system and program product for selecting window coverings." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2007 (11/679,327). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,993) developed by Abhinanda Sarkar, Bangalore, India, Debasis Bal, Bangalore, India, and Awadhesh Kumar, Bangalore, India, for a "system, method and computer product for optimal pricing of a financial product." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2004 (10/814,698). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,425) developed by Mark E. Vermilyea, Niskayuna, N.Y., and James E. Simpson, Clifton Park, N.Y., for a "wide-coverage X-ray source with dual-sided target." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2008 (12/317,908). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,580) developed by Aaron J. Knobloch, Clifton Park, N.Y., Jeffrey B. Fortin, Niskayuna, N.Y., and David J. Geer, Johnsonburg, Pa., for a "thermistor having doped and undoped layers of material." The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2007 (11/648,919). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,419) developed by Christof Martin Sihler, Hallbergnoos, Germany, Robert Roesner, Bayern, Germany, and Rajib Datta, Niskayuna, N.Y., for a "MVDC power transmission system for sub-sea loads." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2008 (12/074,223). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,963) developed by Rainer Koeniger, Clifton Park, N.Y., and Chad M. Denton, Schenectady, N.Y., for a "composition, article, and associated method." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2007 (11/958,604). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,750) developed by Grigorii Lev Soloveichik, Latham, N.Y., for "anodes for alkaline electrolysis." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2006 (11/564,956). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,295) developed by seven co-inventors for a "conversion system for reducing no.sub.x emissions." The co-inventors are Ke Liu, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Arnaldo Frydman, Santa Ana, Calif., Vladimir Zamansky, Oceanside, Calif., Teresa Grocela Rocha, Clifton Park, N.Y., Jonathan Lloyd Male, Schoharie, N.Y., Harish Radhakrishna Acharya, Clifton Park, N.Y., and Roy James Primus, Niskayuna, N.Y. The patent application was filed on June 30, 2005 (11/172,288). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,203) developed by Scott Andrew Weaver, Ballston Lake, N.Y., William Thomas Carter, Galway, N.Y., and Paul Mario Marruso, Schenectady, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for cathodic arc ion plasma deposition." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2006 (11/609,078). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,877,888) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for measuring installation dimensions for flow measurement system." The co-inventors are Thomas James Batzinger, Burnt Hills, N.Y., Jeffrey David Tilden, Norton, Mass., Xiaolei Shirley Ao, Lexington, Mass., Waseem Ibrahim Faidi, Schenectady, N.Y., Yanyan Wu, Schenectady, N.Y., and Nelson Raymond Corby Jr., Scotia, N.Y. The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2007 (11/923,881). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,425) developed by Mark E. Vermilyea, Niskayuna, N.Y., and James E. Simpson, Clifton Park, N.Y., for a "wide-coverage X-ray source with dual-sided target." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2008 (12/317,908). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,580) developed by Aaron J. Knobloch, Clifton Park, N.Y., Jeffrey B. Fortin, Niskayuna, N.Y., and David J. Geer, Johnsonburg, Pa., for a "thermistor having doped and undoped layers of material." The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2007 (11/648,919). General Electric , Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,419) developed by Christof Martin Sihler, Hallbergnoos, Germany, Robert Roesner, Bayern, Germany, and Rajib Datta, Niskayuna, N.Y., for a "MVDC power transmission system for sub-sea loads." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2008 (12/074,223). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,963) developed by Rainer Koeniger, Clifton Park, N.Y., and Chad M. Denton, Schenectady, N.Y., for a "composition, article, and associated method." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2007 (11/958,604). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,750) developed by Grigorii Lev Soloveichik, Latham, N.Y., for "anodes for alkaline electrolysis." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2006 (11/564,956). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,295) developed by seven co-inventors for a "conversion system for reducing no.sub.x emissions." The co-inventors are Ke Liu, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Arnaldo Frydman, Santa Ana, Calif., Vladimir Zamansky, Oceanside, Calif., Teresa Grocela Rocha, Clifton Park, N.Y., Jonathan Lloyd Male, Schoharie, N.Y., Harish Radhakrishna Acharya, Clifton Park, N.Y., and Roy James Primus, Niskayuna, N.Y. The patent application was filed on June 30, 2005 (11/172,288). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,203) developed by Scott Andrew Weaver, Ballston Lake, N.Y., William Thomas Carter, Galway, N.Y., and Paul Mario Marruso, Schenectady, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for cathodic arc ion plasma deposition." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2006 (11/609,078). General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,877,888) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for measuring installation dimensions for flow measurement system." The co-inventors are Thomas James Batzinger, Burnt Hills, N.Y., Jeffrey David Tilden, Norton, Mass., Xiaolei Shirley Ao, Lexington, Mass., Waseem Ibrahim Faidi, Schenectady, N.Y., Yanyan Wu, Schenectady, N.Y., and Nelson Raymond Corby Jr., Scotia, N.Y. The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2007 (11/923,881). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., Ramot At Tel Aviv Univ, Ltd., Tel-Aviv, Israel, and Oregon State University, Orvallia, Ore., have been assigned a patent (7,878,976) developed by Sarah K. Patch, Milwaukee, Wis., David Finch, Corvallis, Ore., and Victor Palamodov, Karlsruhe, Germany, for a "method and system of thermoacoustic imaging with exact inversion." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2004 (10/864,567). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y, Ramot At Tel Aviv Univ, Ltd., Tel-Aviv, Israel, and Oregon State University, Orvallia, Ore., have been assigned a patent (7,878,976) developed by Sarah K. Patch, Milwaukee, Wis., David Finch, Corvallis, Ore., and Victor Palamodov, Karlsruhe, Germany, for a "method and system of thermoacoustic imaging with exact inversion." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2004 (10/864,567). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,814) developed by William Robert Pearson, Roanoke, Va., Pedro Monclova, Salem, Va., and James William Zeleznik, Roanoke, Va., for a "method and system for rapid modeling and verification of excitation systems for synchronous generators." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2006 (11/381,592). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,778) developed by Borje Rantala, Helsinki, Finland, for a "floating physiological data acquisition system with expandable ECG and EEG." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2006 (11/528,919). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,513) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for the processing of radiology images for a detection of opacities." The co-inventors are Sylvain Bernard, Montigny le Bretonne, France, Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller, Guyancourt, France, Razvan Gabriel Iordache, Paris, France, and Gero Peters, Paris, France. The patent application was filed on July 26, 2007 (11/828,451). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,436) developed by Carey Shawn Rogers, Brookfield, Wis., and Richard Michael Roffers, Menomonee Falls, Wis., for a "method and apparatus of differential pumping in an X-ray tube." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2008 (12/119,281). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,430) developed by Kevin Andrew Coombs, Pewaukee, Wis., for an automatic bus management. The patent application was filed on July 28, 2006 (11/495,839). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,420) developed by Daniel Verne Somerville, Santa Cruz, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for reducing vibration in component of a nuclear reactor." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2004 (10/860,285). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,473) developed by four co-inventors for a "non-invasive monitoring and diagnosis of electric machines by measuring external flux density." The co-inventors are Madabushi Venkatakrishnama Chari, Burt Hills, N.Y., Sameh Ramadan Salem, Rexford, N.Y., Sheppard Salon, Schenectady, N.Y., and O-Mun Kwon, Troy, N.Y. The patent application was filed on March 31, 2008 (12/058,856). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,355) developed by Ronghai Qu, Clifton Park, N.Y., Wei Wu, Canton, Mich., and John M. Kern, Rexford, N.Y., for an electromagnetic variable transmission. The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2006 (11/567,592). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,335) developed by Markus Altenschulte, Spelle, Germany, for a "power backup system for offshore wind generators." The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2007 (11/946,119). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,320) developed by Mark Lee Cook, Tehachapi, Calif., for a "system, device, and method for controlling a wind turbine using seasonal parameters." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2009 (12/609,237). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,029) developed by John Link, Humble, Texas, and Sherif Eldin, Bellaire, Texas, for "use of polyalkenyl succinimides in acrylic acid production." The patent application was filed on May 19, 2004 (10/850,075). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,454) developed by Paul S. Manicke, West Chester, Ohio, and Earl Claude Helder, Cincinnati, for a "friction stir welding of metal matrix composites." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/340,061). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,421) developed by Paul Stephen Manicke, West Chester, Ohio, and Earl Claude Helder, Cincinnati, Ohio, for a "friction stir welding of fiber reinforced thermoplastics." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/340,139). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,297) developed by Paul Steven Wallace, Katy, Texas, and Arnaldo Frydman, Houston, Texas, for "methods and systems for reactor low product variation." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2008 (12/054,190). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,235) developed by Sijing Wang, Shanghai, China, for "methods for biological purification of waste." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2008 (12/050,514). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,763) developed by Sean Robert Keith, Fairfield, Ohio, Michael Joseph Danowski, Cincinnati, and Leslie Eugene Leeke Jr., Burlington, Ky., for a "turbine rotor blade assembly and method of assembling the same." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2007 (11/748,529). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,172) developed by Jassin Fritz, Munich, Germany, and Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger, Bavaria, Germany, for an "intake channels for internal combustion engines." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2009 (12/477,305). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,002) developed by Madhavan Narasimhan Poyyapakkam, Bangalore, India, for "methods and systems to facilitate reducing combustor pressure drops." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2007 (11/787,671). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,000) developed by Alfred Albert Mancini, Cincinnati, Ohio, Hukam Chand Mongia, West Chester, Ohio, for a "pilot fuel injector for mixer assembly of a high pressure gas turbine engine." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2005 (11/312,728). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,877,980) developed by James Edward Johnson, Fairfield, Ohio, for a "convertible gas turbine engine." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2006 (11/617,371). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,877,944) developed by Marc Seidel, Osnabrueck, Germany, for a "tower foundation, in particular for a wind energy turbine." The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2003 (10/565,747). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,877,891) developed by Robert Michael Petroskie, Roebuck, S.C., Creston Lewis Dempsey, Mauldin, S.C., and Roberto Anthony Nunez, Greenville, S.C., for a "rotor clocking bar and method of use." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2008 (12/209,228). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,436) developed by Carey Shawn Rogers, Brookfield, Wis., and Richard Michael Roffers, Menomonee Falls, Wis., for a "method and apparatus of differential pumping in an X-ray tube." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2008 (12/119,281). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,430) developed by Kevin Andrew Coombs, Pewaukee, Wis., for an automatic bus management. The patent application was filed on July 28, 2006 (11/495,839). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,420) developed by Daniel Verne Somerville, Santa Cruz, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for reducing vibration in component of a nuclear reactor." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2004 (10/860,285). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,473) developed by four co-inventors for a "non-invasive monitoring and diagnosis of electric machines by measuring external flux density." The co-inventors are Madabushi Venkatakrishnama Chari, Burt Hills, N.Y., Sameh Ramadan Salem, Rexford, N.Y., Sheppard Salon, Schenectady, N.Y., and O-Mun Kwon, Troy, N.Y. The patent application was filed on March 31, 2008 (12/058,856). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,355) developed by Ronghai Qu, Clifton Park, N.Y., Wei Wu, Canton, Mich., and John M. Kern, Rexford, N.Y., for an electromagnetic variable transmission. The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2006 (11/567,592). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,335) developed by Markus Altenschulte, Spelle, Germany, for a "power backup system for offshore wind generators." The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2007 (11/946,119). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,320) developed by Mark Lee Cook, Tehachapi, Calif., for a "system, device, and method for controlling a wind turbine using seasonal parameters." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2009 (12/609,237). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,880,029) developed by John Link, Humble, Texas, and Sherif Eldin, Bellaire, Texas, for "use of polyalkenyl succinimides in acrylic acid production." The patent application was filed on May 19, 2004 (10/850,075). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,454) developed by Paul S. Manicke, West Chester, Ohio, and Earl Claude Helder, Cincinnati, for a "friction stir welding of metal matrix composites." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/340,061). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,421) developed by Paul Stephen Manicke, West Chester, Ohio, and Earl Claude Helder, Cincinnati, for a "friction stir welding of fiber reinforced thermoplastics." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/340,139). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,297) developed by Paul Steven Wallace, Katy, Texas, and Arnaldo Frydman, Houston, Texas, for "methods and systems for reactor low product variation." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2008 (12/054,190). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,235) developed by Sijing Wang, Shanghai, China, for "methods for biological purification of waste." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2008 (12/050,514). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,763) developed by Sean Robert Keith, Fairfield, Ohio, Michael Joseph Danowski, Cincinnati, and Leslie Eugene Leeke Jr., Burlington, Ky., for a "turbine rotor blade assembly and method of assembling the same." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2007 (11/748,529). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,172) developed by Jassin Fritz, Munich, Germany, and Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger, Bavaria, Germany, for an "intake channels for internal combustion engines." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2009 (12/477,305). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,002) developed by Madhavan Narasimhan Poyyapakkam, Bangalore, India, for "methods and systems to facilitate reducing combustor pressure drops." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2007 (11/787,671). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,000) developed by Alfred Albert Mancini, Cincinnati, Ohio, Hukam Chand Mongia, West Chester, Ohio, for a "pilot fuel injector for mixer assembly of a high pressure gas turbine engine." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2005 (11/312,728). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,877,980) developed by James Edward Johnson, Fairfield, Ohio, for a "convertible gas turbine engine." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2006 (11/617,371). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,877,944) developed by Marc Seidel, Osnabrueck, Germany, for a "tower foundation, in particular for a wind energy turbine." The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2003 (10/565,747). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,877,891) developed by Robert Michael Petroskie, Roebuck, S.C., Creston Lewis Dempsey, Mauldin, S.C., and Roberto Anthony Nunez, Greenville, S.C., for a "rotor clocking bar and method of use." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2008 (12/209,228). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Rockville, Md., and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, have been assigned a patent (7,880,465) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for contrast inflow dynamic MR angiography." The co-inventors are Maggie M. Fung, Rockville, Md., Ehud J. Schmidt, Newton, Mass., Godtfred Holmvang, Boston, and Vincent B. Ho, N. Bethesda, Md. The patent application was filed on June 4, 2008 (12/132,706). General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine , Rockville, Md., and Massachusetts General Hospital, have been assigned a patent (7,880,465) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for contrast inflow dynamic MR angiography." The co-inventors are Maggie M. Fung, Rockville, Md., Ehud J. Schmidt, Newton, Mass., Godtfred Holmvang, Boston, Mass., and Vincent B. Ho, N. Bethesda, Md. The patent application was filed on June 4, 2008 (12/132,706). Gorbel, Fishers, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,347) developed by James M. Alday, Honeoye Falls, N.Y., for a "lifting apparatus with compensation means." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2008 (12/333,336). Gorbel, Fishers, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,347) developed by James M. Alday, Honeoye Falls, N.Y., for a "lifting apparatus with compensation means." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2008 (12/333,336). Greatbatch Ltd., Clarence, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,217) developed by David Goad, Buffalo, N.Y., Neal Nesselbeck, Lockport, N.Y., and Jason Hahl, Cheektowaga, N.Y., for a "method of forming valve metal anode pellets for capacitors using forced convection of liquid electrolyte during anodization." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2006 (11/565,766). Greatbatch Ltd., Clarence, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,217) developed by David Goad, Buffalo, N.Y., Neal Nesselbeck, Lockport, N.Y., and Jason Hahl, Cheektowaga, N.Y., for a "method of forming valve metal anode pellets for capacitors using forced convection of liquid electrolyte during anodization." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2006 (11/565,766). Hand Held Products, Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,406) developed by Matthew W. Pankow, Camillus, N.Y., for an optical reader. The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2007 (11/650,018). Hand Held Products, Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,403) developed by 10 co-inventors for an "image sensor based optical reader." The co-inventors are Robert J. Hennick, Cayuga, N.Y., Charles P. Barber, Fayetteville, N.Y., Eric C. Coleman, Liverpool, N.Y., Michael A. Ehrhart, Liverpool, N.Y., Colleen P. Gannon, Jordan, N.Y., Robert C. Gardiner, Fayetteville, N.Y., William H. Havens, Syracuse, N.Y., Vivian L. Hunter, Baldwinsville, N.Y., Melvin D. McCall, Homer, N.Y., and Thomas Ruhlman, Skaneateles, N.Y. The patent application was filed on May 18, 2009 (12/467,861). Hand Held Products, Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,406) developed by Matthew W. Pankow, Camillus, N.Y., for an optical reader. The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2007 (11/650,018). Hand Held Products, Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,878,403) developed by 10 co-inventors for an "image sensor based optical reader." The co-inventors are Robert J. Hennick, Cayuga, N.Y., Charles P. Barber, Fayetteville, N.Y., Eric C. Coleman, Liverpool, N.Y., Michael A. Ehrhart, Liverpool, N.Y., Colleen P. Gannon, Jordan, N.Y., Robert C. Gardiner, Fayetteville, N.Y., William H. Havens, Syracuse, N.Y., Vivian L. Hunter, Baldwinsville, N.Y., Melvin D. McCall, Homer, N.Y., and Thomas Ruhlman, Skaneateles, N.Y. The patent application was filed on May 18, 2009 (12/467,861). Integrated Nano-Technologies, Henrietta, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,534) developed by Hong-An Pham, West Henrietta, N.Y., and Dennis M. Connolly, Rochester, N.Y., for a "fabrication of a high resolution biological molecule detection device." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2002 (10/496,454). Integrated Nano-Technologies, Henrietta, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,534) developed by Hong-An Pham, West Henrietta, N.Y., and Dennis M. Connolly, Rochester, N.Y., for a "fabrication of a high resolution biological molecule detection device." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2002 (10/496,454). Intellisync, White Plains, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,881,661) developed by five co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for providing notification on remote devices." The co-inventors are Said Mohammadioun, Atlanta, Ga., John Kish, Roswell, Ga., Ed Bryan, Lawrenceville, Ga., David Wittler, Alpharetta, Ga., and Kevin Peterson, Canton, Ga. The patent application was filed on June 18, 2004 (10/871,873). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,171) developed by six co-inventors for a common carrier. The co-inventors are Robert L. Baan, Wallkill, N.Y., Harry D. Cox, Rifton, N.Y., John P. Gauci, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., John R. Lankard, Jr., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., David C. Long, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and Thong N. Nguyen, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The patent application was filed on May 30, 2007 (11/755,201). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,879,171) developed by six co-inventors for a common carrier. The co-inventors are Robert L. Baan, Wallkill, N.Y., Harry D. Cox, Rifton, N.Y., John P. Gauci, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., John R. Lankard, Jr., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., David C. Long, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and Thong N. Nguyen, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The patent application was filed on May 30, 2007 (11/755,201). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,562) developed by eight co-inventors for an "apparatus, system, and method for deploying iSCSI parameters to a diskless computing device." The co-inventors are Jesse Paul Arroyo, Rochester, Minn., Joseph Edward Bolan, Morrissville, N.C., Thomas M.Brey, Cary, N.C., Josep Cors, Rochester, Minn., Gregory William Dake, Durham, N.C., Scott Neil Dunham, Raleigh, N.C., William Gavin Holland, Cary, N.C., and Theodore Brian Vojnovich, Cary, N.C. The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2005 (11/300,961). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,550) developed by John C. Wray, Chelmsford, Mass., and Andrew S. Myers, Wayland, Mass., for a "customized untrusted certificate replication." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2006 (11/618,149). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,549) developed by Robert Clair Edwards Jr., Susquehanna, Pa., Michael Allen Kaczmarski, Tucson, Ariz., Omar Bond Vargas, Port Orange, Fla., for "systems for authenticating a user's credentials against multiple sets of credentials." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2009 (12/354,770). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,546) developed by Stephan Laertz, Herrenberg, Germany, Peter Fischer, Kronach, Germany, Carsten Leue, Sindelfingen, Germany, and Thomas Schaeck, Achern, Germany, for a "controlling access of a client system to an access protected remote resource." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2004 (11/027,121). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,544) developed by Dieter Buehler, Tuebingen, Germany, and Eric L. Masselle, Raleigh, N.C., for an "inherited role-based access control system, method and program product." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2004 (10/889,625). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,540) developed by Charles Steven Lingafelt, Durham, N.C., Phuong Thanh Nguyen, Cary, N.C., and Chien D. Vu, Durham, N.C., for a "system and method for on-demand dynamic control of security policies/rules by a client computing device." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2008 (12/236,180). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,506) developed by Joseph Chacko, Winchester, Great Britain, Neil Richards, Hedge End, Great Britain, Erin Schnabel, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Katherine Tsui, Eastleigh, Great Britain, for the "distribution of general inter-ORB protocol messages". The patent application was filed on Sept. 6, 2006 (11/470,437). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,500) developed by Sophia Krasikov, Katonah, N.Y., John F. Morar, Mahopac, N.Y., Senthilnathan Velayudham, Thornwood, N.Y., and Emmanuel Yashchin, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., for a "method and a system for composing an optimally-grained set of service functions." The patent application was filed on Jan. 2, 2007 (11/619,000). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,496) developed by Giorgio Cognigni, Rome, Italy, Marco Mechelli, Rome, Italy, Claudio Morgia, Rome, Italy, and Bernardo Pastorelli, L'Aguila, Italy, for a "method and system for metering execution of interpreted programs." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2005 (11/141,579). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,489) developed by Sivakumar Chandrasekharan, Alameda, Calif., Yury Kosov, San Francisco, Calif., and Zhengyuan Qiao, Burlingame, Calif., for an "integrated code generation for adapter-specific property template." The patent application was filed on Nov. 22, 2005 (11/284,563). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,485) developed by Mark D. Feblowitz, Winchester, Mass., Zhen Liu, Tarrytown, N.Y., Anand Ranganathan, White Plains, N.Y., Anton V. Riabov, Ossining, N.Y., for a "method for modeling components of an information processing application using semantic graph transformations." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2007 (11/695,311). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,479) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for implementing redundant memory access using multiple controllers on the same bank of memory." The co-inventors are Gerald Keith Bartley, Rochester, Minn., Darryl John Becker, Rochester, Minn., John Michael Borkenhagen, Rochester, Minn., Paul Eric Dahlen, Rochester, Minn., Philip Raymond Germann, Oronoco, Minn., and William Paul Hovis, Rochester, Minn. The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2007 (11/872,191). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,475) developed by five co-inventors for a "method to reduce the wirelength of analytical placement techniques by modulation of spreading forces vectors." The co-inventors are Charles J. Alpert, Cedar Park, Texas, Gi-Joon Nam, Austin, Texas, Haoxing Ren, Austin, Texas, Paul G. Villarrubia, Austin, Texas, and Natarajan Viswanathan, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on July 29, 2008 (12/181,447). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,473) developed by five co-inventors for a "sequential equivalence checking for asynchronous verification." The co-inventors are Jason R. Baumgartnerm, Texas, Yee Ja, Round Rock, Texas, Hari Mony, Texas, Viresh Paruthi, Texas, and Barinjato Ramanandray, Boeblingen, Germany. The patent application was filed on Nov. 27, 2007 (11/945,465). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,472) developed by four co-inventors for a "method, apparatus, and computer program product for automatically waiving non-compute indications for a timing analysis process." The co-inventors are Nicholas P. Sardino, Hyde Park, N.Y., Sean M. Carey, Hyde Park, N.Y., Christopher M. Carney, Red Hook, N.Y., and Vern Anthony Victoria, Wapplngers Falls, N.Y. The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2007 (11/871,179). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,470) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for heuristic preservation of critical inputs during sequential reparameterization." The co-inventors are Jason R. Baumgartner, Austin, Texas, Geert Janssen, Putnam Valley, N.Y., Hari Mony, Austin, Texas, and Viresh Paruthi, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on June 9, 2008 (12/047,189). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,469) developed by Timothy W. Budell, Westford, Vt., David C. Reynolds, Essex Junction, Vt., and Eric W. Tremble, Jericho, Vt., for an "automatic verification of adequate conductive return-current paths." The patent application was filed on Nov. 27, 2007 (11/945,754). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,459) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for reduction of AND/OR subexpressions in structural design representations." The co-inventors are Jason Raymond Baumgartner, Austin, Texas, Robert Lowell Kanzelman, Rochester, Minn., Hari Mony, Austin, Texas, and Viresh Paruthi, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2007 (11/944,668). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,463) developed by six co-inventors for an "integrated circuit selective scaling." The co-inventors are Fook-Luen Heng, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Jason D. Hibbeler, Williston, Vt., Kevin W. McCullen, Essex Junction, Vt., Rani R. Narayan, San Jose, Calif., Stephen L. Runyon, Pflugerville, Texas, and Robert F. Walker, St. George, Vt. The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2008 (12/035,572). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,460) developed by Mark D. Drapa, Westford, Vt., for a "method of circuit power tuning through post-process flattening." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2008 (12/111,574). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,459) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for reduction of AND/OR subexpressions in structural design representations." The co-inventors are Jason Raymond Baumgartner, Austin, Texas, Robert Lowell Kanzelman, Rochester, Minn., Hari Mony, Austin, Texas, and Viresh Paruthi, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2007 (11/944,668). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,455) developed by four co-inventors for a "circuit and method using distributed phase change elements for across-chip temperature profiling." The co-inventors are Nazmul Habib, South Burlington, Vt., Mark C. H. Lamorey, South Burlington, Vt., Thomas M. Maffitt, Burlington, Vt., and Robert McMahon, Essex Junction, Vt. The patent application was filed on May 9, 2008 (12/117,784). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,454) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for improved test controllability and observability of random resistant logic." The co-inventors are Mary P. Kusko, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Haoxing Ren, Austin, Texas, Ronald G. Walther, Austin, Texas, and Rona Yaari, New York. The patent application was filed on April 28, 2008 (12/110,731). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,449) developed by Tyler S. Lacock, Morrisville, N.C., and Jake Palmer, Durham, N.C., for "providing suitable menu position indicators that predict menu placement of menus having variable positions depending on an availability of display space." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2007 (11/939,192). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,443) developed by Oded Fuhrmann, Zichron Yackov, Israel, and Dan Pelleg, Haifa, Israel, for a "method for improving queue experience in a three-dimensional virtual environment." The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2007 (11/944,758). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,441) developed by Graham Richard Alderson, Hampshire, Great Britain, for an "apparatus for interoperation between legacy software and screen reader programs." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2008 (11/649,972). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,429) developed by six co-inventors for a "high-level virtual machine for fast XML parsing and validation." The co-inventors are Abraham Heifets, Cambridge, Mass., Margaret G. Kostoulas, Veroia, Greece, Michelle Anastasia Leger, Edgewood, N.M., Moshe Morris Emanuel Matsa, Cambridge, Mass., Eric Perkins, Boston, Mass, Daniel Pinto de Mello e Silva, Bradenton, Fla. The patent application was filed on June 5, 2007 (11/758,050). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,402) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus, system, and method for automated error priority determination of call home records." The co-inventors are Matthew Charles Compton, Durham, N.C, Louis Daniel Echevarria, Tuscon, Ariz., Christine Lynette Telford, Tuscon, Ariz., and Richard Albert Welp, Tuscon, Ariz. The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2008 (12/203,668). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,399) developed by four co-inventors for an "intelligent job functionality." The co-inventors are Paul Reuben Day, Rochester, Minn., Roger Alan Mittelstadt, Byron, Minn., Brian Robert Muras, Rochester, Minn., and Anne Marie Ryg, Mantorville, Minn. The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2007 (11/955,465). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,398) developed by four co-inventors for a "ghost agents within a grid environment." The co-inventors are Thomas E. Creamer, Boca Raton, Fla., Bill H. Hilf, La Habra, Calif., Neil A. Katz, Parkland, Fla., and Victor S. Moore, Lake City, Fla. The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2007 (11/945,093). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,393) developed by Andrew W. Grimes, Tucson, Ariz., and Nikhil Khandelwal, Tucson, Ariz., for an "in-band problem log data collection between a host system and a storage system." The patent application was filed on March 28, 2007 (11/692,223). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,389) developed by four co-inventors for a "dynamic reassignment of devices attached to redundant controllers." The co-inventors are Michael Andres, Holzgerlingen, Germany, Giovanni Cautillo, Stuttgart, Germany, Thomas Hess, Bad Liebanzell, Germany, and Markus Strasser, Metzingen, Germany. The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2008 (12/273,152). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,385) developed by five co-inventors for "reducing inefficiencies of multi-clock-domain interfaces using a modified latch bank." The co-inventors are Nicole Marie Arnold, Cary, N.C., Matthew Wayne Baker, Holly Springs, N.C., Benjamin John Bowers, Cary, N.C., Anthony Correale Jr., Raleigh, N.C., and Paul Michael Steinmetz, Holly Springs, N.C. The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2007 (11/950,620). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,382) developed by Slavek Peter Aksamit, Durham, N.C., and Cristian Medina, Durham, N.C., for a "system and method for performing computer system maintenance and service." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2006 (11/424,038). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,370) developed by four co-inventors for a "static pulsed bus circuit and method having dynamic power supply rail selection." The co-inventors are Harmander Singh Deogun, Austin, Texas, Kevin J. Nowka, Georgetown, Texas, Rahul M. Rao, Elmsford, N.Y, and Robert M. Senger, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2006 (11/469,578). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,359) developed by Jan Camenisch, Thalwil, China, for a "method and system for user attestation-signatures with attributes." The patent application was filed on June 2, 2008 (12/131,621). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,354) developed by Paul M. Greco, Tucson, Ariz., and Glen A. Jaquette, Tucson, Ariz., for an "use of device driver to function as a proxy between an encryption capable tape drive and a key manager." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7 (11/470,731). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,338) developed by six co-inventors for a "method, system and computer program product for an implicit predicted return from a predicted subroutine." The co-inventors are Khary J. Alexander, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., James J. Bonanno, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Brian R. Prasky, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Anthony Saporito III, Highland, N.Y., Robert J. Sonnelitter III, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and Charles F. Webb, Wappingers Falls, N.Y. The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2008 (12/034,066). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,337) developed by Jose G. Rivera, Austin, Texas, for a "method and system for efficient tentative tracing of software in multiprocessors." The patent application was filed on May 19, 2007 (11/751,007). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,335) developed by David A. Luick, Rochester, Minn., for a "system and method for the scheduling of load instructions within a group priority issue schema for a cascaded pipeline." The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2008 (12/033,085). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,334) developed by six co-inventors for a "processor pipeline architecture logic state retention systems and methods." The co-inventors are Kerry Bernstein, Underhill, Vt., Kenneth J. Goodnow, Essex, Vt., Clarence R. Ogilvie, Huntington, Vt., Christopher B. Reynolds, Underhill, Vt., Sebastian T. Ventrone, South Burlington, Vt., and Keith R. Williams, Essex Junction, Vt. The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2006 (11/276,236). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,331) developed by Thomas R. Forrer Jr., Round Rock, Texas, Jason Eric Moore, Austin, Texas, and Abel Enrique Zuzuarregui, Paige, Texas, for a "method and system for simultaneously supporting different block sizes on a single hard drive." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2007 (11/620,817). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned two patents (7,882,329, 7,882,328) developed by five co-inventors for the "cancellation of individual logical volumes in premigration chains." The patented item was co-designed by Cheryl Marie Friauf, Tucson, Ariz., Norie Iwasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, Yuuji Kibuse, Tokyo, Japan, Gregory Tad Kishi, Oro Valley, Ariz., and Koichi Masuda, Yokohama, Japan. The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2007. International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,326) developed by William Joseph Armstrong, Rochester, Minn., David Anthony Larson, Rochester, Minn., and Naresh Nayar, Rochester, Minn., for a "live migration of a logical partition." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2007 (11/690,174). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,323) developed by Brian David Allison, Rochester, Minn., Joseph Allen Kirscht, Rochester, Minn., and Elizabeth A. McGlone, Rochester, Minn., for "scheduling of background scrub commands to reduce high workload memory request latency." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2007 (11/851,458). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,322) developed by five co-inventors for "early directory access of a double data rate elastic interface." The co-inventors are Christopher J. Berry, Hudson, N.Y., Jonathan Y. Chen, Marlboro, N.Y., Michael Fee, Cold Spring, N.Y., Patrick J. Meaney, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Alan P. Wagstaff, Hyde Park, N.Y. The patent application was filed on June 27, 2006 (11/426,675). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,321) developed by six co-inventors for the "validity of address ranges used in semi-synchronous memory copy operations." The co-inventors are Ravi K. Arimilli, Austin, Texas, Rama K. Govindaraju, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Peter H. Hochschild, New York, Bruce G. Mealey, Austin, Texas, Satya P. Sharma, Austin, Texas, and Balaram Sinharoy, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The patent application was filed on March 12, 2009 (12/402,904). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,316) developed by four co-inventors for a "shared data mirroring apparatus, method, and system." The co-inventors are Kenneth Wayne Boyd, Tucson, Ariz., Kenneth Fairclough Day III, Tucson, Ariz., Philip Matthew Doatmas, Tucson, Ariz., and John Jay Wolfgang, Tucson, Ariz. The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2008 (12/188,916). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,314) developed by Brian David Allison, Rochester, Minn., Joseph Allen Kirscht, Rochester, Minn., and Elizabeth A. McGlone, Rochester, Minn., for an "efficient scheduling of background scrub commands." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2007 (11/851,487). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,302) developed by Marc R. Faucher, South Burlington, Vt., Peter A. Sandon, Essex Junction, Vt., and Arnold S. Tran, South Burlington, Vt., for a "method and system for implementing prioritized refresh of DRAM based cache." The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2007 (11/949,859). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,285) developed by Matthew J. Harding, Austin, Texas, Mitchell P. Harding, Round Rock, Texas, and Joshua D. Miers, Austin, Texas, for a "buffer cache management to prevent deadlocks." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2007 (11/958,982). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,278) developed by four co-inventors for "utilizing programmable channels for allocation of buffer space and transaction control in data communications." The co-inventors are Sundeep Chadha, Austin, Texas, Mark Anthony Check, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Bernard Charles Drerup, Austin, Texas, and Michael Grassi, Shokan, N.Y. The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2009 (12/362,585). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,243) developed by four co-inventors for "connecting external devices to a gaming voice chat service." The co-inventors are Andrew J. Ivory, Wake Forest, N.C., Barry J. Pellas, Durham, N.C., Matthew T. Pellas, Raleigh, N.C., and Matthew K. Thomas, Raleigh, N.C. The patent application was filed on May 1, 2008 (12/113,610). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,232) developed by five co-inventors for a "rapid resource provisioning with automated throttling." The co-inventors are John F. Brady, Brooklyn, N.Y., Peter Cipriano, Staatsburg, N.Y., Michael J. Harkins, Freehold, N.J., Dan R. Herold, Toronto, Canada, and Magnus Larsson, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2008 (12/240,193). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,230) developed by Karen Appleby, Ossining, N.Y., and German Goldszmidt, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., for a "method and system for dynamically allocating servers to compute-resources using capacity thresholds." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2008 (12/240,193). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,229) developed by Andrew John Bernoth, Lara, Australia, for a "security checking program for communication between networks." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2007 (11/749,783). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,224) developed by Luigi Gaudio, Rome, Italy, Andrea Naglieri, Rome, Italy, and Jacopo T. Santaiti, Rome, Italy, for a "method and system for automatic network connection establishment in case of network address renewal." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2008 (12/234,269). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,222) developed by four co-inventors for a "virtual environment module bundle rapid resource provisioning with automated throttling." The co-inventors are George R. Dolbier, Banks, Ore., Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Neil A. Katz, Parkland, Fla., and Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, N.C. The patent application was filed on July 31, 2008 (12/183,655). International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,221) developed by Reiner Sailer, Scarsdale, N.Y., Leendert Peter van Doorn, Valhalla, N.Y., and Xiaolan Zhang, Croton, N.Y., for a "method and system for measuring status and state of remotely executing programs." The patent application was filed on June 2, 2008 (12/131,184). *** U.S. Patents Assigned to IBM and Other Companies Based in New York ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued the following patents to companies based in New York. International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,882,219) developed by four co-inventors for deploying analytic functions. The co-inventors are Alexander Pi 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. -1043412 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |