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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (March 12)
[March 12, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (March 12)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington.

*** Bright Sun Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 11 -- Bright Sun Technologies, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,667,521) developed by five co-inventors for "[i]dentifying events of interest within video content." The co-inventors are Harmannus Vandermolen, Sunnyvale, Calif., Anthony Wiegering, Seattle, Michael Sommers, Leesburg, Va., Scott J. Levine, Arlington, Va., and Alexander Franco, Herndon, Va.



The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2009 (12/623,647). 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=8667521.PN.&OS=PN/8667521&RS=PN/8667521 Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Silicon Valley Micro Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 11 -- Silicon Valley Micro, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,662,866) developed by two co-inventors for an "electric motor driven fan device [that] has a base member with walls forming an enclosure, an electrically powered motor located within the enclosure and having an output shaft coupled via a bearing mounted in an upper wall of the base member to one end of a flexible drive shaft rotatably enclosed in a bendable sheath secured to the base member." The co-inventors are Su Shiong Huang, Bellevue, Wash., and Shengbo Zhu, San Jose, Calif.


The patent application was filed on June 15, 2011 (13/134,726). 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=8662866.PN.&OS=PN/8662866&RS=PN/8662866 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** S.S. Steiner Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- S.S. Steiner Inc., New York, has been assigned a patent (PP24,299) developed by Roger D. Jeske, Yakima, Wash., and Paul D. Matthews, Yakima, Wash., for a "hop plant named 'Calypso'." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2012 (13/385,098). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Method and System for Manually Maintaining Item Authority ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,671,120) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for manually maintaining item authority." The co-inventors are Nicholas Bicknell, Seattle, Shawn Bohn, Mill Creek, Wash., Anmol Paralkar, Maharastra, India, and Anuvrata Arora, Issaquah, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2003 (10/350,143). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28NV.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NV&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NV Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** I.D. Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- I.D. Systems, Woodcliff Lake, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,671,063) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for remote vehicle rental with remote vehicle access." The co-inventors are Kenneth S. Ehrman, Upper Saddle River, N.J., Michael L. Ehrman, Upper Saddle River, N.J., Jeffrey M. Jagid, Demarest, N.J., and Nathan H. Loosmore, Seattle.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2013 (13/758,604). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=14&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NJ Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** EMC Corp. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- EMC Corp., Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,671,414) developed by five co-inventors for "accelerating data intensive computing applications by reducing overhead associated with communication protocols." The co-inventors are Zachary MerlynnLoafman, Seattle, Frank Charles Paterra, Kirkland, Wash., Deepak Sunny Veliath, San Jose, Calif., John Thomas Cardente, Milford, Mass., and John Forecast, Newton, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2011 (13/287,866). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=8&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,671,353) developed by Anand Varadarajan, Seattle, for the "use of a relationship graph for product discovery." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2010 (12/966,093). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28NV.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NV&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NV Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Syracuse University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,671,277) developed by Jin Xu, Bellevue, Wash., and Biao Chen, Jamesville, N.Y., for a "method for secure communication over heterogeneous networks." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2010 (12/797,409). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=24&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Selection of Colors ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,669,998) developed by Stephen Charles McBride, Issaquah, Wash., and Vinayak Ramachandra Hegde, Bellevue, Wash., for selection of colors.

The patent application was filed on March 15, 2013 (13/839,065). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28NV.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NV&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NV Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Augmenting Advertisement Keywords to Increase Conversion Rate ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,671,015) developed by four co-inventors for "augmenting advertisement keywords to increase conversion rate." The co-inventors are David Richard Brandt, Issaquah, Wash., John Todd Larason, Renton, Wash., Eric Alfred Herrmann, Snohomish, Wash., and Stephan G. Betz, Seattle.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2007 (11/833,186). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28NV.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NV&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/NV Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Tiling Across Loop Nests with Possible Recomputation ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,671,401) developed by Siddhartha Puri, Sammamish, Wash., and Jaydeep P. Marathe, Raleigh, N.C., for "tiling across loop nests with possible recomputation." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2007 (11/784,792). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=8&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Persisting Application State ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,671,415) developed by Nicholas A. Allen, Redmond, Wash., and Justin D. Brown, Seattle, for a persisting application state.

The patent application was filed on May 31, 2012 (13/484,911). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Smart Video Thumbnail ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,671,346) developed by nine co-inventors for a smart video thumbnail. The co-inventors are Xian-Sheng Hua, Beijing, Fei Wang, Beijing, Zhike Kong, Beijing, Shipeng Li, Sammamish, Wash., Waiman Lam, Sammamish, Wash., Zach Johnson, Woodinville, Wash., Mark Young, Redmond, Wash., Aaron DeYonker, San Francisco, and Mark Schwesinger, Bellevue, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2007 (11/704,543). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=13&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Lightweight Framework for Web Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,671,417) developed by Steven Ickman, Snoqualmie, Wash., and David Raskino, Kirkland, Wash., for a "lightweight framework for web applications." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2011 (13/323,198). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Working Set Profiler ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,671,398) developed by Subramanian Ramaswamy, Redmond, Wash., Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Kirkland, Wash., and Ashok C. Kamath, Sammamish, Wash., for a working set profiler.

The patent application was filed on May 3, 2011 (13/099,393). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=9&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** IMDb.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- IMDb.com, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,671,340) developed by Hilliard Bruce Siegel, Seattle, and Murray Chapman, Seattle, for "calculating and visualizing the age of content." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2012 (13/349,034). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=14&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Multithreaded Kernel for Graphics Processing Unit ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,671,411) developed by Anuj B. Gosalia, Redmond, Wash., and Steve Pronovost, Redmond, Wash., for a "multithreaded kernel for graphics processing unit." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2010 (12/657,278). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=5&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Virtual Machine Crash File Generation Techniques ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,671,405) developed by four co-inventors for "virtual machine crash file generation techniques." The co-inventors are Andrew Nicholas, Bellevue, Wash., Rich Yampell, Bellevue, Wash., Jacob Oshins, Seattle, and Rene Antonio Vega, Kirkland, Wash.

The patent application was filed on March 31, 2010 (12/751,991). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=7&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Web Application Pinning Including Task Bar Pinning ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,671,384) developed by 12 co-inventors for a "web application pinning including task bar pinning." The co-inventors are Israel Hilerio, Kenmore, Wash., Mara B. Patton, Seattle, Phu Hoang Le, Bellevue, Wash., Justin Martin Posey, Redmond, Wash., Kinnary M. Jangla, Bellevue, Wash., Carlos Yeung, Seattle, Alexander H. Malek, Seattle, Bruce A. Morgan, Bellevue, Wash., John E. Davis, Renton, Wash., Mustapha Jaber, Sammamish, Wash., Mary-Lynne Williams, Seattle, and Martin J. Hall, Seattle.

The patent application was filed on June 11, 2010 (12/814,374). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=12&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Resolving Conflicts When Importing an Application Customization ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,671,390) developed by Dmitri Davydok, Redmond, Wash., and Balaji Balasubramanyan, Redmond, Wash., for "resolving conflicts when importing an application customization." The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2007 (11/933,562). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=11&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140311.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/03/11/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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