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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Oregon (Dec. 25)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 25 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Oregon. *** Oregon Inventor Develops Patent for Extreme Duty Machine Gun Barrel ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 25 -- John Noveske, Grants Pass, Ore., has developed a patent (8,333,029) for an "extreme duty machine gun barrel." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An extreme duty machine gun barrel has body having a central bore. The rear opening of the body includes a chamber formed to receive a cartridge. The body has a surface layer covering all surfaces of the body. The body has a diffusion layer extending below the surface layer into an underlying material of the body. The central bore may have rifling defined by lands and grooves formed in the bore. An interior portion of the body may have a hardness of at least 50 HRC and not greater than 55 HRC after the surface layer and diffusion layer are created on the body. The surface layer and diffusion layer may be created by subjecting the body to a ferritic nitrocarburizing treatment followed by an oxy nitrocarburizing treatment. The nitrocarburizing treatments may be repeated. The body may be AISI H13 grade tool steel." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2011 (13/065,207). 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=83,33,029.PN.&OS=PN/83,33,029&RS=PN/83,33,029 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oregon Inventor Develops Patent for Nut Driver with Nut Selecting Capability ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 25 -- Eugene P. Duffy, Klamath Falls, Ore., has developed a patent (8,333,134) for a "nut driver with nut selecting capability." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A nut driver includes a nut driver handle; a nut driver shank extending from the nut driver handle; a nut driver socket having a socket opening on the nut driver shank; at least a portion of at least one of the nut driver handle, the nut driver shank and the nut driver socket having one of a plurality of colors; and a plurality of colored nut selection strips having a plurality of lengths, respectively, on the nut driver shank. One of the nut selection strips has the same color as at least a portion of at least one of the nut driver handle, the nut driver shank and the nut driver socket. The plurality of lengths, respectively, of the plurality of colored nut selection strips corresponds to a plurality of nut sizes, respectively." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2010 (12/969,126). 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=83,33,134.PN.&OS=PN/83,33,134&RS=PN/83,33,134 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Printing Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 25 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,333,459) developed by six co-inventors for a printing device. The co-inventors are Rio Rivas, Corvallis, Ore., Jon A. Crabtree, San Diego, Eric L. Nikkel, Philomath, Ore., Siddhartha Bhowmik, Salem, Ore., Bradley D. Chung, Corvallis, Ore., and Samson Berhane, Corvallis, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A printing device (10) including a substrate (22) having an aperture (20) extending therethrough, wherein the aperture includes a side wall and defines a liquid ink flow path, an ink firing chamber (24) fluidically connected to the aperture, and a coating positioned on the side wall of the aperture, the coating being impervious to etching by liquid ink, and wherein the coating is chosen from one of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, hafnium oxide and silicon nitride." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2008 (12/933,218). 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=8,333,459&OS=8,333,459&RS=8,333,459 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Method of Dispensing Liquid ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 25 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,333,453) developed by four co-inventors for a "method of dispensing liquid." The co-inventors are Christie Dudenhoefer, Corvallis, Ore., Kenneth Ward, Corvallis, Ore., Alexander Govyadinov, Corvallis, Ore., and David Maxfield, Philomath, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: " A liquid dispensing device (10) having a drop ejection device (12) including an orifice (18) adapted for ejecting drops (20) therefrom above a particular turn-on-energy, a turn-on-energy detection device (28) positioned to receive turn-on-energy information from said ejected drops as a function of energy applied to the drop ejection device, and a controller (40) that receives the turn-on-energy information and conducts a mathematical operation on the turn-on-energy information to determine a drop volume of the drops ejected." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2008 (13/054,962). 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=8,333,453&OS=8,333,453&RS=8,333,453 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 25 -- Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, has been assigned a patent (8,333,710) developed by seven co-inventors for a tissue penetration device. The co-inventors are Dominique M. Freeman, La Honda, Calif., Dirk Boecker, Palo Alto, Calif., Don Alden, Sunnyvale, Calif., Barry Dean Briggs, Campbell, Calif., Jon Hewitt Leonard, Sunnyvale, Calif., Ray Freeman, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and George Gogue, Beaverton, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A tissue penetration device and method of using same. The tissue penetration device may optionally include sampling and analyzing functions, which may be integrated. An embodiment provides control of a lancet used for sampling blood. Electric field coils or solenoids may drive the lancet using electromagnetic force. Advancement and retraction of a lancet may be controlled by a feedback loop monitoring the position and velocity of the lancet embodiments of the lancet driver can be configured to follow a predetermined tissue lancing profile. Embodiments of the invention include a lancet and method for using a lancet to maintain the patency of the wound tract once the lancet has cut into the skin." The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2005 (11/244,822). 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=8,333,710&OS=8,333,710&RS=8,333,710 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Marvell International Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 25 -- Marvell International Technology, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (8,333,324) developed by six co-inventors for "methods and systems for transferring information between a movable system and another system." The co-inventors are Steven M. Goss, Corvallis, Ore., Gregory F. Carlson, Corvallis, Ore., Ronald G. Paul, Vancouver, Wash., Todd A. McClelland, Corvallis, Ore., Randall L. Stockberger, Independence, Ore., and Jerry A. Marshall Jr., Corvallis, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An image forming apparatus, which may be a printer, includes an image acquisition subsystem and a processing subsystem. The image acquisition subsystem includes an imager and a source. The imager is configured to scan an image while the image acquisition subsystem moves with respect to the image forming apparatus and configured to provide electrical signals including information related to the scanned image. The source is configured to emanate electromagnetic radiation based on the electrical signals. The processing subsystem includes a receiving component configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation emanated from the source of the image acquisition subsystem. The image forming apparatus also includes a structure supporting both the image acquisition subsystem and the processing subsystem." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2010 (12/836,758). 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=8,333,324.PN.&OS=PN/8,333,324&RS=PN/8,333,324 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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. -1109222 (c) 2012 Targeted News Service |