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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (Jan. 16)
[January 16, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (Jan. 16)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington.

*** Semiconductor Components Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Semiconductor Components Industries, Phoenix, has been assigned a patent (8,629,488) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for manufacturing an energy storage device and structure therefor." The co-inventors are Sallie Hose, Gresham, Ore., Derryl Allman, Camas, Wash., Peter A. Burke, Portland, Ore., and Ponce Saopraseuth, Happy Valley, Ore.



The patent application was filed on April 23, 2008 (12/108,361). 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=20140114.PD.&s2=%28AZ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/AZ&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/AZ Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,630,915) developed by four co-inventors for a "system, method, and computer readable medium for item feed classification." The co-inventors are Jeetendra Mirchandani, Bellevue, Wash., Matias H. Ganc, Seattle, Mohit Gupta, Bellevue, Wash., and Simon C. Vining, Renton, Wash.


The patent application was filed on July 31, 2012 (13/563,034). 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=10&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140114.PD.&s2=%28NV.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/NV&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/NV Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Assisted Shopping ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has assigned a patent (8,630,851) developed by six co-inventors for an assisted shopping. The co-inventors are Fabien G. Hertschuh, Seattle, Benoit St-Pierre, Seattle, James L. Ford, Bellevue, Wash., Sean P. Cier, Seattle, Samuel P. Hall VI, Seattle, and Peter C. Wong, Bellevue, Wash.

The patent application was filed on June 29, 2011 (13/171,752). 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=20140114.PD.&s2=%28NV.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/NV&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/NV Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,630,323) developed by four co-inventors for a "beam diagnostics and feedback method and system for spectrally beam-combined lasers." The co-inventors are Eric C. Honea, Seattle, Donald R. Jander, Bothell, Wash., Pratheepan Madasamy, Plainsboro, N.J., and Tolga Yilmaz, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on April 2, 2013 (13/855,673). 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=20140114.PD.&s2=%28MD.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/MD&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/MD Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,629,800) developed by four co-inventors for a "ground vehicle collision prevention systems and methods." The co-inventors are David M. Anderson, Sammamish, Wash., David L. Banks, Renton, Wash., Robert L. Avery, Woodinville, Wash., and Aydin Akdeniz, Langley, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2010 (12/972,265). 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=29&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140114.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/IL Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Mobile Device Supported Medical Information Services ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,630,660) developed by Sankar Ray, Sammamish, Wash., and Farooq Bari, Bothell, Wash., for "mobile device supported medical information services." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2011 (13/110,067). 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=86,30,660.PN.&OS=PN/86,30,660&RS=PN/86,30,660 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Providing Transparent Failover in a File System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,631,277) developed by five co-inventors for "providing transparent failover in a file system." The co-inventors are Paul R. Swan, Sammamish, Wash., Mathew George, Bellevue, Wash., David M. Kruse, Kirkland, Wash., Roopesh C. Battepati, Sammamish, Wash., and Michael C. Johnson, Bothell, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2010 (12/964,749). 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=19&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140114.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Displaying List of File Attachments Associated with Message Thread ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,631,079) developed by Michael Anthony Affronti, Seattle, Andrew Russell Brauninger, Seattle, and James J. Edelen IV, Seattle, for "displaying a list of file attachments associated with a message thread." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2008 (12/142,851). 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=28&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140114.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Persisting Group in Instant Messaging Application ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,631,082) developed by 18 co-inventors for a "persisting a group in an instant messaging application." The co-inventors are Brian Scott Moudy, Kenmore, Wash., Aarthi Natarajan, Kirkland, Wash., Asta Roseway, Bellevue, Wash., Geeven Singh, Bellevue, Wash., George Joy, Kirkland, Wash., Ranjib Singh Badh, Sammamish, Wash., Richard Michael Eames, Sammamish, Wash., Marcella C.S. Rader, Shanghai, China, Alexandra K. Heron, Kirkland, Wash., Vasudha Chandrasekaran, Kirkland, Wash., Nicole Danielle Steinbok, Redmond, Wash., Steven Abrahams, Seattle, Troy A. Schauls, Seattle, Amy Wai-Yee Ip, Kirkland, Wash., Melora Zaner-Godsey, Shanghai, China, Seshagiri Panchapagesan, Redmond, Wash., Jeroen Van Turennout, Snohomish, Wash., and Vlad Cretu, Redmond, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2012 (13/683,459). 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=26&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140114.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Management of External Memory Functioning as Virtual Cache ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,631,203) developed by seven co-inventors for a "management of external memory functioning as virtual cache." The co-inventors are Michael Fortin, Redmond, Wash., Cenk Ergan, Bellevue, Wash., Mehmet Iyigun, Bellevue, Wash., Yevgeniy Bak, Redmond, Wash., Ben Mickle, Bellevue, Wash., Aaron Dietrich, Bothell, Wash., and Alexander Kirshenbaum, Redmond, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2007 (11/953,312). 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=22&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140114.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Email Characterization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,631,080) developed by seven co-inventors for an email characterization. The co-inventors are Robert F. Goodman, Allston, Mass., Michael R. Gretzinger, Malden, Mash., John R. Burkhardt, Arlington, Mass., Rachel R. Schiff, Cambridge, Mass., Barnaby M. Claydon, Hingham, Mass., Katherine W. Rae, Brookline, Mass., and Reed P. Sturtevant, Lexington, Mass.

The patent application was filed on March 12, 2009 (12/402,735). 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=27&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140114.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Security and Support for Flexible Conferencing Topologies Spanning Proxies, Firewalls and Gateways ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,631,074) developed by Claus T. Giloi, Redmond, Wash., Markham MacLin, Kirkland, Wash., and Max G. Morris, Redmond, Wash., for a "security and support for flexible conferencing topologies spanning proxies, firewalls and gateways." The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2012 (13/706,998). 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=29&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140114.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,631,301) developed by Jered D. Aasheim, Bellevue, Wash., and Pranish Kumar, Kirkland, Wash., for a "dynamic electronic correction code feedback to extend memory device lifetime." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2012 (13/493,048). 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=17&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140114.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Propagating Unobserved Exceptions in Distributed Execution Environments ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,631,279) developed by four co-inventors for "propagating unobserved exceptions in distributed execution environments." The co-inventors are Huseyin Serkan Yildiz, Kenmore, Wash., Massimo Mascaro, Redmond, Wash., Joseph E. Hoag, Kenmore, Wash., and Igor Ostrovsky, Redmond, Wash.

The patent application was filed on June 7, 2011 (13/155,263). 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=18&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140114.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Coordinating Multiple Asynchronous Postbacks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,631,095) developed by Brian J. Hartman, Bellevue, Wash., for "coordinating multiple asynchronous postbacks." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2009 (12/649,314). 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=25&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140114.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Network Address Translation Traversals for Peer-to-peer Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,631,155) developed by Palamalai Gopalakrishnan, Seattle, Jin Li, Sammamish, Wash., and Craig H. Wittenberg, Mercer Island, Wash., for a "network address translation traversals for peer-to-peer networks." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2007 (11/772,045). 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=23&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140114.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Combined Header Processing for Network Packets ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,631,110) developed by Bhupinder S. Sethi, Redmond, Wash., for a "combined header processing for network packets." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2010 (12/780,282). 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=20140114.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/14/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Recognizing Multiple Input Point Gestures ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,624,855) developed by John Guido Atkins Weiss, Lake Forest Park, Wash., Duncan, Camano Island, Wash., and Peter Vale, Redmond, Wash., for "recognizing multiple input point gestures." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2010 (12/949,627). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=96&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140107.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/07/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/07/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Boston Scientific Neuromodulation, Valencia, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,626,297) developed by ten co-inventors for apparatus and methods "for charging an implanted medical device power source." The co-inventors are Kristen Jaax, Santa Clarita, Calif., Rafael Carbunaru, Valley Village, Calif., Mun Pook Lui, Northridge, Calif., Todd K. Whitehurst, Valencia, Calif., Andrew DiGiore, Santa Monica, Calif., Brett Daniel Schleicher, Valencia, Calif., Gregory Baldwin, Seattle, Michael A. Moffitt, Valencia, Calif., Jeffery Van Funderburk, Stevenson Ranch, Calif., and Jim Makous, Saugus, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2008 (12/233,810). 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=8626297.PN.&OS=PN/8626297&RS=PN/8626297 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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