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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (April 18)
[April 18, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (April 18)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** Citrix Systems Assigned Patent for Inference Data Types of Message Components ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 -- Citrix Systems, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,695,084) developed by four co-inventors for "inference data types of message components." The co-inventors are Abhishek Chauhan, Los Gatos, Calif., Rajiv Mirani, Los Gatos, Calif., Prince Kohli, Santa Clara, Calif., and Namit Sikka, Sunnyvale, Calif.



The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2011 (13/212,068). 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=8695084.PN.&OS=PN/8695084&RS=PN/8695084 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Citrix Systems Assigned Patent for Computer Remote Access ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 -- Citrix Systems, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,694,137) developed by two co-inventors for systems, devices and methods "for first computer is remotely accessed by a second computer." The co-inventors are Derek Piasecki, Goleta, Calif., and Florian Winterstein, Santa Barbara, Calif.


The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2006 (11/542,678). 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=8694137.PN.&OS=PN/8694137&RS=PN/8694137 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Roche Diagnostics Operations Assigned Patent for Sampling and Analyzing Body Fluid ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 -- Roche Diagnostics Operations, Indianapolis, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,690,798) developed by four co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for sampling and analyzing body fluid." The co-inventors are Brent G. Duchon, Cypress, Calif., Joel S. Douglas, Groton, Conn., Jeffrey N. Roe, San Ramon, Calif., and Ryszard Radwanski, Lublin, Poland.

The patent application was filed on May 3, 2012 (13/462,902). 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=8690798.PN.&OS=PN/8690798&RS=PN/8690798 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Raytheon Assigned Patent for Rigid Flex Cable Fabrication ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,683,681) developed by two co-inventors for a method is disclosed "for fabricating a rigid flex cable assembly." The co-inventors are Luke M. Flaherty, Long Beach, Calif., and Randal E. Knar, Seal Beach, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2010 (12/962,206). 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=8683681.PN.&OS=PN/8683681&RS=PN/8683681 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Z Advanced Computing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 -- Z Advanced Computing, Potomac, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,694,459) developed by Lotfi A. Zadeh, Berkeley, Calif., for a system and method "for image recognition and matching for targeted advertisement." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2013 (13/953,047). 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=8694459.PN.&OS=PN/8694459&RS=PN/8694459 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Sprint Spectrum Assigned Patent for IMSI During Femtocell Registration ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 -- Sprint Spectrum, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,694,002) developed by three co-inventors for a method and system "for including an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) in an EVDO access request." The co-inventors are Cesar Perez, Sunnyvale, Calif., Rajveen Narendran, Olathe, Kan., and Ryan Talley, Overland Park, Kan.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2013 (14/027,325). 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=8694002.PN.&OS=PN/8694002&RS=PN/8694002 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Citrix Systems Assigned Patent for Symmetric Transport Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 -- Citrix Systems, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,694,684) developed by eight co-inventors for systems and methods "for symmetric transport control protocol compression." The co-inventors are Junxiao He, Saratoga, Calif., Saravana Annamalaisami, Sunnyvale, Calif., Josephine Suganthi, Sunnyvale, Calif., Anil Shetty, Union City, Calif., Charu Venkatraman, Bangalore, India, Shashi Nanjundaswamy, Bangalore, India, Bharath Bhushan, Bangalore, India, and Sergey Verzunov, Moscow.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2006 (11/465,943). 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=8694684.PN.&OS=PN/8694684&RS=PN/8694684 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Raytheon Assigned Patent for Contingency Planning ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,694,446) developed by two co-inventors for "[c]ontingency planning system and method." The co-inventors are Alejandro Nijankin, Simi Valley, Calif., and Michael D. Howard, Westlake Village, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2010 (12/657,673). 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=8694446.PN.&OS=PN/8694446&RS=PN/8694446 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent for Controlling Process Color ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,693,050) developed by two co-inventors for a system and method "for controlling process color in a color adjustment system in an image marking device." The co-inventors are Wenjie Dong, Monterey Park, Calif., and Lalit Keshav Mestha, Fairport, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2009 (12/536,600). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8693050.PN.&OS=PN/8693050&RS=PN/8693050 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Alliance for Sustainable Energy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 -- Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Golden, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,691,447) developed by four co-inventors for a "homogeneous, dual layer, solid state, thin film deposition for structural and/or electrochemical characteristic." The co-inventors are Wenming Li, Milpitas, Calif., C. Edwin Tracy, Golden, Colo., J. Roland Pitts, Lakewood, Colo., and Se-Hee Lee, Louisville, Colo.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2008 (12/293,460). 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=8691447.PN.&OS=PN/8691447&RS=PN/8691447 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** MedImmune Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 -- MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,691,239) developed by three co-inventors for "[i]nfluenza hemagglutinin and neuraminidase variants." The co-inventors are Chongguang Liu, Fremont, Calif., George Kemble, Saratoga, Calif., and Chin-Fen Yang, Zhubei, Taiwan.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2013 (14/037,222). 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=8691239.PN.&OS=PN/8691239&RS=PN/8691239 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Covidien L.P. Assigned Patent for Shipping and Protecting an Endotracheal Tube ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 -- Covidien L.P., Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,684,175) developed by five co-inventors for a method "for shipping and protecting an endotracheal tube with an inflated cuff." The co-inventors are Jessica Clayton, Campbell, Calif., David Swedlow, Danville, Calif., Roger Mecca, Danville, Calif., Donald S. Nelson, San Ramon, Calif., and Joel Colburn, Walnut Creek, Calif., The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2006 (11/526,156). 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=8684175.PN.&OS=PN/8684175&RS=PN/8684175 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Biovec Transfusion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Biovec Transfusion, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,697,347) developed by Lakshman R. Sehgal, Monarch Beach, Calif., for a "composition for preserving platelets and method of using the same." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2011 (13/098,128). 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=86,97,347.PN.&OS=PN/86,97,347&RS=PN/86,97,347 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Mobile Device User Interface Having Enhanced Visual Characteristics ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,835) developed by Daniel Marc Gatan Shiplacoff, Los Altos, Calif., for a "mobile device user interface having enhanced visual characteristics." The patent application was filed on April 1, 2013 (13/854,806). 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=86,98,835.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,835&RS=PN/86,98,835 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sony Pictures Entertainment Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Sony Pictures Entertainment, Culver City, Calif., and Sony, Tokyo, have been assigned a patent (8,698,878) developed by Chris Cookson, Studio City, Calif., George H. Joblove, Hollywood, Calif., and David L. Hays, Los Angeles, for a 3-D auto-convergence camera.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2009 (12/649,218). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,98,878.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,878&RS=PN/86,98,878 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Quantum Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Quantum, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,174) developed by Charles E. Kinney, San Diego, and Ming-Chih Weng, Los Angeles, for a "control system for tape drive to compensate for system disturbances without use of feed-forward sensor." The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2011 (13/220,391). 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=8,699,174.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,174&RS=PN/8,699,174 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nvidia Assigned Patent for Graphics Processing Systems with Multiple Processors Connected in Ring Topology ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,816) developed by Philip Browning Johnson, Campbell, Calif., for "graphics processing systems with multiple processors connected in a ring topology." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2010 (12/979,339). 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=86,98,816.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,816&RS=PN/86,98,816 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** ShoreTel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- ShoreTel, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,481) developed by five co-inventors for a "via site for managing network bandwidth." The co-inventors are Jason Harper, Pleasanton, Calif., Pramod Madabhushi, Austin, Texas, Pascal Crausaz, San Jose, Calif., Kent Fritz, Mountain View, Calif., and Thomas E. Miller, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2010 (12/860,784). 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=86,99,481.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,481&RS=PN/86,99,481 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Robust Fractionally Spaced Equalizer ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,699,645) developed by Madihally J. Narasimha, Santa Clara, Calif., Dineshkumar Karuppanna Gounder Ramasamy, Goleta, Calif., and Je Woo Kim, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for a robust fractionally spaced equalizer." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2012 (13/458,514). 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=86,99,645.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,645&RS=PN/86,99,645 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Associating Concepts within Content Items ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,698,765) developed by Kevin E. Keller, Sunnyvale, Calif., for "associating concepts within content items." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2010 (12/857,843). 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=20140415.PD.&s2=%28NV.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/15/2014+AND+AS/NV&RS=ISD/04/15/2014+AND+AS/NV Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Active Cooling Debris Bypass Fin Pack ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,226) developed by James Tanner, Mountain View, Calif., and William Riis Hamburgen, Mountain View, Calif., for "active cooling debris bypass fin pack." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2013 (13/765,817). 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=8,699,226.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,226&RS=PN/8,699,226 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Metal Improvement Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Metal Improvement, Paramus, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,698,040) developed by five co-inventors for an "active beam delivery system with variable optical path segment through air." The co-inventors are C. Brent Dane, Livermore, Calif., Fritz B. Harris, Rocklin, Calif., Joseph T. Taranowski, Livermore, Calif., Steven L. Honett, Pleasanton, Calif., and Stewart B. Brown, Milpitas, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 14, 2010 (12/780,176). 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=8,698,040.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,040&RS=PN/8,698,040 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Control for Switching Between PWM and PFM Operation in Buck Converter ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,698,470) developed by Shu-Ing Ju, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "control for switching between PWM and PFM operation in a buck converter." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2011 (13/037,014). 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=8,698,470.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,470&RS=PN/8,698,470 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Estimation of Panoramic Camera Orientation Relative to Vehicle Coordinate Frame ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,875) developed by Dragomir D. Anguelov, San Francisco, and Daniel Filip, San Jose, Calif., for an "estimation of panoramic camera orientation relative to a vehicle coordinate frame." The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2010 (12/708,302). 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=86,98,875.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,875&RS=PN/86,98,875 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for System and Method for Pseudo-random Polymorphic Tree Construction ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,703) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for pseudo-random polymorphic tree construction." The co-inventors are Nicholas T. Sullivan, Sunnyvale, Calif., Bertrand Mollinier Toublet, Santa Clara, Calif., Gianpaolo Fasoli, Palo Alto, Calif., and Jon McLachlan, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2011 (13/276,612). 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=86,99,703.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,703&RS=PN/86,99,703 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Congestion Control in Wireless Data Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,699,452) developed by Sandip Sarkar, San Diego, for a "congestion control in a wireless data network." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2009 (12/641,036). 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=86,99,452.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,452&RS=PN/86,99,452 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Gauss Spire Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Gauss Spire, La Puente, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,306) developed by Jorge L. Estrada, Glendale, Calif., Henry K. Chen, La Puente, Calif., and Ever Ynsfran, Los Angeles, for a "silent alarm and exam notification timer device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2011 (13/338,699). 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=8,699,306.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,306&RS=PN/8,699,306 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,296) developed by I-Feng Kao, Redwood Shores, Calif., for a "dynamic phase shifter and staticizer." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2011 (13/272,822). 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=8,699,296.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,296&RS=PN/8,699,296 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** DULY Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- DULY Research, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,249) developed by Ping Chen, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., for "compensation schemes for the voltage droop of solid-state Marx modulators." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2013 (14/142,747). 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=8,699,249.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,249&RS=PN/8,699,249 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent for Reducing Effects of Wide Area Track Erasure in Disk Drive ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,159) developed by James N. Malina, Irvine, Calif., for "reducing effects of wide area track erasure in a disk drive." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2012 (13/525,611). 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=8,699,159.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,159&RS=PN/8,699,159 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Voxer IP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Voxer IP, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,699,678) developed by four co-inventors for a "telecommunication and multimedia management method and apparatus." The co-inventors are Thomas E. Katis, Jackson, Wyo., James T. Panttaja, Healdsburg, Calif., Mary G. Panttaja, Healdsburg, Calif., and Matthew J. Ranney, Oakland, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 2, 2008 (12/061,578). 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=86,99,678.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,678&RS=PN/86,99,678 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Incyte Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Incyte, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,697,870) developed by seven co-inventors for a "3-cycloalkylaminopyrrolidine derivatives as modulators of chemokine receptors." The co-inventors are Chu-Biao Xue, Hockessin, Del., Brian W. Metcalf, Moraga, Calif., Amy Qi Han, Hockessin, Del., Darius J. Robinson, Wilmington, Del, Changsheng Zheng, Wilmington, Del., Anlai Wang, Wilmington, Del., and Yingxin Zhang, New Castle, Del.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2008 (12/274,045). 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=8,697,870.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,870&RS=PN/8,697,870 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Honeywell International Assigned Patent for Door Blocker with Wireless Attack Sensor ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,698,626) developed by Kenneth G. Eskildsen, Great Neck, N.Y., Robert E. Lee, Garden City, N.Y., and Mark D. Okeefe, San Diego, for a "door blocker with wireless attack sensor." The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2011 (13/240,553). 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=8,698,626.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,626&RS=PN/8,698,626 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,698,471) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for a digital-to-charge converter (DQC)." The co-inventors are Jefferson L. Gokingco, Austin, Texas, Stephen C. Gerber, Austin, Texas, Wayne T. Holcombe, Mountain View, Calif., Miroslav Svajda, San Jose, Calif., and Robert G. Farmer, Modesto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2010 (12/975,819). 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=8,698,471.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,471&RS=PN/8,698,471 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nvidia Assigned Patent for Automatic White Balancing for Photography ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,918) developed by Amnon Silverstein, Palo Alto, Calif., and Brian Cabral, San Jose, Calif., for an "automatic white balancing for photography." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2009 (12/650,202). 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=86,98,918.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,918&RS=PN/86,98,918 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Maxim Integrated Products, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,555) developed by Mehmet Ali Tan, Irvine, Calif., for an adaptive equalizer.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2011 (13/309,836). 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=86,99,555.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,555&RS=PN/86,99,555 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Magnecomp Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Magnecomp, Murrieta, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,186) developed by Peter Hahn, Wildomar, Calif., Kuen Chee Ee, Chino, Calif., and Long Zhang, Murrieta, Calif., for a "DSA suspension with mid-load beam mounted dual actuators." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2013 (13/774,630). 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=8,699,186.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,186&RS=PN/8,699,186 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Alcoa Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,697,248) developed by four co-inventors for a "functionally graded metal matrix composite sheet." The co-inventors are David A. Tomes Jr., Sparks, Nev., Gavin F. Wyatt-Mair, Lafayette, Calif., and David W. Timmons, Reno, Nev., and Ali Unal, Export, Pa.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2010 (12/913,972). 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=8,697,248.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,248&RS=PN/8,697,248 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,666) developed by four co-inventors for a mechanoluminescent X-ray generator. The co-inventors are Seth J. Putterman, Los Angeles, Carlos Camara, Venice, Calif., Juan V. Escobar, Venice, Calif., and Jonathan Hird, Ottawa.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2009 (12/863,728). 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=86,99,666.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,666&RS=PN/86,99,666 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Xeris Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,697,644) developed by Steven Prestrelski, San Diego, and John Kinzell, San Rafael, Calif., for "stable formulations for parenteral injection of peptide drugs." The patent application was filed on March 9, 2012 (13/417,073). 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=8,697,644.PN.&OS=PN/8,697,644&RS=PN/8,697,644 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,699,330) developed by Behnam Katibian, Irvine, Calif., George A. Wiley, San Diego, and Brian Steele, Denver, Colo., for "systems and methods for digital data transmission rate control." The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2005 (11/285,505). 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=8,699,330.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,330&RS=PN/8,699,330 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Stanford University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,944) developed by four co-inventors for "imaging arrangements and methods therefor." The co-inventors are Ren Ng, Mountain View, Calif., Patrick Hanrahan, Portola Valley, Calif., Marc S. Levoy, Stanford, Calif., and Mark A. Horowitz, Menlo Park, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2013 (13/975,842). 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=86,98,944.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,944&RS=PN/86,98,944 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Zenverge Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Zenverge, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,838) developed by Anthony D. Masterson, Saratoga, Calif., for an "architecture for multiple graphics planes." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2007 (11/851,912). 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=86,98,838.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,838&RS=PN/86,98,838 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Dorsal Touch Input ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,698,764) developed by Kenneth M. Karakotsios, San Jose, Calif., Bradley J. Bozarth, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Hannah Rebecca Lewbel, Campbell, Calif., for dorsal touch input.

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2010 (12/827,392). 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=20140415.PD.&s2=%28NV.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/15/2014+AND+AS/NV&RS=ISD/04/15/2014+AND+AS/NV Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Silicon Image Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Silicon Image, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,958) developed by four co-inventors for a "mechanism for memory reduction in picture-in-picture video generation." The co-inventors are Daekyeung Kim, Palo Alto, Calif., Wooseung Yang, Santa Clara, Calif., Young Il Kim, Sunnyvale, Calif., Jeoong Sung Park, Cupertino, Calif., and Hoon Choi, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 16, 2010 (12/816,437). 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=8,698,958.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,958&RS=PN/8,698,958 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** HRL Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- HRL Laboratories, Malibu, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,767) developed by Deepak Khosla, Camarillo, Calif., David J. Huber, Calabasas, Calif., and Rajan Bhattacharyya, Sherman Oaks, Calif., for a "system for optimal rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) from user-specific neural brain signals." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2010 (12/975,352). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,99,767.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,767&RS=PN/86,99,767 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,642) developed by Harry G. Skinner, Beaverton, Ore., and Dawson W. Kesling, Davis, Calif., for a platform RFI mitigation.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2010 (12/975,469). 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=86,99,642.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,642&RS=PN/86,99,642 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Symbol Technologies Assigned Patent for Cell Controller for Multiple Wireless Local Area Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Symbol Technologies, Holtsville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,699,473) developed by Robert Beach, Los Altos, Calif., for a "cell controller for multiple wireless local area networks." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2007 (11/622,159). 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=8,699,473.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,473&RS=PN/8,699,473 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Transera Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Transera Communications, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,689) developed by Mukesh Sundaram, San Jose, Calif., and Prem Uppaluru, Cupertino, Calif., for a "method and system for monitoring and managing multi-sourced call centers." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2010 (12/794,277). 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=86,99,689.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,689&RS=PN/86,99,689 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** K-Tech Telecommunications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- K-Tech Telecommunications, Chatsworth, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,600) developed by Steve Kuh, Chatsworth, Calif., for a "method and apparatus of an 8VSB SFN distributed translator system." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2011 (13/033,313). 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=86,99,600.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,600&RS=PN/86,99,600 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Uplink Delay Budget Feedback ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,699,487) developed by Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Del Mar, Calif., and Sai Yiu Duncan Ho, San Diego, for an "uplink delay budget feedback." The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2009 (12/364,967). 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=86,99,487.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,487&RS=PN/86,99,487 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Vuzix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Vuzix, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,698,705) developed by Elliot Burke, Goleta, Calif., for a "compact near eye display with scanned image generation." The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2009 (12/631,083). 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=8,698,705.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,705&RS=PN/8,698,705 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent for Disk Drive Detecting Touchdown Event By Evaluating Frequency Response of Touchdown Metric ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,173) developed by Soo-Choon Kang, Irvine, Calif., Hongchao T. Zhao, San Jose, Calif., and Siri S. Weerasooriya, Campbell, Calif., for a "disk drive detecting touchdown event by evaluating frequency response of a touchdown metric." The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2011 (13/224,118). 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=8,699,173.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,173&RS=PN/8,699,173 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Spansion Assigned Patent for Bitline Voltage Regulation in Non-volatile Memory ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,273) developed by Evrim Binboga, Pleasanton, Calif., for a "bitline voltage regulation in non-volatile memory." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2012 (13/563,206). 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=8,699,273.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,273&RS=PN/8,699,273 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent for Multicast over Lag and IRB in Routing Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,485) developed by Murtuza Attarwala, San Francisco, Nitin Kumar, Fremont, Calif., and Alok Khambatkone, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "multicast over lag and IRB in a routing device." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2010 (12/770,052). 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=86,99,485.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,485&RS=PN/86,99,485 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** LSI Corp. Assigned Patent for Data Recovery Using No Sync Mark Retry ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- LSI Corp., Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,164) developed by four co-inventors for a "data recovery using no sync mark retry." The co-inventors are Chu N. Ying, Los Altos, Calif., Lei Chen, Sunnyvale, Calif., Herjen Wang, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Johnson Yen, Milpitas, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2012 (13/650,601). 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=8,699,164.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,164&RS=PN/8,699,164 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent for Hermetically Sealed Disk Drive with Fill Port Valve ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,179) developed by Arman V. Golgolab, Los Altos, Calif., and Jon E. Jacoby, San Jose, Calif., for a "hermetically sealed disk drive with fill port valve." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2013 (13/826,244). 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=8,699,179.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,179&RS=PN/8,699,179 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Automatic Calibration ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,698,901) developed by Wei Hong, Sunnyvale, Calif., for an automatic calibration.

The patent application was filed on April 19, 2012 (13/451,005). 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=8,698,901.PN.&OS=PN/8,698,901&RS=PN/8,698,901 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,889) developed by six co-inventors for a "metrology system for imaging workpiece surfaces at high robot transfer speeds." The co-inventors are Abraham Ravid, Cupertino, Calif., Todd Egan, Fremont, Calif., Karen Lingel, Union City, Calif., Mitchell DiSanto, Georgetown, Texas, Hari Kishore Ambal, San Jose, Calif., and Edward Budiarto, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2010 (12/707,335). 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=86,98,889.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,889&RS=PN/86,98,889 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Brocade Communications Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Brocade Communications Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,513) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for facilitating quality of service in edge devices in a fibre channel network." The co-inventors are Amit Kanda, San Jose, Calif., Ramkumar Vadivelu, San Jose, Calif., Vinodh Ravindran, San Jose, Calif., and Ponpandiaraj Rajarathinam, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 12, 2008 (12/119,430). 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=86,99,513.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,513&RS=PN/86,99,513 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Distributing Content ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,707) developed by 10 co-inventors for a distributing content. The co-inventors are Jonathan Brunsman, Mountain View, Calif., David Conway, Los Altos, Calif., Pierre Delisle, San Jose, Calif., Ficus Kirkpatrick, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Paul Montoy-Wilson, Palo Alto, Calif., Michael Morrissey, Atlanta, Christian Sonntag, San Francisco, Juliana Tsang, Fremont, Calif., Mark Womack, San Jose, Calif., and Peisun Wu, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 18, 2012 (13/475,195). 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=86,99,707.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,707&RS=PN/86,99,707 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nvidia Assigned Patent for Video Processor Having Scalar and Vector Components ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,817) developed by four co-inventors for a "video processor having scalar and vector components." The co-inventors are Shirish Gadre, Fremont, Calif., Ashish Karandikar, Sunnyvale, Calif., Stephen D. Lew, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Christopher T. Cheng, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2005 (11/267,700). 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=86,98,817.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,817&RS=PN/86,98,817 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Power Converter System with Synchronous Rectifier Output Stage and Reduced No-load Power Consumption ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,243) developed by Nicholas A. Sims, San Francisco, and Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, San Francisco, for a "power converter system with synchronous rectifier output stage and reduced no-load power consumption." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2011 (13/284,663). 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=8,699,243.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,243&RS=PN/8,699,243 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intuitive Surgical Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,885) developed by Jeffrey DiCarlo, Menlo Park, Calif., David D. Scott, Oakland, Calif., and Wenyi Zhao, Mountain View, Calif., for "methods and apparatus for demosaicing images with highly correlated color channels." The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2011 (13/027,071). 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=86,98,885.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,885&RS=PN/86,98,885 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sandisk 3D Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Sandisk 3D, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,293) developed by Tianhong Yan, San Jose, Calif., Tz-yi Liu, Palo Alto, Calif., and Roy E. Scheuerlein, Cupertino, Calif., for a "non-volatile storage system with dual block programming." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2011 (13/095,779). 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=8,699,293.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,293&RS=PN/8,699,293 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** USDA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been assigned a patent (8,697,843) developed by Bor-Sen Chiou, Albany, Calif., Trung K. Cao, Vallejo, Calif., and George H. Robertson, Danville, Calif., for "superabsorbant materials from chemically modified gluten." The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2013 (13/763,360). 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=86,97,843.PN.&OS=PN/86,97,843&RS=PN/86,97,843 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,350) developed by Alok Kumar, Fremont, Calif., and Michael Frumkin, Santa Clara, Calif., for an "optimizing traffic in a data network." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2011 (13/233,362). 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=8,699,350.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,350&RS=PN/8,699,350 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Reducing Interarrival Delays in Network Traffic ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,339) developed by Padmavathy Bhooma, San Jose, Calif., for "reducing interarrival delays in network traffic." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2012 (13/399,860). 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=8,699,339.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,339&RS=PN/8,699,339 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** LSI Corp. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- LSI Corp., San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,287) developed by Radoslav Danilak, Cupertino, Calif., for "techniques for increasing a lifetime of blocks of memory." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2013 (13/962,779). 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=8,699,287.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,287&RS=PN/8,699,287 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Range of Focus in Augmented Reality Application ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,843) developed by Erick Tseng, San Francisco, for a "range of focus in an augmented reality application." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2010 (12/938,029). 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=86,98,843.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,843&RS=PN/86,98,843 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Power Integrations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Power Integrations, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,252) developed by David Kung, Foster City, Calif., and William M. Polivka, Campbell, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for input charge control of a power supply." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2012 (13/662,208). 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=8,699,252.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,252&RS=PN/8,699,252 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Adaptive and Integrated Visualization of Spatiotemporal Data from Large-scale Simulations ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,699,566) developed by four co-inventors for an "adaptive and integrated visualization of spatiotemporal data from large-scale simulations." The co-inventors are Rajagopal Ananthanarayanan, San Jose, Calif., Shyamal S. Chandra, San Jose, Calif., Dharmendra S. Modha, San Jose, Calif., and Raghavendra Singh, New Delhi, India.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2010 (12/695,119). 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=8,699,566.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,566&RS=PN/8,699,566 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Position Location Call Flow ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,699,460) developed by Andreas K. Wachter, San Carlos, Calif., Stephen William Edge, Escondido, Calif., and Ie-Hong Lin, Cupertino, Calif., for a "position location call flow." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2011 (13/081,396). 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=86,99,460.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,460&RS=PN/86,99,460 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for User Correction of Pose for Street-level Images ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,800) developed by Stephen Chau, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "user correction of pose for street-level images." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2011 (13/185,870). 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=86,99,800.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,800&RS=PN/86,99,800 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface with Interactive Popup Views ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,845) developed by Stephen O. Lemay, San Francisco, for a "device, method, and graphical user interface with interactive popup views." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2010 (12/789,426). 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=86,98,845.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,845&RS=PN/86,98,845 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Resource Allocation in Wireless Communication Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,699,426) developed by Peter Gaal, San Diego, and Juan Montojo, San Diego, for a "method and apparatus for resource allocation in wireless communication systems." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2009 (12/411,292). 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=86,99,426.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,426&RS=PN/86,99,426 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Processing Cursor Movements in Graphical User Interface of Multimedia Application ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,844) developed by Mitchell Scott Middler, Hermosa Beach, Calif., and Peter Warner, Paris, for "processing cursor movements in a graphical user interface of a multimedia application." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2005 (11/107,329). 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=86,98,844.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,844&RS=PN/86,98,844 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Five9 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Five9, San Ramon, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,699) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and methods for outbound dialing in multi-campaign and blended environment of virtual contact center." The co-inventors are Nikolay Anisimov, Concord, Calif., Dmitry Spasibenko, Livermore, Calif., Sam Shkrabov, Castro Valley, Calif., and David Van Everen, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2011 (13/332,510). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=86,99,699.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,699&RS=PN/86,99,699 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,699,169) developed by Robert Glenn Biskeborn, Hollister, Calif., for a "fly height extraction system." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2013 (13/783,244). 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=8,699,169.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,169&RS=PN/8,699,169 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** DOE Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy has been assigned a patent (8,697,388) developed by four co-inventors for a heavy metal biosensor. The co-inventors are Nathan J. Hillson, San Francisco, Lucille Shapiro, Stanford, Calif., Ping Hu, San Ramon, Calif., and Gary L. Andersen, Berkeley, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2008 (12/526,312). 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=86,97,388.PN.&OS=PN/86,97,388&RS=PN/86,97,388 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Starport Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Starport Communications, Newport Beach, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,616) developed by Armond Hairapetian, Newport Coast, Calif., for "communication systems based on high-gain signaling." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2013 (13/847,924). 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=8,699,616.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,616&RS=PN/8,699,616 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent for Disk Drive Mapping Low Frequency Write Addresses to Circular Buffer Write Zone ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,175) developed by Edwin S. Olds, Fort Collins, Colo., and William B. Boyle, Lake Forest, Calif., for a "disk drive mapping low frequency write addresses to circular buffer write zone." The patent application was filed on July 20, 2012 (13/554,994). 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=8,699,175.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,175&RS=PN/8,699,175 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lucasfilm Entertainment Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Lucasfilm Entertainment, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,698,898) developed by Domenico Porcino, San Rafael, Calif., for a "controlling robotic motion of camera." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2008 (12/333,169). 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=86,98,898.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,898&RS=PN/86,98,898 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** UOP LLC Assigned Patent for Metallophosphate Molecular Sieves, Method of Preparation and Use ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- UOP LLC, Des Plaines, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,697,927) developed by four co-inventors for "metallophosphate molecular sieves, method of preparation and use." The co-inventors are Gregory J. Lewis, Santa Cruz, Calif., Lisa M. Knight, Chicago, Paulina Jakubczak, Elk Grove Village, Ill., and Justin E. Stanczyk, Arlington Heights, Ill.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2013 (14/054,993). 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=86,97,927.PN.&OS=PN/86,97,927&RS=PN/86,97,927 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Diversity Idle Mode in Mobile Station ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,699,509) developed by Tom Chin, San Diego, and Kuo-Chun Lee, San Diego, for "methods and systems for diversity idle mode in a mobile station." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2008 (12/260,354). 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=86,99,509.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,509&RS=PN/86,99,509 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,699,061) developed by Joseph Rothery, San Diego, Ronald J. Kaplan, San Diego, Lawrence J. Gutkowski, San Diego, for a control panel system.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2010 (12/973,817). 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=8,699,061.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,061&RS=PN/8,699,061 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** JDS Uniphase Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- JDS Uniphase, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,125) developed by Maxim Bolshtyansky, East Windsor, N.J., and Gregory Cowle, San Jose, Calif., for a Reconfigurable optical amplifier.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2010 (12/899,402). 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=8,699,125.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,125&RS=PN/8,699,125 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Multimode Wireless Communication Handoff ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,699,450) developed by Tom Chin, San Diego, Kuo-Chun Lee, San Diego, and Ayman Fawzy Naquib, Cupertino, Calif., for "systems and methods for multimode wireless communication handoff." The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2008 (12/212,526). 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=86,99,450.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,450&RS=PN/86,99,450 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nvidia Assigned Patent for Software Assisted Shader Merging ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,698,819) developed by Justin Michael Mahan, Fremont, Calif., and Edward A. Hutchins, Mountain View, Calif., for a "software assisted shader merging." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2007 (11/893,439). 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=86,98,819.PN.&OS=PN/86,98,819&RS=PN/86,98,819 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Entropic Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Entropic Communications, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,699,704) developed by Changwen Liu, San Diego, and Ronald Lee, San Diego, for a "secure node admission in a communication network." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2010 (12/820,382). 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=86,99,704.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,704&RS=PN/86,99,704 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Advanced Analogic Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Advanced Analogic Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,195) developed by John So, Fremont, Calif., for a "system and method for detection of multiple current limits." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2012 (13/625,777). 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=8,699,195.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,195&RS=PN/8,699,195 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,699,759) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for automated determination of features on an electronic map." The co-inventors are Rajarshi Gupta, Santa Clara, Calif., Saumitra Mohan Das, San Jose, Calif., Behrooz Khorashadi, San Jose, Calif., and Min-Wook Jeong, Stanford, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 7, 2010 (12/831,979). 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=86,99,759.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,759&RS=PN/86,99,759 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Forward Link Data Rate Control and Rate Indication for Satellite-enabled Communications Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,699,465) developed by four co-inventors for a "forward link data rate control and rate indication for satellite-enabled communications systems." The co-inventors are Bin Tian, San Diego, Ahmad Jalali, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Srikant Jayaraman, San Diego, and June Namgoong, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2009 (12/627,974). 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=86,99,465.PN.&OS=PN/86,99,465&RS=PN/86,99,465 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Symantec Operating Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 -- Symantec Operating, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,699,322) developed by Deepak K. Tawri, Mountain View, Calif., Abhay K. Singh, Mountain View, Calif., and Raghu Krishnamurthy, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "port identifier management for path failover in cluster environments." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2010 (12/856,994). 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=8,699,322.PN.&OS=PN/8,699,322&RS=PN/8,699,322 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method, System, and Program Product for Contacting Conference Call Participants ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 - 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.

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