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ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts.

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Hartford Fire Insurance Assigned Patent for Method and System for Issuing Insurance Underwriting Instruments

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Hartford Fire Insurance, Hartford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,224,674) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for issuing insurance underwriting instruments." The co-inventors are Bryan Blair, Hampton, Mass., Jay Burke, Glastonbury, Conn., Jim Morelewicz, Avon, Conn., and Bob Post, Canton, Conn.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for issuing an insurance underwriting instrument using at least one computing processor. The system includes a computer processor and a first and second query-able plurality of memory locations storing data indicative of images of a plurality of forms associated with a particular type of fidelity or surety bond and data indicative of policies respectively. The system further includes a user interface for inputting data indicative of an insurance client and of the fidelity or surety bond. A calculator application is included which automatically calculates a premium for the insurance underwriting instrument based on the input data using the computer processor. The system includes software for selecting a sub-set of the data indicative of the images and software for automatically rendering the bond to be issued using the data of bond customer."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2008 (12/237,616). 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=8,224,674&OS=8,224,674&RS=8,224,674

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Ametros Financial Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Ametros Financial, North Reading, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,224,678) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for tracking health-related spending for validation of disability benefits claims." The co-inventors are Kenneth Paradis, Boxford, Mass., Robert T. Lewis, Medford, N.J., Dick Smith, Lincoln, Neb., and Jack Edgar West, Tampa, Fla.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for tracking health-related spending for validation of disability benefits claims includes receiving, by a Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, from an authorization server, an identification of an approved transaction initiated by a recipient of insurance settlement funds to acquire at least one of a healthcare-related service and a healthcare-related good by a provider, the recipient authorized to receive the at least one of the healthcare-related service and the healthcare-related good from the provider. The method includes tracking, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, healthcare-related expenditures by the recipient. The method includes generating, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, a statement of approved transactions. The method includes transmitting, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, to a disability benefit provider, the statement of approved transactions."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2010 (12/687,250). 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=8,224,678&OS=8,224,678&RS=8,224,678

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Brigham and Women's Hospital Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,224,579) developed by Reuben Gobezie, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and David M. Lee, Needham, Mass., for a "method of diagnosing osteoarthritis."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to the identification and use of protein expression profiles with clinical relevance to osteoarthritis (OA). In particular, the invention provides the identity of marker proteins whose expressions are correlated with OA, OA subtype, and/or OA progression. Methods and kits are described for using these protein expression profiles in the study and/or diagnosis of OA, in the determination of the degree of advancement of OA, and in the selection and/or monitoring of treatment regimens. The invention also relates to the screening of drugs that modulate expression of these proteins or nucleic acid molecules encoding these proteins, in particular for the development of disease-modifying OA agents."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2006 (11/638,254). 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=8,224,579&OS=8,224,579&RS=8,224,579

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Exa Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Exa, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,224,633) developed by Xiaowen Shan, Burlington, Mass, Hudong Chen, Newton, Mass., and Raoyang Zhang, Burlington, Mass., for a "computer simulation of physical processes."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Simulating a physical process includes storing, in a computer-accessible memory, state vectors for voxels, where the state vectors correspond to a model and include entries that correspond to particular momentum states of possible momentum states at a voxel. Interaction operations are performed on the state vectors. The interaction operations model interactions between elements of different momentum states according to the model. Move operations performed on the state vectors reflect movement of elements to new voxels according to the model. The model is adapted to simulate a high-Knudsen number flow that has a Knudsen number greater than 0.1."

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/494,921). 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=8,224,633&OS=8,224,633&RS=8,224,633

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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General Electric Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems to Facilitate Over-speed Protection

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,224,552) developed by David R. Van Vactor, Liberty Township, Ohio, Steven E. Nolte, Harrison, Ohio, and Bertram S. Noyes Jr., Newbury, Mass., for "methods and systems to facilitate over-speed protection."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for assembling a gas turbine engine is described. The method includes coupling a first fuel system interface (FSI-1) to a second fuel system interface (FSI-2), and coupling one of the FSI-1 and the FSI-2 to the engine. The method includes coupling a first control system and a second control system to the FSI-1 and to the FSI-2. The first control system includes a first driver A and a second driver A, and the second control system includes a first driver B and a second driver B. The method includes configuring the first control system and the second control system to apply a first over-speed logic algorithm and a second over-speed logic algorithm to determine operation of the first driver A, the second driver A, the first driver B, and the second driver B."

The patent application was filed on July 10, 2008 (12/171,142). 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=8,224,552&OS=8,224,552&RS=8,224,552

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,224,643) developed by Krishnasamy Anandakumar, San Diego, Vishu R. Viswanathan, Plano, Texas, and Alan V. McCree, Acton, Mass., for a "sending packets of CELP and important information from an IC."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Packets of real-time information are sent with a source rate greater than zero kilobits per second, and a time or path or combined time/path diversity rate initially being zero kilobits per second. This results in a quality of service QoS, optionally measured at the sender or the receiver. When the QoS is on an unacceptable side of a threshold of acceptability, the sender sends diversity packets at an increased rate. Increasing the diversity rate while either reducing or maintaining the overall transmission rate is new. CELP-based multiple-description data partitioning sends the base or important information plus a subset of fixed excitation in one packet and sends the base or important information plus the complementary subset of fixed excitation in another packet. Reconstruction produces acceptable quality when only one of the two packets is received and better quality when both packets are received. Reconstruction provides for single and multiple lost packets."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2011 (13/209,916). 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=8,224,643&OS=8,224,643&RS=8,224,643

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Boston Scientific Assigned Patent for Drug Delivery

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Boston Scientific, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,224,455) developed by John Mon, Silver Spring, Md., and Alan J. Fenn, Wayland, Mass., for a drug delivery.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus of treating tissue adjacent a bodily conduit using thermotherapy, while preventing obstructions of the bodily conduit due to edema, includes injection of a drug-encapsulated within a heat-sensitive carrier, such as a liposome, within a region of tissue to be treated. The heat produced by the energy-emitting source heats a portion of the tissue surrounding the bodily conduit to a temperature of approximately 43.degree. C. for a time sufficient to destroy the heated portion of the tissue. In addition, the heat produced by the energy-emitting source activates the heat-sensitive carrier to activate the release of the encapsulated drug and the drug targets the tissue to be heated. The focused energy of the energy-emitting source together with the compression acting on the target area can assist in delivering drugs to the target area so that a natural stent has a long term efficacy."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2010 (12/902,858). 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=8,224,455&OS=8,224,455&RS=8,224,455

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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ADC Telecommunications Assigned Patent for Multi-jacketed Fiber Optic Cable

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- ADC Telecommunications, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,224,141) developed by Wayne M. Kachmar, North Bennington, Vt., Thomas G. LeBlanc, Westminster, Mass., and Ronald J. Kleckowski, Manchester Center, Vt., for a "multi-jacketed fiber optic cable."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fiber optic cable includes an inner jacket and an outer jacket. The inner jacket surrounds an optical fiber and a strength layer positioned between the optical fiber and the inner jacket. The inner jacket includes a liquid crystal polymer within a base polymeric material. The outer jacket defines an elongate transverse cross-sectional profile. A strength member is positioned outside the inner jacket. The outer jacket is removable from the inner jacket such that the fiber optic cable forms a first cable portion that extends from a first end of the fiber optic cable to an intermediate location of the fiber optic cable and a second cable portion that extends from the intermediate location to a second end of the fiber optic cable. The first cable portion is more rugged than the second cable portion."

The patent application was filed on May 27, 2009 (12/472,544). 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=8,224,141&OS=8,224,141&RS=8,224,141

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,224,868) developed by Adrian E. Conway, Weston, Mass., for a "network coding with last modified dates for P2P web caching."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method may include obtaining a source file at a node in peer-to-peer network and dividing the source file into a plurality of pieces. The pieces of the source file may be encoded using network coding principles. A last-modified-date (LMD) value may be appended to each of the encoded pieces, the LMD value being the same for each of the encoded pieces of the source file. The encoded pieces with the LMD values may be sent to one or more other nodes in the peer-to-peer network." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2008 (12/183,559). 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=8,224,868&OS=8,224,868&RS=8,224,868

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Avid Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Avid Technologies, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,224,147) developed by five co-inventors for an "interconnected multimedia systems with synchronized playback." The co-inventors are Peter W. Wilcox, Los Altos, Calif., Robert M. Brown Jr., Sunnyvale, Calif., Brad M. Thayer, San Francisco, Stephen Z. Stein, Acton, Mass., and Francois Tremblay, Wilmington, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One or more digital audio systems, such as a digital audio workstation, and one or more digital video systems, such as a video server, are interconnected by a computer network. A communication protocol among the systems using the computer network enables the systems to play back in synchronization. The communication protocol defines several states for connections between systems. In particular, two systems may be disconnected, connected and unlinked or connected and linked. Each system transitions through defined state changes that are caused by a sequence of commands in the communication protocol, called a play start sequence, to initiate synchronized playback. The play start sequence can be initiated by any of the linked systems. The communication protocol includes a mechanism for distributing a running time clock from the digital audio system for synchronizing with the digital video system when the digital audio system and digital video system are not both synchronized by the same video reference signal."

The patent application was filed on April 14, 2008 (12/082,767). 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=8,224,147&OS=8,224,147&RS=8,224,147

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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NUODB Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- NUODB, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,224,860) developed by James A. Starkey, Manchester, Mass., for a database management system.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-user, elastic, on-demand, distributed relational database management system. The database is fragmented into distributed objects called atoms. Any change to a copy of an atom at one location is replicated to all other locations containing a copy of that atom. Transactional managers operate to satisfy the properties of atomicity, consistency, isolation and durability." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2011 (13/051,750). 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=8,224,860&OS=8,224,860&RS=8,224,860

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Hypothesis Selection and Presentation of One or More Advisories

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,224,842) developed by twelve co-inventors for a "hypothesis selection and presentation of one or more advisories." The co-inventors are Shawn P. Firminger, Redmond, Wash., Jason Garms, Redmond, Wash., Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Chris D. Karkanias, Sammamish, Wash., Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash., Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., Kristin M. Tolle, Redmond, Wash., and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: selecting at least one hypothesis from a plurality of hypotheses relevant to a user, the selection of the at least one hypothesis being based, at least in part, on at least one reported event associated with the user; and presenting one or more advisories related to the hypothesis. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2009 (12/456,433). 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=8,224,842&OS=8,224,842&RS=8,224,842

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,224,072) developed by Fatih M. Porikli, Watertown, Mass., and Mohamed E. Hussein, Greenbelt, Md., for a "method for normalizing displaceable features of objects in images."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method normalizes a feature of an object in an image. The feature of the object is extracted from a 2D or 3D image. The feature is displaceable within a displacement zone in the object, and wherein the feature has a location within the displacement zone. An associated description of the feature is determined. Then, the feature is displaced to a best location in the displacement zone to produce a normalized feature."

The patent application was filed on July 16, 2009 (12/504,407). 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=8,224,072&OS=8,224,072&RS=8,224,072

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Turbochef Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Turbochef Technologies, Carrollton, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,224,892) developed by six co-inventors for a "rapid cooking oven with broadband communication capability to increase ease of use." The co-inventors are Jeffrey Bogatin, New York, Richard Caron, Needham, Mass., David McFadden, Lexington, Mass., Bryan Connell, Garland, Texas, Carl Pryor, Rowlett, Texas, and James K. Pool III, Richardson, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved oven for use in a residence is described. The oven includes a cooking chamber, a programmable controller for executing program instructions, memory media for recording executable program instructions, and at least one controllable cooking system under control of the programmable controller, which provides a data-processing-controlled high speed cooking process which may be applied to food placed in the oven chamber. A plurality of cooking programs are recorded in the memory media of the oven. These define a plurality of high speed cooking routines available for use with the oven. A gateway server is communicatively coupled to the programmable controller. It manages the communication of digital content which is at least in-part related to operation and utilization of the improved oven. A broadband communication channel extends from a source of digital content, which is external to the residence, to the residence. The broadband communication channel delivers particular digital content related to the oven through the gateway server for distribution within the residence, including distribution to the programmable controller of the oven in order to facilitate cooking operations utilizing the oven." The patent application was filed on Dec. 24, 2008 (12/343,692). 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=8,224,892&OS=8,224,892&RS=8,224,892

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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ADC Telecommunications Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- ADC Telecommunications, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,224,145) developed by four co-inventors for "installing splitter module, storage receptacles and pigtails while pigtail connectors left in the storage receptacles." The co-inventors are Randy Reagan, Morristown, N.J., Jeff Gniadek, Northbridge, Mass., Tom Parsons, Leominster, Mass., and Michael Noonan, Shrewsbury, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for configuring an enclosure used in a communications network is described. The method may include providing a group of pigtails. The method may further include routing the group of pigtails circumferentially around a subscriber termination field, where the group of pigtails is associated with an optical splitter module used to convey optical signals to a destination, and where the routing is performed in a manner that does not substantially obstruct access to at least one of a group of subscriber terminations that are associated with the subscriber termination field."

The patent application was filed on July 8, 2011 (13/179,129). 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=8,224,145&OS=8,224,145&RS=8,224,145

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Echo Therapeutics Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Echo Therapeutics, Franklin, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,224,414) developed by Scott C. Kellogg, Boston, and Han Chuang, Canton, Mass., for a "system and method for analyte sampling and analysis with hydrogel." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to a transdermal analyte monitoring system comprising a medium adapted to interface with a biological membrane and to receive an analyte from the biological membrane and an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of electrodes, wherein the medium is adapted to react continuously with the analyte, an electrical signal is detected by the electrode assembly, and the electrical signal correlates to an analyte value. The analyte value may be the flux of the analyte through the biological membrane or the concentration of the analyte in a body fluid of a subject. The medium may comprise a vinyl acetate based hydrogel, an agarose based hydrogel, or a polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEG-DA) based hydrogel, for example. The surface region of the electrode may comprise pure platinum. The system may include an interference filter located between the biological membrane and the electrode assembly for reducing interference in the system. The system may comprise a processor programmed to implement an error correction method that corrects for sensor drift."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2005 (11/223,971). 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=8,224,414.PN.&OS=PN/8,224,414&RS=PN/8,224,414

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Validity Sensors Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Validity Sensors, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,224,044) developed by Fred G. Benkley III, Andover, Mass., for a "fingerprint sensing assemblies and methods of making."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fingerprint sensing module includes a sensor substrate having a sensing side and a circuit side, an image sensor including conductive traces on the circuit side of the sensor substrate, and a sensor circuit including at least one integrated circuit mounted on the circuit side of the sensor substrate and electrically connected to the image sensor. The sensor substrate may be a flexible substrate. The module may include a velocity sensor on the sensor substrate or on a separate substrate. The module may further include a rigid substrate, and the sensor substrate may be affixed to the rigid substrate."

The patent application was filed on May 24, 2010 (12/786,211). 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=8,224,044&OS=8,224,044&RS=8,224,044

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Hypermed Imaging Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Hypermed Imaging, Greenwich, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,224,425) developed by five co-inventors for a "hyperspectral imaging in diabetes and peripheral vascular disease." The co-inventors are Jenny Freeman, Weston, Mass., Svetlana Panasyuk, Lexington, Mass., Michael Hopmeier, Mary Esther, Fla., Kevin Schomacker, Maynard, Mass., and Derek Brand, Brighton, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention is directed to methods and systems of hyperspectral and multispectral imaging of medical tissues. In particular, the invention is directed to new devices, tools and processes for the detection and evaluation of diseases and disorders such as, but not limited to diabetes and peripheral vascular disease, that incorporate hyperspectral or multispectral imaging."

The patent application was filed on March 22, 2007 (11/689,783). 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=8,224,425.PN.&OS=PN/8,224,425&RS=PN/8,224,425

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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VideoIQ Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- VideoIQ, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,224,029) developed by Mahesh Saptharishi, Waltham, Mass., and Dimitri A. Lisin, Shrewsbury, Mass., for an "object matching for tracking, indexing, and search."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A camera system comprises an image capturing device, object detection module, object tracking module, and match classifier. The object detection module receives image data and detects objects appearing in one or more of the images. The object tracking module temporally associates instances of a first object detected in a first group of the images. The first object has a first signature representing features of the first object. The match classifier matches object instances by analyzing data derived from the first signature of the first object and a second signature of a second object detected in a second image. The second signature represents features of the second object derived from the second image. The match classifier determine whether the second signature matches the first signature. A training process automatically configures the match classifier using a set of possible object features." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2009 (12/397,276). 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=8,224,029&OS=8,224,029&RS=8,224,029

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent for Method for Registering 3D Points with 3D Planes

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,224,071) developed by Srikumar Ramalingam, Cambridge, Mass., and Yuichi Taguchi, Cambridge, Mass., for a "method for registering 3D points with 3D planes."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Three-dimensional points acquired of an object in a sensor coordinate system are registered with planes modeling the object in a world coordinate system by determining correspondences between the points and the planes. Points are transformed to an intermediate coordinate system using the correspondences and transformation parameters. The planes are transformed to an intermediate world coordinate system using world rotation and translation parameters. Intermediate rotation and translation parameters are determined by applying coplanarity constraints and orthogonality constraints to the points in the intermediate sensor coordinate system and the planes in the intermediate world coordinate system. Then, rotation and translation parameters between the sensor and world coordinate systems are determined to register the points with the planes."

The patent application was filed on June 28, 2010 (12/824,329). 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=8,224,071&OS=8,224,071&RS=8,224,071

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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InterSense Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- InterSense, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,224,024) developed by Eric Foxlin, Arlington, Mass., and Leonid Naimark, Brookline, Mass., for "tracking objects with markers."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The spatial location and azimuth of an object are computed from the locations, in a single camera image, of exactly two points on the object and information about an orientation of the object. One or more groups of four or more collinear markers are located in an image, and for each group, first and second outer markers are determined, the distances from each outer marker to the nearest marker in the same group are compared, and the outer marker with a closer nearest marker is identified as the first outer marker. Based on known distances between the outer markers and the marker nearest the first outer marker, an amount of perspective distortion of the group of markers in the image is estimated. Based on the perspective distortion, relative distances from each other point in the group to one of the outer markers are determined. Based on the relative distances, the group is identified." The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2006 (11/543,008). 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=8,224,024&OS=8,224,024&RS=8,224,024

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Alza Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Alza, Vacaville, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,224,435) developed by J. Richard Gyory, Sudbury, Mass., for an "electrotransport device having a reservoir housing having a flexible conductive element." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention relates to an electrotransport device, which incorporates a flexible conductive element within the reservoir housing of the device, which permits electrical communication from within the housing to outside of the housing without the use of opening, which require various methods of sealing the opening against leaks and moisture."

The patent application was filed on March 30, 2004 (10/814,705). 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=8,224,435.PN.&OS=PN/8,224,435&RS=PN/8,224,435

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Bose Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Bose, Framingham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,224,009) developed by five co-inventors for an "audio system with synthesized positive impedance." The co-inventors are Kenneth B. Delpapa, Natick, Mass., Michael B. Nussbaum, Newton, Mass., Jay N. Teixeira, Boxborough, Mass., George Nichols, Dover, Mass., and Thomas A. Froeschle, Southborough, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An audio system including an audio power amplifier, a transducer electrically connected to the audio power amplifier, an enclosure coupled to the transducer, and a secondary resonant element coupled to the enclosure. An electrical feedback signal representative of the transducer current is negatively fed back to the audio power amplifier to synthesize a positive output impedance." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2007 (11/681,621). 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=8,224,009&OS=8,224,009&RS=8,224,009

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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C.R. Bard Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- C.R. Bard, Murray Hill, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,224,432) developed by four co-inventors for a "rapid 3D mapping using multielectrode position data." The co-inventors are David P. MacAdam, Millbury, Mass., Minoru Mashimo, Windham, N.H., Pawel Kuklik, Warsaw, Poland, and Bruce Stoller, Milford, N.H. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrophysiology (EP) system includes an interface for operator-interaction with the results of code executing therein. A template model can have channels positioned or repositioned thereupon by the user to define a set-up useful in rapid catheter positioning. Mapping operations can be performed without the requirement for precise catheter location determinations. A map module coordinates EP data associated with each selected channel and its associated position on the template model to provide this result, and can update the resulting map in the event that the channel or location is changed. Messaging and other dynamic features enable synchronized presentation of a myriad of EP data. Additional systems and methods are disclosed herein."

The patent application was filed on May 8, 2008 (12/117,654). 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=8,224,432.PN.&OS=PN/8,224,432&RS=PN/8,224,432

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Analog Devices Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,223,981) developed by Olli Haila, Piikkio, Finland, Kieran Harney, Andover, Mass., and Gary W. Elko, Summit, N.J., for a "wide dynamic range microphone."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A microphone system has an output and at least a first transducer with a first dynamic range, a second transducer with a second dynamic range different than the first dynamic range, and coupling system to selectively couple the output of one of the first transducer or the second transducer to the system output, depending on the magnitude of the input sound signal, to produce a system with a dynamic range greater than the dynamic range of either individual transducer. A method of operating a microphone system includes detecting whether a transducer output crosses a threshold, and if so then selectively coupling another transducer's output to the system output. The threshold may change as a function of which transducer is coupled to the system output. The system and methods may also combine the outputs of more than one transducer in a weighted sum during transition from one transducer output to another, as a function of time or as a function of the amplitude of the incident audio signal. Methods of operating the system may include equalizing the outputs of two or more transducers prior to coupling one or more outputs to the system output." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2009 (12/470,986). 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=8,223,981&OS=8,223,981&RS=8,223,981

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Millivision Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Millivision Technologies, South Deerfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,224,021) developed by Nitin M. Vaidya, Shrewsbury, Mass., for a "method and system for automatic detection of a class of objects."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for providing automatic threat detection using passive millimeter wave detection and image processing analysis." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2009 (12/362,797). 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=8,224,021&OS=8,224,021&RS=8,224,021

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Envid Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Envid Technologies, Sharon, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,223,951) developed by Simon Edelhaus, Sharon, Mass., and Sanal Kumar V.K., Bangalore, India, for a "system and method for alternate path routing and redundancy based on cost sensitive network selection."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Interpersonal communications initiated from devices such as various phones and voice/chat devices automatically transport via an optimal path by invoking a service selector of communication mediums for selecting at least one of several alternate routing paths for user communications from among available communication mediums common to both an initiator and recipient. A user registration database identifies communication mediums applicable to each user, and identifies or maps an appropriate communication medium between users for completing a particular call. The service selector identifies and intercepts an outgoing communication attempt (call, email, text) from a user, identifies the user and recipient in the database, and selects an optimal communication medium defining an alternate routing path from the initially specified (i.e. default) transport mechanism." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2008 (12/240,278). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,223,951&OS=8,223,951&RS=8,223,951

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambrige, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,223,723) developed by Koon Hoo Teo, Lexington, Mass., Neelesh B. Mehta, Secunderabad, India, and Jinyun Zhang, Cambridge, Mass., for a "method and system for generating antenna selection signals in wireless networks."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention describe a method for joint resource blocks assignment and antenna selection (AS) in a wireless communication network, the network comprising user equipment (UE), wherein the UE comprises a plurality of subsets of antennas, the UE is configured to transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS) from a subset of antennas at a time. The method transmits a first SRS from a first subset of antennas and a second SRS from a second subset of antennas. Upon receiving, in response to the transmitting of the first SRS and the second SRS, information related to an optimal subset of antennas, and information related to an optimal subset of resource blocks, the method transmits a data symbol from the optimal subset of antennas using the optimal resource block."

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/495,147). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,223,723.PN.&OS=PN/8,223,723&RS=PN/8,223,723

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,223,705) developed by Zhifeng Tao, Allston, Mass., Philip V. Orlik, Cambridge, Mass., and Toshiyuki Kuze, Kanagawa, Japan, for a "method for optimizing performance in multi-cell OFDMA networks."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method optimizes a performance of a multi-cell orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) network that includes a set of base stations (BSs) located in a cell, and each BS transmits data on downlink channels to a set of mobile stations (MSs) in the cell. Each BS acquires channel state information (CSI) and inter-cell interference information (ICI) for each downlink channel to each MS in the cell. Each BS selects a power level and a modulation coding scheme level (MCS) for transmitting the data to each MS on the downlink channels based on the CSI and ICI, such that a bit rate is maximized and the ICI is minimized. Then, time and frequency resource are allocated for transmitting the data on the downlink channels to the set of MSs, such that the allocated resources are minimized to optimize the performance of the network."

The patent application was filed on March 2, 2009 (12/395,993). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,223,705.PN.&OS=PN/8,223,705&RS=PN/8,223,705

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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