U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Jan. 31)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent for Aminopyrimidines Useful as Kinase Inhibitors

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,637,511) developed by 13 co-inventors for "aminopyrimidines useful as kinase inhibitors." The co-inventors are Hayley Binch, Encinitas, Calif., Michael Mortimore, Burford, United Kingdom, Chris Davis, Salisbury, United Kingdom, Dean Boyall, Faringdon, United Kingdom, Simon Everitt, Beaconsfields, United Kingdom, Daniel Robinson, Abingdon, United Kingdom, Sham Ramaya, Burghfield Common, United Kingdom, Damien Fraysse, Abingdon, United Kingdom, John Studley, Witney, United Kingdom, Andrew Miller, Upton, United Kingdom, Michael O'Donnell, Abingdon, United Kingdom, Alistair Rutherford, Abingdon, United Kingdom, and Joanne Pinder, Abingdon, United Kingdom.

The patent application was filed on June 8, 2010 (12/796,297). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=58&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,637,260) developed by William C. Hahn, Newton, Mass., Laura Corral, San Francisco, and Anna A. Sablina, Kessel-lo, Belgium, for a phosphorylated RaIA.

The patent application was filed on May 16, 2011 (13/108,951). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=70&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Fujifilm Dimatix Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Fujifilm Dimatix, Lebanon, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,635,774) developed by Paul A. Hoisington, Hanover, N.H., and John C. Batterton, Los Gatos, Calif., for "methods of making a printhead."

The patent application was filed on April 24, 2006 (11/409,635). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NH.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NH&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NH

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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MIT Assigned Patent for Water Soluble Membrane Proteins and Methods for the Preparation and Use Thereof

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,637,452) developed by four co-inventors for "water soluble membrane proteins and methods for the preparation and use thereof." The co-inventors are Shuguang Zhang, Lexington, Mass., Alexander Rich, Cambridge, Mass., Karolina Corin, Irvine, Calif., and Lotta T.Tegler, Linkoping, Sweden.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2012 (13/403,725). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=65&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Air Products and Chemicals Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Air Products and Chemicals, Allentown, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,637,396) developed by four co-inventors for a "dielectric barrier deposition using oxygen containing precursor." The co-inventors are Laura M. Matz, Allentown, Pa., Raymond Nicholas Vrtis, Orefield, Pa., Mark Leonard O'Neill, San Marcos, Calif., and Dino Sinatore, Whitehall, Pa.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2009 (12/623,998). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=28&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28PA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/PA&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/PA

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Wal-Mart Stores Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,639,703) developed by Venky Harinarayan, Saratoga, Calif., and Anand Rajaraman, Palo Alto, Calif., for a dual web graph.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2012 (13/349,384). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=5&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28AR.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/AR&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/AR

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Wal-Mart Stores Assigned Patent for Use of Sound to Authenticate and Enable a Return with an Electronic Receipt

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,639,577) developed by Stuart Argue, Palo Alto, Calif., and Anthony Emile Marcar, San Francisco, for the "use of sound to authenticate and enable a return with an electronic receipt."

The patent application was filed on July 31, 2012 (13/563,309). 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=6&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28AR.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/AR&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/AR

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Sprint Communications Assigned Patent for User Localization using Friend Location Information

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Sprint Communications, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,639,757) developed by Hui Zang, Cupertino, Calif., Phyllis Joan Reuther, Brisbane, Calif., and Soshant Bali, San Mateo, Calif., for a "user localization using friend location information."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2011 (13/209,011). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28KS.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/KS&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/KS

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Wal-Mart Stores Assigned Patent for Receipt Images Apparatus and Method

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,636,210) developed by Stuart Argue, Palo Alto, Calif., and Anthony Emile Marcar, San Francisco, for a "receipt images apparatus and method."

The patent application was filed on April 4, 2013 (13/857,058). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=8&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28AR.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/AR&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/AR

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Incyte Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Incyte, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,637,497) developed by five co-inventors for an "AZA spiro alkane derivatives as inhibitors of metalloproteases." The co-inventors are Wenqing Yao, Kennett Square, Pa., Jincong Zhuo, Boothwyn, Pa., Meizhong Xu, Hockessin, Del., Fenglei Zhang, Lansdale, Pa., and Brian Metcalf, Moraga, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 18, 2011 (13/184,860). 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=20140128.PD.&s2=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/DE

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Fuel Saving Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Fuel Saving Technologies, Honolulu, has been assigned a patent (8,639,430) developed by Jeffrey N. Yu, Honolulu, James W. Hill, Mission Viejo, Calif., and Gregory W. Davis, Frankenmuth, Mich., for an "energy conservation systems and methods."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2011 (12/986,128). 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=20140128.PD.&s2=%28HI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/HI&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/HI

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Boeing Assigned Patent for Notch Filter

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,637,759) developed by Thomas E. Foster, Covington, Wash., and James Snyder, Mountain View, Calif., for a "notch filter for triple junction solar cells."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2005 (11/305,434). 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=86,37,759.PN.&OS=PN/86,37,759&RS=PN/86,37,759

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Ab Rider Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Ab Rider, Cleveland, has been assigned a patent (8,636,628) developed by Donald D. Greene, Cleveland, and Ronald J. Meetin, Mountain View, Calif., for a "multi-function exercise machine suitable for home use."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2012 (13/343,669). 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=86,36,628.PN.&OS=PN/86,36,628&RS=PN/86,36,628

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Microsoft Assigned Patent for Identification of Related Residues in Biomolecular Sequences

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,639,445) developed by Stuart Ozer, Moraga, Calif., for "identification of related residues in biomolecular sequences by multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2007 (11/781,920). 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=43&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/WA

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Inventions Science Fund I Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Inventions Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,639,349) developed by five co-inventors for "systems configured to locate a photonic device disposed in a living subject, and related apparatuses and methods." The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Dennis J. Rivet, Chesapeake, Va., Lowell L. Wood, Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif. The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2012 (13/603,904). 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=45&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Redbox Automated Retail Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Redbox Automated Retail, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,639,578) developed by William H. Barber, Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Philip J. Tomasi, Newbury Park, Calif., for "disk dispensing and retrieval system and associated methods." The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2008 (12/257,193). 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=41&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/WA

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Sprint Spectrum Assigned Patent for Method for Increasing the Number of Concurrent Page Records Sent to Mobile Stations

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Sprint Spectrum, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,639,275) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for increasing the number of concurrent page records sent to mobile stations." The co-inventors are Hui Zang, Cupertino, Calif., Liang Cai, San Diego, Calif., Hao Chen, Kensington, Calif., and Gabriel Maganis, Davis, Calif..

The patent application was filed on April 25, 2013 (13/870,406). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=11&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28KS.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/KS&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/KS

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Sprint Communications Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Automatically Forwarding Data Messages in Wireless Telecommunications Network

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Sprint Communications, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,639,277) developed by five co-inventors for "ethods and systems for automatically forwarding data messages in a wireless telecommunications network." The co-inventors are Piyush Upadhyay, Overland Park, Kan., John Schuler, Overland Park, Kan., William J. Routt, Danville, Calif., Jamie Kennedy, Olathe, Kan., and Rodney D. Nelson, Overland Park, Kan.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2013 (13/758,355). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=10&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28KS.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/KS&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/KS

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Cree Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Cree, Durham, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,637,883) developed by Arpan Chakraborty, Goleta, Calif., for a "low index spacer layer in LED devices."

The patent application was filed on March 19, 2008 (12/077,638). 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=36&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NC

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Sprint Communications Assigned Patent for Anonymity Determination for Wireless Communication Device Users

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Sprint Communications, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,639,221) developed by Hui Zang, Cupertino, Calif., and Jean C. Bolot, Los Altos, Calif., for an "anonymity determination for wireless communication device users."

The patent application was filed on July 30, 2012 (13/561,191). 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=15&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28KS.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/KS&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/KS

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Lock II Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Lock II, Nicholasville, Ky., has been assigned a patent (8,635,893) developed by seven co-inventors for a high security lock. The co-inventors are J. Clayton Miller, Titusville, Fla., Donald P. Cooke Jr., Nicholasville, Ky., Michael P. Harvey, Laguna Niguel, Calif., Brian T. Craycraft, Lexington, Ky., Philip D. Mason, La Grange, Ky., Kenneth H. Mimlitch, Lexington, Ky., and Craig Volk, Lexington, Ky.

The patent application was filed on March 14, 2013 (13/828,141). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=7&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28KY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/KY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/KY

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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University of Michigan Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,637,313) developed by Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, Seattle, and Dennis J. Hartigan-O'Connor, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., for a "production of viral vectors."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2010 (12/884,027). 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=39&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MI

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Methods of Enhancing Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Alloy High Pressure Die Castings

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,636,855) developed by Qigui Wang, Rochester Hills, Mich., and Wenying Yang, Windsor, Calif., for "methods of enhancing mechanical properties of aluminum alloy high pressure die castings."

The patent application was filed on March 5, 2009 (12/398,219). 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=47&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MI

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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TruTag Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- TruTag Technologies, Honolulu, has been assigned a patent (8,636,213) developed by Timothy Learmonth, Oakland, Calif., and Ting Zhou, Orinda, Calif., for a "labeling and authenticating using a microtag."

The patent application was filed on June 14, 2013 (13/918,729). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28HI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/HI&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/HI

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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University of Michigan Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,637,013) developed by six co-inventors for a "treatment of drug-related side effect and tissue damage by targeting the CD24-HMGB1-Siglec10 axis." The co-inventors are Yang Liu, Ann Arbor, Mich., Pan Zheng, Ann Arbor, Mich., Guo-Yun Chen, Ann Arbor, Mich., Xincheng Zheng, Ann Arbor, Mich., Xi Cheng, Woodland, Calif., and Steve Kunkel, Ann Arbor, Mich.

The patent application was filed on March 21, 2012 (13/426,392). 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=44&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MI

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,638,125) developed by Khaldoon Abugharbieh, San Jose, Calif., Jitendra Mohan, Santa Clara, Calif., and Ivan Duzevik, Portland, Maine, for a "low voltage differential signal driver with reduced power consumption."

The patent application was filed on June 14, 2011 (13/159,672). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=90&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/TX

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent for Electronic Component Including Micro Balls

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,637,779) developed by Suresh Upadhyayula, San Jose, Calif., and Naveen Kini, San Jose, Calif., for an "electronic component including micro balls."

The patent application was filed on June 1, 2011 (13/151,145). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=102&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/TX

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent for System-in-a-package Based Flash Memory Card

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,637,978) developed by four co-inventors for a "system-in-a-package based flash memory card." The co-inventors are Hem Takiar, Fremont, Calif., Robert C. Miller, San Jose, Calif., Warren Middlekauff, San Jose, Calif., Michael W. Patterson, Portland, Ore., and Shrikar Bhagath, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2011 (13/235,781). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=96&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/TX

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Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,638,103) developed by four co-inventors for an "electromagnetic logging between borehole and surface." The co-inventors are Richard Rosthal, Richmond, Calif., Edward Nichols, Clamart, France, John Lovell, Houston, and Christopher Bogath, Houston.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2009 (12/603,053). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=92&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/TX

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent for Radiation-shielded Semiconductor Device

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,637,963) developed by Suresh Kumar Upadhyayula, San Jose, Calif., Hem Takiar, Fremont, Calif., and Chih-Chin Liao, Changhua, Taiwan, for a "radiation-shielded semiconductor device."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2011 (13/253,344). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=98&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/TX

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Methods, Devices and Systems for Transmission between Implanted Device and External Device

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,639,347) developed by six co-inventors for "methods, devices and systems for transmission between an implanted device and an external device." The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Dennis J. Rivet, Portsmouth, Va., Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif. The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2010 (12/658,627). 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=46&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/WA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent for Two-sided Substrate lead Connection for Minimizing Kerf Width on a Semiconductor Substrate panel

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,637,972) developed by five co-inventors for a "two-sided substrate lead connection for minimizing kerf width on a semiconductor substrate panel." The co-inventors are Chih-Chin Liao, Changhua, Taiwan, Ning Ye, San Jose, Calif., Cheemen Yu, Madison, Wis., Jack Chang Chien, Koashiung, Taiwan, and Hem Takiar, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 8, 2007 (11/760,405). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=97&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/TX

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Brand Analysis Using Interactions with Search Result Items

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,639,560) developed by Eser Kandogan, Mountain View, Calif., Jalal U. Mahmud, San Jose, Calif., and Barton A. Smith, Campbell, Calif., for a "brand analysis using interactions with search result items."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2012 (13/587,305). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=148&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dynamically Reconfiguring Predictive Analytics Within Workflows Using Selective User Feedback

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,639,645) developed by four co-inventors for "dynamically reconfiguring predictive analytics within workflows using selective user feedback." The co-inventors are Prasad Manikarao Deshpande, Mumbai, India, Karin Murthy, Bangalore, India, Deepak S. Padmanabhan, Kerala, India, and Girish Venkatachaliah, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2012 (13/596,739). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=135&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Product Image Information Extraction

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,639,036) developed by five co-inventors for "product image information extraction." The co-inventors are Derek Cole Singer, Seattle, Sunil Ramesh, San Jose, Calif., Sebastian Lehmann, Seattle, Andrea C. Steves, Seattle, and Nathan John Condie, Lindon, Utah.

The patent application was filed on July 2, 2012 (13/540,239). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=28&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NV.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NV&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NV

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Brand Analysis Using Interactions with Search Result Items

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,639,559) developed by Eser Kandogan, Mountain View, Calif., Jalal U. Mahmud, San Jose, Calif., and Barton A. Smith, Campbell, Calif., for a "brand analysis using interactions with search result items."

The patent application was filed on April 9, 2012 (13/442,348). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=149&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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MGT Gaming Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- MGT Gaming, Harrison, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,639,390) developed by Tomer D. Tamarkin, Carmichael, Calif., Robert S. Block, Reno, Nev., and Phillip M. Fine, Sacramento, Calif., for "integrated metrology systems and information and control apparatus for interaction with integrated metrology system."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2012 (13/668,513). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=165&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Determining Option for Decommissioning or Consolidating Software

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,639,561) developed by four co-inventors for "determining an option for decommissioning or consolidating software." The co-inventors are Michael K. Boudreau, Orange, Calif., Jamie B. Marsnik, Annandale, Minn., Bradley T. Moore, Dana Point, Calif., and Clinton W. Wright, Lakewood, Colo.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2011 (13/222,349). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=147&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Providing Markdown Item Pricing and Promotion Calendar

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,639,558) developed by eight co-inventors for "providing markdown item pricing and promotion calendar." The co-inventors are Paritosh Desai, Santa Clara, Calif., Rob Parkin, San Francisco, John Crowther, Belmont, Calif., David Davtian, Walnut Creek, Calif., France Savard, Lorraine, Canada, Krishna Venkatraman, Palo Alto, Calif., Chi-Yi Kuan, Fremont, Calif., and Fedor Dzegilenko, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2006 (11/534,986). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=150&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for External Messaging During Conference Call

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,638,919) developed by Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, for "external messaging during conference call."

The patent application was filed on May 31, 2012 (13/484,747). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=180&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Domain Wall Motion in Perpendicularly Magnetized Wires Having Magnetic Multilayers with Engineered Interfaces

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,638,601) developed by Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin, San Jose, Calif., Luc Thomas, San Jose, Calif., and See-Hun Yang, San Jose, Calif., for a "domain wall motion in perpendicularly magnetized wires having magnetic multilayers with engineered interfaces."

The patent application was filed on July 6, 2012 (13/543,061). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=185&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Merck & Co., Arena Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Merck & Co., Rahway, N.J., and Arena Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, have been assigned a patent (8,637,555) developed by 11 co-inventors for "tetrazole derivatives and methods of treatment of metabolic-related disorders thereof." The co-inventors are Graeme Semple</person>, San Diego, Thomas Schrader, La Jolla, Calif., Philip J. Skinner, San Diego, Steven L. Colletti, Princeton Junction, N.J., Tawfik Gharbaoui, Escondido, Calif., Jason E. Imbriglio, Piscataway, N.J., Jae-Kyu Jung, San Diego, Rui Liang, East Brunswick, N.J., Subharekha Raghavan, Teaneck, N.J., Darby Schmidt, Clark, N.J., and James R. Tata, Westfield, N.J.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2004 (10/535,345). 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=42&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NJ

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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HDL Therapeutics Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- HDL Therapeutics, Short Hills, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,637,460) developed by five co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for creating particle derivatives of HDL with reduced lipid content." The co-inventors are Marc Bellotti, Coto de Caza, Calif., H. Bryan Brewer Jr., Potomac, Md., Hassibullah Akeefe, San Ramon, Calif., Adam Paul Conner, Warsaw, Ind., and Timothy Jon Perlman, Pleasanton, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2012 (13/601,131). 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=47&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NJ

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Carl Zeiss Meditec Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,697) developed by two co-inventors for "[i]maging of polarization scrambling tissue." The co-inventors are Scott A. Meyer, Livermore, Calif., and Xing Wei, Dublin, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 22, 2012 (13/531,034). 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=8630697.PN.&OS=PN/8630697&RS=PN/8630697

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Oracle America Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Oracle America, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,349) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for managing computing resources using an electronic broker agent." The co-inventors are Alexander G. Vul, Palo Alto, Calif., and Mark Robert Henry Gray, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2007 (11/708,367). 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=8635349.PN.&OS=PN/8635349&RS=PN/8635349

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Fortinet Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Fortinet, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,336) developed by Michael Xie, Palo Alto, Calif., for systems and methods "for categorizing network traffic content."

The patent application was filed on June 6, 2011 (13/153,889). 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=8635336.PN.&OS=PN/8635336&RS=PN/8635336

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Headwater Partners I Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Headwater Partners I, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,335) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for wireless network offloading." The co-inventors are Gregory G. Raleigh, Woodside, Calif., Alireza Raissinia, Monte Sereno, Calif., and James Lavine, Corte Madera, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 25, 2011 (13/134,005). 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=8635335.PN.&OS=PN/8635335&RS=PN/8635335

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Telenav Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Telenav, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,290) developed by three co-inventors for a "communication system with temporal and spatial anti-spam mechanism and method of operation thereof." The co-inventors are Manohar Ellanti, Fremont, Calif., HaiPing Jin, San Jose, Calif., and Shawn Timothy Carolan, Los Altos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2010 (12/880,093). 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=8635290.PN.&OS=PN/8635290&RS=PN/8635290

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Intuit Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Intuit, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,279) developed by three co-inventors for methods "for establishing context of a subsequent electronic real-time communication." The co-inventors are Dante Cassanego, Mountain View, Calif., Michael J. Power, San Jose, Calif., and Craig L. Zarmer, Mountain View, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 2, 2008 (12/061,009). 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=8635279.PN.&OS=PN/8635279&RS=PN/8635279

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Riverbed Technology Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Riverbed Technology, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,635,346) developed by two co-inventors for "content delivery for client server protocols with user affinities using connection end-point proxies." The co-inventors are David Tze-Si Wu, Fremont, Calif., and Steven McCanne, Berkeley, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec 7, 2009 (12/632,703). 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=8635346.PN.&OS=PN/8635346&RS=PN/8635346

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Juniper Networks Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,326) developed by six co-inventors for a "mobile gateway having reduced forwarding state for anchoring mobile subscribers." The co-inventors are Srinivasa Chaganti, San Ramon, Calif., Apurva Mehta, Cupertino, Calif., Gopi Krishna, Union City, Calif., Bin W. Hong, San Jose, Calif., Santosh Gupta, Fremont, Calif., and Bobby Vandalore, Milpitas, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2011 (13/248,834). 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=8635326.PN.&OS=PN/8635326&RS=PN/8635326

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Oracle America Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Oracle America, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,284) developed by three co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for defending against denial of service attacks." The co-inventors are Sunay Tripathi, San Jose, Calif., Radia J. Perlman, Sammamish, Wash., and Nicolas G. Droux, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2005 (11/255,366). 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=8635284.PN.&OS=PN/8635284&RS=PN/8635284

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Pacesetter Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Pacesetter, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,692) developed by five co-inventors for method and implantable system "for blood-glucose concentration monitoring using parallel methodologies." The co-inventors are Brian Jeffrey Wenzel, San Jose, Calif., Taraneh Ghaffari Farazi, San Jose, Calif., Euljoon Park, Valencia, Calif., Eric Falkenberg, Simi Valley, Calif., and Michael E. Benser, Valencia, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (12/433,414). 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=8630692.PN.&OS=PN/8630692&RS=PN/8630692

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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iControl Networks Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- iControl Networks, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,350) developed by two co-inventors for "Internet Protocol device discovery systems and methods." The co-inventors are Gerald Gutt, Tucson, Ariz., and ; Aaron Wood, Boulder Creek, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 12, 2007 (11/761,745). 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=8635350.PN.&OS=PN/8635350&RS=PN/8635350

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Seven Networks Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Seven Networks, San Carlos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,339) developed by Michael Luna, San Jose, Calif., for systems and methods "for cache state management to preserve user experience with a mobile application on a mobile device while conserving resources in a wireless network."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 22, 2012 (13/592,233). 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=8635339.PN.&OS=PN/8635339&RS=PN/8635339

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Google Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,287) developed by six co-inventors for systems and methods "for downloading customized applications from a server ." The co-inventors are Jimmy Shih, Mountain View, Calif., Cedric Beust, San Francisco, Joanne Mckinley, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Derek Phillips, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Alex Nicolaou, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and Zhanna Shamis, Burlingame, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 8, 2008 (12/169,490). 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=8635287.PN.&OS=PN/8635287&RS=PN/8635287

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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NetApp Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,247) developed by two co-inventors for a "namespace and storage management application infrastructure for use in management of resources in a storage system environment." The co-inventors are Steven R. Klinkner, Fremont, Calif., and Brian M. Hackworth, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 28, 2006 (11/414,593). 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=8635247.PN.&OS=PN/8635247&RS=PN/8635247

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Symantec Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,318) developed by two co-inventors for a "message broadcast protocol which handles configuration changes in a cluster of virtual servers." The co-inventors are Indumathi Shankar, Los Altos, Calif., and Avanish Mishra, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2009 (12/560,209). 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=8635318.PN.&OS=PN/8635318&RS=PN/8635318

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for IPv6 Use in Access Networks

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,314) developed by five co-inventors for the "use of IPv6 in access networks." The co-inventors are Ralph E. Droms, Westford, Mass., Madhu Sudan, San Jose, Calif., Sanjeev Hemantkumar Desai, Saratoga, Calif., John T. Chapman, Saratoga, Calif., and Raman S. Krishnan, Cupertino, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 29, 2011 (13/098,197). 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=8635314.PN.&OS=PN/8635314&RS=PN/8635314

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Pie Digital Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Pie Digital, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,635,316) developed by John A. Barnhill Jr., San Francisco, for a method and system "for automatically installing and managing consumer devices in a home network environment."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2008 (12/251,412). 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=8635316.PN.&OS=PN/8635316&RS=PN/8635316

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Google Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,903) developed by two co-inventors for "[p]roviding a locator, such as a URL, for tracking multiple types of user-advertisement actions." The co-inventors are Sanjay G. Mavinkurve, East Palo Alto, Calif., and Steve Miller, Menlo Park, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 31, 2006 (11/396,283). 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=8630903.PN.&OS=PN/8630903&RS=PN/8630903

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Boston Scientific Neuromodulation, Valencia, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,705) developed by two co-inventors for "[i]mplantable stimulator." The co-inventors are Alfred E. Mann, Beverly Hills, Calif., and Tom Xiaohai He, Simi Valley, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 21, 2011 (13/053,031). 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=8630705.PN.&OS=PN/8630705&RS=PN/8630705

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Google Assigned Patent for Transportation-Aware Physical Advertising Conversions

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,897) developed by five co-inventors for "[t]ransportation-aware physical advertising conversions." The co-inventors are Luis Ricardo Prada Gomez, Hayward, Calif., Sebastian Thrun, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Christopher Paul Urmson, Mountain View, Calif., Andrew Timothy Szybalski, San Francisco, and Philip Nemec, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2011 (13/004,514). 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=8630897.PN.&OS=PN/8630897&RS=PN/8630897

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Apple Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,667) developed by four co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for paging reception in multimode wireless networks." The co-inventors are Venkatasubramanian Ramasamy, San Jose, Calif., Girl Prassad Deivasigamani, San Jose, Calif., Srinivasan Vasudevan, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Mohit Narang, Cupertino, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2009 (12/643,921). 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=8630667.PN.&OS=PN/8630667&RS=PN/8630667

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Nest Labs Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Nest Labs, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,742) developed by two co-inventors for "[p]reconditioning controls and methods for an environmental control system." The co-inventors are Mark D. Stefanski, Palo Alto, Calif., and Yoky Matsuoka, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2012 (13/632,150). 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=8630742.PN.&OS=PN/8630742&RS=PN/8630742

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Rain Bird Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Rain Bird, Azusa, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,743) developed by two co-inventors for methods and systems "for use in controlling irrigation." The co-inventors are Douglas H. Callison, Escondido, Calif., and Jonathan I. Marsters, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2011 (13/224,140). 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=8630743.PN.&OS=PN/8630743&RS=PN/8630743

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Google Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,847) developed by two co-inventors for "[w]ord probability determination ." The co-inventors are Xianping Ge, Cupertino, Calif., and Xiliu Tang, Beijing.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2007 (11/870,068). 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=8630847.PN.&OS=PN/8630847&RS=PN/8630847

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Credibility Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Credibility, Malibu, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,893) developed by two co-inventors for "[a]utomated omnipresent real-time credibility management system and methods." The co-inventors are Aaron B. Stibel, Malibu, Calif., and Jeffrey M. Stibel, Malibu, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 17, 2013 (13/744,035). 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=8630893.PN.&OS=PN/8630893&RS=PN/8630893

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Google Assigned Patent for Labeling Visited Locations

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,663) developed by four co-inventors for "[l]abeling visited locations based on contact information." The co-inventors are Dale Hawkins, Erie, Colo., Tom Carl Stamm, Louisville, Colo., Andrew Kirmse, Redwood City, Calif., and Tushar Udeshi, Broomfield, Colo.

The patent application was filed on July 19, 2013 (13/946,591). 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=8630663.PN.&OS=PN/8630663&RS=PN/8630663

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Bret E. Cahill Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Bret E. Cahill, Imperial, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,753) developed by Bret Edward Cahill, Imperial, Calif., for a method "for dynamic determination of the true mass of a non rigid body subject to low frequency noise."

The patent application was filed on April 11, 2012 (13/444,169). 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=8630753.PN.&OS=PN/8630753&RS=PN/8630753

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Boku Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Boku, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,630,904) developed by David Yoo, San Mateo, Calif., for "[t]ransaction authentication with a variable-type user-stored account identifier."

The patent application was filed on May 7, 2012 (13/465,432). 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=8630904.PN.&OS=PN/8630904&RS=PN/8630904

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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The Aerospace Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- The Aerospace, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,837) developed by two co-inventors for systems and methods "for emulating the reception of a multicast message considering simulated host channel characteristics." The co-inventors are Harley S. Green, El Segundo, Calif., and Joshua D. Train, Chantilly, Va.

The patent application was filed on June 17, 2010 (12/802,954). 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=8630837.PN.&OS=PN/8630837&RS=PN/8630837

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Qaulcomm Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Qaulcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,630,685) developed by Jeremy Schrage, San Diego, for a method and apparatus "for providing sidetone feedback notification to a user of a communication device with multiple microphones." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2009 (12/503,788). 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=8630685.PN.&OS=PN/8630685&RS=PN/8630685

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Apple Assigned Patent for Location Specific Icons

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,662) developed by Scott Herz, San Jose, Calif., for "[l]ocation specific icons." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2012 (13/601,932). 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=8630662.PN.&OS=PN/8630662&RS=PN/8630662

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Google Assigned Patent for Image Processing

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,806) developed by Jiajun Zhu, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a method is provided "for processing an image in which only parts of the image that appear above a point on a horizon line are analyzed to identify an object."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2011 (13/277,580). 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=8630806.PN.&OS=PN/8630806&RS=PN/8630806

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Skadool Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Skadool, Los Gatos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,885) developed by Daniel Klausmeier, Los Gatos, Calif., for a system and method "for providing temporary and limited grants of calendar access."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2006 (11/501,637). 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=8630885.PN.&OS=PN/8630885&RS=PN/8630885

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Glyde Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Glyde, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,923) developed by Simon Rothman, Palo Alto, Calif., for "[v]irtual shelf with single-product choice and automatic multiple-vendor selection."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2007 (11/963,675). 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=8630923.PN.&OS=PN/8630923&RS=PN/8630923

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Cercacor Laboratories Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Cercacor Laboratories, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,691) developed by eight co-inventors for "[m]ulti-stream sensor front ends for noninvasive measurement of blood constituents." The co-inventors are Marcelo Lamego, Coto de Caza, Calif., Sean Merritt, Lake Forest, Calif., Cristiano Dalvi, Mission Viejo, Calif., Hung Vo, Garden Grove, Calif., Johannes Bruinsma, Mission Viejo, Calif., Jeroen Poeze, Mission Viejo, Calif., Ferdyan Lesmana, Irvine, Calif., and Massi Joe E. Kiani, Laguna Niguel, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2009 (12/534,812). 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=8630691.PN.&OS=PN/8630691&RS=PN/8630691

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Reducting Feedback Information Multi-carrier Based Communication Systems

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,630,673) developed by five co-inventors for a method and system "for reducing feedback information in multicarrier-based communication systems based on frequency grouping." The co-inventors are Kaushik Chakraborty, San Diego, Soumya Das, San Diego, Ozgur Dural, San Diego, Krishnan Rajamani, San Diego, and Samir S. Soliman, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on March 2, 2010 (12/716,032). 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=8630673.PN.&OS=PN/8630673&RS=PN/8630673

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Qualcomm Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,630,821) developed by four co-inventors for a system and method "for testing a high speed data path without generating a high speed bit clock, includes selecting a first high speed data path from a plurality of data paths for testing." The co-inventors are Miao Li, San Diego, Xiaohua Kong, San Diego, Nam V. Dang, San Diego, and Cheng Zhong, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on July 25, 2011 (13/189,926). 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=8630821.PN.&OS=PN/8630821&RS=PN/8630821

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Zenith Insurance Company Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Zenith Insurance Company, Woodland Hills, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,878) developed by three co-inventors for "[d]etermining likely outcomes of active insurance claims by calculating and examining aggregated outcomes of matching historic claims." The co-inventors are Alexandre Kravets, Woodland Hills, Calif., Davidson M. Pattiz, Woodland Hills, Calif., and Vernon L. Steiner, Woodland Hills, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 17, 2011 (13/163,452). 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=8630878.PN.&OS=PN/8630878&RS=PN/8630878

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Tessera Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Tessera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,658) developed by four co-inventors for "[w]earable ultra-thin miniaturized mobile communications." The co-inventors are Stuart E. Wilson, Menlo Park, Calif., Ilyas Mohammed, Santa Clara, Calif., Charles White, Los Altos, Calif., and Hari Chakravarthula, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 9, 2012 (13/442,552). 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=8630658.PN.&OS=PN/8630658&RS=PN/8630658

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Qualcomm Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,630,640) developed by two co-inventors for systems, methods, devices, and computer program products "for refinement of femtocell coverage area information in a wireless communication system." The co-inventors are Soumya Das, San Diego, and Samir S. Soliman, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2010 (12/883,532). 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=8630640.PN.&OS=PN/8630640&RS=PN/8630640

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Michelle Fisher Assigned Patent for Single Tap Transactions

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Michelle Fisher, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,905) developed by Michelle Fisher, Oakland, Calif., for "[s]ingle tap transactions using a secure element."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2012 (13/680,348). 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=8630905.PN.&OS=PN/8630905&RS=PN/8630905

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Yellowpages.com Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Yellowpages.com, Glendale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,895) developed by three co-inventors for systems and methods "for saving advertisements." The co-inventors are David Lothele Williams, Belmont, Calif., Srinivas A. Mandyam, San Jose, Calif., and Krishna Vedati, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2010 (12/968,213). 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=8630895.PN.&OS=PN/8630895&RS=PN/8630895

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Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Efficient Wireless Transmission Opportunity Handoff

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,630,680) developed by three co-inventors for "[e]fficient wireless transmission opportunity handoff." The co-inventors are Guido Robert Frederiks, Campbell, Calif., Vincent K. Jones, Redwood City, Calif., and Alireza Raissinia, Monte Sereno, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2009 (12/622,097). 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=8630680.PN.&OS=PN/8630680&RS=PN/8630680

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Polaris Wireless Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Polaris Wireless, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,630,665) developed by three co-inventors for "[e]stimating the location of a wireless termi

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