U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Connecticut (June 25)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Connecticut.

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Electric Motion Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- Electric Motion, Winsted, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,755,664) developed by William J. Balfour, Torrington, Connecticut, for a "[c]able ground clamp assembly."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2012 (13/368,728). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8755664.PN.&OS=PN/8755664&RS=PN/8755664

Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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United Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- United Technologies, Hartford, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,754,320) developed by Joseph V. Mantese, Manchester, Connecticut, for a "[c]omposite materials with anisotropic electrical and thermal conductivities."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2008 (12/193,805). 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=8754320.PN.&OS=PN/8754320&RS=PN/8754320

Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Inventor Holdings Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- Inventor Holdings, Stamford, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,756,644) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for supplying supplemental audio information for broadcast television programs." The co-inventors are Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, Connecticut, Thomas M. Sparico, Hoboken, New Jersey, and James A. Jorasch, New York.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2013 (13/760,225). 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=8756644.PN.&OS=PN/8756644&RS=PN/8756644

<p>Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Xerox Assigned Patent for Designing File Replication Schemes

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,756,253) developed by three co-inventors for a method and system "for designing file replication schemes in file sharing systems." The co-inventors are Jian Ni, New Haven, Connecticut, Andres Quiroz Hernandez, Piscataway, New Jersey, and Jie Lin, Rochester, New York.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2008 (12/017,530). 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=8756253.PN.&OS=PN/8756253&RS=PN/8756253

Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Hartford Fire Insurance Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- Hartford Fire Insurance, Hartford, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,756,133) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for a deferred variable annuity with benefit payments as a function of an age-based withdrawal percent." The co-inventors are Joseph M. Weiss, Glastonbury, Connecticut, and Charles D. Tatro, Mendon, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2011 (13/012,508). 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=8756133.PN.&OS=PN/8756133&RS=PN/8756133

Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Covidien Assigned Patent for Hydrogel

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,734,824) developed by four co-inventors for a composition and methods "of using hydrogel." The co-inventors are Steven Bennett, Cheshire, Connecticut, Nathaniel Mast, Hamden, Connecticut, Kevin Lavigne, Hamden, Connecticut, and Walter Skalla, Old Lyme, Connecticut.

The patent application was filed on May 24, 2011 (13/115,060). 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=8734824.PN.&OS=PN/8734824&RS=PN/8734824

Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Covidien Assigned Patent for Surgical Instrument Debris

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,734,730) developed by four co-inventors for "surgical instrument debris collection system." The co-inventors are Jennifer Broom, Branford, Connecticut, Michael A. Soltz, Hamden, Connecticut, Wojciech Kisiel, North Haven, Connecticut, and Joshua Stopek, Yalesville, Connecticut.

The patent application was filed on March 30, 2007 (11/731,409). 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=8734730.PN.&OS=PN/8734730&RS=PN/8734730

Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Advanced Technology Materials Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- Advanced Technology Materials, Danbury, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,754,021) developed by three co-inventors for a cleaning composition and process "for cleaning post-chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) residue and contaminants from a microelectronic device." The co-inventors are Jeffrey A. Barnes, Bethlehem, Connecticut, Jun Liu, Brookfield, Connecticut, and Peng Zhang, Montvale, New Jersey.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2010 (12/709,054). 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=8754021.PN.&OS=PN/8754021&RS=PN/8754021

Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Chemtura Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- Chemtura, Middlebury, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,754,184) developed by three co-inventors for "[a]ccelerated cure of isocyanate terminated prepolymers." The co-inventors are Mark P. Ferrandino, Danbury, Connecticut, Ronald O. Rosenberg, Orange, Connecticut, and Thomas R. Doyle, Wallingford, Connecticut.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2010 (12/913,888). 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=8754184.PN.&OS=PN/8754184&RS=PN/8754184

Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Covidien Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,754,564) developed by six co-inventors for "[h]ydrogel implants with varying degrees of crosslinking." The co-inventors are Steven Bennett, Cheshire, Connecticut, Timothy Sargeant, Guilford, Connecticut, Joshua Stopek, Guilford, Connecticut, Nathaniel Mast, Hamden, Connecticut, Kevin Lavigne, Hamden, Connecticut, and Walter Skalla, Old Lyme, Connecticut.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2011 (13/222,812). 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=8754564.PN.&OS=PN/8754564&RS=PN/8754564

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Biomet Manufacturing Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- Biomet Manufacturing, Warsaw, Indiana, has been assigned a patent (8,753,402) developed by five co-inventors for a "modular humeral head resurfacing system." The co-inventors are Nathan A. Winslow, Warsaw, Indiana, Russell Warren, Greenwich, Connecticut, Don Lee, Nashville, Tennessee, Kevin T. Stone, Winona Lake, Indiana, and Nicholas M. Cordaro, Oceanside, California.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2005 (11/225,645). 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=8753402.PN.&OS=PN/8753402&RS=PN/8753402

Written by Marlyn Vitin.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Detecting Deadlock in Multithreading Programs

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,763,003) developed by George B. Leeman Jr., Ridgefield, Connecticut, for "methods and apparatus for detecting deadlock in multithreading programs."

The patent application was filed on March 21, 2012 (13/426,102). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,763,003.PN.&OS=PN/8,763,003&RS=PN/8,763,003

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method, System and Program Product for Capturing Central Processing Unit (CPU) Utilization for Virtual Machine

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,762,993) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method, system and program product for capturing central processing unit (CPU) utilization for a virtual machine." The co-inventors are Sandra Bulson, Hopewell Junction, New York, Virginia P. Goldsmith, Poughkeepsie, New York, Bruce J. Hayden, Endicott, New York, Moon J. Kim, Wappingers Falls, New York, Colm Malone, New York, Dikran Meliksetian, Danbury, Connecticut, and Scott F. Rohling, Golden, Colorado.

The patent application was filed on April 20, 2012 (13/452,135). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,762,993.PN.&OS=PN/8,762,993&RS=PN/8,762,993

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Model Driven Deployment of Composite Applications

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,762,937) developed by nine co-inventors for a "model driven deployment of composite applications." The co-inventors are Daniel C. Berg, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Brad L. Blancett, Raleigh, North Carolina, Michael D. Elder, Durham, North Carolina, Chad M. Holliday, Holly Springs, North Carolina, Alexander V. Konstantinou, Hawthorne, New York, Timothy A. Pouyer, , Edward C. Snible, Hawthorne, New York, Hendra Suwanda, Ontario, Canada, and John E. Swanke, Southbury, Connecticut.

The patent application was filed on June 18, 2012 (13/526,142). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,762,937.PN.&OS=PN/8,762,937&RS=PN/8,762,937

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Simplifying Deployment and Serviceability of Commercial Software Environments

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,762,965) developed by seven co-inventors for "simplifying the deployment and serviceability of commercial software environments." The co-inventors are Bowen L. Alpern, Peekskill, New York, Joshua S. Auerbach, Ridgefield, Connecticut, Vasanth Bala, Rye, New York, Thomas V. Frauenhofer, Stony Point, New York, Jobi George, Somers, New York, Todd W. Mummert, Danbury, Connecticut, and Michael A. Pigott, Coram, New York.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2012 (13/601,668). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,762,965.PN.&OS=PN/8,762,965&RS=PN/8,762,965

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Red Hat Assigned Patent for Generating Encoded Package Profile

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,762,931) developed by Seth Kelby Vidal, Raleigh, North Carolina, and James Antill, Bristol, Connecticut, for "generating an encoded package profile."

The patent application was filed on May 26, 2010 (12/788,139). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,762,931.PN.&OS=PN/8,762,931&RS=PN/8,762,931

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Nielsen Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus to Generate Smart Text

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- Nielsen, Schaumburg, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,762,192) developed by Rich J. Anderson, Fort Mill, South Carolina, David S. Dyson, Vincentown, New Jersey, and Mark Ahrens, Milford, Connecticut, for "methods and apparatus to generate smart text."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2012 (13/654,899). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,762,192.PN.&OS=PN/8,762,192&RS=PN/8,762,192

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Princeton Payment Solutions Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- Princeton Payment Solutions, Princeton, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,763,142) developed by Kevin M. McGuire, Princeton Junction, New Jersey, Rush Taggart, Princeton, New Jersey, and John Alex Chapman, Stamford, Connecticut, for "tokenized payment processing schemes."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2011 (13/215,961). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,763,142.PN.&OS=PN/8,763,142&RS=PN/8,763,142

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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