U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Connecticut (Nov. 7)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 7 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Connecticut.

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Companion Diagnostics Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 7 -- Companion Diagnostics, Indianapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,574,856) developed by Richard H. Selinfreund, Terre Haute, Ind., Rakesh Vig, Durham, Conn., and Richard P. Gill, Essex, Conn., for "methods for determining the efficiency of a therapeutic."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2010 (12/906,162). 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=16&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131105.PD.&s2=%28IN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/05/2013+AND+AS/IN&RS=ISD/11/05/2013+AND+AS/IN

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Bank of America Assigned Patent for Goal Insurance

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 7 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,577,764) developed by seven co-inventors for a goal insurance. The co-inventors are Scott A. Weigman, Charlotte, N.C., Georgiana L. Gormley, Durham, N.C., Timothy J. Bendel, Charlotte, N.C., Melanie Lynn Alexander, Davidson, N.C., Manoj Govindan, Gastonia, N.C., Todd J. Worrall, Landenberg, Pa., and Deborah F. Wire, Amston, Conn.

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/494,836). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=25&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131105.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/05/2013+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/11/05/2013+AND+AS/NC

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Provisioning Cloud Computing Environment Resources

<location value="LU/us.va.alxdra" idsrc="xmltag.org">ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,578,028) developed by four co-inventors for "techniques for provisioning cloud computing environment resources based on social media analysis." The co-inventors are Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, Texas, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Ridgefield, Conn., Michael A. Paolini, Austin, Texas, and Cristi N. Ullmann, Austin, Texas.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2011 (12/985,721). 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=88&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131105.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/05/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/05/2013+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Pitney Bowes, Hewlett-Packard Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 7 -- Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Conn., and Hewlett-Packard, San Diego, have been assigned a patent (8,576,264) developed by four co-inventors for a "registration device for mail processing system having wide print nozzle arrays." The co-inventors are Thomas M. Lyga, Southbury, Conn., John R. Masotta, Newtown, Conn., John W. Sussmeier, Cold Spring, N.Y., and John F. Pezzuti, Naugatuck, Conn.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2011 (13/300,791). 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=8,576,264.PN.&OS=PN/8,576,264&RS=PN/8,576,264

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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PerkinElmer Health Sciences Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 7 -- PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Waltham, Mass., and PerkinElmer Singapore, Singapore, have been assigned a patent (8,575,855) developed by Sunita Carrasco, Danbury, Conn., David Hager, Norwalk, Conn., and Tack-Boon Yee, Singapore, for a "hollow cathode lamp elapsed time recording system."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2010 (12/982,749). 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=8,575,855.PN.&OS=PN/8,575,855&RS=PN/8,575,855

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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