U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Connecticut (Oct. 31)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Connecticut.

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Prudential Insurance Co. of America Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Prudential Insurance Co. of America, Newark, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,571,897) developed by five co-inventors for "system and method for administering insurance policies issued before comprehensive underwriting." The co-inventors are Leslie Ann Reynolds, Simsbury, Conn., Michael J. Roscoe, South Windsor, Conn., Greg D. Lindquist, Champlin, Minn., Kimberly Ann Rasmussen, Mound, Minn., and Steven J. Williams, Plymouth, Minn.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2010 (12/958,801). 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=20131029.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NJ

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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mBLAST Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- MBlast, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,572,173) developed by Daniel Dean Briere, Mansfield Center, Conn., and Paul William Pritchard, Southlake, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for collecting and disseminating information over a computer network."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2011 (13/341,121). 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=83&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Authoring of Mixed-initiative Multi-modal Interactions

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,572,209) developed by five co-inventors for "methods and systems for authoring of mixed-initiative multi-modal interactions and related browsing mechanisms." The co-inventors are Jennifer A. Healey, Cambridge, Mass., Rafah A. Hosn, Stamford, Conn., Stephane Herman Maes, Danbury, Conn., Thiruvilvama Lai V. Raman, San Jose, Calif., and Alpana Tiwari, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2007 (11/871,571). 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=80&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Barclays Capital Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Barclays Capital, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,572,431) developed by five co-inventors for a disaster recovery framework. The co-inventors are Robert S. Adler, New York, Rodney N. Brown, Humble, Texas, Philip J. Brandenberger, Montclair, N.J., Alexander Lazen, Stamford, Conn., and Michael Chung, New York.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2005 (11/063,492). 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=61&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Monsanto Technology Assigned Patent for Secreted Insecticidal Protein and Gene Compositions

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Monsanto Technology, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,569,583) developed by five co-inventors for "secreted insecticidal protein and gene compositions from Bacillus thuringiensis and uses therefore." The co-inventors are Judith Donovan, Manchester, Mo., William Donovan, Manchester, Mo., James Engleman, Ephrata, Pa., Thomas Malvar, North Stonington, Conn., and John Pitkin, Wildwood, Mo.

The patent application was filed on June 29, 2011 (13/171,519). 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=8,569,583.PN.&OS=PN/8,569,583&RS=PN/8,569,583

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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EMC Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,570,903) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for managing a virtual domain environment to enable root cause and impact analysis." The co-inventors are Amanuel Ronen Artzi, Framingham, Mass., Igg M. Adiwijaya, Fair Lawn, N.J., Sudhir Vijendra, Cambridge, Mass., and Ehud Kleers, West Hartford, Conn.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2011 (13/222,057). 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=8,570,903.PN.&OS=PN/8,570,903&RS=PN/8,570,903

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for System and Method of Image Upsampling

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,571,309) developed by Shankar Krishnan, Chatham, N.J., and James Klosowski, Ridgefield, Conn., for a "system and method of image upsampling."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2011 (13/296,417). 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=8,571,309&OS=8,571,309&RS=8,571,309

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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