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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Illinois (April 30)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Illinois.

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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Profile Management System

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,705,718) developed by seven co-inventors for "profile management system including user interface for accessing and maintaining profile data of user subscribed telephony services." The co-inventors are Terry L. Vieth, Columbia, Ill., Katherine L. Krein, Florissant, Mo., Mary B. Clark, St. Louis, Tracy L. Brokaw, St. Louis, Christopher H. Rolwes, St. Louis, Paul G. Baniak, St. Louis, and Kristin Chambers, Austin, Texas,

The patent application was filed on June 17, 2013 (13/919,155). 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=8705718.PN.&OS=PN/8705718&RS=PN/8705718

Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Cleversafe Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Cleversafe, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,713,358) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for rebuilding data in a dispersed data storage network." The co-inventors are Vance T. Thorton, Columbus, Ohio, Jamie Bellanca, Chicago, Dustin M. Hendrickson, Biggsville, Ill., Zachary J. Mark, Chicago, and Ilya Volvovski, Chicago.

The patent application was filed on June 10, 2013 (13/914,232). 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=8,713,358.PN.&OS=PN/8,713,358&RS=PN/8,713,358

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Zazum Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Zazum, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,713,593) developed by four co-inventors for a "detection system and method for mobile device application." The co-inventors are Eric J. Humphrey, Brooklyn, N.Y., Susan K. Rits, Redwood City, Calif., Jonathan Boley, Lombard, Ill., and Oliver Masciarotte, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2012 (13/409,021). 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=8,713,593.PN.&OS=PN/8,713,593&RS=PN/8,713,593

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,713,478) developed by Brian J. Buck, Lisle, Ill., for a "system and method for displaying a constant time selection context menu interface."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 6, 2011 (13/226,234). 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=8,713,478.PN.&OS=PN/8,713,478&RS=PN/8,713,478

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Xcast Labs Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Xcast Labs, Northfield, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,713,664) developed by Vladimir Smelyansky, Glenview, Ill., and Victor Grinberg, Buffalo Grove, Ill., for "detecting the type of NAT firewall using messages."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2010 (12/709,963). 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=8,713,664.PN.&OS=PN/8,713,664&RS=PN/8,713,664

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Motorola Mobility, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,712,766) developed by James P. Ashley, Naperville, Ill., and Udar Mittal, Hoffman Estates, Ill., for a "method and system for coding an information signal using closed loop adaptive bit allocation."

The patent application was filed on May 16, 2006 (11/383,509). 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=8,712,766.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,766&RS=PN/8,712,766

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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WMS Gaming Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- WMS Gaming, Waukegan, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,713,652) developed by Craig J. Sylla, Round Lake, Ill., for "protecting a gaming machine from rogue code."

The patent application was filed on May 5, 2005 (11/568,794). 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=8,713,652.PN.&OS=PN/8,713,652&RS=PN/8,713,652

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Chicago Board Options Exchange Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,712,891) developed by Catherine T. Shalen, Chicago, for "methods and systems for creating a tail risk hedge index and trading derivative products based thereon."

The patent application was filed on July 27, 2012 (13/560,308). 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=8,712,891.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,891&RS=PN/8,712,891

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Motorola Mobility, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,712,446) developed by Kashyap Kamdar, Palatine, Ill., and Sania C. Irwin, Glen Ellyn, Ill., for a "method and apparatus for optimizing paging in a communication network."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2007 (11/836,505). 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=8,712,446.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,446&RS=PN/8,712,446

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Jet Set Sports Holdings Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Jet Set Sports Holdings, Far Hills, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,712,809) developed by nine co-inventors for a "method for olympic event hospitality program management." The co-inventors are Dimitar Krajcev, Clifton, N.J., Sead Dizdarevic, Far Hills, N.J., Sanjin Karabegovic, New York, Lisa Dooley, Bernardsville, N.J., Mirjana Garcia, Bedminster, N.J., Stephen Welch, Sparta, N.J., Adam Wixted, Florham Park, N.J., Elizabethe Miello, Hackettstown, N.J., and Brian Mosteller, Chicago. The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2006 (11/502,361). 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=8,712,809.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,809&RS=PN/8,712,809 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent for System and Method for Order Placement in Electronic Trading Environment

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,712,904) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for order placement in an electronic trading environment." The co-inventors are Michael J. Burns, Riverside, Ill., Eric M. Herz, Naperville, Ill., Sagy Pundak Mintz, Lincolnshire, Ill., and Alexander D. Dietz, Chicago.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2012 (13/650,476). 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=8,712,904.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,904&RS=PN/8,712,904

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Redbox Automated Retail Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Redbox Automated Retail, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,712,872) developed by Thomas Franklin Smith, Downers Grove, Ill., William Martinka, Chicago, and Jim Polubinski Jr., Palos Hills, Ill., for a "system and method for optimizing utilization of inventory space for dispensable articles."

The patent application was filed on March 7, 2012 (13/414,597). 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=8,712,872.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,872&RS=PN/8,712,872

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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University of Illinois, University of Connecticut Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- The University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., and the University of Connecticut, Farmington, Conn., have been assigned a patent (8,712,559) developed by Chengyu Cao, Shrewsbury, Mass., Naira Hovakimyan, Champaign, Ill., and Enric Xargay, Urbana, Ill., for an "adaptive control for uncertain nonlinear multi-input multi-output systems."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2011 (13/023,965). 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=8,712,559.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,559&RS=PN/8,712,559

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent for Antenna Tuning on Impedance Trajectory

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Motorola Mobility, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,712,355) developed by Gregory R. Black, Vernon Hills, Ill., and William P. Alberth, Prairie Grove, Ill., for an "antenna tuning on an impedance trajectory."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2011 (13/221,196). 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=8,712,355.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,355&RS=PN/8,712,355

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent for System and Method for Reducing Risks Involved in Trading Multiple Spread Trading Strategies

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,712,905) developed by Alexander D. Deitz, Chicago, Sagy P. Mintz, Lincolnshire, Ill., and David W. Garrison, Arlington Heights, Ill., for a "system and method for reducing the risks involved in trading multiple spread trading strategies."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2013 (14/045,782). 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=8,712,905.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,905&RS=PN/8,712,905

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Pioneer Hi Bred International Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Pioneer Hi Bred International, Johnston, Iowa, has been assigned a patent (8,710,336) developed by four co-inventors for the "maize variety hybrid X13A495." The co-inventors are David L. Benson, Burwell, Neb., Mario Rosario Carlone Jr., Princeton, Ill., Dennis James Dolan, York, Neb., and Russell L. Fox, Stuart, Iowa.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2013 (13/775,525). 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=87,10,336.PN.&OS=PN/87,10,336&RS=PN/87,10,336

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Northwestern University Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,712,514) developed by Trent Nicol, Chicago, and Nina Kraus, Evanston, Ill., for a "neurophysiological central auditory processing evaluation system and method."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2011 (13/218,142). 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=8,712,514.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,514&RS=PN/8,712,514

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Allstate Insurance Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 30 -- Allstate Insurance, Northbrook, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,712,893) developed by six co-inventors for "enhanced claims damage estimation using aggregate display." The co-inventors are Jennifer A. Brandmaier, Chicago, Mark E. Faga, Evanston, Ill., Robert H. Johnson, Hoffman Estates, Ill., Philip Peter Ramirez, Arlington Heights, Ill., Kurt M. Stricker, Northfield, Ill., and Joshua E. Campbell, Chicago.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2013 (14/076,435). 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=8,712,893.PN.&OS=PN/8,712,893&RS=PN/8,712,893

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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