U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Illinois (Oct. 23)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Illinois.

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Experian Information Solutions Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 22 -- Experian Information Solutions Inc., Costa Mesa, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,560,161) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for monitoring and predicting vehicle attributes." The co-inventors are Lynn Michele Kator, Gurnee, Ill., David Nemtuda, Algonquin, Ill., and Edith Hirtenstein, Chicago.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2009 (12/605,238). 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=8560161.PN.&OS=PN/8560161&RS=PN/8560161

Written by Marlyn Vitin.

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iRhythm Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 22 -- iRhythm Technologies Inc., San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,560,046) developed by six co-inventors for an "electronic device for long-term adhesion to a mammal includes a housing with an electronic component." The co-inventors are Uday N. Kumar, San Francisco, Peter H. Livingston, San Francisco, Mark J. Day, San Francisco, Shena H. Park, San Francisco, William F. Willis, Lake Forest, Ill., and William H. Righter, Hillsboro, Ore.

The patent application was filed on May 12, 2011 (13/106,750). 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=8,560,046.PN.&OS=PN/8,560,046&RS=PN/8,560,046

Written by Marlyn Vitin.

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Tribal Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Tribal Technologies Inc., San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,558,693) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for location-based reminders on a mobile device." The co-inventors are John Jeffrey Martin, Hillsborough, Calif., Steve Hales, Palo Alto, Calif., Joseph Vierra, Hayward, Calif., Eugene Han, Santa Clara, Calif., and Alberto Moriondo, Barrington, Ill.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2009 (12/557,354). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=502&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&s1=20131015.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&co1=AND&p=11&OS=ISD/10/15/2013+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/10/15/2013+AND+AS/CA

Written by Vessie Ann Abalos; edited by Donabel Harms.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Providing Continuous Calibration Estimation

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,566,805) developed by eight co-inventors for a "system and method to provide continuous calibration estimation and improvement options across a software integration life cycle." The co-inventors are Kathryn A. Bassin, Endicott, N.Y., Steven Kagan, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., Shao C. Li, Beijing, Zhong J. Li, Beijing, He H. Liu, Beijing, Susan E. Skrabanek, Atlanta, Hua F. Tan, Beijing, and Jun Zhu, Shanghai, China.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2009 (12/557,816). 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=20131022.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Capturing Context Information

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,566,798) developed by four co-inventors for "capturing context information in a currently occurring event." The co-inventors are Stefan Georg Derdak, San Jose, Calif., Michael Joseph Casile, Fuquay-Varina, N.C., Andrew James McCright, Rochester, Minn., and Sinee Paungam, Naperville, Ill.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2008 (12/252,164). 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=34&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131022.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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General Electric Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,566,727) developed by Prakash Mahesh, Hoffman Estates, Ill., Murali Kariathungal, Hoffman Estates, Ill., and Mark Morita, Arlington Heights, Ill., for a "method and system for automating a user interface."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2007 (11/619,432). 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=54&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131022.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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S.C. Johnson & Son Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- S.C. Johnson & Son, Racine, Wis., has been assigned a patent (8,565,926) developed by four co-inventors for a "multiple volatile material dispensing device and operating methodologies therefore." The co-inventors are Tai P. Luc, Oak Creek, Wis., Kenneth W. Michaels, Spring Grove, Ill., Megan L. Polzin, Sturtevant, Wis., and Bhavesh Shah, Kenosha, Wis.

The patent application was filed on July 18, 2012 (13/552,448). 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=20131022.PD.&s2=%28WI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/WI&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/WI

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Illinois Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, Wis., and the University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., have been assigned a patent (8,563,777) developed by 10 co-inventors for an "ionizable isotopic labeling reagents for relative quantification by mass spectrometry." The co-inventors are Lloyd M. Smith, Madison, Wis., Michael R. Shortreed, Portage, Wis., Brian L. Frey, Madison, Wis., Margaret F. Phillips, Madison, Wis., Joshua J. Coon, Middleton, Wis., Shane M. Lamos, Winooski, Vt., Casey J. Krusemark, Woodside, Calif., Peter J. Belshaw, Madison, Wis., Madhusudan Patel, Somerset, N.J., and Neil L. Kelleher, Urbana, Ill.

The patent application was filed on June 8, 2011 (13/155,682). 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=14&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131022.PD.&s2=%28WI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/WI&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/WI

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Northrop Grumman Systems Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Northrop Grumman Systems, Falls Church, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,566,384) developed by David Steven Schuman, Rolling Meadows, Ill., for a multiplicative group counter.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2007 (11/956,082). 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=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131022.PD.&s2=%28VA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/VA&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/VA

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Controlling Settings for Television Services

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,566,875) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for controlling settings for television services." The co-inventors are Anthony Haeuser, Aurora, Ill., Mary McCarthy, San Antonio, Scott Pettit, San Antonio, Chris Lee, San Antonio, and Ross Cox, Cumming, Ga.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2006 (11/341,092). 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=8,566,875.PN.&OS=PN/8,566,875&RS=PN/8,566,875

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Cleversafe Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Cleversafe, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,566,552) developed by Andrew Baptist, Chicago, Ilya Volvovski, Chicago, and Jason K. Resch, Chicago, for a "dispersed storage network resource allocation." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2010 (12/779,709). 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=8,566,552.PN.&OS=PN/8,566,552&RS=PN/8,566,552

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent for block Placing Tool for Building User-defined Algorithm

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,566,220) developed by Daniel Lidor, Chicago, and Richard Lane, Chicago, for a "block placing tool for building a user-defined algorithm for electronic trading." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2011 (13/014,547). 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=20131022.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Northwestern University Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,565,908) developed by Andrew Todd Sabin, Chicago, and Bryan A. Pardo, Evanston, Ill., for "systems, methods, and apparatus for equalization preference learning." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2010 (12/846,456). 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=20131022.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Beverage Works Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Beverage Works, Marion, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,565,917) developed by Harry Lee Crisp, Marion, Ill., for an appliance with dispenser. The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2012 (13/630,370). 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=27&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131022.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent for Method and System for Automatically Dekeying Talk Group

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,565,802) developed by John T. Mistro, Carol Stream, Ill., for a "method and system for automatically dekeying a talk group speaker to join a multi-group communication." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2010 (12/944,079). 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=30&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131022.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Tellabs Operations Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Tellabs Operations, Naperville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,566,460) developed by David Hwa-Wei Liu, Herndon, Va., Edward J. Krzyzanowski, Naperville, Ill., and James M. Hallam, Oswego, Ill., for a "method and apparatus for initiating temporary configuration allowing remote accessing via a network device." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2010 (12/882,424). 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=13&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131022.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,566,218) developed by seven co-inventors for "systems and methods for matching one or more incoming order to a standing order as a function of an inner market parameter." The co-inventors are Andrew P. Czupek, New Lenox, Ill., Bryan T. Durkin, Orland Park, Ill., Thomas G. McCabe, Chicago, Brian M. Wolf, Roselle, Ill., Donald M. Cuba, Tinley Park, Ill., Jonathan G. Kronstein, Elmhurst, Ill., and Troy C. Kane, Chicago. The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2008 (12/246,755). 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=18&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131022.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent for System and Method for Risk Management

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,566,209) developed by Henrik Kraus, Wilmette, Ill., Farley Owens, Chicago, and Jens-Uwe Schluetter, Evanston, Ill., for a "system and method for risk management." The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2013 (13/740,893). 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=19&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131022.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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United States Gypsum Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- United States Gypsum, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,566,041) developed by Alfred Li, Naperville, Ill., for a "method for determining structural parameters of composite building panels." The patent application was filed on April 21, 2011 (13/091,740). 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=20131022.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,566,456) developed by Neil P. Crouch, Cary, Ill., for a "system and method for communicating with an electronic exchange in an electronic trading environment." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2012 (13/627,232). 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=8,566,354.PN.&OS=PN/8,566,354&RS=PN/8,566,354

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Cleversafe Assigned Patent for Storage and Retrieval of Required Slices

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Cleversafe, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,566,354) developed by Gary W. Grube, Barrington Hills, Ill., and Timothy W. Markison, Mesa, Ariz., for a "storage and retrieval of required slices in a dispersed storage network." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2011 (13/021,537). 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=20131022.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent for System and Method for Risk Check

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23</chron> -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,566,219) developed by Sagy Pundak Mintz, Lincolnshire, Ill., for a "system and method for a risk check." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2009 (12/410,210). 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=17&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131022.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent for Methods, Systems, Apparatus for Recovering Registration Information

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,565,760) developed by Steven E. Vanswol, Lombard, Ill., and Melissa D. Kasper, Streamwood, Ill., for "methods, systems and apparatus for recovering registration information." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2010 (12/895,263). 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=31&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131022.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/IL

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Mallinckrodt Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Mallinckrodt, Hazelwood, Mo., has been assigned a patent (8,563,907) developed by Michael J. Bushman, Bunker Hill, Ill., Stefan S. Jelesnianski, OFallon, Mo., and Michael R. Mahoney, Wentzville, Mo., for a radiopharmaceutical heater. The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2009 (12/919,528). 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=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131022.PD.&s2=%28MO.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/MO&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/MO

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Illinois Institute of Technology Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Erlanger, Ky., and Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, have been assigned a patent (8,564,444) developed by four co-inventors for "mobile sanitizing devices and systems for dispensing sanitizer solution." The co-inventors are Yasuhiro Ota, Union, Ky., Masaru Ryumae, Union, Ky., Keiichi Sato, Chicago, and Shin Sano, Oak Park, Ill. The patent application was filed on July 30, 2010 (12/847,280). 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=20131022.PD.&s2=%28KY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/KY&RS=ISD/10/22/2013+AND+AS/KY Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Method and System for Project and Portfolio Management

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,566,745) developed by Claudio Bartolini, Palo Alto, Calif., Rosalynn J. Tuggle, Austin, Texas, and Jason Waugh, Chicago, for a "method and system for project and portfolio management."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2010 (12/916,442). 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=8,566,745&OS=8,566,745&RS=8,566,745

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent for System and Method for Medical Scan Archiving

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,566,119) developed by Weng I. Lei, Mount Prospect, Ill., for a "method of Picture Archiving Communication System messaging intelligent update mechanism."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2007 (11/837,805). 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=8,566,119&OS=8,566,119&RS=8,566,119

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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General Instrument Assigned Patent for Dynamically Embedding Watermark Information into Multimedia Content

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- General Instrument, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,565,472) developed by Theodore S. Rzeszewski, Wheaton, Ill., and Eiraj Rezania, Kildeer, Ill., for a "method, device and system for dynamically embedding watermark information into multimedia content."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2007 (11/927,975). 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=8,565,472&OS=8,565,472&RS=8,565,472

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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