U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (Feb. 27)

The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2012 (13/680,232). 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=20140225.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Brigham and Woman's Hospital Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- TheBrigham and Woman's Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,660,634) developed by Samuel Patz, Chestnut Hill, Mass., and James P. Butler, Brookline, Mass., for a "system and method for improved lung fourier decomposition magnetic resonance imaging."

The patent application was filed on April 23, 2012 (13/453,493). 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=24&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Lion Rock Licensing Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Lion Rock Licensing, Grand Rapids, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,658,234) developed by four co-inventors for a "method of molding a food product." The co-inventors are David Smith, Needham, Mass., David Riemersma, Jenison, Mich., Mark Peters, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Kevin Keough, Canton, Mass.

The patent application was filed on June 4, 2012 (13/487,449). 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=86,58,234.PN.&OS=PN/86,58,234&RS=PN/86,58,234

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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MIT Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,660,374) developed by Jae S. Lim, Winchester, Mass., for a "selecting transform paths for compressing visual data."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2011 (13/336,213). 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=20140225.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Axsun Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va.Feb. 27 -- Axsun Technologies, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,660,164) developed by Peter S. Whitney, Lexington, Mass., and Dale C. Flanders, Lexington, Mass., for a "method and system for avoiding package induced failure in swept semiconductor source."

The patent application was filed on March 23, 2012 (13/428,826). 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=20140225.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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FLIR Systems Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- FLIR Systems, Wilsonville, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,659,664) developed by Robert G. Benson, New Ipswich, N.H., Thomas J. Scanlon, Hampstead, N.H., and Paul A. Czerepuszko, Hopkinton, Mass., for a "thermography camera configured for leak detection."

The patent application was filed on March 23, 2007 (11/726,918). 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=12&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28%22OR%22.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/OR&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/OR

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Dentsply International Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Dentsply International, York, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,658,712) developed by four co-inventors for "methods of treatment of the dental pulp and filling root canals using water-based material." The co-inventors are Carolyn M. Primus, Bradenton, Fla., James L. Gutmann, Dallas, Miklos M. Breuer, Brookline, Mass., and Steven R. Jefferies, Media, Pa.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2008 (12/069,359). 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=20140225.PD.&s2=%28PA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/PA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/PA

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Raytheon BBN Technologies, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Miss., have been assigned a patent (8,659,424) developed by five co-inventors for a "subsurface intrusion detection system." The co-inventors are Peter Allen Krumhansl, Amherst, N.H., William Coney, Littleton, Mass., Richard Mullen, Needham, Mass., Jason R. McKenna, Vicksburg, Miss., and Michael Goldsmith, Framingham, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2010http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=41&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Bose Corp. Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Bose Corp., Framingham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,660,055) developed by Joji Ueda, Cambridge, Mass., and Ronald N. Isaac, Shrewsbury, Mass., for a "pseudo hub-and-spoke wireless audio network."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/981,985). 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=35&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Martin Annis Patent Trust - 2009 Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Martin Annis Patent Trust - 2009, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,660,238) developed by Martin Annis, Cambridge, Mass., for a "method for detecting a nuclear weapon in a shipping container or other vehicle using x-rays."

The patent application was filed on July 3, 2012 (13/540,997). 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=33&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Savant Systems Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Savant Systems, Hyannis, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,659,704) developed by five co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for mixing graphics with video images." The co-inventors are Robert P. Madonna, Osterville, Mass., Michael E. Noonan, Sandwich, Mass., Siegmar K. Eschholz, Southwest Harbor, Maine, James F. Allen, Sandwich, Mass., and Peter H. Corsini, East Sandwich, Mass.

The patent application was filed on March 16, 2007 (11/687,511). 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=39&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Nantero Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Nantero, Woburn, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,659,940) developed by Claude L. Bertin, Venice, Fla., Brent M. Segal, Woburn, Mass., and Darren K. Brock, Woburn, Mass., for a "carbon nanotube-based neural networks and methods of making and using same."

The patent application was filed on March 25, 2009 (12/934,545). 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=36&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Greenray Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Greenray, Westford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,659,880) developed by four co-inventors for an "AC photovoltaic module and inverter assembly." The co-inventors are Miles Clayton Russell, Lincoln, Mass., Gregory Allen Kern, Lafayette, Colo., Ruel Davenport Little, Concord, Mass., and Zachary Adam King, Townsend, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2011 (13/200,190). 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=37&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Cosco Management Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Cosco Management, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,659,421) developed by Roger J. Babineau, Taunton, Mass., for a "remote child monitoring system with temperature sensing." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2011 (13/189,130). 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=20140225.PD.&s2=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/DE

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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WPFY Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- WPFY, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,658,900) developed by four co-inventors for a "metal sheathed cable assembly." The co-inventors are Paul R. Picard, East Greenwich, R.I., Robert A. Pereira, Rochester, Mass., Christopher J. DeMello, Swansea, Mass., and Joseph D. Colangelo, Chepachet, R.I. The patent application was filed on April 7, 2009 (12/419,607). 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=20140225.PD.&s2=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/DE Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,660,543) developed by Andre R. Turner, Belmont, Mass., Dongchen Wang, Concord, Mass., and Hong Xiao, Acton, Mass., for a call management system.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2010) (12/974,677). 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=20140225.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/NJ

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Integrated Technology (IT) Estimation Modeling

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,660,874) developed by 11 co-inventors for an "integrated technology (IT) estimation modeling." The co-inventors are Abdul Allam, Durham, N.C., Kishore Channabasavaiah, Schaumburg, Ill., Kerrie L. Holley, San Francisco, Pawan Khera, Seattle, Subhash K. Kothuru, West Bloomfield, Mich., William D. James, Cambridge, Mass., Sri Ramanathan, Tampa, Fla., Siljan H. Simpson, Dallas, Matthew B. Trevathan, Atlanta, Raghu Varadan, San Francisco, and Nevenko Zunic, Hopewell Junction, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2009 (12/608,406). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=109&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Corp. for National Research Initiatives Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Corp. for National Research Initiatives, Reston, Va., have been assigned a patent (8,660,157) developed by Michael A. Huff, Oakton, Va., and Jonah Jacob, Brookline, Mass., for "means for improved implementation of laser diodes and laser diode arrays."

The patent application was filed on July 16, 2012 (13/549,705). 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=7&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28VA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/VA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/VA

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Avaya Inc. Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,660,132) developed by Hamid Assarpour, Arlington, Mass., and Jon Goldberg, Amherst, N.H., for a "control plane packet processing and latency control."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2010 (12/939,871). 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=37&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/NJ

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Atlas Financial Partners Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Atlas Financial Partners, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,660,866) developed by John Coleman, Norfolk, Mass., and Clifford Eisler, New York, for "methods and systems for administering life insurance products through classifying insured lives to allocate costs."

The patent application was filed on March 12, 2013 (13/797,386). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=111&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Gamblit Gaming Assigned Patent for Skill Calibrated Hybrid Game

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Gamblit Gaming, Glendale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,657,660) developed by three co-inventors for a "skill calibrated hybrid game." The co-inventors are Eric Meyerhofer, Pasadena, Calif., Miles Arnone, Sherborn, Mass., and Caitlyn Ross, Watertown, Mass.

The patent application was filed on July 3, 2013 (13/935,410). 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=8657660.PN.&OS=PN/8657660&RS=PN/8657660

Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif., and ATI Technologies ULC, Ontario, Canada, have been assigned a patent (8,656,198) developed by four co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for memory power management." The co-inventors are Alexander Branover, Chestnut Hill, Mass., Maurice B. Steinman, Marlborough, Mass., Anthony Asaro, Toronto, and James B. Fry, Aurora, Ontario, Canada.

The patent application was filed on April 26, 2010 (12/767,460). 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=8656198.PN.&OS=PN/8656198&RS=PN/8656198

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Apple Assigned Patent for Accessory Controller

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,658,926) developed by three co-inventors for "[a]ccessory controller for electronic devices." The co-inventors are Jahan C. Minoo, South San Francisco, Calif., Christopher D. Prest, San Francisco, and Claudio V. Di Leo, Cambridge, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2012 (13/681,162). 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=8658926.PN.&OS=PN/8658926&RS=PN/8658926

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent for Auger Elemental Identification Algorithm

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,658,973) developed by three co-inventors for "[a]uger elemental identification algorithm." The co-inventors are Christopher Sears, Fremont, Calif., Mark Neil, San Jose, Calif., and Mehran Nasser-Ghodsi, Hamilton, Mass.

The patent application was filed on June 7, 2013 (13/913,240). 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=8658973.PN.&OS=PN/8658973&RS=PN/8658973

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Activesite Pharmaceuticals, Joslin Diabetes Center Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Activesite Pharmaceuticals, San Francisco, and Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, have been assigned a patent (8,658,685) developed by four co-inventors for methods "for treatment of kallikrein-related disorders." The co-inventors are Tamie Jo Chilcote, San Francisco, Sukanto Sinha, San Francisco, Lloyd P. Aiello, Belmont, Mass., and Edward P. Feener, North Reading, Mass.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2009 (12/865,332). 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=8658685.PN.&OS=PN/8658685&RS=PN/8658685

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Theravance Assigned Patent for Crystalline Quinolinone-Carboxamide

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Theravance, South San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,658,678) developed by five co-inventors for "[c]rystalline form of a quinolinone-carboxamide compound." The co-inventors are Adam A. Goldblum, Berkeley, Calif., Daniel Genov, Boston, S. Derek Turner, Reston, Va., Paul R. Fatheree, San Francisco, and Robert S. Chao, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 13, 2010 (12/759,080). 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=8658671.PN.&OS=PN/8658671&RS=PN/8658671

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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