U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (June 23)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts.

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Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Filter for Fine Needle Biopsy

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,753,288) developed by Michal Weisman, Winchester, Massachusetts, and Shawn Ryan, Upton, Massachusetts, for a "filter for fine needle biopsy."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2013 (14/104,713). 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=8,753,288.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,288&RS=PN/8,753,288

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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EMC Assigned Patent for Generating Authentication Codes

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,756,666) developed by two co-inventors for "[g]enerating authentication codes." The co-inventors are Eric A. Silva, Somerville, Massachusetts, and William M. Duane, Westford, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/241,166). 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=8756666.PN.&OS=PN/8756666&RS=PN/8756666

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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University of Colorado Assigned Patent for Cacrocyclic Compounds

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- The University of Colorado, Denver, has been assigned a patent (8,754,050) developed by five co-inventors for "[c]acrocyclic compounds useful as inhibitors of histone deacetylases." The co-inventors are Xuedong Liu, Niwot, Colorado, Gan Zhang, Niwot, Colorado, Andrew J. Phillips, Guilford, Connecticut, Christopher G. Nasveschuk, Stoneham, Massachusetts, and Dana Ungermannova, Houston.

The patent application was filed on May 26, 2011 (13/700,373). 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=8754050.PN.&OS=PN/8754050&RS=PN/8754050

Written by Jude Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Delivery System Having Stent Locking Structure

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,753,303) developed by Michal Weisman, Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Andrew K. Hollett, Waltham, Massachusetts, and Michael Devon Amos, Boston, for a "delivery system having stent locking structure."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2010 (12/884,997). 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=8,753,303.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,303&RS=PN/8,753,303

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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AgileQR Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- AgileQR, Providence, Rhode Island, has been assigned a patent (8,756,124) developed by Foster Joseph Sayers III, Providence, Rhode Island, Albert Ho, Boston, and Charles Hyung Kim, Boston, for "systems and methods for tracking and tracing products through a supply chain utilizing unique URLs."

The patent application was filed on June 24, 2013 (13/925,039). 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=87,56,124.PN.&OS=PN/87,56,124&RS=PN/87,56,124

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Smith & Nephew Assigned Patent for Dynamic Sensing Method

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Smith & Nephew, Memphis, Tennessee, has been assigned a patent (8,753,344) developed by Todd E. Smith, Hopedale, Massachusetts, and Paul R. Duhamel, Groton, Massachusetts, for the dynamic orthoscopic sensing.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2011 (13/242,336). 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=87,53,344.PN.&OS=PN/87,53,344&RS=PN/87,53,344

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Sure-Shot Medical Devices Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Sure-Shot Medical Devices, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,753,295) developed by Jonathan S. Thierman, Boston, for the "treatment of warts and other dermatological conditions using topical ultrasonic applicator."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2007 (11/652,910). 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=8,753,295.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,295&RS=PN/8,753,295

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Broadcom Assigned Patent for Home Network System and Method

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Broadcom, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,289) developed by five co-inventors for a "home network system and method." The co-inventors are Avi Kliger, Givatayim, Israel, Rami Kopelman, Lexington, Massachusetts, Nachum Avishay, Rehovot, Israel, Alon Shtern, Magshimim, Israel, and Amir Wasserman, Kiriat One, Israel.

The patent application was filed on June 4, 2008 (12/132,800). 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=87,55,289.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,289&RS=PN/87,55,289

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Colgate-Palmolive Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Colgate-Palmolive, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,753,820) developed by Harsh M. Trivedi, Hillsborough, New Jersey, Tao Xu, Newton, Massachusetts, and Ying Yang, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, for "protein biomarkers for soft tissue disease diagnosis and as therapeutic targets for oral care intervention."

The patent application was filed on April 1, 2010 (13/262,038). 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=8,753,820.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,820&RS=PN/8,753,820

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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MathWorks Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,756,046) developed by four co-inventors for a method and system "for generating code from a graphical model in a graphical modeling environment." The co-inventors are Haihua Feng, Sherborn, Massachusetts, Darel Allen Linebarger, Southborough, Massachusetts, Donald Paul Orofino II, Sudbury, Massachusetts, and Ramamurthy Mani, Wayland, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2012 (13/366,915). 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=8756046.PN.&OS=PN/8756046&RS=PN/8756046

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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MathWorks Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,756,044) developed by five co-inventors for "[g]raphical partitioning for parallel execution of executable block diagram models." The co-inventors are Benjamin Charles Martin, Natick, Massachusetts, Katalin Maria Popovici, Natick, Massachusetts, Hidayet Tunc Simsek, Newton, Massachusetts, Ramamurthy Mani, Wayland, Massachusetts, and John Edward Ciolfi, Wellesley, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2010 (12/895,209). 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=8756044.PN.&OS=PN/8756044&RS=PN/8756044

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance, Warwick, Rhode Island, has been assigned a patent (8,756,083) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for identifying and assessing comparative negligence in insurance claims." The co-inventors are Angela G. Danico, North Reading, Massachusetts, Andre R. Heindenheim, Warwick, Rhode Island, Sarah E. Hopkins, Manchester, New Hampshire, James D. Murphy, Londonderry, New Hampshire, Soon Lim, Cranston, Rhode Island, and Steven E. Shriner, West Greenwich, Rhode Island.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2011 (13/009,458). 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=87,56,083.PN.&OS=PN/87,56,083&RS=PN/87,56,083

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,753,387) developed by F. Anthony Headley, Marlborough, Massachusetts, and Kurt Geltz, Sudbury, Massachusetts, for "bioabsorbable stents with reinforced filaments."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2012 (13/356,887). 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=8,753,387.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,387&RS=PN/8,753,387

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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FMR Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- FMR, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,756,128) developed by four co-inventors for "[s]elf-perpetuation of a stochastically varying resource pool." The co-inventors are Stephen D. Fisher, Belmont, Massachusetts, Jurrien Timmer, Manchester, Massachusetts, Andrew Dierdorf, Watertown, Massachusetts, and Walter Tsui, Wellesley, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on May 30, 2007 (11/755,426). 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=8756128.PN.&OS=PN/8756128&RS=PN/8756128

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,754,651) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for imaging properties of subterranean formations." The co-inventors are Tarek Habashy, Burlington, Massachusetts, Andrew Hayman, Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France, Yong-Hua Chen, Belmont, Massachusetts, Dzevat Omeragic, Lexington, Massachusetts, and Philip Cheung, Montesson, France.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2010 (12/945,928). 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=87,54,651.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,651&RS=PN/87,54,651

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Apple Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,343) developed by Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Sunnyvale, California, and Samuel Bruce Weiss, Boston, for rotary slide switches.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2009 (12/571,268). 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=87,54,343.PN.&OS=PN/87,54,343&RS=PN/87,54,343

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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AbbVie Assigned Patent for Compositions and Methods for Crystallizing Antibodies

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- AbbVie, North Chicago, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,753,839) developed by four co-inventors for "compositions and methods for crystallizing antibodies." The co-inventors are Wolfgang Fraunhofer, Newton, Massachusetts, David W. Borhani, Hartsdale, New York, Gerhard Winter, Penzberg, Germany, and Stefan Gottschalk, Grunwald, Germany.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2008 (12/228,038). 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=8,753,839.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,839&RS=PN/8,753,839

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Kensey Nash Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va.June 23 -- Kensey Nash, Exton, Pennsylvania, has been assigned a patent (8,754,285) developed by five co-inventors for "thin film compositions and methods of synthesis and use therefor." The co-inventors are Bruce P. Lee, Houghton, Michigan, Jediah White, Madison, Wisconsin, Fangmin Xu, Sudbury, Massachusetts, John L. Murphy, Verona, Wisconsin, and Laura Vollenweider, Lodi, Wisconsin.

The patent application was filed on July 14, 2010 (13/384,138). 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=8,754,285.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,285&RS=PN/8,754,285

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Facilitating Communication of Routing Information

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,393) developed by five co-inventors for "facilitating communication of routing information." The co-inventors are Richard A. Payne, Wokingham, United Kingdom, Andrei Agapi, Amsterdam, Robert M. Broberg, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, Ralph H. Castain, Fort Collins, Colorado, and John A. DeNisco, Malden, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on April 2, 2010 (12/753,437). 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=8,755,393.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,393&RS=PN/8,755,393

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,756,556) developed by Arvind U. Raghunathan, Brookline, Massachusetts, for a method "for optimizing power flows in electric power networks."

The patent application was filed on Feb.25, 2013 (13/775,589). 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=8756556.PN.&OS=PN/8756556&RS=PN/8756556

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Directv Group Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Directv Group, El Segundo, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,475) developed by Matthew C. Bromberg, Leominster, Massachusetts, Dale A. Branlund, Portola Valley, California, and Weimin Sun, Boxborough, Massachusetts, for "maintaining linear beamforming weights in communications systems."

The patent application was filed on March 2, 2012 (13/411,507). 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=8,755,475.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,475&RS=PN/8,755,475

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Selventa Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Selventa, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,756,182) developed by three co-inventors for a method "for quantifying amplitude of a response of a biological network." The co-inventors are Ty Matthew Thomson, Arlington, Massachusetts, William M. Ladd, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Dexter Roydon Pratt, Reading, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on May 31, 2011 (13/149,022). 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=8756182.PN.&OS=PN/8756182&RS=PN/8756182

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Promerus Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Promerus, Brecksville, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,753,790) developed by nine co-inventors for "self-imageable film forming polymer, compositions thereof and devices and structures made therefrom." The co-inventors are Osamu Onishi, Tokyo, Haruo Ikeda, Tokyo, Larry Rhodes, Silver Lake, Ohio, Paul Evans, Allston, Massachusetts, Edmund Elce, Lakewood, Ohio, Andrew Bell, Lakewood, Ohio, Chad Brick, Broadview Heights, Ohio, Hendra Ng, Highland Heights, Ohio, and Pramod Kandanarachchi, Brecksville, Ohio.

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2010 (12/803,602). 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=8,753,790.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,790&RS=PN/8,753,790

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Alcon Research Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Alcon Research, Fort Worth, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,753,666) developed by six co-inventors for "punctal plugs and methods of delivering therapeutic agents." The co-inventors are Theron R. Rodstrom, Cranfills Gap, Texas, Larry Smith II, Glen Rose, Texas, Youqin Tian, Colleyville, Texas, David Allen Marsh, Fort Worth, Texas, Alan L. Weiner, Arlington, Texas, and Shivalik Bakshi, Boston.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2008 (12/022,520). 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=87,53,666.PN.&OS=PN/87,53,666&RS=PN/87,53,666

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Invensense Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Invensense, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,541) developed by Fang Liu, Woburn, Massachusetts, and Kuang L. Yang, Newton, Massachusetts, for a "microphone with parasitic capacitance cancelation."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2012 (13/609,872). 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=8,755,541.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,541&RS=PN/8,755,541

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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MathWorks Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,756,562) developed by three co-inventors for a "[s]ubgraph execution control in a graphical modeling environment." The co-inventors are Qu Zhang, Holliston, Massachusetts, Ramamurthy Mani, Wayland, Massachusetts, and John Edward Ciolfi, Wellesley, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2009 (12/634,508). 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=8756562.PN.&OS=PN/8756562&RS=PN/8756562

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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EMC Assigned Patent for Non-disruptive Drive Firmware Upgrades

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,756,370) developed by three co-inventors for "[n]on-disruptive drive firmware upgrades." The co-inventors are Zhiqi Liu, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Lili Chen, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and Ashok Tamilarasan, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2010 (12/888,943). 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=8756370.PN.&OS=PN/8756370&RS=PN/8756370

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Flexible Vacuum Grabber for Holding Lesions

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,753,350) developed by Peter Hamilton, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, for a "flexible vacuum grabber for holding lesions."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 26, 2012 (13/727,262). 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=8,753,350.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,350&RS=PN/8,753,350

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Varian Medical Systems Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,491) developed by Thomas William Rosevear, Liverpool, New York, Oscar Khutoryansky, Mashpee, Massachusetts, and Yevgeny Maltsev, Hudson, Massachusetts, for "rise/fall time control for X-ray pulses."

The patent application was filed on March 29, 2010 (13/259,943). 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=8,755,491.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,491&RS=PN/8,755,491

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Athenahealth Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Athenahealth, Watertown, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,756,071) developed by seven co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for queue-based cluster analysis." The co-inventors are Michael Yun, Kokomo, Indiana, Robert Nix, Concord, Massachusetts, Michael Swain, Newton, Massachusetts, Peter Parnassa, Salem, Massachusetts, Lauren Fitch, Salem, Massachusetts, Nikolay Andreev, Waltham, Massachusetts, and William Clayton, Eugene, Oregon.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2009 (12/643,453). 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=8756071.PN.&OS=PN/8756071&RS=PN/8756071

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- W.L. Gore & Associates Inc., Flagstaff, Arizona, has been assigned a patent (8,753,362) developed by David R. Widomski, Wakefield, Massachusetts, Carol A. Devellian, Topsfield, Massachusetts, and Morris Simon, Boston, for a "double spiral patent foramen ovale closure clamp." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2013 (14/030,964). 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=8,753,362.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,362&RS=PN/8,753,362

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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L-3 Communications Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- L-3 Communications, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,755,770) developed by James D. Haverty, Boxborough, Massachusetts, for "methods for identifying wireless devices connected to potentially threatening devices."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2009 (12/538,662). 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=8,755,770.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,770&RS=PN/8,755,770

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Carnegie Mellon University Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,753,497) developed by four co-inventors for "methods, apparatus and systems for concentration, separation and removal of particles at/from the surface of drops." The co-inventors are Nadine N. Aubry, Boston, Muhammad M. Janjua, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Sai C. Nudurupati, Kearny, New Jersey, and Pushpendra Singh, Pine Brook, New Jersey.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2012 (13/714,578). 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=8,753,497.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,497&RS=PN/8,753,497

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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AbbVie Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- AbbVie, North Chicago, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,754,107) developed by eight co-inventors for an "aminopyrrolidines as chemokine receptor antagonists." The co-inventors are Dawn M. George, Charlton, Massachusetts, Richard W. Dixon, Jefferson, Massachusetts, Michael Friedman, Newton, Massachusetts, Adrian D. Hobson, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Biqin Li, Northborough, Massachusetts, Lu Wang, Northborough, Massachusetts, Xiaoyun Wu, Westborough, Massachusetts, and Neil Wishart, Jefferson, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2007 (11/985,724). 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=8,754,107.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,107&RS=PN/8,754,107

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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ZIH Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- ZIH, Lincolnshire, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,752,922) developed by 13 co-inventors for a "mobile printer networking and interfacing." The co-inventors are Michael L. Lamontagne, Johnston, Rhode Island, Hussam Eassa, Windham, New Hampshire, David F. Beck, Exeter, Rhode Island, Scott E. Lane, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Patrick J. Hegarty, Dedham, Massachusetts, Michael Cranston, Carpentersville, Illinois, Craig A. Horrocks, Narragansett, Rhode Island, John Stevens, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, James Phillips, Medway, Massachusetts, Kevin M. Lemoi, Attleboro, Massachusetts, Gregory J. Klein, Wakefield, Rhode Island, Roy P. Lyman, Coventry, Rhode Island, and Matthew D. Corvese, Warwick, Rhode Island.

The patent application was filed on April 12, 2011 (13/085,431). 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=8,752,922.PN.&OS=PN/8,752,922&RS=PN/8,752,922

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Hybrid Active-field Gap Extended Drain MOS Transistor

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,754,469) developed by Sameer P. Pendharkar, Allen, Texas, and John Lin, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, for a "hybrid active-field gap extended drain MOS transistor."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2011 (13/281,260). 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=8,754,469.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,469&RS=PN/8,754,469

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,754,192) developed by 12 co-inventors for "compositions comprising homogeneously glycosylated erythropoietin." The co-inventors are Samuel J. Danishefsky, Englewood, New Jersey, J. David Warren, New York, Jiehao Chen, Westfield, Indiana, Bin Wu, Thousand Oaks, California, Gong Chen, New York, Qian Wan, Quincy, Massachusetts, Zhongping Tan, New York, Cindy Kan, New York, Yu Yuan, New York, Zihao Hua, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, Krishnakumar Ranganathan, Oak Park, California, and John D. Trzupek, Boston.

The patent application was filed on April 11, 2007 (12/296,608). 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=8,754,192.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,192&RS=PN/8,754,192

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Nara Logics Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Nara Logics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,756,187) developed by three co-inventors for systems and methods "for providing recommendations based on collaborative and/or content-based nodal interrelationships." The co-inventors are Thomas C. Copeman, Boston, Nathan R. Wilson, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Emily A. Hueske, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on June 17, 2013 (13/919,301). 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=8756187.PN.&OS=PN/8756187&RS=PN/8756187

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Method for Indirectly Ablating Tissue Using Implanted Electrode Devices

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,753,336) developed by Amy C. Kelly, San Francisco, Robert J. Garabedian, Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, and Steven K. Landreville, San Francisco, for a "method for indirectly ablating tissue using implanted electrode devices."

The patent application was filed on June 17, 2010 (12/818,091). 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=8,753,336.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,336&RS=PN/8,753,336

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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LSI Corp. Assigned Patent for Adaptive Servo Address Mark Detection

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- LSI Corp., San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,755,138) developed by Dahua Qin, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Haitao Xia, San Jose, California, and Xun Zhang, Westford, Massachusetts, for "adaptive servo address mark detection."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2013 (13/773,886). 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=87,55,138.PN.&OS=PN/87,55,138&RS=PN/87,55,138

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Loading and Delivering Stent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,753,384) developed by Gary J. Leanna, Holden, Massachusetts, for an "apparatus and method for loading and delivering a stent."

The patent application was filed on May 19, 2006 (11/437,455). 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=8,753,384.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,384&RS=PN/8,753,384

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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General Hospital Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- General Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,756,234) developed by Keith J. Dreyer, Winthrop, Massachusetts, for an "[i]nformation theory entropy reduction program."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2004 (10/989,598). 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=8756234.PN.&OS=PN/8756234&RS=PN/8756234

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Grid Nova Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Grid Nova, Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,756,320) developed by James M. Butler, Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, for a system "for providing granular functionality called web services to commercial customers."

The patent application was filed on June 12, 2006 (11/423,476). 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=8756320.PN.&OS=PN/8756320&RS=PN/8756320

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Hybrid Superconducting-magnetic Memory Cell and Array

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,755,220) developed by John F. Bulzacchelli, Yonkers, New York, William J. Gallagher, Ardsley, New York, and Mark B. Ketchen, Hadley, Massachusetts, for a "hybrid superconducting-magnetic memory cell and array."

The patent application was filed on July 16, 2013 (13/943,356). 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=8,755,220.PN.&OS=PN/8,755,220&RS=PN/8,755,220

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,753,620) developed by Jianmin Li, Lexington, Massachusetts, and Michael Madden, Princeton, Massachusetts, for injectable bulking compositions.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2012 (13/587,159). 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=8,753,620.PN.&OS=PN/8,753,620&RS=PN/8,753,620

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Oracle International Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, California, has been assigned a patent (8,754,890) developed by Nina Gilmore, Andover, Massachusetts, Chloe Schulze, Worthington, Massachusetts, and Daniel Workman, Acton, Massachusetts, for "graphical interface with data presence indicators."

The patent application was filed on July 31, 2009 (12/533,824). 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=8,754,890.PN.&OS=PN/8,754,890&RS=PN/8,754,890

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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