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

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

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Prudential Insurance Co. of America Assigned Patent

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

The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2010 (12/958,801). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=44&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NJ

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Medtronic Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,569,633) developed by four co-inventors for a "feedthrough for microelectromechanical system." The co-inventors are Rogier Receveur, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Michael A. Schugt, St. Paul, Minn., William J. Taylor, Anoka, Minn., and Brad C. Tischendorf, Minneapolis.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2007 (11/949,005). 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=20131029.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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FTL Systems Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- FTL Systems, Rochester, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,571,421) developed by John C. Willis, Rochester, Minn., and Ruth A. Betcher, Rochester, Minn., for a "highly tunable, low jitter optical clock generation."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2008 (12/679,259). 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=26&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Starkey Laboratories Assigned Patent for Estimating Sound Pressure Levels at the Tympanic Membrane

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Starkey Laboratories, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,571,224) developed by Karrie LaRae Recker, Edina, Minn., Tao Zhang, Eden Prairie, Minn., and Wei Li Lin, Plymouth, Minn., for a "system for estimating sound pressure levels at the tympanic membrane using pressure-minima based distance."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2009 (12/537,908). 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=29&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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3M Innovative Properties Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- 3M Innovative Properties, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,570,703) developed by six co-inventors for an "apparatus and methods for modification of electrostatic charge on a moving web." The co-inventors are Richard M. Jendrejack, Hudson, Wis., William B. Kolb, West Lakeland, Minn., Robert A. Yapel, Oakdale, Minn., Peter T. Benson, North St. Paul, Minn., William R. Dudley, Geneseo, N.Y., and Raghunath Padiyath, Woodbury, Minn.

The patent application was filed on June 3, 2008 (12/602,692). 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=20131029.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,571,655) developed by Joseph M. Pastore, Concord, Ohio, Zoe Harris-Hajenga, St. Paul, Minn., and Julio C. Spinelli, Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a "multi-site ventricular pacing therapy with parasympathetic stimulation."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2010 (12/693,660). 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=22&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Medtronic Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,571,620) developed by four co-inventors for a "tissue oxygenation monitoring in heart failure." The co-inventors are Can Cinbis, Shoreview, Minn., James K. Carney, Brooklyn Park, Minn., Jonathan L. Kuhn, Ham Lake, Minn., and David A. Anderson, Stanchfield, Minn.

The patent application was filed on June 10, 2010 (12/797,816). 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=25&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Medtronic Ablation Frontiers Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Medtronic Ablation Frontiers, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,571,626) developed by seven co-inventors for a "mono-phasic action potential electrogram recording catheter, and method." The co-inventors are Michael Lau, Fremont, Calif., Randell L. Werneth, San Diego, Timothy J. Corvi, Carlsbad, Calif., Sumita Bhola, Irvine, Calif., Mark T. Stewart, Lino Lakes, Minn., Michel Haissaguerre, Bordeaux-Pessac, France, and Meleze Hocini, Bordeaux-Pessac, France.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2012 (13/604,139). 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=20131029.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Federal Law Enforcement Development Services Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Federal Law Enforcement Development Services, St. Cloud, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,571,411) developed by six co-inventors for a "LED light broad band over power line communication system." The co-inventors are John C. Pederson, St. Cloud, Minn., Paul R. Brown, St. Cloud, Minn., Timothy J. Vogt, Elk River, Minn., James LeClaire, St. Paul Park, Minn., James Zimmerman, Big Lake, Minn., and Brent Mikkelsen, Hartford, Wis.

The patent application was filed on March 22, 2012 (13/426,962). 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=20131029.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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ADC Telecommunications Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- ADC Telecommunications, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,569,618) developed by five co-inventors for a "fiber distribution hub with outside accessible grounding terminals." The co-inventors are Edward T. Landry, Plymouth, Minn., Craig M. Standish, Waconia, Minn., Steve Anderson, Shakopee, Minn., Joshua A. Zabel, Lester Prairie, Minn., and Ronald A. Beck, Naples, Fla.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2012 (13/610,403). 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=20131029.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Rosemount Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Rosemount, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,570,260) developed by Robert C. Hedtke, Young America, Minn., and Vladimir Victorovich Repyevskiy, Chelyabinsk, Russia, for a "LCD design for cold temperature operation."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2006 (11/992,578). 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=20131029.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Thermo King Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Thermo King, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,570,002) developed by Randy S. Burnham, Maple Grove, Minn., and David J. Renken, Prior Lake, Minn., for a "start/stop operation for a container generator set."

The patent application was filed on April 20, 2012 (13/452,007). 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=32&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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CrossFire Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- CrossFire Technologies, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,569,879) developed by Kevin Atkinson, Chanhassen, Minn., and Clifford H. Boler, Eden Prairie, Minn., for "accessing or interconnecting integrated circuits."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2012 (13/351,142). 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=20131029.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MN

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Estimating Load Shed Data in Streaming Database Applications

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,572,274) developed by Eric L. Barsness, Pine Island, Minn., and John M. Santosuosso, Rochester, Minn., for "estimating load shed data in streaming database applications."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2011 (13/029,165). 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=76&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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CA Inc. Assigned Patent for Distributed Computing System

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- CA Inc., Islandia, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,572,138) developed by Jagane Sundar, Saratoga, Calif., Sanjay Radia, Fremont, Calif., and David A. Henseler, Maplewood, Minn., for a "distributed computing system having autonomic deployment of virtual machine disk images."

The patent application was filed on March 30, 2007 (11/694,483). 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=86&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dynamic Adjustment of Read/write Ratio of Disk Cache

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,572,325) developed by five co-inventors for a "dynamic adjustment of read/write ratio of a disk cache." The co-inventors are Ganesh Balakrishnan, Apex, N.C., Gordon B. Bell, Madison, Wis., Timothy H. Heil, Rochester, Minn., MVV Anil Krishna, Cary, N.C., and Brian M. Rogers, Durham, N.C.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2010 (12/961,798). 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=72&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Pipelining Protocols in Misaligned Buffer Cases

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,572,276) developed by five co-inventors for "pipelining protocols in misaligned buffer cases." The co-inventors are Charles J. Archer, Rochester, Minn., Michael Blocksome, Rochester, Minn., Bob R. Cernohous, Rochester, Minn., Joseph D. Ratterman, Rochester, Minn., and Brian E. Smith, Rochester, Minn.

The patent application was filed on April 29, 2010 (12/769,972). 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=75&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Network on Chip

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,572,324) developed by Russell D. Hoover, Rochester, Minn., and Eric O. Mejdrich, Preston, Wash., for a "network on chip with caching restrictions for pages of computer memory."

The patent application was filed on April 12, 2012 (13/445,005). 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=73&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Elevance Renewable Sciences Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Elevance Renewable Sciences, Woodridge, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,569,560) developed by four co-inventors for the "synthesis of terminal alkenes from internal alkenes via olefin metathesis." The co-inventors are Yann Schrodi, Northridge, Calif., Richard L. Pederson, San Gabriel, Calif., Hiroki Kaido, Eden Prairie, Minn., and Michael J. Tupy, Crystal, Minn.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2012 (13/622,613). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,569,560.PN.&OS=PN/8,569,560&RS=PN/8,569,560

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Johns Hopkins University Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, has been assigned a patent (8,571,663) developed by nine co-inventors for a "portable negative pressure ventilation device and methods and software related thereto." The co-inventors are Myron Weisfeldt, Baltimore, Soumyadipta Acharya, Baltimore, Courtney C. Haswell, Morrisville, N.C., Hargun S. Khanna, San Jose, Calif., Yun Long, Stanford, Calif., Vanessa C. Pau, Minneapolis, Girish K. Singhal, Baltimore, Nimra Taqi, Brookline, Mass., and Lu Zhao, Hangzhou, China. The patent application was filed on May 4, 2009 (12/990,738). 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=20131029.PD.&s2=%28MD.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MD&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/MD Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Pioneer Hi Bred International Assigned Patent for Maize Variety Hybrid X95B323

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Pioneer Hi Bred International, Johnston, Iowa, has been assigned a patent (8,569,593) developed by four co-inventors for a "maize variety hybrid X95B323." The co-inventors are Gustavo Marcelo Garcia, Stratford, Canada, Todd Elliott Piper, Mankato, Minn., Jay Robert Hotchkiss, Brookings, S.D., and Steven Paul King, Stratford, Canada. The patent application was filed on March 9, 2011 (13/043,566). 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=11&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131029.PD.&s2=%28IA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/IA&RS=ISD/10/29/2013+AND+AS/IA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Hart Communication Foundation Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Hart Communication Foundation, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,570,922) developed by five co-inventors for an "efficient addressing in wireless hart protocol." The co-inventors are Wallace A. Pratt Jr., Pflugerville, Texas, Mark J. Nixon, Round Rock, Texas, Eric D. Rotvold, West St. Paul, Minn., Robin S. Pramanik, Karlsruhe, Germany, and Tomas P. Lennvall, Vasteras, Sweden.

The patent application was filed on April 10, 2008 (12/101,043). 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=8,570,922&OS=8,570,922&RS=8,570,922

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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