U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (April 2)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York.

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Varian Medical Systems Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 1 -- Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,678,649) developed by three co-inventors for the "[c]onversion of existing portable or mobile analog radiographic apparatus for enabling digital radiographic applications." The co-inventors are Brian J. Bechard, Syracuse, N.Y., Thomas W. Rosevear, East Syracuse, N.Y., and Bruce A. Perry, Fulton, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on June 27, 2011 (13/169,628). 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=8678649.PN.&OS=PN/8678649&RS=PN/8678649

Written by Marlyn Vitin.

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NexisVision Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 1 -- NexisVision, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,678,584) developed by eight co-inventors for "[o]phthalmic lenses for correcting refractive error of an eye." The co-inventors are Eugene de Juan Jr., San Francisco, Cary J. Reich, Los Gatos, Calif., Yair Alster, Palo Alto, Calif., Matt Clarke, Mountain View, Calif., Kuangmon Ashley Tuan, Mountain View, Calif., Brian Levy, New York, Raymond Lum, El Cerrito, Calif., and Jose D. Alejandro, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 26, 2013 (13/928,077). 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=8678584.PN.&OS=PN/8678584&RS=PN/8678584

Written by Marlyn Vitin.

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Verizon Business Global Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- Verizon Business Global, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,688,709) developed by Max Haot, New York, Sreenivas Rachamadugu, Leesburg, Va., and Richard G. Moore, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for a "method and system for providing distributed editing and storage of digital media over a network."

The patent application was filed on March 6, 2006 (11/368,750). 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=8,688,709.PN.&OS=PN/8,688,709&RS=PN/8,688,709

Written by ; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Google Assigned Patent for Complex Questions Answering Techniques

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,682,647) developed by John Lee, Brooklyn, N.Y., for systems and methods for "answering complex questions with mined natural language search results."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2012 (13/350,014). 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=8682647.PN.&OS=PN/8682647&RS=PN/8682647

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

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Insors Integrated Communications Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- Insors Integrated Communications, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,689,313) developed by Jon N. Swanson, Queensbury, N.Y., and Adam M. Chapweske, Chicago, for "real time streaming data communications through a security device."

The patent application was filed on May 23, 2005 (11/135,122). 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=86,89,313.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,313&RS=PN/86,89,313

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Broadcom Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,688,865) developed by Wei Luo, Marlboro, N.Y., for a device identifier assignment.

The patent application was filed on June 29, 2012 (13/537,806). 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=8,688,865.PN.&OS=PN/8,688,865&RS=PN/8,688,865

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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LinkedIn Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- LinkedIn, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,688,860) developed by Tomy K. Isaac, Hollis, N.Y., and Mark Kasiraja, Weehawken, N.J., for a "personalized account migration system and method."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2013 (14/068,247). 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=8,688,860.PN.&OS=PN/8,688,860&RS=PN/8,688,860

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,688,054) developed by Philip J. Pietraski, Huntington Station, N.Y., Gregory S. Sternberg, Great Neck, N.Y., and Douglas R. Castor, Norristown, Pa., for a "wireless communication method and apparatus for adaptively biasing channel quality indicators to maintain a desired block error rate." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2008 (12/275,743). 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=20140401.PD.&s2=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/04/01/2014+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/04/01/2014+AND+AS/DE

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Google Assigned Patent for Filtering Messages Based on Pruning Profile Generated from Pruning Profile Schema

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,688,857) developed by Constantinos Michael, New York, for "filtering messages based on pruning profile generated from pruning profile schema."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2010 (12/882,873). 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=8,688,857.PN.&OS=PN/8,688,857&RS=PN/8,688,857

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Convergent Media Solutions Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- Convergent Media Solutions, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,689,273) developed by Richard Reisman, New York, for a "method and apparatus for browsing using alternative linkbases."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2012 (13/670,024). 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=8,689,273.PN.&OS=PN/8,689,273&RS=PN/8,689,273

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,686,728) developed by Bernd Stoeckel, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Stefan Roll, Hirschaid, Germany, for a "system for adapting an RF transmission magnetic field for image acquisition."

The patent application was filed on July 21, 2011 (13/187,570). 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=8,686,728.PN.&OS=PN/8,686,728&RS=PN/8,686,728

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Nielsen Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- Nielsen, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,688,516) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for integrating volumetric sales data, media consumption information, and geographic-demographic data to target advertisements." The co-inventors are Jerome Shimizu, Jersey City, N.J., Ryan Chase Miller, Maineville, Ohio, Georgi Y. Georgiev, Morton Grove, Ill., and Jingyi Wu, Ossining, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on March 14, 2011 (13/047,541). 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=86,88,516.PN.&OS=PN/86,88,516&RS=PN/86,88,516

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Ameriprise Financial Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- Ameriprise Financial, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,688,556) developed by five co-inventors for a retirement planning application. The co-inventors are Mike R. Greene, Minnetrista, Minn., Logan C. Clipp, Minneapolis, Kim M. Sharan, Laurel Hollow, N.Y., John R. Woerner, Eden Prairie, Minn., and William F. Truscott, Marblehead, Mass.

The patent application was filed on June 12, 2012 (13/494,767). 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=86,88,556.PN.&OS=PN/86,88,556&RS=PN/86,88,556

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Distributed Function Execution for Hybrid Systems

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,689,233) developed by five co-inventors for "distributed function execution for hybrid systems." The co-inventors are David G. Chapman, Clinton Corners, N.Y., Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Carl J. Parris, Rhinebeck, N.Y., Donald W. Schmidt, Stone Ridge, N.Y., and Benjamin P. Segal, Hyde Park, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2012 (13/357,650). 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=86,89,233.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,233&RS=PN/86,89,233

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Determination of Running Status of Logical Processor

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,689,230) developed by six co-inventors for the "determination of running status of logical processor." The co-inventors are Greg A. Dyck, Morgan Hill, Calif., Mark S. Farrell, Pleasant Valley, N.Y., Charles W. Gainey, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Jeffrey P. Kubala, Poughquag, N.Y., Robert R. Rogers, Beacon, N.Y., and Mark A. Wisniewski, Wappingers Falls, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/619,400). 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=86,89,230.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,230&RS=PN/86,89,230

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Transmitting Operator Message Commands to Coupling Facility

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,689,240) developed by David A. Elko, Austin, Texas, Steven N. Goss, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Thomas C. Shaw, Marlboro, N.Y., for "transmitting operator message commands to a coupling facility."

The patent application was filed on June 10, 2011 (13/157,935). 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=86,89,240.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,240&RS=PN/86,89,240

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Speculative Thread Execution and Asynchronous Conflict Events

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,689,221) developed by four co-inventors for "speculative thread execution and asynchronous conflict events." The co-inventors are Thomas M. Gooding, Rochester, Minn., John K. O'Brien, South Salem, N.Y., Kai-Ting Amy Wang, Ontario, Canada, and Xiaotong Zhuang, White Plains, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on March 14, 2013 (13/827,981). 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=86,89,221.PN.&OS=PN/86,89,221&RS=PN/86,89,221

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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