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

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York.

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Xerox Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Creating Structural Documents Having Background Content

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,659,785) developed by Barry Paul Mandel, Fairport, N.Y., and Jean Pierre R.M. Van de Capelle, Rochester, N.Y., for "methods and systems for creating structural documents having background content."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2011 (13/294,632). 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=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/CT

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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U.S. Army

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Army has been assigned a patent (8,658,555) developed by four co-inventors for "compositions comprising zirconium hydroxide and graphite oxide and methods for use." The co-inventors are Teresa J. Bandosz, Teaneck, N.J., Mykola Seredych, New York, Gregory W. Peterson, Belcamp, Md., and Christopher J. Karwacki, Churchville, Md.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2011 (13/289,156). 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=8&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28DC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/DC&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/DC

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus to Prioritize Video Information during Coding and Decoding

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,660,377) developed by Barin Geoffry Haskell, Tinton Falls, N.J., Atul Puri, Riverdale, N.Y., and Robert Lewis Schmidt, Howell, N.J., for a "method and apparatus to prioritize video information during coding and decoding."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2013 (13/764,075). 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=20140225.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/GA

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Xerox Assigned Patent for PDF De-chunking and Object Classification

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,660,373) developed by nine co-inventors for a "PDF de-chunking and object classification." The co-inventors are Zhigang Fan, Webster, N.Y., Reiner Eschbach, Webster, N.Y., Michael Branciforte, Rochester, N.Y., Farzin Blurfrushan, Torrance, Calif., Roger L. Triplett, Penfield, N.Y., Raymond J. Clark, Webster, N.Y., William A. Fuss, Rochester, N.Y., Michael E. Farrell, Ontario, N.Y., and David E. Rumph, Pasadena, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 22, 2008 (12/177,321). 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=20140225.PD.&s2=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/CT

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Xerox Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Premature Consumable Replacement Detection on Printing Systems

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Xerox</org>, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,660,442) developed by Timothy David Jonathan Spink, Welwyn, United Kingdom, and Dennis Gregory Gerbasi, Webster, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for premature consumable replacement detection on printing systems."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2011 (13/285,801). 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=15&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/CT

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Xerox Assigned Patent for IR Specialty Imaging Methods and Systems

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,659,799) developed by Martin S. Maltz, Rochester, N.Y., Reiner Eschbach, Webster, N.Y., and Martin E. Hoover, Rochester, N.Y., for an "IR specialty imaging methods and systems."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2011 (13/034,867). 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=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/CT

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Xerox Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Creating Structural Documents

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,659,784) developed by Barry Paul Mandel, Fairport, N.Y., and Jean Pierre R. M. Van de Capelle, Rochester, N.Y., for "methods and systems for creating structural documents."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2011 (13/294,488). 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=20&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/CT

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Bruker Biospin Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Bruker Biospin, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,660,631) developed by six co-inventors for a "torsional support apparatus and method for craniocaudal rotation of animals." The co-inventors are Gilbert Feke, Glastonbury, Conn., Benjamin F. Geldhof, East Hartford, Conn., Warren M. Leevy, West Haven, Conn., Mark E. Bridges, Spencerport, N.Y., William E. McLaughlin, Guilford, Conn., and Rao Papineni, Branford, Conn.

The patent application was filed on June 1, 2009 (12/475,623). 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=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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GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,658,331) developed by four co-inventors for the "structural reinforcement of membrane electrodes." The co-inventors are Gerald W. Fly, Geneseo, N.Y., Yeh-Hung Lai, Webster, N.Y., Chunxin Ji, Penfield, N.Y., and Jeanette E. Owejan, Honeoye, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2010 (12/912,838). 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=86,58,331.PN.&OS=PN/86,58,331&RS=PN/86,58,331

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Hanger Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Hanger, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,660,656) developed by Joseph P. Moser, Wheaton, Ill., David Nieves, Port Jefferson, N.Y., and Mary-Kate Ennis, Austin, Texas, for a cuff assembly.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2009 (12/581,059). 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=20140225.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/TX

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Pinball Acquisition Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Pinball Acquisition, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,661,349) developed by Oren Dobronsky, New York, and Gabriella Karni, New York, for a "system and method for the dynamic improvement of internet browser navigability." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2007 (11/736,824). 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=20140225.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/WA

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Representing Incomplete and Uncertain Information in Graph Data

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,661,004) developed by Anastasios Kementsietsidis, New York, and Enela Pema, Santa Cruz, Calif., for "representing incomplete and uncertain information in graph data."

The patent application was filed on May 21, 2012 (13/476,316). 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=90&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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American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,661,148) developed by Tracey R. Thomas, New York, for a "system and method for enabling industry based channels in an IP marketplace."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2011 (13/230,179). 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=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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MasterCard International Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- MasterCard International, Purchase, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,660,944) developed by Alexander A. Liu, New York, and Ron Hynes, Ridgefield, Conn., for "systems and methods to select a credit migration path for a consumer."

The patent application was filed on June 6, 2013 (13/911,303). 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=97&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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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Specifying and Processing Descriptive Queries for Data Sources

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,661,016) developed by Norman H. Cohen, Suffern, N.Y., Paul C. Castro, White Plains, N.Y., and Archan Misra, Irvington, N.Y., for "methods and apparatus for specifying and processing descriptive queries for data sources."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2012 (13/401,330). 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=87&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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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Advertising Proximity Route Selection

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,660,894) developed by four co-inventors for "advertising proximity route selection." The co-inventors are Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Dublin, Ireland, Fred Raguillat, Meath, Ireland, Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Barry E. Willner, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on March 30, 2012 (13/435,065). 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=103&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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VMTurbo Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- VMTurbo, Valhalla, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,661,131) developed by five co-inventors for "managing resources in virtualization systems." The co-inventors are Yechiam Yemini, Alpine, N.J., Shmuel Kliger, Chappaqua, N.Y., Danilo Florissi, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., Shai Benjamin, Zion, Israel, and Yuri Rabover, San Carlos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2009 (12/540,259). 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=74&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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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dynamic Real-time Reports Based on Social Networks

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,661,009) developed by Rick A. Hamilton, Charlottesville, Va., Brian M. O'Connell, Research Triangle Park, N.C., and Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., for "dynamic real-time reports based on social networks."

The patent application was filed on June 3, 2010 (12/793,286). 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=88&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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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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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Propagating Changes in Topic Subscription Status of Processes in Overlay Network

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,661,080) developed by four co-inventors for "propagating changes in topic subscription status of processes in an overlay network." The co-inventors are Vita Bortnikov, Haifa, Israel, Gregory Chockler, Haifa, Israel, Alexey Roytman, Yoqneam, Israel, and Mike Joseph Spreitzer, New York.

The patent application was filed on July 15, 2010 (12/836,591). 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=78&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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Goldman Sachs Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Goldman Sachs, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,660,927) developed by five co-inventors for "collateralized loans with periodic draws subject to a triggering event." The co-inventors are William J. Cassano, Berkeley Heights, N.J., Alexander A. Dubitsky, Larchmont, N.Y., Amar Kuchinad, New York, Charles McGarraugh, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Samuel Ramos, Manhasset, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on April 29, 2013 (13/872,909). 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=100&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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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method for Semi-Automatic Editing of Timed and Annotated Data

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,660,850) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for the semi-automatic editing of timed and annotated data." The co-inventors are Alexander Faisman, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., Grabarnik Genady, Scarsdale, N.Y., Dimitri Kanevsky, Ossining, N.Y., and Larisa Shwartz, Scarsdale, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2012 (13/371,516). 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=113&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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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Model-driven Assignment of Work to Software Factory

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,660,878) developed by four co-inventors for a "model-driven assignment of work to a software factory." The co-inventors are Fausto Bernardini, New York, Jarir K. Chaar, Tarrytown, N.Y., Yi-Min Chee, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Krishna C. Ratakonda, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on June 15, 2011 (13/160,734). 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=108&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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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Modeling Call Center Transformation Process

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,660,870) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for modeling a call center transformation process." The co-inventors are Augusto Rafael Giancola, South Pasadena, Calif., Patrick Howard, Katonah, N.Y., Neal Chamberlin Nolan, Austin, Texas, and Robert Douglas Van Wingerden, Suwanee, Ga.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2005 (11/058,387). 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=110&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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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Optimization of Natural Language Processing System Based on Conditional Output Quality at Risk

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,660,836) developed by Vittorio Castelli, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., David Nahamoo, Great Neck, N.Y., and Bing Zhao, Stamford, Conn., for an "optimization of natural language processing system based on conditional output quality at risk."

The patent application was filed on March 28, 2011 (13/073,255). 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=114&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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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Multithreaded Text Indexing for Next Generation Multi-core Architectures

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,661,037) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for multithreaded text indexing for next generation multi-core architectures." The co-inventors are Ankur Narang, New Delhi, India, Karthik V. Swaminathan, Mumbai, India, Prashant Agrawal, Barbil, India, and Doug Joseph, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on April 9, 2010 (12/757,545). 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=84&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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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Estimating Demand Impact on Firm Under Crisis

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,660,884) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for estimating demand impact on a firm under crisis." The co-inventors are Ching-Hua Chen-Ritzo, Mahopac, N.Y., Pawan Raghunath Chowdhary, Montrose, N.Y., Thomas Robert Ervolina, Poughquag, N.Y., and Dharmashankar Subramanian, Tarrytown, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2007 (11/627,076). 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=105&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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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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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for User Feedback for Search Engine Boosting

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,660,993) developed by Alexander W. Holt, New Paltz, N.Y., Michael E. Moran, Ridgewood, N.J., and Jeffrey S. Schaffer, Ridgefield, Conn., for a "user feedback for search engine boosting."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2007 (11/961,268). 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=93&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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Morgan Stanley Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Morgan Stanley, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,660,935) developed by Paul Aston, New York, for "computer-implemented systems and methods for calculating estimated transaction costs for transactions involving tradable financial products."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2010 (12/904,442). 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=98&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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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Outcome Based Referral Using Healthcare Data of Patient and Physician Populations

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,660,857) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method and system for outcome based referral using healthcare data of patient and physician populations." The co-inventors are Shahram Ebadollahi, White Plains, N.Y., Jianying Hu, Bronx, N.Y., Martin S. Kohn, East Hills, N.Y., Jonathan D. Laserson, Menlo Park, Calif., Hani Neuvirth-Telem, Tel Aviv, Israel, Lavi Shpigelman, Jerusalem, and Robert K. Sorrentino, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2010 (12/913,042). 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=112&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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NEC Laboratories America Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,660,077) developed by five co-inventors for "method and systems for conveying scheduling information of overlapping co-scheduled users in an OFDMA-MU-MIMO system." The co-inventors are Narayan Prasad, Plainsboro, N.J., Mohammad Ali Khojastepour, North Brunswick, N.J., Meilong Jiang, Plainsboro, N.J., Xiaodong Wang, New York, and Sampath Rangarajan, Bridgewater, N.J.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2011 (13/296,394). 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=38&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 Enabling Service Virtualization in Cloud

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,661,132) developed by four co-inventors for "enabling service virtualization in a cloud." The co-inventors are Chitra Dorai, Chappaqua, N.Y., Raymond B. Jennings III, Ossining, N.Y., Sambit Sahu, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., and Anees A. Shaikh, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (12/789,924). 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=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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Access Scientific Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Access Scientific, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,657,790) developed by 10 co-inventors for an "access device with blunting device." The co-inventors are Carl Gandarillas, Beacon Falls, Conn., John P. Marano Jr., Madison, Conn., Robert Yuen Lee Ang, New York, Janelle Anderson, New York, Aaron Abroff, San Carlos, Calif., John F. Lapetina, San Francisco, Joshua Druker, San Francisco, James R. Flom, San Mateo, Calif., Michael F. Wei, Redwood City, Calif., and Michael Tal, Woodbridge, Conn.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2011 (13/283,325). 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=8657790.PN.&OS=PN/8657790&RS=PN/8657790

Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Salesforce.com Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Salesforce.com, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,656,291) developed by five co-inventors for system, method and computer program product "for displaying data utilizing a selected source and visualization." The co-inventors are Leo Tenenblat, Albany, Calif., Neelav Rana, San Francisco, Patrick Yu Pang Louie, San Francisco, Thomas Dominic Sola, San Francisco, and Douglas Eliot Chasman, Pittsford, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2011 (13/021,671). 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=8656291.PN.&OS=PN/8656291&RS=PN/8656291

Written by Niel Bautista; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Teledyne LeCroy Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- Teledyne LeCroy, Thousand Oaks, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,660,811) developed by Martin Miller, Chester, N.Y., for a system for "[e]stimating bit error rate performance of signals."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2011 (13/014,239). 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=8660811.PN.&OS=PN/8660811&RS=PN/8660811

Written by Marlyn Vitin.

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University of California Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,648,105) developed by five co-inventors for "[d]iarylthiohydantoin compounds." The co-inventors are Michael E. Jung, Los Angeles, Dongwon Yoo, Los Angeles, Charles L. Sawyers, New York, Chris Tran, New York, and John Wongvipat, New York.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2011 (13/333,543). 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=8648105.PN.&OS=PN/8648105&RS=PN/8648105

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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University of California Assigned Patent for Hyperproliferative Disorders Treatment

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 27 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,658,681) developed by six co-inventors for "[t]reatment of hyperproliferative disorders with diarylhydantoin compounds." The co-inventors are Michael E. Jung, Los Angeles, Charlie D. Chen, Los Angeles, Samedy Ouk, Los Angeles, Chris Tran, New York, Charles L. Sawyers, New York, and John Wongvipat, Nanuet, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on April 17, 2012 (13/448,964). 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=8658681.PN.&OS=PN/8658681&RS=PN/8658681

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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