U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (Jan. 31)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina.

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DePuy Synthes Products, Affinergy Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- DePuy Synthes Products, Raynham, Mass., and Affinergy, Research Triangle Park, N.C., have been assigned a patent (8,637,455) developed by eight co-inventors for "compositions and methods for delivery of glycopeptide antibiotics to medical device surfaces." The co-inventors are Martyn K. Darby, Chapel Hill, N.C., Isaac G. Sanford, Durham, N.C., R. Edward Benson, Durham, N.C., Hanne Gron, Durham, N.C., Paul T. Hamilton, Cary, N.C., Shrikumar A. Nair, Cary, N.C., Doug Buechter, Chester Springs, Pa., and Elliott Gruskin, Malvern, Pa.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2008 (12/739,353). 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=63&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MA

Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,637,880) developed by Kurt Douglas Roberts, Raleigh, N.C., for a "three dimensional light emitting diode systems, and compositions and methods relating thereto."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2011 (13/326,623). 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=18&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/DE

Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Abbvie, Gilead Sciences Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Abbvie, North Chicago, Ill., and Gilead Sciences, Foster City, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,637,535) developed by Yuerong Hu, West Lafayette, Ind., Kenneth R. Phares, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Devalina Law, Libertyville, Ill., for the "polymorphic and other crystalline forms of cis-FTC."

The patent application was filed on June 9, 2009 (12/481,003). 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=86,37,535.PN.&OS=PN/86,37,535&RS=PN/86,37,535

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Ethicon Endo-Surgery Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (8,636,751) developed by 26 co-inventors for "methods and devices for the rerouting of chyme to induce intestinal brake." The co-inventors are Thomas E. Albrecht, Cincinnati, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, Ohio, Sean P. Conlon, Loveland, Ohio, Michael S. Cropper, Edgewood, Ky., Denzel Z. Herrera-Davis, Cincinnati, Daniel F. Dlugos Jr., Middletown, Ohio, Jason L. Harris, Mason, Ohio, Christopher J. Hess, Cincinnati, Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, Ohio, Mario Gutierrez, Loveland, Ohio, Prasanna Malaviya, Mason, Ohio, Amy L. Marcotte, Mason, Ohio, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, Anthony Nguyen, West Chester, Ohio, Mark S. Ortiz, Milford, Ohio, Mark D. Overmyer, Cincinnati, Alessandro Pastorelli, Rome, Galen C. Robertson, Durham, N.C., Frederick E. Shelton IV, Hillsboro, Ohio, Michael J. Stokes, Cincinnati, Foster B. Stulen, Mason, Ohio, James W. Voegele, Cincinnati, Lauren S. Weaner, Cincinnati, Tamara S. Vetro Widenhouse, Clarksville, Ohio, James A. Woodard Jr., Mason, Ohio, and Mark S. Zeiner, Mason, Ohio.

The patent application was filed on May 10, 2011 (13/104,192). 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=86,36,751.PN.&OS=PN/86,36,751&RS=PN/86,36,751

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Valspar Sourcing Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Valspar Sourcing, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,637,586) developed by James Madison Bohannon, High Point, N.C., for an "opaque waterborne UV scratch resistant coatings."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2012 (13/724,484). 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=51&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/MN

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Red Hat Assigned Patent for Sharing a Secret with Modular Inverses

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,638,926) developed by James P. Schneider, Raleigh, N.C., for "sharing a secret with modular inverses."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2009 (12/393,967). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=28&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NC

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, Wilmington, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,638,899) developed by David Grey Smith, Leland, N.C., and William Earl Russell II, Wilmington, N.C., for "methods and apparatuses for producing isotopes in nuclear fuel assembly water rods."

The patent application was filed on July 15, 2009 (12/458,531). 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=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NC

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Sarda Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Sarda Technologies, Durham, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,637,909) developed by James L. Vorhaus, Chapel Hill, N.C., for a "mixed mode dual switch."

The patent application was filed on April 9, 2012 (13/442,313). 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=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NC

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Red Hat Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,638,941) developed by James Paul Schneider, Raleigh, N.C., for "distributing keypairs between network appliances, servers, and other network assets."

The patent application was filed on May 15, 2008 (12/121,663). 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=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NC

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Methods, Systems, and Media to Improve Employee Productivity Using Radio Frequency Identification

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,639,543) developed by four co-inventors for "methods, systems, and media to improve employee productivity using radio frequency identification." The co-inventors are Gregory J. Boss, American Fork, Utah, Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Richard H. Le Sesne, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Timothy M. Waters, Hiram, Ga.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2005 (11/264,599). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=154&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Enablement of Social Networking Based on Asset Ownership

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,639,631) developed by Michael B. Beaver, Raleigh, N.C., and Jonathan A. Lewis, Morrisville, N.C., for an "enablement of social networking based on asset ownership."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2007 (11/958,887). 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=138&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Product Identification Using Image Analysis and User Interaction

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,639,041) developed by Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, Texas, and Sunil K. Mishra, Morrisville, N.C., for a "product identification using image analysis and user interaction."

The patent application was filed on March 26, 2012 (13/430,331). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=172&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for User-serviceable Liquid DIMM Cooling System

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,638,559) developed by six co-inventors for a "user-serviceable liquid DIMM cooling system." The co-inventors are Richard M. Barina, Sebring, Fla., Vinod Kamath, Raleigh, N.C., Chunjian Ni, Cary, N.C., Derek I. Schmidt, Raleigh, N.C., Mark E. Steinke, Durham, N.C., and James S. Womble, Hillsborough, N.C.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2011 (13/293,174). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=192&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,639,593) developed by 10 co-inventors for "apparatuses, methods and systems for a compliance coordinator." The co-inventors are Paul J. Gallagher, New York, Evan Giller, New York, Elaine Immerman, New York, Ralph Sanna, Wilton, Conn., Christopher Fee, Ossining, N.Y., Grace Murphy, Dumont, N.J., Brian Smerdell, Charlotte, N.C., Merrell Rielly, Berkeley Heights, N.J., Brian Ragone, Charlotte, N.C., and Denise Lovell, Jamaica Estates, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/495,182). 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=143&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method of Forming Assembly for Tool-less Backplane Retention for Computer Hardware

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,638,566) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method of forming an assembly for tool-less backplane retention for computer hardware." The co-inventors are Jeremy S. Bridges, Apex, N.C., Norman B. Desrosiers, Oxford, N.C., Michael D. French, Raleigh, N.C., Dean F. Herring, Youngsville, N.C., Daniel P. Kelaher, Holly Springs, N.C., John P. Scavuzzo, Cary, N.C., and Paul A. Wormsbecher, Apex, N.C.

The patent application was filed on June 20, 2012 (13/528,546). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=190&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140128.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/01/28/2014+AND+AS/NY

Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Allergan Assigned Patent for Providing Therapeutic Effects

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Allergan, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,629,111) developed by four co-inventors for methods "of providing therapeutic effects using cyclosporin components." The co-inventors are Andrew Acheampong, Irvine, Calif., Diane D. Tang-Liu, Las Vegas, James N. Chang, Newport Beach, Calif., and David F. Power, Hubert, N.C.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2013 (13/967,163). 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=8629111.PN.&OS=PN/8629111&RS=PN/8629111

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Cognosci Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Cognosci, Research Triangle Park, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,629,242) developed by two co-inventors for methods "of inhibiting calcineurin with ApoE analogs." The co-inventors are Michael P. Vitek, Cary, N.C., and Feng-Qiao Li, Chapel Hill, N.C.

The patent application was filed on July 31, 2008 (12/671,433). 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=8629242.PN.&OS=PN/8629242&RS=PN/8629242

Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Allergan Assigned Patent for Therapeutic Effects Using Cyclosporin Components

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- Allergan, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,633,162) developed by four co-inventors for methods "for providing therapeutic effects using cyclosporin components." The co-inventors are David F. Power, Hubert, N.C., Andrew Acheampong, Irvine, Calif., Diane D. Tang-Liu, Las Vegas, and James N. Chang, Newport Beach, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2013 (13/967,179). 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=8633162.PN.&OS=PN/8633162&RS=PN/8633162

Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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California Institute of Technology Assigned Patent for Projection Device

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 31 -- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,633,432) developed by two co-inventors for a "reflective focusing and transmissive projection device." The co-inventors are Changhuei Yang, Alhambra, Calif., and Shuo Pang, Durham, N.C.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2010 (12/886,779). 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=8633432.PN.&OS=PN/8633432&RS=PN/8633432

Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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