U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Tennessee (July 30)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Tennessee.

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Abbott Medical Optics Assigned Patent for Copolymerizable Methine

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Abbott Medical Optics, Santa Ana, California, has been assigned a patent (8,785,627) developed by four co-inventors for a "copolymerizable methine and anthraquinone compounds and articles containing them." The co-inventors are Jason Clay Pearson, Kingsport, Tennessee, Max Allen Weaver, Kingsport, Tennessee, Jean Carroll Fleischer, Kingsport, Tennessee, and Gregory Allan King, Mount Carmel, Tennessee.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2013 (13/959,404). 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=8785627.PN.&OS=PN/8785627&RS=PN/8785627

Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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Philip Morris USA Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- Philip Morris USA, Richmond, Virginia, has been assigned a patent (8,776,804) developed by two co-inventors for a "handheld litter disposal device for temporarily storing and containing cigarette ash, butts, and other litter." The co-inventors are Eric L. Zeanah, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Wilmer Odom, Midlothian, Virginia.

The patent application was filed on June 15, 2006 (11/452,993). 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=8776804.PN.&OS=PN/8776804&RS=PN/8776804

Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

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UT-Battelle, University of Tennessee Research Foundation Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, Tennessee, have been assigned a patent (8,789,211) developed by three co-inventors for "mode-synthesizing atomic force microscopy and mode-synthesizing sensing." The co-inventors are Ali Passian, Knoxville, Tennessee, Thomas George Thundat, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Laurene Tetard, Knoxville, Tennessee.

The patent application was filed on May 20, 2013 (13/897,857). 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=8789211.PN.&OS=PN/8789211&RS=PN/8789211

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Ticona Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- Ticona, Florence, Kentucky, has been assigned a patent (8,785,526) developed by five co-inventors for "polyoxymethylene fibers in concrete." The co-inventors are Steven Bassetti, Cincinnati, Robert M. Gronner, Erlanger, Kentucky, Thomas Heyer, Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Hanno Hueckstaedt, Kelkheim, Germany, and Arvind Karandikar, Morristown, Tennessee.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2011 (13/325,171). 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=8785526.PN.&OS=PN/8785526&RS=PN/8785526

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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Columbia Insurance Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- Columbia Insurance, Omaha, Nebraska, has been assigned a patent (8,784,514) developed by four co-inventors for a "carpet fuel processing boiler." The co-inventors are Reese Edward Graves Jr., Cleveland, Tennessee, John Daniel Hall, Trion, Georgia, Garrett Townsend Hicks Jr., Cohutta, Georgia, and Gregory Glenn Wimpy, Cartersville, Georgia.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2011 (13/298,197). 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=8784514.PN.&OS=PN/8784514&RS=PN/8784514

Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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