U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Arizona (March 3)

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Arizona.

*** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,383,459) developed by four co-inventors for "methods of processing a thermal interface material." The co-inventors are Lakshmi Supriya, Arlington, Mass., Jessica Weninger, Chicago, Leonel Arana, Phoenix, and Lateef Mustapha, Oro Valley, Ariz.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods are disclosed to process a thermal interface material to achieve easy pick and placement of the thermal interface material without lowering thermal performance of a completed semiconductor package. One method involves applying a non-adhesive layer on one or more surfaces of the thermal interface material, interfacing the thermal interface material with one or more components to interface the non-adhesive layer therebetween, and applying heat to alter the non-adhesive layer to increase thermal contact between the thermal interface material and the interfacing component(s)." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2008 (12/145,364). 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=83,83,459.PN.&OS=PN/83,83,459&RS=PN/83,83,459 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** AQT Solar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- AQT Solar, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,383,451) developed by Brian Josef Bartholomeusz, Palo Alto, Calif., and Michael Bartholomeusz, Phoenix, for a "deposition of photovoltaic thin films by plasma spray deposition." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In particular embodiments, a method is described for depositing thin films, such as those used in forming a photovoltaic cell or device. In a particular embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate suitable for use in a photovoltaic device and plasma spraying one or more layers over the substrate, the grain size of the grains in each of the one or more layers being at least approximately two times greater than the thickness of the respective layer." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2010 (12/716,024). 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=83,83,451.PN.&OS=PN/83,83,451&RS=PN/83,83,451 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Thermo Finnigan, Intrinsic Bioprobes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- Thermo Finnigan, San Jose, Calif., and Intrinsic Bioprobes, Tempe, Ariz., have been assigned a patent (8,383,417) developed by seven co-inventors for an "assay for monitoring parathyroid hormone (PTH) variants by tandem mass spectrometry." The co-inventors are Mary Frances Lopez, Boston, David A. Sarracino, Andover, Mass., Amol Prakash, Cambridge, Mass., Randall W. Nelson, Phoenix, Paul Oran, Scottsdale, Ariz., Bryan E. Krastins, Somerville, Mass., and Taha Rezai, Cambridge, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods are described for monitoring the amounts of PTH variants in a biological sample by digesting the sample to produce surrogate peptides specific to the targeted PTH variants, and detecting and quantifying the surrogate peptides by selective reaction monitoring (SRM) mass spectrometry, using a set of precursor-to-product ion transitions optimized for sensitivity and selectivity. The PTH variants, or a portion thereof, may be concentrated in the sample by means of immunoaffinity capture or other suitable technique. The mass spectrometric method described herein enables the concurrent measurement of peptides representative of a plurality of targeted PTH variants in a single assay." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2009 (12/644,284). 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=83,83,417.PN.&OS=PN/83,83,417&RS=PN/83,83,417 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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