U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (March 7)

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Florida.

*** Sikorsky Aircraft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,392,037) developed by five co-inventors for a "stabilized approach to a point in degraded visual environment." The co-inventors are Vineet Sahasrabudhe, Handen, Conn., Lorren Stiles, Pam City, Fla., Margaret A. Macisaac, Woodbury, Conn., John H. Judge, Woodbury, Conn., and Alex Faynberg, Cheshire, Conn.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A flight control system includes a fly by wire system operable to provide predictive termination point symbology overlaid on a synthetic imagery displayed by a display system in response to a control system and a sensor system. A method to facilitate a VTOL aircraft approach to a terminal point includes integrating a flight director mode with a control system to provide a stabilized approach path to a termination point." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2008 (12/671,736). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,392,037&OS=8,392,037&RS=8,392,037 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Balboa Instruments Assigned Patent for Spa Control System with Improved Flow Monitoring ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Balboa Instruments, Tustin, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,392,027) developed by Jerrell P. Hollaway, Melbourne, Fla., for a "spa control system with improved flow monitoring." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A spa control system that measures the flow of water through the heater and accurately reports water temperature in the spa using only one solid-state sensor in the heater. The rate of flow is determined by energizing the pump, with the heater still de-energized, and observing the rate in which the moving water cools the inside of the heater. If there is no circulation of water through the heater, the temperature of the sensor will continue to rise from the energy applied when the heater was briefly energized. This rise will be quite significant and a clear indication of a flow problem. If the flow is found to be adequate, the heater will be energized for a normal period of time. The sensor is now carefully monitored for a sudden increase in temperature, which would indicate loss of a normal flow of water." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2009 (12/586,712). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,392,027&OS=8,392,027&RS=8,392,027 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** NMHG Oregon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- NMHG Oregon, Fairview, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,392,049) developed by seven co-inventors for a "multi-direction vehicle control sensing." The co-inventors are Christopher J. Goodwin, Greenville, N.C., Brian R. Crowell, Greenville, N.C., Timothy L. Rose, Fountain Inn, S.C., James W. Davis, Amelia Island, Fla., Gerald A. Johnson, Greenville, N.C., Kevin J. McGoldrick, Greenville, N.C., and Michael Curry, Greenville, N.C.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A vehicle includes a first control configured to operate the vehicle from a first operator position facing a front of the vehicle and a second control configured to operate the vehicle from a second operator position facing a rear of the vehicle. The vehicle further includes a processor configured to monitor for an operator presence in the first operator position or the second operator position and receive a vehicle operating request, wherein the operator presence is monitored independent of receiving the vehicle operating request. The processor is further configured to enable either the first control or the second control and select a vehicle operating parameter associated with the vehicle operating request, wherein the vehicle operating parameter varies according to which control is enabled." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2009 (12/464,570). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,392,049&OS=8,392,049&RS=8,392,049 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Jacksonville, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,392,018) developed by 11 co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for distributing ophthalmic lenses." The co-inventors are Daniel T. Wang, Jacksonville, Fla., Edward R. Kernick, Jacksonville, Fla., Hamid A. Darabi, Ponte Vedra, Fla., Francis E. Mirmina, Jacksonville, Fla., Gerhard Andrew Foelsche, Rehoboth, Mass., David Logan Baker, Greene, R.I., Breck Andrew Petrillo, Warren, R.I., Carl B. Dumas, Tiverton, R.I., Son Minh Luong, Cranston, R.I., Benjamin Beaugh, Warwick, R.I., and Christopher T. Zirps, Sharon, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides apparatus for dispensing ophthalmic lens packages. A plurality of ophthalmic lens packages are loaded into the apparatus and the apparatus determines an identity of each ophthalmic lens package. A housing stores the ophthalmic lens packages and records a location and identity of each of the lens packages and dispenses a particular ophthalmic lens package." The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2009 (12/639,342). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,392,018&OS=8,392,018&RS=8,392,018 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Siemens Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Siemens, Iselin, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,391,579) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for automatic detection and segmentation of axillary lymph nodes." The co-inventors are Adrian Barbu, Tallahassee, Fla., Michael Suehling, Erlangen, Germany, Xun (Jason) Xu, Palo Alto, Calif., David Liu, Princeton, N.J., Shaohua Kevin Zhou, Plainsboro, N.J., and Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for automatically detecting and segmenting lymph nodes in a 3D medical image, such as a CT image, is disclosed. A plurality of lymph node center point candidates are detected in the 3D medical image. A lymph node candidate is segmented for each of the detected lymph node center point candidates. Lymph nodes are detected from the segmented lymph node candidates by verifying the segmented lymph node candidates using a trained lymph node classifier." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2011 (13/041,569). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,391,579&OS=8,391,579&RS=8,391,579 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,391,501) developed by Charbel Khawand, Miami, and Mikhail U. Yagunov, Pompano Beach, Fla., for a "method and apparatus for mixing priority and non-priority audio signals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An audio processor (202) receives a non-priority audio signal (302) and a priority audio signal (304). The priority audio signal occupies a frequency band (408). The audio processor filters (320) the non-priority audio signal by suppressing frequency content in the same frequency region occupied by the priority signal, creating a filtered non-priority signal (412). The filtered non-priority signal and the priority signal are combined (328) and played over an audio transducer (110)." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2006 (11/610,155). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,391,501&OS=8,391,501&RS=8,391,501 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Smith Micro Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Smith Micro Software, Aliso Viejo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,447) developed by Konstantin Othmer, Mountain View, Calif., and Michael P. Ruf, Parkland, Fla., for a "visual voice messaging state synchronization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Managing shared voice messages across the multiple voice messaging systems of the various recipients of a message. A server may act as a gateway and may interact with the multiple voice messaging systems and multiple user devices of the recipients. The server may retrieve voice messages from the sender voice messaging system and may transmit the voice message to the disparate voice messaging systems of the recipients with or without user assistance. The voice messages may be transcoded as necessary. The server then may determine the status of the voice message in the voice messaging systems of the recipients and may update the message status in the sender's and the recipients' voice message systems accordingly." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2008 (12/325,938). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,391,447&OS=8,391,447&RS=8,391,447 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** MAKO Surgical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- MAKO Surgical, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,391,954) developed by Arthur E. Quaid III, Hollywood, Fla., for a "system and method for interactive haptic positioning of a medical device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A combination of a haptic device and a computer-assisted medical system is used for interactive haptic positioning of a medical device coupled to the haptic device. A reconfigurable haptic object facilitates the positioning of the medical device and/or the haptic device. The haptic object may be modified in response to application of a force against the haptic object by a user of the haptic device pushing the haptic device against the haptic object. Preferably, the haptic object moves in the direction of the force applied by the haptic device. The medical device may be guided to a desired pose relative to a target area from its current position. The user may approach the target area from its current position and still be provided with haptic cues to enable the user to guide the medical device to the target area." The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2010 (12/698,353). 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=8,391,954.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,954&RS=PN/8,391,954 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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