U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania.

*** Tandent Vision Science Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Tandent Vision Science, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,391,601) developed by six co-inventors for a "method for image modification." The co-inventors are Richard Mark Friedhoff, San Francisco, Casey Arthur Smith, Grand Junction, Colo., Bruce Allen Maxwell, Benton, Maine, Neil Alldrin, Pittsburgh, Steven Joseph Bushell, Cranston, R.I., and Timothy King Rodgers Jr., Concord, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, performing an image segregation operation on the image file to generate a set of intrinsic images corresponding to the image, modifying a preselected one of the set of intrinsic images according to a set of preselected operations and merging the modified one of the set of intrinsic images relative to the set of intrinsic images to provide a modified output image." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (12/387,258). 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=8,391,601&OS=8,391,601&RS=8,391,601 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,392,232) developed by Madelyn McGillin, Wayne, Pa., for a "healthcare resource management system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system determines patient acuity information to identify required staff competencies to meet a workload and supports role based reporting, notification, and escalation when acuity nears or reaches a predetermined saturation threshold. A system predicts healthcare worker workload using an acquisition processor to acquire multiple data items associated with care requirements of a particular patient from multiple different sources. A data processor determines an acuity score of the particular patient by determining a single score comprising a combination of weighted individual score values derived from corresponding individual items of the multiple data items. A translation processor interprets determined acuity score to provide an estimated healthcare worker workload for meeting the care requirements of the particular patient by using predetermined translation data associating acuity score with corresponding healthcare worker workload." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2006 (11/381,479). 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=8,392,232&OS=8,392,232&RS=8,392,232 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Sirius XM Radio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Sirius XM Radio, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,391,132) developed by Carl Scarpa, Plainsboro, N.J., and Christopher Strolle, Fort Washington, Pa., for a "slow speed mute resistance via selective COFDM bin loading." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are presented for improving the ability to withstand slow speed mute via diversity transmission while avoiding loss in link level margin. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, systems and methods are presented for improving resistance to slow speed muting by employing transmit diversity where a second signal is not a replica of the original signal. The second signal can be generated, for example, by using only a COFDM FFT bin that contained the cluster sync bit while setting all other bins to zero. That is, only the spectral portion of interest of the COFDM signal need be utilized. In such exemplary embodiments, the same frequency and time delay offset can be used as in current systems and methods, except that the replica COFDM signal can, for example, consist of only one populated FFT bin." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2009 (12/415,648). 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=8,391,132&OS=8,391,132&RS=8,391,132 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent for Early Detection of Disease Outbreak Using Electronic Patient Data to Reduce Public Health Threat from Bio-terrorism ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,392,152) developed by R. Bharat Rao, Berwyn, Pa., for an "early detection of disease outbreak using electronic patient data to reduce public health threat from bio-terrorism." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for automatically identifying a disease outbreak indicative of a potential bio-terror attack. Patient records are mined from structured and unstructured clinical sources. The patient records are then analyzed by correlating selected patient data contained in the patient records with disease indicia for each of a plurality of diseases. A probability of a disease outbreak is estimated at least in part based on these correlations. Suspicion may also be indicated if anomalous disease clusters are found. If any of the estimated probabilities exceeds a threshold value, a disease outbreak alert is outputted. The disease indicia may be defined by disease progression models, which may be stored in a disease knowledge base." The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2008 (12/190,675). 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=8,392,152&OS=8,392,152&RS=8,392,152 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Merck Sharp & Dohme Assigned Patent for Methods and Gene Expression Signature for Assessing Growth Factor Signaling Pathway Regulation Status ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,392,127) developed by James Watters, Chalfont, Pa., Andrey Loboda, Philadelphia, and Michael Nebozhyn, Yeadon, Pa., for "methods and gene expression signature for assessing growth factor signaling pathway regulation status." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, biomarkers, and expression signatures are disclosed for assessing the regulation status of growth factor pathway signaling in a cell sample or subject. More specifically, several aspects of the invention provide a set of genes which can be used as biomarkers and gene signatures for evaluating growth factor pathway deregulation status in a sample; classifying a cell sample as having a deregulated or regulated growth factor signaling pathway; determining whether an agent modulates the growth factor signaling pathway in sample; predicting response of a subject to an agent that modulates the growth factor signaling pathway; assigning treatment to a subject; and predicting evaluating the pharmacodynamic effects of cancer therapies designed to regulate growth factor pathway signaling." The patent application was filed on March 19, 2009 (12/933,936). 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=8,392,127&OS=8,392,127&RS=8,392,127 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** LNT PM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- LNT PM, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,392,016) developed by five co-inventors for an "adaptive method for manufacturing of complicated shape parts by hot isostatic pressing of powder materials with using irreversibly deformable capsules and inserts." The co-inventors are Viktor Samarov, Buena Park, Calif., Dmitry Seliverstov, Anaheim, Calif., Evgeny Khomyakov, Buena Park, Calif., Igor Troitski, Henderson, Nev., and Roman Haykin, Lords Valley, Pa.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention discloses adaptive method for manufacturing of parts of the similar complex shape by using hot isostatic pressing of powder materials and irreversibly deformable capsules and inserts utilized as adaptation tools. The method is based on creation of a virtual part by mathematical computer modeling of densification and shrinkage; manufacturing of a test part; determination of discrepancies between manufactured test part and virtual test part; adaptation of mathematical model by virtual iterations so that discrepancies between manufactured and virtual and parts are minimized; manufacturing of every complex shape part of the given group by using adoptive method skipping the step of manufacturing a test part." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2010 (12/803,358). 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=8,392,016&OS=8,392,016&RS=8,392,016 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Verizon Patent and Licensing, Cellco Partnership Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., and Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,391,142) developed by Jeffrey John Blasinski, Dublin, Ohio, and Oleg Berzin, Huntington Valley, Pa., for an "access window envelope controller in wireless network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method may include receiving a packet destined to a wireless node, buffering the packet, and scheduling a time at which to transmit the packet to the wireless node. Scheduling the packet may include determining an application-layer protocol associated with the packet. The method may also include wirelessly transmitting the packet to the wireless node at the scheduled time. In one embodiment, the method may also include sending information to a node that originated the packet indicating that the packet is buffered. In another embodiment, sending information to the node that originated the packet indicating that the packet is scheduled to be wirelessly transmitted at the scheduled time." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2010 (12/703,833). 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=8,391,142&OS=8,391,142&RS=8,391,142 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** SRI International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,368) developed by Hui Cheng, Bridgewater, N.J., Michael Anthony Isnardi, Plainsboro, N.J., and Arkady Kopansky, Havertown, Pa., for a "macro-block based mixed resolution video compression system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method of compressing a video signal can include the steps of: receiving a video signal, the video signal including frames; analyzing, for each frame, the video signal on a macroblock-by-macroblock level; determining whether to downsample a macroblock residual for each of the macroblocks; selectively downsampling a macroblock residual for some of the macroblocks; and coding the macroblocks. A system and method of decompressing a video signal can include the steps of receiving a compressed video signal, the video signal including frames; analyzing, for each frame, the video signal on a macroblock-by-macroblock level; determining whether to upsample a macroblock residual for each of the macroblocks; selectively upsampling a macroblock residual for some of the macroblocks; and decoding the macroblocks." The patent application was filed on April 10, 2006 (11/401,990). 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=83,91,368.PN.&OS=PN/83,91,368&RS=PN/83,91,368 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of Pittsburgh-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- The University of Pittsburgh-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,391,375) developed by four co-inventors for a "wireless autonomous device data transmission." The co-inventors are David W. Sammel Jr., Pittsburgh, James T. Cain, Pittsburgh, Marlin H. Mickle, Pittsburgh, and Minhong Mi, Pittsburgh.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of communicating information from a wireless autonomous device (WAD) to a base station. The WAD has a data element having a predetermined profile having a total number of sequenced possible data element combinations. The method includes receiving at the WAD an RF profile transmitted by the base station that includes a triggering portion having a number of pulses, wherein the number is at least equal to the total number of possible data element combinations. The method further includes keeping a count of received pulses and wirelessly transmitting a piece of data, preferably one bit, to the base station when the count reaches a value equal to the stored data element's particular number in the sequence. Finally, the method includes receiving the piece of data at the base station and using the receipt thereof to determine which of the possible data element combinations the stored data element is." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2007 (11/743,938). 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=83,91,375.PN.&OS=PN/83,91,375&RS=PN/83,91,375 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Agere Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Agere Systems, Allentown, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,391,384) developed by four co-inventors for a "multi-channel receiver with improved AGC." The co-inventors are Yhean-Sen Lai, Warren, N.J., Jie Song, Lower Macungie Township, Pa., Zhenyu Wang, Bethlehem, Pa., and Jinguo Yu, Flemington, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved multi-channel receiver for satellite broadcast applications or the like. In an exemplary embodiment, a primary AGC loop controls an analog sub-receiver adapted to simultaneously receive multiple signals. Multiple digital demodulators, coupled to the sub-receiver, demodulate the multiple received signals. Multiple secondary AGC loops, one for each received signal, compensate for variations in demodulated signal strengths caused by the primary AGC loop. A feed-forward AGC compensation technique generates scalar control values for scaling the demodulated signals before the demodulated signals are processed by the secondary AGC loops. This at least partially compensates for gain variations caused by the primary AGC, reducing received signal drop-outs before the secondary AGC loops can compensate for the gain variations. Because of systemic delays in the sub-receiver and the demodulators, the scalar control values are independently timed to be coincident with the variations in the demodulated signal strengths caused by the primary AGC loop." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2011 (13/085,525). 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=83,91,384.PN.&OS=PN/83,91,384&RS=PN/83,91,384 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sprint Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Sprint Communications, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,391,264) developed by Jeremy R. Breau, Kansas City, Kan., and Sohel Khan, Philadelphia, for a "mobile device handoff while maintaining connectivity with multiple access points." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and computer-readable media are provided for allowing a mobile device to maintain communication connectivity during a handoff between wireless access points. In one aspect, the method may include negotiating security association information and establishing a first communication tunnel by tunneling an inner IP address within a first outer IP address. The method may further include authenticating a request for establishing a second communication tunnel by identifying the negotiated security association information within the request. Additionally, the method may include establishing the second communication tunnel by tunneling the inner IP address within a second outer IP address. Moreover, the method may include pushing data associated with the communication session through the second communication tunnel." The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2012 (13/367,597). 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=83,91,264.PN.&OS=PN/83,91,264&RS=PN/83,91,264 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** DOE Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy has been assigned a patent (8,391,552) developed by Franklin D. Shaffer, Belle Vernon, Pa., for a "method of particle trajectory recognition in particle flows of high particle concentration using a candidate trajectory tree process with variable search areas." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The application relates to particle trajectory recognition from a Centroid Population comprised of Centroids having an (x, y, t) or (x, y, f) coordinate. The method is applicable to visualization and measurement of particle flow fields of high particle. In one embodiment, the centroids are generated from particle images recorded on camera frames. The application encompasses digital computer systems and distribution mediums implementing the method disclosed and is particularly applicable to recognizing trajectories of particles in particle flows of high particle concentration. The method accomplishes trajectory recognition by forming Candidate Trajectory Trees and repeated searches at varying Search Velocities, such that initial search areas are set to a minimum size in order to recognize only the slowest, least accelerating particles which produce higher local concentrations. When a trajectory is recognized, the centroids in that trajectory are removed from consideration in future searches." The patent application was filed on April 22, 2010 (12/765,317). 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=8,391,552&OS=8,391,552&RS=8,391,552 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** General Instrument Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- General Instrument, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,391,723) developed by Kerry I. Litvin, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., for a "ramen backpumped near-zero dispersion CWDM system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes an optical transmitter portion, an optical fiber, an optical receiver portion, a laser portion and a combiner portion. Optical signals may be launched by the optical transmitter portion at very low power levels to avoid Raman-induced interactions between the co-propagating signals along the optical fiber. The laser portion and the combiner portion may apply a back-pumped laser signal to the optical fiber. The back-pumped laser signal provides a Raman gain that amplifies the co-propagating signals to a minimum power level such that the optical receiver portion can detect the co-propagating signals within a predetermined acceptable carrier-to-noise ratio." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2009 (12/482,629). 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=8,391,723.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,723&RS=PN/8,391,723 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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