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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (Nov. 15)
[November 15, 2013]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (Nov. 15)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent for Colored Toners ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,580,469) developed by five co-inventors for colored toners. The co-inventors are Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, Fairport, N.Y., Maura A. Sweeney, Irondequoit, N.Y., Mark E. Mang, Rochester, N.Y., Kirk L. Stamp, Rochester, N.Y., and Robert D. Bayley, Fairport, N.Y.



The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2011 (13/327,497). 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=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Polymeric, FilmLOC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Polymeric, Enfield, Conn., and FilmLOC, Atlanta, have been assigned a patent (8,580,338) developed by Peter Dronzek Jr., Thornwood, N.Y., for "embossed durable supports with RFID chip, for labeling and relabeling objects." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2010 (12/928,848). 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=29&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.


*** Walker Digital Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Walker Digital Holdings, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,579,692) developed by 13 co-inventors for "systems and methods wherein a lottery number combination is associated with a limited number of occurrences." The co-inventors are Stephen C. Tulley, Stamford, Conn., John M. Packes Jr., Hawthorne, N.Y., James A. Jorasch, Stamford, Conn., Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, Conn., Patrick J. Buckley, Ridgefield, Conn., Peter J. Vogel, New Canaan, Conn., Magdalena M. Fincham, Greenwich, Conn., Norman C. Gilman, Stamford, Conn., Keith Bemer, New York, Russell Pratt Sammon, Stamford, Conn., William P. Van Vooren, Norwalk, Conn., Andrew P. Golden, Stamford, Conn., and Michael F. Steib, New York.

The patent application was filed on April 1, 2010 (12/752,327). 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=33&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amphenol Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Amphenol, Wallingford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,579,647) developed by David A. Phillips, Cobleskill, N.Y., and Heath A. Johnson, West Sand Lake, N.Y., for a "high speed electrical contact assembly." The patent application was filed on May 11, 2011 (13/105,447). 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=34&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Chemtura Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Chemtura, Middlebury, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,580,716) developed by five co-inventors for "overbased magnesium oxide dispersions." The co-inventors are Qinggao Ma, Naugatuck, Conn., Cyril A. Migdal, Pleasant Valley, N.Y., Kirk A. Schlup, Woodbury, Conn., John-Louis DiFlavio, Toronto, and Ronald J. Muir, Stouffville, Canada.

The patent application was filed on June 23, 2011 (13/167,127). 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=26&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Amphenol Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Amphenol, Wallingford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,579,644) developed by Patrick M. Cole, Oneonta, N.Y., Ryan C. Wade, Endicott, N.Y., and Richard L. Barnes, Unadilla, N.Y., for an "anti-vibration connector coupling with disengagement feature." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2012 (13/418,617). 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=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,583,432) developed by Fadi Biadsy, New York, Lidia Mangu, New York, and Hagen Soltau, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., for a "dialect-specific acoustic language modeling and speech recognition." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2012 (13/557,983). 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=107&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** New Point Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- New Point Holdings, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,583,479) developed by Zhenyu Wang, New York, and Ning Zhu, New York, for a "certified promissory payment method for transaction with reward points." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2011 (12/985,560). 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=106&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,580,016) developed by David A. Martinchek, Spencerport, N.Y., Thomas D. Bronchetti, Webster, N.Y., and Ian R. Jermy, Le Roy, N.Y., for an "adjustable air flow bypass in a water vapor transfer assembly to reduce beginning of life water transfer variation." The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2011 (13/223,588). 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=54&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/MI Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Electronic Machines Assigned Patent for Robotic Vehicle for Performing Rail-related Actions ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- International Electronic Machines, Troy, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,583,313) developed by Zahid F. Mian, Loudonville, N.Y., for a "robotic vehicle for performing rail-related actions." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2009 (12/563,577). 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=109&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent for Effectively Using Consumable in Two Printers ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,988) developed by Alan E. Rapkin, Pittsford, N.Y., and Walter B. Sherwood, Rochester, N.Y., for an "effectively using a consumable in two printers." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2010 (12/890,946). 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=117&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Event Determination by Alignment of Visual and Transaction Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,803) developed by six co-inventors for an "event determination by alignment of visual and transaction data." The co-inventors are Lei Ding, Columbus, Ohio, Quanfu Fan, Somerville, Mass., Prasad Gabbur, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., Arun Hampapur, Norwalk, Conn., Sachiko Miyazawa, Bronx, N.Y., and Sharathchandra U. Pankanti, Darien, Conn.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2010 (12/905,272). 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=122&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Selective Image Capture, Transmission and Reconstruction ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,648) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "system and method for selective image capture, transmission and reconstruction." The co-inventors are Steven T. Berman, New York, Paul F. Greier, Carmel, N.Y., Kenneth C. Ho, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Richard I. Kaufman, Somers, N.Y., Alphonso P. Lanzetta, Marlboro, N.Y., Michael P. Mastro, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Steven Edward Millman, Spring Valley, N.Y., Ron Ridgeway, New Milford, Conn., Kai Schleupen, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Steven Lorenz Wright, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2009 (12/372,458). 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=126&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Cooling System and Method Minimizing Power Consumption ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,583,290) developed by five co-inventors for a "cooling system and method minimizing power consumption in cooling liquid-cooled electronics racks." The co-inventors are Levi A. Campbell, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Richard C. Chu, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Michael J. Ellsworth Jr., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Robert E. Simons, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2009 (12/556,066). 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=112&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** New York University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- New York University, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,583,261) developed by four co-inventors for a "cochlear implant with improved electrode array and controller." The co-inventors are Rodolfo R. Llinas, New York, Hirobumi Watanabe, New York, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, New York, and Masayuki Nakao, Chiba-ken, Japan.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2012 (13/585,615). 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=113&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** CSC Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- CSC Holdings, Bethpage, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,808) developed by four co-inventors for "methods for identifying rooftops using elevation data sets." The co-inventors are Edgar J. McLaughlin, Lloyd Harbor, N.Y., Alan Pate, New Fairfield, Conn., Richard J. Spanbauer, Port Jefferson, N.Y., and Mark R. Guadino, Manhasset, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on June 16, 2011 (13/067,649). 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=121&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Combined MR Imaging and Tracking ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,583,213) developed by Charles Dumoulin, Ballston Lake, N.Y., Patrick Gross, Munich, Germany, and W. Thomas Dixon, Clifton Park, N.Y., for a "combined MR imaging and tracking." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2006 (11/519,562). 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=114&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Columbia University in the City of New York Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,582,972) developed by Benjamin A. Small, New York, Assaf Shacham, Magshimim, Israel, and Keren Bergman, Princeton, N.J., for "systems and methods for storing optical data." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2007 (12/438,661). 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=118&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Ultrasound Imaging with Ray Casting and Software-based Image Reconstruction ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,865) developed by Ralph Thomas Hoctor, Niskayuna, N.Y., and Bruno Hans Haider, Niskayuna, N.Y., for an "ultrasound imaging with ray casting and software-based image reconstruction." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2010 (12/769,497). 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=119&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Research Foundation of State University of New York Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Research Foundation of State University of New York, Binghamton, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,795) developed by Ronald N. Miles, Newark Valley, N.Y., and Weili Cui, Endicott, N.Y., for a "robust diaphragm for an acoustic device." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2011 (13/013,812). 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=123&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Rochester Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,500) developed by Nirmala Shenoy, West Henrietta, N.Y., Yamin S. Al-Mousa, Rochester, N.Y., and John Fischer, Corfu, N.Y., for "methods for providing an ad hoc mobile communication network and systems thereof." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2009 (12/435,182). 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=129&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Quench Protection Circuit for Superconducting Magnet Coils ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,583,201) developed by Anbo Wu, Shanghai, China, Minfeng Xu, Ballston Lake, N.Y., and Xianrui Huang, Clifton Park, N.Y., for a "quench protection circuit for superconducting magnet coils." The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2011 (13/237,805). 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=115&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,583,008) developed by Jeffrey A. Pitas, Macedon, N.Y., Richard G. Luther, Hamlin, N.Y., and Matthias H. Regelsberger, Rochester, N.Y., for an "apparatus for preventing damage to a photoconductor." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2010 (12/908,168). 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=116&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Integrated Key Server ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,778) developed by 11 co-inventors for an integrated key server. The co-inventors are Edward W. Chencinski, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., James R. Coon, Rochester, Minn., John C. Dayka, New Paltz, N.Y., Steven G. Glassen, Wallkill, N.Y., Richard J. Gusefski, Endicott, N.Y., Michael J. Jordan, Woodstock, N.Y., Marco Kraemer, Sindelfingen, Germany, Thomas B. Mathias, Vestal, N.Y., Peter K. Szwed, Rhinebeck, N.Y., Garry J. Sullivan, Rochester, Minn., and Klaus Werner, Moetzingen, Germany.

The patent application was filed on June 1, 2011 (13/150,420). 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=124&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Similarity Searching in Large Disk-based Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,554) developed by Charu C. Aggarwal, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., for "similarity searching in large disk-based networks." The patent application was filed on April 21, 2011 (13/091,244). 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=128&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Switching Array Having Circuitry to Adjust Temporal Distribution ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,254) developed by Marco Francesco Aimi, Niskayuna, N.Y., for "switching array having circuitry to adjust a temporal distribution of a gating signal applied to the array." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2011 (13/096,071). 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=134&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Kodak Alaris Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Kodak Alaris, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,183) developed by Robert M. Westcott, Holley, N.Y., and Jude A. SanGregory, Spencerport, N.Y., for a forward facing scanner.

The patent application was filed on April 26, 2011 (13/094,200). 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=137&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Hand Activated Input Device with Horizontal Control Surface ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,581,845) developed by Jonathan S. Nikfarjam, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Patrick M. West, Hyde Park, N.Y., for a "hand activated input device with horizontal control surface." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2007 (11/855,395). 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=142&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Relative Positioning ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,195) developed by James Gerard Lopez, East Schodack, N.Y., and Mark Allen Cheverton, Mechanicville, N.Y., for "systems and methods for relative positioning." The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2011 (13/306,261). 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=136&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Research Foundation of State University of New York Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Research Foundation of State University of New York, Albany, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,098) developed by seven co-inventors for a single photon spectrometer. The co-inventors are Andriy Tsupryk, Coram, N.Y., Ivan Tovkach, Centereach, N.Y., Dmitriy Gavrilov, Setauket, N.Y., Georgiy Gudkov, Coram, N.Y., Vera Gorfinkel, Stony Brook, N.Y., Boris Gorbovitski, Stony Brook, N.Y., and Dmytro Gudkov, Stony Brook, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2008 (12/734,365). 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=139&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Determining Reticle Transmission Stability ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,078) developed by Timothy A. Brunner, Ridgefield, Conn., Colin J. Brodsky, Salt Point, N.Y., and Michael B. Pike, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., for a "test method for determining reticle transmission stability." The patent application was filed on May 2, 2011 (13/098,723). 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=140&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Customized Thermal Interface ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,582,297) developed by five co-inventors for a "customized thermal interface to optimize mechanical loading and thermal conductivity characteristics." The co-inventors are David L. Edwards, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Randall G. Kemink, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., David C. Olson, Lagrangeville, N.Y., Katie L. Pizzolato, Austin, Texas, and John G. Torok, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2011 (13/020,102). 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=133&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Alex Is The Best Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Alex Is The Best, Brooklyn, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,581,991) developed by Frank Clemente, Brooklyn, N.Y., for an "integrated internet camera system and method." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2013 (13/925,498). 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=141&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** RichRelevance Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- RichRelevance, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,583,524) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and process for improving recommendations for use in providing personalized advertisements to retail customers." The co-inventors are David Selinger, Castro Valley, Calif., Tyler Kohn, New York, Michael DeCourcey, Belmont, Calif., Sundeep Ahuja, Gold River, Calif., James Osial, San Francisco, and Albert Sunwoo, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on May 6, 2008 (12/151,374). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=5&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=229&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Magnet Assemblies and Methods for Temperature Control of Magnet Assemblies ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,581,681) developed by four co-inventors for "magnet assemblies and methods for temperature control of the magnet assemblies." The co-inventors are Anbo Wu, Shanghai, China, Jun Pan, Shanghai, China, Yan Zhao, Shanghai, China, and Xianrui Huang, Clifton Park, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on June 21, 2011 (13/164,827). 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=148&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Wells Fargo Bank Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,583,537) developed by Samuel Ayzyk Birnbaum, Oceanside, N.Y., and Cristian Zarcu, Mahwah, N.J., for "cross trading securities during time windows at the volume weighted average price." The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2009 (12/353,671). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=5&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=228&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Semi-supervised and Unsupervised Generation of Hash Functions ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,583,567) developed by Sanjiv Kumar, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Jun Wang, New City, N.Y., for a "semi-supervised and unsupervised generation of hash functions." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2011 (13/184,014). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=5&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=224&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,583,576) developed by four co-inventors for a predictive model importation. The co-inventors are Wei-Hao Lin, New York, Travis H.K. Green, New York, Robert Kaplow, New York, Gang Fu, Kearny, N.J., and Gideon S. Mann, New York.

The patent application was filed on May 29, 2012 (13/482,196). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=5&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=222&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Greatbatch Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Greatbatch, Clarence, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,581,694) developed by Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, Calif., Geddes Frank Tyers, Vancouver, Canada, and Christine A. Frysz, Orchard Park, N.Y., for "RFID interrogator configured for protection against electromagnetic interference of a remote device having an RFID tag." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2013 (13/787,922). 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=147&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** CFPH Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- CFPH, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,581,721) developed by four co-inventors for a "game access device with privileges." The co-inventors are Joseph M. Asher, Las Vegas, Ron Rushin, Las Vegas, Dean P. Alderucci, Westport, Conn., and Geoffrey M. Gelman, Brooklyn, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on March 8, 2007 (11/683,508). 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=145&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for On-line Payment Transactions ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,583,501) developed by Timothy M. Dierks, Brooklyn, N.Y., for on-line payment transactions.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2012 (13/568,253). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=5&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=238&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Generating Advertisements Using User Assets ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,583,488) developed by five co-inventors for "generating advertisements using user assets." The co-inventors are Joseph Janos, New York, Karen Padham Taylor, Los Gatos, Calif., Graham Jenkin, San Francisco, Nicolae Crucian, New York, and Ryan Dunn, Brooklyn, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2007 (11/856,437). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=5&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=243&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Video Conference System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,582,474) developed by four co-inventors for a "video conference system and method." The co-inventors are Michael Satterlee, Clifton Park, N.Y., Jamil Cheikhali, Tampa, Fla., John F. Gibbons, Ballston Lake, N.Y., and Jai Narayn Gosine, Hempstead, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2010 (12/964,232). 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=8,582,474&OS=8,582,474&RS=8,582,474 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Coded Aperture Camera with Adaptive Image Processing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,582,820) developed by Paul James Kane, Rochester, N.Y., and Sen Wang, Rochester, N.Y., for a "coded aperture camera with adaptive image processing." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2010 (12/889,818). 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=8,582,820.PN.&OS=PN/8,582,820&RS=PN/8,582,820 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Teledyne LeCroy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Teledyne LeCroy, Thousand Oaks, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,583,390) developed by Peter J. Pupalaikis, Ramsey, N.J., and David C. Graef, Campbell Hall, N.Y., for a "high bandwidth oscilloscope for digitizing an analog signal having a bandwidth greater than the bandwidth of digitizing components of the oscilloscope." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2011 (13/282,552). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=6&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=261&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Intellectual Ventures Fund 83, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,581,997) developed by Tomi Lahcanski, Rochester, N.Y., and Dustin L. Winters, Webster, N.Y., for a "system for locating nearby picture hotspots." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2010 (12/914,310). 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=8,581,997.PN.&OS=PN/8,581,997&RS=PN/8,581,997 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Neuropace Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Neuropace, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,583,239) developed by Benjamin D. Pless, Atherton, Calif., and Michael Sasha John, Larchmont, N.Y., for an "implantable system enabling responsive therapy for pain." The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2011 (13/011,917). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=6&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=274&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Theken Spine Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Theken Spine, Akron, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,579,942) developed by Frank H. Boehm Jr., Utica, N.Y., and Benedetta D. Melnick, Rome, N.Y., for "systems, methods and tools for spinal surgery." The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2006 (11/463,543). 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=52&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28OH.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/OH&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/OH Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cleveland Clinic Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, has been assigned a patent (8,580,321) developed by Andrei V. Gudkov, East Aurora, N.Y., Vadim Krivokrysenko, Orchard Park, N.Y., and Lyudmila Burdelya, Lancaster, N.Y., for a "method for reducing the effects of chemotherapy using flagellin related polypeptides." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2009 (12/369,704). 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=42&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28OH.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/OH&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/OH Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Kent State University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,580,144) developed by Liang-Chy Chien, Hudson, Ohio, Jeoung Yeon Hwang, Dajeon, South Korea, and Jenny-Marie Wong, Tonawanda, N.Y., for a "blue phase liquid crystal nanocomposites and devices containing the same." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2012 (13/441,027). 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=48&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28OH.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/OH&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/OH Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Virage Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Virage, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,576,342) developed by four co-inventors for a system and method of "detecting scene changes in a digital video stream." The co-inventors are Arun Hampapur, White Plains, N.Y., Mojgan Monika Gorkani, San Francisco, Chiao-Fe Shu, San Mateo, Calif., and Amarnath Gupta, Redwood City, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2012 (13/361,903). 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=8576342.PN.&OS=PN/8576342&RS=PN/8576342 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Hewlett-Packard Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Hewlett-Packard, San Diego, Calif., and Pitney Bowes Inc. (Stamford, Conn., have been assigned a patent (8,576,264) developed by four co-inventors for a "registration device for mail processing system having wide print nozzle arrays." The co-inventors are Thomas M. Lyga, Southbury, Conn., John R. Masotta, Newtown, Conn., John W. Sussmeier, Cold Spring, N.Y., and John F. Pezzuti, Naugatuck, Conn.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2011 (13/300,791). 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=8576264.PN.&OS=PN/8576264&RS=PN/8576264 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Achronix Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Achronix Semiconductor, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,575,959) developed by two co-inventors for "[r]econfigurable logic fabrics for integrated circuits and systems and methods for configuring reconfigurable logic fabrics." The co-inventors are Rajit Manohar, Ithaca, N.Y., and Clinton W. Kelly, Ithaca, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2012 (13/354,117). 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=8575959.PN.&OS=PN/8575959&RS=PN/8575959 Written by Neil Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Rehrig Pacific Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Rehrig Pacific, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,561,799) developed by two co-inventors for a "nestable container." The co-inventors are ohn Paul Kapla;, Brooklyn, N.Y. and Kyle L. Baltz, Rossmoor, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2011 (13/222,506). 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=8561799.PN.&OS=PN/8561799&RS=PN/8561799 Written by Neil Bautista; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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