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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Dec. 10)
[December 10, 2013]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Dec. 10)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** Nite Ize Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Nite Ize, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,595,903) developed by Heinz Richard Miltner, Rosamond, Calif., and Julie Lynn Adams, Rosamond, Calif., for a self-locking clip.



The patent application was filed on June 1, 2010 (12/791,697). 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=36&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28CO.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/CO&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/CO Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** MJT Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- MJT Holdings, Valdosta, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,596,700) developed by Tony J. Alba, West Covina, Calif., for a "tower erection lift kit tools." The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2010 (12/856,525). 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=73&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/GA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.


*** MJT Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- MJT Holdings, Valdosta, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,596,701) developed by Tony J. Alba, Covina, Calif., for an "anchor hoist ring assembly." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2012 (13/486,378). 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=72&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28GA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/GA&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/GA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Timco Aviation Services Assigned Patent for Cushion-less Aircraft Seat ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Timco Aviation Services, Greensboro, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,596,723) developed by Sam J. Ahad, Newhall, Calif., for a cushion-less aircraft seat.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2011 (13/282,993). 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=57&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NC Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** TIMCO Aviation Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- TIMCO Aviation Services, Greensboro, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,596,724) developed by Sam Ahad, Newhall, Calif., for a cushion-less aircraft seat.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2012 (13/613,575). 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=56&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NC Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ford Global Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,596,244) developed by Freeman Thomas, Laguna Beach, Calif., Mark Gorman, Valencia, Calif., and Sven Etzelsberger, Huntington Beach, Calif., for an "automotive vehicle throttle valve display system and method of use thereof." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2007 (11/620,199). 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=20131203.PD.&s2=%28MI.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/MI&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/MI Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** MasterCard International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- MasterCard International, Purchase, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,596,528) developed by Jorge M. Fernandes, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Mohammad Khan, San Jose, Calif., and Kerry Brown, Portola Valley, Calif., for "collaborative negotiation techniques for mobile personal trusted device financial transactions." The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2012 (13/584,553). 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=233&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** SyntheZyme Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- SyntheZyme, Brooklyn, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,597,923) developed by Jon E. Ness, Redwood City, Calif., and Jeremy Minshull, Palo Alto, Calif., for an "oxidation of compounds using genetically modified Candida." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2010 (12/775,306). 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=205&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hamilton Sundstrand Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Hamilton Sundstrand, Windsor Locks, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,596,568) developed by Jay M. Francisco, Chula Vista, Calif., and James C. Napier, San Diego, for an "exhaust silencer with baffles." The patent application was filed on April 26, 2011 (13/094,179). 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=49&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/CT Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** LaserCan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- LaserCan, Cedar Falls, Iowa, has been assigned a patent (8,596,553) developed by five co-inventors for an "ergonomic spray can adapter and positioning apparatus." The co-inventors are Richard J. Klein II, Waterloo, Iowa, Thomas J. Giblin, Waterloo, Canada, John L. Konefes, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Nicholas J. Webb, Redding, Calif., and Stephen Orsatti, Litchfield, Minn.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2009 (12/580,605). 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=32&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28IA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/IA&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/IA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Paige Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Paige Electric, Union, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,596,518) developed by Kenneth R. Babcock, Long Beach, Calif., for a "carton with reinforced hand holes." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2009 (12/635,184). 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=97&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NJ Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Paige Electric Assigned Patent for Adapter for Wire Dispensing Carton ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Paige Electric, Union, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,596,455) developed by Kenneth R. Babcock, Bellflower, Calif., and James H. Coffey, Ponte Vedra, Fla., for an "adapter for wire dispensing carton." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2007 (11/675,755). 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=98&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NJ Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Honeywell International Assigned Patent for Refrigerant distribution system ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,596,089) developed by Ranjit Darke, Los Angeles, and Peter Zheng, Los Angeles, for a refrigerant distribution system.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2009 (12/393,908). 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=105&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NJ Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Becton, Dickinson and Co. Assigned Patent for Medical Injector with Coupled Body Portions ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Becton, Dickinson and Co., Franklin Lakes, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,597,245) developed by four co-inventors for a "medical injector with coupled body portions." The co-inventors are Ruane S. Jeter, Los Angeles, Richard A. Cronenberg, Mahwah, N.J., Lionel Vedrine, Palo Alto, Calif., and Atul Patel, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2009 (13/063,806). 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=90&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NJ Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nano-Optic Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Nano-Optic Devices, Washington Township, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,596,846) developed by four co-inventors for a "frontlight unit for enhancing illumination of a reflective display." The co-inventors are Vladimir Yankov, Washington Township, N.J., Alexander Goltsov, Troitsk, Russia, Igor Ivonin, Ybileinyi, Russia, and Leonid Velikov, San Carlos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 16, 2012 (13/421,862). 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=94&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/NJ Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** William Marsh Rice University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- William Marsh Rice University, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,596,466) developed by Robert H. Hauge, Houston, Ya-Qiong Xu, Houston, and Sean Pheasant, Costa Mesa, Calif., for a "production of single-walled carbon nanotube grids." The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2007 (12/439,865). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=159&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/TX Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Faro Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Faro Technologies, Lake Mary, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,595,948) developed by Simon Raab, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Paul C. Atwell, Lake Mary, Fla., for a "portable coordinate measurement machine with a rotatable handle." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2012 (13/412,705). 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=85,95,948.PN.&OS=PN/85,95,948&RS=PN/85,95,948 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Oralwise Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Oralwise, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,596,286) developed by Keith Allen Bornstein, Santa Monica, Calif., and Dan Voetmann, Mountlake Terrace, Wash., for a flossing device.

The patent application was filed on June 27, 2011 (13/169,962). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=188&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/TX Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Adlens Beacon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Adlens Beacon, Pembroke Park, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,596,781) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "fluid filled lens reservoir system and manufacturing method of the reservoir system." The co-inventors are Amitava Gupta, Roanoke, Va., William Egan, Jackson, Wyo., Lisa Nibauer, Short Hills, N.J., Bruce Decker, Solebury, Pa., Urban Schnell, Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland, Karim Haroud, Chavannes-sur-Moudon, Switzerland, Pascal Loser, Bern, Switzerland, Michel Saint-Ghislain, Dudingen, Switzerland, Daniel Senatore, San Francisco, and Matthew Wallace Peterson, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2010 (12/904,736). 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=85,96,781.PN.&OS=PN/85,96,781&RS=PN/85,96,781 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Covidien Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,597,315) developed by David W. Snow, San Carlos, Calif., and James R. Flom, San Francisco, for an "atherectomy catheter with first and second imaging devices." The patent application was filed on July 1, 2010 (12/828,444). 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=85,97,315.PN.&OS=PN/85,97,315&RS=PN/85,97,315 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Covidien Assigned Patent for Breathing Support System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,597,198) developed by Warren G. Sanborn, Escondido, Calif., and Peter R. Doyle, Vista, Calif., for a "work of breathing display for a ventilation system." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2011 (13/117,644). 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=85,97,198.PN.&OS=PN/85,97,198&RS=PN/85,97,198 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Acushnet Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,597,139) developed by Douglas C. Jorgensen, San Diego, for a "golf club head with low density crown." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2010 (12/900,601). 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=85,97,139.PN.&OS=PN/85,97,139&RS=PN/85,97,139 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Biomet Biologics, Hanuman Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Biomet Biologics, Warsaw, Ind., and Hanuman, San Francisco, have been assigned a patent (8,596,470) developed by Michael D. Leach, Warsaw, Ind., Randel Dorian, San Diego, and Jacy C. Hoeppner, Warsaw, Ind., for a buoy fractionation system.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2012 (13/400,188). 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=85,96,470.PN.&OS=PN/85,96,470&RS=PN/85,96,470 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Switching Network Transferring Frames ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,842) developed by four co-inventors for "transferring data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) frames using a label switching network." The co-inventors are Rajiv Asati, Morrisville, N.C., Luca Martini, Lakewood, Colo., James Neil Guichard, New Boston, N.H., and John Chapman, Saratoga, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2009 (12/571,024). 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=8599842.PN.&OS=PN/8599842&RS=PN/8599842 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Covidien Assigned Patent for Tracheal Tube ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,596,277) developed by Sarah Hayman, Boulder, Colo., Alonzo Baker, Valencia, Calif., and Lockett E. Wood, Lyons, Colo., for a "tracheal tube with lumen for tracheal pressure measurement and technique for using the same." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2009 (12/486,869). 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=85,96,277.PN.&OS=PN/85,96,277&RS=PN/85,96,277 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,596,580) developed by Sergey D. Barmichev, Bothell, Wash., and Harry Wilbert Slusher, Fountain Valley, Calif., for an "advanced performance refueling boom." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2010 (12/891,394). 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=20131203.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent for Solar Powered Radiometric Lift Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,596,572) developed by David Kirshman, Huntington Beach, Calif., David A. Deamer, Seal Beach, Calif., and Maurice P. Bianchi, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., for a "solar powered radiometric lift device." The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2009 (12/537,573). 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=20131203.PD.&s2=%28IL.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/IL&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/IL Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Force10 Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Force10 Networks, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,844) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for flexible memory system configuration and access." The co-inventors are Raja Jayakumar, Fremont, Calif., Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Mountain View, Calif., and Jason Lee, Palo Alto, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 12, 2010 (12/722,593). 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=8599844.PN.&OS=PN/8599844&RS=PN/8599844 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Green Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Green Technology, Walla Walla, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,597,470) developed by four co-inventors for the "separation and extraction of bitumen from tar sands." The co-inventors are John Lee Horning, Trabuco Canyon, Calif., Jan H. Matthias, West Hollywood, Calif., Nigel Moriarty, Lafayett, Calif., and John Stuart Lehde, Yamhill, Ore.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2012 (13/625,970). 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=85,97,470.PN.&OS=PN/85,97,470&RS=PN/85,97,470 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,596,521) developed by six co-inventors for the "e-paper display control based on conformation sequence status." The co-inventors are Alexander J. Cohen, Mill Valley, Calif., Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, and John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2008 (12/291,540). 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=85,96,521.PN.&OS=PN/85,96,521&RS=PN/85,96,521 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** IGT Assigned Patent for Video Content Determinative Keno Game System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- IGT, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,597,101) developed by five co-inventors for a "video content determinative keno game system and method." The co-inventors are Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, Conn., Russell P. Sammon, San Francisco, Jeffrey Y. Hayashida, San Francisco, Daniel E. Tedesco, Shelton, Conn., and Stephen C. Tulley, Monroe, Conn.

The patent application was filed on June 12, 2006 (11/423,629). 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=85,97,101.PN.&OS=PN/85,97,101&RS=PN/85,97,101 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nike Assigned Patent for Method of Lasting Article of Footwear ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Nike, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,595,878) developed by Bruce Huffa, Encino, Calif., and Bryan N. Farris, North Plains, Ore., for a "method of lasting an article of footwear." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2010 (12/848,352). 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=55&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131203.PD.&s2=%28%22OR%22.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/OR&RS=ISD/12/03/2013+AND+AS/OR Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nvidia Assigned Patent for Multi-format Bitstream Decoding Engine ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,841) developed by Parthasarathy Sriram, Los Altos, Calif., for a "multi-format bitstream decoding engine for video and audio bitstreams." The patent application was filed on March 28, 2006 (11/392,095). 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=8599841.PN.&OS=PN/8599841&RS=PN/8599841 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Ingenio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Ingenio, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,599,832) developed by seven co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for connecting people for real time communications via voice over internet protocol (VOIP)." The co-inventors are Sean Van Der Linden, Berkeley, Calif., Ebbe Altberg, Mill Valley, Calif., Nitin Ahuja, Redwood City, Calif., Scott Faber, San Francisco, Ron Hirson, San Francisco, Anuj Agarwal, San Francisco, and Mehul Jain, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 22, 2007 (11/752,267). 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=8599832.PN.&OS=PN/8599832&RS=PN/8599832 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Medtronic MiniMed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Medtronic MiniMed, Northridge, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,600,470) developed by two co-inventors for a method "for detecting an analyte in blood." The co-inventors are Udo Hoss, Sherman Oaks, Calif., and Nannette M. Van Antwerp, Valencia, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2011 (13/233,338). 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=8600470.PN.&OS=PN/8600470&RS=PN/8600470 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Brocade Communications Systems Assigned Patent for Multistage Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Brocade Communications Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,850) developed by five co-inventors for "provisioning single or multistage networks using ethernet service instances (ESIs)." The co-inventors are Pankaj K. Jha, Fremont, Calif., Vivek Agarwal, San Jose, Calif., Mitri Halabi, San Jose, Calif., Ananda Rajagopal, San Jose, Calif., and Ram Dular Singh, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2010 (12/684,022). 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=8599850.PN.&OS=PN/8599850&RS=PN/8599850 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Brocade Communications Systems Assigned Patent for Caching Remote Switch Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Brocade Communications Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,847) developed by three co-inventors for a "caching remote switch information in a fiber channel switch." The co-inventors are Raymond C. Tsai, Cupertino, Calif., Richard L. Hammons, Hollister, Calif., and Lalit D. Pathak, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2012 (13/363,758). 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=8599847.PN.&OS=PN/8599847&RS=PN/8599847 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Local Area Network Hardware Acceleration ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,829) developed by two co-inventors for a system and method "for hardware acceleration in a hybrid wired/wireless local area network." The co-inventors are Richard Martin, Morgan Hill, Calif., and Yong Kim, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2011 (13/299,151). 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=8599829.PN.&OS=PN/8599829&RS=PN/8599829 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Bluetooth Conditional Synchronization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,824) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for bluetooth conditional synchronization." The co-inventors are John Walley, Ladera Ranch, Calif., and Norbert Grunert, Juan-les-Pins, France.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2008 (12/013,171). 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=8599824.PN.&OS=PN/8599824&RS=PN/8599824 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cercacor Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Cercacor Laboratories, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,600,467) developed by three co-inventors for a "optical sensor including disposable and reusable elements." The co-inventors are Eric Yang, Baldwin Park, Calif., Yassir Abdul-Hafiz, Irvine, Calif., and Ammar Al-Ali, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 1, 2010 (12/829,276). 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=8600467.PN.&OS=PN/8600467&RS=PN/8600467 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Slot-Based Transmission Synchronization Mechanism ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,822) developed by Neal Dante Castagnoli, Morgan Hill, Calif., for methods, apparatuses and systems "for slot-based transmission synchronization mechanism in wireless mesh networks." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2005 (11/213,292). 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=8599822.PN.&OS=PN/8599822&RS=PN/8599822 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Ambient Noise Suppression ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,600,454) developed by Guy C. Nicholson, Cupertino, Calif., for "decisions on ambient noise suppression in a mobile communications handset device." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2012 (13/673,267). 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=8600454.PN.&OS=PN/8600454&RS=PN/8600454 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Bluetooth Interface Activity Prediction ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,600,427) developed by two co-inventors for a method and system "for bluetooth human interface device (HID) activity prediction for wireless coexistence throughput optimization." The co-inventors are Brima Ibrahim, Aliso Viejo, Calif., and Prasanna Desai, Olivenhain, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 18, 2012 (13/525,913). 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=8600427.PN.&OS=PN/8600427&RS=PN/8600427 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Virtual Environment Destination ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,854) developed by four co-inventors for a method "for identifying destination in a virtual environment." The co-inventors are Udayakumar Srinivasan, Fremont, Calif., Srinivas Sardar, Fremont, Calif., Ashwin Deepak Swaminathan, Santa Clara, Calif., and Joseph Michaelsamy Swaminathan, Union City, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 16, 2010 (12/762,210). 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=8599854.PN.&OS=PN/8599854&RS=PN/8599854 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Power Recovery Circuit ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,600,442) developed by Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Newport Coast, Calif., for a "power recovery circuit based on partial standing waves." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2013 (13/903,099). 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=8600442.PN.&OS=PN/8600442&RS=PN/8600442 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Wireless Peer-to-Peer Location Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,600,409) developed by three co-inventors for a "peer-to-peer location service for wireless peers of the wireless device." The co-inventors are Guanfeng Li, Fremont, Calif., Edward Chang, Palo Alto, Calif., and Hongji Bao, Beijing.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2013 (13/751,931). 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=8600409.PN.&OS=PN/8600409&RS=PN/8600409 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Telesocial Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Telesocial, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,599,857) developed by two co-inventors for a "telecommunication service employing an electronic information repository storing social network user information, developer information and mobile network operator information." The co-inventors are William L. Waytena Jr., San Francisco, and Eric T. Stone, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2010 (12/884,804). 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=8599857.PN.&OS=PN/8599857&RS=PN/8599857 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Communication Device Low Power Operation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,600,459) developed by four co-inventors for a system and method "for low power operation in a multimode communication device." The co-inventors are Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, Calif., Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Newport Coast, Calif., Arya Behzad, Poway, Calif., and James D. Bennett, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2013 (13/739,336). 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=8600459.PN.&OS=PN/8600459&RS=PN/8600459 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Uniform Power Save Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,600,456) developed by two co-inventors for the use of "uniform power save method for wireless stations." The co-inventors are Robert C. Meier, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and Mark Bilstad, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 19, 2007 (11/780,189). 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=8,600,456.PN.&OS=PN/8,600,456&RS=PN/8,600,456 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Ambient Light Sensor ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,600,430) developed by four co-inventors for the use of "ambient light sensor to augment proximity sensor output." The co-inventors are Scott M. Herz, Santa Clara, Calif., Roberto G. Yepez, San Francisco, Wayne C. Westerman, San Francisco, and Stephen P. Hotelling, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 28, 2011 (13/096,386). 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=8600430.PN.&OS=PN/8600430&RS=PN/8600430 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Deactivated Component Carrier Power Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,600,426) developed by five co-inventors for a "power control on a deactivated component carrier." The co-inventors are Jelena M. Damnjanovic, Del Mar, Calif., Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Del Mar, Calif., Peter Gaal, San Diego, Wanshi Chen, San Diego, and Juan Montojo, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2011 (13/223,095). 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=8600426.PN.&OS=PN/8600426&RS=PN/8600426 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Network Noise Power Estimate Improvement ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,600,423) developed by four co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for improving noise power estimate in Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) network." The co-inventors are Severine Erceg, Cardiff, Calif., Vinko Erceg, Cardiff, Calif., Uri M. Landau, San Diego, and Mark Kent, Vista, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 8, 2010 (12/756,332). 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=8600423.PN.&OS=PN/8600423&RS=PN/8600423 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Microsemi Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Microsemi, Aliso Viejo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,937) developed by two co-inventors for a "pulse transformer driver." The co-inventors are Sam Seiichiro Ochi, Saratoga, Calif., and Charles Coleman, Fort Collins, Colo.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2012 (13/718,131). 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=8599937.PN.&OS=PN/8599937&RS=PN/8599937 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Newport Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Newport Media, Lake Forest, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,933) developed by two co-inventors for a "robust performing packet identifier (PID) filtering for digital video broadcasting-handheld (DVB-H)." The co-inventors are Nabil Yousef, Foothill Ranch, Calif., and Elsayed Ahmed, Cairo.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2007 (11/924,628). 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=8599933.PN.&OS=PN/8599933&RS=PN/8599933 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Intensity Compensation Techniques ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,599,920) developed by four co-inventors for the use of "intensity compensation techniques in video processing." The co-inventors are Raghavendra C. Nagaraj, San Diego, Sumit Mohan, San Diego, Narendranath Malayath, San Diego, and Aravind Bhaskara, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2008 (12/185,889). 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=8599920.PN.&OS=PN/8599920&RS=PN/8599920 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** PMC-Sierra U.S. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- PMC-Sierra U.S., Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,913) developed by two co-inventors for data regeneration apparatus and method "for peripheral component interconnect (PCI) express." The co-inventors are Dzung Tran, San Jose, Calif., and David Alan Brown, Carp, Ontario, Canada.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2011 (13/195,685). 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=8599913.PN.&OS=PN/8599913&RS=PN/8599913 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** RingCentral Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- RingCentral, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,600,391) developed by two co-inventors for a "call management for location-aware mobile devices." The co-inventors are Vladimir Shmunis, Hillsborough, Calif., and Vlad Vendrow, Redwood Shores, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 23, 2009 (12/429,116). 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=8600391.PN.&OS=PN/8600391&RS=PN/8600391 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Video Conferencing Skip Coding ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,934) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for skip coding during video conferencing in a network environment." The co-inventors are Joseph T. Friel, Ardmore, Pa., Andrew P. Weir, Malvern, Pa., and Dihong Tian, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2010 (12/877,833). 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=8599934.PN.&OS=PN/8599934&RS=PN/8599934 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Brocade Communications Systems Assigned Patent for Transit Switches ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Brocade Communications Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,864) developed by three co-inventors for a "transit switches in a network of logical switches." The co-inventors are Daniel Ji Yong Park Chung, San Jose, Calif., Badrinath Kollu, San Jose, Calif., and Sathish Kumar Gnanasekaran, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2009 (12/575,610). 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=8599864.PN.&OS=PN/8599864&RS=PN/8599864 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Awarepoint Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Awarepoint, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,600,374) developed by four co-inventors for a "sterilizable wireless tracking and communication device and method for manufacturing." The co-inventors are Robert Hertlein, San Diego, Gary Jorgensen, San Diego, Patrick O'Bright, San Diego, and Matthew R. Perkins, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2012 (13/371,416). 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=8600374.PN.&OS=PN/8600374&RS=PN/8600374 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** BioElectroMed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- BioElectroMed, Burlingame, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,187) developed by five co-inventors for a "hand-held electric field imager for measuring the surface topography of mammalian skin and other epithelial structures." The co-inventors are Richard Lee Nuccitelli, Millbrae, Calif., Pamela Nuccitelli, Millbrae, Calif., Suman Narsing, Herndon, Va., Brian Athos, Pleasanton, Calif., and Saleh Sheikh, Hampton, Va.

The patent application was filed on June 15, 2009 (12/484,971). 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=8597187.PN.&OS=PN/8597187&RS=PN/8597187 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Oracle International, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,909) developed by three co-inventors for a "serial link voltage margin determination in mission mode." The co-inventors are Dawei Huang, San Diego, Deqiang Song, San Diego, and Drew G. Doblar, San Jose, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2010 (12/850,535). 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=8599909.PN.&OS=PN/8599909&RS=PN/8599909 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,599,868) developed by four co-inventors for systems and methods "for determining the bandwidth used by a queue." The co-inventors are Pradeep Sindhu, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Debashis Basu, San Jose, Calif., Avanindra Godbole, San Jose, Calif., and Jayabharat Boddu, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2010 (12/980,630). 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=8599868.PN.&OS=PN/8599868&RS=PN/8599868 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Proteus Digital Health Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Proteus Digital Health, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,186) developed by five co-inventors for "pharmaceutical delivery systems for delivering dosages." The co-inventors are Hooman Hafezi, Redwood City, Calif., Gregory Moon, Orinda, Calif., Kityee Au-Yeung, San Francisco, Robert Duck, San Francisco, and Maria Casillas Holen, Santa Clara, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2010 (12/673,150). 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=8597186.PN.&OS=PN/8597186&RS=PN/8597186 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cornfield Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Cornfield Electronics, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,597,171) developed by two co-inventors for a "sound and light machine that produces sound and light pulses at brain wave frequencies." The co-inventors are Mitchell A. Altman, San Francisco, and William Alessi, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2009 (12/606,104). 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=8597171.PN.&OS=PN/8597171&RS=PN/8597171 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,044) developed by four co-inventors for "connector receptacle housings having reduced-wear finger contacts and reduced seam visibility." The co-inventors are Min Chul Kim, Santa Clara, Calif., Greg Springer, Sunnyvale, Calif., Joshua Funamura, San Jose, Calif., and Stewart Shannon Fields, Bend, Ore.

The patent application was filed on March 22, 2012 (13/426,608). 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=8597044.PN.&OS=PN/8597044&RS=PN/8597044 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Trex Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Trex Enterprises, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,597,025) developed by three co-inventors for a "celestial weapons orientation measuring system." The co-inventors are Mikhail Belenkii, San Diego, Donald Bruns, San Diego, and Timothy Brinkley, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2009 (12/586,813). 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=8597025.PN.&OS=PN/8597025&RS=PN/8597025 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** S.A. Recycling Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- S.A. Recycling, Orange, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,596,953) developed by three co-inventors for methods and apparatus "for freight container loading." The co-inventors are George Adams, Orange, Calif., Terry Scot Adams, Villa Park, Calif., and Michael J. Adams, Yorba Linda, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2011 (13/225,197). 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=8596953.PN.&OS=PN/8596953&RS=PN/8596953 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Intuitive Surgical Operation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,182) developed by four co-inventors for "minimally invasive surgical retractors and methods of using the retractors." The co-inventors are Hubert Stein, San Francisco, Margaret M. Nixon, Santa Clara, Calif., David W. Bailey, Redwood City, Calif., and Michael H. Ikeda, Saratoga, Calif.

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2006 (11/479,614). 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=8597182.PN.&OS=PN/8597182&RS=PN/8597182 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Breakthrough Performancetech Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Breakthrough Performancetech, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,597,031) developed by two co-inventors for systems and methods "for computerized interactive skill training." The co-inventors are Martin L. Cohen, Malibu, Calif., and Edward G. Brown, Malibu, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 28, 2009 (12/510,868). 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=8597031.PN.&OS=PN/8597031&RS=PN/8597031 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent for Ultraviolet Cure Chamber ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,011) developed by six co-inventors for an "ultraviolet cure chamber for curing a dielectric material disposed on a substrate and to methods of curing dielectric materials using UV radiation." The co-inventors are Andrzei Kaszuba, San Jose, Calif., Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez, Sunnyvale, Calif., Thomas Nowak, Cupertino, Calif., Sanjeev Baluja, San Francisco, Ashish Shah, Santa Clara, Calif., and Inna Shmurun, Foster City, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2010 (12/976,746). 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=8597011.PN.&OS=PN/8597011&RS=PN/8597011 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Thoratec, Penn State Research Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Thoratec, Pleasanton, Calif., and Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, Pa., have been assigned a patent (8,597,170) developed by seven co-inventors for a "heart pump and a catheter assembly." The co-inventors are Daniel A. Walters, Rockaway Township, N.J., William James Repka, Parsippany-Troy Hills, N.J., Kevin J. Powell, Glen Gardner, N.J., Richard L. Keenan, Livermore, Calif., Justin M. Walsh, Spring Mills, Pa., Robert L. Campbell, Port Matilda, Pa., and Mark W. McBride, Bellefonte, Pa.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2012 (13/343,618). 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=8597170.PN.&OS=PN/8597170&RS=PN/8597170 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., , has been assigned a patent (8,597,084) developed by Hung Chih Chen, Sunnyvale, Calif., for an "apparatus for polishing a substrate." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2009 (12/577,351). 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=8597084.PN.&OS=PN/8597084&RS=PN/8597084 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Toshiba America Electronic Components Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Toshiba America Electronic Components, Irvine, CA) , has been assigned a patent (8,596,864) developed by Luverne R. Peterson, San Diego, for a "digital output temperature sensor and method of temperature sensing." The patent application was filed on March 10, 2011 (13/044,869). 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=8596864.PN.&OS=PN/8596864&RS=PN/8596864 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Solar Turbines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Solar Turbines, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,596,983) developed by three co-inventors for a "damper for a turbine rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine." The co-inventors are Hyun Dong Kim, San Diego, Yungmo Kang, San Diego, and Yong Weon Kim, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2012 (13/357,214). 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=8596983.PN.&OS=PN/8596983&RS=PN/8596983 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Marine Terminals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Marine Terminals, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,596,951) developed by two co-inventors for an "automated marine container terminal and system." The co-inventors are Thomas A. Ward, Livermore, Calif., and Kai Stuart Martin, Albany, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 21, 2012 (13/452,830). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?TERM1=8596951&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=0&f=S&l=50 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Coherent Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Coherent, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,596,823) developed by Sivarama Krishna Kuchibhotla, San Jose, Calif., for "line-projection apparatus for arrays of diode-laser bar stacks." The patent application was filed on December 14, 2010 (12/967,330). 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=8596823.PN.&OS=PN/8596823&RS=PN/8596823 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** DiCon Fiberoptics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- DiCon Fiberoptics, Richmond, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,596,815) developed by three co-inventors for a "multiple wavelength LED array illuminator for fluorescence microscopy." The co-inventors are Jeffrey B. Lee, El Sobrante, Calif., Junying Jonathan Lu, Castro Valley, Calif., and Robert E. Schleicher, Danville, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 15, 2011 (13/088,033). 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=8596815.PN.&OS=PN/8596815&RS=PN/8596815 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Invuity Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Invuity, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,596,847) developed by three co-inventors for an "illuminator film system." The co-inventors are Alex Vayser, Mission Viejo, Calif., Kenneth B. Trauner, San Francisco, and Thomas L. Grey, San Marcos, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2012 (13/366,140). 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=8596847.PN.&OS=PN/8596847&RS=PN/8596847 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Applied Medical Resources Assigned Patent for Stability Assembly ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Applied Medical Resources, has been assigned a patent (8,597,250) developed by six co-inventors for a "stability assembly for a trocar cannula includes a conical stability member, a base, and a cannula retention member." The co-inventors are David T. Okihisa, Irvine, Calif., Russell E. Ahlberg, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Gary M. Johnson, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Jeremy J. Albrecht, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Michael L. Michaud, Lake Forest, Calif., and Benjamin A. Gianneschi, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.

The patent application was filed on April 24, 2012 (13/454,685). 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=8597250.PN.&OS=PN/8597250&RS=PN/8597250 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Medtronic MiniMed Assigned Patent for Reservoir Seal Retainer Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Medtronic MiniMed, Northridge, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,269) developed by seven co-inventors for "[r]eservoir seal retainer systems and methods." The co-inventors are Colin A. Chong, Burbank, Calif., Eric M. Lorenzen, Granada Hills, Calif., Rafael Bikovsky, Oak Park, Calif., Truong Gia Luan, Winnetka, Calif., Arsen Ibranyan, Glendale, Calif., Christopher G. Griffin, Sylmar, Calif., and Philip J. Hudak, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2008 (12/345,362). 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=8597269.PN.&OS=PN/8597269&RS=PN/8597269 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Sanovas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Sanovas, Sausalito, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,239) developed by two co-inventors for a method for "abrading balloon catheter for extravasated drug delivery." The co-inventors are Lawrence J. Gerrans, San Anselmo, Calif., and Erhan H. Gunday, Great Neck, N.Y.

The patent application was filed on March 1, 2011 (13/037,826). 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=8597239.PN.&OS=PN/8597239&RS=PN/8597239 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Tensys Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Tensys Medical, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,597,195) developed by three co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for non-invasively measuring hemodynamic parameters using parametrics." The co-inventors are Stuart L. Gallant, San Diego, Gregory I. Voss, Solana Beach, Calif., and William H. Markle, Laguna Niguel, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2011 (12/987,928). 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=8597195.PN.&OS=PN/8597195&RS=PN/8597195 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Applied Medical Resources Assigned Patent for Bipolar Electrosurgical Scissors ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Applied Medical Resources, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,293) developed by three co-inventors for "bipolar electrosurgical scissors." The co-inventors are Zoran Falkenstein, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Blaze Brown, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., and John R. Brustad, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.

The patent application was filed on July 23, 2012 (13/555,609). 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=8597293.PN.&OS=PN/8597293&RS=PN/8597293 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Sanarus Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Sanarus Technologies, Pleasanton, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,285) developed by seven co-inventors for a "cryoprobe for low pressure systems." The co-inventors are Russell L. DeLonzor, Pleasanton, Calif., James B. Ross, Pleasanton, Calif., Mathew J. Nalipinski, Pleasanton, Calif., Keith Turner, Cambridge, United Kingdom, David J. Foster, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Tom A. Oakley, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, Michael R. Cane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2010 (12/942,347). 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=8597285.PN.&OS=PN/8597285&RS=PN/8597285 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,274) developed by six co-inventors for various systems and methods "for improving the usability of continuous glucose monitors and drug delivery pumps." The co-inventors are Mark Sloan, Hayward, Calif., Marc B. Taub, Mountain View, Calif., Gary A. Hayter, Oakland, Calif., Wesley Scott Harper, Alameda, Calif., Erwin S. Budiman, Fremont, Calif., and Charles Wei, Fremont, Calif.

The patent application was filed on May 21, 2010 (12/785,144). 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=8597274.PN.&OS=PN/8597274&RS=PN/8597274 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Applied Medical Resources Assigned Patent for Surgical Access Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Applied Medical Resources, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,251) developed by six co-inventors for a "surgical access device or trocar defines an access channel for instruments extending from a proximal end to the distal end thereof." The co-inventors are Jeremy J. Albrecht, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Gary M. Johnson, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Donald L. Gadberry, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Henry Kahle, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Scott V. Taylor, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., and Kimball B. McGinley, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 22, 2012 (13/591,853). 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=8597251.PN.&OS=PN/8597251&RS=PN/8597251 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** CoolSystems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- CoolSystems, Concord, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,217) developed by two co-inventors for a "therapy wrap for treatment of at least a portion of an animate body having improved kink resistance." The co-inventors are Mark H. Lowe, Danville, Calif., and Krister Bowman, Oakland, Calif.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2010 (12/982,266). 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=8597217.PN.&OS=PN/8597217&RS=PN/8597217 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Onset Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Onset Medical, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,277) developed by three co-inventors for an "expandable transluminal sheath, for introduction into the body while in a first, low cross-sectional area configuration, and subsequent expansion of at least a part of the distal end of the sheath to a second, enlarged cross-sectional configuration." The co-inventors are Jay Lenker, Laguna Beach, Calif., Onnik Tchulluian, Carlsbad, Calif., and Edward J. Nance, Corona, Calif.

The patent application was filed on March 11, 2011 (13/046,519). 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=8597277.PN.&OS=PN/8597277&RS=PN/8597277 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Medtronic MiniMed Assigned Patent for Automated Filling Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Medtronic MiniMed, Northridge, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,270) developed by Julian D. Kavazov, Arcadia, Calif., for "[a]utomated filling systems and methods." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2011 (13/163,548). 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=8597270.PN.&OS=PN/8597270&RS=PN/8597270 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Medtronic MiniMed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Medtronic MiniMed, Northridge, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,597,243) developed by seven co-inventors for systems and methods "allowi For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com.

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