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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (Feb. 6)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** FMR LLC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- FMR LLC, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,644,673) developed by David Martin, Melrose, Mass., and James Grundner, Cary, N.C., for an "augmented reality system for re-casting a seminar with private calculations." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2011 (13/325,289). 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=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Luminus Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Luminus Devices, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,643,266) developed by four co-inventors for a "light-emitting device including independently electrically addressable sections." The co-inventors are Warren P. Pumyea, Gardner, Mass., Michael Lim, Cambridge, Mass., Hong Lu, Belmont, Mass., and Alexei A. Erchak, Cambridge, Mass. The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2009 (12/566,642). 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=53&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MorphoTrust USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- MorphoTrust USA, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,644,562) developed by five co-inventors for a "multimodal ocular biometric system and methods." The co-inventors are Yasunari Tosa, Arlington, Mass., David Usher, Waltham, Mass., Nicholas A. Accomando, Hingham, Mass., Vladimir Ruzhitsky, Newton, Mass., and Faisal Bashir, Woburn, Mass. The patent application was filed on April 30, 2012 (13/459,731). 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=37&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SynQor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- SynQor, Boxborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,644,027) developed by five co-inventors for a "method for mechanical packaging of electronics." The co-inventors are Lennart Pitzele, Princeton, Mass., Abram P. Dancy, Shrewsbury, Mass., Leif E. LaWhite, North Thetford, Vt., Rene Hemond, Plainville, Mass., and Martin F. Schlecht, Lexington, Mass. The patent application was filed on July 16, 2010 (12/838,051). 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=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** WiTricity Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- WiTricity, Watertown, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,643,326) developed by six co-inventors for a "tunable wireless energy transfer systems." The co-inventors are Andrew J. Campanella, Waltham, Mass., Herbert T. Lou, Carlisle, Mass., Morris P. Kesler, Bedford, Mass., Katherine L. Hall, Westford, Mass., Ron Fiorello, Tewksbury, Mass., and Aristeidis Karalis, Boston. The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2011 (12/986,018). 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=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Woburn, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,644,549) developed by Andrew D. Foland, Wellesley, Mass., Boris Oreper, Newton, Mass., and Vitaliy Ziskin, Brighton, Mass., for a "reconstruction method using direct and iterative techniques." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2012 (13/364,182). 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=38&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MIT Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,644,512) developed by Roger Khazan, Arlington, Mass., Adam Shawn Petcher, Billerica, Mass., and Daniil M. Utin, Newton, Mass., for a "mission planning interface for accessing vehicle resources." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2011 (13/050,323). 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=39&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lifeimage Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Lifeimage, Newton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,643,668) developed by Graham D. Gerade, Brighton, Mass., Hamid Tabatabaie, Waban, Mass., and Amy J. Vreeland, Waban, Mass., for a medical imaging viewer. The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2009 (12/627,391). 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=44&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cambridge Research & Instrumentation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Hopkinton, Mass., have been assigned a patent (8,644,580) developed by David Lynch, North Andover, Mass., for a "detection of RNA in tissue samples." The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2009 (12/537,342). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=35&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Kopin Corp. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Kopin Corp., Westborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,643,568) developed by four co-inventors for a "wearable electronic display." The co-inventors are Adrian Mark Thomas West, Newton, Mass., Zachary Jarrod Traina, Hingham, Mass., Junggeun Tak, Newton Upper Falls, Mass., and Thomas Gerard Parent, Cambridge, Mass. The patent application was filed on April 22, 2011 (13/092,485). 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=46&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MIT Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,643,347) developed by David M. Giuliano, Cambridge, Mass., David J. Perreault, Brookline, Mass., and Robert C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski, Cambridge, Mass., for a "power converter with capacitive energy transfer and fast dynamic response." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2012 (13/487,781). 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=51&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Covidien Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,643,561) developed by six co-inventors for a "high-strength microwave antenna assemblies." The co-inventors are Mani N. Prakash, Boulder, Colo., Francesca Rossetto, Longmont, Colo., Anthony C. Lee, San Francisco, Steven Kim, Los Altos, Calif., Ted Su, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Jonathan L. Glassman, Cambridge, Mass. The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2011 (13/267,369). 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=47&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon BBN Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,644,611) developed by four co-inventors for a "segmental rescoring in text recognition." The co-inventors are Premkumar Natarajan, Sudbury, Mass., Rohit Prasad, Acton, Mass., Richard Schwartz, Ashburn, Va., and Krishnakumar Subramanian, Malden, Mass. The patent application was filed on June 3, 2009 (12/477,582). 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=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QD Vision Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- QD Vision, Lexington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,642,977) developed by four co-inventors for an "article including semiconductor nanocrystals." The co-inventors are Mark Comerford, Boston, Gregory V. Moeller, Ashland, Mass., Vladimir Bulovic, Lexington, Mass., and Seth Coe-Sullivan, Belmont, Mass. The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2008 (12/231,887). 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=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,644,666) developed by Jessica Hixon, Brighton, Mass., for "methods and apparatus related to an optical fiber member having a removable cover." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2013 (13/962,235). 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=25&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MN Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** PatientsLikeMe Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,643,648) developed by James Heywood, Newton, Mass., and Paul Wicks, Boston, for "systems, methods, and computer-readable media for context-linked importation of user information." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2010 (12/751,270). 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=45&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MIT Assigned Patent for Digital Compensation of Nonlinear System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,644,437) developed by six co-inventors for a "digital compensation of a nonlinear system." The co-inventors are Helen H. Kim, Sudbury, Mass., Merlin R. Green, Salem, Mass., Benjamin A. Miller, Cambridge, Mass., Andrew K. Bolstad, Arlington, Mass., Andrew R. Chen, Newton, Mass., and Daniel D. Santiago, Waltham, Mass. The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2011 (13/227,583). 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=41&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Medtronic Navigation Assigned Patent for System and Method for Automatic Registration Between Image and Subject ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Medtronic Navigation, Louisville, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,644,570) developed by Steven L. Hartmann, Superior, Colo., Robert Teichman, Lafayette, Colo., and Laurent Verard, Andover, Mass., for a "system and method for automatic registration between an image and a subject." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2012 (13/567,606). 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=86,44,570.PN.&OS=PN/86,44,570&RS=PN/86,44,570 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,645,120) developed by Russell Elliot, Lexington, Mass., Jeffrey S. Poulin, Endicott, N.Y., and Rosemary DeSantis Paradis, Vestal, N.Y., for a "system and method of prioritizing automated translation of communications from a first human language to a second human language." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2011 (13/373,411). 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=8&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MD.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MD&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MD Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Harvard College Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,643,368) developed by Nan Sun, Cambridge, Mass., and Donhee Ham, Cambridge, Mass., for "systems and methods for design and construction of NMR transceiver circuits." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2009 (12/919,215). 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=50&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Brigham and Women's Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,644,574) developed by six co-inventors for a "measurement of thin-layered structures in X-ray computer tomography." The co-inventors are Ra l San Jose Estepar, Cambridge, Mass., George R. Washko, West Roxbury, Mass., Edwin K. Silverman, Brookline, Mass., John J. Reilly, Pittsburgh, Ron Kikinis, Chestnut Hill, Mass., and Carl-Fredrik Westin, Cambridge, Mass. The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2007 (12/444,188). 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=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MIT Assigned Patent for Electro-optical Device Including Nanocrystals ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,643,058) developed by four co-inventors for an "electro-optical device including nanocrystals." The co-inventors are Moungi Bawendi, Cambridge, Mass., Venda J. Porter, Cambridge, Mass., Marc Kastner, Cambridge, Mass., and Tamar Mentzel, Cambridge, Mass. The patent application was filed on July 31, 2007 (11/831,370). 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=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent for System and Method for Risk Prioritization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,645,263) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for risk prioritization." The co-inventors are Graham Stephen Seel, Clayton, Calif., Jacob Firestone, Martinez, Calif., Craig Allan Chinn, Walnut Creek, Calif., Christina A. Clark, Lincoln City, Ore., Frank S. Danek, Danville, Calif., Dee Witherow, Sausalito, Calif., and Christina M. Robbins, Waltham, Mass. The patent application was filed on June 8, 2007 (11/760,276). 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=20140204.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NC Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent for Private Sector Coin Consortium ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,645,231) developed by four co-inventors for a "private sector coin consortium." The co-inventors are Felix Mon, Jacksonville, Fla., Wallace Webster II, Lynnwood, Wash., Janet Sloan-Mcgonagle, Boston, and Bernadine Waite, Henderson, Nev. The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2008 (12/194,662). 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=41&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28NC.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NC&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NC Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent for Video Recording Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,644,678) developed by Donald E. Smith, Lexington, Mass., James H. Drew, Sugar Hill, N.H., and Raymond Sweha, Boston, for a video recording management. The patent application was filed on June 1, 2011 (13/150,931). 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=20140204.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NJ Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ernst & Young U.S. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Ernst & Young U.S., Secaucus, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,644,473) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method and system for providing telephony services." The co-inventors are Robert Bardwell, Strongsville, Ohio, Steven N. Large, West Palm Beach, Fla., A. Brent Summers, Louisville, Ky., Jeffrey E. Chulick, Ashburn, Va., Craig Thrall, Marshfield, Mass., Scott Hallock, Longmont, Colo., and Tom Bamert, Hoboken, N.J. The patent application was filed on April 27, 2009 (12/430,456). 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=39&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28NJ.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NJ&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NJ Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Optimized Flash Based Cache Memory ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,619) developed by nine co-inventors for an "optimized flash based cache memory." The co-inventors are Wendy A. Belluomini, San Jose, Calif., Binny S. Gill, Shrewsbury, Mass., James L. Hafner, San Jose, Calif., Steven R. Hetzler, Los Altos, Calif., Eyal Lotern, Pardes Hana, Israel, Venu G. Nayar, San Jose, Calif., Assaf Nitzan, Haifa, Israel, Edi Shmueli, Haifa, Israel, and Daniel F. Smith, Felton, Calif. The patent application was filed on July 19, 2012 (13/553,194). 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=99&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Determining Meeting Attendee Readiness ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,464) developed by five co-inventors for "determining meeting attendee readiness." The co-inventors are Carol Sue Zimmet, Boxborough, Mass., Sean Callanan, Churchtown, Ireland, Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, N.C., Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Ballsbridge, Ireland, and Fred Raguillat, Dunboyne, Ireland. The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2011 (13/006,844). 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=20140204.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Collaborative Arbitration of Polling Results in Collaborative Computing Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,468) developed by five co-inventors for a "collaborative arbitration of polling results in a collaborative computing environment." The co-inventors are Patrick O'Sullivan, Dublin, Ireland, Cynthia E. Barber-Mingo, Westford, Mass., Gary Denner, Dublin, Ireland, Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, N.C., and Carol S. Zimmet, Boxborough, Mass. The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2006 (11/557,583). 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=111&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Device for Customizing Mail History ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,432) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and device for customizing a mail history." The co-inventors are Steven F. Best, Acton, Mass., Xiang Yu Hao, Beijing, Yue Ma, Beijing, Min Qu, Beijing, and Meng Xin Zhu, Beijing. The patent application was filed on March 19, 2012 (13/423,586). 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=20140204.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Natural Language Expression in Response to Query ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,405) developed by Jane Wen Chang, Cambridge, Mass., Raymond Lau, Arlington, Mass., and Michael Kyle McCandless, Cambridge, Mass., for a "natural language expression in response to a query." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2006 (11/326,554). 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=120&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intertrust Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Intertrust Technologies, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,639,625) developed by five co-inventors for systems and methods "for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection." The co-inventors are Karl L. Ginter, Beltsville, Md., Victor H. Shear, Bethesda, Md., W. Olin Sibert, Lexington, Mass., Francis J. Spahn, El Cerrito, Calif., and David M. Van Wie, Eugene, Ore. The patent application was filed on July 30, 2007 (11/888,123). 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