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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Minnesota (Feb. 6)
[February 06, 2014]

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

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Interfaces Configuration ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,639,783) developed by four co-inventors for "policy based configuration of interfaces in a virtual machine environment." The co-inventors are Timothy Kuik, Lino Lakes, Minn., Mark Bakke, Maple Grove, Minn., David Thompson, Rogers, Minn., and Saravanakumar Rajendran, San Jose, Calif.



The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2009 (12/584,010). 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=8639783.PN.&OS=PN/8639783&RS=PN/8639783 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Monsanto Technology Assigned Patent for Soybean Variety D2011905 ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Monsanto Technology, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,642,844) developed by Christopher Goblirsch, Glyndon, Minn., and Robert J. Mask, Elora, Canada, for a soybean variety D2011905.


The patent application was filed on April 14, 2012 (13/447,215). 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=11&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28MO.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MO&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/MO Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Medtronic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,644,930) developed by Kevin J. Kelly, Shoreview, Minn., for an "operational electrode impedance measurement for an implantable medical stimulator." The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2007 (11/846,142). 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=18&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.

*** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Small Power Source for Implantable Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,644,922) developed by Michael J. Root, Lino Lakes, Minn., Nick A. Youker, River Falls, Wis., and Keith R. Maile, New Brighton, Minn., for a "method and apparatus for a small power source for an implantable device." The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2013 (13/959,135). 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=21&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.

*** PMT Corp. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- PMT Corp., Chanhassen, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,644,903) developed by five co-inventors for an "electrode for recording and stimulation." The co-inventors are Benjamin Osa, Chanhassen, Minn., Eric Caille, Chanhassen, Minn., Charles Talbott, Chanhassen, Minn., Joseph Copley, Chanhassen, Minn., and Alfred Iversen, Chanhassen, Minn.

The patent application was filed on April 17, 2013 (13/864,945). 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=24&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.

*** Medtronic, Imperception Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, and Imperception, Los Angeles, have been assigned a patent (8,644,923) developed by Paul A. Belk, Maple Grove, Minn., Charles D. Swerdlow, Los Angeles, and Linda L. Ruetz, New Brighton, Minn., for a "determination of upper limit of vulnerability using a variable number of shocks." The patent application was filed on July 24, 2008 (12/178,903). 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=20&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.

*** Medtronic Assigned Patent for Capacitor Including Registration Feature for Aligning Insulator Layer ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,644,002) developed by Rajesh V. Iyer, Eden Prairie, Minn., for a "capacitor including registration feature for aligning an insulator layer." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2011 (13/149,600). 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=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.

*** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Differentiating Decompensation Detection Based on co-morbidities in Heart Failure ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,644,916) developed by Haresh G. Sachanandani, Culver City, Calif., and Yunlong Zhang, Mounds View, Minn., for a "differentiating decompensation detection based on co-morbidities in heart failure." The patent application was filed on March 22, 2013 (13/848,869). 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=23&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.

*** Starkey Laboratories Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Hearing Assistance Device Microphones ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Starkey Laboratories, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,644,533) developed by Thomas Howard Burns, St. Louis Park, Minn., for a "method and apparatus for hearing assistance device microphones." The patent application was filed on Dec.30, 2009 (12/649,773). 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=27&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.

*** Starkey Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Starkey Laboratories, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,644,537) developed by four co-inventors for an "expanding binaural hearing assistance device control." The co-inventors are Christopher Larry Howes, Eden Prairie, Minn., Dan Edgar, Lakeville, Minn., Joyce Rosenthal, Golden Valley, Minn., and Jeff Patrick Kryzer, Maple Grove, Minn.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2011 (13/340,092). 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=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.

*** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,644,924) developed by Allan C. Shuros, St. Paul, Minn., Barun Maskara, Blaine, Minn., and Shantha Arcot-Krishnamurthy, Vadnais Heights, Minn., for a "preferential mechanical unloading during anti-tachycardia pacing." The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2009 (12/573,520). 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=19&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.

*** Imation Corp. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Imation Corp., Oakdale, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,643,968) developed by Douglas W. Johnson, Stillwater, Minn., Roni J. Dornfeld, Hugo, Minn., and Stephen J. Rothermel, Roseville, Minn., for "methods and systems for magnetic media servo writing." The patent application was filed on March 12, 2013 (13/795,668). 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=30&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.

*** Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Assigned Patent for Method of Making Biologically Active Alpha-beta Peptides ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, Wis., has been assigned a patent (8,642,536) developed by William S. Horne, Pittsburgh, Samuel H. Gellman, Madison, Wis., and Lisa M. Johnson, Marshall, Minn., for a "method of making biologically active alpha-beta peptides." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2009 (12/578,993). 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=86,42,536.PN.&OS=PN/86,42,536&RS=PN/86,42,536 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,661) developed by six co-inventors for a "paging partition arbitration of paging devices to shared memory partitions." The co-inventors are Richard L. Arndt, Austin, Texas, Carol B. Hernandez, Austin, Texas, Kyle A. Lucke, Oronoco, Minn., Timothy R. Marchini, Hyde Park, N.Y., Naresh Nayar, Rochester, Minn., and James A. Pafumi, Leander, Texas.

The patent application was filed on April 12, 2012 (13/445,416). 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=85&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 Active Memory Expansion and RDBMS Meta Data and Tooling ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,338) developed by Eric L. Barsness, Pine Island, Minn., Paul S. Nelsestuen, Oronoco, Minn., and John M. Santosuosso, Rochester, Minn., for an "active memory expansion and RDBMS meta data and tooling." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2010 (12/914,063). 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=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 Configuring Expansion Component Interconnect ('ECI') Physical Functions on ECI Device in Computing System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,600) developed by four co-inventors for "configuring expansion component interconnect ('ECI') physical functions on an ECI device in a computing system." The co-inventors are Patrick L. Caporale, Cary, N.C., Josep Cors, Rochester, Minn., Michael R. Turner, Carnation, Wash., and Theodore B. Vojnovich, Raleigh, N.C.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2011 (13/293,806). 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=101&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 Storing Records in Databases in Randomized Manner to Effectively Utilize Database Servers ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,316) developed by Howard F. Wilensky, Minneapolis, for "storing records in databases in a randomized manner to effectively utilize database servers." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2011 (13/210,864). 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=132&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.

*** Cypress Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,638,310) developed by two co-inventors for a "capacitive touch screen." The co-inventors are Igor Polishchuk, Fremont, Calif., and Edward Grivna, Brooklyn Park, Minn.

The patent application was filed on April 12, 2012 (13/445,747). 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=8638310.PN.&OS=PN/8638310&RS=PN/8638310 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Karen Narag.

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