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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (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 Texas. *** Applied Micro Circuits Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- Applied Micro Circuits, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,639,862) developed by two co-inventors for "system-on-chip queue status power management." The co-inventors are Daniel L. Bouvier, Austin, Texas, and Satish Sathe, San Ramon, Calif. The patent application was filed on July 21, 2009 (12/507,041). 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=8639862.PN.&OS=PN/8639862&RS=PN/8639862 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Osocad Remote Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Osocad Remote, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,644,854) developed by Robert R. Hauser, Frisco, Texas, Thomas T. Wheeler, Frisco, Texas, and Robert W. Peterson, Plano, Texas, for a "system and method for processing enhanced data exchanged with an enhanced mobile station via a wireless connection." The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2009 (12/629,923). 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=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/DE Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Homer TLC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Homer TLC, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,645,220) developed by Andrew Harper, Dallas, Mackenzie Squires, Dallas, and Randy Lee Bradshaw, Sachse, Texas, for a "method and system for creating an augmented reality experience in connection with a stored value token." The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2009 (12/549,618). 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=14&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28DE.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/DE&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/DE Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avnera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Avnera, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,643,525) developed by four co-inventors for a "multiple output dynamic element matching algorithm with mismatch noise shaping for digital to analog converters." The co-inventors are Jianping Wen, Beaverton, Ore., Amit Kumar, Portland, Ore., Garry N. Link, Pacific City, Ore., and Wai Laing Lee, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2013 (13/733,301). 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=9&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28%22OR%22.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/OR&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/OR Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ManyWorlds Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- ManyWorlds, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,645,292) developed by Steven Dennis Flinn, Sugar Land, Texas, and Naomi Felina Moneypenny, Houston, for "serendipitous recommendations system and method." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2011 (13/268,047). 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=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cerion Optimization Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Cerion Optimization Services, Frisco, Texas., has been assigned a patent (8,645,251) developed by Will A. Egner, Cedar Park, Texas, Vinay Mallapu, Irving, Texas, and Wei Yuan, Plano, Texas, for a "system and method for analyzing strategic network investments in wireless networks." The patent application was filed on April 3, 2013 (13/856,239). 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=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Petroleum Specialty Rental Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Petroleum Specialty Rental, Morgan City, La., has been assigned a patent (8,641,899) developed by James A. Branch, Fort Worth, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for removing metal cuttings from an oil well drilling mud stream." The patent application was filed on May 8, 2008 (12/117,045). 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=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28LA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/LA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/LA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Francis Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Francis Services, Luling, La., has been assigned a patent (8,640,780) developed by seven co-inventors for a "torque wrench system having multiple torque stations." The co-inventors are Dale Francis, Luling, La., Nicholas Francis, Luling, La., William P. Bernard, Luling, La., Oswald J. Bernard, Luling, La., Lan Hiscox, Houston, Brian Compton, Cypress, Texas, and Arthur Jones, Houston. The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2013 (13/736,101). 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=6&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28LA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/LA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/LA Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Determining Formation and Fluid Properties ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas., has been assigned a patent (8,645,068) developed by Michael Evans, Missouri City, Texas, John Rasmus, Richmond, Texas, and Richard Radtke, Pearland, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for determining formation and fluid properties." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2009 (12/921,429). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=48&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AMX LLC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- AMX LLC, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,644,312) developed by Brigitte Bernadette Birze, Oak Point, Texas, Mark Ethard Smith, Garland, Texas, and Joel Shane Dick, Dallas, for a "system, method, and computer-readable medium for dynamic device discovery for servers binding to multiple masters." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2012 (13/487,345). 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=65&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Genband US Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Genband US, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,644,298) developed by Kaniz Mahdi, Carrollton, Texas, for "adding a service control channel after session establishment." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2008 (12/209,829). 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=66&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AMX Assigned Patent for System, Method and Computer Readable Medium for Communicating with Zigbee Device from Peripheral Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- AMX, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,644,145) developed by five co-inventors for a "system, method and computer readable medium for communicating with a zigbee device from a peripheral network." The co-inventors are James Roger Hargrave, Wylie, Texas, Kelvin Hui Xu, Plano, Texas, David Alan Escamilla, Wylie, Texas, Darin William Smith, Plano, Texas, and Richard Gelling, Rowlett, Texas. The patent application was filed on Nov. 22, 2011 (13/302,609). 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=70&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United Services Automobile Association (USAA) Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,645,243) developed by Bradly Jay Billman, San Antonio, for "systems and methods for a retirement location advisor." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2008 (12/251,496). 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=43&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent for Channel Diagnostic System for Sent Receiver ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,645,020) developed by four co-inventors for a "channel diagnostic system for sent receiver." The co-inventors are Rohit Tomar, New Delhi, India, Prashant Bhargava, Gurgaon, India, Neha Jain, Mohali, India, and Matthew B. Ruff, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on June 21, 2012 (13/530,085). 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=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for System and Method for Simultaneous Infrastructure and Ad Hoc Networked Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,644,278) developed by Jin-Meng Ho, Plano, Texas, and Ariton E. Xhafa, Plano, Texas, for a "system and method for simultaneous infrastructure and ad hoc networked communications." The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2010 (12/849,797). 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=67&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Adaptive Transmissions in Wireless Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,644,269) developed by four co-inventors for an "adaptive transmissions in wireless networks." The co-inventors are Yanjun Sun, Richardson, Texas, Ariton E. Xhafa, Plano, Texas, Xiaolin Lu, Plano, Texas, and Josef Peery, Ra'anana, Israel. The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2012 (13/590,659). 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=68&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fairfield Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Fairfield Industries, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,644,111) developed by Clifford H. Ray, Fulshear, Texas, and Glenn D. Fisseler, Houston, for a "method and system for transmission of seismic data." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2012 (13/569,990). 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=71&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Coherent Logix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Coherent Logix, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,644,431) developed by five co-inventors for a "parallel execution of trellis-based methods." The co-inventors are David B. Drumm, Austin, Texas, James P. Golab, Austin, Texas, Jan D. Garmany, Austin, Texas, Kevin L. Shelby, Austin, Texas, and Michael B. Doerr, Dripping Springs, Texas. The patent application was filed on June 17, 2010 (12/817,318). 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=58&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for System and Method for Channel Interpolation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,644,428) developed by Taejoon Kim, Berkeley, Calif., and Timothy M. Schmidl, Dallas, for a "system and method for channel interpolation." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2011 (13/284,667). 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=59&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Display Authenticated Security Association ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,644,515) developed by Jin-Meng Ho, Plano, Texas, for a "display authenticated security association." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2011 (13/208,224). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=54&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas., has been assigned a patent (8,645,117) developed by Qichao R. Yin, Austin, Texas, Jen-Tien Yen, Austin, Texas, and Wai Chee Wong, Austin, Texas, for a "clock simulation device and methods thereof." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2010 (12/788,769). 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=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,645,062) developed by four co-inventors for a "low-complexity tightly-coupled integration filter for step detection in a sensor-assisted GNSS receiver." The co-inventors are June Chul Roh, Allen, Texas, Deric Wayne Waters, Dallas, Srinath Hosur, Plano, Texas, and Goutam Dutta, Bangalore, India. The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2013 (13/745,186). 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=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent for Providing Voltage Isolation on Single Semiconductor Die ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,644,365) developed by Zhiwei Dong, Austin, Texas, for "providing voltage isolation on a single semiconductor die." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2012 (13/435,179). 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=62&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,644,855) developed by Manish Kolhe, Allen, Texas, for a "femtocell network for determining location of a mobile device." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2012 (13/602,098). 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=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Research In Motion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Research In Motion, Irving, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,644,244) developed by Thomas Aloysius Sexton, Fort Worth, Texas, and James Earl Womack, Bedford, Texas, for a "sensor-based wireless communication systems using compressive sampling." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2009 (12/635,526). 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=69&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nokomis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Nokomis, Charleroi, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,643,539) developed by Gerald William Pauly, Houston, and Walter John Keller III, Bridgeville, Pa., for an "advance manufacturing monitoring and diagnostic tool." The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2009 (12/551,635). 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=16&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140204.PD.&s2=%28PA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/PA&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/PA Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United Services Automobile Association Assigned Patent for Coverage at Glance ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,645,169) developed by John Chandler Hopkins III, San Antonio, for a "coverage at a glance." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2008 (12/103,515). 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=%28TX.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX&RS=ISD/02/04/2014+AND+AS/TX Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Inmar Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Inmar Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,645,232) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for threshold billing for returned goods." The co-inventors are Michael McWayne Cole, Clemmons, N.C., Revel Paul Young II, Winston-Salem, N.C., Sean McCarthy, Frisco, Texas, and Nicolas Pellegrino, Acworth, Ga. The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2009 (12/651,179). 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=40&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 Optical Transport Having Full and Flexible Bandwidth and Channel Utilization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,644,710) developed by Glenn A. Wellbrock, Wylie, Texas, and Tiejun J. Xia, Richardson, Texas, for an "optical transport having full and flexible bandwidth and channel utilization." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2011 (13/160,717). 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=%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. *** Verizon Business Global Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Verizon Business Global, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,644,659) developed by John A. Fee, Garland, Texas, for "methods and systems for predicting an optical fiber performance parameter." The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2012 (13/684,756). 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=%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. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent for High Power Quantum Dot Optical Light Source ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,644,359) developed by David Zhi Chen, Richardson, Texas, for a "high power quantum dot optical light source." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2012 (13/657,117). 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=%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 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 Facilitating Data Coherency Using In-memory Tag Bits and Tag Test Instructions ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,644) developed by four co-inventors for "facilitating data coherency using in-memory tag bits and tag test instructions." The co-inventors are Guy L. Guthrie, Austin, Texas, Geraint North, Manchester, United Kingdom, William J. Starke, Round Rock, Texas, and Derek E. Williams, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on April 20, 2012 (13/451,682). 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=89&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 Memory Bus Write Prioritization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,627) developed by five co-inventors for a "memory bus write prioritization." The co-inventors are David M. Daly, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., Benjiman L. Goodman, Cedar Park, Texas, Hillery C. Hunter, Deerfield, Ill., William J. Starke, Round Rock, Texas, and Jeffrey A. Stuecheli, Round Rock, Texas. The patent application was filed on April 16, 2012 (13/447,462). 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=96&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 Apparatus for Supporting Memory Usage Throttling ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,640) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for supporting memory usage throttling." The co-inventors are Michael S. Floyd, Cedar Park, Texas, Guy L. Guthrie, Austin, Texas, Karthick Rajamani, Austin, Texas, Gregory S. Still, Raleigh, N.C., Jeffrey A. Stuecheli, Austin, Texas, and Malcolm S. Ware, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on June 22, 2011 (13/166,054). 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=91&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 Avoiding Unnecessary Provisioning/deprovisioning of Resources in Utility Services Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,540) developed by Miguel E. Gasca Jr., San Bernardino, Calif., Elfred Pagan, Austin, Texas, and Abigail A. Tittizer, Austin, Texas, for "avoiding unnecessary provisioning/deprovisioning of resources in a utility services environment." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2004 (10/902,589). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=106&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=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 Apparatus, System, and Method for Communicating Interactive Forms and Reports in Messaging Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,314) developed by seven co-inventors for an "apparatus, system, and method for communicating interactive forms and reports in messaging applications." The co-inventors are Deanna Lynn Quigg Brown, Queen Creek, Ariz., Dinesh Chandra Coca, San Francisco, Louis Daniel Echevarria, Tucson, Ariz., Melissa Jorgette Garcia, Tucson, Ariz., Andrew Gary Hourselt, Tucson, Ariz., Elena Schneider, Austin, Texas, and Nedzad Taljanovic, Tucson, Ariz. The patent application was filed on March 12, 2008 (12/047,182). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=3&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=133&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 SCSI Reservation Status Information on SAN Disk ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,586) developed by six co-inventors for "SCSI reservation status information on a SAN disk." The co-inventors are Kiran K. Anumalasetty, Bangalore, India, Nicholas S. Ham, Austin, Texas, Purna Chandra Jasti, Madhapur, India, Sudhir Maddali, Hyderabad, India, Yadagiri Rajaboina, Madhapur, India, and Sanket Rathi, Hyderabad, India. The patent application was filed on April 20, 2012 (13/452,468). 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=102&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 Facilitating Data Coherency Using In-memory Tag Bits and Faulting Stores ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,633) developed by four co-inventors for "facilitating data coherency using in-memory tag bits and faulting stores." The co-inventors are Guy L. Guthrie, Austin, Texas, Geraint North, Manchester, United Kingdom, William J. Starke, Round Rock, Texas, and Derek E. Williams, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on May 17, 2011 (13/109,249). 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=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. *** KIP CR P1 LP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- KIP CR P1 LP, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,645,328) developed by Robert C. Sims, Round Rock, Texas, for a "system and method for archive verification." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2008 (12/025,436). 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=130&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 Managing and Reconciling Information Technology Assets in Configuration Database ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,645,543) developed by four co-inventors for "managing and reconciling information technology assets in a configuration database." The co-inventors are Ronald B. Baker, Wake Forest, N.C., Russell C. Blaisdell, Cedar Park, Texas, Paul M. Evans, Portland, Ore., and Ling-Ching W. Tai, Cary, N.C. The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2010 (12/903,436). 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=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. 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. -1150740 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |