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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (May 16)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. *** L-Vad Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- L-Vad Technology, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,721,515) developed by five co-inventors for a "rigid body aortic blood pump implant." The co-inventors are Robert M. Smith, Raleigh, North Carolina, Adrian Kantrowitz, Auburn Hills, Michigan, Valluvan Jeevanandam, Chicago, Allen B. Kantrowitz, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and Paul S. Freed, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The patent application was filed on May 14, 2008 (12/120,457). 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=8721515.PN.&OS=PN/8721515&RS=PN/8721515 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** US Conec, International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- US Conec, Hickory, North Carolina, and International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, have been assigned a patent (8,724,937) developed by Tymon Barwicz, Yorktown Heights, New York, Darrell R. Childers, Hickory, North Carolina, and Dan Kurtz, Huntersville, North Carolina, for a "fiber to wafer interface." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2011 (13/331,164). 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=8,724,937.PN.&OS=PN/8,724,937&RS=PN/8,724,937 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Riverbed Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Riverbed Technology, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,724,494) developed by four co-inventors for a network multi-path discovery. The co-inventors are Raghavendra Uppalli, Cary, North Carolina, James Mark Shaw, Cary, North Carolina, Pradeep Natarajan, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Alain Cohen, McLean, Virginia. The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2011 (13/210,351). 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=8,724,494.PN.&OS=PN/8,724,494&RS=PN/8,724,494 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bell and Howell Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Bell and Howell, Durham, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,724,140) developed by Victor Tolomei, Raleigh, North Carolina, Michael J. McIntee, El Dorado Hills, California, and Uwe Meister, Elk Grove, California, for a "print stream processing module optimizer for document processing." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2009 (12/432,198). 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=8,724,140.PN.&OS=PN/8,724,140&RS=PN/8,724,140 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SAS Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,725,487) developed by William Lee Brideson, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Jan W. Squillace, Cary, North Carolina, for "techniques to automatically generate simulated information." The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2009 (12/538,097). 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=8,725,487.PN.&OS=PN/8,725,487&RS=PN/8,725,487 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method for Synchronized Reporting in Network Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,724,487) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for synchronized reporting in a network environment." The co-inventors are Paul J. Aitken, West Linton, United Kingdom, Aamer S. Akhter, Cary, North Carolina, Paul Atkins, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Benoit Claise, Othee, Belgium, and Andrew G. Johnson, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2010 (12/705,654). 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=8,724,487.PN.&OS=PN/8,724,487&RS=PN/8,724,487 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Camera Based Information Exchange Mechanism ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,723,962) developed by five co-inventors for a "camera based information exchange mechanism." The co-inventors are Dean F. Herring, Youngsville, North Carolina, Brad M. Johnson, Raleigh, North Carolina, Adrian X. Rodriguez, Durham, North Carolina, Jeffrey J. Smith, Raleigh, North Carolina, and David J. Steiner, Raleigh, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2011 (13/324,125). 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=87,23,962.PN.&OS=PN/87,23,962&RS=PN/87,23,962 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** InVisage Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- InVisage Technologies, Menlo Park, California, has been assigned a patent (8,724,366) developed by six co-inventors for a "quantum dot optical devices with enhanced gain and sensitivity and methods of making same." The co-inventors are Edward Hartley Sargent, Toronto, Jason Paul Clifford, Portland, Oregon, Gerasimos Konstantatos, Castelldefels, Spain, Ian Howard, Hattersheim, Germany, Ethan J. D. Klem, Durham, North Carolina, and Larissa Levina, Toronto. The patent application was filed on March 21, 2013 (13/848,449). 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=8,724,366.PN.&OS=PN/8,724,366&RS=PN/8,724,366 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** RF Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- RF Micro Devices, Greensboro, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,723,260) developed by six co-inventors for a "semiconductor radio frequency switch with body contact." The co-inventors are Michael Carroll, Jamestown, North Carolina, Daniel Charles Kerr, Oak Ridge, North Carolina, Christian Rye Iversen, Vestbjerg, Denmark, Philip Mason, Greensboro, North Carolina, Julio Costa, Oak Ridge, North Carolina, and Edward T. Spears, Oak Ridge, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on March 12, 2010 (12/723,257). 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=8,723,260.PN.&OS=PN/8,723,260&RS=PN/8,723,260 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,724,964) developed by five co-inventors for "managing multiple user locks and deletion requests for a digital video recorder." The co-inventors are Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Pflugerville, Texas, Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, North Carolina, Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Virginia, Gregory J. Boss, American Fork, Utah, and Jeffrey D. Amsterdam, Marietta, Georgia. The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2008 (12/249,728). 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=87,24,964.PN.&OS=PN/87,24,964&RS=PN/87,24,964 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Variable Latch to Position Sub-chassis Within Chassis ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,724,330) developed by Karl K. Dittus, Durham, North Carolina, David J. Jensen, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Brian A. Trumbo, Apex, North Carolina, for a "variable latch to position a sub-chassis within a chassis." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2012 (13/729,349). 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=87,24,330.PN.&OS=PN/87,24,330&RS=PN/87,24,330 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mastodon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Mastodon, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,725,530) developed by four co-inventors for "systems, methods, and apparatus for use in gathering and providing healthcare information." The co-inventors are David O. Duke, Arroyo Grande, California, Janet K. Duke, Arroyo Grande, California, Linda Byron-Alton, San Luis Obispo, California, and Joe Cockrill Jauregui, Charlotte, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on May 23, 2011 (13/113,845). 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=8,725,530.PN.&OS=PN/8,725,530&RS=PN/8,725,530 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Searchable Television Commercials ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,724,647) developed by David Phillip Johnson, Cary, North Carolina, and David Louis Kaminsky, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for searchable television commercials. The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2012 (13/613,655). 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=87,24,647.PN.&OS=PN/87,24,647&RS=PN/87,24,647 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Novaer Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Novaer Holdings, Bedminster, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,722,739) developed by Mitchell A. deLong, Raleigh, New Carolina, and Jill Marie Sturdivant, Chapel Hill, New Carolina, for "amino acid salts of prostaglandins." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2008 (12/260,522). 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=8,722,739.PN.&OS=PN/8,722,739&RS=PN/8,722,739 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Apparatus for Selective Word-line Boost on Memory Cell ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,724,373) developed by Manish Garg, Morrisville, North Carolina, and Michael ThaiThanh Phan, Cary, North Carolina, for an "apparatus for selective word-line boost on a memory cell." The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2012 (13/609,520). 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=8,724,373.PN.&OS=PN/8,724,373&RS=PN/8,724,373 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** IXIA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- IXIA, Calabasas, California, has been assigned a patent (8,724,498) developed by Jong Kwan Choi, Santa Clara, California, and Ram Asokan, Cary, North Carolina, for "methods, systems, and computer readable media for performing long term evolution (LTE) channel delineation." The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2012 (13/396,577). 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=8,724,498.PN.&OS=PN/8,724,498&RS=PN/8,724,498 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines, U.S. Conec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, and U.S. Conec, Hickory, North Carolina, have been assigned a patent (8,724,937) developed by Tymon Barwicz, Yorktown Heights, New York, Darrell R. Childers, Hickory, North Carolina, and Dan Kurtz, Huntersville, North Carolina, for a "fiber to wafer interface." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2011 (13/331,164). 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=87,24,937.PN.&OS=PN/87,24,937&RS=PN/87,24,937 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent for Handicap-accessible ATM ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,723,941) developed by Daryoosh Shirbabadi, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Keith D. Agisim, Charlotte, North Carolina, for handicap-accessible ATM. The patent application was filed on June 29, 2010 (12/825,544). 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=8,723,941.PN.&OS=PN/8,723,941&RS=PN/8,723,941 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Illinois, Semprius Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- The University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, and Semprius, Durham, North Carolina, have been assigned a patent (8,722,458) developed by 12 co-inventors for the "optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly." The co-inventors are John Rogers, Champaign, Illinois, Ralph Nuzzo, Champaign, Illinois, Matthew Meitl, Durham, North Carolina, Etienne Menard, Durham, North Carolina, Alfred J. Baca, Urbana, Illinois, Michael Motala, Champaign, Illinois, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Suwon, South Korea, Sang-Il Park, Savoy, Illinois, Chang-Jae Yu, Urbana, Illinois, Heung Cho Ko, Gwangju, South Korea, Mark Stoykovich, Dover, New Hampshire, and Jongseung Yoon, Urbana, Illinois. The patent application was filed on May 4, 2011 (13/100,774). 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=87,22,458.PN.&OS=PN/87,22,458&RS=PN/87,22,458 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** PPG Industries Ohio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- PPG Industries Ohio, Cleveland, has been assigned a patent (8,721,777) developed by five co-inventors for "filtration media and applications thereof." The co-inventors are Vedagiri Velpari, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, Jian Meng, Gastonia, North Carolina, Paul A. Westbrook, Shelby, North Carolina, Timothy E. Marsh, Allison Park, Pennsylvania, and Steven Joel Parks, Lexington, North Carolina. The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2011 (13/218,816). 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=8,721,777.PN.&OS=PN/8,721,777&RS=PN/8,721,777 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dow Global Technologies, Rohm and Haas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Dow Global Technologies, Midland, Michigan, and Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia, have been assigned a patent (8,722,815) developed by seven co-inventors for a "two-component moisture curable coating compositions." The co-inventors are John Roper III, Midland, Michigan, Christopher Tucker, Midland, Michigan, Yanxiang Li, Midland, Michigan, Gerald Vandezande, Raleigh, North Carolina, Yan Huang, Shanghai, Hongyu Chen, Shanghai, and Yu Zhang, Shanghai. The patent application was filed on April 20, 2012 (13/451,604). 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=8722815.PN.&OS=PN/8722815&RS=PN/8722815 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,725,553) developed by Stephen Patrick Turley, New York, and Steven Dudley Green, Charlotte, North Carolina, for "methods and apparatuses for determining a value attributable to an ATM." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2009 (12/511,259). 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=8,725,553.PN.&OS=PN/8,725,553&RS=PN/8,725,553 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Duke University, FLIR Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and FLIR Systems, Wilsonville, Oregon, have been assigned a patent (8,724,006) developed by David Brady, Durham, North Carolina, Michael D. Feldman, Huntersville, North Carolina, and Nikos P. Pitsianis, Durham, North Carolina, for a "focal plane coding for digital imaging." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2004 (10/784,472). 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=8,724,006.PN.&OS=PN/8,724,006&RS=PN/8,724,006 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Corning Cable Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Corning Cable Systems, Hickory, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (8,724,947) developed by six co-inventors for an "armored fiber optic assemblies and methods of forming fiber optic assemblies." The co-inventors are Gregory Blake Bohler, Lenoir, North Carolina, Julian Latelle Greenwood III, Hickory, North Carolina, Keith Aaron Greer, Morganton, North Carolina, Wesley Brian Nicholson, Hickory, North Carolina, James Arthur Register III, Hickory, North Carolina, and Kimberly Dawn Slan, Fort Worth, Texas. The patent application was filed on May 23, 2013 (13/900,703). 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=8,724,947.PN.&OS=PN/8,724,947&RS=PN/8,724,947 Written by Kusum Sangma; 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. -1161998 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |