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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (Sept. 5)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Bloom Energy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,822,101) developed by 11 co-inventors for "fuel cell mechanical components." The co-inventors are Gilbert Richards, San Jose, California, David Trevisan, San Jose, California, Michael Lee, Vancouver, Washington, Jessica Mahler, Mountain View, California, Ross Parker, Santa Clara, California, Alex Clarabut, Sunnyvale, California, Chad Pearson, Mountain View, California, Arne Ballantine, Palo Alto, California, David Weingaertner, Sunnyvale, California, Jason Hixson, San Jose, California, and Fred Mitlitsky, Livermore, California. The patent application was filed on March 18, 2013 (13/845,685). 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=8822101.PN.&OS=PN/8822101&RS=PN/8822101 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fe3 Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Fe3 Medical, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,821,945) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for transdermal iontophoretic delivery of chelated agents." The co-inventors are Mir Imran, Los Altos Hills, California, Mir Hashim, Fremont, California, Sanjay Patel, Palo Alto, California, and Ronald J. Berenson, Mercer Island, Washington. The patent application was filed on July 7, 2009 (12/459,862). 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=88,21,945.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,945&RS=PN/88,21,945 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Ensuring Appearance of Merchant Offering in Network Sites ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,818,858) developed by four co-inventors for "ensuring appearance of merchant offering in network sites." The co-inventors are Mohit Gupta, Bellevue, Washington, Jeetendra G. Mirchandani, Bellevue, Washington, Nagender Parimi, Seattle, and Desai Nishitkumar Ashokkumar, Seattle. The patent was filed on Dec. 22, 2009 (12/644,299). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8818858&OS=8818858&RS=8818858 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Range Expansion in Wireless Network Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,825,057) developed by Gaviphat Lekutai, Kirkland, Washington, for the "range expansion in a wireless network environment." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2011 (13/309,182). 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=8,825,057.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,057&RS=PN/8,825,057 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nike Assigned Patent for Wearable Device Having Athletic Functionality ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Nike, Beaverton, Oregon, has been assigned a patent (8,814,754) developed by 17 co-inventors for a "wearable device having athletic functionality." The co-inventors are Stephen Kob, San Francisco, Maria Ioveva, San Francisco, Tara Greer, New York, Marchetti Cesar, New York, Kristopher L. Homsi, Beaverton, Oregon, Alex Mestas, Beaverton, Oregon, Aaron B. Weast, Portland, Oregon, Jamian R. Cobbett, Portland, Oregon, Kwamina Crankson, Portland, Oregon, Michael Dryden, Portland, Oregon, Gwen Sullivan, Portland, Oregon, Caroline Petra Annette Bleeker, Portland, Oregon, Suniti Nina Walia, Portland, Oregon, Allison Gourley, Portland, Oregon, James Zipperer, Seattle, Demi Raven, Seattle, and Edward Stephen Lowe Jr., Seattle. The patent was filed on Nov. 1, 2011 (13/287,047). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8814754&OS=8814754&RS=8814754 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Cutsforth Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Cutsforth, Cohasset, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,825,800) developed by Robert S. Cutsforth, Bellingham, Washington, for a "brush holder assembly monitoring apparatus, assembly, system and method." The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2013 (14/090,508). 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=8,825,800.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,800&RS=PN/8,825,800 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Auburn University Office of Technology Transfer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- The Auburn University Office of Technology Transfer, Auburn, Alabama, has been assigned a patent (8,821,907) developed by nine co-inventors for "biocidal N-halamine epoxides." The co-inventors are Shelby D. Worley, Auburn, Alabama, Jie Liang, Auburn, Alabama, Yongjun Chen, Bellevue, Washington, Royall M. Broughton, Valley, Alabama, Jia-Wang Wang, Jinan, China, Rong Wu, Auburn, Alabama, Unchin Cho, Edina, Minnesota, Jaewoong Lee, Auburn, Alabama, and Kevin Barnes, Opelika, Alabama. The patent application was filed on March 10, 2006 (11/373,458). 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=8821907.PN.&OS=PN/8821907&RS=PN/8821907 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Ensuring Appearance of Merchant Offering in Network Sites ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,818,858) developed by four co-inventors for "ensuring appearance of merchant offering in network sites." The co-inventors are Mohit Gupta, Bellevue, Washington, Jeetendra G. Mirchandani, Bellevue, Washington, Nagender Parimi, Seattle, and Desai Nishitkumar Ashokkumar, Seattle. The patent was filed on Dec. 22, 2009 (12/644,299). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8818858&OS=8818858&RS=8818858 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Using Network Identifier to Determine Emergency Alert Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,824,995) developed by DeWayne Allan Sennett, Redmond, Washington, and Brian Kevin Daly, Seattle, for "systems and methods for using a network identifier to determine emergency alert information." The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2008 (12/264,693). 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=8,824,995.PN.&OS=PN/8,824,995&RS=PN/8,824,995 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Device Capabilities Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,819,116) developed by six co-inventors for "providing services using device capabilities service." The co-inventors are Donald Ryan Willhoit, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Ryan J. Snodgrass, Kirkland, Washington, Beryl Tomay, Newcastle, Washington, Samuel S. Gigliotti, Seattle, Joel C. Hegg, Seattle, and Matthew E. Goldberg, Seattle. The patent was filed on March 8, 2010 (12/659,395). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8819116&OS=8819116&RS=8819116 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Multi-mode Provision of Emergency Alerts ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,825,092) developed by DeWayne Allan Sennett, Redmond, Washington, and Brian Kevin Daly, Seattle, for "multi-mode provision of emergency alerts." The patent application was filed on March 27, 2008 (12/056,899). 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=8,825,092.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,092&RS=PN/8,825,092 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Purdue Pharmaceutical Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Purdue Pharmaceutical Products, Stamford, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,822,677) developed by Leon Xu, Issaquah, Washington, and Alexander J. Pallenberg, Duvall, Washington, for "compositions and methods of making a photoactive agent." The patent application was filed on May 16, 2012 (13/473,395). 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=88,22,677.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,677&RS=PN/88,22,677 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Telephony Devices Query Input ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,817,969) developed by three co-inventors for "systems and methods for query input via telephony devices." The co-inventors are Eric Chunyi Chou, Issaquah, Washington, Mark N. Kelly, Seattle, and Ben L. Kirkpatrick, Seattle. The patent was filed on June 25, 2010 (12/823,974). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8817969&OS=8817969&RS=8817969 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for User Interface Module ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,819,068) developed by seven co-inventors for "user interface module for creating or modifying database object." The co-inventors are Kumar S. Gounder, Bothell, Washington, Jay Borja, Mercer Island, Washington, Deenadayal S. Yakkali, Redmond, Washington, Suresh Viswanathan, Sammamish, Washington, Rakesh Poddar, Seattle, Mark J. Golazeski, Seattle, and Allen Korey, Summer, Washington. The patent was filed on Sept. 7, 2011 (13/227,300). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8819068&OS=8819068&RS=8819068 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Holaira Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Holaira, Plymouth, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,821,489) developed by Martin L. Mayse, Wayzata, Minnesota, and Steven C. Dimmer, Bellevue, Washington, for "systems, assemblies, and methods for treating a bronchial tree." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2012 (13/452,660). 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=8,821,489.PN.&OS=PN/8,821,489&RS=PN/8,821,489 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Generating Current Order Fulfillment Plans ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,818,836) developed by four co-inventors for "generating current order fulfillment plans to influence expected future conditions." The co-inventors are Erich Braumoeller, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Richard Brinkerhoff, Burien, Washington, Dennis Chua Lee, Mercer Island, Washington, and Jeffrey Alan Holden, Seattle. The patent was filed on March 8, 2013 (13/791,637). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8818836&OS=8818836&RS=8818836 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Nike Assigned Patent for Rotational Molded Golf Club Heads ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Nike, Beaverton, Oregon, has been assigned a patent (8,814,723) developed by three co-inventors for "rotational molded golf club heads." The co-inventors are Gary G. Tavares, Azle, Texas, John Thomas Stites, Weatherford, Texas, and Todd Anthony Waatti, Battle Ground, Washington. The patent was filed on April 5, 2007 (11/697,007). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8814723&OS=8814723&RS=8814723 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Generating and Vending of Unique Sequence Values Techniques ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,818,973) developed by Brian O'Neill, Bellevue, Washington, for "techniques for generating and vending of unique sequence values." The patent was filed on Feb. 19, 2008 (12/033,847). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8818973&OS=8818973&RS=8818973 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Phoseon Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Phoseon Technology, Hillsboro, Oregon, has been assigned a patent (8,823,279) developed by Salvatore T. Battaglia, Vancouver, Washington, for a "Smart FET circuit ." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2011 (13/282,860). 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=8823279.PN.&OS=PN/8823279&RS=PN/8823279 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Managing Distributed Execution of Programs ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,819,106) developed by seven co-inventors for "managing distributed execution of programs." The co-inventors are Jai Vasanth, Bellevue, Washington, Luis Felipe Cabrera, Bellevue, Washington, Peter Sirota, Seattle, Richendra Khanna, Seattle, Ian P. Nowland, Seattle, Richard J. Cole, Seattle, and Andrew J. Hitchcock, Seattle. The patent was filed on March 31, 2009 (12/415,649). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8819106&OS=8819106&RS=8819106 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Methods, Apparatus and Articles of Manufacture to Select Label Switched Paths (LSPs) for Preemption ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,824,488) developed by Gagan Choudhury, Marlboro, New Jersey, and Thomas Bradley Scholl, Seattle, for "methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to select label switched paths (LSPs) for preemption." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2010 (12/965,314). 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=8,824,488.PN.&OS=PN/8,824,488&RS=PN/8,824,488 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cameron Health Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Cameron Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,825,157) developed by Jay A. Warren, San Juan Capistrano, California, and Gust H. Bardy, Seattle, for "vector switching in an implantable cardiac stimulus system." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2008 (12/144,462). 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=8,825,157.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,157&RS=PN/8,825,157 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Triggering 911 Voice Call from Non-voice Message ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,824,639) developed by Dewayne Sennett, Redmond, Washington, and Brian Daly, Peachtree Corners, Georgia, for "triggering a 911 voice call from a non-voice message." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2013 (13/739,155). 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=8,824,639.PN.&OS=PN/8,824,639&RS=PN/8,824,639 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Physical Storage Device Pre-Fetching Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,819,390) developed by four co-inventors for "for use in pre-fetching data from physical storage device." The co-inventors are Bradley Eugene Marshall, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Tate Andrew Certain, Seattle, Nicholas J. Maniscalco, Seattle, and Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Seattle. The patent was filed on March 11, 2013 (13/794,616). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8819390&OS=8819390&RS=8819390 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** ARRIS Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- ARRIS Enterprises, Suwanee, Georgia, has been assigned a patent (8,823,880) developed by Paul Allen, Mercer Island, Washington, and James A. Billmaier, Woodinville, Washington, for a "remote control device with integrated display screen for controlling a digital video recorder." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2012 (13/664,154). 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=8,823,880.PN.&OS=PN/8,823,880&RS=PN/8,823,880 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Scaleable Data Storage Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,819,027) developed by nine co-inventors for a system and method "for partitioning and indexing table data using composite primary key." The co-inventors are Jakub Kulesza, Bellevue, Washington, Stefano Stefani, Issaquah, Washington, Wei Xiao, Kirkland, Washington, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Seattle, Chiranjeeb Buragohain, Seattle, Rande A. Blackman, Seattle, Timothy Andrew Rath, Seattle, Grant A. M. McAlister, Seattle, and Raymond S. Bradford, Seattle. The patent was filed on Oct. 28, 2013 (14/064,943). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8819027&OS=8819027&RS=8819027 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Error Handling in Network Page Generation Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,819,477) developed by five co-inventors for "error handling in network page generation environment." The co-inventors are Shashank Shekhar, Karnataka, India, Prashant J. Thakare, Mercer Island, Washington, Jeremy Boynes, Mercer Island, Washington, Andrew S. Huntwork, Seattle, and Pravi Garg, Seattle. The patent was filed on Feb. 1, 2012 (13/363,782). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8819477&OS=8819477&RS=8819477 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Accessing Logical Networks via Programmatic Service Call ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,819,229) developed by five co-inventors for "techniques for accessing logical networks via programmatic service call." The co-inventors are Michael B. Furr, Washington, D.C., Kevin C. Miller, Herndon, Virginia, Andrew J. Doane, Vienna, Virginia, Eric W. Schultze, Bellevue, Washington, and Joel C. Hegg, Seattle. The patent was filed on Oct. 4, 2011 (13/252,604). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8819229&OS=8819229&RS=8819229 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Scaleable Data Storage Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,819,027) developed by nine co-inventors for "system and method for partitioning and indexing table data using composite primary key." The co-inventors are Jakub Kulesza, Bellevue, Washington, Stefano Stefani, Issaquah, Washington, Wei Xiao, Kirkland, Washington, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Seattle, Chiranjeeb Buragohain, Seattle, Rande A. Blackman, Seattle, Timothy Andrew Rath, Seattle, Grant A. M. McAlister, Seattle, and Raymond S. Bradford, Seattle. The patent was filed on Oct. 28, 2013 (14/064,943). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8819027&OS=8819027&RS=8819027 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Automated Tag Suggestions Algorithm ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,819,030) developed by two co-inventors for "automated tag suggestions algorithm." The co-inventors are Ian W. Freed, Seattle, and Keela N. Robison, Seattle. The patent was filed on Oct. 21, 2013 (14/059,333). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8819030&OS=8819030&RS=8819030 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Emergency Notification System for Portable Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,825,097) developed by DeWayne Allan Sennett, Redmond, Washington, and Brian Kevin Daly, Peachtree Corners, Georgia, for an "emergency notification system for a portable device." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2013 (13/942,439). 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=8,825,097.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,097&RS=PN/8,825,097 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Intelligent Roaming and Interworking ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,825,106) developed by Venson M. Shaw, Kirkland, Washington, for the "intelligent roaming and interworking." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2011 (13/281,031). 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=8,825,106.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,106&RS=PN/8,825,106 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Request Routing in Networked Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,819,283) developed by four co-inventors for "request routing in a networked environment." The co-inventors are David R. Richardson, Seattle, John Cormie, Seattle, Colm MacCarthaigh, Seattle, and Benjamin W. S. Redman, Seattle. The patent was filed on Sept. 28, 2010 (12/892,877). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8819283&OS=8819283&RS=8819283 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Source Identification Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,818,880) developed by three co-inventors for systems and methods "for source identification in item sourcing." The co-inventors are Lipi Sanghi, Delhi, India, Mayank Sachan, Seattle, and Manish R. Bansal, Snoqualmie, Washington. The patent was filed on Sept. 7, 2010 (12/877,060). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8818880&OS=8818880&RS=8818880 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for User Interface Module ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,819,068) developed by seven co-inventors for "user interface module for creating or modifying database object." The co-inventors are Kumar S. Gounder, Bothell, Washington, Jay Borja, Mercer Island, Washington, Deenadayal S. Yakkali, Redmond, Washington, Suresh Viswanathan, Sammamish, Washington, Rakesh Poddar, Seattle, Mark J. Golazeski, Seattle, and Allen Korey, Summer, Washington. The patent was filed on Sept. 7, 2011 (13/227,300). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8819068&OS=8819068&RS=8819068 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Providing Control Plane Across Multiple Optical Network Domains ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,824,461) developed by eight co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for providing a control plane across multiple optical network domains." The co-inventors are Robert Doverspike, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, Albert G. Greenberg, Seattle, Guangzhi Li, Madison, New Jersey, Dongmei Wang, Madison, New Jersey, Jennifer Yates, Morristown, New Jersey, Joel M. Gottlieb, Somerset, New Jersey, Charles Robert Kalmanek, Short Hills, New Jersey, and Panagiotis Sebos, Athens, Greece. The patent application was filed on June 17, 2013 (13/919,729). 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=8,824,461.PN.&OS=PN/8,824,461&RS=PN/8,824,461 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Electronic Book Distribution System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,826,036) developed by six co-inventors for "electronic book encryption using variable keys." The co-inventors are Jeremie Leproust, Paris, Guillaume Jeulin, Bois-Colombes, France, Felix F. Antony, Isaquah, Washington, Ryan J. Snodgrass, Kirkland, Washington, James C. Slezak, Seattle, and Matthew E. Goldberg, Seattle. The patent was filed on June 28, 2010 (12/825,156). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8826036&OS=8826036&RS=8826036 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston Assigned Patent for Fluid-Based Article Distribution and Sorting System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, Omaha, Nebraska, has been assigned a patent (8,821,078) developed by seven co-inventors for "fluid-based article distribution and sorting system." The co-inventors are Frederick D. Webb, Hermiston, Oregon, Michael Christopher Metcalf, Kennewick, Washington, Ronald R. Huff, Kennewick, Washington, Greg Robert Lambier, Kennewick, Washington, William Thomas Hockett, Kennewick, Washington, Charles Denio Kirkbride, Richland, Washington, and Dave Hufford, Walla Walla, Washington. The patent was filed on Jan. 7, 2011 (12/986,860). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8821078&OS=8821078&RS=8821078 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Determining Originality of Data Content ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,825,672) developed by Jeffrey Matthew Bilger, Seattle, for "determining originality of data content." The patent was filed on April 1, 2013 (13/854,832). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8825672&OS=8825672&RS=8825672 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Creating Ambience During On-Line Shopping ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,825,627) developed by Kiran Kumar Indukuri, Issaquah, Washington, for "creating ambience during on-line shopping." The patent was filed on March 29, 2011 (13/074,417). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8825627&OS=8825627&RS=8825627 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Scaling Virtual Machine Instance ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,825,550) developed by two co-inventors for "scaling virtual machine instance." The co-inventors are Marcin P. Kowalski, Cape Town, South Africa, and Michael David Marr, Monroe, Washington. The patent was filed on Aug. 23, 2012 (13/593,226). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8825550&OS=8825550&RS=8825550 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Customer Contact Systems and Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,824,661) developed by nine co-inventors for "systems and methods for customer contact." The co-inventors are Jeremy A. Dashe, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Donald L. Kaufman, Kirkland, Washington, Joseph D. Sullivan, Redmond, Washington, Yung-Chun Lin, Seattle, Thomas J. Weiland, Seattle, Tauseef Kidwai, Seattle, Jon R. Jay, Seattle, Brock A. Judkins, Seattle, and Raymond P. Sharpe Jr., Snoqualmie, Washington. The patent was filed on Nov. 12, 2013 (14/078,272). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8824661&OS=8824661&RS=8824661 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Empire Technology Development Assigned Patent for Selecting Wager for Event ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Empire Technology Development, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,821,261) developed by seven co-inventors for "selecting a wager for an event." The co-inventors are Patrick John Ennis, Bellevue, Washington, Alexander Knight, Seattle, Vlad Grigore Dabija, Mountain View, California, Timothy Martin Londergan, Seattle, David Walter Ash, Bellevue, Washington, Dominic Dan Suciu, Edmonds, Washington, and Raghuram Madabushi, Seattle. The patent application was filed on June 12, 2012 (13/702,907). 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=8,821,261.PN.&OS=PN/8,821,261&RS=PN/8,821,261 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Noatak Software Assigned Patent for Advertising Content Incorporation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Noatak Software, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,825,521) developed by five co-inventors for "method and system for dynamically incorporating advertising content into multimedia environments." The co-inventors are Michael Yiu-kwan Siu, Bellevue, Washington, Richard D. Ellis, Carnation, Washington, Christopher R. Newcombe, Kirkland, Washington, Chris Oje, Kirkland, Washington, and Michael T. Stradley, Seattle. The patent was filed on Aug. 30, 2006 (11/513,892). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8825521&OS=8825521&RS=8825521 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Customer Contact Systems and Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,824,661) developed by nine co-inventors for systems and methods "for customer contact." The co-inventors are Jeremy A. Dashe, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Donald L. Kaufman, Kirkland, Washington, Joseph D. Sullivan, Redmond, Washington, Yung-Chun Lin, Seattle, Thomas J. Weiland, Seattle, Tauseef Kidwai, Seattle, Jon R. Jay, Seattle, Brock A. Judkins, Seattle, and Raymond P. Sharpe Jr., Snoqualmie, Washington. The patent was filed on Nov. 12, 2013 (14/078,272). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8824661&OS=8824661&RS=8824661 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Mobile Automated Vehicle Deployment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,825,226) developed by two co-inventors for "deployment of mobile automated vehicles." The co-inventors are William Spencer Worley III, Camano Island, Washington, and Eric Mathew Clayton, Woodinville, Washington. The patent was filed on Dec. 17, 2013 (14/109,285). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8825226&OS=8825226&RS=8825226 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Touch Target Optimization System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,823,667) developed by Peter F. Hill, Seattle, for a "touch target optimization system." The patent was filed on May 23, 2012 (13/479,155). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8823667&OS=8823667&RS=8823667 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Digimarc Assigned Patent for Media Methods and Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 - Digimarc, Beaverton, Oregon, has been assigned a patent (8,825,518) developed by Kenneth L. Levy, Stevenson, Washington, for "media methods and systems." The patent was filed on Dec. 9, 2008 (12/331,129). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8825518&OS=8825518&RS=8825518 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Determining Stowability ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,825,197) developed by Danny Guan, Seattle, for "determining stowability based on item-size categories." The patent was filed on June 20, 2012 (13/528,214). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8825197&OS=8825197&RS=8825197 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Multiple Domain-Specific Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,825,638) developed by three co-inventors for a "system for generating behavior-based associations for multiple domain-specific applications." The co-inventors are Jin Y. Yi, Seattle, Dany Miguel Yannick Houde, Seattle, and Douglas Tak-Lai Wong, Seattle. The patent was filed on May 8, 2013 (13/890,051). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8825638&OS=8825638&RS=8825638 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Media Player Social Network Integration ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,826,135) developed by six co-inventors for "media player social network integration." The co-inventors are Craig Pape, Lynnwood, Washington, Jim L. Dantzler, Newcastle, Washington, Scott Durham, Seattle, Scott K. Meaker, Seattle, Erin O. Anderson, Seattle, and Paul William Roberts, Seattle. The patent was filed on June 30, 2011 (13/173,523). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8826135&OS=8826135&RS=8826135 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nevada, has been assigned a patent (8,825,817) developed by eleven co-inventors for a method of "using template to update stack of resources." The co-inventors are Prashant Jayaraman, Bothell, Washington, Jeffrey L. Baker, Issaquah, Washington, Nishanth Shankaran, Kirkland, Washington, Danny Rabbani, North Bend, Washington, Reto Kramer, Sammamish, Washington, Christopher Whitaker, Sammamish, Washington, Jaykumar H. Gosar, Seattle, Daniel Osiecki, Seattle, Venkates P. Balakrishnan, Seattle, Adam M. Thomas, Seattle, and Avinash Jaisinghani, Seattle. The patent was filed on March 19, 2012 (13/424,089). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8825817&OS=8825817&RS=8825817 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin. 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. -1174486 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |