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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (March 9)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.
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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Separation Systems Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and Separation Systems Technology, San Diego, have been assigned a patent (8,123,945) developed by Andrew Patrick Murphy, Littleton, Colo., Saied Delagah, Denver, and Robert Lee Riley, La Jolla, Calif., for a "method for making high flux, high salt rejection cellulose desalting membranes."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for producing a high flux, high salt rejection cellulose acetate desalination membrane. In this method, cellulose acetate polymer is dissolved in a first solvent such as methylene chloride or 2-methyltetrahydrofuran to produce a solution. Further steps involve stirring the solution, and thereafter permitting the solution to settle, for a time sufficient for a majority of the cellulose acetate to precipitate out of the solution to form a cellulose acetate precipitate. Next, the cellulose acetate precipitate is stirred into an excess methanol. Thereafter, the cellulose acetate is filtered out and used in making the desalination membrane."
The patent application was filed on May 9, 2007 (11/746,288). 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=8,123,945.PN.&OS=PN/8,123,945&RS=PN/8,123,945
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Akamai Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Akamai Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,131,835) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method of load balancing edge-enabled applications in a content delivery network (CDN)." The co-inventors are Andrew T. Davis, San Francisco, Nate Kushman, Boston, Jay G. Parikh, Redwood City, Calif., Srinivasan Pichai, Foster City, Calif., Daniel Stodolsky, Somerville, Mass., Ashis Tarafdar, Wayland, Mass., and William E. Weihl, San Francisco.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system of load balancing application server resources operating in a distributed set of servers is described. In a representative embodiment, the set of servers comprise a region of a content delivery network. Each server in the set typically includes a server manager process, and an application server on which edge-enabled applications or application components are executed. As service requests are directed to servers in the region, the application servers manage the requests in a load-balanced manner, and without any requirement that a particular application server spawned on-demand."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2010 (12/701,965). 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=8,131,835&OS=8,131,835&RS=8,131,835
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Symantec Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,131,846) developed by Brian Hernacki, Mountain View, Calif., and William E. Sobel, Jamul, Calif., for a "global, location-aware computer security."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Global, location-aware security information is generated, and used to provide location-aware computer security to portable computing devices. A global, location-aware security system receives local, location-aware security information from a large number of portable devices. The local information from each device comprises their locations at the times of detection of threat indicators. The global system transforms the received local information into global information, and maps detected threat indicators to specific locations. Each device monitors activity occurring thereon, detects threat indicators and current locations, and builds local information, which is periodically transmitted to the global system. When a device is activated or moved to a new location, it determines its current location, and requests global information concerning that location from the global system. The global system transmits global information, which the portable device uses to apply a location-based risk level policy to provide location-aware computer security."
The patent application was filed on July 6, 2009 (12/498,288). 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=8,131,846&OS=8,131,846&RS=8,131,846
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Netfuel Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Netfuel, Los Gatos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,131,851) developed by James D. Harlow, Los Gatos, Calif., for "managing computer network resources."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Software agents are assigned goals in accordance with network policies that define a desired operational characteristic of a computer network. A software agent achieves its assigned goal by executing a predefined task. An assigned goal may be dynamically modified as necessary based on the actual operational characteristics of the network. The software agent may request further policy if it cannot achieve its assigned goal by performing the predefined task."
The patent application was filed on May 27, 2010 (12/789,450). 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=8,131,851&OS=8,131,851&RS=8,131,851
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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BitGravity Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- BitGravity, Burlingame, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,131,836) developed by Barrett Gibson Lyon, Pacifica, Calif., for a "managing TCP anycast requests."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Managing TCP anycast requests at content delivery network nodes is disclosed. In some embodiments, managing traffic includes receiving a request at a first node of a content delivery network, determining at the first node that the request should be serviced by a second node of the content delivery network, and redirecting the request to the second node, wherein the first node and the second node of the content delivery network comprise endpoints for serving content and wherein the content delivery network is at least in part an anycast network."
The patent application was filed on July 30, 2010 (12/804,902). 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=8,131,836&OS=8,131,836&RS=8,131,836
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,131,850) developed by five co-inventors for an "apparatus and methods for managing network resources." The co-inventors are Ted T. Kuo, Palo Alto, Calif., Li-Jen Wang, San Jose, Calif., Bo-chieh Yang, San Jose, Calif., Jeffrey D. Abramowitz, Menlo Park, Calif., and Andrea Peiro, Redwood City, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and methods are provided for managing network resources. A central unified services and device management framework is operated to simultaneously manage various types of resources on behalf of multiple organizations. Within the framework, a common management layer provides services (e.g., account management, event logging) common to multiple different services and devices. Within a specific management layer, separate subsystems are implemented for different devices or types of devices. The device-specific subsystems invoke device-independent functional modules through primitives exposed by the common management layer. A given organization may establish tiered logical constructs to group resources deployed at different physical locations (e.g., cities, offices) or within different subdivisions of the organizations (e.g., subsidiaries, departments)."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2009 (12/577,674). 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=8,131,850&OS=8,131,850&RS=8,131,850
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Sony Assigned Patent for Annotations for Production Parts in a Media Production System
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Parkridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,131,866) developed by five co-inventors for "annotations for production parts in a media production system." The co-inventors are Sukendeep Samra, Venice, Calif., Mark A. van den Bergen, Scoresby, Australia, Steven Hall, Woodland Hills, Calif., Jason Peterson, Studio City, Calif., and Stephen Dyson, Marina del Rey, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system providing a user interface to annotate different items in a media production system such as in a digital non-linear post production system. Parts of the production, such as clips, frames and layers, that have an associated annotation are provided with a visual annotation marker. The annotation marker can use shape, color or animation to convey source, urgency, status or other information. Annotations can be text, freehand drawing, audio, or other. Annotations can be automatically generated. Annotations can be compiled into records, searched and transferred. A state of an application program can be stored and transferred to a remote system. The remote system attempts to recreate the original state of the application program. If the remote system is unable to do so, an image of the state of the application program is obtained, instead. Assignment of control to various functions of an application program is achieved by associating a function (i.e., modifying a parameter) with a user control at a remote location."
The patent application was filed on March 14, 2011 (13/047,634). 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=8,131,866&OS=8,131,866&RS=8,131,866
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Juniper Networks Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,131,854) developed by Stefan Dyckerhoff, San Jose, Calif., and Kong Kritayakirana, Sunnyvale, Calif., for "interfacing with streams of differing speeds."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system processes packet data received in a number of incoming streams of variable speeds. The system includes an input interface, input logic, and one or more packet processors. The input interface receives the packet data and outputs the data using a first arbitration element. The input logic includes flow control logic, a memory, and a dispatch unit. The flow control logic initiates flow control on the data output by the input interface. The memory stores the data from the input interface. The dispatch unit reads the data from the memory using a second arbitration element. The packet processor(s) process the data from the dispatch unit."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2010 (12/698,794). 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=8,131,854&OS=8,131,854&RS=8,131,854
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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QUALCOMM Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,131,290) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for supporting positioning of roaming mobile stations." The co-inventors are Gaurav Lamba, Los Altos, Calif., Kirk Allan Burroughs, Alamo, Calif., Barbara L. Haskins, Mountain View, Calif., James D. DeLoach Jr., Los Altos, Calif., and Zoltan Biacs, San Mateo, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques to support positioning of roaming mobile stations are described. A roaming mobile station communicates with a visited network and has a data connection to a home network. The mobile station sends a request for positioning assistance to a home position determining entity (H-PDE) in the home network. The H-PDE determines that base station almanac (BSA) data applicable for the mobile station is not locally available and sends a request for location information for the mobile station to a designated network entity. This entity may be a BSA server storing BSA data for different networks or a visited PDE (V-PDE) in the visited network. The H-PDE receives location information (e.g., BSA data, assistance data, and/or a position estimate for the mobile station) from the designated network entity and provides positioning assistance to the mobile station based on the received location information."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2007 (11/844,936). 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=8,131,290.PN.&OS=PN/8,131,290&RS=PN/8,131,290
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Fibre Channel Intelligent Target Management System
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,131,857) developed by four co-inventors for a "fibre channel intelligent target management system." The co-inventors are Dinesh G. Dutt, Sunnyvale, Calif., Sanjaya Kumar, Fremont, Calif., Arindam Paul, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Samar Sharma, San Jose, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a network device receives a port login directed to a target from a first host. The network device determines whether at least one other host is currently logged in to the target. The network device may then send a port login to the target corresponding to whether at least one other host is currently logged in to the target."
The patent application was filed on July 11, 2007 (11/827,474). 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=8,131,857&OS=8,131,857&RS=8,131,857
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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QUALCOMM Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,131,867) developed by Michael G. Luby, Berkeley, Calif., for a "dynamic layer congestion control for multicast transport."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multicasting system provides congestion control for multicasting using a dynamic layer scheme, where the aggregate sending rates of layers decline over time. Multicast packets are transmitted to layers that are joined by at least one host. A host maintains a reception rate by joining additional layers as the sending rates decline, a host reduces the reception rate by not joining additional layers as fast as the sending rates decline, thus allowing rate reduction even if the sender does not receive leave messages sent from a host."
The patent application was filed on June 1, 2000 (09/587,542). 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=8,131,867&OS=8,131,867&RS=8,131,867
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Reliance Communications Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Reliance Communications, Santa Cruz, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,131,269) developed by four co-inventors for a "voice message delivery system and method." The co-inventors are Howard A. Wood, Santa Cruz, Calif., Benjamin P. Hencke, Santa Cruz, Calif., Nickolas R. Heckman, Santa Cruz, Calif., and Gretel J. Baumgartner, Santa Cruz, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hosted system receives a request for the delivery of a voice message from a collective such as a school district. The hosted system determines whether the message should be sent over a telephone line at the hosted system or the school district. Instructions are sent to a delivery mechanism at the determined location indicating how to prepare the message and the number to be called. In one embodiment, the instructions are in XML script form to reduce the bandwidth required. Having the hosted system determine the allocation of messages allows for both the efficient use and lower calling cost of any available capacity on telephone lines at a school district or other collective organization, as well as the larger capacity access to telephone lines of a hosted service for quick delivery of numerous or urgent messages."
The patent application was filed on July 30, 2009 (12/512,959). 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=8,131,269.PN.&OS=PN/8,131,269&RS=PN/8,131,269
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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M-Qube Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- M-Qube, Watertown, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,131,262) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method to initiate a mobile data communication utilizing a trigger system." The co-inventors are Michael Trioano, Waltham, Mass., Mark Grindeland, Framington, Mass., Gerald Hewes, Lexington, Mass., Eswar Priyadarshan, West Roxbury, Mass., and Randall Snyder, Campbell, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method to enable a user to initiate a communication with an organization using a mobile communication device by means of a trigger system. A system and method to enable an organization to acquire a user mobile device address by means of a trigger system. A system and method to enable an organization to respond to a user by means of a trigger system and a message application server. A system and method to enable organizations to deliver mobile messages, coupons, offers and promotions to users mobile device by means of a combination of a trigger system, a message application server and an offer application."
The patent application was filed on July 29, 2010 (12/846,691). 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=8,131,262.PN.&OS=PN/8,131,262&RS=PN/8,131,262
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J. has been assigned a patent (8,131,259) developed by Thomas W. Haynes, San Ramon, Calif., and Steven R. Rados, Danville, Calif., for "methods, systems, and apparatus for handling secure-voice-communication sessions."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An exemplary computing system may receive a first request from a first voice-communication device to establish a secure-voice-communication session with a second voice-communication device. The computing system may also receive a second request from the second voice-communication device to establish the secure-voice-communication session with the first voice-communication device. The computing system may establish the secure-voice-communication session between the first and second voice-communication devices. Corresponding methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2008 (12/347,768). 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=8,131,259.PN.&OS=PN/8,131,259&RS=PN/8,131,259
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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EMC Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,131,860) developed by Chee Wong, Mountain View, Calif., and Rajesh Kasanagottu, Fremont, Calif., for a serialization and deserialization.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Serialization is disclosed. It is detected if a component included in a graph of components associated with a user session on a first system has not changed since a prior serialization to a second system. A token is sent to the second system during a current serialization, instead of the component, indicating the component has not changed since the prior serialization. De-serialization is disclosed. a token is received at a first system from a second system, in a stream of serialized data from the second system, that indicates that a component on the second system has not changed since a prior serialization. A cached version of the component is retrieved. The cached copy is used to reconstruct on the second system a state of a user session with which the component is associated on the second system."
The patent application was filed on March 30, 2006 (11/393,199). 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=8,131,860&OS=8,131,860&RS=8,131,860
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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RealNetworks Assigned Patent for Media Service Delivery System Providing Conditional Access to Media Content from Various Client Devices
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- RealNetworks, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,131,865) developed by four co-inventors for a "media service delivery system providing conditional access to media content from various client devices." The co-inventors are Sylvain P. Rebaud, San Francisco, Niranjan Nagar, Pleasanton, Calif., Timothy R. Bratton, Los Altos, Calif., and Sean Ryan, San Francisco.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for protecting the digital rights of content owners allows digital media to be delivered to only those media rendering client devices that have been approved for the media content. Before delivering requested media, the media service provider may determines whether the media rendering client device that requested the media is the type of device that is authorized to receive the request media. If it is, the media service provider may transmit the media to a middleman server over a network (such as the Internet). A middleman server may then serves the media to the client device over a local network. By allowing the media content to be distributed to approved devices only, the media service provider can prevent a user from using the media in a way that is not authorized by the content owner."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2004 (10/786,891). 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=8,131,865&OS=8,131,865&RS=8,131,865
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Scripps Research Institute Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,129,542) developed by five co-inventors for a "copper-catalysed ligation of azides and acetylenes." The co-inventors are K. Barry Sharpless, La Jolla, Calif., Valery Fokin, Oceanside, Calif., Vsevold V. Rostovtsev, Wilmington, Del., Luke Green, Basel, Switzerland, and Fahmi Himo, Solna, Sweden.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A copper catalyzed click chemistry ligation process is employed to bind azides and terminal acetylenes to provide 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole triazoles. The process comprises contacting an organic azide and a terminal alkyne with a source of reactive Cu(I) ion for a time sufficient to form by cycloaddition a 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole. The source of reactive Cu(I) ion can be, for example, a Cu(I) salt or copper metal. The process is preferably carried out in a solvent, such as an aqueous alcohol. Optionally, the process can be performed in a solvent that comprises a ligand for Cu(I) and an amine."
The patent application was filed on July 26, 2010 (12/804,644). 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=8,129,542&OS=8,129,542&RS=8,129,542
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Altera Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,538) developed by Peter J. McElheny, Morgan Hill, Canada, Richard G. Smolen, Redwood City, Calif., and John C. Costello, Los Altos, Calif., for a "non-volatile memory circuit including voltage divider with phase change memory devices."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A memory circuit including a voltage divider with a first phase change memory (PCM) device and a second PCM device coupled to the first PCM device is described. In one embodiment, the first PCM device is in a set resistance state and the second PCM device is in a reset resistance state. Also, in one embodiment, the voltage divider further includes a first switch coupled to the first PCM device and a second switch coupled to the first switch and the second PCM device. In one embodiment, the memory circuit further includes a half latch coupled to the voltage divider and a cascade transistor coupled to the half latch and the voltage divider."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2009 (12/354,121). 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=8,130,538&OS=8,130,538&RS=8,130,538
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Supertex Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Supertex, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,519) developed by Alexander Mednik, Campbell, Calif., Rohit Tirumala, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Marc Tan, Sunnyvale, Calif., for "Led driver with low harmonic distortion of input AC current and methods of controlling the same."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A power supply circuit for powering a load at constant current has a rectifier stage for receiving an AC voltage input and for producing a first substantially DC voltage. A first capacitor is attached to the load. A charge-pump is attached to an output of the rectifier stage and to the load for providing power factor correction and for converting the first substantially DC voltage to a second substantially DC voltage at the first capacitor. The charge pump is prevented from conducting energy back into the output of the rectifier stage. The charge pump delivers energy to a charge pump output, the energy being delivered directly instead of being stored. A converter stage is attached to the load and the first capacitor. The converter stage is used for converting voltages at the first capacitor and the charge pump to an output DC current. The converter stage has a switch for periodically connecting a first series-coupled circuit of the charge pump to the output of the rectifier stage."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2008 (12/269,512). 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=8,130,519&OS=8,130,519&RS=8,130,519
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,129,546) developed by five co-inventors for a "derivatives for modulation of ion channels." The co-inventors are Esther Martinborough, San Diego, Andreas P. Termin, Encinitas, Calif., Timothy D. Neubert, San Diego, Nicole Hilgraf, San Diego, and Corey Anderson, San Diego.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Sulfonamide derivatives act as ion channel antagonists. The compositions are useful for treating or relieving pain-related conditions."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2010 (12/879,237). 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=8,129,546&OS=8,129,546&RS=8,129,546
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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Carrier Ethernet Service Discovery, Correlation Methodology and Apparatus
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,675) developed by five co-inventors for a "carrier ethernet service discovery, correlation methodology and apparatus." The co-inventors are Vijayakumar Raghavendran, Cary, N.C., Ajay Simha, Cary, N.C., Peter R. Sprygada, Cary, N.C., Manojkumar S. Joshi, Morrisville, N.C., and Shankar R. Varanasy, Milpitas, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an example embodiment, a method of service discovery and correlation is provided. In example embodiments, a network management system discovers, categorizes, and stores data on network elements (e.g., devices, provisioning, relationships, protocols, and topology) in a carrier network. Using a unique set of rules, relational groupings based on the discovered network elements may be created. The relational groupings, in turn, facilitate creation of a centralized carrier service view. By correlating the results of the discovery process with the centralized carrier service view, fault management, availability of service, and other observations of services can be deduced."
The patent application was filed on July 24, 2009 (12/509,140). 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=8,130,675&OS=8,130,675&RS=8,130,675
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Air Products and Chemicals Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Air Products and Chemicals, Allentown, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,129,555) developed by six co-inventors for a "precursors for depositing silicon-containing films and methods for making and using same." The co-inventors are Hansong Cheng, Allentown, Pa., Manchao Xiao, San Diego, Gauri Sankar Lal, Whitehall, Pa., Thomas Richard Gaffney, Carlsbad, Calif., Chenggang Zhou, Wuhan, China, and Jinping Wu, Wuhan, China.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aminosilane precursors for depositing silicon-containing films, and methods for depositing silicon-containing films from these aminosilane precursors, are described herein. In one embodiment, there is provided an aminosilane precursor for depositing silicon-containing film comprising the following formula (I): (R.sup.1R.sup.2N).sub.nSiR.sup.3.sub.4-n (I) wherein substituents R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently chosen from an alkyl group comprising from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and an aryl group comprising from 6 to 30 carbon atoms, at least one of substituents R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 comprises at least one electron withdrawing substituent chosen from F, Cl, Br, I, CN, NO.sub.2, PO(OR).sub.2, OR, SO, SO.sub.2, SO.sub.2R and wherein R in the at least one electron withdrawing substituent is chosen from an alkyl group or an aryl group, R.sup.3 is chosen from H, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, and n is a number ranging from 1 to 4."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2008 (12/190,125). 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=8,129,555&OS=8,129,555&RS=8,129,555
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Broadcom Assigned Patent for RF Transceiver System with Adjustable Transmission Parameters and Methods for Use Therewith
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,659) developed by Mark Gonikberg, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "RF transceiver system with adjustable transmission parameters and methods for use therewith."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A circuit includes a transceiver coupled to transmit an outbound signal in accordance with a plurality of transmit parameters to at least one remote station and receive an inbound signal from the at least one remote station. The transceiver detects a packet transmission failure, selects one of a plurality of transmission failure causes, and adjusts at least one of a plurality of transmit parameters, based on the selected one of the plurality of transmission failure causes."
The patent application was filed on March 29, 2007 (11/731,239). 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=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,130,659&OS=8,130,659&RS=8,130,659
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Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Read Window in Chalcogenide Semiconductor Memories
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,130,536) developed by four co-inventors for a "read window in chalcogenide semiconductor memories." The co-inventors are Ilya V. Karpov, Santa Clara, Calif., Sergey Kostylev, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., George A. Gordon, San Jose, Calif., and Ward D. Parkinson, Boise, Idaho.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Using a shorter read pulse width may increase read window in some embodiments. This may allow the use of higher voltages with less likelihood of a read disturb where a bit unintentionally changes phase."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2006 (11/595,055). 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=8,130,536&OS=8,130,536&RS=8,130,536
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Kineto Wireless Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Kineto Wireless, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,703) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and messages for interworking between unlicensed access network and GPRS network for data services." The co-inventors are Milan Markovic, Pleasanton, Calif., Jianxiong (Jason) Shi, Pleasanton, Calif., Michael D. Gallagher, San Jose, Calif., and Rajeev Gupta, Sunnyvale, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods for performing various operations via unlicensed mobile access (UMA) radio link control (URLC) messages in an unlicensed mobile access network (UMAN). The UMAN comprises a first radio access network that may be employed for accessing data services provided by a core network comprising a second radio access network. URLC messages are exchanged between mobile stations (MSs) and UMA network controllers (UNCs) to perform various operations associated with the UMAN. An MS may access the UMAN via a wireless access point (AP) that is communicatively coupled to a UNC via an IP network. The URLC messages are sent between MSs and UNCs using an Up interface comprising a set of layered protocols over an underlying IP transport."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2009 (12/564,039). 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=8,130,703&OS=8,130,703&RS=8,130,703
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SanDisk 3D Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- SanDisk 3D, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,528) developed by Tianhong Yan, San Jose, Calif., and Luca Fasoli, Campbell, Calif., for "memory system with sectional data lines."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A storage system includes a three-dimensional memory array that has multiple layers of non-volatile storage elements grouped into blocks. The blocks are grouped into bays. The storage system includes array lines of a first type in communication with storage elements, array lines of a second type in communication with storage elements, and sense amplifiers. Each block is geographically associated with two sense amplifiers and all blocks of a particular bay share a group of sense amplifiers associated with the blocks of the particular bay. The system includes multiple sets of local data lines in one or more routing metal layers below the three-dimensional memory array and multiple sets of global data lines in one or more top metal layers above the three-dimensional memory array. Each set of one or more blocks include one set of the local data lines. Each bay includes one set of global data lines that connect to the group of sense amplifiers associated with the blocks of the respective bay. Each block includes a subset of first selection circuits for selectively coupling a subset of array lines of the first type to respective local data lines. Each block includes a subset of second selection circuits for selectively coupling a subset of the respective local data lines to global data lines associated with a respective bay."
The patent application was filed on March 25, 2009 (12/410,648). 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=8,130,528&OS=8,130,528&RS=8,130,528
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Intel Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,702) developed by Shantidev Mohanty, Santa Clara, Calif., Muthaiah Venkatachalam, Beaverton, Ore., and Puneet Pandoh, Portland, Ore., for an "OFDMA based communication system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access communication system, the location of one- and two-dimensional bursts may be specified by specifying the starting location of the plurality of bursts. The length of a burst may then be determined by subtracting starting locations of successive bursts. In some embodiments, the number of bits needed to specifying the location of bursts may be reduced."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2007 (12/006,271). 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=8,130,702&OS=8,130,702&RS=8,130,702
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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method for Controlling a Data Transfer over a Network
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,643) developed by Siddhartha Dattagupta, Fullerton, Calif., and Allen J. Huotari, Garden Grove, Calif., for a "system and method for controlling a data transfer over a network."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided in one example and includes querying for a total capacity for data transmissions for a local network segment, and identifying an available capacity for the local network segment by subtracting a sum of current aggregate consumption of the local network segment from the total capacity. The method also includes comparing the available capacity to a requested capacity that is generated by a network element for a specific communication session. If the requested capacity is equal to or greater than the available capacity, the request is withheld and not transmitted. In more specific embodiments, if the requested capacity is less than the available capacity, the request is transmitted. The query can be communicated to a gateway. In still other embodiments, the query includes a specific query as to a capacity allocated for video data and the network element is a set-top box."
The patent application was filed on April 7, 2009 (12/419,992). 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=8,130,643&OS=8,130,643&RS=8,130,643
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Apple Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,572) developed by Greg M. Hess, Mountain View, Calif., for a "low power memory array column redundancy mechanism."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A low power memory array column redundancy mechanism includes a memory unit having a memory array and a multiplexer unit. The memory array includes a plurality of columns, which includes a plurality of data columns and one or more unused columns. The multiplexer unit may selectively provide a constant value to the one or more unused columns of the memory array, and provide write data to the plurality of data columns during each write operation of the plurality of columns."
The patent application was filed on March 23, 2010 (12/729,489). 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=8,130,572&OS=8,130,572&RS=8,130,572
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Silver Spring Networks Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Silver Spring Networks, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,700) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for providing network and routing protocols for utility services." The co-inventors are George Flammer, Cupertino, Calif., Sterling Hughes, Oakland, Calif., Daniel McKernan, Cupertino, Calif., and Raj Vaswani, Portola Valley, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for providing a network and routing protocol for utility services are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises discovering a utility network, wherein a utility device (for example, a constant powered meter) sends network discovery messages to find the utility network. Neighboring meters are discovered and the device listens for advertised routes for one or more networks from the neighbors. The device is then registered with one or more utility networks, receiving a unique address for each network registration. Also illustrated in this invention disclosure is how each device of a class of devices (for example, battery powered meter) finds and associates itself with another device (for example, constant powered meter). The constant powered meter also registers its associate battery powered meter with the utility networks. The constant powered meter registers itself with the access points and the upstream nodes in the path out of each network. Each upstream node can independently make forwarding decisions on both upstream and downstream packets i.e. choose the next hop according to the best information available to it. The constant powered meter can sense transient link problems, outage problems, and traffic characteristics. It uses the information to find the best route out of and within each network. Each network device thus maintains multi-egress, multi-ingress network routing options both for itself and the device(s) associated with it."
The patent application was filed on June 15, 2007 (11/818,887). 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=8,130,700&OS=8,130,700&RS=8,130,700
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Altera Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,559) developed by Rakesh H. Patel, Cupertino, Calif., and Shankar Prasad Sinha, Redwood City, Calif., for "MEMS switching device and conductive bridge device based circuits."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one aspect, a multiplexer array is described. The multiplexer array includes (1) a first multiplexer coupled to a first address line, where the first multiplexer includes a first plurality of memory devices and (2) a first plurality of input logic devices coupled to the first multiplexer, a first plurality of data lines, and a plurality of bitlines. Each input logic device of the first plurality of input logic devices is coupled to a respective memory device of the first plurality of memory devices and includes a first input terminal and a second input terminal, where, for each input logic device, the first input terminal is coupled to a respective data line of the first plurality of data lines and the second input terminal is coupled to a respective bitline of the plurality of bitlines. Embodiments of methods of programming a multiplexer array are also described."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2009 (12/535,395). 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=8,130,559&OS=8,130,559&RS=8,130,559
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Round Rock Research Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Round Rock Research, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,130,549) developed by Robert D. Norman, San Jose, Calif., and Christophe J. Chevallier, Palo Alto, Calif., for an "apparatus and method for detecting over-programming condition in multistate memory device."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system embodiment comprises a nonvolatile memory device, a memory, and a controller. The nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells. Each nonvolatile memory cell is adapted to store at least two bits. The memory is adapted to store a program when the system powers up. The controller is adapted to implement the program to provide instructions used to program and erase nonvolatile memory cells. A method embodiment comprises loading a program into memory upon powering up a memory system, and implementing the program using a controller, including programming and erasing multi-bit nonvolatile memory cells."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2006 (11/640,654). 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=8,130,549&OS=8,130,549&RS=8,130,549
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Broadcom Assigned Patent for Hierarchical Queue Shaping
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,648) developed by Bruce H. Kwan, Sunnyvale, Calif., Puneet Agarwal, Cupertino, Calif., and Asad Khamisy, Fremont, Calif., for a hierarchical queue shaping.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network device and method include token buckets, each token bucket associated with one of clients and virtual ports and configured to process information based on a predefined bandwidth and a strict priority/weighted deficit round robin. A maximum rate shaper module and a minimum rate meter module shape and meter whether any of the clients or virtual ports have exceeded a predefined threshold. A scheduler is configured to schedule services of the clients and to calculate a new bandwidth allocation for at least one of the clients or virtual ports when the at least one of the clients or virtual ports has exceeded the predefined threshold, the new bandwidth allocation replacing the predefined bandwidth and being proportional to the predefined bandwidth for each of the clients or virtual ports."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2006 (11/642,554). 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=8,130,648&OS=8,130,648&RS=8,130,648
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Power Integrations Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Power Integrations, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,517) developed by Robert J. Mayell, San Francisco, for a "forward converter transformer saturation prevention."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A power converter in one aspect limits the magnetic flux in a transformer. A control circuit included in the power converter includes a pulse width modulator, logic circuits and saturation prevention circuits. The saturation prevention circuits assert a first signal when a first integral value of the input voltage reaches a first threshold value and assert a second signal after a delay time that begins when a difference between the first integral value and a second integral value of a reset voltage of the transformer falls to a second threshold value. The logic circuits turn off the switch when the first signal is asserted, and allow the switch to turn on and off in accordance with the pulse width modulator when the second signal is asserted."
The patent application was filed on April 19, 2011 (13/090,160). 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=8,130,517&OS=8,130,517&RS=8,130,517
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Genx Mobile Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Genx Mobile, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,697) developed by Rodric C. Fan, Fremont, Calif., Edward David Mleczko, San Jose, Calif., and Sean Dominic Taylor, Fremont, Calif., for an "autonomous mobile electronic mail system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention is a system, a device, and a method that allows remote mobile unit monitoring. The communication system of the invention includes a plurality of mobile units monitored by a stationary unit. Each of the mobile units has a processor, a memory, and a wireless modem for automatically generating a status report and transmitting the status report in an e-mail format without user intervention. The processor of the mobile unit determines when and whether to send a status report by determining if a predefined condition is fulfilled. The stationary unit, which is primarily a user interface unit, parses the status report in the received e-mail and presents the report to the user. Most of the processing and storage capabilities of the system reside in the individual mobile units."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2004 (10/771,605). 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=8,130,697&OS=8,130,697&RS=8,130,697
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SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent for Extra Dummy Erase Pulses After Shallow Erase-verify to Avoid Sensing Deep Erased Threshold Voltage
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,130,551) developed by Ken Oowada, Fujisawa, Japan, Yingda Dong, San Jose, Calif., and Deepanshu Dutta, Santa Clara, Calif., for an "extra dummy erase pulses after shallow erase-verify to avoid sensing deep erased threshold voltage."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An erase operation for non-volatile memory includes first and second phases. The first phase applies a series of voltage pulses to a substrate, where each erase pulse is followed by a verify operation. The verify operation uses a verify level which is offset higher from a final desired threshold voltage level. The erase pulses step up in amplitude until a maximum level is reached, at which point additional erase pulses at the maximum level are applied. The first phase ends when the verify operation passes. The second phase applies one or more extra erase pulses which are higher in amplitude than the last erase pulse in the first phase and which are not followed by a verify operation. This avoids the need to perform a verify operation at deep, negative threshold voltages levels, which can cause charge trapping which reduces write-erase endurance, while still achieving the desired deep erase."
The patent application was filed on March 31, 2010 (12/751,265). 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=8,130,551&OS=8,130,551&RS=8,130,551
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Broadcom Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,682) developed by Louay Jalloul, Santa Clara, Calif., Harold Artes, Ottensheim, Austria, and Anuj Puri, Hercules, Calif., for "assigning mobile users in a half-frequency division duplex (HFDD) system to uplink (UL) sub-frames and to downlink (DL) sub-frames."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods assigning mobile users in a half-frequency division duplex (HFDD) system to a first UL group and second UL group of an uplink (UL) sub-frame, and to a first DL group and a second DL group of a downlink (DL) sub-frame, wherein the UL sub-frame is assigned a first carrier frequency and the DL sub-frame is assigned a second carrier frequency, are disclosed. One method includes determining a type of data, determining a receive CINR (carrier interference plus noise ratio), and determining a Doppler frequency parameter, for each mobile user of a plurality of mobile users. The plurality of mobile users to are assigned to the first UL group, the second UL group, the first DL group and the second DL group based on time durations of the first UL group, the second UL group, the first DL group and the second DL group, and based on and at least one of the data type, CINR, Doppler frequency spread of the mobile user, and a number of mobile users previously assigned to the first UL group, the second UL group, the first DL group and the second DL group."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2009 (12/378,604). 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=8,130,682&OS=8,130,682&RS=8,130,682
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Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,657) developed by Marc E. Mosko, Santa Cruz, Calif., for a "network routing using a retransmission-time-based link metric."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system computes link costs for a multi-hop wireless network. During operation, the system receives topological information for the multi-hop wireless network which includes a set of nodes, a set of links, and a success probability for a respective link. The system then obtains an average media access time for the multi-hop wireless network. The system also obtains a retransmission time for a respective node in the set of nodes. Next, the system computes a link metric value for a respective link based on the corresponding link success probability, the average media access time, and the corresponding retransmission time. The system then produces a link cost for the link based on the associated link metric value."
The patent application was filed on March 18, 2008 (12/050,612). 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=8,130,657&OS=8,130,657&RS=8,130,657
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SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,130,556) developed by Jeffrey W. Lutze, San Jose, Calif., and Deepanshu Dutta, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "pair bit line programming to improve boost voltage clamping."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A programming technique reduces program disturb in a set of non-volatile storage elements by programming using selected bit line patterns which increase the clamped boosting potential of an inhibited channel to avoid program disturb. One aspect groups alternate pairs of adjacent bit lines into first and second sets. Dual programming pulses are applied to a selected word line. The first set of bit lines is programmed during the first pulse, and the second set of bit lines is programmed during the second pulse. A verify operation is then performed for all bit lines. When a particular bit line is inhibited, at least one of its neighbor bit lines will also be inhibited so that the channel of the particular bit line will be sufficiently boosted. Another aspect programs every third bit line separately. A modified layout allows adjacent pairs of bit lines to be sensed using odd-even sensing circuitry."
The patent application was filed on March 5, 2009 (12/398,368). 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=8,130,556&OS=8,130,556&RS=8,130,556
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Applied Biosystems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Applied Biosystems, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,129,529) developed by Linda G. Lee, Palo Alto, Calif., for "UV excitable fluorescent energy transfer dyes."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Novel energy transfer dyes which can be used with shorter wavelength light sources are provided. These dyes include a donor dye with an absorption maxima at a wavelength between about 250 to 450 nm and an acceptor dye which is capable of absorbing energy emitted from the donor dye. One of the energy transfer dyes has a donor dye which is a member of a class of dyes having a coumarin or pyrene ring structure and an acceptor dye which is capable of absorbing energy emitted from the donor dye, wherein the donor dye has an absorption maxima between about 250 and 450 nm and the acceptor dye has an emission maxima at a wavelength greater than about 500 nm."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2010 (12/959,205). 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=8,129,529&OS=8,129,529&RS=8,129,529
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Google Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,560) developed by Suresh Natarajan Rajan, San Jose, Calif., and Michael John Sebastian Smith, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "multi-rank partial width memory modules."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system is provided for multi-rank, partial-width memory modules. A memory controller is provided. Additionally, a memory bus is provided. Further, a memory module with a plurality of ranks of memory circuits is provided, the memory module including a first number of data pins that is less than a second number of data pins of the memory bus."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2007 (11/939,432). 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=8,130,560&OS=8,130,560&RS=8,130,560
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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KMC Music Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- KMC Music, Bloomfield, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,130,495) developed by Andrew L. Field, Davis, Calif., Scott L. Andres, Gilbert, Ariz., and Jeffrey D. Genzler, Scottsdale, Ariz., for an "audio amplifier in compact case with peak voltage and current limiting circuit and thermal cooling tunnel."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An audio sound system has a printed circuit board disposed within a compact case. The PCB has a power conversion circuit for generating an operating potential, audio amplifier circuit coupled for receiving the operating potential to amplify an audio signal, and peak voltage and current limiting circuit coupled to the audio amplifier circuit to avoid hard clipping of the audio signal. The power conversion circuit has heat-generating components. A cooling tunnel is mounted over the printed circuit board. A cooling fan is mounted in the compact case adjacent a first opening of the cooling tunnel for directing air flow through a second opening of the cooling tunnel over the PCB. The cooling tunnel has a notch formed in a side of the cooling tunnel for directing air flow over the PCB. The audio amplifier circuit can generate greater than 500 watts into a 4-ohm load."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2009 (12/570,910). 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=8,130,495&OS=8,130,495&RS=8,130,495
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Antec Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Antec, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,130,491) developed by Andrew Lee, Fremont, Calif., for a "computer equipped with a fan rack to facilitate assembly and disassembly of hard disks."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer equipped with a fan rack aims to facilitate disassembly and assembly of hard disks. The computer includes a casing, a panel located at the front side of the casing and a plurality of side panels on various sides of the casing. The casing has a hard disk installation section. The panel has a hard disk replacing opening corresponding to the hard disk installation section. The panel hinges at least one fan rack corresponding to the hard disk installation section. The fan rack holds at least one fan. The fan provides cooling airflow to the hard disk installed on the hard disk installation section. The fan rack can be opened or closed by pivoting so that the hard disk can be plugged, unplugged or displaced without relying on any tools."
The patent application was filed on March 3, 2010 (12/716,762). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://p
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