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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Ohio (March 29)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Ohio.
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Invacare Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Invacare, Elyria, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,145,373) developed by Bruce A. Jaenke, Parma, Ohio, and Gary E. Chopcinski, North Ridgeville, Ohio, for a "method and apparatus for programming parameters of a power driven wheelchair for a plurality of drive settings."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of programming parameters of a power driven wheelchair for a plurality of drive modes comprises: displaying a menu image on an interactive display screen, the menu image including settings of a plurality of wheelchair parameters for a plurality of drive modes of the wheelchair; selecting a wheelchair parameter for a drive mode from the displayed menu image; and programming the setting of the selected wheelchair parameter to a desired setting."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2006 (12/064,697). 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=8,145,373&OS=8,145,373&RS=8,145,373
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,144,657) developed by Zhifeng Tao, Allston, Mass., Weihuang Fu, Cincinnati, and Jinyun Zhang, Cambridge, Mass., for a "clustering based resource allocation in multi-cell OFDMA networks."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method allocates resource in an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) network, including a set of Base Stations (BSs) and a set of Mobile Stations (MSs) for each BS. OFDMA frame are constructed as multiple resource blocks, and each resource block contains symbols transmitted on different subcarriers. A cluster is formed from adjacent sectors of different neighboring cells to jointly optimize the resource allocation in multiple frames, and three non-overlap zones are sequentially identified in cluster: cell center zone, cell edge zone, and cluster corner zone. Resource allocation includes intra-cluster proportional fair scheduling and inter-cluster interference mitigation. Intra-cluster scheduling further includes resource allocation for cell center zone and resource allocation for cell edge zone."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2009 (12/393,820). 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=8,144,657.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,657&RS=PN/8,144,657
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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USAF Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- The U.S. Air Force has been assigned a patent (8,145,019) developed by Gary Cook, Beavercreek, Ohio, and Dean R. Evans, Beavercreek, Ohio, for a self adapting sensor.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a method for adjusting a diffraction grating to changes in ambient conditions. The method includes writing a diffraction grating in the photorefractive waveguide with a laser, measuring spectral characteristics of the diffraction grating, and allowing the diffraction grating to self-write from interference between a forward beam and a Fresnel reflection, such that the diffraction grating is adjusted for changes in ambient conditions."
The patent application was filed on June 12, 2009 (12/483,880). 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=8,145,019&OS=8,145,019&RS=8,145,019
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Procter & Gamble Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (8,145,344) developed by Jason L. DeBruler, West Chester, Ohio, Andrew P. Palmer, Lebanon, Ohio, and Louis J. Cedrone, Mason, Ohio, for "systems and methods for controlling phasing of advancing substrates in absorbent article converting lines."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for controlling the relative positions or phasing of advancing substrates and/or components in absorbent article converting lines. The systems and methods may utilize feedback from technologies, such as vision systems, sensors, remote input and output stations, and controllers with synchronized embedded clocks to accurately correlate component placement detections and placement control on an absorbent article converting process. The systems and methods may accurately apply the use of precision clock synchronization for both instrumentation and control system devices on a non-deterministic communications network. In turn, the clock synchronized control and instrumentation network may be used to control the substrate position. As such, the controller may be programmed to the relative positions of substrates and components along the converting line without having to account for undeterminable delays."
The patent application was filed on June 2, 2009 (12/476,479). 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=8,145,344&OS=8,145,344&RS=8,145,344
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Rockwell Automation Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Rockwell Automation Technologies, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,145,333) developed by six co-inventors for a "ontology-based system and method for industrial control." The co-inventors are Pavel Vrba, Vejprnice, Czech, Kenwood H. Hall, Hudson, Ohio, Petr Kadera, Prague, Czech, Vladimir Marik, Prague, Czech, Marek Obitko, Kladno, Czech, and Miloslav Radakovic, Ruzomberok, Slovakia.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An industrial control system and method of controlling an industrial process are disclosed herein. In at least one embodiment, the control system includes an order system configured to receive an order from an external source and process the order to generate an order instance in accordance with an order ontology, at least one database storing a plurality of selectable generalized production plans and information identifying capabilities of a plurality of control entities, and a product agent in at least indirect communication with the order system, the at least one database and the control entities. The product agent receives at least one portion of the order instance, selects at least one of the generalized production plans, and communicates with the control entities so as to determine a production plan instance suitable for governing at least one aspect of an industrial process in order to satisfy at least one portion of the received order corresponding to the at least one portion of the order instance."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2008 (12/325,893). 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=8,145,333&OS=8,145,333&RS=8,145,333
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Case Western Reserve University Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, has been assigned a patent (8,144,744) developed by four co-inventors for a "co-extruded multilayer polymers films for all-polymer lasers." The co-inventors are Kenneth Singer, Pepperpike, Ohio, Eric Baer, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Anne Hiltner, Cleveland, and Christoph Weder, Duedingen, Switzerland.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A polymer film laser is provided that comprises a plurality of extruded polymer layers. The plurality of extruded polymer layers comprises a plurality of alternating dielectric layers of a first polymer material having a first refractive index and a second polymer material having second refractive index different than the first refractive index."
The patent application was filed on March 24, 2011 (13/070,787). 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=8,144,744&OS=8,144,744&RS=8,144,744
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Procter & Gamble Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Detecting and Rejecting Defective Absorbent Articles from a Converting Line
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (8,145,338) developed by Jeffrey Michael Kent, Lebanon, Ohio, and Louis J. Cedrone, Mason, Ohio, for "systems and methods for detecting and rejecting defective absorbent articles from a converting line."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for detecting and rejecting defective absorbent articles from a converting line. In particular, the systems and methods may utilize feedback from technologies, such as vision systems, sensors, remote input and output stations, and controllers with synchronized embedded clocks to accurately correlate inspection results and measurements from an absorbent article converting process. As such, the systems and methods may accurately apply the use of precision clock synchronization for both instrumentation and control system devices on a non-deterministic communications network. In turn, the clock synchronized control and instrumentation network may be used to control a reject system on converters of absorbent articles. In some embodiments, the controller will reject only defective absorbent articles without the need to reject non-defective absorbent articles."
The patent application was filed on June 2, 2009 (12/476,553). 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=8,145,338&OS=8,145,338&RS=8,145,338
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Procter & Gamble Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Controlling Registration of Advancing Substrates in Absorbent Article Converting Lines
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (8,145,343) developed by Jason L. DeBruler, West Chester, Ohio, Andrew P. Palmer, Lebanon, Ohio, and Louis J. Cedrone, Mason, Ohio, for "systems and methods for controlling registration of advancing substrates in absorbent article converting lines."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for controlling the registration of advancing substrates in absorbent article converting lines. The systems and methods may utilize feedback from technologies, such as vision systems, sensors, remote input and output stations, and controllers with synchronized embedded clocks to accurately correlate registration feature detections and substrate speed control on an absorbent article converting process. The systems and methods may accurately apply the use of precision clock synchronization for both instrumentation and control system devices on a non-deterministic communications network. In turn, the clock synchronized control and instrumentation network may be used to control the substrate speed. As such, the controller may be programmed to track registration features on substrates and components along the converting line without having to account for undeterminable delays. "
The patent application was filed on June 2, 2009 (12/476,348). 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=8,145,343&OS=8,145,343&RS=8,145,343
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Ethicon Endo-Surgery Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (8,142,461) developed by six co-inventors for surgical instruments. The co-inventors are Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, Ohio, Andrew M. Zwolinski, Cincinnati, Tracy D. Lopes, Mason, Ohio, Prasanna Malaviya, Mason, Ohio, Daniel W. Price, Loveland, Ohio, and Louis T. DeLuca, Flower Mound, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A surgical instrument that may include a housing, a transducer engaged with the housing which can produce vibrations, and an end-effector engaged with the transducer. The surgical instrument can further include an adjustable sheath extending from the housing where the sheath is movable relative to the distal tip of the end-effector and where the distance between the distal tip of the sheath and the distal tip of the end-effector can be set such that the sheath can act as a depth stop. The sheath can be adjusted such that, when the distal tip of the sheath contacts the tissue or bone being incised, the surgeon can determine that the appropriate depth of the incision has been reached. In other embodiments, the end-effector can be moved with respect to the sheath in order to adjust the distance between the distal tip of the end-effector and the distal tip of the sheath."
The patent application was filed on March 22, 2007 (11/726,620). 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=8,142,461.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,461&RS=PN/8,142,461
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Ethicon Endo-Surgery Assigned Patent for Controlling Pressure in Adjustable Restriction Devices
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (8,142,452) developed by five co-inventors for a "controlling pressure in adjustable restriction devices." The co-inventors are Jonathan A. Coe, Cincinnati, Christopher W. Widenhouse, Clarksville, Ohio, Thomas E. Adams, Maineville, Ohio, Juan S. Ezolino, Weston, Fla., and David Martin, Milford, Ohio.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and devices are provided for regulating a hydraulic restriction system including a restriction device. In general, the methods and devices can allow for non-invasive, transient pressure control. The methods and devices can also, in some embodiments, mechanically regulate pressure of the restriction device without using any electrical components that may need to be powered to operate over extended periods of time."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2007 (11/965,331). 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=8,142,452.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,452&RS=PN/8,142,452
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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X-spine Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- X-spine Systems, Miamisburg, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,142,436) developed by David Louis Kirschman, Dayton, Ohio, for a "retraction tube for use with bone screw."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A retractor system and method for locating and placing a polyaxial screw while substantially simultaneously retracting tissue is shown and described. The retractor has a channel that facilitates introducing a rod into the polyaxial screw. Various embodiments are shown, including one which utilized a reducer for moving the rod in the retractor."
The patent application was filed on June 3, 2009 (12/477,489). 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=8,142,436.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,436&RS=PN/8,142,436
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Hemostatix Medical Techs Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Hemostatix Medical Techs, Bartlett, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (8,142,425) developed by Philip E. Eggers, Columbus, Ohio, for a "hemostatic surgical blade, system and method of blade manufacture."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hemostatic surgical blade is described which is formed of five symmetrically disposed layers. A martensitic stainless steel core is provided with oppositely disposed faces which are bonded to hard pure copper thermal transfer layers which, in turn, are supported by buttressing layers of austenitic stainless steel. The blade is heated by a blade heater circuit which is provided as a flexible circuit carrying one or more resistor heaters and associated leads supported by a polyimide substrate. A thermally conductive and electrically insulative adhesive is used to bond the flexible circuit to a blade blank. The system employs a multi-lead cable which is removable from an instrument handle. One blade embodiment involves an elongate stem for accessing body cavities and another embodiment incorporates a controller function within an instrument handle."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2007 (11/980,310). 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=8,142,425.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,425&RS=PN/8,142,425
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Method and System for Providing a Proxy Media Service
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,145,249) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for providing a proxy media service." The co-inventors are Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, Calif., Shah Talukder, Los Gatos, Calif., Kittur V. Nagesh, Saratoga, Calif., Douglas J. Hall, Westerville, Ohio, Larry R. Metzger, Wake Forest, N.C., and Yogesh Kalley, Sunnyvale, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for providing a push-to-talk proxy media service includes receiving a plurality of monitored push-to-talk communication streams over a high bandwidth connection and mixing the plurality of monitored push-to-talk communication streams into a mixed communication stream. The method also includes transmitting the mixed communication stream to a user endpoint over a low bandwidth connection."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2005 (11/267,915). 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=8,145,249&OS=8,145,249&RS=8,145,249
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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