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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (Sept. 5)
[September 05, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (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 New York.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Mobile Device Workload Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,731) developed by four co-inventors for a "mobile device workload management for cloud computing using SIP and presence to control workload and method thereof." The co-inventors are Sandeep R. Patil, Somers, New York, Sri Ramanathan, Lutz, Florida, Susan L. Sylvia, El Dorado Hills, California, and Matthew B. Trevathan, Kennesaw, Georgia.



The patent application was filed on May 18, 2010 (12/782,142). 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=8,825,731.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,731&RS=PN/8,825,731 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Sequential Analysis of Biological Samples ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- General Electric, Schenectady, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,147) developed by five co-inventors for the "sequential analysis of biological samples." The co-inventors are Anup Sood, Clifton Park, New York, Michael Christopher Montalto, Brielle, New Jersey, Michael Gerdes, Albany, New York, Maximilian Lewis Seel, Boston, and Robert John Filkins, Niskayuna, New York.


The patent application was filed on April 27, 2012 (13/457,531). 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=88,22,147.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,147&RS=PN/88,22,147 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Antecip Bioventures II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Antecip Bioventures II, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,436) developed by Herriot Tabuteau, New York, for "compositions for oral administration of zoledronic acid or related compounds for treating disease." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2014 (14/310,811). 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=88,22,436.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,436&RS=PN/88,22,436 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Corning Assigned Patent for Slip Agent for Protecting Glass ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Corning, Corning, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,821,970) developed by four co-inventors for the "slip agent for protecting glass." The co-inventors are Jonathan Chen, Tainan, Taiwan, Timothy Michael Gross, Big Flats, New York, David Alan Tammaro, Painted Post, New York, and Liming Wang, Painted Post, New York.

The patent application was filed on May 22, 2009 (12/470,595). 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=88,21,970.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,970&RS=PN/88,21,970 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Smart Reminder Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,510) developed by four co-inventors for smart reminder management. The co-inventors are Rick A. Hamilton, Charlottesville, Virginia, James R. Kozloski, New Fairfield, Connecticut, Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, New York, and Irina Rish, Rye Brook, New York.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2012 (13/611,397). 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=8,825,510.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,510&RS=PN/8,825,510 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Evaluating and Comparing Requirements of Task with Capabilities of Entity ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,826,166) developed by Jacquelyn A. Martino, Cold Spring, New York, Juerg Von Kaenel, Mahopac, Switzerland, and Patrick A. Wagstrom, White Plains, New York, for "evaluating and comparing the requirements of a task with the capabilities of an entity." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2011 (13/049,554). 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=8,826,166.PN.&OS=PN/8,826,166&RS=PN/8,826,166 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cross Commerce Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Cross Commerce Media, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,716) developed by four co-inventors for "providing a multi-tenant knowledge network." The co-inventors are Russell William Martin Jr., New York, Michael Martinov, Greenwich, Connecticut, Heidi Messer, New York, and Stephen Messer, New York.

The patent application was filed on March 6, 2014 (14/199,631). 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=8,825,716.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,716&RS=PN/8,825,716 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Wireless Ink Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Wireless Ink, East Islip, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,801) developed by David Walker Harper, Bay Shore, New York, Jason James Sabella, Coram, New York, and William Henry Munch, Tampa, Florida, for a "method, apparatus and system for management of information content for enhanced accessibility over wireless communication networks." The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2014 (14/175,768). 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=8,825,801.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,801&RS=PN/8,825,801 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Morgan Stanley & Co. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Morgan Stanley & Co., New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,539) developed by four co-inventors for "computer-based systems and methods for computing market-adjusted elasticities for accounts." The co-inventors are Barry S. Hurewitz, New York, Vaughn Harvey, New York, Thami Rachidi, Bayonne, New Jersey, and Scott Solomon, New York.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2012 (13/564,077). 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=8,825,539.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,539&RS=PN/8,825,539 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Columbia University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Columbia University, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,566) developed by Tony Jebara, New York, for "systems, devices, and methods for posteriori estimation using NAND markov random field (NMRF)." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2011 (13/298,424). 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=8,825,566.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,566&RS=PN/8,825,566 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Transactis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Transactis, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,523) developed by Amy Gillenson, New York, and James Daniel Fornari, New York, for an "electronic coupon system and data mining and use thereof in relation thereto and for use interactive participation of individuals and groups within the system." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2010 (12/798,065). 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=8,825,523.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,523&RS=PN/8,825,523 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Using Penalty and Reward to Aggregate Data to Assess Trust ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,577) developed by Achille Fokoue, White Plains, New York, and Mudhakar Srivatsa, White Plains, New York, for "using penalty and reward to aggregate data to assess trust." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2010 (12/880,357). 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=8,825,577.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,577&RS=PN/8,825,577 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Smart Reminder Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,511) developed by four co-inventors for smart reminder management. The co-inventors are Rick A. Hamilton, Charlottesville, Virginia, James R. Kozloski, New Fairfield, Connecticut, Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, New York, and Irina Rish, Rye Brook, New York.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2012 (13/611,758). 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=8,825,511.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,511&RS=PN/8,825,511 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Self-aligned Fine Pitch Permanent On-chip Interconnect Structures ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,137) developed by Qinghuang Lin, Yorktown Heights, New York, Sanjay Mehta, Niskayuna, New York, and Hosadurga Shobha, Niskayuna, New York, for "self-aligned fine pitch permanent on-chip interconnect structures and method of fabrication." The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2011 (13/197,325). 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=88,22,137.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,137&RS=PN/88,22,137 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Multijunction Photovoltaic Cell Fabrication ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,823,127) developed by five co-inventors for a "multijunction photovoltaic cell fabrication." The co-inventors are Stephen W. Bedell, Yorktown Heights, New York, Norma Sosa Cortes, Yorktown Heights, New York, Keith E. Fogel, Yorktown Heights, New York, Devendra Sadana, Yorktown Heights, New York, and Davood Shahrjerdi, Yorktown Heights, New York.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2012 (13/614,953). 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=88,23,127.PN.&OS=PN/88,23,127&RS=PN/88,23,127 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** First Solar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- First Solar, Tempe, Arizona, has been assigned a patent (8,816,190) developed by three co-inventors for "photovoltaic devices and method of making." The co-inventors are Bastiaan Arie Korevaar, Schenectady, New York, Renee Mary Whitney, Voorheesville, New York, and Faisal Razi Ahmad, Niskayuna, New York.

The patent application was filed on April 18, 2011 (13/088,496). 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=8816190.PN.&OS=PN/8816190&RS=PN/8816190 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Niobium Thin Film Stress Relieving Layer ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,816) developed by four co-inventors for a "niobium thin film stress relieving layer for thin-film solar cells." The co-inventors are Qing Cao, Yorktown Heights, New York, Zhengwen Li, Danbury, Connecticut, Fei Liu, Yorktown Heights, New York, and Zhen Zhang, Ossining, New York.

The patent application was filed on June 27, 2012 (13/534,519). 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=88,22,816.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,816&RS=PN/88,22,816 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Two-sided Semiconductor Structure ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,337) developed by Huilong Zhu, Poughkeepsie, New York, for the two-sided semiconductor structure.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2012 (13/607,676). 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=88,22,337.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,337&RS=PN/88,22,337 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Clarkson University-Division of Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Clarkson University-Division of Research, Potsdam, New York, and Rhodia Operations, France, have been assigned a patent (8,822,340) developed by five co-inventors for "abrasive compositions for chemical mechanical polishing and methods for using same." The co-inventors are Suryadevara V. Babu, Potsdam, New York, Pradeepa Dandu, Potsdam, New York, Vamsi K. Devarapalli, Albany, New York, Guillaume Criniere, Ixelles, Belgium, and Claire Pitois, Sunbyberg, Sweden.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2013 (13/733,580). 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=88,22,340.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,340&RS=PN/88,22,340 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Rochester Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,078) developed by Brian J. Landi, Rochester, New York, Ryne P. Raffaelle, Honeoye Falls, New York, and Cory D. Cress, Alexandria, Virginia, for the "freestanding carbon nanotube paper, methods of its making, and devices containing the same." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2008 (12/240,502). 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=88,22,078.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,078&RS=PN/88,22,078 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** MetaBank Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- MetaBank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has been assigned a patent (8,818,887) developed by five co-inventors for computer-implemented methods, program product, and system "for micro-loan product management." The co-inventors are Rebecca Ahlers, Cincinnati, Eric Miller, San Mateo, California, Scott Galit, New York, Trent Sorbe, Brookings, South Dakota, and Troy Larson, Brandon, South Dakota.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2008 (12/338,684). 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=8818887.PN.&OS=PN/8818887&RS=PN/8818887 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Research Foundation of State University of New York Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Research Foundation of State University of New York, Albany, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,419) developed by Matthew R. Pincus, Brooklyn, New York, Josef Michl, Little Neck, New York, and Ehsan Sarafraz-Yazdi, New York, for the "membrane resident peptide in anti-cancer peptides causes tumor cell necrosis rather than apoptosis of cancer cells." The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2009 (13/122,256). 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=88,22,419.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,419&RS=PN/88,22,419 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lifeworx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Lifeworx, Chappaqua, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,736) developed by Bal Agrawal, Chappaqua, New York, for a "system and method for service provider search." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2006 (11/376,642). 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=8,825,736.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,736&RS=PN/8,825,736 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Doping of Semiconductor Substrate through Carbonless Phosphorous-containing Layer ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,318) developed by Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Ossining, New York, Damon Farmer, White Plains, New York, and Lidija Sekaric, Arlington, Virginia, for the "doping of semiconductor substrate through carbonless phosphorous-containing layer." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2013 (13/923,445). 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=88,22,318.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,318&RS=PN/88,22,318 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Pfizer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Pfizer, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,703) developed by Joseph Francis Krzyzaniak, Pawcatuck, Connecticut, and Jason Albert Leonard, New Rochelle, New York, for "salt forms of [R-(R*,R*)]-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-beta, delta-dihydroxy-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4[phenylamino) carbonyl]-1H-pyrrole-1-heptanoic acid." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2013 (14/016,839). 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=88,22,703.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,703&RS=PN/88,22,703 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Corning Assigned Patent for Vacuum-insulated Glass Windows with Glass-bump Spacers ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Corning, Corning, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,821,999) developed by five co-inventors for "vacuum-insulated glass windows with glass-bump spacers." The co-inventors are Richard R. Grzybowski, Corning, New York, Daniel R. Harvey, Bath, New York, Stephan Lvovich Logunov, Corning, New York, Daniel Louis Gabriel Ricoult, Horseheads, New York, and Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov, Corning, New York.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2008 (12/265,192). 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=88,21,999.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,999&RS=PN/88,21,999 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Corning Assigned Patent for Phosphor Containing Glass Frit Materials ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Corning, Corning, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,032) developed by four co-inventors for "phosphor containing glass frit materials for LED lighting applications." The co-inventors are Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Elmira, New York, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Painted Post, New York, Robert Michael Morena, Lindley, New York, and William R. Trutna, Atherton, California.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2011 (13/281,671). 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=88,22,032.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,032&RS=PN/88,22,032 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Simplifying Graph of Correlation Rules While Preserving Semantic Coverage ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,581) developed by Matthew J. Duftler, Yorktown Heights, New York, and Szabolcs Rozsnyai, Hawthorne, New York, for "simplifying a graph of correlation rules while preserving semantic coverage." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2012 (13/608,813). 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=8,825,581.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,581&RS=PN/8,825,581 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Low Extension Dose Implants in SRAM Fabrication ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,295) developed by four co-inventors for "low extension dose implants in SRAM fabrication." The co-inventors are Leland Chang, New York, Chung-Hsun Lin, White Plains, New York, Shih-Hsien Lo, Mount Kisco, New York, and Jeffrey W. Sleight, Ridgefield, Connecticut.

The patent application was filed on April 3, 2012 (13/438,437). 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=88,22,295.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,295&RS=PN/88,22,295 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Electrodeposition Method for Forming Ge on Semiconductor Substrates ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,823,143) developed by six co-inventors for an "electrodeposition method for forming Ge on semiconductor substrates." The co-inventors are Stephen W. Bedell, Wappingers Falls, New York, Hariklia Deligianni, Tenafly, New Jersey, Qiang Huang, Sleepy Hollow, New York, Lubomyr T. Romankiw, Briarcliff Manor, New York, Devendra K. Sadana, Pleasantville, New York, and Katherine L. Saenger, Ossining, New York.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2009 (12/541,499). 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=88,23,143.PN.&OS=PN/88,23,143&RS=PN/88,23,143 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Asymmetric FET Formed through Use of Variable Pitch Gate ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,823,064) developed by four co-inventors for the "asymmetric FET formed through use of variable pitch gate for use as logic device and test structure." The co-inventors are Josephine B. Chang, Mahopac, New York, Chung-Hsun Lin, White Plains, New York, Isaac Lauer, Mahopac, New York, and Jeffrey W. Sleight, Ridgefield, Connecticut.

The patent application was filed on April 6, 2012 (13/441,048). 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=88,23,064.PN.&OS=PN/88,23,064&RS=PN/88,23,064 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** CFPH Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- CFPH, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,529) developed by Howard W. Lutnick, New York, and Dean P. Alderucci, New York, for "submitting a request to reserve a service." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2007 (11/681,666). 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=8,825,529.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,529&RS=PN/8,825,529 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lixte Biotechnology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Lixte Biotechnology, East Setauket, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,461) developed by John S. Kovach, East Setauket, New York, and Francis Johnson, Setauket, New York, for "oxabicycloheptanes and oxabicycloheptenes, their preparation and use." The patent application was filed on April 19, 2013 (13/866,854). 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=88,22,461.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,461&RS=PN/88,22,461 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cornell University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,743) developed by four co-inventors for "semantic transactions in online applications." The co-inventors are Johannes E. Gehrke, Ithaca, New York, Nitin Gupta, New Delhi, Philipp T. Unterbrunner, Zurich, and Alan J. Demers, Ithaca, New York.

The patent application was filed on July 11, 2008 (12/668,697). 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=8,825,743.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,743&RS=PN/8,825,743 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Asymmetric FET Formed through Use of Variable Pitch Gate ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,278) developed by four co-inventors for the "asymmetric FET formed through use of variable pitch gate for use as logic device and test structure." The co-inventors are Josephine B. Chang, Mahopac, New York, Chung-Hsun Lin, White Plains, New York, Isaac Lauer, Mahopac, New York, and Jeffrey W. Sleight, Ridgefield, Connecticut.

The patent application was filed on March 29, 2012 (13/434,128). 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=88,22,278.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,278&RS=PN/88,22,278 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Selective Display of Past Instant Messages ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,778) developed by Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, Albert DeLucca, Wantagh, New York, and Soobaek Jang, Hamden, Connecticut, for the "selective display of past instant messages." The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2012 (13/352,519). 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=8,825,778.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,778&RS=PN/8,825,778 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Integrated Circuit Die Stacks with Translationally Compatible Vias ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,823,162) developed by Jimmy G. Foster Sr., Morrisville, North Carolina, and Kyu-Hyoun Kim, Mount Kisco, New York, for "integrated circuit die stacks with translationally compatible vias." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2012 (13/462,994). 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=88,23,162.PN.&OS=PN/88,23,162&RS=PN/88,23,162 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Front Side Wafer ID Processing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,141) developed by five co-inventors for the "front side wafer ID processing." The co-inventors are Mukta G. Farooq, Hopewell Junction, New York, Robert Hannon, Wappingers Falls, New York, Subramanian S. Iyer, Mount Kisco, New York, Kevin S. Petrarca, Newburgh, New York, and Stuart A. Sieg, Albany, New York.

The patent application was filed on March 5, 2013 (13/785,816). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,22,141.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,141&RS=PN/88,22,141 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Self-aligned III-V MOSFET Diffusion Regions and Silicide-like Alloy Contact ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,317) developed by five co-inventors for "self-aligned III-V MOSFET diffusion regions and silicide-like alloy contact." The co-inventors are Cheng-Wei Cheng, White Plains, New York, Augustin J. Hong, White Plains, New York, Jeehwan Kim, Los Angeles, Devendra K. Sadana, Pleasantville, New York, and Kuen-Ting Shiu, White Plains, New York.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2012 (13/603,739). 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=88,22,317.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,317&RS=PN/88,22,317 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines, STMicroelectronics Assigned Patent for Method of Repairing Probe Pads ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, and STMicroelectronics, Coppell, Texas, have been assigned a patent (8,822,994) developed by four co-inventors for a "method of repairing probe pads." The co-inventors are John H. Zhang, Fishkill, New York, Laertis Economikos, Wappingers Falls, New York, Robin Van Den Nieuwenhuizen, Ridgefield, Connecticut, and Wei-Tsu Tseng, Hopewell Junction, New York.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2012 (13/615,368). 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=88,22,994.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,994&RS=PN/88,22,994 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** New Sensor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- New Sensor, Long Island City, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,806) developed by David Cockerell, London, and Michael Matthews, Northport, New York, for a "configurable foot-operable electronic control interface apparatus and method." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2011 (13/101,031). 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=88,22,806.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,806&RS=PN/88,22,806 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Semiconductor Components Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Semiconductor Components Industries, Phoenix, has been assigned a patent (8,821,012) developed by Shen Wang, Rochester, New York, for a "combined device identification and temperature measurement." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2012 (13/406,227). 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=8821012.PN.&OS=PN/8821012&RS=PN/8821012 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Donabel Harms.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dense finFET SRAM ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,320) developed by four co-inventors for the dense finFET SRAM. The co-inventors are Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady, New York, Bruce B. Doris, Brewster, New York, Ali Khakifirooz, Mountain View, California, and Ghavam G. Shahidi, Pound Ridge, New York.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2012 (13/681,761). 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=88,22,320.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,320&RS=PN/88,22,320 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Intelligent Dialogue Amongst Competitive User Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,825,533) developed by five co-inventors for "intelligent dialogue amongst competitive user applications." The co-inventors are Sara H. Basson, White Plains, New York, Sasha P. Caskey, New York, Dan Ning Jiang, Beijing, Dimitri Kanevsky, Ossining, New York, and Tara N. Sainath, New York.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2012 (13/363,727). 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=8,825,533.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,533&RS=PN/8,825,533 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Columbia University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Columbia University, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,822,216) developed by Eric R. Kandel, Riverdale, New York, and Mark Mayford, San Diego, for the "DNA regulatory element for the expression of transgenes in neurons of a subject and uses thereof." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2012 (13/409,066). 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=88,22,216.PN.&OS=PN/88,22,216&RS=PN/88,22,216 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** State University of New York Stony Brook, Kansas State University Research Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- State University of New York Stony Brook, Albany, New York, Kansas State University Research Foundation, Manhattan, Kansas, and the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, have been assigned a patent (8,823,014) developed by seven co-inventors for "off-axis silicon carbide substrates." The co-inventors are James Edgar, Manhattan, Kansas, Michael Dudley, Miller Place, New York, Martin Kuball, Bristol, United Kingdom, Yi Zhang, Manhattan, Kansas, Guan Wang, Worcester, Massachusetts, Hui Chen, Stony Brook, New York, and Yu Zhang, Stony Brook, New York.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2010 (12/966,753). 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=88,23,014.PN.&OS=PN/88,23,014&RS=PN/88,23,014 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Maryland, has been assigned a patent (8,820,658) developed by two co-inventors for a "heat resistant piezo bimorph synthetic jet apparatus." The co-inventors are Seyed G. Saddoughi, Clifton Park, New York, and Grover Bennett Jr., Schenectady, New York.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2010 (12/960,952). 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=8820658.PN.&OS=PN/8820658&RS=PN/8820658 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Dayton T. Brown Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- Dayton T. Brown Inc., Bohemia, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,821,988) developed by Atul Gokhale, Bohemia, New York, for a "method for modification of the surface and subsurface regions of metallic substrates." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2012 (13/632,348). 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=88,21,988.PN.&OS=PN/88,21,988&RS=PN/88,21,988 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Xerox, Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Connecticut, and Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, California, have been assigned a patent (8,820,233) developed by four co-inventors for an "anilox metering system for electrographic printing." The co-inventors are Eugene M. Chow, Fremont, California, Jing Zhou, Webster, New York, Gerald A. Domoto, Briarcliff Manor, New York, and Grace T. Brewington, Fairport, New York.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2009 (12/566,568). 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=8,820,233.PN.&OS=PN/8,820,233&RS=PN/8,820,233 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent for System and Method for Adjustment of Coverage Parameters for Different Colors in Image Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,824,014) developed by David Robinson, Penfield, New York, and Katherine Loj, Rochester, New York, for a "system and method for adjustment of coverage parameters for different colors in image data." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2013 (13/764,439). 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=8,824,014.PN.&OS=PN/8,824,014&RS=PN/8,824,014 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Forming Semiconductor Device Structure ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,815,752) developed by seven co-inventors for methods "of forming features in semiconductor device structures." The co-inventors are Adam L. Olson, Boise, Idaho, Kaveri Jain, Boise, Idaho, William R. Brown, Boise, Idaho, Lijing Gou, Boise, Idaho, Ho Seop Eom, Boise, Idaho, Xue Chen, Boise, Idaho, and Anton J. deVilliers, Clifton Park, New York.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2012 (13/687,419). 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=8815752.PN.&OS=PN/8815752&RS=PN/8815752 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** 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.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Generalized Scalability for Video Coder Based on Video Objects ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,824,815) developed by Barin Geoffry Haskell, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, Atul Puri, Riverdale, New York, and Robert Lewis Schmidt, Howell, New Jersey, for "generalized scalability for video coder based on video objects." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2013 (13/776,500). 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=8,824,815.PN.&OS=PN/8,824,815&RS=PN/8,824,815 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** IGT Assigned Patent for Post-Play Gaming Benefits ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- IGT, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,814,669) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for post-play gaming benefits." The co-inventors are Daniel E. Tedesco, Huntington, Connecticut, Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, Connecticut, Magdalena M. Fincham, Ridgefield, Connecticut, and James A. Jorasch, New York.

The patent was filed on Dec. 8, 2005 (11/297,017). 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=8814669&OS=8814669&RS=8814669 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** InterDigital Patent Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- InterDigital Patent Holdings, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,824,476) developed by Lei Wang, San Diego, and Eldad M. Zeira, Huntington, New York, for a "method and apparatus for medium access control in-order delivery." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2010 (12/872,162). 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=8,824,476.PN.&OS=PN/8,824,476&RS=PN/8,824,476 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Stemnion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Stemnion, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,822,415) developed by Catherine J. Trumpower, Pittsburgh, George L. Sing, New York, and Linda O. Palladino, Stormville, New York, for "cellular-factor containing solution compositions." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2013 (13/946,022). 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=8,822,415.PN.&OS=PN/8,822,415&RS=PN/8,822,415 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Siemens Industry Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Siemens Industry, Alpharetta, Georgia, has been assigned a patent (8,823,417) developed by Lev Michael Barsky, New York, for a "combination AC/DC peak detector and signal type discriminator." The patent application was filed on July 8, 2009 (12/499,631). 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=8,823,417.PN.&OS=PN/8,823,417&RS=PN/8,823,417 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** IGT Assigned Patent for Using Audiovisual Content ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- IGT, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,814,649) developed by four co-inventors for "facilitating payout at gaming device using audiovisual content." The co-inventors are Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, Connecticut, Robert C. Tedesco, Trumbull, Connecticut, Michael W. Patterson, Mount Vernon, New York, and James A. Jorasch, New York.

The patent was filed on Jan. 18, 2013 (13/745,505). 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=8814649&OS=8814649&RS=8814649 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,824,945) developed by Yuhua Tong, Webster, New York, for a "metallic nanoparticle reinforced polyimide for fuser belt with high thermal conductivity." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2011 (13/024,089). 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=8,824,945.PN.&OS=PN/8,824,945&RS=PN/8,824,945 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 Assigned Patent for Interpolation Pattern Conversion ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 - Intellectual Ventures Fund 83, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,818,085) developed by two co-inventors for "pattern conversion for interpolation." The co-inventors are Russell J. Palum, Rochester, New York, and Bruce H. Pillman, Rochester, New York.

The patent was filed on May 24, 2013 (13/902,368). 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=8818085&OS=8818085&RS=8818085 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Intellectual Ventures I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Intellectual Ventures I, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,825,872) developed by Richard R. Reisman, New York, for a "software and method for monitoring a data stream and for capturing desired data within the data stream." The patent application was filed on March 9, 2009 (12/400,590). 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=8,825,872.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,872&RS=PN/8,825,872 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,820,885) developed by five co-inventors for a "printhead having apertures for application of a surface treatment fluid." The co-inventors are Greg A. Hildebrand, Keizer, Oregon, Cory D. Luth, Wilsonville, Oregon, Jeffrey J. Folkins, Rochester, New York, Jeffrey S. Rigotti, West Linn, Oregon, and Srinivasa R. Deshiikan, Wilsonville, Oregon.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2012 (13/680,343). 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=8820885.PN.&OS=PN/8820885&RS=PN/8820885 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** U.S. Army Assigned Patent for Positional Lock for Carrier Assembly of Breech-Loaded Weapon ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- U.S. Army, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,813,629) developed by four co-inventors for a "positional lock for carrier assembly of breech-loaded weapon." The co-inventors are Leslie C. Blahut, Westfield, Massachusetts, Paul J. Koelbel, Albany, New York, Wayland P. Barber, Mechanicville, New York, and Edward W. Holmes, Valley Falls, New York.

The patent application was filed on June 12, 2012 (13/494,375). 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=8813629.PN.&OS=PN/8813629&RS=PN/8813629 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Donabel Harms.

*** Purdue Pharma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Purdue Pharma, Stamford, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,821,929) developed by four co-inventors for "tamper resistant dosage forms." The co-inventors are William H. McKenna, Yonkers, New York, Richard O. Mannion, Furlong, Pennsylvania, Edward P. O'Donnell, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and Haiyong H. Huang, Princeton, New Jersey.

The patent application was filed on May 23, 2013 (13/900,873). 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=8821929.PN.&OS=PN/8821929&RS=PN/8821929 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent for Efficient Uplink Operation with High Instantaneous Data Rates ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,824,419) developed by Paul Marinier, Brossard, Canada, Alexander Reznik, Titusville, New Jersey, and Stephen E. Terry, Northport, New York, for an "efficient uplink operation with high instantaneous data rates." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2007 (11/966,596). 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=8,824,419.PN.&OS=PN/8,824,419&RS=PN/8,824,419 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Delaware, has been assigned a patent (8,825,098) developed by Jin Wang, Central Islip, New York, for a "method and apparatus for providing multi-rate broadcast services." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2005 (11/321,664). 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=8,825,098.PN.&OS=PN/8,825,098&RS=PN/8,825,098 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Delavau Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Delavau, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,821,946) developed by four co-inventors for calcium carbonate granulation. The co-inventors are Kevin W. Lang, Lloyd Neck, New York, James W. Dibble, Port Jefferson, New York, Raya Levin, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and Gregory B. Murphy, Sands Point, New York.

The patent application was filed on April 20, 2012 (13/451,554). 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=8,821,946.PN.&OS=PN/8,821,946&RS=PN/8,821,946 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent for Substrate Fluorescent Non-overlapping Dot Patterns for Embedding Information in Printed Documents ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,821,996) developed by four co-inventors for a "substrate fluorescent non-overlapping dot patterns for embedding information in printed documents." The co-inventors are Raja Bala, Webster, New York, Reiner Eschbach, Webster, New York, Shen-Ge Wang, Fairport, New York, and Yonghui Zhao, Rochester, New York.

The patent application was filed on May 29, 2007 (11/754,702). 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=8,821,996.PN.&OS=PN/8,821,996&RS=PN/8,821,996 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,820,739) developed by Michael J. Linder, Walworth, New York, and Benjamin Paulson, Webster, New York, for a "method for optimizing feeder module feeder tray capacity." The patent application was filed on April 4, 2013 (13/856,462). 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=8820739.PN.&OS=PN/8820739&RS=PN/8820739 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Pitney Bowes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,826,004) developed by James A. Euchner, Waccabuc, New York, and Robert A. Cordery, Danbury, Connecticut, for a "method and system for printing transaction documents using a multi-vendor secure printer under control of a printer authority." The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2004 (10/946,934). 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=8,826,004.PN.&OS=PN/8,826,004&RS=PN/8,826,004 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent for Obscuring Identification Information in Image of Vehicle ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,823,798) developed by Edgar A. Bernal, Webster, New York, for "obscuring identification information in an image of a vehicle." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2011 (13/336,850). 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=88,23,798.PN.&OS=PN/88,23,798&RS=PN/88,23,798 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Praxair Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Praxair Technology, Danbury, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,820,115) developed by Henry Edward Howard, Grand Island, New York, and Richard John Jibb, Amherst, New York, for "oxygen production method and apparatus." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2009 (12/634,810). 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=8,820,115.PN.&OS=PN/8,820,115&RS=PN/8,820,115 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Fairfield University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,823,954) developed by Min Xu, Sunnyside, New York, for a "low coherence enhanced backscattering tomography and techniques." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2011 (13/698,360). 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=88,23,954.PN.&OS=PN/88,23,954&RS=PN/88,23,954 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** IGT Assigned Patent for Gaming System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- IGT, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,814,665) developed by four co-inventors for "gaming system and method for providing a slot driven video story." The co-inventors are Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, Connecticut, Thomas M. Sparico, Riverside, Connecticut, Jesse M. Fink, Wilton, Connecticut and James A. Jorasch, New York.

The patent was filed on Aug. 9, 2013 (13/963,714). 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=8814665&OS=8814665&RS=8814665 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Ullman Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Ullman Devices, Ridgefield, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,820,956) developed by Brian Reznik, Carmel, New York, and Qiu Jianping, Hangzhou, China, for a lighted pick tool.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2011 (13/286,547). 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=8820956.PN.&OS=PN/8820956&RS=PN/8820956 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent for Occupancy Detection for Managed Lane Enforcement Based on Localization and Classification of Windshield Images ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,824,742) developed by five co-inventors for "occupancy detection for managed lane enforcement based on localization and classification of windshield images." The co-inventors are Sandra Skaff, Rochester, New York, Beilei Xu, Penfield, New York, Peter Paul, Webster, New York, Craig Saunders, Grenoble, France, and Florent Perronnin, Domene, France.

The patent application was filed on June 19, 2012 (13/527,228). 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=8,824,742.PN.&OS=PN/8,824,742&RS=PN/8,824,742 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent for Automatic Image Inverting for Book Copying ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,823,955) developed by Charles Raymond Brewer, III, Farmington, New York, and James M. Maryniak, Batavia, New York, for "automatic image inverting for book copying." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2012 (13/480,026). 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=88,23,955.PN.&OS=PN/88,23,955&RS=PN/88,23,955 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Object Assisted Image Editing and Transmission of Scanned Documents ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,824,031) developed by David Jon Metcalfe, Marion, New York, and Mihai Cuciurean-Zapan, Fairport, New York, for a "method and apparatus for object assisted image editing and transmission of scanned documents." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2012 (13/535,859). 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=8,824,031.PN.&OS=PN/8,824,031&RS=PN/8,824,031 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent for PS to PDF Conversion with Embedded Job Ticketing Preservation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Connecticut, has been assigned a patent (8,823,970) developed by Javier A. Morales, Irondequoit, New York, William S. Jacobs, Los Angeles, and Michael E. Farrell, Ontario, New York, for "PS to PDF conversion with embedded job ticketing preservation." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2006 (11/643,176). 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=88,23,970.PN.&OS=PN/88,23,970&RS=PN/88,23,970 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Semiconductor Construction ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,815,497) developed by nine co-inventors for a "semiconductor constructions and methods of forming patterns." The co-inventors are Zishu Zhang, Fremont, California, Dan Millward, Boise, Idaho, Kaveri Jain, Boise, Idaho, Lijing Gou, Boise, Idaho, Jianming Zhou, Boise, Idaho, Yuan He, Boise, Idaho, Michael Hyatt, Boise, Idaho, Scott L. Light, Boise, Idaho, and Anton J. deVillers, Clifton, New York.

The patent application was filed on July 15, 2013 (13/941,747). 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=8815497.PN.&OS=PN/8815497&RS=PN/8815497 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 5 -- Intellectual Ventures Fund 83, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,823,808) developed by three co-inventors for a method "for improved digital video image quality." The co-inventors are Aaron T. Deever, Pittsford, New York, Efrain O. Morales, Rochester, New York, and John N. Border, Walworth, New York.

The patent was filed on Oct. 27, 2009 (12/606,480). 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=8823808&OS=8823808&RS=8823808 Written by Aile Dayandante; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

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