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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Nov. 10)
[November 10, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Nov. 10)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.

*** Jargon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Jargon Technologies, Burbank, California, has been assigned a patent (8,881,180) developed by Bhanu Srikanth, Santa Clarita, California, Nathan Epstein, San Gabriel, California, and Jeff Schulz, Sherman Oaks, California, for "cross platform discovery and communication over a local network." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2011 (13/299,118). 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=88,81,180.PN.&OS=PN/88,81,180&RS=PN/88,81,180 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.



*** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,727) developed by Chaitanya Kodeboyina, San Jose, California, for "transparently providing layer two (L2) services across intermediate computer networks." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2012 (13/437,524). 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=8,880,727.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,727&RS=PN/8,880,727 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** California Institute of Technology Assigned Patent for Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Bearing N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligands with Substituted Backbone ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, has been assigned a patent (8,877,936) developed by four co-inventors for "ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts bearing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands with substituted backbone." The co-inventors are Robert H. Grubbs, South Pasadena, California, Cheol Keun Chung, Westfield, New Jersey, Jean-Baptiste Bourg, Monrovia, California, and Kevin Kuhn, Annandale, Virginia.


The patent application was filed on April 9, 2009 (12/936,917). 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=8,877,936.PN.&OS=PN/8,877,936&RS=PN/8,877,936 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Tool for Tracking Versions of Media Sections in Composite Presentation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,881,013) developed by four co-inventors for a "tool for tracking versions of media sections in a composite presentation." The co-inventors are Charles Lyons, San Francisco, Patrick Vasta, San Francisco, Jeff Roenning, Santa Cruz, California, and Lisa Diener, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2010 (12/688,855). 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=88,81,013.PN.&OS=PN/88,81,013&RS=PN/88,81,013 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Linear Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Linear Technology, Milpitas, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,587) developed by Jesper Steensgaard-Madsen, San Jose, California, for an "interface circuit for driving fully-differential circuits." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2013 (14/083,195). 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=8,878,587.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,587&RS=PN/8,878,587 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Backward Compatible LTE System Design for Asymmetric Uplink/downlink Spectrum ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,879,437) developed by Durga Prasad Malladi, San Diego, and Yongbin Wei, San Diego, for the "backward compatible LTE system design for asymmetric uplink/downlink spectrum." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2011 (13/208,213). 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=88,79,437.PN.&OS=PN/88,79,437&RS=PN/88,79,437 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tandent Vision Science Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Tandent Vision Science, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,879,849) developed by Richard Mark Friedhoff, San Francisco, Bruce Allen Maxwell, San Francisco, and Casey Arthur Smith, Grand Junction, Colorado, for a "system and method for digital image signal compression using intrinsic images." The patent application was filed on April 4, 2014 (14/245,824). 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=8,879,849.PN.&OS=PN/8,879,849&RS=PN/8,879,849 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,616) developed by Anand Dixit, Mountain View, California, and Robert P. Masleid, Monte Sereno, California, for an inverting difference oscillator.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2011 (13/017,678). 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=8,878,616.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,616&RS=PN/8,878,616 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent for Semiconductor Device Having Buffer Material and Stiffener ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Maxim Integrated Products, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,350) developed by Vivek S. Sridharan, Addison, Texas, Amit S. Kelkar, Flower Mound, Texas, and Peter R. Harper, Gilroy, California, for a "semiconductor device having a buffer material and stiffener." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2013 (14/026,015). 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=8,878,350.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,350&RS=PN/8,878,350 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Encapsulating Three-dimensional Video Data in Accordance ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,878,912) developed by Vijayalakshmi R. Raveendran, San Diego, Judit Martinez Bauza, San Diego, and Samir S. Soliman, San Diego, for the "encapsulating three-dimensional video data in accordance with transport protocols." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2010 (12/779,757). 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=88,78,912.PN.&OS=PN/88,78,912&RS=PN/88,78,912 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Altera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Altera, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,734) developed by Albert W. Wegener, Aptos Hills, California, for "block floating point compression with exponent token codes." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2012 (13/661,430). 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=8,880,734.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,734&RS=PN/8,880,734 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Joyent Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Joyent, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,881,279) developed by Brendan Gregg, Walnut Creek, California, for "systems and methods for zone-based intrusion detection." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2013 (13/830,913). 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=88,81,279.PN.&OS=PN/88,81,279&RS=PN/88,81,279 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Disney Enterprises Assigned Patent for System and Method for Enhancing Socialization in Virtual Worlds ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Disney Enterprises, Burbank, California, has been assigned a patent (8,881,030) developed by Allan Jones, Valencia, California, and Steve Parkis, Valencia, California, for a "system and method for enhancing socialization in virtual worlds." The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2009 (12/583,756). 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=88,81,030.PN.&OS=PN/88,81,030&RS=PN/88,81,030 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Facebook Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Facebook, Menlo Park, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,949) developed by Barak Reuven Naveh, Palo Alto, California, for "testing development using real-time traffic." The patent application was filed on Sept. 4, 2012 (13/602,648). 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=88,80,949.PN.&OS=PN/88,80,949&RS=PN/88,80,949 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** California Institute of Technology Assigned Patent for Dispersion-engineered Traveling Wave Kinetic Inductance Parametric Amplifier ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,626) developed by Jonas Zmuidzinas, Pasadena, California, and Peter K. Day, Pasadena, California, for a "dispersion-engineered traveling wave kinetic inductance parametric amplifier." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2011 (13/277,214). 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=8,878,626.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,626&RS=PN/8,878,626 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Sony Computer Entertainment America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Sony Computer Entertainment America, San Mateo, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,651) developed by Sven E. Nielsen, San Diego, for a "method and system for efficient download of data package." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2011 (13/190,360). 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=8,880,651.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,651&RS=PN/8,880,651 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Evernote Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Evernote, Redwood City, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,597) developed by four co-inventors for an "electronic note management system and user-interface." The co-inventors are Stepan Pachikov, New York, Peter Kvitek, Moscow, Michael Lunsford, San Carlos, California, and Edouard Talnykine, Delray Beach, Florida.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2004 (10/936,193). 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=8,880,597.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,597&RS=PN/8,880,597 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** TIBCO Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- TIBCO Software, Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,511) developed by Tom Kim, Cupertino, California, Firat Kart, San Jose, California, and Suresh Subramani, San Jose, California, for "database query optimization and cost estimation." The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2012 (13/685,489). 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=8,880,511.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,511&RS=PN/8,880,511 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Mobiteris Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Mobiteris, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,421) developed by Murgesh Navar, San Jose, California, and George McMullen, Sunnyvale, California, for a "system and method for rewarding customer loyalty in a mobile environment." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2011 (13/294,141). 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=8,880,421.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,421&RS=PN/8,880,421 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Dr Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Dr Systems, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,879,807) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for interleaving series of medical images." The co-inventors are Evan K. Fram, Paradise Valley, Arizona, Murray A. Reicher, Rancho Santa Fe, California, Steven M. Greim, Oceanside, California, and John J. Schumacher, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2010 (12/857,915). 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=8,879,807.PN.&OS=PN/8,879,807&RS=PN/8,879,807 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Daly City, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,719) developed by Stanislav V. Zgardovski, Concord, California, Vadim Y. Zyarko, Walnut Creek, California, and Oleksiy M. Kolomoyskyy, Moraga, California, for a "collaboration system and method." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2012 (13/717,689). 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=8,879,719.PN.&OS=PN/8,879,719&RS=PN/8,879,719 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Frequency List Updating for Fast Return to Wireless Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,880,075) developed by Ming Yang, San Diego, Tom Chin, San Diego, and Guangming Shi, San Diego, for "frequency list updating for fast return to wireless network." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2012 (13/679,286). 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=8,880,075.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,075&RS=PN/8,880,075 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Dropbox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Dropbox, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,880,528) developed by Drew Houston, San Francisco, and Chris Beckmann, San Francisco, for "intelligent content item importing." The patent application was filed on March 15, 2013 (13/838,993). 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=8,880,528.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,528&RS=PN/8,880,528 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Red.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Red.com, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,952) developed by James Jannard, Las Vegas, and Thomas Graeme Nattress, Acton, California, for a video camera.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2012 (13/566,924). 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=88,78,952.PN.&OS=PN/88,78,952&RS=PN/88,78,952 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Appcelerator Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Appcelerator, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,678) developed by Paul Colton, Hillsborough, California, and Uri Sarid, Menlo Park, California, for a "system and method for managing and monitoring a web application using multiple cloud providers." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2009 (12/478,740). 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=8,880,678.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,678&RS=PN/8,880,678 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Authentic8 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Authentic8, Los Altos, California, has been assigned a patent (8,881,227) developed by six co-inventors for a "secure web container for a secure online user environment." The co-inventors are Ramesh Rajagopal, Los Altos, California, Scott M. Petry, Portola Valley, California, James K. Tosh Jr., Fremont, California, Peter K. Lund, San Francisco, Fredric L. Cox, San Jose, California, and Adam P. Moore, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on March 15, 2013 (13/844,026). 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=88,81,227.PN.&OS=PN/88,81,227&RS=PN/88,81,227 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for System for Reconfiguring Web Site or Web Page Based on Real-time Analytics Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,996) developed by five co-inventors for a "system for reconfiguring a web site or web page based on real-time analytics data." The co-inventors are Mayur Venktesh Deshpande, Long Beach, California, Kasem Marifet, Costa Mesa, California, Jacob Burton Matthews, Chicago, James Lee Wogulis, Laguna Beach, California, and Linus Page Chou, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on July 20, 2011 (13/187,425). 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=88,80,996.PN.&OS=PN/88,80,996&RS=PN/88,80,996 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Methods for Processing Private Metadata ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,905) developed by Kaelin L. Colclasure, Sunnyvale, California, John M. Hornkvist, Cupertino, California, and Braden J. Thomas, San Jose, California, for "methods for processing private metadata." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2010 (12/913,500). 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=88,80,905.PN.&OS=PN/88,80,905&RS=PN/88,80,905 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Exelixis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Exelixis, South San Francisco, California, has been assigned a patent (8,877,776) developed by Adrian St. Clair Brown, Ely, United Kingdom, Peter Lamb, Oakland, California, and William P. Gallagher, Princeton, New Jersey, for "(L)-malate salt of N-(4-{[6,7-bis(methyloxy) quinolin-4-yl]oxy}phenyl)-N'-(4-fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxami- de." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2010 (13/145,054). 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=8,877,776.PN.&OS=PN/8,877,776&RS=PN/8,877,776 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,881,276) developed by Dean Kratzer, Menlo Park, California, and Anthony Hall, Austin, Texas, for a "dynamically generated whitelist for high throughput intrusion prevention system (IPS) functionality." The patent application was filed on Jan. 9, 2007 (11/621,509). 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=88,81,276.PN.&OS=PN/88,81,276&RS=PN/88,81,276 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Folders ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,881,060) developed by Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, and Marcel van Os, San Francisco, for a "device, method, and graphical user interface for managing folders." The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2010 (12/888,370). 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=88,81,060.PN.&OS=PN/88,81,060&RS=PN/88,81,060 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Bio-Rad Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, California, has been assigned a patent (8,877,904) developed by Peter S. Gagnon, San Clemente, California, Hong Chen, San Ramon, California, and Russ Frost, Concord, California, for "chromatography purification of antibodies." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2012 (13/460,474). 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=8,877,904.PN.&OS=PN/8,877,904&RS=PN/8,877,904 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Using Rules to Determine User Lists ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,697) developed by four co-inventors for "using rules to determine user lists." The co-inventors are Xun Liu, Foster City, California, Anurag Agarwal, Sunnyvale, California, Raghava Hassan Nanjunda Swamy, Sunnyvale, California, and Rajas Moonka, San Ramon, California.

The patent application was filed on April 9, 2012 (13/442,598). 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=8,880,697.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,697&RS=PN/8,880,697 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Yahoo! Assigned Patent for Linking Newsworthy Events to Published Content ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,390) developed by Hakan Ceylan, San Francisco, Ergin Elmacioglu, San Jose, California, and Meryem Pinar Donmez, San Francisco, for "linking newsworthy events to published content." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2011 (13/331,215). 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=8,880,390.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,390&RS=PN/8,880,390 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent for Staggering and Feathering of Demand Response and Energy Supply Change in Managed Electrical System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,235) developed by five co-inventors for "staggering and feathering of demand response and energy supply change in a managed electrical system." The co-inventors are Daniel H. Greene, Sunnyvale, California, Haitham A.S. Hindi, Menlo Park, California, Robert R. Price, Palo Alto, California, Bryan T. Preas, Battle Ground, Washington, and John Hanley, Emerald Hills, California.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2011 (13/296,987). 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=8,880,235.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,235&RS=PN/8,880,235 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Applied Materials Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Processing Substrates Using Model-based Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,210) developed by eight co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for processing substrates using model-based control." The co-inventors are Keith Brian Porthouse, Sunnyvale, California, John W. Lane, San Jose, California, Mariusch Gregor, Gilroy, California, Nir Merry, Mountain View, California, Michael R. Rice, Pleasanton, California, Alex Minkovich, Campbell, California, Hongbin Li, Mountain View, California, and Dmitry A. Dzilno, Sunnyvale, California.

The patent application was filed on July 15, 2011 (13/183,520). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,880,210.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,210&RS=PN/8,880,210 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** 4INFO Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- 4INFO, San Mateo, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,097) developed by Yonggang Xu, San Jose, California, and Tim Jenkins, San Jose, California, for "systems and methods for statistically associating mobile devices to households." The patent application was filed on March 21, 2014 (14/222,008). 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=8,880,097.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,097&RS=PN/8,880,097 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Gogrid Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Gogrid, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,880,657) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for configuring and managing virtual grids." The co-inventors are Yogesh Angrish, San Francisco, Justin M. Kitagawa, Lafayette, California, Martin A. Berryman, Walnut Creek, California, and Scott Aker, San Leandro, California.

The patent application was filed on June 28, 2011 (13/171,430). 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=8,880,657.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,657&RS=PN/8,880,657 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Entropic Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Entropic Communications, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,879,608) developed by Howard Baumer, Laguna Hills, California, for "systems and methods for digital interface translation." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2012 (13/681,150). 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=8,879,608.PN.&OS=PN/8,879,608&RS=PN/8,879,608 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Facilitating Access Control in Peer-to-peer Overlay Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,880,880) developed by Yinian Mao, San Diego, and David W. Craig, San Diego, for "facilitating access control in peer-to-peer overlay networks." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2011 (13/194,812). 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=88,80,880.PN.&OS=PN/88,80,880&RS=PN/88,80,880 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Micrel Assigned Patent for Multi-level Stack Voltage System for Integrated Circuits ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Micrel, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,387) developed by Thomas S. Wong, San Jose, California, and Gang Luo, Cupertino, California, for a "multi-level stack voltage system for integrated circuits." The patent application was filed on May 16, 2013 (13/896,019). 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=8,878,387.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,387&RS=PN/8,878,387 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** PLX Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- PLX Technology, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,771) developed by Nagarajan Subramaniyan, San Jose, California, Jack Regula, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Jeffrey Michael Dodson, Portland, Oregon, for a "method and apparatus for securing and segregating host to host messaging on PCIe fabric." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2012 (13/660,791). 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=8,880,771.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,771&RS=PN/8,880,771 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Broadcom, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,568) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for recognizing energy efficient certified devices through a gateway." The co-inventors are Wael William Diab, San Francisco, Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, California, Xuemin Chen, Rancho Santa Fe, California, David Garrett, Tustin, California, David Lundgren, Mill Valley, California, and Rich Prodan, Niwot, Colorado.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2014 (14/147,151). 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=88,79,568.PN.&OS=PN/88,79,568&RS=PN/88,79,568 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Q1 Nanosystems, University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Q1 Nanosystems, Sacramento, California, and the University of California, Oakland, California, have been assigned a patent (8,877,541) developed by five co-inventors for "nanostructure and photovoltaic cell implementing same." The co-inventors are Brian Argo, Hortonville, Wisconsin, Ruxandra Vidu, Citrus Heights, California, Pieter Stroeve, Davis, California, John Argo, West Sacramento, California, and Jie-Ren Ku, Davis, California.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2012 (13/720,168). 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=8,877,541.PN.&OS=PN/8,877,541&RS=PN/8,877,541 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Communications of Data Rate Control Information in Communication System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,879,481) developed by Yu-Cheun Jou, San Diego, for a "method and apparatus for communications of data rate control information in a communication system." The patent application was filed on April 4, 2011 (13/079,403). 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=88,79,481.PN.&OS=PN/88,79,481&RS=PN/88,79,481 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nvidia Assigned Patent for System and Method for Tuning Supply Voltage for Data Retention ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,350) developed by Brucek Kurdo Khailany, San Francisco, and Brian Matthew Zimmer, Berkeley, California, for a "system and method for tuning a supply voltage for data retention." The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2012 (13/672,616). 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=88,79,350.PN.&OS=PN/88,79,350&RS=PN/88,79,350 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lawrence Livermore National Security Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Lawrence Livermore National Security, Livermore, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,137) developed by four co-inventors for the "ultrafast transient grating radiation to optical image converter." The co-inventors are Richard E. Stewart, San Ramon, California, Stephen P. Vernon, Pleasanton, California, Paul T. Steel, Livermore, California, and Mark E. Lowry, Castro Valley, California.

The patent application was filed on March 19, 2012 (13/423,498). 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=88,79,137.PN.&OS=PN/88,79,137&RS=PN/88,79,137 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Pivotal Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Pivotal Software, Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,881,296) developed by Jonathan Travis, San Francisco, Scott Andrews, Amherst, New Hampshire, and John Victor Kew, Seattle, for "marking and obscuring sensitive values in traces." The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2012 (13/352,753). 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=88,81,296.PN.&OS=PN/88,81,296&RS=PN/88,81,296 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Computer Code Obfuscation and Deobfuscation Using Boot Installation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,881,290) developed by Mathieu Ciet, Cupertino, California, Julien Lerouge, Santa Clara, California, and Augustin J. Farrugia, Cupertino, California, for a "method and apparatus for computer code obfuscation and deobfuscation using boot installation." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2012 (13/434,619). 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=88,81,290.PN.&OS=PN/88,81,290&RS=PN/88,81,290 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** California Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,684) developed by Hua Wang, Hillsboro, Oregon, and Seyed Ali Hajimiri, La Canada, California, for an "ultrasensitive detection platform for sensing magnetic and/or electrical energy change." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2010 (12/959,331). 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=8,878,684.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,684&RS=PN/8,878,684 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Altera Assigned Patent for Integrated Circuit Resistors with Reduced Parasitic Capacitance ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Altera, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,334) developed by Albert Ratnakumar, San Jose, California, and Peter Smeys, San Jose, California, for the "integrated circuit resistors with reduced parasitic capacitance." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2012 (13/429,284). 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=8,878,334.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,334&RS=PN/8,878,334 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent for Disk Drive Modifying Rotational Position Optimization Algorithm to Achieve Target Performance for Limited Stroke ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,191) developed by Edwin S. Olds, Fort Collins, Colorado, and Salman A. Nawaz, Trabuco Canyon, California, for "disk drive modifying rotational position optimization algorithm to achieve target performance for limited stroke." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2012 (13/677,136). 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=88,79,191.PN.&OS=PN/88,79,191&RS=PN/88,79,191 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Facebook Assigned Patent for Creating Groups of Users in Social Networking System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Facebook, Menlo Park, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,600) developed by Thomas M. Lento, Menlo Park, California, Scott Alex Smith, San Mateo, California, and David Edward Braginsky, San Francisco, for "creating groups of users in a social networking system." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2010 (12/751,915). 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=8,880,600.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,600&RS=PN/8,880,600 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Salesforce.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Salesforce.com, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,880,522) developed by Brian Soby, Emeryville, California, for "generating reports in an online services system." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2013 (14/023,049). 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=8,880,522.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,522&RS=PN/8,880,522 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Semantic Search Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Semantic Search Technologies, Fresno, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,497) developed by Bruce Matesso, Los Gatos, California, and Richard Bridgeman, Carlsbad, California, for "computer-aided extraction of semantics from keywords to confirm match of buyer offers to seller bids." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2014 (14/444,963). 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=8,880,497.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,497&RS=PN/8,880,497 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Synopsys Assigned Patent for Integrated Circuit Devices and Methods and Apparatuses for Designing Integrated Circuit Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Synopsys, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,881,086) developed by Kenneth S. McElvain, Los Altos, California, for the "integrated circuit devices and methods and apparatuses for designing integrated circuit devices." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2012 (13/647,329). 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=88,81,086.PN.&OS=PN/88,81,086&RS=PN/88,81,086 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Symantec Assigned Patent for Online Storage Aggregation and Publishing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Symantec, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,881,003) developed by Shaun Cooley, El Segundo, California, and Keith Newstadt, Newton, Massachusetts, for "online storage aggregation and publishing." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2007 (11/956,211). 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=88,81,003.PN.&OS=PN/88,81,003&RS=PN/88,81,003 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Daylight Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Daylight Solutions, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,879,875) developed by Alexander Dromaretsky, San Diego, Michael Pushkarsky, San Diego, and Brandon Borgardt, Escondido, California, for an optical switch.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2012 (13/689,581). 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=8,879,875.PN.&OS=PN/8,879,875&RS=PN/8,879,875 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ubiquiti Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Ubiquiti Networks, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,574) developed by five co-inventors for the "distributed seamless roaming in wireless networks." The co-inventors are Sriram Dayanandan, San Jose, California, Bo-Chieh Yang, San Jose, California, Yuan-Hsiang Lee, Taipei, Taiwan, Keh-Ming Luoh, Fremont, California, and Robert J. Pera, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2013 (14/101,197). 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=88,79,574.PN.&OS=PN/88,79,574&RS=PN/88,79,574 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Character Recognition for Overlapping Textual User Input ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,845) developed by Henry A. Rowley, Sunnyvale, California, Franz Och, Palo Alto, California, and Yang Li, Palo Alto, California, for "character recognition for overlapping textual user input." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/620,430). 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=8,879,845.PN.&OS=PN/8,879,845&RS=PN/8,879,845 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Engine for Rendering Widgets Using Platform-specific Attributes ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,881,034) developed by six co-inventors for an "engine for rendering widgets using platform-specific attributes." The co-inventors are Mindy Pereira, Mountain View, California, George Nachman, San Francisco, Judy Liu, San Francisco, Audrey Muller, San Francisco, Robert Haitani, Menlo Park, California, and David Champlin, Menlo Park, California.

The patent application was filed on March 29, 2011 (13/074,962). 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=88,81,034.PN.&OS=PN/88,81,034&RS=PN/88,81,034 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Adaptive Channel State Feedback in Discontinuous Reception Scenarios ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,475) developed by Zhu Ji, San Jose, California, Navid Damji, Cupertino, California, and Johnson O. Sebeni, Fremont, California, for the "adaptive channel state feedback in discontinuous reception scenarios based on connection characteristics." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2012 (13/623,911). 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=88,79,475.PN.&OS=PN/88,79,475&RS=PN/88,79,475 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cypress Semiconductor Assigned Patent for Integrated Normal Sensing and Proximity Sensing on Multi-dimensional Sensor Array ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,811) developed by Jason G. Baumbach, Campbell, California, for the "integrated normal sensing and proximity sensing on a multi-dimensional sensor array." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2009 (12/483,181). 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=88,78,811.PN.&OS=PN/88,78,811&RS=PN/88,78,811 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Performance Monitoring in Passive Optical Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Broadcom, Irvine, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,905) developed by Weidong Rick Li, Saratoga, California, and Jaroslaw Wojtowicz, Santa Rosa, California, for "performance monitoring in passive optical networks." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2013 (13/893,089). 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=8,879,905.PN.&OS=PN/8,879,905&RS=PN/8,879,905 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Accurate Magnetic Compass in Mobile Electronic Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,880,373) developed by Victor Kulik, San Jose, California, and Christopher Brunner, San Diego, for an "accurate magnetic compass in mobile electronic device." The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2009 (12/612,529). 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=8,880,373.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,373&RS=PN/8,880,373 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Complete Genomics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Complete Genomics, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,456) developed by Bahram Ghaffarzadeh Kermani, Los Altos, California, and Radoje Drmanac, Los Altos Hills, California, for "analyzing genome sequencing information to determine likelihood of co-segregating alleles on haplotypes." The patent application was filed on Aug. 22, 2012 (13/591,741). 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=8,880,456.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,456&RS=PN/8,880,456 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Microfabricated Pillar Fins for Thermal Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,877,563) developed by Arvind Chandrasekaran, San Diego, for "microfabricated pillar fins for thermal management." The patent application was filed on Sept. 6, 2012 (13/604,730). 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=8,877,563.PN.&OS=PN/8,877,563&RS=PN/8,877,563 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intel Assigned Patent for Layer Shifting in Open Loop Multiple-input, Multiple-output Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Intel, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,667) developed by four co-inventors for "layer shifting in open loop multiple-input, multiple-output communications." The co-inventors are Xiaogang Chen, Beijing, Yuan Zhu, Beijing, Jong-Kae Fwu, Sunnyvale, California, and Qinghua Li, San Ramon, California.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2011 (13/503,837). 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=8,879,667.PN.&OS=PN/8,879,667&RS=PN/8,879,667 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Gilead Sciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, has been assigned a patent (8,877,931) developed by six co-inventors for a "process and intermediates for preparing integrase inhibitors." The co-inventors are Dominika Pcion, San Francisco, Carrie Tomasi, Menlo Park, California, Mark Charles Whitcomb, Woodside, California, Eric D. Dowdy, White Rock, New Mexico, Wenyi Fu, Edmonton, Canada, and Patricia MacLeod, Edmonton, Canada.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2013 (13/956,905). 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=8,877,931.PN.&OS=PN/8,877,931&RS=PN/8,877,931 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Selective Requesting of Cached Resources ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,635) developed by four co-inventors for "selective requesting of cached resources." The co-inventors are Anantica Jija Hari Singh, San Francisco, Ziga Mahkovec, San Francisco, Sashanka Vishnuvajhala, San Jose, California, and Othar Hansson, Sunnyvale, California.

The patent application was filed on July 31, 2012 (13/563,608). 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=8,880,635.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,635&RS=PN/8,880,635 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Maxim Integrated Products, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,588) developed by Robert G. Meyer, Berkeley, California, and Joel D. Birkeland, North Plains, Oregon, for a "low distortion MOS attenuator." The patent application was filed on April 1, 2014 (14/242,084). 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=8,878,588.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,588&RS=PN/8,878,588 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intermolecular Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Intermolecular, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,269) developed by four co-inventors for "band gap improvement in DRAM capacitors." The co-inventors are Hanhong Chen, Milpitas, California, Wim Deweerd, San Jose, California, Sandra G. Malhotra, Fort Collins, Colorado, and Hiroyuki Ode, Higashihiroshima, Japan.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2013 (13/738,831). 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=8,878,269.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,269&RS=PN/8,878,269 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** VMware Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- VMware, Palo Alto, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,930) developed by Irfan Ahmad, Mountain View, California, Anne Marie Holler, Los Altos, California, and Mustafa Uysal, Fremont, California, for a "software application placement based on failure correlation." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2011 (13/273,053). 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=88,80,930.PN.&OS=PN/88,80,930&RS=PN/88,80,930 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Brocade Communications Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Brocade Communications Systems, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,880,507) developed by eight co-inventors for a "longest prefix match using binary search tree." The co-inventors are Sridhar Kotha, Warangal, India, Satyanarayana Arvapalli, Andhra Pradesh, India, Vikram Bichal, Hydarabad, India, Anil Kumar Gajkela, Nalgonda, India, Srinivas Reddy Bhima reddy, Andhra Pradesh, India, Balajl Tadepalli, Bangalore, India, Venkatesh Nagapudl, Milpitas, California, and Satsheel Altekar, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2010 (12/913,717). 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=8,880,507.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,507&RS=PN/8,880,507 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Technology Agnostic QoS Support in Multi-mode Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,879,584) developed by four co-inventors for "technology agnostic QoS support in a multi-mode environment." The co-inventors are Uppinder Singh Babbar, San Diego, Idreas Mir, San Diego, Marcello Lioy, San Diego, and Sivaramakrishna Veerepalli, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2012 (13/672,510). 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=8,879,584.PN.&OS=PN/8,879,584&RS=PN/8,879,584 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Wireless Beacon Reception ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,879,452) developed by Chun-Feng Liu, Sunnyvale, California, and Guido Robert Frederiks, Aptos, California, for wireless beacon reception.

The patent application was filed on March 22, 2012 (13/427,821). 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=88,79,452.PN.&OS=PN/88,79,452&RS=PN/88,79,452 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** 8x8 Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- 8x8 Inc., San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,540) developed by Bryan Martin, Campbell, California, and Garth Judge, San Jose, California, for "systems, methods, devices and arrangements for emergency call services." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2010 (12/793,343). 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=88,79,540.PN.&OS=PN/88,79,540&RS=PN/88,79,540 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Magnecomp Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Magnecomp, Murrieta, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,210) developed by Peter Hahn, Wildomar, California, Kuen Chee Ee, Chino, California, and Long Zhang, Murrieta, California, for "DSA suspension with microactuators extending to gimbal through flexible connectors." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2012 (13/684,016). 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=88,79,210.PN.&OS=PN/88,79,210&RS=PN/88,79,210 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for System and Method for Network Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,880,111) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for network management." The co-inventors are Anastasios Stamoulis, San Diego, Arnab Chakrabarti, San Diego, Dexu Lin, San Diego, Kambiz Azarian Yazdi, San Diego, and Tingfang Ji, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on July 23, 2009 (12/507,980). 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=8,880,111.PN.&OS=PN/8,880,111&RS=PN/8,880,111 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Content Driven Transcoder That Orchestrates Multimedia Transcoding Using Content Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,879,856) developed by eight co-inventors for a "content driven transcoder that orchestrates multimedia transcoding using content information." The co-inventors are Vijayalakshmi R. Raveendran, San Diego, Gordon Kent Walker, Poway, California, Tao Tian, San Diego, Phanikumar Bhamidipati, San Diego, Fang Shi, San Diego, Peisong Chen, San Diego, Sitaraman Ganapathy Subramania, San Diego, and Seyfullah Halit Oguz, San Diego.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2006 (11/528,141). 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=8,879,856.PN.&OS=PN/8,879,856&RS=PN/8,879,856 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Grouped Tab Document Interface ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,881,032) developed by five co-inventors for a "grouped tab document interface." The co-inventors are Arnaud Claude Weber, Saratoga, California, Alex Neely Ainslie, San Francisco, Roma Rajni Shah, San Francisco, Glen Murphy, Palo Alto, California, and David Andrew Trainor, Sunnyvale, California.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2011 (13/314,137). 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=88,81,032.PN.&OS=PN/88,81,032&RS=PN/88,81,032 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,484) developed by four co-inventors for "methods, systems and apparatus for determining whether an accessory includes particular circuitry." The co-inventors are Scott Mullins, Morgan Hill, California, Alexei Kosut, Mountain View, California, Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, San Francisco, and Zachary C. Rich, San Francisco.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2012 (13/730,667). 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=8,878,484.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,484&RS=PN/8,878,484 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Wireless Power Receiver ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,878,394) developed by Linda S. Irish, San Diego, for wireless power receiver.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2010 (12/909,747). 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=8,878,394.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,394&RS=PN/8,878,394 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Brocade Communications Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Brocade Communications Systems, San Jose, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,570) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for reconfiguring a network adapter in sleep mode." The co-inventors are Venkatesh Nagapudi, Milpitas, California, Gary McClannahan, Rochester, Minnesota, Mark Branstad, Rochester, Minnesota, Yash Bansal, Sunnyvale, California, and Gustavo Lau, Milpitas, California.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2010 (12/964,221). 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=88,79,570.PN.&OS=PN/88,79,570&RS=PN/88,79,570 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** SanDisk 3D Assigned Patent for Process for Forming Resistive Switching Memory Cells Using Nano-particles ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- SanDisk 3D, Milpitas, California, has been assigned a patent (8,877,586) developed by four co-inventors for a "process for forming resistive switching memory cells using nano-particles." The co-inventors are James K. Kai, Santa Clara, California, Takashi W. Orimoto, Sunnyvale, California, Vinod R. Purayath, Santa Clara, California, and George Matamis, San Jose, California.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2013 (13/755,577). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,877,586.PN.&OS=PN/8,877,586&RS=PN/8,877,586 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent for Multi-spot Illumination for Wafer Inspection ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, California, has been assigned a patent (8,879,056) developed by Guoheng Zhao, Milpitas, California, and Azmi Kadkly, Santa Clara, California, for the "multi-spot illumination for wafer inspection." The patent application was filed on May 21, 2013 (13/898,470). 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=88,79,056.PN.&OS=PN/88,79,056&RS=PN/88,79,056 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Image-based Head Position Tracking Method and System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,879,801) developed by Richard R. Ragland, San Diego, for an "image-based head position tracking method and system." The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2011 (13/251,530). 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=8,879,801.PN.&OS=PN/8,879,801&RS=PN/8,879,801 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Fixed Point Implementation for Geometric Motion Partitioning ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,879,632) developed by Rajan L. Joshi, San Diego, Peisong Chen, San Diego, and Marta Karczewicz, San Diego, for "fixed point implementation for geometric motion partitioning." The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2011 (13/012,126). 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=8,879,632.PN.&OS=PN/8,879,632&RS=PN/8,879,632 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Varian Medical Systems, University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, California, and the University of California, Oakland, California, have been assigned a patent (8,878,464) developed by James E. Clayton, San Jose, California, Paul A. Lovoi, Saratoga, California, and Wim Leemans, Kensington, California, for "laser accelerator driven particle brachytherapy devices, systems, and methods." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/251,047). 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=8,878,464.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,464&RS=PN/8,878,464 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** SanDisk 3D Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- SanDisk 3D, Milpitas, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,235) developed by six co-inventors for a "memory cell that employs a selectively fabricated carbon nano-tube reversible resistance-switching element and methods of forming the same." The co-inventors are April D. Schricker, Palo Alto, California, Wu-Yi Chien, San Jose, California, Kun Hou, Milpitas, California, Raghuveer S. Makala, Sunnyvale, California, Jingyan Zhang, Santa Clara, California, and Yibo Nian, Palo Alto, California.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2011 (13/235,409). 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=8,878,235.PN.&OS=PN/8,878,235&RS=PN/8,878,235 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Superimposing Virtual Views of 3D Objects with Live Images ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,878,846) developed by Anthony Gerald Francis Jr., San Jose, California, and James J. Kuffner Jr., Mountain View, California, for "superimposing virtual views of 3D objects with live images." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29 For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com.

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