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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (March 30)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.
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Intel Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,529) developed by Hsiao-Ching Chuang, Santa Clara, Calif., and Martin Aaron, El Dorado Hills, Calif., for a "system and method for delay locked loop relock mode."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention describe a memory device comprising a delay line and a feedback circuit coupled to the delay line. The feedback circuit has the capability to adjust a delay interval, which is then locked on the delay line. The feedback circuit is switched off after the delay interval is locked to reduce power consumption. The feedback circuit periodically switches on to adjust and lock the delay interval."
The patent application was filed on March 31, 2009 (12/415,971). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,529&OS=8,144,529&RS=8,144,529
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Apple Assigned Patent for Portable Computer Structures
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,474) developed by 10 co-inventors for portable computer structures. The co-inventors are John Raff, Menlo Park, Calif., Stewart Shannon Fields, Belmont, Calif., Ron Hopkinson, Campbell, Calif., Bartley K. Andre, Menlo Park, Calif., Chris Ligtenberg, San Carlos, Calif., Mi Zhou, San Jose, Calif., Paul J. Wehrenberg, Palo Alto, Calif., Brett W. Degner, Menlo Park, Calif., John Brock, San Francisco, and Michelle Rae Goldberg, Sunnyvale, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Portable computer structures are provided. The portable computer structures may include connector structures. The portable computer may have a case. A portion of the connector structure may be formed by the case of the portable computer. The portable computer may have a circuit board with grounding spring-loaded pins which electrically ground the circuit board to the case of the portable computer. The portable computer may have an optical disk drive that is form fitted to mount to the portable computer case."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/340,621). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,474&OS=8,144,474&RS=8,144,474
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,144,385) developed by Clarence Chui, San Jose, Calif., for a "method and device for multistate interferometric light modulation."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-state light modulator comprises a first reflector 104. A first electrode 142 is positioned at a distance from the first reflector 104. A second reflector 14 is positioned between the first reflector 104 and the first electrode 142. The second reflector 14 is movable between an undriven position, a first driven position, and a second driven position, each having a corresponding distance from the first reflector 104. In one embodiment, the light modulator has latch electrodes 17 and 143, which hold the light modulator in a driven state. In another embodiment the latch electrodes 17 and 143 are used to alter the actuation and release thresholds of the light modulator."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2010 (12/685,646). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,385&OS=8,144,385&RS=8,144,385
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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FutureLogic Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- FutureLogic, Glendale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,356) developed by Mark Meyerhofer, La Canada, Calif., for "promotional controller for financial transactions."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for a vending promotional printer for use within a vending machine are disclosed. A vending promotional printer includes a coupon database describing a stack of coupons that are specified using a template based couponing printer language. A coupon is selected for creation and issued to the customer based on a matrix of event-based triggers involving factors or parameters known to the vending promotional printer directly or supplied by master promotional controller. Triggers may include the time of day, the date or amount of a cash-out voucher to be issued to a customer, the duration of play on a vending machine, a customer classification, the amount of money or credits added to a game, or a random frequency of coupon issuance having satisfied any or all of the aforementioned factors. The vending promotional printer may further include the ability to store all of the coupons, trigger conditions, and related information resident in the vending promotional printer in a non-volatile fashion thus enabling a host system to download a promotional environment into the vending promotional printer which will run promotional campaigns on behalf of the hosting system."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2010 (12/710,348). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,356&OS=8,144,356&RS=8,144,356
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent for Selective Memory Cell Program and Erase
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,144,511) developed by Yingda Dong, San Jose, Calif., Tien-chien Kuo, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Gerrit Jan Hemink, Yokohama, Japan, for a "selective memory cell program and erase."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are disclosed herein for programming memory arrays to achieve high program/erase cycle endurance. In some aspects, only selected word lines (WL) are programmed with other WLs remaining unprogrammed. As an example, only the even word lines are programmed with the odd WLs left unprogrammed. After all of the even word lines are programmed and the data block is to be programmed with new data, the block is erased. Later, only the odd word lines are programmed. The data may be transferred to a block that stores multiple bit per memory cell prior to the erase. In one aspect, the data is programmed in a checkerboard pattern with some memory cells programmed and others left unprogrammed. Later, after erasing the data, the previously unprogrammed part of the checkerboard pattern is programmed with remaining cells unprogrammed."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2009 (12/544,113). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,511&OS=8,144,511&RS=8,144,511
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Write Operation for Spin Transfer Torque Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory with Reduced Bit Cell Size
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,144,509) developed by four co-inventors for a "write operation for spin transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory with reduced bit cell size." The co-inventors are Seong-Ook Jung, Seoul, South Korea, Mehdi Hamidi Sani, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Seung H. Kang, San Diego, and Sei Seung Yoon, San Diego.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, circuits and methods for controlling write operations in Spin Transfer Torque Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (STT-MRAM) are disclosed. A reduced bit cell size is achieved by arranging the source lines (SL) substantially in parallel with the word lines (WL) and substantially perpendicular to the bit lines (BL). Further, in one embodiment during a write operation, a high logic/voltage level is applied to the bit lines of unselected bit cells to prevent an invalid write operation."
The patent application was filed on June 27, 2008 (12/163,359). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,509&OS=8,144,509&RS=8,144,509
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Seagate Technology Assigned Patent for Radial Position Seek Tuning for Acoustic Performance
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Seagate Technology, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,421) developed by Yu Sun, Fremont, Calif., and Yanning Liu, San Ramon, Calif., for a "radial position seek tuning for acoustic performance."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Examples of the present invention relate to reduction in acoustic noise by tuning seek characteristics of a servo controller, depending on a radial position of a head relative to a disk. The servo controller can provide compensation for acoustic resonance modes."
The patent application was filed on March 1, 2007 (11/713,531). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,421&OS=8,144,421&RS=8,144,421
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,144,512) developed by five co-inventors for a "data transfer flows for on-chip folding." The co-inventors are Jianmin Huang, Sunnyvale, Calif., Chris Avila, Sunnyvale, Calif., Lee M. Gavens, Milpitas, Calif., Neil David Hutchinson, Larbert, United Kingdom, and Sergey Anatolievich Gorobets, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A memory system and methods of its operation are presented. The memory system includes a volatile buffer memory and a non-volatile memory circuit, where the non-volatile memory circuit has a first section, where data is stored in a binary format, and a second section, where data is stored in a multi-state format. When writing data to the non-volatile memory, the data is received from a host, stored in the buffer memory, transferred from the buffer memory to into read/write registers of the non-volatile memory circuit, and then written from the read/write registers to the first section of the non-volatile memory circuit using a binary write operation. Portions of the data and then subsequently folded from the first section of the non-volatile memory to the second section of the non-volatile memory, where a folding operation includes reading the portions of the data from multiple locations in the first section into the read/write registers and performing a multi-state programming operation of the portions of the data from the read/write registers into a location the second section of the non-volatile memory. The multi-state programming operations include a first phase and a second phase and one or more of the binary write operations are performed between the phases of the multi-state programming operations."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2009 (12/642,649). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,512&OS=8,144,512&RS=8,144,512
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Power Integrations Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Power Integrations, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,487) developed by Alex B. Djenguerian, Saratoga, Calif., Arthur B. Odell, Morgan Hill, Canada, and Henson Wu, Saratoga, Calif., for an "apparatus and method for sensing of isolated output."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A controller for use in a power converter providing sensing of an isolated output is disclosed. An example controller includes a current controller to be coupled to an energy transfer element and an input of the power converter. A control circuit is included that generates a mode select signal coupled to be received by the current controller. A first, second or third current is enabled in the current controller in response to a selection of a first, second or third mode of operation, respectively, of the current controller by the control circuit. The first current is substantially zero, the second current is greater than the third current and the third current is greater than the first current. A first feedback circuit is coupled to the control circuit and is coupled to generate a first feedback signal representative of an output of the power converter during the first mode of operation after a period of operation of the second mode of operation of the current controller. A second feedback circuit is coupled to the control circuit and is coupled to generate a second feedback signal representative of the output of the power converter during the first mode of operation after a period of operation of the third mode of operation of the current controller. The control circuit is coupled to control selections of the first, second or third modes of operation in response to the first and second feedback signals to control a transfer of energy from the input of the power converter to the output of the power converter."
The patent application was filed on April 29, 2010 (12/770,478). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,487&OS=8,144,487&RS=8,144,487
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,446) developed by Kourosh Boutorabi, Tustin, Calif., and Bert White, Irvine, Calif., for an isolated current sensor.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure includes a power measurement, circuit breaker or integrated protection system including isolated analog-to-digital modulators for measuring current using current sensors, such as, for example, current shunts, in a single or multiphase power system. In one embodiment, the modulators are divided into a line-side device with an analog-to-digital modulator and a host-side device including a decimation filter and a processor. In one embodiment, an isolation barrier, such as, for example, a pulse transformer, divides the line-side device from the host-side device."
The patent application was filed on July 23, 2008 (12/178,547). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,446&OS=8,144,446&RS=8,144,446
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,361) developed by Wei Ming, Cupertino, Calif., and Maria Qian Zhao, San Pablo, Calif., for a "creation and placement of two-dimensional barcode stamps on printed documents for storing authentication information."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A document authenticating method is disclosed by which numerous small-sized two-dimensional barcode stamps are generated and placed in a distributed manner on a printed document. The small-sized barcode stamps collectively encode the content of the document to be used for document authentication. In one example, the stamp size is about 1/4 by 1/4 inches or less and the tile size for the stamps is 4 by 4 pixels at a resolution of 400 dpi. The document is segmented into segments each containing a paragraph or a line of text. For each segment, a set of barcode stamps encoding the authentication data for the segment is placed in the vicinity of the segment. They may be placed in the empty space in the last line of each paragraph, in the empty space between adjacent paragraphs, or at the beginning or end of each line."
The patent application was filed on March 18, 2008 (12/050,701). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,361&OS=8,144,361&RS=8,144,361
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Brocade Communication Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Brocade Communication Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,464) developed by Anthony Siebe VanDerVeen, San Jose, Calif., and Daniel Kiernan Kilkenny, Pleasanton, Calif., for a "side-exhaust cooling system with extensible duct for rack mounted equipment."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cooling device for rack mount equipment comprises an extensible side duct, open on its inner and rear-facing sides which redirects warm exhaust air exiting vents in the side of a chassis towards the rear of an enclosure holding the chassis. An apparatus incorporating the cooling device may be installed in a rack with the extensible side duct in a retracted position. The extensible side duct may extend under the influence of air pressure, forming a plenum in fluid communication with the interior of a chassis on which it is mounted such that warm air exiting the chassis is collected in the plenum formed by the extensible side duct and directed out towards the rear of the chassis. Use of the apparatus permits conventional front-to-back cooling airflow patterns to be maintained even with chassis having side exhaust vents."
The patent application was filed on April 29, 2010 (12/770,467). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,464&OS=8,144,464&RS=8,144,464
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,419) developed by Yanning Liu, San Ramon, Calif., for a "disk drive detecting head touchdown from microactuator signal."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk surface by a microactuator, and a fly height actuator operable to adjust a fly height of the head. A servo control voltage is applied to the microactuator, and the fly height actuator is adjusted to decrease a fly height of the head. The servo control voltage is filtered to generate a filtered voltage. A touchdown signal is generated in response to the microactuator and the filtered voltage, wherein the touchdown signal indicates when the head contacts the disk."
The patent application was filed on April 23, 2010 (12/766,668). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,419&OS=8,144,419&RS=8,144,419
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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STEC Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- STEC, Santa Ana, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,515) developed by Mark Moshayedi, Newport Coast, Calif., for an "interleaved flash storage system and method."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A flash storage system accesses data interleaved among flash storage devices. The flash storage system receives a data block including data portions, stores the data portions in a data buffer, and initiates data transfers for asynchronously writing the data portions into storage blocks interleaved among the flash storage devices. Additionally, the flash storage system may asynchronously read data portions of a data block interleaved among the storage blocks, store the data portions in the data buffer, and access the data portions from the data buffer."
The patent application was filed on July 23, 2009 (12/508,538). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,515&OS=8,144,515&RS=8,144,515
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Power Integrations Assigned Patent for Electronic Circuit Control Element with Tap Element
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Power Integrations, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,484) developed by Donald R. Disney, Cupertino, Calif., for an "electronic circuit control element with tap element."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for controlling a power supply with power supply control element with a tap element. An example power supply control element includes a power transistor that has first and second main terminals, a control terminal and a tap terminal. A control circuit is coupled to the control terminal. The tap terminal and the second main terminal of the power transistor are to control switching of the power transistor. The tap terminal is coupled to provide a signal to the control circuit substantially proportional to a voltage between the first and second main terminals when the voltage is less than a pinch off voltage. The tap terminal is coupled to provide a substantially constant voltage that is less than the voltage between the first and second main terminals to the control circuit when the voltage between the first and second main terminals is greater than the pinch-off voltage."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2009 (12/626,466). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,484&OS=8,144,484&RS=8,144,484
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Intel Assigned Patent for Thermal Management for a Solid Immersion Lens Objective in Optical Probing
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,406) developed by Robert P. Wadell, Sacramento, Calif., Callen Scott Kilmer, Roseville, Calif., and James Dennis Parker, Folsom, Calif., for a "thermal management for a solid immersion lens objective in optical probing."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Thermal management for a solid immersion lens is described. In one example, a system includes a solid immersion lens objective, a solid immersion lens tip assembly optically coupled to the objective, and a heat exchanger thermally coupled to the objective. The system may also or alternatively include a dry purge system coupled between the lens tip assembly and the objective to remove moisture between the lens tip assembly and the objective."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2009 (12/646,358). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,406&OS=8,144,406&RS=8,144,406
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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World Wide Packets Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- World Wide Packets, Spokane Valley, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,144,574) developed by Jie Hu, Santa Rosa, Calif., and Cory Dean Gordon, Colbert, Wash., for a "distributed control packet processing."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Packet switch operating methods and packet switches, using first processing circuitry of the packet switch, specify a configuration for a control packet processing procedure implemented by different second processing circuitry of the packet switch, communicate the configuration to the second processing circuitry, and using the second processing circuitry, receive a control packet, examine contents of the control packet, and process the control packet according to the control packet processing procedure, the control packet processing procedure being configured according to the configuration."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/933,250). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,574&OS=8,144,574&RS=8,144,574
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Apple Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,475) developed by four co-inventors for "electrical components coupled to circuit boards." The co-inventors are Douglas Joseph Weber, Arcadia, Calif., Pinida Jan Moolsintong, St. Louis, Robert Sean Murphy, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Stephen Brian Lynch, San Francisco.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention can facilitate the coupling between electrical components and a circuit board after the circuit board is inserted into a housing of an electronic device. An electrical component can be integrated with a flexible circuit of another electrical component. The flexible circuit can be electrically and mechanically coupled to the circuit board after the circuit board is inserted into the housing. Alternatively, electrical contacts can be disposed on a body of the electrical component and a complementary set of electrical contacts can be disposed on the circuit board. When the circuit board is disposed within a receptacle of the electrical component, the electrical contacts on the electrical component are coupled directly to the electrical contacts on the circuit board."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2009 (12/634,114). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,475&OS=8,144,475&RS=8,144,475
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Juniper Networks Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,575) developed by Bhupesh Kothari, San Jose, Calif., and Rahul Aggarwal, San Francisco, for a "redundant pseudowires for border gateway patrol-based virtual private local area network service multi-homing environments."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method performed by a provider edge device includes generating pseudo-wire tables based on virtual private local area network service advertisements from other provider edge devices, where the provider edge device services customer edge devices, and establishing pseudo-wires with respect to the other provider edge devices, based on the pseudo-wire tables, where the pseudo-wires include an active pseudo-wire and at least one standby pseudo-wire with respect to each of the other provider edge devices. The method also includes generating and advertising VPLS advertisement to the other provider edge devices, detecting a communication link failure associated with one of the customer edge devices in which the provider edge device services, and determining whether the at least one standby pseudo-wire needs to be utilized because of the communication link failure."
The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/495,095). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,575&OS=8,144,575&RS=8,144,575
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Spansion Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,522) developed by Kuo-Tung Chang, Saratoga, Calif., and Wei Zheng, Santa Clara, Calif., for an "erasing flash memory using adaptive drain and/or gate bias."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hot hole erase operation as described herein can be utilized for a flash memory device having an array of memory cells. The erase operation employs an adaptive erase bias voltage scheme where the drain bias voltage (and/or the gate bias voltage) is dynamically adjusted in response to an erase pulse count corresponding to a preliminary erase operation during which a relatively small portion of a sector is erased. The adjustment of the erase bias voltage in this manner enables the rest of the sector to be erased using erase bias voltages that are better suited to the current erase characteristics of the sector."
The patent application was filed on July 6, 2010 (12/831,085). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,522&OS=8,144,522&RS=8,144,522
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Google Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,442) developed by Taliver B. Heath, Mountain View, Calif., and Amir M. Michael, San Mateo, Calif., for a "power protection in a multi-level power hierarchy."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of a multi-level power hierarchy are described. This power hierarchy contains a higher level, which includes a first sub-circuit, and a lower level, which includes a second sub-circuit and a third sub-circuit. Moreover, the second sub-circuit and the third sub-circuit are included in branches in the power hierarchy and are separately electrically coupled to the first sub-circuit. A given sub-circuit in a given level includes programmable power protection which is configured to protect sub-circuits at higher levels of the power hierarchy from power variations associated with changes in load on branches at lower levels of the power hierarchy, thereby providing failure isolation in the power hierarchy."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2008 (12/185,324). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,442&OS=8,144,442&RS=8,144,442
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Intermolecular Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Intermolecular, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,498) developed by four co-inventors for a "resistive-switching nonvolatile memory elements." The co-inventors are Pragati Kumar, Santa Clara, Calif., Sandra G. Malhotra, San Jose, Calif., Sean Barstow, San Jose, Calif., and Tony Chiang, Campbell, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Nonvolatile memory elements are provided that have resistive switching metal oxides. The nonvolatile memory elements may be formed in one or more layers on an integrated circuit. Each memory element may have a first conductive layer, a metal oxide layer, and a second conductive layer. Electrical devices such as diodes may be coupled in series with the memory elements. The first conductive layer may be formed from a metal nitride. The metal oxide layer may contain the same metal as the first conductive layer. The metal oxide may form an ohmic contact or a Schottky contact with the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer may form an ohmic contact or a Schottky contact with the metal oxide layer. The first conductive layer, the metal oxide layer, and the second conductive layer may include sublayers. The second conductive layer may include an adhesion or barrier layer and a workfunction control layer."
The patent application was filed on May 2, 2008 (12/114,667). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,498&OS=8,144,498&RS=8,144,498
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent for Memory System with Multi-level Status Signaling and Method for Operating the Same
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,144,496) developed by Steven Cheng, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "memory system with multi-level status signaling and method for operating the same."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A memory system includes a status circuit having a common status node electrically connected to a respective status pad of each of a plurality of memory chips. The memory system also includes a plurality of resistors disposed within the status circuit to define a voltage divider network for generating different voltage levels at the common status node. Each of the different voltage levels indicates a particular operational state combination of the plurality of memory chips. Also, each of the plurality of memory chips is either in a first operational state or a second operational state. Additionally, the different voltage levels are distributed within a voltage range extending from a power supply voltage level to a reference ground voltage level."
The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/495,717). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,496&OS=8,144,496&RS=8,144,496
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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F-Origin Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- F-Origin, Morrisville, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,144,453) developed by Daniel Edward Brown, Newark, Calif., Caleb Daniel Brown, Newark, Calif., and Anders L. Molne, Cary, N.C., for an "integrated feature for friction less movement of force sensitive touch screen."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A suspension system for a differential-pressure touch sensitive panel suspended over force sensors, for use in either fixed or mobile devices such as point of sales terminals, kiosks, laptops, monitors, PDAs, cell phones, UMPCs and more. In one embodiment, each side of the lens is encircled and supported by a looped string, monofilament or flexible wire, which is then looped around the back cover or base plate, forming a figure-8. The figure 8-loops bring the lens into a fixed state in the xy-plane without the addition of any friction causing physical contact. Other alternative implementations include continuous suspensions, bender suspensions and 3-dimensional force suspensions. Moreover, the present invention proposes the use of a flexible padding under the force sensors to allow the sensors to be slightly preloaded, which reduces the dependency on extremely tight mechanical tolerances."
The patent application was filed on March 14, 2008 (12/450,138). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,453&OS=8,144,453&RS=8,144,453
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Lam Research Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Lam Research, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,328) developed by Vijayakumar C. Venugopal, Berkely, Calif., Eric Pape, Newark, Calif., and Jean-Paul Booth, Oakland, Calif., for "methods and apparatus for normalizing optical emission spectra."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An arrangement for in-situ optical interrogation of plasma emission to quantitatively measure normalized optical emission spectra in a plasma chamber is provided. The arrangement includes a flash lamp and a set of quartz windows. The arrangement also includes a plurality of collimated optical assemblies, which is optically coupled to the set of quartz windows. The arrangement further includes a plurality of fiber optic bundles, which comprises at least an illumination fiber optic bundle, a collection fiber optic bundle, and a reference fiber optic bundle. The arrangement more over includes a multi-channel spectrometer, which is configured with at least a signal channel and a reference channel. The signal channel is optically coupled to at least the flash lamp, the set of quartz windows, the set of collimated optical assemblies, the illuminated fiber optic bundle, and the collection fiber optic bundle to measure a first signal."
The patent application was filed on April 3, 2009 (12/418,492). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,328&OS=8,144,328&RS=8,144,328
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,142,424) developed by David K. Swanson, Campbell, Calif., for a "probe based low temperature lesion formation apparatus, systems and methods."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Probe based low temperature lesion formation apparatus, systems and methods include, in one embodiment, a surgical probe having a relatively short shaft (e.g., between 3-12 cm) defining a distal portion and a proximal portion, an inflatable cryogenic element, defining an exterior surface, associated with the distal portion of the shaft; and at least one temperature sensor on the exterior of the inflatable cryogenic element. In another embodiment, a method of forming a lesion in a tissue structure includes the steps of positioning an inflatable cryogenic element on the tissue structure with a temperature sensor between a portion of the inflatable cryogenic element and a portion of the tissue surface, supplying cryogenic fluid to the inflatable cryogenic element, maintaining pressure within the inflatable cryogenic element below about 100 mm Hg, and measuring tissue temperature with the temperature sensor."
The patent application was filed on May 14, 2007 (11/748,083). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,142,424.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,424&RS=PN/8,142,424
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Applied Materials Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,329) developed by James P. Cruse, San Jose, Calif., Theresa Kramer Guarini, San Jose, Calif., and Jeffrey Charles Pierce, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "low power RF tuning using optical and non-reflected power methods."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects of the present invention include methods for controlling a plasma in a substrate processing system. One embodiment provides controlling a first set of wavelength intensities of reflected electromagnetic radiation reflected from the plasma within a chamber before processing a first set of one or more substrates, associating the first set of wavelength intensities of reflected electromagnetic radiation to an RF power within the processing system, adjusting a matching circuit based on the first set of wavelength intensities of reflected electromagnetic radiation, processing the first set of one or more substrates in the substrate processing system, controlling a second set of wavelength intensities of reflected electromagnetic radiation reflected from the plasma within the chamber, and associating the second set of wavelength intensities of reflected electromagnetic radiation to the RF power within the processing system."
The patent application was filed on July 6, 2011 (13/177,442). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,329&OS=8,144,329&RS=8,144,329
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Belkin International Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Belkin International, Compton, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,120) developed by Ali Vassigh, Bellevue, Wash., and Thorben Neu, Los Angeles, for a "method and system for button press and hold feedback."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a method and system for providing a user with feedback as to the status of the command they have initiated by depressing a button, series of buttons or sequence of buttons on a human interface device ("HID") for a time period beyond a fraction of a second to activate a function. In one embodiment, feedback provided for a press and hold ("P+H") operation informs the user that their button press action has been detected by a multi-function device ("MFD") and a visual and/or audible indication is provided, informing him or her to continue pressing the button or buttons on the HID to activate one or more functions. A graphical display with a periodically updated progress bar displays how much longer the user should continue pressing the button or buttons to successfully transmit a command to the MFD with an animation showing which command will be activated."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2006 (11/564,787). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,120&OS=8,144,120&RS=8,144,120
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Sony Assigned Patent for Overlaid Images on TV
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,144,251) developed by four co-inventors for "overlaid images on TV." The co-inventors are James Huston, Boulder Creek, Calif., Yuko Nishikawa, La Jolla, Calif., John Salisbury, Carlsbad, Calif., and Monish Subherwal, San Diego.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An ambient, beautiful, entertaining visual experience that can be displayed on a TV requiring little or no user interaction beyond initiation. Multiple image layers that may be still or moving video, photos, etc, or a combination thereof can be overlaid on each other."
The patent application was filed on April 18, 2008 (12/106,076). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,251&OS=8,144,251&RS=8,144,251
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Graphics Properties Holdings Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Graphics Properties Holdings, New Rochelle, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,144,158) developed by seven co-inventors for a "display system having floating point rasterization and floating point framebuffering." The co-inventors are John M. Airey, Mountain View, Calif., Mark S. Peercy, Cupertino, Calif., Robert A. Drebin, Palo Alto, Calif., John Montrym, Los Altos Hills, Calif., David L. Dignam, Belmont, Calif., Christopher J. Migdal, Cupertino, Calif., and Danny D. Loh, Menlo Park, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A floating point rasterization and frame buffer in a computer system graphics program. The rasterization, fog, lighting, texturing, blending, and antialiasing processes operate on floating point values. In one embodiment, a 16-bit floating point format consisting of one sign bit, ten mantissa bits, and five exponent bits (s10e5), is used to optimize the range and precision afforded by the 16 available bits of information. In other embodiments, the floating point format can be defined in the manner preferred in order to achieve a desired range and precision of the data stored in the frame buffer. The final floating point values corresponding to pixel attributes are stored in a frame buffer and eventually read and drawn for display. The graphics program can operate directly on the data in the frame buffer without losing any of the desired range and precision of the data."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2011 (13/004,650). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,158&OS=8,144,158&RS=8,144,158
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Solum Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Solum, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,319) developed by four co-inventors for a "automated soil measurement device." The co-inventors are Michael John Preiner, Palo Alto, Calif., Nicholas Carleton Koshnick, Palo Alto, Calif., Justin Stewart White, Palo Alto, Calif., and John Paul Strachan, Millbrae, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and a method are disclosed for combining a soil sample and extractant in a mixing chamber to produce a liquid extractant-soil mixture. A portion of the liquid extractant-soil mixture is directed from the mixing chamber through a sample measurement chamber coupled to the mixing chamber. The sample measurement chamber is coupled to a light source so that light propagates from the light source through the portion of the liquid extractant-soil mixture to an optical detector which generates an attenuation spectrum indicating light received by the detector at different wavelengths. The sample measurement chamber may include an attenuation cell having a specified optical path between a first measurement window and a second measurement window and angular surface directing particulates in the liquid extractant-soil mixture away from the attenuation cell."
The patent application was filed on May 6, 2010 (12/775,418). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,319&OS=8,144,319&RS=8,144,319
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Broadcom Assigned Patent for System And Apparatus for Receiving Digital Television Signals
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,260) developed by Christopher R. Keate, Mountain View, Calif., Armando V. Lopez, Mountain View, Calif., and Eric S. Tang, San Jose, Calif., for a "system and apparatus for receiving digital television signals."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and methods to receive and display digital television signals are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus to receive digital television signals comprises an antenna assembly coupled to the signal processing circuitry and comprising a first antenna positioned to maximize reception in a first direction and a second antenna positioned to maximize reception in a second direction, different from the first direction, and a processor coupled to the antenna assembly and comprising a selection logic module to select an antenna to receive a digital television signal for a specific channel, and a tuning logic module to configure the antenna assembly to receive a signal via a selected antenna."
The patent application was filed on June 15, 2010 (12/815,630). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,260&OS=8,144,260&RS=8,144,260
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Sony Assigned Patent for Shared Color Sensors for High-resolution 3-D Camera
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Parkridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,144,190) developed by Alexander Berestov, San Jose, Calif., for "shared color sensors for high-resolution 3-D camera."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, an apparatus for three-dimensional (3-D) image acquisition can include: (i) first and second lenses configured to receive light from a scene; (ii) first, second, third, and fourth sensors; (iii) a first beam splitter arranged proximate to the first lens, where the first beam splitter can provide a first split beam to the first sensor, and a second split beam to the second sensor; and (iv) a second beam splitter arranged proximate to the second lens, where the second beam splitter can provide a third split beam to the third sensor, and a fourth and split beam to the fourth sensor. For example, the sensors can include charge-coupled devices (CCDs) or CMOS sensors."
The patent application was filed on May 21, 2009 (12/470,443). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,190&OS=8,144,190&RS=8,144,190
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Apple Assigned Patent for Flexible Touch Sensing Circuits
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,129) developed by Steve Porter Hotelling, San Jose, Calif., and Wayne Carl Westerman, San Francisco, for "flexible touch sensing circuits."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One or more multi-touch skins can placed along three dimensions of an object. The one or more multi-touch skins enable multi-touch inputs during the operation of the object. The multi-touch inputs can be tracked to monitor the operation of the object and provide feedback to the operator of the object. The one or more multi-touch skins can further enable gestures for configuring and operating the object. The one or more multi-touch skins can also be used to implement any number of GUI interface objects and actions. A multi-touch skin that measures the force of a touch in one or more directions is also provided."
The patent application was filed on June 13, 2007 (11/818,499). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,129&OS=8,144,129&RS=8,144,129
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Intuitive Surgical Operations Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,142,421) developed by six co-inventors for a "surgical tool having positively positionable tendon-actuated multi-disk wrist joint." The co-inventors are Thomas G. Cooper, Menlo Park, Calif., Daniel T. Wallace, Redwood City, Calif., Stacey Chang, Sunnyvale, Calif., S. Christopher Anderson, San Francisco, Dustin Williams, Montain View, Calif., and Scott E. Manzo, Shelton, Conn.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to a tool having a wrist mechanism that provides pitch and yaw rotation in such a way that the tool has no singularity in roll, pitch, and yaw. A positively positionable multi-disk wrist mechanism includes a plurality of disks or vertebrae stacked in series. Each vertebra is configured to rotate in pitch or in yaw with respect to each neighboring vertebra. Actuation cables are used to manipulate and control movement of the vertebrae. In specific embodiments, some of the cables are distal cables that extend from a proximal vertebra through one or more intermediate vertebrae to a distal vertebra, while the remaining cables are medial cables that extend from the proximal vertebra to one or more of the intermediate vertebrae. The cables are actuated by a pivoted plate cable actuator mechanism. In specific embodiments, the actuator mechanism includes a plurality of small radius holes or grooves for receiving the medial cables and a plurality of large radius holes or grooves for receiving the distal cables. The holes or grooves restrain the medial cables to a small radius of motion and the distal cables to a large radius of motion, so that the medial cables to the medial vertebra move only a fraction of the amount as the distal cables to the distal vertebra, so as to achieve precise control and manipulation of the vertebrae."
The patent application was filed on May 19, 2010 (12/782,833). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,142,421.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,421&RS=PN/8,142,421
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Oclaro Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Oclaro, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,276) developed by Xuefeng Yue, San Jose, Calif., and Ruibo Wang, Oak Park, Calif., for a "liquid crystal optical device configured to reduce polarization dependent loss and polarization mode dispersion."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An LC-based optical device compensates for differences in optical path lengths of polarization components of input beam. As a result, PDL and PMD of the optical device are reduced. The compensation mechanism may be a glass plate that is disposed in an optical path of a polarization component so that the optical path length of that polarization component can be made substantially equal to the optical path length of the other polarization component that traverses through a half-wave plate. Another compensation mechanism is a birefringent displacer that has two sections sandwiching a half-wave plate, wherein the two sections are of different widths and the planar front surface of the birefringent displacer can be positioned to be non-orthogonal with respect to the incident input light beam."
The patent application was filed on May 29, 2009 (12/475,116). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,276&OS=8,144,276&RS=8,144,276
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Hand Held Products Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Hand Held Products, Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,144,202) developed by William H. Havens, Syracuse, N.Y., Ynjiun Paul Wang, Cupertino, Calif., and Jonathan Stiles, Marlton, N.J., for an "apparatus, system, and method of use of imaging assembly on mobile terminal."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for collecting data comprising a mobile terminal for capturing a plurality of frames of image data, the mobile terminal having a first imaging assembly and a second imaging assembly, the first imaging assembly for capturing a first frame of image data representing a first object and the second imaging assembly for capturing a second frame of image data representing a second object, wherein the system for use in collecting data is operative for associating first frame information and second frame information, the first frame information including one or more of image data of the first frame of image data and information derived utilizing the image data of the first frame of image data, the second frame information including one or more of image data of the second frame of image data and information derived utilizing the image data of the second frame of image data."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2011 (13/018,138). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,202&OS=8,144,202&RS=8,144,202
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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HRL Laboratories Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- HRL Laboratories, Malibu, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,317) developed by Richard J. Joyce, Thousand Oaks, Calif., for a "method to locate and eliminate manufacturing defects in a quartz resonator gyro."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for locating and eliminating defects on a substrate wafer includes illuminating a top surface of the substrate wafer with a first illumination source, illuminating a bottom surface of the substrate wafer with a second illumination source, forming an image of a portion of the top surface of the substrate wafer while the substrate wafer is illuminated by the first and second illumination sources, adjusting a contrast of the image to accentuate defects on the top surface of the substrate wafer, locating defects in the image, and ablating the defects on the top surface with a laser."
The patent application was filed on March 30, 2011 (13/075,784). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,317&OS=8,144,317&RS=8,144,317
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Sony Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,144,266) developed by Thomas Patrick Dawson, Escondido, Calif., for a "module system for permitting storage device interface with TV."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a TV system with a modular configuration that permits licensed primary modules such as disk players and personal video recorders to be removably slid into engagement with receptacles in the TV housing, an adapter primary module is provided that is formed with secondary receptacles for receiving secondary modules. The secondary modules have USB ports, Ethernet ports, and memory card slots in a configuration that can be designed by entities other than the TV manufacturer, with the secondary modules having to conform to proprietary licensed interfaces in the adaptor module to ensure a degree of control by the TV manufacturer."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2007 (11/711,299). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,266&OS=8,144,266&RS=8,144,266
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Acclarent Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Acclarent, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,142,422) developed by Joshua Makower, Los Altos, Calif., and John Y. Chang, Mountain View, Calif., for "devices, systems and methods for diagnosing and treating sinusitis and other disorders of the ears, nose and/or throat."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Sinusitis, enlarged nasal turbinates, tumors, infections, hearing disorders, allergic conditions, facial fractures and other disorders of the ear, nose and throat are diagnosed and/or treated using minimally invasive approaches and, in many cases, flexible catheters as opposed to instruments having rigid shafts. Various diagnostic procedures and devices are used to perform imaging studies, mucus flow studies, air/gas flow studies, anatomic dimension studies, endoscopic studies and transillumination studies. Access and occluder devices may be used to establish fluid tight seals in the anterior or posterior nasal cavities/nasopharynx and to facilitate insertion of working devices (e.g., scopes, guidewires, catheters, tissue cutting or remodeling devices, electrosurgical devices, energy emitting devices, devices for injecting diagnostic or therapeutic agents, devices for implanting devices such as stents, substance eluting devices, substance delivery implants, etc."
The patent application was filed on March 4, 2008 (12/042,221). 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=8,142,422.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,422&RS=PN/8,142,422
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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HireRight Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- HireRight, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,151) developed by four co-inventors for a "spatial and temporal graphical display of verified/validated data organized as complex events." The co-inventors are Stefano Malnati, La Jolla, Calif., Aleksandr Rudenko, Tallinn, Estonia, Andrel Zhovjev, Tallinn, Estonia, and Jeff Davis, Colorado Springs, Colo.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Complex events for an entity are gathered, each including an event, the event's location, and the date of the event. A map encompassing the locations of the complex events is displayed. The location of each complex event is denoted on the map, such as by an icon corresponding to the complex event type, in a color corresponding to whether the complex event was validated. For each successive pair of complex events, including a first and a second complex event, a line is drawn on the map between their locations. Timelines graphically denoting the complex events in order of their dates may be displayed, including one corresponding to those complex events that have been validated, and others that each correspond to those complex events that come from the same source. A list of the complex events may be displayed, organized in accordance with the types of the complex events."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2006 (11/580,037). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,151&OS=8,144,151&RS=8,144,151
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Apple Assigned Patent for Common Bus Design for a TFT-LCD Display
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,295) developed by Shih Chang Chang, Cupertino, Calif., and John Z. Zhong, Cupertino, Calif., for a "common bus design for a TFT-LCD display."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide for a FFS TFT LCD with a high refresh rate without limiting the aperture of individual pixels. More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide for the use of common bus lines to reduce the effective resistance of the common electrode and to therefore allow for higher refresh rates of the display. Furthermore, the common bus lines can be positioned in such a manner so that they do not further reduce the aperture of the display. More specifically, the common bus lines can be positioned above or below existing elements of the display that are already opaque. Thus, adding the common bus lines need not reduce the aperture. The above can be achieved by, for example, placing the common bus lines above or below existing non-transparent lines, such as gate lines or data lines."
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