[May 04, 2012]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (May 4)

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York.

*** NEC Laboratories America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,169,885) developed by Kai Li, New York, Xiaodong Wang, New York, and Mohammad Madihian, Plainsboro, N.J., for a "method and apparatus for optimization of wireless mesh networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cross-layer optimization framework for designing of multi-radio/multi-channel wireless mesh networks with network coding to support multiple unicast applications is used. A column-generation-based primal-dual method is used to solve the optimization problem. For network-layer formation, a code construction scheme based on linear programming is used. Delay constraints are imposed on the network code construction so the possible impact of the extra decoding delay to the upper-layer Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) performance may be reduced without changing the upper-layer protocols." The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2007 (11/999,226). 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=8,169,885&OS=8,169,885&RS=8,169,885 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Increasing Link Capacity Via Traffic Distribution Over Multiple Wi-Fi Access Points ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,169,900) developed by Paul Christesten Castro, Harrison, N.Y., Frederique Anne Giraud, Ossining, N.Y., and Danny Lo Tien Yeh, Irvington, N.Y., for "increasing link capacity via traffic distribution over multiple Wi-Fi access points." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for combining the bandwidth available to a user communications device from multiple access points by switching output requests and corresponding replies to such requests among a plurality of such access points. In the simplest implementation the switching can be on a round-robin basis, but the switching can be enhanced to prioritize and use quality of service requirements associated with each output request, and also to measure congestion at each access point and base switching upon the congestion level. The invention operates by generating subset ISO communication stacks for each available access point, preferably the subset from the IP layer to the data control link, and switching between these stacks." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2008 (12/052,319). 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=8,169,900&OS=8,169,900&RS=8,169,900 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Worcester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,169,767) developed by Eugene A. Pruss, Hamburg, N.Y., and Thomas M. Clere, Orchard Park, N.Y., for a "boron nitride agglomerated powder and devices comprising the powder." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Novel boron nitride agglomerated powders are provided having controlled density and fracture strength features. In addition methods for producing same are provided. One method calls for providing a feedstock powder including boron nitride agglomerates, and heat treating the feedstock powder to form a heat treated boron nitride agglomerated powder. In one embodiment the feedstock powder has a controlled crystal size. In another, the feedstock powder is derived from a bulk source. Devices, such as microelectronic devices and printed circuit boards, which include boron nitride agglomerates with controlled fracture strength features are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2011 (13/033,325). 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=8,169,767&OS=8,169,767&RS=8,169,767 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Reducing a Trade-off Between Image Quality and Marking Speed ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,169,659) developed by David A. Mantell, Rochester, N.Y., for "systems and methods for reducing a trade-off between image quality and marking speed." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "To reduce the trade-off between image quality and marking speed, high-resolution data for an image is evaluated, and an output value is created based on the evaluation of the high-resolution data. The output value has a larger output spacing than the high-resolution data, and approximates an edge of a solid defined by the high-resolution data, but within an output area defined by the larger output spacing." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2004 (10/778,220). 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=8,169,659&OS=8,169,659&RS=8,169,659 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** NASA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- NASA has been assigned a patent (8,169,620) developed by H. Philip Stahl, Brownsboro, Ala., and James T. Mooney, Fairport, N.Y., for a "sub-pixel spatial resolution wavefront phase imaging." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A phase imaging method for an optical wavefront acquires a plurality of phase images of the optical wavefront using a phase imager. Each phase image is unique and is shifted with respect to another of the phase images by a known/controlled amount that is less than the size of the phase imager's pixels. The phase images are then combined to generate a single high-spatial resolution phase image of the optical wavefront." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2009 (12/563,819). 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=8,169,620&OS=8,169,620&RS=8,169,620 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Symbol Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Symbol Technologies, Holtsville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,169,589) developed by David Tsi-Shi, Stony Brook, N.Y., for an "adaptive focusing using liquid crystal zone plates in electro-optical readers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Working range and beam cross-section are adjusted in an electro-optical reader for reading indicia by applying voltages to electrodes in one or more liquid crystal zone plates in which the index of refraction is changed in different regions of each zone plate." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2008 (12/077,230). 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=8,169,589&OS=8,169,589&RS=8,169,589 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Panavision Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Panavision Imaging, Homer, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,169,517) developed by five co-inventors for an "image sensor ADC and CDS per column with oversampling." The co-inventors are Thomas Poonnen, Cortland, N.Y., Jeffrey J. Zarnowski, McGraw, N.Y., Li Liu, Cortland, N.Y., Michael Joyner, McGraw, N.Y., and Ketan V. Karia, Cortland, N.Y.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A solid state imager converts analog pixel values to digital form on an arrayed per-column basis. An N-bit counter supplies an N-bit DAC to produce an analog ramp output with a level that varies corresponding to the contents of the counter. A latch/counter or equivalent is associated with each respective column. A clock supplies clock signal(s) to the counter elements. When the analog ramp equals the pixel value for that column, the latch/counter latches the value. The black level can be pre-set in the latch/counter or can be subtracted separately to reduce fixed pattern noise. The pixels can be oversampled for some number of times, e.g., n=16, to reduce the thermal noise of the sensors. Also, two or more pixels sharing a common sense node may be binned together, and two (or more) pixels having different integration times may be combined to obtain an output signal with enhanced dynamic range." The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2007 (11/974,813). 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=8,169,517&OS=8,169,517&RS=8,169,517 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Systems for Intraoperative Nerve Imaging ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,169,696) developed by Siavash Yazdanfar, Niskayuna, N.Y., Cristina Abucay Tan Hehir, Niskayuna, N.Y., and Xinghua Wang, Clifton Park, N.Y., for "systems for intraoperative nerve imaging." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are systems for intraoperative nerve imaging using compact high collection power imaging devices for fluorescence and white light imaging of myelin basic protein (MBP) nerve imaging agents during open and minimally invasive surgery." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2010 (12/821,731). 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=8,169,696&OS=8,169,696&RS=8,169,696 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,169,453) developed by Robert F. Mindler, Churchville, N.Y., Richard Harold Ellis, Rochester, N.Y., and David B. Hilton, Webster, N.Y., for a "thermally conductive, electrically isolated peel member assembly." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A thermal printer having reduced electrical charge built at point of separation of a donor web and a receiver web, includes at least one thermal printhead and at least one platen roller with a nip is formed between the at least one thermal printhead and the at least one platen roller through which the donor web and the receiver web are drawn. A heat sink is attached to the at least one thermal printhead and a peel member is located downstream of the nip. The peel member is substantially electrically isolated from ground." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2008 (12/183,529). 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=8,169,453&OS=8,169,453&RS=8,169,453 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,169,662) developed by Jean-Pierre R.N. Van De Capelle, Rochester, N.Y., Lee C. Moore, Penfield, N.Y., and Barry G. Gombert, Rochester, N.Y., for a "system and method for reducing print delays for print jobs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is disclosed a printing system for processing an electronic document with an original stream having at least two printing related instructions. Responsive to reading the at least two printing related instructions with a controller; the original stream is split into two or more streams. A printer produces (1) one or more sets of prints from one or more of the two or more streams for storage in one or more inserters, and (2) a final set of prints from another one of the two or more streams, the final set of prints corresponding to a hardcopy stream with at least one gap. The one or more sets of prints are automatically stored in the one or more inserters and, pursuant to printing the final set of prints; the one or more inserters are used to insert at least one print from the one or more sets of prints into the at least one gap of the hardcopy stream." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2008 (12/337,727). 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=8,169,662&OS=8,169,662&RS=8,169,662 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent for Registration Method Using Sensed Image Marks and Digital Realignment ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,169,657) developed by Shen-Ge Wang, Fairport, N.Y., and Robert P. Loce, Webster, N.Y., for a "registration method using sensed image marks and digital realignment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of registering a print between print stages in a printing system is provided. The method comprises: printing a first part of a digital image on a substrate with a first print engine, wherein the first part of the digital image includes a plurality of reference features; scanning image content on the substrate as it is readied for the second print engine; determining the actual positions of the reference features; using the actual positions of the reference features to determine desired adjustments for the second part of the digital image; applying electronic registration according to the desired adjustments to modify image content of the second print to be aligned with content already on the substrate; and printing a second part of the digital image on the substrate." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2007 (11/801,231). 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=8,169,657&OS=8,169,657&RS=8,169,657 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Corning Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Corning, Corning, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,169,705) developed by Michael J. Cangemi, Victor, N.Y., Horst Schreiber, Rochester, N.Y., and Jue Wang, Fairport, N.Y., for a "dense homogeneous fluoride films for DUV elements and method of preparing same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention is directed to optical elements that are coated with dense homogeneous fluoride films and to a method of making such coated elements. The coatings materials are a high ("H") refractive index fluoride material and a low ("L") refractive index material that are co-evaporated to form a coating layer of a L-H coating material (a co-deposited coating of L and H materials). Lanthanide metal fluorides (for example, neodymium, lanthanum, dysprosium, yttrium and gadolinium, and combinations thereof) are preferred metal fluorides for use as the high refractive index materials with lanthanum fluoride (LaF.sub.3) and gadolinium fluoride (GdF.sub.3) being particularly preferred. Aluminum fluoride (AlF.sub.3) and alkaline earth metal fluorides (fluorides of calcium, magnesium, barium and strontium) are the preferred low refractive index materials, with magnesium fluoride (MgF.sub.2) being a preferred alkaline earth metal fluoride." The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2008 (12/277,596). 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=8,169,705&OS=8,169,705&RS=8,169,705 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent for Using Buffers to Support Uncertainties in Marking Engine Execution ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,169,626) developed by Robert M. Lofthus, Webster, N.Y., Minh Binh Do, Mountain View, Calif., and Rong Zhou, San Jose, Calif., for "using buffers to support uncertainties in marking engine execution." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A printing system includes at least one marking engine and a paper path which carries sheets of print media to the marking engine from an upstream direction and carries sheets of print media which have been marked by the marking engine in a downstream direction. A buffer system includes a sheet buffer in the paper path downstream of the marking engine and optionally includes another sheet buffer in the paper path upstream of the marking engine. The buffer system allows variability in the residence time of the marking engine to be accommodated by varying the residence time of sheets in the downstream buffer." The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2008 (12/201,377). 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=8,169,626&OS=8,169,626&RS=8,169,626 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Xerox Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Attempted Secure Print Job Release Notification ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,169,633) developed by Andrew J. Aikens, Webster, N.Y., and Zhun Huang, Webster, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for attempted secure print job release notification." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for notifying a user of an attempted secure print job release from an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving a secure print job and secure print job instructions from a user, wherein the secure print job instructions include at least a pass code and the user's contact information, determining if a pass code has been entered for the user's secure print job, wherein if it is determined that a pass code has been entered for the user's secure print job, determining if the entered pass code is correct, wherein if it is determined that the entered pass code is correct, sending a signal to print the secure print job and notifying the user in accordance with the user's contact information that the secure print job has been printed, otherwise, notifying the user in accordance with the user's contact information that an unauthorized user attempted to print the secure print job." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2008 (12/207,090). 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=8,169,633&OS=8,169,633&RS=8,169,633 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,170,192) developed by Edward E. Kelley, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Wayne M. Delia, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Tijs I. Wilbrink, En Leiden, The Netherlands, for a "personalized conference call system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An enhancement for an electronic calendar provides a single call-in number and, preferably a pass code established for a user/participant in any and all conference call(s) in which use of the invention is authorized by an owner/caller initiating a conference call. The call-in number accesses the computer corresponding to the user/participant and is redirected to the conference call using information which is stored in memory separate from the electronic calendar and thus not accessible therefrom." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2006 (11/306,666). 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=8,170,192&OS=8,170,192&RS=8,170,192 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Asset Management in an Open Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,169,313) developed by Robert S. Cahn, Carmel, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for asset management in an open environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for asset management in an open environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method correlates a person's RFID tag with an RFID of an asset and uses this information to determine whether an asset is allowed to pass an access point." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2008 (12/132,539). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,169,313.PN.&OS=PN/8,169,313&RS=PN/8,169,313 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Iberium Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Iberium Communications, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,170,128) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for joint decoding and equalization." The co-inventors are Raul Alejandro Casas, Doylestown, Pa., Stephen Leonard Biracree, Rochester, N.Y., Slobodan Simovich, San Francisco, and Thomas Joseph Endres, Seattle.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is related to joint trellis decoding and equalization using a decision feedback equalizer." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2008 (12/229,725). 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=8,170,128&OS=8,170,128&RS=8,170,128 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,170,083) developed by Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Smithtown, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for reducing the processing rate of a chip-level equalization receiver." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for reducing the processing rate when performing chip-level equalization (CLE) in a code division multiple access (CDMA) receiver which includes an equalizer filter. Signals received by at least one antenna of the receiver are sampled at M times the chip rate. Each sample stream is split into M sample data streams at the chip rate. Multipath combining is preferably performed on each split sample data stream. The sample data streams are then combined into one combined sample data stream at the chip rate. The equalizer filter performs equalization on the combined sample stream at the chip rate. Filter coefficients are adjusted by adding a correction term to the filter coefficients utilized by the equalizer filter for a previous iteration." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2011 (13/099,674). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,170,083&OS=8,170,083&RS=8,170,083 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,170,112) developed by six co-inventors for a "video compression and encoding method." The co-inventors are Eric Ameres, Cohoes, N.Y., James Bankoski, Wynantskill, N.Y., Adrian W. Grange, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, Tim Murphy, New York, Paul G. Wilkins, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Yaowu Xu, San Diego.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is a method for encoding a video signal having at least one frame with a plurality of blocks including a current block, including generating, for at least a selected pixel in the current block, a predicted value for at least one pixel located in a row i and a column j of the current block using a processor and according to the following equation: X.sub.ij=L.sub.i+A.sub.j-C; wherein X.sub.ij is the predicted value, L.sub.i is the value of a pixel to the left of the current block, A.sub.j is the value of a pixel in a row above the current block and C is the value of a pixel in the row above and the column to the left of the current block and encoding the current block using the predicted value." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2011 (13/250,197). 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=8,170,112&OS=8,170,112&RS=8,170,112 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Visible World Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Visible World, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,170,096) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for optimized encoding and transmission of a plurality of substantially similar video fragments." The co-inventors are Seth Haberman, New York, Gerrit Niemeijer, Maplewood, N.J., Richard L. Booth, Bensalem, Pa., and Alex Jansen, New York.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for stitching separately encoded MPEG video fragments, each representing a different rectangular area of the screen together into one single full-screen MPEG encoded video fragment." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2004 (10/991,674). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,170,096&OS=8,170,096&RS=8,170,096 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,169,321) developed by Subramanian S. Iyer, Mount Kisco, N.Y., Chandrasekharan Kothandaraman, New York, and Gerard M. Salem, Willsboro, N.Y., for a "radio frequency-enabled electromigration fuse." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention provides a method, device, and system for programming an electromigration fuse (eFuse) using a radio frequency (RF) signal. A first aspect of the invention provides a method of testing circuitry on a semiconductor chip, the method comprising: receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal using at least one antenna on the semiconductor chip; powering circuitry on the semiconductor chip using the RF signal; activating a built-in self test (BIST) engine within the circuitry; determining whether a fault exists within the circuitry using the BIST; and programming an electromigration fuse (eFuse) to alter the circuitry in response to a fault being determined to exist." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2010 (12/696,104). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,169,321.PN.&OS=PN/8,169,321&RS=PN/8,169,321 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Mattersight Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Mattersight, Lake Forest, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,170,195) developed by five co-inventors for "methods and systems for verifying typed objects or segments of a telephonic communication between a customer and a contact center." The co-inventors are Kelly Conway, Lake Bluff, Ill., Douglas Brown, Austin, Texas, Adrian Horton, Charlton, N.Y., David Gustafson, Lake Forest, Ill., and Christopher Danson, Austin, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer readable medium for controlling a computer is provided. The computer readable medium comprises a plurality of code segments for controlling a computer. A code segment receives a telephonic communication comprised of voice data and event data. A code segment receives computer application data comprising data associated with at least one computer application in use during the telephonic communication. A code segment analyzes the telephonic communication by translating the received voice data into a text format, the text format defining a plurality of components. At least one component of the text data and communication event data occurring during a time interval is classified into one of a plurality of object types, and the computer application data during the time interval is compared to the object type of the classified components." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2008 (12/286,248). 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=8,170,195&OS=8,170,195&RS=8,170,195 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,170,135) developed by Craig A. Hanna, Vestal, N.Y., Anthony J. Gounalis, Endicott, N.Y., and Robert Haefner, Apalachin, N.Y., for "methods and apparatus for emitter detection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for coordinating detection of emitted signals by a receiver with transmission of signals by a transmitter, wherein the receiver and the transmitter are located on the same platform. The receiver scans a surrounding environment to detect emitted signals in multiple frequency ranges while the transmitter transmits signals in a predetermined frequency range. The receiver may employ dwells which may be defined as receiver configurations. A dwell, when executed, may be used to detect signals in a certain frequency range. If a frequency range of the dwell conflicts with the frequency range of transmitter signals, which may result in interference of transmitter signals with detection of emitted signals, execution of the dwell may be delayed. If the frequency range of the dwell is such that transmitter signals do not interfere with execution of the dwell, the dwell can be executed." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2007 (11/714,717). 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=8,170,135&OS=8,170,135&RS=8,170,135 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Global OLED Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Global OLED Technology, Herndon, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,169,389) developed by Ronald S. Cok, Rochester, N.Y., and Michael E. Miller, Honeoye Falls, N.Y., for a "converting three-component to four-component image." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of converting a three-or-more-color-component image input signal to an image output signal includes acquiring an input signal having a plurality of pixel signals, each pixel signal having three, or more, color components; determining a residual difference for each color component of each pixel signal; determining a limit value of the residual differences; calculating a common scale factor for each of the color components based upon the limit value; and applying the common scale factor to the image input signal to produce the image output signal." The patent application was filed on July 16, 2008 (12/174,085). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,169,389.PN.&OS=PN/8,169,389&RS=PN/8,169,389 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** USAF Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- The U.S. Air Force has been assigned a patent (8,170,054) developed by David Keppler, Clinton, N.Y., and Nathan Lutchansky, Rome, N.Y., for a "software control of half duplex radio data transceivers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and method for providing a data interface to a plurality of radio transceivers such as between a personal computer or other information processing device to one or more radio transmitter/receiver systems having a serial data interface in a manner that provides control of the radio and means to send and receive data via the radio without regard to the characteristics of the radio or its serial interface. A common control protocol is employed that exposes the functionality necessary to control the radio transmitter/receiver device in a generic manner. The invention may communicate with the data terminal equipment via a widely-available data interface or network protocol, such as an asynchronous serial interface, the Universal Serial Bus (USB), or an Internet Protocol (IP) network. The invention also provides a means of implementing synchronous serial framing formats through software implementation, allowing compatibility with future data systems to be achieved without requiring hardware modifications." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2008 (12/313,790). 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=8,170,054&OS=8,170,054&RS=8,170,054 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Harris Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Harris, Melbourne, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,169,277) developed by John Robert McIntyre, Rochester, N.Y., and Anthony Clement Manicone, Rochester, N.Y., for a "radio frequency directional coupler device and related methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic device may include a printed circuit board (PCB) including a ground plane and having first and second opposing surfaces. The electronic device may also include a radio frequency (RF) directional coupler carried by the first surface of the PCB and including a housing and circuitry therein defining an input port, an output port, and first and second monitoring ports. A first monitoring circuit may be carried by the first surface of the PCB and connected to the first monitoring port. The electronic device may also include a via conductor connected to the second monitoring port and extending through the PCB to the second surface thereof. A second monitoring circuit may also be carried by the second surface of the PCB and connected to the via conductor." The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2010 (12/709,038). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,169,277.PN.&OS=PN/8,169,277&RS=PN/8,169,277 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,169,979) developed by five co-inventors for a TDMA/CDMA user equipment. The co-inventors are Stephen E. Terry, Northport, N.Y., Stephen G. Dick, Nesconset, N.Y., James M. Miller, Verona, N.J., Eldad M. Zeira, Huntington, N.Y., and Ariela Zeira, Huntington, N.Y.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless hybrid time division multiple access/code division multiple access (TDMA/CDMA) user equipment (UE) includes a signaling receiver and a data detection device in communication with the signaling receiver. The signaling receiver is configured to receive and recover signaled information of code and timeslot assignments of the UE to support an RF communication. The data detection device is configured to recover from the signaling information an identifier of a plurality of assigned timeslots and an indication of a first and last code of a set of consecutive codes. The last code is identified by an identifier associated with the last code, and the same set of consecutive codes are assigned to each of the plurality of assigned timeslots." The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2007 (11/975,302). 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=8,169,979&OS=8,169,979&RS=8,169,979 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Futurewei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Futurewei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,169,912) developed by four co-inventors for a "system for dynamic bandwidth adjustment and trading among peers." The co-inventors are Young Lee, Plano, Texas, Linda Dunbar, Plano, Texas, Lucy Yong, Plano, Texas, and Robert Sultan, Somers, N.Y.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system is disclosed, that provides dynamic bandwidth sharing among a plurality of client nodes, which share network link resources in a communication network. Upon receipt of a bandwidth adjustment request from a requesting client node, the system adjusts bandwidth when network link capacity meets the bandwidth adjustment request, or when total amount of bandwidth offered to trade by any peers of the requesting client node meets the bandwidth adjustment request." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2006 (11/469,177). 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=8,169,912&OS=8,169,912&RS=8,169,912 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Anritsu Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Anritsu, Morgan Hill, Canada, has been assigned a patent (8,169,993) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus to estimate wireless base station signal quality over the air." The co-inventors are Kee-dyi Huang, Cupertino, Calif., Maximilian Maung, Daly City, Calif., Bernard Justus Olshausen, Sammamish, Wash., Jeffrey Abramson Heath, Jericho, N.Y., and Derek Truesdale, San Jose, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The quality of the signal from a base station is measured and adjusted for distortion due to multipath and due to signals from neighboring co-channel base stations. The signal quality is measured conventionally by determining Rho or EVM and then Rho or EVM are adjusted. To adjust the signal the process includes the steps of: (a) sampling a received CDMA base station signal in a particular frequency channel, calculating the total received power to provide a reference value for subsequent normalization; (b) demodulating the received signal and constructing an ideal reference signal; (c) correlating between the ideal reference signal and received signal to determine a Rho value, or calculating the ratio of the difference between ideal and received signal to the ideal signal to obtain EVM; (d) performing a self cross correlation to separate signals from the sampled received signal on different delay paths, and determining a multipath power value x as a total power of signals on non-dominant ones of the delay paths; (e) performing a code correlation pilot scan of the sampled signal to determine strengths of signals from neighboring co-channel base stations; (f) summing the power levels of the neighboring co-channel base station signals to provide a total pilot pollution power y; and (g) calculating an adjusted Rho or EVM by removing x and y from the total received power." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2008 (12/104,269). 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=8,169,993&OS=8,169,993&RS=8,169,993 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,170,007) developed by six co-inventors for a packet telephony appliance. The co-inventors are Mike Chan, Dix Hills, N.Y., Charles D. Cranor, Morristown, N.J., Raman Gopalakrishnan, Succasunna, N.J., Peter Z. Onufryk, Flanders, N.J., Laurence W. Ruedisueli, Berkeley Heights, N.J., and Cormac John Sreenan, Morristown, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A packet telephony appliance includes a Euphony network processor that integrates networking and DSP functions to provide a low cost and efficient solution in building a networked appliance. In particular, a Euphony ATM Telephone (EAT) is built around the Euphony network processor. The EAT uses a real-time operating system to provide predictable processing and networking support. The EAT implements IObufs, which provides a unified buffering scheme that allows zero-copy data movement. Furthermore, the EAT uses an Event Exchange (EVX), which provides a flexible mechanism for event distribution, allowing software modules to be composed together in an extensible manner. EVX and IObufs are used together to provide highly efficient intra-appliance communication. The EAT provides a platform that can evolve gracefully to support new protocols, advanced telephony services and enhanced user interfaces." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2008 (12/262,630). 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=8,170,007&OS=8,170,007&RS=8,170,007 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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