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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (March 29)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts.
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Broadbus Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Broadbus Technologies, Boxborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,144,719) developed by Catherine A. Yadlon, Townsend, Mass., Michael A. Kahn, Hudson, Mass., and Francis J. Stifter, Jr., Hampton Falls, N.H., for "methods and system to manage data traffic."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes multiple input ports that forward received data (e.g., data packets) to each of multiple queues. Data received at the input ports of the system can be somewhat random or "bursty" at times. That is, the input ports can receive data at a variable bit rate or unspecified bit rate from an internal system source or an external source such as an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server or SCSI disk array. The queues output data at a constant bit rate. A two-dimensional scheduler associated with the system forces random inbound server traffic from the input ports to adhere to a QoS (Quality of Service) agreement such that the random nature of the inbound traffic does not negatively affect the deterministic guarantees of existing server traffic output from the queues. In other words, techniques herein ensure adherence to QoS requirements among the data flows, without overflowing the queues."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2005 (11/258,309). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,719.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,719&RS=PN/8,144,719
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Skyhook Wireless Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Skyhook Wireless, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,144,673) developed by Farshid Alizadeh-Shabdiz, Wayland, Mass., for a "method and system for employing a dedicated device for position estimation by a WLAN positioning system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems of employing a dedicated device for position estimation by a WLAN-based positioning system. A device estimates the position of itself in response to gathering wireless signal information from WLAN access points (APs). The device includes a receive-only WLAN radio module for receiving WLAN signals transmitted by WLAN APs in range of said device, extraction logic for extracting information from said received WLAN signals to identify the WLAN APs; and logic to cooperate with a WLAN-based positioning system to estimate the position of the device based at least in part on the extracted information identifying the WLAN APs in the range of said device. In other embodiments, the radio module includes a transmitter but one which is only capable of transmitting probe requests."
The patent application was filed on July 6, 2007 (11/774,387). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,673.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,673&RS=PN/8,144,673
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,144,694) developed by Bhumip Knasnabish, Lexington, Mass., and Takkin G. Yum, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., for a "system and method for providing equal access over packet-switched networks."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for equal access over a wireline and/or wireless packet-switched network including a receiver to receive, from a requestor, a request for equal access to a service provider, and a processor to present one or more equal access criteria to be satisfied by the requestor, and in the event the one or more equal access criteria are satisfied by the requestor, to allow, to the requestor, equal access over a wireline and/or wireless packet-switched network to the service provider."
The patent application was filed on June 11, 2008 (12/137,008). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,694.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,694&RS=PN/8,144,694
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Verizon Services Organization Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Verizon Services Organization, Irving, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,144,693) developed by David C. Robbins, Grafton, Mass., for a "method and system for providing telemetry, verification and/or other access in a SIP-based network."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system of an embodiment of the present invention may involve receiving an invite message at a network port of a device to initiate a communication session with the device; identifying an address associated with the invite message; when the address corresponds to a first address, performing a first session initiation process to establish first communications via an audio port of the device; and when the address corresponds to a second address, performing a second session initiation process to establish second communications via the audio port of the device; wherein the second session initiation process differs from the first session initiation process. In addition, access to the audio port may involve determining a priority of the invite message; rejecting the invite message when the priority of the invite message is inferior relative to a priority of a current dialog; and accepting the invite message when the priority of the invite request is superior to the priority of the current dialog."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2006 (11/534,228). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,693.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,693&RS=PN/8,144,693
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method for Traffic Localization
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,684) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for traffic localization." The co-inventors are Matthew H. Harper, Salem, N.H., Sanil Kumar Puthiyandyil, Nashua, N.H., Rajesh Ramankutty, Nashua, N.H., Shaji E. Radhakrishnan, Nashua, N.H., and Kuntal Chowdhury, Andover, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for bridging packet flows to bypass call legs and/or tunnels are provided. A tunnel initiator, which can be an access gateway, a foreign agent, and a mobility anchor point, for example, provides a bypass for certain packets that have a destination serviced by the same tunnel initiator. The bridge allows the packets to bypass a backhaul loop and reduces latency and frees bandwidth for other purposes in the network. The bridging can be implemented in a tunnel initiator for mobile to mobile packet flows, mobile to land line packet flows, and land line to mobile packet flows. Route optimization can also be provided in certain embodiments."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2011 (13/022,479). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,684.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,684&RS=PN/8,144,684
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,145,457) developed by Hayden Kingsley Taylor, Cambridge, Mass., and Duane S. Boning, Belmont, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for modeling deformation of a deformable body embossed with a stamp."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Hot embossing may be more advantageous than other polymer microfabrication processes. An example embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and corresponding apparatus for developing a computationally inexpensive viscoelastic model for the hot embossing of complex patterns. These developed models may help engineers refine their selection of processing parameters based upon successive simulations of the embossing process. The example embodiment models deformation of a deformable body embossed with a stamp as a function of convolving a point-load-time response and a contact pressure distribution. In order to generate the point-load-time response, a time-dependent response of a surface of the thermoplastic to system inputs applied to an elemental region of the surface of the thermoplastic may be employed. The example embodiment generates an estimate of the contact pressure distribution as a function of the point-load-time response and an average pressure applied to the stamp."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2009 (12/355,608). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,457&OS=8,145,457&RS=8,145,457
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,144,657) developed by Zhifeng Tao, Allston, Mass., Weihuang Fu, Cincinnati, and Jinyun Zhang, Cambridge, Mass., for a "clustering based resource allocation in multi-cell OFDMA networks."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method allocates resource in an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) network, including a set of Base Stations (BSs) and a set of Mobile Stations (MSs) for each BS. OFDMA frame are constructed as multiple resource blocks, and each resource block contains symbols transmitted on different subcarriers. A cluster is formed from adjacent sectors of different neighboring cells to jointly optimize the resource allocation in multiple frames, and three non-overlap zones are sequentially identified in cluster: cell center zone, cell edge zone, and cluster corner zone. Resource allocation includes intra-cluster proportional fair scheduling and inter-cluster interference mitigation. Intra-cluster scheduling further includes resource allocation for cell center zone and resource allocation for cell edge zone."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2009 (12/393,820). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,657.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,657&RS=PN/8,144,657
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Bose Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Bose, Framingham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,144,894) developed by Michael Rosen, Weston, Mass., for ducting sound.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sound reproduction system in a vehicle includes an acoustic package including an electroacoustic transducer and a sound duct that carries the sound from the electroacoustic transducer. The sound duct carries the sound to an outlet at a location in the vehicle at which radiated sound efficiently drives selected audio modes of the vehicle."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2008 (12/249,033). 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=8,144,894&OS=8,144,894&RS=8,144,894
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Ellis Amalgamated Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Ellis Amalgamated, Arlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,144,964) developed by Joshua Napoli, Arlington, Mass., and Sandy Stutsman, Watertown, Mass., for an image feature analysis.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for localizing hard objects in soft tissue utilizing a computer based system includes receiving ultrasound data from an ultrasound scanner and converting on the computer based system the ultrasound data into a reflectivity image. The method also includes selecting voxels from the reflectivity image that exceed an adaptive threshold, locating disjointed voxel clusters formed by the selected voxels, and outputting to an external processor locations of the voxel clusters that form a desired shape to an external processor."
The patent application was filed on June 1, 2009 (12/475,790). 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=8,144,964&OS=8,144,964&RS=8,144,964
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Predicting Resource Usage of an Application in a Virtual Environment
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,145,455) developed by Ludmila Cherkasova, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Timothy W. Wood, Amherst, Mass., for a "predicting resource usage of an application in a virtual environment."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described herein is a system for predicting resource usage of an application running in a virtual environment. The system comprises a first hardware platform implementing a native hardware system in which an application natively resides and executes, the native hardware system operating to execute a predetermined set of benchmarks that includes at least one of: a computation-intensive workload, a network-intensive workload, and a disk-intensive workload; a second hardware platform implementing a virtual environment therein, the virtual environment operating to execute the predetermined set of benchmarks; a third hardware platform operating to collect first resource usage traces from the first hardware platform and second resource usage traces from the second hardware platform; wherein the third hardware platform further operating to generate at least one prediction model that predicts a resource usage of the application executing in the virtual environment based on the collected first and second resource usage traces."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/241,874). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,455&OS=8,145,455&RS=8,145,455
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Optimizing a Prediction of Resource Usage of an Application in a Virtual Environment
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,145,456) developed by Ludmila Cherkasova, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Timothy W. Wood, Amherst, Mass., for an "optimizing a prediction of resource usage of an application in a virtual environment."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described herein is a method for optimizing a prediction of resource usage of an application running in a virtual environment, comprising: providing a predetermined set of benchmarks, wherein the predetermined set of benchmarks; executing the predetermined set of benchmarks in a native hardware system in which the application natively resides; executing the predetermined set of benchmarks in the virtual environment; collecting first traces of first resource utilization metrics in the native hardware system based on the execution of the predetermined set of benchmarks in the native hardware system; collecting second traces of second resource utilization metrics in the virtual environment based on the execution of the predetermined set of benchmarks in the virtual environment; generating a first prediction model and a second prediction model; generating a third prediction model that maps all of the first traces of the selected first metric to the second traces of resource utilization metrics; comparing the first and second prediction models against the third prediction model; and predicting a resource usage of the application running in the virtual environment with either a) a combination of the first and second prediction models or b) the third prediction model based on the comparing."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/241,998). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,456&OS=8,145,456&RS=8,145,456
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Spring Consulting Group Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Spring Consulting Group, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,145,510) developed by Karin Landry, Cambridge, Mass., for a "program for alternative funding of employee and retiree benefits."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An insurance program for funding benefits by maintaining assets in the insurance program that includes an employer or employee owned trust account and at least one life insurance contract or non-cancelable accident and health insurance contract obtained directly or indirectly from a captive insurance company. The life insurance contract or non-cancelable accident and health insurance contract is purchased with assets from the trust account and the captive insurance company is at least partially owned by the employer. When paying or reimbursing benefits, the employer or the trust may pay the benefit and if the employer pays the benefit, the trust may reimburse the employer."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2011 (13/248,737). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,510&OS=8,145,510&RS=8,145,510
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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General Hospital Assigned Patent for System and Method for Reducing the Placebo Effect in Controlled Clinical Trials
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- General Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,145,504) developed by Maurizio Fava, Newton, Mass., and David Schoenfeld, Sharon, Mass., for a "system and method for reducing the placebo effect in controlled clinical trials."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for performing a clinical trial having a reduced placebo effect is disclosed. The method includes randomizing study participants into three or more treatment groups and performing a first phase of testing on the groups. In a typical embodiment, the first phase of testing includes administering an active treatment to a first group, and administering a placebo to a second group and to a third group. Responders and non-responders are determined for each group. A second phase of testing is then performed. The second phase of testing includes administering the placebo to non-responders in the first group, administering the active treatment to non-responders in the second group, and administering the placebo to non-responders in the third group. The data from the first phase of testing and from the second phase of testing is pooled and analyzed to determine response rates to active treatment and placebo."
The patent application was filed on June 9, 2011 (13/156,481). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,504&OS=8,145,504&RS=8,145,504
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Bose Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Bose, Framingham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,144,890) developed by Ricardo F. Carreras, Southborough, Mass., and Marcel Joho, Framingham, Mass., for an "ANR settings boot loading."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "At initialization of an ANR circuit (i.e., at so-called boot time), attempts are made to alternately obtain ANR settings from an external storage device by operating the ANR circuit as a master of a bus and from an external processing device by operating the ANR circuit as a slave of the bus. Such alternating attempts may be repeated until the ANR settings are loaded."
The patent application was filed on April 28, 2009 (12/430,976). 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=8,144,890&OS=8,144,890&RS=8,144,890
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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General Hospital Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- General Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,145,018) developed by five co-inventors for an "apparatus for obtaining information for a structure using spectrally-encoded endoscopy techniques and methods for producing one or more optical arrangements." The co-inventors are Milen Shishkov, Watertown, Mass., Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, Mass., Brett Eugene Bouma, Quincy, Mass., Dvir Yelin, Brookline, Mass., and Nicusor Iftimia, North Chelmsford, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Exemplary apparatus for obtaining information for a structure can be provided. For example, first optical fiber arrangement(s) can be provided which transceives at least one first electro-magnetic radiation, and can include at least one fiber. Second focusing arrangement(s) can be provided in optical communication with the optical fiber arrangement. The second arrangement can be configured to focus and provide there through the first electro-magnetic radiation. Third dispersive arrangement(s) can receive a particular radiation which is the first electro-magnetic radiation and/or the focused electro-magnetic radiation, and forward a dispersed radiation thereof to at least one section of the structure. At least one end of the fiber can be directly connected to the second focusing arrangement and/or the third dispersive arrangement."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 17, 2007 (11/623,852). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,018&OS=8,145,018&RS=8,145,018
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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General Hospital Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- General Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,145,505) developed by Maurizio Fava, Newton, Mass., and David Schoenfeld, Sharon, Mass., for a "system and method for reducing the placebo effect in controlled clinical trials."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for performing a clinical trial having a reduced placebo effect is disclosed. The method includes randomizing study participants into three or more treatment groups and performing a first phase of testing on the groups. In a typical embodiment, the first phase of testing includes administering an active treatment to a first group, and administering a placebo to a second group and to a third group. Responders and non-responders are determined for each group. A second phase of testing is then performed. The second phase of testing includes administering the placebo to non-responders in the first group, administering the active treatment to non-responders in the second group, and administering the placebo to non-responders in the third group. The data from the first phase of testing and from the second phase of testing is pooled and analyzed to determine response rates to active treatment and placebo."
The patent application was filed on July 5, 2011 (13/176,091). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,505&OS=8,145,505&RS=8,145,505
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Schofield Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Schofield Technologies, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,145,054) developed by Yinghua Ye, Woburn, Mass., and Antti Pietilainen, Espoo, Finland, for a "single-fiber protection in telecommunications networks."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A solution for detecting and recovering from a failure in a protected single-fiber passive optical network. A detector is used to detect the degradation in power level of optical signals. Furthermore, the invention discloses a variable symmetric split ratio approach to improve the number of splits (e.g. the number of ONUs). A single-fiber passive optical network is disclosed that uses a plurality of passive nodes connected in the optical fiber between the interfaces, wherein in the passive nodes 2-by-2 splitters/combiners are used to couple optical power from and into the optical fiber at a predetermined split ratio."
The patent application was filed on March 10, 2011 (13/044,714). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,054&OS=8,145,054&RS=8,145,054
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Broadcom Assigned Patent for Video Processing System for Scrambling Layered Video Streams and Methods for Use
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,781) developed by six co-inventors for a "video processing system for scrambling layered video streams and methods for use therewith." The co-inventors are Stephen E. Gordon, Lexington, Mass., Sherman (Xuemin) Chen, San Diego, Michael Dove, Los Gatos, Calif., David Rosmann, Irvine, Calif., Thomas J. Quigley, Franklin, N.C., and Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A video processing system includes a video encoder that encodes a video stream into an independent video layer stream and a first dependent video layer stream that requires the independent video layer for decoding. A scrambling module scrambles the independent video layer stream to produce a scrambled independent video layer stream and leaves the first dependent video layer stream unscrambled."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2008 (11/969,299). 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=8,144,781&OS=8,144,781&RS=8,144,781
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Spectramet Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Spectramet, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,144,831) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition." The co-inventors are Edward J. Sommer Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Charles E. Roos, Nashville, Tenn., David B. Spencer, Bedford, Mass., and R. Lynn Conley, Antioch, Tenn.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is a metal sorting device including an X-ray tube, a dual energy detector array, a microprocessor, and an air ejector array. The device senses the presence of samples in the x-ray sensing region and initiates identifying and sorting the samples. After identifying and classifying the category of a sample, at a specific time, the device activates an array of air ejectors located at specific positions in order to place the sample in the proper collection bin."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2010 (12/960,199). 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=8,144,831&OS=8,144,831&RS=8,144,831
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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SimplexGrinnell Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- SimplexGrinnell, Westminster, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,144,736) developed by four co-inventors for a "fiber optic multiplex modem." The co-inventors are Joseph D. Farley, Warwick, Mass., Gary W. Vincent, Lunenburg, Mass., Brian A. Rusiecki, Sterling, Mass., and Kenneth E. Savage Jr., Fitchburg, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fire alarm network fiber optic multiplex modem includes plural local interfaces, a fiber optic interface, a multiplexor, a fiber optic modem, and a demultiplexor. The multiplexor combines data received at the local interfaces into an outgoing data stream. The fiber optic modem transmits, at a first wavelength, the outgoing data stream to the fiber optic interface and receives, at a second wavelength, an incoming data stream via the fiber optic interface. The demultiplexor separates the incoming data stream into separate data streams, and forwards each of the separate data streams to its corresponding local interface."
The patent application was filed on July 1, 2009 (12/496,355). 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=8,144,736&OS=8,144,736&RS=8,144,736
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Signal Quality Estimator
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,144,814) developed by Murali Paravath Menon, Somerville, Mass., and Mark S. Wallace, Bedford, Mass., for a signal quality estimator.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for estimating signal quality in a communication system are described. Scaled errors are obtained for inphase (I) and quadrature (Q) components of detected symbols. The scaled errors are determined based on a first function having higher resolution for small errors than large errors between the detected symbols and nearest modulation symbols. The first function may be a square root function or some other function that can provide good resolution for both low and high SNRs. The scaled errors for the I and Q components are combined to obtain combined scaled errors, which are averaged to obtain an average scaled error. A signal quality estimate is then determined based on the average scaled error and in accordance with a second function having non-linearity to compensate for the first function."
The patent application was filed on May 18, 2007 (11/750,769). 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=8,144,814&OS=8,144,814&RS=8,144,814
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Comcast Cable Communications Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Comcast Cable Communications, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,144,594) developed by eight co-inventors for a "congestion management in a shared network." The co-inventors are Richard Woundy, North Reading, Mass., Jason Livingood, Philadelphia, Chris Bastian, Glenmoore, Pa., Thomas E. Klieber, Malvern, Pa., James Cary Mills II, Tampa, Fla., Matthew J. Scully, Media, Pa., Peter J. Sevcik, Charlottesville, Va., and John Reed Bartlett, Acton, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A shared channel used to communicate between a cable modem termination system and multiple cable modems is managed to prevent and/or reduce the impact of congestion. If the average channel utilization is above a near-congestion threshold, a cable modem in an extended high consumption state is assigned a reduced data transmission priority for managed traffic. Priority for that cable modem is restored to a default preferred level when the channel usage by that cable modem drops below a predetermined level or when the average aggregate channel utilization by all cable modems drops below the near-congestion threshold."
The patent application was filed on March 25, 2009 (12/410,661). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,594.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,594&RS=PN/8,144,594
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,585) developed by Arthur A. Sherman, Maynard, Mass., and Jonathan M. Owen, Northborough, Mass., for a "data processing device interface and methods thereof."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of receiving communications at a data processing device includes receiving a packet from a virtual channel associated with a physical communication link. The packet is associated with a link virtual channel, and is stored in a storage location with the link virtual channel. Multiple internal virtual channels can be associated with the link virtual channel. A pointer to the storage location is enqueued in one of a plurality of FIFOs associated with one of the internal virtual channels. Each FIFO of the plurality of FIFOs stores pointers associated with a different internal virtual channel, allowing receiver arbitration logic to reorder between internal virtual channels based on internal resource availability and current priorities among virtual channels. This reduces the likelihood of communication deadlock and supports multiple classes of service."
The patent application was filed on July 16, 2008 (12/174,019). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,585.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,585&RS=PN/8,144,585
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Verizon Corporate Services Group, Raytheon BBN Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Verizon Corporate Services Group, Basking Ridge, N.J., and Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., have been assigned a patent (8,144,595) developed by Gregory Donald Troxel, Stow, Mass., and Subramanian Ramanathan, Westford, Mass., for a "variable translucency no-sight routing for AD-HOC networks."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system comprising a plurality of nodes forming a network and a link-state packet capable of being transmitted by a source node in the network to a destination node in the network over a communication link; wherein the source node subtracts a transmission cost associated with the communication link from a time-to-live value associated with the link-state packet prior to transmitting the link-state packet to the destination node. Each node in the network may be configured to use a routing protocol, such as a no-sight routing protocol, to assign the transmission cost to the communication link."
The patent application was filed on March 23, 2005 (11/087,406). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,595.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,595&RS=PN/8,144,595
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Microline Surgical Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Microline Surgical, Beverly, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,142,451) developed by Jean-Luc Boulnois, Boston, Masayasu Sato, Saitama-ken, Japan, and Tomohiro Kawano, Tokyo, for an "actuator and detachable connector of flexible clip applier."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A clip applier for deploying a surgical clip includes an actuator having a flexible wire and a collet chuck coupled to a piston. Further, actuation of the piston in a forward direction towards a distal end of the clip applier advances the flexible wire in the forward direction."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2009 (12/359,821). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,142,451.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,451&RS=PN/8,142,451
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method for Reducing Latency in Call Setup and Teardown
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,591) developed by Rajat Ghai, Sandwich, Mass., and Jim Towey, Sandwich, Mass., for a "system and method for reducing latency in call setup and teardown."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for reducing latency in call setup and teardown are provided. A network device with integrated functionalities and a cache is provided that stores policy information to reduce the amount of signaling that is necessary to setup and teardown sessions. By handling various aspects of the setup and teardown within a network device, latency is reduced and the amount of bandwidth needed for setup signaling is also reduced."
The patent application was filed on July 7, 2008 (12/168,650). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,591.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,591&RS=PN/8,144,591
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Invasive Ablation Probe with Non-coring Distal Tip
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,142,427) developed by Christopher Pearson, Grafton, Mass., Robert Garabedian, Tyngsboro, Mass., and Robert F. Rioux, Ashland, Mass., for an "invasive ablation probe with non-coring distal tip."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An invasive medical device for delivery radio frequency energy to a target tissue region includes an elongate delivery cannula having a lumen in communication with a distal opening. A deployment member is positioned and longitudinally movable in the lumen. An array of electrode elements are secured to a distal end of the deployment member, the deployment member being movable from a delivery position, in which the electrode elements are positioned within the lumen, to a deployed position, in which the electrode elements extend distally out of the cannula distal opening. A sealing member formed from a biocompatible material sufficiently rigid to penetrate solid body tissue partially extends from, and substantially seals, the distal cannula opening when the deployment member is in the delivery position. By way of examples, the sealing member may be carried on a distal end of the deployment member, or on a separately movable deployment member, or frictionally fit in the cannula distal opening."
The patent application was filed on April 23, 2004 (10/831,244). 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=8,142,427.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,427&RS=PN/8,142,427
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Electro-cautery Catheter
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,142,430) developed by Russell Francis Durgin, Attleboro, Mass., Stephen F. Moreci, Hopedale, Mass., and William H. Stahley, Andover, Mass., for an electro-cautery catheter.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated catheter assembly for enabling diverse endoscopic in situ therapies. The assembly includes a catheter with an irrigation fluid lumen, a distal electrode tip portion that acts as a hemostat, and a cutting wire for making incisions in or ablating tissue. A cutting wire hub provides a sealing entrance for a cutting wire. An operator enables the physician to displace the cutting wire between extended and retracted positions. The cutting wire and electrode are electrically isolated. In addition, the catheter assembly may include a planar tip which, when extended outside the distal end of the assembly, assumes a substantially flat unbiased configuration for use. The apparatus of the present invention allows the physician to make incisions in or ablate tissue using electrosurgery, irrigate tissue, and cauterize or coagulate tissue without having to remove the apparatus from the working channel of the endoscope."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2009 (12/629,971). 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=8,142,430.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,430&RS=PN/8,142,430
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for System and Method for Tissue Ablation
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,142,428) developed by Isaac Ostrovsky, Wellesley, Mass., and Jon T. McIntyre, Newton, Mass., for a "system and method for tissue ablation."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A tissue ablation device comprises first and second electrodes of opposite polarities, the first electrode being mounted to a first elongated member for movement relative to the second electrode for separation therefrom by a desired distance. A method of ablating a tissue comprises inserting first and second electrodes to desired initial positions relative to a tissue mass to be ablated and applying electrical energy to the first and second electrodes to ablate a first portion of tissue between the first and second electrodes in combination with the step of applying electrical energy to desired second positions separated from the desired initial positions by a distance selected to transfer electrical energy around the first portion of tissue through a second portion of tissue to be ablated, the second portion of tissue surrounding the first portion of tissue."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2007 (11/941,894). 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=8,142,428.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,428&RS=PN/8,142,428
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Airvana Network Solutions Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Airvana Network Solutions, Chelmsford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,145,221) developed by Deepak Garg, Nashua, N.H., Douglas Norman Knisely, Wheaton, Ill., and Prasasth R. Palnati, Westford, Mass., for a radio network communication.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for enabling a radio access network to cause an access terminal in communication with the radio access network to send an update including information about a location of the access terminal."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2005 (11/303,774). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,221&OS=8,145,221&RS=8,145,221
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Pine Valley Investments Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Pine Valley Investments, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,145,262) developed by Dennis Michael Martinez, Westford, Mass., and John Vaughan, Pepperell, Mass., for a "multimode land mobile radio."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multimode land mobile radio (LMR) and a method of communicating land mobile radio (LMR) content using an LMR device are provided. The LMR includes an LMR communication portion configured to provide communication with an LMR network and a cellular data network communication portion configured to provide communication with a cellular data network."
The patent application was filed on June 24, 2005 (11/167,005). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,262.PN.&OS=PN/8,145,262&RS=PN/8,145,262
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Invensys Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Invensys Systems, Foxboro, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,145,145) developed by John L. Koukol Jr., Attleboro, Mass., for a self evaluating transmitter.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A self-evaluating process control transmitter system includes a transmitter configured to capture output data from an integral sensor, and a transmitter memory integrally disposed with the transmitter. The transmitter memory is configured to store a plurality of sets of the output data thereon, including an initial as-built data set, and at least one subsequent data set. A self evaluation module integrally disposed with the transmitter, in communication with the transmitter memory is configured to identify one or more variations between the as-built data set and at least one subsequent data set."
The patent application was filed on April 3, 2009 (12/417,873). 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=8145145.PN.&OS=PN/8145145&RS=PN/8145145
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Raytheon BBN Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,145,201) developed by Jason Keith Redi, Belmont, Mass., for "methods and apparatus for reduced energy communication in an ad hoc network."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to communications devices for reduced energy communications in an ad hoc network. The communication device includes a first low-powered transceiver for initiating communications with other communications devices and a second transceiver for transmitting data messages to the other communications devices once communication is initiated. The communication device also includes a communications control processor for determining times at which the other communications devices will be available to receive communications based on scheduling data received from those communication devices. The communications control processor can also take into account requests for reserved bandwidth."
The patent application was filed on May 22, 2006 (11/439,320). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,201&OS=8,145,201&RS=8,145,201
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Data Detection and Demodulation for Wireless Communication Systems
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,145,179) developed by J. Rodney Walton, Carlisle, Mass., and Mark S. Wallace, Bedford, Mass., for a "data detection and demodulation for wireless communication systems."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for detecting and demodulating data transmissions in wireless communication systems are presented. In one aspect, a decision-directed detector detects for data transmissions in a received signal by utilizing received data symbols as well as received pilot symbols. The decision-directed detector may be designed to perform differential detection in the frequency domain or coherent detection in the time domain, and may be used with multi-carrier modulation (e.g., OFDM). In another aspect, an adaptive threshold is used to perform detection of received data transmissions. A threshold may be determined for each data transmission hypothesized to have been received. The threshold may be computed, for example, based on the signal plus noise energy of the hypothesized data transmission."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/932,703). 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=8145179.PN.&OS=PN/8145179&RS=PN/8145179
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,145,295) developed by eight co-inventors for "methods and systems for untethered autofluorescent imaging, target ablation, and movement of untethered device in a lumen." The co-inventors are Edward S. Boyden, Cambridge, Mass., Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, Wash., Dennis J. Rivet, Portsmouth, Va., Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, Calif., and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus, devices, methods, systems, computer programs and computing devices related to autofluorescent imaging and ablation are disclosed."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2007 (11/895,566). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,295&OS=8,145,295&RS=8,145,295
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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