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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (Nov. 17)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas.
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Applied Nanotech Holdings Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Applied Nanotech Holdings, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,309,912) developed by Donald R. Schropp Jr., Austin, Texas, Richard Lee Fink, Austin, Texas, and Igor Pavlovsky, Austin, Texas, for an "atmospheric pressure ion trap."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An ion trap instrument working at atmospheric pressure, which alleviates requirements of bulky, power consuming vacuum pumps. Traps can accumulate selected ion species, effectively concentrating the analyte of interest and allowing laser spectroscopy to be performed. This lowers the detection threshold of this instrument compared to others and increases the selectivity."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2009 (12/620,160). 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=8,309,912&OS=8,309,912&RS=8,309,912
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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LifeSize Communications Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- LifeSize Communications, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,311,129) developed by Michael V. Jenkins, Buda, Texas, for a temporal video filtering.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In various embodiments, temporal filtering may be used to reduce noise over time in a series of video frames. A temporal filter may use previous filtered frames to reduce the noise in a current frame. For example, a temporal filter may filter noise in still parts of an image more strongly than in moving parts of the image. In some embodiments, a temporal filter requiring less processing power may include a method for detecting motion between a set of pixels and applying the temporal filter based on the detected motion. For example, if substantial motion is not detected, the temporal filter for the block of pixels may be stronger (i.e., reduce more noise) than the temporal filter applied to a block of pixels for which substantial motion has been detected."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2006 (11/611,494). 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=8,311,129&OS=8,311,129&RS=8,311,129
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Zenverge Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Zenverge, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,311,114) developed by Anthony D. Masterson, Saratoga, Calif., Dzung T. Hoang, Austin, Texas, and Alexander N. Kipnis, Mountain View, Calif., for a streamlined transcoder architecture.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for a streamlined transcoder architecture. A transcoder system includes an encoder and a decoder. The encoder compares a decoded frame and a encoder reference frame to produce an output stream. The decoder produces the decoded frame including decoder reference frame and the encoder reference frame. The decoded frame is produced from an input stream, and the encoder reference frame is produced from the output stream of the encoder. In one embodiment, the encoder refines motion vectors, quantization, and macroblock type/mode from the input stream for reuse in the output stream. Furthermore, the decoded frames from the input stream can be modified in various ways including changing picture resolution and performing image enhancement on them before encoding."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2006 (11/567,678). 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=8,311,114&OS=8,311,114&RS=8,311,114
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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William Marsh Rice University Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- William Marsh Rice University, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,309,925) developed by Rajind Mendis, Houston, and Daniel M. Mittleman, Houston, for a "resonant cavity integrated into a waveguide for terahertz sensing."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method comprising polarizing and coupling an electromagnetic beam to a first-order transverse electric (TE.sub.1) mode with respect to a parallel plate waveguide (PPWG) integrated resonator comprising two plates and a cavity, sending the electromagnetic beam into the PPWG integrated resonator to excite the cavity by the TE.sub.1 mode and cause a resonance response, and obtaining wave amplitude data that comprises a resonant frequency, and obtaining the refractive index of fluids filling the cavity via the shift in resonant frequency."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2009 (12/561,978). 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=8,309,925&OS=8,309,925&RS=8,309,925
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- ExxonMobil Chemical Patents, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,309,501) developed by seven co-inventors for "ethylene-based copolymers, lubricating oil compositions containing the same, and methods for making them." The co-inventors are Rainer Kolb, Kingwood, Texas, Sudhin Datta, Houston, Liehpao Oscar Farng, Lawrenceville, N.J., Vera Minak-Bernero, Bridgewater, N.J., Eric B. Sirota, Flemington, N.J., Thomas Tungshi Sun, Clinton, N.J., and Mun Fu Tse, Seabrook, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided are ethylene-based copolymers, methods of preparing the same, lubricating oil compositions including the same, methods for preparing such lubricating oil compositions, and end uses for such ethylene-based copolymers and lubricating oil compositions. The ethylene-based copolymers may include less than about 80 wt. % of units derived from ethylene and one or more alpha-olefin comonomers having 3 to 20 carbon atoms. The ethylene-based copolymers have a melting peak (Tm), as measured by DSC, of 80.degree. C. or less, and a polydispersity index of about 2.8 or less. In some embodiments, the ethylene-based copolymers have an intramolecular composition distribution of about 50 wt. % or less and/or an intermolecular composition distribution of about 50 wt. % or less."
The patent application was filed on April 16, 2010 (12/761,880). 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=8,309,501&OS=8,309,501&RS=8,309,501
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent for High Performance Drilling Fluids with Submicron-size Particles as the Weighting Agent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Duncan, Okla., has been assigned a patent (8,309,497) developed by Ying Zhang, Sugarland, Texas, for "high performance drilling fluids with submicron-size particles as the weighting agent."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Drilling fluids comprising a carrier fluid; a weighting agent that comprises sub-micron precipitated barite; a particle having a specific gravity of greater than about 2.6; and, a bridging agent that is not the submicron-precipitated barite or the particle. The weighting agent has a particle size distribution such that at least 10% of particles in the sub-micron precipitated barite have a diameter below about 0.2 microns, at least 50% of the particles in the sub-micron precipitated barite have a diameter below about 0.3 microns and at least 90% of the particles in the sub-micron precipitated barite have a diameter below about 0.5 microns. The particle has a specific gravity of greater than about 2.6 is not sub-micron precipitated barite. The ratio of the sub-micron precipitated barite to the particle is about 10:90 to about 99:1. The bridging agent comprises a degradable material."
The patent application was filed on June 27, 2012 (13/534,347). 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=8,309,497&OS=8,309,497&RS=8,309,497
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Dow Global Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Dow Global Technologies, Midland, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,309,500) developed by Daryl L. Beatty, Lake Jackson, Texas, and Martin R. Greaves, Pearland, Texas, for "food grade lubricant compositions."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Novel non-aqueous water soluble food grade lubricant compositions comprising: (a) About 5% to about 50% of a polyalkylene glycol comprised of an ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymer, or polymer of propylene oxide, having molecular weight greater than 1,500; and (b) About 50% to about 95% of a polyethylene glycol having molecular weight of from about 200 to about 600; wherein said lubricating compositions have viscosities of about 28 to about 100% at 40.degree. C. The novel non-aqueous water soluble food grade lubricant compositions are particularly useful in food processing and packaging equipment applications where low viscosity food grade lubricants with low pour points are desired, and in applications where there is a need for equipment and spill cleanup. These food grade lubricant compositions are also environmentally friendly due to their water solubility, rapid biodegradability, and low aquatic toxicity."
The patent application was filed on July 13, 2005 (11/631,549). 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=8,309,500&OS=8,309,500&RS=8,309,500
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Halliburtn Energy Services Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Halliburtn Energy Services, Duncan, Okla., has been assigned a patent (8,309,498) developed by Gary P. Funkhouser, Duncan, Okla., Rajesh K. Saini, Duncan, Okla., and Arnab Mukherjee, Houston, for "high temperature fracturing fluids and methods."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Of the many methods and compositions provided by this invention, one method a method of treating a subterranean formation, comprising: providing a treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous base fluid and a reaction product of a gelling agent comprising a copolymer or salt thereof comprising N-[tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl]acrylamide, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid or a salt thereof, and acrylamide; and a crosslinking agent; and introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2009 (12/566,303). 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=8,309,498&OS=8,309,498&RS=8,309,498
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,309,419) developed by James K. Schaeffer, Austin, Texas, and Eric D. Luckowski, Round Rock, Texas, for a "CMOS integration with metal gate and doped high-K oxides."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus are described for fabricating single metal gate electrodes (35, 36) over a high-k gate dielectric layer (31, 32) that is separately doped in the PMOS and NMOS device areas (96, 97) by forming first capping oxide layer (23) with a first dopant species on a high-k gate dielectric layer (22) in at least the NMOS device area and also forming second capping oxide layer (27) with a second dopant species on a high-k gate dielectric layer (22) in at least the PMOS device area, where the first and second dopant species are diffused into the gate dielectric layer (22) to form a first fixed charge layer (31) in the PMOS device area of the high-k gate dielectric area and a second fixed charge layer (32) in the NMOS device area of the high-k gate dielectric area."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2009 (12/365,317). 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=8,309,419&OS=8,309,419&RS=8,309,419
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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InGeneron Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- InGeneron, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,309,342) developed by Ron Stubbers, Houston, and Michael E. Coleman, Houston, for "apparatus and methods for cell isolation."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A unitary apparatus for isolating cells from adipose tissue including a lipid separation processor with a dispersing head equipped with a plurality of ports and a digestion chamber for dissociation of the constituent cells disposed in adipose tissue. The lipid separating apparatus is useful for the separation of lipids and adipocytes from a mixed cell population. A cell seeding chamber may be attached to the cell isolation apparatus. The components of the apparatus may be packaged in modular kit form."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2008 (12/746,334). 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=8,309,342&OS=8,309,342&RS=8,309,342
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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University of Texas System, Texas Instruments Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas, and Texas Instruments, Dallas, have been assigned a patent (8,309,438) developed by Luigi Colombo, Dallas, Robert M. Wallace, Garland, Texas, and Rodney S. Ruoff, Austin, Texas, for a "synthesizing graphene from metal-carbon solutions using ion implantation."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and semiconductor device for synthesizing graphene using ion implantation of carbon. Carbon is implanted in a metal using ion implantation. After the carbon is distributed in the metal, the metal is annealed and cooled in order to precipitate the carbon from the metal to form a layer of graphene on the surface of the metal. The metal/graphene surface is then transferred to a dielectric layer in such a manner that the graphene layer is placed on top of the dielectric layer. The metal layer is then removed. Alternatively, recessed regions are patterned and etched in a dielectric layer located on a substrate. Metal is later formed in these recessed regions. Carbon is then implanted into the metal using ion implantation. The metal may then be annealed and cooled in order to precipitate the carbon from the metal to form a layer of graphene on the metal's surface."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2010 (12/706,116). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,309,438&OS=8,309,438&RS=8,309,438
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for MEMS Package Having Formed Metal Lid
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,309,388) developed by Kurt P. Wachtler, Richardson, Texas, Wei-Yan Shih, Plano, Texas, and Gregory E. Howard, Plano, Texas, for "MEMS package having formed metal lid."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hermetic MEMS device (100) comprising a carrier (110) having a surface (111) including a device (101) and an attachment stripe (122), the stripe spaced from the device and surrounding the device; a metallic foil (102) having a central bulge portion (103) and a peripheral rim portion (104) meeting the stripe, the bulge cross section parallel to the carrier monotonically decreasing from the rim (104) towards the bulge apex (105); and the foil positioned over the carrier surface so that the bulge arches over the device and the rim forms a seal with the stripe."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2008 (12/337,320). 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=8,309,388&OS=8,309,388&RS=8,309,388
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,309,423) developed by Sameer P. Pendharkar, Allen, Texas, and Binghua Hu, Plano, Texas, for a "high voltage diode with reduced substrate injection."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A high voltage diode in which the n-type cathode is surrounded by an uncontacted heavily doped n-type ring to reflect injected holes back into the cathode region for recombination or collection is disclosed. The dopant density in the heavily doped n-type ring is preferably 100 to 10,000 times the dopant density in the cathode. The heavily doped n-type region will typically connect to an n-type buried layer under the cathode. The heavily doped n-type ring is optimally positioned at least one hole diffusion length from cathode contacts. The disclosed high voltage diode may be integrated into an integrated circuit without adding process steps."
The patent application was filed on March 1, 2012 (13/409,689). 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=8,309,423&OS=8,309,423&RS=8,309,423
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent for Power MOSFET with a Gate Structure of Different Material
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,309,410) developed by Daniel T. Pham, Austin, Texas, and Bich-Yen Nguyen, Austin, Texas, for a "power MOSFET with a gate structure of different material."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type and a first doping concentration. A first semiconductor region, used as drain, of the first conductivity type has a lower doping concentration than the semiconductor layer and is over the semiconductor layer. A gate dielectric is over the first semiconductor region. A gate electrode over the gate dielectric has a metal-containing center portion and first and second silicon portions on opposite sides of the center portion. A second semiconductor region, used as a channel, of the second conductivity type has a first portion under the first silicon portion and the gate dielectric. A third semiconductor region, used as a source, of the first conductivity type is laterally adjacent to the first portion of the second semiconductor region. The metal-containing center portion, replacing silicon, increases the source to drain breakdown voltage."
The patent application was filed on April 15, 2011 (13/088,071). 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=8,309,410&OS=8,309,410&RS=8,309,410
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Medtronic Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,308,661) developed by five co-inventors for a "collecting activity and sleep quality information via a medical device." The co-inventors are Keith A. Miesel, St. Paul, Minn., Kenneth T. Heruth, Edina, Minn., Jonathan C. Werder, Corcoran, Minn., Steve R. LaPorte, San Antonio, and Nina M. Graves, Minnetonka, Minn.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device, such as an implantable medical device (IMD), programming device, or other computing device determines when a patient is attempting to sleep. When the device determines that the patient is attempting to sleep, the device determines values for one or more metrics that indicate the quality of a patient's sleep based on at least one physiological parameter of the patient. When the device determines that the patient is not attempting to sleep, the device periodically determines activity levels of the patient. Activity metric values may be determined based on the determined activity levels. A clinician may use sleep quality information and patient activity information presented by a programming device to, for example, evaluate the effectiveness of therapy delivered to the patient by a medical device."
The patent application was filed on March 26, 2007 (11/691,425). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,08,661.PN.&OS=PN/83,08,661&RS=PN/83,08,661
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Bluesky Medical Group Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Bluesky Medical Group, Memphis, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (8,308,714) developed by Richard Scott Weston, Carlsbad, Calif., and Tianning Xu, San Antonio, for a "control circuit and method for negative pressure wound treatment apparatus."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A negative pressure wound therapy apparatus can include a wound dressing, a fluid collection container, a vacuum pump comprising a pump motor, and tubing. Additionally, the apparatus can include a pressure sensor that measures a pressure in the tubing. One or more tubes can channel a fluid between the wound dressing, the fluid collection canister, and the pump. In addition, first and second control circuits can be provided for controlling the pump motor without using a processor. The first control circuit can generate a difference signal between a desired pressure input and a pressure sensor input, and can further generate a motor control signal responsive to the difference signal. Moreover, a second control circuit can provide an override signal based at least in part on the difference signal and at least one reference signal. The override signal beneficially overrides the motor control signal to prevent the pump motor from stalling."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2007 (12/445,043). 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=83,08,714.PN.&OS=PN/83,08,714&RS=PN/83,08,714
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Gold Innovations Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Gold Innovations, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,311,917) developed by Omar Besim Hakim, Austin, Texas, for "methods and apparatus for collateral-based financial transactions."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for managing collateral based transactions are disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more processors perform defining collateral for a financial transaction, assessing a valuation of the collateral based upon a difference between a material value and a legal tender value of the legal tender precious metal coins, and determining terms of the financial transaction based on the valuation. In some embodiments, the collateral includes one or more legal tender precious metal coins."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2011 (13/282,209). 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=83,11,917.PN.&OS=PN/83,11,917&RS=PN/83,11,917
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Bank of America Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,311,935) developed by ten co-inventors for a daylight overdraft tracking. The co-inventors are Thangam Balachandran, Mineral Wells, Texas, Mary H. Wark, Richmond, Va., Amos Radford, Pittsburg, Calif., Sandra Svoboda, Concord, Calif., Natalie Fox, Walnut Creek, Calif., Gregory Cotton, Antioch, Calif., Robert B. Clark, Indian Trail, N.C., Samuel Clerico, Highland Mills, N.Y., Patricia L. Lees, Sonoma, Calif., and Jurado L. Perlas, South San Francisco, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques and systems are disclosed for calculating daylight negative balance fees charged to a user associated with a plurality of deposit account. The daylight negative balance fees may be customized (or adjusted) to the amount of time the user's aggregate accounts maintained a negative balance. As such, those users that spend more time with a negative balance during a business day may be charged higher fees than other users. Moreover, multiple deposit platforms may provide account data through feeds. As such a user with multiple accounts may be charged according to its aggregate negative balance amount rather than simply on each account individually. Additionally, enhanced reporting and billing features are disclosed."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/933,341). 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=83,11,935.PN.&OS=PN/83,11,935&RS=PN/83,11,935
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Vidacare Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Vidacare, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,308,693) developed by four co-inventors for a "bone penetrating needle with angled ports." The co-inventors are Larry J. Miller, Spring Branch, Texas, David S. Bolleter, San Antonio, Charles M. Schwimmer, Los Gatos, Calif., and Robert A. Wilk, Sierra Village, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Bone-penetrating needles for delivering a quantity of fluid to bone marrow of a bone or providing access to remove fluids from a target site is provided. The bone penetrating needles each includes at least one side port disposed at an angle away from the direction of rotation. Some of the bone penetrating needles are operable to attach to a cartridge assembly."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 4, 2009 (12/554,708). 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=83,08,693.PN.&OS=PN/83,08,693&RS=PN/83,08,693
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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