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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Sept. 15)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Sharp Laboratories of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 14 -- Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, Washington,l has been assigned a patent (8,826,373) developed by three co-inventors for methods and systems "for sharing digital assets." The co-inventors are Boguslaw Ludwik Plewnia, Mission Viejo, California, Roger Shih, Tustin, California, and Vince Jannelli, Mahwah, New Jersey. The patent application was filed on July 14, 2012 (13/549,447). 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=8826373.PN.&OS=PN/8826373&RS=PN/8826373 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** IMDb.com Assigned Patent for Trust Network Integrating Content Popularity ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 14 -- IMDb.com, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,826,386) developed by two co-inventors for "[t]rust network integrating content popularity." The co-inventors are Thomas William Whitcomb, Sherman Oaks, California, and Hilliard Bruce Siegel, Seattle. The patent application was filed on July 29, 2011 (13/194,679). 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=8826386.PN.&OS=PN/8826386&RS=PN/8826386 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Analysis and Circuits ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,776,004) developed by six co-inventors for a method "of improving static timing analysis and optimizing circuits using reverse merge." The co-inventors are Frank Borkam, San Carlos, California, Alex Rubin, San Jose, California, Vasant Rao, Fishkill, New York, Hemlata Gupta, Hopewell Jct., New York, Kerim Kalafala, Rhinebeck, New York, and David J. Hathaway, Underhill, Vermont. The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2011 (13/006,450). 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=8776004.PN.&OS=PN/8776004&RS=PN/8776004 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Scheduling ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,776,012) developed by three co-inventors for a tool "for scheduling a project review meeting based on monitoring of one or more documents required for the project review meeting." The co-inventors are Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, Robert R. Peterson, Austin, Texas, and Kulvir S. Bhogal, Fort Worth, Texas. The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2011 (13/280,379). 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=8776012.PN.&OS=PN/8776012&RS=PN/8776012 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Enterprise Application ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,776,048) developed by four co-inventors for a method, system, and computer program product "for early configuration of an application in a deployment of an enterprise application." The co-inventors are Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, Kelly Abuelsaad, Poughkeepsie, New York, Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Austin, Texas, Soobaek Jang, Austin, Texas. The patent application was filed on May 22, 2012 (13/477,398). 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=8776048.PN.&OS=PN/8776048&RS=PN/8776048 Written by Jamie Anne Asedillo; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Verizon Patent & Licensing Assigned Patent for Mobile Application Security Assessment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Verizon Patent & Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,832,841) developed by six co-inventors for "mobile application security assessment." The co-inventors are Steven T. Archer, Dallas, Peter S. Tippett, Great Falls, Virginia, Gregory T. Crawford, Arlington Heights, Illinois, Paul Hubbard, San Diego, Gina M. Ganley, Millstone Township, New Jersey, and Jo Ann Joels, Tulsa, Oklahoma. The patent application was filed on May 22, 2012 (13/477,489). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,832,841.PN.&OS=PN/8,832,841&RS=PN/8,832,841 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cellco Partnership Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,832,436) developed by Brian Libonate, Walnut Creek, California, and Paul H. Prehn, Clayton, California, for "obtaining targeted services using a unique identification header (UIDH)." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2012 (13/477,539). 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=8,832,436.PN.&OS=PN/8,832,436&RS=PN/8,832,436 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Patent & Licensing, Cellco Partnership Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Verizon Patent & Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, have been assigned a patent (8,831,591) developed by four co-inventors for the "automatic reconnection of a dropped call." The co-inventors are Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, California, Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, San Ramon, California, Benjamin J. Parker, Foster City, California, and David Chiang, Fremont, California. The patent application was filed on April 30, 2012 (13/460,730). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,831,591.PN.&OS=PN/8,831,591&RS=PN/8,831,591 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- The Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,818,196) developed by 18 co-inventors for a "[d]ata center with free-space optical communications." The co-inventors are Howard Lee Davidson, San Carlos, California, James R. Hamilton, Bellevue, Washington, Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Washington, Arne Josefsberg, Medina, Washington, Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, Washington, Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Kenneth Lustig, Redmond, Washington, William Henry Mangione-Smith, Kirkland, Washington, Michael Manos, North Bend, Washington, Craig J. Mundie, Seattle, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, Washington, Richard F. Rashid, Redmond, Washington, Burton Smith, Seattle, Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Washington, Robert V. Welland, Seattle, Charles Whitmer, North Bend, Washington, and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Washington. The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2010 (12/924,286). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8818196.PN.&OS=PN/8818196&RS=PN/8818196 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Elwha Assigned Patent for Storing Energy ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Elwha, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,829,697) developed by 10 co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for storing energy." The co-inventors are William Gross, Pasadena, California, Aaron Fyke, Pasadena, California, Alistair K. Chan, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Washington, Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, Washington, Geoffrey F. Deane, Bellevue, Washington, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, Washington, Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, Washington, Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Washington, and Jordin T. Kare, Seattle. The patent application was filed on May 8, 2013 (13/889,676). 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=8829697.PN.&OS=PN/8829697&RS=PN/8829697 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,823,636) developed by six co-inventors for "[i]ncluding environmental information in a manual expression." The co-inventors are Alexander J. Cohen, Mill Valley, California, B. Isaac Cohen, Mill Valley, California, Ed Harlow, Boston, Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Massachusetts, Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, and Mark A. Malamud, Seattle. The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2006 (11/603,334). 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=8823636.PN.&OS=PN/8823636&RS=PN/8823636 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Finsphere Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Finsphere, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,831,564) developed by three co-inventors for a system and method "for identity protection using mobile device signaling network derived location pattern recognition." The co-inventors are William M. Ferguson, San Diego, Randall A. Snyder, Las Vegas, and Devin P. Miller, North Bend, Washington. The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2012 (13/567,468). 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=8831564.PN.&OS=PN/8831564&RS=PN/8831564 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Cellco Partnership Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Registering Packet-based Address for Mobile Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,832,433) developed by Praveen Gupta, Pleasanton, California, for "methods and systems for registering a packet-based address for a mobile device using a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) for the device in a mobile communication network." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2012 (13/588,923). 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=8,832,433.PN.&OS=PN/8,832,433&RS=PN/8,832,433 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** F5 Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- F5 Networks, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,826,118) developed by three co-inventors for a method and apparatus "accessing data through an independent intermediary mechanism (IIM)." The co-inventors are Daniel S. Jordan, San Francisco, Umesh R. Patil, San Jose, California, and Sudhir Mohan, Santa Clara, California. The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2002 (10/305,754). 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=8826118.PN.&OS=PN/8826118&RS=PN/8826118 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Deerfield, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,828,680) developed by five co-inventors for "combined rapid susceptibility assay and microorganism identification system." The co-inventors are Gregory B. Williams, Davis, California, Daniel M. Nothaft, Vacaville, California, Glenn F. Enscoe, Antelope, California, Kathleen N. Burtner, Elk Grove, California, and Monte E. Kangas, Fairfield, California. The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2012 (13/402,445). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,28,680.PN.&OS=PN/88,28,680&RS=PN/88,28,680 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sharp Laboratories of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,825,748) developed by two co-inventors for "[s]andboxed daemon process invocation through HTTP." The co-inventors are Joseph Yang, Cypress, California, and Swee Huat Sng, Torrance, California. The patent application was filed on July 6, 2011 (13/176,927). 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=8825748.PN.&OS=PN/8825748&RS=PN/8825748 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Multiparty Real Time Content Delivery ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,824,470) developed by six co-inventors for "[m]ultiparty real time content delivery." The co-inventors are Yao Zhao, Oakland, California, Yunnan Wu, Palo Alto, California, Jin Li, Bellevue, Washington, and Philip A. Chou, Bellevue, Washington, Baochun Li, Toronto, and Minghua Chen, Hong Kong. The patent application was filed on June 2, 2010 (12/791,893). 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=8824470.PN.&OS=PN/8824470&RS=PN/8824470 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for System Reset ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,819,490) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "system reset." The co-inventors are Yunan Yuan, San Francisco, Calin Negreanu, Lake Oswego, Oregon, Gregory W. Nichols, Bellevue, Washington, Sri Sai Kameswara Pavan Kumar Kasturi, Bellevue, Washington, Keshava Prasad Subramanya, Bellevue, Washington, Vinit Ogale, Bellevue, Washington, Kiran Kumar Dowluru, Redmond, Washington, Desmond T. Lee, Redmond, Washington, Hongliu Zheng, Sammamish, Washington, and Stephan Doll, Seattle. The patent application was filed on June 30, 2013 (13/931,948). 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=8819487.PN.&OS=PN/8819487&RS=PN/8819487 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Pure Imagination Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Pure Imagination, Vancouver, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,829,365) developed by four co-inventors for a system and method "for maintaining recipe ratios when measuring ingredients for culinary combinations." The co-inventors are Darin Barri, Rolling Hills Estates, California, Philip T. Odom, Portland, Oregon, Brian Richardson, Portland, Oregon, and Michael Wallace, Vancouver, Washington. The patent application was filed on June 16, 2013 (13/918,984). 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=8829365.PN.&OS=PN/8829365&RS=PN/8829365 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Oldcastle Prescast Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Oldcastle Prescast, Auburn, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,827,589) developed by seven co-inventors for "utilities access closure." The co-inventors are Wolfgang Ott, Antioch, California, Paul H. Appelblom, Atherton, California, Rickey G. Swartz, Grass Valley, California, Eric C. Freeman, Lodi, California, Jon R. Reed, Oakdale, California, Mark J. Jurich, Pleasanton, California, and Paul A. Jurich, Pleasanton, California. The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2011 (13/301,713). 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=8827589.PN.&OS=PN/8827589&RS=PN/8827589 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Princeton University, California Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, and Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, have been assigned a patent (8,830,235) developed by Igor V. Guskov, Pasadena, California, Peter Schroder, Pasadena, California, and Wim Sweldens, New Providence, New Jersey, for a "non-uniform relaxation procedure for multiresolution mesh processing." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 1999 (09/395,246). 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=8,830,235.PN.&OS=PN/8,830,235&RS=PN/8,830,235 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Scene Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,818,037) developed by two co-inventors for systems and related methods "for detecting a scene in video content." The co-inventors are Maneli Noorkami, San Francisco, and Yi Linda Chan, Mountain View, California. The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2012 (13/633,021). 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=8818037.PN.&OS=PN/8818037&RS=PN/8818037 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Chroma Frame Conversion ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,817,179) developed by four co-inventors for a "chroma frame conversion for the video codec." The co-inventors are Sridhar Sankuratri, Campbell, California, Lihua Zhu, Mountain View, California, B. Anil Kumar, Saratoga, California, and Nadim Abdo, Kirkland, Washington. The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2013 (13/736,688). 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=8817179.PN.&OS=PN/8817179&RS=PN/8817179 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Verizon Patent & Licensing, Cellco Partnership Assigned Patent for Utilizing Scanned Radio Access Technology Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Verizon Patent & Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, have been assigned a patent (8,830,858) developed by four co-inventors for "utilizing scanned radio access technology information." The co-inventors are John F. Macias, Antelope, California, Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, California, Patricia R. Chang, San Ramon, California, and David Chiang, Fremont, California. The patent application was filed on March 30, 2012 (13/435,873). 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=8,830,858.PN.&OS=PN/8,830,858&RS=PN/8,830,858 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Stage Innovations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Stage Innovations, Bellingham, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,830,991) developed by Taka Migimatsu, San Rafael, California, for an "email notification of voice messages." The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2009 (12/538,796). 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=8830991.PN.&OS=PN/8830991&RS=PN/8830991 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Verizon Patent & Licensing Assigned Patent for Link Quality Indicator for Fixed Installation Radio Frequency Terrestrial Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Verizon Patent & Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,830,081) developed by four co-inventors for a "link quality indicator for a fixed installation radio frequency terrestrial network." The co-inventors are Sergio Aguirre, Southlake, Texas, Raafat E. Kamel, Little Falls, New Jersey, Kamlesh S. Kamdar, Dublin, California, and Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, California. The patent application was filed on March 22, 2011 (13/053,821). 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=8,830,081.PN.&OS=PN/8,830,081&RS=PN/8,830,081 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Patent & Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Verizon Patent & Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,831,602) developed by Priscilla Lau, Fremont, California, for "call delivery for a dual mode device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2012 (13/729,730). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,831,602.PN.&OS=PN/8,831,602&RS=PN/8,831,602 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Medarex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Medarex, Princeton, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,828,393) developed by four co-inventors for "methods for the therapy of inflammatory bowel disease using a type-1 interferon antagonist." The co-inventors are Lesley B. Pickford, Menlo Park, California, Christopher R. Bebbington, San Mateo, California, Geoffrey T. Yarranton, Burlingame, California, and David King, Belmont, California. The patent application was filed on March 17, 2011 (13/050,601). 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=8,828,393.PN.&OS=PN/8,828,393&RS=PN/8,828,393 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Northwestern University Assigned Patent for Anti-cancer Compounds ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,829,025) developed by four co-inventors for anti-cancer compounds. The co-inventors are Sui Huang, Chicago, John Norton, San Diego, Daniel Appella, Rockville, Maryland, and Mark Witschi, Davis, California. The patent application was filed on March 29, 2013 (13/853,513). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,29,025.PN.&OS=PN/88,29,025&RS=PN/88,29,025 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Church & Dwight Co. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Church & Dwight Co., Princeton, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,828,329) developed by four co-inventors for an "electronic analyte assaying device." The co-inventors are Andy Sturman, San Diego, Benedict Zin, San Diego, Albert Nazareth, Mercerville, New Jersey, and Henry Bell, Hamilton Square, New Jersey. The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2010 (12/967,971). 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=8,828,329.PN.&OS=PN/8,828,329&RS=PN/8,828,329 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boeing Assigned Patent for Projectile and Associated Method for Seeking Target Identified By Laser Designation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,829,401) developed by Kevin Lutke, Huntington Beach, California, and Aaron J. Kutzmann, Long Beach, California, for a "projectile and associated method for seeking a target identified by laser designation." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2011 (13/162,167). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,29,401.PN.&OS=PN/88,29,401&RS=PN/88,29,401 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boeing Assigned Patent for Thick Doped Adhesive Tape to Enhance Backscatter X-ray Detectability ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,828,538) developed by Chin H. Toh, Orange, California, and James E. Engel, Newport Beach, California, for a "thick doped adhesive tape to enhance backscatter X-ray detectability." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2012 (13/722,154). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,28,538.PN.&OS=PN/88,28,538&RS=PN/88,28,538 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Gesture-Based Visual Search ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,831,349) developed by six co-inventors for a "gesture-based visual search." The co-inventors are Shipeng Li, Palo Alto, California, Ning Zhang, Toronto, Jian-Tao Sun, Beijing, Zheng Chen, Beijing, Ying-Qing Xu, Beijing, and Tao Mei, Beijing. The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2013 (14/019,259). 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=8831349.PN.&OS=PN/8831349&RS=PN/8831349 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** University of Washington, Vical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- University of Washington, Seattle, and Vical, San Diego, have been assigned a patent (8,828,408) developed by four co-inventors for compositions and methods "for vaccinating against HSV-2." The co-inventors are Adrian Vilalta, San Diego, Michal Margalith, Solana Beach, California, Lichun Dong, Seattle, and David M. Koelle, Seattle. The patent application was filed on March 15, 2013 (13/843,176). 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=8828408.PN.&OS=PN/8828408&RS=PN/8828408 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Event Determination from Photos ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,831,352) developed by two co-inventors for an "event determination from photos." The co-inventors are Mingyan Gao, Irvine, California, and Xian-Sheng Hua, Bellevue, Washington. The patent application was filed on April 4, 2011 (13/079,592). 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=8831352.PN.&OS=PN/8831352&RS=PN/8831352 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Asset Resolvable Bookmarks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,825,809) developed by two co-inventors for "[a]sset resolvable bookmarks." The co-inventors are Bradley R. Pettit, Los Gatos, California, and Eric R. Soldan, Saratoga, California. The patent application was filed on May 19, 2010 (12/783,406). 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=8825809.PN.&OS=PN/8825809&RS=PN/8825809 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Boeing Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Supplying Gas Jet Over Aerodynamic Structure ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,827,212) developed by Arvin Shmilovich, Huntington Beach, California, and Yoram Yadlin, Irvine, California, for a "method and apparatus for supplying a gas jet over an aerodynamic structure." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2012 (13/525,655). 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=8,827,212.PN.&OS=PN/8,827,212&RS=PN/8,827,212 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boeing Assigned Patent for Fastening Tools for Connectors and Methods of Fastening Connectors ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,826,777) developed by Roung-Min David Shieh, Huntington Beach, California, for "fastening tools for connectors and methods of fastening connectors." The patent application was filed on April 3, 2012 (13/438,776). 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=8,826,777.PN.&OS=PN/8,826,777&RS=PN/8,826,777 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Robust Adaptive Beamforming ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,818,002) developed by three co-inventors for a "robust adaptive beamforming with enhanced noise suppression." The co-inventors are Byung-Jun Yoon, Pasadena, California, Alejandro Acero, Bellevue, Washington and Ivan Tashev, Kirkland, Washington. The patent application was filed on July 21, 2011 (13/187,618). 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=8818002.PN.&OS=PN/8818002&RS=PN/8818002 Written by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** University of Illinois Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- The University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,831,318) developed by Behzad Sharif, Los Angeles, and Yoem Bresler, Urbana, Illinois, for an "auto-calibrating parallel MRI technique with distortion-optimal image reconstruction." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2010 (12/827,588). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=88,31,318.PN.&OS=PN/88,31,318&RS=PN/88,31,318 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Interval Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Interval Licensing, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,830,955) developed by three co-inventors for a "multicast system using client forwarding." The co-inventors are Michael Lee, Cupertino, California, Geoff M. Smith, Palo Alto, California, and Matt Regan, Glen Waverley, Australia. The patent application was filed on March 19, 2010 (12/727,451). 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=8830955.PN.&OS=PN/8830955&RS=PN/8830955 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Techniques for Enabling Remote Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,830,228) developed by five co-inventors for "techniques for enabling remote management of servers configured with graphics processors." The co-inventors are Karthik Lakshminarayanan, Cupertino, California, Meher P. Malakapalli, Santa Clara, California, B. Anil Kumar, Saratoga, California, Hao Zhang, Sunnyvale, California, and Eric Kai-hau Han, Sunnyvale, California. The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2010 (12/973,622). 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=8830228.PN.&OS=PN/8830228&RS=PN/8830228 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Kaseya International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Kaseya International, Edison, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,832,040) developed by Charles Bosson, Ojai, California, for a "method and apparatus of securely processing data for file backup, de-duplication, and restoration." The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2013 (13/964,218). 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=8,832,040.PN.&OS=PN/8,832,040&RS=PN/8,832,040 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. 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