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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (July 18)

[July 18, 2014]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (July 18)

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts.

*** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,368) developed by two co-inventors for a "fine grained tiered storage with thin provisioning." The co-inventors are Barry A. Burke, Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, and Yechiel Yochai, Lincoln, Rhode Island.

The patent application was filed on June 27, 2007 (11/823,156). 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=8775368.PN.&OS=PN/8775368&RS=PN/8775368 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Brooks Automation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Brooks Automation, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,148) developed by three co-inventors for methods and systems "for controlling a semiconductor fabrication process." The co-inventors are Patrick D. Pannese, Lynnfield, Massachusetts, Vinaya Kavathekar, Cupertino, California, and Peter van der Meulen, Newburyport, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2007 (11/877,180). 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=8775148.PN.&OS=PN/8775148&RS=PN/8775148 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** MathWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,147) developed by two co-inventors for an "[a]lgorithm and architecture for multi-argument associative operations that minimizes the number of components using a latency of the components." The co-inventors are Alireza Pakyari, Lexington, Massachusetts, and Brian K. Ogilvie, Holliston, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on May 31, 2006 (11/444,962). 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=8775147.PN.&OS=PN/8775147&RS=PN/8775147 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,776,124) developed by six co-inventors for "thumbnail publication." The co-inventors are Zhiying Jin, Lexington, Massachusetts, Sarma Pydipally, Watertown, Massachusetts, Haosheng Guo, Nashua, New Hampshire, Haiyan Zhou, Winchester, Massachusetts, Fang Zhu, Woburn, Massachusetts, and Jianxiu Hao, Lexington, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2010 (12/939,837). 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=8776124.PN.&OS=PN/8776124&RS=PN/8776124 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Shire Human Genetic Therapies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Lexington, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,146) developed by three co-inventors for a "crystal structure of human alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase." The co-inventors are Muthuraman Meiyappan, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Michael F. Concino, Bolton, Massachusetts, and Angela W. Norton, Reading, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on July 22, 2011 (13/136,092). 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=8775146.PN.&OS=PN/8775146&RS=PN/8775146 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,775,806) developed by two co-inventors for a system and method "for providing unique encryption key." The co-inventors are Lakshmi N. Chakarapani, Irving, Texas, and Elliot G. Eichen, Arlington, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on June 14, 2011 (13/159,828). 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=8775806.PN.&OS=PN/8775806&RS=PN/8775806 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Analog Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,192) developed by four co-inventors for a "[t]wo-wire digital audio interface." The co-inventors are Jie Fu, Shanghai, Yang Pan, Shanghai, Yongyi Wu, Shangai, and Khiem Quang Nguyen, Tewksbury, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on June 8, 2011 (13/155,840). 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=8775192.PN.&OS=PN/8775192&RS=PN/8775192 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Verizon Patent & Licensing Assigned Patent for Visual Voicemail Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Verizon Patent & Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,774,374) developed by seven co-inventors for "managing visual voicemail from multiple devices." The co-inventors are Jack Jianxiu Hao, Lexington, Massachusetts, Diego Sebastian Rozensztejn, Brookline, Massachusetts, Guillermo Ortiz, Brookline, Massachusetts, Bradford Jackvony, Reading, Massachusetts, Gaurav D. Mehta, Brighton, Massachusetts, Okeno Palmer, Woburn, Massachusetts, and Dahai Ren, Waltham, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2008 (12/236,808). 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=8774374.PN.&OS=PN/8774374&RS=PN/8774374 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Cognex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Cognex, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,782,553) developed by seven co-inventors for a "human-machine-interface and method for manipulating data in a machine vision system." The co-inventors are Robert Tremblay, Grafton, Massachusetts, Brian Phillips, Sherborn, Massachusetts, John Keating, Medway, Massachusetts, Andrew Eames, Ashland, Massachusetts, Steven M. Whitman, Danville, New Hampshire, Brian Mirtich, Medfield, Massachusetts, and Carroll McNeill Arbogast Jr., Needham, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2010 (12/862,135). 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=87,82,553.PN.&OS=PN/87,82,553&RS=PN/87,82,553 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Raytheon Assigned Patent for Multiphase Power Converters ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,773,231) developed by two co-inventors for a "[m]ultiphase power converters involving controllable inductors." The co-inventors are Boris S. Jacobson, Westford, Massachusetts, and Edward Jung, Marlborough, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on March 9, 2012 (13/416,368). 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=8773231.PN.&OS=PN/8773231&RS=PN/8773231 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** FRX Polymers Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- FRX Polymers, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,779,041) developed by Lawino Kagumba, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jan-Pleun Lens, Boston, and Dieter Freitag, Krefeld, Germany, for "oligomeric phosphonates and compositions including the same." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2013 (14/025,425). 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=8,779,041.PN.&OS=PN/8,779,041&RS=PN/8,779,041 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Math Works Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Math Works, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,392) developed by two co-inventors for a "revision control and configuration management." The co-inventors are Robert Olson Aberg, South Grafton, Massachusetts, and Gavin William Walker, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

The patent application was filed on June 7, 2011 (13/155,059). 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=8775392.PN.&OS=PN/8775392&RS=PN/8775392 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent for Conductive Polymer Films Grafted on Organic Substrates ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,779,071) developed by Karen K. Gleason, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Sung G. Im, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for "conductive polymer films grafted on organic substrates." The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2008 (12/525,376). 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=8,779,071.PN.&OS=PN/8,779,071&RS=PN/8,779,071 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Olympus Endo Technology America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Olympus Endo Technology America, Southborough, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,777,841) developed by James J. Frassica, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and Robert E. Ailinger, Norwood, Massachusetts, for a rotate-to-advance catheterization system.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2012 (13/614,764). 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=8,777,841.PN.&OS=PN/8,777,841&RS=PN/8,777,841 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** EMC Assigned Patent for Verifying Integrity of Data Written by Mainframe to Virtual Tape ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,756) developed by three co-inventors for a method "of verifying integrity of data written by a mainframe to a virtual tape and providing feedback of errors." The co-inventors are Bruce Offhaus, Waldoboro, Maine, Larry W. McCloskey, Burlington, Massachusetts, and Eric M. Vaughn, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on March 29, 2012 (13/433,477). 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=8775756.PN.&OS=PN/8775756&RS=PN/8775756 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** EMC Assigned Patent for Asynchronous Shifting Windows Caching ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,776,158) developed by three co-inventors for "asynchronous shifting windows caching for forward and backward video streaming." The co-inventors are Dominique Cote, Boston, Sorin Faibish, Newton, Massachusetts, and Xiaoye Jiang, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2009 (12/570,685). 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=8776158.PN.&OS=PN/8776158&RS=PN/8776158 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Vertex Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,779,197) developed by five co-inventors for "aryl amides useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels." The co-inventors are Weichuan Caroline Chen, San Diego, Paul Krenitsky, San Diego, Pramod Joshi, San Diego, Andreas Termin, Encinitas, California, and Dean Wilson, Bedford, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2008 (12/249,270). 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=8,779,197.PN.&OS=PN/8,779,197&RS=PN/8,779,197 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Entegris Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Entegris, Billerica, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,777,189) developed by Joseph Zahka, Andover, Massachusetts, and Aiwen Wu, Malden, Massachusetts, for a "method and apparatus for treating fluids to reduce microbubbles." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2006 (11/919,110). 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=8,777,189.PN.&OS=PN/8,777,189&RS=PN/8,777,189 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ab Initio Technology Assigned Patent for Processing Related Datasets ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Ab Initio Technology, Lexington, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,447) developed by Andrew F. Roberts, Melrose, Massachusetts, for "processing related datasets." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2011 (13/166,365). 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=8775447.PN.&OS=PN/8775447&RS=PN/8775447 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Triton Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Triton Systems, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,271) developed by seven co-inventors for the "detection of peroxide radicals and reaction initiators." The co-inventors are John Lock, Wakefield, Massachusetts, Edward Geraghty, Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, Lawino Kagumba, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Norm Rice, Andover, Massachusetts, Keith Higginson, Leominster, Massachusetts, Ken Mahmud, Sudbury, Massachusetts, and Arthur Gavrin, Litchfield, New Hampshire.

The patent application was filed on May 21, 2009 (12/470,201). 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=8,778,271.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,271&RS=PN/8,778,271 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** MathWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,782,618) developed by Thomas Gaudette, Framingham, Massachusetts, for the instrument based processing.

The patent application was filed on April 14, 2008 (12/102,423). 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=87,82,618.PN.&OS=PN/87,82,618&RS=PN/87,82,618 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** SiFotonics Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- SiFotonics Technologies, Woburn, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,725) developed by Mengyuan Huang, Beijing, Pengfei Cai, Beijing, and Dong Pan, Andover, Massachusetts, for the "avalanche photodiode with special lateral doping concentration." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2014 (14/196,125). 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=8,778,725.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,725&RS=PN/8,778,725 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Snif Labs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Snif Labs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,780,945) developed by Jonathan Gips, Boston, Ryan Aylward, Boston, and Mathew Laibowitz, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a discovery protocol.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2009 (12/553,921). 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=8,780,945.PN.&OS=PN/8,780,945&RS=PN/8,780,945 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Foster-Miller Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Foster-Miller, Waltham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,776,977) developed by Geoffrey B. Lansberry, Andover, Massachusetts, Lance L. Andrus, Southborough, Massachusetts, and Brian DeStefano, Stoneham, Massachusetts, for a "drive system for mobile robot arm." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2010 (12/924,432). 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=8,776,977.PN.&OS=PN/8,776,977&RS=PN/8,776,977 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** EMC Assigned Patent for System and Method for Managing Provisioning of Storage Resources in Network with Virtualization of Resources in Such Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,782,245) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for managing provisioning of storage resources in a network with virtualization of resources in such a network." The co-inventors are Bradford B. Glade, Harvard, Massachusetts, David W. Harvey, Newton, Massachusetts, John Kemeny, Westford, Massachusetts, and Matthew D. Waxman, Waltham, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on April 10, 2012 (13/443,002). 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=87,82,245.PN.&OS=PN/87,82,245&RS=PN/87,82,245 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Waters Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Waters Technologies, Milford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,453) developed by five co-inventors for the "porous inorganic/organic hybrid particles for chromatographic separations and process for its preparation." The co-inventors are Zhiping Jiang, Westford, Massachusetts, Raymond P. Fisk, Norton, Massachusetts, John E. O'Gara, Ashland, Massachusetts, Thomas H. Walter, Ashland, Massachusetts, and Kevin D. Wyndham, Douglas, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on May 29, 2007 (11/807,506). 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=8,778,453.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,453&RS=PN/8,778,453 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** FMR Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- FMR, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,781,939) developed by Dina Sinno, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and John McDonough, Nahant, Massachusetts, for an "amateur athlete compensation product using residual value." The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2013 (14/078,111). 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=8,781,939.PN.&OS=PN/8,781,939&RS=PN/8,781,939 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Blauer Manufacturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Blauer Manufacturing, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,776,262) developed by Stephen J. Blauer, Lexington, Massachusetts, and Robert K. Lee, Cranston, Rhode Island, for a "ballistic vest carrier cover system." The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2013 (14/093,243). 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=8,776,262.PN.&OS=PN/8,776,262&RS=PN/8,776,262 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Illinois Tool Works Assigned Patent for Method of Depositing Viscous Material on Substrate ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Illinois Tool Works, Glenview, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,776,684) developed by Dennis G. Doyle, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, for a "method of depositing viscous material on a substrate." The patent application was filed on March 28, 2013 (13/852,522). 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=87,76,684.PN.&OS=PN/87,76,684&RS=PN/87,76,684 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Waltham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,777,892) developed by six co-inventors for a "portable peritoneal dialysis system." The co-inventors are Harold F. Sandford, Groton, Massachusetts, Norma J. Ofsthun, Lexington, Massachusetts, Amanda K. Stennett, Waltham, Massachusetts, Jiunn Yeong Teo, Pleasant View, Utah, Cheryl Ford, Ogden, Utah, and Benjamin J. Lipps, Boston The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2009 (12/610,969). 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=8,777,892.PN.&OS=PN/8,777,892&RS=PN/8,777,892 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Novartis, Basel, Switzerland, have been assigned a patent (8,779,198) developed by Megan Alene Foley, Somerville, Massachusetts, Timothy F. Jamison, Somerville, Massachusetts, and Oljan Repic, Randolph, New Jersey, for the "ring opening of lactones and lactams." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2010 (13/389,849). 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=8,779,198.PN.&OS=PN/8,779,198&RS=PN/8,779,198 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Shire Human Genetic Therapies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Lexington, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,622) developed by Daniel S. Roseman, Framingham, Massachusetts, for the enzymatic activity-based detection.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2010 (13/513,350). 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=8,778,622.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,622&RS=PN/8,778,622 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ab Initio Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Ab Initio Technology, Lexington, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,782,429) developed by Brond Larson, Sharon, Massachusetts, and Richard A. Shapiro, Arlington, Massachusetts, for "securing execution of computational resources." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2009 (12/646,059). 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=87,82,429.PN.&OS=PN/87,82,429&RS=PN/87,82,429 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent for Humidification-dehumidification System Including Bubble-column Vapor Mixture Condenser ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, have been assigned a patent (8,778,065) developed by five co-inventors for a "humidification-dehumidification system including a bubble-column vapor mixture condenser." The co-inventors are Prakash Narayan Govindan, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gregory P. Thiel, Belmont, Massachusetts, Ronan K. McGovern, Cambridge, Massachusetts, John H. Lienhard, Lexington, Massachusetts, and Mostafa Hamed Elsharqawy, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2013 (13/975,910). 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=8,778,065.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,065&RS=PN/8,778,065 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Invensys Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Invensys Systems, Foxboro, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,782,599) developed by five co-inventors for a "multi-mode editor for configuring process control blocks including both logical functions and arithmetic computations." The co-inventors are Keith E. Eldridge, North Easton, Massachusetts, Mikhail Vladimirovich Fishbeyn, Natick, Massachusetts, John P. King, Greenville, Rhode Island, Paul Meskonis, Norwood, Massachusetts, and James William Hemenway, West Wareham, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on June 26, 2008 (12/147,470). 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=87,82,599.PN.&OS=PN/87,82,599&RS=PN/87,82,599 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** SiteSpect Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- SiteSpect, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,782,200) developed by Eric J. Hansen, Boston, for a "system and method for optimizing website visitor actions." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2005 (11/140,288). 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=87,82,200.PN.&OS=PN/87,82,200&RS=PN/87,82,200 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Zoll Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Zoll Medical, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,781,577) developed by Gary A. Freeman, Newton Centre, Massachusetts, for a "coordinated resuscitation perfusion support." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2012 (13/398,280). 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=8,781,577.PN.&OS=PN/8,781,577&RS=PN/8,781,577 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** H.C. Starck Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- H.C. Starck Inc., Newton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,777,090) developed by Steven A. Miller, Canton, Massachusetts, Leonid N. Shekhter, Ashland, Massachusetts, and Stefan Zimmermann, Bad Saeckingen, Germany, for "methods of joining metallic protective layers." The patent application was filed on March 21, 2013 (13/848,404). 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=8,777,090.PN.&OS=PN/8,777,090&RS=PN/8,777,090 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Polyera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Polyera, Skokie, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (8,772,442) developed by six co-inventors for a "conjugated polymers and their use in optoelectronic devices." The co-inventors are Antonio Facchetti, Chicago, Hakan Usta, Evanston, Illinois, Martin Drees, Glenview, Illinois, Shaofeng Lu, Skokie, Illinois, Hualong Pan, Skokie, Illinois, and Zhengguo Zhu, Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on March 14, 2013 (13/830,038). 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=8772442.PN.&OS=PN/8772442&RS=PN/8772442 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Osram Sylvania Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Osram Sylvania, Danvers, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,779,681) developed by Helmar Adler, Danvers, Massachusetts, for a "multimode color tunable light source." The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2011 (13/198,854). 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=8,779,681.PN.&OS=PN/8,779,681&RS=PN/8,779,681 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** iRobot Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- iRobot, Bedford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,774,966) developed by seven co-inventors for an "autonomous surface cleaning robot for wet and dry cleanin." The co-inventors are Andrew Ziegler, Arlington, Massachusetts, Duane Gilbert, Goffstown, New Hampshire, Christopher John Morse, Malden, Massachusetts, Scott Pratt, Cary, North Carolina, Paul Sandin, Brookline, New Hampshire, Nancy Dussault, Weymouth, Massachusetts, and Andrew Jones, Roslindale, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2011 (13/023,444). 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=8774966.PN.&OS=PN/8774966&RS=PN/8774966 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** MKS Instruments Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Processing Metal Bearing Gases ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- MKS Instruments, Andover, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,779,322) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for processing metal bearing gases." The co-inventors are William M. Holber, Winchester, Massachusetts, John A. Smith, North Andover, Massachusetts, Xing Chen, Lexington, Massachusetts, and Donald K. Smith, Belmont, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2011 (13/336,616). 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=8,779,322.PN.&OS=PN/8,779,322&RS=PN/8,779,322 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Lahey Clinic Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Lahey Clinic Foundation, Burlington, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,774,905) developed by two co-inventors for methods "for detection of vulnerable plaque with quantitative colorimetry during angioscopy." The co-inventors are Sergio Waxman, Newton, Massachusetts, and Fumiyuki Ishibashi, Fukuoka, Japan.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2008 (12/675,439). 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=8774905.PN.&OS=PN/8774905&RS=PN/8774905 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Newlans Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Newlans, Acton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,779,832) developed by Dev V. Gupta, Concord, Massachusetts, for a wideband signal processing.

The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2012 (13/666,269). 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=8,779,832.PN.&OS=PN/8,779,832&RS=PN/8,779,832 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** SiteSpect Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- SiteSpect, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,775,603) developed by Eric J. Hansen, Boston, for a method and system "for testing variations of website content." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2007 (11/744,809). 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=8775603.PN.&OS=PN/8775603&RS=PN/8775603 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Capability-specific Routing ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,781,725) developed by Vittorio Bucchieri, Wakefield, Massachusetts, for "methods and apparatus for capability-specific routing." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2006 (11/614,363). 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=8,781,725.PN.&OS=PN/8,781,725&RS=PN/8,781,725 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Zettics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Zettics, Concord, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,391) developed by Asawaree Kalavade, Stow, Massachusetts, for a system and method "for sharing anonymous user profiles with a third party." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2009 (12/412,273). 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=8775391.PN.&OS=PN/8775391&RS=PN/8775391 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Genzyme Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Genzyme, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,779,163) developed by Bradford H. Hirth, Littleton, Massachusetts, and Craig Siegel, Woburn, Massachusetts, for a "synthesis of UDP-Glucose: N-acylsphingosine glucosyl transferase inhibitors." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2012 (13/420,108). 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=8,779,163.PN.&OS=PN/8,779,163&RS=PN/8,779,163 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- General Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,777,858) developed by Richard Rox Anderson, Boston, Kirby Vosburgh, Newton, Massachusetts, and John A. Parrish, Boston, for a "non-invasive treatment of fascia." The patent application was filed on Jan. 21, 2013 (13/745,891). 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=8,777,858.PN.&OS=PN/8,777,858&RS=PN/8,777,858 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Swirl Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Swirl Networks, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,781,502) developed by Thomas Middleton, Boston, and Robert Todd Boes, Boston, for "systems and methods for display of supplemental content responsive to location." The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2013 (14/100,699). 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=8,781,502.PN.&OS=PN/8,781,502&RS=PN/8,781,502 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Smiths Medical ASD Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Smiths Medical ASD, Rockland, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,119) developed by four co-inventors for an "underbody convective blanket and method for manufacturing thereof." The co-inventors are Rachel Starr, Randolph, Massachusetts, Joseph Pierre, Libertyville, Illinois, Daniel Reardon, Abington, Massachusetts, and Alan Stec, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2012 (13/613,299). 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=8,778,119.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,119&RS=PN/8,778,119 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Good Start Genetics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Good Start Genetics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,609) developed by Mark Umbarger, Brookline, Massachusetts, for "methods for analyzing nucleic acids." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2014 (14/210,776). 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=8,778,609.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,609&RS=PN/8,778,609 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Fishman Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Fishman, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,777,063) developed by W. Scott Beebe, Berkley, Massachusetts, for a "system and method for releasably coupling a fluid dispenser to a dispensing system." The patent application was filed on March 28, 2012 (13/432,264). 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=8,777,063.PN.&OS=PN/8,777,063&RS=PN/8,777,063 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent for Auto-discovery of Home and Out-of-franchise Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,782,269) developed by Robin M. Mathews, Westford, Massachusetts, and Tushar Saxena, Lexington, Massachusetts, for "auto-discovery of home and out-of-franchise networks." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2010 (12/975,919). 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=8,782,269.PN.&OS=PN/8,782,269&RS=PN/8,782,269 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Invensys Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Invensys Systems, Foxboro, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,776,019) developed by two co-inventors for a "configurator with embedded firmware for offline instrument user settings implementation." The co-inventors are Peter E. Allstrom, Foxboro, Massachusetts, and Spencer K. Howe, Scituate, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2008 (12/329,234). 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=8776019.PN.&OS=PN/8776019&RS=PN/8776019 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, Marlborough, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,776,821) developed by Egbert Woelk, North Andover, Massachusetts, and Ronald L. DiCarlo Jr., Danville, New Hampshire, for "vapor delivery device, methods of manufacture and methods of use thereof." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2011 (13/114,781). 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=8,776,821.PN.&OS=PN/8,776,821&RS=PN/8,776,821 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Axcelis Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Axcelis Technologies, Beverly, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,779,395) developed by Neil K. Colvin, Merrimack, New Hampshire, and Tseh-Jen Hsieh, Rowley, Massachusetts, for an "automatic control system for selection and optimization of co-gas flow levels." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2011 (13/308,795). 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=8,779,395.PN.&OS=PN/8,779,395&RS=PN/8,779,395 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** EMC Assigned Patent for Managing Drive Problems in Data Storage Systems by Tracking Overall Retry Time ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,782,465) developed by five co-inventors for "managing drive problems in data storage systems by tracking overall retry time." The co-inventors are Robert P. Foley, Clinton, Massachusetts, Zhiqi Liu, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Peter Puhov, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, David W. Harvey, Newton Centre, Massachusetts, and Wayne E. Garrett Jr., Bellingham, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2011 (13/334,636). 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=87,82,465.PN.&OS=PN/87,82,465&RS=PN/87,82,465 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Genzyme Assigned Patent for Chemokine Receptor Binding Heterocyclic Compounds with Enhanced Efficacy ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Genzyme, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,967) developed by 14 co-inventors for "chemokine receptor binding heterocyclic compounds with enhanced efficacy." The co-inventors are Gary Bridger, Bellingham, Washington, Renato T. Skelj, Newton, Massachusetts, Al Kaller, Vancouver, Canada, Curtis Harwig, Vancouver, Canada, David Bogucki, Surrey, Canada, Trevor R. Wilson, Langley, Canada, Jason B. Crawford, British Columbia, Canada, Ernest J. McEachern, White Rock, Canada, Bem Atsma, Langley, Canada, Siqiao Nan, Shenzhen, China, Yuanxi Zhou, Richmond, Canada, Dominique Schols, Herent, Belgium, Christopher Dennis Smith, Toronto, and Maria R. Di Fluri, Burnaby, Canada.

The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2012 (13/358,041). 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=8,778,967.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,967&RS=PN/8,778,967 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Highland Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Highland Instruments, Somerville, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,774,914) developed by Timothy A. Wagner, Somerville, Massachusetts, for systems and methods "for stimulating cellular function in tissue." The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2013 (14/069,613). 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=8774914.PN.&OS=PN/8774914&RS=PN/8774914 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** MathWorks Assigned Patent for Interfacing Device Driver with Application ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,776,039) developed by three co-inventors for "interfacing a device driver with an application using a virtual driver interface and a strategy." The co-inventors are David Tarkowski, Framingham, Massachusetts, Christian Portal, Holliston, Massachusetts, and Rob Purser, Wayland, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on April 7, 2011 (13/082,173). 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=8776039.PN.&OS=PN/8776039&RS=PN/8776039 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** MathWorks Assigned Patent for Viewer for Multi-dimensional Data from Test Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,780,098) developed by four co-inventors for a "viewer for multi-dimensional data from a test environment." The co-inventors are James G. Owen, Bolton, Massachusetts, Lynn M. Cherny, Framingham, Massachusetts, Jenifer Tidwell, Arlington, Massachusetts, and Rong Chen, Vernon, Connecticut.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2012 (13/614,237). 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=8,780,098.PN.&OS=PN/8,780,098&RS=PN/8,780,098 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent for Coding Approach for Robust and Flexible Communication Protocol ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,780,693) developed by Minji Kim, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Muriel Medard, Belmont, Massachusetts, and Ali Parandehgheibi, Medford, Massachusetts, for a "coding approach for a robust and flexible communication protocol." The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2011 (13/291,310). 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=8,780,693.PN.&OS=PN/8,780,693&RS=PN/8,780,693 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Block Engineering Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Block Engineering, Marlborough, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,780,347) developed by four co-inventors for "QCL spectroscopy system and applications therefor." The co-inventors are Petros Kotidis, Framingham, Massachusetts, Erik Deutsch, Brookline, Massachusetts, Ninghui Zhu, Winchester, Massachusetts, and Dan Cavicchio, Dorset, Vermont.

The patent application was filed on June 13, 2011 (13/159,225). 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=8,780,347.PN.&OS=PN/8,780,347&RS=PN/8,780,347 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Airvana Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Airvana, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,781,483) developed by Shi Baw Ch'ng, North Billerica, Massachusetts, for "controlling access to private access points for wireless networking." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2007 (11/735,073). 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=8,781,483.PN.&OS=PN/8,781,483&RS=PN/8,781,483 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Affectiva Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Affectiva, Waltham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,774,893) developed by two co-inventors for a "[b]iosensor module with leadless contacts." The co-inventors are Oliver Orion Wilder-Smith, Holliston, Massachusetts, and Rosalind Wright Picard, Newtonville, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2010 (12/905,560). 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=8774893.PN.&OS=PN/8774893&RS=PN/8774893 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** iRobot Assigned Patent for Navigational Control System For Robotic Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- iRobot, Bedford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,781,626) developed by five co-inventors for a "navigational control system for a robotic device." The co-inventors are Gregg W. Landry, Gloucester, Massachusetts, David A. Cohen, Brookline, Massachusetts, Daniel N. Ozick, Newton, Massachusetts, Mark J. Chiappetta, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and Joseph L. Jones, Acton, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2013 (13/781,314). 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=8,781,626.PN.&OS=PN/8,781,626&RS=PN/8,781,626 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,781,239) developed by Jae S. Lim, Winchester, Massachusetts, for "selecting transform paths for compressing visual data." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2014 (14/155,690). 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=8,781,239.PN.&OS=PN/8,781,239&RS=PN/8,781,239 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Bit9 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Bit9, Waltham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,782,800) developed by Todd F. Brennan, Somerville, Massachusetts, and Allen Hillery, Houston, for the "parametric content control in a network security system." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2012 (13/459,957). 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=87,82,800.PN.&OS=PN/87,82,800&RS=PN/87,82,800 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, Marlborough, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,601) developed by Seokho Kang, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and Charlotte Cutler, Waltham, Massachusetts, for "methods of forming photolithographic patterns." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2011 (13/042,371). 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=8,778,601.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,601&RS=PN/8,778,601 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hollingsworth & Vose Assigned Patent for Flutable Fiber Webs with High Dust Holding Capacity ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Hollingsworth & Vose, East Walpole, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,046) developed by James M. Witsch, Saratoga Springs, New York, and Douglas M. Guimond, Pepperell, Massachusetts, for "flutable fiber webs with high dust holding capacity." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2013 (13/969,228). 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=8,778,046.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,046&RS=PN/8,778,046 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** EMC Assigned Patent for Selecting Iteration Schemes for Deduplication ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,388) developed by six co-inventors for "selecting iteration schemes for deduplication." The co-inventors are Richard Ruef, Santa Cruz, California, Joseph B. Shiimkus Jr., Framingham, Massachusetts, Xiangping Chen, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Matthew Long, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, Miles A. de Forest, Bahama, North Carolina, and Karl Owen, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2010 (12/893,865). 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=8775388.PN.&OS=PN/8775388&RS=PN/8775388 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,780,542) developed by Nader G. Dariavach, Middleborough, Massachusetts, Michael John Kozel, Upton, Massachusetts, and Jin Liang, Southborough, Massachusetts, for a "system and method for generating electricity from component waste heat." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2012 (13/436,907). 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=8,780,542.PN.&OS=PN/8,780,542&RS=PN/8,780,542 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,782,724) developed by Changqing Wang, Acton, Massachusetts, for a "user editable metadata for interactive television programs." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2009 (12/638,680). 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=8,782,724.PN.&OS=PN/8,782,724&RS=PN/8,782,724 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Analog Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,779,535) developed by Thomas M. Goida, Windham, New Hampshire, and Jicheng Yang, North Andover, Massachusetts, for a "packaged integrated device die between an external and internal housing." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2012 (13/420,354). 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=8,779,535.PN.&OS=PN/8,779,535&RS=PN/8,779,535 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Topokine Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Topokine Therapeutics, Newton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,981) developed by Murat V. Kalayoglu, Silver Spring, Maryland, and Michael S. Singer, Newton Centre, Massachusetts, for "methods and compositions for locally increasing body fat." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2013 (14/086,785). 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=8,778,981.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,981&RS=PN/8,778,981 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Enanta Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Watertown, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,938) developed by six co-inventors for the "hepatitis C virus inhibitors." The co-inventors are Yao-Ling Qiu, Andover, Massachusetts, Ce Wang, Beijing, Hui Cao, Belmont, Massachusetts, Xiaowen Peng, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Datong Tang, Newton, Massachusetts, and Yat Sun Or, Watertown, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on June 3, 2011 (13/152,377). 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=8,778,938.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,938&RS=PN/8,778,938 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Massachusetts Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften, Munich, have been assigned a patent (8,778,902) developed by Thomas Tuschl, Brooklyn, New York, Sayda Mahgoub Elbashir, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Winfried Lendeckel, Hohengandern, Germany, for "RNA interference mediating small RNA molecules." The patent application was filed on July 13, 2010 (12/835,086). 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=8,778,902.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,902&RS=PN/8,778,902 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** EMC Assigned Patent for Non-Disruptive Storage Device Migration in Failover Cluster ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,775,861) developed by four co-inventors for a "non-disruptive storage device migration in failover cluster environment." The co-inventors are Michael E. Bappe, Loveland, Colorado, Helen S. Raizen, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Cesareo Contreras, Northbridge, Massachusetts, and Edward L. Thigpen, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on June 28, 2012 (13/535,740). 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=8775861.PN.&OS=PN/8775861&RS=PN/8775861 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos.

*** Langer Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Langer Technologies, Framingham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,776,428) developed by Alexander G. Langer, Framingham, Massachusetts, for a fishing lure assembly.

The patent application was filed on July 30, 2012 (13/561,845). 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=8,776,428.PN.&OS=PN/8,776,428&RS=PN/8,776,428 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** University of Massachusetts Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- The University of Massachusetts, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,778,670) developed by Andrew H. Fischer, Stow, Massachusetts, for a "method and apparatus for preparing cells for microtome sectioning and archiving nucleic acids and proteins." The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2011 (13/239,444). 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=8,778,670.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,670&RS=PN/8,778,670 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hollingsworth & Vose Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Hollingsworth & Vose, East Walpole, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,047) developed by James M. Witsch, Saratoga Springs, New York, and Douglas M. Guimond, Pepperell, Massachusetts, for "flutable fiber webs with high dust holding capacity." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2013 (13/969,251). 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=8,778,047.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,047&RS=PN/8,778,047 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** ImaTx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- ImaTx, Bedford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,781,191) developed by four co-inventors for "methods for the compensation of imaging technique in the processing of radiographic images." The co-inventors are Philipp Lang, Lexington, Massachusetts, Daniel Steines, Lexington, Massachusetts, Siau-Way Liew, Pinole, California, and Rene Vargas-Voracek, Sunnyvale, California.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2012 (13/587,344). 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=8,781,191.PN.&OS=PN/8,781,191&RS=PN/8,781,191 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Celexion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Celexion, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,642) developed by Brian M. Baynes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and John Michael Geremia, Somerville, Massachusetts, for a "biological synthesis of difunctional alkanes from carbohydrate feedstocks." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2012 (13/487,780). 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=8,778,642.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,642&RS=PN/8,778,642 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,778,603) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for modifying substrate relief features using ion implantation." The co-inventors are Ludovic Godet, Boston, Patrick M. Martin, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Timothy J. Miller, Ipswich, Massachusetts, and Vikram Singh, North Andover, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on March 11, 2011 (13/046,136). 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=8,778,603.PN.&OS=PN/8,778,603&RS=PN/8,778,603 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent for Visual Voicemail Proxy Server ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been assigned a patent (8,781,079) developed by five co-inventors for a "visual voicemail proxy server." The co-inventors are Jack Jianxiu Hao, Lexington, Massachusetts, Dahai Ren, Waltham, Massachusetts, Shuai Wu, Waltham, Massachusetts, Diego Sebastian Rozensztejn, Brookline, Massachusetts, and Guillermo Ortiz, Brookline, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2009 (12/571,975). 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=8,781,079.PN.&OS=PN/8,781,079&RS=PN/8,781,079 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** EMC Assigned Patent for Techniques for Managing Placement of Extents Based on History of Active Extents ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,782,324) developed by Xiangping Chen, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and Philippe Armangau, Acton, Massachusetts, for the "techniques for managing placement of extents based on a history of active extents." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2012 (13/536,371). 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=87,82,324.PN.&OS=PN/87,82,324&RS=PN/87,82,324 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Isolynx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Isolynx, Haverhill, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,780,204) developed by Douglas J. DeAngelis, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Kirk M. Sigel, Ithaca, New York, and Edward G. Evansen, Walpole, Massachusetts, for "systems and methods for analyzing event data." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2011 (12/985,036). 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=8,780,204.PN.&OS=PN/8,780,204&RS=PN/8,780,204 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Millennial Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Millennial Media, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,774,777) developed by three co-inventors for a system "for targeting advertising content to a plurality of mobile communication facilities." The co-inventors are Jorey Ramer, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Adam Soroca, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Dennis Doughty, Brookline, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on April 29, 2013 (13/872,978). 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=8774777.PN.&OS=PN/8774777&RS=PN/8774777 Written by Marlyn Vitin.

*** Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,779,090) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and compositions for the treatment of heart failure and other disorders." The co-inventors are Daniel Zimmer, Somerville, Massachusetts, Angelika Fretzen, Somerville, Massachusetts, Mark Currie, Sterling, Massachusetts, and G. Todd Milne, Brookline, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2008 (12/528,737). 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=8,779,090.PN.&OS=PN/8,779,090&RS=PN/8,779,090 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Raytheon Assigned Patent for Cable Reel Axle Shaft with Integrated Radio Frequency Rotary Coupling ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 18 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,77 For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com.

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