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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (Nov. 4)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 4 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Using User Feedback ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,591) developed by six co-inventors for "[u]sing user feedback to improve search results." The co-inventors are James Dai, Redmond, Washington, Hugh J. Williams, Redmond, Washington, Saleel Sathe, Sammamish, Washington, Julia H. Farago, Seattle, Natala J. Menezes, Seattle, and Ramaz Naam, Seattle. The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2006 (11/342,606). 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=8874591.PN.&OS=PN/8874591&RS=PN/8874591 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Mobile Device Safe Driving ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,162) developed by seven co-inventors for "[m]obile device safe driving." The co-inventors are Joseph A. Schrader, Kirkland, Washington, Raman K. Sarin, Redmond, Washington, Shai Guday, Redmond, Washington, Joseph Spencer King, Seattle, Ted Tai-Yu Chen, Seattle, Sharad Agarwal, Seattle, and Joseph H. Matthews III, Woodinville, Washington. The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2012 (13/726,097). 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=8874162.PN.&OS=PN/8874162&RS=PN/8874162 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Relevant Advertisements ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,086) developed by three co-inventors for "[p]roviding relevant advertisements or other content based on a communications identifier." The co-inventors are Xuedong Huang, Bellevue, Washington, Milind V. Mahajan, Redmond, Washington, and Abhiram G. Khune, Sammamish, Washington. The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2008 (12/027,516). 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=8874086.PN.&OS=PN/8874086&RS=PN/8874086 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Outerwall Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Outerwall, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,467) developed by two co-inventors for "[m]obile commerce platforms and associated systems and methods for converting consumer coins, cash, and/or other forms of value for use with same." The co-inventors are Gregory Yahn, Renton, Washington, and Engle Saez, Seattle. The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2011 (13/304,254). 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=8874467.PN.&OS=PN/8874467&RS=PN/8874467 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Battelle Memorial Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, Washington, as been assigned a patent (8,874,571) developed by four co-inventors for "[t]ext analysis methods, text analysis apparatuses, and articles of manufacture." The co-inventors are Amanda M. White, Kennewick, Washington, Paul D. Whitney, Richland, Washington, Alan R. Willse, Richland, Washington, and Charles A. Lopresti, Richland, Washington. The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2006 (11/595,506). 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=8874571.PN.&OS=PN/8874571&RS=PN/8874571 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Dynamic Application Migration ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,875,160) developed by eight co-inventors for "dynamic application migration." The co-inventors are Galen C. Hunt, Bellevue, Washington, Reuben R. Olinsky, Seattle, Adam B. Anderson, Boston, Paul G. Mayfield, Alpine, Utah, William Street, Orem, Utah, Russell T. Young, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Barry Bond, Redmond, Washington, and Andrew A. Baumann, Redmond, Washington. The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2012 (13/345,031). 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=8875160.PN.&OS=PN/8875160&RS=PN/8875160 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Statistical Machine Translation Phase Tables Syntax-Based Augmentation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,433) developed by three co-inventors for "[s]yntax-based augmentation of statistical machine translation phrase tables." The co-inventors are Waleed Ammar, Redmond, Washington, Achraf Chalabi, Cairo, Egypt, and Mostafa Ashour, Cairo, Egypt. The patent application was filed on May 20, 2011 (13/112,266). 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=8874433.PN.&OS=PN/8874433&RS=PN/8874433 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Mobile Computing Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,366) developed by three co-inventors for a "mobile computing device." The co-inventors are Aarti Bharathan, Sunnyvale, California, Mudassir Alam, Redmond, Washington, and Chien-Wen Danny Su, Richmond Hill, British Columbia, Canada. The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2011 (13/288,784). 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=8874366.PN.&OS=PN/8874366&RS=PN/8874366 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Accurate Representation of Roadway Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,361) developed by two co-inventors for techniques and systems "for creating an accurate representation of a roadway network." The co-inventors are Lili Cao, Santa Barbara, California, and John Krumm, Redmond, Washington. The patent application was filed on May 27, 2009 (12/472,464). 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=8874361.PN.&OS=PN/8874361&RS=PN/8874361 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Computer Program Analysis Facilitation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,875,111) developed by two co-inventors for a system and method "for facilitating analysis and modification of a computer program." The co-inventors are Leon Dubinsky, Redmond, Washington, and John Lyon-Smith, Redmond, Washington. The patent application was filed on April 23, 2009 (12/428,489). 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=8875111.PN.&OS=PN/8875111&RS=PN/8875111 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Eden Rock Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Eden Rock Communications, Bothell, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,099) developed by four co-inventors for a method and apparatus "for measuring multi-cell data efficiency in link adaptive wireless networks." The co-inventors are Eamonn Gormley, Bothell, Washington, Chaz Immendorf, Bothell, Washington, Jeffrey Paul Harrang, Sammamish, Washington, and David James Ryan, Seattle. The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2013 (13/758,835). 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=8874099.PN.&OS=PN/8874099&RS=PN/8874099 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Amazon Technologies, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,874,620) developed by two co-inventors for "[d]ata transfer optimization." The co-inventors are Brandon A. Cook, Seattle, and Vincent M. Rohr, Woodinville, Washington. The patent application was filed on June 15, 2011 (13/161,385). 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=8874620.PN.&OS=PN/8874620&RS=PN/8874620 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Private Network Access ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,875,237) developed by two co-inventors for a "private network access using IPv6 tunneling." The co-inventors are Christopher J. Engdahl, Seattle, and Jeromy Statia, Duvall, Washington. The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/981,105). 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=8875237.PN.&OS=PN/8875237&RS=PN/8875237 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Video Delay for Language Translation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Amazon Technologies, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,874,429) developed by Jay A. Crosley, Redmond, Washington, for "[d]elay in video for language translation." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2012 (13/475,139). 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=8874429.PN.&OS=PN/8874429&RS=PN/8874429 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Parameter-sensitive Plans ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,547) developed by six co-inventors for "[p]arameter-sensitive plans." The co-inventors are Nimish S. Khanolkar, Bellevue, Washington, Pawel Terlecki, Bellevue, Washington, Cesar A. Galindo-Legaria, Redmond, Washington, Yavor V. Angelov, Redmond, Washington, Pooja N. Darera, Redmond, Washington, and Mostafa Elhemali, Seattle. The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2010 (12/651,634). 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=8874547.PN.&OS=PN/8874547&RS=PN/8874547 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Data Integration Solutions ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,622) developed by four co-inventors for "[f]lexible order of authoring for data integration solutions." The co-inventors are Cimarron S Ryan, Bellevue, Washington, Sergio Silveira Clemente Filho, Kirkland, Washington, Kevin Thomas Edward McGuire, Redmond, Washington, and Matthew Carroll, Seattle. The patent application was filed on March 28, 2011 (13/073,212). 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=8874622.PN.&OS=PN/8874622&RS=PN/8874622 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,425) developed by seven co-inventors for "[i]mplementing performance-dependent transfer or execution decisions from service emulation indications." The co-inventors are Alexander J. Cohen, Mill Valley, California, Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Massachusetts, Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Washington, John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Washington, Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Washington, Robert W. Lord, Seattle, and Mark A. Malamud, Seattle. The patent application was filed on June 28, 2007 (11/824,514). 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=8874425.PN.&OS=PN/8874425&RS=PN/8874425 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Reporting Including Filling Data Gaps ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,576) developed by three co-inventors for "[r]eporting including filling data gaps and handling uncategorized data." The co-inventors are Christopher A. Hays, Monroe, Washington, Fang Wang, Redmond, Washington, and Robert M. Bruckner, Redmond, Washington. The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2009 (12/394,066). 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=8874576.PN.&OS=PN/8874576&RS=PN/8874576 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,875,285) developed by two co-inventors for "executable code validation in a web browser." The co-inventors are David B. Cross, Redmond, Washington, and Kira Radinsky, Zichron Yaakov, Israel. The patent application was filed on March 24, 2010 (12/730,273). 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=8875285.PN.&OS=PN/8875285&RS=PN/8875285 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,661) developed by four co-inventors for a method and system "providing spectator information for a multimedia application." The co-inventors are Vipul V. Hingne, Redmond, Washington, Nicholas B. Wild, Seattle, Thomas A. Langan, Seattle, and Tian F. Lim, Seattle. The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2008 (12/187,467). 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=8874661.PN.&OS=PN/8874661&RS=PN/8874661 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Glitch Free Dynamic Video Ad Insertion ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,469) developed by two co-inventors for "[g]litch free dynamic video ad insertion." The co-inventors are Simon P. Atwell, Kirkland, Washington, and Derek H. Smith, Snohomish, Washington. The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2008 (12/039,041). 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=8874469.PN.&OS=PN/8874469&RS=PN/8874469 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Search Guided by Location and Context ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,592) developed by eight co-inventors for "[s]earch guided by location and context." The co-inventors are Oliver Hurst-Hiller, New York, Trenholme J. Griffin, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Gary W. Flake, Bellevue, Washington, Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, Washington, William H. Gates III, Medina, Washington, Kenneth A. Moss, Mercer Island, Washington, Joshua T. Goodman, Redmond, Washington, and Surajit Chaudhuri, Redmond, Washington. The patent application was filed on June 28, 2006 (11/427,287). 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=8874592.PN.&OS=PN/8874592&RS=PN/8874592 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Unsigned Content Execution ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,875,271) developed by four co-inventors for "executing unsigned content and securing access in a closed system." The co-inventors are Ronnie Donnel Yates, Jr., Bothell, Washington, Albert Sing Ho, Seattle, Thomas Wayne Miller Jr., Redmond, Washington, and Paul L. Bleisch, Sammamish, Washington. The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2006 (11/636,199). 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=8875271.PN.&OS=PN/8875271&RS=PN/8875271 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Appature Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Appature, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,874,460) developed by three co-inventors for "[h]ealthcare marketing data optimization system and method." The co-inventors are Christopher Hahn, Bellevue, Washington, Derek Slager, Issaquah, Washington, and Ken Harris, Seattle. The patent application was filed on June 10, 2011 (13/158,264). 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=8874460.PN.&OS=PN/8874460&RS=PN/8874460 Written by Niel Bautista, edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Login Constrain ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,875,258) developed by four co-inventors for "constraining a login to a subset of access rights." The co-inventors are John R. Michener, Sammamish, Washington, Niels T. Ferguson, Redmond, Washington, Carl M. Ellison, New York, Josh D. Benaloh, Redmond, Washington, and Brian A. LaMacchia, Seattle. The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2013 (13/769,767). 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=8875258.PN.&OS=PN/8875258&RS=PN/8875258 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Triggerable Task Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,875,157) developed by six co-inventors for a method of "managing a triggerable task in a cluster environment." The co-inventors are David A. Dion, Bothell, Washington, Lokesh S. Koppolu, Redmond, Washington, Symon Perriman, Seattle, Zongwei Sun, Redmond, Washington, Mykyta Synytskyy, Bellevue, Washington, and Maksym Yanchenko, Redmond, Washington. The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2011 (13/229,431). 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=8875157.PN.&OS=PN/8875157&RS=PN/8875157 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** OTL Dynamics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- OTL Dynamics, Vashon Island, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,869,412) developed by two co-inventors for "[w]ork-tool positioning system and method." The co-inventors are Richard S. Schubert, Vashon Island, Washington, and Robert P. Donker, Vashon Island, Washington. The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2012 (13/623,781). 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=8869412.PN.&OS=PN/8869412&RS=PN/8869412 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for System and Method Using Ink Usage Adjustment Values ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 4 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,870,318) developed by Huston W. Rice, Vancouver, Washington, David B. Novak, Philomath, Oregon, and Brian Woods, Leixlip, Ireland, for a "system and method using ink usage adjustment values." The patent application was filed on May 11, 2010 (13/697,121). 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=8,870,318.PN.&OS=PN/8,870,318&RS=PN/8,870,318 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Dynamic Color Separation at Digital Press ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 4 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,873,102) developed by four co-inventors for "dynamic color separation at a digital press." The co-inventors are Mary Nielsen, Boise, Idaho, Robert D. Walton, Santa Ana, California, Orhan E. Beckman, Vancouver, Washington, and Timothy E. Stefl, Littleton, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2005 (11/261,130). 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=88,73,102.PN.&OS=PN/88,73,102&RS=PN/88,73,102 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Enumerating Metadata in File System Directories ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 4 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,874,627) developed by Michael J. Callahan, Vancouver, Washington, and Samuel Revitch, Portland, Oregon, for "enumerating metadata in file system directories." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2008 (12/261,071). 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=88,74,627.PN.&OS=PN/88,74,627&RS=PN/88,74,627 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amgen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 4 -- Amgen, Thousand Oaks, California, has been assigned a patent (8,871,192) developed by five co-inventors for IL-1F8 polypeptides. The co-inventors are John E. Sims, Seattle, Blair R. Renshaw, Renton, Washington, Christopher Gabel, Seattle, Jennifer E. Towne, Seattle, and Randal R. Ketchem, Snohomish, Washington. The patent application was filed on June 11, 2013 (13/915,263). 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=8,871,192.PN.&OS=PN/8,871,192&RS=PN/8,871,192 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Cleaning of Fluid Ejection Assembly ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 4 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,870,344) developed by Scott Martin, Vancouver, Washington, Thomas M. Sabo, San Diego, and Christopher J. Arnold, Vancouver, Washington, for "cleaning of fluid ejection assembly." The patent application was filed on March 19, 2013 (13/847,041). 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=8,870,344.PN.&OS=PN/8,870,344&RS=PN/8,870,344 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Soft Token Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 4 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,875,263) developed by seven co-inventors for "controlling a soft token running within an electronic apparatus." The co-inventors are Marten van Dijk, Somerville, Massachusetts, Kevin D. Bowers, Melrose, Massachusetts, John G. Brainard, Sudbury, Massachusetts, Samuel Curry, Andover, Massachusetts, Sean P. Doyle, Edmonds, Washington, Michael J. O'Malley, Lowell, Massachusetts, and Nikolaos Triandopoulos, Arlington, Massachusetts. The patent application was filed on March 29, 2012 (13/434,272). 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=8875263.PN.&OS=PN/8875263&RS=PN/8875263 Written by Merly Lapig; edited by Marlyn Vitin. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Heating Resistor ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 4 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,870,351) developed by Peter Mardilovich, Corvallis, Oregon, Lawrence H. White, Corvallis, Oregon, and Erik D. Torniainen, Redmond, Washington, for a heating resistor. The patent application was filed on July 19, 2011 (14/118,699). 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=8,870,351.PN.&OS=PN/8,870,351&RS=PN/8,870,351 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** VideoIQ Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov 4 -- VideoIQ, Bedford, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,872,940) developed by two co-inventors for "[c]ontent aware storage of video data." The co-inventors are Mahesh Saptharishi, Waltham, Massachusetts, and Douglas H. Marman, Ridgefield, Washington. The patent application was filed on April 18, 2008 (12/105,871). 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=8872940.PN.&OS=PN/8872940&RS=PN/8872940 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Adaptix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 4 -- Adaptix, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,873,516) developed by Xiaodong Li, Bellevue, Washington, Hui Liu, Sammamish, Washington, and Wenzhong Zhang, Bellevue, Washington, for a "communication system using OFDM for one direction and DSSS for another direction." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2010 (12/905,884). 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=88,73,516.PN.&OS=PN/88,73,516&RS=PN/88,73,516 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. 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