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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (Jan. 10)
[January 10, 2013]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (Jan. 10)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Jersey.

*** NEC Laboratories America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,352,222) developed by Sriram Sankaranarayanan, Plainsboro, N.J., and Franjo Ivancic, Princeton, N.J., for "methods and systems for efficient analysis of hybrid systems using template polyhedra." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In accordance with aspects of the present principles, an over-approximation of reachable states of a hybrid system may be determined by utilizing template polyhedra. Policy iteration may be utilized to obtain an over-approximation of reachable states in the form of a relaxed invariant based upon template polyhedra expressions. The relaxed invariant may be used to construct a flowpipe to refine the over-approximation and thereby determine the reachable states of the hybrid system." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2008 (12/236,071). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,352,222&OS=8,352,222&RS=8,352,222 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.



*** ExxonMobil Upstream Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- ExxonMobil Upstream Research, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,352,228) developed by five co-inventors for a "method for predicting petroleum expulsion." The co-inventors are Clifford C. Walters, Milford, N.J., Howard Freund, Neshanic Station, N.J., Simon R. Kelemen, Annandale, N.J., Mehmet Deniz Ertas, Bethlehem, Pa., and William Symington, Houston.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for predicting petroleum production is provided. An exemplary embodiment of The computer-implemented comprises computing a first approximation of an amount of generated petroleum that is retained with a complex organic product using a Threshold and a Maximum Retention value. The exemplary method also comprises revising the first approximation by approximating a process of chemical fractionation using at least one partition factor to create a revised approximation and predicting petroleum production based on the revised approximation." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2009 (12/571,937). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,352,228&OS=8,352,228&RS=8,352,228 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.


*** Honeywell International Assigned Patent for System, Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Improved Engine Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,352,152) developed by Nicolas Serres, Morristown, N.J., for a "system, method, apparatus and computer program product for providing improved engine control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for providing an antisurge operating mode for a turbocharged engine may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive indications of engine operating parameters and engine accelerator pedal position, determine whether the received indications correspond to antisurge mode activation conditions, and, in response to a determination that the received indications correspond to antisurge mode activation conditions, initiate control of selected engine components by directing the selected engine components to operate based on stored engine operating parameters recorded a predetermined time prior to the determination." The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2009 (12/368,467). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,352,152&OS=8,352,152&RS=8,352,152 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Siemens Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Identifying PCR Primers Specific to One or More Target Genomes ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- Siemens, Iselin, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,352,195) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and systems for identifying PCR primers specific to one or more target genomes." The co-inventors are Lance E. Palmer, Plainsboro, N.J., Daniel Fasulo, Madison, Conn., Lujia Chen, Princeton Junction, N.J., and Gayle M. Wittenberg, Plainsboro, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for identifying a primer pair for polymerase chain reaction specific to one or more target genomes. Methods and systems of the present disclosure can be used to identify primers that can distinguish between target genomes and closely related non-target genomes." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2010 (12/702,669). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,352,195&OS=8,352,195&RS=8,352,195 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,351,461) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for network based fixed mobile convergence." The co-inventors are Dennis Duffy, Decatur, Ga., Daniel Guyette, Hartford, Wis., Myranda Johnson, Smyrna, Ga., Stephanie P. Parlamas, Colts Neck, N.J., and Steven A. Siegel, Mendham, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for providing a network based Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) service are disclosed. For example, the method receives a NB-FMC call request originating from a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) NB-FMC endpoint device or a non-SIP NB-FMC endpoint device, and processes the NB-FMC call request using a single hosted NB-FMC Application Server (AS)." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2009 (12/611,891). 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=83,51,461.PN.&OS=PN/83,51,461&RS=PN/83,51,461 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Signaling Beacons in a Communication System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,351,405) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for signaling beacons in a communication system." The co-inventors are Junyi Li, Bedminster, N.J., Vladimir Parizhisky, New York, Alexander Leonidov, Somerset, N.J., and Thomas J. Richardson, South Orange, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for improved beacon signaling in a wireless communication system are described. Information is encoded in the tone position of the beacon tone. The information encoded may include sector type, sector index and slope index, as well as some time index. The information is coded in the tone position so that any few of several beacons can be decoded in order to decode the information. The methods and apparatus described in the invention improve the robustness against frequency selective fading and do not require wireless terminals to establish synchronization for reliable base station detection." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2006 (11/486,653). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,51,405.PN.&OS=PN/83,51,405&RS=PN/83,51,405 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,351,441) developed by six co-inventors for "personalized multimedia services using a mobile service platform." The co-inventors are Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Bridgewater, N.J., Huale Huang, Kearny, N.J., Rittwik Jana, Pinebrook, N.J., Sam John, Atlanta, Serban Jora, Hackettstown, N.J., and Bin Wei, Bridgewater, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for providing multimedia data from at least one controllable multimedia source to a mobile device includes providing a request path from the mobile device to a mobile service platform, receiving a request from the mobile device, obtaining a device profile from the mobile device, authenticating the identity of a user of the mobile device, and determining a user profile in response to the user identity. The method further includes authorizing control and access to the at least one multimedia source, providing a control channel from the mobile service platform to at least one multimedia server, providing multimedia data delivery information to the at least one multimedia server, and providing multimedia data to the mobile device in response to the request via the at least one multimedia server." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2009 (12/456,801). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,51,441.PN.&OS=PN/83,51,441&RS=PN/83,51,441 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Telcordia Technologies, Toyota InfoTechnology Center USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway, N.J., and Toyota InfoTechnology Center USA, Palo Alto, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,351,417) developed by five co-inventors for "methods for efficient organization of vehicle peer groups and efficient V2R communications." The co-inventors are Wai Chen, Parsippany, N.J., Taek Jin Kwon, Morganville, N.J., John Lee, Howell, N.J., Ryokichi Onishi, Jersey City, N.J., and Toshiro Hikita, Tama, Japan.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides methods for efficient control message distribution in a VANET. Efficient flooding mechanisms are provided to fulfill the objective of flooding (delivering a message to every connected node) with a limited number of re-broadcasting by selected key nodes. A suppression-based efficient flooding mechanism utilizes a Light Suppression (LS) technique to reduce the number of flooding relays by giving up the broadcasting of a flooding message when a node observes downstream relay of the same flooding message. Additionally, a relay-node based efficient flooding mechanism selects Relay Nodes (RN) to form an efficient flooding tree for control message delivery. RNs are nodes that relay at least one control message, for instance a Membership Report (MR) to the upstream node in "k" previous control message cycles The upstream node may be the group header (GH) for the LPG." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2008 (12/120,330). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,51,417.PN.&OS=PN/83,51,417&RS=PN/83,51,417 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Thorlabs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- Thorlabs, Newton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,351,474) developed by four co-inventors for a "compact multimode laser with rapid wavelength scanning." The co-inventors are Alex Ezra Cable, Newton, N.J., Johan Michael Larsson, Gothenburg, Sweden, Lars Goran Sandstrom, Askim, Sweden, and Bengt Kleman, Gothenburg, Sweden.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In accordance with the present invention, a compact laser system with nearly continuous wavelength scanning is presented. In some embodiments, the compact laser system can be scanned over a broad range. In some embodiments, the compact laser system can be scanned at high scan rates. In some embodiments, the compact laser system can have a variable coherence length. In particular, embodiments with wavelength scanning over 140 nm with continuously variable scan rates of up to about 1 nm/.mu.s, and discrete increase in scan rates up to about 10 nm/.mu.s, and variable coherence lengths of from 1 mm to about 30 mm can be achieved." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2010 (12/909,381). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,51,474.PN.&OS=PN/83,51,474&RS=PN/83,51,474 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Method for Applying Macro-controls onto IP Networks Using Intelligent Route Indexing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,351,435) developed by five co-inventors for a "method for applying macro-controls onto IP networks using intelligent route indexing." The co-inventors are John Mulligan, Brick, N.J., Han Q. Nguyen, Marlboro, N.J., Samir Saad, Ocean, N.J., Jacobus Van Der Merwe, New Providence, N.J., and Simon Zelingher, Morganville, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are described that manage routing information in an IP network using extensible indexing and use the indexing to control the network. The indexing and associated controls apply to any router within the routing domain." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2011 (13/033,694). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,51,435.PN.&OS=PN/83,51,435&RS=PN/83,51,435 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Monitoring Right Ventricular Hemodynamic Function During Pacing Optimization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,352,032) developed by five co-inventors for a "monitoring right ventricular hemodynamic function during pacing optimization." The co-inventors are Abhilash Patangay, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., Barun Maskara, Blaine, Minn., Jonathan Kwok, Denville, N.J., Jiang Ding, Shoreview, Minn., and Yinghong Yu, Shoreview, Minn.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and systems related to monitoring right ventricular function during pacing by a cardiac rhythm management device are described. One or more pacing parameters are selected to provide cardiac resynchronization therapy. For example, the one or more pacing parameters may be selected to provide an optimal or improved therapy. The heart is paced using the selected pacing parameters. While pacing with the selected parameters, pressure is sensed via a pressure sensor disposed the pulmonary artery. The sensed pressure is analyzed to determine right ventricular function achieved during the pacing using the selected pacing parameters. A signal, such as an alert signal or control signal, is generated based on the right ventricular function achieved during the pacing." The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2008 (12/235,220). 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=8,352,032.PN.&OS=PN/8,352,032&RS=PN/8,352,032 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** iBiquity Digital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- iBiquity Digital, Columbia, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,351,843) developed by six co-inventors for a "digital radio broadcast receiver, broadcasting methods and methods for tagging content of interest." The co-inventors are Robert Michael Dillon, Basking Ridge, N.J., Harvey Chalmers, Rockville, Md., Thomas Joseph O'Brien, Allentown, Pa., Gregory Nungester, Titusville, N.J., Rodney Bernard Burke, Catonsville, Md., and Joseph F. D'Angelo, Bedminster, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for specifying content of interest using a digital radio broadcast receiver is described. A digital radio broadcast signal includes first audio content and first program data, wherein the first program data includes information identifying a first item, and includes second audio content and second program data, wherein the second program data includes information identifying a second item. A user command entered at a user interface during reception of audio content is registered, indicating a user's interest in either the first or second audio content. It is determined whether there is an ambiguity in the content of interest. If there is an ambiguity, a first data structure is stored for the first audio content, and a second data structure is stored for the second audio content. The first data structure includes the information identifying the first item, and the second data structure includes the information identifying the second item." The patent application was filed on Sept. 4, 2007 (11/896,565). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,351,843&OS=8,351,843&RS=8,351,843 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Telcordia Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,351,799) developed by five co-inventors for a "multiscale sampling for wide dynamic range electro-optic receivers." The co-inventors are Thomas Banwell, Howell, N.J., Anjali Agarwal, Matawan, N.J., Janet Jackel, Holmdel, N.J., Paul Toliver, Tinton Falls, N.J., and Ted K. Woodward, Holmdel, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for multiscale sampling for wide dynamic range electro-optic receivers is presented. The method comprises obtaining a signal, reproducing the signal into first and second signals, scaling one signal with respect to the other, modulating both signals with the same modulation function, and utilizing the resulting vector response function to invert the response of the link over a greater dynamic range than would otherwise be possible with a single instance of the modulated signal. The sealed modulation response may be obtained by splitting the signal into two polarizations and utilizing a modulator having different response for the two polarizations, or by utilizing two modulators." The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2009 (12/573,996). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,351,799&OS=8,351,799&RS=8,351,799 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,351,788) developed by Mark D. Feuer, Colts Neck, N.J., and Vinay Anant Vaishampayan, Summit, N.J., for a "digital light path labeling system with dual polarization quaternary phase-shift keying modulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for encoding and determining labels in a Dual Polarization (DP) Quaternary Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) signal is provided. A label frame, signature sequence, and data payload are combined using a complementary constant-weight code encoding (CCWC) encoder, the output of which is deinterleaved and differentially precoded to generate a polarized tributary of a DP-QPSK signal. This encoding can be duplicated for a second tributary of the DP-QPSK signal. The label can be determined using one or more polarizers and corresponding low-speed photodetectors, each applied to a copy of the DP-QPSK signal. The strongest output of the photodetectors is then used to determine the label. Alternatively, the DP-QPSK signal can be viewed as having XI, XQ, PH, and PV tributaries. These tributaries can then be translated into XI, XQ, YI, and YQ tributaries are encoded into a standard DP-QPSK signal." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2010 (12/836,339). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,351,788&OS=8,351,788&RS=8,351,788 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Futurewei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- Futurewei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,351,787) developed by Yuanqiu Luo, Cranbury, N.J., and Frank J. Effenberger, Freehold, N.J., for a "field framing with built-in information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus comprising a frame alignment processor coupled to a receiver, wherein the frame alignment processor is configured to align a first frame and a second frame in the receiver by matching a first synchronization (sync) pattern predicted using a first sync field in the first frame with a second sync pattern obtained from a second sync field in the second frame. Included is an apparatus comprising at least one component configured to implement a method comprising receiving a first frame, subsequently receiving a second frame that was transmitted after the first frame, predicting a first sync pattern from a first sync field in the first frame, obtaining a second sync pattern from a second sync field in the second frame, and determining that the first frame and the second frame are aligned when the first sync pattern matches the second sync pattern." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2010 (12/683,330). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,351,787&OS=8,351,787&RS=8,351,787 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Nistica Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- Nistica, Bridgewater, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,351,789) developed by Jefferson L. Wagener, New Hope, Pa., and Thomas Andrew Strasser, Warren, N.J., for a "high resolution digital optical encoder/decoder." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A programmable encoder is provided that includes at least one optical input for receiving a modulated broadband optical signal and at least one optical output. A dispersion element receives the optical signal from the optical input and spatially separates the optical signal into a plurality of wavelength components. A collimating element is provided for collimating the plurality of wavelength components. An actuatable optical arrangement receives the collimated plurality of wavelength components from the collimating element. The actuatable optical arrangement includes a digital micromirror device (DMd. from which a programmably selected subset of wavelength components are reflected at least twice before being directed to a selected one of optical outputs to thereby encode the CDMA signal." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2007 (11/781,940). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,351,789&OS=8,351,789&RS=8,351,789 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Ethicon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- Ethicon, Somerville, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,352,026) developed by Anthony DiUbaldi, Jackson, N.J., for an "implantable pulse generators and methods for selective nerve stimulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An Implantable Pulse Generator (IPG) includes a surgically implantable housing, a battery, a first waveform generator, a second waveform generator, a modulator, and electrodes. The IPG produces a pulse envelope, a carrier waveform, and a modulated waveform. The pulse envelope is a low frequency waveform with specific pulse width, amplitude and shape to selectively stimulate a target nerve or body part. The carrier waveform is a high frequency waveform with properties such as amplitude, frequency and the like chosen so as to overcome tissue impedance and the stimulation threshold of the target nerve. The modulated waveform is the waveform obtained by modulating the carrier waveform by the pulse envelope." The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2007 (11/866,588). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,352,026.PN.&OS=PN/8,352,026&RS=PN/8,352,026 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** New Jersey Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,351,786) developed by Nirwan Ansari, Montville, N.J., and Jingjing Zhang, Kearny, N.J., for "maximizing capacity of wavelength division multiplexing passive optical networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Technologies are generally described for substantially maximizing capacity in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) passive optical network (PON). An "achievable rate region" may be defined as a set containing admissible traffic rates of a given WDM PON system such that a volume of an achievable rate region is proportional to a capacity of the network. Deriving the achievable rate region for a particular network, decisions may be made whether incoming traffic rate can or cannot be achieved for that network. Moreover, the achievable rate region may be used to construct a WDM PON utilizing a minimum number of wavelengths, a minimum number of lasers with narrowest tuning ranges, and a minimum number of receivers, thereby reducing a capital expenditure in building the PON system." The patent application was filed on March 12, 2010 (12/723,578). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,351,786&OS=8,351,786&RS=8,351,786 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Analog Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,351,632) developed by Kieran P. Harney, Andover, Mass., Jason Weigold, Somerville, Mass., and Gary Elko, Summit, N.J., for a "noise mitigating microphone system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A microphone system has a base coupled with first and second microphone apparatuses. The first microphone apparatus is capable of producing a first output signal having a noise component, while the second microphone apparatus is capable of producing a second output signal. The first microphone apparatus may have a first back-side cavity and the second microphone may have a second back-side cavity. The first and second back-side cavities may be fluidly unconnected. The system also has combining logic operatively coupled with the first microphone apparatus and the second microphone apparatus. The combining logic uses the second output signal to remove at least a portion of the noise component from the first output signal." The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2009 (12/546,073). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,351,632&OS=8,351,632&RS=8,351,632 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Ikanos Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- Ikanos Communications, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,351,598) developed by Kunal Raheja, Noida, India, and Patrick Duvaut, Tinton Falls, N.J., for a "crosstalk recognition in presence of radio frequency interference." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Crosstalk interference induced by the adjacent pairs is one of the major performance limiting factors of DSL systems. As there is a rapid increase in the deployment of DSL services worldwide, the need to provide information about noise related parameters to the operators and the service providers is of utmost importance. Satisfying such a need enables operators to anticipate the line capacity and understand the noise level characteristics of the loop environment. Specifically, crosstalk and more particularly upstream near end crosstalk (NEXT) in the presence of narrowband interference can be classified to isolate the particular service type causing the upstream NEXT. The identification of the service type of the upstream NEXT would enable operators to address the disturber." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2008 (12/109,566). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,351,598&OS=8,351,598&RS=8,351,598 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Futurewei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- Futurewei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,351,785) developed by Yuanqiu Luo, Cranbury, N.J., and Frank J. Effenberger, Freehold, N.J., for a "gigabit passive optical network transmission convergence extension for next generation access." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus comprising a data framer configured to frame a data stream into a plurality of frames each comprising a plurality of fields sized to align the frames with a word boundary greater than or equal to about four bytes long, and an optical transmitter coupled to the data framer and configured to transmit the frames. Included is an apparatus comprising at least one component configured to implement a method comprising encapsulating a data stream with at least one Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) Encapsulation Method (GEM) payload aligned with a word boundary at least about four bytes long, encapsulating the GEM payload with a GPON Transmission Convergence (GTC) frame aligned with the word boundary, and transmitting the GTC frame." The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2009 (12/355,837). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,351,785&OS=8,351,785&RS=8,351,785 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for System and Method to Assign a Digital Image to a Face Cluster ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,351,661) developed by Lee Begeja, Gillette, N.J., and Zhu Liu, Marlboro, N.J., for a "system and method to assign a digital image to a face cluster." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer implemented method includes accessing a digital image including a plurality of faces including a first face and a second face. The computer implemented method includes identifying a plurality of identification regions of the digital image including a first identification region associated with the first face and a second identification region associated with the second face. The computer implemented method also includes assigning the digital image to a first face cluster of a plurality of face clusters when a difference between data descriptive of the first identification region and data descriptive of a face cluster identification region of the first face cluster satisfies a threshold. The computer implemented method further includes assigning the digital image to a second face cluster of the plurality of face clusters based at least partially on a probability of the second face and the first face appearing together in an image." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2009 (12/629,215). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,351,661&OS=8,351,661&RS=8,351,661 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** University of Southern California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10 -- The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,351,649) developed by Gerard Medioni, Los Angeles, Qian Yu, Plainsboro, N.J., and Thang Ba Dinh, Los Angeles, for a "video feed target tracking." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Technologies for object tracking can include accessing a video feed that captures an object in at least a portion of the video feed; operating a generative tracker to capture appearance variations of the object operating a discriminative tracker to discriminate the object from the object's background, where operating the discriminative tracker can include using a sliding window to process data from the video feed, and advancing the sliding window to focus the discriminative tracker on recent appearance variations of the object; training the generative tracker and the discriminative tracker based on the video feed, where the training can include updating the generative tracker based on an output of the discriminative tracker, and updating the discriminative tracker based on an output of the generative tracker; and tracking the object with information based on an output from the generative tracker and an output from the discriminative tracker." The patent application was filed on April 1, 2009 (12/416,913). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,351,649&OS=8,351,649&RS=8,351,649 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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