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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (Feb. 8)
[February 08, 2013]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (Feb. 8)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Florida.

*** HomeRun Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- HomeRun Holdings, Pensacola, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,368,328) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method for operating a motorized roller shade." The co-inventors are Willis Jay Mullet, Gulf Breeze, Fla., Darrin W. Brunk, Pensacola, Fla., Christopher Lee Wysoczynski, Gulf Breeze, Fla., Harry Edward Asbury, Holt, Fla., Richard Scott Hand, Pace, Fla., Yan Rodriguez, Suwanee, Ga., and Benjamin Anthony Bruckner, Atlanta.



The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention advantageously provides methods for manually and/or remotely controlling a motorized roller shade that includes a shade attached to a shade tube, a DC gear motor disposed within the shade tube and a microcontroller. One method includes detecting a manual movement of the shade using a sensor, determining a displacement associated with the manual movement, and, if the displacement is less than a maximum displacement, moving the shade to a different position by energizing the DC gear motor to rotate the shade tube. Another method includes receiving a command from a remote control, and moving the shade to a position associated with the command by energizing the DC gear motor to rotate the shade tube." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2010 (12/711,193). 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=8,368,328&OS=8,368,328&RS=8,368,328 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Lutron Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Lutron Electronics, Coopersburg, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,368,307) developed by Audwin W. Cash, Port Saint Lucie, Fla., Christopher J. Rigatti, Pittsburgh, and Dragan Veskovic, Allentown, Pa., for a "method for replacing a load control device of a load control system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention regards a system and method for using a handheld programming device to configure a lighting control system wirelessly. In one embodiment, at least one device configured with a processing section is installed in the lighting control system. A communications receiver that is operable to receive a signal from the handheld programming device is also installed in the lighting control system, wherein the signal includes an instruction for configuring the lighting control system. Further, the signal is wirelessly sent from the handheld programming device to the communications receiver, and the instruction is transmitted from the communications receiver to a device in the system. The instruction functions to configure the lighting control system." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2010 (12/915,129). 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=8,368,307&OS=8,368,307&RS=8,368,307 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.


*** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Transmission Line Directional Awareness for a Charging Station ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,368,349) developed by James Zyren, Melbourne Beach, Fla., for a "transmission line directional awareness for a charging station." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Coupling a charging station to a power line segment that is terminated at a first end by a charging terminal includes: sensing a communication signal propagating on the power line and being coupled from multiple taps connected to the power line segment, and determining if the communication signal is propagating on the power line segment in the direction from the first end to a second end of the power line segment or in the direction from the second end to the first end." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2009 (12/421,452). 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=8,368,349&OS=8,368,349&RS=8,368,349 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** CSX Transportation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- CSX Transportation, Jacksonville, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,367,960) developed by Rod Keefe, Jacksonville, Fla., for a "process for rail restoration and rail manufacture using welding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for restoring a worn rail section includes cleaning a worn surface of a rail section to expose a clean metal surface, heating the rail section to a first temperature before welding, welding new metal on the clean metal surface of the rail section after heating the rail section to the first temperature, heating the rail section to a second temperature after the welding to heat-treat a heat-affected area caused by the welding, and shaping the rail section, wherein the welding is performed by a gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process." The patent application was filed on June 6, 2011 (13/154,036). 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=8,367,960&OS=8,367,960&RS=8,367,960 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,368,351) developed by James Zyren, Melbourne Beach, Fla., for a "transmission line directional awareness for a charging station." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for coupling a charging station to a power line segment that is terminated at a first end by a charging terminal are disclosed. The apparatus includes multiple taps coupled to the power line segment and circuitry coupled to the charging station and coupled to the multiple taps. The circuitry is configured to differentiate between communication signals propagating on the power line segment in the direction from the first end to a second end of the power line segment and communication signals propagating on the power line segment in the direction from the second end to the first end based at least in part on multiple measurements of respective phase shifts associated with different portions of a communication signal, each portion received over at least a first tap and a second tap." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2010 (12/821,903). 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=8,368,351&OS=8,368,351&RS=8,368,351 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Burkett Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Bob Burkett, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,368,240) developed by Bob Burkett, Fort Myers Beach, Fla., for a "roof installed wind turbine vent and solar panel electric power generation system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for generating electrical electricity use a wind turbine vent and an electrical generator operably coupled to the wind turbine for generating electricity from spinning of said wind turbine. An air flow guiding device extends between the wind turbine and a fan for guiding fan generated moving air between the wind turbine and fan. One or more solar panels for powering said fan are provided. When the system is installed on a building, the wind turbine turns as a result of outside wind, hot rising air escaping outside through the wind turbine vent, moving air generated by the fan powered by the solar panel, or a combination thereof, and thereby generates electricity. A solar battery can also be used for powering the fan. The system can be used to cool or heat the building while generating electricity." The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2009 (12/624,398). 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=8,368,240&OS=8,368,240&RS=8,368,240 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Intersil Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Intersil Americas, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,368,166) developed by Dev Alok Girdhar, Indialantic, Fla., and Michael David Church, Sebastian, Fla., for a "junction barrier Schottky diode." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A junction barrier Schottky diode has N-type well having a surface and first peak impurity concentration; P-type anode region in surface of the well having second peak impurity concentration; N-type cathode contact region in surface of the well and laterally spaced from a first wall of the anode region having third peak impurity concentration; and first N-type region in surface of the well and laterally spaced from second wall of the anode region having fourth impurity concentration. Center of the spaced region between the first N-type region and the second wall of the anode region has fifth peak impurity concentration. Ohmic contact is made to the anode region and cathode contact region. Schottky contact is made to the first N-type region. First and fifth peak impurity concentrations are less than the fourth peak impurity concentration. The fourth peak impurity concentration is less than the second and third peak impurity concentrations." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2010 (12/868,346). 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=8,368,166&OS=8,368,166&RS=8,368,166 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Nielsen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Nielsen, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,368,918) developed by Kevin Deng, Safety Harbor, Fla., and Alan Nguyen Bosworth, Odessa, Fla., for "methods and apparatus to identify images in print advertisements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus to methods and apparatus to identify images in print advertisements are disclosed. An example method comprises computing a first image feature vector for a first presented image, comparing the first image feature vector to a second image feature vector, and when the first image feature vector matches the second image feature vector, storing printed-media information associated with the first presented image in a database record associated with the second image feature vector." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2007 (11/855,768). 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=8,368,918&OS=8,368,918&RS=8,368,918 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** East-West Innovation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- East-West Innovation, Palm Harbor, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,368,428) developed by Deanne Tran Vo, Palm Harbor, Fla., and Thomas Jeffrey Bingel, Belleair Beach, Fla., for "systems and methods of integrated circuit clocking." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various systems and methods are provided for integrated circuit clocking. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit system includes a plurality of combinational logic groups, each combinational logic group having a propagation time; and means for delaying a synchronizing clock signal supplied to at least one of the plurality of combinational logic groups based upon a period of the synchronizing clock signal and the propagation time of the at least one combinational logic group. In another embodiment, a method includes delaying a clock signal to produce a delayed clock signal and communicating the clock signal and the delayed clock signal to separate groups of the combinational logic circuit during a clock cycle that results in a reduction in power consumption by the combinational logic circuit." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2011 (13/229,032). 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=8,368,428.PN.&OS=PN/8,368,428&RS=PN/8,368,428 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Harris Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Harris, Melbourne, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,369,377) developed by Alan J. Michaels, West Melbourne, Fla., and Chester B. David, Palm Bay, Fla., for "adaptive link communications using adaptive chaotic spread waveform." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems (100) and methods (700) for providing a communications link with a power-limited communication transmitter (102) positioned remotely from an intended receiver system (104). The methods involve channel encoding a carrier signal with data provided at the power-limited communication transmitter to form an information signal. The methods also involve generating a chaotic spreading sequence based on a chaotic number sequence. The chaotic spreading sequence has a magnitude that is constant and a variable arbitrary phase angle comprising phase values which are uniformly distributed over a predetermined range of angles. A spread spectrum signal is formed by multiplying the information signal by the chaotic spreading sequence. The spread spectrum signal has an adjustable amplitude characteristic and a zero autocorrelation. The spread spectrum signal is transmitted from the power-limited communication transmitter to the intended receiver system." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2009 (12/507,111). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,369,377.PN.&OS=PN/8,369,377&RS=PN/8,369, Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,368,649) developed by Andrew F. Hall, St. Charles, Mo., for a "control system for use within a sterile environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for controlling multiple computerized medical devices includes a passive sterile mouse and an active mouse-sensing base for sensing a position of the passive sterile mouse and generating a control signal for controlling at least one computerized medical device. A sterile mouse pad is selectively positioned over the active mouse sensing base for sealing the active mouse-sensing base thereunder. A multiplexer is coupled to the active mouse-sensing base for receiving the control signal and providing the control signal to the at least one computerized medical device enabling control of the at least one computerized medical device, within a sterile field during an interventional procedure." The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2009 (12/550,285). 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=8,368,649&OS=8,368,649&RS=8,368,649 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Intel Assigned Patent for Signaling for Wireless Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,369,277) developed by James A. Proctor Jr., Indiatlantic, Fla., for "signaling for wireless communications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communication system, such as a wireless CDMA system, detects markers with fewer errors by having field units transmit the markers at different power levels (e.g., 9 dB for one marker and 11 dB for another marker). The difference in power levels of the markers allows the base station to identify the request markers using alternative criteria with a low probability of error, where the alternative criteria may include comparing the markers to respective energy level thresholds, monitoring occupancy of time slots, occupancy of mutually exclusive code channels, or combinations thereof. For example, in one particular embodiment, a request marker, which is generally a high priority marker, is transmitted with higher power, which improves the probability of detection and reduces the probability of false detection of the request marker." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2012 (13/418,517). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,369,277.PN.&OS=PN/8,369,277&RS=PN/8,369,277 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Harris Assigned Patent for Bit Error Rate Reduction in Chaotic Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Harris, Melbourne, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,369,376) developed by Alan J. Michaels, West Melbourne, Fla., and Chester B. David, Palm Bay, Fla., for a "bit error rate reduction in chaotic communications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for chaotic sequence spread spectrum communications includes a transmitter (402) for transmitting information symbols using a chaotic sequence of chips generated at the transmitter, the information symbols having a duration of transmission based on a threshold symbol energy value and the chips. The system also includes a receiver (404) for extracting the information symbols from the transmitted signal using a chaotic sequence of chips generated at the receiver and the threshold symbol energy value. In the system, the chips generated at the transmitter and the receiver are identical and synchronized in time, where the duration of transmission of the information symbols in the carrier is a total duration of a selected number of the chips used for transmitting, and where the number of the chips is selected for the information symbols to provide a total chip energy greater than or equal to the threshold symbol energy value." The patent application was filed on July 1, 2009 (12/496,183). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,369,376.PN.&OS=PN/8,369,376&RS=PN/8,369,376 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Harris Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- Harris, Melbourne, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,368,608) developed by Francis Eugene Parsche, Palm Bay, Fla., for a "circularly polarized loop reflector antenna and associated methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The antenna may include a planar reflector having a plurality of loop electrical conductors defining an array of parasitically drivable antenna elements, and a circularly polarized antenna feed spaced from the planar reflector to parasitically drive the array of parasitically drivable antenna elements and impart a traveling wave current distribution therein. The antenna may have properties that are hybrid between parabolic reflectors and driven arrays, providing a relatively compact circularly polarized antenna capable of having low wind load. Closed circuit or loop elements may provide increased gain over antennas using dipole turnstile reflector elements." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2008 (12/110,617). 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=8,368,608.PN.&OS=PN/8,368,608&RS=PN/8,368,608 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** E.O. Communication Fund Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8 -- E.O. Communication Fund, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,369,263) developed by Eric Morgan Dowling, Holmes Beach, Fla., Duncan Leo MacFarlane, Dallas, and Mark Nicholas Anastasi, Highland Village, Texas, for a "geographical web browser, methods, apparatus and systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A geographical web browser allows a user to navigate a network application such as the Word Wide Web by physically navigating in geographical coordinates. For example, a geographical web browser is implemented in a mobile unit such as a dashboard computer. The mobile unit includes one or more transducers such as antennas and is operative to receive locally broadcast signals or to operate a global positioning system (GPS) receiver. As the mobile unit navigates into different physical localities, different web pages are displayed by the geographical web browser. For example, a user desiring to buy a house can set the web browser to a real estate web page. Instead of clicking on a hyperlink to access web pages of properties in an area, the user drives into a first area and automatically receives web pages relating to homes in that area. When the mobile unit crosses town and enters a second area, a new set of web pages is downloaded relating to properties in the second area. The geographical web browser, methods, apparatus and systems disclosed herein enable improved road-navigation and traffic management, advertisement, and related services." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2007 (11/822,451). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,369,263.PN.&OS=PN/8,369,263&RS=PN/8,369,263 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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