Patents Represented by Attorney McAndrews, Held & Malloy

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  • Image sensor and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8203194
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. A metal wiring consisting of a lower metal wiring, an upper metal wiring, and a plug connecting the lower and upper metal wirings, in which the lower and upper metal wiring are made of a transparent conductive film pattern, is formed on a substrate with devices formed thereon, the devices including a photodiode and gate electrodes. Then, a passivation film, a color filter, and a microlens are sequentially formed on the metal wiring. All or a portion of the metal wiring is formed in a transparent conductive film pattern. As such, the metal wiring is formed on the photodiode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Hee Jeen Kim
  • Apparatus and method for improving image quality of image sensor
    Patent number: 8199216
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for improving an image quality of an image sensor, capable of adaptively removing noise occurring in a de-mosaicking that is performed for generating three-channel data of R, G and B from a single channel pixel structure based on a bayer pattern. The apparatus includes a first converting unit for converting RGB color data into a YCbCr color data, the RGB color data being obtained from bayer data through a de-mosaicking, a noise removal unit for removing noise from a Cb and a Cr color data outputted from the first converting unit, and a second converting unit for converting the Cb and the Cr color data from the noise removal unit and a Y data from the first converting unit into the RGB color data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Sung-Hyun Hwang
  • Use of an EGFR antagonist for the treatment of glomerolonephritis
    Patent number: 8198266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to uses, methods and compositions for treating immune-mediated glomerulonephritis, such as crescentic glomerulonephritis. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of an EFGR antagonist or of an inhibitor of EGFR or HB-EGF expression for the treatment of said diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: INSERM (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale)
    Inventors: Pierre Louis Tharaux, Martin Flamant
  • Self-calibrating gain control system
    Patent number: 8198940
    Abstract: A circuit for self-calibrating a gain control system samples the output of a digital amplifier coupled in series with one or more analog amplifiers to correct errors in a discrete stepped gain control. A digital gain control circuit controls both the digital amplifier and at least one analog amplifier to produce a smooth linear and continuous gain, wherein perturbations in the digital control of gain are smoothed by a signal applied to gain control circuit by a gain step correction circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.
    Inventors: James Qiu, Sridhar Ramesh
  • System and method for 3D graphical prescription of a medical imaging volume
    Patent number: 8199168
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system for three-dimensional graphical prescription of an imaging volume including a user interface component, a reference image, and a three-dimensional representation of the imaging volume. The user interface component includes a display. The reference image is presented on the display. The representation of the imaging volume is presented on the display. The representation of the imaging volume is overlaid at least in part on the reference image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Patrick Michael Virtue
  • Trophic factor for the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases
    Patent number: 8193153
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods and compositions for detection and treatment of retinal degenerative diseases. In particular, the invention relates to polypeptides that can protect against cone degeneration, nucleic acid molecules that encode such polypeptides, and antibodies that recognize said polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: INSERM (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale)
    Inventors: Thierry Leveillard, Jose-Alain Sahel, Valerie Fontaine
  • Gaming machine with gamble option
    Patent number: 8192274
    Abstract: A gaming machine provides a plurality of game levels, each level providing a plurality of symbols selectable by the player. A value associated with a selected symbol is used to calculate a winning value. The player may choose either the winning value or else play the next level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventor: Nick Graham Roach
  • Questionnaire server capable of providing questionnaires based on device capabilities
    Patent number: 8195749
    Abstract: A mobile device or a sender's PC, notebook, PDA or laptop creates questionnaires and sends it to other recipient devices. The questionnaire is created by user of mobile device using audio inputs for a questionnaire preamble and for preambles for a question. A server in the network incorporates other generic portions of the questionnaire. It collates results received and send it to user who made/sent the questionnaire. Thus, a user can make adhoc questionnaires, send them to recipients and receive the results. This makes it easy for a user to create, disseminate, conduct questionnaires or surveys on mobile handsets and to collect results for processing and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Inventor: Bindu Rama Rao
  • Method and system for transparency adjustment and occlusion resolution for urban landscape visualization
    Patent number: 8194972
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments of the present invention, a graphical presentation is generated from a data representation. A transparency lens is applied to reveal a region-of-interest within an original image. The region-of-interest is occluded by an occluding portion of the original image. The transparency lens includes a focal region having a transparency to reduce occlusion of the region-of-interest by the occluding portion. The transparency lens also includes a shoulder region between the focal region and a foreground of the original image. The shoulder region has decreasing transparency from the focal region to the foreground. In an embodiment, occluding portion is sliced into slices normal to a depth axis of the original image. Transparencies are applied to the slices as a function of depth of the slices to form the shoulder region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Noregin Assets, N.V., L.L.C.
    Inventor: Mark H. A. Tigges
  • Method for displaying a package assembly into a tray
    Patent number: 8186133
    Abstract: A packaging assembly having an open design for displaying a product is provided. The packaging assembly is configured for storage and display in high density arrays of packaging assemblies, such as storage in pallets, and is configured to display visual information to a user from any perspective, even when the packaging assembly is packed in high density arrays of packaging assemblies. The packaging assembly includes an inner portion designed to contain a product and a housing designed to house the inner portion, wherein the inner portion includes a substantially transparent cover that facilitates display of the product. The packaging assembly includes an outer portion having a three dimensional window box frame, wherein portions of the window box frame are configured to couple to flanges provided on the inner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: VTech Telecommunications Limited
    Inventor: Thomas M. Bacon
  • Gaming system and a method of gaming
    Patent number: 8187080
    Abstract: A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols for display in a display area at a plurality of display positions, an outcome evaluator arranged to evaluate a game outcome based on the selected symbols and to identify a scatter outcome when a plurality of special symbols are disposed in the display area at any display position, and a prize allocator. The prize allocator is arranged to allocate a prize to a player when a scatter outcome exists and to determine the prize awarded to a player using the plurality of special symbols. A corresponding method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventor: Scott Sims
  • CMOS image sensor with wide dynamic range
    Patent number: 8188524
    Abstract: The present invention relates a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor capable of improving dynamic range by using an additional driver transistor. The CMOS image sensor according to the present invention has a pixel array which has a plurality of unit pixels each of which includes a photodiode and a fist transistor to act as a source follower buffer amplifier to amplify photogenerated charges accumulated in the photodiode. Also, the CMOS image sensor includes a second transistor for a buffer amplifier to amplify and output a gate input voltage in the unit pixel, wherein an output signal of the first transistor is applied to a gate of the second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Won-Ho Lee
  • Instant lottery game
    Patent number: 8187072
    Abstract: An instant lottery game system (10) includes a game play defining element (12). A symbol display zone (14) is carried on the game play defining element (12), the symbol display zone (14) containing a plurality of symbols related to gaming machine games. A masking medium (20) covers the symbols of the symbol display zone (14) prior to use. A symbol interpretation zone (16) is also carried on the game play defining element (12), the symbol interpretation zone (16) carrying a plurality of indicia with the indicia being used in interpreting symbols revealed after removal of the masking medium (20) to determine a prize outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Roxanne Costello, Philippa Graham, Colin Fong, Natalie Bryant, Nicholas Luke Bennett
  • Gaming system and a method of gaming
    Patent number: 8187081
    Abstract: A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols for display at a corresponding plurality of display positions, an outcome evaluator arranged to determine whether the selected symbols correspond to a winning symbol combination by evaluating symbols disposed in defined win lines, and a prize allocator arranged to allocate a prize to a player when a winning symbol combination exists in a defined win line. At least one display position is of different size to at least one other display position and the defined win lines are dependent on the respective sizes of and locations of the display positions. A corresponding method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventor: Michael A. Shai-Hee
  • Jackpot server, a method of processing a jackpot win and a gaming system
    Patent number: 8182337
    Abstract: A method of processing a jackpot win in a gaming network comprising: providing a jackpot server: receiving jackpot claim data at the jackpot server; locking a jackpot record corresponding to the jackpot claim data; aggregating any outstanding jackpot contributions for the jackpot record from contributing parts of the gaming network to form a prize; and communicating prize data corresponding to the prize to a network destination identified by the jackpot claim data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: ACEI AB
    Inventors: Ulf Abrink, Sven Hakan Andersson
  • One-size-fits-most hearing aid
    Patent number: 8184839
    Abstract: A hearing-aid device comprising a housing and circuitry module, wherein the circuitry module comprises a battery, a microphone, and a receiver, and the circuit module is inserted in the hearing aid housing. The hearing aid device further comprises a retractable battery sleeve, wherein a battery slot is exposed when the battery sleeve is retracted, and a battery can be inserted into the battery slot from either side of the battery slot with either polarity. The hearing aid housing may comprise an ear-tip, wherein a microphone is mounted in the hearing aid housing near the ear-tip and the microphone receives sounds through at least one sound inlet located on a side surface of the hearing aid housing. The ear-tip additionally comprises three flanges decreasing in size toward the flange closest to the ear canal, and the hearing aid can be inserted into the ear canal in any orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Etymotic Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Gail Gudmundsen, Mead C. Killion, Viorel Drambarean, Jonathan K. Stewart
  • Growth substrates, their production and their use
    Patent number: 8181390
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of growing plants in a mineral wool growth substrate, the method comprises providing at least one mineral wool growth substrate comprising binder and wetting agent, positioning one or more plants for growth in the growth substrate, characterized in that the height of the mineral wool growth substrate is at least 53 mm and the wetting agent comprises ionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Rockwool International A/S
    Inventors: Jean Marie Wilhelmus Cuypers, Daan De Kubber, Paul Bouwens
  • Housing for a reading device
    Patent number: D660295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: VTech Electronics Ltd.
    Inventor: Stephine Pui See Mak
  • Double-sided hanging beverage holder
    Patent number: D660701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Inventor: Matthew Cox
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: D660835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Inventor: Jeff Cheng