Patents Issued in July 30, 2013
  • Patent number: 8496680
    Abstract: Systems and methods for crossing stenosis, partial occlusions, or complete occlusions within a body lumen. The systems generally include an elongate member such as a hollow guidewire that houses a rotatable and translatable drive shaft. The drive shaft typically has a distal portion that is advanced to create a path in the occlusive material that is large enough to allow the hollow guidewire to cross the occlusive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Revascular Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Gerardo V. Noriega, Victor Chechelski, Rudolfo Sudaria
  • Patent number: 8496735
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for reducing or eliminating undesirable air-borne substances, such as odors, bacteria, viruses, fungi, and toxins, are provided. A filter containing nanocrystalline metal oxide or metal hydroxide particles may be installed within an air handling apparatus such as an existing HVAC unit located within a building, and particularly within a home, or a portable air processor or purifier. The air handling apparatus comprises a blower which pulls air containing various undesirable substances from within the enclosed environment and directs it through a filtering device containing the nanocrystalline particles. The undesirable substances are sorbed by the nanocrystalline particles thereby creating a deodorized stream of air that may then be directed back into various portions of the enclosed environment or vented to the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Timilon Technology Acquisitions LLC
    Inventors: David Jones, Kyle Knappenberger, Lincoln Mertz, Olga Koper, David Brotton, Deborah Basco, Bill Sanford
  • Patent number: 8496783
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a web substrate having at least one embossed ply having a surface thereof. The surface has surface area comprising from about 10.0 percent to about 20.0 percent line embossments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: André Mellin, Kevin Benson McNeil, Thomas Timothy Byrne, Jason Merrill Jones
  • Patent number: 8496844
    Abstract: High quantum yield InP nanocrystals are used in the bio-technology, bio-medical, and photovoltaic, specifically IV, III-V and III-VI nanocrystal technological applications. InP nanocrystals typically require post-generation HF treatment. Combining microwave methodologies with the presence of a fluorinated ionic liquid allows Fluorine ion etching without the hazards accompanying HF. Growing the InP nanocrystals in the presence of the ionic liquid allows in-situ etching to be achieved. The optimization of the PL QY is achieved by balancing growth and etching rates in the reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey F. Strouse, Derek D. Lovingood
  • Patent number: 8496908
    Abstract: A steam methane reforming process for producing a hydrogen product while capturing CO2 from the process. Steam and a hydrocarbon are reformed in a catalytic reformer. The reformate is separated by pressure swing adsorption to form the hydrogen product and a PSA tail gas. The tail gas is returned to the reformer as a fuel. The fuel is combusted with synthetic air where the synthetic air is formed by combining a portion of the flue gas with industrial grade oxygen. The flue gas consists essentially of CO2 and H2O. The H2O is condensed out of another portion of the flue gas to form an essentially pure CO2 product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene S. Genkin, Kevin Boyle Fogash, Kathleen M. Dent
  • Patent number: 8496912
    Abstract: The present application discloses compositions and methods of synthesis and use involving click chemistry reactions for in vivo or in vitro formation of therapeutic and/or diagnostic complexes. Preferably, the diagnostic complex is of use for 18F imaging, while the therapeutic complex is of use for targeted delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs or toxins. More preferably, a chelating moiety or targetable construct may be conjugated to a targeting molecule, such as an antibody or antibody fragment, using a click chemistry reaction involving cyclooctyne, nitrone or azide reactive moieties. In most preferred embodiments, the click chemistry reaction occurs in vivo. In vivo click chemistry is not limited to 18F labeling but can be used for delivering a variety of therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Immunomedics, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. McBride, Christopher A. D'Souza, David M. Goldenberg
  • Patent number: 8496934
    Abstract: The disclosure provides novel molecules related to growth and differentiation factor-8 (GDF-8), in particular mouse and humanized antibodies, and antibody fragments, including those that inhibit GDF-8 activity and signaling in vitro and/or in vivo. The disclosure also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, ameliorating, preventing, prognosing, or monitoring degenerative orders of muscle, bone, and insulin metabolism, etc., in particular amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In addition, the disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of such disorders by using the antibodies, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and vectors of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: Frank S. Walsh, Margaret M. Zaleska, David S. Howland, Lioudmila Tchistiakova, Riyez Karim, Pamela Kelley, Xiang-Yang Tan, Seung Poon Kwak, Menelas N. Pangalos
  • Patent number: 8496958
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for increasing the anaerobic working capacity of muscle and other tissues. Also provided are compositions formulated for the sustained release of free beta-alanine. Also provided is a dietary supplement formulated, for example, as a solid food product, an edible suspension, liquid or semi-liquid as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Natural Alternatives International, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Harris, John Wise
  • Patent number: 8497020
    Abstract: Wood particles having fibers aligned in a grain, wherein: the wood particles are characterized by a length dimension (L) aligned substantially parallel to the grain, a width dimension (W) normal to L and aligned cross grain, and a height dimension (H) normal to W and L; the L×H dimensions define two side surfaces characterized by substantially intact longitudinally arrayed fibers; the W×H dimensions define two cross-grain end surfaces characterized individually as aligned either normal to the grain or oblique to the grain; the L×W dimensions define two substantially parallel top and bottom surfaces; and, a majority of the W×H surfaces in the mixture of wood particles have end checking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Forest Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: James H. Dooley, David N. Lanning
  • Patent number: 8497080
    Abstract: The method of the invention pertains to determining signal transduction activity in a tissue section by immunohistochemistry techniques. The expression level of the receptor of interest is determined as well as the expression levels of one or more effector molecules of the receptor signal transduction pathway. Furthermore a combined ratio of expression levels of effector molecules in subcellular compartments with the receptor expression was found to have prognostic significance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignees: HistoRx, Inc., Yale University
    Inventors: Mark Gustavson, Jennifer Giltnane, Marisa P. Dolled-Filhart, Robert L. Camp, David L. Rimm
  • Patent number: 8497099
    Abstract: Methods for production of highly unsaturated fatty acids by marine microorganisms, including the heterotrophic marine dinoflagellate Crypthecodinium, using low levels of chloride ion are disclosed. Specifically, methods of increasing production of highly unsaturated fatty acids by marine microorganisms while growing in low chloride media by manipulating sodium ion and potassium ion levels. The invention also relates to methods of production of highly unsaturated fatty acids by marine organisms at low pH levels, and includes methods for generation of low pH tolerant strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Paul W. Behrens, John M. Thompson, Kirk Apt, Joseph W. Pfeifer, III, James P. Wynn, James Casey Lippmeier, Jaouad Fichtali, Jon Hansen
  • Patent number: 8497100
    Abstract: Methods for production of highly unsaturated fatty acids by marine microorganisms, including the heterotrophic marine dinoflagellate Crypthecodinium, using low levels of chloride ion are disclosed. Specifically, methods of increasing production of highly unsaturated fatty acids by marine microorganisms while growing in low chloride media by manipulating sodium ion and potassium ion levels. The invention also relates to methods of production of highly unsaturated fatty acids by marine organisms at low pH levels, and includes methods for generation of low pH tolerant strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Paul W. Behrens, John M. Thompson, Kirk Apt, Joseph W. Pfeifer, III, James P. Wynn, James Casey Lippmeier, Jaouad Fichtali, Jon Hansen
  • Patent number: 8497130
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chemiresistor-based sensor for measuring the presence or amount of analyte in an electrolyte solution; said chemiresistor comprising (i) a chemiresistor film wherein the impedance of said nanoparticle film changes in the presence of an analyte; and (ii) two electrically conducting electrodes in electrical contact with said nanoparticle film; wherein said electrically conducting electrodes are adapted to be connected to a device for measuring the impedance of said chemiresistor film under a voltage signal and wherein the impedance of the double layer capacitor formed by the two electrically conducting electrodes in the presence of the electrolyte solution, is larger than the impedance of the chemiresistor film either before or after exposure of the chemiresistor film to the analyte. A method of using said chemiresistor-based sensor to measure the presence or amount of analyte is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Burkhard Raguse, Edith Chow
  • Patent number: 8497144
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light emitting chip comprises: providing a substrate with a catalyst layer formed thereon, the catalyst layer being etched to form a number of patterns which are spaced from each other by multiple gaps; forming a buffer layer in the multiple gaps of the patterned catalyst layer, the buffer layer comprising a patterned carbon nano tube structure formed along an extending direction of the substrate, the carbon nano tube structure being comprised of nitride semiconductor; removing the catalyst layer from the substrate; growing a cap layer from the substrate to cover the buffer layer; and growing a light emitting structure from a top of the cap layer, the light emitting structure sequentially comprising a first cladding layer, a light emitting layer, and a second cladding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian-Shihn Tsang
  • Patent number: 8497153
    Abstract: A process for making a back-contact solar cell module is provided. Electrically conductive wires of an integrated back-sheet are physically and electrically attached to the back contacts of the solar cells of a solar cell array through openings in a polymeric interlayer dielectric layer using an electrically conductive binder before thermal lamination of the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Thomas D. Lantzer, Dilip Natarajan, Steven Alcus Threefoot
  • Patent number: 8497163
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate and a copper sheet stacked with an insulating resin layer are bonded together at a temperature of 130° C. or below (first temperature) so that an element electrode provided on the semiconductor substrate connects to the copper sheet before a thinning process. Then the semiconductor substrate and the copper sheet, on which the insulating resin layer has been stacked, are press-bonded at a high temperature of 170° C. or above (second temperature) with the copper sheet thinned to thickness of a wiring layer. Then the wiring layer (rewiring) is formed by patterning the thinned copper sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Inventors: Koichi Saito, Yoshio Okayama, Yasuyuki Yanase
  • Patent number: 8497177
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) device includes providing a substrate having a first fin at a first location, and epitaxially growing a second fin on the substrate at the first location. The epitaxial growth is performed at a first temperature. The method further includes performing a thermal annealing at a second temperature in oxygen ambient on the substrate with the second fin thereon to grow an interface wrapping over the second fin. The second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Huicheng Chang, Jeff J. Xu, Hung-Ta Lin, Chun-Feng Nieh
  • Patent number: 8497181
    Abstract: An FeRAM is produced by a method including the steps of forming a lower electrode layer, forming a first ferroelectric film on the lower electrode layer, forming on the first ferroelectric film a second ferroelectric film in an amorphous state containing iridium inside, thermally treating the second ferroelectric film in an oxidizing atmosphere to crystallize the second ferroelectric film and to cause iridium in the second ferroelectric film to diffuse into the first ferroelectric film, forming an upper electrode layer on the second ferroelectric film, and processing each of the upper electrode layer, the second ferroelectric film, the first ferroelectric film, and the lower electrode layer to form the capacitor structure. With such a structure, the inversion charge amount in a ferroelectric capacitor structure is improved without increasing the leak current pointlessly, and a high yield can be assured, thereby realizing a highly reliable FeRAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventor: Wensheng Wang
  • Patent number: 8497194
    Abstract: Some embodiments include methods of forming one or more doped regions in a semiconductor substrate. Plasma doping may be used to form a first dopant to a first depth within the substrate. The first dopant may then be impacted with a second dopant to knock the first dopant to a second depth within the substrate. In some embodiments the first dopant is p-type (such as boron) and the second dopant is neutral type (such as germanium). In some embodiments the second dopant is heavier than the first dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Lequn Jennifer Liu, Shu Qin, Allen McTeer, Yongjun Jeff Hu
  • Patent number: 8497314
    Abstract: Curing agents for air-drying alkyd-based resins, coatings, such as paint, varnish or wood stain, inks and linoleum floor coverings, based on an iron/manganese complex containing tetradentate, pentadentate or hexadentate nitrogen donor ligands are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: OMG UK Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Ronald Hage, Philana Veronica Wesenhagen
  • Patent number: 8497325
    Abstract: This invention relates to a film comprising a blend composition comprising: 1) a linear ethylene containing polymer, such as a LLDPE, a HDPE or the like; and at least 1 weight percent of an in-reactor polymer blend comprising: (a) a first ethylene containing polymer having a density of greater than 0.90 g/cm3 and a Mw of more than 20,000 g/mol; and (b) a second ethylene containing polymer having a density of less than 0.90 g/cm3, wherein the polymer blend has a Tm of at least 90° C. (DSC second melt), a density of less than 0.92 g/cm3, and the densities of the first and second polymers differ by at least 1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Mun F. Tse, Peijun Jiang, Jianya Cheng
  • Patent number: 8497348
    Abstract: The invention provides novel guanylate cyclase-C agonist peptides and their use in the treatment of human diseases including gastrointestinal disorders, inflammation or cancer (e.g., a gastrointestinal cancer). The peptides can be administered either alone or in combination with an inhibitor of cGMP-dependent phosphodiesterase. The gastrointestinal disorder may be classified as either irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, or excessive acidity etc. The gastrointestinal disease may be classified as either inflammatory bowel disease or other GI condition including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Kunwar Shailubhai, Gary S. Jacob
  • Patent number: 8497375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of synthesis of ferroquine of formula (F) or of its metabolite of formula (Fm): comprising a reaction of reductive amination, said reaction comprising: (i) a stage of condensation of an aldehyde-amino ferrocene of formula (III), in which R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, with 7-chloroquinolin-4-amine as shown below, followed by (ii) a stage of reduction of the product of condensation obtained in the preceding stage and (iii) then a stage of hydrolysis of the reaction mixture in the presence of an aqueous solution of ammonia or of citric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Vincent Ferey, Julia Mateos-Caro, Régis Mondiere, Philippe Vayron, Sylvie Vigne
  • Patent number: 8497404
    Abstract: Processes for upgrading Fischer-Tropsch condensate olefins by alkylation of hydrocrackate involves providing an olefin enriched condensate stream and further providing a Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbon stream comprising wax, hydrocracking the latter Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon stream to provide a distillate enriched hydrocracked product comprising isoparaffins, and alkylating the olefins with the isoparaffins in an alkylation zone to provide an alkylate product. The alkylate product is fed to a distillation unit together with the hydrocracked product, while a naphtha containing fraction from the distillation unit is fed to the alkylation zone together with the olefin enriched hydrocarbon stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Sven Ivar Hommeltoft, Bi-Zeng Zhan
  • Patent number: 8497436
    Abstract: A self-powered surgical device, comprising a handle having a self-contained power supply and a control circuit operable to carry out at least two operational conditions of the surgical device; and a two-stage switch electrically connected to the control circuit, a first stage of the switch effecting a first of the at least two operational conditions and a second stage of the switch effecting a second of the at least two operational conditions that is different from the first operational condition, the two-stage switch having a variable resistance such that the first stage occurs when a first depression force is applied to the switch, the second stage occurs when a second depression force greater than the first depression force is applied to the switch, and a holding force lower than at least the second depression force is required to maintain the switch in the second stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Covidien AG
    Inventors: Matthew A. Palmer, Kevin W. Smith, Thomas O. Bales, Derek Dee Deville
  • Patent number: 8497437
    Abstract: Method for operating a self-powered surgical device, comprising providing a handle with a self-contained power supply and control circuit operable to carry out at least two operational conditions of the surgical device and effecting the at least two operational conditions with a two-stage switch electrically connected to the control circuit, a first stage of the switch effecting a first of the two operational conditions and a second stage of the switch effecting a second of the two operational conditions different from the first operational condition, the two-stage switch having a variable resistance such that the first stage occurs when a first depression force is applied to the switch, the second stage occurs when a second depression force greater than the first depression force is applied to the switch, and a holding force lower than the second depression force is required to maintain the switch in the second stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Covidien AG
    Inventors: Matthew A. Palmer, Kevin W. Smith, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Derek Dee Deville
  • Patent number: 8497486
    Abstract: An ion source includes arc chamber housing defining an arc chamber. The arc chamber housing has an extraction plate in a fixed position, and the extraction plate defines a plurality of extraction apertures. The ion source also includes a shutter assembly positioned outside of the arc chamber proximate the extraction plate. The shutter assembly is configured to block at least a portion of one of the plurality of extraction apertures during one time interval. The ion source combined with relative movement of a workpiece to be treated with an ion beam extracted from the ion source enables a two dimensional ion implantation pattern to be formed on the workpiece using only one ion source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Charles Blahnik, William T. Weaver
  • Patent number: 8497576
    Abstract: A semiconductor device which has a plurality of semiconductor chips stacked on a substrate. The semiconductor device includes semiconductor chip 2, semiconductor chip 3a stacked on substrate 4 together with semiconductor chip 2, and having a foot print larger than semiconductor chip 2, through electrode 22 extending through semiconductor chip 2 only in a central portion of semiconductor chip 2, through electrode 32 extending through semiconductor chip 3a at a position facing to through electrode 22, and conduction bump 7b arranged between through electrode 22 and through electrode 32, and conductively connecting through electrode 22 with through electrode 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
    Inventor: Seiya Fujii
  • Patent number: 8497640
    Abstract: A method for operating a fluorescent lamp which is connected to a series resonant circuit with a resonant circuit inductance and a resonant circuit capacitance. The method includes applying an excitation AC voltage at an excitation frequency to the series resonant circuit using a half bridge circuit, which has an output to which the series resonant circuit is coupled, and which has a first and a second switch which are alternately switched on and off on the basis of a frequency signal. A current flowing through the resonant circuit is monitored for the presence of a critical operating state. The switched-on times of the first and second switches are shortened in comparison to switched-on times which are predetermined by the frequency signal, upon detection of a critical operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventor: Martin Feldtkeller
  • Patent number: 8497647
    Abstract: A control system and method for a multi-phase motor substantially reduces or eliminates jitter resulting from. drive mismatch by replacing a conventional trapezoidal drive profile with a drive profile that causes the voltage applied across active phases of the motor to match the back-EMF across those phases. In an ideal motor, the back-EMF is substantially sinusoidal, and although the drive profile applied to each phase is not truly substantially sinusoidal, the drive voltage across the active phases is substantially sinusoidal. In a non-ideal motor, the back-EMF is not truly sinusoidal and the drive profiles applied to each phase are calculated to cause the drive voltage across the active phases to match the back-EMF across those phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Ravishanker Krishnamoorthy, Foo Leng Leong
  • Patent number: 8497670
    Abstract: A charge pump regulator circuit includes a voltage controlled oscillator and a plurality of charge pumps. The voltage controlled oscillator has a plurality of inverter stages connected in series in a ring. A plurality of oscillating signals is generated from outputs of the inverter stages. Each oscillating signal has a frequency or amplitude or both that are variable dependent on a variable drive voltage. Each oscillating signal is phase shifted from a preceding oscillating signal. Each charge pump is connected to a corresponding one of the inverter stages to receive the oscillating signal produced by that inverter stage. Each charge pump outputs a voltage and current. The output of each charge pump is phase shifted from the outputs of other charge pumps. A combination of the currents thus produced is provided at about a voltage level to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: IO Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart B. Molin, Perry Lou, Clint Kemerling
  • Patent number: 8497754
    Abstract: The electromagnetic actuator is a linear electromagnetic actuator in which the relative position between a slide table that supports permanent magnets thereon and a guide rail that supports a coil, which is arranged in confronting relation to the permanent magnets, is displaced by means of a thrust force generated by a current flowing through the coil. The coil is disposed on the guide rail through a low coercive force magnetizable material body, the coercive force of which is lower than a predetermined value. Consequently, generation of residual magnetization can be suppressed, and an influence on the thrust force caused by such residual magnetization can also be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Hisashi Yajima
  • Patent number: 8497803
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for the processing and presentation of flight tracking data from a number of sources, with at least one source include a user access restriction, is disclosed. Substantially real-time flight tracking data is received over a digital network from a number of different sources and is stored in at least a database. Various determined flight paths are stores for a single flight based upon the number of flight data sources contributing data regarding that flight. Upon receiving a query from a user, the user's access with respect to the available data providers in retrieved and the best flight for the selected flight which is determined only from data that the requested user is authorized to access is presented. In one form, the results may be presented to the user in the form of digital map having an aircraft image and historical flight path shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: FlightAwarer, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Baker, Karl Lehenbauer, David Cameron McNett, Jeffrey A. Lawson
  • Patent number: 8497847
    Abstract: Input/output operation of an electronic device is adapted for left-handed and/or right-handed scenarios. As described herein, sensors (e.g., capacitive, resistive, touch-sensitive, etc.) are applied to respective outer edges of a device to determine whether a device is in a user's left hand and/or right hand. Based on this determination, respective points along the sensors can be mapped to soft keys to automatically optimize input for left-handed and/or right-handed operation. As further described herein, points of contact with an input device such as a touch-screen can be corrected based on whether a user's left hand and/or right hand is holding an associated electronic device. For example, upon identifying contact between a touch-screen and a thumb of a hand being used to hold an associated device, the point of contact can be shifted to compensate for the angle of the thumb with respect to the touch-screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Richard Brisebois, Robert Steven Klein
  • Patent number: 8497851
    Abstract: A method and device for analyzing positions are disclosed. In sensing information, at least one position is determined according to a first characteristic of a touch related sensing information. The sensing information also has a touch related sensing information with a second characteristic, which is opposite to the first characteristic. The touch related sensing information with the second characteristic is neglected or filtered. In addition, another method and device for analyzing positions are disclosed. An AC signal is provided through a pen, and a first characteristic of a touch related sensing information corresponding to a finger is opposite to the second characteristic of the touch related sensing information corresponding to the pen. The first characteristic and the second characteristic can be used to distinguish the touch of the finger from the touch of the pen or for palm rejection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Cheng-Han Lee, Chi-Hao Tang, Shun-Lung Ho
  • Patent number: 8497869
    Abstract: A character generating system (10) includes a pickup image information acquiring unit (14), a face part texture generating unit (15), a shape model generating unit (16), and a texture pasting unit (17). The face part texture generating unit (15) has the function of generating part textures that correspond to face parts and are pasted to a head portion shape model of a character (70), which will become an anime-like portrait based on face pickup image information of an object, and includes a characteristic point extracting unit (151), a part selecting unit (152), a flesh color setting unit (153), and a part arrangement setting unit (154).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Altron Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Kuwabara, Naoto Kominato, Kazumitsu Moriyama
  • Patent number: 8497912
    Abstract: Method for avoiding unauthorized images of a proprietor's information from being transmitted outside the proprietor's control. A photographic image captured with a camera incorporated upon the wireless handheld communication device is wirelessly transmitted to a proprietor's server. The image is stored on the server after capture and transmission, preferably while the device is still in the photography-restricted geographical area that is under the control of the proprietor of the server. Once at the server, the photographic image is analyzed to determine whether or not the image is authorized for dissemination outside the proprietor's control. Local storage of the photographic image can be prevented on the device which assures that the transmission and storage of the photographic image on the proprietor's server is exclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Archer Wun
  • Patent number: 8497948
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a first patterned metal layer, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor channel layer, a second patterned metal layer, a passivation layer, and a conducting layer. A gate line of the second patterned metal layer is electrically connected by the conducting layer to a gate extension electrode of the first patterned metal layer. A source electrode of the second patterned metal layer is electrically connected by the conducting layer to a second data line segment of the first patterned metal layer. A method for fabricating a pixel structure is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Hsiang-Lin Lin
  • Patent number: 8497960
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device makes it possible to attach an optical element to a liquid-crystal display panel with high positional accuracy while avoiding or minimizing the enlargement of the picture-frame region (i.e., the non-display region) induced by the formation of markers on the panel and the increase of the fabrication cost. The panel comprises a main substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal enclosed in a gap between the main and opposite substrates, wherein a polarizer plate is attached at least to the opposite substrate. Markers for attaching an optical element to the panel are formed at positions that overlap with the polarizer plate in a non-display region on the main or opposite substrate. Alignment direction regulators regulate the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules to a predetermined direction in the vicinities of the markers, allowing light to pass through at least the opposite substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hiroya, Koji Shigemura, Jin Matsushima
  • Patent number: 8497967
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide for a FFS TFT LCD with a high refresh rate without limiting the aperture of individual pixels. More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide for the use of common bus lines to reduce the effective resistance of the common electrode and to therefore allow for higher refresh rates of the display. Furthermore, the common bus lines can be positioned in such a manner so that they do not further reduce the aperture of the display. More specifically, the common bus lines can be positioned above or below existing elements of the display that are already opaque. Thus, adding the common bus lines need not reduce the aperture. The above can be achieved by, for example, placing the common bus lines above or below existing non-transparent lines, such as gate lines or data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shih Chang Chang, John Z. Zhong
  • Patent number: 8498000
    Abstract: A spool control device includes image data creation sections, a first measurement section, a spool section, a second measurement section, and a controller. Each of the image data creation sections interprets a page description language and creates a piece of image data acceptable by a printer. The first measurement section measures a creation speed with which the pieces of image data are created. The spool section spools the pieces of image data. The second measurement section measures an output speed with which the pieces of image data are output to the printer. The controller has first and second schemes of controlling an order in which the pieces of image data are written onto the spool section, selectively employs any of the first and second schemes on the basis of the creation speed and the output speed, and controls an order in which the pieces of image data are written.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisao Komazawa
  • Patent number: 8498022
    Abstract: A process for securing a document including a step of printing a distribution of dots on said document, said printing, as a result of unanticipated unknowns in printing, causing an unpredictable variation, dot by dot, of at least one geometric characteristic of the printed dots and prior to said print step, a step generating said distribution of dots so that at least half the dots of said distribution are not laterally juxtaposed to four other dots of said dot distribution, and at least one dimension of at least one part of the dots of said distribution of dots is of the same order of magnitude as the average for the absolute value of said unpredictable variation. In embodiments, during the step generating the dot distribution, more than half the dots do not touch any other dot of said distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Track and Trace
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Massicot, Alain Foucou, Zbigniew Sagan
  • Patent number: 8498029
    Abstract: Provided is a method for automatically determining an error of a user operation or a colorimeter caused when the colorimeter is manually slid to measure the colors of color patches on a row-by-row basis. Also provided is a method capable of determining an error or a scanning direction using a feature value obtained from the colorimetric values without using fixed reference and threshold values for each patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8498198
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus of transmitting scheduling request (SR) in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes configuring a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for a SR in a subframe, the subframe comprising a plurality of single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols, wherein one SC-FDMA symbol on the PUCCH is punctured and transmitting the SR on the PUCCH in the subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hak-seong Kim, Young Woo Yun, Dae Won Lee, Joon Kui Ahn, Bong Hoe Kim, Ki Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 8498281
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a technique for operating a mobile station as a wireless local-area network (WLAN) gateway. The mobile station is provided with a gateway application to control the following operations: activating a WLAN circuitry of the mobile station as a WLAN base station capable of communicating with at least one WLAN terminal over a WLAN network; creating a network identifier for the WLAN base station; assigning an internet protocol address for the at least one WLAN terminal; resolving domain name service (DNS) queries in cooperation with an external DNS service system; assigning at least one port number for each protocol supported by the gateway application; and tunneling internet traffic between the at least one WLAN terminal and an internet host over the broadband connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lasse Maki
  • Patent number: 8498384
    Abstract: A system, method and software for facilitating a speech-enabled call routing application using an action-object matrix is disclosed. In operation, a natural language user utterance may be evaluated to identify an action and object available in an action-object matrix indicating transactions or operations available to a user. Depending upon the contents of the natural language user utterance, additional prompts and/or a disambiguation dialogue may be effected to elicit an available action-object combination selection from the user. Following identification of an action-object combination from the natural language user utterance, the action-object matrix may cooperate with a look-up table to identify an appropriate use routing destination. Following identification of an appropriate routing destination, the user connection may be routed to a service agent or module configured to facilitate the user selected transaction as indicated by the action-object combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert R. Bushey, John M. Martin, Benjamin A. Knott
  • Patent number: 8498575
    Abstract: Devices, systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with reducing interference between wireless networks are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes negotiation logic implemented in at least hardware configured for determining a quiet interval between a first device and a second device, where the first device and the second device communicate wirelessly via a first network according to a first wireless protocol and are within a wireless area of a second network that communicates with a second wireless protocol. Control logic implemented in at least hardware is configured for controlling wireless transmission of data from at least the first device on the first network by prohibiting transmissions from the first device during the quiet interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert Mack
  • Patent number: 8498588
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board in the housing and having radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a power amplifier and microphone mounted thereon. An antenna is carried within the housing and operative with the RF circuitry. An RF shield surrounds and isolates the microphone from the RF circuitry, power amplifier and antenna and shields the microphone from radiated energy generated from the RF circuitry, antenna or power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Corrigan, George Soliman Mankaruse, Lizhong Zhu
  • Patent number: 8498619
    Abstract: A method for validating integrity of a mobile communication device includes provisioning the mobile communication device by deleting existing software and installing an integrity verification application. The method also includes establishing a first pass indicator and a second pass indicator including receiving a first instance of the first pass indicator. The method also includes receiving a second instance of the first pass indicator as a challenge for verification. In response to receiving the second instance of the first pass indicator, the second pass indicator may be displayed as an indication of the integrity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: ViaSat, Inc.
    Inventors: Ty Lindteigen, Franklin David Van Voorhees
  • Patent number: 8498626
    Abstract: A system is configured to receive, from an enterprise device, a request to access a network domain, and is configured to determine whether the network domain is associated with a wireless service provider service. Based on determining that the network domain is not associated with the wireless service provider service, the system is configured to route the request to a private network associated with the enterprise device. Based on determining that the network domain is associated with the wireless service provider service, the system is configured to route the request to a domain name system server associated with the wireless service provider, receive a domain name system response to the request, the domain name system response identifying a network address, and route the domain name system response to the enterprise device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish R. Gandhi, Arvind Aggarwal, Oleg Berzin, Jean G. Dodard