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Recent patents issued to individuals and companies in New Hampshire include:

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,596,619) developed by five co-inventors for a “mobile infrastructure assisted ad-hoc network.” The co-inventors are Victor Firoiu, Westford, Mass., Brian T. Decleene, North Reading, Mass., May M. Leung, Lexington, Mass., Soumendra Nanda, Billerica, Mass., and Charles Tao, Acton, Mass. The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2014 (14/414,459).

Continental Microwave & Tool, Exeter, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,595,765) developed by Minu K. Valayil, Manchester, N.H., for a “slotted waveguide antenna with metamaterial structures.” The patent application was filed on July 5, 2014 (14/324,172).

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,595,187) developed by 10 co-inventors for a “wearable computing device for secure control of physiological sensors and medical devices, with secure storage of medical records, and bioimpedance biometric.” The co-inventors are David Kotz, Lyme, N.H., Ryan Halter, Orford, N.H., Cory Cornelius, Portland, Oregon, Jacob Sorber, Clemson, South Carolina, Minho Shin, Yongin-si, South Korea, Ronald Peterson, Brattleboro, Vermont, Shrirang Mare, West Lebanon, Vermont, Aarathi Prasad, Lebanon, N.H., Joseph Skinner, Manchester, N.H., and Andres David Molina-Markham, White River Junction, Vermont. The patent application was filed on June 23, 2014 (14/312,316).

Airmar Technology, Milford, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,594,165) developed by three co-inventors for a speed sensor. The co-inventors are Kenneth D. Rolt, Westford, Mass., Frederic S. Boericke II, Mont Vernon, N.H., and Danny J. Fladung, Springfield, N.H. The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2013 (14/075,892).

DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,593,809) developed by four co-inventors for a “water vapor distillation apparatus, method and system.” The co-inventors are Ryan K. LaRocque, Pepperell, Mass., Russell H. Beavis, Merrimack, N.H., Christopher C. Langenfeld, Nashua, N.H., and Andrew A. Schnellinger, Merrimack, N.H. The patent application was filed on July 26, 2013 (13/952,195).

DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,593,679) developed by two co-inventors for a “fluid pumping apparatus for use with a removable fluid pumping cartridge.” The co-inventors are Larry B. Gray, Merrimack, N.H., and Richard J. Lanigan, Concord, N.H. The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2015 (14/832,208).

DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,593,678) developed by three co-inventors for a “system, method, and apparatus for utilizing a pumping cassette.” The co-inventors are Larry B. Gray, Merrimack, N.H., Robert J. Bryant Jr., Manchester, N.H., and Geoffrey P. Spencer, Manchester, N.H. The patent application was filed on May 29, 2014 (14/290,464).

Juliet Marine Systems, Portsmouth, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,592,894) developed by Gregory E. Sancoff, North Hampton, N.H., for a “high speed surface craft and submersible vehicle.” The patent application was filed on April 1, 2014 (14/231,887).

Atrium Medical, Merrimack, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,592,324) developed by five co-inventors for a “tissue separating device with reinforced support for anchoring mechanisms.” The co-inventors are Steve A. Herweck, Nashua, N.H., Joseph Ferraro, Londonderry, N.H., Paul Martakos, Pelham, N.H., Theodore Karwoski, Hollis, N.H., and Anthony Richard Horton, Manchester, N.H. The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2007 (11/980,155).

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,601,895) developed by two co-inventors for an “ultra fast semiconductor laser.” The co-inventors are Idan Mandelbaum, Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and Konstantinos Papadopoulos, Chevy Chase, Maryland. The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2014 (14/653,525).

OSR Open Systems Resources, Amherst, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,600,486) developed by three co-inventors for a “file system directory attribute correction.” The co-inventors are W. Anthony Mason, Vancouver, Canada, Scott J. Noone, Nashua, N.H., and Roderick David Wolfe Widdowson, East Lothian, United Kingdom. The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2014 (14/557,130).

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,599,875) developed by Nathan E. Rines, Hollis, N.H., for “five-wave optical parametric oscillator with V-ring geometry.” The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2015 (14/854,646).

Laser Light Engines, Salem, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,599,835) developed by three co-inventors for “projection systems with despeckled laser light.” The co-inventors are Barret Lippey, Belmont, Mass., John Arntsen, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., and Len Hayes, Salem, N.H. The patent application was filed on Jan. 17, 2014 (14/157,751).

Nanoscale Components, Hudson, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,598,789) developed by three co-inventors for a “method for alkaliating anodes.” The co-inventors are Robert W. Grant, Camden, Maine, Matthew Sweetland, Bedford, Mass., and Asela Maha Acharige, Old Town, Maine. The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2012 (13/688,912).

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,598,365) developed by Jimmy Wu, Hanover, N.H., for a “method for synthesizing cycloalkanyl[b]indoles, cycloalkanyl[b]benzofurans, cycloalkanyl[b]benzothiophenes, compounds and methods of use.” The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2014 (14/537,154).

DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,597,442) developed by Michael J. Wilt, Windham, N.H., for an “air trap for a medical infusion device.” The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2013 (14/132,838).

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, Lebanon, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,597,043) developed by four co-inventors for a “system and method for supporting a patient for imagery during surgery.” The co-inventors are Sohail K. Mirza, Lebanon, N.H., Keith D. Paulsen, Lebanon, N.H., John C. Peiffer, Lebanon, N.H., and Atthar Mirza, Lebanon, N.H. The patent application was filed on May 30, 2013 (13/905,340).

Marmon Utility, Milford, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,608,424) developed by four co-inventors for a “wildlife protective cover having a conductor/insulator guard and system for power distribution and transmission systems and related methods.” The co-inventors are Michael L. Williams, Newburyport, Mass., Charles J. Clement, Pelham, N.H., Guberson Mercedat, North Andover, Mass., and Gary C. Grenier, New Boston, N.H. The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2014 (14/514,839).

Benko, New London, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,606,701) developed by two co-inventors for the “automated recommended joining data with presented methods for joining in computer-modeled structures.” The co-inventors are James L. Jacobs II, Amherst, N.H., and Steven M. Lynch, Hudson, N.H. The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2013 (14/053,222).

Presstek, Hudson, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,605,150) developed by two co-inventors for “recording media and related methods.” The co-inventors are Sonia Rondon, Nashua, N.H., and Kevin Ray, Windham, N.H. The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2010 (12/970,208).

DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,604,858) developed by eight co-inventors for a “water vapor distillation apparatus, method and system.” The co-inventors are Dean Kamen, Bedford, N.H., Ryan K. LaRocque, Manchester, N.H., Christopher C. Langenfeld, Nashua, N.H., Andrew A. Schnellinger, Merrimack, N.H., Prashant Bhat, Bedford, N.H., Otis L. Clapp, Epping, N.H., Stanley B. Smith III, Raymond, N.H., and Stephen M. Ent, Derry, N.H. The patent application was filed on July 26, 2013 (13/952,263).

Summit Packaging Systems, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,604,773) developed by four co-inventors for an “insert with nozzle formed by micro stepped and conical surfaces.” The co-inventors are Kevin G. Verville, Deerfield, N.H., Daniel E. Davideit, Manchester, N.H., Marcel Faucher, New Boston, N.H., and Elizabeth A. Green, Milford, N.H. The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2016 (15/000,251).

Markem-Imaje, Keene, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,604,468) developed by Frances H. Benton, Keene, N.H., for an “apparatus and method for thermal transfer printing.” The patent application was filed on March 23, 2016 (15/078,906).

Albany Engineered Composites, Rochester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,604,389) developed by two co-inventors for “pi-shaped preform with bias fibers.” The co-inventors are Brock Gilbertson, Dover, N.H., and Jonathan Goering, York, Maine. The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2012 (13/399,761).

Fujifilm Dimatix, Lebanon, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,604,255) developed by four co-inventors for a “method, apparatus and system for a transferable micromachined piezoelectric transducer array.” The co-inventors are Arman Hajati, Santa Clara, California, Ut Tran, San Jose, California, Darren Todd Imai, Los Gatos, California, and Martin Schoeppler, Santa Clara, California. The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2014 (14/152,899).

DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,604,019) developed by three co-inventors for a “detection system and method for aerosol delivery.” The co-inventors are David E. Altobelli, Hollis, N.H., Larry B. Gray, Merrimack, N.H., and Derek G. Kane, Manchester, N.H. The patent application was filed on March 28, 2014 (14/229,116).

DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,604,001) developed by Dean Kamen, Bedford, N.H., for a “device and method for food management.” The patent application was filed on June 9, 2014 (14/299,330).

DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,603,996) developed by three co-inventors for a “system and method for insulin pump medical device including a slider assembly wherein images on display allow for highlighting and magnifying images.” The co-inventors are Kevin L. Grant, Litchfield, N.H., Douglas J. Young, South Burlington, Vermont, and Matthew C. Harris, Bow, N.H. The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2015 (14/852,900).

DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,603,985) developed by three co-inventors for “blood treatment systems and methods.” The co-inventors are Michael J. Wilt, Windham, N.H., Todd A. Ballantyne, Amherst, N.H., and Jason A. Demers, Manchester, N.H. The patent application was filed on June 24, 2014 (14/313,809).

DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,603,622) developed by three co-inventors for a “medical device insertion apparatus, system and method.” The co-inventors are Dean Kamen, Bedford, N.H., Brian H. Yoo, Cambridge, Mass., and Brian D. Tracey, Litchfield, N.H. The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2010 (12/910,210).

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,615,284) developed by five co-inventors for “topology aware MANET for mobile networks.” The co-inventors are Reza Ghanadan, Bethesda, Maryland, John A. Gu, Rockaway, New Jersey, Jessica Y. Hsu, Washington, Gregory S. Sadosuk, Fairfax, Virginia, and Phong C. Khuu, Ashburn, Virginia. The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2016 (14/995,412).

DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,614,285) developed by David Blumberg Jr., Deerfield, N.H., for an “RFID system with an eddy current trap.” The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2016 (15/048,570).

Benko, New London, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,613,020) developed by three co-inventors for a “natural language user interface for computer-aided design systems.” The co-inventors are James L. Jacobs II, Amherst, N.H., John E. Cronin, Bonita Springs, Florida, and Christopher M. Huffines, Williston, Vermont. The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2014 (14/486,550).

DryFlekt, Grantham, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,611,649) developed by Robert D. Givens, Tellico Plains, Tennessee, for a roof drip edge. The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2016 (15/019,492).

GTAT, Merrimack, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,611,565) developed by six co-inventors for a “crystal growth apparatus with ceramic coating and methods for preventing molten material breach in a crystal growth apparatus.” The co-inventors are Bhuvaragasamy G. Ravi, Nashua, N.H., Parthasarathy S. Raghavan, Nashua, N.H., Chandra P. Khattak, Nashua, N.H., Carl Chartier, Manchester, N.H., Dave Lackey, Merrimack, N.H., and Dean C. Skelton, Fitzwilliam, N.H. The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2011 (13/205,155).

DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,610,518) developed by eight co-inventors for “water vapor distillation apparatus, method and system.” The co-inventors are Dean Kamen, Bedford, N.H., Ryan K. LaRocque, Pepperell, Mass., Christopher C. Langenfeld, Nashua, N.H., Stephen M. Ent, Derry, N.H., Andrew A. Schnellinger, Merrimack, N.H., Prashant Bhat, Manchester, N.H., Stanley B. Smith III, Raymond, N.H., and Otis L. Clapp, Epping, N.H. The patent application was filed on July 13, 2012 (13/982,022).

DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,610,414) developed by three co-inventors for a “device to meter fluid.” The co-inventors are Russell H. Beavis, Merrimack, N.H., Larry B. Gray, Merrimack, N.H., and Derek G. Kane, Manchester, N.H. The patent application was filed on July 29, 2015 (14/812,024).

Prosenex, Hudson, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,610,039) developed by five co-inventors for a hand-held neuroscreening device. The co-inventors are Boris Golosarsky, Hollis, N.H., James Bernhard, Plainville, Mass., Michael Brown, Nashua, N.H., Craig E. Norton, Hudson, N.H., and Matthew G. Rouleau, Goffstown, N.H. The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2013 (14/061,786).

General Electric, Niskayuna, New York, has been assigned a patent (9,593,589) developed by four co-inventors for a “system and method for thrust bearing actuation to actively control clearance in a turbo machine.” The co-inventors are Deepak Trivedi, Schenectady, New York, Norman Arnold Turnquist, Carlisle, New York, Xiaoqing Zheng, Niskayuna, New York, and Murat Inalpolat, Nashua, N.H. The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2014 (14/193,077).

Zeeco, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, has been assigned a patent (9,593,847) developed by 10 co-inventors for a “fuel-flexible burner apparatus and method for fired heaters.” The co-inventors are Darton J. Zink, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Rex K. Isaacs, Collinsville, Oklahoma, A.S. (Jamal) Jamaluddin, Sugar Land, Texas, Charles E. Benson, Windham, N.H., Roberto O. Pellizzari, Groton, Mass., Cody L. Little, Coweta, Oklahoma, Seth A. Marty, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, K. Parker Imel, Coweta, Oklahoma, Jonathon E. Barnes, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and Chris S. Parker, Tulsa, Oklahoma. The patent application was filed on March 5, 2014 (14/197,333).

Medtronic Advanced Energy, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (9,592,090) developed by Vaclav O. Podany, Dover, N.H., for a “bipolar electrosurgical cutter with position insensitive return electrode contact.” The patent application was filed on March 11, 2011 (13/046,670).

Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (9,592,036) developed by five co-inventors for a “multi-functional tissue manipulation medical device and related methods of use.” The co-inventors are Gary Kappel, Acton, Mass., Sean Fleury, Marlborough, Mass., Paul Smith, Smithfield, Rhode Island, Brandon Zalewski, Clinton, Mass., and Laurie Soderbom, Nashua, N.H. The patent application was filed on July 17, 2013 (13/944,624).

Fossil Group, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (9,596,560) developed by two co-inventors for “systems and methods for data transfer.” The co-inventors are Steven Diamond, San Francisco, and Sonny Vu, Salem, N.H. The patent application was filed on June 19, 2014 (14/309,195).

Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (9,595,875) developed by two co-inventors for “voltage converter compensation apparatus and methods.” The co-inventors are Bing Lu, Bedford, N.H., and Ulrich B. Goerke, Dover, N.H. The patent application was filed on July 18, 2014 (14/335,849).

Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (9,594,698) developed by three co-inventors for “local keying for self-encrypting drives (SED).” The co-inventors are G. Paul Koning, New Boston, N.H., Damon Hsu-Hung, Providence, Rhode Island, and Stuart L. Hollander, Merrimack, N.H. The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2013 (13/966,035).

General Electric, Niskayuna, New York, has been assigned a patent (9,598,973) developed by 11 co-inventors for “seal systems for use in turbomachines and methods of fabricating the same.” The co-inventors are Farshad Ghasripoor, Glenville, New York, Iacopo Giovannetti, Florence, Italy, Massimo Giannozzi, Florence, Italy, Krishnamurthy Anand, Bangalore, India, Nuo Sheng, Schenectady, New York, Nicole Barbara Piche, Nashua, N.H., Luc Stephane LeBlanc, Clifton Park, New York, Wayne Charles Hasz, Pownal, Vermont, Warren Arthur Nelson, Clifton Park, New York, Paul Matthew Thomas, Queensbury, New York, and Dennis Michael Gray, Delanson, New York. The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2012 (13/687,369).

Semprius, Durham, North Carolina, and the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, have been assigned a patent (9,601,671) developed by 12 co-inventors for “optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly.” The co-inventors are John Rogers, Champaign, Illinois, Ralph Nuzzo, Champaign, Illinois, Matthew Meitl, Durham, North Carolina, Etienne Menard, Durham, North Carolina, Alfred Baca, Urbana, Illinois, Michael Motala, Champaign, Illinois, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Suwon, South Korea, Sang-Il Park, Savoy, Illinois, Chang-Jae Yu, Urbana, Illinois, Heung Cho Ko, Gwangju, South Korea, Mark Stoykovich, Dover, N.H., and Jong Seung Yoon, Urbana, Illinois. The patent application was filed on July 15, 2015 (14/800,363).