By Targeted News Service
The following federal patents were recently awarded to inventors or companies in New Hampshire.
Hypertherm Assigned Patent for Cooling Plasma Cutting System Consumables
Hypertherm, Hanover, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,967,964, initially filed May 29, 2015) developed by three co-inventors for “cooling plasma cutting system consumables and related systems and methods.” The co-inventors are Sung Je Kim, Santa Clara, California, Jesse A. Roberts, Cornish, New Hampshire, and Shreyansh Patel, Lebanon, New Hampshire. 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=99,67,964.PN.&OS=PN/99,67,964&RS=PN/99,67,964
Dartmouth College Assigned Patent for Magnetic Nanoparticle Imaging System
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,964,608, initially filed May 6, 2015) developed by two co-inventors for a “method and apparatus for nonlinear susceptibility magnitude imaging of magnetic nanoparticles.” The co-inventors are Solomon G. Diamond, Hanover, New Hampshire, and Bradley W. Ficko, West Lebanon, New Hampshire. 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=99,64,608.PN.&OS=PN/99,64,608&RS=PN/99,64,608
Dartmouth College Assigned Patent for Acoustic Sensor
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,964,433, initially filed Nov. 10, 2011) developed by two co-inventors for an “acoustic sensor with an acoustic object detector for reducing power consumption in front-end circuit.” The co-inventors are Dingkun Du, Lebanon, New Hampshire, and Kofi Odame, Hanover, New Hampshire. 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=99,64,433.PN.&OS=PN/99,64,433&RS=PN/99,64,433
Wilcox Industries Assigned Patent for Projectile System
Wilcox Industries, Newington, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,964,386, initially filed July 7, 2015) developed by James W. Teetzel, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for a “projectile system with environmental hazard sensing.“ 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=99,64,386.PN.&OS=PN/99,64,386&RS=PN/99,64,386
Sno Dolly Assigned Patent for Manually Operated Snow Removal Device
Sno Dolly, Chester, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,963,882, initially filed Aug. 25, 2016) developed by James Daneau, Chester, New Hampshire, for a “manually operated snow removal device for roofs and other generally flat areas.“ 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=99,63,882.PN.&OS=PN/99,63,882&RS=PN/99,63,882
Albany Engineered Composites Assigned Patent for Preform with Integrated Gap Fillers
Albany Engineered Composites, Rochester, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,962,901, initially filed Dec. 22, 2016) developed by Jonathan Goering, York, Maine, for “preform with integrated gap fillers.“ 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=99,62,901.PN.&OS=PN/99,62,901&RS=PN/99,62,901
Standex International Assigned Patent for Quick Disconnect Pump
Standex International, Salem, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,962,663, initially filed Aug. 10, 2016) developed by two co-inventors for a quick disconnect pump. The co-inventors are Robert R. Kimberlin, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Brian Waters, Mount Juliet, Tennessee. 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=99,62,663.PN.&OS=PN/99,62,663&RS=PN/99,62,663
Aquaback Technologies Assigned Patent for Compound Distiller
Aquaback Technologies, Salem, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,962,626, initially filed May 21, 2015) developed by William H. Zebuhr, Nashua, New Hampshire, for a compound distiller. 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=99,62,626.PN.&OS=PN/99,62,626&RS=PN/99,62,626
Bauer Hockey Assigned Patent for Helmet for Impact Protection
Bauer Hockey, Exeter, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,961,952, initially filed Aug. 17, 2015) developed by Jacques Durocher, St-Jerome, Canada, for a “helmet for impact protection.“ 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=99,61,952.PN.&OS=PN/99,61,952&RS=PN/99,61,952
Semiconductor Components Industries Assigned Patent for Dead Time Compensation for Synchronous Rectifiers
Semiconductor Components Industries, Phoenix, Arizona, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,966,867, initially filed March 17, 2016) developed by two co-inventors for “dead time compensation for synchronous rectifiers in adaptive output powers.” The co-inventors are Jhih-Da Hsu, Taipei, Taiwan, and Hang-Seok Choi, Bedford, New Hampshire. 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=9,966,867.PN.&OS=PN/9,966,867&RS=PN/9,966,867
JDA Software Group Assigned Patent for Facilitating Business Transactions
JDA Software Group, Scottsdale, Arizona, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,965,803, initially filed April 1, 2013) developed by three co-inventors for “facilitating business transactions between trading networks.” The co-inventors are Mohanasundaram Chinnappan, Nashua, New Hampshire, Suresh Sridhar, Irving, Texas, and Dasaradh R. Mallampati, Grapevine, Texas. 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=9,965,803.PN.&OS=PN/9,965,803&RS=PN/9,965,803
Cabot Assigned Patent for Modified Colorants
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 – Cabot, Boston, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,963,592, initially filed July 7, 2017) developed by four co-inventors for “modified colorants and inkjet ink compositions comprising modified colorants.” The co-inventors are Elizabeth G. Burns, Windham, New Hampshire, James A. Belmont, Acton, Massachusetts, Robert J. Nick, Pepperell, Massachusetts, and Feng Gu, Westford, Massachusetts. 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=99,63,592.PN.&OS=PN/99,63,592&RS=PN/99,63,592
Mevion Medical Systems Assigned Patent for Collimator, Energy Degrader
Mevion Medical Systems, Littleton, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,962,560, initially filed Dec. 20, 2013) developed by three co-inventors for a “collimator and energy degrader.” The co-inventors are Gerrit Townsend Zwart, Durham, New Hampshire, Mark R. Jones, Reading, Massachusetts, and James Cooley, Andover, Massachusetts. 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=99,62,560.PN.&OS=PN/99,62,560&RS=PN/99,62,560
General Hospital Assigned Patent for Isolated Populations of Female Germline Stem Cells
General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,962,411, initially filed June 25, 2014) developed by two co-inventors for “isolated populations of female germline stem cells and cell preparations and compositions thereof.” The co-inventors are Jonathan Lee Tilly, Windham, New Hampshire, and Joshua Johnson, New Haven, Connecticut. 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=99,62,411.PN.&OS=PN/99,62,411&RS=PN/99,62,411
Raytheon Assigned Patent for Methods for Rail-Mounted Array Assembly
Raytheon, Waltham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,967,978, initially filed March 3, 2016) developed by four co-inventors for “methods and apparatus for a rail-mounted array assembly.” The co-inventors are Robert Eiermann, Framingham, Massachusetts, Paul J. Gavin, Kingston, New Hampshire, Steven D. Bernstein, Brighton, Massachusetts, and David L. Hall, Nashua, New Hampshire. 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=99,67,978.PN.&OS=PN/99,67,978&RS=PN/99,67,978
Analog Devices Assigned Patent for Apparatus to Balance Parasitic Capacitances
Analog Devices, Norwood, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,966,925, initially filed Jan. 28, 2016) developed by Ronald R. Gobbi, Derry, New Hampshire, for an “apparatus and method to balance the parasitic capacitances between metal tracks on an integrated circuit chip.“ 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=99,66,925.PN.&OS=PN/99,66,925&RS=PN/99,66,925
Spraying Systems Assigned Patent for Electrostatic Spray Nozzle Assembly
Spraying Systems, Wheaton, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,962,720, initially filed Sept. 22, 2014) developed by four co-inventors for an “electrostatic spray nozzle assembly.” The co-inventors are Glenn R. St. Peter, Atkinson, New Hampshire, John Leone, Rindge, New Hampshire, Charles J. Zaverson, Hudson, New Hampshire, and Thomas E. Ackerman, Manchester, New Hampshire. 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=9,962,720.PN.&OS=PN/9,962,720&RS=PN/9,962,720
Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Assigned Patent for Method of Making Sapphire Component
Saint-Gobain Ceramics and Plastics, Worcester, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,963,800, initially filed Sept. 18, 2017) developed by four co-inventors for a “method of making a sapphire component including machining a sapphire single crystal.” The co-inventors are John Walter Locher, Amherst, New Hampshire, Steven Anthony Zanella, Dublin, New Hampshire, Ralph LampsonMacLean Jr., Manchester, New Hampshire, and Herbert Ellsworth Bates, Peterborough, New Hampshire. 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=99,63,800.PN.&OS=PN/99,63,800&RS=PN/99,63,800
Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Means for Securing Catheter into Vessel
Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,962,099, initially filed April 29, 2016) developed by three co-inventors for “means for securing a catheter into a vessel.” The co-inventors are Charles A. Gibson, Malden, Massachusetts, David P. MacAdam, Millbury, Massachusetts, and Dustin Dufour, Salem, New Hampshire. 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=99,62,099.PN.&OS=PN/99,62,099&RS=PN/99,62,099
EndoEvolution Assigned Patent for Suturing Needle
EndoEvolution, Raynham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,962,156, initially filed Sept. 2, 2016) developed by six co-inventors for a suturing needle. The co-inventors are John C. Meade, Mendon, Massachusetts, Douglas M. MacArthur, Acton, Massachusetts, Stephen M. Blinn, Amherst, New Hampshire, Christopher Sauliner, Brunswick, Maine, Brian R. Edwards, Raymond, Maine, and Gerald I. Brecher, North Andover, Massachusetts. 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=99,62,156.PN.&OS=PN/99,62,156&RS=PN/99,62,156
EndoEvolution Assigned Patent for Devices for Minimally Invasive Suturing
EndoEvolution, Raynham, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,962,151, initially filed May 31, 2017) developed by 12 co-inventors for “devices and methods for minimally invasive suturing.” The co-inventors are Gerald I. Brecher, North Andover, Massachusetts, John C. Meade, Mendon, Massachusetts, John Aho, Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Roger Baske, Old Mill Creek, Illinois, James H. Bleck, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, John F. Carlson, Lake Elmo, Minnesota, Thomas Eagan, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Michael J. Helander, Somerset, Wisconsin, James W. Murray, Clear Lake, Wisconsin, Ashley Perkins, Lowell, Massachusetts, Wayne A. Shakal, Taylors Falls, Minnesota, and Jonathan Towle, Amherst, New Hampshire. 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=99,62,151.PN.&OS=PN/99,62,151&RS=PN/99,62,151