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Requested

date

Requester Type Title Abstract Assignee(s) Inventor(s) Primary

Class

Other Class

1 5,809,246 90/012,397 Jul. 17,

2012

George A.

Metzenthin

,

Cahn &

Sanuels,

LLP.,

Washingto

n, DC

Ex Parte

Selection

and

retrieval

of music

from a

digital

database

A digital

radio

broadcast

station

which

includes

a

common

digital

database

having

stored

therein a

plurality

of at least

several

hundred

(preferabl

y at least

1800)

different

selections

of music

to be

played

and

broadcast

Goldman,

Robert J.

(100 W.

Broadway,

#7P, Long

Beach, NY,

11561)

709/217

379/101.01,

381/77,

381/80

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5809246


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by the

radio

station. A

processor

system is

provided

for

program

ming the

operation

of the

digital

radio

broadcast

station

with a

sequence

of music

selections

, which

are

subseque

ntly

retrieved

in order

from the

common

digital

database

and

played


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over the

digital

radio

broadcast

station.

The

common

digital

database

comprise

s a disk

array

storage,

preferabl

y a dual

port

RAID

disk

array.

The

digital

radio

broadcast

station

also

includes

a

plurality

of work

station

consoles


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for use

by

personnel

responsib

le for

operating

the radio

station

such as

disc

jockeys

and

engineers

. A

bridge

network

such as a

modem is

also

provided

for

connectin

g the

radio

station to

a further

digital

database

for music

selections

not stored


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number

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in the

common

digital

database.

The

processor

system is

provided

with a

connectio

n to a

telephone

network,

such that

radio

station

callers

can

communi

cate with

the radio

station by

a touch

tone

telephone

, and is

also

provided

with a

connectio

n to an


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interactiv

e cable

television

network,

such that

cable

television

viewers

can

communi

cate with

the radio

station

over the

interactiv

e cable

television

network.

2 5,867,422 90/012,396 Jul. 17,

2012

Lattice

Semicondu

ctor Corp.,

Chun M.

Ng, Perkins

Coie, LLP.,

Seattle,

WA

Ex Parte

Computer

memory

chip with

field

programm

able

memory

cell arrays

(fpmcas),

and

method of

configurin

g

A

program

mable

memory

circuit

including

the

facility to

reconfigu

re it's

format

John, Lizy

Kurian

(Tampa,

FL)

University of

South Florida

(Tampa, FL)

365/168 365/189.08,

365/189.14



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3 5,974,120 90/012,400 Jul. 20,

2012

GEICO,

Jay

Guiliano,

Novak

Druce &

Quigg,

LLP.,

Houston,

TX

Ex Parte

Telephone

interface

call

processing

system

with call

selectivity

For use

with a

public

telephone

network

CO

incorpora

ting a

vast

number

of

terminals

Tl-Tn, a

system

CS limits

and

controls

interface

access to

impleme

nt voice-

digital

communi

cation for

statistical

processin

g. The

system

CS

accommo

dates

Katz,

Ronald A.

(Los

Angeles,

CA)

Ronald A.

Katz

Technology

Licensing,

L.P. (Los

Angeles,

CA)

379/93.13 379/93.02,

379/93.12



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calls in

different

modes;

e.g.

"800",

"900" or

area code

and

incorpora

tes

qualifyin

g

apparatus

to restrict

against

caller

misuse.

Alternati

ve calling

modes

are used

to reach

an

interface

facility

that also

affords

some

control

based on

calling


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terminal

identifica

tion, e.g.

as by

ANI

equipmen

t.

4 5,561,707 90/012,404 Jul. 24,

2012

GEICO,

Jay

Guiliano,

Novak

Druce &

Quigg,

LLP.,

Houston,

TX

Ex Parte

Telephoni

c-interface

statistical

analysis

system

A system

D

interfaces

with a

multiplici

ty of

individua

l

terminals

T1-Tn of

a

telephone

network

facility

C, at the

terminals

callers

are

prompted

by voice-

generated

instructio

ns to

provide

Katz,

Ronald A.

(Los

Angeles,

CA)

Ronald A.

Katz

Technology

Licensing

L.P. (Los

Angeles,

CA)

379/88.16

379/88.2,

379/88.21,

379/88.25,

379/88.27,

379/91.01,

379/112.01,

379/114.11,

379/114.13,

379/114.14,

379/114.19,

379/196,

379/207.13,

379/207.14,

379/245,

379/265.02


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digital

data that

is

identified

for

positive

associatio

n with a

caller and

is stored

for

processin

g. The

caller's

identifica

tion data

is

confirme

d using

various

technique

s and

callers

may be

ranked

and

accounte

d for on

the basis

of

entitleme


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nt,

sequence

or

demogra

phics.

Callers

are

assigned

random

designati

ons that

are stored

along

with

statistical

and

identifica

tion data.

A break-

off

control

circuit

may

terminate

the

computer

interface

aborting

to a

terminal

for direct


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communi

cation

with an

operator.

Real-time

operation

processin

g is an

alternativ

e to

stored

data. The

accumula

tion of

stored

data

(statistica

l, calling

order

sequence,

etc.) is

variously

processed

and

correlate

d as with

develope

d or

establishe

d data to

isolate a


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select

group or

subset of

callers

who can

be readily

identified

and

reliably

confirme

d.

Different

program

formats

variously

control

the

processin

g of

statistical

data as

for

auction

sales,

contests,

lotteries,

polls,

commerc

ials and

so on.


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5 6,218,930 90/012,401 Jul. 20,

2012

William J.

Brogan,

MH2

Technology

Law

Group,

LLP.,

Tysons

Corner, VA

Ex Parte

Apparatus

and

method

for

remotely

powering

access

equipment

over a

10/100

switched

ethernet

network

Apparatu

s for

remotely

powering

access

equipmen

t over a

10/100

switched

Ethernet

network

comprise

s an

Ethernet

switch

card with

a

phantom

power

supply

for

remote

access

equipmen

t and

added

circuitry

for

automatic

detection

of remote

Katzenberg,

Boris

(Trumbull,

CT);

Deptula,

Joseph A.

(Watertown,

CT)

Merlot

Communicati

ons (Bethel,

CT)

370/200

340/12.32,

340/12.37,

340/12.38,

340/310.11,

340/310.16,

340/310.17,

379/386,

379/400



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equipmen

t being

connecte

d to the

network;

determini

ng

whether

the

remote

equipmen

t is

capable

of

accepting

remote

power in

a non-

intrusive

manner;

deliverin

g the

phantom

power to

the

remote

equipmen

t over the

same

wire pairs

that


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deliver

the data

signals,

and

automatic

ally

detecting

if the

remote

equipmen

t is

removed

from the

network.

6 6,258,569 90/012,383 Jul. 18,

2012

Biosearch

Technologi

es,

Jeffrey B.

Oster, Troll

Busters,

LLC.,

Mercer

Island, WA

Ex Parte

Hybridizat

ion assay

using self-

quenching

fluorescen

ce probe

Provided

is a

method

of nucleic

acid

amplifica

tion. In

one

embodim

ent, the

method

comprise

s

performi

ng

nucleic

acid

Livak,

Kenneth J.

(San Jose,

CA); Flood,

Susan J. A.

(Fremont,

CA);

Mamoro,

Jeffrey

(Aurora,

CO);

Mullah,

Khairuzzam

an Bashar

(Union City,

CA)

The Perkin-

Elmer

Corporation

(Foster City,

CA)

435/91.1

435/5,

435/6.11,

435/91.2,

536/24.3,

536/24.32,

536/25.3,

536/25.32,

536/26.6



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amplifica

tion on a

target

polynucle

otide

using a

nucleic

acid

polymera

se having

5' to 3'

nuclease

activity, a

primer

capable

of

hybridizi

ng to the

target

polynucle

otide, and

an

oligonucl

eotide

probe

under

amplifica

tion

condition

s such

that the


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probe

hybridize

s to the

target

polynucle

otide 3'

relative

to the

primer

and the

probe

does not

hybridize

with

itself to

form a

hairpin

structure.

The

oligonucl

eotide

probe has

at one

end a

fluoresce

nt

reporter

and at the

other end

a

quencher


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that

quenches

the

fluoresce

nce of the

reporter

molecule

when

both the

fluoresce

nt

reporter

and

quencher

are

attached

to the

probe.

Digestion

of the

oligonucl

eotide

probe by

the

polymera

se during

amplifica

tion is

effective

to

separate


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the

reporter

from the

quencher,

whereby

a

fluoresce

nce

signal of

the

reporter

is

increased

.

7 6,263,222 90/012,403 Jul. 23,

2012

Clinton H.

Brannon,

Mayer

Brown,

LLP.,

Washingto

n, DC

Ex Parte

Signal

processing

apparatus

A signal

processor

which

acquires

a first

signal,

including

a first

primary

signal

portion

and a

first

secondar

y signal

portion,

and a

Diab,

Mohamed

K. (Mission

Viejo, CA);

Kiani,

Massi E.

(Laguna

Niguel,

CA);

Weber,

Walter M.

(Laguna

Hills, CA)

Masimo

Corporation

(Irvine, CA)

600/310 600/336



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second

signal,

including

a second

primary

signal

portion

and a

second

secondar

y signal

portion,

wherein

the first

and

second

primary

signal

portions

are

correlate

d. The

signals

may be

acquired

by

propagati

ng energy

through a

medium

and


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measurin

g an

attenuate

d signal

after

transmiss

ion or

reflection

.

Alternati

vely, the

signals

may be

acquired

by

measurin

g energy

generated

by the

medium.

A

processor

of the

present

invention

generates

a primary

or

secondar

y

reference


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signal

which is

a

combinat

ion,

respectiv

ely, of

only the

primary

or

secondar

y signal

portions.

The

secondar

y

reference

signal is

then used

to

remove

the

secondar

y portion

of each

of the

first and

second

measured

signals

via a


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correlatio

n

canceler,

such as

an

adaptive

noise

canceler,

preferabl

y of the

joint

process

estimator

type. The

primary

reference

signal is

used to

remove

the

primary

portion of

each of

the first

and

second

measured

signals

via a

correlatio

n


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canceler.

The

processor

of the

present

invention

may be

employed

in

conjuncti

on with a

correlatio

n

canceler

in

physiolog

ical

monitors

wherein

the

known

propertie

s of

energy

attenuatio

n through

a medium

are used

to

determin

e


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physiolog

ical

characteri

stics of

the

medium.

Many

physiolog

ical

condition

s, such as

the pulse,

or blood

pressure

of a

patient or

the

concentra

tion of a

constitue

nt in a

medium,

can be

determin

ed from

the

primary

or

secondar

y

portions


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of the

signal

after

other

signal

portion is

removed.

8 6,779,118 95/002,035 Jul. 12

2012

Third Party

Requester:

Cisco

Systems,

Inc.; (Att'y

Is: David

L.

McCombs,

Haynes &

Boone,

LLP.,

Dallas,

TX), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

User

specific

automatic

data

redirectio

n system

A data

redirectio

n system

for

redirectin

g user's

data

based on

a stored

rule set.

The

redirectio

n of data

is

performe

d by a

redirectio

n server,

which

receives

the

redirectio

n rule

sets for

Ikudome,

Koichiro

(Arcadia,

CA);

Yeung,

Moon Tai

(Alhambra,

CA)

Auriq

Systems, Inc.

(Pasadena,

CA)

726/7 726/14



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each user

from an

authentic

ation and

accountin

g server,

and a

database.

Prior to

using the

system,

users

authentic

ate with

the

authentic

ation and

accountin

g server,

and

receive a

network

address.

The

authentic

ation and

accountin

g server

retrieves

the

proper


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rule set

for the

user, and

communi

cates the

rule set

and the

user's

address

to the

redirectio

n server.

The

redirectio

n server

then

impleme

nts the

redirectio

n rule set

for the

user's

address.

Rule sets

are

removed

from the

redirectio

n server

either

when the


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user

disconne

cts, or

based on

some

predeter

mined

event.

New rule

sets are

added to

the

redirectio

n server

either

when a

user

connects,

or based

on some

predeter

mined

event.

9 6,975,958 95/002,042 Jul. 16,

2012

Third Party

Requester:

Nest Labs,

Inc.; (Att'y

Is: John A.

Dragseth,

Fish &

Richardson

Inter

Partes

Profile

based

method

for

deriving a

temperatu

re setpoint

using a

A method

for

adjusting

a

plurality

of

controlle

d

Bohrer,

Philip J.

(Edina, MN,

US);

Merten,

Gregory J.

(Eagan,

MN, US);

Honeywell

International

Inc.

(Morristown,

NJ, US)

702/130

374/E17.007,

700/286,

702/60,

705/412



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, PC.,

Minneapoli

s, MN),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

‘delta’

based on

cross-

indexing a

received

price-

point level

signal

subsyste

ms in a

building

or plant

that

facilitates

cooperati

ve energy

usage

with a

utility

provider.

By

referring

to a

single

profile of

adjustme

nts that

correspon

d to

changes

in the

value of a

utility

signal

and

distributi

ng this to

each

relevant

Schnell,

Robert J.

(Plymouth,

MN, US);

Atlass,

Michael B.

(Minneapoli

s, MN, US)


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controller

for each

subsyste

m, a

single

setback

delta can

be

applied to

each

subsyste

m for

each

change in

utility

signal

value

(i.e.,

pricing

informati

on).

Alternati

vely,

multiple

profiles

can be

used to

provide

for firmer

control

and


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thereby

allow for

different

zones to

respond

differentl

y to a

single

change

signal

sent by

the utility

provider.

10 7,142,948 95/002,037 Jul. 18,

2012

Third Party

Requester:

Nest

Labs, Inc.;

(Att'y Is:

John A.

Dragseth,

Fish &

Richardson

, PC.,

Minneapoli

s, MN),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Controller

interface

with

dynamic

schedule

display

A

controller

includes

a

program

mable

schedule

and a

user

interface,

adapted

and

configure

d to

illustrativ

ely

display at

least a

Metz,

Stephen V.

(St. Paul,

MN, US)

Honeywell

International

Inc.

(Morristown,

NJ, US)

700/276

236/91D,

236/94,

700/52



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portion of

the

program

mable

schedule

along a

time axis

and a

current

time

indicator

positione

d to

indicate

the

current

time

along the

time axis.

A method

is also

described

including

the steps

of:

operating

a

program

mable

controller

having a


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schedule

d current

set point

and a

schedule

d future

set point;

and

providing

a

message

indicatin

g a time

of the

schedule

d future

set point

change.

11 7,151,283 95/002,015 Jul. 12,

2012

Third Party

Requester:

LG

Innotek,

Co., LTD.;

(Att'y Is:

Christopher

S. Schultz,

Finnegan

Henderson

Farabow

Garrett &

Dunner,

Inter

Partes

Light-

radiating

semicond

uctor

componen

t with a

luminesce

nce

conversio

n element

The light-

radiating

semicond

uctor

compone

nt has a

radiation-

emitting

semicond

uctor

body and

a

luminesc

Reeh,

Ulrike

(München,

DE); Höhn,

Klaus

(Forchheim,

DE); Stath,

Norbert

(Regensbur

g, DE);

Waitl,

Günter

(Regensbur

Osram

GmbH (DE) 257/98

257/89,

257/E33.074



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LLP.,

Washingto

n, DC),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

ence

conversio

n

element.

The

semicond

uctor

body

emits

radiation

in the

ultraviole

t, blue

and/or

green

spectral

region

and the

luminesc

ence

conversio

n element

converts

a portion

of the

radiation

into

radiation

of a

longer

waveleng

g, DE);

Schlotter,

Peter

(Freiburg,

DE);

Schneider,

Jürgen

(Freiburg,

DE);

Schmidt,

Ralf

(Vörstetten,

DE)


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th. This

makes it

possible

to

produce

light-

emitting

diodes

which

radiate

polychro

matic

light, in

particular

white

light,

with only

a single

light-

emitting

semicond

uctor

body. A

particular

ly

preferred

luminesc

ence

conversio

n dye is

YAG:Ce.


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12 7,159,789 95/002,039 Jul. 16,

2012

Third Party

Requester:

Nest Labs,

Inc.; (Att'y

Is: John A.

Dragseth,

Fish &

Richardson

, PC.,

Minneapoli

s,

MN), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Thermosta

t with

mechanica

l user

interface

A

thermosta

t having a

thermosta

t housing

and a

rotatable

selector

disposed

on the

thermosta

t housing.

The

rotatable

selector

adapted

to have a

range of

rotatable

positions,

where a

desired

paramete

r value is

identified

by the

position

of the

rotatable

selector

along the

Schwending

er, Paul G.

(St. Louis

Park, MN,

US);

Ableitner,

Jason L.

(Hopkins,

MN, US);

Gray, James

(Carluke,

GB);

Redmann,

Tim M.

(Carver,

MN, US)

Honeywell

International

Inc.

(Morristown,

NJ, US)

236/1C

236/47,

236/78D,

236/94,

388/824



S.N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other Class

range of

rotatable

positions.

The

rotatable

selector

rotates

about a

rotation

axis. A

non-

rotating

member

or

element,

which

may at

least

partially

overlap

the

rotatable

selector,

may be

fixed

relative

to the

thermosta

t housing

via one

or more


S.N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other Class

support

member(

s). The

one or

more

support

member(

s) may be

laterally

displaced

relative

to the

rotation

axis of

the

rotatable

selector.

The non-

rotatable

member

or

element

may

include,

for

example,

a display,

a button,

an

indicator

light, a


S.N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other Class

noise

making

device, a

logo, a

temperat

ure

indicator,

and/or

any other

suitable

device or

compone

nt, as

desired.

13 7,634,504 95/002,041 Jul. 18,

2012

Third Party

Requester:

Nest Labs,

Inc.; (Att'y

Is: John A.

Dragseth,

Fish &

Richardson

, PC.,

Minneapoli

s, MN),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Natural

language

installer

setup for

controller

Controlle

rs and

methods

for

program

ming

configura

tion

informati

on are

disclosed.

An

illustrativ

e

controller

can

include

Amundson,

John B.

(Minneapoli

s, MN, US)

Honeywell

International

Inc.

(Morristown,

NJ, US)

1/1

700/276,

707/999.101,

707/999.102,

707/999.103,

707/999.104,

707/999.107



S.N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other Class

an

interview

question

generator

adapted

to

generate

questions

relating

to the

installatio

n or setup

of the

controller

and/or

one or

more

compone

nts

controlle

d by the

controller

, a user

interface

including

a display

screen

adapted

to display

interview

questions


S.N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other Class

to a user

along

with at

least two

answers

for each

interview

question,

and a

memory

unit for

storing

operation

al

paramete

rs of the

controller

based at

least in

part on

user

responses

to the

interview

questions

.

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