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USPTO – Reexamination Update November 7th to November 13th, 2012

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number

Control

Number

Requested

date

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

Class

Other

Class

1 5,947,829 90/012,416 Aug. 30,

2012

Christophe

r Paradies,

Fowler

White

Boggs,

PA.,

Tampa, FL

Ex Parte

Method and

apparatus

for surfing

on artificial

surfaces

A new

sport of

skill,

SurfSliding

having an

open pipe

ramp

system

covered in

artificial

turf and a

lubricating

means.

SurfSliding

allows a

participant

to glide

downhill

by gravity

and kinetic

energy

while

maneuverin

g a

lawnboard

strapped to

the

Grimes Jr.,

Martin O.

(57 Kay St.,

Newport,

RI, 02840)

472/90 472/117

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5947829


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Class

participants

feet. The

new sport

provides

for a sport

similar to

surfing

while

executing

movements

similar to

skateboardi

ng and

snowboardi

ng.

2 7,315,257 90/012,468 Sep. 6,

2012

Badger

Meter,

Inc.,

Michael J.

McGovern,

Boyle

Fredrickso

n, SC.,

Milwaukee

, WI

Ex Parte

Automated

meter

reader

having high

product

delivery

rate alert

generator

The present

invention

achieves

technical

advantages

as an AMR

device

adapted to

couple to

utility

meters and

detect an

excess rate

of product

delivery

and

Datamatic,

Ltd. (Plano,

TX, US)

Patterson,

Tim

(Mesquite,

TX, US);

Holowick,

Erwin

(Manitoba,

CA); Derry,

Kenneth J.

(McKinney,

TX, US)

340/870.02 340/870.0

3



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responsivel

y generate

an alert

indicative

of this

excess rate.

Advantage

ously, the

alert is

provided to

a remote

device to

provide

notice of an

abnormal

condition,

such as a

leak which

could

produce

flooding, or

customer

exceeding

an allowed

delivery

rate, such

as during

conservatio

n periods.

3 7,611,011 90/012,484 Sep. 10,

2012

PATENT

OWNER Ex Parte

Peroxide

preservation

Clean room

cleaning

Illinois

ToolWorks,

Skoufis,

John 206/361

15/184,

206/209,



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Class

articles

such as

PVA

sponge

brushes

and pre-

saturated

wipers are

packaged

in a sealed

container

with a de-

ionized

water

containing

around

0.05 to 1%

hydrogen

peroxide.

Inc.

(Glenview,

IL, US)

(Denville,

NJ, US)

206/229,

206/446

4 6,465,961 95/000,680 Sep. 13,

2012

Third Party

Requester:

GE

Lighting,

Inc.;

(Att'y Is:

David

Terrell,

Sutton

McAughan

Deaver,

PLLC.,

Inter

Partes

Semiconduc

tor light

source

using a heat

sink with a

plurality of

panels

A

semicondu

ctor light

source for

illuminatin

g a

physical

space has

been

invented.

In various

embodimen

Cao Group,

Inc. (Sandy,

UT)

Cao, Densen

(Sandy, UT) 315/58

257/E25.0

2,

257/E25.0

21,

362/235



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Houston,

TX),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

ts of the

invention, a

semicondu

ctor such as

and LED

chip, laser

chip, LED

chip array,

laser array,

an array of

chips, or a

VCSEL

chip is

mounted

on a heat

sink. The

heat sink

may have

multiple

panels for

mounting

chips in

various

orientations

. The chips

may be

mounted

directly to

a primary

heat sink

which is in


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turn

mounted to

a multi-

panel

secondary

heat sink.

A TE

cooler and

air

circulation

may be

provided to

enhance

heat

dissipation.

An AC/DC

converter

may be

included in

the light

source

fitting.

5 6,613,160 95/002,166 Sep. 10,

2012

Third Party

Requester:

POSCO;

(Att'y Is:

Anthony

A.

Hartmann,

Finnegan

Henderson

Inter

Partes

Method to

produce

grain-

oriented

electrical

steel sheet

having high

magnetic

flux density

The present

invention,

in a method

to produce

a grain-

oriented

electrical

steel sheet,

proposes

Nippon

Steel

Corporation

(Tokyo, JP)

Ushigami,

Yoshiyuki

(Futtsu, JP);

Nakamura,

Shuichi

(Futtsu, JP);

Murakami,

Kenichi

(Kitakyushu,

148/113 148/111



S.N. Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other

Class

Farabow

Garrett &

Dunner,

LLP.,

Washingto

n, DC),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

conditions

for stable

production

by

clarifying

the causes

by which

secondary

recrystalliz

ation is

rendered

unstable

when

primary

recrystalliz

ation is

controlled

by raising

the heating

rate of

decarburiza

tion

annealing.

The

primary

recrystalliz

ation

structure is

controlled

by

changing

JP); Fujii,

Hiroyasu

(Kitakyushu,

JP);

Yamamoto,

Norihiro

(Kitakyushu,

JP)


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the heating

rate and the

oxide layer

of a steel

sheet is

controlled

by

changing

the

conditions

of soaking

annealing

in the

decarburiza

tion

annealing.

The

compositio

n of the

(Al, Si)N

inhibitor is

also

controlled

in the

nitriding

treatment

thereafter.

6 7,442,260 95/002,163 Sep. 10,

2012,

Third Party

Requester:

POSCO;

(Att'y Is:

Inter

Partes

Grain-

oriented

electrical

steel sheet

The present

invention

provides a

grain-

Nippon

Steel

Corooration

(Tokyo, JP)

Sakai,

Tatsuhiko

(Futtsu, JP);

Hamamura,

148/111

148/110,

148/112,

148/113,

148/120



S.N. Patent

number

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date


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Class

Anthony

A.

Hartmann,

Finnegan

Henderson

Farabow

Garrett &

Dunner,

LLP.,

Washingto

n, DC),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

superior in

electrical

characteristi

cs and

method of

production

of same

oriented

electrical

steel sheet

with an

extremely

low core

loss by

scanning

by a small

focused

laser beam

spot and a

method of

production

of the

same, that

is, a grain-

oriented

electrical

steel sheet

improved

in electrical

characterist

ics by

scanning

by a

continuous

wave fiber

laser of the

TEM00

mode with

Hideyuki

(Futtsu, JP);

Hamada,

Naoya

(Futtsu, JP)


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a

wavelength

λ of

1.07≦λ≦2.

10 μm

substantiall

y

perpendicul

ar to the

steel sheet

rolling

direction

and at

substantiall

y constant

spacing

and a

method of

production

of the

same,

wherein a

rolling

direction

focused

spot

diameter d

(mm) of

the

irradiated

beam, a


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date


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Class

linear scan

rate V

(mm/s) of

the laser

beam, an

average

output P

(W) of the

laser, a

width of

the formed

laser

scribing

traces or

with of the

electrical

domains

Wl (mm),

and a

rolling

direction Pl

(mm) of

the laser

scribing

traces are

in the

following

ranges:

00.001≦P/

V≦0.012


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01.5≦Pl≦1

1.0.

7 7,871,809 95/002,138 Sep. 12,

2012

Third Party

Requester:

Lonza

LTD.;

(Att'y Is:

Paul

Zegger,

Sidley

Austin,

LLP.,

Washingto

n, DC),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Production

of DHA in

microalgae

in medium

having

modified

amounts of

chloride ion

and

potassium

ion

Methods

for

production

of highly

unsaturated

fatty acids

by marine

microorgan

isms,

including

the

heterotroph

ic marine

dinoflagell

ate

Crypthecod

inium,

using low

levels of

chloride

ion are

disclosed.

Specificall

y, methods

of

increasing

production

of highly

Martek

Biosciences

Corporation

(Columbia,

MD, US)

Behrens,

Paul W.

(Ellicot

City, MD,

US);

Thompson,

John M.

(Baltimore,

MD, US);

Apt, Kirk

(Ellicot

City, MD,

US); Pfeifer

III, Joseph

W.

(Reisterstow

n, MD, US);

Wynn,

James P.

(Columbia,

MD, US);

Lippmeier,

James Casey

(Columbia,

MD, US);

Fichtali,

Jaouad

(Lexington,

435/257.1

426/417,

426/601,

426/648,

435/134



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Class

unsaturated

fatty acids

by marine

microorgan

isms while

growing in

low

chloride

media by

manipulati

ng 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

KY, US);

Hansen, Jon

(Lexington,

KY, US)


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number

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date


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Class

of low pH

tolerant

strains.

8 7,976,644 95/002,165 Sep. 10,

2012

Third Party

Requester:

POSCO;

(Att'y Is:

Anthony

A.

Hartmann,

Finnegan

Henderson

Farabow

Garrett &

Dunner,

LLP.,

Washingto

n, DC),

Real Party

in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Method of

production

of grain-

oriented

electrical

steel sheet

with high

magnetic

flux density

The present

invention

provides a

method of

production

of grain-

oriented

electrical

steel sheet

comprising

making a

slab

heating

temperatur

e 1280° C.

or less,

annealing

hot rolled

sheet by (a)

a process

of heating

it to a

predetermi

ned

temperatur

e of 1000

to 1150° C.

to cause

Nippon

Steel

Corporation

(Tokyo, JP)

Ushigami,

Yoshiyuki

(Tokyo, JP);

Fujii,

Norikazu

(Tokyo, JP);

Kimura,

Takeshi

(Tokyo, JP);

Ishibashi,

Maremizu

(Tokyo, JP);

Nakamura,

Shuichi

(Tokyo, JP);

Yamasaki,

Koji

(Tokyo, JP)

148/111 148/308



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recrystalliz

ation, then

annealing

by a

temperatur

e lower

than that of

850 to

1100° C. or

by (b)

decarburizi

ng in

annealing

the hot

rolled sheet

so that a

difference

in amounts

of carbon

of the steel

sheet

before and

after

annealing

the hot

rolled sheet

becomes

0.002 to

0.02 mass

% and

performing


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Class

the heating

in the

temperatur

e elevation

process of

the

decarburiza

tion

annealing

under

conditions

of a heating

rate of 40°

C. or more,

preferably

75 to 125°

C./s while

the

temperatur

e of the

steel sheet

is in a

range from

550° C. to

720° C.

and

utilizing

induction

heating for

rapid

heating in


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Class

the

temperatur

e elevation

process of

decarburiza

tion

annealing.

9 8,191,485 95/002,164 Sep. 10

2012

Third Party

Requester:

Bell'O

Internation

al Corp.;

(Att'y Is:

Marcus J.

Millet,

Lerner

David

Littenberg

Krumholz

& Mentlik,

Westfield,

NJ), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Television

support and

mounting

kit

A universal

TV support

and

mounting

kit allows

the

consumer

to employ

any of the

three

modes of

support,

namely

stand

mount,

console

mount and

wall

mount. The

console

mount

incorporate

s a vertical

spine and a

Whalen

Furniture

Manufacturi

ng Inc. (San

Diego, CA,

US)

Whalen,

Kenneth

(San Diego,

CA, US);

Jones, Paul

R. (San

Marcos, CA,

US)

108/42

108/50.01,

108/50.11,

248/125.8,

248/923,

D06/474,

D06/479



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Class

cantilever

arm to

support the

television

over the

console. A

mounting

frame is

provided

that can be

attached to

the

cantilever

arm or to a

wall.

Pivoting

and tilting

is

accommod

ated by the

cantilever

arm.

10 8,241,878 95/002,167 Sep. 10,

2012

Third Party

Requester:

Gevo Inc.;

(Att'y Is:

Fraser D.

Brown,

Cooley,

LLP.,

Washingto

Inter

Partes

Recombina

nt yeast

host cell

with Fe-S

cluster

proteins and

methods of

using

thereof

Yeast

strains

were

engineered

that have

increased

activity of

heterologo

us proteins

Butamax(T

M)

Advanced

Biofuels

LLC

(Wilmingto

n, DE, US)

Anthony,

Larry

Cameron

(Aston, PA,

US); Flint,

Dennis

(Newark,

DE, US);

Suh,

435/137 435/160,

435/254.2



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Class

n, DC),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

that require

binding of

an Fe—S

cluster for

their

activity.

The yeast

strains

have

reduced

activity of

an

endogenou

s Fe—S

protein.

Activities

of

heterologo

us fungal

or plant

2Fe-2S

dihydroxy-

acid

dehydratas

es and

Fe—S

propanedio

l

dehydratas

e reactivase

were

Wonchul

(Hockessin,

DE, US);

Ye, Rick W.

(Hockessin,

DE, US);

Rothman,

Steven Cary

(Wilmington

, DE, US);

Tomb, Jean-

francois

(Wilmington

, DE, US)


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increased

for

increased

production

of products

made using

biosyntheti

c pathways

including

these

enzymes,

such as

valine,

isoleucine,

leucine,

pantothenic

acid

(vitamin

B5),

isobutanol,

2-butanone

and 2-

butanol.

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