Utility Patents

A utility patent protects how something works and what it does. Central Florida inventors who have recently received utility patents include:

Jesus Manuel Perez, Orlando; Atul Asati, Orlando; Sudip Nath, Orlando; and Charalambos Kaittanis, Oviedo. Polymer coated ceria nanoparticles for selective cytoprotection. Assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc., Orlando. (US 9,119,391)

George Grady McBride, Winter Park. Pedicle drill guide for spinal surgery. Assigned to Amendia Inc., Marietta, GA. (US 9,119,645)

Charles Dean Foss, New Smyrna Beach; and Paul Sherwood-Berndt, Titusville. Marine vessel dive patio. Assigned to Boston Whaler Inc., Edgewater. (US 9,120,540)

Dmitry Kolpashchikov, Winter Park; and John Katz, Sao Paulo (BR). Method of detecting single nucleotide polymorphisms. Assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Orlando; and Scheme Lab, Ltda., (BR) (US 9,121,053)

Christian X. Campbell, Oviedo; and Stephen J Messmann, Charlotte, NC. Turbine blade with tuned damping structure. Turbine blade with tuned damping structure. Assigned to Siemens Energy Inc., Orlando. (US 9,121,288)

Jin Yan, Orlando; Da-Ming Xu, Orlando; Hui-Chuan Cheng, Orlando; Shin-Tson Wu, Oviedo; Yi-Fen Lan, Hsin-Chu (TW); and Cheng-Yeh Tsai, Hsin-Chu (TW). Optical film and display device having the same. Assigned to Au Optronics Corporation, Hsin-Chu (TW); and University of Central Florida Research Foundation inc., Orlando. (US 9,121,999)

Robert Scott Hartog, Windemere; Ralph Clay Taylor, DeLand; Michael Mantor, Orlando; Thomas Roy Woller, Austin, TX; Kevin McGrath, Los Gatos, CA; Sebastien Nussbaum, Lexington, MA; Nuwan S. Jayasena, Sunnyvale, CA; Rex McCrary, Oviedo; Philip J. Rogers, Pepperell, MA; and Mark Leather, Los Gatos, CA. Software mechanisms for managing task scheduling on an accelerated processing device (APD). Assigned to Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sunnyvale, CA. (US 9,122,522)

Mark J. Nicolini, Orlando; Rick A. Wildes, Oviedo; John E. Slawsky, Heathrow; Check A. Sabjan, Sanford; John W. Alexander, Redmond, WA; Kirk Freiheit, Lake Mary; Eric W. Shaffer, Lake Mary; Ynn-Pyng Tsaur, Oviedo; and Gregory R. Dowers II, Lake Mary. Simplified system backup protection and recovery. Assigned to Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA. (US 9,122,711)

James Michael Magee, Orlando; Nils A. Nieuwejaar, Belmont, CA; and Umesh S. Vaishampayan, Santa Clara, CA. Ledger-based resource tracking. Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA. (US 9,123,010)