Utility Patents
A utility patent protects how something works and what it does. Central Florida inventors who have recently received utility patents include:
Stephen Van Lue, Winter Springs; Joseph Charles Eder, Woodside, Calif.; and Miriam H. Taimisto, San Jose, Calif. Electrosurgical tissue sealing augmented with a seal-enhancing composition. Assigned to Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE). (US 9,173,698)
Fredric S. Maxik, Indialantic; Robert R. Soler, Cocoa Beach; and Matthew Regan, Melbourne. System for treating light treatable conditions and associated methods. Assigned to Biological Illumination LLC, Melbourne. (US 9,174,067)
Kazim Ozbaysal, Orlando. Isothermal structural repair of superalloy components including turbine blades. Assigned to Siemens Energy Inc., Orlando. (US 9,174,314)
Robert M. Herrin, Orlando. Tray forming apparatus. Assigned to WestRock Shared Services LLC, Norcross, Ga. (US 9,174,407)
Gerald J. Bruck, Oviedo; Timothy V. Stotler, Columbus, Ohio; and Wendell L. Johnson, Troy, Ohio. Inertia friction weld of superalloy with enhanced post weld heat treatment. Assigned to Siemens Energy Inc., Orlando. (US 9,175,373)
Michael E. Brown, Orlando. Heat delivery system for a fabric care appliance. Assigned to MEBIP LLC, Orlando. (US 9,175,434)
Richard C. Charron, West Palm Beach and David
A. Little, Chuluota. Gas turbine engine with high and intermediate temperature compressed air zones. Assigned to Siemens Energy Inc., Orlando. (US 9,175,604)
Saturnino Oquendo Jr., Sanford and Adam Perdue, Sanford. Universal mounting system for a light fixture. Assigned to Energy Planning Associates Corp., Sanford. (US 9,175,839)
Mark A. Trautman, Melbourne. Multi-layer mesh wicks for heat pipes. Assigned to Harris Corporation, Melbourne. (US 9,175,912)
Yanxia Sun, Oviedo; Peter J. Clayton, Casselberry; and Albert C. Sismour Jr., Casselberry. Machine vibration monitoring. Assigned to Siemens Energy Inc., Orlando. (US 9,176,003)
Edward Beadle, Melbourne; Emile Ganthier, Palm Bay; Stephen T Hogue, Melbourne; Sean Freeman, Indialantic; Gregory Medlin, Melbourne; and John Warner Shipley, Sebastian. Method and system using a polarimetric feature for detecting oil covered by ice. Assigned to Harris Corporation, Melbourne. (US 9,176,225)
Rex McCrary, Oviedo; Michael Houston, Cupertino, Calif; Philip J. Rogers, Pepperell, Mass.; Gongxian Jeffrey Cheng, Toronto (CA); Mark Hummel, Franklin, Mass.; and Paul Blinzer, Bellevue, Wash. Graphics processing dispatch from user mode. Assigned to Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif.; and ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, Ontario (CA). (US 9,176,795)
Andrew Bensinger, Windermere. Data transfer and recovery process. Assigned to DSSDR LLC, Windermere. (US 9,176,823)
Ynn-Pyng A. Tsaur, Oviedo and Douglas J. Fletcher, Sanford. Granular application data lifecycle sourcing from a single backup. Assigned to Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, Calif. (US 9,176,825)
Rahul Sukthankar, Orlando and Jay Yagnik, Mountain View, Calif. Determining feature vectors for video volumes. Assigned to Google Inc., Mountain View, Calif. (US 9,177,208)
Vineet Goel, Winter Park and Young In Yeo, Orlando. Multi-primitive graphics rendering pipeline. Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, Calif. (US 9,177,351)
Scott Brian Bawden, Winter Springs and Daniel L. Diehl, Orlando. System and method for converting computer aided design data into a three dimensional model. Assigned to Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, Md. (US 9,177,418)
Randolph Cruz, Melbourne and Loyde Milton Carpenter Jr., Palm Bay. Solder flow-impeding plug on a lead frame. Assigned to Intersil Americas LLC, Milpitas, Calif. (US 9,177,896)
Robert J. Nelson, Orlando. Power generation and low frequency alternating current transmission system. Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München (DE). (US 9,178,357) Purva R. Rajkotia, Orlando and Manjunath
Anandarama Krishnam, San Jose, Calif. Selecting a communication medium for data transmission. Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, Calif. (US 9,178,714)
Todd Sampson, Orlando; John Sampson, Orlando; Steve Ho, Apopka; Eric Marcoullier, San Francisco, Calif; and Neil Scott Rafer, San Francisco, Calif. Hot within my communities. Assigned to YAHOO! INC., Sunnyvale, Calif. (US 9,178,951)
Robin U Roberts, Orlando; Jeffery C Schmidt, Orlando; and Peter Stanforth, Winter Springs. System and method for allocating spectrum using dynamically adjusted separation distances for mitigating interference. Assigned to Spectrum Bridge Inc., Lake Mary. (US 9,179,322)
Howard Andrew Heller, Indialantic. Proxy mobile node capability for mobile IP. Assigned to IPR Licensing Inc., Wilmington, Del. (US 9,179,431)
Design Patents
A design patent protects only what a product looks like. It does not deal with the function of the product. Central Florida inventors who have recently received design patents include:
Karen Thompson, Pembroke Pines; Jeffery Homberger, Satellite Beach; and Thomas Homberger, Palm Beach Gardens. Drill tie stake. Assigned to Drill Tie Systems Inc., Hialeah. (US D742,187)