NEW PATENTS

AWARDED DEC. 15

Unirac, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent

(9,837,955) developed by three co-inventors for an “assembly for mounting a trim piece to a photovoltaic panel using standardized clamps.” The co-inventors are Nathan

Schuit, Edgewood, Todd Ganshaw Sr.,

Albuquerque, and Tom Young, Albuquerque. (Filed June 3, 2016)

Los Alamos National

Security, Los Alamos, has been assigned a patent

(9,837,564) developed by two co-inventors for an “actinide oxide photodiode and nuclear battery.” The co-inventors are Milan Sykora, Los Alamos, and Igor Usov, Los Alamos. (Filed Sept. 23, 2016)

STC.UNM, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent (9,837,240) developed by two co-inventors for a “relativistic magnetron with no physical cathode.” The co-inventors are Edl Schamiloglu, Albuquerque, and Mikhail I. Fuks, Albuquerque. (Filed June 17, 2015)

Los Alamos National

Security, Los Alamos, has been assigned a patent

(9,835,618) developed by three co-inventors for a “discovery, detection and use of biomarkers.” The co-inventors are Basil I.

Swanson, Los Alamos, Harshini Mukundan,

Los Alamos, and Rama Murthy Sakamuri, Los Alamos. (Filed June 21, 2012)

Los Alamos National Security, Los Alamos, has been assigned a patent (9,835,428) developed by four co-inventors for a “detonation command and control.” The co-inventors are Jonathan Lee Mace, Los Alamos, Gerald J. Seitz, El Rancho, John A. Echave, Los Alamos,

and Pierre-Yves Le Bas, Los Alamos. (Filed May 27, 2016)

National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent

(9,834,649) developed by two co-inventors for shaped fiber composites. The co-inventors are Mark

K. Kinnan, Albuquerque, and Dennis P. Roach, Albuquerque. (Filed Oct. 7, 2013)

New Mexico Tech Research Foundation, Socorro, has been assigned a patent

(9,834,514) developed by seven co-inventors for “antibiotic sensitivity-restoring and photosensitive agents.” The co-inventors are

Snezna Rogelj, Socorro, Liliya Frolova, Socorro, Alexander Kornienko,

San Marcos, Texas, Leslie D. Edwards, Socorro, Cody Champion, Las Cruces, Kailee Zingler, Tomah, Wis., and Danielle Nicole Turner, Socorro. (Filed April 20, 2016)

National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent

(9,834,381) developed by four co-inventors for a “method for carbon dioxide sequestration.” The co-inventors are Yifeng Wang, Albuquerque, Charles

R. Bryan, Albuquerque, Thomas Dewers,

Albuquerque, and Jason E. Heath, Edgewood. (Filed Aug. 13, 2015)

Keystone Retaining

Wall Systems, West Chester, Ohio, has been assigned a patent

(9,834,902) developed by two co-inventors for “blocks, block systems and methods of making blocks.” The co-inventors are Robert

A. MacDonald, Plymouth, Minn., and Thomas S. Riccobene, Albuquerque. (Filed Feb. 23, 2016)

Verizon Patent and

Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent

(9,838,746) developed by four co-inventors for “media clip systems and methods.” The co-inventors are James

A. Long, Los Gatos, Calif., Si Ying Diana Hu, Sunnyvale, Calif., Joaquin

A. Delgado, Fremont, Calif., and Oliver Wagner, Albuquerque. (Filed July 30, 2015)

Los Alamos National Security, Los Alamos, has been assigned a patent (9,842,664) developed by four co-inventors for “recovering and recycling uranium used for production of molybdenum-99.” The co-inventors are Sean Douglas Reilly, Los Alamos, Iain May, Los Alamos, Roy Copping, Santa Fe, and Gregory Edward Dale, Los Alamos. (Filed Sept. 26, 2013)

Amtech Systems, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent

(9,841,500) developed by two co-inventors for a “system and method for estimating range to an RFID tag.” The co-inventors are Michael George Melville, Albuquerque, and John Todd Elson, Albuquerque. (Filed March 7, 2016)

Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent

(9,841,607) developed by four co-inventors for a “method and apparatus for stabilizing a line of sight of a radiant energy system.” The co-inventors are Jed Eden Donaldson, Bernalillo, Kirk Alan

Lohnes, Bosque Farms, Bruce Edward Stribling,

Albuquerque, and David R. Dean, Bernalillo. (Filed May 1, 2015)

The U.S. Department of Energy has been assigned a patent (9,843,400) developed by two co-inventors for “broadband unidirectional ultrasound propagation.” The co-inventors are Dipen N. Sinha, Los Alamos, and Cristian Pantea, Los Alamos. (Filed April 6, 2015)

Kemeny Associates, Middleton, Wis., has assigned a patent

(9,841,322) developed by seven co-inventors for “spectral imaging with multiple illumination sources.” The

co-inventors are Gabor John Kemeny, Verona,

Wis., Gard Anders Groth, Madison, Wis., Christopher Erwin Zueger, Chicago, Xu Zhai, Madison, Wis., Gina Elaine Stuessy,

Middleton, Wisc., Natalie Ann Crothers, Wisconsin Dells, Wis., and Howland Jones, Rio Rancho. (Filed June 2., 2015)

Valent BioSciences, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent

(9,839,215) developed by six co-inventors for “methods for increasing oil palm yield.” The co-inventors are Andrew

Rath, Underwood, Australia, Peter D. Petracek, Grayslake, Ill., Johnny Lopez, Artesia, Max G. Villalobos Acuna, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Gregory D. Venburg, Deerfield, Ill., and Warren E. Shafer, Libertyville, Ill. (Filed Sept. 8, 2016)

Honeywell International, Morris Plains, N.J., has been assigned a patent

(9,842,388) developed by three co-inventors for “systems and methods for location aware augmented vision aircraft monitoring and inspection.” The co-inventors are Andrew Fannon Lamkin,

Beaverton, Ore., Matthew Warpinski, Albuquerque, and Duke Buster, Albuquerque. (Filed July 2, 2015)

Neurovance, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (9,839,627) developed by six co-inventors for “methods of treating fragile X associated disorders, ADHD, and autism spectrum disorder.” The co-inventors are Anthony McKinney, Cambridge, Mass., Frank Gentile, Boxborough, Mass., Timothy Hsu, Cambridge, Mass., Franklin Bymaster, Brownsburg, Ind., Walter

Piskorski, Nashua, N.H., and Richard Welter, Las Cruces. (Filed Dec. 9, 2014)

National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent

(9,835,741) developed by two co-inventors for a “single volume fission energy neutron detector.” The co-inventors are

Erik Brubaker, Oakland, Calif., and Peter Marleau, Dublin, Calif. (Filed July 9, 2014)

Amtech Systems, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent

(9,841,500) developed by two co-inventors for a “system and method for estimating range to an RFID tag.” The co-inventors are Michael George Melville, Albuquerque, and John Todd Elson, Albuquerque. (Filed March 7, 2016)

AWARDED DEC. 21

Honeywell International, Morris Plains, N.J., has been assigned a patent

(9,842,388) developed by three co-inventors for “systems and methods for location aware augmented vision aircraft monitoring and inspection.” The co-inventors are Andrew Fannon Lamkin,

Beaverton, Ore., Matthew Warpinski, Albuquerque, and Duke Buster, Albuquerque. (Filed July 2, 2015)

Automotive Test

Solutions, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent (9,846,104) developed by two co-inventors for “EVAP II--Leak verification and detection for vehicle fuel containment systems.” The co-inventors are Bernie C. Thompson, Albuquerque, and Neal R. Pederson, Los Alamos. (Filed June 10, 2016)

National Technologies and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent

(9,846,229) developed by four co-inventors for “radar velocity determination using direction of arrival measurements.” The co-inventors are Armin

W. Doerry, Albuquerque, Douglas L. Bickel,

Albuquerque, Richard M.

Naething, Albuquerque, and Volker Horndt, San Diego, Calif. (Filed March 11, 2015)

National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent

(9,846,348) developed by three co-inventors for “photon energy conversion by nearzero permittivity nonlinear materials.” The co-inventors are Ting

S. Luk, Albuquerque, Michael B. Sinclair, Albuqueruqe, and Salvatore Campione, Albuquerque. (Filed Feb. 10, 2016)

Mesa Digital, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent

(9,846,918) developed by two co-inventors for an “electric vehicle rescue system.” The co-inventors are Luis M. Ortiz, Albuquerque, and Kermit

D. Lopez, Albuquerque. (Filed March 25, 2016)

National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent

(9,847,149) developed by seven co-inventors for “electrochemical ion separation in molten salts.” The co-inventors are Erik David Spoerke, Albuquerque, Jon

Ihlefeld, Albuquerque, Karen Waldrip,

Albuquerque, Jill S. Wheeler, Albuquerque, Harlan James BrownShaklee, Albuquerque, Leo J. Small, Albuquerque, and David R. Wheeler, Albuquerque. (Filed Feb. 26, 2016)

Duke University, Durham, N.C., Los Alamos National Security, Los Alamos, and the University of

Alabama, Birmingham, Ala., have been assigned a patent (9,844,589) developed by nine co-inventors for “modified human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) group M consensus envelope glycoproteins capable of inducing broadly reactive T- and B-cell responses.” The co-inventors are Barton F. Haynes, Durham,

N.C., Feng Gao, Durham, N.C., Bette T. Korber, Los Alamos, Beatrice

H. Hahn, Birmingham, Ala., George M. Shaw, Birmingham, Ala., Denise Kothe, Birmingham, Ala., Ying Ying Li, Hoover, Ala., Julie Decker, Alabaster,

Ala., and Hua-Xin Liao, Chapel Hill, N.C. (Filed Aug. 23, 2011)

Duke University, Durham, N.C., Los Alamos National Security, Los Alamos, Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center, Boston, and UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, Ala., have been assigned a patent

(9,844,590) developed by six co-inventors for “mosaic clade M human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gag immunogens.” The co-inventors are Bette T. Korber, Los Alamos,

William Fischer, Los Alamos, Norman Letvin,

Boston, Hua-Xin Liao, Durham, N.C., Barton F.

Haynes, Durham, N.C., and Beatrice H. Hahn, Birmingham, Ala. (Filed May 29, 2015)

Phoenix, Monona, Wis., has been assigned a patent (9,847,205) developed by 12 co-inventors for “high reliability, long lifetime, negative ion source.” The co-inventors are Joseph D. Sherman, Santa Fe, Evan R. Sengbusch, Verona, Wis., Ross F. Radel, Madison, Wis., Arne V. Kobernik, Madison, Wis., Tye T. Gribb, Fitchburg, Wis., Preston J. Barrows, Madison, Wis., Christopher M. Seyfert,

Ridgeway, Wis., Logan D. Campbell, Madison, Wis., Daniel J. Swanson, Madison, Wis., Eric D. Risley, Middleton, Wis., Jin W. Lee, Madison,

Wis., and Kevin D. Meaney, Green Bay, Wis. (Filed June 26, 2014)

STC.UNM, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent (9,844,684) developed by two co-inventors for “optimization methods for radiation therapy planning.” The co-inventors are Shuang

Luan, Albuquerque, and Daniel Andres Riofrio Almeida, Quito, Ecuador. (Filed April 30, 2015)

National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent

(9,844,990) developed by three co-inventors for “multiple environment unmanned vehicle.” The co-inventors are Clinton

G. Hobart, Albuquerque, William D. Morse,

Albuquerque, and Robert James Bickerstaff, Albuquerque. (Filed Feb. 1, 2017)

National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Albuquerque, has been assigned a patent

(9,845,334) developed by two co-inventors for “high-efficiency organic glass scintillators.” The co-inventors are Patrick

L. Feng, Livermore, Calif., and Joseph S. Carlson, Morgan Hill, Calif. (Filed Oct. 10, 2016)