Utility Patents

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

Travis Mickle, Celebration; Sven Guenther, Coralville, IA; and Christal Mickle, Celebration. Phenylethanoic acid, phenylpropanoic acid and phenylpropenoic acid conjugates and prodrugs of hydrocodone, method of making and use thereof. Assigned to KemPharm, Inc., Coralville, IA. (US 9,125,947)

Jesus Manuel Perez, Orlando; and Sudip Nath, Orlando. Aqueous method for making magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles. Assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc., Orlando. (US 9,125,941)

Gerald J. Bruck, Oviedo; Petya M. Georgieva, Oviedo; and Brandon

Houston, TX. Advanced pass progression for build-up welding. Assigned to Siemens Energy Inc., Orlando. (US 9,126,287)

John Clifford Denson, Merritt Island; Thomas Bucaccio, Melbourne; Frederick Charles Herrington, Cocoa Beach; and Martin Staric, Bled (SI) Hidden outboard engine enclosures. Assigned to Brunswick Corporation, Forest Lake, IL. (US 9,126,664)

Michael Bass, Indian River Shores; Sudipta Seal, Orlando; and William T. Self, Oviedo. Biocompatible nano rare earth oxide upconverters for imaging and therapeutics. Assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc., Orlando. (US 9,127,202)

Kiminobu Sugaya, Winter Park; Angel Alvarez, Chicago, IL; and Amelia Marutle, Stockholm (SE). Methods and products for biasing cellular development. Assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc., Orlando. (US 9,127,291)

David W. Hunt, Orlando; and David B. Allen, Oviedo. Turbine superalloy component defect repair with low-temperature curing resin. Assigned to Siemens Energy Inc., Orlando. (US 9,127,550)

Andrew R. Narcus, Loxahatchee; Matthew Gent, Port St. Lucie; and Neal Therrien, Stuart. Turbine combustion system cooling scoop. Assigned to Siemens Energy Inc., Orlando. (US 9,127,551)

Richard C. Charron, West Palm Beach; and Matthew D. Montgomery, Jupiter. Gas turbine engine with radial diffuser and shortened mid section. Assigned to Siemens Energy Inc., Orlando. (US 9,127,554)

Glenn E. Sancewich, Cocoa; Jose L. Alonso, DeBary; and Daniel E. Ford, Winter Springs. Modular drop-in combustor assembly for industrial gas turbine and method for installation. Assigned to Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando. (US 9,127,593)

Fredric S. Maxik, Indialantic; and David E. Bartine, Cocoa. Elongated LED luminaire and associated methods. Assigned to Lighting Science Group Corporation, Melbourne. (US 9,127,818)

Thierry Jean-Andre Coup, Orlando; Brian Birney McQuillian, Orlando; James Donald Sanders, Mineralwells, TX; Eric Lynn Hunt, Orlando; Eric Christopher Baker, Orlando; George Peter Gakoumis Jr., Orlando; and Richard Joseph Swim Jr., Orlando. Method and device for transforming an image. Assigned to Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA. (US 9,128,244)

Edward J. Miesak, Windermere. System and method for providing a polarization projector utilizing a polarization sensitive lens. Assigned to Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD. (US 9,128,356)

Ynn-Pyng Anker Tsaur, Oviedo; Russell Stringham, Orem, UT; and Suren Sethumadhavan, Lake Mary. Method and apparatus for performing file-level restoration from a block-based backup file stored on a sequential storage device. Assigned to Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA. (US 9,128,940)

Peter Stanforth, Winter Springs; Larry W. Koos, Sanford; William W. Koos, Altamonte Springs; and Joseph M. Hamilla, Sanford. System and method for policing spectrum usage. Assigned to Spectrum Bridge Inc., Lake Mary. (US 9,129,343)

Wei Huang, Oviedo; Khoi Nguyen, Sanford; Douglas A. Voda, Sanford; David C. Lawrence, Raleigh, NC; and Harshavardhan M. Karandikar, Longwood. Monitoring operating condition of electrical component. Assigned to ABB TECHNOLOGY AG, Zurich (CH) (US 9,129,510)

Benjamin King, University Park; Sethumadavan SanjayGopal, Viera; Michael G. Sica, Orlando; Philip N. Fibiger, Winter Park; and Donnie C. Fletcher, Sarasota. Augmented acknowledgement of alarms and messages in mobile health systems. Assigned to Voalte Inc., Sarasota. (US 9,129,501)

Ryan Tseng, Longwood. Method and apparatus for wireless power transmission. Assigned to Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA. (US 9,129,741)

David J. Mitchell, Oviedo; Cora Schillig, Orlando; Rod Waits, Sunnyvale, CA; and Anand A. Kulkarni, Oviedo. Gas turbine engine comprising an ultra high temperature circuit coupling open core transformer. Assigned to Siemens Energy Inc., Orlando. (US 9,129,742)