U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Rhode Island (Aug. 20)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Rhode Island.

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DePuy Spine Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- DePuy Spine, Raynham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,241,294) developed by five co-inventors for "instruments for expandable corpectomy spinal fusion cage." The co-inventors are Robert Sommerich, Norton, Mass., Glen Arthur Presbrey, Mapleville, R.I., Martin Meer, Vohringen, Germany, Gerhard Pohl, Sankt Georgen, Germany, and Katherine Herard, Harrisville, R.I.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An instrument set for an intervertebral expandable spacer having a pair of co-axial annuluses locked together by an engagement member, the set including an inserter/expander having both a rapid expansion mechanism and a fine tuning expansion mechanism."

The patent application was filed on March 26, 2008 (12/055,805). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,241,294.PN.&OS=PN/8,241,294&RS=PN/8,241,294

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Acushnet Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,241,149) developed by four co-inventors for "golf balls having two core layers formed from HNP compositions." The co-inventors are Michael J. Sullivan, Barrington, R.I., Derek A. Ladd, Acushnet, Mass., Edmund A. Hebert, Mattapoisett, Mass., and Douglas E. Jones, Dartmouth, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to golf balls consisting essentially of a dual-layer core and a cover. The core includes a center having a center hardness of 50 Shore C or greater and formed from a first HNP composition, and an outer core layer having a surface hardness of 75 Shore C or greater and formed from a second HNP composition. The first HNP composition has a material hardness of 55 Shore D or less and comprises a highly neutralized ethylene/(meth)acrylic acid/alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer. The second HNP composition has a material hardness of 45 Shore D or greater and comprises a highly neutralized ethylene/(meth)acrylic acid copolymer. The material hardness of the first HNP composition is less than the material hardness of the second HNP composition. The cover includes an inner cover layer and an outer cover layer."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2011 (13/211,356). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,241,149.PN.&OS=PN/8,241,149&RS=PN/8,241,149

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Acushnet Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Mass., has been Assigned a patent (8,241,148) developed by four co-inventors for a "multi-layer core golf ball." The co-inventors are Michael J. Sullivan, Barrington, R.I., Derek A. Ladd, Acushnet, Mass., Brian Comeau, Berkley, Mass., and Douglas S. Goguen, New Bedford, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Golf balls consisting of a multi-layer core and a cover are disclosed. The multi-layer core comprises a thermoset rubber center, a thermoplastic intermediate core layer, and a thermoset rubber outer core layer."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2011 (13/204,830). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=82,41,148&OS=82,41,148&RS=82,41,148

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Acushnet Assigned Patent for Golf Balls Having at Least Two Core Layers Formed from HNP Compositions

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Acushnet, Fairhaven, Mass., has been Assigned a patent (8,241,147) developed by four co-inventors for "golf balls having at least two core layers formed from HNP compositions." The co-inventors are Michael J. Sullivan, Barrington, R.I., Derek A. Ladd, Acushnet, Mass., Edmund A. Hebert, Mattapoisett, Mass., and Douglas E. Jones, Dartmouth, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to golf balls consisting of a multi-layer core and a cover. The multi-layer core consists of a small, hard center enclosed by a soft intermediate core layer and an outer core layer. The multi-layer core includes at least one layer formed from a relatively soft HNP composition and at least one layer formed from a relatively hard HNP composition."

The patent application was filed on June 20, 2011 (13/164,233). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=82,41,147&OS=82,41,147&RS=82,41,147

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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U.S. Navy Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (8,242,626) developed by David A. Tonn, Charlestown, R.I., for a "magneto-electric method and apparatus for remote powering on the hull of an underwater vehicle."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A remote power delivery system includes an electrically-conductive plate disposed adjacent to a sensor system of an underwater vehicle's hull. At least one toroidal coil is disposed between the plate and the face of the sensor system exposed to water. An AC voltage is applied to the plate so that a time-harmonic voltage is induced in each toroidal coil."The patent application was filed on May 17, 2010 (12/781,187). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,242,626&OS=8,242,626&RS=8,242,626

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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