U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Illinois (Dec. 26)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Illinois.

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Breakwater Trading Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Breakwater Trading, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,341,059) developed by Thomas Rubio, Highland Park, Ill., for a "system, method and apparatus for creating and executing inter-exchange spread instruments."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method and apparatus for creating and executing inter-exchange spread instruments, comprising a buy and a sell leg (or other variation of buys and/or sells) of two distinct global exchange traded instruments. A spread instrument price is set using an implied base price of a first leg based upon a current bid and offer of the first leg on a global exchange, an implied base price of a second leg based upon a current bid and offer of the second leg on a global exchange, a first leg weighting factor, a second leg weighting factor, and a volatility risk factor. When the spread instrument is traded, each underlying leg is automatically filled and confirmed pursuant to the customs and practices of the corresponding exchange and clearinghouse or clearing firm for the product associated with the leg."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2009 (12/611,248). 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=8,341,059&OS=8,341,059&RS=8,341,059

Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,341,062) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method of margining fixed payoff products." The co-inventors are Dmitriy Glinberg, Northbrook, Ill., Tae S. Yoo, Bartlett, Ill., Dale A. Michaels, Westmont, Ill., and Edward Gogol, Skokie, Ill.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method is disclosed for determining performance bonds for fixed payoff products, i.e. contracts which payoff a fixed amount based on the outcome of an underlying event regardless of the value thereof. The worst outcome of the overall portfolio, which may contain more multiple instruments, is calculated, allowing the portfolio to have both long and short positions on the same underlying event and offsets among instruments within the portfolio. A universe of outcomes is constructed including single events with single outcomes, and the probability thereof, and single events with multiple outcomes, each with a probability thereof. Each outcome has an associated price and probability. Low probability events will have low values, resulting in a lower margin requirement. The margin requirement is then the amount of the maximum loss that the portfolio can sustain for any possible outcome of the underlying event, adjusted for the probability thereof."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2011 (13/300,881). 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=8,341,062&OS=8,341,062&RS=8,341,062

Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Assigned Patent for Distribution of Market Data

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,341,056) developed by five co-inventors for a "distribution of market data." The co-inventors are Ron Newell, Chicago, Vijay Menon, Chicago, Fred Malabre, Chicago, Joe Lobraco, Hoffman Estates, Ill., and Jim Northey, Houghton, Mich.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided for communicating and processing market data. The market data may comprise quotes, orders, trades and/or statistics. A messaging structure allows for adding, re-ordering and/or expanding data, within the printable character set of any language. One or more delimiters are defined and used to delimit data elements within the message structure. The data is interpreted based on templates which may be disseminated prior to the sending of messages and used as an abstraction so that the meaning of data need not be conveyed in the message."

The patent application was filed on May 9, 2012 (13/467,675). 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=8,341,056&OS=8,341,056&RS=8,341,056

Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

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W.W. Grainger Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- W.W. Grainger, Lake Forest, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,341,030) developed by Geoffry A. Westphal, Evanston, Ill., for a "system and method for providing access to product related electronic catalog functionality."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An aggregation of functionality related to a product within an electronic catalog hosted by a wholesaler web system is provided by presenting on a client computing device a webpage in which a single product is directly associated with a single access point. The single access point provides a means by which plural wholesaler web system functions related to the single product are made available to a consumer. A listing of the plural wholesaler web system functions related to the single product is displayed within the webpage in response to an activation of the single access point by the consumer. In response to a selection by the consumer from the displayed listing the wholesaler web system initiates a performance of the one of the plural wholesaler web system functions so selected."

The patent application was filed on June 22, 2012 (13/530,632). 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=8,341,030&OS=8,341,030&RS=8,341,030

Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

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AppFolio Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- AppFolio, Goleta, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,341,206) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for real-time viewing and manipulation of information hosted on third-party systems, including metrics, false acknowledgements, and auto-completion for inputting information over a network." The co-inventors are Comron Sattari, Chicago, Tushar Ranka, Ventura, Calif., Donald Tognazzini, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Rajesh Kumar, Goleta, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for real-time viewing and manipulation of information hosted on third-party systems are described. The system and methods enable property managers to create, edit and delete real estate vacancy postings on multiple sites from a single account, view metrics associated with the postings, and shift the administrative burdens associated with the unreliability of third-party systems to the system itself."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2009 (12/637,103). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.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=83,41,206.PN.&OS=PN/83,41,206&RS=PN/83,41,206

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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CA Inc. Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- CA Inc., Islandia, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,341,132) developed by Bruce DeFrang, Batavia, Ill., for a "system and method for applying deltas in a version control system."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method that efficiently maintains multiple versions of a dataset using recursive calls is provided. The method may include fully storing one or more versions of the dataset and storing only changes, called deltas, that occurred from one version to another. Using recursive techniques eliminates the need to generate interim versions in their entirety to generate a requested version. For each position in the requested version the method may include generating content by recursive calls. Each recursive call may initiate a request on an adjacent version to produce content at its corresponding position. The request triggers a recursive call by the adjacent version, which may in turn initiate another request on its adjacent version. This series of recursive calls may be repeated until a fully stored version, which simply returns its content, is reached. The requested version may then generated using content generated for each position by the recursive calls."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2008 (12/243,263). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.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=83,41,132.PN.&OS=PN/83,41,132&RS=PN/83,41,132

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Testura Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Testura, Deerfield, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,341,078) developed by Patrick J. Allin, Lake Bluff, Ill., Charles C. Cherry, Glenview, Ill., and William H. Eichhorn, Hinsdale, Ill., for a "construction payment management system and method with document tracking features."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method of managing a construction payment process involving a plurality of participants associated with the construction project and at least one document to be transferred between at least two participants of the plurality participants during the course of the construction project. One method can include assigning at least one enforcement action to the at least one document wherein the enforcement action is automatically effected if the document is not transferred between the at least two participants."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2009 (12/603,613). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.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=83,41,078.PN.&OS=PN/83,41,078&RS=PN/83,41,078

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Chicago Board Options Exchange Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,341,069) developed by Catherine T. Shalen, Chicago, for a "method and system for creating and trading derivative investment instruments based on an index of collateralized options."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Collateralized option index derivative investment instruments and methods for creating a collateralized option index are disclosed herein based on changes in a performance of collateralized option strategies. According to an aspect of the disclosure, a method for calculating a collateralized option index is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method for calculating a collateralized option index includes calculating a value of a portfolio invested in a collateralized short strategy according to the relation: V.sub.t=M.sub.t-N.sub.lastP.sub.t where M.sub.t is a value of a LIBOR component of the portfolio at the close of date t, N.sub.last is a number of put options sold at a last roll date, and P.sub.t is a price of the underlying option portfolio based on arithmetic averages of the last bid and ask prices of all options in the underlying option portfolio reported before a time on date t."

The patent application was filed on May 23, 2011 (13/113,755). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.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=83,41,069.PN.&OS=PN/83,41,069&RS=PN/83,41,069

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Chicagoland Grows Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Chicagoland Grows, Glencoe, Ill., has been assigned a patent (PP23,286) developed by James Robert Ault, Libertyville, Ill., and Catherine S. Thomas, Northfield, Ill., for a "monarda plant named 'Fire Marshall'."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A new cultivar of bee balm, Monarda Hybrid `Fire Marshall`, characterized by its inflorescences that are deep red in color, its clump-forming growth habit, its high level of resistance to powdery mildew, its compact plant habit, its height of about 50 cm, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 7."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2011 (13/200,271). 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=PP23,286&OS=PP23,286&RS=PP23,286

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Embedded Trace Macrocell for Enhanced Digital Signal Processor Debugging Operations

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,341,604) developed by five co-inventors for an "embedded trace macrocell for enhanced digital signal processor debugging operations." The co-inventors are Lucian Codrescu, Austin, Texas, William C. Anderson, Austin, Texas, Suresh Venkumahanti, Austin, Texas, Louis Achille Giannini, Berwyn, Ill., Manojkumar Pyla, San Diego, and Xufeng Chen, San Diego.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for the design and use of a digital signal processor, including (but not limited to) for processing transmissions in a communications (e.g., CDMA) system. The method and system improve software instruction debugging operations by capturing real-time information relating to software execution flow and include and instructions and circuitry for operating a core processor process within a core processor. A non-intrusive debugging process operates within a debugging mechanism of a digital signal processor. Non-intrusively monitoring in real time predetermined aspects of software execution occurs with the core processing process and occurs in real-time on the processor. An embedded trace macrocell records selectable aspects of the non-intrusively monitored software execution and generates at least one breakpoint in response to events arising within the selectable aspects of the non-intrusively monitored software execution. The present disclosure controls aspects of the non-intrusive debugging process in response to at least one breakpoint."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2006 (11/560,339). 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=8,341,604&OS=8,341,604&RS=8,341,604

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Caterpillar Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Caterpillar, Peoria, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,341,748) developed by John L. Traenkenschuh, Mackinaw, Ill., Terry E. Jones, Metamora, Ill., and Richard V. Rosetto, Chillcothe, Ill., for "method and system to detect breaks in a border of a computer network."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for detecting breaks in a border of a network is disclosed. The method may include monitoring network regulation and shaping traffic passing through the border. The method may also include providing, by a first confederate server on a first side of the border, a first connection request to a second confederate server on a second side of the border. Further, the method may include providing, by the second confederate server on the second side of the border, a second connection request to the first confederate server on the first side of the border. The method may also include executing a network diagnostic command if one or more of the first or second connection request is granted. Further, the method may also include copying any outputs of the network diagnostic command to a file."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2008 (12/314,879). 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=8,341,748&OS=8,341,748&RS=8,341,748

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Oracle International Assigned Patent for Managing the Content of Shared Slide Presentations

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,341,528) developed by four co-inventors for "managing the content of shared slide presentations." The co-inventors are Dhananjay R. Chaudhary, Fremont, Calif., Tara U. Roberts, Austin, Texas, Joseph E. Keslin, Munster, Ind., and Philip Boutros, Long Grove, Ill.The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, and software applications for managing slide presentation content are described in the present disclosure. According to one embodiment, among many, a computer readable medium is configured to store instructions that are executable by a processing device. The computer readable medium comprises logic adapted to disassemble a plurality of slide presentations into a plurality of individual files, wherein each individual file corresponds to a single slide of a respective slide presentation. The computer readable medium also includes logic adapted to extract information from each slide and logic adapted to compare the extracted information from each slide and consolidate groups of slides that are substantially similar."The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/494,773). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.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=8,341,528.PN.&OS=PN/8,341,528&RS=PN/8,341,528

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Microsoft Assigned Patent for Automated Set-up of a Collaborative Workspace

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,341,532) developed by four co-inventors for an "automated set-up of a collaborative workspace." The co-inventors are Patricia A. Ryan, Seattle, Suri Raman, Mercer Island, Wash., Ulrike A. Anders, Chicago, and Jason D. Giles, Seattle.The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An approach to setting up a collabortive workspace involves receiving a user's instructions to convert an object to a collaborative workspace. In response to this instruction, the approach creates the collaborative workspace in a substantially automated manner. The approach may thereby facilitate the provisioning of a collaborative workspace, eliminating or at least reducing the manual effort involved in setting up a collaborative workspace."The patent application was filed on June 10, 2008 (12/136,076). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.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=8,341,532.PN.&OS=PN/8,341,532&RS=PN/8,341,532

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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