Patents

Granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

GRANTED FEB. 26

APPLICANTS: Roger A. Bess, Roberto Delima, Lap T. Huynh, John J. Majikes, Apex; Sivaram Gottimukkala, Dinakaran D. Joseph, Durham; Jason P. Hawrysz, Raleigh

ASSIGNEE: IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y.

TITLE: Application prioritization in a stateless protocol

NUMBER: 7,337,236

FILING DATE: July 2, 2002

APPLICANTS: Santanu Dutta, Cary; Angana Ghosh, Morrisville

ASSIGNEE: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden

TITLE: Method and apparatus for authorizing internet transactions using the public land mobile network

NUMBER: 7,337,229

FILING DATE: Nov. 8, 2001

APPLICANTS: Robert J. Burns, Sterling, Va.; Mustafa Chowdhury, Cathy A. Gay, Cindy K. Smith, Vienna, Va.; Patricia M. Dodson, Gary D. Kain, Herndon, Va.; Marian J. Gora, Leesburg, Va.; Mark D. Hanson, Potomac, Md.; Gregory J. Parseghian, McLean, Va.; Robert W. Aufdenspring, Orlando, Fla.; Stanley J. Kon, Chapel Hill; William F. Quinn, Shawnee Mission, Kan.

ASSIGNEE: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., McLean, Va.

TITLE: Method for structuring, pricing and setting a current mortgage price indicator contract

NUMBER: 7,337,136

FILING DATE: Aug. 17, 2001

APPLICANTS: David J. Kropaczek, Mehdi Asgari, Christian C. Oyarzun, Steven B. Sutton, William E. Russell II, William C. Cline, Wilmington

ASSIGNEE: Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, Wilmington

TITLE: Method, arrangement and computer program for generating database of fuel bundle designs for nuclear reactors

NUMBER: 7,337,099

FILING DATE: June 30, 2004

APPLICANTS: Benjamin C. Levitan, Raleigh

ASSIGNEE: Nextel Communications, Overland Park, Kansas

TITLE: System and method for position equipment dusting in search and rescue operations

NUMBER: 7,336,962

FILING DATE: June 17, 2005

APPLICANTS: James J. Allen Jr., Raleigh; Jean L. Calvignac, Cary; Natarajan Vaidhyanathan, Greensboro; Fabrice J. Verplanken, La Gaude, France

ASSIGNEE: IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y.

TITLE: Apparatus, method and program product to generate and use CRC in communications network

NUMBER: 7,336,667

FILING DATE: Nov. 21, 2002

APPLICANTS: Ho-Yen Chang, Raleigh; Tyan-Shu Jou, Apex; Ritesh Ahuja, James da Silva, Rockville Md.

ASSIGNEE: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden

TITLE: Methods and system of virtual circuit identification based on bit permutation of link numbers for multi-stage elements

NUMBER: 7,336,658

FILING DATE: Jan. 2, 2002

APPLICANTS: Zyad A. Dwekat, Farooq I. Cheema, Raleigh; Jeffrey M. Fries, Wake Forest; John A. Lowe, Garner

ASSIGNEE: Embarq Holdings Co., Overland Park, Kan.

TITLE: Method and system for providing service request notifications related to a communications network

NUMBER: 7,336,639

FILING DATE: Jan. 24, 2005

APPLICANTS: Michael Choma, Anjul Davis, Durham; Joseph A. Izatt, Raleigh

ASSIGNEE: Duke University, Durham

TITLE: Methods and systems for reducing complex conjugate ambiguity in interferometric data

NUMBER: 7,336,366

FILING DATE: Jan. 20, 2006

APPLICANTS: Garth J. Simpson, West Lafayette, Ind.; Ryan M. Plocinik, Lafayette, Ind.; Mark Polizzi, Chapel Hill

ASSIGNEE: Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, Ind.

TITLE: System and method for nonlinear optical null ellipsometry

NUMBER: 7,336,359

FILING DATE: May 3, 2005

APPLICANTS: David J. Brady, Michael E. Gehm, Durham

ASSIGNEE: Duke University, Durham

TITLE: Coding and modulation for hyperspectral imaging

NUMBER: 7,336,353

FILING DATE: Oct. 16, 2006

APPLICANTS: Richard Clark, Kirkland, Wash.; David R. Morey, Chapel Hill