The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the following patents recently to Chicago-area companies:
Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, site-specific isotopically-labeled proteins, amino acids and biochemical precursors therefore, 6,897,337
Andrew Corp., Orland Park, adaptive linearizer for RF power amplifiers, 6,897,722
Arch Development Corp., Chicago, method system and computer-readable medium for the two-dimensional and three-dimensional detection of lesions in computed tomography scans, 6,898,303
Ball Horticultural Co., West Chicago, interspecific Lobelia plant, 6,897,355
Boeing Co., Chicago:
– Compact swirl-augmented afterburners for gas turbine engines, 6,895,756
– Dual-bridge angular accelerometer, 6,895,817
– Ultrasonic transducer assembly for monitoring a fluid flowing through a duct, 6,895,825
– Apparatus and method for friction stir welding utilizing a grooved pin, 6,896,169
– Molding process and apparatus for producing unified composite structures, 6,896,841
– Susceptor-connection system and associated apparatus and method, 6,897,419
– Heterodyne lateral-grating interferometric encoder, 6,897,961
– Non-linear optical-carrier frequency converter, 6,897,998
– Clamping system and method for securing freight, 6,896,457
– Cabot Microelectronics Corp., Aurora:
Mixed-abrasive polishing composition and method for using the same, 6,896,591
– Microporous polishing pads, 6,896,593
Credo Technology Corp., Broadview, depth-rod-adjustment mechanism for a plunge-type router, 6,896,451
Cummins-Allison Corp., Mt. Prospect, coin-redemption system, 6,896,118
For Your Ease Only Inc., Chicago, anti-tarnish aqueous treatment, 6,896,739
Gas Research Institute, Des Plaines, scrubber ventilation system, 6,895,954
Huskie Tools, Glendale Heights, wedge-connector tool head, 6,895,663
ILight Technologies Inc., Evanston, simulated neon illumination device using end-lit wave guide, 6,896,398
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview:
– Accessory-mounting mechanism, 6,895,635
Method and apparatus for sealing zippers to bagmaking film, 6,895,725
– Dual-motor strapper, 6,895,733
– Banded-container package with opening feature, 6,896,129
– Single-piece packaging container, 6,896,174
– Method and apparatus for reducing coating buildup on feed tubes, 6,896,211
– Push-button-release apparatus, 6,896,302
– Zipper having longitudinal channel that limits range of slider travel, 6,896,409
– Collated road-marker assembly and system and method for automatically applying collated road markers to roadway surfaces, 6,896,444
Leo’s Dancewear Inc., Chicago, dance shoe, 6,895,693
Maple Leaf Baker Inc., Des Plaines, method of baking yeast-fermented frozen bread products, 6,896,916
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg:
– Electronic component and method of manufacturing same, 6,897,562
– Magnetically-driven air-moving apparatus with magnetically-tipped fan blades and a single-field coil and core, 6,896,492
– Multiple SIM card-holding apparatus, 6,896,548
– Rechargeable battery having charging-indicating means, 6,897,634
– Method and apparatus for reconfigurable frequency generation, 6,897,687
– Method and apparatus for composing an illumination pattern, 6,897,787
– Wireless system protocol for telemetry monitoring, 6,897,788
– Digital radio, 6,898,191
– Method for assigning transcoding channel elements, 6,898,208
– Method for acknowledging messages in a communication system, 6,898,414
– Method and apparatus for avoiding spurious signal-receiver desensitizing, 6,898,420
– Method and apparatus for multilevel distributed-speech recognition, 6,898,567
Nanophase Technologies Corp., Romeoville, substantially transparent abrasion-resistant films containing surface-treated nanocrystalline particles, 6,896,958
Northwestern University, Evanston, all-fiber photon-pair source for quantum communications, 6,897,434
ORO Grande Technology LLC, Naperville, hydrogen lighter-than-air ship, 6,896,222
Poly-Clip System Corp., Mundelein, polystretch bagger system, 6,895,726
Robert Bosch Corp., Broadview, tandem-brake booster, 6,895,853
Sloan Valve Co., Franklin Park, programmed water flow through electronic plumbing devices and related methods, 6,898,552
Sonoscan Inc., Elk Grove Village, acoustic-microimaging method and apparatus for capturing 4D acoustic-reflection virtual samples, 6,895,820
Stepan Co., Northfield, manufacture of conjugated linoleic salts and acids, 6,897,327
Telefonix Inc., Waukegan, secure mounting assembly for a retail product display, 6,896,543
Tellabs Operations Inc., Naperville, methods and apparatus for forming a flexible junction, 6,897,372
Tenneco Automotive Operating Co. Inc., Lake Forest, temperature-compensated dual-acting slip, 6,896,110
Termax Corp., Schaumburg, sheet metal fastener, 6,896,464
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, process to compensate for a discrete non-separating section in simulated moving-bed adsorptive-separation processes, 6,896,812
WestfaliaSurge Inc., Naperville, short milk tube, 6,895,892
