The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the following patents recently to Chicago-area companies:
Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago:
Performance improvement for hematology analysis, 6,916,662
Use of pullulan as a slowly digested carbohydrate, 6,916,796
Aerotail LLC, Winnetka, deployable structure, 6,915,611
Andrew Corp., Orland Park:
System for isolating an auxiliary antenna from a main antenna mounted in a common antenna assembly, 6,917,344
Wide bandwidth base station antenna and antenna array, 6,917,346
Arch Development Corp., Chicago, method for generation of longer cDNA fragments from sage tags for gene identification, 6,916,610
Boeing Co., Chicago:
Ballistic fire protection packaging system, 6,915,861
Apparatus and method for mounting a cascade support ring to a thrust reverser, 6,915,984
Painted broadcast-frequency reflective component, 6,917,347
Real-time wavefront sensor system, 6,917,426
Method and apparatus for stepping space craft mechanisms at low disturbance rates, 6,917,861
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, operator input device with tactile feedback, 6,917,867
Charles Industries, Rolling Meadows, locking system for an electronic enclosure, 6,916,985
FAIP North America Inc., Elk Grove Village, water-operated wash brush, 6,915,541
Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Schaumburg, method for forming a semiconductor structure through epitaxial growth, 6,916,728
Heartware Home Products Inc., Gurnee, counter-top cooker having multiple heating elements, 6,917,017
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview:
Strapping machine with double hinged access doors, 6,915,625
Tire uniformity testing, 6,915,684
Roller/damper assembly, 6,915,716
Tool with nosepiece for bending fastener upon installation and fastener therefor, 6,915,937
Packaging container with integral rigidizer, 6,915,946
Self-adjusting cartridge seal, 6,916,023
Static neutralizing roll follower, 6,917,507
MacLean-Fogg Co., Mundelein, composite insulator, 6,916,993
Microlink Devices Inc., Niles, AlGaAs or InGaP low turn-on voltage GaAs-based heterojunction bipolar transistor, 6,917,061
Molex Inc., Lisle:
Electrical signal transmission system, 6,916,209
Differential signal connectors with ESD protection, 6,916,188
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg:
Method for growing a monocrystalline oxide layer and for fabricating a semiconductor device on a monocrystalline substrate, 6,916,717
Method and system for providing induction charging having improved efficiency, 6,917,182
Method and apparatus for transmitting and decoding pre-programmed messages, 6,917,281
Unscheduled power save delivery method in a wireless local area network for real time communication, 6,917,598
Method and apparatus for switching an ongoing communication of user information between a wireless connection and a wired connection, 6,917,611
Method and apparatus for detecting software tampering in a subscriber device, 6,917,641
Method for automatically sorting the neighbor list of a cell in a communications system, 6,917,809
Method and mobile station for reporting multipath signals based on a report window, 6,917,814
Method and apparatus for design for manufacturing, 6,917,847
Digital filter for sub-band synthesis, 6,917,913
Method and apparatus for testing digital channels in a wireless communication system, 6,917,916
Method and system of automatic allocation of unique subnet identifier to a subnet in the network having multiple subnets and a plurality of associated routers and router interfaces, 6,917,977
Navteq North America LLC, Chicago, method for determining the intersection of polygons used to represent geographic features, 6,917,877
New Archery Products Corp., Forest Park, apparatus for loading a moveable arrow rest, 6,915,791
Packaging House, Chicago, adjustable width paperboard tote tray, 6,915,947
PCTEL Maryland Inc., Chicago, method and apparatus for CDMA pn scanning at indoor and other obstructed locations, 6,917,609
Pharmacia Corp., Skokie, polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl substituted 4-pyrones useful for selective inhibition of the coagulation cascade, 6,916,847
Rexam Beverage Can Co., Chicago, seaming apparatus and method for cans, 6,915,553
S & C Electric Co., Chicago, monitoring and control for power electronic system, 6,917,186
Standard Oil Co., Warrenville, attrition resistant inorganic microspheroidal particles, 6,916,891
UFP Technologies Inc., Addison, method of tracking tools, 6,915,952
University of Chicago, Chicago, oxygen ion conducting materials, 6,916,570
World Properties Inc., Lincolnwood, method of printing including mounting plate on cylinder using foam cushion tape, 6,915,741
XDX Inc., Arlington Heights, vapor compression systems, expansion devices, flow-regulating members and methods for using vapor compression systems, 6,915,648
Zenith Electronics Corp., Lincolnshire, coding and decoding a signal modified in accordance with the feedback states of an encoder, 6,917,655
Zimmer Technology Inc., Chicago, provisional orthopedic prosthesis for partially resected bone, 6,916,324
