The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the following patents recently to Chicago-area companies:
ADE Inc., Chicago, suspension packages and systems and methods of using same, 6,942,101
Akora Inc., Buffalo Grove, indocyanine green compositions and related methods of use, 6,944,493
Andrew Corp., Orland Park, self-pointing antenna scanning, 6,943,750
Boeing Co., Chicago:
– Adaptable fastener installation tool, 6,941,627
– Bearing race support without distortion, 6,942,394
– Methods and systems for pressure swing regeneration for hydrogen generation, 6,942,719
– Coating for inhibiting oxidation of a substrate, 6,942,899
– System and method for remotely detecting electric arc events in a power system, 6,943,558
– Gain and phase balanced amplifier redundancy system, 6,943,625
– Focal plane array for THz imager and associated methods, 6,943,742
– Beam reconfiguration method and apparatus for satellite antennas, 6,943,745
– Gaze tracking system, eye-tracking assembly and an associated method of calibration, 6,943,754
– Gaze directed visual system, 6,943,799
– Laser system for detection and identification of chemical and biological agents and method therefore, 6,943,884
– System design using part roles, 6,944,832
Brunswick Corp., Lake Forest, engine control strategy for a marine propulsion system for improving shifting, 6,942,530
CHS Acquisition Corp., Chicago, production line banding system, 6,941,734
Dade Behring Inc., Deerfield, multicompartment reagent container having means to inhibit reuse thereof, 6,943,030
Digital Software Corp., Naperville, method and apparatus for providing optical network interface using optical memory storage, 6,944,110
Energy Absorption Systems Inc., Chicago, mount for truck mounted attenuator, 6,942,263
Eversharp Pen Co., Franklin Park, marking device, a method of using the same, and an accessory kit for the marking device, 6,942,408
FMC Technologies Inc., Chicago, gate valve with flow-through gate, 6,942,192
G.D. Searle & Co., Chicago, combination therapy employing ileal bile acid transport inhibiting benzothiepines and HMG CO-A reductase inhibitors, 6,943,189
Gas Research Institute, Des Plaines, system for generating electricity, 6,942,940
Hospira Inc., Lake Forest:
– Pump and tube set thereof, 6,942,473
– Method for compensating for pressure differences across valves in cassette type IV pump, 6,942,636
Illa International LLC, Chicago, high selective method of producing cumene hydroperoxide, phenol and acetone in an oxidation by-product conversion process, 6,943,270
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, battery system thermal management, 6,942,944
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview:
– Method and apparatus for making reclosable packages having slider-actuated string zippers, 6,941,726
– Single passive anti-roll compensator, 6,942,231
– Reclosable bag having wicket flap and slider-actuated string zipper, 6,942,608
– Zipper applicator, 6,942,609
– Wrapping films with mating cling strips, 6,942,909
Kraft Foods Holdings Inc., Northfield, apparatus for manufacturing flexible packages having slide closures, 6,941,722
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg:
– System and method for controlling methanol concentration in a fuel cell, 6,942,939
– Compact multiband inverted-F antenna, 6,943,738
– Electronic device with user interface capability and method therefore, 6,943,777
– Method and apparatus for a talkgroup call in a wireless communication system, 6,944,137
– Method and apparatus for providing power control for CDMA dispatch services, 6,944,177
– Multipass interference reduction in a GSM communication system, 6,944,245
– Delay insertion for echo cancellation, with echo supression, in a communication network, 6,944,289
– Method and device for detecting an interference condition, 6,944,422
– Reduced crossmodulation operation of a multimode communication device, 6,944,427
– Selective networking method for mobile ad hoc networks, 6,944,455
– Method for radio access bearer reconfiguration in a communications system, 6,944,473
– Time determination in satellite positioning system receivers and methods therefore, 6,944,540
Nalco Co., Naperville, method and apparatus for measuring deposit forming capacity of fluids using an electrochemically controlled pH change in the fluid proximate to a piezoelectric microbalance, 6,942,782
National Material IP, Elk Grove Village, foodware with a tarnish-resistant ceramic coating and method of making, 6,942,935
Navteq North America LLC, Chicago:
– Method for collecting altitude-related data along roads, 6,943,704
– Method of operation of a navigation system to reduce expenses on future trips and to provide other functions, 6,944,533
New Archery Products Corp., Forest Park, method for forming a cutting edge along an edge portion of a blade stock, 6,942,551
On-Demand Technologies Inc., Chicago, two-way audio/video conferencing system, 6,944,136
S & C Electric Co., Chicago:
– Rotating arc fault-current interrupter, 6,943,313
– Arrangements to detect and respond to disturbances in electrical power systems, 6,944,004
Sigma-Aldrich Co., Highland, tracer reagents that enhance reaction-product analysis, 6,942,964
Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises Inc., Chicago, point of purchase display, 6,942,113
Square D Co., Palatine, method and apparatus for bit level network data multiplexing, 6,944,176
Tribeam Technologies Inc., Arlington Heights, extended range infrared communication for an infrared associated compliant portable device, 6,944,402
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Chicago, protective packaging unit, 6,942,115
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, alkylation process with efficient effluent refrigeration, 6,943,276
Valent BioSciences Corp., Libertyville, method for producing a nematocidal composition by heat treating a pH-adjusted fermentation broth, 6,942,860
Walgreen Co., Deerfield, system and method for bin management, 6,942,146
Wessley-Jessen Corp., Des Plaines, biomedical devices with polyimide coating, 6,942,695
