KENTUCKY PATENTS
The
U.S. Patent Office issues patents weekly. These patents were issued
Tuesday for inventors or assignees in the Lexington area:
Apparatus
for viewing an operating panel of an electronic device. Inventors:
Clyde D. Jasmin and Ronald C. Knapp, both of Lexington. Patent No.
7,300,170 assigned to Lexmark International.Power controller having
current limited RMS regulated output. Inventors: Ernest C. Weyhrauch,
Richmond, and Matthew B. Ballenger, George B. Kendrick and Brent J.
Eastwood, all of Lexington. Patent No. 7,301,291 assigned to Osram
Sylvania Inc.Systems and methods for use of profiles in multifunction
devices. Inventors: Michael R. Timperman and Charles E. Grieshaber,
both of Versailles, and Christopher R. Nash, Ronald D. Parrott, Craig
A. Rudolph, Timothy S. Seevers, Suzanne M. Thompson, William J. Flowers
and Allen W. Waugerman, all of Lexington. Patent No. 7,301,659 assigned
to Lexmark.JPEG encoding for document images using pixel
classification. Inventors: Mohamed N. Ahmed, Louisville, and Brian E.
Cooper and Michael E. Lhamon, both of Lexington. Patent No. 7,302,107
assigned to Lexmark.Methods of delaying development of CEA-associated
tumors using anti-idiotype antibody 3H1. Inventors: Malaya Chatterjee
and Sunil K. Chatterjee, both of Fort Wright, and Kenneth A. Foon,
Fremont, Calif. Patent No. 7,300,651 assigned to University of Kentucky
Research Foundation.

Kentucky patents
The U.S. Patent Office issues patents weekly. These patents were issued Tuesday for inventors or assignees in the Lexington area:
Method of performing dynamic printhead maintenance firing in an ink-jet printer. Inventors: Charles Aldrich, Nicholasville; Marc Herwald, Lexington; and Martin Johnson, Winchester. Patent 7,287,826 assigned to Lexmark International Inc., Lexington.Exit roller system for an imaging apparatus including backup rollers configured to reduce tracking. Inventors: Patrick Buxton, Daniel LaBar, Michael Lawrence and Robert Meadows, all of Lexington. Patent 7,287,922 assigned to Lexmark.

Apparatus and method for data compression optimized by printhead architecture. Inventor: Mark Fagan, Lexington. Patent 7,289,243 assigned to Lexmark.Shared high-voltage power supply for image transfer in an image-forming device. Inventors: Pramod Sharma, Mark DeMoor and Gregory Ream, all of Lexington. Patent 7,289,757 assigned to Lexmark. 

Lexmark’s new Kentucky patents
The U.S. Patent Office issues patents weekly. These patents were issued Tuesday for inventors or assignees in the Lexington area:
In-ceiling speaker. Inventors: Courtney Gould, Lexington, and Eugen Nedelcu, Meridian, Ill. Patent D549,689 assigned to ELAN Home Systems LLC, Lexington.Surround dipole speaker. Inventors: Courtney Gould, Lexington, and Eugen Nedelcu, Meridian, Ill. Patent D549,691 assigned to ELAN.Small/special media guide-in tray. Inventors: John Funk and Michael Lawrence, both of Lexington; Kevin Johnson, Georgetown; and Bryan Scharf, Richmond. Patent 7,261,290 assigned to Lexmark International Inc., Lexington.Inkjet ink tank with integral priming piston. Inventor: David Greer, Lexington. Patent 7,261,398 assigned to Lexmark.Systems and methods for handling defective RFID media according to available printer output options. Inventors: Raymond Marowski, David Mickan and Mark Underwood, all of Lexington. Patent 7,261,478 assigned to Lexmark.Biopsy forceps device and method for use. Inventors: Gary Long, Mariemont, Ohio; David Stefanchik, Mason, Ohio; and James Craft, Lexington. Patent 7,261,728 assigned to Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc., Cincinnati.Lamp with integral voltage converter having phase-controlled dimming circuit with hysteresis control for reducing RMS load voltage. Inventor: Matthew Ballenger and George Kendrick, both of Lexington. Patent 7,262,554 assigned to Osram Sylvania Inc., Danvers, Mass.Snap-in antenna assembly for wireless radio circuit card. Inventor: Gary Noe, Lexington. Patent 7,262,735 assigned to Lexmark.Photoprinter access to remote data. Inventors: Galen Rasche, Timothy Rademacher, Barry Cavill and William Reed, all of Lexington; and Christine Trinkle, Hebron. Patent 7,262,873 assigned to Lexmark.Determining operating point of feedback controller applied to operation of oscillating scanning device. Inventor: Martin Klement, Lexington. Patent 7,262,895 assigned to Lexmark.Auger for use in an image-forming device. Inventors: Claudia Marin, John Kietzman and Tom Stickler, all of Lexington, and Michael Pawley, Nicholasville. Patent 7,263,325 assigned to Lexmark.Multi-function device having graphical user interface incorporating customizable icons. Inventors: Christopher Faro, Nathan Klemperer, Jennifer Krouse and John Steele, all of Lexington, and Gregory Chavers, North Richland Hills, Texas. Patent 7,263,661 assigned to Lexmark. 

Kentucky patents
The U.S. Patent Office issues patents weekly. These patents were issued Tuesday for inventors in the Lexington area:
Method and device to control the alignment of a media sheet in an image forming device. Inventors: Delbert Elliott, Georgetown; and Paul Horrall, Derek Inouye, John McIntyre and Matthew Coriale, all of Lexington. Patent 7,222,848 assigned to Lexmark International Inc., Lexington.Printhead carrier positioning apparatus and method. Inventors: Frederick Griesemer, Lexington, and Martin Johnson, Winchester. Patent 7,222,936 assigned to Lexmark.Systems and methods for determining physical location of RFID tags on embedded print media. Inventors: John Fessler, Keith Hardin and Mark Underwood, all of Lexington. Patent 7,223,030 assigned to Lexmark.Silica-calcium phosphate bioactive composite for improved synthetic graft resorbability and tissue regeneration. Inventor: Ahmed El-Ghannam, Lexington. Patent 7,223,414 unassigned.Method of operating a lamp containing a fixed phase power controller. Inventors: Matthew Ballenger, Lexington, and Ernest Weyhrauch, Cookeville, Tenn. Patent 7,224,130 assigned to Osram Sylvania Inc., Danvers, Mass.Fixed phase power controller with analog trigger. Inventors: Matthew Ballenger, Lexington, and Ernest Weyhrauch, Cookeville, Tenn. Patent 7,224,151 assigned to Osram Sylvania.Imaging apparatus having a media sensor. Inventors: Mahesan Chelvayohan and Timothy Howard, both of Lexington. Patent 7,224,493 assigned to Lexmark.Method and apparatus for controlling temperature of a laser printer fuser with faster response time. Inventors: Brian Bartley, Burgin; Douglas Hamilton, Steven Harris and Kevin Schoedinger, all of Lexington; Johnny Sears, Midway; and Jerry Smith, Irvine, Calif. Patent 7,224,918 assigned to Lexmark. 

Kentucky patents
The U.S. Patent Office issues patents weekly. These patents were issued Tuesday for inventors in the Lexington area:
• Method and system for correcting color shift caused by printing with an imaging system using multiple cartridges. Inventors: Anna Yaping Deer, Xuan-Chao Huang, Brant Dennis Nystrom and Richard L. Reel, all of Lexington. Patent No. 7,192,113 assigned to Lexmark International.
• Bridging wick and method for an inkjet printhead. Inventors: Curtis R. Droege, of Richmond; Ann M. Trebolo, of Nicholasville; Kent L. Ubellacker, of Georgetown; Frank E. Anderson, of Sadieville; and Bruce Gibson, Sam Norasak and Adam Chalin, all of Lexington. Patent No. 7,192,129 assigned to Lexmark.
• Resistive heater comprising first and second resistive traces, a fuser subassembly including such a resistive heater and a universal heating apparatus including first and second resistive traces. Inventors: William Paul Cook, Steven Jeffrey Harris, John William Kietzman and Gregory Hardin McClure, all of Lexington; Mark Kevin DeMoor, of Nicholasville; and Jerry W. Smith, of Irvine. Patent No. 7,193,180 assigned to Lexmark.
• Method for rotating a printer paper-feed roller. Inventors: Barry Baxter Stout and John Thomas Writt, both of Lexington. Patent No. 7,193,380 assigned to Lexmark.

Kentucky patents
The U.S. Patent Office issues patents weekly. These patents were issued Tuesday for inventors in the Lexington area:
Method
for performing edge-to-edge transition during printing with an imaging
apparatus. Inventors: John Bates, Harrodsburg; Bruce DeBoard,
Lexington; Kenneth Linville, Winchester; and Randall Mayo, Georgetown.
Patent 7,168,785 assigned to Lexmark International Inc.,
Lexington.Release mechanism for facilitating supply cartridge
installation and removal. Inventors: Michael Benson and William
Connors, both of Lexington, and Brian Naro, Bessemer, Ala. Patent
7,168,799 assigned to Lexmark.Process for making a micro-fluid ejection
head structure. Inventors: Craig Bertelsen and Sean Weaver, both of
Union; Gary Holt Jr. and Gary Williams, both of Lexington; and Brian
Hart, Georgetown. Patent 7,169,538 assigned to Lexmark.Lamp that sets
desired RMS load voltage with variable pulse width modulation.
Inventors: Ernest Weyrauch, Cookeville, Tenn., and Matthew Ballenger
and George Kendrick, both of Lexington. Patent 7,170,231 assigned to
Osram Sylvania Inc., Danvers, Mass.Method of setting desired RMS load
voltage in a lamp. Inventors: Ernest Weyrauch, Cookeville, Tenn., and
Matthew Ballenger and George Kendrick, both of Lexington. Patent
7,170,236 assigned to Osram Sylvania.White vector adjustment via
exposure. Inventors: Gary Denton, Lexington; Roger Cannon,
Nicholasville; and Eric Westerfield, Versailles. Patent 7,171,134
assigned to Lexmark.

LEXMARK’S new Kentucky patents
The
U.S. Patent Office issues patents weekly. These patents were issued
Tuesday for inventors in the Lexington area:Ink jet printer that prints
using chromatic inks of multiple types. Inventors: James Powers, Jack
Morris, Meagan Winkler and Agnes Zimmer, all of Lexington. Patent
7,147,301 assigned to Lexmark International Inc., Lexington.Single
piece filtration for an ink jet print head. Inventors: James Anderson
Jr., Harrodsburg; James Kerr, Steven Komplin, Timothy Howard and David
Greer, all of Lexington; Ann Marie Trebolo and John Fowler, both of
Nicholasville; and Matthew Russell, Stamping Ground. Patent 7,147,314
assigned to LexmarkModified soy products and methods for reducing odor
and improving flavor of soy products. Inventor: William Boatright,
Lexington. Patent 7,147,878 assigned to the University of Kentucky
Research Foundation, Lexington.Method of determining a relative speed
between independently driven members in an image forming apparatus.
Inventors: John Kietzman and Gregory Ream, both of Lexington. Patent
7,149,449 assigned to Lexmark.Waste toner system for an image forming
device. Inventors: Tom Stickler, Larry Foster and Benjamin Askren, all
of Lexington; and Michael Leemhuis, Nicholasville. Patent 7,149,467
assigned to Lexmark.Data management system and method for peripheral
devices. Inventors: Joseph Beaven, Joshua Ellingsworth and William
Steen, all of Lexington. Patent 7,149,979 assigned to Lexmark.

Kentucky patents
The U.S. Patent Office issues patents weekly. These patents were issued Tuesday for inventors in the Lexington area:
•
Method of edge-to-edge imaging with an imaging apparatus. Inventors:
Michael William Lawrence and Brian Keith Owens, both of Lexington.
Patent No. 7,140,708 assigned to Lexmark International Inc., Lexington.
•
Dot management for an imaging apparatus. Inventors: Michael Anthony
Marra III of Lexington, and Randall David Mayo of Georgetown. Patent
No. 7,140,710 assigned to Lexmark.
• Maintenance station for an
imaging apparatus. Inventors: Frederick Charles Griesemer, Marc Alan
Herwald and Daniel Robert LaBar, all of Lexington, and Martin Alan
Johnson of Winchester. Patent No. 7,140,715 assigned to Lexmark.
•
Imaging apparatus having a carrier support and drive arrangement.
Inventor: Brian Dale Cook of Nicholasville. Patent No. 7,140,793
assigned to Lexmark.
• Distributed programmed memory cells used as
memory reference currents. Inventors: John G. Edelen and Paul W. Graf,
both of Lexington. Patent No. 7,142,456 assigned to Lexmark.

LEXMARK ‘S NEW  PATENTS
The U.S. Patent Office issues patents weekly. These were issued Tuesday for inventors in Lexington:Apparatus and method for ink-jet printing onto an intermediate drum in a helical pattern: Inventors: Benjamin A. Askren, Christopher G. Chee, William P. Cook, David M. Cseledy, Larry S. Foster and James P. Harden, all of Lexington; Robert L. Burdick, Lancaster; Bill C. Chappel, Mount Sterling; and William S. Klein, Richmond. Patent No. 7,052,125 assigned to Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington.Methods and composition for expressing multiple genes in plants by alternate splicing of a polycistronic message: Indu Bhushan Maiti, Lexington; Somnath Bhattacharyya, Barraekpore, India. Patent No. 7,052,905 assigned to University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington.Lamp containing soft-start power supply: Inventors: Ernest C. Weyhrauch, Cookeville, Tenn.; George B. Kendrick and Matthew B. Ballenger, both of Lexington. Patent No. 7,053,562 assigned to Osram Sylvania Inc., Danvers, Mass.Method of driving a fuser roll in an electrophotographic printer: Inventors: Emily J. Camp, ;John W. Kietzman, Gregory L. Ream, all of Lexington. Patent No. 7,054,571 assigned to Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington.