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.

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.