Middle Tennessee

Mark John Muratore of Clarksville and Alice Louise Muratore of Clarksville had two patents issued:

1. U.S. Patent No. D666,076, entitled “Flanged bracket.”

2. U.S. Patent No. D666,075, entitled “Long bracket.”

Other patents naming inventors from Middle Tennessee:

* U.S. Patent No. 8,255,500, entitled “Remotely configurable user device with physical user resources and interface” invented by Webb Edwards of Lebanon, Anthony M. Cacheria, III, of Coppell, Texas, David Hooker of Forney, Texas, Wayne Thomas McHugh of Little Elm, Texas, Kristopher Glover of Dallas, Texas, Arthur Martin Holbrook of Carrollton, Texas, and Barrett Jenkins of Plano, Texas, and assigned to Ganart Technologies, Inc., of Carrollton, Texas.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,255,499, entitled “Remotely configurable user device for accessing a distributed transaction system” invented by Webb Edwards of Lebanon, Anthony M. Cacheria, III, of Coppell, Texas, David Hooker of Forney, Texas, Wayne Thomas McHugh of Little Elm, Texas, Kristopher Glover of Dallas, Texas, Arthur Martin Holbrook of Carrollton, Texas, and Barrett Jenkins of Plano, Texas, and assigned to Ganart Technologies, Inc., of Carrollton, Texas.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,255,277, entitled “System and method for generating multimedia accompaniments to broadcast data” invented by David Corts of Nashville, Bryce Wells of Nashville, Paul Signorelli of Ridgefield, Conn., Lee Hunter of Darien, Conn., and Terrance Snyder of Washingtonville, N.Y., and assigned to Impulse Radio, Inc., of Larchmont, N.Y.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,255,276, entitled “System and method for generating multimedia accompaniments to broadcast data” invented by David Corts of Nashville, Bryce Wells of Nashville, Paul Signorelli of Ridgefield, Conn., Lee Hunter of Darien, Conn., and Terrance Snyder of Washingtonville, N.Y., and assigned to Impulse Radio, Inc., of Larchmont, N.Y.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,254,605, entitled “Binaural recording for smart pen computing systems” invented by Andy Van Schaack of Nashville, Frank Canova of Fremont, Cal., Byron Connell of Menlo Park, Cal., and Rick Lewis of Palo Alto, Cal., and assigned to Livescribe, Inc., of Oakland, Cal.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,253,796, entitled “Wireless video surveillance system and method with rapid installation” invented by Martin Renkis of Nashville and assigned to Smartvue Corp. of Nashville.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,253,580, entitled “Natural language navigation for power monitoring systems” invented by Gregory Allen Thompson of Murfreesboro, Theresa Krivanek Wall of Murfreesboro, Jeffrey Wayne Johnson of Victoria, Canada, and Thomas Stewart Stevenson of Victoria, Canada, and assigned to Schneider Electric USA, Inc. of Palatine, Ill.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,252,734, entitled “Friction modifier using adherent metallic multilayered or mixed element layer conversion coatings” invented by Harry F. Schramm of Winchester, Lloyd L. Starks, Sr., of Ooltewah, and Frank G. Defalco of Houston, Texas, and assigned to The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of Washington, D.C.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,252,572, entitled “Use of islet glucose-6-phosphatase related protein as a diagnostic tool and therapeutic target for autoimmune diabetes” invented by Richard O’Brien of Brentwood, John C. Hutton of Denver, Colo., Howard Davidson of Denver, Colo., and Seija Hackl of Aurora, Colo.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,251,302, entitled “Low profile attachment for emitting water with connector for corrugated pipe” invented by W. Haynes Sloan, Jr., of Gallatin and assigned to InvisaFlow LLC of Alpharetta, Ga.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,251,250, entitled “Tool box with a reinforced door” invented by Jason Matthew Simmons of Sparta and John Lawrence Bella of Cookeville and assigned to Phoenix USA, Inc., of Cookeville.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,250,707, entitled “Door hinge assembly with intermediate stop position” invented by Joseph A. Donoho of Springfield and assigned to Electrolux Home Products, Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio.

East Tennessee

* U.S. Patent No. 8,255,890, entitled “Media for performing parallel processing of distributed arrays” invented by Piotr R. Luszczek of Knoxville, John N. Little of Sherborn, Mass., Jocelyn Luke Martin of Burwell, Great Britain, Halldor N. Stefansson of Natick, Mass., Edric Ellis of Cambs, Great Britain, Penelope L. Anderson of Newton, Mass., Brett Baker of Framingham, Mass., Loren Dean of Natick, Mass., and Roy E. Lurie of Wayland, Mass., and assigned to The MathWorks, Inc., of Natick, Mass.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,255,889, entitled “Method of using parallel processing constructs and dynamically allocating program portions” invented by Piotr R. Luszczek of Knoxville, John N. Little of Sherborn, Mass., Jocelyn Luke Martin of Burwell, Great Britain, Halldor N. Stefansson of Natick, Mass., Edric Ellis of Cambs, Great Britain, Joseph F. Hicklin of Upton, Mass., Brett Baker of Framingham, Mass., Nausheen B. Moulana of Southboro, Mass., Loren Dean of Natick, Mass., and Roy E. Lurie of Wayland, Mass., and assigned to The MathWorks, Inc. of Natick, Mass.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,255,200, entitled “Circuit protection and control device simulator” invented by Edward Ingraham of Jonesborough, Rudiger W. Hausmann of Johnson City, David Otey of Montgomery, Ill., and Elie G. Ghawi of St. Charles, Ill., and assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft of Munich, F.R.G.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,254,549, entitled “Method and system for providing directory assistance to erroneous telephone calls” invented by Blake Bookstaff of Knoxville, James J. Sonnick of Rochester, N.Y., Michael G. Thorpe of Fairport, N.Y., and Daniel E. Gallagher of Fairport, N.Y.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,254,548, entitled “Method and system for providing directory assistance to erroneous telephone calls” invented by Blake Bookstaff of Knoxville, James J. Sonnick of Rochester, N.Y., Michael G. Thorpe of Fairport, N.Y., and Daniel E. Gallagher of Fairport, N.Y.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,254,521, entitled “Dedicated breast radiation imaging/therapy system” invented by Kenneth Brooks of Knoxville, Jay A. Stein of Boston, Mass., and Andrew P. Smith of Lexington, Mass., and assigned to Hologic, Inc., of Bedford, Mass.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,254,516, entitled “Control rod drive outer filter removal tool” invented by Stafford L. Turner of Ooltewah, David P. Ketcham of Charlotte, N.C., and Robert T. Fells of Gadsden, Ala., and assigned to Westinghouse Electric Company LLC of Cranberry Township, Pa.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,253,000, entitled “Chord bar system for stringed musical instruments” invented by Roy Dale Martin of Cleveland.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,252,313, entitled “Methods for dietary management of cats with hyperthyroidism” invented by Claudia Kirk of Louisville, Karen Wedekind of Meriden, Kan., Raymond Nachreiner of E. Lansing, Mich., Kim Gene Friesen of Topeka, Kan., and Timothy VandeGiessen of Topeka, Kan., and assigned to Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc., of Topeka, Kan.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,252,200, entitled “Coated calcium hypochlorite composition” invented by Ellen M. Meyer of Cleveland, James D. Kilby of Cleveland, Deqing Lei of Hamden, Conn., George Polson of Springboro, Ohio, and Sonia Oberson of Shelton, Conn., and assigned to Arch Chemicals, Inc., of Norwalk, Conn.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,251,421, entitled “Panel carrier” invented by Kevin F. Homan of Oak Ridge.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,251,228, entitled “Process and apparatus for adsorptive bubble separation” invented by Stephen N. Falling of Kingsport, Jeffrey S. Kanel of Kingsport, C. Calvert Churn, III, of Kingsport, and Robert L. Clayton of Tucson, Ariz., and assigned to Renewable Algal Energy, LLC, of Kingsport and Eastman Chemical Company of Kingsport.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,250,862, entitled “Vehicle” invented by Koji Irikura of Morristown, Masaru Iida of Hyogo, Japan, and Fumitoshi Ishino of Hyogo, Japan, and assigned to Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd. of Hyogo, Japan.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,250,676, entitled “Selectively feltable garment” invented by John Ramsey of Signal Mountain and Glenn Buchan of Grand Junction, Colo., and assigned to Smartwool LLC of Steamboat Springs, Colo.

West Tennessee

* U.S. Patent No. 8,255,126, entitled “Aerator having flexible frame” invented by Harlin J. Trefz of Jackson, Kenneth E. Hunt of Rock Hill, S.C., Shane D. Simon of Cascade, Iowa, Troy W. Harris, III, of Charlotte, N.C., Ronald L. Reichen of Raleigh, N.C., John L. Bocksnick of Willow Spring, N.C., and Bradley P. Aldridge of Raleigh, N.C., and assigned to Deere & Company of Moline, Ill.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,252,738, entitled “Method for changing cell phenotype using LIM mineralization proteins” invented by Jeffrey C. Marx of Germantown, William F. McKay of Memphis, and Susan J. Drapeau of Cordova, and assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., of Warsaw, Ind.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,252,373, entitled “Gloss coated multifunctional printing paper” invented by Jay C. Song of Highland Mills, N.Y., and Sen Yang of Nanuet, N.Y., and assigned to International Paper Company of Memphis.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,252,314, entitled “Hypoallergenic composition” invented by Fernando Qvyjt of Memphis, Mark Dierking of Omaha, Neb., Dennis Jewell of Lawrence, Kan., Luis Montelongo of Lawrence, Kan., Naina Shah of Manchester, Mo., and Timothy VandeGiessen of Topeka, Kan., and assigned to Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc., of Topeka, Kan.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,252,055, entitled “Synthetic loadbearing collagen-mineral composites useful for spinal implants, and methods of manufacture” invented by William F. McKay of Memphis and assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. of Warsaw, Ind.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,252,031, entitled “Molding device for an expandable interspinous process implant” invented by Thomas Carls of Memphis, Kent M. Anderson of Memphis, Eric C. Lange of Collierville, Roy Lim of Memphis, Hai H. Trieu of Cordova, and Aurelien Bruneau of Memphis and assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., of Warsaw, Ind.

* U.S. Patent No. 8,251,980, entitled “Viscous fluid extraction” invented by Steven T. Charles of Memphis, Michael A. Zica of Costa Mesa, Cal., and Matthew E. Bazydlo of Costa Mesa, Cal., and assigned to Alcon Research, Ltd., of Fort Worth, Texas.

Compiled by Matthew C. Cox of intellectual property law firm Waddey & Patterson P.C.