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US Patent Office - Delays In Getting Technology Protection

Mequon, WI, January 4, 2010 - Telaric Ideas releases its annual tabulation of the time it takes to get a patent.

Patents in 2009 taking the longest time to be approved for the state of Ga.


7571457 Patent Date:Aug. 04, 2009 10.9 Years to be approved
Title: Advanced set top terminal with electronic mailbox for cable television delivery systems
Inventor(s): John S. Hendricks, Potomac, Md. (US); Alfred E. Bonner, Bethesda, Md. (US); Richard E. Wunderlich, Alpharetta, Ga. (US); and Eric C. Berkobin, Woodstock, Ga. (US)
Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. (US)
 
7618624 Patent Date:Nov. 17, 2009 10.9 Years to be approved
Title: Weight control using an anti-lipase antibody
Inventor(s): Julio Pimentel, Buford, Ga. (US)
Assignee: Anitox Corporation, Lawrenceville, Ga. (US); and Julio L Pimentel, Buford, Ga. (US)
 
7536173 Patent Date:5/19/2009 9.9 Years to be approved
Title: Methods and apparatus for over-the-air programming of a wireless unit
Inventor(s): Charles M. Link, II, Roswell, Ga. (US); Stephen Thomas Hardin, Snellville, Ga. (US); and Megan Koch Klenzak, Atlanta, Ga. (US)
Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, Ga. (US)
 
7638545 Patent Date:Dec. 29, 2009 9.7 Years to be approved
Title: Anthelmintic composition
Inventor(s): Colin Manson Harvey, Auckland (New Zealand)
Assignee: Merial Limited, Duluth, Ga. (US)
 
7552190 Patent Date:Jun. 23, 2009 9.7 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for automated electronic notification and transaction execution
Inventor(s): Gregg Freishtat, Atlanta, Ga. (US); and Palaniswamy Rajan, Atlanta, Ga. (US)
Assignee: VerticalOne Corporation, Atlanta, Ga. (US)
 
7564873 Patent Date:Jul. 21, 2009 9.6 Years to be approved
Title: Method and apparatus for providing in-band messaging within a video on demand environment
Inventor(s): Steven Jeffrey Zack, Burlington, N.J. (US); Christopher W. B. Goode, Menlo Park, Calif. (US); Yong Ho Son, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); Andrew G. Fletcher, Merchantville, N.J. (US); and Kevin J. Borusiewicz, Yardley, Pa. (US)
Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. (US)
 
7607152 Patent Date:Oct. 20, 2009 9.6 Years to be approved
Title: Demand-cast system and bandwidth management for delivery of interactive programming
Inventor(s): Donald F. Gordon, Los Altos, Calif. (US); Sadik Bayrakeri, Foster City, Calif. (US); Edward A. Ludvig, Redwood City, Calif. (US); Eugene Gershtein, Redwood City, Calif. (US); Jeremy S. Edmonds, Castro Valley, Calif. (US); John P. Comito, Redwood City, Calif. (US); and Alfred Li, Redwood City, Calif. (US)
Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. (US)
 
7555542 Patent Date:Jun. 30, 2009 9.1 Years to be approved
Title: Method and system for directing requests for content to a content server based on network performance
Inventor(s): Matt Ayers, Seattle, Wash. (US); Benjamin J. Black, Seattle, Wash. (US); Chris Brown, Issaquah, Wash. (US); John Carlson, Seattle, Wash. (US); Dan Cohn, Prairie Village, Kans. (US); Scott Laird, Bothell, Wash. (US); Jonathan Miller, Seattle, Wash. (US); Stephen Ramsey, Seattle, Wash. (US); Ophir Ronen, Seattle, Wash. (US); Paul Schachter, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Oscar Stiffelman, Seattle, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Internap Network Services Corporation, Atlanta, Ga. (US)
 
7640512 Patent Date:Dec. 29, 2009 9 Years to be approved
Title: Updating objects contained within a webpage
Inventor(s): Stephen Charles Appling, Acworth, Ga. (US)
Assignee: Automated Logic Corporation, Kennesaw, Ga. (US)
 
7603281 Patent Date:Oct. 13, 2009 9 Years to be approved
Title: Method, computer program, and system for pushing flight information to passengers
Inventor(s): Paul J. Miller, Marietta, Ga. (US); and Asit K. Jena, Suwanee, Ga. (US)
Assignee: Worldspan LP, Atlanta, Ga. (US)
 
7607148 Patent Date:Oct. 20, 2009 8.9 Years to be approved
Title: Method and apparatus for monitoring an information distribution system
Inventor(s): Brian Feinberg, Cupertino, Calif. (US); Eugene Gershtein, Redwood City, Calif. (US); Donald F Gordon, Los Altos, Calif. (US); Yong Ho Son, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); and Sadik Bayrakeri, Foster City, Calif. (US)
Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. (US)
 
7627483 Patent Date:12/1/2009 8.9 Years to be approved
Title: Online donation management system
Inventor(s): Eric Neil Miller, Atlanta, Ga. (US); and William C. Standifer, IV, Atlanta, Ga. (US)
Assignee: Donate.Net, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. (US)
 
7627121 Patent Date:12/1/2009 8.8 Years to be approved
Title: Apparatus, system and method for detecting a loss of key stream synchronization in a communication system
Inventor(s): James Alexander Reeds, III, New Providence, N.J. (US); and Wen-Ping Ying, Bellevue, Wash. (US)
Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, Ga. (US)
 
7636688 Patent Date:Dec. 22, 2009 8.7 Years to be approved
Title: Electronic bill processing with multi-level bill information storage
Inventor(s): Bill Kitchen, Lewis Center, Ohio (US); Ginger B. Moses, Lewis Center, Ohio (US); Ralph Au, Powell, Ohio (US); Clarence M. Bringardner, Columbus, Ohio (US); and Kenneth W. Bradley, III, Westerville, Ohio (US)
Assignee: Checkfree Corporation, Norcross, Ga. (US)
 
7502453 Patent Date:Mar. 10, 2009 8.6 Years to be approved
Title: Automated event ordering system and method
Inventor(s): Steven Paul Hasmanis, Alpharetta, Ga. (US); Michael Alan Rosenwasser, Alpharetta, Ga. (US); and Ronald M. Stephenson, Alpharetta, Ga. (US)
Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc., Alpharetta, Ga. (US)
 
7627887 Patent Date:12/1/2009 8.6 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for multicasting packets in a subscriber network
Inventor(s): James A. Bisher, Jr., Lawrenceville, Ga. (US); Neil B. Buchen, Sugar Hill, Ga. (US); and Thomas C. Wilson, Duluth, Ga. (US)
Assignee: Scientific- Atlanta, Inc., Lawrenceville, Ga. (US)
 
7614074 Patent Date:Nov. 03, 2009 8.5 Years to be approved
Title: Burst-mode digital transmitter
Inventor(s): J. Graham Mobley, Dunwoody, Ga. (US); and Lamar E. West, Jr., Maysville, Ga. (US)
Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Lawrenceville, Ga. (US)
 
7552087 Patent Date:Jun. 23, 2009 8.4 Years to be approved
Title: Electronic transaction receipt system and method
Inventor(s): R. Steven Schultz, Loganville, Ga. (US); Peter Galanis, Alpharetta, Ga. (US); James G. Nadler, Duluth, Ga. (US); James D. Greene, Suwanee, Ga. (US); and Duane A. Hylton, Canton, Ga. (US)
Assignee: AfterBot, Inc., Norcross, Ga. (US)
 
7606778 Patent Date:Oct. 20, 2009 8.4 Years to be approved
Title: Electronic predication system for assessing a suitability of job applicants for an employer
Inventor(s): Katrina L Dewar, Plymouth, Minn. (US)
Assignee: Previsor, Inc., Roswell, Ga. (US)
 
7504699 Patent Date:Mar. 17, 2009 8.3 Years to be approved
Title: Fabrication of a semiconductor device with air gaps for ultra-low capacitance interconnections
Inventor(s): Paul A. Kohl, Atlanta, Ga. (US); Qiang Zhao, San Jose, Calif. (US); and Sue Ann Bidstrup Allen, Atlanta, Ga. (US)
Assignee: George Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, Ga. (US)
 
7617146 Patent Date:Nov. 10, 2009 8.2 Years to be approved
Title: Factoring system and method
Inventor(s): G. David Keaton, Harrison, Ark. (US); and Samara Keaton, Harrison, Ark. (US)
Assignee: Primerevenue, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. (US); and Millennia Ventures, Inc., Sherman Oaks, Calif. (US)
 
7584136 Patent Date:Sep. 01, 2009 8.1 Years to be approved
Title: Systems and methods for interactive beef cattle marketplace
Inventor(s): Richard O. Shuler, Alpharetta, Ga. (US); Lynn Godbersen, Winterset, Iowa (US); James Norwood, Kansas City, Mo. (US); Joseph Young, Olathe, Kans. (US); William Fleck, Duluth, Ga. (US); David Lind, Overland, Kans. (US); Kevin DeHaan, Taylor, Mo. (US); Thomas Nicholson, Indianola, Iowa (US); and Marcell J. Sarzen, Dunwoody, Ga. (US)
Assignee: Agspan, Inc., Norcross, Ga. (US)
 
7561994 Patent Date:Jul. 14, 2009 8 Years to be approved
Title: Method for a virtual pregnancy experience
Inventor(s): Adam B. Corsi, 2532 Lake Flair Ct., Atlanta, Ga. 30345 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7546225 Patent Date:Jun. 09, 2009 8 Years to be approved
Title: Methods and systems for electronics assembly system consultation and sales
Inventor(s): Tuan Nguyen, Duluth, Ga. (US); Anthony Peter Duck, Austin, Tex. (US); Ian Rawles, Roswell, Ga. (US); Thomas Mair, Neuried (Germany); and Robert Gray, Buford, Ga. (US)
Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., Alpharetta, Ga. (US)
 
7634420 Patent Date:Dec. 15, 2009 8 Years to be approved
Title: System for appraising life insurance and annuities
Inventor(s): Errol O. Kendall, Atlanta, Ga. (US); James C. Brooks, Jr., Marietta, Ga. (US); Robert W Stein, New York, N.Y. (US); Douglas A. French, Austin, Tex. (US); Francis de Regnaucourt, Morganville, N.J. (US); Sharyn R Kohen, Scarsdale, N.Y. (US); Charles L. Ratner, Pepper Pike, Ohio (US); and Anson J. Glacy, Jr., West Hartford, Conn. (US)
Assignee: Efficient Markets Corporation, Atlanta, Ga. (US)
 
 

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