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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 Va.


7538099 Patent Date:5/26/2009 14 Years to be approved
Title: Antiprogestin method and kit for reducing side effects associated with low dosage HRT, oral contraception and regulating menses
Inventor(s): Gary D. Hodgen, Norfolk, Va. (US); and Kristof Chwalisz, Berlin (Germany)
Assignee: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Va. (US)
 
7634529 Patent Date:Dec. 15, 2009 11.6 Years to be approved
Title: Personal and server computers having microchips with multiple processing units and internal firewalls
Inventor(s): Frampton E. Ellis, III, 2895 S. Abingdon St., Suite B2, Arlington, Va. 22206-1331 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7606359 Patent Date:Oct. 20, 2009 11.1 Years to be approved
Title: Methods and apparatus for automating the servicing of telephone calls including requesting directional and/or other types of information
Inventor(s): Craig Reding, Midland Park, N.J. (US); Menno Aartsen, Arlington, Va. (US); Lisa M. Amberger, Ossining, N.Y. (US); Constance Carlson, Clinton Corners, N.Y. (US); Suzi Levas, Nanuet, N.Y. (US); Mike Metaxas, Bayside, N.Y. (US); Jan Stein, Danbury, Conn. (US); Rao Tanuku, Nanuet, N.Y. (US); and Thea Turner, Evanston, Ill. (US)
Assignee: Verizon Services Corp., Arlington, Va. (US)
 
7617458 Patent Date:Nov. 10, 2009 10.9 Years to be approved
Title: Managing navigation and history information
Inventor(s): John T. Wassom, Jr., Vienna, Va. (US); and Jerry L. Harris, Lexington, Mass. (US)
Assignee: AOL LLC, Dulles, Va. (US)
 
7555721 Patent Date:Jun. 30, 2009 10.5 Years to be approved
Title: Customized user interface
Inventor(s): Jack Wassom, Vienna, Va. (US); Renee Schaefer, Tucson, Ariz. (US); and Cory Chandler, Fairfax, Va. (US)
Assignee: AOL LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Dulles, Va. (US)
 
7590617 Patent Date:Sep. 15, 2009 10.1 Years to be approved
Title: System providing desktop integration of patient information and document management
Inventor(s): Christopher Thomas Voigt, McLean, Va. (US); and Scott Allen Raimist, Centreville, Va. (US)
Assignee: American Management Systems, Incorporated, Fairfax, Va. (US)
 
7636669 Patent Date:Dec. 22, 2009 10 Years to be approved
Title: Recreational outing reservation system
Inventor(s): Thomas F. Bergert, 4611 Kirkland Pl., Alexandria, Va. 22311 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7625829 Patent Date:12/1/2009 9.9 Years to be approved
Title: Tear resistant elastic laminate and method of forming
Inventor(s): James W. Cree, Mundeelein, Ill. (US); Jeffrey A. Middlesworth, Wauconda, Ill. (US); and Stephen D. Bruce, Crystal Lake, Ill. (US)
Assignee: Tredegar Film Products Corporation, Richmond, Va. (US)
 
7571139 Patent Date:Aug. 04, 2009 9.5 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for processing financial transactions
Inventor(s): Joseph A. Giordano, 15344 Oakmere Pl., Centreville, Va. 20120 (US); Tory N. Travis, 8724 N. Campbell St., Kansas City, Mo. 64155 (US); and Louis C. Garbarino, 11709 Sumacs St., Oakton, Va. 22124 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7624172 Patent Date:Nov. 24, 2009 9.3 Years to be approved
Title: State change alerts mechanism
Inventor(s): Christopher Emery Austin-Lane, Takoma Park, Md. (US)
Assignee: AOL LLC, Dulles, Va. (US)
 
7568207 Patent Date:Jul. 28, 2009 9.1 Years to be approved
Title: Cable drop monitor with upstream signalling
Inventor(s): Warren L. Braun, 680 New York Ave., Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7636696 Patent Date:Dec. 22, 2009 9.1 Years to be approved
Title: System, method, and computer program product for maintaining consumer privacy and security in electronic commerce transactions
Inventor(s): Charles E. Sigler, Jr., Myersville, Md. (US); William Lee Carrens, Springfield, Va. (US); and Sunny Ramaswamy Dewakar, Springfield, Va. (US)
Assignee: Megasoft Consultants, Inc., Herndon, Va. (US)
 
7627830 Patent Date:12/1/2009 9.1 Years to be approved
Title: Click-to-add, jot-it-down, and add banner
Inventor(s): Tony Espinoza, San Francisco, Calif. (US); Debra Lavoy, San Jose, Calif. (US); Ben Quigley, Burlingame, Calif. (US); Dave Sobotka, Redwood City, Calif. (US); Mike Sugarbaker, Berkeley, Calif. (US); and Mary Wolf, Oak Hill, Va. (US)
Assignee: AOL LLC, A Delaware Limited Liability Company, Dulles, Va. (US)
 
7546337 Patent Date:Jun. 09, 2009 9.1 Years to be approved
Title: Transferring files
Inventor(s): James Crawford, Belmont, Mass. (US)
Assignee: AOL LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Dulles, Va. (US)
 
7567916 Patent Date:Jul. 28, 2009 8.9 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for performing Web based in-view monitoring
Inventor(s): Arthur Koeppel, Richmond, Va. (US); and Jonathan Turner, Richmond, Va. (US)
Assignee: Capital One Financial Corporation, Glen Allen, Va. (US)
 
7567958 Patent Date:Jul. 28, 2009 8.7 Years to be approved
Title: Filtering system for providing personalized information in the absence of negative data
Inventor(s): Joshua Alspector, Colorado Springs, Colo. (US); and Aleksander Kolcz, Colorado Springs, Colo. (US)
Assignee: AOL, LLC, Dulles, Va. (US)
 
7608291 Patent Date:Oct. 27, 2009 8.6 Years to be approved
Title: Treatment of infection in animals
Inventor(s): Marie-Louise Baillon, Leicestershire (United Kingdom); and Catriona Julie Giffard, Leicestershire (United Kingdom)
Assignee: Mars, Inc., McLean, Va. (US)
 
7509285 Patent Date:Mar. 24, 2009 8.6 Years to be approved
Title: Method of establishing a credit limit
Inventor(s): Mayur Harshadray Maniar, Herndon, Va. (US); Vivek Puri, McLean, Va. (US); Katherine Ella David, Arlington, Va. (US); and Shawn Michael Budde, Alexandria, Va. (US)
Assignee: Capital One Financial Corporation, Falls Church, Va. (US)
 
7553343 Patent Date:Jun. 30, 2009 8.6 Years to be approved
Title: Fuels compositions for direct injection gasoline engines containing manganese compounds
Inventor(s): Allen A. Aradi, Richmond, Va. (US); Joseph W. Roos, Glen Allen, Va. (US); Herbert M. Scull, Mechanicsville, Va. (US); and Michael W. Meffert, Midlothian, Va. (US)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Intangibles, LLC, Richmond, Va. (US)
 
7620363 Patent Date:Nov. 17, 2009 8.5 Years to be approved
Title: Proximity synchronization of audio content among multiple playback and storage devices
Inventor(s): Jeffrey Jonathan Spurgat, Madison, Wis. (US); Stephen Christopher Gladwin, Chicago, Ill. (US); and Hoyet Harrison Andrews, III, San Antonio, Tex. (US)
Assignee: AOL LLC, Dulles, Va. (US)
 
7617201 Patent Date:Nov. 10, 2009 8.4 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for analyzing statistics in a reporting system
Inventor(s): Jeffrey A. Bedell, Arlington, Va. (US); Michael Codini, Herndon, Va. (US); David Hutz, Herndon, Va. (US); Douglas F. Meyer, Falls Church, Va. (US); Luis V. Orozco, Vienna, Va. (US); Ramkumar Ramachandran, Reston, Va. (US); and Steven S. Trundle, Falls Church, Va. (US)
Assignee: Microstrategy, Incorporated, McLean, Va. (US)
 
7606854 Patent Date:Oct. 20, 2009 8.3 Years to be approved
Title: Internal hardware firewalls for microchips
Inventor(s): Frampton E. Ellis, III, 2895 S. Abingdon St., #B2, Arlington, Va. 22206-1331 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7484245 Patent Date:Jan. 27, 2009 8.3 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for providing data security
Inventor(s): George Friedman, Austin, Tex. (US); Robert Phillip Starek, Austin, Tex. (US); and Carlos A. Murdock, Austin, Tex. (US)
Assignee: GigaTrust, Herndon, Va. (US)
 
7559217 Patent Date:Jul. 14, 2009 8.3 Years to be approved
Title: Method and system for offering debt recovery products to a customer
Inventor(s): Scott Bass, Richmond, Va. (US)
Assignee: Capital One Financial Corporation, Falls Church, Va. (US)
 
7509261 Patent Date:Mar. 24, 2009 8.3 Years to be approved
Title: Method for forecasting house prices using a dynamic error correction model
Inventor(s): Douglas Alexander McManus, Bethesda, Md. (US); and Sol T. Mumey, Edmonton (Canada)
Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, McLean, Va. (US)
 
 

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