LIST OF PATENTEES
TO WHOM
PATENTS WERE ISSUED ON THE 22th DAY OF January, 2008
NOTE--Arranged in accordance with the first significant character or word of the name
(in accordance with city and telephone directory practice).

Vaccaro, Joseph S.: See--
Colunga, Tomas V.; Benecke, Loren J.; and Vaccaro, Joseph S. 07322000 Cl. 714-727.
Vaccine Research Institute of San Diego: See--
Milich, David R.; and Billaud, Jean-Noel 07320795 Cl. 424-189.1.
Vacon Oyj: See--
Miettinen, Osmo; and Pussinen, Matti 07320359 Cl. 165-70.
Vadon, Eric R.; Whitman, Ronald M.; and Henne, Randal M., to Amazon Technologies, Inc. Identifying alternative spellings of search strings by analyzing self-corrective searching behaviors of users 07321892 Cl. 707-4.
Vagn-Erik, Dall Gripping devices 07320556 Cl. 403-385.
Valkenburg, Johannes: See--
van de Graaf, Peter; and Valkenburg, Johannes 07320719 Cl. 55-429.
Vallieres, Alexandre: See--
Picard, Pierre; Lessard, Denis; L'Heureux, André; Lacoursiere, Jean; Nobert, Philippe; Letarte, Sylvain; Vallieres, Alexandre; Tiveron, Robert; and Paquin, Réal 07321116 Cl. 250-288.
Vallone, Robert; Look, Howard; and McKendrick, Ain, to TiVo Inc. Multimedia visual progress indication system 07321716 Cl. 386-68.
Van Banning, Stephan Olivier; Fransen, Alwin; and Van Hal, Paul Christiaan, to SonionMicrotronic Nederland B.V. Receiver having an improved bobbin 07321664 Cl. 381-418.
Van Blerkom, Daniel; and Yang, Meng-Chang, to Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd. Circuit layout and semiconductor substrate for photosensitive chip 07322020 Cl. 716-10.
van Dal, Marcus Johannes Henricus: See--
Lander, Robert; van Dal, Marcus Johannes Henricus; and Hooker, Jacob Christopher 07320939 Cl. 438-682.
van de Graaf, Peter; and Valkenburg, Johannes, to 3M Innovative Properties Company Filter device method of manufacturing the same and method of replacing a filter device 07320719 Cl. 55-429.
Van Der Ploeg, Leonardus H. T.; Chen, Howard Y.; and Chen, Airu S., to Merck & Co., Inc. Melanocortin-3 receptor deficient cells, non-human transgenic animals and methods of selecting compounds which regulate body weight 07321074 Cl. 800-18.
Van Doormaal, Petrus Johannes; and Mariën, Hendricus Adrianus, to Arodo BVBA Device for compacting a flowable solid material 07320344 Cl. 141-12.
Van Gemert, Barry: See--
Kumar, Anil; Van Gemert, Barry; Blackburn, Forrest R.; and Nelson, Clara E. 07320826 Cl. 428-411.1.
Van Hal, Paul Christiaan: See--
Van Banning, Stephan Olivier; Fransen, Alwin; and Van Hal, Paul Christiaan 07321664 Cl. 381-418.
Van Nhieu, Jeanne Tran: See--
Grenard, Pascale; Julien, Boris; Van Nhieu, Jeanne Tran; Mallat, Ariane; and Lotersztajn, Sophie 07320805 Cl. 424-725.
Van Oort, Eric: See--
Albrecht, Michele Scott; Cowan, Kenneth Michael; McNeil, III, Robert Irving; Van Oort, Eric; and Rock, Sr., Ronald Lee 07320951 Cl. 507-111.
Van Quaquebeke, Eric; Braekman, Jean-Claude; Simon, Gentiane; Guissou, Pierre; Nacoulma, Odile Germaine; Dewelle, Janique; Darro, Francis; and Kiss, Robert, to Unibioscreen S.A. 2″ oxo-voruscharin and derivatives thereof 07320971 Cl. 514-175.
Vanbesien, Daryl W.: See--
Zhou, Ke; Agur, Enno Eric; Bashir, Wafa Faisul; McDougall, Maria N. V.; Moore, Emily Louise; Qiu, Shigang Steven; Skorokhod, Vladislav; Vanbesien, Daryl W.; Zwartz, Edward Graham; Bartel, Joseph August; Burns, Patricia Ann; McAneney, T. Brian; Veregin, Richard P. N.; and Gerroir, Paul Joseph 07320851 Cl. 430-110.2.
Vandal, Bryan Armand: See--
Kennedy, Timothy Wayne; Schnell, Rodney Alan; and Vandal, Bryan Armand 07321293 Cl. 340-385.1.
Vanderbilt University: See--
Anderson, Mark 07320959 Cl. 514-12.
Vangala, Reddy; to CTS Corporation Low profile ceramic RF filter including trap resonators and a decoupler 07321278 Cl. 333-134.
Vanthoor, Rafael; to Berghoff Worldwide Cooking utensil 07320277 Cl. 99-422.
Varanasi, Pushkara Rao: See--
Huang, Wu-Song S.; Burns, Sean D.; and Varanasi, Pushkara Rao 07320855 Cl. 430-311.
Varco I/P, Inc.: See--
Folk, Robert Alden; and Folk, Steven Lorne 07320374 Cl. 175-220.
Varian, Inc.: See--
Perkins, Charles; and Palenstijn, Pieter N. 07320243 Cl. 73-40.7.
Varnham, Malcolm Paul: See--
Clarkson, William Andrew; Payne, David Neil; Varnham, Malcolm Paul; and Zervas, Mikhail Nicholaos 07321710 Cl. 385-123.
Vasquez, Juan: See--
Slechta, Scott; Vasquez, Juan; and Merwin, Mari 07321803 Cl. 700-106.
Vasquez, Maximiliano J.: See--
Hinton, Paul Robert; and Vasquez, Maximiliano J. 07320790 Cl. 424-133.1.
Vasudevan, Narasimhan; to Xilinx, Inc. Highly reliable and zero static current start-up circuits 07321256 Cl. 327-539.
Vaughnn, David: See--
Watkins, Cory; Harless, Mark; Vaughnn, David; Simpkins, Pat; Goyal, Shaileshkumar; Brown, Gerald; and Delsey, Brian 07321108 Cl. 250-201.2.
Vazquez, Michael L.; Mueller, Richard A.; Talley, John J.; Getman, Daniel P.; DeCrescenzo, Gary A.; Freskos, John N.; Heintz, Robert M.; and Bertenshaw, Deborah E., to G.D. Searle LLC α- and β-amino acid hydroxyethylamino sulfonamides useful as retroviral protease inhibitors 07320983 Cl. 514-277.
VDF Futureceuticals, Inc.: See--
Miljkovic, Dusan; and Pietrzkowski, Zbigniew 07320806 Cl. 424-750.
Vectormax Corporation: See--
Rachwalski, Jon; and Witt, Daniel 07321319 Cl. 341-51.
Veglio, Paolo: See--
Gagliardi, Ivano; Carlucci, Giovanni; D'Addario, Roberto; and Veglio, Paolo 07321007 Cl. 524-13.
Veilleux, Thomas A.: See--
Shannon, Kevin J.; Veilleux, Thomas A.; Simonds, Vincent J.; Kennedy, III, Thomas J.; Melanson, David M.; and Tzivanis, Michael J. 07320650 Cl. 473-383.
Veldman, Geertruida M.: See--
Aghajanian, deceased, Jane; Wolfman, Neil M.; O'Hara, Denise; Davies, Monique V.; Veldman, Geertruida M.; Bridges, Kristie Grove; and Whittemore, Lisa-Anne 07320789 Cl. 424-130.1.
Vellore, Prabhakar Krishnamurthy; Sharma, Mukund Hari; and Liu, Peng, to Unisys Corporation Reducing application downtime in a cluster using user-defined rules for proactive failover 07321992 Cl. 714-47.
Ver Hage Enterprises: See--
Ver Hage, Richard P. 07320410 Cl. 220-388.
Ver Hage, Richard P.; to Ver Hage Enterprises Removable cap assembly 07320410 Cl. 220-388.
Verbel, David A.: See--
Saidi, Olivier; Verbel, David A.; and Yan, Lian 07321881 Cl. 706-21.
Veregin, Richard P. N.: See--
Zhou, Ke; Agur, Enno Eric; Bashir, Wafa Faisul; McDougall, Maria N. V.; Moore, Emily Louise; Qiu, Shigang Steven; Skorokhod, Vladislav; Vanbesien, Daryl W.; Zwartz, Edward Graham; Bartel, Joseph August; Burns, Patricia Ann; McAneney, T. Brian; Veregin, Richard P. N.; and Gerroir, Paul Joseph 07320851 Cl. 430-110.2.
Verigy (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.: See--
Bellato, Stephen; and Karklin, Kenneth D. 07320617 Cl. 439-496.
Chindamo, Domenico; and Salagianis, Ariadne 07321999 Cl. 714-726.
Hayhow, Reid 07321967 Cl. 713-100.
Ko, Herbert L. 07321634 Cl. 375-295.
VerKuilen, Michael T.; and Egelja, Aleksandar M., to Caterpillar Inc. Hydraulic system having pressure compensated bypass 07320216 Cl. 60-421.
Verrier, Kevin R.; Bernhardt, David K.; Negrotti, Jerry F.; and Polner, Donald N., to Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Workpiece handling alignment system 07321299 Cl. 340-521.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated: See--
Tung, Roger D; Murcko, Mark A; and Bhisetti, Govinda R 07321063 Cl. 564-80.
VIA Technologies: See--
Chang, Ronald; Yen, Sheng; and Gao, Wei 07321268 Cl. 331-37.
Via Technologies, Inc.: See--
Qureshi, Imran; and Bertram, Raymond A. 07321243 Cl. 326-121.
Vialle-Blanc, Sandrine: See--
Talaga, Philippe; Sepulcri, Patricia; and Vialle-Blanc, Sandrine 07320874 Cl. 435-7.32.
Vian, John L.; and Travis, Matt H., to Boeing Company, The Methods and systems for analyzing engine unbalance conditions 07321809 Cl. 700-279.
Vickers, Timothy A.: See--
Cowsert, Lex M.; Baker, Brenda F.; McNeil, John; Freier, Susan M.; Sasmor, Henri M.; Brooks, Douglas G.; Ohashi, Cara; Wyatt, Jacqueline R.; Borchers, Alexander H.; and Vickers, Timothy A. 07321828 Cl. 702-19.
Vieth, Michal: See--
Bonjouklian, Rosanne; De Diego Gomez, Jose Eugenio; De Dios, Alfonso; Hamdouchi, Chafiq Hamdouchi; Li, Tiecho; De Uralde Garmendia, Beatriz Lopez; Vieth, Michal; York, Jeremy Schulenberg; Dally, Robert Dean; Del Prado Catalina, Miriam Filadelfa; Jaramillo Aguado, Carlos; Martin-Cabrejas, Luisa Maria; Montero Salgado, Carlos; Pleite Selgas, Sheila; Sanchez-Martinez, Concepcion; Shepherd, Timothy Alan; and Wikel, James Howard 07320995 Cl. 514-367.
Vignette Corporation: See--
Thomas, David; and Wells, Scott 07321953 Cl. 711-133.
Vijay, Venkataramana Cardiac Ventricular Geometry Restoration Device and Treatment for Heart Failure 07320665 Cl. 600-16.
Vila, Matthew R.: See--
Hunt, Robert N.; Khettry, Atul; and Vila, Matthew R. 07321428 Cl. 356-418.
Vilhonen, Sami: See--
Salonen, Vesa; and Vilhonen, Sami 07321267 Cl. 331-11.
Vimercati, Daniele; Onorato, Marco; Albano, Carmela; and El-Moutaouakil, Mounia, to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. Ramp generator and relative row decoder for flash memory device 07321512 Cl. 365-185.19.
Virally, Stephane J.; Reed, Christopher P.; Thomas, John A.; Al Shakarchi, Franck; Hutin, Remi; and Follini, Jean-Marc, to Schlumberger Technology Corporation Automatic downlink system 07320370 Cl. 175-48.
Viscarola, Peter: See--
Anderson, Jason Michael; Westerinen, William Jefferson; Pierce, Tony Dwayne; Marshall, Allen; and Viscarola, Peter 07321974 Cl. 713-320.
Visible Assets, Inc.: See--
Stevens, John K.; and Waterhouse, Paul 07321290 Cl. 340-10.1.
Visicu, Inc.: See--
Rosenfeld, Brian A.; and Breslow, Michael 07321862 Cl. 705-3.
Visintin, Massimiliano: See--
Lacaze, Alain; Lecomte, Thierry; Oesterheld, Joerg; and Visintin, Massimiliano 07321835 Cl. 702-64.
Vismara, Elena: See--
De Ambrosi, Luigi; Iannaccone, Nicola; Gonella, Sergio; Vismara, Elena; Nesti, Solitario; and Torri, Giangiaocomo 07321034 Cl. 536-124.
Visokay, Mark R: See--
Colombo, Luigi; Chambers, James J; and Visokay, Mark R 07321154 Cl. 257-407.
VistaPrint Technologies Limited: See--
Schowtka, Alexander K.; Royal, Eliza H.; Malone, Daniel R.; and Dulaney, Robert L. 07322007 Cl. 715-513.
Viswanathan, Sudhandhira Selvan: See--
Handy-Bosma, John Hans; Holubar, Kevin; Kerlick, Shannon James; Mandelstein, Dan Jeffrey; Nair, Arvind Raveendranathan; Selvage, Mei Yang; Storey, Thomas Christopher; and Viswanathan, Sudhandhira Selvan 07321903 Cl. 707-104.1.
VISX, Incorporated: See--
Dai, Guangming; and Yee, Kingman 07320517 Cl. 351-205.
Vittitow, Jason L.: See--
Lampe, John W.; Plourde, Jr., Robert; She, Jin; Vittitow, Jason L.; Watson, Paul S.; Crimmins, Michael T.; and Slade, David J. 07320974 Cl. 514-211.09.
Vocel, Inc.: See--
Washburn, Carl 07321920 Cl. 709-206.
Vögele, Harald: See--
Lang, Bernd; Biener, Achim; Heidmann, Dieter; Madaus, Stefan; and Vögele, Harald 07320323 Cl. 128-206.24.
Vogt, Eric E.: See--
Liu, Harry H. L.; Golke, Keith W.; Vogt, Eric E.; and Liu, Michael S. 07322015 Cl. 716-4.
Vogt, Klaus: See--
Biedermann, Elfi; Hasmann, Max; Löser, Roland; Rattel, Benno; Reiter, Friedemann; Schein, Barbara; Seibel, Klaus; Vogt, Klaus; Wosikowski, Katja; and Schemainda, Isabel 07320993 Cl. 514-357.
Voice, Wayne E.; to Rolls-Royce PLC Method of forging a titanium alloy 07320238 Cl. 72-46.
Völkel, Ludwig; Oftring, Alfred; Hasselwander, Oliver; Sindel, Ulrike; and Krämer, Klaus, to BASF Aktiengesellschaft Crystalline choline ascorbate 07320803 Cl. 424-489.
Volodina, Larisa I.: See--
Stern, Norman J.; Svetoch, Edward A.; Urakov, Nikolay N.; Eruslanov, Boris V.; Volodina, Larisa I.; Kovalev, Yuri N.; Kudryavtseva, Tamara Y.; Perelygin, Vladimir V.; Pokhilenko, Victor D.; Levchuk, Vladimir P.; Borzenkov, Valery N.; Svetoch, Olga E.; Mitsevich, Eugeni V.; and Mitsevich, Irina P. 07321024 Cl. 530-350.
Volvo Lastvagnar AB: See--
Fagergren, Mats; and Hultèn, Johan 07320506 Cl. 303-191.
von Rohr, J. Rob: See--
Austin, David C.; Maciolek, David J.; and von Rohr, J. Rob 07320752 Cl. 210-602.
Voorhees, Richard V: See--
McClurg, George W; Cannon, Greg L; and Voorhees, Richard V 07321671 Cl. 382-124.
Vornlocher, Hans-Peter: See--
Sah, Dinah Wen-Yee; Hadwiger, Philipp; Roehl, Ingo; Bramlage, Birgit; Tan, Pamela; Vornlocher, Hans-Peter; and Bumcrot, David 07320965 Cl. 514-44.
Vorobeichik, Ilya: See--
Narevicius, Edvardas; Vorobeichik, Ilya; Berlatzky, Yoav; and Narevich, Romanas 07321705 Cl. 385-17.
Vossen, Jack Hubertus: See--
Gabriëls, Suzan Herma Elisabeth Johanna; Vossen, Jack Hubertus; Joosten, Matthieu Henri Antoon Jozef; and De Wit, Peter Jozef Marie 07320892 Cl. 435-419.
Vottis, Patrick: See--
Audino, Michael J.; Cipollo, Michael; Glocker, David; Miner, Kevin; and Vottis, Patrick 07320331 Cl. 134-166R.
Vuylsteke, Pieter; to Agfa HealthCare, N.V. Method of normalising a digital signal representation of an image 07321674 Cl. 382-128.