Patents received September 27, 2005:

PPG Industries Ohio Inc. for "Method and apparatus for coordinating services, No. 6,950,801." Inventors were Robert Brookes, Gibsonia, Mark A. Homison, Glenshaw, Lisa S. Langford, Allison Park, James V. Latch, Gibsonia, Thomas S. Molenda, Pittsburgh, and Christopher W. Umble, Wexford. This invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for coordinating or arranging for services and, in one particular embodiment, to a method and apparatus for coordinating or arranging automotive glass repair services for a policyholder of an insurance company.

Patents received October 4, 2005:

The 501 Trustees of Princeton University for "Helper-free stocks of recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors, No. 6,951,753." Inventors were Thomas E. Shenk, Princeton, NJ, Richard Jude Samulski, Pittsburgh, Long-Sheng Chang, Linden, NJ. The present invention relates to a method for producing substantially pure stocks of recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV), free of the adeno-associated helper virus found associated with previously available recombinant AAV. According to the invention, the substantially pure stocks of recombinant AAV may be used to introduce exogenous genetic sequences into cells, cell lines, or organisms; in the absence of the adeno-associated helper virus, the recombinant AAV will remain stably integrated into cellular DNA. In another embodiment of the invention cells containing integrated recombinant AAV may be exposed to helper viruses, resulting in excision, replication, and amplification of integrated sequences, thereby providing a means for achieving increased expression of gene product. The present invention also provides for novel recombinant AAV vectors and adeno-associated helper viruses.

University of Pittsburgh for "Antibody to bladder cancer nuclear matrix protein and its use, No. 6,951,926." Inventor was Robert H. Getzenberg, Pittsburgh. The present invention relates generally to bladder nuclear matrix proteins, called "NMPs" here, and more specifically to novel nuclear matrix proteins of the bladder which are associated with cell-proliferative disorders.

Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corp. for "Linear position sensing system and coil switching methods for closed-loop control of large linear induction motor systems, No. 6,952,086." Inventors were Mark Peter Krefta, Murrysville, David Jonathan Hall, Pittsburgh, Kenneth Martin Eichler, Murrysville, Jiing-Liang Wu, Murrysville, Robert E. Strickler, Pittsburgh, and Michael Barnaby Brennen, Pittsburgh. The present invention relates generally to linear induction motors, and, more specifically, the present invention relates to the control of large linear induction motor systems including inductive-based position sensing and stator coil switching algorithms.

Blue Pumpkin Software Inc. for "Method and apparatus for multi-contact scheduling, No. 6,952,732." Inventors were Illah Nourbakhsh, Pittsburgh, Ofer Matan, Palo Alto, CA, Jason Fama, Mountain View, CA, Scott Veach, Los Angeles, CA, Edward Hamilton, Los Gatos, CA, and Alex Fukunaga, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. The invention is in the field of generating complex schedules in dynamic environments, such as multi-contact centers.