Patents received April 3, 2007:

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, for "Nitride semiconductor light emitting device having electrode electrically separated into at least two regions, No. 7,199,398." Inventors were Tomoki Ono, Pittsburgh; Shigetoshi Ito and Hirokazu Mouri, both of Ikoma, Japan; Toshiyuki Okumura, Tenri, Japan; Kyoko Matsuda, Daianji, Japan; Toshiyuki Kawakami, Nara, Japan; Takeshi Kamikawa, Mihara, Japan; and Yoshihiko Tani, Tenri, Japan. The present invention relates to nitride semiconductor light emitting devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to a multielectrode-type nitride semiconductor light emitting device having at least one of a p-electrode and an n-electrode electrically separated into at least two regions.

Rambus Inc., for "Method and apparatus for low capacitance, high output impedance driver, No. 7,199,605." Inventors were James A. Gasbarro, Pittsburgh; Leung Yu, Santa Clara, Calif.; and Roxanne T. Vu, Benedict C. Lau and Huy M. Nguyen, all of San Jose, Calif. The field of invention relates to signal integrity within electronic systems generally; and more specifically, to the biasing of driver transistors within a high output impedance region to maintain acceptable signal integrity.

Union Switch & Signal Inc., for "System and method for sensing position of a vehicle, No. 7,199,883." Inventor was Joseph W. Schaad, of Pittsburgh. This invention relates to vehicle position sensing systems and, more particularly, to passive position sensing systems for a levitated vehicle, such as, for example, a Magnetic Levitated Vehicle (MAGLEV). The invention also relates to a method for determining the position of a moving vehicle.

Data Storage Institute, for "Method and apparatus for the modulation of multilevel data arrays, No. 7,200,096." Inventors were Jing Feng Liu, Pittsburgh; Cheng Chiang Phua,Tow Chong Chong, Yi Hong Wu and Jun Li, all of Singapore. The present invention pertains in general to the preparation of data for storage in multidimensional memories, and more particularly, to the modulation of multilevel data arrays to make them suitable for storage in multidimensional storage media.

Patents received April 10, 2007:

The University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, for "Cold-adapted equine influenza viruses, No. 7,201,909." Inventors were Patricia W. Dowling and Julius S. Youngner, both of Pittsburgh. The present invention relates to experimentally generated, cold-adapted equine influenza viruses, and particularly to cold-adapted equine influenza viruses having additional phenotypes, such as attenuation, dominant interference, or temperature sensitivity. The invention also includes reassortant influenza A viruses, which contain at least one genome segment from such an equine influenza virus, such that the reassortant virus includes certain phenotypes of the donor equine influenza virus. The invention further includes genetically engineered equine influenza viruses, produced through reverse genetics, which comprise certain identifying phenotypes of a cold-adapted equine influenza virus of the present invention. The present invention also relates to the use of these viruses in therapeutic compositions to protect animals from diseases caused by influenza viruses.