US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, August 8:
South Korean Inventors Develop Method for Replaceable Luggage Handle
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- In-Soo Jung of Yongin-Si, South Korea, and Byung Ki Choi of Soeul, South Korea, have developed a telescoping handle for transport devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport device comprises a replaceable telescoping handle ....
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Triple Dresser
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- William E. De Blaay of Manlius, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a triple dresser, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D523,258 on June 20. The patent has been assigned to L. & J. G ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Baby Bed
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Kenzou Kassai of Osaka, Japan, and Ichiro Ohnishi of Nara, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a baby bed, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D523,257 on June 20. The patent has been ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Vanity Cabinet
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- David Bruce of Monroe Township, N.J., has developed an ornamental design for a vanity cabinet, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D523,259 on June 20. The patent has been assigned to Foremost ...
New York Inventor Develops Spas with Retractable Entertainment Unit
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Wesley O. Cox of Johnstown, N.Y., has developed spas having a retractable entertainment unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spa includes a housing having a tub for holding water, and a retractable entertainment unit having a display ....
South Korean Inventors Develop Display Device Touch Panel
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Eui Yeol Oh of Yongin-shi, South Korea, and Hee Jung Hong of Seoul, South Korea, have developed combination capacitive-type and electromagnetic type touch panels for display devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch panel for a ...
German Inventors Develop Silicon-Titanium Mixed Oxide Powder
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Martin Moerters, Ina Hemme and Steffen Hasenzahl, all from Hanau, Germany, Uwe Diener of Grosskrotzenburg, Germany, and Herbert Habermann of Biebergemuend, Germany, have developed a silicon-titanium mixed oxide powder prepared by flame hydrolysis, which is ...
Texas Inventors Develop Emergency Shower System
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- James Ellis Marrs of Kingwood, Texas, and Robert James Johnson of Katy, Texas, have developed an emergency shower system for attachment to a water pipe located behind a wall and a valve mounted to the pipe. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Inventors Develop communication controlling Method
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- John R. Klug of Evergreen, Colo., has developed a method and apparatus for sorting, prioritizing, identifying, managing, and otherwise controlling (collectively, controlling) a communication. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frank may be ...
ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE COMMEMORATING ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005
Aug 08, 2006 ... The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following media advisory: Tomorrow, August 8, 2006, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman will host a press conference to discuss accomplishments of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 one year after President Bush signed this piece of ...
Florida Inventor Develops Artificial Facet Joint
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Peter M. Simonson of Miami Beach, Fla., has developed an artificial facet joint that includes a spinal implant rod and a connector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The connector includes a screw and a rod connecting member having ...
California Inventors Develop Articulating Spinal Fixation Rod
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Samuel M. Shaolian of Newport Beach, Calif., Thanh Van Nguyen of Irvine, Calif., V. Pham of Trabuco Canyon, Calif., and George P. Teitelbaum of Santa Monica, Calif., have developed an articulating spinal fixation rod and a system. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Brush Optimizer
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Karl R. Hansen of Cottage Grove, Minn., has developed an apparatus associated with a surface maintenance machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an improved mechanical coupling for rapidly adjusting the ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Optical Device with Group III-Nitride Layer
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Aref Chowdhury of Springfield, N.J., Hock Min Ng of Westfield, N.J., and Richart Elliott Slusher of Lebanon, N.J., have developed electrical and optical devices that incorporate crystalline group III-nitrides. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Danish Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Density Storage System Panel
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Jacob Jensen of Hojslev, Denmark, has developed an ornamental design for a front panel for movable modular high density storage system, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D523,266 on June 20. The ...
South Carolina Inventors Develop One-Piece Can Combustor
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Kevin Weston McMahan and Thomas Edward Johnson, both of Greer, S.C., and Stanley Kevin Widener of Greenville, S.C., have developed a can combustor for an industrial turbin. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A can combustor for an industrial ...
Oklahoma Inventor Develops Vacuum Cleaning Machine
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- David L. McCutchen of Sand Springs, Okla., has developed a vacuum cleaner having filters backflushed with ambient air. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum cleaning machine has a cannister with an inlet port and at least two outlet ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Portable Electric Drill
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Kiyozumi Kokawa of Anjo, Japan has developed an ornamental design for the portable electric drill, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D525848 on Aug. 1. The patent has been assigned to Makita Corp., ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Electro-Motion Toothbrush
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Kyung-Yong Koh of Seoul, South Korea, has developed an electro-motion toothbrush covering all of the teeth while the electro-motion toothbrush cleans the teeth automatically. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Chair Desk Combination Frame
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Peter Glass of Arroyo Grande, Calif., and Robert J. Mills of Torrance, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for chair desk combination frame, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D523,265 on June ...
Austrian Inventor Develops Two Displaceable Components Locking Device
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Christian Lutz of Nuziders, Austria, has developed a locking device for two displaceable relative to each other components. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "locking device for two, displaceable relative to each ...
Florida Inventor Develops Cremation Ashes Picture Frame
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Brent E. Sueppel of Lake Placid, Fla., has developed a combination picture frame and cremation ashes storage container. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "unique combination of a picture frame for displaying a ...
German Inventors Develop Chromane Derivatives Mixture
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Christoph Krohnke of Breisach-Oberrimsingen, Germany, and Peter Staniek of Binzen, Germany, have developed a mixture of phosphanes and chromane derivatives. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a synergistic mixture ...
California Inventor Develops Vehicle Slide Outs Securing Mechanism
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Johnnie R. Crean of Chino, Calif., has developed a securing mechanism for use with a recreational vehicle (RV) slide out assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The securing mechanism structurally interconnects the slide out assembly to ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Protected Information Creating, Running Method
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Jonathan Schull of Haverford, Pa., has developed a method for creating protected information accessed by a user. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus of encouraging distribution, registration, and purchase of free ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Hydraulic Continuously Variable Transmission
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Mitsuru Saitou, Yasushi Fujimoto and Katsuhiko Ito, all from Saitama, Japan, have developed a hydraulic continuously variable transmission. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic continuously variable transmission includes a swash ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Gas Turbine Engine Emissions Reducing Methods
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Timothy James Held of Blanchester, Ohio, David Allen Kastrup of West Chester, Ohio, and Douglas Marti Fortuna of Cincinnati, have developed a method that enables a gas turbine engine to be assembled. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Video Data Filtering Arrangement
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Tim Lange of Phoenix, and Jud Lehman of Scottsdale, Ariz., have developed a method of deblocking filtering in signal processing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Signal processing is enhanced using a filtering arrangement that re-uses data ...
Ohio, Indiana, New York Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Electric Drill Portion
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- William Mark Feldmann of Fairfield, Ohio, Berlie E. Parks of Lawrenceburg, Ind., and Kyle W. Harris of Orchard Park, N.Y., have developed an ornamental design for a portion of an electric drill, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Fuel, Air Mixture Injecting Method
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Stefano Bernero of Baden, Switzerland, Weiqun Geng of Nussbaumen, Switzerland, Christian Steinbach of Neuenhof, Switzerland, and Peter Stuber of Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a method for injecting a fuel/air mixture into a combustion chamber. According ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Hydraulic Pump
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Robert Trimble of Sullivan, Ill., has developed a hydraulic pump for use in connection with an external reservoir for hydraulic fluid. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump having a symmetric end cap is disclosed. The end cap is ...
Texas Inventor Develops Compressor Oil Removal Apparatus
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Zahid Hussain Ayub of Arlington, Texas, has developed an automatic oil removal from an ammonia evaporator/low pressure vessel in a refrigeration system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid refrigerant level controller is utilized to ...
California Inventor Develops Network Transaction Method
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Michael C. Morrison of Ben Lomond, Calif., has developed a method and a system for conducting a transaction over a network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The network includes a first system and a second system. The method and system ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Projection Video Device
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Toshiaki Tabuchi of Okayama, Japan, and Shinya Sannohe of Neyagawa, Japan, have developed a cooling structure used in the projection-type imaging device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projection-type imaging device includes: a light ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Electronic Document Repository Management System
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Mark Bluhm of Cottage Grove, Minn., Bruce Getting of Roseville, Minn., Mark Hayft of Apple Valley, Minn., and Shirley Walz of Hastings, Minn., have developed a system and a method providing for the distribution and management of a large corpus of value added electronic ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Refrigerator Cold Air Circulation Control Method
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Jun-Chul Shin of Inchun, South Korea, has developed an apparatus and method for controlling cold air circulation in a refrigerator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling ...
New York Inventor Develops Combined Automatic Door Latch Assembly
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Richard C. Johnson of Poquott, N.Y., has developed a combination door latch and deadbolt assemblies such as locks on doors that provide access to residential dwellings and commercial spaces. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Heat Exhaustion Evaporative Cooling Method
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Tim L. Edwards of Oregon City, Ore., and Jeffrey B. Weber of Hillsboro, Ore., have developed a rapidly deployable mobile fogging system suitably designed for relief of heat exhaustion symptoms. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Posture Chair
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Terry Strand and Patrick Weber, both of Owatonna, Minn., Thomas Dettmann of New Prague, Minn., Paul James of Minneapolis, Diwa Ratnam of Woodbury, Minn., Jodi Tuthill of Waterville, Minn., and Mark Reeves of Mahtomedi, Minn., have developed an ornamental design for a ...
California Inventor Develops Database Management System
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Joseph F. Sinnott Jr. of Palo Alto, Calif., has developed a system and a two-pass algorithm for determining the optimum access path for multi-table structured query language queries. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, article ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Cocktail Table
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- James Glenn Mohundro of Taichung, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for , the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D523,262 on June 20. The patent has been assigned to Pacific Marketing ...
California Inventor Develops Cornea Treatment Method
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Dimitri Chernyak of Los Gatos, Calif., has developed a method of treating a cornea of a patient's eye with a laser beam. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for treating a tissue of an eye with a laser beam include at least ...
Swedish Inventor Develops Transcutan Catheter Assembly
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Jan Liska of Stockholm, Sweden, has developed a transcutan catheter assembly including a collar of a relatively flexible material having an upper surface and a lower surface. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transcutan catheter assembly ...
German Inventor Develops Semitrailers Height-Adjustable Support
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Reinhold Riedl of Miltenberg, Germany, has developed a height adjustable support having as stationary outer support tube and an inner support tube which is displaceable therein. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Peltier Temperature Control System
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- John T. Welch of Phoenix has developed a cooling system for audio equipment that uses a temperature sensor and Peltier effect module in a feedback control loop. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cooling system reads the temperature ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Torque Converter
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Jean M. Schweitzer of Ypsilanti, Mich., and Jeya Gandham of Ann Arbor, Mich., have developed a torque converter that includes an impeller and a turbine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The impeller has a substantially constant flow area ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Hypothesis Mapping Method
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Kasra Kasravi of West Bloomfield, Mich., and Sundararajan Varadarajan of Troy, Mich., have developed a method for mapping a hypothesis to an analytical structure that includes receiving the hypothesis from an interface and generating a representation of the ...
U.S., French Inventors Develop Clasp
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Julie St-Louis of Veyrier-du Lac, France, and James Burress of Irvine, Calif., have developed a clasp particularly for a cord or lace. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The clasp can be used in connection with shoe laces or tightening cords ...
New Hampshire Inventor Develops Light-Weight Collapsible Stretcher
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Thomas W. Hood of Hinsdale, N.H., has developed stretchers usable in the field for emergency rescue. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a collapsible, convertible, extendable, traction-providing, portable stretcher/body ...
New York Inventor Develops Facial Rejuvenation Treatment Method
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Marc S. Lemchen of New York has developed a method and an apparatus for providing facial rejuvenation treatments. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus provides automatically controlled facial rejuvenation treatments and is ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Metadata Describing Objects Customization Method
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Douglas R. Mortensen of Columbus, Ohio, Richard W. Mortensen of Hamilton, Ohio, Michael J. Morel of Richfield, Ohio, and Patrick E. Plaisted of Rawson, Ohio, have developed a computer-implemented method of customizing metadata in a software system. According ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Imaging Table Protective Cover
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Michael W. Czop of Fenton, Mich., has developed a protective cover for use in connection with a radiologic imaging table. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "cover and patient restraint for use with a radiologic ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Hinge
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Sheng-Nan Lu and Hsiang-Chi Chien, both of Shulin, Taiwan, have developed a hinge with a spacer assembly, a rotating device, a pivot shaft and a nut. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The rotating device is mounted on a display screen, and ...
British Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Screwdriver
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Michael Corcoran of Hexam, Great Britain, has developed an ornamental design for a screwdriver, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D525,846 on Aug. 1. The patent has been assigned to Black & ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop Oil Separator
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Jeffrey J. Nieter of Coventry, Conn., Tobias Sicnel of East Hampton, Conn., and William A. Rioux of Willington, Conn., have developed an oil separator for vapor compression system compressor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transcritical ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Medical Manipulator System
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Toshikazu Kawai of Kashiwa, Japan, and Kazutoshi Kan of Chiyoda, Japan, have developed a manipulator system and an operating method thereof, for medical use. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For stopping bleeding at an incensed wound, ...
Spanish Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Cabinet
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Josei Ferrer Beltran of Valencia, Spain, has developed an ornamental design for a cabinet, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D523,261 on June 20. The patent has been assigned to Sonia, SA, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electro-Optic Device
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Toru Nimura of Suwa, Japan, and Shin Fujita of Chino, Japan, have developed an electro-optic device comprising a recess/projection pattern obtained by rotating a reference pattern about a predetermined position. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
U.S., French Inventors Develop Prefillable Intradermal Delivery Device
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Paul G. Alchas and Marina S. Korisch, both of Wayne, N.J., Peter W. Heyman of Florham Park, N.J., Carlos E. Guillermo of Clinton, Conn., and Philippe Emile Fernand Laurent of Oullins, France, have developed a delivery device for use in injecting medical substances into ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Vehicle Suspension
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Gerald Goertzen of Brunswick, Ohio, and William A. Null Jr. of Sullivan, Ohio, have developed a suspension with releasable locking system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The suspension includes, for example, a frame and a releasable ...
New York Inventor Develops Ringed Forceps
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Michael R. Treat of New York has developed a surgical instrument for cutting or sealing and cutting tissue. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument comprises two oppositely-positioned working numbers each having proximal and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display Device
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Masumi Kubo of Ikoma, Japan, Akihiro Yamamoto of Yamatokoortyama, Japan, Takashi Ochi of Tenri, Japan, Kazuhiro Maekawa of Matsudo, Japan and Shohgo Fujioka of Osaka, Japan, have developed a liquid crystal display device with a high display quality. According ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Pump, Motor Operating Mode Switching Control
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Chris Teslak of Plymouth, Mich., Ron Kepner of Ann Arbor, Mich., Chuanchi Tang of Troy, Mich., Cliff Carlson of Fenton, Mich., and Peter Chalk of Storridge, Great Britain, have developed a powertrain system for transmitting power hydraulically to and from the wheels of ...
Florida Inventors Develop Gastric Ulcers Treatment Method
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Juergen A. Kortenbach of Miami Springs, Fla., and Michael Sean McBrayer of Miami, have developed methods and apparatus for the treatment of gastric ulcers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tool attaches to the distal end of an ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Jewelry Clasp
Aug 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 -- Tomoyasu Ninomiya of Tokyo has developed a clasp used for jewelry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clasp for jewelry includes a body, a pin insertable into the body, a stopper engaging to the pin having been inserted into the body to ...