US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, August 11:
California Inventors Develop Silicon Oxide Film
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Srinivas D. Nemani of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Young S. Lee of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed a silicon oxide (Si--C--O--H) gapfill deposition using liquid precursors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silicon oxide film is deposited ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Vertebrae Percutaneous Access Method
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Andrew H. Cragg of Edina, Minn., has developed a method and an apparatus for providing posterior or anterior trans-sacral access to spinal vertebrae. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for providing percutaneous access ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Polyaxial Bone Screw
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- David D. Konieczynski of Needham, Mass., Thomas Vincent Doherty of Bellingham, Mass., Dale Whipple of East Taunton, Mass., Niall Casey of Boston, and Mark Hall of Bridgewater, Mass., have developed a polyaxial bone screw. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Atomic Layer Deposition Method
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Garo J. Derderian and Gurtej S. Sandhu, both of Boise, Idaho, have developed deposition methods including, but not limited to, atomic layer deposition. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deposition method includes contacting a substrate ...
Texas Inventor Develops Vertebral Stabilization Assembly
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Paul A. Vaughan of Dallas has developed a vertebral stabilization assembly for stabilizing vertebrae. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vertebral stabilization assembly includes a first and a second pedicle screw, a first and second ...
Tennessee Inventors Develop Minimally Invasive Expanding Spacer
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Roy Lim and Kevin T. Foley, both of Germantown, Tenn., and Michael C. Sherman of Memphis, Tenn., have developed a minimaly invasive spacer for positioning between vertebral members. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The spacer is adjustable ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Sensor Self-Test Method
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Harvey Weinberg of Sharon, Mass., and John A. Geen of Tewksbury, Mass., have developed a method and a device for self-test of a sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes stimulating the sensor with signals that generate ...
California Inventor Develops Natural Facet Joint Replacement Method
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Mark A. Reiley of Piedmont, Calif., has developed a prosthesis that replaces all or a portion of a natural facet joint on a vertebral body. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The prosthesis has a prosthesis body that accommodates fixation to ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Atmospheric Vortex Engine
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Louis Marc Michaud of Sarnia, Canada, has developed a device for producing a vortex similar to one of a group consisting of dust-devils. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention describes an atmospheric vortex engine in which a ...
South Carolina Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Vehicle Top Mount Mirror Support Arm
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Michael Dean Branham of Blythewood, S.C., and Juergen Bittner of Columbia, S.C., have developed an ornamental design for , the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D526,258 on Aug. 8. The patent has ...
Tennessee, Florida Inventors Develop Stapedial Prosthesis
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Anthony D. Prescott of Arlington, Tenn., and Loren J. Bartels of Lutz, Fla., have developed a stapedial prosthesis with a body defining a bucket and a shaft, and a bail handle coupled to the bucket. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Wireless Communications System
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Billy G. Moon and Malcolm M. Smith, both of Morrisville, N.C., have developed a method of packet voting in wireless mobile devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communications system includes a core packet network coupled to ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Computer Game
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Mika Gronroos of Littoinen, Finland, has developed an apparatus, and an associated method, for rewarding performance of a computer game at a mobile terminal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, and an associated method, rewards a ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Superplastic Forming Tool Part Removing Device
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- George Luckey Jr. of Dearborn, Mich., Peter Friedman of Ann Arbor, Mich., Richard Allor of Livonia, Mich., and Warren Copple of Trenton, Mich., have developed an apparatus and a method for removing a part from a forming tool and supporting the part. According ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Ceramic Coating with Biological Agent
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Panjian Li of Fort Wayne, Ind., Hai Bo Wen of Warsaw, Ind., and Elizabeth A. Hippensteel of North Manchester, Ind., have developed an implantable article, a method of preparing the same, and methods of modifying a ceramic-coated implantable article. According ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Matter Flow Regulation Method
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Todd A. Berg of Plymouth, Minn., and James Berg of White Bear Lake, Minn., have developed methods and apparatus for regulating the flow of matter through body tubing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-retracting body, which may have ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Automobile Wheel
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Fumito Ohta of Saitama, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a wheel for an automobile, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D526,261 on Aug. 8. The patent has been assigned to Honda Giken ...
German Inventors Develop Roll Stand Operating Method
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Jurgen Seidel of Kreuztal, Germany, Gunter Kneppe of Hilchenbach, Germany, and Waldemar Wolpert of Dinslaken, Germany, have developed a combined drive for a four-or-six-high rolling stand and an operating method for the same. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Tricycle Frame
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- S. Scott Shim and Matthew C. Grossman, both of West Lafayette, Ind., and Ryan Lightbody of Lafayette, Ind., have developed an ornamental design for a tricycle frame, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No ....
Connecticut Inventors Develop Metal-Forming Die
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Bruce E. Dworak of Cromwell, Conn., and Frank W. Dworak of Rocky Hill, Conn., have developed a metal-forming die and a method for manufacturing same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal-forming die according to the present invention ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Display Device
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Osamu Ishibashi, Hiroshi Hayama, Hiroshi Kanou and Shunji Noda, all from Tokyo, have developed a display device and a portable terminal that uses the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to narrow the width a frame part ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Extended Kalman Filter
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Jim Hofmann of Boise, Idaho, has developed an extended kalman filter incorporating offline metrology. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An algorithm uses offline metrology to control a process by passing information from an outer control ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Surface-Modified Implants
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Samuel G. Steinemann of St. Sulpice, Switzerland, and James Parcival Simpson of Eptingen, Switzerland, have developed surface-modified osteogenic implants which are used for insertion into bones. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Display Device Manufacturing Method
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Masahiro Tagawa, Tomokazu Andoh and Takahiro Oguchi, all from Kanagawa, Japan, and Makoto Kanda of Tokyo, have developed a method for manufacturing image display device, an image display device, and a television apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Optical Disc Address Information Detecting Method
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Myung-sik Kim of Suwon-si, South Korea, has developed a method and an apparatus for detecting land pre-pit address information recorded on an optical recording medium having wobble tracks. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Bone Implants
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Michael L. Boyer II of Paoli, Pa., David C. Paul of Phoenixville, Pa., and Thomas B. Higgins of Berwyn, Pa., have developed an implant comprising two or more bone fragments that are combined to form a single unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Thin Membrane Transducer
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Junghoon Lee and Kyong-Hoon Lee, both of Wilmette, Ill., and JaeHyun Chung of Evanston, Ill., have developed a transducer that includes a substrate and a thin membrane having a shape that can be deflected relative to the substrate to provide an amount of membrane ...
Texas Inventors Develop Optical Network Add/Drop Node
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Susumu Kinoshita and Cechan Tian, both of Plano, Texas, and Remi Pecqueur of Garland, Texas, have developed passive add/drop amplifier for optical networks and a method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An add/drop node for an optical ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Elliptical Bike
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- James Trumble of Royal Oak, Mich., and Jos Timmermans of Ortonville, Mich., have developed an ornamental design for an elliptical bike, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D526,250 on Aug. 8. The ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Faucet Assembly
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Steffen Koury of Charlestown, Mass., and John Schaffeld of Marshfield, Mass., have developed an ornamental design for a faucet assembly, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D521,111 on May 16. The ...
California, Texas Inventors Develop Optical Disc Data Acquisition Method
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Mark O. Worthington of Tustin, Calif., James R. Norton of Santa Ana, Calif., and Gregory R. Basile of Farmers Branch, Texas, have developed methods and an apparatus for using physical synchronization markers during optical disc data acquisition. According to ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Distorted Optical Signal Regeneration Apparatus
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Ki-Cheol Lee of Suwon-shi, South Korea, and Yun-Je Oh of Yongin-shi, South Korea, have developed an apparatus for regenerating a distorted optical signal through reamplification, regenerating, and retiming processes in an optical communication network and a method ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Seed Meter Seed Singulation Testing Apparatus
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Gregg A. Sauder, Chad E. Plattner and Derek A. Sauder, all from Tremont, Ill., and Don L. Dunlap of Pekin, Ill., have developed an apparatus and a method for testing seed singulation of a seed meter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electron-Emitting Device
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Yukihisa Takeuchi of Nishikamo-gun, Japan, Tsutomu Nanataki of Toyoake, Japan, Iwao Ohwada of Nagoya, Japan, and Tomoya Horiuchi of Nishikasugai, Japan, have developed an electron-emitting device and a field emission display that uses the same. According to ...
California Inventors Develop Electrosurgical Instrument
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Csaba Truckai of Saratoga, Calif., and John H. Shadduck of Tiburon, Calif., have developed an electrosurgical medical device and a method for creating thermal welds in engaged tissue. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, at ...
Illinois, Georgia Inventors Develop Chemical-Mechanical Abrasive Composition
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Mingming Fang of Naperville, Ill., Don D. Eisenhour of Grayslake, Ill., and Michael R. Ianiro of Macon, Ga., have developed a chemical-mechanical abrasive composition for use in semiconductor processing uses abrasive particles having a non-spherical morphology, the ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Writable Optical Storage Medium Recording Apparatus
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Jeong Woo Kim of Seoul, South Korea, has developed a method of establishing optimum test writing parameters for test writing of a writable optical storage media. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and an apparatus establish ...
U.S., Swiss Inventors Develop Bone Implants
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- David C. Paul of Phoenixville, Pa., Hansjuerg W. Emch of Philadelphia, Michael L. Boyer II of Paoli, Pa., Thomas B. Higgins of Berwyn, Pa., and Beat Schenk of Nuglar, Switzerland, have developed bone implants with central chambers. According to the U.S. Patent ...
French Inventors Develop Intervertebral Implant
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Denis Pasquet of Pessac, France, Re Le Couedic of Bordeaux, France, and Jacques Senegas of Merignac, France, have developed an intervertebral implant which includes a block with two grooves on opposite sides and on the longitudinal axis of the block ....
South Korean Inventor Develops Copper Wiring Formation Method
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Sang Kyun Park of Yongin-Shi, South Korea, has developed a method of forming copper wiring in semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A copper wiring is formed within a damascene pattern. Before a copper anti-diffusion ...
French Inventor Develops Electronic Transaction Fraud Prevention Method
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Akli Adjaoute of Joinville le Pont, France, has developed systems and methods for dynamic detection and prevention of electronic fraud. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides systems and methods for dynamic ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Endoscopic Stone Extraction Device
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Avtar S. Dhindsa of Valparaiso, Ind., has developed an endoscopic stone extraction device with a handle that supports a sheath, and a filament such as a wire slidably disposed in the sheath. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One end of the ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Plasma Display Panel
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Young-Sun Kim and Young-Soo Han, both of Suwon-si, South Korea, Jong-Sul Min of Hwasung-si, South Korea, and Chang-Wan Hong of Yongin-si, South Korea, have developed a plasma display panel (PDP) with an improved structure that can enhance brightness and bright room ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Reflective Heat Patch
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Ricky W. Purcell of Alpharetta, Ga., has developed a heat patch and a method for providing therapy to a body. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The heat patch includes a reflective layer and a heat source that is attached to the reflective ...
British Inventors Develop Lancet
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Jeremy Marshall and Glenn Davison, both of Oxford, Great Britain, have developed medical skin piercing devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skin pricker has a barrel in which a hammer released by a trigger mechanism can be shot ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Body Tissue Securing Method
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Peter M. Bonutti of Effingham, Ill., has developed a method of securing tissue in a body of a patient. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To secure a first body tissue with a second body tissue, a first anchor is moved along a first path ...
German Inventors Develop Tubular Vascular Implants
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Gesine Hildebrand, Johannes Tack, Hans-Martin Wache, Thomas Mueller and Peter Ewert, all from Berlin, and Helmut Kaeufer of Mettmann, Germany, have developed tubular vascular implants and methods for producing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
French Inventor Develops Multipurpose Clamp
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Bernard Flipo of Nice, France, has developed a multifunction clamp for medical use that includes two jaws articulated by a pivot and controlled by the practitioner from a gripping region According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each jaw includes, ...
Italian Inventors Develop Universal Rolling Stand with Roll Gap Control
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Giorgio Lavaroni, Aldo Vergendo and Loris Maestrutti, all from Buttrio, Italy, have developed an universal rolling stand with roll gap control. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal rolling stand with control of the space between ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Plasma Reactor Sub-Assembly
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Steven T Fink of Mesa, Ariz., has developed an integrated process tube and an electrostatic shield, an assembly thereof and a manufacture thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plasma reactor sub-assembly includes both an ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Inductively Coupled Plasma Generator
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Yong-Kwan Lee and Sang-Won Lee, both of Daejeon, South Korea, Won-Bong Jung and Sae-Hoon Uhm, both of Seoul, South Korea, and Dong-Seok Lee of Pusan, South Korea, have developed a inductively coupled plasma generator having low aspect ratio. According to the ...
Austrian Inventor Develops Vascular Anchoring Device
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Dragan Petrovic, Aleksandar Vujanic, Werner Brenner and Ali H. M. Hassan, all from Vienna, Austria, have developed a vascular anchoring device intended to be introduced into a blood vessel by a catheter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In ...
Brazilian Inventors Develop Floating Structure for Drilling Installations
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Isaias Quaresma Masetti and Ana Paula dos Santos Costa, both of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Kazuo Nishimoto of Sao Paulo, Brazil, have developed a floating structure for maritime production or drilling installations. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
New York Inventors Develop Packet Transmission System
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Marcos N. Novaes of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., and Christopher F. Codella of Marlboro, N.Y., have developed methods and arrangements for dynamically modifying subsource address multicast data distribution trees. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Russian, Israeli Inventors Develop Intracorporeal Lithotripsy Fragmentation Method
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Vladimir Chernenko, Marat Lerner, Stepan Khachin and Vladimir Khachi, both of Tomsk, Russia, and Valeri Diamant of Katzrin, Israel, have developed a method for intracorporeal lithotripsy fragmentation and an apparatus for its implementation. According to the ...
Washington Inventors Develop Cooling Garment Control Techniques
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Stephen W. Radons and Larry R. Nygaard, both of Snohomish, Wash., Joseph L. Sullivan of Kirkland, Wash., and Kathleen E. Briscoe of Carnation, Wash., have developed a feedback system for rapid induction of mild hypothermia. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
U.S., Swedish Inventors Develop Pelvic Floor Repair Mesh
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Barbara Schwartz of Morganville, N.J., Rebecca Leibowitz of Summit, N.J., and Ulf Ulmsten of Danderyd, Sweden, have developed a woven mesh for supporting tissue or an organ within a female patient's pelvis, and a method for using the same. According to the ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Refuse Collection Vehicle
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Claudiu D. Pruteanu of Claremont, Minn., and Randall L. Bice of Rochester, Minn., have developed a full-eject automated side/front loading collection vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse collection vehicle for loading, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Line Processing Equipment
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Yoshiharu Maeno of Tokyo has developed a processing of a number of lines in a large-scale switching node provided in a mutual connection point between a plurality of networks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A line connection ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Abrasion Device for Bio-Analytical Processing
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Robert Carson of Rahway, N.J., Susanne Teklits Iobst of Maywood, N.J., and Salvatore E. San Philip of Belleville, N.J., have developed a device and a technique using the same for abrading a small sample of epidermis for bio-analytical processing. According to ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Vehicle Spoiler Surface Configuration
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Pinky Lai of Koenigsbach-Stein, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a surface configuration of a retractable rear spoiler for a vehicle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D526,256 on Aug ....
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Bathroom Scale
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Hans-Peter Aglassinger of Esslingen, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a bathroom scale, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D526,230 on Aug. 8. The patent has been assigned to ...
Swiss Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Watch Face
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Maria Cristina Calvani of Cologny, Switzerland, has developed an ornamental design for a watch face, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D526,232 on Aug. 8. The patent has been assigned to Rolex ...
Texas, California Inventors Develop Seismic Data Processing Techniques
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Joel Walls and M. Turhan Taner, both of Houston, and Jack Dvorkin of Emerald Hills, Calif., have developed a method of seismic data processing and interpretation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for seismic characterization of ...
U.S., Indian Inventors Develop Surgical Scalpel
Aug 11, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 -- Rajiv Kehr of Kanpur, India, and Scott Larsen of Newton, Conn., have developed a surgical scalpel with a protective sheath. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective sheath for a disposable surgical scalpel includes at least three ...