US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, August 16:
Colorado Inventors Develop Distributed Control System
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Scott Hesse of Longmont, Colo., Gary Kiwimagi of Greeley, Colo., and Craig Ogawa of Loveland, Colo., have developed distributed control systems and methods. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of distributed control system may ...
Washington Inventors Develop Synthesizer Multi-Bus Component
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Todor J. Fay and Brian L. Schmidt, both of Bellevue, Wash., and James F. Geist Jr., of Kirkland, Wash., have developed a synthesizer component with audio buffer components. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio generation system ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Light Fixture
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Kenneth A. Harbaugh of Douglasville, Ga., has developed an ornamental design for a light fixture, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D519,664 on April 25. The original application was filed on ...
California Inventor Develops Cell Receptor Activity Stimulation Method
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Robert J. Fitzsimmons of Colton, Calif., has developed a method for activating a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor of one or more cells. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes positioning an electromagnetic ...
Washington Inventors Develop Video Data Storage System
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Mark Champion of Kenmore, Wash., and Brian Dockter of Edmonds, Wash., have developed methods and an apparatus for storing and retrieving data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one implementation, a system includes: a data source, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Pulse Wave Application System
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Taketoshi Yamada of Tokyo has developed a system for applying pulse waves to a human body. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The output state of a pulse wave optimum to the user and applied to the head of the user is automatically set while ...
California Inventor Develops Neurological Dysfunction Susceptibility Measurement Method
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Benjamin D. Pless of Atherton, Calif., has developed systems and methods for measuring susceptibility to neurological dysfunction based on analysis of neural electrophysiology. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Photographic Map Display Device
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Masayuki Hashizume of Kariya, Japan, has developed a map display device and a method for displaying map. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a map display device, a photographic map can be displayed in different modes. When it is ...
Fluke Wins $76,098 Contract
Aug 16, 2006 ... MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $76,098 contract to Fluke Corp., Everett, Wash., for standard voltage. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa. For more information about US Fed ...
Kansas Inventor Develops Magnetically Operated Driving Tool
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- David W. Kimple of Conway Springs, Kan., has developed a magnetically operated driving tool that does not require electric energy. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetically operated driving tool includes a body member, first and ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Nail Driver Braking Unit
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Ming-Han Wen of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a brake device for de-actuating a nail driver without nails therein. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking unit for nail drivers, mainly a rotary retaining unit pivotally mounted on ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Dental Products Manufacturing Method
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Matts Andersson of Lerum, Sweden, and Anders Tornquist of Partille, Sweden, have developed a method for manufacturing dental products. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing system for dental products operates with coordinating ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Local Memory-Related Transactions Processing Method
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Donald R. DeSota and Robert Joersz, both of Portland, Ore., William Durr of Forest Grove, Ore., and Davis A. Miller of Tigard, Ore., have developed a local region table for storage of information regarding memory access by other nodes. According to the U.S ....
Kansas Inventor Develops Seamless Pipeline Sphere
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- William Bradley Young of Sedgwick, Kan., has developed a seamless pipeline sphere and a method of manufacture. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is generally directed to a pipeline sphere, and more specifically a seamless ...
U.S., Dutch, French Inventors Develop Purkinje Fibers Mapping Catheter
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Kristine B. Fuimaono of Covina, Calif., Bart-Jan Korteling of Leek, Netherlands, and Michel Haissaguerre of Talence, France, have developed a catheter and a method for mapping Purkinje fibers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved ...
California Inventors Develop Dynamic Internet Gateway Service
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Mark D. Goddard and Jeff LaSor, both of Foothill Ranch, Calif., Daniel C. Milius of Huntington Beach, Calif., Mike Giffin of Tustin, Calif., and Gary E. Sullivan of Trabuco Canyon, Calif., have developed an Internet gateway server on the local area network (LAN) for ...
Austrian, Swiss Inventors Develop Explosion-Operated Power Tool
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Tilo Dittrich of Feldkirch, Austria, Gerhard Ehmig of Rankweil, Austria, and Thomas Sperrfechter of Grusch, Switzerland, have developed an explosion-operated setting tool for driving in fastening elements. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
U.S., Taiwanese Inventors Develop Self-Rechargeable Portable Telephone
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Yu-Ta Tu of Hsinchu Hsien, Taiwan, and Show-Jong Yeh of Hemet, Calif., have developed a self-rechargeable portable telephone. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable telephone includes a telephone body containing telephone circuitry, a ...
Washington Inventors Develop Message Multicasting on Computer Network
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Marvin M. Theimer of Bellevue, Wash., Michael B. Jones of Redmond, Wash., and Krishna P. Gummadi of Seattle, have developed network multicasting techniques. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for multicasting a message in a computer ...
New York Inventors Develop Fuel Cell Fluid Distribution Assembly
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Thomas A Trabold of Pittsford, N.Y., and Jon P Owejan of Rochester, N.Y., have developed flow field geometries for improved water management. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "assembly for a fuel cell including an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Human-Derived Bradeion Proteins
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Manami Tanaka of Ibaraki, Japan, and Tomoo Tanaka of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a protein involved in long-term survival of cranial nerve cell. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "human-derived bradeion ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Cylindrical Tank Side Wall Construction Machine
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Alex J. Morrison of Edmonton, Canada, has developed a machine for constructing the side wall of a cylindrical tank. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The machine is adapted to supply, manipulate and position steel strip, fed from a coil, so ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Wireless Data Transmitting, Receiving System
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Morihiko Hayashi of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a wireless data transmitting and receiving system, a server device, and a server device controlling method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless data transmitting and receiving ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Fuel Cell Membrane Electrode Assembly
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Paul Michael Boucher and Jimmy Minh Le, both of St. Paul, Minn., David Allen Wald of Lakeland, Minn., Michael Andrew Yandrasits of Hastings, Minn., have developed a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly with sealing surfaces. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
New York, New Jersey Inventors Develop Uniform Resource Locator Processing System
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Daniel Hillel Cohen and Adam D. Burstein, both of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Shamoun Murtza of Hackensack, N.J., have developed a method and an apparatus for Uniform Resource Locator (URL) forwarding. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A domain ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Human Urocortin II Promoter Sequences
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Ned H. Kalin, Patrick Henry Roseboom and Steven Anil Nanda, all from Madison, Wis., have developed various human urocortin II promoter sequences. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nucleic acids and host cells that contain the promoter ...
California Inventors Develop Computer Data Segments Combining Method
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Daniel C. Biederman and Malathy Sethuraman, both of San Jose, Calif., Vivian W. Chiang of Mountain View, Calif., Jeffrey P. Chou of Foster City, Calif., and Constantine P. Sapuntzakis of Stanford, Calif., have developed methods and an apparatus for handling data at an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Panel Component Mounting Apparatus
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Shinjiro Tsuji of Nara, Japan, Tomotaka Nishimoto of Hirakata, Japan, Takahiko Murata of Kyoto, Japan, and Masayuki Ida of Moriguchi, Japan have developed a component mounting apparatus and a component mounting method with a transfer mechanism for mounting a component ...
Raytheon Wins $97,750 Contract
Aug 16, 2006 ... MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $97,750 contract to Raytheon Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., for the repair and modification of circuit card assemblies. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa. For more information ...
LL Rowe Wins $62,000 Contract
Aug 16, 2006 ... MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $62,000 contract to LL Rowe Co., Woburn, Mass., for the repair and modification of control units. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa. For more information ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Directory Memory Allocation Method
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- John Michael Borkenhagen of Rochester, Minn., has developed a method of dynamic allocation of shared cache directory for optimizing performance. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, and program product are disclosed for ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Data Aggregation Method
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Mark Stallmann of Lombard, Ill., has developed a system and a method for collecting and aggregating data from a plurality of data generating machines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system includes a plurality of data generating ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Electrical Current Generating System
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Denis J. Connor and Carl F. Hunter, both of West Vancouver, Canada, and Bowie G. Keefer of Vancouver, Canada, have developed a method of energy efficient gas separation for fuel cells. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical current ...
California Inventors Develop Content Addressable Memory Device
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Alon Regev of Woodland Hills, Calif., and Zvi Regev of West Hills, Calif., have developed a method of operating a content addressable memory (CAM). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A CAM device includes a plurality of entries each having ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Product Dispensing Valve
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Timothy R. Socier and Jason D. Hatton, both of Essexville, Mich., Gregory M. Olechowski and Stuart R. Brown, both of Midland, Mich., and Steven R. Tuckey of Freeland, Mich., have developed a self-sealing, dispensing valve. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventors Develop Search Performing Computer Program
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Omar Alonso of San Mateo, Calif., and Atul Kumar of San Jose, Calif., have developed a system and a method for search and recommendation that is based on usage mining. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, system, and computer program ...
Maryland Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Motion Sensor
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Kathy E. DiPasquale of Baltimore has developed an ornamental design for a motion sensor, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D516,445 on March 7. The patent has been assigned to Black & Decker ...
Australian Inventor Develops Object Access Control Method
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Dickory Rudduck of Seaforth, Australia, has developed a method of controlling access to an object, such as a product for sale. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The object or its packaging is secured, for example to a sales console by use ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Polymer Electrolyte Fuel-Cell Separator
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Noriyuki Meguriya and Yujiro Taira, both of Gunma-ken, Japan, have developed a polymer electrolyte fuel-cell separator sealing rubber composition. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "rubber composition comprising an ...
British Inventors Develop Pressurised Dispensing Container Valve
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Richard John Warby of Wisbech, Great Britain, and David Howlett of King's Lynn, Great Britain, have developed valves for pressurized dispensing containers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "valve for use with a ...
New Zealand Inventor Develops Fat Depth Sensor
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Wayne Stephen Holmes of Auckland, New Zealand, has developed a non-invasive sensor suitable for measuring the depth of fat in tissue. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-invasive sensor suitable for measuring the depth of fat in animal ...
Texas Inventor Develops Wireless Communication System Capacity Gain System
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Mark Harris of Plano, Texas, has developed a system and a method for maximizing throughput in a telecommunications system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system includes an antenna system using fixed narrow beams that transmits and ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Link File Generating Program Product
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Motohiro Asano of Osaka, Japan, has developed a link file generating program, a color conversion program and a link file generating apparatus that are used for a color matching system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to suppress ...
AMERICOM Government Services Wins $75,234 Contract
Aug 16, 2006 ... MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $75,234 contract to AMERICOM Government Services Inc., Fairfield, N.J., for the repair and modification of pedestal antennas.The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa. For more ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Vehicle Screen Display
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Hajime Yamada of Wako, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a screen display for a vehicle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D516,444 on March 7. The patent has been assigned to Honda ...
Delaware Inventor Develops Card Payment Program Method
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Kevin Sullivan of Wilmington, Del., has developed a system and a method for a card payment program that provides mutual benefits to card issuers and cardholders based on financial performance. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Spirally-Rolled Electrodes
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Isao Matsumoto of Osaka-fu, Japan, has developed a spirally-rolled electrodes with separator and the batteries therewith. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "spirally-rolled electrodes for batteries wherein the ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Gaming Card
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- John Whalen of Newburyport, Mass., has developed an ornamental design for a gaming card, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D516,442 on March 7. The patent has been assigned to Coreweb Inc., ...
Washington Inventor Develops Mobile Telephone Location Information Erasing System
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Michael Edward Prise of Kirkland, Wash., has developed a method and a system of erasing at least part of the location information stored on a subscriber identity module (SIM) of a mobile phone. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The SIM ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Computer System
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Kazuhiko Mogi and Hideomi Idei, both of Yokohama, Japan, and Norifumi Nishikawa of Machida, Japan, have developed a computer system for managing performances of storage apparatus and a performance management method of the computer system. According to the ...
Italian Inventor Develops Liquid Extraction System
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Pierottavio Canegallo of Tortona, Italy, has developed a system for the extraction of liquid and creams with a regular and continuous flow. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system for extracting, dosing, dispensing, with controllable ...
Derbyshire Machine & Tool Wins $247,032 Contract
Aug 16, 2006 ... MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $247,032 contract to Derbyshire Machine & Tool Co., Philadelphia, for globe valves. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa. For more information about ...
General Dynamics Wins $187.76 Million Delivery Order
Aug 16, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $187.76 million delivery order to General Dynamics, St. Petersburg, Fla., for the production of 5.56mm, 7.62mm, and caliber .50 small arms ammunitions. The contract was awarded by the ...
First Choice Armor & Equipment Wins $38.27 Million Contract
Aug 16, 2006 ... BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $38.27 million contract to First Choice Armor & Equipment, Brockton, Mass., for individual body armor. The contract was awarded by the Army's Joint Contracting ...
California Inventor Develops Transformable Toy Furniture
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Martin W. Karabees of Manhattan Beach, Calif., has developed a transformable toy furniture and a room system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system and method for simulating a wide variety of different toy ...
North Carolina, South Carolina, New York Inventors Develop Battery Separator
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Lie Shi of Charlotte, N.C., Ken J. Harleson of Fort Mill, S.C., and Ta-Hua Yu of Nanuet, N.Y., have developed a high melt integrity battery separator for lithium ion batteries. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The battery separator for a ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Selective Broadcast Enhancement Method
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Howard W. Fingerhut of Mendham, N.J., and George She of Holmdel, N.J., have developed methods and systems for selective broadcast enhancement. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Data is transmitted to and obtained by selected wireless ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Battery Module
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Hiroshi Kaneta of Tokyo has developed a structure of a module battery including a flat secondary battery. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a battery cell having a laminate overcoat, a pair of rubber sheets, a ...
German Inventor Develops Rocking Toy
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Jost-Ulrich Kuegler of Essen, Germany, has developed a rocking toy for children. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Children's rocking toy, in particular in the form of a stylized horse, having a one-piece basic body made of flexible ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Implantable Medical Device
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Karin Javerud and Kjell Noren, both of Solna, Sweden, have developed an implantable medical device with valve opening detector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve opening detector for use in an implantable medical device detects ...
Pennsylvania, Vermont, New York Inventors Develop Monitor Wafers Purchase, Controls Database
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Neil A. Reitmeyer of Shohola, Pa., Sean M. Dickinson of Colchester, Vt., and Yutong Wu of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., have developed a method of controlling stocker capacity in an automated facility and controlling monitor budgets by capped releases, capped front opening ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Flexible Pouch Device
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Karen Papernik of Patterson, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for flexible pouch device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D526,759 on Aug. 15. The original application was filed on July ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Content-Specific Session Resource Deploying System
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Janet S. Andersen and Brett G. King, both of Apex, N.C., Daniel V. Conrad and Ratna S. Garimella, both of Cary, N.C., Gregor Iain McElvogue of Raleigh, N.C., and David E. Taber of Wake Forest, N.C., have developed a system and a method for deploying a resource over a ...
Danish Inventors Develop Radio Terminal
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Claus Pedersen of Vallensbaek, Denmark, and Lars Bohn Hansen of Holte, Denmark, have developed a terminal for providing an application using a browser. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The terminal comprises a transceiver arranged to send ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Media Dispenser Apparatus
Aug 16, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16 -- Byung-Mok Lee of Suwon, South Korea, has developed a media dispenser apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A media dispenser comprises: a casing separatably installed on a mounting portion of a media dispenser having an eject hole ...