US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, August 18:
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Electrical Interposer
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Larry E. Dittmann of Middletown, Pa., has developed an interposer with compliant pins. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical interposer including first and second surfaces is provided. A plurality of compliant pins are connected ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Land Grid Array Socket
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Sung-Pei Hou of Tu-Chen, Taiwan, has developed a land grid array socket that is adapted to receive an integrated circuit module and mounted on a printed circuit board. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The socket includes an insulative ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Walkway Surface Macroslip Prediction Method
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Scott D. Batterman and Steven C. Batterman, both of Cherry Hill, N.J., have developed a system and method for the prediction of macroslip on walkway surfaces. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The slip prediction is based on a viscous shear ...
German Inventor Develops Dynamic Memory
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Carsten Ohlhoff of Munich, Germany, has developed a dynamic memory and a method for testing a dynamic memory. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a dynamic memory having a memory cell array, a test controller to test ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Portable Data Storage Apparatus
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Jin-Hyeok Choi of Yongin-si, South Korea, Sam-Yong Bahng of Sungnam-si, South Korea, and Chil-Hee Chung of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a memory card that contains a non-volatile memory. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Memory Device
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Naoya Watanabe, Aiko Nishino and Katsumi Dosaka, all from Hyogo, Japan, have developed a semiconductor memory device having a large storage capacity. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A main control circuit generates a plurality of main ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Electronic Memory Circuits
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Jhon Jhy Liaw of Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, has developed a control circuit for controlling a power supply of a memory array. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system is disclosed for controlling power supply to a memory device. After ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Electrical Connector
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Francis P. Morana of Mechanicsburg, Pa., has developed an electrical connector which includes snap-in lanyard. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for electrical, telephonic and/or data transmission for selective engagement with a ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Hitch Insert
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- W. Shawn Kozak of Decatur, Ga., and Steve Drabant of Snellville, Ga., have developed an ornamental design for a hitch insert, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D526,604 on Aug. 15. The patent ...
Northrop Grumman Systems Wins $10.8 Million Contract
Aug 18, 2006 ... ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga., Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $10.8 million contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Norwalk, Conn., interim contractor support for the AN/APN 241 low power color radar, applicable to the C-130 aircraft. The contract was ...
Bath Iron Works Wins $10.23 Million Contract Modification
Aug 18, 2006 ... BATH, Maine, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $10.23 million contract modification to Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, for structural assemblies for the DDG 51 Class ship building program. The contract was awarded by the Navy's Supervisor ...
U.S. Food Service/Joseph Webb Wins $34.59 Million Contract
Aug 18, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a contract valued at up to $34.59 million to U.S. Food Service/Joseph Webb, Vista, Calif., for prime vendor full line food distribution for Yuma, Ariz.; Los Angeles, San Diego and Bridgeport, Calif ....
McCrone Associates Wins $6.12 Million Contract Modification
Aug 18, 2006 ... PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $6.12 million contract modification to McCrone Associates Inc., Westmont, Ill., for particle analysis services, non-personal services for the processing and analyzing of particle samples, for the purpose of nuclear test ...
BOC Group Wins $5.01 Million Contract Modification
Aug 18, 2006 ... PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $5.01 million contract modification to BOC Group Inc. Murray Hill, N.J., or gas analysis services, non-personal services for the processing, separation and radioassay of atmospheric gas samples for elemental determination ...
Rabbi Levi Klein Wins $15,600 Contract
Aug 18, 2006 ... FORREST CITY, Ark., Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a $15,600 contract to Rabbi Levi Klein, Memphis, Tenn., for Jewish religious services. The contract was awarded by the department's Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Complex, Forrest City, ...
Shock Tube Systems Wins $9.65 Million Contract
Aug 18, 2006 ... CRANE, Ind., Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract valued at up to $9.65 million Shock Tube Systems Inc., Sterling, Conn., for MK64 Mod 0 Remote Firing Devices and associated data. The contract was awarded by the ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Non-Volatile Memory Device Erasing Method
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Ki-Chul Kim of Suwon-si, South Korea, NaeIn Lee of Seoul, South Korea, and Geum-Jong Bae of Incheon, South Korea, have developed methods of erasing a non-volatile memory device having discrete charge trap sites. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Electrical Connector
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Tsuyoshi Osada of Farmington Hills, Mich., and Ping Chen of West Bloomfield, Mich., have developed an electrical connector that includes a housing and a lever supported pivotally on a pivot disposed on the housing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Memory Devices
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Jin-Seok Kwak and Seong-Jin Jang, both of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and Young-Hyun Jun of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a method of signal termination in memory systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory system includes first ...
U.S., Chinese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Controller
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- William B. Pittard of Los Angeles, and Cheung Chor Yin of Hong Kong, have developed an ornamental design for a controller, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D526,623 on Aug. 15. The patent has ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Remote Control Contour
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Po Ying Ng and Chris Green, both of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for a contour for a remote control, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D526,622 on Aug. 15. The patent ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Fabrication Method
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Yong-Sun Ko and Sang-Sup Jeong, both of Suwon-si, South Korea, and Jae-Woo Kim of Sungnam-si, South Korea, have developed a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating a semiconductor ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Floating Connector
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Atsushi Nishio, Yoshinori Ohta and Yasuhiko Shinohara, all from Ibaraki, Japan, have developed a floating connector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating connector includes a connector having a base side, a flange-like connecting ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Top Loaded Burn-In Socket
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- William Y. Sinclair of Frenchtown, N.J., has developed a top loaded burn-in socket which eliminates the need for hold down devices when the ball grid array package is inserted into the subject socket. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A top ...
German Inventors Develop Memory Apparatus
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Jean-Marc Dortu of Munchen, Germany, and Wolfgang Spirkl of Germering, Germany, have developed a memory apparatus having a short word line cycle time and a method for operating a memory apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
Austrian Inventor Develops Semiconductor Body Doping Method
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Michael Rueb of Faak am See, Austria, has developed a method for doping a semiconductor body. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for doping a semiconductor body, in which an n-type doping is introduced into ...
Danish Inventor Develops Network Redundancy Providing Method
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Kell Michael Jensen of Gentofte, Denmark, has developed a method and apparatus to provide redundancy in a network is described, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,092,354 on Aug. 15. The patent ...
U.S., Dutch Inventors Develop Olefin Epoxidation Process
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Zhiping Shan of Bloomfield, N.J., Chuen Y. Yeh of Edison, N.J., Philip J. Angevine of Woodbury, N.J., Frits M. Dautzenberg of Mahwah, N.J., and Jacobus Cornelis Jansen of Delft, Netherlands, have developed an integrated process that combines olefin epoxidation with ...
Texas Inventors Develop Electrical Connector System
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Richard J. Scherer and Frank J. Cuzze, both of Austin, Texas, and Jerome P. Dattilo of Cedar Park, Texas, have developed a connector system which includes a circuit board having a plurality of holes extending therethrough. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
New York Inventor Develops Educational Game
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Matthew Guttman of New York has developed an educational game with demonstrated task achievement. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to the "play of a child's educational game to teach skills, such as color recognition, ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Data Communication Network
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Sameh A. Rabie and Osama Aboul Magd, both of Kanata, Canada, have developed a method of bandwidth management in a heterogeneous multiservice connection-oriented network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates generally to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Card Connector
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Hidenori Muramatsu of Kanagawa, Japan, and Satoru Watanabe of Tokyo, have developed a card connector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a card connector in which heat dissipation of a card can be performed by ...
California Inventor Develops Congested Network Flow Control Method
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Minh Duong-Van of Menlo Park, Calif., has developed a scheme for congestion control/avoidance in communication networks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buffer size for a router configured to receive packets transmitted through a ...
Advanced Aerospace Metals Wins $28,392 Contract
Aug 18, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $28,392 contract to TGC Enterprises Inc., operating as Advanced Aerospace Metals, Margate, Fla., for metal plates. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, ...
Rexnord Industries Wins $25,400 contract
Aug 18, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $25,400 contract to Rexnord Industries Inc., Warren, Pa., for nuts. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia. For more ...
Kamatics Wins $87,000 Contract
Aug 18, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded an $87,000 contract to Kamatics Corp., Bloomfield, Conn., for self-aligning plain bearings. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense ...
Engineered Electric Wins $83,694 Contract
Aug 18, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded an $83,694 contract to Engineered Electric Co., Bridgeport, Conn., for alternating current-direct current generators. The contract was awarded by the agency's ...
California, Michigan Inventors Develop Electrically Programmable Memory Element
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Tyler Lowrey of San Jose, Calif., Stephen J. Hudgens of Santa Clara, Calif., and Patrick Klersy of Lake Orion, Mich., have developed an electrically operated memory element with reduced area of contact. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Vehicle Replicas Surface Configuration
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Pinky Lai of Koenigsbach-Stein, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a surface configuration of a vehicle, toy, and/or other replicas, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors was issued U.S. Patent No. D526,600 on Aug ....
North Carolina Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Foundation Vent
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Norris Cooper of Windsor, N.C., has developed an ornamental design for a foundation vent, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D519,627 on April 25. The original application was filed on March 24, ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device Isolation Film Forming Method
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Won Kwon Lee of Chungjoo-Shi, South Korea, has developed a method of forming isolation films in semiconductor devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method of forming the isolation film in the semiconductor device which can ...
California Inventor Develops Dental Implant Assembly
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Dan Rosen of Calabasas, Calif., has developed a dental implant screw and a post system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "dental implant assembly comprising; a first part for fixing a tooth, a second part ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Electrical Card Connector
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Ming-Lun Kuo of Tu-Chen, Taiwan, has developed an electrical card connector for accommodating an electrical card. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electrical card connector comprises a dielectric housing having a plurality of connector ...
New York Inventors Develop Replaceable Component Management System
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Richard R. T. Carling of Webster, N.Y., Mark R. Mosher of Victor, N.Y., Todd C. Otremba of Hilton, N.Y., have developed a method of determining the correct set of replaceable components to be used in the replaceable component life tracking system of an apparatus with ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Non-Volatile Memory Array
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Bohumil Lojek of Colorado Springs, Colo., has developed a non-volatile memory array adapted for a simultaneous write and erase. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-volatile transistor memory array has individual cells with a current ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Multimedia Interface Connector
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Wen-Hsien Tsai of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a high density multimedia interface connector, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D526,619 on Aug. 15. The patent has ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Thinned Wall-Thickness Prediction Method
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Masatoshi Takada, Masakazu Hisatsune, Satoru Aoike, Kenji Utaka, Masafumi Noujima and Chikara Takeuchi, all from Hitachi, Japan, and Kenji Araki of Mito, Japan, have developed a technology of forming a replacing work plan of piping parts using a result of the lifetime ...
Japanese Inventor Develops High Speed Programming System
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Gerrit Jan Hemink of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a high speed programming system with reduced over programming. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A program pulse is applied to a set of non-volatile storage elements. The magnitude of the ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Electrical Connector Assembly
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Hao-Yun Ma of Tu-Chen, Taiwan, has developed an electrical connector assembly with pick up cap. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A land grid array (LGA )connector assembly of the present invention includes an LGA connector and a pick up ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Cable Connector Assembly
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- M'hamed Anis Khemakhem of Minnetonka, Minn., has developed a protective endcap for use with a triaxial cable connector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The endcap is sized to fit about a mating end of the triaxial connector. A pair of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Data Recording Method
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Hiroki Kuribayashi and Takuma Yanagisawa, both of Tsurugashima, Japan, have developed a data recording method and data recording medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The object of the present invention is to provide a data recording ...
U.S., Italian, French Inventors Develop Air Conditioning Device Control System
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Mark Alexander Hill of LaFayette, N.Y., Robert Paul Dolan of Syracuse, N.Y., Thomas L. DeWolf of Liverpool, N.Y., Paul W. James of Windsor, Conn., Mark Damian Morelli of Milan, Italy, and Gayatri Chaturvedi of Paris, have developed a method and an apparatus for ...
Norwegian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Baby Stroller
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Hilde Angelfoss Oxseth of Alesund, Norway, has developed an ornamental design for a baby stroller, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D526,601 on Aug. 15. The patent has been assigned to Stokke AS, ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Electrical Power System Disturbance Detection Method
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Ashmin Mansingh and Mike York, both of Brooklyn Park, Minn., have developed a method that comprises the detection of North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) disturbance in an electrical power system. An abstract of the invention, released by the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Shoe Selection Assistance Method
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Takao Oda, Natsuki Sato, Isao Nakano, Yasunori Kaneko and Tomohiro Ota, all from Osaka, Japan, have developed a system for assisting shoe selection that can select and present a shoe type that fits a customer by estimating the anatomical characteristics of a foot from ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Valve Assembly
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Avtar S. Dhindsa of Valparaiso, Ind., has developed an ornamental design for a valve assembly, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D519,634 on April 25. The patent has been assigned to Innon ...
California, New Jersey Inventors Develop Heteroaryl Preparation Process
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Jiayao Li of Foster City, Calif., John O. Link of San Francisco, and Colette Colladant of Bridgewater, N.J., have developed a process for preparing heteroaryl and unsaturated heterocycloalkylmagnesium reagents and uses thereof. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Peripheral Opioid Antagonist Compounds
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Bertrand Le Bourdonnec of East Fallowfield Township, Pa., and Roland Ellwood Dolle of King of Prussia, Pa., have developed novel processes for the preparation of peripheral opioid antagonist compounds and intermediates thereto. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Current Power Inverter
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Katsuyuki Kajiura of Kariya, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a direct current to alternating current power inverter for a vehicle electrical system, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Modular Jack Housing
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Yoshiyuki Nakashima of Kadoma, Japan, and Shousuke Ko of Osaka, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a modular jack housing, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D526,616 on Aug. 15. The ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Cancer Treatment Method
Aug 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Yanhong Dong of Moundsview, Minn., Phalguni Gosh of Shoreview, Minn., and Fatih M. Uckun of White Bear Lake, Minn., have developed vanadium compounds for treating cancer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides methods for ...
Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing Wins $82,990 Contract
Aug 18, 2006 ... RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded an $82,990 contract to Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing, Chatsworth, Calif., for stator motors. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Richmond, ...
Nobles Manufacturing Wins $49,377 Contract
Aug 18, 2006 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $49,377 contract to Nobles Manufacturing Inc., St. Croix Falls, Wis., for weapons. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio. For more ...
Defense Logistics Agency Awards $63,969 Contract to Canadian Commercial
Aug 18, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $63,969 contract to Canadian Commercial Corp., Ottawa, for wristwatches. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, ...
BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Wins $37,164 Contract
Aug 18, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $37,164 contract to BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., for cable assemblies. The contract was awarded by the agency's ...