US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, August 21:
Bryan Construction Awarded Army Contract
Aug 21, 2006 ... OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 21 -- Bryan Construction Inc., Colorado Springs, Colo., has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha, Neb., for construction of structures and facilities. No contract amount was specified ($0). For more information ...
Envision-Kurtz Joint Venture Awarded Army Contract
Aug 21, 2006 ... OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 21 -- Envision-Kurtz Joint Venture, Rapid City, S.D., has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha, Neb., for construction of structures and facilities. No contract amount was specified ($0). For more information ...
Optex Systems Wins $274,493 Contract
Aug 21, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $274,493 contract to Optex Systems Inc., Richardson, Texas, for optical sighting and ranging equipment. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Information Authentication Apparatus
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Michio Kobayashi of Okaya, Japan, has developed an information authenticating apparatus and an authenticating station adapted to improve the probative value of data as evidence by ensuring a high objectivity of the data. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
U.S., Honk Kong Inventors Develop Camera with Cold Neon Display Areas
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Jerry W. Perry of Congers, N.Y., and Ivan Lau of Kowloon, Honk Kong, have developed a camera with one or more cold neon display areas. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The methods and apparatus described herein provide a camera (or other ...
Maryland, Virginia, California Inventors Develop Exchange Environment User Authentication Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- David Hay of Montgomery Village, Md., Craig Jameson of Gaithersburg, Md., Deepak Bhatnager of Burke, Va., and Sunil Sheoran of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed a method and a system for allowing access to an exchange by a casual user without compromising exchange ...
District of Columbia Inventor Develops Hop Acids as Animal Feed
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- John Paul Maye of Washington has developed hop acids as a replacement for antibiotics in animal feed. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of using hop acids for increasing food and energy uptake from feed by livestock is described ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Exchange Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Makoto Tanaka, Toru Akazawa and Rajesh Kumar Dixit, all from Tokyo, have developed a method for exchanging information between communication devices that performs wireless communication. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventors Develop Polynucleotide Introduction Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Kevin P. Francis, Timothy C. Doyle and Kevin A. Nawotka, all from Alameda, Calif., have developed methods of screening for introduction of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) into a target cell. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
German Inventors Develop Dielectric Layers Production Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Stephan Kirchmeyer and Harald Kraus, both of Leverkusen, Germany, Detlef Gaiser and Udo Merker, both of Koln, Germany, have developed a process for producing dielectric layers by using multifunctional carbosilanes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Vehicle Front Light Exterior Surface Configuration
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Yu-Chu Lin of Tainan Hsien, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for an exterior surface configuration of a vehicle front light, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D518,208 on March 28. The ...
Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors Develop Screws Seating Control Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Mark Smith of Yardley, Pa., and Joseph Whyte of Branchburg, N.J., have developed a method of monitoring and controlling the seating of screws to the optimum point of grip independent of screw size and material density. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
New York Inventors Develop Photography System
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Anthony DiRisio and Edward B. Gindele, both of Rochester, N.Y., Joel S. Lawther of East Rochester, N.Y., and David C. Smart of Fairport, N.Y., have developed photography systems and methods that utilize filter-encoded images. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Belgian Inventors Develop Projection System Maintenance Tool
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Geert Matthys of Haaltert, Belgium, and Johan Decock of Zwevegem, Belgium, have developed a test pattern generator for alignment of a projected light from at least one projector onto a screen. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Israeli, Brazilian Inventors Discover Molecules
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Ioav Zvi Cabantchik of Har Adar, Israel, William Breuer of HaEla, Israel, and Breno P. Esposito of Sao Paulo, Brazil, have discovered molecules and methods using same for measuring non-transferrin bound iron. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Missouri Inventors Develop Nanostructured Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Fabrication Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Harlan Anderson, Xiao-Dong Zhou and Wayne Huebner, all from Rolla, Mo., have developed a method for fabricating nanostructured solid oxide fuel cells and cell components. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electromagnetic Clutch
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Yuichi Imai, Kuniaki Shimizu, Takashi Watanabe and Daisuke Asakura, all from Saitama, Japan, have developed an improvement to be made on the structure of an electromagnetic clutch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
Washington Inventors Develop Window Hosting User Interface Control System
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Christian Beaumont of Issaquah, Wash., James F. Springfield of Woodinville, Wash., and Nenad Stefanovic of Bellevue, Wash., have developed hosting user interface controls in a window via an interface for controlling the window. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Missouri, Illinois Inventors Develop Motor with Multifunction Bearing Cap
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Gary W. Borcherding and Barry M. Newberg, both of Florissant, Mo., L. Ranney Dohogne of Creve Coeur, Mo., and Philip S. Johnson of Granite City, Ill., have developed a motor and a method of assembly of a motor with a stator core and at least a first end ...
German Inventor Develops Intelligent Tightening Spindle
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Ulrich Kaminski of Barthloma, Germany, has developed an intelligent tightening spindle adapted to detachably mount to a moving platform of a multi-tool processing station. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intelligent tightening spindle ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Double Deck Elevator
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Yoshiaki Fujita and Masakatsu Okamoto, both of Tokyo, have developed a double deck elevator. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A double deck elevator including a winding machine which lifts up/down a cage ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Transglutaminase Kinase Activity Modulation Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Suresh Mishra and Liam J. Murphy, both of Manitoba, Canada, have developed a method of identifying compounds capable of modulating trans-glutaminase (TG) kinase activity. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method involves adding a test ...
West Bay Construction Wins $22,800 Contract
Aug 21, 2006 ... CAPE MAY, N.J., Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $22,800 contract to West Bay Construction Inc., Egg Harbor City, N.J., for the maintenance, repair, and alteration of real property. The contract was awarded by the department's U.S. Coast Guard Training ...
Cayo Wins $584,151 Contract
Aug 21, 2006 ... MIAMI, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $584,151 contract to Cayo LP, Houston, for the maintenance, repair, and alteration of real property. The contract was awarded by the department's U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit, Miami. Work will be ...
OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE OFFERS 'COOKING WITH THE CHEFS' SERIES
Aug 21, 2006 ... Oakton Community College issued the following news release: Embark on a culinary adventure in the kitchens of three professional chefs in a new cooking series being offered this fall by the Alliance for Lifelong Learning at Oakton Community College. Taught by executive chefs in ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Headlamp Adjuster
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Gary E. Hendricks of Beloit, Wis., has developed a headlamp adjuster with expandable member for accommodating retraction of an adjuster output member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "headlamp adjuster which includes a ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Glycopyrrolate Bioavailability Increasing Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Alan Roberts of Woodstock, Ga., and Bala Venkataraman of Alpharetta, Ga., have developed a method of increasing the bioavailability of glycopyrrolate by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of glycopyrrolate without food, the U.S. Patent & ...
U.S., Singapore Inventors Develop Digital Recording Controlling Apparatus
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Valerie Sacrez Liebhold of Carmel, Ind., Richard Earl Jones of Plainfield, Ind., and Steven Anthony Barron of Singapore, have developed a method and an apparatus for controlling digital recording and associated user interfaces. According to the U.S. Patent ...
California Inventors Develop External Bus Device Support System
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Rajeev K. Nalawadi of Folsom, Calif., and Frederick H. Bolay of Rancho Cordova, Calif., have developed a system and a method for external bus device support. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system comprises a processor, a memory, one ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Tranducerized Torque Wrench
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Jerry Edward Miller of Traverse City, Mich., has developed an apparatus for driving fasteners that is automatic and controllable. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a variable speed tool useful for use with securing or ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Particulate Material Unloading System
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Jason R. Kirsch of St. Brierx, Canada, has developed an integrated mobile unloading and conveying device for particulate material adapted to be towed and activated by a power source. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention concerns a ...
French Inventors Develop Vertical Scaffolding Element
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Francis Arnault of Venizy, France, and Jean-Pierre Sarrazy of Andresy, France, have developed a method of manufacturing a vertical scaffolding element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a vertical scaffolding ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Document Pouch
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug 21 -- Hartmut Esslinger of Los Gatos, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a case with openable and closeable integrated document pouch, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D526482 on Aug ....
California Inventor Develops Micromechanical Device
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- John H. Jerman of Palo Alto, Calif., has developed a micromechanical device with braking mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a brakeable microapparatus comprising a substrate and a structure overlying ...
California Inventors Develop Test Signal Generation Apparatus
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Burnell G. West and Paolo Dalla Ricca, both of Fremont, Calif., have developed a low-jitter clock for test system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Generating test signals for a device under test (DUT) involves generating a master ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Oilseed Processing Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Rex W. Newkirk, David D. Maenz and Henry L. Classen, all from Saskatoon, Canada, have developed a process of treating detailed oilseed. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Crushed and de-fatted oilseed is extracted with water at neutral, ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Basic Input/Output System Control Data Getting Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Ata Chen, Macalas Yen and Simon Pu, all from Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a method for a drive device to get control data from a basic input/output system (BIOS). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for a drive device to get ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Projector
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Akitoshi Kuroda of Yamagata-mura, Japan, and Akira Momose of Shiojiri, Japan, have developed a projector that forms an optical image by modulating a light beam irradiated by a light source. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Antioxidant
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Kenichi Nagamine and Miki Hayashi, both of Tokyo, and Kaori Yamasaki of Nagasaki, Japan, have developed an antioxidant, a skin preparation for external use, cosmetic and food. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to antioxidants ...
New York Inventor Develops Fan Speed Measuring Apparatus
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Leonid A. Bekker of Central Islip, N.Y., has developed a method and an apparatus to achieve accurate fan tachometer with programmable look-up table. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for measuring the speed of a fan is ...
Florida Inventor Develops Mobile Tree Stand
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Virgil Eugene Hedgepeth of Bradenton, Fla., has developed tree stands which are suspended in a desired position with a single rope, chain or the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile stand that can be suspended in a tree from an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Bit Map Data Processing Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Shigeru Yoshino, Hiroshi Masuda, Yoshiharu Yamashita and Ichiro Fujisawa, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a data recorder-reproducer and bit map data processing method, a control program processing method and a setting data processing method of data ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Carrying Bag
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug 21 -- Douglas R. Flint of Bartlett, Ill., has developed ornamental design for a carrying bag, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D526484 on Aug. 15. The original application was filed on June 21, 2004, ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Video Presentation Pausing Apparatus
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Donald Henry Willis of Indianapolis has developed a digital video disc recorder pause feature that utilizes variable read rate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for pausing a video presentation in a recordable disc ...
Texas Inventors Develop Simultaneous Multithreading Processor Circuitry
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Asit S. Ambekar, Dung Q. Nguyen and Raymond C. Yeung, all from Austin, Texas, have developed a register rename array with individual thread bits set upon allocation and cleared upon instruction completion. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
California Inventors Develop French Fry Potato Products Production Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Abdalla Elashmawi Nassar and M. Hatem Abdalla Nassar, both of Artesia, Calif., and Wesam Abdalla Nassar of Long Beach, Calif., have developed a method and a composition for producing french fry potato products. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Washington Inventor Develops Electronic Email Dissemination Limiting Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Joseph Charles Decuir of Bellevue, Wash., has developed methods, systems, computer program products, and data structures for limiting the dissemination of electronic email. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Fluorescent Utility Light
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- James D. Kovacik of Brecksville, Ohio, Paul S. Blanch of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Joseph J. Smith of Wooster, Ohio, have developed a utility light that has a dual fluorescent lamp assembly, mounted in a housing with a removable lens for ease of lamp ...
California Inventor Develops Translucent Wood Veneer Lighting System
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- C. Arthur Gerfers III of Point Reyes Station, Calif., has developed a light structure for providing ambient lighting. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ambient light is produced by transmitting light from a light source through an ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Projection Type Image Display Apparatus
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Jun Koide of Tokyo have developed a projection type image display apparatus and a display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projection type image display apparatus includes an electroluminescence element which has a plurality of pixels ...
British Inventor Develops Set Information Instruction Storing Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Andrew B. Swaine of Welwyn Garden, Great Britain, has developed an apparatus and a method for storing instruction set information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus comprises a processing circuit for executing processing ...
Florida Inventor Develops Multiple Disk Fault Tolerance Providing Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Sanjeeb Nanda of Winter Springs, Fla., has developed a two-dimensional parity method and a system that provides four-disk fault tolerance in an array of disks, such as a redundant array of inexpensive disks system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
New Jersey, New York Inventors Develop Anti-Irritants
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Abel Pereira of Belleville, N.J., Laurie Joseph of Cranbury, N.J., and Robert Comber of New City, N.Y., have developed chemical compounds useful as anti-irritants in cosmetic and/or personal care products. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Headlamp
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- David O'Connell of Huntington Beach, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a headlamp, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D518,195 on March 28. The patent has been assigned to Mitsubishi ...
German Inventors Develop Pyrrolizidine-Alkaloid-Free Petasites Composition
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Volkmar Koch and Reiner Rittinghausen, both of Ammersee, Germany, have developed petasite preparations without hepatotoxic, carcinogenic, cytostatic and/or mutagenic effect with a rapid and/or improved action. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
German Inventor Develops Sheet Material Identification Security Strips
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Frank Puttkammer of Coswig, Germany, has developed security strips for identifying the genuineness of sheet material such as documents, securities and banknotes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The security strips are constructed of ...
Alpha-Omega Electrical Service Wins $27,100 Contract
Aug 21, 2006 ... MIAMI, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $27,100 contract to Alpha-Omega Electrical Service LLC, New Iberia, La., for the upgrade of emergency power system at the U.S. Coast Guard Station New Orleans, Metairie, La. The contract was awarded by the ...
G&R Service Wins $216,495 Contract
Aug 21, 2006 ... MIAMI, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $216,495 contract to G&R Service Co. Inc., Evans, Ga., to replace emergency generator/install permanent electrical service at the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Houston-Galveston, Texas. The contract was ...
Ercon Wins $3.98 Million Contract
Aug 21, 2006 ... WARWICK, R.I., Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $3.98 million contract to Ercon Corp., Scott, La., for the reconstruction of the U.S. Coast Guard Station, Venice, La. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Providence, ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Diaper Bag
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug 21 -- Dana Harvey of Santa Ana, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a diaper bag, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D526485 on Aug. 15. The patent has been assigned to Harveys Industries Inc., ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Concentrated-Winding Type Stator Coil Unit
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Shigenori Yoneda and Masahiro Seguchi, both of Oobu, Japan, and Noriyasu Inomata of Toyota, Japan, have developed a stator coil unit for rotary electric machines such as electric motors and electric generators. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Vector Processor
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Masakazu Isomura of Setagaya-ku, Japan, has developed a method for referring to an address used for reading or writing vector data, and a vector processor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The object of the invention is to efficiently ...
Texas Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Equipment Carrier
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug 21 -- Michael William Herring of Carrollton, Texas, has developed ornamental design for an equipment carrier, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D526486 on Aug. 15. The patent has been assigned to Victor ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Compensation Film Making Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- Liang-Chy Chien of Hudson, Ohio, and Toru Doi of Kuwana Mie, Japan, have developed a method of making optical compensation film using polymer stablization technique. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Exhaust Sound Attenuation Method
Aug 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21 -- William C. Albertson of Clinton Township, Mich., Richard W. Hart of Oakland Township, Mich., and Aziz Bakar of Pontiac, Mich., have developed a method and an apparatus for exhaust sound attenuation on engines with cylinder deactivation. According to the U.S ....