US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, August 24:
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Aortic Carboxypeptidase-Like Polypeptide
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Mu-En Lee of Newton, Mass., Matthew D. Layne of Brighton, Mass., and Shaw-Fang Yet of Andover, Mass., have developed a aortic carboxypeptidase-like polypeptide (ACLP), deoxyribonucleic acid encoding ACLP, and methods of detecting genetic alterations associated with ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Oxidized Glutathione Crystals
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Tsuyoshi Shimose of Shunan, Japan, and Hideki Murata of Hofu, Japan, have developed crystals of oxidized glutathione and a process for producing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides crystals of ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Structured Query Language Statements Schema
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Ernest Wing Mah of Markham, Canada, and Christina P Lau of Scarborough, Canada, have developed a schema for structured query language (SQL) statements. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A schema is provided for SQL statements ....
North Carolina, Texas Inventors Develop Isolated Polypeptide
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Winston Campbell Patterson of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Carol A. Ballinger of Santa Fe, Texas, have developed a polypeptide that interacts with heat shock proteins. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An isolated polypeptide having negative ...
Maryland Inventors Develop Isolated Human Protease Proteins
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Ellen M. Beasley of Darnestown, Md., and Zhenya Li of Rockville, Md., have developed isolated human protease proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human protease proteins, and uses thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Polyester Polymer Production Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Jun Watanabe of Ohtake, Japan, has developed a process of continuously producing polyester polymer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention uses a reactor that combines devices having a special portion structure to solve the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Network Hierarchical Data Broadcasting Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Yasuaki Yamagishi, Kazuo Haraoka and Yoshihisa Gonno, all from Kanagawa, Japan, and Kazuhiko Takabayashi and Fumihiko Nishio, both of Tokyo, have developed a transmitting apparatus comprising a transmitting device for transmitting a hierarchical structure of a ...
Texas Inventors Develop Fibrinogen Blood Clotting Inhibitor
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Magnus Hook and Tracey A. Dugan, both of Houston, have developed a decorin proteoglycan inhibitor of fibrinogen blood clotting. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides compositions and methods of inhibiting ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Polyarylene Sulfide Cleansing Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Michihisa Miyahara, Norio Saitou and Mitsuhiro Matsuzaki, all from Fukushima-Ken, Japan, have developed a method of continuously cleansing polyarylene sulfide. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymerizate slurry obtained through a ...
Electronic Video Systems Wins $57,966 Contract
Aug 24, 2006 ... FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo., Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $57,966 contract to Electronic Video Systems, Springfield, Mo., for photographic equipment. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. For more information ...
Dynamic Technologies Wins $49,970 Contract
Aug 24, 2006 ... GRAFENWOEHR, Germany, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $49,970 contract to Dynamic Technologies Inc., Burtonsville, Md., for the purchase of ocean system flyaway systems. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Grafenwoehr, ...
Chesapeake Wins $121,225 Contract
Aug 24, 2006 ... FORT MCCOY, Wis., Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $121,225 contract to Chesapeake Corp., Cambridge, Md., for ferric chloride. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort McCoy, Wis. For more information about US ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Image Data Transmission Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Eric Lauper of Bern, Switzerland, and Rudolf Ritter of Zollikofen, Switzerland, have developed a method for the transmission and reproduction of image data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for the ...
U.S., Australian Inventors Develop Risk-Assessment Scanning Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Anthony C. Osborne and Nishad P. Herath, both of Sydney, Australia, James S. Magdych of Chino, Calif., Tarik Rahmanovic of Germantown, Md., John R. McDonald of Jacksonville, Fla., and Brock E. Tellier of Stamford, Conn., have developed a network-based risk-assessment ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Processing Apparatus
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Hirohiko Itoh of Kawasaki, Japan, has developedan image processing method that allow image data to be output in a desired mode. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When reading image data stored on a detachable storage medium such as a ...
California Inventors Develop Interactive Program Guide Content Encoding Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Edward A. Ludvig and John P. Comito, both of Redwood City, Calif., Donald F. Gordon of Los Altos, Calif., Sadik Bayrakeri of Foster City, Calif., Eugene Gershtein of Redwood Shores, Calif., Jeremy S. Edmonds of Castro Valley, Calif., have developed methods for ...
British Inventors Develop Gas Turbine Engine Combustors Wall Elements
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Michael P. Spooner of Littleover, Great Britain, Anthony Pidcock of Chellaston, Great Britain, and Desmond Close of Spondon, Great Britain, have developed a wall element for a wall structure of a gas turbine engine combustor. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventors Develop Electronic Devices Power Management Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- John Stewart Wenstrand of Menlo Park, Calif., and Todd Stephen Sachs of Palo Alto, Calif., have developed a method of using eye detection for providing control and power management of electronic devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ink Jet Recording Apparatus
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Ryuichi Tsuji of Matsumoto, Japan, has developed a carriage assembly for an ink jet recording apparatus with a main body controlling portion. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "carriage (recording head portion) ...
Swedish, Dutch Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for System Connector
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Johannes de Jonge of Sodra Sandby, Sweden, and Peter Jaeger of Dussen, Netherlands, have developed an ornamental design for a system connector, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D517,990 on March ...
German Inventors Develop Cross-Linkable Polymer Blends
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Wolfram Schindler of Tussling, Germany, Uwe Scheim of Coswig, Germany, and Bernd Pachaly of Mehring, Germany, have developed cross-linkable polymer blends containing alkoxysilane-terminated polymers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Processing Apparatus
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Masahiro Iwadate of Tokyo has developed an image processing apparatus having developing means for developing print data into image data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When the printing operation of a printer is restricted during the ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Electronic Document Print Job Execution Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Gary Stringham of Boise, Idaho, has developeda method and an apparatus for control of a multiple copy print job involving documents in multiple languages. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method and apparatus prompt a document user to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Crosslinked Polymer
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Yoshiaki Hirano of Nishinomiya, Japan, Hiroshi Yamamoto of Kobe, Japan, Takehiko Morita of Ibaraki, Japan, and Takafumi Kubo of Suita, Japan, have developed a cosslinked polymer, a method for manufacturing it and use thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Fixed Material Transportation Apparatus
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Takayuki Ishii and Tatsuya Seshimo, both of Nagano, Japan, have developed a fixed material transportation apparatus, a fixed material discharging apparatus, a method for discharging the fixed material, and a liquid fixing apparatus. According to the U.S ....
New York Inventor Develops Automatic Layout Method for Printing
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Edward M. Housel of Rochester, N.Y., has developed an automatic layout method for full-bleed printing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is an improved method of automatically laying out a print job to be printed on a printer ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Vehicle Center Mounted Visor Assembly
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- John Marstan Tiesler of Harrison Township, Mich., has developed a center mounted sun visor assembly, having a sun visor blade that may be used both in the front and side of a vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A center mounted visor ...
British Inventor Develops Projectile Launching Device
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Steven John Monks of Manchester, Great Britian, has developed an assembly, an operation and control of a trigger of a projectile launcher, such as a paintball marker, and the firing of projectiles therefrom. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Welding System
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Jeffery R. Ihde of Greenville, Wis., and Brian L. Ott of Hilbert, Wis., have developed a wire feeder connected to a constant current (CC) power source and designed to automatically adjust the speed by which consumable welding wire is delivered to a weld so as to ...
California Inventor Develops Document Displaying System
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Thomas Grayson of Anaheim, Calif., has developed a document displaying system for facilitating easy access to documents being displayed. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The document displaying system includes a support assembly having a ...
Kansas Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Battery Box
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- David Ihde of Osage City, Kan., and Jimmie Barnes of Emporia, Kan., have developed an ornamental design for a battery box, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D517,988 on March 28. The patent has ...
Maryland Inventors Develop Forward Error Correction Scheme
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Mustafa Eroz of Montgomery Village, Md., and A. Roger Hammons Jr. of North Potomac, Md., have developed a method of providing forward error correction for data services in a wireless system using time-division multiple-access. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Water Soluble Copolymers
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Natalie A. Solov of Holland, Pa., and William S. Carey of Wallingford, Pa., have developed a process for utilizing hypophosphorous acid or its salts thereof as a chain transfer agent in the aqueous polymerization of acrylic acid with allyloxy monomers to form an ...
Texas Inventors Develop Polyolefin Production Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Michael A. McLeod of Kemah, Texas, and David Smith of LaPorte, Texas, have developed a process for the production of an oriented polyolefin film using multi-component polymer compositions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One polymer ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Hard Tonneaus Cover
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- William Rusu of W. Bloomfield, Mich., has developed a hard tonneau cover for the cargo box of a pick-up truck. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hard tonneau cover having one or more sections is constructed of a framework of extruded ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Small-Sized Vehicle Transmitting System
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Seiji Makita and Yoshihisa Yamamoto, both of Hamamatsu, Japan, have developed an improvement in a transmitting system for a small-sized vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a transmitting system for a small-sized vehicle, a ...
South Carolina Inventors Develop Ultraviolet Absorbing Compounds
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Jusong Xia and Mary E. Mason, both of Spartanburg, S.C., and Eric B. Stephens of Roebuck, S.C., have developed low-color ultraviolet absorbers for thermoplastic and thermoset high ultra-violet (UV) wavelength protection applications. According to the U.S ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Processing Apparatus
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Tetsuya Kawanabe and Jiro Moriyama, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an information processing apparatus and a system, an information processing method and a device driver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Eye Glass Holder
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Deborah A. Zoullas of New York has developed an ornamental design for the eye glass holder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D517,939 on March 28. The patent has been assigned to La Loop LLC, New ...
Japanese Inventors Develop (Meth)Acrylic Acid Storage Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Shuhei Yada, Kenji Takasaki, Yoshiro Suzuki and Yasushi Ogawa, all from Yokkaichi, Japan, have developed a method for storing (meth)acrylic acid or (meth)acrylic esters. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a method for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ultrasonic Transmission Apparatus
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Yoshiaki Satoh of Kaisei-machi, Japan, has developed an ultrasonic transmitting and a receiving apparatus and an ultrasonic transmitting and receiving method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "ultrasonic transmitting and ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Electroactive Polymers
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Ralph R. Roberts of Cottage Grove, Minn., James G. Bentsen of North St. Paul, Minn., and Yingbo Li of Woodbury, Minn., have developed electroactive polymers, compositions and organic electronic devices comprising the electroactive polymers. According to the ...
Indian Inventors Develop Olefinic Compound Epoxidation Process
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Vasant Ramchandra Choudhary and Nilesh Sudhir Patil, both of Maharasthra, India, have developed a biphasic process for epoxidation of an olefinic compound using the chromate or dichromate catalyst. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Overlook Systems Technologies Wins $32.13 Million Contract
Aug 24, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $32.13 million contract to Overlook Systems Technologies Inc., Vienna, Va., for professional, administrative and management support services. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Agency. For more ...
Polymer Technologies Wins $214,600 Contract
Aug 24, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $214,600 contract to Polymer Technologies Inc., Clifton, N.J., for guns through 30mm. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more information about US Fed ...
Bauer Wins $50,994 Contract
Aug 24, 2006 ... CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $50,994 contract to Bauer Inc., Bristol, Conn., to retrofit a temperature simulators. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Materiel Command's Corpus Christi Army Depot, Corpus Christi, Texas. For more ...
California Inventors Develop Computing System Function Execution Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Andrew Leman and Elena Dolgopiatova, both of San Rafael, Calif., Alex Leyfer of Palo Alto, Calif., Alexander Balva of San Bruno, Calif., and Sergey Finkelsteyn of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed an execution unit that comprises a runlet and execution environments ...
California Inventors Develop Software Code Upgrading System
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Ravikumar Pisupati of San Jose, Calif., and Dongni Chen of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a system and an apparatus for dynamically upgrading concentrated executable computer software code. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In upgrading ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Digital Signal Processing Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Sunao Furui and Ichiro Hamada, both of Kanagawa, Japan, Masashi Nakamura of Chiba, Japan, and Hisayoshi Moriwaki of Tokyo, have developed a method and an apparatus for digital signal processing and a method of providing extension function. According to the ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Power Generating Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Wen-Show Ou of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has developed a method of generating power from naturally occurring heat without fuels and motors using the same. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method of generating ...
Italian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Jewelry Article
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Paolo Bulgari of Rome has developed an ornamental design for jewelry article as pendant tondo snake, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D517,937 on March 28. The patent has been assigned to Bulgari ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Adaptive Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request System
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Dong-sun Lim and Chung-gu Kang, both of Seoul, South Korea, and Sang-boh Yun of Seongnan, South Korea, have developed an adaptive hybrid automatic repeat request method and an apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ""An adaptive hybrid ...
Polish Inventor Develops Network Packet Content Monitoring Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Pawel Pieczul of Gdansk, Poland, has developed a method of monitoring packet content. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes, producing in an engine thread included in a processor that processes packets, a vector that ...
California Inventor Develops Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Method
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Richard A. Blanchard of Los Altos, Calif., has developed a method for fabricating a semiconductor single crystal structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single crystal semiconductor region is fabricated in a semiconductor wafer. The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Musical Score Display Apparatus
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Tadahiko Ikeya and Shinichi Ito, both of Hamamatsu, Japan, have developed a musical score display apparatus that reads note data and lyric data, and displays the read note data and lyric data on a displayed musical score. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Ruthenium Compounds
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Deryn Elizabeth Fogg and Jay Christopher Conrad, both of Ottawa, have developed ruthenium (Ru) compounds and methods of their production and use. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new class of compounds is disclosed that in preferred ...
Maine Inventor Develops Single-Piece Turbine Rotor
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Michael Carney of York, Maine, has developed a single-piece turbine rotor and a pinion gear and a manufacturing technique for the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transfer assembly comprises a power turbine constructed of a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Musical Instrument
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Tomoyuki Ura and Yasuhiko Ohba, both of Hamamatsu, Japan, have developed a musical instrument capable of diagnosing electronic and mechanical components. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic player piano includes an acoustic piano ...
German, Portuguese Inventors Develop Electric Switchgear Assembly
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Achim Milbich of Waghaeusel, Germany, Brunhilde Wenge of Eichenbarleben, Germany, and Gildo Mahn of Charneca da Caparica, Portugal, have developed an electrical switchgear assembly of an encapsulated design. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Israeli Inventor Develops Ultrasound Catheter Calibration System
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Assaf Govari of Haifa, Israel, has developed systems for medical diagnosis and treatment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus is provided for calibrating a probe having a position sensor and an ultrasonic transducer. The apparatus ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Line Conditioner
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Ernesto Quinteros and David Goetz, both of Los Angeles, and Mitchell Suckle of Long Beach, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for a line conditioner, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D517,984 ...
German Inventor Develops Gas Turbine Plant
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Herbert Schutz of Uttenreuth, Germany, has developed a gas turbine plant with an exhaust gas chimney. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine installation includes at least one gas turbine. A transition piece may receive an exhaust ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Adaptable Wall Box
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Peter J. Johanneck of Merrifield, Minn., Peter A. Nelson of Nisswa, Minn., and James A. Leonard of Crosby, Minn., have developed an ornamental design for an adaptable wall box, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S ....
New Jersey Inventor Develops Reusable Cervical Collar
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Albert Santelli Jr. of Martinsville, N.J., has developed a reusable cervical collar with a chin strap member fastening element with a pull cord. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "cervical collar including: a ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Electronic Circuit Module Housing
Aug 24, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Amand J. Hahn of Lansdale, Pa., Rod P. Boer of Hartboro, Pa., and Eric A. Schneider of Erdenheim, Pa., have developed an ornamental design for a housing for an electronic circuit module, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...