US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, August 25:
California Inventors Develop Memory Management Programming Error Detection Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Kenneth Carlin Nelson of Hollister, Calif., has developed a memory management functions system which enables an efficient memory management programming errors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system includes a server code that ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Disk Storage Access System
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Yuji Yagi and Motoaki Hirabayashi, both of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a disk storage accessing system and a method for changing access path to storage devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment of the invention, a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Processing System
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Ryoji Furuhashi of Yokohama, Japan, Yasunori Kaneda of Sagamihara, Japan, and Masafumi Nozawa of Odawara, Japan, have developed an information processing system and management device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an information ...
Texas Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Lap Desk
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- D. Micheal Jennings of Arlington, Texas, has developed an ornamental design for a lap desk, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D517,833 on March 28. The patent has been assigned to Texas Saddlebags ...
Florida Inventors Develop Medical Treatment Method Using Mediators
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Marvin A. Sackner of Miami Beach, Fla., and D. Michael Inman of Miami, have developed methods of medical treatment and diagnosis using mediators released by endothelial cells stimulated by external addition of pulses to the circulation. According to the U.S ....
Texas, Michigan Inventors Develop Switched Reluctance Machine Controller
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Mehrdad Ehsani of College Station, Texas, and Suresh Gopalakrishnan of Auburn Hills, Mich., have developed a controller for a switched reluctance machine that implements a model of at least one active phase representing dynamic magnetic machine characteristics ....
Kansas, Missouri Inventors Develop Drugs Active Levels Determination Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Robert L. Stout of Overland Park, Kan., Sue Min Chien of Lenexa, Kan., and Steve H. Dunham of Kansas City, Mo., have developed a methods of determining active levels of drugs in fluid samples. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for ...
German Inventor Develops Seating Device
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Gisela Schon of Langerwehe, Germany, has developed a seating device with a stable base wherein the angle of inclination of the seating surface can be moved around a pivot provided between the base and the seating surface, the latter being forced to move continuously ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Tool Handle Shaft
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Brian J. Conaway of Columbus, Ohio, and Charles B. Wilson of Dublin, Ohio, have developed an ornamental design for a handle shaft for a tool, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D517,875 on March ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Grain Sampler
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Shaun Heck of Alberta, Canada, has developed an ornamental design for a grain sampler, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D517,874 on March 28. The original application was filed on Dec. 16, 2004, ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Container
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Stephen H. Wolff of New Rochelle, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D526,855 on Aug. 22. The patent has been assigned to Wolff Medical ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Hanging Planter Arrangement
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Ryan C. Jenkins of Santa Ana, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a hanging planter arrangement, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D517,832 on March 28. The original application was ...
Tennessee Inventors Develop Norepinephrine Screening Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- David Robertson of Nashville, Tenn., and Randy D. Blakely of Brentwood, Tenn., have developed a method of screening for susceptibility to sub-optimal norepinephrine (NE) transport resulting in decreased NE clearance in a subject. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Florida Inventors Develop Turbine Spring Clip Seal
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- David Marchant Parker and William Richard Ryan, both of Oviedo, Fla., have developed an improved turbine spring clip seal for directing gases to be mixed with fuel in a combustor basket. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The turbine spring clip ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Flip Chip Resistor Manufacturing Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Leonid Akhtman of Shani, Israel, and Sakaev Matvey of Arad, Israel, have developed a method of manufacturing flip chip resistors. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The present invention provides for a ...
British Inventors Develop Nucleic Acid Sequencing Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Gunter Schmidt of Houghton, Great Britain, and Andrew Hugin Thompson of Alloway, Great Britain, have developed a method for sequencing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and a kit for sequencing DNA. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Block Copolymer
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Ryotaro Tsuji and Tomoki Hiiro, both of Settsu, Japan, have developed a block copolymer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a block copolymer including a polymer block containing acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile as a principal ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Digital Camera
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Yoshiyuki Kato of Higashiyamato, Japan, has developed a digital camera capable of outputting image data to external apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital camera is provided with a plurality of group specifying keys for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Combined Digital Audio Disc Player and Radio Tuner
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Tomoo Hori of Yokohama, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a combined digital audio disc player and radio tuner for an automobile, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D526,991 on Aug ....
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Food Steamer
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Ching Ching Kelvin Poon of New Territories, Hong Kong, has developed an ornamental design for a food steamer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D517,857 on March 28. The patent has been assigned ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Foil Seal Lamp
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Kenzo Kai, Kaoru Nakamura and Kazunori Morikawa, all from Himeji, Japan, have developed a foil seal lamp in which in the seal area a metal foil of molybdenum and an outer lead of molybdenum are installed. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
California Inventors Develop Prokaryotic Expression Eukaryotic Signal Sequences
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Jeff Gray of Solana Beach, Calif., Joe Buechler of Carlsbad, Calif., and Uday Kumar Veeramallu of San Diego, have developed methods and compositions for expressing proteins or polypeptides in prokaryotic hosts using eukaryotic signal sequences, the U.S. Patent & ...
Missouri Inventors Develop Intracorporeal Medical Imaging Apparatus
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Samuel A. Wickline and Xin Yu, both of St. Louis, and Frank Hockett of St. Charles, Mo., have developed a method and an apparatus for intracorporeal medical imaging that uses a self-tuned coil. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Tube Joint
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Masaaki Muto of Kashiwa, Japan, has developed a tube joint and a method for producing the same for connecting a fluid tube to a pressure fluid-driven apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ring member and ring members made of metal are ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Computer Hinge Design
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Ming-Te Lin of Hsichih, Taiwan, Chih-Feng Jian of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, and Yung-Lu Wu of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a new hinge design that is used to connect a base unit and its display panel of a notebook computer. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
British Inventors Develop Content-Addressable Memory Device
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Ian Paul Jalowiecki, John Lancaster and Anargyros Krikelis, all from High Wycombe, Great Britain, have developed a compound associative memory for use with a data-parallel computer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound associative ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Printed Wiring Board Operation Performing System
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Takeyoshi Isogai and Noriaki Iwaki, both of Hekinan, Japan, have developed a system for operating and resetting printed circuit board holding device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system for performing an ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Electrical Module Installation Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Douglas R. Wylie of Eastlake, Ohio, has developed a device for holding a plurality of associated cables in a defined orientation relative to each other. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device includes a support structure that defines ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops In-Plane Switching Mode Liquid Crystal Display
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Yang-En Wu of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display (IPS-LCD) with a higher opening ratio. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The IPS-LCD includes a lower substrate, a plurality of scan lines and a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Disk Array Device Maintenance Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Masao Inoue, Katsuhiro Okumoto and Hisao Honma, all from Odawawa, Japan, have developed a disk array device and a maintenance method for the disk array device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a technique ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Performance Information Display Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Kei Takeda of Kawasaki, Japan, and Takato Kusama of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a performance information display method using a computer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A performance information display method using a computer, ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Graphics Display System Noise Reducing Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Donald E. Camp and Mark Kuhns, both of Peoria, Ariz., Richard Alexander Erhart of Tempe, Ariz., and Bruce C. Moore of Glendale, Ariz., have developed a method and an apparatus for reducing noise in a graphics display system. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Maryland Inventor Develops Modified Shine-Dalgarno Sequences
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Michael W. Laird of Germantown, Md., has developed modified shine-dalgarno sequences and methods of use thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel Shine-Dalgarno (ribosome binding site) sequences, vectors containing such sequences, ...
Washington Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Display Screen
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Charles Cummins and Michael James Hone, both of Seattle, have developed an ornamental design for a user interface for a portion of a display screen, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D527,012 on Aug ....
Florida Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Embossed Cake Pan Assembly
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Fletcher Morgan of St. Petersburg, Fla., has developed an ornamental design for an embossed cake pan assembly, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D517,858 on March 28. The original application was ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Automatic Vehicle Wiper System
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Motohisa Hirose of Saitama, Japan, Takashi Kondo of Kawachi-gun, Japan, Masaaki Nakai of Sakura, Japan, and Taizo Kikuchi of Utsunomiya, Japan, have developed an automatic vehicle wiper system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Electronic Camera
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Kouki Hatakeyama of Asaka, Japan, has developed an electronic camera that uses an external storage medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic camera automatically suspends the power supply when an external storage medium is ...
South Korea Inventor Develops Integrated Circuit Driving Unit
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Woo-Hyun Kim of Seoul, South Korea, has developed a driving integrated circuit unit for a liquid crystal display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A integrated circuit driving unit for a liquid crystal display device includes a base ...
FDA APPROVES OVER-THE-COUNTER ACCESS FOR PLAN B FOR WOMEN 18, OLDER PRESCRIPTION REMAINS REQUIRED FOR THOSE 17, UNDER
Aug 25, 2006 ... The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Food & Drug Administration issued the following press release: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced approval of Plan B, a contraceptive drug, as an over-the-counter (OTC) option for women aged 18 and older ....
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Integrated Bus Configuring Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Gordon Caruk of Bramalea, Canada, Kuldip Sahdra of Richmond Hill, Canada, Jamil Ahmed of Stroud, Canada, James B. Fry of Newmarket, Canada, Sasa Marinkovic of Toronto, Arkadi Avrukin of Pleasanton, Calif., and Michael Frank of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a ...
California Inventor Develops Composite Reinforced Line Pipe
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Norman C. Fawley of San Luis Obispo, Calif., has developed a system for joining sections of composite reinforced line pipe. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite reinforced line pipe is manufactured by aligning first and second ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Collapsible Basketball Sports Chair
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Edward Zheng of Chino Hills, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a collapsible basketball sports chair, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D517,819 on March 28. The patent has been ...
Italian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Chair
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Antonio Citterio of Milan, Italy, has developed an ornamental design for a chair, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D517,820 on March 28. The patent has been assigned to Vitra Patente AG, Muttenz, ...
California Inventors Develop Internal Biochemical Sensing Gevice
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Gerald E. Loeb of South Pasedena, Calif., and Thomas George of La Canada, Calif., have developed a biosensing device for detecting biological analytes, and methods of use and manufacture. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device ...
Kansas Inventor Develops Aircraft In-Flight Positioning System
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Steven B. Schroeder of Derby, Kan., has developed a positioning system adapted to facilitate in-flight spatial positioning of a first aircraft with respect to a second aircraft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning system, ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Security Protocol Structure
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Kyoung Jin Kang of Namyangju, South Korea, Ji Won Yu of Inchon, South Korea, and Jae Hwon Kwon of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a security protocol structure for a wireless application protocol standard structure. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Chinese, Taiwanese Inventors Develop Electronic Device Backlight Control Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Tai Shui Ho and Shih Kuang Tsai, both of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, and Xu Dong Chen of Shanghai, China, have developed a method of enabling or disabling backlight of an electronic device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention ...
California Inventors Develop Resource Configuration Verification Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- David A. Graves of Monte Sereno, Calif., and Parvathi Nair of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a method of verification of attributes for the computing resources in a data center. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
Arkansas Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Novelty Purse
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Michael H. Golden and Judith A. Golden, both of Lake Village, Ark., have developed an ornamental design for a novelty purse, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D517,810 on March 28. The patent ...
California Inventors Develop Electrical Coil Layers Manufacturing Process
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Yi Zheng of San Ramon, Calif., and Yi-Chun Liu of Fremont, Calif., have developed a process of manufacturing coil layers that uses a novel combination of photoexposure and thermal curing to achieve shape control of a photoresist material. According to the U.S ....
Texas Inventors Develop Serial Communication Interface
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Denis R. Beaudoin of Rowlett, Texas, Brian Karguth of Van Alstyne, Texas, and James H. Kennedy of Allen, Texas, have developed a communications interface for enabling extension of an internal common bus architecture (CBA). An abstract of the invention, ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Container Lid
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Chang-Ho Kim of Incheon, South Korea, has developed an ornamental design for a lid for container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D517,861 on March 28. The patent has been assigned to Hana Cobi ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Hydrogen Storage Metal Alloy
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Masuo Okada of Miyagi, Japan, and Takahiro Kuriiwa of Utsunomiva, Japan, have developed a method for absorption and release of hydrogen where a hydrogen storage metal alloy is repeatedly subjected to pressurization. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
U.S., Italian Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Toothbrush
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Luca Casini and Jacob Pringiers, both of Milan, Italy, and Douglas J. Hohlbein of Pennington, N.J., have developed an ornamental design for a toothbrush, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D517,812 on ...
Arkansas Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Light Sign
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Steven Fincher of Fort Smith, Ark., has developed an ornamental design for a thin-mount slanted raised light sign, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D516,125 on Feb. 28. The original application ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Alignment Layer Printing Apparatus
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Dae Hoon Lee of Kyongsangbuk-do, South Korea, has developed an apparatus for printing an alignment layer of a liquid crystal display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for printing an alignment layer of a liquid crystal ...
New York, New Jersey Inventors Develop Connector, Tubing Assembly
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Stephen Ronald Warburton-Pitt of Queensbury, N.Y., and Rick Alan Steele of Newton, N.J., have developed tubing and connector assemblies utilizing multi-lumen connectors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
Texas Inventors Develop Polypeptides Screening Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Barrett R. Harvey, George Georgiou and Brent L. Iverson, all from Austin, Texas, have developed a combinatorial protein library screening by periplasmic expression. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention overcomes the deficiencies ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Massage Chair
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Eric Racoosin and Christopher Quentin Chappell, both of Laguna Niguel, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for a 'massage chair', the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D517,821 on March ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Power Sensor Module
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Gary O'Brien of Riverview, Mich., has developed a power sensor module suitable for automotive and other high volume applications combines speed sensing and torque sensing operations into a single unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Belgian Inventors Develop Wire Array Mounting Hook
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Pierrot Catry of Spiere, Belgium, and Jo Pattyn of Geluwe, Belgium, have developed a mounting hook and a wire array apparatus and a method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting hook for a wire array mountable on a seat frame has a ...
Italian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Tiled Male Mannequin
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Maurizio Placuzzi of Ravenna, Italy, has developed an ornamental design for a tiled male mannequin, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D516,127 on Feb. 28. The patent has been assigned to Sicis ...
Texas Inventors Develop Branch Target Buffer Entries Allocation Method
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- William C. Moyer of Dripping Springs, Texas, and Jeffrey W. Scott of Austin, Texas, have developed a method for allocating entries in a branch target buffer (BTB). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for allocating ...
Texas Inventors Develop Voltage Bus Management Apparatus
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Duc V. Ho of Allen, Texas, and Scott E. Smith of Plano, Texas, have developed a method and apparatus for managing voltage buses. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a memory device, such as static random access memory or dynamic random ...
Washington Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Binomial Die
Aug 25, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Jeffrey A. Combos of Seattle has developed an ornamental design for a binomial die, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D516,129 on Feb. 28. The patent has been assigned to Excile Game Studio LLC, ...