US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, August 28:
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Contact Hole Printing Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Dahchung Oweyang, Jian-Hong Chen and Bang-Chein Ho, all from Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, have developed a method for the creation of contact holes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides two masks. The first mask, referred to as the ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Semiconductor Wafer Dry Etching Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Hyo Sang Kang of Hyungki-do, South Korea, has developed a method for dry etching a semiconductor wafer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed a method for dry etching a semiconductor wafer by a plasma generated between a ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Deposition Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Gurtej S. Sandhu, Garo J. Derderian, Guy T. Blalock and Terry L. Gilton, all from Boise, Idaho, have developed deposition methods and apparatuses providing surface activation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deposition method includes, ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Deep Trench Preparation Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Ya Ling Po and Ting Sing Wang, both of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Meng Fen Cheng of Taichung, Taiwan, have developed a method for preparing a deep trench and an etching mixture for the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method for ...
California Inventors Develop Titanium, Titanium Nitride Layers Integration Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Michael X. Yang, Toshio Itoh and Ming Xi, all from Palo Alto, Calif., have developed an apparatus and a method of integration of titanium and titanium nitride layers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment includes providing one ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Polishing Pad Conditioning Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Theodore M. Taylor of Boise, Idaho, has developed conditioning apparatuses and methods for conditioning polishing pads used for mechanical and/or chemical-mechanical planarization of micro-device workpieces. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Fabrication Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Bradley J. Howard and Dinesh Chopra, both of Boise, Idaho, have developed a method used to fabricate a semiconductor device that comprises etching a dielectric which results in an undesirable charge buildup along a sidewall formed in the dielectric during the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Mitsuo Umemoto of Osaka, Japan, Masataka Hoshino of Kawasaki, Japan, and Hiroshi Terao of Tokyo, have developed a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having a through-hole electrode that is offered to improve reliability and yield of the semiconductor ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Reduced Dry Etching Lag
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Masaichi Eda of Gresham, Ore., has developed a method of forming via structures between a first electrically conductive layer and a second electrically conductive layer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The first electrically conductive ...
California Inventors Develop Inductor Circuit
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Carol Barrett of Mountain View, Calif., Tom McKay of Felton, Calif., and Subhas Bothra of Fremont, Calif., have developed a system of impedance matching and impedance transformation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor circuit is ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Air Gap Interconnect Structure
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Yi-Nien Su of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and Jyu-Horng Shieh of Hsinchu, Taiwan, have developed methods for fabricating interconnect structures implementing air gaps therein. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a semiconductor ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Structured Markov Model Visualization Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Lucio Andrade-Cetto of Boston has developed a method of displaying the probabilities associated with a Markov model as a series of interactive plots. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Three dimensions of probability data associated with a ...
California Inventors Develop High Speed Data Receiving Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Ramkumar Jayam and Anil Kapatkar, both of San Jose, Calif., Sivakumar Munnangi of Santa Clara, Calif., and Srinivasan Venkataraman of Fremont, Calif., have developed an apparatus and methods for receiving data at high speed using transmission control protocol ...
Oklahoma Inventors Develop Disposable Composite Downhole Tool of Fibers
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Bradley L. Todd, Rajesh K. Saini, Loren C. Swor, and Phillip M. Starr, all from Duncan, Okla., have developed a disposable composite downhole tool formed of a resin-coated fiber. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: " The fiber is formed of a ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Retractable Magnetic Sweeper
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Hsuan-Sen Shiao of Taichung Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a retractable magnetic sweeper. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retractable magnetic sweeper includes a shell member, a retractable tubular member, a moving member, a connecting ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Superoxide Dismutase Antibodies
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Fang-Jen S. Lee and Chung-Hsiun H. Wu, both of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a method of testing whether a compound inhibits superoxide dismutase activity of a polypeptide. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to ...
Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors Develop Electromagnetic Tracking System
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Peter T. Anderson of Andover, Mass., Christopher D. Cherry of Bolton, Mass., and Gerald L. Beauregard of Hampton, N.H., have developed an electromagnetic tracking system wherein a field generating unit and a field sensing unit are arranged to generate and to ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Principal Component Analysis System
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Valerie Guralnik of Orono, Minn., and Wendy K Foslien of Minneapolis, have developed a principal component analysis based fault classification for a process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Principal component analysis (PCA) is used to ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops Moving Mailpiece Weight Determination Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Henson C. Ong of Waterbury, Conn., has developed a mailpiece weight measuring apparatus for use with a high speed automatic mailpiece processing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The weight measuring apparatus measures the inertial ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Coordinate System Measuring Apparatus
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Soichi Kadowaki, Fumihiro Takemura and Naoji Horiuchi, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a method for determining coordinate system for device under measurement, and a coordinate measuring apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ignition Coil with Rigid Mounting Structure
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Hideyuki Kato of Nishio, Japan, and Yoshitaka Sato of Toyohashi, Japan, have developed an ignition coil having an ion current detecting device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ignition coil includes a cylindrical portion that includes ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Voice, Data Operations Integration System
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Gary Mousseau, Mike Lazaridis, David Yach, Raymond Vander Veen, Harry Major and Atul Asthana, all from Waterloo, Canada, have developed advanced voice and data operations in a mobile data communication device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
German, Australian Inventors Develop Stable Poxvirus Preparation Process
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Karl Heller of Unterfohring, Germany, Ingmar Rathe of Munich, Germany, and Paul Howley of Glen Waverly, Australia, have developed poxvirus containing formulations and a process for preparing stable poxvirus containing compositions. According to the U.S. Patent ...
California Inventors Develop Network Station Subsystems Interfacing Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Harry Hvostov of San Jose, Calif., and Anthony Fung of Pleasanton, Calif., have developed a network station subsystem architecture that uses a simplified interface reference discovery method and system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In ...
California Inventors Develop Wireless Device Applications Processing Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Brian Minear, Mazen Chmaytelli, Mitchell B. Oliver and Laurence Lundblade, all from San Diego, have developed a method for executing an application on a wireless device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods consistent with ...
California Inventor Develops Wireless Alarm System
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Randall Wang of Temple City, Calif., has developed a wireless alarm system for contributing security network. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A portable wireless alarm system includes at least two alarm devices ...
Tennessee Inventors Develop Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Charles W. Stratton, William M. Mitchell and Subramaniam Sriram, all from Nashville, Tenn., have developed methods and reagents for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention features methods and ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Semiconductor Construction
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Tongbi Jiang and Zhiping Yin, both of Boise, Idaho, have developed semiconductor constructions and methods of forming semiconductor constructions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The construction has a semiconductor material die with a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electromagnetic Contactor
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Koji Ohkubo, Hidekazu Miyazawa and Hidehiko Ogawa, all from Tokyo, have developed an electromagnetic contactor that utilizes an electromagnet device to open or close a contact point. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold frame is formed ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Communication Frequencies Converting Mixer
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Ryo Tatsumi of Omihachiman, Japan, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto of Shiga-ken, Japan, and Tomoya Bando of Takefu, Japan, have developed a mixer that are used for converting frequencies from an radio frequency (RF) signal to an intermediate frequency (IF) ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Rotating Display Device
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Michael P. Puskar of Carnegie, Pa., Thomas A. Whitaker of North Huntingdon, Pa., Harry J. Carlino of Export, Pa., and Todd M. Shaak of Presto, Pa., have developed a rotating display device and an electrical apparatus employing the same. According to the U.S ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Data Outputting Exponent Encoder Circuit
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Mikio Fujita and Naofumi Waku, both of Hyogo, Japan, have developed exponent encoder circuits occurring in processors etc. and to mask circuits that can be applied to exponent encoder circuits. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Temperature Adaptive Circuit
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Yoshihiko Satsukawa of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed a temperature adaptive circuit, a circuit temperature raising method and a circuit temperature raising program. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature adaptive circuit is ...
Washington, California, Idaho Inventors Develop Output Device Testing Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Michael M. Byrd of Bellevue, Wash., Adam Eversole of Redmond, Wash., Joseph King of Seattle, Joseph D. Ternasky of Mountain View, Calif., Robert L. C. Parker of San Jose, Calif., and Michael Stokes of Eagle, Idaho, have developed an electronic test document for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Radio Signals Receiving Diversity Receiver
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Yasuhide Okuhata of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a technique for stably receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signal by means of a simple structure. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Microprocessor Thermal Control System
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Doron Orenstien and Ronny Ronen, both of Haifa, Israel, have developed a system that includes a microprocessor and a thermal control subsystem. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The microprocessor includes execution resources to support ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Resonator Device
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Seiji Hidaka of Nagaokakyo, Japan, and Shin Abe of Muko, Japan, have developed a resonator device, a filter, a duplexer, and a communication device which are used in radio communication. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
French Inventor Develops Communication System Direct-Conversion Receiver
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Patrick Conti of St. Jean de Tholome, France, has developed a direct-conversion receiver for a communication system that uses a modulation with non-constant envelope. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direct-conversion receiver includes ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Wireless Communication System
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Satoshi Tamaki of Kokubunji, Japan, Seishi Hanaoka of Tokyo, and Takashi Yano of Tokorozawa, Japan, have developed a wireless transmitter for transmitting a signal to a wireless receiver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmitter and ...
Texas Inventors Develop Extensible Sensor Monitoring Implementation Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Michael Primm and Richard Jefts Jr., both of Austin, Texas, have developed an extensible sensor monitoring, alert processing and notification system and a method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a particular embodiment, the disclosure ...
California Inventor Develops Digital Signal Sampler
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Bruce L. Bateman of Fremont, Calif., has developed a method for testing a group of periodic signals generated by at least one circuit in a semiconductor device operating under a system clock signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Georgia, New Jersey Inventors Paper Products Dispensing Container
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Paul Francis Tramontina of Alpharetta, Ga., and Randall W. LeCates of Monroeville, N.J., have developed a container and a cartridge for dispensing paper products. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a container ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Gene Expression Level Alteration Technique
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Richard F. Selden of Cambridge, Mass., has developed a method of transferring a plasmid containing a deoxyribonucleic acid sequence coding for a protein into a recipient subject. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a ...
Texas Inventor Develops Aqueous Saline Stream Alkaline Removal Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Mansour S. Bader of College Station, Texas, has developed methods to solve alkaline-sulfate scales and related-gases problems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "methods for the removal of alkaline and sulfate ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Band Eliminate Filter
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Masamichi Andoh of Kyoto, Japan, has developeda communication apparatus including a band eliminate filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coaxial capacitor is inserted in a coaxial cable in a predetermined position. A housing is ...
Singapore Inventors Develop Channel Coupling Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Mohammed Javed Absar and Sapna George, both of Singapore, have developed a method of channel coupling for a Digital Audio Compression Standard 3 (AC-3) encoder, using mixed precision computations and 16-bit coupling coefficient calculations for channels with 32-bit ...
Texas Inventor Develops Rack Assembly Electronic Equipment Qualification System
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Andrew G. Low of Southlake, Texas, has developed an apparatus and a method for correlating the air flow velocity in an environmental chamber to a rack assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are disclosed for ...
BRS Wins $126,260 Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... AUGUSTA, Ga., Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $126,260 contract to BRS, Centre, Ala., for maintenance and repair of anesthesia equipment. The contract was awarded by VA Medical Center, Augusta, Ga. For more information about US Fed News contract ...
Raytheon Wins $484,342 Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $484,342 contract to Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., for MAU-169/JB with containers. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. For ...
United Technologies Wins $1.24 Million Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $1.24 million contract to United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, Conn., for combustion chambers. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more information about ...
BAE Systems National Security Solutions Wins $30,163 Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $30,163 contract to BAE Systems National Security Solutions Inc., San Diego, for cable assemblies. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, ...
MCS of Tampa Wins $4.6 Million Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract valued at up to $4.6 million to MCS of Tampa Inc., Tampa, Fla., for operations and maintenance services for base telecommunications system at the Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. The contract was awarded ...
Ametek Thermal Systems Wins $383,024 Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $383,024 contract to Ametek Thermal Systems Inc., Garden City, N.Y., for fluid gearbo coolers. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more information ...
Vident Wins $1.41 Million Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... HINES, Ill., Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $1.41 million contract to Vident, Brea, Calif., for medical, dental and veterinary equipment and supplies.The contract was awarded by VA National Acquisition Center, Hines, Ill. For more ...
Sikorsky Aircraft Wins $289,994 Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $289,994 contract to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., for structual fitting. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more information about US Fed ...
Smiths Medical MD Wins $100,536 Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... GLENDALE, Colo., Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $100,536 contract to Smiths Medical MD Inc., St. Paul, Minn., for pumps. The contract was awarded by VA Rocky Mountain Network, Glendale, Colo. For more ...
Ear, Nose & Throat Associates Wins $434,720 Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $434,720 contract to Ear, Nose & Throat Associates, Johnson City, Tenn., for otoloaryngologists. The contract was awarded by VA Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Murfreesboro, ...
University of South Carolina Research Foundation Wins $1.92 Million Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... ROME, N.Y., Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $1.92 million contract to University of South Carolina Research Foundation, Columbia, S.C., for the research and development work. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, N.Y. For more ...
ICF Wins $206,153 Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $206,153 contract to ICF Inc., Fairfax, Va., for information technology services, including telecommunications services. The contract was awarded by VA Austin Automation Center, Austin, ...
Western Communications Wins $1.5 Million Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D., Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $1.5 million contract to Western Communications Inc., Rapid City, S.D., for land mobile radio maintenance. The contract was awarded by USAF's Air Combat Command, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. For more ...
Smiths Medical MD Wins $125,000 Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... GLENDALE, Colo., Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $125,000 contract to Smiths Medical MD Inc., St. Paul, Minn., for pumps.The contract was awarded by VA Rocky Mountain Network, Glendale, Colo. For more ...
U.S. Navy Awards $142,275 Contract to Logic SPA
Aug 28, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $142,275 contract to Logic SPA, Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy, for the repair and modification of engine control assemblies. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more ...
Northrop Grumman Systems Wins $24,715 Contract
Aug 28, 2006 ... EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $24,715 contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Md., for professional, administrative, and management support services. The contract was awarded by USAF's Air Armament Center, Eglin Air Force ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Automatic Frequency Correction Apparatus
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Xiaohu You, Yan Zhang, Ling Wang, Liangcheng Jiang and Shixin Cheng, all from Jiangsu, China, have developed a frequency auto-correction apparatus for code division multiple access (CDMA) multipath fading channel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventors Develop Phase Locked Loop Calibration Method
Aug 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Hea Joung Kim of Los Angeles, and Brima B. Ibrahim of Aliso Viejo, Calif., have developed a method for calibrating a phase locked loop (PLL) that includes an open loop test and a closed loop test. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The open ...