US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, September 7:
Massachusetts, Hawaii, California Inventors Develop Error-Correcting Code Decoding Method
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Jonathan S. Yedidia of Cambridge, Mass., Marc P. C. Fossorier of Honolulu, and Ravi Palanki of Pasadena, Calif., have developed a method for decoding a received word for a finite geometry code. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method ...
German Inventors Develop Disc-Milling Cutter
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Gu Wermeister of Meerbusch, Germany, Stefan Knecht of Dortmund,Germany, and Rudolf Lohr of Neuss, Germany, have developed a cutter insert for disc-milling cutters, in particular, for milling crankshafts. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Photo-Curable Fluorene Derivative
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Hiromichi Inoue, Tomohiro Etou and Ryushi Shundo, all from Chiba, Japan, have developed a photo-curable fluorene derivative and composition containing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention further provides a liquid ...
German Inventors Develop Energy Measurement System
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Michael Schuhmacher of Heppenheim, Germany, and Markus Schiller of Frankfurt, Germany, have developed a system for measuring the energy of an ultra-short pulse in a laser beam that includes a half-wave plate for orienting the polarization of the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Robot Behavior Control Device
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Yuji Ayatsuka, Nobuyuki Matsushita, Tota Hasegawa, Hidenori Karasawa and Eduardo A. Sciammarella, all from Tokyo, and Shigeru Tajima and Junichi Rekimoto, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an apparatus that controls the action of a pet robot. According ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Portable Computing Device Manufacturing Method
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Marc A. Drader of Kitchener, Canada, James Robinson of Elmira, Canada, and Jerry Eugene Mailloux of Waterloo, Canada, have developed a method of auto-configuration of hardware on a portable computing device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S ....
Vermont Inventors Develop Schottky Barrier Diode
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Douglas D. Coolbaugh and Ebenezer E. Eshun, both of Essex Junction, Vt., Alvin J. Joseph of Williston, Vt., and Robert M. Rassel of Colchester, Vt., have developed a schottky barrier diodes that use a dielectric separation region to bound an active ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Semiconductor Memory Device
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Byung-Kwon Park and Kyung-Wook Park, both of Ichon-shi, South Korea, have developed a semiconductor memory device with pick-up structure. An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "A semiconductor memory device includes: a first ...
North Carolina, Tennessee Inventors Develop Network Resources Management Method
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Steven E. Wilson and William M. Griffin, both of Charlotte, N.C., and Rod S. Kelley of Antioch, Tenn., has developed a method for determining service requirements for network elements. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates ...
Texas Inventors Develop Embedded Antenna Connection Method
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Larry D. Benton of Waco, Texas, and Robert R. Krebs of Georgetown, Texas, have developed a technique for interconnecting an embedded antenna with external circuitry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The antenna may be formed on an ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Doubly Curved Optical Device
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Yoan Kim and Bahman Taheri, both of Hudson, Ohio, and Roy Miller of Akron, Ohio, have developed a curved optical device and the method for making the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A curved optical device includes a pair of ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Fluid-Flow Controller Apparatus
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- John C. Jurkovich of Edina, Minn., has developed an apparatus and a method for controlling fluid flows for pneumatic conveying. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method providing automatic adjustment of flows used to empty dry ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Nail Polish Color Selection System
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Julie R. Bartholomew of Birmingham, Mich., and Charles P. Hines Jr. of Hamburg, Mich., developed customer interactive nail polish color selection systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "user interactive custom ...
Kansas, Missouri Inventors Develop Caller Identification System
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Warren B. Cope of Olathe, Kan., and Daniel Charles Sbisa of Blue Springs, Mo., have developed a method of operating a communication system to provide caller identification. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system for ...
Texas Inventor Develops Shoring Assembly
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Victor M Cerda of Houston has developed a shoring assemblies, such as vertical shoring assemblies. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inventive apparatus and method provide for restricting movement from a collapsed or folded position of a ...
California Inventors Develop Internet Presentation Material Management Method
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Lee Evan Nakamura of Morgan Hill, Calif., and Stewart Eugene Tate of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method and a system for generating materials for presentation on a non-frame capable web browser. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Single Carrier Signal Reception Enhancement System
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Yonatan Manor and Rafi Retter, both of Haifa, Israel, Noam Galperin of Maalot, Israel, and Ariel Zohar of Ramt-Ishy, Israel, have developed a system and a method for enhancing the reception of a single carrier signal. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Solid Laser Apparatus
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Takashi Fujita and Ichiro Fukushi, both of Atsugi, Japan, and Koji Tojo of Sagamihara, Japan, have developed a solid laser apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid laser apparatus has a wavelength converter temperature ...
Texas Inventor Develops Energy Absorbing System
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- James R. Albritton of Fort Worth, Texas, has developed an energy absorbing system to minimize the results of a collision between a moving vehicle and a roadside hazard. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy absorbing system with one ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Cereal Grains Bleaching Method
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Lloyd E. Metzger of Champlin, Minn., has developed a method of bleaching cereal grains. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention describes bleached grain products such as bleached whole wheat flour that are obtained having the color ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry Arrangement
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Stephen G. Evangelides Jr. of Red Bank, N.J., Jay P. Morreale of Summit, N.J., and Michael J. Neubelt of Little Silver, N.J., have developed an optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR) arrangement for detecting faults in an optical transmission system on a span by ...
British, Belgian Inventors Develop Pattern Detection System
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Bernhard Schoelkopf and Philip H. S. Torr, both of Cambridge, Great Britain, Andrew Blake of Stapleford, Great Britain, and Sami Romdhani of Brussels, Belgium, have developed pattern detection methods and systems and face detection methods and ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Planar Antenna
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Masaru Sato of Kawasaki, Japan, has developeda planar antenna and a radio apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A planar antenna is formed of a circuit substrate and a slot line formed on the circuit substrate for guiding an ...
California, Utah Inventors Develop Chewing Gum Composition
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Narayan K. Athanikar of Irvine, Calif., and Scott A. Gubler of St. George, Utah, have developed a chewing gum composition containing an active ingredient. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The preferred chewing gum composition comprises a ...
Belgian Inventors Develop Fire-Proof Material
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Octavian Anton of Brussel, Belgium, and Xiao Wu of Zaventem, Belgium, have developed a fire-protection material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The fire-protection material for constructions made of concrete and prestressed concrete, ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Integrated Feed Horn Device
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Huang-Chang Hsiu, Jan-Cheng Geng and Lai-Chung Min, all from Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, have developed an integrated feed horn device including three sets of integrally formed feed horn devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The integrated ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Motor Driving Apparatus
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Kenji Fukushi of Toride, Japan, Kazuki Miyamoto of Abiko, Japan, and Masahiro Kurahashi of Tokyo, have developed a motor driving apparatus, a control method, a control program, a storage medium readable by computer storing control program and an image forming ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Electro-Optical Device Manufacturing Method
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Toshiyuki Kasai of Okaya, Japan, has developeda system and a method for manufacturing a electro-optical device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an electronic device that performs driving control of an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Dynamic False Contour Detector
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Masahiko Okuzawa and Toru Kimura, both of Tokyo, have developed a method for processing an image signal in which one field period is divided into a plurality of subfields having different relative luminance ratios. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Florida Inventor Develops Micro-Molecular Hyper-Saturation Process
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Gus Papathanasopoulos of Altamonte, Fla., has developed a process of micro-molecular hyper-saturation of conventional cooking oils for high altitude and confined space applications. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The instant invention is ...
California Inventor Develops Salt Sorbet Facial
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Jacob Revivo of Sherman Oaks, Calif., has developed a salt sorbet facial and body scrub. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a salt sorbet facial and body scrub which has enhanced properties to deep clean skin, ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Directed Gas Injection Apparatus
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Eric J. Strang of Chandler, Ariz., has developed a directed gas injection apparatus for semiconductor processing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and system for utilizing a gas injection plate comprising ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Antenna Array
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Jia-Haur Liang of Gaosyung, Taiwan, and Ting-Yi Tsai of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed an antenna and antenna array that can be operated at two different frequency bands. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses an ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Antenna Alignment Devices
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- William R. Matz of Atlanta, and Timothy H. Weaver of Alpharetta, Ga., have developed an alignment device for aligning an antenna with a satellite. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the device includes a digital compass to ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Multi-Band Antenna
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Chang-Jung Lee of Taoyuan, Taiwan, has developeda multi-band antenna with a reflector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "multi-band antenna with a reflector, comprising a box-shape reflector, wherein the box-shape ...
California Inventor Develops Wearable Array Antenna
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Florenio Pinili Regala of Costa Mesa, Calif., has developed a portable line-of-sight array antennas. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna includes an array of telescoping elements connected to and by a conductive disk that feeds a ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Through Air Radar Level Transmitter
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Paul G. Janitch of Lisle, Ill., John S. Benway of Northbrook, Ill., Stephen A. Reynolds of Downers Grove, Ill., and Stanislaw Bleszynski of Lakefield, Canada, have developed a process control instrument that comprises a control for generating or receiving a high ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Lead Fame
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- David J. Corisis of Meridian, Idaho, and Jerry M. Brooks of Caldwell, Idaho, have developed an enhanced lead frame having one or more power source or ground leads of a conventional lead frame extending along a portion of the periphery of the semiconductor ...
Texas Inventors Develop Multi-Cluster Computer System Communication Technique
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Shashank Nemawarkar, Rajesh Kota, Guru Prasadh and David B. Glasco, all from Austin, Texas, and Carl Zeitler of Tomball, Texas, have developed a technique of communication between multi-processor clusters of multi-cluster computer systems. According to the ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Product Processing Method
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Meenakshi J. Bove of Great Falls, Va., has developed a method of processing a product, such as a food product, by sequential application of different processing steps in a single vessel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Untreated product ...
Florida Inventors Develop Antenna System
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Harry Richard Phelan and Russell E. Price, both of Palm Bay, Fla., and Kurt Zimmerman of Melbourne, Fla., have developed an antenna system including swing arm and associated methods. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna system may ...
California Inventor Develops Packaged Food Product Making Method
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Richard A. Ehrman of Malibu, Calif., has developed a method for making a packaged food product. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food product and related method is provided in which the product is prepared in a manner that allows for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Operation Management System
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Makoto Fujishima, Masahiro Komatsu, Akio Karyu, Kingo Maeda, Yuichi Nakazawa and Shizuo Nishikawa, all from Yamatokoriyama, Japan, have developed an operational administration system that is furnished with one or more operational data storage/transmission ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Printed Circuit Board
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Sung Gue Lee of Gyunggi-do, South Korea, and Yong Il Kim of Incheon-si, South Korea, have developed a printed circuit board (PCB) with a heat dissipation element and package that comprises the PCB. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A PCB ...
Texas Inventor Develops Re-configurable Motion Controller Drive
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Sundeep Chandhoke of Austin, Texas, has developed a motion control system and a method for configuring a motion controller drive. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system may comprise a motion controller coupled through a digital ...
British Inventors Develop Cable Retrieval Apparatus
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Phil Hart of Clacton-on-sea, Great Britain, Keith Dicker of Shalford, Great Britain, and Adrian Windows of Chelmsford, Great Britain, have developed a retrieval apparatus for retrieving a cable or pipe buried underwater in bed material. According to the U.S ....
Japanese Inventor Develops Recording Apparatus
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Eiichi Yamada of Tokyo has developed an apparatus having a microphone, an analog to digital converting circuit, a semiconductor memory, input device, and a controller. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The analog to digital converting ...
German Inventors Develop Satellite Antenna Station
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Andreas ten Haaft of Konigsbach-Stein, Germany, and Michael ten Haaft of Neulingen-Bauschlott, Germany, have developed a satellite antenna with photovoltaic elements for electric power supply. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Data Packet Transportation Method
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Rong C. Fang of Reston, Va., has developed an apparatus and a method for facilitating data packet transportation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system that facilitate data packet transportation includes multiplexing time-sensitive ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Communication Protocol
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Abner Lerner of Apple Valley, Minn., has developed a communication protocol for the broadcast of first/last event detection over a single communication channel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "apparatus ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Video Player
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Yu Chiang Shih of Hsintien, Taiwan, has developed a video player for electronic apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A video player includes a central processing unite (CPU) adapted to receive ...
Massachusetts, Hawaii Inventors Develop Parity Check Matrix Transformation Method
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Jonathan S. Yedidia of Cambridge, Mass., and Jinghu Chen of Honolulu, have developed a method of transforming generalized parity check matrices for error-correcting codes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method transforms a generalized ...
California Inventor Develops Rotary Dispenser
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Lien L. Wiley of Simi Valley, Calif., has developed a dispenser for dispensing fluid for body application. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The dispenser has a rotary dispenser roller mounted on a reservoir with a telescoping handle. The ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Target System Regulation Method
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Michael Anthony Marra III and Bruce Lanier Walcott, both of Lexington, Ky., have developed a method of regulating a target system that uses a frequency comparison of feedback and reference pulse trains. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Video Signal Converter
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Ching-Bin Huang, Chih-Chuan Cheng and Wei-Pin Chuang, all from Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a video signal converter for a detachable display module of a portable computer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A video signal converter ...
North Carolina Inventor Develops Footwear Sole
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Donald L. Minges of Charlotte, N.C., has developed a footwear sole having a natural grip. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is footwear having an outer sole(s) with an ergonomic gripping or traction surface. More ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Jumper Chip Component
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Shuji Saito of Miyagi-ken, Japan, and Satoru Matsuzaki of Fukushima-ken, Japan, have developed a jumper chip component that is suitable for use in a high-frequency device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jumper chip component of the ...
California Inventors Develop Hitch Mountable Refuse Container Transport Device
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Russell J. Bik and William J. Kelley of Arroyo Grande, Calif., have developed a device mountable on a standard trailer hitch for lifting and transporting standardized residential refuse containers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hitch ...
German Inventors Develop Motor Vehicle Movement Recognization Process
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Burkhard Stock and Henning Thomsen, both of Lubeck, Germany, and Gu Wahlbrink of Rehhorst, Germany, have developed a process for recognizing the movement of a motor vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process and system are ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Stacked Optical Fiber Screen
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Wen-Qin Fan of Mia Li Xian, Taiwan, has developed an optical display having multiple display units overlapped on top of one another. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical display has multiple display units overlapped on top of one ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Documents Verification System
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Curtis W. Hallowell of Palatine, Ill., and Robert Fitzgerald of Lombard, Ill., have developed a system and a method for searching and verifying documents in a document processing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
U.S., Belgian Inventors Develop Constant Voltage Discharge Device
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Cal Swanson of Apex, N.C., and Vincent Himpe of Kampenhout, Belgium, have developed circuits and methods for supplying a temporary power supply at a predetermined voltage. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit includes first direct ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Block Forming Method
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Ken Miyagawa, Masanori Nakahara and Shunji Ikegami, all from Tokorozawa, Japan, have developed a method for forming blocks from a digital bit stream and an apparatus for the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Dendrobii Caulis Extract Preparation Process
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Rong-Tsun Wu of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed an extract of plant Dendrobii Caulis and a preparing process thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physiologically active extract of a plant Dendrobii Caulis and the method thereof are provided ...
Maryland, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Box Finishing Machine
Sep 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Daniel Cunnington of Bel Air, Md., and Yury Polikov of Pikesville, Md., and Joseph John Weishew of Oreland, Pa., have developed a box finishing machine with cleaning apparatus and a method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corrugated ...