US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, September 15:
Communications Professionals Wins $42,835 Contract
Sep 15, 2006 ... TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $42,835 contract to Communications Professionals Inc., Southfield, Mich., for miscellaneous services. The contract was awarded by the Army's U.S. Property & Fiscal Office, Tacoma, Wash. For more information ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Distributed Processor Memory Module
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Dean A. Klein of Eagle, Idaho, and Graham Kirsch of Tadley, Great Britain, have developed a memory module for a computer system which is removably coupled to a computer system mother-board having a data bus and an address bus. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Texas Inventors Develop Ion Implantation System
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Robert D. Rathmell of Murphy, Texas, has developed a system and a method for ion dose measurement and compensation in the presence of photoresist outgassing, pressure and ion source fluctuations in a serial ion implanter. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
U.S. Army Awards $4,524 Contract to Gutz First Aid Gear
Sep 15, 2006 ... CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis., Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $4,524 contract to Gutz First Aid Gear Inc., Delta, Canada, for medical, dental and veterinary equipment and supplies. The contract was awarded by the Army's U.S. Property & Fiscal Office, Camp Douglas, Wis. For ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicles Unilateral Flow Rate Measurement Method
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Kiyonobu Hara, Sumio Noguchi and Kenichiro Kurai, all from Tochigi-ken, Japan, have developed a method of measuring a lateral displacement amount of a vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention makes it possible to measure a ...
Kansas, Iowa Inventors Develop Short Flow Milling Process
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- John Griebat of Atchison, Kan., and David Strief of Palo, Iowa, have developed a method for providing milling services. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a short flow milling process wherein finished product is ...
New York Inventor Develops Decorative Ornamental Structure for Canned Fuels
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Olga Mogilevsky Piankov of Flushing, N.Y., has developed a decorative sconce-like article for displaying environmental elements. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "apparatus for a decorative ornamental structure for ...
Missouri Inventor Develops Portable Barbeque Grill
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Erroll D. Keller of Ellisville, Mo., has developed portable barbeque grills which have a light installed upon a grill and pivoting legs. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides the lighting, electrical components, ...
German Inventors Develop Lithotripsy System
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Matthias Mahler and Herbert Tauber, both of Erlangen, Germany, Heiko Kopping of Forchheim, Germany, and Markus Lanski of Nurnberg, Germany, have developed a device for adjustment of the focus position of the therapy head of a lithotripsy system. According to ...
California, Oregon Inventors Develop Storage Devices Connection Method
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Joseph A. Bennett of Roseville, Calif., and Knut S. Grimsrud of Forest Grove, Ore., have developed storage interfaces or links utilized to connect mass storage devices with a processor-based device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Wheel Front Face
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Damon Schell of Redondo Beach, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a front face of a wheel, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D528,063 on Sept. 12. The patent has been assigned to ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Toolbox
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Karl Kammerer of Fluorn-Winzeln, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a toolbox, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D527,522 on Sept. 5. The patent has been assigned to BETEK Bergbau- ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Backlight Modulus Lamp Replacement Device
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Wen-Pao Tseng and Hsin-Chien Chiang, both of Yangmei Taoyuan, Taiwan, have developed a lamp replacement device for the replacement of lamp in a direct type backlight modulus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Fixed Pin Bow Sight
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Abbas Ben Afshari of Pocatello, Idaho, has developed sights for archery bows. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixed pin bow sight is comprised of a bow sight having an attachment portion, a sight pin mounting portion and a sight pin ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Shining Personal Adornment
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Ching-Hui Lee of Tainan County, Taiwan, has developed a structure of a shining personal adornment. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A shining personal adornment includes a hollow body, a shining unit ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Lighted Reading Glasses
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Michael Waters of Barrington Hills, Ill., has developed a lighted reading glasses that are especially well-suited for reading in poorly lit areas. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lighted reading glasses are provided to enable clear ...
California Inventors Develop Peripheral Component Interconnect Bridge
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Baohua Chen and Zhinan Zhou, both of San Jose, Calif., and Kimchung Arthur Wong of Fremont, Calif., have developed a method of predicting burst-lengths of bus transactions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peripheral component ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Input Device with Cable Storage
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- David L Smith and Memphis Zhihong Yin, both of Corvallis, Ore., have developed input devices for an electronic device such as a computer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input device, which is capable of changing the appearance of a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop X-Ray Diagnosis Apparatus
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Hidefumi Okamura of Chiba, Japan, and Motomichi Doi of Ibaraki, Japan, have developed an X-ray generator for generating X-rays and a planer type X-ray detector for detecting X-rays. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray diagnosis ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Write Pointer Error Recovery System
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Derek A Thompson and Steve A McKinnon, both of Portland, Ore., and Darrell S McGinnis of Hillsboro, Ore., have developed write pointer error recovery systems and methods. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A write pointer from a write ...
British Inventor Develops Razor Head
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- William Ashley King of Buckinghamshire, Great Britain, has developed a razor head that has blade members with straight front cutting edges which are mutually parallel and lie in a cutting plane. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Imaginary ...
Texas Inventors Develop Antenna Mounting Apparatus
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- James S. Brunson of Dallas, and Hiep X. Nguyen of Fort Worth, Texas, have developed an apparatus for mounting antennas on a utility pole. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus comprises a group of brackets that encircle the ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Tricycle Body
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Dwayne Dennis Kostiuk and Marcel Edward Foley, both of Westlock, Canada, Larry David Stritchuk of Clyde, Canada, and Garth Lyle Barrett of Morinville, Canada, have developed an ornamental design for a tricycle body, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
California Inventors Develop Molecular Binding Detection Method
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Selena Chan and Andrew A. Berlin, both of San Jose, Calif., Xing Su of Cupertino, Calif., Tae-Woong Koo of South San Francisco, Calif., and Mineo Yamakawa of Campbell, Calif., have developed a method of detecting molecular binding by monitoring feedback controlled ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Network File Printing Method
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- SGary G. tringham and Todd Alexander Lutz, both of Boise, Idaho, have developed systems and methods for printing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one arrangement, the systems and methods pertain to receiving information with a ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Decorative Vehicle Hitch Step
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Guy Robert Goldstein of Huntington Beach, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a decorative vehicle hitch step, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D528,057 on Sept. 12. The original ...
Austrian Inventors Develop Microtome Cooling Chamber
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Reinhard Lihl of Vienna, Austria, Siegfried Tanki of Stegersbach, Austria, and Michael Zimmermann of Leopoldsdorf, Austria, have developed a cooling chamber for a microtome According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knife having a cutting edge is ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Stroller Frame
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Wang-Shing Lin and Chia-Neng Yeh, both of Tainan, Taiwan, Shih-Ching Li and Po-Lu Tsen, both of Tainan Hsien, Taiwan, and Ho-Tsang Li of Yun Lin Hsien, Taiwan, have developed an ornamental design for a stroller frame, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
California Inventor Develops Exemplary Squeeze Film Bearing Cartridge
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Peter Mavrosakis of Lomita, Calif., has developed a multi-thickness film layer bearing cartridge and a housing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary squeeze film bearing cartridge for a turbocharger includes a center section, two ...
French, Brazilian Inventors Develop Polyamide-Based Composite Material
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Dominique Dupuis of Crepy en Valois, France, Joe Varlet of Dardilly, France, Patrice Lacombe of Santo Andre, Brazil, have developed a polyamide-based composite material comprising mineral submicron particles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Bicycle Stem
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Mark McJunkin of Atlanta, and Robert DeRose of Macon, Ga., have developed an ornamental design for a bicycle stem, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D528,047 on Sept. 12. The patent has been ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Vehicle Wheel Front Face Portion
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Diko Sulahian of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a portion of a front face of a vehicle wheel, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D528,058 on Sept. 12. The ...
French Inventor Develops Scene Representation Management Process
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Jeo Royan of Rennes, France, has developed a process for managing the representation of at least one three dimensional model of a scene. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "process for managing the representation ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Lighting Device
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Yoshifumi Kato of Kariya, Japan, has developed a lighting device and a display device incorporating the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminating device comprises a transparent substrate, an area light emitting device and at ...
Channing Bete Wins $5,338 Contract
Sep 15, 2006 ... CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis., Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $5,338 contract to Channing Bete Co., South Deerfield, Mass., for books, maps and other publications. The contract was awarded by the Army's U.S. Property & Fiscal Office, Camp Douglas, Wis. For more ...
Alan Hyman Enterprises Wins $2,930 Contract
Sep 15, 2006 ... CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis., Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $2,930 contract to Alan Hyman Enterprises, Louisville, Ky., for miscellaneous services. The contract was awarded by the Army's U.S. Property & Fiscal Office, Camp Douglas, Wis. For more information ...
Changing Hearts Giftware Wins $14,360 Contract
Sep 15, 2006 ... CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis., Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $14,360 contract to Changing Hearts Giftware, Green Bay, Wis., for clothing, individual equipment and insignia. The contract was awarded by the Army's U.S. Property & Fiscal Office, Camp Douglas, Wis. For more ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Tetsuji Nakakuma of Shiga, Japan, and Hiroshige Hirano of Nara, Japan, have developed a method to prevent data from being corrupted or misread in a semiconductor memory device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device ...
California Inventor Develops High Gain Linear Mixer
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Shahla Khorram of Los Angeles has developed a high gain and a highly linear mixer that includes an input section, a mixing section, at least one tuning component, and at least one stand by current source. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Texas Inventors Develop Wireless Communication Portfolio System
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Mark Weinzierl of Frisco, Texas, and Kenneth Matthew Glover of Coppell, Texas, have developed systems and devices that integrate personal digital assistant technology with wireless communication technology. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
California Inventors Develop Computer Software Uninstallation Method
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Kenneth Hwang, Ravi Kannan, Babu Katchapalayam and Gopal Ramanujam, all from Los Angeles, William Cheng of San Gabriel, Calif., Bing Liu of Alhambra, Calif., Balaji Narasimhan of Culver City, Calif., and Jonathan Tran of Alhambra, Calif., have developed a system, a ...
French Inventor Develops Signalling Device
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Antoine De Lamberterie of Bobigny, France, has developed a lighting or signalling device, in particular for a motor vehicle, which comprises a light guide and a light source. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
Germany Inventors Develop Thermal-Insulating Material
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Bilge Saruhan-Brings of Troisdorf, Germany, Uwe Schulz of Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Germany, and Claus Ju Kroder of St. Augustin, Germany, have developed a thermal-insulating material having an essentially magnetoplumbitic crystal structure. According to the ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Clamp Lamp
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Shu-Feng Yu of Taipei County, Taiwan, has developed a lamp having a clamp that are capable of firmly grab an object, so as to securely fasten the lamp onto the object. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is to provide ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Stationery Storage Container
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Lisa Frank Green of Tucson, Ariz., has developed an ornamental design for a stationery storage container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D527,520 on Sept. 5. The patent has been assigned to ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Thin Film Integrated Circuit Fabricating Method
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Shao-Pin Ru of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a method of fabricating a thin film integrated circuit with thick film resistors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating printed circuit boards integrating thick film resistor ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Artistic Knife Self-Opening Handle
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Yin-Hai Huang of Taichung Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a self-opening handle for a heavy duty artistic knife. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-opening handle for a heavy duty artistic knife includes a handle which is combined with ...
French Inventors Develop Diffusing Coating method
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Christian Marzolin of Paris, and Jean-Luc Allano of Deuil la Barre, France, have developed a diffusing layer intended to be deposited on a substrate in order to make the light source homogeneous. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Italian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Cars
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Aldo Costa of Parma, Italy, has developed an ornamental design for a car including toy-car, motor-car, replica-car and scale-model-car, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D528,041 on Sept. 12 ....
Texas, Minnesota Inventors Develop microprocessor Bandwidth Management Method
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Charles Ray Johns, James Allan Kahle and Takeshi Yamazaki, all from Austin, Texas, Michael Norman Day of Round Rock, Texas, and Jeffrey Douglas Brown of Rochester, Minn., have developed an apparatus and a method for microprocessor bandwidth ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Beveled Writing Pole
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Martin L. Plumer of Bloomington, Minn., Nurul Amin of St. Paul, Minn., Vee S. Kong of Richfield, Minn., Richard P. Michel of Minneapolis, and Johannes van Ek of Minnetonka, Minn., have developed a beveled writing pole that includes a top portion, a beveled portion, ...
Belgian Inventors Develop Water Spray Retort System
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Hans De Cock and Marc Roels, both of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, and Gustaaf Persoons of Brecht, Belgium, have developed a retort systems that use spray water to aid in the distribution and mixing of steam and air within a sealed vessel. According to the U.S ....
Washington Inventor Develops Client-Server Communication System
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Blair Cooper of Fall City, Wash., has developed a communications system providing shared client-server communications interface and related methods. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communications system may include a plurality of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Automobile Replica
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Yuuji Muro and Sou Tamiya, both of Hachiouji, Japan, and Kouichi Suga of Toyota, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for an automobile and/or toy replica thereof, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Efficiently Testable Display Driving Circuit
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Shinichi Satoh of Tokyo has developed a device for driving a dot matrix display panel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for driving a dot matrix display panel has a number of first terminals that can be connected to different ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Motor Vehicles Meter Panel
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Koji Komiya and Masato Nagata, both of Wako, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a meter panel of two-wheeled motor vehicles, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D528,055 on Sept. 12 ....
South Korean Inventor Develops Liquid Crystal Display Device
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Seung-Hwan Moon of Yongin-si, South Korea, has developed a liquid crystal display device with the shift register and a method of driving scan lines using the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a bi-directional shift register and a ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Coated Article
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Glenn E. Freeman of Tarentum, Pa., Robert C. Lewetag of Saxonburg, Pa., and James P. Thiel of Pittsburgh, have developed a coated article having a sealed layered edge to impede corrosion of a coating at the edge and a method of making same. According to the U.S ....
German Inventors Develop Samples Photometric Measurement Device
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Reiner Spolaczyk and Andreas Maass, both of Hamburg, Germany, and Rainer Treptow of Norderstedt, Germany, have developeda device for photometric measurement of several samples that are exposed to radiation from a light source associated therewith. According ...
Rhode Island Inventors Develop Cable Material Applying Method
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Joseph Sylvia of Cranston, R.I., Ross Smith of Richmond, R.I., Larry Shelton of Warwick, R.I., and Daniel Upton of Smithfield, R.I., have developed an apparatus and a method for applying media to a cable or into a conduit. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Automobile Front Bumper
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Hirofumi Fukui and Mineo Imaiida, both of Aichi-ken, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a front bumper for an automobile, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D528,051 on Sept. 12 ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Wiring Board Fabrication Method
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Tooru Serizawa, Hiroshi Yagi, Osamu Shimada, Hiroyuki Hirai and Yuji Yamaguchi, all from Tokyo, Japan, and Yoshitaka Fukuoka of Fuchu, Japan, have developed a fabricating method of a wiring board provided with passive elements. According to the U.S. Patent ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Broadband Slot Antenna
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Yong Heui Cho, Jae Ick Choi, Sig Pyo Cheol and Jong-Suk Chae, all from Daejon, South Korea, and Jong Moon Lee of Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, have developed a broadband slot antenna and a slot array antenna using the broadband slot antennas. According to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Outside Mirror Assembly
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Joichi Kawanishi of Isehara, Japan, has developed an outside mirror assembly for vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outside mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror housing; an accessory part; a temporary fixing unit that ...
California Inventors Develop Drum Assembly Aligning Method
Sep 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- George Athanasiou of Burlingame, Calif., and Constantine Athanasiou of South San Francisco, Calif., have developed a method and an apparatus for aligning the component parts of a drum assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect ...