US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, September 18:
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Trench Top Width Control Method
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Jiann-Jong Wang and Ping Hsu, both of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, have developed a method for controlling the top width of a trench. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conductive layer is formed on the trench over the substrate, forming an ...
Texas Inventor Develops Input Image Reencoding Apparatus
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Justin Ridge of Sachse, Texas, has developed a method for selecting a format in which to re-encode an input that formattes the image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and corresponding method for reencoding an input image ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Brake Hydraulic Pressure Generator
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Tadashi Terazawa of Toyota, Japan, and Yoji Inoue of Toyoake, Japan, have developed a vehicle brake hydraulic pressure generator of the type in which the output of a booster is adjusted by a control valve. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
German Inventors Develop Backrest Folding Table
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Georg Berger of Bottrop, Germany, and Hans-Jo Brandt of Dahlem, Germany, have developed a folding table for a seat in a means of transportation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding table for the rear of a backrest, the table having ...
German Inventors Develop Bipolar Transistor Production Method
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Josef Bock of Munich, Germany, Thomas Meister of Taufkirchen, Germany, Reinhard Stengl of Stadtbergen, Germany, and Herbert Schafer of Hohenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, Germany, have developed a method for producing a bipolar transistor. According to the U.S ....
Oregon Inventors Develop Printing-Fluid Container
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Charlie Steinmetz and Curt Gonzales, both of Corvallis, Ore., and Daniel W. Petersen of Philomath, Ore., have developed a printing-fluid container designed for lateral insertion into a printing-fluid container bay that includes a leading surface. According ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Metal Oxide Semiconductor Transistor
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Hak-Dong Kim of Suwon, South Korea, has developed a method of manufacturing a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor capable of suppressing a short channel effect by suppressing boron ion diffusion in the MOS transistor. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Thin Film Circuit Device
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Sumio Utsunomiya of Suwa, Japan, has developed a thin film circuit device and a manufacturing method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a thin film circuit device in which a three-dimensional circuit structure is ...
Norwegian Inventors Develop Floating Plant, Generator
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Svein Dag Henriksen of Harstad, Norway, has developed a plant, a generator and a propeller element for generating energy from watercurrents. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "plant, generator and rotating member ...
Michigan, South Carolina Inventors Develop Vertical Cabinets Anti-Tip Linkage Mechanism
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Gary R. Ludwig of Holland, Mich., Jamie L. Payne Grand of Rapids, Mich., Todd T. Andres of Sparta, Mich., Robert Dalton of Mauldin, S.C., and Glyn A. Finch Jr. of Simpsonville, S.C., have developed an anti-tip interlocking linkage mechanism for vertical cabinets ....
Idaho Inventors Develop Transistor Gate Forming Methods
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Salman Akram and Akram Ditali, both of Boise, Idaho, have developed a method of forming a transistor gate that includes forming a gate oxide layer over a semiconductive substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Chlorine is provided ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Capacitor
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Ik-Soo Choi, Byung-Jun Park and Il-Young Kwon, all from Ichon-shi, South Korea, have developed a method of fabricating a capacitor for a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes: forming sequentially a ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Contact Structure
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Wei-Jye Lin of Pingtung, Taiwan, Ming-Jang Lin of Taichung, Taiwan, and Chorng-Wei Liaw of Yunlin, Taiwan, have developed a contact process and a structure for a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact process for ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Data Cartridge Exchange Apparatus
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Michael J. Chaloner and Paul C Coffin, both of Fort Collins, Colo., and Richard Lynn Gardner Jr. of Greeley, Colo., have developed a data cartridge exchange apparatus basically used in a data storage system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Thin-Film Semiconductor Substrate
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Masato Hiramatsu, Yoshinobu Kimura, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Masayuki Jyumonji and Masakiyo Matsumura, all from Yokohama, Japan, have developed a thin-film semiconductor substrate and a method of manufacturing the thin-film semiconductor substrate. According to the ...
California Inventors Develop Field Effect Transistor
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Qi Xiang of San Jose, Calif., and Matthew S. Buynoski of Palo Alto, Calif., have developed a silicon on insulator field effect transistor with a heterojunction gate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field effect transistor is formed on ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Silicide Process
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Ming-Tsung Chen of Hsin-Chu Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a silicide process utilizing a pre-amorphization implant and a second spacer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gate electrode is formed on a substrate with a gate insulating layer ...
Texas Inventor Develops Information Processing System
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Kenneth Wayne Waterston of Arlington, Texas, has developed a methodology and an implementation for enabling simulation of remotely controllable vehicle movements on a personal computer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Data Embedding Apparatus
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Koichi Kamijo of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a data embedding apparatus for embedding additional information into digital content. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides methods, apparatus and systems for providing ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Multiple Stacked Capacitors
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Heung-Jin Joo of Suwon-Si, South Korea, has developed multiple stacked capacitors formed within an opening with thick capacitor dielectric. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For forming stacked capacitors, an opening is formed through at ...
French Inventor Develops Snowboard Binding
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Jean-Marc Pascal of Voreppe, France, has developed special arrangements for a snowboard binding. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "snowboard binding that includes a part that can move relative to a fixed part and ...
New York Inventors Develop Hardware Logic Emulation System
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- William F. Beausoleil and Helmut Roth, both of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., R. Bryan Cook of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Tak-kwong Ng of Hyde Park, N.Y., Peter Tannenbaum of Woodstock, N.Y., Lawrence A. Thomas of West Hurley, N.Y., and Norton J. Tomassetti of Kingston, N.Y., ...
South Dakota Inventors Develop Overhead Livestock Enclosure Washing System
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Jerome Mack, Troy Truebenbach and Richard Kolb, all from Leola, S.D., have developed an overhead livestock enclosure washing system for cleaning the pens of a livestock confinement building. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The overhead ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Read, Write Transducer Carrying Slider
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- John Robert Pendray of Edina, Minn., and Zine-Eddine Boutaghou of North Oaks, Minn., have developed a slider that is configured for rapid bearing stabilization during ramp load operations. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slider ...
California Inventor Develops Endoluminal Graft Repair Device
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Michel Letort of Larkspur, Calif., has developed a balloon-tipped, multi-lumen catheter for endoluminal repair of endoluminal leaks in aortic or aorto-iliac endoluminal grafts. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoluminal graft repair ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Contact Holes Forming Method
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Yi-Nan Chen, Tse-Yao Huang and Hui-Min Mao, all from Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a method of forming contact holes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substrate on which a plurality of gate structures is formed is provided, wherein ...
British Inventor Develops Variable Valve Timing System
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Stephen William Mitchell of Bury, Great Britain, has developed an variable valve timing system for an internal combustion engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "variable valve timing system for an internal ...
German Inventors Develop Airport Luggage Transport System
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Wolfgang Brixius of Neunkirchen A.Br, Germany, Dominik Grafer of Dortmund-Wellinghofen, Germany, and Albrecht Hoene of Lappersdorf, Germany, have developed an airport luggage transport system, for containers adapted to transport individual items. According to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Device
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Yasushi Goto and Hideaki Kurata, both of Kokubunji, Japan, Takashi Kobayashi of Tokorozawa, Japan, Tokuo Kure of Hinodemachi, Japan, Hitoshi Kume of Musashino, Japan, Katsutaka Kimura of Akishima, Japan, and Syunichi Saeki of Ome, Japan, have developed a ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Hip Replacement Surgical Procedure
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Stephen B. Murphy of Medford, Mass., has developed a tissue preserving and a minimally invasive hip replacement surgical procedure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A minimally invasive hip replacement surgical procedure that is also ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Dynamic Plate Speaker
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Juha Backman of Espoo, Finland, has developed dynamic plate speakers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A speaker is formed using a plate such as a mobile phone display window as a vibrating element. At least two dynamic actuators are ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Anti-Islanding Method
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Duo Deng of Canton, Mich., and Anil Tuladhar of Dearborn Heights, Mich., have developed devices and methods for detecting islanding operation of a static power source. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for detecting ...
Delaware, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Detection System
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- CharlesWilker of Wilmington, Del., and James D. McCambridge of Swarthmore, Pa., have developed a nuclear quadrupole resonance detection system for detecting contraband. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to the "use of ...
British Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Shoe
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Sandra Choi of London has developed an ornamental design for a shoe, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D527,515 on Sept. 12. The patent has been assigned to J. Choo (Jersey) Ltd., Jersey, Great ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ferrofluid Power Generator
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Li-Chieh Hsu of Hsinchu, Taiwan, has developed a ferrofluid power generator with micro vortex generator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ferrofluid power generator with micro vortex generator is disclosed, which is capable of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Black Perylene Pigment
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Jin Mizuguchi of Yokohama, Japan, and Nobuya Shimo of Ohtake, Japan, have developed a black perylene pigment and a process for producing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "black perylene-based pigment produced ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Wireless Modem Current Limiter
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Bruce Miller and Golnaz Sanaie-fard, both of Coquitlam, Canada, and Ping Liu of Surrey, Canada, have developed an adaptive current limiter for wireless modem. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Logic Design Simulation Method
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- William R. Wheeler of Southborough, Mass., and Matthew J. Adiletta of Worcester, Mass., have developed a method, performed by at least one processing device, for simulating a logic design comprised of combinatorial logic and state logic. According to the U.S ....
Florida Inventors Develop Communication Unit Selective Coupling System
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Alfred B. Wieczorek of Davie, Fla., and Brian L. Adair of Spring Hill, Fla., have developed a method and a system for selectively coupling a communication unit to a hearing enhancement device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Backlight Module
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Mu Shan Liao and Wen Tse Tseng, both of Padeh, Taiwan, have developed a backlight module for reducing interference. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backlight module for reducing interference includes: a plurality of radiating units, a ...
California Inventor Develops Phase Change Memory
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Charles H. Dennison of San Jose, Calif., has developed a phase change memory with a select device having a breakdown layer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A select device may have its threshold current reduced relative to the threshold ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Generator
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Takatoshi Inokuchi of Kariya, Japan, Fuyuki Maehara of Nagoya, Japan, and Tadatoshi Asada of Anjo, Japan, have developeda vehicle generator and a vehicle generating system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle generating system ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Head Supporting Mechanism
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Hideki Kuwajima of Kyoto, Japan, and Kaoru Matsuoka of Osaka, Japan, have developed a head supporting mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load beam is attached to an actuator arm that is allowed to rock around a pivotal axis by ...
Michigan, Ohio Inventors Develop Skeletal Fixation Device
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Robert L. Doubler of Ida, Mich., and John E. Hammill Sr. of Rossford, Ohio, have developed a modular bone implant that is connected together using linear compression rather than torque, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Wet Clutch
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Jay J. Martin of Joliet, Ill., has developed a wet clutch with a clutch carrier that encloses a stack of clutch plates and a clutch backing plate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Two sets of alternating slots are provided in the clutch ...
Disan Engineering Wins $347,500 Contract
Sep 18, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $347,500 contract to Disan Engineering Inc., Nowata, Okla., for electrical end bells. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply ...
Preci-Manufacturing Wins $26,528 Contract
Sep 18, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $26,528 contract to Preci-Manufacturing Inc., Winooski, Vt., for sleeve bushings. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply ...
Technology Research Wins $28,264 Contract
Sep 18, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $28,264 contract to Technology Research Corp., Clearwater, Fla., for voltage regulators. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense ...
Castle Precision Industries Wins $80,000 Contract
Sep 18, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded an $80,000 contract to TMW Corp., operating as Castle Precision Industries, Sylmar, Calif., for link assemblies. The contract was awarded by the agency's ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Duplexing Protection Apparatus
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Shih-Chung Huang of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a lamp duplexing protection apparatus that comprises a first lamp module and a second lamp module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The first lamp module outputs a first decision signal ...
Kansas Inventor Develops Reciprocating Floor Conveyor Bearing
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Arthur L. Wilkens of Stockton, Kan., has developed a bearing for a reciprocating floor conveyor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The reciprocating floor conveyor includes a plurality of sub-deck guide beams and a plurality of floor ...
New York Inventor Develops Graft Assembly
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Andrew Kerr of New York has developed a stent and a graft assembly for treating vascular anomalies, such as aneurysms. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stent/graft assembly includes a tubular graft having an upstream end, a downstream end and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Digital Audio Video Data Transmitting Unit
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Takuya Nishimura, Hiroyuki Iitsuka, Masazumi Yamada, Shoichi Gotoh and Hideaki Takechi, all from Osaka, Japan, and Naoshi Usuki of Yawata, Japan, have developed a digital audio video (AV) data transmitting unit, a digital AV data receiving unit, a digital AV data ...
Texas Inventor Develops Semiconductor Substrate Planarization Method
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan of Austin, Texas, has developed a method of planarizing a semiconductor substrate with an etching chemistry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method of planarizing a substrate, the ...
German Inventors Develop Dyeing Keratinous Fiber Agent
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Wibke Gross, Horst Hoeffkes and Doris Oberkobusch, all from Duesseldorf, Germany, and Sandra Mausberg of Erkrath, Germany, have developed an agent for dyeing (coloring) keratin-containing fibers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
New York Inventors Develop Target System Feedback Control Method
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Casimer M. DeCusatis and Timothy Matthew Trifilo, both of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Lawrence Jacobowitz of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., have developed feedback control systems in which a periodic modulating signal is imposed onto a controller's command signal ....
Connecticut Inventors Develop Semiconductor Manufacturing Process
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Joseph D. Sweeney and Luping Wang, both of Brookfield, Conn., and W. Karl Olander of Indian Shores, Fla., have developed a semiconductor manufacturing facility utilizing exhaust recirculation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Electronics Module Locking Mechanism
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Martin W. Masters of Hillsborough, N.J., has developed a locking mechanism for electronics module of hearing instruments. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A force opposing tab on the peripheral surface of an electronics module will ...
California Inventor Develops Noise Reduction Apparatus
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Feei Y. Chung of Cupertino, Calif., has developed a method and an apparatus for noise reduction during seeks using signal blending. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The blending of control indicators of a non-linear seek mode control and ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Polishing Pad Pre-Conditioning Apparatus
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Chia-Che Chuang of Tainan, Taiwan, Wen-Chih Chiou of Miaoli, Taiwan, Hsin-Hsien Lu of Hsin Chu, Taiwan, and Liang-Guang Chen of Yilan, Taiwan, have developed an apparatus for pre-conditioning chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) pad. According to the U.S ....
Washington Inventor Develops Marine Habitat Enhancement System
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Anthony F. Frantz of Freeland, Wash., has developed a system and a method for protecting marine life from contaminated pilings. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine habitat enhancement system is provided that in one embodiment is ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Device
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Akinori Haza and Yasuyuki Okada, both of Osaka, Japan, and Masumi Nobata of Kyoto, Japan, have developed a semiconductor device which can be down-sized and integrated to a high degree. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Digital Communication Link
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Roger C. Becerra, William R. Archer, Brian L. Beifus and Mark A. Brattoli, all from Fort Wayne, Ind., have developed a serial interface circuit electrically connected to a controller to control an electric motor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Texas, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Mobile Renewable Energy Generator
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Brent Edward Weesner of Houston, and David Mackay McMillan of Hummelstown, Pa., have developed a portable renewable energy generator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for a portable renewable energy generator ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Hydrogen Gas Generation System
Sep 18, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- Michael Strizki of Hopewell, N.J., and Richard M. Mohring of East Brunswick, N.J., have developed a system for generating hydrogen gas using a catalyst from a fuel such as borohydride. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system includes ...