US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, September 28:
California Inventors Develop Optic Fiber Terminus Indexer
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Michael Santos Finona of Lake Forest, Calif., Terry Lee Adams of Huntington Beach, Calif., James Edward Novacoski of Yucaipa, Calif., and Jay Brian Betker of Yorba Linda, Calif., have developed an optical fiber connector that includes a housing having at least one ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Random-Number Generation Circuit
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Shuji Kikuchi, Tadanobu Toba and Katsunori Hirano, all from Yokohama, Japan, Yuji Sonoda of Hiratsuka, Japan, and Takeshi Wada of Akishima, Japan, have developed a semiconductor device, and the method of testing or making of the semiconductor ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Male Urethral Stent Device
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Barry Gellman of Easton, Mass., has developed a urethral stent for use within a patient. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stent for treatment of a body lumen through which a flow is effected on either side of a sphincter, said stent ...
California Inventor Develops Composite Carbon Nanotube Thermal Interface Device
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Valery M. Dubin of Portland, Ore., has developed methods of fabricating a composite carbon nanotube thermal interface device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a composite carbon nanotube structure comprising a number of ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Ovarian Cancer Detection Method
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Bin Ye and Samuel C. Mok, both of Brookline, Mass., Daniel W. Cramer of Chestnut Hill, Mass., Ross S. Berkowitz of Waban, Mass., and Steven Skates of Cambridge, Mass., have developed a method for determining whether a woman has, or is likely to develop, ovarian ...
Texas Inventors Develop Inactive Window Manipulation Method
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Faisal M. Awada and Philip Bernard Burkes, both of Round Rock, Texas, and Joe Nathan Brown of Austin, Texas, have developed a method and a system for controlling an application displayed in an inactive window. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Building Control System
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Christine M. Brindac of Woodridge, Ill., John M. Skowron of Lindenhurst, Ill., Nellie Martin of Libertyville, Ill., have developed a method of field panel trending on event in a building control system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Silicide Layer Formation Method
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Jin Hyo Jung of Bucheon-si, South Korea, has developed methods of forming silicide layers of a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosed method comprises: depositing a polysilicon layer, a buffer oxide layer, and ...
California, Georgia Inventors Develop Address Translation System
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- John C. Mayes of Redwood City, Calif., and Brantley W. Coile of Athens, Ga., have developed a security system for network address translation systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for translating local ...
Washington Inventors Develop Computer-Implemented Queueing System
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Donald Thompson of Mercer Island, Wash., and Alan S. Geller of Redmond, Wash., have developed a queueing network framework for processing messages in stages in a multi-processor environment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An event source ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for K-Lever Craft Punch
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Chie Tou of Kowloon, Hong Kong, has developed an ornamental design for a K-lever craft punch, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D529,095 on Sept. 26. The patent has been assigned to Midas ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Torsion Bar Type Torque Sensor System
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Shigetoshi Fukaya and Naoki Nakane, both of Toyota, Japan, Kiyoshi Sugimura of Toyoake, Japan, and Kenji Takeda of Okazaki, Japan, have developed an adjustment-circuit embedded semiconductor sensor and a torsion bar type torque sensor system. According to the ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Bandedge Equalization Performing Apparatus
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Christopher Hugh Strolle of Glenside, Pa., has developed an apparatus for equalizing the amplitudes of the bandedges of a broadband signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and apparatus for performing ...
Washington Inventor Develops Autotiller Control System
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Kazuhide Konya of Mercer Island, Wash., has developed an autotiller control system for aircraft utilizing camera sensing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "automatic control system for directional control of an ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Universal Serial Bus Hub Keypad
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Laszlo Elteto of Irvine, Calif., James Khalaf of Santa Ana, Calif., Reed H. Tibbetts of Tustin, Calif., Mehdi Sotoodeh of Mission Viejo, Calif., Calvin W. Long of Arcadia, Calif., and Shawn D. Abbott of Calgary, Canada, have developed a method and an apparatus for ...
California Inventors Develop Swivel Joint Apparatus
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Albert E. Johnstone III of La Mesa, Calif., and Frank W. Ratliff of Alpine, Calif., have developed a swivel joint apparatus and a method for utility supply to a rotatable building. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swivel joint apparatus ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Biluminal Endovascular Graft System
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Chad J. Kugler of Andover, Minn., John R. Drontle of Monticello, Minn., Peter T. Keith of St. Paul, Minn., Thomas V. Ressemann of St. Cloud, Minn., Matthew J. Olson of Roseville, Minn., and Thomas K. Heiland of Brooklyn Park, Minn., have developed an endovascular ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Optical Module
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Hiromi Kurashima of Yokohama, Japan, has developed an optical module to be put into a host board. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The present invention provides an optical module to be put into a host ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Thermal Tolerant Mannanase
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Shi-You Ding, William S. Adney and Todd B. Vinzant, all from Golden, Colo., and Michael E. Himmel of Littleton, Colo., have developed a thermal tolerant mannanase from acidothermus cellulolyticus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Exposure Device
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Kenji Matsumoto and Toshiro Hayakawa, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a gallium nitride (GaN) based semiconductor laser and an image exposure device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "In order to ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Rendezvous Point Interpiconet Scheduling Apparatus
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Fredrik Alriksson of Johanneshov, Sweden, Niklas Johansson of Jarfalla, Sweden, and Ulf Jonsson of Huddinge, Sweden, have developed a method of communicating in an ad hoc polling based communication infrastructure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Connecticut, California Inventors Develop Laser-Radiation Transmission Assembly
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Vernon Seguin of Windsor, Conn., Leon Newman of Glastonbury, Conn., Anthony DeMaria of West Hartford, Conn., and R. Russel Austin of Half Moon Bay, Calif., have developed an electro-optical switch that includes an optical assembly arranged to transmit ...
German Inventors Develop Motor Vehicle Stereo Camera System
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Ulrich Seger of Leonberg, Germany, and Uwe Apel of Neckartailfingen, Germany, have developed a stereo camera system in a motor vehicle, in particular for classifying objects and determining distance. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Axle Assembly with Bearing Adjustment Mechanism
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Richard A. Ason of Plymouth, Mich., and Jeffrey S. Jackson of Fenton, Mich., have developed an axle assembly with bearing adjustment mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an axle assembly for a motor ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Dynamic Bioabsorbable Fastener
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- James A. Peterson, Joseph M. Gryskiewicz and Delmer L. Smith, all from Edina, Minn., and Christopher J. Sperry of Plymouth, Minn., have developed a dynamic bioabsorbable fastener for use in wound closure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
California Inventors Develop Distributed Processing Framework System
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Madhava V. Avvari and Gabriel R. Reynaga, both of Cupertino, Calif., Satya N. Dodda and Bae-Chul Kim, both of San Jose, Calif., Konstantin I. Boudnik and Narendra Patil, both of Santa Clara, Calif., and David S. Herron of Fremont, Calif., have developed a method for ...
California Inventor Develops Butterfly Network
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Feng Cao of Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed a butterfly network with switches set for two node disjoint paths and a method for forming the paths. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a butterfly network, a number of switches are set to ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Rotating Concrete Finishing Trowel
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Charles J. Ewer of Holcomb, Wis., and William T. Niznik of Lublin, Wis., have developed a motor-driven rotating finishing trowel for concrete. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary cement or concrete finishing trowel has an operating ...
German Inventors Develop Programmable Controller
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Wolfgang Stripf of Karlsruhe, Germany, and Volker Wendel of Hagenbach, Germany, have developed a universal, distributed and interconnected automation and management engineering and information system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Texas Inventors Develop Wireless Communication Method
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Mohammed Nafie of Richardson, Texas, Anand Dabak of Plano, Texas, and Timothy M. Schmidl of Dallas, have developed a wireless communication transmission channel estimation by initial data exchange to determine calibration factors to apply to tracked channel ...
California Inventor Develops Lung Assist Apparatus
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Richard S. Ginn of San Jose, Calif., has developed a lung assist apparatus and a method for use. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lung-assist apparatus includes a tubular housing, a tubular nozzle therein, and a first valve disposed ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Model-View-Controller Architecture
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Louis M. Weitzman of Brookline, Mass., has developed a method, a system and a program product in a model-view-controller (MVC) programming architecture for inter-object communication with transformation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
U.S., South Korean Inventors Develop Information Transmission Method
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Yeshik Shin of Sunnyvale, Calif., David D. Lee of Palo Alto, Calif., Shing Kong of Brisbane, Calif., and Deog-Kyoon Jeong of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a method and a system for communicating control information via out-of-band symbols. According to ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Protein Crystallography Hanging Drop Multiwell Plate
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Ma Sha of Boxborough, Mass., has developed methods for fabricating and using the protein crystallography hanging drop multiwell plate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a microplate for performing ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Data Routing Switch
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Joseph Williams of Holmdel, N.J., has developed a mesh architecture for synchronous cross-connects. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A synchronous cross-connect switch for routing data samples from a source node to a destination node ...
Israeli Inventor Develops Video Conference Images Preparing Method
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Noam Eshkoli of Tel Mond, Israel, has developed a system and a method for preparing video conference images. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endpoint has a wide screen display. The disclosed system creates an image with an aspect ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Queue Key List Structure Generation Method
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Cuong M. Le and Glenn R. Wilcock, both of Tucson, Ariz., have developed a system and a method for processing multiple work flow requests from multiple users in a queuing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
Iowa Inventor Develops Material Compacting Device
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- John P. Moyna of Elkader, Iowa, has developed a compacting device for compacting a material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The compacting device may have a base and a column which extends from the base. A sleeve may be fitted and ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops Spool
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- James Craig of Newtown, Conn., has developed a spool for a supply of printing material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spool for a supply of printing material includes a first part having a shaft on which the supply of printing ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Human Hepatoma Associated Protein
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Xintai Zhao, Dafang Wan and Jianren Gu, all from Shanghai, China, have developed a human hepatoma associated protein and the polynucleotide encoding said polypeptide. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a new kind of ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias Treating Apparatus
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Robert D. Dreher and William L. Zimmer, both of Roseville, Minn., David B. Krig of Brooklyn Park, Minn., James O. Gilkerson of Stillwater, Minn., Jan D. Wald of Edina, Minn., and William J. Linder of Golden Valley, Minn., have developed a system and a method for ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Cam Controlled Blades Dispenser
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Daniel C. Notarnicola of Middletown, N.J., has developed a dispenser for feeding perforated paper towels from a continuous roll of paper towels. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus includes a dispenser body for containing the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Photothermographic Material
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Hajime Nakagawa of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a photothermographic material and image forming method using the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "photothermographic material comprising a support body ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Solid State Image Pickup Apparatus
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Shigetoshi Sugawa and Hiroki Hiyama, both of Atsugi, Japan, Isamu Ueno of Hadano, Japan, Toru Koizumi of Yokohama, Japan, Katsuhito Sakurai of Machida, Japan, and Tetsunobu Kochi of Hiratsuka, Japan, have developed a solid state image pickup apparatus with a floating ...
Texas Inventors Develop Computer-System Processing Method
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Gordon Clyde Fossum and Barry L Minor, both of Austin, Texas, have developed a method for computer system processing for blending quadrilateral data values with triangular data values to generate an image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
German Inventors Develop Conductor Rails with Extensible Connector
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Michael Heitmann and Manuela Westermann, both of Kamen, Germany, and Arno Schroder of Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, have developed a connector for connecting two conductor rail sections. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
New York Inventors Develop Interchangeable Stadium Seating
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Scott Suprina of Commack, N.Y., and Tony English of Huntington, N.Y., have developed a quickly removable and relocatable stadium seating for sporting and live entertainment events. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus ...
California Inventors Develop Nucleic Acid Amplification Method
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Jeffrey Van Ness, David J Galas and Lori K Van Ness, all from Claremont, Calif., have developed a nucleic acid amplification using nicking agents. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods and kits for amplifying ...
Virginia Inventors Develop Message Signaling Network
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Lev Volftsun and Mikhail Rabinovitch, both of Herndon, Va., Clay H. Neighbors of Reston, Va., Fred R. Rednor of Arlington, Va., Andrew West of Leesburg, Va., and Adrian Kingston of Sterling, Va., have developed an advanced voice communication feature transparency in ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Wheel End with Rotation Sensor
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Mark A. Joki of Dover, Ohio, and Timothy J. Krabill of Louisville, Ohio, have developed a wheel end for an automotive vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel end for mounting a road wheel of an automotive vehicle includes a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Interlace Image Signal Conversion Method
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Tomoya Kodama of Kanagawa-ken, Japan, has developed a method and an apparatus for converting an interlace image to a progressive image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interlace image signal is converted to a progressive image ...
French, German Inventors Develop Spinal Implant
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Mingyan Liu of Bourge la Reine, France, Daniel Chopin of Groffliers, France, and Hans-Jo Meisel of Berlin Lichterfelde, Germany, have developed a spinal implant for promoting fusion of adjacent vertebrae and restoration of normal disc height. According to the ...
French Inventors Develop Polynucleotide
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Muriel Gondry and Roger Genet, both of Limours-en-Hurepoix, France, Sylvie Lautru of Verneuil-sur-Seine, France, and Jean-Luc Pernodet of Cachan, France, have developed polynucleotides and polypeptides coded by said polynucleotides involved in the synthesis of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Driver Circuit
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Natsuki Kushiyama of Kanagawa, Japan, and Ryubi Okuda of Tokyo, have developed a driver circuit and a system including driver circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver circuit disclosed herein comprises a first inverter which ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Inter-Sharable Content Object Navigation Method
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Chad A. Schoettger of Louisville, Colo., Frank L. Weil of Boulder, Colo., and Jason A. Heddings of Erie, Colo., have developed methods and an apparatus for providing inter-sharable content object navigation, for example, in sharable content object reference ...
Inventors Develop Tandem Image Forming Device
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Tomoaki Hattori of Nagoya, Japan, has developed a tandem image forming device, such as a laser printer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tandem color laser printer is provided with a photosensitive drum unit, a developing unit, and a ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop Thermal Printing System
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Donald G. MacKay of Roxbury, Conn., Benjamin Singer of Bridgeport, Conn., and Frederick W. Ryan Jr. of Oxford, Conn., have developed a method and a system for thermal printing of secure documents. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems Wins $6.63 Million Contract Modification
Sep 28, 2006 ... HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass., Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $6.63 million contract modification to Lockheed Martin Mission Systems, Colorado Springs, Colo., to continue software development, integration and system engineering activities related to the Theater Battle Management ...
California Inventor Develops Dynamic Ornamental Appearance Computing Device
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Duncan Kerr of San Francisco has developed an electronic devices that is capable for changing the appearance of a computing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention pertains to electronic devices capable of dynamically ...
Italian Inventors Develop Magnetic Thread-Guide Apparatus
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Laciano Franzolini and Stefano D'Amicis, both of Milan, Italy, have developed a device and an apparatus with magnetic thread-guide for winding a thread onto cylindrical supports. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thread-guiding device for ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Microbiological Growth Detection Method
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Nadine Michele Sullivan and Sara Elizabeth Allen, both of Sun Prairie, Wis., have developed a detection of microbiological growth in a sealed container using a poising agent. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Viterbi Decoder Generator
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Ying-Heng Shih of Pingtung, Taiwan, has developed an apparatus which used to generate a branch metric for a Viterbi decoder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus includes a linear feedback shift register and a convolutional ...
New York, California Inventors Develop User Controllable Data Grouping Method
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Shyh-Kwei Chen of Chappaqua, N.Y., Jen-Yao Chung of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Michael J. Ding of San Jose, Calif., have developed methods and an apparatus which solves the looping problem in structural documents, such as those defined by document object model, ...
Maryland Inventor Develops Pseudo Arthrosis Device
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Reginald Davis of Cockeysville, Md., has developed a device that replaces a damaged spinal disc and promotes fibrous ingrowth. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pseudo arthrosis device may be placed in a disc space to provide support for ...
Florida Inventors Develop Cable Winch System
Sep 28, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Ned E. Mott and John Russell, both of Tarpon Springs, Fla., have developed a fishing vessel cable winch system for lowering nets into the water and raising nets from the water. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...