US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, October 4:
Texas, Minnesota, New York Inventors Develop Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments Design
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Jose Ignacio Adachi of Stafford, Texas, Alexei A. Savitski of Houston, Dmitriy Igor Garagash of Potsdam, N.Y., and Emmanuel Detournay of Roseville, Minn., have developed an interpretation and a design of hydraulic fracturing treatments. According to the U.S ....
Illinois Inventor Develops Wireless Resource Sharing Rewarding Apparatus
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Michael D. Kotzin of Buffalo Grove, Ill., has developed a method and an apparatus for enabling and rewarding wireless resource sharing. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method and apparatus determines ...
German, Finnish, Dutch Inventors Develop Wireless Message Services Charging Control Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Petri Maekiniemi of Wurselen, Germany, Jari Vuorio of Aachen, Germany, Leena Mattila of Kaarina, Finland, Reijo Salminen of Helsinki, Finland, and Frank Hundscheidt of Kerkrade, Netherlands, have developed a method for controlling charging for wireless message ...
Indian Inventors Develop Input Signal Noise Reduction Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Visvesvaraya A Pentakota and Nitin Agawal, both of Bangalore, India, have developed a method for reducing the effect of noise present along with an input signal when sampling the input signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the ...
South Carolina Inventors Develop Furniture With Fibrous Felt Construction
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Jerry W. Owens Jr. of Boiling Springs, S.C., Joseph C. Moon of Greer, S.C., and Susan K. Crow of Simpsonville, S.C., have developed interior treatments and furniture of fibrous felt construction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Interior ...
Oklahoma Inventors Develop Gas Separation Apparatus
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Harry Eugene Flynn, Robert O. Martin and Charles A. Nataile, all from Edmond, Oklahoma, have developed a method for separating gas from a first gas,solid or gas,liquid mixture. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel gas separation apparatus ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Image Formation System
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Cheol-ju Yang of Daego Metropolitan-City, South Korea, and Jun-bae Jeon of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a method and an apparatus to prevent a transfer roller from being contaminated by toner in an image forming system. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Infant Sleeping System
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Darcie Marie French of British Columbia, Canada, has developed a crib sheet with attachment points that are used to attach to the crib rails or bed frame. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The crib sheet is used in combination with an infant ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Air Filtration Apparatus
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Ronald Donald Stead of Ortonville, Mich., has developed a method for removing pollutants from air containing pollutants. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "air filtration and aromatizer apparatus which includes a ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Tip Junction Spacer Layer
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Bernhard Sell and Sanjay Natarajan, both of Portland, Ore., Ibrahim Ban of Beaverton, Ore., and Mark Bohr of Aloha, Ore., have developed a tepped tip junction with spacer layer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention ...
California Inventors Develop Consistent Connection Data Generation Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Mehul R. Vashi, Qingqi Wang and Andy H. Gan, all from San Jose, Calif., and Huimou Juliana Li of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a method for generation of consistent connection data for a first circuit embedded in a second circuit. According to the U.S ....
Washington Inventors Develop Script-Based Device Driver Employing Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Vladimir Sadovsky, Lyman Cooper Partin and Byron Changuion, all from Bellevue, Wash., and Franc J. Camara of Redmond, Wash., have developed a computer system and a method which uses script-based device drivers for operating hardware devices. According to the ...
U.S., German Inventors Develop Clock Signal Supply Network Placement Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Stefan G. Auracher of Baierbrunn, Germany, Claus Pribbernow of Munich, Germany, Andreas Hils of Unterhaching, Germany, Juergen Dirks of Holzkirchen, Germany, Manisha R. Patel of Milpitas, Calif., and James T. Imper of Mountain View, Calif., have developed a method of ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Trace Signal Evaluation Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Mark D. Frank of Longmont, Colo., Jerimy Nelson of Fort Collins, Colo., and Peter Shaw Modauer of Wellington, Colo., have developed a system and a method for evaluating signal coupling between differential traces in a package design. According to the U.S ....
New York Inventor Develops Lint Roller Handle
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Flavio DeRoma of Blauvelt, N.Y., has developed a lint roller assembly that is encased within a lint roller handle and cover. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "lint roller which includes a handle, a roller, a roller ...
New York Inventors Develop Input/Output Channel State Tracking Technique
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Daniela Rosu and Marcel-Catalin Rosu, both of Ossining, N.Y., have developed an application-level access to kernel input/output (I/O) state. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A technique for tracking a ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Pallet Jack
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Chuck Baumgarner and Tracey Baumgarner, both of Laveen, Ariz., have developed a pallet jack. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pallet jack includes a hydraulic system that allows for adjustment of the pallet-engaging portion of the jack ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Print Controlling Apparatus
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Takayuki Aizawa of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a print controlling apparatus for controlling a printing process for a printer main body. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clock supply from a clock controller to portions other than a ...
Ohio, New Jersey Inventors Develop Slow Roll Correcting System
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- William Finley of Cincinnati, and Mark Hodowanec of Freehold, N.J., have developed systems for correcting slow roll. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a system comprising: a heating element; and a control ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Bariatric Gurney
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Donald E. Mitchell of Mooresville, Ind., Thomas Godby of Indianapolis, and Steve Nelson of Brownsburg, Ind., have developed a bariatric gurney and a process of moving a bariatric patient. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Rear Combination Lamp
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Yukio Taneoka of Wako, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a rear combination lamp for an automobile, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D529,207 on Sept. 26. The patent has been assigned ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Information Processing System
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Yoshinori Abe of Tokyo has developed an information processing system and a method capable of performing the multi-function operation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention aims to "perform a cluster operation of a plurality of ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Multi-Tuner Television Receiving Apparatus
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Jong-Hee Han of Suwon, South Korea, has developed an improved process and an apparatus for viewing video programs. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "process and network able to restrict a video appliance equipped ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Cleaning Brush Structure
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Shu-Feng Yu of Taipei County, Taiwan, has developed a cleaning brush structure with a replaceable brush hair plate. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The present invention discloses a cleaning brush ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Height-Adjustable Washstand
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Soon-Jin Hong of Seoul, South Korea, has developed a bracket and a hydraulic valve for a height-adjustable washstand. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a bracket for a height-adjustable washstand capable of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Virtual Computer System
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Shinichi Kawamoto of Hachioji, Japan, Tatsuo Higuchi of Fuchu, Japan, and Naoki Hamanaka of Tokyo, have developed virtual computer systems and computer virtualization programs. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a virtual ...
New York, Vermont Inventors Develop Static Timing Analysis Pessimism Removal Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Kerim Kalafala of Rhinebeck, N.Y., Peihua Qi of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Alexander J. Suess of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Chandramouli Visweswariah of Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., and David J. Hathaway of Underhill Center, Vt., have developed a method of removing pessimism in ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Material Applying Hand Tool
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Dean J. Cowdery of Minneapolis has developed a combined hand tool and an applicator that is useable for applying a material to a surface. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An applicator mounted on a hand T-bar tool has a split tube removably ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Suspension Assembly
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Richard L. Segar and Gordon M. Jones, both of Eagan, Minn., Jennifer A. Engebrit of Burnsville, Minn., and Keefe M. Russell of Robbinsdale, Minn., have developed an improved head gimbal assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Dual Mode Windshield Wiper Assembly
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Joe V. Sorensen of Twin Falls, Idaho, has developed a windshield wiper assembly with an expandable scrubbing element capable of washing debris from a windshield. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the subject invention is ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Liquid Coating Apply Apparatus
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Catherine A. Nennig and Julie M. Bednarz, both of Neenah, Wis., James A Cotter II of Waupaca, Wis., Bruce Siebers of Kimberly, Wis., and Fung-jou Chen of Appleton, Wis., have developed an apparatus for applying a liquid coating onto an object. According to the ...
Iowa Inventors Develop Universally Adjustable Bedstead System
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Eric D Hennings and Donald R Hennings, both of Moville, Iowa, have developed methods and apparatus for assembling an adjustable bedstead into a multiplicity of configurations. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collection of adjustable, ...
Spanish Inventor Develops Plastics Pieces Marking Sequential Numbering Apparatus
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Alberto Navarra Pruna of Barcelona, Spain, has developed a sequential numbering apparatus used for marking plastics pieces obtained by an injection process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A numbering apparatus incorporates a push rod ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Optical Proximity Correction Performance Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Ebo Croffie of Portland, Ore., has developed a method and a system for performing optical proximity correction on an integrated circuit (IC) mask design. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system and method of the present invention ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Image Data Decoding Apparatus
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Pierre Cote of St. Charles-sur-Richellen, Canada, has developed a method and an apparatus for encoding images to an encoding unit in conjunction with a library of pictorial entities and image qualifiers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
California Inventors Develop Integrated-Circuit Layout Routing Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Steven Teig of Menlo Park, Calif., and Etienne Jacques of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed layouts with routes with different spacings in different directions on the same layer, and method and apparatus for generating such layouts. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Mist Collection Filter
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Bruce A. Johnson of Lake Elmo, Minn., and Mark A. Gogins of Roseville, Minn., have developed a mist filtration arrangement utilizing fine fiber layer in contact with media having a pleated construction and floor filter method. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
New Hampshire Inventors Develop Firearm Cartridge Identification Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Todd E. Lizotte of Manchester, N.H., and Orest Ohar of Hooksett, N.H., have developed a method and an apparatus for reading firearm microstamping. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "indicia for marking on an object, such ...
Washington Inventors Develop Contested Account Registration Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Munir Mahmood and Elaine Lan Chen, both of Bellevue, Wash., Robert M. Hyman of Sammamish, Wash., Sachin Kukreja of Seattle, Danpo Zhang of Issaquah, Wash., and Barry I. Kelman of Woodinville, Wash., have developed methods and systems for resolving naming contests when ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Software Atomization
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Mathew J. Hostetter of Cambridge, Mass., and Benjamin R. Harrison of Somerville, Mass., have developed a method of loading atomized computer program code and data on demand. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Software atomization provides a ...
Indiana Inventors Develop In Bed Patient Pulling Up Apparatus
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- John Arnold Faux of Oldenburg, Ind., Jon C. Tekulve of Milan, Ind., Troy D. Acton of St. Paul, Ind., Gary Allen Vandenbark of Markleville, Ind., and Glenn L. Ellis of Indianapolis, have developed a patient positioning apparatus for use with a patient-support ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Bassinet With Compartments
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Shun-Min Chen of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a bassinet hung on a baby play yard. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The bassinet can be hung on a baby play yard and comprises a peripheral main body ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Fiber Chirped Pulse Amplification System
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Xinhua Gu, Yuzuru Uehara and Donald Harter, all from Ann Arbor, Mich., have developed an erbium fiber (or erbium-ytterbium) based chirped pulse amplification system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The use of fiber amplifiers operating in ...
South Carolina Inventors Develop Mattress Assembly
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Craig D. Ellis, Kenith W. Chambers and Stephen E. Glover, all from Charleston, S.C., and Kerry J. Mensching of Mount Pleasant, S.C., have developed a mattress assembly that includes an adjustable width, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The ...
California Inventor Develops Sports Comforter Bag
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Melinda Bates of Norwalk, Calif., has developed a new and improved apparatus that serves both as a blanket, pillow, or a carrying bag. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus that serves both as a blanket, pillow, or a carrying bag ....
Michigan Inventors Develop Valves Controlling Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- John O. Michelini of Sterling Heights, Mich., and Donald J. Lewis of Howell, Mich., have developed a control method for selecting cylinder and valve actuation modes in an engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to select cylinder ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Headlamp
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Toshiyuki Nagano of Izumisano, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a headlamp, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D529,205 on Sept. 26. The patent has been assigned to Cateye Co. Ltd., ...
Texas Inventor Develops Heat Deflecting Baffle
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Michael G. Brennan of Dallas has developed a direct vent fireplace defined by a combustion chamber bounded by a plurality of walls. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direct vent fireplace includes a heat deflecting baffle comprised of a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Circuit Operation Verification Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Tomoo Kimura, Tomonori Kataoka, Yoichi Nishida and Ikuo Fuchigami, all from Fukuoka, Japan, Ken Kawai of Osaka, Japan, and Yasuhiro Ishiyama of Shiga, Japan, have developed a circuit operation verifying method for verifying that each of a number of circuit elements of ...
Florida, Michigan Inventors Develop Spinal Implant
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Robert L. Diaz of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and Robert L. Doubler of Ida, Mich., have developed a spinal implant that is inserted between adjacent vertebrae to function as an disk prosthesis. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The prosthesis ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Phase Changeable Memory Device
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Horii Hideki of Seoul, South Korea, and Jeong-hee Park of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, have developed a phase changeable memory device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Phase-changeable memory devices and method of fabricating phase-changeable ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Carabiner Tool Assembly
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Edward Goldberg of Teaneck, N.J., has developed a carabiner-type attachment device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tool assembly comprises in one embodiment a body portion for storing a tool having a longitudinal length and a ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Electromagnetic Coil Gun System
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Arthur J. Schneider of Tucson, Ariz., has developed a magnetic field protection for the projectile of an electromagnetic coil gun system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic coil gun system includes a launcher having a ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Orthopedic Implant Applications Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Michael L. Boyer, II of Paoli, Pa., David C. Paul of Phoenixville, Pa., and Thomas B. Higgins of Berwyn, Pa., have developed multipiece implants formed of bone material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Automobile Front Combination Lamp
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Takahiro Minami and Tetsuya Nakagawa, both of Kanagawa-ken, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a front combination lamp for an automobile, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D529,206 on Sept ....
British Inventor Develops Data Structure Linked-List Implementation Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Timothy L. Harris of Cambridge, Great Britain, has developed a method of linked-list implementation of a data structure with concurrent non-blocking insert and remove operations. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A simple and therefore ...
Texas Inventor Develops Acetabular Component
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Mark Isom Richards of Leander, Texas, has developed an acetabular prosthesis that generally consists of an acetabular component and an acetabular shell. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The acetabular component includes an acetabular ...
Washington Inventor Develops Nursing Wedge
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Annette Marie Cottrell of Seattle has developed pillows for supporting infants during nursing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The nursing pillow is a firm foam wedge with feeding surfaces covered in softer, cushioning foam. The pillow ...
New York, Texas Inventors Develop Laser Ultrasound Testing System
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Peter W. Lorraine and Robert J. Filkins, both of Niskayuna, N.Y., Marc Dubois of Clifton Park, N.Y., and Thomas E. Drake of Fort Worth, Texas, have developed a laser ultrasound testing system with adaptive generation of sonic energy signals. According to the ...
California Inventor Develops Computer Interaction Input System
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Philip Rosedale of San Francisco has developed an input system which provides feedback that is matched to the user's input. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input and feedback system for use with simulator devices immobilizes a portion ...
California Inventors Develop Electronic Design Automation Method
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Robert M. Graham of Mountain View, Calif., and Kenneth S. McElvain of Los Altos, Calif., have developed a method of verification of digital circuitry using range generators. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Electrical Bracket
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Eric G. Hull of Madison, Ohio, and Dennis P. Revlock Sr. of Medina, Ohio, have developed an electrical bracket is for mounting an electrical device to a wall stud. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The bracket includes a frame having first ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Polygon Mirror Scanner
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Fumikata Andoh, Hideki Konno and Shinobu Kanatani, all from Atsugi, Japan, and Yasuhiro Aridome of Aikou-gun, Japan, have developed a polygon mirror scanner with an easily replaceable bearing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polygon ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Musical Wind Instrument
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Stephen E. Shire of Hopedale, Mass., has developed a valve assembly for use in a musical wind instrument. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve for use in musical wind instruments, associated musical instruments, and methods of ...
Honk Kong Inventor Develops Quilt
Oct 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Cheung Wing Hui of Tsuen Wan, Honk Kong, has developed a quilt which has a quilt cover and a quilt body for use therein. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The quilt cover has top and bottom panels, several peripheral openings between the top ...