US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, October 9:
Belgian Inventors Develop Communication Network Service Deploying Method
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Dominique Chantrain of Edegem, Belgium, Michel Van Ackere of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, Hans Vanderstraeten of Lebbeke, Belgium, Lieven Trappeniers of Leuven, Belgium, Jan De Moerloose of Lovendegem, Belgium, Ste Focant of Etterbeek, Belgium, Claudine Batsleer of ...
New York Inventors Develop Silicon-on-Insulator Patterning Method
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Devendra K. Sadana of Pleasantville, N.Y., Dominic J. Schepis of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and Michael D. Steigerwalt of Newburgh, N.Y., have developed a patterning silicon-on-insulator (SOI) with silicon mask to create box at different depths. According to the ...
Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors Develop Oil Tank Sight Glass Monitor
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 --Anthony F. Denietolis, Jr. of Falmouth, Mass., and James G. Burke III of Londonderry, N.H., have developed an oil tank sight glass monitor with a housing having an opening therein sized to receive the sight glass of an oil tank. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Dental Implant Abutment
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Vincent J. Morgan of Boston has developed an abutment for dental implant and associated components for use therewith. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abutment for a medical or dental implant has a prosthetic receiving tapered post ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops Grab-Activated Self-Locking Winch Handle
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Donald J. Steiner of Norwalk, Conn., has developed a cranking device for operating a winch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock/release mechanism for the crank handle of a winch consists of a set of one or more pins that are captured ...
Washington Inventors Develop Predefined Parsing Information Using Method
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Roman Basko of Newcastle, Wash., Jay Sauls of Woodinville, Wash., and Radha Krishna Uppala of Redmond, Wash., have developed a parsing navigation information to identify occurrences of events of interest. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Australian Inventor Develops Printhead Module Support
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Kia Silverbrook of Balmain, Australia, has developed a printhead module support. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a support for supporting a plurality of printhead modules for a printhead. The support ...
Washington Inventor Develops Negative-Channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Fabrication Method
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Adrian B. Early of Snohomish, Wash., have developed processes providing high and low threshold p-type and n-type transistors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of fabricating negative-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (NMOS) devices and ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Carpet Stretcher Stabilizing Device
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- John G Suckow of Hubertus, Wis., has developed a stabilizing device for a carpet stretcher. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carpet stretcher is provided with the improvement of a stabilizing apparatus and method that attaches to a carpet ...
California, Illinois Inventors Develop Graphic Data Presentation System
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- David Costantino of San Diego, and Richard Donohue of Winthrop Harbor, Ill., have developed a system and a method for use in accessing and displaying information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system and method may include a ...
Florida Inventors Develop Gate Mounting Frame
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Jeff Bemis of Masarkytown, Fla., William Woodard of New Port Richey, Fla., and Dan Perry of Wilmington, N.C., have developed a frame for mounting a gate on a slope. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame for bracing a gate includes a ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Fluorescing Polymerizable Dental Material
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Benjamin J. Sun and Andrew M Lichkus, both of York, Pa., have developed a method and a shaped product-formed from low tack and fluorescing polymerizable dental material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a method of ...
California Inventors Develop Containers Radiation Shielding Detection Method
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- John I. Alioto of St. Helena, Calif., and Kenneth Greer of Los Altos Hills, Calif., have developed a method to determine the presence of radiation shielding material concealing illegitimate content in a container. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Australian Inventors Develop Printhead Assembly
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Kia Silverbrook and Tobin Allen King, both of Balmain, Australia, have developed a printhead assembly that incorporates a capping device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printhead assembly includes a carrier. An ink distribution ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Current Sharing Method
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Qingyou Zhang, Aibin Qiu, Jianping YingShien, and Jianhong Zeng, all from Taoyuan Shien, Taiwan, have developed a current sharing method and an apparatus for alternately controlling parallel connected boost power factor correction (PFC) circuits. According to ...
California Inventors Develop Data Transportation Method
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Firoz Kanchwalla, Sujit Bais, Srinivasan Maadapusi, Amol Dongre and Premkumar Somakumar, all from Sunnyvale, Calif., and David Lyle of Los Gatos, Calif., have developed a method and an apparatus for transporting data for a data warehousing ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Reciprocating Compressor
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Hiroshi Kanai of Saitama, Japan, has developed a reciprocating compressor ideal in an application in a supercritical freezing cycle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "reciprocating compressor, comprising a cylinder ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Electrical Connector Apparatus
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Marino Cecchi of Lake Geneva, Wis., has developed an apparatus for a quick release safety connector assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "electrical connector assembly for providing quick and easy release of ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Seal Assembly
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Kevin O. Goll of Park Ridge, Ill., has developed a seal assembly that comprises an elastomeric gland having insert openings and fastener openings. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Elastomeric inserts are removably disposed in the gland ...
Germany Inventors Develop Step-Up Converter
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Alois Braun of Neuburg, Germany, Walter Limmer of Munchen, Germany and Joachim Muhlschlegel of Grobenzell, Germany, have developed a step-up converter having power factor correction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A step-up converter has ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Actuator Position Control Method
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Eiji Yokoyama of Tokyo has developed a control system of following a follow target position. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system has a disturbance observer for obtaining a disturbance force estimation value and a speed ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Disk Device
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Masaki Ninomiya and Takehide Ohno, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an optical disk device and a tilt correction method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical disk device and a tilt correction method capable of high precision ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Low Noise Digital to Analog Converter
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Dustin D. Forman, A. Martin Mallinson and Simon Damphousse, all from Kelowna, Canada, have developed a low noise digital to analog converter with audio applications. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to ...
California Inventor Develops Fluid Powered Actuator System
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Robert Edward Holder of Los Angeles has developed an apparatus that includes a reservoir of a pressurized fluid connected to a supply conduit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid powered actuator has a first port and an second port. A ...
German Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Rolf Stephan, Manfred Horstmann and Karsten Wieczorek, all from Dresden, Germany, have developed a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for fabricating a semiconductor device different types of ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Fuel Meter
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Nicholas J. Emord of Hingham, Mass., has developed an apparatus and method for determining a parameter related to fuel consumption in an engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical sensor senses an electrical control signal used ...
Missouri Inventors Develop Internal Small Volume Storage Water Heater
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Kelly O. Homan of Rolla, Mo., has developed devices for water storage, heating and delivery. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage water heater of the invention provides an amount of unmixed recently heated water from an internal small ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Rapid Detached Connecting Device
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Chang-Ying Chen of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a rapid detached connecting device which can be connected to an opener head quickly. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A rapid detached connecting device ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Hand-Carryable Storing Device
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Cheng I Ho of Taichung Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a hand-carryable and a deformable storing device with seat. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-carryable and deformable storing device with seat is disclosed. It includes a storing ...
Colorado, Nebraska Inventors Develop Event Record Processing Method
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- John Gavan, Kevin Paul, Hans Van Arkel and Saralyn M. Mahone, all from Colorado Springs, Colo., Charles A. Dallas of West Colorado Springs, Colo., Cheryl Herrington of Monument, Colo., Terrill J. Curtis of Pueblo West, Colo., and James J. Wagner of Palmer Lake, Colo., ...
California Inventor Develops Dental Hygiene Device
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Gina Dellanina of Irvine, Calif., has developed a dental hygiene device and a teeth polishing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental hygiene device comprises a cup member including an attachment member that enables the device to ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Planer
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Xunzhuang Qiu of Jiangsu, China, has developed an ornamental design for a planer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D529,357 on Oct. 3. The patent has been assigned to Chervon International Trading ...
Florida, Georgia Inventors Develop Tile Shaping Apparatus
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Joel P. Osborne of Palm Harbour, Fla., and Ernest G. Osborne of Stockbridge, Ga., have developed an apparatus for shaping a tile to conform to a contour. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scribing device is provided that includes an ...
Inventors Develop Light Emitting Diode Driving Method
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Lajos Burgyan of Mountain View, Calif., and Francois Prinz of San Jose, Calif, have developed a system and a method for driving light emitting diode (LED). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention provide for a system ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Recording Apparatus
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Nobuhiro Katsuta, Hiroaki Satoh, Yoshihira Rai, Akira Mihara, Kenichi Kawauchi, Naoki Morita and Hiroshi Ikeda, all from Ebina, Japan, have developed a recording apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording apparatus contains a ...
Indian Inventors Develop Safety Cap System
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Premkumar Ramanathan, Giri Prasad Rajagopal and Kumaresan Narayanaswamy, all from Chennai, India, have developed a safety-cap system for an engine cooling device and a method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides ...
Swedish Inventor Develops Spacecraft Device
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Lars Hall of Sturefors, Sweden, has developed a device and a method for a spacecraft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention presented here relates to a device in a spacecraft comprising a carrier rocket, a satellite and a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Crystalline Thin Film
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Hideya Kumomi, Hidemasa Mizutani and Shigeki Kondo, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a process for producing a crystalline thin film. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for producing a crystalline thin film is provided which ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Complex Type Sigma-Delta Analog To Digital Conversion Unit
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Toshiaki Nagai and Hiroshi Yamazaki, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a complex type sigma-delta analog to digital conversion unit and a receiver with the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a complex type ...
New York, Kentucky Inventors Develop Optical Shuttle System
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Joel A. Kubby of Rochester, N.Y., Alex T. Tran of Clifton Park, N.Y., Jun Ma of Penfield, N.Y., and Fuqian Yang of Lexington, Ky., have developed an optical shuttle system and a method that is used in an optical switch. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventors Develop Data Compression Content-Based Segmentation Scheme
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Steven McCanne of Berkeley, Calif., and Michael J. Demmer of San Francisco have developed a content-based segmentation scheme for data compression in storage and transmission including hierarchical segment representation. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Pattern Switching Valve Stack
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Anil Kumar R. Shenoy and Ayoub E. Maher, both of Raleigh, N.C., and John R. Connolly of Clayton, N.C., have developed a valve stack for a work machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The valve stack has first and second valve bodies, each ...
French Inventors Develop Bipolar Transistor
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Michel Marty of St. Paul de Varces, France, Bertrand Martinet of Grenoble, France, and Cyril Fellous of Echirolles, France, have developed a method for manufacturing a bipolar transistor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention reltaes to a ...
South Korean, Singapore Inventors Develop Semiconductor Package
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Tae Heon Lee of Kuri-shi, South Korea, and Mu Hwan Seo of Aspen Heights, Singapore, have developed a semiconductor package that comprises a chip paddle and a semiconductor chip that has a plurality of bond pads. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Console
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Hideki Kobayashi of Takanezawa-machi, Japan, and Yoku Tahira of Niiza, Japan, have developed a console for a vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "console for vehicle capable of stably carrying goods during ...
Iowa Inventors Develop Hydrostatic Piston Pump Torque Limiting Device
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Nick L Boone of Ames, Iowa, and Gary R Lingenfelter of Nevada, Iowa, have developed a torque limiting device for hydraulic piston pump. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "torque control for a hydrostatic piston ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Drowsiness Detection Device
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Kaneo Mohri of Aichi, Japan, has developed a drowsiness detecting device and a waking device operatively connected with the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prompt, accurate and highly practical drowsiness detecting device and a ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Electric Motor Diagnostic System
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Mathew Boesch of Plymouth, Mich., Vijay Garg of Canton, Mich., and Abbas Raftari of Northville, Mich., have developed a diagnostic system and a method for an electric motor using torque estimates. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Inventor Develops Tire Condition Monitoring Apparatus Transmitter
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Youichi Okubo of Gifu-ken, Japan, has developed a transmitter and a receiver for tire condition monitoring apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an internal memory of a reception controller such as, for example, a read-only memory, ...
Washington, New Mexico Inventors Develop Cargo Storage Transportation System
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Walter P. Kistler of Redmond, Wash., Robert A. Citron of Mill Creek, Wash., and Thomas C. Taylor of Las Cruces, N.M., have developed a system for transportation and storage of cargo in space includes one or more platforms. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Illinois, Iowa Inventors Develop Shaft Axial Position Detection Method
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Gopal Subray Revankar of Moline, Ill., Dale H. Killen of Port Byron, Ill., and Keith Wayland Gray of Denver, Iowa, have developed a method and a system for detecting the position of a shaft that comprises providing a shaft with defined hardened metallic ...
U.S., German Inventors Develop Hierarchical Trees Runtime Merging Method
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Krishnendu Chakraborty of San Mateo, Calif., Amy M. Wong of Fremont, Calif., and Joerg Heilig of Hamburg, Germany, has developed a method and an apparatus for a runtime merging system of hierarchical trees with a reference node implementation. According to the ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Small Gas Engine Drain Valve
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Sean V. Ciesielka of Belvidere, Ill., has developed a drain valve for a small gas engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drain valve to be used with numerous drain applications, such as draining fluid from an engine, includes in an ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Power Steering Assembly
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Jeffrey J. Roethlisberger of Saginaw, Mich., has developed a power steering assist apparatus and a method of retrofitting. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power steering assembly and method of retrofitting therefore includes a housing ...
Maryland Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Saw
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Stuart J. Wright of Timonium, Md., has developed an ornamental design for a saw, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D529,358 on Oct. 3. The patent has been assigned to Black & Decker Inc., ...
German Inventor Develops Slide Valve
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Andreas Sauer of Grossostheim, Germany, has developed a slide valve for separation of two subsequent modules or chambers having separately adjustable pressure levels, wherein the modules are adapted for coating units. An abstract of the invention, released by ...
U.S., French Inventors Develop Large Round Baler
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Daniel Eric Derscheid of Ottumwa, Iowa, and Jean Viaud of Gray, France, have developed an improved manner of repositioning a baling chamber side wall. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In known large round balers, a rotating side wall is ...
3RD MEB TO BRING BENEFITS TO LOCAL COMMUNITY DURING TALON VISION, PHIBLEX 2007
Oct 09, 2006 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: With the return of U.S. forces here to conduct bilateral training with the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the annual Talon Vision and Amphibious Landing Exercises (PHIBLEX), Filipino residents of Barangay San Juan of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ink Droplet Placement Error Correcting System
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Kenichi Kawauchi and Akira Mihara, both of Ebina, Japan, have developed a system for correcting ink droplet placement errors in a recording apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Ink droplets ...
Illinois, Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors Develop Goal Based Learning System
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Mark Stewart Nichols of Downers Grove, Ill., James Andrew Gilchrist of Charlestown, Mass., and Alexander Han Leung Poon of Wolcott, Conn., have developed a system that provides a goal based learning system utilizing a rule based expert training system to provide a ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Contained Animal Environment Enhancement Article
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Jerome L. Donohoe of Milwaukee has developed an enrichment article for animals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The article generally includes a platform that is suspended from the floor of a cage or other containment. The article may be a ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Pet Operated Ball Thrower
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Dana S. Winter of Florence, Ore., has developed a ball thrower that is wholly operated by a pet, such as a dog. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "pet operated ball thrower including a base, a fulcrum post attached ...
New Hampshire Inventors Develop Fluid Flow Controlling Valve
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Paul R. Beswick of Newington, N.H., and Gary A. Treadwell of Dover, N.H., have developed a valve for metering fluid flow manually and with electronic means. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve for controlling the rate of fluid flow ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Gate Stack Forming Method
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Pai-Hung Pan and Ravi Iyer, both of Boise, Idaho, and Louie Liu of Meridian, Idaho, have developed a technique for elimination of pitting on silicon substrate during gate stack etch using material in a non-annealed state. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
U.S., German, Dutch Inventors Develop Wellbore Drilling System
Oct 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Roger Fincher and Larry Watkins, both of Conroe, Texas, Peter Aronstam of Houston, Volker Krueger of Celle, Germany, Sven Krueger of Winsen/Aller, Germany, Harald Grimmer of Lachendorf, Germany, and Peter Fontana of Amsterdam, Netherlands, have developed a wellbore ...