US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Saturday, October 14:
California Inventors Develop On-Chip Jitter Measurement Apparatus
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Ken-Ming Li of Santa Clara, Calif., and Yun-Hsiang Chris Tsao of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a jitter measurement circuit that comprises delay elements arranged in a serially-connected chain, and first and second sets of circuitry. According to the U.S ....
Michigan Inventor Develops Body Panel Attachment Method
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Mark A. Savoy of Metamora, Mich., has developed a programmable apparatus and a method for body panel attachment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and apparatus for forming attachment pads in an inner body ...
German Inventor Develops Insulation Cutting, Displacing Contact Element
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Hartmuth Ploesser of Lautertal, Germany, has developed an insulation cutting and displacing contact element that comprises a substantially U-shaped insulation displacement portion and a clamping portion. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
California Inventors Develop Wheel-Immobilizing Device
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Donna L. Smith of Santa Ana, Calif., and Dean H. Smith of Lafayette, Calif., have developed a wheel-immobilizing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a wheel-immobilizing device that does not require ...
California Inventors Develop Human Antibodies Production Method
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Marco Anthony Coccia and Peter Brams, both of San Diego, have developed an improved method for producing human antibodies in severe combined immunodeficiency mice. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The improvement includes the use of ...
California Inventors Develop Lock Keying System
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Steve Armstrong of Anaheim Hills, Calif., and Gerald B. Chong of Rowland Heights, Calif., have developed a device, a method, and a system for keying a lock assembly. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: ...
German Inventors Develop Bovine Pancreatic Protein Production Method
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Bernhard Suppmann and Johann-Peter Thalhofer, both of Weilheim, Germany, Helmut Schoen and Rainer Muller of Penzberg, Germany, and Stephanie Ronning of Gottingen, Germany, have developed a method for production of recombinant bovine pancreatic desoxyribonuclease I in ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Heater Blade Array
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- John M. Adams of Mechanicsville, Va., and Naohisa Tsukamura of Sumoto, Japan, have developed an apparatus and a method for thermomechanically forming an aluminide part of a workpiece. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Impact Extrusion Molded Article
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Ken-ichi Ogura, Seizo Ueno, Toshiyuki Hosokawa and Yoshiya Eda , all from Tokyo, have developed an impact extrusion molded article, and impact extrusion molding method, and an impact extrusion molding apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Spiral Slide
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Frederick M. Rieber of Alum Bank, Pa., has developed an ornamental design for a spiral slide, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D529,980 on Oct. 10. The patent has been assigned to Solowave Design ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Security Padlock Construction
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Eric Lai of Tai Po, Hong Kong, has developed a high security padlock construction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "By providing a unique cam member which cooperatingly controls shackle locking elements to move between a first locked ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Reverse Input Blocking Clutch
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Masahiro Kurita, Atsushi Yoshioka and Masahiro Kawai, all from Mie-ken, Japan, have developed a reverse input blocking clutch and a clutch device using the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reverse input blocking clutch comprises, ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Node Clustering Control Method
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Laurent Frelechoux of Thalwil, Switzerland, Michael Osborne of Au, Switzerland, Paolo Scotton of Horgen, Switzerland, and Ilias Iliadis of Rueschlikon, Switzerland, have developed a method of cluster control in network systems. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Synchronous Signal Processing Device
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Hidehiro Takata of Hyogo, Japan, has developed a transfer circuit that includes a plurality of cascaded latch circuits. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Two consecutive latch circuits in the transfer circuit complementarily enter a ...
Texas Inventors Develop Hazardous Environment Measurements System
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Vipin Malik and Keith V. Groeschel, both of Houston, have developed a system for performing measurements in a hazardous environment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment the system comprises: a main device and a remote device ...
California Inventors Develop Single Image Creation Architecture
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- James Ching-Liang Huang of Irvine, Calif., has developed an architecture for creating a single image for a stack of switches. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of the internetworking devices are provided in a stack configuration ...
Iowa Inventors Develop Bar Code Data Interchanging Apparatus
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Bruce D. Melick, David M. Snyder and Leslie D. Baych, all from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have developed a method and an apparatus for capturing bar code information from a variety of video displays as well as other media. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Texas, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Bit Stream Transmitting Apparatus
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Alan Gatherer of Richardson, Texas, Tarik Muharemovic of Dallas, Srinath Hosur of Plano, Texas, and Everest W. Huang of Cambridge, Mass., have developed an apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving a bit stream. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Belgian Inventor Develops Adjustable Mould
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Hendricus Hubertus Feijen of Lanaken, Belgium has developed a mould for bending material parts. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a mould for bending material parts, the mould comprising opposite first and ...
Massachusetts, Illinois Inventors Develop Compound Identification Screening Method
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Donald W. Kufe of Wellesley, Mass., Rima Kaddurah-Daouk of Belmont, Mass., and Ralph R. Weichselbaum of Chicago, have developed a method of identifying a compound that inhibits mitochondrial translocation of a protein kinase. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
French Inventors Develop Multicarrier Signal Reception Device
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Erwan Launay of Rennes, France, and Bertrand Sueur of Chantepie, France, have developed a device and a method for receiving with at least two reception channels, and corresponding use. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates ...
German Inventors Develop Flange Sleeve
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Martin Gotzmann of Karlsruhe, Germany, Wolfgang Bickle of Reilingen, Germany, and Joachim Iwansky of Phillipsburg, Germany, have developed a flange sleeve and a method for the production thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Adjustable Cutoff
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Michael C. Clark of Columbiaville, Mich., has developed a cutting assembly that is removably supported on a sheet bending brake for cutting a work piece. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cutting assembly includes a cutter body, and a ...
California Inventor Develops Theft Prevention Device
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Donald A. Bistline of Vista, Calif., has developed a method and an apparatus for securing a sports board fin to a sports board. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for preventing a sports board fin from being removed ...
Dutch Inventors Develop Multicarrier Signal Transmission System
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Alexei Gorokhov and Johan Paul Marie Gerard Linnartz, both of Eindhoven, Netherlands, have developed a transmission system for transmitting a multicarrier signal from a transmitter to a receiver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Swiss Technology Wins $48,050 Contract
Oct 14, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $48,050 contract to Swiss Technology Inc., Clifton, N.J., for guns through 30mm. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more information about US Fed ...
Micor Industries Wins $633,450 Contract
Oct 14, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $633,450 contract to Micor Industries Inc., Decatur, Ala., for weapons. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more ...
Nancy Hatton Wins $85,500 Contract
Oct 14, 2006 ... FORT CARSON, Colo., Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $85,500 contract to Nancy Hatton, Calhan, Colo., for live animals. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort Carson, Colo. For more information about US Fed News ...
Swiss Technology Wins $750,000 Contract
Oct 14, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a contract valued at up to $750,000 to Swiss Technology Inc., Clifton, N.J., for weapons. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more ...
Cadillac Gage Textron Wins $37,740 Contract
Oct 14, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $37,740 contract to Cadillac Gage Textron Inc., Santa Clarita, Calif., for electrical connectors. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more information ...
Micor Industries Wins $27,200 Contract
Oct 14, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $27,200 contract to Micor Industries Inc., Decatur, Ala., for guns from 30mm to 75mm. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more information about US ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Liquid Crystal Display Repair Method
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Woo Hyuk Choi of Daegu-si, South Korea, has developed a method for repairing an open gate line in a liquid crystal display (LCD). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An LCD repair method repairs gate opens in a gate line where the gate line ...
Utah Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Dental Illumination Device
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Dan E. Fischer and Bruce S. McLean, both of Sandy, Utah, have developed an ornamental design for a dental illumination device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D529,613 on Oct. 3. The patent ...
New York Inventors Develop Capacitive Monitor
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Ishtiaq Ahsan and Ronald Gene Filippi, both of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Roy Charles Iggulden of Newburgh, N.Y., Edward William Kiewra of Verbank, N.Y., and Ping-Chuan Wang of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., have developed a capacitive monitor for detecting metal extrusion ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Toner Manufacturing Method
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Takashi Teshima of Nagano-ken, Japan, has developed a method for manufacturing a toner, a toner, a fixing device, and an image forming apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner having high mechanical strength and being capable of ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Alphabet Teaching Device
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Carole M. Gallagher of Williamstown, N.J., has developed an ornamental design for an alphabet teaching device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D529,961 on Oct. 10. The original application was ...
Utah Inventors Develop Headless Devices Configuration Method
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Eric B. Remer of American Fork, Utah, has developed an arrangement for configuring a headless device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-initiated configuration mechanism within a headless device issues a configuration request to a ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Cable Connector Assembly
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Hong Bin Zhou of Kunsan, China, has developed a cable connector assembly and a method of making the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable connector assembly in accordance with the present invention includes a plug, a cable and a ...
Belgian Inventor Develops Single Ended Line Testing Method
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Paul Henri Marie Cautereels of Hingene, Belgium, has developed a method for single ended line testing and single ended line testing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a single ended line testing ...
Kansas Inventors Develop Over Door Storage Rack
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Richard B. Klein of Overland Park, Kan., John W. Scott of Lenexa, Kan., and Chris Serslev of Leawood, Kan., have developed a storage rack which hangs on the upper edge of a base cabinet door. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pair of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Pinch Grip Type Bottle-Shaped Container
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Hiromichi Saito and Takao Iizuka, both of Koto-ku, Japan, have developed a pinch grip type bottle-shaped container. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pinch grip type bottle-shaped container has opposed finger-receiving recesses at ...
New York Inventors Develop Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging Process
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Rajendra K. Shenoy of Dixhills, N.Y., and Jevan Damadian of East Northport, N.Y., have developed an nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging process that utilizes both driven equilibrium and fast-spin echo techniques to acquire image data. According to the ...
North Carolina, Maryland Inventors Develop Dry Powders Evaluation Apparatus
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Timothy M. Crowder of Durham, N.C., Anthony J. Hickey of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Vanessa Boekestein of Lexington Park, Md., have developed an apparatus, systems and a related method for dispensing and/or evaluating dry powders. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors Develop Replaceable Lock Set
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Kevin Parsons of Appleton, Wis., and Lester Stener of Blain, Minn., have developed a handcuff assembly that includes a bow pivotally connected to a cheek plate frame assembly which includes a base frame. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop Load Bearing Assembly
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Douglas E. Logan of Bristol, Conn., Leroy H. Favrow of Newington, Conn., J. Haas of Coventry, Conn., Paul A. Stucky of Vernon, Conn., and Neil R. Baldwin of Manchester, Conn., have developed a load bearing member for use in an elevator system with external markings ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Knitting Machine Needle Selector
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Kazuhisa Watanabe and Satoshi Enomoto, both of Saitama, Japan, have developed a needle selector for a knitting machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle selector for a knitting machine which selects a working needle by using a ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Photoresist Composition
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Charles R. Szmanda of Westborough, Mass., George G. Barclay of Jefferson, Mass., Peter Trefonas III of Medway, Mass., and Wang Yueh of Shrewsbury, Mass., have developed a polymer and photoresist compositions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
California Inventor Develops Storage Area Network
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Graham Bromley of Dublin, Calif., has developed a system and a method for network-free file replication in a storage area network (SAN). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary host on a SAN replicates files utilized and/or managed by ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Dental System
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Yoshinori Inoue, Hisaaki Shinji and Noboru Uchimura, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a dental system and a method of producing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental system for cleaning a user's teeth and marginal ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Nagatoshi Kurahashi and Kazuhiko Yanagawa, both of Mobara, Japan, and Yoshiaki Nakayoshi of Ooamishirasato, Japan, have developed a liquid crystal display with insulating film overlapping and extending in direction of drain signal line. According to the U.S ....
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Memory Card Connector
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Yu-Hung Su and Kuo Cheng Wang, both of Tucheng, Taiwan, have developed a memory card connector with card ejection mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory card connector includes an insulating housing, a cover engaging with the ...
Australian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Trim Systems Component
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Joseph Emmanuel Zarb of Bonnyrigg Heights, Australia, has developed an ornamental design for a trim systems component for building structures, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D529,629 on Oct ....
Japanese Inventor Develops Liquid Fractionating Apparatus
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Yosuke Iwata of Kyoto, Japan, has developed a proximity sensor for measuring a distance between a probe and a sample plate that is provided a sideway of the probe. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The sample plate is mounted on a stage and ...
North Carolina, California Inventors Develop Integrated File System Providing Method
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Robert A. Alfieri of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Radoslav Danilak of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed a method that integrates local and remote file handling into a host computer's chipset. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
North Carolina Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Faux Painting Marking Tool
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Lisa Cox of Greensboro, N.C., has developed an ornamental design for a faux painting marking tool, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D529,960 on Oct. 10. The original application was filed on Nov ....
California Inventors Develop Information Sharing Method
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Christopher Tzann-en Szeto of Santa Clara, Calif., Justin Everett-Church of Fremont, Calif., and Stephanie Bergman of Mountian View, Calif., have developed a technique for providing a wish list. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Characterization Printed Circuit Board
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- William J. Casey and Olivia I. McGrew, both of Boise, Idaho, and David R. Cuthbert of Meridian, Idaho, have developed a method of coupling integrated circuit devices to test equipment for device characterization. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventors Develop Remote Diagnostic Method
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Tetsuro Motoyama of Cupertino, Calif., and Avery Fong of Castro Valley, Calif., have developed a method and a system that can monitor and communicate events using multiple protocols. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Elevator Installation Controlling Method
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Philipp Wyss of Root, Switzerland, and Miroslay Kostka of Ballwil, Switzerland, have developed a method and an apparatus for controlling an elevator installation with zoning and an interchange floor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Contact-Type Film Probe
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Chih Yuan Wang of Taichung County, Taiwan, has developed a contact-type film probe that includes a plastic substrate and multiple signal lines arranged on one face of the substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact conductive ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Vending Machine Apparatus
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Munroe Chirnomas of Morris Township, N.J., has developed a vending machine apparatus that comprises a housing defining an internal cavity and an article storage compartment positioned inside the cavity. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Dutch Inventors Develop Mechanical Anastomosis System
Oct 14, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Wilhelmus Joseph Leonardus Suyker of Zwolla, Netherlands, and Paulus Thomas Wilhelmus Suyker of Amsterdam, Netherlands, have developed a mechanical anastomoses system for making anastomoses between hollow structures by mechanical means. According to the U.S ....
BF Systems Wins $80,496 Contract
Oct 14, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $80,496 contract to BF Systems Inc., Paterson, N.J., for electrical motors. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US Fed News ...
Grove U.S. Wins $251,754 Contract
Oct 14, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $251,754 contract toGrove U.S. LLC, Shady Grove, Pa., for miscellaneous power transmission equipment. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about ...
Essex Industries Wins $241,712 Contract
Oct 14, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $241,712 contract to Essex Industries Inc., St. Louis, for weapons. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more information about US Fed News contract ...