US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, October 20:
Honeywell International Wins $475,194 Contract
Oct 20, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $475,194 contract to Honeywell International Inc., Tempe, Ariz., for iridium catalysts. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply ...
Florida Inventors Develop Fluid Processor
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Lixiong Li, Timothy J. Campbell, Robert K. Nichols Jr. and Kristopher S. Cozart, all from Panama City, Fla., have developed an apparatus and a method for continuous depyrogenation and production of sterile water for injection. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Iowa Inventor Develops Liquid Ice Melter
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Kenneth C. Ossian of Davenport, Iowa, has developed a liquid ice melter that comprises a calcium chloride solution from 32% to 28% by weight concentration in combination with a urea composition such that the weight ratio of urea to calcium chloride is from 1:2 to 1:9, ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Cell Fraction Samples Preparation Apparatus
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Raymond Waterbury and Robert Kearney, both of Montreal, and John Bergeron of Pointe-Claire, Canada, have developed a system for the preparation of cell fraction samples for electron microscopy. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
MAYOR PEREZ'S PUBLIC EVENTS FOR OCT. 20
Oct 20, 2006 ... The Office of the Mayor of Hartford issued the following news release: * 10:30 a.m.- Mayor Perez will join other dignitaries at the Inauguration of David G. Carter, Sr., as Chancellor of the Connecticut State University System. The event begins at 11:00 a.m. in Welte Hall at CCSU in New ...
Argo-Tech JC Carter Wins $25,509 Contract
Oct 20, 2006 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $25,509 contract to Argo-Tech JC Carter, Costa Mesa, Calif., for fluid filters. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, ...
Power Connector Wins $1.07 Million Contract
Oct 20, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a $1.07 million contract to Power Connector, Bohemia, N.Y., for electrical hardware. The contract was awarded by the department's Federal Prison Industries/UNICOR. For more information about ...
Budget Renovations & Roofing Wins $28,155 Contract
Oct 20, 2006 ... WHITE DEER, Pa., Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a $28,155 contract to Budget Renovations & Roofing Inc., Shamokin, Pa., for roofing repairs at the Low Security Correctional Institution, Allenwood, Pa. The contract was awarded by the department's Bureau of ...
Triman Industries Wins $27,326 Contract
Oct 20, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $27,326 contract to Triman Industries Inc., West Berlin, N.J., for beam type slings. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia. For more ...
Engineered Arresting Systems Wins $1.14 Million Contract
Oct 20, 2006 ... WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $1.14 million contract to Engineered Arresting Systems Corp., Aston, Pa., for Taiwan Air Force Aircraft Arresting Barrier program. The contract was awarded by the USAF's Aeronautical Systems Center, ...
Defense Logistics Agency Awards $35,556 Contract to Morbridge International
Oct 20, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $35,556 contract to Morbridge International Ltd., Liverpool, United Kingdom, for cargo containers. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia. For ...
Stat-Courier Wins $89,760 Contract
Oct 20, 2006 ... BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract valued at up to $89,760 to Stat-Courier, Lake St. Louis, Mo., for pharmacy courier services. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Space Command, Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. For more ...
ESCO Fasteners Wins $861,359 Contract
Oct 20, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded an $861,359 contract to ESCO Fasteners, Amityville, N.Y., for electrical hardware. The contract was awarded by the department's Federal Prison Industries/UNICOR. For more information about ...
Sharp Energy Wins $8,557 Contract
Oct 20, 2006 ... NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded an $8,557 contract to Sharp Energy Inc., Salisbury, Md., for propane tank installation and refill services. The contract was awarded by the department's National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Norfolk, Va ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Forming Apparatus With Rotary Unit
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Yoichi Yamada and Ken Ikuma, both of Nagano-ken, Japan, have developed an image forming apparatus with rotary unit that can accommodate a plurality of development cartridges. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A development rotary unit is ...
California Inventors Develop Computer Physical Security Device
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- William R. Murray Jr. of Redwood City, Calif., Stewart R. Carl of Palo Alto, Calif., and Arthur H. Zarnowitz of Burlingame, Calif., have developed an apparatus which inhibits the theft of equipment such as personal computers. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Bus-Based Processor System
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Jeffrey D. Gilbert and Harris D. Joyce, both of Portland, Ore., have developed a method and an apparatus for improved performance for handling priority agent bus requests when symmetric agent bus parking is enabled. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Florida Inventor Develops Waste Processing Machine Tool Assembly
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Leward Nile Smith of Lake City, Fla., has developed a multi-functional tool for a waste processing machine that includes a shaft and a head operatively supported by the shaft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The multi-functional tool also ...
Oklahoma Inventor Develops Oval Swing Lock Mechanism
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Christopher S. Whinery of Haskell, Okla., has developed a lock device that secures two or more objects together. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A lock device allows for the secure attachment of two ...
British Inventor Develops Embossed Blister Pack Making Apparatus
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Kenneth Heath of Llanelli, Great Britain, has developed blister packs formed from a laminated film and having indicia embossed thereon. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention herein relates to a method and apparatus for forming (or ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Toner Supplying Device
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Yohichiro Miyaguchi, Masanori Horike, Nobuaki Kondoh and Katsuo Sakai, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a facsimile machine or a printer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Isolated Rice-Derived Promoter
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Kazuko Shinozaki, Koji Katsura and Yusuke Ito, all from Ibaraki, Japan, have developed an isolated stress-induced promoter which effectively functions in monocotyledonous plants such as rice, and of environmental stress tolerant plants using the promoter, the U.S ....
Michigan Inventor Develops Power Washer Wand Carriage
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Howard Daley of Zeeland, Mich., has developed a carriage for a power washer wand. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "carriage designed for supporting a power washer wand and its nozzle a predetermined, though ...
French Inventors Develop Plasma Panel Drive Circuit
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Ce Mas of Poisat, France, Gilles Troussel of Grenoble, France, and Eric Benoit of Quaix en Chartreuse, France, have developed a control circuit drive circuit for a plasma panel. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
California Inventors Develop Local Area Network Security Apparatus
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Steven R. Ocepek and Brian A. Lauer, both of Pacifica, Calif., and David A. Dziadziola of San Francisco, have developed a method and an apparatus for controlling data link layer access to protected servers on a computer network by a client device. According to ...
California Inventors Develop Cache Memory Flushing Method
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Vrinda S. Joshi of Mountain View, Calif., Praveen R. Swadi of Santa Clara, Calif., and Robert L. Summers of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method of selective cache flushing in identity and access management systems. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Washington Inventor Develops Data Buffering Management Method
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Jim Pinkerton of Sammamish, Wash., has developed an apparatus and a method for scaling transmission control protocol off load buffer requirements by segment size. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus to ensure that ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Screening Apparatus with Hammermill
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Douglas J. Cohen of Bexley, Ohio, and Steven A. Cohen of Blacklick, Ohio, have developed a screening machine on a frame with a hopper having a conveyor belt. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The conveyor belt discharges particulate ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Turn Restriction Handling Enhancement Method
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Martin Miller and Kevin Glen Robinson, both of Calgary, Canada, have developed a computer-implemented method for determining a path on a network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture determine a ...
New York Inventors Develop Multimetallic Polymeric Azo Colorant
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Mihaela L. Madaras of Webster, N.Y., and Steven Evans of Rochester, N.Y., have developed a new class of polymeric, multimetallic complex azo colorants. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a multimetallic oligomeric or ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Internet Telephony System
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Gerald Lebizay of Madison, N.J., David W. Gish of Riverdale, N.J., and Henry M. Mitchel of Wayne, N.J., have developed a system and a method for aggregating channel segment identifications (ID's) into a first section and data segments into a second ...
California Inventors Develop Data Synchronization Method
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Tal Givoly of Cupertino, Calif., and Limor Schweitzer of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed a threshold-based database synchronization system and a method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and computer program product ...
Mexican Inventors Develop Water Cooled Panel
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Antonio Uribe Quintanilla of Monterrey, Mexico, and Jorge Carlos Gonzalez Cruz of San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico, have developed water cooled panels for electric arc furnaces. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Routing Apparatus
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Kazuyuki Sato and Takuya Terasawa, both of Sendai, Japan, have developed a low-cost and compact routing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a routing apparatus for obtaining routing data conforming to a destination ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Scroll Fluid Machine
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Shinji Matsushima of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a scroll fluid machine that has a fixed scroll in a housing and an orbiting scroll rotatably mounted to a driving shaft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixed wrap of the fixed scroll ...
Swedish, British Inventors Develop Pharmaceutically Acceptable Starch
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Nils Ove Gustavsson of Loddekopinge, Sweden, Monica Jonsson of Bara, Sweden, Per Berden of Malmo, Sweden, and Timo Laakso of Campton, Great Britain, have developed a pharmaceutically acceptable starch for parenteral administration to a mammal. According to the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Cooked Wood Chips Crusher
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Masanori Shimizu of Sakaki-machi, Japan, has developed a crusher for crushing cooked wood chips or the like finely. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A raw material to be crushed such as the cooked wood chips is delivered into a housing and ...
French Inventor Develops Bus Communication Architecture
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Vladimir Grouzdev of St. Germain-en-Laye, France, have developed bus communication architecture, in particular for multicomputing systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system comprises first and second computer boards, each ...
California Inventors Develop Transmembrane Polypeptide
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- William I. Wood and Paul J. Godowski, both of Hillsborough, Calif., Austin L. Gurney of Belmont, Calif., Audrey Goddard of San Francisco, and Colin K. Watanabe of Moraga, Calif., have developed a process of identification and isolation of novel deoxyribonucleic acid ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Network Packet Processing Technique
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Donald F. Hooper of Shrewsbury, Mass., has developed a method of processing a network packet using queues. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure includes description of a technique for processing a network packet at a device. The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Scroll Fluid Machine
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Ken Yanagisawa and Tamotsu Fujioka, both of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a scroll fluid machine that comprises an orbiting scroll and front and rear stationary scrolls. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The orbiting scroll is driven by a ...
LINXX Security Services Wins $16.26 Million Contract
Oct 20, 2006 ... ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract valued at up to $16.26 million to LINXX Security Services, Virginia Beach, Va., for the non-compliant boarding visit, board, search and seizure (NCB VBSS) and VBSS boarding officer courses on behalf of the Center for Security Forces, ...
BAE Systems Applied Technologies Wins $7.52 Million Contract Modification
Oct 20, 2006 ... ST. INIGOES, Md., Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $7.52 million contract modification to BAE Systems Applied Technologies Inc., Rockville, Md., to exercise an option for technical and engineering services to support the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's Air Traffic Control and ...
Boeing Wins $5.17 Million Contract
Oct 20, 2006 ... PATUXENT RIVER, Md., Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $5.17 million contract to Boeing Co., St. Louis, to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle services in support of the Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on Terror ....
Lockheed Martin Wins $7.68 Million Contract Modification
Oct 20, 2006 ... LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $7.68 million contract modification to Lockheed Martin Corp., Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., for system design and test program changes necessary to create a cross domain solution for the integration of the ...
New York Inventors Develop Parallel Printing System
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Steven Robert Moore and Stan Alan Spencer, both of Rochester, N.Y., Barry Paul Mandel and Ming Yang, both of Fairport, N.Y., Joannes N. M. deJong of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Lloyd A. Williams of Mahopac, N.Y., James L. Giacobbi of Penfield, N.Y., Carlos Manuel Terrero ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Cellular Phone Blocker
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Joseph P Brennan of Doylestown, Pa., has developed an electronic device generating radio frequency signals that prevents the reception of radio frequency signals used in cellular phone technology. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
New York Inventor Develops Small Footprint Charge Device
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Michael Zona of Holley, N.Y., has developed a small footprint charge device for tandem color marking engines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a xerographic printing apparatus, a small footprint charging device may provide uniformity of ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Liquid Manure Spreading Tool Bar
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Alain Courtemanche of Drummondville, Canada, has developed a liquid manure spreading tool bar for use in a manure spreader. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "liquid manure spreading tool bar for use on a manure ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Liquid Material Dispensing System
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Charles A. Gressett Jr. of Norcross, Ga., John M. Riney of Buford, Ga., Laurence B. Saidman of Duluth, Ga., and Paul Schmidt of Sugar Hill, Ga., have developed an universal dispensing system for air assisted extrusion of liquid filaments. According to the U.S ....
California Inventors Develop Iron Deficiency Diseases Treatment Method
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- John N. Feder of San Carlos, Calif., Pamela J. Bjorkman of Pasadena, Calif., and Randall C. Schatzman of Daly City, Calif., have developed methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of iron overload diseases and iron deficiency diseases, the U.S. Patent ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Computer Peripheral Devices Access Method
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Rahul Khanna of Beaverton, Oregon, has developed a method or an apparatus for establishing a plug and play communication channel via an abstraction layer interface. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Padlock with Dual Locking Device
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Chun Te Yu of Changhua County, Taiwan, has developed a padlock that comprises a lock body, a shackle, a combination locking device and a key locking device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The shackle is movable relative to the lock body ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Forming Apparatus With Positioned Cleaning Unit
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Takeshi Tomizawa of Tokyo has developed a method for cleaning toner contaminating an image carrier or an intermediate transfer unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "image forming apparatus having an image ...
Washington Inventors Develop Mammalian Cytokine-Like Polypeptide
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Darrell C. Conklin and Betty A. Haldeman, both of Seattle, have developed a polynucleotide encoding mammalian cytokine-like polypeptide-10. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "mammalian cytokine-like polypeptide, ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Field Emission Display
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Seong-Keun Jo of Yongin, South Korea, Mun-Seok Kang of Anyang, South Korea, and Hyang-Suk No of Cheollabuk-do, South Korea, have developed a field emission display and a device for driving the field emission display. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Bearing Member Unit
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Hirohmi Harada of Kawasaki, Japan, and Takeshi Saitou of Hachiohji, Japan, have developed an image bearing member unit that includes a image bearing shutter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image bearing member unit includes an image ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Forming Device Adjustment Method
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Norio Tomita and Nobuo Manabe, both of Yamatokoriyama, Japan, Kyosuke Taka and Manabu Matsumoto, both of Nara, Japan, and Mitsuharu Yoshimoto of Kitakatsuragi-gun, Japan, have developed an adjustment method for an image forming device for adjusting image forming ...
German Inventors Develop Programmable Interface Link Layer Device
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Gralf Gadeken of Weinsberg, Germany, and Gerd Spalink of Stuttgart, Germany, have developed an interface link layer device that is connected in-between a first sub network and a long delay link to which at least one second sub network is connected. According ...
Washington Inventors Develop Mammalian Cytokine-Like Polypeptide-10 Antibody
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Darrell C. Conklin, Betty A. Haldeman and Angelika Grossmann, all from Seattle, have developed an antibody to mammalian cytokine-like polypeptide-10. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "mammalian cytokine-like ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Two-Station Type Color Image Forming Apparatus
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Masanori Saito of Tokyo, and Nobuyuki Yanagawa of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a two-station type color image forming apparatus with separately replaceable components. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-station type color image ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Printer
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Tsutomu Nobutani of Nagano-ken, Japan, Masaki Hoshina of Suwa, Japan, and Tamotsu Kimura of Shiojiri, Japan, have developed a printer, point-of-service (POS) system, wireless communication control method, and data storage medium. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Forming Apparatus
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 --Osamu Watanabe of Yokohama, Japan, has developed an image forming apparatus that reduces adhesion of residual toner to a photosensitive conductor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "image forming apparatus, ...
New York Inventors Develop Printer Contaminant Abatement Systems
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Mark A. Cellura of Webster, N.Y., Elliott Eklund of Penfield, N.Y., and Scott J. Phillips of West Henrietta, N.Y., have developed a printer contaminant abatement systems and methods. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Forming Apparatus
Oct 20, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Yusuke Hasegawa, Tadashi Dojo, Nene Shibayama and Tomohisa Sano, all from Shizuoka, Japan, and Yuichi Mizoo of Ibaraki, Japan, have developed an image forming apparatus that makes use of an amorphous silicon photosensitive member. An abstract of the invention, ...