US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, October 31:
Washington Inventor Develops Wind Machine Array
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Daryl G. Hill of Yakima, Wash., has developed a method for arranging and operating an array of wind machines to disperse area-wide odors, as generated by municipal waste treatment facilities and the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Metallic Workpiece Hole Repairing Method
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Gary Edward Trewiler of Loveland, Ohio, and John Michael Muldoon of Fairfield, Ohio, have developed a method for repairing a hole in a metallic workpiece. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A workpiece structure having a hole therein is ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Transistor Switches Low-Power Drive Circuit
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Rajendran Nair of Gilbert, Ariz., has developed an adaptable, low-power drive circuit for transistor switches requiring control input current. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment of the invention, a current source output ...
German Inventor Develops Internal Combustion Engine Fuel Injector
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Hubert Stier of Asperg, Germany, has developed a fuel injector for a fuel-injection system of an internal combustion engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines has a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Frequency Conversion Apparatus
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Wataru Taki of Osaka, Japan, and Masanori Kitaguchi of Habikino, Japan, have developed a frequency conversion apparatus used in a tuner portion of a cable television receiver or the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frequency ...
Maryland, New Jersey Inventors Develop Integrated Flat Panel Workstation System
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Peter Stengel of Columbia, Md., James Babcock of White Hall, Md., and Jeffrey Korber of Rockaway, N.J., have developed an integrated flat panel workstation system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer workstation having a ...
German Inventor Develops Loop-Formation System
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Uwe Stingel of Messtetten, Germany, has developed a loop-forming system and a sinker for such a system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an improved loop-forming system, in particular for compound needles, the compound needle during ...
British Inventor Develops Golfing Aid
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- John Henry William Cowup of Essex, Great Britain, has developed a golfing aid for assisting a golfer to detect head-movement during swing of a golf club. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aid for visual detection of a golfer's head movement, ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Air Filter Cold Air Box
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Jui-Fa Huang of Changhua County, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a cold air box of the air filter, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D530,723 on Oct. 24. The original application ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Document Diverter Apparatus
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Fredrik L.N. Kallin of Waterloo, Canada, has developed a document diverter apparatus for use in a self-service terminal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A document diverter apparatus is provided for use in a self-service terminal at which ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device Distributed Clock Generator
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Leonard Forbes of Corvallis, Ore., has developed a distributed clock generator for a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the clock generator is not localized in one particular location on the ...
California Inventors Develop Dirt-Attracting Polycationic Polymer
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Maria G. Ochomogo, Malcolm A. De Leo, Martin A. Phillippi and David L. Budd, all from Pleasanton, Calif., have developed cleaning substrates with low soil redeposition. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Incorporating dirt-attracting ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Regenerative Refrigeration Apparatus
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Shingo Kunitani, Atsushi Miyamoto, Daisuke Sanjou, Yasuhiro Kakimi and Taketoshi Watanabe, all from Sakai, Japan, have developed a regenerative refrigerating apparatus which can increase the speed of cooling and heating a subject to be cooled. According to the U.S ....
Iowa Inventors Develop Washing Machine Action Control System
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Donald E. Erickson, Gary T. Ostrander, Scott E. Griffith and Douglas A. Ochsner, all from Newton, Iowa, John F. Broker of Colfax, Iowa, Jordan S. Bruntz of Baxter, Iowa, and Evan R. Vande Haar of Pella, Iowa, have developed an apparatus, a method and a system of wash ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Application Data Distribution Method
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Robert J. Delaney of Raleigh, N.C., Todd Eichler of Wake Forest, N.C., and Peter J. Marsico of Chapel Hill, N.C., have developed a method for storing and accessing an application database. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and ...
British Inventor Develops Gas Separating Apparatus
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Edward Gobina of Aberdeen, Great Britain, has developed an apparatus and a method for separating gases. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "apparatus and method to separate a mixture of gases, such as carbon dioxide and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ship Bottom Paint
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Shunichi Yamazaki of Suwa-shi, Japan, and Minoru Okuda of Nagano, Japan, have developed a ship bottom paint using coal ash and diatomaceous earth. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ship bottom paint additive to prevent or reduce marine ...
California, Indiana Inventors Develop Multi-Channel Integrated Circuit
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Tu Tumer of Riverside, Calif., and Gerard Visser of Bloomington, Ind., have developed a multi-channel integrated circuit in which each channel has an analog section and a digital section. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each channel of ...
California Inventors Develop Via Programmable Array Interconnect Circuit
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Herman Schmit of Palo Alto, Calif., and Steven Teig of Menlo Park, Calif., have developed a configurable integrated circuit (IC). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The IC includes an interconnect circuit having a first set of input ...
New York Inventor Develops Mail Processing Systems Bar Code
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Richard C. Vanhall of Owego, N.Y., has developed a bar code symbol with stored thereon a data structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The data structure includes a plurality of module elements. Each module element is configured as a ...
Irish Inventors Develop Communications Management Tool
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Neil O'Connor of Lackagh, Ireland, and Thomas Moran of Kingston, Ireland, have developed a method of managing communications in a call centre between an agent at the call centre and a customer of the centre. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Computer Copy Holder
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Sunshine Voelker of Highland Park, Ill., has developed a copy holder for use with a portable notebook computer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A copy holder for use with a portable notebook computer is provided, having rectangular, ...
New Hampshire Inventor Develops Firearm Gun Lock
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Laszlo Tanos of Webster, N.H., has developed a gun lock for receiving and clamping a cross-sectional portion of a firearm. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide bar is provided for mounting the gun lock to a surface in a storage ...
Ads On Things Wins Contract Valued At Up To $125,000
Oct 31, 2006 ... FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a contract valued at up to $125,000 to Ads On Things LLC, Chattanooga, Tenn., for signs and safety zone products. The contract was awarded by GSA's Federal Supply Service, Fort Worth, ...
Vernadero Group Wins Contract Valued At Up To $2.32 Million
Oct 31, 2006 ... AUBURN, Wash., Oct. 31 -- The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a contract valued at up to $2.32 million to Vernadero Group Inc., Tempe, Ariz., for environmental services. The contract was awarded by GSA's Federal ...
Christy Industries Wins Contract Valued At Up To $150,000
Oct 31, 2006 ... FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a contract valued at up to $150,000 to Christy Industries Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., for law enforcement, security, marine craft, fire/rescue and special purpose clothing. The contract was awarded by GSA's ...
ACP International Wins Contract Valued At Up To $125,000
Oct 31, 2006 ... FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a contract valued at up to $125,000 to ACP International Inc., Arlington, Texas, for signs and safety zone products. The contract was awarded by GSA's Federal Supply Service, Fort Worth, ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Non-Slip Pad
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Sheng-Fu Lu of Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for non-slip pad for audio-visual device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D530,714 on Oct. 24. The original application ...
German Inventors Develop Foam Webs Production Process
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Franz-Josef Dietzen of Hassloch, Germany, Dietrich Scherzer of Neustadt, Germany, Joachim Queisser of Mannheim, Germany, Swen Ruck of Worms, Germany, Gerd Ehrmann of Deidesheim, Germany, and Wolfgang Kratzmuller of Lohfelden, Germany, have developed a process for ...
Oregon, California Inventors Develop Automatic Temperature Control System
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Robin Laurie Getz of Sherwood, Ore., and David Edward Hanrahan of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method for automatic thermal calibration of a cooling system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the disclosure describes a "method for ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Automatic Answering Telephone Set
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Du Hyun Yoon of Seoul, South Korea, and Kwang Su Kim of Choongcheongbuk-Do, South Korea, have developed an automatic answering telephone set with individual answering and a method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Liquid Introduction Controller
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Yoshiharu Sato of Kyoto, Japan, has developed a technology for analyzing a specific component in a sample liquid. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analyzing instrument according to the present invention includes a capillary, a sample ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Fanciful Tall Bird Novelty
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Todd Warner of Charlevoix, Mich., has developed an ornamental design for a fanciful tall bird novelty, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D530,646 on Oct. 24. The original application was filed on ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Boost Pressure Estimation Apparatus
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Osamu Fukasawa of Nagoya, Japan, and Hideki Obayashi of Okazaki, Japan, have developed a boost pressure estimation apparatus for internal combustion engine with supercharger. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An opening is provided for an ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Digital Image Displaying Device
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Yu-Cheng Wu of San Chung, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a digital image displaying device with networking functions, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D530,715 on Oct. 24. The ...
Austrian Inventors Develop Track Catenary Cable Installation Method
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Josef Theurer of Vienna, Austria, and Leopold Gruber of Scheibbs, Austria, have developed a method of installing a catenary cable of a catenary of a track. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "During the installation of a catenary cable of a ...
Missouri, Illinois Inventors Develop Geomatic Support
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Christopher T. Moore of Creal Springs, Ill., Ralph C. Mize of Jonesboro, Ill., Jerry L. Williamson of Olmsted, Ill., Larry W. Essex of Villa Ridge, Ill., and Stephen B. Crain of Cape Girardeau, Mo., have developed a support for use in supporting geomatic ...
Missouri, Texas Inventors Develop Dual Mode Carpet Cleaning Method
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Frank Stephan of Fenton, Mo., Schubert Pereira of Chesterfield, Mo., and Roger Kent of Plano, Texas, have developed a dual mode carpet cleaning method which is capable of being used in both a deep cleaning mode and a fast drying surface cleaning ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Telescope Support Stand System
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Vito Rotondi of Roselle, Ill., has developed a telescope support stand system for side cutaway view of the present invention in the contracted position. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The telescope support stand system includes a base ...
California Inventors Develop Linear Buffer
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Todd L. Brooks of Laguna Beach, Calif., and Anilkumar V. Tammineedi of Aliso Viejo, Calif., have developed buffer circuits that generate output signals from input signals with high linearity. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Turbocharged Engine
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Kazutoshi Kono, Kenji Hatano, Shinichiro Kawai and Hideki Osada, all from Fujusawa, Japan, have developed a turbocharged engine and a method for preventing surging in compressor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The turbocharged engine in ...
U.S., German Inventors Develop Filtration System Integrity Monitoring Apparatus
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Reinhard Baumfalk, Ralf Lausch and Christian Oldendorf, all from Gottingen, Germany, Oscar-Werner Reif of Hannover, Germany, and Maik Jornitz of Bellport, N.Y., have developed a device and a method for monitoring the integrity of filtering installations. According to ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Switching Output Reduction Dynamic Slew Rate Control Device
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Chun-Wen Yeh of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a dynamic slew rate controlling method and a device for reducing variance in simultaneous switching output. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dynamic slew rate controlling method and a device ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Electronic Device Tilter Apparatus
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Odd N. Oddsen Jr. of Easton, Pa., has developed a tilter assembly for positioning an electronic device such as a flat panel display. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tilter assembly includes a tilter shaft holder having an opening ...
California Inventors Develop Floor Plan
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Benjamin S. Ting of Saratoga, Calif., and Peter M. Pani of Mountain View, Calif., have developed a floor plan for scalable multiple level tab oriented interconnect architecture. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
Kentucky, Indiana Inventors Develop Beverage Brewing Apparatus
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Timothy D. Gantt and William A. Dahmen, both of Goshen, Ky., Thomas J. Pfeifer of Louisville, Ky., and Tharon Hall of Fredericksburg, Ind., have developed an apparatus and a method for brewing a beverage with a desired strength. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Florida Inventors Develop Analog Voice Service Integration Method
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Gordon Bremer of Clearwater, Fla., Joe Chapman of Seminole, Fla., Bob Scott of Largo, Fla., and Ed Thoenes of St. Petersburg, Fla., have developed systems and methods for integrating analog voice service and derived plain old telephone service (POTS) voice service in ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid-Filled Engine Mount
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Teruaki Anzawa, Hideki Matsuoka, Tatsuhide Sakai, Masafumi Kyuse and Ken Iinuma, all from Wako, Japan, and Yuji Muto, Masahide Kobayashi and Koji Iwasaki, all from Saitama, Japan, have developed a liquid-filled engine mount. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Hybrid Engine Operating Method
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Yasuhito Yaoita of Tokyo has developed a method for operating a hybrid engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to a prepared program and the signal from a crank angle sensor, a computer switches two operation modes A and B in ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Scale Dissolving Method
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Benjamin D. Williams of Toledo, Ohio, has developed a method of dissolving scale that comprises contacting the scale with a solution of an alkali metal bisulfate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Another method of dissolving scale ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Tubular Knit Fabric
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Takuya Miyai of Wakayama, Japan, has developed a tubular knit fabric and a method of knitting the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knitting method of a tubular knit fabric uses a flat-knitting machine comprising at least one pair ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Telephone Network Errors Detection Method
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Randy M. McDonald of Roswell, Ga., Terry R. Droke of Woodstock, Ga., and Mortimer P. Burnett of Lawrenceville, Ga., have developed a system and method for detecting SS7 messaging inefficiency. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
California Inventor Develops Tripod Stabilizer
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- David Harold Coleman of Sacramento, Calif., has developed a tripod stabilizer and a lighted lens carousel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus that is adapted to reduce wobble in a tripod that is used to hold an optical ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Fluid Flow Meter
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Lawrence A. Zurek of Warren, Mich., and Eric C. Myers of Howell, Mich., have developed a device for measuring fluid flowing in a duct. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device includes a housing having a first flow passage, a nozzle, a ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Seat Track Assembly
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Brent Hauck of Hunstville, Canada, has developed a seat track assembly and a method of manufacture. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat track assembly for an automotive seat positioner mechanism includes a threaded spindle fixed at one ...
Kansas Inventors Develop Call Processing System
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Warren B. Cope of Olathe, Kan., has developed internationally accessible communications. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A call processing system that is configured to communicate with a plurality of remote processors, wherein the call ...
California, Colorado Inventors Develop Dynamic Heat Sink Engine
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Stuart J. Robertson of Wilton, Calif., and Nils E. Tellier of Louisville, Colo., has developed a dynamic heat sink engine that includes a storage vessel with a working fluid outlet and a working fluid inlet. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Trivet
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Lee E. Steinman of Pigeon, Mich., has developed a trivet that is formed of one or more pads of thermal insulating resilient material which may be used individually or in conjunction with one or more similar pads. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventors Develop High Speed Signaling System
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Vladimir M. Stojanovic of Stanford, Calif., Andrew C. C. Ho of Palo Alto, Calif., Anthony Bessios of Fremont, Calif., Fred F. Chen of San Francisco, Elad Alon of Saratoga, Calif., and Mark A. Horowitz of Menlo Park, Calif., have developed a high speed signaling system ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Vibrating Device for Hydraulic Shock Absorber
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Chikatoshi Abe of Tokyo has developed a vibrating device used for measuring the attenuation characteristics of a hydraulic shock absorber used in a suspension device of a vehicle, or the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vibrating ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Gas Turbine Fuel Control Method
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Satoshi Tanaka of Hyogo, Japan, has developed a technology for controlling fuel for a gas turbine by reflecting changes in a pressure of a gas turbine combustor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Values such as a pressure for supplying ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Self-Service Terminal
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Alexander S. Murison of Waterloo, Canada, has developed an apparatus for use in a self-service terminal and a method of processing a financial instrument at a self-service terminal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endorser is disposed ...
Texas Inventor Develops Electric Toaster
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Brett M Christoffel of Plano, Texas, has developed an electric toaster with expanding tray walls. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "apparatus for a toaster appliance having at least one circular-like carriage ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Control Panel Attached to Internal Combustion Engine
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Joji Maeda, Masayuki Osumi, both of Wako, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a control panel attached to an internal combustion engine, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D530,722 on Oct ....
Illinois Inventor Develops Waxy Material Removing Apparatus
Oct 31, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 31 -- Richard A. Sauer of Hinsdale, Ill., has developed a method and an apparatus for removing waxy materials from a gas stream. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention uses both heating and cooling zones to prevent the precipitation of solids ...