US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, November 10:
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Capturing Apparatus
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Kozo Ishida, Tetsuya Kuno, Koichi Yamashita, Hiroaki Sugiura and Takashi Itow, all from Tokyo, have developed an image capturing apparatus and a method for reducing a flicker effect. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capture ...
Texas Inventor Develops Computer Network Information Delivery Method
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Trung Minh Tran of Round Rock, Texas, has developed a method to import/export or detach/attach a file to/from a remote mail server. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "computer-implemented method for ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Organic Insulating Film Surface Treatment Method
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Byung Yong Ahn of Taegu-shi, South Korea, has developed a method for treating surface of organic insulating film using helium plasma and a method of fabricating thin film transistor substrate using the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Illinois, California Inventors Develop Communication System Timing Recovery Scheme
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Karthik Ramasubramanian of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Kevin Lynn Baum of Rolling Meadows, Ill., have developed a method and a system for timing recovery and delay spread estimation in a communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
California Inventor Develops Movably Joining Structure Apparatus
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- John Gee Tang of San Carlos, Calif., has developed an apparatus for movably joining structures. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment of the invention, the apparatus provides at least one rotational degree of freedom of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Radio Receiver
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Morihiko Minowa and Dai Kimura, both of Kawasaki, Japan, and Noriyuki Kawaguchi of Sapporo, Japan, have developed a radio receiver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a radio receiver which receives reception waves ...
Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors Develop Fruit Juice Extracting Press
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- John Thomas Shober Jr. and Timothy Nelson Shober, both of Bethlehem, Pa., Anthony M. Reduzzi of Bangor, Pa., Michael Shober of Easton, Pa., Joseph Raymond Shober of Phillipsburg, N.J., and Michael A. Ciolino of West Wood, N.J., have developed a press for extracting ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Block Copolymer
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Jeffrey A. Hubbell and Alessandro Napoli, both of Zurich, Switzerland, and Nicola Tirelli of Uster, Switzerland, have developed a block copolymers for multifunctional self-assembled systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention ...
Texas, New Mexico Inventors Develop Alternative Payment Device
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Lisa Tidwell and Cassandra Mollett, both of Houston, and Amy Swift of Albuquerque, N.M., have developed alternative payment devices that uses electronic check processing as a payment mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Australian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Printer Support Stand
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Tobin Allen King and Kia Silverbrook, both of Balmain, Australia, have developed an ornamental design for a support stand for a printer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D531,214 on Oct ....
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Optical Antenna Array
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Robert Joseph Crowley of Sudbury, Mass., has developed an optical antenna array for harmonic generation, mixing and signal amplification. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical antenna collects, modifies and emits energy at light ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Picked-up-Sound Recording Apparatus
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Toru Hirai, Yasushi Shimizu, Yoshikazu Honji and Masahiro Ikeda, all from Hamamatsu, Japan, Fukushi Kawakami of Hamakita, Japan, and Mikio Tohyama of Tokyo, have developed a picked-up-sound recording method and an apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
DAILY NEWS UPDATE FOR NOV. 10
Nov 10, 2006 ... The U.S. Navy issued the following press release: Daily News Update features six newscasts each day - one two-minute newscast and five one-minute newscasts. Two-minute newscast- - The National Museum of the Marine Corps is completed after years of planning and ...
VSE Awarded Army Contract
Nov 10, 2006 ... FORT MCPHERSON, Ga., Nov. 10 -- VSE Corp., Alexandria, Va., has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort McPherson, Ga., for professional, administrative and management support services. No contract amount was specified ($0). For more information about US Fed ...
Kansas, Missouri Inventors Develop Load Test Monitoring System
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- David W. Dankenbring and Charles L. Micklavzina, both of Overland Park, Kan., and Gary D. Willis Jr. of St. Joseph, Mo., have developed a system for load test monitoring a computer system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Trailer Hitch Guide
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Charles J. MacKarvich of Atlanta has developed a trailer hitch for connecting a trailer to the rear of a towing vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The trailer hitch includes a guide bar threaded about the stem of the hitch ball. An ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Front Projection Displays Dynamic Shadow Removal Method
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Christopher O. Jaynes, Stephen B. Webb and Robert M. Steele, all from Lexington, Ky., have developed a method for dynamic shadow removal from front projection displays. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a technique ...
California Inventors Develop Logarithmic Light Intensifier
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Robert J. Greenberg of Los Angeles, Abraham N. Seidman of Beverly Hills, Calif., and Joseph H. Schulman of Santa Clarita, Calif., have developed a method and an apparatus for enhancing retinal prosthetic performance. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Florida Inventors Develop Temperature Compensation Apparatus
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Jeff Moler of Sarasota, Fla., John A. Bugel of Largo, Fla., and Mark Oudshoorn of Parrish, Fla., have developed a temperature compensating apparatus for a mechanically leveraged smart material actuator and method for the same. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Steerable Lift Suspension System
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- John Edward Ramsey of Canton, Ohio, has developed a steering damper and backup lock beam attachment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The steering dampers minimize shimmy of the steerable wheels during over-the-road operation of the ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Track Lighting Method
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Ihor A. Lys of Milton, Mass., and George G. Mueller of Boston, have developed track lighting methods and apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various examples, power and data are provided to a plurality of lighting fixtures via ...
Belgian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Industrial Wide-Format Ink-Jet Printer
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Frans Hegge of Hamont-Achel, Belgium, has developed an ornamental design for an industrial wide-format ink-jet printer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D531,206 on Oct. 31. The patent has been ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Phase Change Ink Jet Printer
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Brent R. Jones of Tualatin, Ore., has developed an ornamental design for an ink stick for phase change ink jet printer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D531,210 on Oct. 31. The patent has been ...
South Carolina, Maryland Inventors Develop Wide Band Antennas Design
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Chalmers M. Butler of Clemson, S.C., and Shawn D. Rogers of Laurel, Md., have developed a method of designing omni-directional, broadband antennas. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for applying an algorithm to facilitate the ...
Italian Inventor Develops Motor-Vehicle Steering Device
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Valter Asteggiano of Pocapaglia, Italy, has developed a steering device for the support device for the rear wheel hub in motor-vehicles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support device for motor-vehicle wheel hubs adapted to be mounted ...
New Jersey, Connecticut Inventors Develop Data Streams Analysis Method
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Amin Arshad Abdulghani of Piscataway, N.J., Ronald George Hiller of Colts Neck, N.J., and Dragan Radulovic of Hamden, Conn., have developed a system and a method for monitoring and analyzing a stream of data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Florida Inventor Develops Hearing Communication Assembly
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Tom Rickards of Miami Beach, Fla., has developed a hearing protection and communication assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The speaker head is inserted into the protective ear insert and into one of the wearer's ears so that the ...
Tennessee Inventor Develops Corrugated Paperboard Container
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Benjamin Quaintance of Germantown, Tenn., has developed a corrugated paperboard container that has a bottom, opposite side walls and opposite end walls. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The end walls include an end panel that is foldably ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Printer
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Mitsuharu Hattori of Nagoya, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for printer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D531,207 on Oct. 31. The patent has been assigned to Brother Industries Ltd., ...
California Inventors Develop Continuously Variable Transmission
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Donald C. Miller of Fallbrook, Calif., and David John Allen of Encinitas, Calif., have developed a continuously variable transmission for use in rotationally or linearly powered machines and vehicles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Michigan, Oklahoma, New York Inventors Develop Vehicle Operating Method
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- John E. Kirwan of Troy, Mich., Michael J. Seino of Flushing, Mich., Jeffrey G. Weissman of Broken Arrow, Okla., and Michael R. Salemi of Rochester, N.Y., have developed a method of operating a reformer and a vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Liquid Crystal Display Module Assembly
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Chang-Il Kim of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, has developed a liquid crystal display device with a module assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal display module includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight assembly ...
Belgian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Ink Supply Cartridge
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Frans Hegge of Hamont-Achel, Belgium, has developed an ornamental design for an ink supply cartridge, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D531,213 on Oct. 31. The patent has been assigned to ...
Nebraska, Georgia, Colorado Inventors Develop Machine Maintenance Request Systems
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Mark Tonack of Omaha, Neb., Henry M. Abelman of Roswell, Ga., and Kenneth Algiene of Littleton, Colo., have developed a system for coordinating the maintenance of a plurality of machines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Standing Weightlifting Apparatus
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Stephen A. Skilken of Columbus, Ohio, and Matthew A. Purdy of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, have developed an exercising equipment, and more particularly, to an improved multi-use weight lifting apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
German Inventors Develop Gearbox Control System
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Otto Lutz of Meersburg, Germany, Franz Sorg of Langenargen, Germany, Peter Muschel of Friedrichshafen, Germany, and Roland Leibinger of Markdorf, Germany, have developed gearbox control system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a gearbox ...
California Inventor Develops Towing Vehicle Coupling Hitch
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Roddy M. Gomez of Antelope, Calif., has developed a hitch for coupling a towing vehicle to a vehicle to be towed. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "In one embodiment, the hitch comprises a receiver portion ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Exhaust Gas Recirculation Cooler Contaminant Removal Method
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Daniel J. Styles of Canton, Mich., has developed a method and an apparatus for removing contaminants from internal combustion engine exhaust gas recirculation cooler. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method feeds a portion of such ...
German Inventors Develop Centrifugal Separating Device
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Frank Schauz of Oelde, Germany, and Ulrich Schmid of Altbach, Germany, have developed a centrifugal separating device and a method for clarifying must during wine production, especially with a separator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Styrenic Resin Preparation Method
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Jae-burn Seo of Yeosu-si, South Korea, Sang-seop Kim of Incheon, South Korea, and Chang-hun Han of Daejeon, South Korea, have developed a method for preparing styrenic resin having high impact strength and gloss. An abstract of the invention, released by the ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Dental Appliance Orthodontic Bracket
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Andrew C. Kesling of LaPorte, Ind., has developed a bilayer base for attaching appliances selected from the group consisting of a component of a dental appliance. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "bilayer base for ...
California, Rhode Island, Texas, New York Inventors Develop Nanostructures Employing Composition
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Robert C. Stirbl of Pasadena, Calif., Malcolm L. Snead of Valencia, Calif., Jimmy Xu of Providence, R.I., Ellen S. Vitetta of Dallas, and Peter J. Wilk of New York, have developed a composition of microscopic devices that is utilizable in a medical diagnostic or ...
Colorado, Illinois Inventors Develop Network Presentation Distribution System
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Robert H. Ogdon of Littleton, Colo., and Frank E. Johnson of Plainfield, Ill., have developed a presentation system for distributing a performance of a presentation synchronously to a plurality of client nodes on a network such as the Internet. An abstract of ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Differential Transmission Apparatus
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Shih-Ming Wang of Taipei, Taiwan, and Ren-Jeng Wang of Chiayi, Taiwan, have developed a differential transmission apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The differential transmission apparatus includes a base, a fixed gear, a rotating ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Wideband Antenna
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Shinichi Kuroda, Hisato Asai and Tomoya Yamaura, all from Tokyo, have developed a wideband antenna that comprises a radiation electrode. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monoconical antenna comprises: a substantially conical concavity ...
California Inventors Develop Image Sensor Circuit
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Kevin E. Brehmer of Morgan Hill, Calif., and Brannon Harris of Los Gatos, Calif., have developed image sensor circuits that include sampling circuits used therein for performing correlated double sampling. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
U.S., Italian Inventors Develop Parathyroid Hormone Analog Peptides
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Andrea Caporale, Nereo Fiori, Elisabetta Schievano, Stefano Mammi and Evaristo Peggion, all from Padova, Italy, Michael Chorev of Chestnut Hill, Mass., and Angela Wittelsberger of Cambridge, Mass., have developed a peptide with parathyroid hormone (PTH)-like ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Injection Molding Machine
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Masanori Okazaki of Akashi, Japan, has developed an injection molding machine with two injection units retained in parallel on one heating cylinder retention member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "injection ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Punching Machine
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Morikatsu Matsuda and Eiji Matsuno, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a punching machine and a method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A punching machine includes a body frame having a table to support a workpiece. First and ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Paper-Cutting Apparatus
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Tzu-Feng Tseng of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a cutting apparatus for cutting a sheet material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cutting apparatus includes a bed for resting thereon the sheet material, a hollow rail structure spaced ...
California Inventors Develop Receiver Baseband Processing Unit
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Hui-Ling Lou of Palo Alto, Calif., and Kok-Wui Cheong of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method of divisionless baseband equalization in symbol modulated communications. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "joint ...
Japanese Inventor Develops High-Speed Turbo Decoder
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Tsuguo Maru of Tokyo has developed a turbo decoder which can decrease a time lag, operate at high speed, and hardly deteriorates in characteristics. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-speed turbo decoder using a bahi, cocke, jelinek, ...
ITT Awarded Army Contract
Nov 10, 2006 ... FORT MCPHERSON, Ga., Nov. 10 -- ITT Corp., Colorado Springs, Colo., has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort McPherson, Ga., for professional, administrative and management support services. No contract amount was specified ($0). For more information about ...
AT&T Government Solutions Awarded Army Contract
Nov 10, 2006 ... FORT MCPHERSON, Ga., Nov. 10 -- AT&T Government Solutions Inc., Vienna, Va., has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort McPherson, Ga., for professional, administrative and management support services. No contract amount was specified ($0). For more ...
Battelle Columbus Operations Awarded Army Contract
Nov 10, 2006 ... FORT MCPHERSON, Ga., Nov. 10 -- Battelle Columbus Operations, Columbus, Ohio, has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort McPherson, Ga., for professional, administrative and management support services. No contract amount was specified ($0). For more ...
Kellogg Brown & Root Services Awarded Army Contract
Nov 10, 2006 ... FORT MCPHERSON, Ga., Nov. 10 -- Kellogg Brown & Root Services Inc., Arlington, Va., has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort McPherson, Ga., for professional, administrative and management support services. No contract amount was specified ($0). For ...
CACI Technologies Awarded Army Contract
Nov 10, 2006 ... FORT MCPHERSON, Ga., Nov. 10 -- CACI Technologies Inc., Chantilly, Va., has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort McPherson, Ga., for professional, administrative and management support services. No contract amount was specified ($0). For more information ...
Dimensions International Awarded Army Contract
Nov 10, 2006 ... FORT MCPHERSON, Ga., Nov. 10 -- Dimensions International Inc., Alexandria, Va., has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort McPherson, Ga., for professional, administrative and management support services. No contract amount was specified ($0). For more ...
OHIO: Rep. Collier Introduces Bill Regarding State-Owned Real Estate
Nov 10, 2006 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 10 -- Ohio State Rep. Thom Collier, R-Mount Vernon, has introduced a bill (H.B. 677) that would authorize the conveyance of state-owned real estate in Ashtabula County, Champaign County, Clark County, Franklin County, and Knox County that the Adjutant General has determined ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Metal Gasket
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Masakazu Sueda of Tokyo has developed a metal gasket that is formed by first and second metal base plates. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The first metal base plate has a first main bead, and first outer and inner sub-bead sections ...
California Inventor Develops Body Part Training Apparatus
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Frank J. Schlosser of Santa Maria, Calif.,has developed an apparatus for training a body part, such as for example the feet or head, of a person is shown. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus structure is configured to receive ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Running Board
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Chris Schumacher of Frederick, Colo., has developed a running board, a motor vehicle that includes a running board, and methods for manufacturing and using a running board. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The running board includes a deck ...
New York Inventors Develop Solder Feeding Device
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Peter A Gruber of Mohegan Lake, N.Y., and Lannie R Bolde of New Paltz, N.Y., have developed a solder feeding device with a reservoir, a drive unit, a first lead, and a second lead. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The reservoir melts solid ...
California Inventor Develops Modulated Signal Demodulation System
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- Kamilo Feher of El Macero, Calif., has developed a system for demodulation of multiple signals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "demodulation system for receiving and demodulating multiple modulated signals, ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Light Bulb Catcher
Nov 10, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 10 -- LaMoine Saunders of Chandler, Ariz., has developed a light bulb catch that comprises a catcher and an attachment mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The catcher may be rotatably or slideably connected to a pole through a rotatable ...