US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, November 22:
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Sink Strainer
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Kun-Hsi Lin of Taichung City, Taiwan, has developed a strainer that includes a water collector on an upper side, and a tube coupled on the bottom of the water collector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tube has flutes formed on the ...
South Korea Inventor Develops Guard Device for Escalator Handrail
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Jong-Sook Kim of Seongnam-si, South Korea, has developed a guard device for a front of an escalator handrail. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guard device for a handrail in an entry zone of an escalator is disclosed, which assures ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Wide Viewing Angle Screen
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Seok-Il Yoon of Dacion Metropolitan, South Korea, and Gyu-hwan Hwang of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, have developed a screen with a wide viewing angle and a projection television that includes the screen. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Missouri Inventor Develops Utility Transport System
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Thomas E. Lenkman of St. Charles, Mo., has developed a utility transport truck having electro-pneumatic controls for coupling and decoupling of devices which are in weight and sensitivity categories that make manual movement without power assist difficult or ...
German Inventors Develop Vehicle Hybrid Drive Operating Method
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Martin Eisenhardt of Renningen, Germany, Dieter Hoetzer of Markgroningen, Germany, and Stefan Tumback of Stuttgart, Germany, have developed a method for setting a desired operating condition of a hybrid drive for a vehicle. An abstract of the invention, ...
California Inventor Develops Resistive Bonding Tool Tip
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Steven F. Reiber of Rocklin, Calif., has developed a bonding tool with resistance. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resistive bonding tool tip comprising a resistive material with a resistance low enough to prevent a discharge of a ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Engine Start Fuel Control System
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Shigeru Oho and Ayumu Miyajima, both of Farmington Hills, Mich., Jonathan Borg of Livonia, Mich., and Frank Warren Hunt of West Bloomfield, Mich., have developed a engine startup fuel control system for internal combustion engines. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Molecular Rotation Speed Measuring Method
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Yong Sun of Iizuka, Japan, and Tatsuro Miyasato of Kitakyushu, Japan, have developed a method for measuring rotational speed of molecule of fullerenes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for measuring the molecular ...
German Inventors Develop Soil Working Method
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Markus Mayr of Ehekirchen, Germany, and Markus Riepold of Brunnen, Germany, have developed a soil working method and device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soil working method and device, in which a drilling rod, to which is fitted at ...
South Korean Inventors Develop User-Interactive Refrigerator
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Chang-nyeun Kim of Seoul, South Korea, and Gun-ho Hong of Kwangiu, South Korea, have developed an user-interactive refrigerator and a control method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator having a cooling compartment ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Soldering Apparatus Jet Nozzle Structure
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Nobuhiro Matsuura and Kaoru Yamaguchi, both of Fukushima, Japan, have developed a jet nozzle structure for a soldering apparatus for soldering a local area of a substrate on which electric components are placed improves the soldering performance. According to ...
U.S., German Inventors Develop Dental Materials Forming Processes
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Joel D. Oxman of Minneapolis, Bradley D. Craig of Cottage Grove, Minn., Rajdeep S. Kalgutkar of St. Paul, Minn., Marc Peuker of Schondorf, Germany, and Pete Bissingerr of Diessen, Germany, have developed processes for forming dental materials from hardenable dental ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Liquid Dispensing System
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Gregory J. Gabryszewski of Snellville, Ga., has developed a solenoid that uses color-coded visual indicia in a liquid dispensing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "liquid dispensing system and methods ...
California Inventor Develops Sink Drain Plunger
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- George Tash of Somis, Calif., has developed a toilet and sink drain plunger. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present toilet and sink drain plunger seals either around or in a toilet or sink drain hole despite the hole's size, ...
Texas Inventors Develop Expandable Packer with Anchoring Feature
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Jason M. Harper and John Lindley Baugh, both of Houston, and James C. Doane of Friendswood, Texas, have developed an expandable packer with anchoring feature. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable packer or anchor is disclosed. It ...
Illinois, New York Inventors Develop Staple Forming Mechanism
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- David P. Adams of Barrington, Ill., Kenneth J. Bargo of Chicago, and Valentin Fridmanovich of Forest Hills, N.Y., have developed a staple forming mechanism with at least first and second configurations. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Stackable Low Depth Tray
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- William P. Apps of Alpharetta, Ga., has developed a low depth tray for bottles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low depth tray for bottles is provided which includes a first pair of opposed walls, a second pair of opposed walls attached ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Underground Water Retention Apparatus
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Jeffrey J. Norman and James A. Mayer, both of Phoenix, have developed underground storage facilities for retaining or detaining run off water on property being developed, such as shopping malls and the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Stapler Nose Assembly
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Hong-Liang Lin of Ta-Li, Taiwan, has developed a stapler nose that includes a passage defined therein and a plurality of stops extend from two sides of a face of the nose. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A top plate is mounted on the face ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Protective Garment Thermal Liner
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Charles Dunn of Smyrna, Ga., has developed a patterned thermal liner for protective garments. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are thermal liners for protective garments and protective garments that comprise thermal liners. In ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Fuel Supply Device
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Xiumei Wang of Kariya, Japan, has developed a fuel supply device that includes a fuel pump, a plurality of valves, and a controller. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The fuel pump includes a plurality of pressure chambers each having a ...
German Inventors Develop Rollover Detecting Method
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Manfred Frimberger of Ergoldsbach, Germany, and Florian Wolf of Regensburg, Germany, have developed a method for detecting a rollover. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for detecting a rollover situation in ...
Paramount Machine Wins $57,821 Contract
Nov 22, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $57,821 contract to Paramount Machine Co. Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., for miscellaneous power transmission equipment. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, ...
Machining Technologies Wins $1.01 Million Contract
Nov 22, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $1.01 million contract to Machining Technologies Inc., Hebron, Md., 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 ...
Paine Electronics Wins $3.35 Million Contract
Nov 22, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a contract valued at up to $3.35 million to Paine Electronics LLC, East Wenatchee, Wash., for weapons. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For ...
California Inventor Develops Sound System with Dedicated Vocal Channel
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Jason S. C. Hou of Covina, Calif., has developed a karaoke system with a dedicated vocal channel. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A karaoke sound system had a mixer that combines the singer's real-time ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Azimuth Meter
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Yasunori Abe and Kazuo Suzuki, both of Mohka, Japan, have developed an azimuth meter which measures the azimuth while applying bias magnetic fields to spin-valve giant magneto-resistive elements. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An azimuth ...
Utah Inventor Develops Combination Motor Driven Tricycle
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Andrew Schoenberg of Salt Lake City has developed a combination pedal/motor driven tricycle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "zero-emissions electric three-wheeled, enclosed scooter with two one horsepower motors ...
California Inventor Develops Jet Nozzle Mixer
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Jack H. Anderson of Del Mar, Calif., has developed jet nozzle mixers for aircraft jet engines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A second stage external jet nozzle mixer includes identically formed lobes which equal in number the lobes of ...
California Inventors Develop Perpendicular Recording Magnetic Head pole tip Making Method
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Quang Le and Jui-lung Li, both of San Jose, Calif., Jeffrey S. Lille of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Son Van Nguyen of Los Gatos, Calif., have developed a method of making a perpendicular recording magnetic head pole tip. An abstract of the invention, released by ...
British Inventors Develop Flood Protection Apparatus
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Robert Alexander Jones and Peter Anthony Jones, both of North Wales, Great Britain, have developed an apparatus for sealing an aperture against ingress of floodwater. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to the "apparatus ...
German Inventor Develops Motor Vehicle
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Erwin Stiermann of Neusass, Germany, has developed a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine, which is adapted to be supplied with fuel from a fuel tank. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A preliminary muffler and a main muffler ...
Connecticut, California Inventors Develop Surgical Stapling Apparatus
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Frank J. Viola of Sandy Hook, Conn., and David Ivanko of San Diego, have developed staple-gap adjustment members for use in surgical stapling apparatus and methods. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gap adjustment member includes one or ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Coupling Structure
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Chao-Ming Huang, Wen-Chieh Wang, and Chin-Ku Chuang, all from Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a coupling structure that is coupled between a base and a display panel. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A ...
Danish Inventor Develops Nits Separator
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Birger Elmgaard Sorensen of Vejle, Denmark, has developed a plant which serves to produce a nonwoven web of fibers out of a fibrous material, such a cellulose pulp. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The plant comprises a hammer mill for ...
California Inventors Develop Hard Disk Drive Clip Balancing Method
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Ta-Chang Fu and Stanley Yen Wong, both of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method of using a balance clip in a hard disk drive spindle motor for disk pack balance correction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of using a balance ...
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Inventors Develop Electro-Mechanical Surgical Device
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- John E. Burbank of Ridgefield, Conn., David A. Zeichner of Oxford, Conn., and Michael P. Whitman of New Hope, Pa., have developed a surgical device that includes a housing and a hollow shaft extending from the housing. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
German Inventors Develop Windscreen Wiper System Fixing Device
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Achim Neubauer of Sinzheim-Vormberg, Germany, Peter Kalchschmidt of Bruchsal Untergromb, Germany, Jochen Moench of Sinzheim, Germany, and Heiko Sponar of Rastatt, Germany, have developed a fastening for a windshield wiper system on a vehicle body. According to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Rotation Angle Sensor
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Taiichi Miya of Tokyo has developed a rotation angle sensor with a variable reluctance resolver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "rotation angle sensor that outputs different axis combination angles as absolute ...
French Inventor Develops Vehicle Intake Manifold
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Denis Menin of Houssen, France, has developed intake manifolds or distributors for vehicles with thermal engines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an intake manifold or distributor for an air feed circuit ...
German Inventors Develop Solar Panel Connecting Box
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Elke Werner of Darmstadt, Germany, Guenter Feldmeier of Lorsch, Germany, Heinz Scherer of Bensheim, Germany, Markus Strelow of Moerlenbach, Germany, and Andreas Woeber of Kronau, Germany, have developed a connecting box for connecting to a solar ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Food, Insulin Dose Management Method
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Joseph Pilarski of Ontario, Canada, has developed a method of food and insulin dose management for a diabetic subject. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of food and insulin dose management for a diabetic ...
Danish Inventors Develop Glass Production Method
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Martin Juul of Herfolge, Denmark, and Erling Fundal of Borup, Denmark, have developed a method for producing a glass. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "glass produced on basis of a raw material in form of a mixture ...
German Inventors Develop Friction Welding Tool
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Klaus Raether of Hoehenkirchen, Germany, Juergen Silvanus of Munich, Germany, and Werner Zimmermann of Putzbrunn, Germany, have developed a friction stir tool for friction welding. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A friction welding tool ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Blood Vessel Grafting Apparatus
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Timur Paul Sarac of Orange Village, Ohio, has developed a method for forming a graft for insertion in a blood vessel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for grafting of a blood vessel and a method of forming the apparatus is ...
Dutch Inventor Develops Jet Cutting Device with Deflector
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Jan Jette Blange of Rijswijk, Netherlands, has developed jet cutting device for cutting a borehole in a body. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "jet cutting device having a cutter head provided with a nozzle for ...
New York, Ohio Inventors Develop Friction Stir Welding Method
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian of Niskayuna, N.Y., Bernard Patrick Bewlay of Schenectady, N.Y., Earl Claude Helder of Cincinnati, and Timothy Joseph Trapp of Upper Arlington, Ohio, have developed an apparatus for friction stir welding, a weld tool for friction ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Length Measuring Apparatus
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Kazuhiko Kodama and Shigeru Oshima, both of Utsunomiya, Japan, have developed a length measuring apparatus with a scale held on a frame, and a length measuring apparatus of a type in which the scale is attached directly to an object to be measured. According ...
California Inventors Develop Magnetic Disk Drive Pinned Layers Testing Method
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Ciaran Avram Fox of Sunnyvale, Calif., Kenneth David Mackay of San Jose, Calif., and Vladimir Nikitin of Campbell, Calif., have developed a method for testing pinned layers of magnetic disk drive read heads. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Automatic Transmission Control Method
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Tetsuo Matsumura, Takashi Okada and Hiroshi Sakamoto, all from Chiyoda-ku, Japan, and Sunao Ishihara, Isamu Sunaga and Toshiharu Kumagai, all from Saitama, Japan, have developed a control method and a control apparatus suitable for controlling a synchromesh type ...
German Inventor Develops Fuel Injection Apparatus
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Peter Boehland of Marbach, Germany, has developed a fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "fuel injection apparatus having a high-pressure fuel pump and a ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Fan Clutch Holding Tool
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Shawn Mayer of Wind Lake, Wis., has developed an improved fan clutch holding tool or wrench and an associated method of removing a fan clutch assembly from a hub shaft using such tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding tool is ...
French Inventor Develops Elevator Safety Device
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Julien Maury of Mulhouse, France, has developed a safety device for an elevator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety device includes a trigger mechanism for triggering a braking wedges attached to first and second double levers to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Elevator System with Wireless Transmission Units
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Hiromi Inaba and Kenichi Yamashita, both of Hitachinaka, Japan, Nobuhisa Motoyama of Tokai-mura, Japan, Atsushi Kawabata of Hitachi, Japan, and Yoshinori Ohkura of Mito, Japan, have developed an elevator system in which a car travels upward and downward among a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Processing Apparatus
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Suresh Jeyachandran and Aruna Rohra Suda, both of Yokohama, Japan, Shouichi Ibaraki and Masanori Wakai of Tokyo, and Masayuki Takayama of Kashiwa, Japan, have developed an information processing apparatus that relays a notification to a user and a method ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Cable Tie Convenience Container
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Bruce Berry of Downingtown, Pa., has developed containers that are used for improving work efficiency. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A convenience container (e.g., bag, tote, or case), mounted on a person (e.g., via a belt or belt ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Linear Voltage Transducer Fault Detection Method
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Kenneth F.Cook of Cincinnati, and Robert D. Wittenbach of Lebanon, Ohio, have developed systems and methods for detecting faults in rotary voltage differential transducers (RVDTs) and linear voltage differential transducers (LVDTs). According to the U.S ....
Ohio Inventors Develop Curable Material Dispensing Containers Cap
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Warren P. Williamson IV of Loveland, Ohio, and Craig B. Berky of Milford, Ohio, have developed a container, a sealing cap and a method for sealing a nozzle tip of a curable liquid dispensing container. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Dry Firing Nailer Preventing Safety Device
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Sunking Hung and Li-Hsin Chang, both of Taichung, Taiwan, have developed a safety device for preventing a nailer from dry firing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a safety device for preventing a nailer ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Screen with Improved Luminance Uniformity
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Hideya Chubachi of Tokyo, Hiroshi Hayashi of Miyagi, Japan, and Osamu Ikeda of Saitama, Japan, have developed a screen with an improved luminance uniformity. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diffusion film that is disposed at the front ...
California Inventor Develops Garbage Macerator Installation Mount
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Kenneth Heaton of Lakewood, Calif., has developed support assembly that is useful in aligning the throat of a sink macerator or garbage disposal subjacent the drain opening in the sink. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Wellbore Pump
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Dan Lee of Calgary, Canada, has developed a mechanism which will automatically discharge accumulated liquids from the wellbore, without external force or energy. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The wellbore pump of the present invention ...
Massachusetts, California Inventors Develop Product Planning Scheduling System
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Jonathan Cherneff and Krishna Kumar, both of Cambridge, Mass., and John Fors of Menlo Park, Calif., have developed a system for scheduling product planning. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A product development scheduler uses a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Intake Control Apparatus
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Hirokazu Shimizu of Isesaki, Japan, has developed an intake control apparatus for internal combustion engine and method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When a detection value of an intake pressure is normal, an electronically ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Portable Electronic Device All Plastic Clip
Nov 22, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 22 -- Lawrence R. Stotts of Elgin, Ill., has developed an all plastic clip for a portable electronic device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The clip includes a housing having a cradle for receiving a flange attached to the portable telephone ...