US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, December 4:
Nevada Inventor Develops Seven-Card-Stud Poker Game
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Henry Tien Lo of Las Vegas has developed a method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker in which each Player wagering against the Banker. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a seven-card-stud ...
Texas Inventor Develops Satellite Positioning System Receiver
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Alan M. Gilkes of Plano, Texas, has developed a system and a method that provides time to a satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver from a networked time server. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system and ...
California Inventor Develops Concrete Void Former
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Clifford D. Bennett of Alta Loma, Calif., has developed a void former that comprises a core assembly with at least two body members. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The body members are removably coupled together to define the desired ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Document Processing Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Masaki Nakagawa of Fuchu, Japan, has developed a document processing method, a recording medium recording document processing program and a document processing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the present invention, an ...
German Inventor Develops Gaming Machine Jackpot Award Value Determining Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Paul Gauselmann of Espelkamp, Germany, has developed a method of determining the value of a jackpot award. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method entails operating a main game to obtain an outcome, at least one of the outcomes ...
California Inventors Develop Satellite Based Positioning System
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Lionel J. Garin of Palo Alto, Calif., and Makarand S. Phatak of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed satellite based positioning systems and methods for determining position information without broadcast ephemeris data for extended time periods. According to the ...
California Inventor Develops Hand-To-Hand Game Playing Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Robert von Goeben of San Francisco has developed a novel hand-to-hand physical game that incorporates a wearable electronic scoring device together with low-impact rules of engagement. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates ...
British Inventors Develop Cold Separation Device for Metallic Workpiece
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Shay Vincent Eddy, Delville Edwin Eddy and Paul Anthony Eddy, all from Scunthorpe, Great Britain, and Edwin James DuMorris Eddy of North Scunthorpe, Great Britain, have developed a cold separation device for separating an elongate metallic member along its ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Object Matching Management Apparatus
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Masami Kurosaki and Hirotaka Kuroda, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an object matching management system that enables instantaneous reflection of change in object information in operation terminals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
U.S., Danish Inventors Develop Graphic Area Finish Operation Processing Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Peter Alsten of Racine, Wis., Steen Mikkelsen of Delavan, Wis., and Geo Andersen of Aabyhoej, Denmark, have developed an automated method and an apparatus for vision registration of graphics areas operating from the unprinted side. According to the U.S. Patent ...
New York Inventors Develop Organic Light-Emitting Diode Display Device
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Michael E. Miller of Honeoye Falls, N.Y., Ronald S. Cok of Rochester, N.Y., and Andrew D. Arnold of Hilton, N.Y., have developed a full-color organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Mechanical Seal Device
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Hidekazu Takahashi of Sakado, Japan, has developed a mechanical seal device with an improved sealing ability and an easy installation of a shaft sleeve. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A primary object of the present invention is to ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Fiber Pulp Suspension Draining Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Vesa Juutinen of Tampere, Finland, has developed a method and an apparatus for draining fibre pulp suspension. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of draining a fiber pulp suspension, where the fiber pulp ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Papermaking Fabric
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Mark Alan Burazin of Oshkosh, Wis., Andrew Peter Bakken of Appleton, Wis., and Irene Beatrice Strohbeen of Menasha, Wis., have developed a method of making paper using reformable fabrics. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Papermaking ...
Florida Inventors Develop Steam Turbine Steam Swirl Reduction Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Matthew J. McHale of Oviedo, Fla., and Lewis Gray of Winter Springs, Fla., have developed a method and an apparatus for reducing steam swirl in a steam turbine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of seal segments are ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Injectors Combustion Gas Seal
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Junichi Nakayama of Fujisawa, Japan, and Masahiro Kawabata of Nihonmatsu, Japan, have developed a combustion gas seal for injector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustion gas seal for injectors having the function to prevent the ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Game Playing Table
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- George A. Keith of Bartlett, Ill., has developed a game table for playing a game related to an ice-related sport. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The game table includes a tabletop substantially covered with a sheet of ice. Symbols printed ...
British Inventor Develops Currency Exchange Transaction Facilitation Device
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Seon Ho Lee of Kent, Great Britain, has developed methods and an apparatus for facilitating a currency exchange transaction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "methods and apparatus for prompting a user to enter ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Throwing Game
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Gary Johnson of Bend, Ore., and Joe Lessard of Chatnan, Canada, have developed a game in which each player throws one or more playing pieces toward a target. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "game including a ...
Michigan, Ohio Inventors Develop Gate Remnant Removing Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Alan P. Gould and Robert L. Macheske, both of Tawas City, Mich., Daniel D. Minor of Cadillac, Mich., and Kenneth D. McKibben of Defiance, Ohio, have developed an improved method of separating a gate remnant from a casting. An abstract of the invention, released ...
New York Inventor Develops Multi-Carbide Materials
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Robert Dobbs of Newfield, N.Y., has developed multi-carbide materials for use as grinding media formed in the shape of spheres or other shaped media. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "grinding media, including shaped ...
California Inventor Develops Print Media Guiding System
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Philip Bryer of Tarzana, Calif., has developed a rack-and-pinion print media guide system which incorporates a central gear cluster to expand the maximum media capture range. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rack-and-pinion print media ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Organic Cation Salt Carboxylates Esterification Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- YuPo J. Lin of Naperville, Ill., Michael Henry of Batavia, Ill., Jamie Hestekin of Morton Grove, Ill., Seth W. Snyder of Lincolnwood, Ill., and Edward J. St. Martin of Libertyville, Ill., have developed a method of and an apparatus for continuously making an organic ...
California, New York Inventors Develop Helmet-Mounted Lights Bracket
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- James F. Taylor of Saratoga, Calif., Michael Daniel Schultz of Santa Cruz, Calif., and Paul LaDuca of Buffalo, N.Y., have developed a mounting bracket that features a break-away impact release mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Swedish Inventor Develops Multi-Layer Woven Papermaker's Fabric
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Bjo Rydin of Horby, Sweden, has developed a multi-layer woven seam baseweave that have different sized seam attachments. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "multi-layer woven papermaker's fabric having at least two ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Optical Systems Chromatic Dispersion Compensation Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Thomas W. Stone of Hellertown, Pa., has developed methods and system for chromatic dispersion compensation in disperser-combiner optical systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The chromatic dispersion in disperser-combiner optical ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Short Pulse, Stepped Frequency Radar System
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Wesley H. Dwelly of Sahuarita, Ariz., and Vinh N. Adams of Tucson, Ariz., have developed a short pulse/stepped frequency radar system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "unique hardware architecture that combines ...
Texas Inventor Develops Rotorcraft Control System
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Ronald L. Kisor of Coppell, Texas, has developed a flight control system for a rotorcraft to prevent the adverse effects of the vortex ring state. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the flight control system of the present invention, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Pneumatic Tire
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Susumu Watanabe of Hiratsuka, Japan, has developed a pneumatic tire with inclined main grooves. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A pneumatic tire, wherein at least one peripheral main groove is provided in ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Electro-Chemical Mechanical Polishing Article
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Michael H. Bunyan of Chelmsford, Mass., Thomas A. Clement of Lexington, Mass., John J. Hannafin of Westford, Mass., Marc E. LaRosee of Winthrop, Mass., and Kent M. Young of Carlisle, Mass., have developed a polishing pad or other shaped article for the electrochemical ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Processing Apparatus Automatic Document Feeder
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Hitoshi Hattori and Motoya Sano, both of Tokyo, Takashi Fujii and Shinya Kitaoka, both of Kanagawa, Japan, Hiroshi Fukano of Chiba, Japan, and Hiroshi Kubo of Saitama, Japan, have developed an automatic document feeder (ADF) and an image processing apparatus that is ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Missile Firing Barrel
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Shinichi Okada and Masato Shinomiya, both of Yokohama, Japan, Sadao Okawa of Toyohashi, Japan, and Makoto Mochizuki of Kamakura, Japan, have developed a missile that can be fired from a barrel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A missile to ...
California Inventor Develops Clippable Plastic Note
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Michael D. Rutland of Costa Mesa, Calif., has developed a clippable note that comprises a sheet of plastic material with a clipping portion and a writing portion. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The clipping portion is semi-rigid and has ...
German Inventors Develop Shaped Concrete Articles Producing Mold
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Rudolf Braungardt of Pechtelsgrun, Germany, and Erwin Schmucker of Schelklingen, Germany, have developed mold for producing shaped concrete bodies. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold frame for an apparatus for producing shaped concrete ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Printed Material Processing Conveying Arrangement
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Albert Eugster of Strengelbach, Switzerland, and Felix Kramer of Vordemwald, Switzerland, have developed a conveying arrangement for processing printed material to printed products. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveying arrangement ...
Tennessee Inventors Develop Dishwasher Tub Rear Support System
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Jeffrey N. Williams, Daniel Hruby and Heather M. Hagans, all from Jackson, Tenn., and J. Don Milam of Sugartree, Tenn., have developed a dishwasher tub that is supported and retained on a frame. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The rear ...
California Inventor Develops Electronic Information Transferring Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Norman Ken Ouchi of San Jose, Calif., has developed a catalog, a catalog query and an item identifier for configurable items. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is related to electronic information transfer between trading ...
Washington Inventors Develop Linear-Feed Irrigation Apparatus
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Joseph D. Sinden, Rex D. Ness, Chad D. Leinweber, Richard J. Berrier, Craig Nelson, and Robert Rupar, all from Walla Walla, Wash., have developed a linear-feed irrigation apparatus and related method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
German Inventor Develops Two Components Connection Fitting
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Friedrich Knapp of Vaterstetten, Germany, has developed a fitment that is suitable for the form-fitting joining of two structural parts. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "fitting made from two planar fitting halves, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Plasma Display Panel Driving Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Takashi Shiizaki and Hitoshi Hirakawa, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a method of driving plasma display panel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of driving a plasma display panel, which includes ...
British Inventor Develops Aircraft Flap Extension Mechanism
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Philip I Robinson of Stockport, Great Britain, has developed an aircraft mechanism that includes a flap positioning mechanism that comprises a carriage and track system, which is suitable for use with variable radius or multiple curvature tracks, the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventors Develop Projectile Diverter
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Mark Folsom of Carmel, Calif., Charles Piper III of Los Banos, Calif., Wm. David Fahey of Cupertino, Calif., and Jared M. McGowan of Boulder Creek, Calif., have developed a fast, low-cost, small diverter that is capable of generating a relatively high impulse (1-5 ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Debris Separating Apparatus
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Thomas K. Hong of Toronto Ont., Canada, has developed devices for ejecting debris from downspouts connected to the eaves troughs on buildings. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A debris separating apparatus for use in downspout below an eaves trough ...
Maryland Inventor Develops Foreign Visitor Visa Validation System
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Lester Sussman of Bethesda, Ma., has developed distributed customs and immigration system for authorizing a visitor's stay in a country. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention integrates with a country's customs and immigration ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Gradient Pump Apparatus
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Shinya Ito of Hitachinaka, Japan, has developed a gradient pump apparatus that is used for performing chromatography at a flow rate area of nano-liter per minute. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "gradient pump ...
Washington Inventors Develop Hardcopy Devices Media Bias Assembly
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Tom Ruhe of La Center, Wash., and Ray Sherman of Camas, Wash., have developed a media bias assembly for use in a hardcopy device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driven pick roll delivers media from a stack of media to a media feed path ...
German Inventors Develop Ceiling-Mounted Stand Swivel Arm
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Georg Bauer of Dachau, Germany, and Willibald Hiemer of Munchen, Germany, have developed a swivel arm of a ceiling-mounted stand. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The present invention relates to swivel ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Clothes Iron Organizer
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Ken Clausen of Doylestown, Ohio, Lisa Kern of Wooster, Ohio, Mike Maczuzak of Wickliffe, Ohio, and Erin Q. Riddell of Lakewood, Ohio, have developed an organizer for a clothes iron and accessories thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop One-Point Recalibration Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Jianwen Han of Danbury, Conn., Mackenzie E. King of Southbury, Conn., Glenn Tom of New Milford, Conn., and Steven Lurcott of Sherman, Conn., have developed an one-point recalibration method for reducing error in concentration measurements for an electrolytic solution ....
Canadian Inventors Develop Bituminous Froth Inclined Plate Separator
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- William Nicholas Garner of Fort McMurray, Canada, Donald Norman Madge of Calgary, Canada, and William Lester Strand of Edmonton, Canada, have developed a bituminous froth inclined plate separator and a hydrocarbon cyclone treatment process. According to the ...
Washington Inventors Develop Client Computer Trusted Root Certificates Updating Process
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Keith R. Vogel of Duvall, Wash., Charlie D. Chase of Woodinville, Wash., Kelvin S. Yiu of Seattle, Philip J. Hallin of Port Townsend, Wash., and Louis K. Thomas of Bellevue, Wash., have developed a process of supporting secure network connections. According to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Data Recording Medium
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Toshio Miyazawa, Hideaki Yamagata, Hiroshi Shimura and Michiyoshi Tachikawa, all from Kanagawa, Japan, and Hiroaki Nagatsuka of Tokyo, have developed a reading device for reading a data recording medium that includes a sheet portion visibly printed with an image and a ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Object Level Adjusting Device
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Zhi-Hong Fang and Yue-Ye Chen, both of Hang-zhou, China, have developed a level adjusting device for adjusting the level of an object that is mounted thereon. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A level ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Contrast Enhancement Method using Histogram Matching
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Jae-hwan Oh and Seung-joon Yang, both of Suwon, South Korea, have developed an apparatus and a method to enhance a contrast that includes a first operation part, a second operation part, and a mapping part. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
British Inventors Develop Image Processing Apparatus
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Michael James Taylor and Simon Michael Rowe, both of Guildford, Great Britain, have developed an image processing apparatus and a database. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Three-dimensional computer model data, moving image data or still ...
Califoarnia Inventors Develop Shared-Nothing Database System Data Management Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Roger J. Bamford of Woodside, Calif., Sashikanth Chandrasekaran of Belmont, Calif., and Angelo Pruscino of Los Altos, Calif., have developed techniques for managing data in a shared-nothing database system that runs on shared disk hardware. According to the ...
Utah Inventor Develops Visual Display Device
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Arthur Lane Bentley of East Sandy, Utah, has developed a kinetic device and a method for producing visual displays thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A visual display device is constructed which uses the "persistence of vision" ...
Florida Inventor Develops Optical Waveguide Evanescent Ribbon Coupler
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Jianwen Yang of Miami has developed an array waveguide evanescent coupler for daed-to-backplane optical connection. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "evanescent optically coupled electronic device including: a ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Fluoropolymer Modification Method
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Naiyong Jing of Woodbury, Minn., and Gerald Rainer Adalbert Hofmann of Oakdale, Minn., have developed a method of modifying a fluoropolymer and articles thereby. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluoropolymer is modified by contacting it ...
German Inventors Develop Stack Lowest Sheet Feeding Device
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Rolf Hansmann of Rahden, Germany, and Dieter Lorken of Duren, Germany, have developed a device for isolating and feeding the lowest sheet in each case from a stack. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "In a ...
Washington Inventors Develop High Dynamic Range Images Generation System
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Sing Bing Kang and Richard Szeliski, both of Redmond, Wash., and Matthew T. Uyttendaele and Simon Winder, both of Seattle, have developed a system and a process for generating high dynamic range (HDR) images from multiple exposures of a moving scene. According ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Workpiece Clamping Device
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Toshio Sato and Akira Tadano, both of Tsukuba-gun, Japan, have developed a clamping device for clamping a workpiece for a purpose of processing and the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping device includes a first clamping arm ...
Washington Inventor Develops Disk Refiner
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- John H. Hughes of Montesano, Wash., has developed a refiner chamber in which solid material is reduced to a particulate form. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refiner that reduces solid material to a particulate form includes a rotatable ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Absorbent Sheet Products Container Supporting Bracket
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- JohnFormon of Appleton, Wis., has developed a bracket for supporting a container of absorbent or saturated sheet products. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bracket for supporting a container of absorbent sheet products includes first and ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Single Piece Packaging Container
Dec 04, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- Anatoly Gosis of Palatime, Ill., Michael D. Loeschen of Hawthorne Woods, Ill., and Ian Brooks of Lake Barrington, Ill., have developed a single piece packaging container and a device for making same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...