US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, December 5:
Waltonen Engineering Wins $69,725 Contract
Dec 05, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $69,725 contract to Waltonen Engineering Inc., Warren, for research and development work. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US Fed ...
North Carolina Inventor Develops Bottle Security Device
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Dennis D. Belden Jr. of Waxhaw, N.C., has developed a bottle security device that includes an inner member, an intermediate member and an outer member that cooperate to lock the device on a bottle neck. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Rhode Island Inventor Develops Wave Propagation Parameter Estimating Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Andrew J. Hull of Newport, R.I., has developed an inverse method for estimating the wave propagation parameters of two dissimilar wave types. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided to distinguish two blended but different ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Wet Concrete Dam
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Rex A. Lambertson Jr. of Houghton Lake, Mich., has developed an ornamental design for a wet concrete dam and rake for chute flow control, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D531,865 on Nov. 14. The ...
French Inventor Develops Tower Crane Foldable Cab/Pivot Unit
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Michel Lissandre of Yzeure, France, has developed a foldable cab/pivot unit for a tower crane. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cab/pivot unit comprises an upper mast element associated with a pivot, an access platform which extends ...
New York Inventor Develops Infant Breast Milk Feeding System
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Charles John Renz of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., has developed a breast milk feeding and a storage system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system has a liner having an open end, a holder having an open end, and an adapter system. The liner ...
Washington Inventor Develops Watermark Embedding Control Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Kenneth L. Levy of Stevenson, Wash., has developed a method for controlling watermark embedding in a media object through the use of a watermark embedding command. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the process of creating the media ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Germanium-Containing Films Deposition Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Egbert Woelk of North Andover, Mass., and Deodatta Vinayak Shenai-Khatkhate of Danvers, Mass., have developed a method of depositing germanium-containing films. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Germanium compounds suitable for use as vapor ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Spoon
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Ching Mou Lee of Guangdong, China, has developed an ornamental design for a spoon, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D531,860 on Nov. 14. The original application was filed on Aug. 31, 2004, and ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Water-Based Chemical Indicator Ink
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Shobha Shakher Puntambekar of Morganville, N.J., has developed a water-based chemical indicator inks for ethylene oxide sterilization processes and methods for its use. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The chemical indicator ink contains at ...
Italian Inventor Develops Boat Drive Unit
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Alberto Amici of Pavia, Italy, has developed a drive unit designed particularly for boats fitted with a stern drive which incorporates a system designed to reverse the propeller rotation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit for ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Strap Wrench
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Qiu Jian Ping of Hangzhou, China, has developed an ornamental design for a strap wrench, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D531,864 on Nov. 14. The patent has been assigned to Great Neck Saw ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Electrically Conductive Carrier
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Robert A. Sadler of Raleigh, N.C., Gerard James Hayes of Wake Forest, N.C., William P. Stewart of Mebane, N.C., and Mark Douglas of Cary, N.C., have developed means for controlling current distribution in a communications device. According to the U.S. Patent ...
German Inventors Develop Empty Container Store
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Hermann Franzen of Monchengladbach, Germany, and Joachim Kroll of Juchen, Germany, have developed an empty container storage for the intermediate storage of empty international standards organization (ISO) containers. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Florida Inventors Develop External Source Detection Apparatus
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Ming-Ren Lian, Gary Mark Shafer and Hubert A. Patterson, all from Boca Raton, Fla., have developed a method and an apparatus to detect an external source, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,142,113 on ...
Pennsylvania, Michigan Inventors Develop Building Product Molding Process
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Joong Youn Kim of Newtown Square, Pa., Richard Allan Snyder of Eagleville, Pa., Husnu M. Kalkanoglu of Swarthmore, Pa., Gregory F. Jacobs of Oreland, Pa., and Thomas Kevin MacKinnon of Ann Arbor, Mich., have developed a process of simultaneously molding a plurality of ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Container with Integrated Vacuum Panel
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Raymond A. Bourque of Plymouth, Mass., Ralph T. Coley Jr. of Cohasset, Mass., Takao Iizuka of Koto-ku, Japan, and Masaaki Sasaki of Matsudo, Japan, have developed a container that includes a top portion and a bottom portion. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Texas Inventor Develops Aggressive Pipeline Pig
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Kenneth M. Knapp of Houston has developed a modular pipeline pig that provides scraping cup having holes therethrough, adapted to retain a plurality of scraper studs. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Positioned a well-defined distance ...
Aircraft Dynamics Wins $746,088 Contract
Dec 05, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $746,088 contract to Aircraft Dynamics Corp., Lima, Ohio, for power driven hand tools. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US Fed News ...
Eur-Pac Wins $57,600 Contract
Dec 05, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $57,600 contract to Eur-Pac Corp., Waterbury, Conn., for pipe, tubing, hoses and fittings. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US Fed ...
Haltec Wins $33,800 Contract
Dec 05, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $33,800 contract to Haltec Corp., Salem, Ohio, for tires and tubes. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US Fed News contract ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Compound Sound Generator
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Masahito Furuya and Hironori Kuwabara, both of Yamanashi-ken, Japan, have developed a compound sound generator for an information equipment such as a portable telephone. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A case of the information equipment ...
Japanese Inventors Develop High-Sensitivity Acceleration Sensor
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Nobuo Ozawa and Takasumi Kobayashi, both of Tokyo, have developed a compact, high-sensitivity acceleration sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The acceleration sensor includes a weight, a pedestal arranged around the periphery of the ...
French Inventor Develops Resonator Implementation Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Alain Renault of Pontoise, France, has developed a method for implementing a resonator under electrostatic forces. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an implementation in rate gyro mode, the method comprises the steps of exciting the ...
New Jersey, New York, California Inventors Develop Documents Management System
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Shogo Hyakutake of Boonton Township, N.J., Minoru Aoshima of Edgewater, N.J., Akio Kizawa of Ridgewood, N.J., Hiroshi Kitada of Tuckahoe, N.Y., and Hiroaki Ishizuka of San Jose, Calif., have developed a system, a method and a computer program product for managing ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Communication Cable Rack
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Donald P. McCoy of Lake Forest, Ill., has developed a cable rack for power and communication cables. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable rack suitable for underground service is made from at least one plastic molded stanchion and a ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Non-Gated Diode Electrostatic Discharge Protection Circuit
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Ming-Dou Ker of Hsinchu, Taiwan, Kei-Kang Hung of Changhua Hsien, Taiwan, and Tien-Hao Tang of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, have developed an electrostatic discharge protection circuit of non-gated diode and a fabrication method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent ...
California Inventor Develops Memory Cell Making Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Steven C. Avanzino of Cupertino, Calif., has developed methods of making memory devices/cells. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "First and second electrode layers and a controllably conductive media therebetween are formed over a dielectric ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Combined Salt, Pepper Dispenser
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Rene Thomas of Great Lakes, Ill., has developed an ornamental design for a combined salt and pepper dispenser, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D531,857 on Nov. 14. The original application was ...
New York Inventors Develop Security Control Panel Operating Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Kenneth G Eskildsen of Great Neck, N.Y., and Hong Jyh Chen of Woodbury, N.Y., have developed a method of programming security control panels for door entry device compatibility. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
Florida Inventors Develop Motion Detection Wireless Receiver
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Gustavo D. Leizerovich of Aventura, Fla., Wayne Wiggins Ballantyne of Coconut Creek, Fla., and Jaime Borras of Miami, have developed a motion detecting wireless receiver and a signal monitoring method therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Call Control Apparatus
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Kevin D. Beauford of Chicago has developed a call category for a call that terminates at announcement server component. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus in one example comprises a call control component that sets a call ...
Florida Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Beverage Holder
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Cathy Johnson of Tampa, Fla., has developed an ornamental design for a beverage holder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D531,858 on Nov. 14. The patent has been assigned to Jacad Inc., ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Bi-Directionally Load Current Driving Circuit
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Tsz-Lang Chen and Ben-Mou Yu, both of Chung-Ho, Taiwan, have developed a bi-directionally load current driving circuit. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The bi-directionally load current driving circuit ...
North Carolina Inventor Develops Gravity Hinge
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Daniel Pompel Cedrone of Huntersville, N.C., has developed a gravity hinge that is simple to manufacture and avoids limitations found in known gravity hinges. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The hinge includes two cylindrical knuckles ...
California Inventors Develop High Pressure Parallel Reactor
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Lynn Van Erden of Livermore, Calif., and William H. Chandler Jr. of Milpitas, Calif., have developed high pressure parallel batch reactors for parallel synthesis and screening of materials. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Masonry Work Brick Clamp
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Matthew Lochotzki of Fremont, Ohio, has developed clamping devices for securing one or more bricks during cutting operations. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp suitable for masonry work can securely and simultaneously accommodate a ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Barbecue Implement
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Marc Zemel of Melville, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a barbecue implement with laminated grip, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D531,853 on Nov. 14. The patent has been assigned ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle Preparation Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Siu-Wai Chan of Demarest, N.J., has developed a method for preparing cerium oxide nanoparticles with a narrow size distribution. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cerium oxide nanoparticles obtained by the method of the invention are ...
German Inventors Develop Stroke Movement Vacuum Unit
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Thomas Jessberger of Asperg, Germany, and Heinz Dobusch of Marbach, Germany have developed a vacuum unit for producing a stroke movement due to an applied vacuum. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vacuum unit includes a housing, a spring ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Fist-Shaped Beverage Container Holder
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Alex Bogumil and Aramis Perez, both of Ladera Ranch, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for a fist-shaped beverage container holder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D531,859 on Nov. 14 ....
Michigan Inventors Develop Multi-State Switching Logic System
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Kerfegar K. Katrak and Paul A. Bauerle, both of Fenton, Mich., have developed systems, methods and devices for multi-state switching that uses at least one ternary input and at least one discrete input. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Utah Inventor Develops Phonebook Unification Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Scot Lorin Brooksby of Highland, Utah, has developed a method and a system for unifying phonebook for varied hearing disabilities. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network device, relay service, system and method for electronic ...
Utah Inventor Develops Open System Sulphurous Acid Generator
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Edward W. Jackson of Salt Lake City has developed a sulphurous acid generator apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention presents a sulphurous acid generator which employs a combination of novel blending, contact and mixing ...
German Inventors Develop Fill Level Measurement Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Dietmar Spanke of Steinen, Germany, Manfred Eckert of Todtnau, Germany, Stefan Maier of Rheinfelden, Germany, and Holger Steltner of Freiburg, Germany, have developed a method for a fill level measurement in accordance with the running time principle. An ...
Magnetic Seal Wins $203,919 Contract
Dec 05, 2006 ... REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $203,919 contract to Magnetic Seal Corp., Warren, for packing and gasket materials. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. For more information about US Fed News ...
General Dynamics Land Systems Wins $83,573 Contract
Dec 05, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $83,573 contract to General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Mich., for miscellaneous weapons. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop On-Line Calibration Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Chieh-Hung Chen and Po-Chiun Huang, both of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Yi-Chung Chen of Chutong Township, Taiwan, have developed an on-line calibration method, which utilizes two calibration algorithms and runnes in the background without interrupting the normal operation of ...
Texas, Minnesota Inventors Develop Precision Variable Area Flowmeter Device
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Toni Cline Vaughn and Timothy B. Vaughn, both of Shallowater, Texas, and Norman T. Neher of Elko, Minn., have developed an improved apparatus for electronically measuring fluid flow. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus includes a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Hot-Wire Flow Meter
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Ryo Ando of Hitachinaka, Japan, has developed a frequency output type hot-wire flow meter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the invention, to correct the curvature characteristic in output due to individual differences between ...
Maryland, Virginia Inventors Develop Radio Frequency Energy Monitoring Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Neil R. Diener of Rockville, Md., David S. Kloper of Mount Airy, Md., and D. Andrew Floam of McLean, Va., have developed a system and a method for monitoring for unauthorized radio frequency (RF) energy and enforcing a restricted wireless zone ...
California Inventors Develop Beverage Preparation Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Jill Portman and Gary Shinner, both of Sausalito, Calif., have developed a reduced profile lid for beverage preparation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for the individual controlled preparation of a beverage from one ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Adjustable Wrench
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Gwo Jong Jeng of Taichung City, Taiwan, has developed an adjustable wrench that is made easily and conveniently. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable wrench includes a fixed body having a first end formed with a fixed jaw, a ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Draft Tower
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Bradley K. Ives of Lakewood, Colo., has developed an ornamental design for a draft tower, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D531,848 on Nov. 14. The patent has been assigned to Coors Global ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Heat Dissipating Device Assembly
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Wan-Lin Xia, Bao-Chun Chen, Bo-Yong Yang and Jin-Song Feng, all from Shenzhen, China, and Tao Li and Hsieh-Kun Lee of Tu-Cheng, Taiwan, have developed a heat dissipating device assembly for an electronic component mounted on a circuit board. According to the ...
California Inventors Develop Telephony Terminal
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Satoru Yukie, Mike Kwon, Craig M. Hagopian and Kazuhiko Shirai, all from San Diego, have developed methods and an apparatus that implements a telephony terminal for connecting a telephone to a data network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
German Inventor Develops Bipolar Transistor
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Rudolf Lachner of Ingolstadt, Germany, has developed a bipolar transistor and a method for producing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a bipolar transistor is described, which comprises providing a layer ...
Washington Inventors Develop Data Migration Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Jacob Sidney Gur and Paul K. Kromann, both of Redmond, Wash., and Jules S. Cohen of Seattle, have developed a system and a method for incremental and reversible data migration and feature deployment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Portable Terminal Device
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Mitsuhiko Yamamoto, Misao Kikuchi, Ken Hayashida and Yoshikazu Watanabe, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a portable terminal such as a mobile telephone capable of reading out a text sent as an electronic mail message and/or viewable by using a ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Localized Feature Forming System
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Glenn S. Daehn of Columbus, Ohio, has developed a system and a method for accomplishing localized feature forming in a sheet of material and/or the localized joining of multiple sheets of material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
New York, North Carolina Inventors Develop Transmission Control Protocol Connection Protecting Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Jarir K. Chaar of Tarrytown, N.Y., David A. George of Somers, N.Y., Kiyoshi Maruyama of Chappaqua, N.Y., Mark Mei of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and C. Steven Lingafelt of Durham, N.C., have developed a system and a method for protecting a transmission control protocol ...
California Inventor Develops Impact Tool
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Doug Foster of Elk Grove, Calif., has developed an apparatus and a method for resetting a fastener. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an impact tool, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Material Compaction Apparatus
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Duane G. Schroeder of New Hope, Minn., and Raymond J. Koski of Andover, Minn., have developed material compaction apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The material compactor generally includes a feed apparatus and a final compaction ...
Israeli Inventor Develops Signal Sensing Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Oleg Dadashev of Hadera, Israel, has developed a method for sensing a signal received from an array cell within a memory array. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for sensing a signal received from an array ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Cellular Phone Key Tone Volume Adjustment Method
Dec 05, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Seok-Hyo Park of Kumi-shi, South Korea, has developed a method for adjusting the volume of communication voice and key tone in a cellular phone. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for adjusting the volume ...