US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, December 7:
French Inventors Develop Homogeneous Fluid Composition Determination Method
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Claude Beauducel of Henonville, France, Yohan Bentolila of Paris, Abdelaziz Faraj of Rueil Malmaison, France, and Michel Constant of Montmorency, France, have developed a method for determining the composition of a fluid. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops Easy Opening Sealed Containment, Dispensing Package
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Sanford Redmond of Stamford, Conn., has developed a pouch style containment and dispensing package for flowable products. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The package comprises at least three layers of thin materials selected from a group ...
California Inventors Develop Time Domain Reflectometry Circuit
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- James M. Muth of Santa Ana, Calif., Peiqing Wang of Irvine, Calif., and Manolito M. Catalasan of Mission Viejo, Calif., have developed a system for detecting connector compatibility with a time domain reflectometry (TDR) circuit on a peripheral device ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Heat Exchanger Vehicle
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Gen Ohzono and Yoshiharu Matsumoto, both of Shizuoka, Japan, have developed a vehicle that is capable of maintaining a cooling capacity of a heat exchanger constant. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle includes ahead pipe, a main ...
Maine Inventors Develop Anti-Rotation Lock
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- David P. Dube of Saco, Maine, and Richard K. Hayford of Cape Neddick, Maine, have developed an anti-rotation lock for preventing circumferential movement of a stator segment in relation to a split case to which it is mounted. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop X-Ray Diagnosis Apparatus
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Takuya Sakaguchi and Akira Tsukamoto, both of Tochigi-ken, Japan, have developed a X-ray diagnosis apparatus and a method for obtaining an X-ray image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for obtaining an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Magnetic Resonance Imaging Apparatus
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Shouichi Miyawaki, Hiroyuki Takeuchi and Hideki Kumai, all from Kashiwa, Japan, have developed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus which makes use of nuclear magnetic resonance phenomenon. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Texas Inventor Develops Illuminated Collar
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Sondra Morehead of Amarillo, Texas, has developed a collar which is mounted an illumination source and one or more insets. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each of one or more light-transferring fibers includes a first end coupled for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Light Emitting Device
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Satoshi Seo of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a light emitting device using an element (hereinafter referred to as 'an organic electroluminescent (EL) element') which has an anode layer, a cathode layer, and a film. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Solar Lamp
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Chi Gon Chen of Guang Zhou, China, has developed an ornamental design for a solar lamp, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,141 on Nov.14. The patent has been assigned to International ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Digital Images Incorrect Date Tags Detection Method
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Mark D. Seaman and Virgil Kay Russon, both of Greeley, Colo., and Eric E. Williams of Fort Collins, Colo., have developed a method and an apparatus for detecting and fixing incorrect dates tagged to digital images. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
French Inventor Develops Steam Production Method
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Jean-Pierre Gourbier of Le Plessis Trevise, France, has developed a method and an installation for steam production and air distillation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a method for driving at least a compression ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Flexible Wiring Boards Manufacturing Process
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Hiroshi Samukawa of Kanuma, Japan, has developed methods and solutions for precisely and rapidly etching a polyimide resin layer. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Etching solutions of the present invention ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Liquid Container Closure
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Thomas C. Stoneberg of Buffalo Grove, Ill., Terry E. Kubitz of Cary, Ill., and Dennis J. Tortorella of Arlington Heights, Ill., have developed a beverage closure with open/close spout and protected seal surfaces. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Incoming Call Forwarding Communication System
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Yasuhisa Hayashi of Yokohama, Japan, and Masami Yabusaki of Kashiwa, Japan, have developed an incoming call forwarding communication system and the method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system is provided, in which the ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Selenocysteine Surface Display
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Karen E. Sandman of Arlington, Mass., and Christopher J. Noren of Boxford, Mass., have developed a surface display of selenocysteine that contains peptides. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The naturally-occurring amino acid selenocysteine ...
California Inventors Develop Haplotype-Based Genetic Analysis Method
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Jerome I. Rotter, Leslie J. Raffel and Mark O. Goodarzi, all from Los Angeles, Kent D. Taylor of Ventura, Calif., Huiying Yang of Cerritos, Calif., Willa A. Hsueh of Pacific Palisades, Calif., and iuqing Guo of Santa Monica, Calif., have developed a method of ...
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York Inventors Develop Optical Usage Film
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Anguel N. Nikolov of Bridgewater, N.J., Jiangdong Deng of Kendall Park, N.J., Xuegong Deng of Piscataway, N.J., Greg E. Bionder of Summit, N.J., Ronnie Paul Varghese of Annandale, N.J., Jian Jim Wang of Orefield, Pa., Feng Liu of Allentown, Pa., and Xu Ouyang of ...
British, Canadian Inventors Develop Hydro-Pneumatically Operated Repetition Riveting Tool
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Aiden Robert Dear and Angraj Kumarj Seewraj, both of Herts, Great Britain, and Wim Bouman of Toronto, have developed tools which are used to instal or place blind tubular rivets. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydro-pneumatically ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Planar Lightwave Circuit
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Avi Neta of Gilon, Israel, Moti Margalit of Zichron Yaakov, Israel, Gideon Rogovsky of Tel Aviv, Israel, and Eitan Avni of Karmiel, Israel, have developed a method of connecting an optical element to a planar lightwave circuit (PLC). According to the U.S ....
Belgian Inventors Develop Internet Protocol Multimedia Communication Sessions Charging Method
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Andre Moreau of Kapellen, Belgium, and Lieve Maria Marcella Rosemarijn Bos of Vlimmeren, Belgium, have developed a method for charging Internet protocol multimedia communication sessions within a telecommunication system. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
French Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Shower Stand
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Philippe Starck of Paris has developed an ornamental design for a shower stand, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D533,262 on Dec. 5. The patent has been assigned to Hansgrohe AG, ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Semiconductor Structure Fabrication Method
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Chris E. Barns of Portland, Ore., and Mark Doczy of Beaverton, Ore., have developed a method for fabricating a semiconductor structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fabricating a semiconductor structure includes providing a ...
German Inventor Develops Pneumatic Conveyor Device
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Peter Hilgraf of Hamburg, Germany, has developed a device for the pneumatic conveyance of bulk material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for the pneumatic conveyance of bulk material, including a conveying ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Miniature Vaporizers
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Michael S. Hsu of Lincoln, Mass., has developed a miniature vaporizers for use with chemical converters and energy devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "miniature vaporizer for effectively vaporizing a process ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Pipe Bending Method
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Hiroyuki Takahashi and Hiroshi Takada, both of Shizuoka-ken, Japan, have developed a method of, and apparatus for, smoothly bending a thin-wall metallic pipe such as a tail pipe for use in an automobile. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Fibrous Insulation Material Convey Apparatus
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Milton L. Gerber of Cedarville, Mich., has developed a method and an apparatus for conveying and vacuuming fibrous insulation material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blower provides an air flow stream through an insulation feeder and a ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Imaging Tube Sealed Electron Beam Source
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- J. Scott Price of Milwaukee, and Bruce M. Dunham of Mequon, Wis., have developed a sealed electron beam source for an imaging tube. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The beam source includes a source housing with a source window having a ...
California Inventor Develops Volumetric Computed Tomography System
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Norbert J. Pelc of Los Altos, Calif., has developed a volumetric computed tomography (VCT) system for producing, in one single rotation, x-ray measurements for reconstructing a plurality of image slices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Tire Condition Monitor Apparatus Transponder
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Michiya Katou of Ogaki, Japan, has developed a transponder for a tire condition monitoring apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The transponder detects a condition of a tire and wirelessly transmits data representing the detected ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Method
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Tomohiko Sato, Shigeharu Monoe and Shinya Sasagawa, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is an object of the present invention to provide a method ...
Indian Inventors Discover Wildlife Identification Universal Primer
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Sunil Kumar Verma and Lalji Singh, both of Hyderabad, India, have discovered a universal primer pair for amplifying a fragment of cytochrome b gene of an animal species in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Australian Inventor Develops Temporary Airborne Images Forming Method
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- James Michael O'Dwyer of Brisbane, Australia, has developed a method of forming temporary airborne images such as for entertainment purposes or advertising purposes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temporary airborne image is formed by ...
District of Columbia, Colorado, Texas Inventors Develop Body Activity Evaluation System
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Michael E. Halleck and Alan R. Owens, both of Longmont, Colo., Michael L. Lehrman of Washington, and Edward L. Massman of Dallas, have developed a system and a method of operation for evaluating body activity relative to an environment. According to the U.S ....
Swales Aerospace Wins $200 Million Contract
Dec 07, 2006 ... HAMPTON, Va., Dec. 7 -- NASA has awarded a $200 million contract to Swales Aerospace, Beltsville, Md., for technology, engineering and aerospace mission support. The contract was awarded by NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. For more information about US Fed News ...
Management & Technology Group Wins $1.25 Million Contract
Dec 07, 2006 ... KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 7 -- The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a $1.25 million contract to Management & Technology Group Inc., Clifton, Va., for general purpose information technology equipment. The contract was awarded by GSA's Federal Technology Service, Kansas ...
Insight MAS Wins $223,452 Contract
Dec 07, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a $223,452 contract to Insight MAS Inc., Dublin, Ohio, for market research, product development and product evaluation services. The contract was awarded by GSA's Public Buildings Service, Physical Capital Asset ...
Gateway Press Wins $1.92 Million Contract
Dec 07, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Government Printing Office has awarded a $1.92 million contract to Gateway Press Inc., Louisville, Ky., for photographic, mapping, printing and publication services. For more information about US Fed ...
Transaero Wins $97,794 Contract
Dec 07, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $97,794 contract to Transaero Inc., Woodbury, N.Y., for motional pickup transducers. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply ...
A-1 Printing & Graphics Wins $216,307 Contract
Dec 07, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Government Printing Office has awarded a $216,307 contract to A-1 Printing & Graphics Inc., Torrance, Calif., for photographic, mapping, printing and publication services. For more information about US Fed News contract awards please ...
Sikorsky Aircraft Wins $118,410 Contract
Dec 07, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $118,410 contract to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., for special torque tools. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply ...
American Turbo Systems Wins $28,920 Contract
Dec 07, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $28,920 contract to American Turbo Systems Inc., Tucson, Ariz., for refrigeration, air-conditioning and air circulating equipment. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, ...
Northrop Grumman Systems Wins $510,661 Contract
Dec 07, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $510,661 contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., St. Augustine, Fla., for wing fitting assemblies. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense ...
SPSS Wins $30,000 Contract
Dec 07, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a $30,000 contract to SPSS, Chicago, for information technology services, including telecommunications services. The contract was awarded by GSA's Public Buildings Service, Physical Capital Asset Management ...
McDonnell Douglas Wins $35,721 Contract
Dec 07, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $35,721 contract to McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, for control lever lens. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia. For ...
German, British Inventors Develop Bacteria Reduction Level Method
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Angelika Benz of Romerberg, Germany, Dieter Zeller of Speyer, Germany, and David Wilson Ashworth of Lowdham, Great Britain, have developed a method of reducing the level of bacteria and viruses in aquaculture. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S ....
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Hot Rolled Product Lengths Subdividing System
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- T. Michael Shore of Princeton, Mass., has developed a system for subdividing hot rolled product lengths being delivered from a rolling mill along a first path. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a system for subdividing hot rolled product ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Optical Lens
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Masataka Shinoda of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed an optical lens, a condenser lens composed of a plurality of optical lenses. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The present invention provides an optical ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Electronic Toy
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Arthur F. Seymour of Deerfield, Ill., has developed an electronic toy and teaching aid safety devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "battery holder containing positive temperature coefficient (PTC) resetable ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Console Unit
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Hiroshi Hidaka of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed a console unit that includes a substrate extending along a virtual plane. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support extends rearward from the front end. The substrate is received on the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Insulating Article Surface Processing Method
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Kenji Shinozaki, Hiroyuki Mitsuhashi, Minehiro Tonosaki and Masato Kobayashi, all from Kanagawa, Japan, Minoru Kohno and Seiichi Watanabe, both of Tokyo, have developed a method for processing the surface of an insulating article, printer head and a substrate for ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Monolithic Detector
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- James A. Wear and Robert A. Washenko, both of Madison, Wis., have developed a monolithic detector that uses a grid to block x-rays from inter-pixel regions such as are believed to cause electrical noise in the pixel signals, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
Texas Inventors Develop Boron Carbo-Nitride Layers Forming Methods
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Edward R. Engbrecht, John G. Ekerdt, Yang-Ming Sun and Kurt H. Junker, all from Austin, Texas, have developed methods of forming boron carbo-nitride layers for integrated circuit devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Masschusetts Inventors Develop Database Transaction Concurrency Control Method
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Foster D. Hinshaw of Somerville, Mass., Craig S. Harris of Acton, Mass., and Sunil K. Sarin of Newton, Mass., have developed a mechanism that controls concurrency among database transactions through the use of serial ordering relations. According to the U.S ....
Indiana Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Stance Training Device
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Brian S. Weeks of Kokomo, Ind., has developed an ornamental design for the stance training device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D533,247 on Dec. 5. The original application was filed on April ...
Rhode Island Inventor Develops Data Center Cooling System
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- James Fink of Exeter, R.I., has developed a data center cooling system. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A modular data center includes a plurality of racks, each of the racks having a front face and a ...
German Inventors Develop Connector Arrangement
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Thomas Bernhard Pabst of Rothenbach an der Pegnitz, Germany, and Hans-Otto Geltsch of Berg-Sindlbach, Germany, have developed a connector arrangement between a flexible ribbon cable and a component. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Diver Information Processing Apparatus
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Takeshi Hirose and Naoshi Furuta, both of Suwa, Japan, have developed a diver information processing apparatus and a method of controlling same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention aims to "provide safety-ensuring information that ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ring Rolling Apparatus
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Koji Shimoda of Toyota, Japan, has developed a rolling apparatus which performs rolling processing of a ring in an endless metallic belt. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling apparatus includes: a pair of small rolling roller and a ...
New Zealand Inventor Develops Wave Characteristics Control Apparatus
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Kerry Peter Black of Raglan, New Zealand, has developed an apparatus and a method for controlling wave characteristics. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a variable floor for a body of water, the variable ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Easy Use Housing Lock
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Ming-Hsin Cheng of Taichung, Taiwan, has developed a lock that has a housing with a hole. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock post has an interior end fixed in the housing and an exterior end extruded out of the housing via the hole ....
Japanese Inventor Develops Watercraft Steering System
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Takashi Okuyama of Shizuoka-ken, Japan, has developed a method of steering a watercraft propulsion device using an electric motor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of steering a watercraft propulsion device ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Acute Renal Failure Diagnosis Method
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Chirag R. Parikh and Charles L. Edelstein, both of Denver, have developed methods for detection of interleukin (IL)-18 as an early marker for diagnosis of acute renal failure and predictor of mortality. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Printing Press with Plate Supply
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Shigeo Fujiwara of Fuchu, Japan, has developed a printing press with plate supply and a discharge apparatus that includes shiftable guide plate and a guide. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a printing press that can guide ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Engine Decompression Device
Dec 07, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Tamaki Hashimoto of Tokyo has developed a decompression device for an engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A return spring is constituted of a torsion spring, a spring part is held at a position different from that of a shaft part of a ...