US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, December 13:
Japanese Inventor Develops Facsimile Transmission Enabling Communication Device
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Naoki Sugawara of Ibaraki, Japan, has developed a server device for enabling to output contents of a homepage designated by an e-mail from a particular facsimile device and a control method therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops Tin-Silver Coating
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Richard W. Strobel of Cheshire, Conn., has developed tin-silver coatings to be applied to substrate materials used in electrical and electronic applications. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to improved ...
South Carolina Inventors Develop Carbon Nanotubes Branched Synthesis Method
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Apparao M. Rao of Anderson, S.C., Nicholas W. Gothard of Central, S.C., and Jay B. Gaillard of Clemson, S.C., have developed a chemical-vapor deposition process for forming branched carbon nanotubes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Filing Apparatus
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Toshiya Kanazawa of Tokyo has developed an image filing apparatus for storing an image to a storage medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image filing apparatus prints a search (mark) sheet, on which the reduced image of the first ...
California, Georgia Inventors Develop Signal Conversion System
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Keith L. Klingler of San Diego, Brian F. Schoner of Fremont, Calif., and Kevin L. Miller of Lawrenceville, Ga., have developed a method and a system for converting digital samples to an analog signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Australian Inventors Develop Surface Wave Radar
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Yuri Abramovich of Beaumont, Australia, Pavel Turcaj of Hawthorn, Australia, Nicholas Keith Spencer of Kensington Park, Australia, Robert M Ellard of Elizabeth East, Australia, and Yuriy Lyudviga of Campbelltown, Australia, have developed a surface wave radar system ...
Danish Inventors Develop Interferon Beta Variant
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Poul Baad Rasmussen of Soeborg, Denmark, Grethe Rasmussen of Farum, Denmark, Kim Vilbour Andersen of Broenshoej, Denmark, and Claus Bornaes of Hellerup, Denmark, have developed interferon beta variants and conjugates. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Device
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Tsuyoshi Aoki and Yasuo Yamagishi, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed an optical device which can switch optical paths and deflect light. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The optical device comprises a first substrate having a control ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Magnetic Recording Medium
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Yoh Iwasaki, Yuichi Sasaki and Mikihisa Mizuno, all from Miyagi, Japan, have developed a magnetic material and a method for producing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "magnetic material having a ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Portable Radio
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Johann Lee of Maspeth, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a portable amplitude modulation/frequency modulation radio, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,406 on Nov. 21. The patent ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Landscape Lighting Transformer
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- David M. Beausoleil of Ridgewood, N.J., has developed a landscape lighting transformer with increased loading features. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "transformer for low-voltage applications such as landscape ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Array Antenna
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Takanori Ikuta and Akinori Sato, both of Kyoto, Japan, have developed an array antenna and a radio communication apparatus using the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A directivity controllable array antenna with a variable phase ...
Texas Inventors Develop Twin Spark Pencil Coil
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Albert Anthony Skinner, Colin Hamer, Mark Albert Paul and Harry Oliver Levers Jr., all from El Paso, Texas, have developed a pencil coil ignition apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ignition apparatus having twin spark ...
German, Japanese Inventors Develop Polyester Film
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Herbert Peiffer of Mainz, Germany, Gottfried Hilkert of Saulheim, Germany, and Thorsten Kiehne of Shiga, Japan, have developed a single- or multilayer, white, biaxially oriented polyester film. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Films of the ...
Wheeler Bros. Wins $28,121 Contract
Dec 13, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $28,121 contract to Wheeler Bros. Inc., Somerset, Pa., for vehicular furniture and accessories. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US ...
Maryland, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Amphipathic Proteinaceous Coating
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- John Francis Imbalzano of Elkton, Md., and Barry Stieglitz of Wynnewood, Pa., have developed a method of formation of amphipathic proteinaceous coatings on nanoporous polymers, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Electroluminescence Display Device
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Jun Koyama, Kunitaka Yamamoto and Toshimitsu Konuma, all from Kanagawa, Japan, and Shunpei Yamazaki of Tokyo, have developed an electro-optical device, typically an electroluminescence (EL) display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Italian Inventor Develops Toggle Action Lever
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Sergio Magrini of Modena, Italy, has developed a lever mounted on a support for pivotal movement between two end positions and a toggle spring. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lever mounted on a support for pivotal movement between two ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Wheelbarrow Locking Leveling Support Legs
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Larry E. Davis of Ellijay, Ga., has developed an improved leg means that provides leveling support for a wheelbarrow resting on un-level ground. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As wheelbarrow is lowered to resting position, a center ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Surface Acoustic Wave Device
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Atsushi Takano of Suita, Japan, has developed a surface acoustic wave device and a process for fabricating the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface acoustic wave device has a piezoelectric substrate, and a comb transducer ...
California Inventors Develop Robust Detection Technique
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Kapriel V. Krikorian of Calabasas, Calif., and Robert A. Rosen of Simi Valley, Calif., have developed a robust detection technique of fixed and moving ground targets using a common waveform. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detection of ...
Ohio, North Carolina Inventors Develop Rope Deployment Apparatus
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- William R. Kennaley of Columbus, Ohio, and James M. Kennaley of Fayetteville, N.C., have developed a miniature foam football with an internal weighting element and a swivel ring or clip that is used for deploying a rope. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventor Develops Optical Switching Apparatus
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Brian R. Coleman of Menlo Park, Calif., has developed a method and an apparatus for optical switching using light bullets. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the invention is a switch. The switch is a multi-channel, ...
California Inventors Develop Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging Autofocus Method
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Kwang M. Cho of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., and Leo H. Hui of Alhambra, Calif., have developed a radar on a moving platform generates an initial synthetic aperture (SAR) image of a scene from a sequence of periodic pulse returns approximately motion ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Thermally Induced Pressure Operated Optical Switch
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Jen-Tsorng Chang and Chun-Yu Lee, both of Tu-Cheng, Taiwan, have developed a thermally induced pressure operated optical switch that includes a prism, and a substrate disposed below the prism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The substrate ...
Japanese, British Inventors Develop Communication Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Device
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Masumi Kasahara and Hirotaka Osawa, both of Kodaira, Japan, and Robert Astle Henshaw of Royston, Great Britain, have developed a communication semiconductor integrated circuit device and a wireless communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
New Jersey, Florida Inventors Develop Monolithic Waveguide/Micro Electromechanical Systems Switch
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Frieder Heinrich Baumann of Red Bank, N.J., Dan T. Fuchs of Summit, N.J., Howard Roy Stuart of East Windsor, N.J., and Ho Bun Chan of Gainsville, Fla., have developed optical devices with micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) switches for manipulating light in ...
Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Card Reader
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Pascal Georges Metivier of Atlanta, Arnon Alexander of Marietta, Ga., Jonathan P. Payne of Lawrenceville, Ga., John D. Coleman of Philadelphia, and Peter D. Byar of Willingboro, N.J., have developed an ornamental design for a card reader, the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Differential Comparator
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Toshitaka Mizuguchi, Jun Funakoshi, Seiji Yamagata and Tsuyoshi Higuchi, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a differential comparator, an analog/digital conversion apparatus and an imaging apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Information Summary Apparatus
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Michikazu Hashimoto, Takeshi Nakamura, Hajime Miyasato, Shinichi Gayama and Toshio Tabata, all from Tsurugashima, Japan, have developed an image information summary apparatus, an image information summary method and an image information summary processing ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Solar Tunable Filter Assembly
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Yakov Sidorin, Geraldine Hogan and David L. Lunt, all from Tucson, Ariz., have developed a tunable filter with an extremely narrow pass-band and a blocking stop-band extending beyond the visible spectrum of light. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
German Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Information Processing Apparatus
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Michael Becker of Netphen, Germany, and Ralf Dahmer of Olpe, Germany, have developed an ornamental design for an apparatus for recording, transmitting and/or processing information, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Electromotive Toy Car Gearshift Mechanism
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Li-Wen Chi of ShiChi, Taiwan, has developed a gearshift mechanism for electromotive toy car. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a gearshift mechanism for electromotive toy car is provided in a space defined by a left cover and a ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop High-Speed Digital Circuit Power Plane System
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Tzong-Lin Wu, Yen-Hui Lin, Sin-Ting Chen and Ting-Kuang Wang, all from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, have developed a power plane system for suppressing ground bounce noise. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The power plane system of the invention ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Portable Moving Picture Experts Group Layer-3 Audio Player
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Johann Lee of Maspeth, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a portable compact disc/moving picture experts group layer-3 audio player, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,403 on Nov. 21 ....
New Mexico Inventors Develop Microelectromechanical Acceleration-Sensing Apparatus
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Robb M. Lee, Randy J. Shul, Marc A. Polosky and Darren A. Hoke, all from Albuquerque, N.M., and George E. Vernon of Rio Rancho, N.M., have developed an apparatus for sensing acceleration. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ...
California Inventors Develop Global Positioning System Signal Processing Device
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Erik Anderson of San Francisco, Paul Eric Beckmann of Sunnyvale, Calif., and William Kerry Keal of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed a method and a device for processing global positioning system signals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
California Inventors Develop Moving Radar
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Kwang M. Cho of Los Angeles, and Leo H. Hui of Alhambra, Calif., have developed a moving radar that generates a search mode synthetic aperture image of a patch from periodic pulse returns reflected from the patch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Optical Filtering Device
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Michael Yasin and Meir Orenstein, both of Haifa, Isreal, and Moti Margalit of Zichron Yaakov, Israel, have developed an optical filtering device and a method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wavelength selective filter device is ...
North Carolina, South Carolina Inventors Develop Small Recreational Vehicle Securing Apparatus
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 --Michael Reece Rorie, Christopher Alan Rorie both of Waxhaw,N.C. and Albert Stephen Rorie and Ronald Bennie Cato, both of Monroe, N.C. and Michael Lee Pagoota of Chesterfield, S.C., have developed an apparatus for securing a small recreational vehicle to a bed of a ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Bidirectional Texture Functions Synthesis Method
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Xin Tong, Ligang Liu, Baining Guo and Heung-Yeung Shum, all from Beijing, have developed a system and a method for synthesis of bidirectional texture functions (BTF) on arbitrary surfaces. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A BTF synthesizer ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Data Mirroring Apparatus
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Madhav Mutalik of Southboro, Mass., John Deshayes of Hopkinton, Mass., Allan L. Scherr of Framingham, Mass., and Jeff Donovan of Holden, Mass., have developed an apparatus and a method for mirroring and restoring data. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Antennae Systems Precipitation Effects Mitigation Method
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Randolph Ware, Fredrick Solheim and Michael L. Exner, all from Boulder, Colo., have developed an apparatus and methods for mitigating precipitation effects realized at an antenna system of an instrument such as a microwave radiometer. According to the U.S ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Digital Audio Memory Recorder
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Ryoichi Yagi of Ibaraki, Japan, and Shigeyuki Takao of Osaka, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a digital audio memory recorder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D532,405 on Nov. 21 ....
Ohio Inventors Develop Spur Point Drill Insert
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Wendell E. Mast of Dundee, Ohio, and Brian Keim of Dover, Ohio, have developed a cutting tool insert with a specialized spur point geometry at the center of the insert. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The insert comprises a spur point ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Portable Telephone
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Hye-Jeong Lee and Chi-Young Ahn, both of Seoul, South Korea, and Chang-Hwan Hwang of Goyan-Si, South Korea, have developed an ornamental design for a portable telephone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Reversing Switch Mechanism
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- William J. Rudy Jr. of Annville, Pa., has developed reversing switch mechanisms for power tools. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reversing switch mechanism includes a housing defining contact cavities and a trough, contacts received in ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Data Logger
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Takahiro Oikawa of Kyoto, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a data logger, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,420 on Nov. 21. The patent has been assigned to Omron Corp., ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Display Strip for Commodity-Containing Bags
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Yoshio Iwasaki and Yukio Nakagawa, both of Shiga, Japan, and Tadao Oota and Naoji Ichise, both of Kyoto, Japan, have developed a display strip for holding and aligning a plurality of commodity-containing bags vertically for the display. According to the U.S ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Spiral Multilayer-Type Filter Element
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Koichi Yanagisawa and Fuchun Zhang, both of Ueda, Japan, have developed a spiral multilayer-type filter element which is constructed by winding a belt-like conductor that has been placed on a belt-like insulator. An abstract of the invention, released by the ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Drill Countersink Assembly
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- James L. Wienhold of Minneapolis has developed a combination tool for drilling a bore and countersink for that bore which includes a countersink member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The countersink member comprises a longitudinal sleeve with a ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Lamp Assembly
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Andrew Lovvorn and Bob Sattem, both of Albany, Ore., Jimmy Perez of Corvallis, Ore., and John Lee of Sweet Home, Ore., have developed a method of forming a lamp assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A replaceable lamp header for ...
German Inventors Develop Steering Wheel Covering
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Georg Wahl of Pforzheim, Germany, and Bojan Rosman of Stuttgart, Germany, have developed a steering wheel of a motor vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coverings suitable for a steering wheel of a motor vehicle are inserted into at ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Microcapsule for Liquid Substance
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Hideyuki Kawai of Suwa, Japan, Kazuhiro Anan of Amagasaki, Japan, Makoto Matsumoto of Suita, Japan, and Mitsuo Kushino of Hyogo, Japan, have developed a microcapsule and its uses. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Flexible Polymer Window
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Patrick J. Hager and Jeffrey R. Janssen, both of Woodbury, Minn., and Gary P. Roberts of Stillwater, Minn., have developed flexible windows for use with structures capable of being rolled up or folded for storage. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Resonator Assembly
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Gregory J. Lamont of Jackson, N.J., has developed concentric, two stage coarse and a fine tuning for ceramic resonators. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The resonator assembly includes a conductive housing defining a cavity, and a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Wafer Dicing/Die Bonding Sheet
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Toshio Shiobara, Nobuhiro Ichiroku, and Hideki Akiba, all from Usui-gun, Japan, and Masachika Yoshino of Tokyo, have developed a wafer dicing/die bonding sheet. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a wafer dicing/die bonding sheet ...
California Inventor Develops Integrated Circuit with Crystal Oscillator Emulator
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Sehat Sutardja of Los Altos Hills, Calif., have developed an integrated circuit which comprises a first circuit that receives a clock signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first temperature sensor senses a first temperature ....
Alaska Inventor Develops Pre-Wired Electrical Receptacle
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Charles Harrigan of Anchorage, Alaska, has developed a receptacle that is internally hard wired. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The body of the receptacle is sealed, except for three outlets, through which pass precut 'pigtail' wires ....
Connecticut Inventors Develop E-Mail Address Format Rule Determination Method
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Douglas B. Quine of Bethel, Conn., and Karl H Schumacher of Westport, Conn., have developed a method for determining e-mail address format rules. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for determining e-mail ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Soil Retaining Wall Structure
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Thomas G. Clack of Gainesville, Ga. has developed a retaining wall structure for retaining soil. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "retaining wall structure for retaining soil, including a retaining wall including ...
New York Inventors Develop Data Storage Medium
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Eugene David Herrmann, James Anthony Cella, John Bradford Reitz and Irene Dris, all from Clifton Park, N.Y., and Racid Kerboua of Schenectady, N.Y., have developed a storage medium for data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Cell Phone Keyboard
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Chien Shuo Chen and Chun Lin Chen, both of Taipei County, Taiwan, have developed an ornamental design for a keyboard for cell phone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D532,415 on Nov. 21. The ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Microphone
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Minoru Shimizu of Tokyo has developed an ornamental design for a microphone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,411 on Nov. 21. The patent has been assigned to Sony Computer Entertainment ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Mean Filter Device
Dec 13, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Kohei Umeda of Kawasaki, Japan, and Atsushi Yamaji of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a mean filter device and a filtering method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An mean (average value) filter apparatus includes first accumulation means ...