US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, December 15:
Minnesota Inventors Develop Data Processing System
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Chad B. McBride, Robert N. Broberg III and Gary P. McClannahan, all from Rochester, Minn., and Jonathan W. Byrn of Kasson, Minn., have developed a method to forward network data in a data processing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
New Hampshire Ball Bearings Wins $28,284 Contract
Dec 15, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $28,284 contract to New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Laconia, N.H., for unmounted plain bearings. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more information ...
Evans Machining Service Wins $229,713 Contract
Dec 15, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $229,713 contract to Evans Machining Service Inc., Clairton, Pa., for guns through 30mm. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more information about US ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Receiver Membership Reports Multicasting Technique
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Haixiang He of Woburn, Mass., has developed a technique for multicasting receiver membership reports. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique for distributing receiver membership reports containing receiver information for a plurality ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Multi-Protocol Label Switching Protocol Technique
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Cedell Alexander of Durham, N.C., Lance Richardson of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Olen Stokes of Morrisville, N.C., have developed a load-sharing technique for distributing multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) protocol encapsulated flows across multiple physical ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Crane Tower Device
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Larry Davis of Mississauga, Canada, Larry Howard of Milton, Canada, and Michael Schiavoni of Piscataway, N.J., have developed a crane tower device which includes a basket that supports a tower crane and sits within a bay formed by the vertical columns of a building ...
California Inventors Develop Virtual Local Area Network Flooding Limiting Technique
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Chengelpet V. Ramesh, Wafo L. Tengueu and Anusankar Elangovan, all from San Jose, Calif., Michael T. Wu of Palo Alto, Calif., and Ramesh M. Santhanakrishnan of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a technique that may be used to limit the amount of flooding that occurs ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Base Station Device
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Takahiro Shoji of Yokohama, Japan, and Katsuhiko Hiramatsu of Yokosuka, Japan, have developed a base station device and channel assigning method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Priority order storage section stores the order of priority ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Light Assembly
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- David R. Nowak of Chicago, and Richard R. Herzog of Arlington Heights, Ill., have developed a light assembly that is suitable for use in a refrigerator drawer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light assembly for a refrigerator drawer ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Electroosmotic Pump Apparatus
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Ramanan V. Chebiam of Hillsboro, Ore., and Valery M. Dubin of Portland, Ore., have developed an electroosmotic pump apparatus that generates low amount of hydrogen gas. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus that includes an ...
Washington Inventors Develop Gas-Phase Separation Device
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Keqi Tang, Alexandre A. Shvartsburg and Richard D. Smith, all from Richland, Wash., have developed a device for separation and characterization of gas-phase ions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device incorporates an ion source, a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Wireless Communication Links Interference Detection Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Osamu Nakamura of Yokosuka, Japan, and Shinji Uebayashi of Yokohama, Japan, have developed an interference detection method and an interference avoidance system for wireless communication links. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the case ...
California Inventors Develop Gene Regulation Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Richard E. Green and Benjamin P. Lewis, both of Berkeley, Calif., and Steven E. Brenner of Oakland, Calif., have developed computational and molecular methods that relate to gene regulation by alternative splicing and nonsense-mediated decay (NMD). According ...
French, British Inventors Develop Internet Protocol Version 4 Network Traversing Arrangement
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Pascal Thubert of La Colle sur Loup, France, Marco Molteni of Antibes, France, Patrick Wetterwald of Cagnes sur Mer, France, and Ole Troan of Redhill, Great Britain, have developed an arrangement for traversing an Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) network by IPv6 ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Container Illuminated Handle
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Lane E. Burnidge of Hampshire, Ill., has developed an illuminating handle/strap for lifting, pulling, carrying, opening, holding a container and the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The light source is the handle/strap. Illumination can ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Electroluminescent Lighting Element
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- John Golle of Eden Prairie, Minn. and Aaron Golle of Shakopee, Minn., have developed an electroluminescent (EL) lighted garment with reduced glow up. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety vest is sized to be worn by a human, wherein ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Electric Nailer
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Kim Y.C. Tsai of Taichung Hsien, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for an electric nailer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,669 on Nov. 28. The patent has been assigned to ...
U.S., French Inventors Develop Half-Bridge Power Module
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Heny Lin of Irvine, Calif., Fabio Necco of Manhattan Beach, Calif., and Bertrand Vaysse of Toulouse, France, have developed a power module which includes heatsinks made of aluminum silicon carbide and power semiconductor devices directly mounted thereon, the U.S ....
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Audio Communication Providing Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Malcom B. Strandberg of Cambridge, Mass., has developed a system and a method for providing audio communication over a computer network using differing communication formats. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Preparation Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Yasuhiko Takemura and Junichi Takeyama, both of Atsugi, Japan, Hongyong Zhang of Yamato, Japan, Toru Takayama of Yokohama, Japan, Akiharu Miyanaga of Hadano, Japan, and Hisashi Ohtani of Isehara, Japan, have developed a semiconductor device and method for its ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Heat Dissipation Structure
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Hul-Chun Hsu of Taichung, Taiwan, has developed a heat dissipation structure that improves heat conduction performance by increasing contact intensity between various elements. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat dissipation structure ...
French Inventors Develop Sludge Reduction Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Philippe Campo of Montigny le Bretonneux, France, and Jeo Cluzeau of Versailles, France, have developed a method for reducing the production of sludge derived from the treatment of wastewater. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The sludge is ...
Florida Inventor Develops Radiation Detection Device
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Louis R. Testardi of Tallahassee, Fla., has developed a radiation detection device, a system, and a method for use in homeland security. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device is portable and includes a photomultiplier tube (PMT) ...
French Inventors Develop Mass Spectrometer Coupling Device
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Ronan Cozic of Briis-sous-Forges, France, Jean-Louis Gass of St. Just Chaleyssin, France, and Jean Bourliaud of Paris, have developed an instrument including a chromatographic column with a final detector and a mass spectrometer. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Naoki Makita of Nara, Japan, has developed a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes at least one thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer ...
Florence Inventor Develops Flashlight Lens
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Samuel Toney Jr. of Florence, S.C., has developed themes for flashlight inserts. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses an embossed lens having properties that when combined and inserted into a flashlight in ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electronic Equipment Display Control Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Satoshi Ebato and Takashi Nunomaki, both of Tokyo, have developed an electronic equipment, display control method, a recording medium and a program. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication portion of a video camera receives ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Support
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Steven Peter Jackson of Brampton, Canada, has developed an ornamental design for a support, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,680 on Nov. 28. The patent has been assigned to Gracious Living ...
British Inventor Develops Thin-Film Transistor Fabrication Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Jeffrey A. Chapman of Burgess Hill, Great Britain, has developed a method of fabricating a thin film transistor device formed by printing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thin-film transistor for an active matrix display is fabricated ...
California Inventor Develops M-Trie Based Packet Processing Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- David R. Cheriton of Palo Alto, Calif., has developed a method for routing or switching data packets. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, different aspects of a packet header and data included in the packet are singled out ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Redundant Liquid Cooling System
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Hitoshi Matsushima of Ryugasaki, Japan, and Ichirou Asano of Seto, Japan, have developed a redundant liquid cooling system and an electronic apparatus with the same therein. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an electronic apparatus, ...
Simula Aerospace & Defense Group Wins $483,492 Contract
Dec 15, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $483,492 contract to Simula Aerospace & Defense Group Inc., Phoenix, for vehicular furniture and accessories. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more ...
Badger Truck Center Wins $34,748 Contract
Dec 15, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $34,748 contract to Badger Truck Center Inc., Milwaukee, for switches. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US Fed News contract ...
B&S Transport Wins $750,574 Contract
Dec 15, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $750,574 contract to B&S Transport Inc., North Canton, 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 ...
MTP Drivetrain Services Wins $1.69 Million Contract
Dec 15, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $1.69 million contract to MTP Drivetrain Services LLC, Many, La., for vehicular power transmission components. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more ...
California Inventor Develops Location Tracking Apparatus
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Harry Bims of Menlo Park, Calif., has developed a location tracking apparatus and method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving information from each repeater indicating which packets wirelessly ...
Texas Inventors Develop Personal Computer System
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Louis R. Jackson Jr. of Tomball, Texas, has developed a personal computer system that includes a computer unit and peripherals therewith. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One disclosed embodiment of a personal computer system includes a ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Electrochemical Sensor
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Brian K. Davis and Towner B. Scheffler, both of Butler, Pa., Louis J. Busby Jr. of Crnaberry Township, Pa., and John F. Neighoff Jr. of Harmony, Pa., have developed an electrochemical sensor with improved response time. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Printed Circuit Board
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Daisuke Iguchi of Ebina, Japan, has developed a printed circuit board used in electronic devices for example, personal computers, copiers, printers and fax machines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a printed circuit board of the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device Manufacture Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Kazuya Ohuchi of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a gate electrode containing polycrystalline silicon-germanium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present invention ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Multiplexing Communications Apparatus
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Dan-Keun Sung and Su Won Park, both of Taejon, South Korea, have developed a multi-dimensional orthogonal resource hopping multiplexing communications method and apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is related ...
California Inventors Develop Infrared Sensing Instruments Protecting Optical Window
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Guodong Zhan, Amiya K. Mukherjee and Subhash H. Risbud, all from Davis, Calif., have developed methods and materials for improving the durability and transmissivity of structural materials. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical windows ...
California Inventors Develop Peripheral Component Cards Protection Device
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Terry Baiko and Len Turnbow, both of San Jose, Calif., and Bill Hanson of Mountain View, Calif., have developed an impact protection device that is related to protecting peripheral components attached to portable computers. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Electronic Device Main Board Mounting Assembly
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Chao-Kang Li of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a mounting assembly for a main board in a housing of an electronic device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The main board has an edge contacting the mounting assembly. The mounting ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Fastener Driving Tool
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Ming Han Wen of Taipei County, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a fastener driving tool, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,668 on Nov. 28. The patent has been assigned to De Poan ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Light Emitting Diode Flashlight
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Kevin L. Parsons of Appleton, Wis., has developed a light emitting diode (LED) flashlight with switch element in side surface. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "flashlight having: a light-emitting diode light ...
British Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Random Orbital Sander Power Tool
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Michael Waldron of Chester le Street, Great Britain, has developed an ornamental design for a random orbital sander power tool, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,663 on Nov. 28. The patent ...
Singapore Inventors Develop Semiconductor Package
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Il Kwon Shim, Sheila Marie L. Alvarez and Sheila Rima C. Magno, all from Singapore, have developed a semiconductor package with controlled solder bump wetting and fabrication method therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
California, Oregon, Texas Inventors Develop Stacked Microelectronic Assembly
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Young-Gon Kim, Belgacem Haba and Philip Damberg, all from Cupertino, Calif., Michael Warner of San Jose, Calif., Vernon Solberg of Saratoga, Calif., David Gibson of Lake Oswego, Ore., and John B. Riley of Dallas, have developed a stacked microelectronic assembly that ...
German Inventors Develop Vehicle Rollover Danger Detection Device
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Ansgar Traechtler of Ditzingen-Hirschlanden, Germany, Frank Leibeling of Moeglingen, Germany, and Marco Metzger of Ludwigsburg, Germany, have developed a method and a device for identifying and eliminating the risk of rollover. According to the U.S. Patent ...
New York Inventor Develops Hat Storage Unit
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Alphonia Penson of Bronx, N.Y., has developed a stackable hat storage unit with multiple mounting elements. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Stackable hat storage unit has frame defining a rectangular ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop Well Logging Apparatus
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Bradley A. Roscoe of Ridgefield, Conn., and Charles R. Case of Redding, Conn., have developed a well logging apparatus and a method for measuring formation properties. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A logging tool includes an elongated ...
Texas Inventor Develops Chassis
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Craig M. Conway of Leander, Texas, has developed an adapter for coupling two cards of one size to create a combined card of a second size. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The coupling apparatus couples two circuit cards to fit into a ...
Iowa Inventor Develops Helmet Light System
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Kent Gregg of Iowa City, Iowa, has developed a light system on a helmet having an exposed exterior surface. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "curved surface, such as a helmet, including a light source and light ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Dielectric Constant Reduction Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Suman Datta, Mark L. Doczy and Robert S. Chau, all from Beaverton, Ore., Jack Kavalieros and Justin K. Brask, both of Portland, Ore., and Matthew V. Metz of Hillsboro, Ore., and have developed a fabrication of integrated circuits. According to the U.S. Patent ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Vehicle Control Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- James Henry DeVore and Robert Anthony Sayman, both of Laurinburg, N.C., and Ronald Peter Muetzel of Southern Pines, N.C., have developed a method of timed shift to neutral in apparent stationary modes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Nut, Bolt Assembly
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Dennis Maciag of Uniondale, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for nut and bolt assembly, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,682 on Nov. 28. The original application was filed on Dec. 1, ...
French Inventor Develops Infrared Radiation Detection Device
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Michel Vilain of St. Georges de Commiers, France, has developed an infrared detection device that includes a matrix of bolometric detectors electrically connected to a reading circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each of the detectors ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Calender Rolls Maintenance System
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Pentti Rautiainen and Harri Kuosa, both of Jarvenpaa, Finland, and Markku Kyytsonen of Numminen, Finland, have developed a system for maintaining calender rolls of a paper machine clean when producing high-gloss paper or coated paper. According to the U.S ....
California Inventors Develop Integrated Circuits Radiation Shielding Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- David J. Strobel of Poway, Calif., and David R. Czajkowski of Encinitas, Calif., have developed a method for radiation shielding of integrated circuits and multi-chip modules in ceramic and metal packages. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Engine Power Loss Term Calculation Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Anthony H. Heap of Ann Arbor, Mich., William R. Cawthorne of Milford, Mich., and Gregory A. Hubbard of Brighton, Mich., have developed a cost structure method that includes fuel economy and engine emission considerations. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for U-Shaped Fence Connector
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Paul B. Shire and Roy W. Gettins, both of Trenton, Canada, have developed an ornamental design for a u-shaped fence connector, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D532,681 on Nov. 28. The original ...
Indiana, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Wireless Vehicular Communications Management Method
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Peter A. Thayer and Timothy A. Hans, both of Noblesville, Ind., Brian M. Pruzan of Carmel, Ind., Steven J. Enyart of Kokomo, Ind., Paul S. Phillips of Westfield, Ind., and Leonid Shlayen of Huntingdon Valley, Pa., have developed a system and a method for managing ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Fuel Cell Voltages Monitor Apparatus
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Stephen Burany of Thornhill, Canada, Ravi B. Gopal of Oakville, Canada, Norman A. Freeman of Richmond Hill, Canada, and Ste Masse of Toronto, have developed a system and a method for monitoring cell voltages for a plurality of electrochemical cells which are connected ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Semiconductor Devices Gold Spot Plated Leadframe
Dec 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Donald C. Abbott of Norton, Mass., and Paul R. Moehle of Seekonk, Mass., have developed gold spot plated leadframes for semiconductor devices and a method of fabrication. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "leadframe for ...