US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, January 8:
Louisiana Inventor Develops Automatic Gate Hinge
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Guy Watkins of Baton Rouge, La., has developed swinging closing devices in general and to automatic gates in particular. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic hinge having an upper or left hand section with an arcuate interior or ...
Texas Inventor Develops Jet Water Production Apparatus
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Jing-Yau Chung of Houston has developed a portable hygienic water jet with sanitary disposable nozzle protector on non-disposable nozzle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for producing a jet of water has a portable handheld water ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Toilet Assembly Sanitary Device
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Kouji Murakami, Shunichi Teranishi, Mitsuhiro Ohara and Takashi Muto, all from Aichi-ken, Japan, have developed a control device for sanitary device for toilet assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "control ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Manufacture Method
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Junji Yamada and Yutaka Yamada, both of Gunma, Japan, and Junichi Ariyoshi of Mie, Japan, have developed a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Information Processing Apparatus
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Akiko Asami of Shizuoka, Japan, has developed an information processing apparatus, information processing method, program storage medium and a program. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus and method are ...
German Inventors Develop Milk Volumetric Flow Rate Determination Device
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Heiner Wamhof of Bad Iburg, Germany, Marek Krasutzki of Telgte, Germany, Peter Kaever of Oelde, Germany,and Jan-Hermann Reurik of Golenkamp, Germany, have developed a method and a device for determining the volumetric flow rate of milk flowing during a milking ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Dual Wire Connector
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- David James Fabian of Mount Joy, Pa., and Scott Stephen Dusterhoeft of Etters, Pa., have developed a dual wire connector with multiple press fit connection. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a nonconductive ...
German Inventors Develop Solid Core Optic Fiber
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Nadja Will, Holger Will and Swen Tischer, all from Neustadt, Germany, and Joachim Schuchmann of Effelder, Germany, have developed a solid core optic fiber and a method for the production thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Combined Jewelry Component
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Paul R. Scharr of Scottsdale, Ariz., has developed an ornamental design for a combined jewelry component and a cap, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,714 on Nov. 28, 2006. The original ...
Italian Inventor Develops Machine for Forming Caps by Compression Molding
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Fiorenzo Parrinello of Medicina, Italy, has developed a machine for forming miscellaneous articles, such as caps, by compression molding. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "machine for forming caps by compression ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Digital Camera
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Yoshiki Kawaoka and Yoshiko Shiimori, both of Saitama, Japan, and Atsushi Nakamura of Tokyo, have developed a digital camera with an automatic image transmission function. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "digital ...
California Inventor Develops Toilet Tank Valve
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Bruce A. Antunez of Glendora, Calif., has developed a drainage closure for an upwardly-directed circular valve seat in the bottom of a water tank. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "hollow, open-ended closure for ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Toilet Overflow Control Mechanism
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Brian Feda of Aurora, Ohio, has developed a toilet overflow control mechanism that can be manipulated to close the refill valve. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control mechanism for preventing overflow of a toilet including a bowl, a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electronic Instrument
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Hidekazu Miyaoka, Katsuichi Sakurai, Minoru Taninai and Koji Endo, all from Tokyo, and Tsuneo Yamada of Kawagoe, Japan, have developed a novel hinge device and an electronic instrument using the hinge device which is extremely high in commercial value ....
Vermont Inventor Develops Extruded Metallic Electrical Connector
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Bernard R Tolmie of Grand Isle, Vt., has developed an extruded metallic electrical connector that does not require forming an insulating coating in the extruded channels or an intermediate printed circuit board (IPCB) in every application. According to the U.S ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Capacitor Element Manufacturing Method
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Susumu Sato and Hiroshi Yoshida, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a capacitor element and its manufacturing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention presents a capacitor element comprising a lower electrode, a ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Balancer Assembly
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Stephen William Dyer of Ann Arbor, Mich., has developed a balancer for use in combination with a rotating assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "balancer assembly which automatically provides balancer limits, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Insulation Displacement Connector
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Toshiya Oda and Norio Yoshida, both of Yamoto, Japan, and Tomohiro Nakano of Fujisawa, Japan, have developed an displacement technology connection (IDT) connector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An IDT connector is provided which ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Catholic Verse Ring
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Tai Yong Jang of Los Angeles has developed an ornamental design for a catholic verse ring, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,713 on Nov. 28, 2006. The original application was filed on June ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Rectangular Plant Pot
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Guido Schmidt of Dinklage, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a rectangular plant pot, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,715 on Nov. 28, 2006. The patent has been assigned to ...
South Dakota Inventor Develops Window Balance Device
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Gary Roger Newman of Valley Springs, S.D., have developed a block and a tackle window balance device that provides an increased range of travel within a window frame. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are apparatus for a block and ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Environmental Brightness Determination Method
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Seung-Cheol Lee of Seoul, South Korea, and Sang-Ki Yu of Suwon-shi, South Korea, have developed a method for determining environmental brightness to control display brightness in a mobile communication terminal. An abstract of the invention, released by the ...
New York Inventor Develops Paint Can Accessory Container Attachment
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Dennis Cudney of Buffalo, N.Y., has developed an accessory container attachment for a paint can. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A accessory container attachment for a paint can comprising an inexpensive plastic paint can caddy having a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Expendables Container with Piezoelectric Element
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Yasuhiko Kosugi of Nagano-ken, Japan, has developed an expendables container that is capable of measuring residual amount of expendables. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention is an apparatus configured to receive expendable from ...
Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors Develop Light Emitting Diode
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- William J. Palmteer of North Andover, Mass., and Richard Koba of Saugus, Mass., and Thomas Yuan of Nashua, N.H., have developed a surface mount package for a high power light emitting diode (LED). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Kentucky Inventor Develops Cushion Pillow Top
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- David C. Fogg of Lexington, Ky., has developed a a cushion having an elastic core and a pillow top layer or portion. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The elastic core can have one or more layers of foam to provide varying degrees of ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Three-Dimensional Periodic Structure
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Takeshi Hino of Miyagi, Japan, has developed a three-dimensional periodic structure and a fabrication method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photonic crystal comprises a matrix constituting said three-dimensional periodic ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Flash Memory Device Manufacture Method
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Kwang Chul Joo of Kyungki-Do, South Korea, has developed a method of manufacturing flash memory device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of manufacturing a flash memory device, including the steps of ...
Washington Inventors Develop Single-Crystal Device
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Apostolos T. Voutsas of Vancouver, Wash., and John W. Hartzell of Camas, Wash., have developed single-crystal devices and a method for forming semiconductor film single-crystal domains. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method comprises: ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Hinge Assembly
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Rui Hao Chen of Tu-Chen, Taiwan, has developed a hinge assembly for joining a body and a cover of a foldable electronic device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge assembly for joining a body and a cover of a mobile phone includes an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Substrate Cleaning Evaluation Method
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Yukiko Nishioka of Tokyo, and Yoshikazu Ariga of Kanagawa-ken, Japan, have developed a cleaning evaluation method for a substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cleaning evaluation method for evaluating ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Heat-Radiation type Flow Sensor
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Hiromi Ariyoshi of Kariya, Japan, and Chiaki of Mizuno of Toyota, Japan, have developed a heat-radiation type flow sensor for detecting the flow rate of a fluid flowing over a heater resistor on the basis of changes in the resistance of the heater ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Evaluation Apparatus
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Masahiko Yamada of Kaisei-machi, Japan, has developed an image evaluating method and an apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input of an evaluation object image signal representing an evaluation object image with respect to a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Thin-Film Transistor Substrate
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Tetsuya Fujikawa and Seiji Doi, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a thin film transistor substrate and a liquid crystal display. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "thin-film transistor substrate, including a ...
California Inventor Develops Wire Management Grommet
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Douglas A. J. Mockett of Torrance, Calif., has developed a wire management grommet with non-captive closure member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a two-piece grommet adapted for holding a cable in an aperture, ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Neutron Source Detection Camera
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Charles Jeffrey Martoff of Swarthmore, Pa., has developed an neutron imaging apparatus for obtaining an image of a general shape of a neutron emitting source. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "neutron imaging ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Switchable Memory Diode
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Juri H. Krieger of Brookline, Mass., and Stuart Spitzer of Lynnfield, Mass., have developed a memory cell with a diode integral therewith. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methodologies are provided for forming a diode component ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Insert, Electronic Component Handling Apparatus
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Noboru Saito of Tokyo has developed an insert and an electronic component handling apparatus provided with the same. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "To provide a guide core capable of being detachably ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Rotary Electric Machine Stator Making Method
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Shigenobu Nakamura of Anjo, Japan, has developed a rotary electric machine that has a stator core and a winding. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The winding has a plurality or sub-winding sets which are mounted on the stator in the order ....
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Video Recording Device
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- William S. Yerazunis of Acton, Mass., and Darren L. Leigh of Belmont, Mass., have developed a video recording device for a targetable weapon. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "compact video image recording device ...
U.S., German Inventors Develop Multi-Mode Charged Particle Beam Device
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Colin Geoffrey Trevor and Paul Edward Mooney, both of Pleasanton, Calif.,Henry Shih-Ming Chao of Danville, Calif., and Bernd Kraus of Munich, Germany, have developed charged particle beam devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charged ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Hair, Scalp Protected Baby Linen
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Toya J. North of Carrollton, Ga., has developed a baby linen that includes a hair protection layer and an underlying fabric layer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The baby linen may take the form of a baby blanket or a crib sheet. The crib ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Processing Apparatus
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Manabu Ohga of Yokohama, Japan, has developed an image processing apparatus and a method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "If gamut mapping (hue restoration) defined by one Lab color space is applied in color matching under different ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Thin Film Transistor Fabrication Method
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Feng-Yuan Gan of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Han-Tu Lin of Taichung County, Taiwan, have developed fabrication methods for thin film transistors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal gate stack structure is formed on an insulating substrate ....
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Fiber
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Kenichi Nakatate, Keiji Kaneda and Takashi Tsumanuma, all from Sakura, Japan, have developed an image fiber in which a twisted portion is provided in order to rotate the orientation of a transmitted image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Italian Inventor Develops Superconducting Cable Production Method
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Sergio Rossi of Fornaci Di Barga, Italy, has developed a method of producing superconductors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of producing superconducting cables by using cold plastic deformation ...
British Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Tube
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Gary Spencer of London has developed an ornamental design for a tube, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,701 on Nov. 28, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Glaxo Group Ltd., Middlesex, Great ...
New York Inventors Develop Multi-Layer Compensation Film
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- James F. Elman of Fairport, N.Y., and Jon A. Hammerschmidt of Rochester, N.Y., have developed a multi-layer compensation film that includes stretchable barrier layers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer compensator has two or ...
California Inventor Develops Auto Focus, Zoom Controller
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Christian L. Houlberg of Ventura, Calif., has developed an auto focus and zoom controller for controlling multiple cameras and their lens tracking a vehicle in flight at a test range. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The auto focus and zoom ...
California Inventors Develop Media Disks Alignment Method
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Ta-Chang Fu, Sattar Malek, Kim Ungtae and Stanley Yen Wong, all from San Jose, Calif., and Robert A. Lenicheck of Palo Alto, Calif., have developed a method of centering media disks on the hub of a spindle motor in a hard disk drive. According to the U.S ....
Mississippi Inventor Develops Interchangeable Furniture System
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- James DeRose of Belden, Miss., has developed an interchangeable furniture system for providing an interchangeable furniture element having faces with different appearances. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The desired face may be selected ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Image Registration System
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Lydia Ng and Sayan Pathak, both of Seattle, Vikram Chalana of Mill Creek, Wash., Stephen Fogarasi of Everett, Wash., John Oelund of Redmond, Wash., Bobbi Sparks of Mountlake Ter., Wash., Bradley Wyman of Kirkland, Wash., and Steven Racki of Ottawa, have developed a ...
California Inventors Develop Pixel Filtering Apparatus
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Thomas A. Piazza and Kim A. Meinerth, both of Granite Bay, Calif., David W. Watson of Rancho Murieta, Calif., Indraneel Ghosh of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Val G. Cook of Shingle Springs, Calif., have developed a configurable filter module for providing shared filter ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Surface-Emitting Light-Emitting Device
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Tsuyoshi Kaneko of Shimosuwa-machi, Japan, has developed a surface-emitting light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same, optical module, and light-transmission device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
French Inventor Develops Aircraft Engine Mounting System
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Herve Marche of Roquettes, France, has developed a mounting system that is inserted between an aircraft engine and a rigid structure of a strut. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a mounting system inserted between ...
New York Inventors Develop Images Automatic Correlation Method
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Michael A. Valleriano of Webster, N.Y., Christopher I. Marshall of Pittsford, N.Y., and Mark A. Bobb of Rochester, N.Y., have developed a method of automatic correlation of images with objects in the images or events associated with the images. According to the ...
California Inventors Develop Toilet Seat Cover Dispenser System
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Ida Gelbart of Corte Madera, Calif., and Mark E. Goldman of San Rafael, Calif., have developed a toilet seat cover dispenser system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge has lower and upper plates, vertically oriented front, rear ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Non-Volatile Memory Fabrication Method
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Yider Wu and Kent-Kuohua Chang, both of Taipei, Taiwan, and Jongoh Kim of Hsinchu, Taiwan, have developed a non-volatile memory and a fabricating method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of columns of isolation ...
Indian Inventor Develops Measurement Systems Resolution Enhancement System
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Ajay Gupta of Bhilai, India, has developed a method of enhancing the resolution of measurement systems that employs image capturing systems to measure lengths. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Two scales having unequal pitches are used to ...
French Inventor Develops Aircraft Cabin Seat Arrangement
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Guy Mercier of Neuvy-Pailloux, France, has developed an arrangement of individual seats for passengers in an aircraft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "arrangement of individual seats for passengers in an ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Scene Change Detection Apparatus
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Jong Yeul Suh of Seoul, South Korea, has developed an apparatus for detecting a scene change without any influence from an illumination change or a brightness change of an input image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for ...
Irish Inventor Develops Digital Video Signal Data Multiplexing System
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Patrick J. Rainsford of Dublin, Ireland, has developed a system for multiplexing data in a digital video signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interactive system provides a video program signal and generates interactive content data ...
Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey Inventors Develop Content Displaying System
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Stuart H. Farber and Robert M. Steinberg, both of Horsham, Pa., Daniel L. McGonigal of Line Lexington, Pa., Jeremy C. Rosenberg of Havre de Grace, Md., and Ronald M. Yurman of West Orange, N.J., have developed a method and a system for displaying content while reducing ...
New York Inventors Develop Optical Fiber
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Ji Wang, William A Wood and Luis A Zenteno, all from Painted Post, N.Y., Xin Chen and Daniel A Nolan, both of Corning, N.Y., George E Berkey of Pine City, N.Y., and Ming-Jun Li of Horseheads, N.Y., have developed an optical fiber with birefringence and large mode field ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Transistor Structure
Jan 08, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8 -- Vishnu K. Agarwal, Howard E. Rhodes and Fred Fishburn all from Boise, Idaho, Rongsheng Yang and Jeffrey A. McKee, both of Meridian, Idaho, have developed a transistor structure with reduced transistor leakage attributes. According to the U.S. Patent & ...